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Some Interesting Facts
From my friend Dr. Sofea Adriana
In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb ".
Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled: "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden" ..and thus the word "GOLF" entered into the English language ..
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstones
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history:
Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs - Alexander the Great, & Diamonds - Julius Caesar
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person
died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A: One thousand
Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them: "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow


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MONTREAL - Signs proclaiming an employee's stance on language issues should not be posted on the window of a métro station ticket booth, Montreal's transit authority says.
The Société de transport de Montréal was responding to a complaint from a subway user who came upon a printed sign at the Villa Maria métro station Wednesday: "Au Québec c'est en français que ca se passe!" (Roughly translated: "In Quebec, we do things in French").
STM spokesperson Marianne Rouette said it was not an official STM sign.
The ticket-taker who put up the sign "will be met and if necessary, appropriate measures will be taken," Rouette said.
"By posting the sign, the (employee) expresses his personal political opinion, which is not acceptable to the STM."
Jessica Rodrigues, who photographed the sign, said she found the sign insulting.
"It was very aggressive. It basically says if you don't speak to me in French, I will not serve you."
She said she did not speak to the employee "because I did not want to create a problem in public."
Thursday morning, the sign was gone. But there was a report Thursday night that the sign had been put up again.
Rouette noted that, under Bill 101, the STM is not allowed to require its employees to know a language other than French.
There can be exceptions to the Bill 101 rule, in cases where "the nature of the duties requires such knowledge."
But Rouette said the STM studied the issue and "came to the conclusion that it was not necessary for drivers or booth tellers to speak a language other than French."
"But that does not mean an employee should refuse to serve someone who does not speak French," she said.
"He has to serve the client any which way he can find (gestures, drawings, showing maps, list showing fares, etc.) and he has to do so with respect."
Rodrigues said she has never experienced language problems with STM workers.
"I reply in the language that they speak to me in," she said. "I'm perfectly bilingual. I'm not pro-English or pro-French, I'm not taking sides."
She said the STM "should accommodate customers. People are paying, they should be served in the language they want, especially for something that's public in a city that's very bilingual."
Even if an employee "does not speak English, he should try to (answer questions in another way), but not be so aggressive and put up a sign."
In June, Montreal Impact soccer player Miguel Montano alleged that when he spoke with a métro ticket-taker in English, he was told he needed to speak French and his money was refused.
In July, an STM customer filed a complaint after two métro ticket agents allegedly told him: "We don't serve English people."

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Today we are going to meet two machines that knew a lot of action in the deserts of North Africa. Here are the cruiser tanks Crusader Mk I with 2 pdr gun and the Close Support version, the Crusader MkI CS armed with 3 inch howitzer. Let's see this double building...
| Crusader Mark I - A15 cruiser tank Mk VI
The Tank, Cruiser, Mk VI or A15 Crusader was one of the primary British cruiser tanks of the early part Second World War and perhaps the most important British tank of the North African Campaign. The Crusader's mobility made it a favourite of British tank crews and its Ordnance QF 6 pounder main gun made it more than a match for the early Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks it faced in combat. By late 1942, the limited diameter of its turret ring prevented further armament upgrades and this, combined with the presence of Tiger I Tanks among the Afrika Korps and overheating problems caused by the high temperatures of the desert, led to the design being phased out in favour of the new US built Sherman III medium tank and the British Cromwell heavy cruiser.
In 1938, Nuffield Mechanization & Aero Limited produced their A16 design for a heavy cruiser tank based on Christie suspension. Looking for a lighter and cheaper tank to build, the General Staff requested alternatives. To this end the A13 Mk III cruiser tank design which would enter service as the "Tank, Cruiser Mk V" and known in service as "Covenanter" was designed.
|A13 Cruiser tank Mk V - Covenanter
Nuffield were, in 1939, offered the opportunity to take part in the production of Covenanter. Nuffield, however, preferred to work on its own version of the A13—though they still provided design work for the Covenanter's turret. This new tank was adopted as "Tank, Cruiser, Mk VI Crusader", under General Staff specification A15. Although Crusader is often referred to as an improved version of the Covenanter, in fact it was a parallel design.
Both tanks were ordered "off the drawing board" without building prototypes first. Despite a later start, the pilot model of the Crusader was ready six weeks before the first Covenanter.
Unlike earlier "Christie cruisers"( A13, Marks III and IV and the Mark V Covenanter ) that were built with 4 road wheels, Crusader had five road wheels each side to improve weight distribution in a tank that weighed almost 20 tons instead of the 14 tons of the previous cruisers. The 810 mm diameter wheels were of pressed steel with solid rubber tyres. The hull sides were built up of two separated plates with the suspension arms between them.
It had a different engine from the Covenanter, different steering system and a conventional cooling system with radiators in the engine compartment. At the left hand side of the front hull—a place occupied by the engine radiator in the Covenanter—was mounted a small hand-traversed auxiliary turret armed with a Besa machine gun. The auxiliary turret was awkward to use and was often removed in the field or remained unoccupied.
Both the A13 Mk III and the A15 designs used the same main turret. The turret was polygonal—with sides that sloped out then in again—to give maximum turret space on the limited turret diameter. Early production vehicles had a "semi-internal" cast gun mantlet, which was quickly replaced in production by a better protected big cast mantlet with three vertical slits - for the main gun, for a coaxial Besa machine gun and for the sighting telescope.
There was no cupola for the commander who had instead a flat hatch with the periscope mounted through it.
|Crusader Mk I 2pdr gun turret
The main armament, as in other British tanks of the period, was balanced so the gunner could control its elevation through a padded shaft against his right shoulder rather than using a geared mechanism. This fitted well with the British doctrine of firing accurately on the move.
When it was understood that there would be delays in the introduction of successor heavy cruiser tanks - what would become the Cavalier, Centaur and Cromwell - the Crusader was adapted to use the 6 pounder gun.
Service History:
North Africa
With the Axis forces in North Africa having pushed the British back to the Egyptian border and the remaining British armour being a mixed force of older tanks with a few Matildas, tanks werehurriedly shipped via the Mediterranean arriving on 12 May 1941. There were sufficient Crusaders to equip the 6th Royal Tank Regiment which with the 2nd RTR (with older cruiser tanks) formed the 7th Armoured Brigade. The rest of the tanks were Matildas for the 4th Armoured Brigade giving the 7th Armoured division only four tank regiments.
Although there was pressure from London for the reconstituted Desert Rats to go into action, outfitting for the desert and training delayed their first use until Operation Battleaxe, an attempt to relieve the siege of Tobruk in June. As the brigade swept round the flank, the Crusaders were caught by concealed anti-tank guns and lost 11 tanks. The 6th RTR lost more tanks, to action and defects, in the fighting withdrawal of the next two days.
The 7th Brigade was re-equipped with further Crusaders, but as the brigade had been expanded by the addition of 7th Hussars there were not sufficient to replace the older cruiser tanks.
The 22nd Armoured Brigade, effectively an advance force of the 1st Armoured Division, which was three inexperienced Yeomanry units equipped with Crusaders transferred to North Africa to bring the 7th Armoured up to three-brigade strength. The 8th Hussars was added to the 4th Armoured Brigade but these had to be equipped with M3 Stuart light tanks as there were still insufficient cruisers. The 22nd was able to take part in Operation Crusader of November 1941 which was named after it.
