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As the snowy Midwest digs out from the latest storm, wind chills hit 56 degrees below zero in some places. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.
JetBlue Airways, recovering from heavy weekend delays and getting ready for a deep freeze overnight in the Northeast, took the extraordinary step Monday of grounding flights for 17 hours at four of the busiest airports in the country.
The shutdown, which covers the three major New York airports and Boston's Logan International, was to take effect at 5 p.m. ET Monday, the airline said in a statement. JetBlue said it would ramp up service again at 10 a.m. ET Tuesday and expects to be fully operational again by 3 p.m.
"We regret the impact to our customers," the airline said.
NBC's Anne Thompson reports from John F. Kennedy Airport, where JetBlue says it won't fly again in New York or Boston until Tuesday.
Bad weather over the weekend forced thousands of delays and cancellations for major airlines.
By 7 p.m. ET, almost 4,000 flights into and out of U.S. airports had been canceled Monday — more than 1,600 of them at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport alone. Almost 300 had been canceled at Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport.
Amtrak, meanwhile, said it had suspended Acela Express and Northeast Regional service between Philadelphia and Baltimore because of mechanical problems involving the overhead electrical system near Wilmington, Del. Passengers who have paid but chosen not to travel can still get a refund or a voucher for future travel, it said.
A churning mass of record-breaking, life-threatening arctic air is pushing across the country, so broad that every state except Hawaii is expected to see freezing temperatures by Tuesday.
Temperatures in the 20s and 30s below zero spread over much of the Upper Midwest on Monday morning. Twenty-six states were under warnings or watches for severe wind chill as the result of a weather phenomenon known as a polar vortex — essentially an arctic cyclone that normally sits near the North Pole but has pushed unusually far south.
In northern Minnesota, the towns of Embarrass, Babbitt and Brimson all reached minus-40, Gov. Mark Dayton ordered schools across the state closed because — the first time that has happened in 17 years.
"These are some temperatures that we haven't seen in decades," said Jen Carfagna, a forecaster for The Weather Channel.
Kevin Roth, a lead meteorologist for The Weather Channel, warned that anyone venturing outside without wrapping up risked frostbite in a matter of minutes or even seconds.
"It's tough on all of us. You can't stay out here real long," said George Sipus of Indianapolis Power and Light, which was still working Monday night to restore power to 22,000 customers.
"It takes time to get stuff up and get the trees off and get the wires back up," Sipus told NBC station WTHR of Indianapolis. "It's just going to be a slow process. But we're gaining on it, absolutely."
Monday is already the most depressing day of the year, according to a British study that blamed the return to work for many people, the hangover from holiday spending and busted New Year's resolutions.
The cold simply added to the misery. Examples were everywhere:
- Indiana Gov. Mike Pence declared a state of disaster emergency for 29 counties, and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard declared a level-red travel emergency, making it illegal for anyone to drive except in emergencies or to get to shelter. It was the first time that has happened since 1978.
- Along Interstate 57 in Illinois, the Southern Illinois University men's basketball team, traveling home by bus after a loss at Illinois State, got stuck in the snow. The team wound up sleeping on the floor of a church in the city of Tuscola.
- It was so cold overnight that both engines froze on an Amtrak train from Detroit to Chicago, stranding passengers for nine hours just past Kalamazoo, Mich., until another train arrived to tug it the rest of the way home. The heat stayed on, but the episode tested patience. "Not exactly in the best of spirits," Valerie King, a journalism student at Northwestern University, posted to Twitter from inside the train. Finally in Chicago, she snapped a photo of the train's outside, which looked freezer-burned.
@cenelson08 Feel free to use my tweets! I didn't get pics on train but did snap a few of exterior when we arrived. pic.twitter.com/Whkvp2uMl1— Valerie King (@valerielking) January 6, 2014
- In Florida, citrus growers crossed their fingers. A spokesman for Florida Citrus Mutual, an industry group, told the AP that the danger zone was 28 degrees for four hours straight — and suggesting that it was going to be a close call. Overnight lows were expected to be near freezing in central Florida, according to Weather.com.
- In Lexington, Ky., temperatures fell 55 degrees in less than 24 hours, with wind chills at minus-20 Monday. A car lost control on a patch of black ice Monday morning on Interstate 75 in Laurel County, causing a two-vehicle crash that killed the driver, NBC station WLEX of Lexington reported.
- An elderly man was found dead from the cold in Christian County, Ill., just a few feet from safety, the sheriff's office said. The man tried to walk home after his car broke down about a mile away; his body was found in his driveway Monday morning. His identity wasn't immediately released.
- It was so cold that in Clarksville, Iowa, that firefighters were tagging in and out like wrestlers as they battled a house fire, only to find their hoses were frozen. Almost five hours after it started Monday morning, the fire was still burning, and the house was totaled, NBC station KWWL of Waterloo reported.
By Wednesday, the big chill should be on its way out, and by Thursday, highs in much of the Great Lakes and the Northeast will climb all the way into the 20s and the 30s, forecasters said.
The polar vortex normally sits over the North Pole, but it's now moving south, bringing dangerously cold air all the way down to Savannah, Ga. NBC's Al Roker reports.
- 'Only getting colder': Blast of frigid air set to smash records
- Out of the blizzard, into the icebox; low temperature records may be shattered
- Dangerous cold snap: 10 things to know
This story was originally published on Mon Jan 6, 2014 5:18 PM EST


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I'm in need of color
A little cheering up is in order. I planted some flowers this week, hoping it would help but I still feel a little blue. Maybe it's because I need some yellow chairs or maybe I need some chocolate cake, anyone else?