In Operation Crusader the two British Corps were disposed such that they could not support each other, but it was expected that as the British outnumbered the German and Italian forces in tanks, the tank against tank battles would be decided in their favour. However in the resulting encounters, Rommel did not put his tanks en masse into action against the British ones and the large numbers of German anti-tank guns working offensively with the tanks and infantry proved effective. The Germans had a few 88 mm guns but were mostly equipped with the Pak 38, a long-barreled 50 mm gun, with a range of 1,000 yards. This superiority in quality and tactical deployment of AT guns was to be a feature of the Afrika Korps throughout the Desert War. The Crusader's 2 pdr (40 mm) gun was as effective as the short-barreled 50 mm of the Panzer III although it was outranged by the short-barreled 75 mm of the Panzer IV.
Although the Crusader was faster than any tanks it opposed, its potential was limited by a relatively light QF 2-pounder gun, thin armour and mechanical problems. A particular tactical limitation was the lack of a high explosive shell for the main armament—these existed but were never supplied. Axis tank forces developed an extremely effective method of dealing with attacking tank forces by retiring behind a screen of concealed anti-tank guns. The pursuing tanks could then be engaged by the artillery. With the German anti-tank guns out of range of the tanks' machine guns and without a high explosive shell to return fire, the tanks were left with the equally unpalatable options of withdrawing under fire or trying to overrun the gun screen.
The Crusader proved prone to catch fire when hit, a problem that was identified as due to the ammunition being ignited by hot metal penetrating the unprotected racks. The angled underside of the turret created "shell pockets" that acted as a lever for lifting the turret from its mounting when struck by a shell.
|Crusaders Mk I in action - Africa - notice the differents sandshields
The Crusader proved unreliable in the desert due to a number of issues. These started with their transport from the UK to North Africa. Poor preparation and handling caused problems that had to be rectified before they could be passed to the regiments, and ate into the supply of spare parts. Once in use the sand caused erosion in the cooling system and the stresses of hard cross-country travel caused oil leaks in the engine blocks. Since there were few tank transporters or railways in the desert, the tanks had to travel long distances on their tracks causing further wear.
By the end of 1941, there was only one brigade, the 2nd, which was operating only Crusaders. In March 1942, US-built Grant medium tanks arrived: these replaced one in three Crusader squadrons. While the inclusion of the Grant with its effective 75 mm gun gave better firepower against anti-tank guns and infantry they were slower, limiting the Crusaders when they had to operate together. From May 1942, the Mark III were delivered. Of the 840 tanks available to the British, 260 were Crusaders. The German tanks they were facing were improved types with improved frontal armour which caused the Crusaders' 2-pounder shot to shatter rather than penetrate.
As part of British deception operations, Crusaders could be issued with "Sunshade" which was a metal framework with canvas covering that disguised the tank as a lorry to German aerial reconnaissance. Similarly dummy tanks were deployed.
Later in the campaign shipping was improved, Nuffields had put a engineering team in Egypt, and crews were better at preventing problems, but the reputation of the Crusader could not recover.
After Montgomery took over command, the imbalance between British armour and German was redressed by better control and the addition of more American-supplied Grant and Sherman tanks. The Crusader was replaced in the main line of battle and used for "light squadrons" trying to flank the enemy when it engaged the heavier units. The Australian 9th Infantry Division operated Crusaders for reconnaissance and liaison.
The British 1st Army landed as part of the Allied operations in Tunisia; some of its units were using the Crusader and these saw action from 24 November. These were not solely Crusader regiments but mixed Crusader and Valentine tanks; within each squadron two troops were Crusader IIIs and there were Crusader II CS attached to the Squadron HQ. These units of the 26th Armoured Brigade were used as an independent armoured column, "Blade Force", with the 78th Infantry Division. The operations of Blade Force were on terrain different from the desert of the earlier campaigns and the fighting took place with smaller numbers of vehicles. These actions were similar to what would be seen later in Europe.
The 1st Army converted to Shermans during Tunisia, but Crusaders remained in use with the 8th for longer. The last major action for Crusaders was the Battle of Mareth. The North Africa campaign finished shortly after.
Other use:
After the completion of the North African Campaign, the availability of better tanks such as the Sherman and Cromwell relegated the Crusader to secondary duties such as anti-aircraft mounts or gun tractors. In these roles it served for the remainder of the war.
The Crusader, along with the Covenanter, equipped regiments at home particularly those of the 11th Armoured Division.
A Crusader bulldozer was developed but not used operationally. One of these bulldozer tanks was converted for removing munitions following a fire at Royal Ordnance Factory Kirkby.
The Crusader anti-aircraft guns were designed for use in North West Europe. However with the Allied domination of the air they were largely unneeded and the AA troops were disbanded. The Crusader gun tractors operated with the Armoured Divisions, but were supplanted in part by the 17 pdr Archer self-propelled gun.
- Crusader I (Cruiser Mk VI): Original production version. The auxiliary turret was often removed in the field, eliminating the hull machine gunner position.
|Crusader Mk I
- Crusader I CS (Cruiser Mk VI CS): (Close Support) mounted a 3 inch howitzer in the turret instead of the 2-pounder.
|Crusader Mk I CS
- Crusader II (Cruiser Mk VIA): The Crusader II had increased armour on hull front and turret front. As with the Mk I, the auxiliary turret was often removed.
|Crusader Mk II
- Crusader II CS (Cruiser Mk VIA CS): Mounted a 3-inch howitzer in the turret.
|Crusader Mk II CS
- Command tank: Version existed with dummy gun and two No. 19 radios.
- Crusader III: Due to delays with the Cruiser Mark VII Cavalier and the need for cruiser tanks, the Crusader was up-gunned with the 6-pounder (43 and 50 caliber), the first British tank to mount this gun. Design work for a new turret started in March 1941 but Nuffield was not involved until late in the year when they adapted the existing turret with a new mantlet and hatch. The turret also received an extractor fan to clear fumes from the firing of the gun. The larger gun restricted turret space so the crew was reduced to three, with the commander acting also as gun loader—the loader was already the wireless operator. The auxiliary turret space was given over to ammunition stowage. The Crusader III first saw action, with about 100 participating at the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942.
|Crusader Mk III with 6pdr Mk 5 - L/50 gun from Independent Czech Armour Brigade
Parade in Harwich - England Spring 43.
- Observation post: This was a tank converted to a mobile armoured observation post for direction of artillery. The turret was fixed in place, the gun was removed and a dummy barrel fitted to give it the same outward appearance of a regular tank. With no requirement for ammunition the interior was given over to the radios, two No. 19 radios and No. 18 radio, map boards and related equipment. The Royal Artillery could then operate the OP tank up front among the fighting units directing artillery fire in their support.
- Crusader III, AA Mk I: The 6-pounder was replaced with a Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun with an autoloader and powered mounting in an open-topped turret. The crew numbered four: gun commander, gun layer, loader, and driver. Also, there was a version without a turret, with the gun exposed, who fought in Normandy on Juno Beach.
|Crusader AA Mk I - Juno beach, 1944
|Crusader AA Mk I
- Crusader III, AA Mk II / Mk III: A Crusader armed with twin Oerlikon 20 mm guns for anti-aircraft use. Mk III only differed from the Mk II by the position of the radio, which was moved to the hull in order to free some space inside the turret. A variation with triple Oerlikons that was produced in very limited quantities. Due to Allied air superiority none of the AA versions saw much action.
|Crusader AA Mk II
- Crusader II, Gun Tractor Mk I: The Crusader gun tractor came out of a need for a vehicle to tow the heavy QF 17 pounder anti-tank gun. It was a Crusader tank hull with a simple boxy superstructure replacing that of the gun tank. The 14 mm thick structure protected the driver and the gun crew of six. The tractor also carried ammunition on the rear and within the crew area. Although nearly as heavy as the gun tank it was still capable of high speed and was limited to 27 mph. This was still hard on the QF 17 pounder guns. They were used in northwest Europe from the Normandy landings of 1944 to the end of the war in 1945. Some were used by battery commanders as armoured command and reconnaissance vehicles.
|Crusader gun tractor - WWII era draw
|Crusader gun tractor with wading gear
- Crusader ARV Mk I: Armored recovery vehicle based on turretless Crusader hull.
|Crusader ARV
- Crusader dozer: A dozer blade on turretless Crusader hull.
|Crusader dozer
Between Nov 1940 and 1945, 5,464 Crusader tanks were built. Production of models of Crusader tanks, broken down by year, was as follows:
|Crusader production
|Crusader A15 cruiser tank
|Cruiser tank
|Place of origin
|United Kingdom
|Service history
|In service
|Second World War
|Production history
|Nuffield Mechanizations and Aero Ltd
|No. built
|19.1 to 20.0 t
|5.97 m
|2.77 m
|2.24 m
|Mk III: 3 (Commander, gunner, driver)
Mk I, II: 4 or 5 (+ Loader, hull gunner)
|Mk I: 40 mm
Mk II: 49, III: 51mm
|Mk I, II: QF 2 pdr (40 mm) 110 rounds
Mk III: QF 6 pdr (57 mm) 65 rounds
|1 or 2 × Besa machine gun
4,950 rounds
|Nuffield Liberty Mark II, III, or IV
27-litre V-12 petrol engine
340 bhp (254 kW) at 1,500 rpm
|17 hp (12.7 kW) / tonne
|Nuffield constant mesh
|Christie helical spring
|Ground clearance
|0.41 m
|Fuel capacity
|500 liters in 3 fuel tanks (+136 l auxiliary)
|322 km on roads
235 kmcross country
|42 km/h (road)
24 km/h (off-road)
|Wilson epicyclic steering
The kits:
The kits are Italeri, from the ancient era of model kits. The kits are good and honest, but present some strange errors, in special, the step in the front fender.
I have two kits of the Mk I: one whole "boosted" with Friuls metal tracks, PE Eduard ant etc. The other, standard. I ´ll build them both in parallel, to see how they will be...
|The two kits Mks I - and aftermarkets
|Crusader Mk I "boosted" with metals...
The build starts by the book; suspensions first...
|Hulls and suspensions
|Suspension growing...
|The armour plates of suspensions in position
|Upper hull in place...
|With wheels...
|Surgery in the front fenders - cutting the wrong step...
|Scratch and metal version of front fenders...
Hi, Gents...Today was the day of some mathematical conversions. I had the metal barrel (RB Models) for the 2pdr gun version., but did not have the tube or the specifications of the howitzer.
The 2pdr gun was the Ordnance QF 2-pounder 40mm / L52. Or better, a gun with 40mm in diameter with 52 calibers in length. Translating: 40x52=2080mm. This is the actual length of the weapon (scale 1/1). If you divide this total (2080mm) by 35, you will have the length of the gun on the scale 1/35, or: 2080÷35=59,4mm. This is the total length of the gun in the 1/35 scale.
About howitzer, I researched it and discovered that the gun was the Ordnance QF 3 inch (76,2mm) howitzer, with 25 caliber.
Using the same formula, we have: 76,2x25=1905mm; 1905÷35=54,4mm. This is the total length of the howitzer in the 1/35 scale. About the internal diameter: 76,2÷35=2,1mm. To scratch this howitzer in 1/35 scale, I used a Plastruct tube with 2,1mm internal diameter and 3,2 external diameter. I have not bothered with the diameters of the 2pdr gun because I trust in RB Models ...Uff...
Let´s check!!
|The lenght of the 2pdr gun - The metal gun is RB Models
|Scratching the howitzer
|The guns ready!!!
|Upgrade in the coaxial MGs - RB Models, again
|The main armament complete...
|...and installed in the turrets!
A few more advances...
|Using MG from RB Models to substitute the Besas in plastic
|The girls continues growing...Hull MG turrets
|MG turrets . In close.
Finally, I finished the build of Crusaders.
|Crusader Mk I - ready for paint...
Primmer time:
|The two Crusaders in primmer...
I decided to paint the two in light stone
|Crusaders in light-stone with tonal variations...
|Decals with Microsol...
|1st and 7th British Armoured Division
|Crusader Mk I with 2pdr. gun - 1st British Armoured Division
|Crusader Mk I CS with 3inch. how. - 7th British Armoured Division
Next step, weathering...
|Crusader Mk I CS - notice the aging of the painting
|Crusader Mk I 2 pdr. - with armoured wheels and tracks...
|Crusaders almost ready...
I managed to finish the two british girls. First, the Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I with 2pdr gun, with 1st British Armoured Division markings...
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I - 2pdr gun
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I - 2pdr gun - left side view
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I - 2pdr gun - left rear view
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I - 2pdr gun - right rear view
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I - 2pdr gun - right side view
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I - 2pdr gun - right front view
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I - 2pdr gun - left front view
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I - 2pdr gun - main turret in reverse
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I - 2pdr gun - Kojak in size proportion
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I CS - 3inch. howitzer - 7th AD
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I CS - 3inch. howitzer - front left view
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I CS - 3inch. howitzer - front right view
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I CS - 3inch. howitzer - right side view
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I CS - 3inch. howitzer - rear right view
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I CS - 3inch. howitzer - rear left view
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I CS - 3inch. howitzer - left side view
|British Cruiser A15 tank Crusader Mk I CS - 3inch. howitzer - with Kojak
|British Cruisers A15 tanks Crusaders Mk I - CS and 2pdr
I love these machines with "old designs". The Crusaders represent very well the beasts of the early stages of WWII.
Thanks for following...


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The Wrangler Rubicon ($28,775) is the model for serious off-roading. To the Sahara, it adds an electronic-disconnecting front anti-roll bar, the Rock-Trac heavy-duty transfer case, a heavy-duty front axle, Tru-Lok electronic locking front and rear differentials, a 4:10 axle ratio, rock rails and other equipment intended for the serious off-roader. The Rubicon is also available with the same options as the other models.
The four-door Unlimited Sport has either 2WD ($23,410) or 4WD ($24,585). Standard equipment includes all that the two-door offers, plus height-adjustable driver's seat, split-folding rear seat, Sunrider soft top, heavier-duty Dana 44 rear axle, 22.5-gallon fuel tank, and air conditioning.
The Unlimited Sahara 2WD ($27,730) and 4WD ($28,905) are equipped like the two-door Sahara, except power door locks, power windows and remote keyless entry are standard. Options offered on the two-door models of Sport and Sahara are also available on the four-door Unlimited models.
The Unlimited Rubicon ($32,050) might be considered the ultimate family 4X4, and it will carry up to five people where any Land Rover or Hummer can go, for about half the price.
Safety features that come standard include dual front airbags, tire-pressure monitor, anti-lock brakes, traction control, electronic stability control with rollover mitigation. Seat-mounted front side airbags for torso protection are optional.
Walk Around
The Jeep Wrangler is one of the most widely recognizable vehicles in the world. Most important, Wranglers have always had a distinct family resemblance to the original Jeep of World War II fame.
Up front you'll find the classic round headlamps, Jeep's seven-slot grille, and a front bumper with integrated fog lamps. The upright fold-down windshield is slightly curved for better aerodynamics and reduced wind noise.
Along the sides, all Wranglers have assist steps under the doors to make climbing in easier, and fender flares that are bolted on, so they can be easily taken off for repair or replacement.