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i love that toadstool lamp - i have been eyeing it off in a shop i like...my yellow earrings arrived! i have worn them everyday since the little parcel arrived. i love them. dayleReplyDelete
I wish I could come over for chocolate cake!ReplyDelete
I love the yellow chairs and love chocolate cake , I have some in my house so if you can come to Puerto Rico you can have a piece of cake : ) , Tuesday was my birthday so that's why I have chocolate cake, every year my mom give me one : ) . Hope you feel better.ReplyDelete
yes. Definitely yellow chairs and most definitely a whole chocolate cake. Isn't it weird how sometimes you feel down but you can't pinpoint why? It happens to me quite a bit.ReplyDelete
oh string shelves, how I love thee so.ReplyDelete
gorgeous & i love the toadstool lamp - saw this recently in a shop i like. dayleReplyDelete
yellow chairs and chocolate cake... is there anything better!ReplyDelete
chocolate cake for me too pls :-) Happy weekend!ReplyDelete
I am so drawn to these photos of bright white with splashes of gorgeous color. How I wished my place looked but I can't seem to get the right balalce. I guess I'm off to study more photos and figure it out, lol.ReplyDelete
Such cheerful rooms! I think I need some of those golden yellow chairs:)ReplyDelete
Chocolate cake, for sure. Here's what you do to make it even better- stir a gigantic gob of creamy peanut butter into the frosting. Dark chocolate, of course. But a couple of yellow chairs never hurt anyone. :)ReplyDelete
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[Verse 1]
I am sippin' on that lean, don't bring me no bottles ho
I make it rain so hard, flowers grow, Hollygrove
Four baby mamas, no baby mama drama
Bad bitch at home sleep, I go home and sleep behind her, uh
Shout out to my weed man, shout out to my lean man
I'm sittin' on these motherfuckin' millions like a beanbag
Fuck you, don't judge me, drug me then love me
Eat me some pussy when I got the munchies
I'm tripping, tell Pippen to beam me up, Scotty
Got pounds of that kush watch me go on a diet
That's no lie, I'm so hot, you pussy ass niggas Massengill
I got them yellow Xanax, I slipped on a banana peel
Trukfit t-shirt, blunt dipped in syrup
Pass that weed around like some fuckin' hors d'oeuvres
Man I'm shit faced and your bitch facin', she high too, fuckin' right
My number one F-A-N, you know what that mean, Fuck All Night, uh
Yeah, I'mma let that breathe
Let that breathe
[Verse 2]
Uh, nigga I fucked that bitch that's with ya
And she send me naked pictures
If I was you I wouldn't kiss her, you know why?
You know why, yeah, uh, now all my bad bitches say word
You ain't never jocked no nigga, you ain't never sweat no nigga
Yeah, you don't want none of these niggas
Bitch, I ain't one of these niggas, ho
I be doin' my own thing, red bone with a tongue-ring
We get home and she go straight for that head, gun range
Fuck your feelings I'm feelin' me, you want real? That's real as me
Mask on, trick-or-treat, my sign say "Dick for free"
All my homies ride or die, all my bitches ride or die
I look her pussy eye-to-eye then suck that motherfucker dry
Yes Lord
Yeah and she say, "Yes Lord"
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Carriers Target RIAs with Fee-Only Variable Annuities
Variable annuities designed for sale in fee-only distribution channels have nearly doubled in number compared to just one year ago, according to Morningstar.
That is putting more variable policies into the hands of advisors who do not charge commissions when recommending a variable annuity purchase.
This has happened at the same time as commissioned advisors have seen their variable choices shrink due to much publicized feature suspensions, living benefit rider cuts, and even some market exits.
The Chicago-based Morningstar says its database of "active" fee-only variable annuities now lists 61 such products. That's up by more than 90 percent from 34 such products last year, according to John McCarthy, product manager-advisor software in Morningstar's insurance solutions business.
That is a big jump in one year, points out McCarthy in an interview.
The Morningstar database shows that 30 carriers are actively selling those products (see list below). The firm did not keep a carrier count on this last year, but McCarthy says the number is also up from 2011.
Going in another direction
He attributes the growth in products for the fee-based market to the desire of many variable annuity carriers to go in another direction than offering products with competitive living benefits guarantees.
"Because interest rates have been so low for such a long time, and because carriers expect the rates to continue staying low in 2013, the carriers have found it difficult to offer as generous living benefit features as they would like," he explains.
"They need to pick up profitable business in a low-yield world, so they are looking to innovate by offering products for an as yet largely untapped distribution channel."
That channel is the registered investment advisor (RIA) market. "Insurers have low penetration in this market," he says, so they've begun designing products that will help build penetration there.
The RIA business is easier for carriers to manage, he notes. "That's because most of these contracts don't have living benefits attached, which makes the hedging easier."
Morningstar terms these policies "I-share contracts." These are variable annuities designed for fee-only/non-commissioned use in an advisory program, McCarthy says. The surrender charges and policy fees are structured to fit into the RIA business model, in which advisors typically charge fees on an assets-under-management basis.
Some carriers also sell these contracts directly through firms such as Schwab and TD Ameritrade, McCarthy says.
Morningstar's list of carriers in this market reads like a Who's Who of the variable annuity world. Many of the carriers also sell other types of variable annuity products through commissioned insurance agents and other distribution channels. But the expansion of the fee-only designs suggests that carriers are definitely increasing their moves into full multi-channel marketing — of variable annuities, at least.
Linda Koco, MBA, is a contributing editor to AnnuityNews, specializing in life insurance, annuities and income planning. Linda can be reached at [email protected].
© Entire contents copyright 2012 by InsuranceNewsNet.com Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reprinted without the expressed written consent from InsuranceNewsNet.com.
Source: Morningstar, Chicago, November 2012. This list shows that 30 carriers are now actively selling 61 fee-only/non-commissioned variable annuities. The carrier count treats affiliated carriers as separate companies if the Morningstar database lists them with different business names. For instance, XYZ Insurance Company of NY would count as one carrier and its sister company, XYZ Insurance Company, would count as another carrier.


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Research in Action
The Duquesne difference in research is that each faculty member is expected to be a great teacher as well as an outstanding scholar. But, driven by their commitment to add to the world's collective knowledge, much of Duquesne's research is intended to have impact in communities near the University as well as around the world, like:
- Fostering exchanges with energy extractors and environmentalists across the U.S. and Ghana
- Improving health care in Côte d'Ivoire
- Monitoring local environments
- Promoting care of the disabled in Africa
- Redesigning the professional education doctoral program, with a pilot at Duquesne to serve as a nationwide model
- Establishing professional development for health care providers in Poland and Tanzania.