The standard soft top is relatively easy to remove and install. The Sunrider soft top slides back half way, like a huge sunroof over the front seats. The optional three-piece modular hardtop (Freedom Top) has two front panels that easily pop on and off like a T-top, and can be stored behind the rear seat. The third panel over the rear seat can be removed separately and stored in the garage. The Freedom Top yields a total of six open-air possibilities.
Under the body, there's a boxed frame with seven crossmembers. Wide-spaced frame rails cradle the fuel tank between the wheels. Three skid plates protect the fuel tank, transfer case and automatic transmission oil pan.
Wranglers have traditionally been known as cramped inside. The comfortable high-back front seats offer more shoulder and hip room than previous-generation models, and the removable rear seat provides more shoulder, hip and leg room for each of the two passengers. There's also more space behind the rear seat, which folds to provide nearly twice the cargo capacity as before.
The larger Unlimited offers more than 80 cubic feet of cargo space with the rear seat folded flat. The headrests flip back, so they don't need to be removed, making it easy to switch between cargo and rear-seat-passenger modes. In the rear seat, the Unlimited offers 1.6 more inches of leg room and a whopping 12 inches more hip room than two-door models. That huge difference is because, in the two-door model, the rear passengers sit directly over the axle and between the wheel wells; in the Unlimited, the axle is located behind the passengers. That also greatly improves the ride for rear-seat riders in the Unlimited.
The layout of the clean instrument panel is excellent, against a background of dull (neither flat nor gloss) plastic. The instruments, including the optional compass and temperature gauges, are easy to read, and the controls are simple. The solid square buttons look good and are easy to understand and operate. There's a nice four-spoke steering wheel, with a short cruise-control stalk that's out of the way on the right side. The materials are made of sturdy plastic that works well in the utilitarian Wrangler.
The optional 368-watt Infinity sound system comes with seven speakers, including a subwoofer. That's a lot of speakers for a Jeep, but we think this is a good thing. It comes with Sirius satellite radio, good for keeping up with the news when out in the boonies. Located under the sound system controls are big climate-control knobs, with buttons for available power windows above that.
Between the seats are the shift lever, a short four-wheel-drive lever, two cupholders, emergency brake handle, and a console that's wide and deep, if not long. The locking glove box is pretty big and there's a convenient grab handle above it. This is a Jeep, after all, so the grab handle will be used on bouncy roads, or where there are no roads at all.
The modular Freedom Top for the Unlimited features sections that easily lift off and can be stored behind the rear seat. The larger section over the rear seat can also be removed but can't be stored in the vehicle; you'll have to leave it at home. We found storing the two roof panels eliminates most of the cargo space. Cargo space is not unlimited in the Unlimited. We couldn't fit four carry-on-sized bags behind the rear seat. And watch out for the rear glass on the Freedom Top; it rises on its own when opened, and will whack you on the chin (or forehead, or nose) if you forget to step back.
Driving Impressions
If you've never owned or driven a Wrangler, you might think it's twitchy and choppy. But it's a relative thing. Compared to earlier versions, the current model feels like a luxury liner.
Compared to the last-generation Wrangler, the wheelbase is longer and the front and rear tracks are wider, the chassis has been stiffened and the suspension redesigned. All these things yield significant improvements in the ride and handling, but still, on city streets, the Wrangler is pretty bouncy, and out on the freeway it can feel squiggly over pavement changes. On rougher surfaces the driver needs to pay attention to keep the Wrangler going in a straight line.
That said, we drove the Wrangler at speeds up to 85 miles per hour on the open freeway and, when the pavement was smooth, it was stable and surprisingly quiet. If the road was even slightly rough, the ride would quickly deteriorate.
However, it's important to note that our Sahara had the 18-inch wheels with on/off-road tires and high-pressure gas-charged shock absorbers. The Wrangler Sport uses 16-inch tires, also on/off-road, but the shocks are low-pressure, so that combination might offer a slightly smoother ride.
The 3.8-liter V6 engine has overhead valves and makes 202 horsepower and 237 pound-feet of torque. Acceleration is good, but on those long uphill 75-mph grades between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, the automatic transmission kept kicking down out of the fourth-gear overdrive, until we turned the overdrive off. More torque at lower rpm might have prevented this. We didn't have the opportunity to test the standard six-speed manual transmission, but we're inclined to suggest it might be more compatible with the Jeep than this four-speed automatic.
The Wrangler Unlimited would have been a different animal on this road. The ride is significantly smoother and the handling more stable, thanks to a wheelbase that's 20.6 inches longer. The Unlimited also weighs more, so the engine will work a bit harder. However, all 4WD Wranglers are EPA-rated at 15 city and 19 highway miles per gallon.
When we drove the Unlimited around Lake Tahoe, there were a lot of other Jeeps on the road, and our four-door never failed to turn heads. At the view points, Jeep owners would ogle and marvel, and many of them expressed a strong interest in having a Jeep with four doors.
We were also behind the wheel of an Unlimited with the six-speed manual transmission on the rugged Rubicon Trail, where its capability was downright dazzling. In low range and first gear on the most challenging sections, we drove without using our feet; merely steering over daunting obstacles and letting the vehicle do the rest. The two-door Wrangler should be even more capable.
The only limitation with the Unlimited was its turning radius of 41.2 feet versus 34.9 feet with the two-door. Six feet is a big difference. In San Francisco, we used the two-door's tight turning radius to make a U-turn in the middle of a street to snatch a parking space on the other side.
The Jeep Wrangler is one of the most capable off-road vehicles available today. Its four-wheel drive system also offers all-weather capability and its convertible body style offers open-air fun. The Unlimited body style has greater cargo capacity, making the Wrangler more practical. You'll give up a lot of ride and handling prowess, as well as fuel mileage, but the Wrangler is fun.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Sam Moses drove Wrangler models up the Rubicon Trail, through San Francisco and around Lake Tahoe while preparing this report. Kirk Bell reported from Chicago.
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Jobs and the economy are the focus of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday evening, but many Americans are hoping he'll also address a topic that the White House has given no indication is on the agenda: same-sex marriage.
That's the picture that emerges from a computer-assisted analysis by msnbc.com of nearly 19,000 social media postings from all 50 states since Sunday.
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The analysis indicates that the economy in general is the No. 1 issue on Americans' minds, just as it is on the president's. Since Sunday, roughly two-fifths of people expressing some opinion or expectation about the address did so in the context of jobs, "economic fairness" or taxes. But about a quarter are anticipating the address in terms of what Obama might say about same-sex marriage, according to the analysis.
Msnbc.com conducted the analysis by examining 18,737 Twitter and Facebook posts about the State of the Union from 12:01 a.m. ET Sunday to 5 p.m. ET Tuesday. The analysis uses a tool called ForSight, a data platform developed by Crimson Hexagon Inc., which is used by many media and research organizations to gauge public opinion in new media, among them the Pew Research Center, ESPN and Microsoft Corp.
The results are not a scientific reflection of broad national opinion. Instead, they're a glimpse through a three-day window into some of what is being said by Americans who follow politics and are active on Facebook, Twitter or both.
And among that group, advocates for legalization of same-sex marriage have been busy.
Five main talking points
Five topics emerged as the most popular in msnbc.com's analysis of posts that raised questions or expressed opinions about what Obama might say Tuesday night. Two economic issues — "jobs and the economy" and "economic fairness and taxes" — each drew the attention of about 20 percent of the sample, making the economy in general the leading broad concern.
"Congressional inaction and obstruction" also drew the attention of about 20 percent, while about 15 percent discussed climate change and the environment.