- Collecting oral histories
- Examining corporate sustainability challenges
- Developing new anti-tumor cancer drugs that are not toxic to patients and other pioneering treatments
Duquesne's 40 interdisciplinary centers and institutes include:
- The Institute for Energy and the Environment
- The Center for Green Industries and Sustainable Business Growth
- The Small Business Development Center
- The Center for Healthcare Ethics
- The Beard Institute, which focuses on sustainability in finances, human capital and environmental areas
- The Chronic Pain Consortium, an interdisciplinary collaborative to tackle these persistent health concerns.
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Free Realms continues to be an unrelenting engine of family-friendly fun and frivolity, reaching the 10 million player mark just short of its first birthday, with Sony Online Entertainment doubling Station Cash purchases this weekend in celebration.
We've established by now that people love mini-games and free things, and that's pretty much the formula to Free Realms' success - it's a free massively-multiplayer online game packed with mini-games.
It's also packed with stuff to buy with Station Cash, which is a Sony Online Entertainment form of currency people buy with real cash. To celebrate the big 10 million, SOE will be doubling any Station Cash card values redeemed between 4PM today Pacific and 11PM Sunday.
I guess it's finally time to redeem that $25 Station Cash card I've been sitting on since E3 last year.
"Reaching 10 million registered players on the eve of Free Realms' first birthday is an incredibly exciting event for SOE and our passionate online community," said John Smedley, president of SOE. "Millions of gamers have confirmed that the genre we pioneered over 11 years ago with the original EverQuest continues to evolve and expand to include new styles of gameplay that reach a wider audience than ever before."
The genre SOE pioneered? I suppose we won't go all Ultima Online, Neverwinter Nights, Meridian 59 on the guy on his special day.
To play Free Realms, like 10 million other people, visit FreeRealms.com.


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Two years ago when Sara Kazee organized a 15-vendor all-vintage flea market on 13th Avenue in Northeast, just two days before the launch, she discovered something that shocked her.
Outdoor flea markets or second-hand markets are illegal, according to City of Minneapolis code, which mainly allows for markets that traffic in agricultural products. A co-organizer had been misinformed early in the organization process.
"I was completely shocked. I just couldn't even believe it. They're illegal and even the word 'illegal' seemed so wrong for a flea market," said Kazee owner of Fried Bologna Vintage on 13th, which sells mostly clothing and accessories.
But, Kazee and partner businesses could get their day of sales in the sun, if Minneapolis changes its code, something that is under review by city zoning staff and has support of some city council members.
City Council Member Gary Schiff said he wants a new ordinance passed in time to allow people like Kazee to plan flea markets to open in 2013. He described an ordinance that would resemble farmers markets' ordinance. It would require a license, a parking plan, onsite bathrooms, set operating hours, a master lease holder, a permanent site and subcontracts for spaces. The ordinance would also require the markets to be located on commercial parking lots, not in residential areas.
"Think of Lake Street. Think of Central Avenue. Think of the equivalent to a farmers market vendor, but selling second hand items," he said.
He said the ordinance would allow Minneapolis to catch up with generational and consumer shifts toward thriftiness that were reinforced by the recession.
"This is a growing part of the economy," he said. "[The ordinance] wouldn't mean that people can start selling pit-bulls out of boxes or that people can start to sell shoes out of cars on freeway exit ramps," he said, adding that the ordinance would create added revenue for thrift stores, not take their business away. Schiff also said he wants the ordinance to allow no more than 10 percent produce.
Technically, under the city code, crafts and other goods are allowed at block parties but they can be held only four times a year in one location. Schiff said that creates the added expense and inconvenience of closed streets.
Currently there are 27 public markets operating in the city — 10 large farmers markets, three craft and produce markets and 14 small farmers markets, which are limited to five vendors, according to the City of Minneapolis.
Kazee's idea wouldn't be the first non-farmers market to run afoul of city regulations.
In 2009, the Uptown Market was forced to change plans and its unique mix of crafts and produce due to city regulations. It finally folded this year after transforming its mix of vendors three times in order to conform to its vision or regulations.
"We put a tremendous of time and effort into working with the city to make it work and that took a lot of time away from doing things that we should have been doing," said Shaun Laden, a volunteer board member, referring to the loss of time to work on building the market's success.
In its first year the market ran four times as a block party selling a mix of craft goods and produce. It then became weekly in 2010 and 2011, but under regulations it was forced to become a farmers market with at least 75 percent produce, said Laden.
Last year the market worked with the city to allow for craft/market hybrids but by June the market, which had finally found a balance between the two, closed.
Laden said many volunteers moved on to other projects.
David Brauer, a board member of the Kingfield and Fulton farmers markets, said the city will need to be watchful for potential unintended consequences and protect the interest of neighbors and other businesses. He said that the amount of produce at the markets should be limited to avoid over-saturating the market for farm produce.
"What I don't want is for it to get so big that there is so much competition on every corner, that no one makes any money," he said, adding that allowing a small amount of produce could give some opportunities for produce vendors at smaller markets.
Schiff said he planned to meet with farmers market organizers to discuss the ordinance and their ideas.
Council Member Meg Tuthill said she would reserve her final opinion until she sees the draft ordinance, but the idea itself sounds like a "no-brainer."
"I was surprised to learn they are not allowed," she said, adding that flea markets could provide fund-raising opportunities for churches and schools.
Kazee said she sees flea markets as a new way to reach more than just new customers, but build community.
"We were creating not just a flea market. We were creating an event," she said adding that she wanted the feel of a farmers market. "It's not just where people go to buy and sell stuff."


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Stamp of approval: Media tout Obama polling falsehood
Several media figures and outlets have falsely claimed that President Obama's approval rating is lower than that of most or all recent presidents, according to Gallup. In fact, Gallup itself recently reported that, by two different measures, Obama's approval rating is the second highest of any president since 1969.
In recent days, several media figures and outlets have falsely claimed that President Obama's approval rating at this point in his presidency, according to Gallup, is lower than that of most or all recent presidents. The falsehood is based on an apples-to-oranges comparison between an April 20-21 Gallup poll question that asked respondents to "rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as president so far -- excellent, good, just okay, poor, or terrible," and the historical results of the traditional Gallup approval rating poll question that simply asked whether respondents "approve" or "disapprove" of the president's performance. Based on its traditional presidential approval poll question, Gallup itself recently reported that Obama's average approval rating for the first quarter of his first year in office is the highest of any president since 1969 other than Jimmy Carter, and Obama's most recent weekly average approval rating is higher than the April approval ratings of every first-term president since 1969 other than Ronald Reagan.
The falsehood appears to have originated in an April 24 entry by Judith Apter Klinghoffer on George Mason University's History News Network blog, titled, "OBAMA'S POLL NUMBERS TRAIL THOSE OF W.; GALLUP COVERS IT UP." Klinghoffer asserted: "Gallup reports that 56% of the public believes that Obama is doing an excellent/good job. Gallup reported 62% approved of George W. Bush's job performance after the first 100 days." Klinghoffer then purported to compare Obama's approval rating to "the numbers for other presidents," writing:
Here are the numbers for other presidents:
April approval ratings in first year in office
Bush now 62%
Clinton, 1993 55
Bush, 1989 58
Reagan, 1981 67
Carter, 1977 63
Nixon, 1969 61
Sampling error: +/-3% pts
Newsday columnist and Fox News analyst Jim Pinkerton echoed Klinghoffer's assertion during the April 25 edition of Fox News Watch, stating: "Judith Klinghoffer, writing for the History News Network, made the point that Obama actually ranked seventh of the last nine presidents in Gallup poll opinion ratings. So seventh out of nine isn't so good." Pinkerton's remarks were also touted by the Media Research Center's NewsBusters blog. The Washington Times then repeated the assertion in an April 28 editorial:
According to Gallup's April survey, Americans have a lower approval of Mr. Obama at this point than all but one president since Gallup began tracking this in 1969. The only new president less popular was Bill Clinton, who got off to a notoriously bad start after trying to force homosexuals on the military and a federal raid in Waco, Texas, that killed 86. Mr. Obama's current approval rating of 56 percent is only one tick higher than the 55-percent approval Mr. Clinton had during those crises.
[F]ive presidents rated higher than Mr. Obama after 100 days in office. Ronald Reagan topped the charts in April 1981 with 67 percent approval. Following the Gipper, in order of popularity, were: Jimmy Carter with 63 percent in 1977; George W. Bush with 62 percent in 2001; Richard Nixon with 61 percent in 1969; and George H.W. Bush with 58 percent in 1989.
Additionally, during the April 28 edition of Fox News' Hannity, Republican strategist Kate Obenshain alleged, "there's a reason why Barack Obama is lower in any of the public opinion polls than any president at this point in his administration, than Bill Clinton. According to the Gallup poll, he is the least popular of anyone. And it's because people are worried about this massive expansion of government." TownHall.com columnist Janice Shaw Crouse also repeated a variation of the claim in her April 28 column, writing: "According to the Gallup Poll, this president is the second least popular president in 40 years. Even Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon had higher approval ratings at this point in their presidencies."
In fact, contrary to claims that Obama's Gallup approval rating is lower than that of most recent presidents, Obama ranks among the presidents with the highest approval rating at this point in their respective presidencies, when comparing the results of the Gallup poll question that asked whether respondents "approve" or "disapprove" of the president's performance.
Gallup published just such a comparison on April 17, and reported that Obama's average approval rating of 63 percent during the first quarter of his first year as president was "the highest since Jimmy Carter's 69% in 1977." The Gallup write-up included the following chart:
Gallup also recently reported that Obama's most recent weekly approval rating of 65 percent -- averaging Gallup's daily poll results from April 20-26 -- is higher than the April approval ratings (poll dates unspecified) of all presidents since 1969 other than Reagan. According to Gallup, Obama's previous weekly averages were 62 percent approval from March 30-April 5, 61 percent approval from April 6-12, and 62 percent approval from April 13-19. From Gallup:
Barack Obama's Most Recent Weekly Approval Rating Average 65% (Apr 20-26, 2009)
Other Elected Presidents in April of First Term:
George W. Bush 61% (April 2001)
Bill Clinton 55% (April 1993)
George H.W. Bush 58% (April 1989)
Ronald Reagan 67% (April 1981)
Jimmy Carter 64% (April 1977)
Richard Nixon 62% (April 1969)
John Kennedy 81% (April 1961)
Dwight Eisenhower 74% (April 1953)
In an April 24 entry on MSNBC's blog First Read, NBC's Harry Enten similarly reported that Obama ranks "near the top" when considering "Gallup polls taken within five days of [the] 100-day mark." Enten wrote: "Obama's 65% approval rating in the most recent daily Gallup poll ... is 7-10 points higher than the approvals of the last three presidents. Since Nixon, in fact, only Reagan's 68% is higher than Obama's current approval." His report was accompanied by the following chart:
Based on Gallup polls taken within five days of 100-day mark. Some ratings are averages of two polls taken in that period.
Charts presenting the Gallup approval ratings for every president from Harry Truman to George W. Bush are available here.
From the April 25 edition of Fox News' Fox News Watch:
JON SCOTT (host): Day one, Barack Obama sworn in as our 44th president back in January; now, just days away from the 100-day mark. All right, Jim, how are the media going to observe this 100th day?
PINKERTON: Well, I mean, as President Obama has the benefit, he's the first black president to -- anything. And so it's always kind of exciting -- even people who don't like him are still sort of intrigued by him and his family and so on. But every now and then you have to apply some sort of metrics to get some grip on where we are. And Judith Klinghoffer, writing for the History News Network, made the point that Obama actually ranked seventh of the last nine presidents in Gallup poll opinion ratings. So seventh out of nine isn't so good.
From the April 28 edition of Fox News' Hannity:
OBENSHAIN: But this dishonesty or this little glimpse that we're seeing, there's a reason why Barack Obama is lower in any of the public opinion polls than any president at this point in his administration --
DONNIE FOWLER (Democratic strategist): That's Joe Biden, not Barack Obama.