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But about 25 percent of the sample — the largest representation for any of the five top individual issues — asked or urged Obama to address "same-sex marriage," "gay marriage" or "marriage equality," the term preferred by activists.
"President Obama's State of the Union address will be on tomorrow night," and "I am curious to what my friends think we can expect from him," Michael LeFleur of West Oakland, Calif., noted Monday on Facebook.
"I think that we need to back whatever person we think can beat the Republicans," LeFleur wrote. "If we split those votes, we run the risk of ending up with a Republican president and I think that is just the worst thing that can happen because of the Republican attitude toward gay marriage and medical marijuana. The gay rights movement would definitely take a big hit and our country would be taking a step backwards in the area of human rights."
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The prominence of same-sex marriage is unexpected, because the White House has been clear in the walkup to Tuesday night's address that the president will focus on the economy and jobs. The topic isn't mentioned in any of the advance excerpts of his speech that were released Tuesday or in talking points distributed to Obama supporters.
The discussion appears to have been fueled by comments by White House press secretary Jay Carney, who was asked Friday whether Obama would talk about same-sex marriage.
Carney said he wouldn't "rule anything in or out," leading The Blade, a Washington newspaper devoted to gay and lesbian issues, to publish a story Saturday headlined "Will Obama endorse marriage equality in SOTU?"
Many of the social media posts refer to or link to that article, like this tweet from Justin Sherwood, a poet from New York:
Not all of the posts reflected support for same-sex marriage. A small minority expressed the hope that Obama would endorse the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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In the past, Obama has said he didn't support same-sex marriage but that his views could "evolve" — a statement that Carney pointed to in his remarks Friday.
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Should that happen, Friedes said, "it's on us to use the event as an opportunity to share our personal stories," because it "could open the hearts of many people to reevaluate their own positions."
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Deputy Jim Griner, Berrien County Lawman
James Benjamin "Jim" Griner , who was Ray City, GA Police Chief in the 1940s, also served as Deputy Sheriff of Berrien County from 1905 to 1915. (In 1915, Griner was elected Police Chief of Nashville, GA.) Below are a few clippings from newspapers around the region about his time as Deputy Sheriff .
Griner's ten years of deputy work were filled with escorting prisoners, working the bloodhounds, trailing chain gang escapees, tracking arsonists, raiding gambling dens and blind tigers, gunfights with desperadoes, and more. He began his law enforcement career as a deputy for Sheriff Marion J. Kinard.
Tifton Gazette
March 24, 1905
Mr. I. C. Avera, for a long time deputy sheriff, is now city marshal of Nashville, and makes a model officer. Messrs. J. A. Lindsey and J. B. Griner are Sheriff Kinard's deputies, and are making good officers.
Tifton Gazette
April 26, 1907
Deputy Sheriff Griner went to Homerville Sunday and brought Charlie Israel back to jail. He is the young white man who dug a hole in the brick wall of the county jail and made his escape a few weeks ago. Sheriff Screven Sweat of Clinch captured him. – Nashville Herald. Israel is the young man that burglarized the store of J. B. Gunn, at Enigma, several weeks ago.
Tifton Gazette
September 18, 1908
Ed Sutton, who was tried and adjudged insane here last week, got away from Deputy Sheriff Griner at Cordele, while enroute to the asylum. The county authorities offer a reward of $25 for him. – Nashville Herald.
Waycross Journal
July 2, 1909
Nashville, Ga., July 2. – John A. Gaskins, living in the upper Tents [Tenth] district, six or eight miles east of Nashville, came here and got Deputy Sheriff Jim Griner and his blood hounds to go to his place for the purpose of tracking incendiaries who set fire to his gin house Monday night. The dogs failed to track the offender, however, and Mr. Griner returned to Nashville without a prisoner. Mr. Gaskins thinks he has a clue, as threats have been made against him because he refused to let certain parties fish in his mill pond. The ginnery, which had just been completed was a total loss.
Tifton Gazette
December 17, 1909
Deputy Sheriff Jim Griner and John Bradford went down in Clinch county Monday night and captured Dick Studstill, a desperate negro who is wanted in this county for assault with intent to murder. He resisted arrest several months ago, near Sparks, and shot at Sheriff Avera and posse who were raiding a gambling and tiger den. – Herald.
Vienna News
April 14, 1911
Sets Bullets Flying Wildly in Nashville
Adel, Ga., April 11. – News has reached this city of an affray at Nashville Saturday evening in which Beaty Gaskins, a well known and prominent young man, undertook to shoot up the town. He began by shooting at a young man named Knight, and continued to shoot until he had fired nine times. He came near hitting a clerk in Wein's store and sent a bullet into the county school commissioner's office in which were a number of teachers, it being the time of the monthly meeting of the teacher's institute. He also sent a bullet into the office of J. P. Knight, ex-senator from this district. After shooting half a dozen times Gaskin directed his shots into the office of Judge W. D. Buie of the city court, hitting that official and Deputy Sheriff Jim Griner, who was there.
Mr. Griner returned the fire and slightly wounded Gaskins, was then arrested. Later he was released under bond of $10,500. He is a son of John A. Gaskins, one of the wealthiest men in Berrien county.
Tifton Gazette
November 7, 1913
Nashville Herald: Deputy Sheriff Jim Griner left Friday for Belleville, Illinois, in response to a telegrram from the Prison Commission advising him to go after Oscar Jones, who escaped from the Berrien county chaingang two years ago. He is a lifetime man sent here from Fulton county in 1911.
Tifton Gazette
June 12, 1914
Bob Luke, who shot and killed Calvin Lingo about three weeks go, was placed under arrest last week by Deputy Sheriff Jim Griner, of Berrien. Luke says he killed Lingo in self defense while Lingo was under the influence of whiskey. He offered to surrender but the coroner's jury returned a verdict of Justifiable homicide and he was turned loose. Lingo's brother had the warrant sworn out for Luke. George Henderson, the only eye-witness to the tragedy, has also been placed under arrest.
Atlanta Constitution
December 31, 1914
Two Prisoners Escape Berrien County Jail
Nashville, Ga., December 30. – (Special.) – J. C. Carter, a white man held in the Berrien county jail here for stealing hogs, and Capers Beach, colored, held for securing goods under false pretense, escaped late last night by sawing a bar in two and climbing to the ground on tied blankets. Love Vickers, colored, reported it to Deputy Sheriff J. B. Griner, but they had already successfully effected their escape. When last seen they were headed for Sparks on the Georgia and Florida track.


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I was there then and I was there again.
I was there in 1970 at Festival Studios in Paternoster Row when Kahvas Jute's seminal album Wide Open was recorded, and I was there again thirty five years later at The Basement gig where the band revisited and reworked some of the material from that first album, as well as showcasing new songs that somehow fitted seamlessly with what had gone before. At the same time, these new songs offer a logical and natural evolutionary movement into a second album, as if the intervening years were merely a glitch in the creative timestream.
There will be a Kahvas Jute "triple pack" (Live DVD, re-mastered 1971 album "Wide Open" with bonus tracks and the live album from the July 17th, 2005 get together at "The Basement"). Keep your eyes peeled here for the release date. We hope to do some more shows, and later, some more recording.


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24 Celebrity Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
It's hard to keep a secret in Hollywood. With constant media scrutiny, tabloid headlines and up-to-the-minute updates on social media, even the most hush-hush celeb facts are pretty well-known. That being said, there are always a few hidden gems that just seem to slip through the cracks every now and then. And to honor these lesser-known tidbits, we've scrounged up the most shocking celebrity facts that we could find. Get ready to have your mind blown.