OBENSHAIN: -- than Bill Clinton. According to the Gallup poll, he is the least popular of anyone. And it's because people are worried about --
MARK FUHRMAN (Fox News contributor): No, no, it isn't, Kate.
OBENSHAIN: -- this massive expansion of government.
FUHRMAN: They see the window.
HANNITY: All right. Here's --
FUHRMAN: They're starting to peer through the window.
FOWLER: Let the liberal have a chance.
FUHRMAN: They're seeing who he really is.
OBENSHAIN: I think that's part of it, but it's also about the initiatives.


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Easy Buttermilk Baked Chicken Recipe
This recipe definitely doesn't disappoint. It tastes wonderful and is a cinch to make!**
- Vegetable oil, for baking sheet
- 8 slices white bread
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon hot-pepper sauce
- Salt and pepper
- 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese (2 1/2 ounces)
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 4 pounds chicken parts (preferably legs, thighs, and wings), rinsed and patted dry
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Generously rub a baking sheet with oil. In a food processor, pulse bread until it turns into coarse crumbs.
- In a large bowl, stir together buttermilk, hot-pepper sauce, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. In a separate bowl, mix breadcrumbs, Parmesan, thyme, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
- Place chicken in the buttermilk mixture, turning to coat evenly. Working with one piece at a time, remove chicken from liquid, letting excess drip back into bowl; dredge in the breadcrumb mixture, turning to coat evenly. Place coated chicken pieces on prepared baking sheet.
- Bake until chicken is golden brown, about 35 minutes.Note: Leave enough space between the chicken pieces so that they crisp evenly all the way around.


text: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/science/17chimp.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin Almost Human, and Sometimes SmarterBy JOHN NOBLE WILFORD <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/john_noble_wilford/index.html?inline=nyt-per> Published: April 17, 2007 CHICAGO — Observed in the wild and tested in captivity, chimpanzees invite comparison with humans, their close relatives. They bear a family resemblance that fascinates people, and scientists see increasing evidence of similarities in chimp behavior and skills, making some of them think on the vagaries of evolution. Skip to next paragraph<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/science/17chimp.html?8dpc=&_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all#secondParagraph> Enlarge This Image Left, Bettmann/CORBIS; right, Michael K. Nichols/National Geographic— Getty Images Jane Goodall's studies of chimpanzees in Gombe National Park in Northern Tanzania, starting in the 1960s, changed primatology. Ayumu is a six-year-old male. Multimedia [image: Chimpanzees Using Tools]Interactive Feature Chimpanzees Using Tools Related With a Founding Mother in the Field of Primatology<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/science/17good.html>(April 17, 2007) From top, Estuko Nogami/Kyoto University; Tetsuro Matsuzawa; Michael K. Nichols/National Geographic; Estuko Nogami/Kyoto University >From the top, Ayumu, a 6-year-old male, shows foresight in stacking blocks; chimps can outperform humans at some memory tasks; they use simple tools like twigs to dig out ants and termites, and rocks to crack open nuts. Enlarge This Image Etsuko Nogami/Kyoto University Chimpanzees defend territories and patrol boundaries, as this group is doing in Uganda, where one patrol was seen to kill and mutilate a trespassing male. Enlarge This Image Yerkes National Primate Research Center/Emory University *QUICK STUDIES* Chimpanzees pass on what they have learned. Here a group watches and learns while Georgia, trained separately, puts a token in a bucket to obtain food. Center for Great Apes Knuckles, top, has cerebral palsy. Although Knuckles' disability made him an easy target, chimps in his community never took advantage of him. For some time, paleontologists and evolutionary biologists have known that chimp ancestors were the last line of today's apes to diverge from the branch that led to humans, probably six million, maybe four million years ago. More recent examination shows that despite profound differences in the two species, just a 1.23 percent difference in their genes separates Homo sapiens from chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes. And certain similarities between the two species, scientists say, go beyond expressive faces and opposable thumbs. Chimps display a remarkable range of behavior and talent. They make and use simple tools, hunt in groups and engage in aggressive, violent acts. They are social creatures that appear to be capable of empathy, altruism, self-awareness, cooperation in problem solving and learning through example and experience. Chimps even outperform humans in some memory tasks. "Fifty years ago, we knew next to nothing about chimpanzees," said Andrew Whiten, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. "You could not have predicted the richness and complexity of chimp culture that we know now." Jane Goodall, a young English woman working in Africa in the 1960s, began changing perceptions. At first, experts disputed her reports of chimps' using tools and social behavior. The experts especially objected to her references to chimp culture. Just humans, they insisted, had "culture." "Jane suffered early rejection by the establishment," Richard Wrangham, a Harvard<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/h/harvard_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org>anthropologist, said. "Now, the people who say chimpanzees don't have emotions and culture are the ones rejected." The new consensus framed discussions in March at a symposium, "The Mind of the Chimpanzee," at the Lincoln Park Zoo here. More than 300 primatologists and other scientists reviewed accumulating knowledge of chimps' cognitive abilities. After one session, Frans de Waal of Emory University<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/e/emory_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org>said that as recently as a decade ago there was still no firm consensus on many of the social relationships of chimps. "You don't hear any debate now," he said. In his own studies at the Yerkes Primate Research Center at Emory, Dr. de Waal found that chimps as social animals have had to constrain and alter their behavior in various ways, as have humans. It is a part of ape inheritance, he said, and in the case of humans, the basis for morality. The provocative interpretation was advanced in his recent book, "Primates and Philosophers." Other reports shortly before the symposium had elaborated on the abilities of chimps as toolmakers. Jill Pruetz, a primatologist at Iowa State University<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/i/iowa_state_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org>, described 22 examples of chimps in Senegal making stick spears to hunt smaller primates for their meat. Dr. Goodall was the first to call attention to chimps as hunting carnivores, not strictly vegetarians <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/v/vegetarianism/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier> . Dr. Pruetz observed several chimps jabbing the spears into hollow tree trunks where bush babies often dwell. Just one attempt was successful. Previously, chimps had been seen using sticks mainly to extract termites from their nests. A team of archaeologists led by Julio Mercader of the University of Calgary reported finding stones in Ivory Coast that chimps used 4,300 years ago to crack nuts. Today's chimps have often been videotaped using rocks as a hammer to open nuts. The old stones with starch residues from nuts, the researchers said, were the earliest strong evidence of chimp tool use, and the finding suggested that chimps had learned the skill on their own, rather than copying humans. Other researchers combine field work showing chimp behavior in natural habitats with laboratory experiments that are created to disclose their underlying intelligence — what scientists call their "cognitive reserve." For example, chimps on their own would not sit at a computer responding with rapid touches on the screen as a test of their immediate memory. Videos of their doing just that at Kyoto University in Japan especially impressed the symposium scientists. Tetsuro Matsuzawa, a Kyoto primatologist, described a young chimp watching as numbers 1 through 9 flashed on the computer screen at random positions. Then the numbers disappeared in no more than a second. White squares remained where the numbers had been. The chimp casually but swiftly pressed the squares, calling back the numbers in ascending order — 1, 2, 3, etc. The test was repeated several times, with the numbers and squares in different places. The chimp, which had months of training accompanied by promised food rewards, almost never failed to remember where the numbers had been. The video included scenes of a human failing the test, seldom recalling more than one or two numbers, if any. "Humans can't do it," Dr. Matsuzawa said. "Chimpanzees are superior to humans in this task." Dr. Matsuzawa suggested that early human species "lost the immediate memory and, in return, learned symbolization, the language skills." "I call this the trade-off theory," he continued. "If you want a capability like better immediate memory, you have to lose some other capability." Other experiments at Kyoto's primate center demonstrated the ability of chimps to recognize themselves and focus attention on others. Masaki Tomonaga, who conducted the tests, said that an infant made eye with its mother at about 2 months and that sometime after the first year was able to maintain a gaze as the mother moved about. Dr. Tomonaga said such "gaze following" developed in humans about the same age, "though infant humans generally have more complex interactions." Misato Hayashi, also from Kyoto, described experiments with infant chimps' manipulating nesting cups and square and cylindrical blocks. They were slower to learn than humans, but the manual dexterity was there. A human starts stacking blocks shortly after age 1, he said; chimps are almost 3 before getting the hang of it. In experiments with mirrors, researchers showed that chimps had an awareness of themselves that is absent in monkeys but present in dolphins and all the great apes. Similar tests by Emory scientists showed some self-recognition among elephants. These behaviors were reported by Dr. de Waal and his associate J. M. Plotnik, who said that they "may suggest convergent cognitive evolution probably related to complex sociality and cooperation well documented in both chimpanzees and elephants." Other researchers said that when confronted with problems obtaining food from the other side of a fence, chimps were not only clever on their own and often competitive with a fellow chimp, but they also showed a willingness to cooperate with one another to get the job done. Brian Hare of Duke University <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/d/duke_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org>and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, said bonobos outperformed their chimp relatives in cooperative tasks and shared food more readily. The emotions of caring and mourning have been observed, as in the case of the chimp mother that carried on her back the corpse of her 2-year-old daughter for days after she had died. After fights between two chimps, scientists said, others in the group were seen consoling the loser and acting as mediators to restore peace. Devyn Carter of Emory described the sympathetic response to a chimp named Knuckles, who was afflicted with cerebral palsy<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/cerebralpalsy/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>. No fellow chimp was seen to take advantage of his disability. Even the alpha male gently groomed Knuckles. Dr. Wrangham of Harvard said the challenge to primatologists working in the field was to learn how much of the behavior and "surplus cognitive capacity" observed in captivity applied in the wild. The answer seems to vary from one isolated chimp community to another. Scientists said that indicated the role of social learning — picking up skills by emulation — and responses to different opportunities in separate cultures. At Gombe, the site in Tanzania where Dr. Goodall made a name for herself, the chimps with stick tools are accomplished extractors of termites from their nests. But termite fishing is rare in Bossou, Guinea. At Bossou, and not Gombe, chimps have learned to make use of many other tools, including stones for cracking nuts. Dora Biro of the University of Oxford in England has studied tool use by chimps at the Bossou site. They fold leaves in a mat to sponge water out of tree hollows and scoop algae off stream surfaces. They collect edible ants with sticks. They take stouter tree branches and pound the juicy palm fiber to a pulp, preparing another favorite food. Videos of Bossou nutcrackers show adult chimps, often female, placing a nut on a flat stone anvil and slamming down on it with a smaller rock. Two or three youngsters sit around watching. The adults do not appear to be giving instructions, except by example. "What we've learned is that manipulation of objects begins around 1 year of age," Dr. Biro said. "If it involves two or three objects, as in cracking nuts, that happens at 3 ½ to 5 years. If it is not learned by 6 or 7, it will never be acquired." At a dense forest in the Congo Republic, Crickette M. Sanz of the Max Planck institute said the chimps seemed as curious about her as she was about them. Groups came forward, calling others to join them. Sometimes, they sat with her for hours, eating fruit, grooming and even mating. For a more detached study, Dr. Sanz deployed 18 video cameras at remote locations and recorded 84 hours of chimp tool use. Leaf sponging was the simplest, she concluded, and collecting honey with a long stick required the most effort and risk, with termite fishing having "the highest element of success." Dr. Sanz, who has worked with her husband, David B. Morgan, on some of the research, described mother chimps' carefully withdrawing from a hole sticks swarming with black termites while their infants looked on. These social interactions, she said, passed on essential techniques and behaviors to the next generation. "Socially transmitted adjustable behavior," Dr. de Waal said, is a hallmark of culture. Chimp behavior sometimes turns violent, particularly in territorial clashes. In Uganda, John Mitani of the University of Michigan<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/u/university_of_michigan/index.html?inline=nyt-org>observed chimp patrols regularly policing the forest boundaries of their communities. One patrol was seen assaulting an adult male, killing and emasculating him. Kristin Bonnie, another Emory primatologist, said the transmission of behavior could be benign and spontaneous, with the prospect of reward being secondary. "It is the desire to act like others, an identification with certain others," she explained, citing as an example the way chimps usually clasp hands while grooming each other. At the symposium, researchers said the interest in learning more about chimps was not just a case of knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Their behavior and intelligence, scientists say, may offer insights into the abilities of early human ancestors like Australopithecus afarensis, the apelike "Lucy" species that thrived more than three million years ago. A more urgent motivation for the research, primatologists say, is that these are sentient beings and the closest living relatives of humans, and their survival is threatened. Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, a primatologist at the Lincoln Park Zoo and a symposium organizer, said researchers needed "to keep their eyes out for ways to improve the care of chimpanzees." Diseases like ebola and anthrax are taking their toll. Hunting chimps for "bush meat" is increasing. Many of the forest habitats of chimps in central Africa are being cut by loggers and land developers. As a result, Dr. Lonsdorf said, "Groups of the animals are getting closer together, which increased the threat of chimp violence and territorial disputes." Dr. Goodall recalled that when she went to Africa nearly a half-century ago, at least a million chimps lived in the continent, and "now there are perhaps only 150,000." In that time, they have impressed scientists with physical and emotional reminders of their kinship to humans and their occasional triumphs over them at a computer screen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/monkeywire/attachments/20070417/02f45f1b/attachment.html


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oversteer \O"ver*steer\ n. The situation that occurs in cornering when the rear of a vehicle tends to skid before the front.