1. Chris Kirkpatrick: If at first you don't succeed, try again.
2. All right, all right, all right! Matthew McConaughey really loves his food. Really.
3. Leonardo DiCaprio could have lit the black flame candle.
4. Rebel Wilson owes her career to a deadly disease. (Seriously.)
5. Taylor Swift's first job involved bugs. A lot of them.
6. Kesha: living proof that you can't judge a book by the amount of its glitter.
7. Before she was Katniss, Jennifer Lawrence was kiiind of a snobby little princess.
8. Bruno Mars was not actually named after a planet.
9. Sarah Jessica Parker's family history is just a little spooky.
10. Harry Styles, that's what makes you beautiful.
11. The origin of Halle Berry's name is kind of awesome.
12. Malcolm David Kelley's pre-MKTO fame will shock you.
13. Snoop Dogg can help you navigate those busy streets.
14. You probably shouldn't stand next to Madonna at a donut shop.
15. Jenny + Melissa McCarthy may come from the best family ever.
16. Brad Pitt once got paid to hide his beautiful face.
17. Robin + Alan Thicke: Blood is Thicke-r Than Water. See what we did there?
18. Ryan Gosling + Justin Timberlake were once basically brothers. Well, kind of.
19. All work and no play makes Simon Cowell a dull boy.
20. Ben Stiller has a surprising connection to Bikini Bottom.
21. Channing Tatum learned a thing or two from Ricky Martin.
22. Liam Payne should probably not eat in public.
23. Taylor Momsen was this close to being a Disney Channel star.
24. 'N Sync's discography was almost drastically different.
This post was produced in partnership with #FindingCarter. The series airs on Tuesdays at 10/9c on @MTV.
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760: Moria
Title text: Someone should really bring them a ladder and remind them to build the Endless Stair *first* next time.
This is Randall's take on the story of Moria in the fantasy story Lord of the Rings. In the original the dwarves, hunting for the precious metal mithril dug so deep that they awoke a balrog - a fearful demonic creature. However, in this version, they simply got stuck down the mine. The title text suggests a mundane solution to their problem - a long ladder. The Endless stair was a very long stair case from the lowest dungeon up to the top of the mountain above Moria.
However, Gandalf's final line may be a hint that the comic's version is closer to the original than it appears - in the story, the adventuring party discovers a journal of the last dwarves to occupy Moria. The last page starts ominously: "We cannot get out. We cannot get out." That memorable sentence is used again near the end of the page as the impending final orcish attack is described by the now-dead dwarves, and repeated by Gimli as they reflect on the terrible news, lending a much darker tone to the comic's punchline.
- [A far shot of Gandalf the Grey and the four hobbits standing in a dark, underground city.]
- Gandalf: Behold, Khazad-Dum; the Dwarrowdelf; the mines of Moria -- once the greatest and mightiest city of the dwarves.
- [Full body shot of Gandalf.]
- Gandalf: But the dwarves delved too greedily.
- [Close-up on Gandalf.]
- Gandalf: And too deep.
- [Full shot of the hobbits and Gandalf.]
- Hobbit: ...and awoke a terror of shadow and flame?
- Gandalf: No. They couldn't get out.
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Can someone who has read the Silmarillion clarify what balrogs actually are? I'm not sure how accurate this is but I seem to recall that they were the lieutenants of Morgoth, and were not monsters but actually minor gods (Maiar?) Athang (talk) 23:14, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
That's correct. Balrogs were both corrupted Maiar and servants of Morgoth. Gandalf, as with all the Istari (wizards), was also of the Maiar. Hence the close matched fight which took every last ounce of Gandalf's strength. Plm-qaz snr (talk) 12:34, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Just don't ask if the buggers have wings! 18.104.22.168 19:02, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
The bit about the Endless Stair could be a reference to Dwarf Fortress: one of the problems Dwarf Fortress players encounter is how the heck to get their miners back out of whatever moat/chute/spiky-pit/reservoir/pointless-doomsday-device-power-supply-tunnel they've just designed and built. And Randall plays Dwarf Fortress.


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Leatherwolf – S/T (Release Year – 1985)
In 1985, Leatherwolf unleashed their three axe attack with their self titled debut.
If you are a metal fan that loves to hear a lot of heavy guitar work, you are going to love Leatherwolf.
This record starts off with the heavy tune Spiter, that immediately shows the prowess of their three pronged metal music. Michael Olivieri is quite a good metal singer, and he proves to be quite a solid axeman as well. Carey Howe, Matt Hurich and Michael Olivieri's musicianship is ultra tight, and their guitar work plays off of each other well.
Leatherwolf is a hard band to compare to other acts from the era, but Iron Maiden would likely be the closes act they resemble, although their style is somewhat different. This is hard driving metal that simply kicks ass from beginning to end.
This disc has been out of print for quite some time and recently reissued by the band in 2007. The re-released version has a bonus track, Alone In the Night, which was originally recorded for the movie, Return of the Living Dead Part II. It is a nice addition to this cool disc.
Leatherwolf is still going strong with their 2007 release New World Asylum, you should definitely check out this record, as well as their latest work. If you are a heavy metal fan, buy this, you wont be disappointed. This album rocks!
For more information on Leatherwolf, check out the band's myspace page.
Rating:Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. Spiter
2. Endangered Species
3. Tonight's the Night
4. The Hook
5. Season Of the Witch
6. Off The Track
7. Kill And Kill Again
8. Vagrant
9. Leatherwolf
10. Alone In The Night* (Bonus Track)
Leatherwolf is:
Mike Olivieri – Vocals and Lead Guitar
Carey Howe – Lead Guitar and backing vocals
Matt Hurich – Lead Guitar and backing vocals
Geoff Gayer – Bass Guitar and backing vocals
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When it comes to "foods people could eat every day", did you know that Chicken Tikka Masala is the only dish that appears on EVERY HUMAN BEING'S LIST OF THOSE FOODS? That's right! Even the die-hardest seventh-level Vegan cannot resist shovelling this shit into their mouths on a daily basis!
FUN FAX: Did you know "chicken tikka masala" was actually invented in England? Because those banger-eating square-headed warm-beer-drinking a-holes couldn't be bothered to learn appreciation for actual Indian food? It's true, I think!
Now, everyone knows that the best version of Chicken Tikka Masala available anywhere in the world is actually in your local supermarket's freezer section:
I've been all around the world and had CTM in thousands, THOUSANDS of different countries and restaurants, and this little frozen box is the best one of all of them.
However, you and I are BOYCOTTING these rat bastards, because they recently replaced half of the curry in the box with RICE. I don't need RICE, you idiots. I got RICE. I know how to cook RICE. Gimme the goddamn STEW.
Plus, who has the time and money to go to the store and microwave a box of food? Nobody! However, we all have the time and money to go to the store and cook it fresh!
But we don't have a LOT of time or money, and plus we are not good at following complicated directions, which is why we need:
Ben's Famous "Fast 'n' Easy(tm)" Chicken Tikka Masala
Alright. There's two parts to this. The chicken, and the sauce. So as not to OVERWHELM your Scotch-addled brain with too much at once, we'll cover these separately:
– a couple chicken bresses
– a cup of plain yogurt
– juice of 1 lemon
– 1 teaspoon each: salt, pepper, cumin, cinammon, red pepper (optional, for heat)
1. Cut chicken bresses into 1 inch cubes.
2. Mix yogurt, lemon, and spices together.
3. Put chicken in there, and let marinate for an hour. Normally I'd say "overnight", but this is FAST N GODDAMN EASY.
4. Cook the chicken, however you find FASTEST AND EASIEST. Me, I'd just throw that shit under the broiler for ten minutes, but you got your own life to live.