First, let me mention that I love oversteer. When autocrossing my little Focus, just letting up off the gas while cornering lets the back end come around in this perfectly controlled manner that's so elegant it nearly boggles my mind. In powerful rear-wheel-drive vehicles, you can get oversteer by mashing the accellerator while cornering. On a bicycle, if conditions are right, as they were today, you can actually corner while feathering the rear brake and get the back end to come out from under you, and stay out from under you for a good while but without actually wiping out. Today, I got to do it at least three times.
Light snow covered with sleet and a layer of soft, fuzzy flurries on top is one set of conditions that make for great oversteer. As I came around through my apartment's parking lot, just a quick blip of the rear brake sent my back end out, and my bike settled into this beautiful drift. Two sets of tire tracks. One narrow and with the imprint of my tire tread. Another, further out from the apex of the curve, very wide and with only the outline of my tire shoulders leaving this spiral-looking groove in the snow.
It was so fun I went back just to practice a few times. It made my day.
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oversteer \O"ver*steer\ n. The situation that occurs in cornering when the rear of a vehicle tends to skid before the front.
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- Apertome said...
Heheh. Yeah, I've got oversteer but more in a hazardous way than a fun one, for the most part.
The jersey arrived yesterday (on my birthday!) Thanks man, it's really nice. I wrote a thing about it and posted a photo. So that sock site just sent it to you to give away, or what?
- February 22, 2008 9:29 AM
- Noah said...
Well, I linked to them and in exchange they hooked me up with a jersey. I don't do a whole lot of recreational road riding and I certainly don't race. I figured that it would better serve one of my readers. I had pick of the litter, but I chose Pink Floyd in size Large just because that's what I'd order if I was going to keep it. The plan was pretty much to give it away when I got it, though.
I don't blog (here) for money. This is where I rant, brag, and play with big words so that I can go back and read it later. It just so happens a few hundred other people like you have stumbled across it and for some reason keep coming back. Not that I mind, of course.
- February 22, 2008 9:58 AM
- matt m said...
you should try riding a fixed gear - you can get the same "drifting" effect, and people actually stop like that!
it looks damn cool, for sure, although i'd be a bit scared to try it in snow.
- February 22, 2008 4:43 PM
- Jon said...
Yeah, I could get that same effect on my VF1000R on dry pavement, back when I was young, stupid and (I assumed) immortal. It "was" fun, though.
- February 22, 2008 5:42 PM
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Once again, the power of alternative media has prevailed over the whitewash of corporate media's obsession with celebrity drama and unimportant sports discussion.
Today, the top two hot searches on Google Trends are "food the ultimate" and "the ultimate secret". During the show on Friday, Alex asked listeners to search for these terms to find his detailed article and video concerning the secret toxic nature of modified foods. Within two hours, these phrases took the top two spots over celebrities like Laurence Fishburne, Steven Tyler, and Justin Bieber.
This is an example of how powerful alternative media is and another testament to the dedication and numbers of our great listeners. As we continue to fight the mainstream denial of real news and information, the truth is becoming harder for them to hide. Keep up the great work.
Copied below is the original article written by Alex Jones and Aaron Dykes titled, "Food: The Ultimate Secret Exposed".
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July 29, 2010
The grocery store, along with your kitchen sink, are two of the most dangerous places in the world.
In a special video, Alex Jones addresses one of the darkest modes of power the globalists have used to control the population– food. The adulteration of the planet's staple crops, genetically-altered species and intentionally-altered water, food and air all amount to a Eugenics operation to weaken the masses and achieve full spectrum domination.
People the world over, but especially in the United States are under chemical attack. Deadly and dangerous toxins ranging from Aspartame to Fluoride, GMO, Mercury-tainting, pesticides, cross-species chimeras, plastic compounds in chicken, high fructose corn syrup, cloned meat, rBGH and new aggressive GM species of salmon have all entered into our diets and environments– whether we want it or not.
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Suffer no fools if those you show refuse to believe what is going on. Instead, research these important areas for yourself, and warn those you love about need to stop their food from being used as a Depopulation-weapon against us all. Please share this important video with everyone, so the truth about these substances can be known.
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When unemployment fell to 8.6 percent last month, its lowest rate in two-and-a-half years, some newspapers hailed the number as a sure sign that the recovery is back on track. But when you dig into the numbers behind the numbers, a darker picture comes into focus. It's not just that jobs are growing. It's that the labor force is shrinking.
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Cross-Platform Game Development for C++ Developers, Part IV: ClanLib SDK
ClanLib is a cross-platform C++ framework focused primarily on the needs of game developers. Although the API is streamlined for gaming, you could easily use ClanLib to develop a scientific 3D visualization tool or multimedia application (such as the Gecko Multimedia System).