– 1 tbsp butter
– Couple cloves of garlic, minced
– 1 cup (8oz can) tomato sauce
– 2 tsp garam masala (you can find this! at your store! in the spices!)
– 1 tsp coriander (or just substitute another tsp garam masala)
– 1 tsp each salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, sugar, red pepper (optional, for heat)
– 1 cup heavy cream
1. Cook garlic in the butter for a minute.
2. Add tomato sauce and spices, stir and let simmer for five minutes.
3. Add cream, and let sauce simmer until thickened to the DESIRED THICKNESS. Which is thinner than you might think. It should coat the back of a spoon, but not hold its shape in the pan at all.
1. Add chicken to sauce, simmer until warmed through.
2. Make some goddamn rice.
3. Garnish with chopped cilantro if you have any.
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You ladies are amazing with your quilt making - they are all beautiful! I have the patience of a Saint but no patience to make a quilt. I would probably stop after 2 squares. I get annoyed with myself when I have to make curtains but bought a new sewing machine so I don't have any excuses, but I try hard to think of some.
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Making It New
Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, Paris
On February 5, 1916, Hugo Ball, a German avant-garde theater director, and Emmy Hennings, his mistress and a nightclub singer, opened for the first time the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich where they presented exhibitions of contemporary art and performances of experimental music, poetry, and dance. The cabaret had a small stage, room for forty to fifty people in the audience, and was located in a seedy neighborhood of bars, variety shows, and cheap hotels in an otherwise respectable city in which many expatriate artists, writers, journalists, actors, intellectuals, and professional revolutionaries were then living, as well as international war profiteers and spies. Lenin rented rooms on the same narrow alley. Joyce worked on Ulysses in a neighborhood not very far away.
Dada did not yet exist as a movement, nor did it have a name. What started as a series of evenings where poems of modern German and French poets were recited, art songs performed, and compositions by Franz Liszt, Alexander Scriabin, and Claude Debussy played on the café's piano changed over the next few weeks into something quite different under the influence of new arrivals on the scene. They were the poet Richard Huelsenbeck, whom Ball had known in Berlin, the Alsatian-born artist Hans Arp, and the twenty-year-old Romanian poet Tristan Tzara and his not-much-older compatriot, the painter Marcel Janco. What brought them together was their hatred of the war and their belief that both art and politics needed a revolutionary change.
Already while living in Berlin in 1915, Ball and Hennings had organized a series of antiwar literary evenings with the intention, they said, to provoke, perturb, bewilder, tease, tickle to death, and confuse the audience. In Zurich, Janco made cardboard masks reminiscent of the ones used in African rituals and Japanese theater, but also strikingly original. As Ball wrote in his journal, "The masks simply demanded that their wearers start to move in a tragic-absurd dance."1 Patrons of the cabaret who came expecting to hear selections from the works of Voltaire and Turgenev or another balalaika orchestra were subjected instead to skits enacted by masked figures dressed in colorful costumes made from cardboard and poster paint who accompanied themselves with drums, pot covers, and frying pans as they recited poems that sounded like this:
Gadji beri bimba
Glandridi lauli lonni cadori
Gadjama bim beri glassala
Glandridi glassala tuffm Izimbrabim
Blassa galassasa tuffm Izimbrabim.2
The noise from the stage was deafening. There was bedlam in the audience too. The performers behaved like new recruits simulating mental illness before a medical commission. In less than a month the cabaret, which at first had welcomed all modern tendencies in the arts and hoped to entertain and educate the customer, had turned into a theater of the absurd. That was the intention. "What we are celebrating," Ball wrote in his diary, "is both buffoonery and a requiem mass."3 The scandal spread.Lenin, who played chess with Tzara, wanted to know what Dada was…
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Cougar Killed in Rapid City Residential Area
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Authorities killed a mountain lion that wandered into a residential area in Rapid City.
The young male weighing about 80 pounds was spotted in a tree Monday morning, and local police called in state Game, Fish and Parks officials. The department's policy is to kill lions that come into the city.
Game, Fish and Parks regional supervisor Mike Kintigh says an agency officer used a shotgun to knock the lion from the tree, and a city police officer used a rifle to finish off the animal when it tried to run off even though it was mortally wounded.
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The most famous thing about Newtown, Conn. -- until now -- was perhaps the 100-foot flagpole that has stood in the middle of Main Street since 1876. The pole is a source of community pride, but on Friday night it was also a symbol of sorrow, its flag hanging at half-staff in honor of the 20 children and six adults shot to death hours earlier.
That it happened in a school was the ultimate insult, residents said, because the schools are what continue to draw young families to this quiet, town in Connecticut's southwestern corner, a 90-minute drive from New York City. The schools and the sense of kinship they foster are what keep the place together, they said.
"This is a community, not just a town," said Cathy Masi, a real estate agent whose office window frames the downtown flagpole.
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Masi spoke with a determination that didn't seem necessary until the shooting. Because she knows, everyone here knows, that their unpretentious suburban-rural town of 28,000 is going to be tested like never before.
"We are a very strong community," Masi said. "We are going to rally around the families. And we will get through this."
Dark was falling, it was getting cold and hardly anyone was out, other than reporters and satellite trucks. Many residents were waiting for the vigils that would be held at various houses of worship around town. Some posted simple, handwritten signs on their lawns saying they were praying for the victims.
"It's full of love, this town," John Vouros said, standing in the vestibule of his Main Street bed and breakfast, festooned with wreaths and bright ribbons and holiday lights. He paused to catch himself and his eyes got watery. "This is one of those towns where you think, 'This could never happen to us.'"
He waved his arms out at the historic downtown, lined with century-old trees and Colonial-style houses. "It's quiet here. There's no sensationalism. We all got excited when Starbucks came. And now..."
Vouros collected himself again. "Now we're on the map. How ridiculous. How awful."
But Newtown is resilient, he said. "You'll see that over the next few days."
Inside the Trinity Episcopal Church, a few people had walked in off the street to pray. James Curry, bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, fought back tears as he considered the evil that had come to this town. But if Newtown has anything, it is faith, he said. And that will get them through.
"The people here know they have to come together, and they will," Curry said.


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Connecticut shootings restart school safety discussion
Connecticut shootings restart school safety discussion
Last month's shootings at a Connecticut elementary school have spurred fresh questions about whether schools should be doing more to keep students safe, though local schools officials say they're confident they're doing the right things.
School safety experts are saying that while it may not be possible to stop a determined attacker, many lives could be saved if the appropriate training, staffing and safety controls are in place.
"You don't have to have a metal detector and a SWAT team in every kindergarten entrance," school security expert Ken Trump said. "We don't need to throw out the playbook of best practices in school safety. But we do need to make sure schools are implementing the fundamentals."
Those fundamentals include plans for dealing with shooters and other crises – along with regular meetings between schools and public safety officials, training for teachers and school staff and lockdown and other drills for staff and students, said Trump, whose Cleveland-based consulting firm offers school security assessments, training and planning to districts all over the country.
Additional staffing like counselors and school resource officers can help prevent incidents because they can build relationships with struggling students, Trump said, while hardware like two-way radios for staff, locks for classroom doors or a camera and intercom system for entry could provide a crucial deterrent or delay if used in tandem with planning and training.
"Any type of security technology is only as effective as the people behind it," he said. "The best line of defense is a well-trained staff and student body."
Here in Alameda, police and public school administrators said they believe they've got a better handle on safety than other school districts because their safety plans have been battle-tested through drills and actual use, and they meet and train regularly to make sure they're ready to put them into action when needed.
"In many ways, we're (further) ahead of this process than where other districts are," said Kirsten Zazo, the school district official charged with managing safety plans for Alameda's public schools.
District officials said that they'll continue to meet and review their procedures but that they're confident in the steps they've taken, though they said they will also look at individual schools to assess vulnerabilities. A meeting is scheduled for later this month, they said.
Alameda Unified has district-wide and school-based plans in place to address crises ranging from gas leaks to an armed assailant on campus – those are required by state law – and they perform drills and meet regularly to make sure Alameda's schools are prepared if a disaster or incident occurs, school district administrators said, though they did the district's emergency plan or any of the schools' plans despite repeated requests for those materials.
Three of Alameda's high schools have free health clinics on campus, which offer mental health care to students.
The district once had school resource officers on all of its middle and high school campuses, Morten said, though their numbers have declined in recent years to include an officer at Alameda High and another at Encinal High who also handles issues that come up at the district's remaining middle schools and its elementary schools, Alameda Police Officer Hank Morten said. Morten, a onetime school resource officer, said that the officers spend 90 percent of their time at the high schools.
The campus-based officers' role includes reducing crime on campus and making students and staff feel safer if there's criminal activity nearby, and to build relationships with school staff, students and families - and at-risk youth in particular – in order to promote safety.
Morten said that when he came to Alameda 11 years ago from San Francisco, he brought a "safe schools" program he developed as an officer in that city with him and tailored it for Alameda's schools. The program has since been implemented at all of Alameda's public and private schools, and has also been passed on to other school districts across Alameda County.
The program includes protocols designed to keep students safe in the midst of a range of crises, reunite them with their parents as quickly as possible and provide mental health resources to address any trauma they may have suffered. Ultimately, its goal is to contain and control students while police are called in to neutralize any potential threat – and to minimize injuries and deaths in the event of a catastrophic event like the Newtown shootings.
"In a nutshell, it's controlling chaos," Morten said of the program.
Police and district officials meet regularly to discuss safety procedures, they said, and they said teachers and staff are trained on them. Morten said the district conducts a training before the start of school each year.
Students take part in lockdown drills – three to four times a year at the district's secondary schools and twice a year at its elementary schools, Zazo said – in addition to earthquake and fire drills that are also conducted at Alameda's schools. The district also hosted a pair of "active shooter" drills at Lincoln Middle School in 2007 and Alameda High School in 2011.
The Lincoln drill was conducted with the participation of local police and firefighters, school district staff, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office and the Red Cross, Morten said, while the larger Alameda High drill included more than 500 students.
The plan has been tested through smaller-scale gun incidents that included a shooting at Balboa High School in San Francisco when Morten was an officer there in the late 1990s and here at Wood Middle School in 2010 when a student who said he was being bullied brought a loaded semiautomatic pistol and other weapons to school, Morten and district officials said. The Wood incident was one of several instances of guns being brought to Alameda schools in early 2010, a district official said then.
Morten said that police and school district officials have discussed locks and other hardware and technological improvements that could make students safer, and that the discussion will likely continue.
"Any measures that you could take or a school district could take to possibly slow somebody down are always a good idea. But if you have somebody with the intent to get in, they'll get in," Morten said.
"It's stuff that I'm sure is going to be ironed out or looked at again and again and again, not just because of Sandy Hook, but other incidents we've had in our recent history," he said.
Alameda Education Association President Gray Harris said the teacher's union has reopened the safety article of the teachers' contract, which is under negotiation, but declined to discuss the details of the union's proposal until a deal with administrators is reached.
"Safety should be a priority," Harris said.
The renewed discussion over school safety comes after years of declining focus on making sure schools are protected, said Trump, the school safety expert.
"The day before Sandy Hook you couldn't pay school boards and administrators and the community to talk about school safety. Today we're in Columbine déjà vu," Trump said of the 1999 Colorado high school shooting that prompted a drive to improve school security.
One major driver of the loosening emphasis on safety is money. Trump said budget cuts at the federal, state and local levels have led to the elimination of planning and training efforts, school counselors and school resource officers. He said school safety needs to be a regular budget line item for school districts and that funding needs to be maintained.
"Our federal officials and states do need to restore the cut grant programs for prevention, security and preparedness that have been eliminated over the years. At the same time, school boards and administrators have to stop viewing security and training and emergency preparedness as a grant-funded luxury," he said.
But Trump also said that in the months leading up to the Connecticut shootings, some schools had regressed to a "pre-Columbine mentality" where doors were left open, staff was not trained to greet strangers on campus and crisis teams were only on paper. A reporter who visited three Island elementary schools this week to assess their security found easy entry to all three, and none of the adults the reporter encountered while wandering through each school acknowledged the reporter other than to say hello (see accompanying story).
The shootings come at a time when Zazo said the district is considering a shift toward a community school culture that welcomes the community at large on school campuses. She said that some safety enhancements put in place at other schools – like fences and metal detectors – made the school less safe.
"What we don't want to do is to make our campus feel unwelcome and feel unsafe by making them look unsafe," Zazo said.
Chief Business Officer Robert Shemwell said the district's safety efforts include a focus on relationship building between students and adults on campus in order to get students to come forward with information they may have about weapons or other dangers on campus.
"If these people feel comfortable about approaching adults and about the environment they attend school in, and they feel valued there, they will come forward," Shemwell said.
Related: Basic safety measures lacking at some Alameda schools


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Living out of a suitcase has actually been pretty fun. My choices are limited, so I've been utilizing every piece I have on hand. I recently acquired a few springy scarves that I love, but wouldn't normally reach for...and for a couple of weeks they were just staring at me from my suitcase. Yesterday, I put on this outfit with a regular navy belt, but then changed my mind and grabbed this scarf instead. I tied it into a bow sash and ended up liking the outfit so much more.
In other news, Miku and I will be flying home tomorrow morning! My extended visit in Florida has come to an end. It's always bittersweet going back to New York. On one hand, I'm relieved to return home to my own apartment and get back into my routine. On the other hand...I always want to bring my family and friends with me.
Outfit Details:
Teal cardigan thing - thrifted and reconstructed
navy lace camisole - thrifted
denim skirt - thrifted and shortened
heels - Calvin Klein, Beacon's Closet
RACHEL Rachel Roy scarf (worn as a sash) - courtesy of the Rachel Roy team
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With his "Three Musketeers" adaptation in limbo, director Doug Liman's got some time on his hands, time that he may fill with a sci-fi war epic.
With Warner Bros. having apparently thrown in the towel in its "The Three Musketeers" duel Summit Entertainment, Liman's now looking at an opportunity to direct an adaptation of the Japanese light novel "All You Need Is Kill," reported Deadline.
The book, for which Warner paid an ungodly sum this spring, tells the story of a Keiji Kiriya, a soldier killed in his first battle against an alien invasion and awakens to find himself in a time loop that has him fight that fatal battle again and again. "It's Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers!," as the folks at Empire noted.
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But like Liman's "Musketeers," this project is well behind an eerily similar one, director Duncan Jones' "Source Code," which stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier who awakens in the body of a commuter who is on a train that is blown up, and keeps reliving the tragedy until he can prevent it. Michelle Monaghan plays his love interest and Vera Farmiga is in the Sigourney Weaver role of controlling Gyllenhaal as he spans space and time.
OK, so "All You Need Is Kill" is "Source Code" minus "Avatar."
Of course, it we wouldn't mind if Liman used the extra time on his Attica movie, which he's developing with "Precious" scribe Geoffrey Fletcher.