ClanLib has APIs for 2D and 3D graphics, sound, network, I/O, input, and GUI and resource administration. It provides transparent support for OpenGL, so you can use native OpenGL commands while letting ClanLib handle the OS-dependent window management and everything else. ClanLib renders 2D graphics through DirectX or Simple Direct Media Layer (a platform-independent multimedia library). The ClanLib games page lists about 50 well-developed games, including puzzles, strategy, and shooter games in 2D and 3D. For example, Asteroid Arena (see Figure 1) uses ClanLib and OpenGL to one-up the arcade classic.
Figure 1. Screenshot of Asteroid Arena
ClanLib works on Windows, Linux, and MacOS and is supplied in source-only zip or tar files. Windows developers can use Microsoft Visual Studio, Borland C++, or MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) compilers and environments. Third-party support for Ruby and Perl language bindings is also available. Optional extras include a Lua plug-in (the popular lightweight scripting language) and FreeType (a free TrueType font library).
Inside the ClanLib Feature Set
Before digging into the API, take a quick glance at its major features:
- Basic cross-platform runtime (GUI, threading, file I/O, and so forth)
- Template-based C++ signal/slots library (type-safe callbacks/delegates)
- Integrated resource management
- Sound mixer supporting .WAV files, Ogg Vorbis, and anything supported by the MikMod library (MOD, S3M, XM, and so on)
- Document Object Model (DOM) XML parser support
- High-level 2D graphics API supporting OpenGL, DirectX, and SDL as render targets
- Batch rendering engine for best performance when rendering 2D with OpenGL
- 2D collision detection
- 2D sprite animation support
- Highly customizable GUI framework
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Now, examine the ClanLib API model from the inside out. I've always found that the best tutorial is a fully explained example program. Specifically, you'll look inside Luke Worth's boxes, an electronic version of the two-player, paper-and-pencil game (see Figure 2). The boxes game consists of a grid of points between which players alternately draw lines. Whoever encloses a square with the final line, scores one point and gets to play another turn. (If you're eager to see the API reference first, by all means do so.)
Figure 2. A Boxes Game in Progress with a Score of Blue 8 and Red 3
I purposely kept the main program as short as possible to better highlight the "game loop:"
1 #include <iostream> 2 #include <ClanLib/application.h> 3 #include <ClanLib/core.h> 4 #include <ClanLib/display.h> 5 #include <ClanLib/gl.h> 6 #include <ClanLib/sound.h> 7 #include <ClanLib/vorbis.h> 8 9 const int boardsize = 6, spacing = 50, border = 20; 10 const int numsquares = int(pow(float(boardsize - 1), 2)); 11 12 enum coloursquare { off, blue, red }; 13 struct cursor { 14 int x, y; 15 bool vert; 16 }; 17 18 class Boxes: public CL_ClanApplication { 19 bool ver[boardsize][boardsize - 1]; 20 bool hor[boardsize - 1][boardsize]; 21 coloursquare squares[boardsize - 1][boardsize - 1]; 22 bool redturn; 23 bool fullup; 24 cursor curs; 25 26 void inputHandler(const CL_InputEvent &i); 27 bool findsquares(void); 28 inline int numaroundsquare(int x, int y); 29 void init(); 30 void drawBoard(); 31 void endOfGame(); 32 33 public: 34 virtual int Boxes::main(int, char **); 35 } app; 36 37 using namespace std; 40 41 int Boxes::main(int, char **) 42 { 43 int winsize = spacing * (boardsize - 1) + border * 2; 44 try { 45 Boxes::init(); 46 while (!CL_Keyboard::get_keycode(CL_KEY_ESCAPE)) { 47 Boxes::drawBoard(); 48 if (fullup) break; 49 CL_System::keep_alive(20); 50 } 51 Boxes::endOfGame(); 52 53 CL_SetupVorbis::deinit(); 54 CL_SetupSound::deinit(); 55 CL_SetupGL::deinit(); 56 CL_SetupDisplay::deinit(); 57 CL_SetupCore::deinit(); 58 } 59 catch (CL_Error err) { 60 std::cout << "Exception caught: " << err.message.c_str() << std::endl; 61 } 62 63 return 0; 64 }


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2010 Toyota Tundra Tundra-Grade 5.7L Double Cab 2WD
Tundra-Grade 5.7L Double Cab 2WD
6 Speed Automatic
City 14 / Hwy 18 Estimated By E.P.A. - Actual Mileage May Vary
Retail Price: $22,490
Savings: $2,509
Internet Price: $19,981
Dealership Information
Southern Roads Auto
1746 Ga-138
Monroe, GA 30655
The Toyota Tundra is a serious full-size pickup, whether measured by dimensions, hauling capacity or towing capacity. The 2010 Tundra models feature a new grille design and redesigned taillights. Also new for 2010 is the availability of a smaller, more fuel-efficient V8. Refinements for 2010, including adjustable headlights, improve on an excellent truck.
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We've found the Tundra to be a stable, comfortable truck for towing a 20-foot enclosed car trailer over long distances. Towing capacities top 10,000 pounds on some models, and maximum payload ratings reach 2,000 pounds.
Tundra comes in three body styles: Regular Cab with two doors; Double Cab with conventional front-hinged, secondary rear side doors; and CrewMax with four full-size doors. Seating is available for two, three, five or six. Three bed lengths and three wheelbases are available.
Trim levels range from basic Tundra Grade to luxurious Limited models with leather upholstery, and from the lowest end to the highest is a price differential of around 2:1. But even the base models are loaded with useful features, including tons of interior storage options, an easy-lift assisted tailgate and four-wheel disc brakes. High-end models are available with GPS navigation and a rearview camera, or a rear-seat entertainment with a 9-inch LCD screen. An available deck rail system in the bed anchors moveable tie-down cleats rated at 220 pounds each.
For 2010, a new 4.6-liter dohc V8 engine is available. Rated at 310 horsepower and 327 pound-feet of torque, and with EPA fuel-economy ratings of 15/20 mpg City/Highway, the 4.6-liter V8 not only has a lot more power than the V6, but better fuel economy, as well. As with the 5.7-liter engine, the 4.6-liter has dual Variable Valve Timing with Intelligence (VVT-i), which optimizes valve timing for the best combination of performance, economy and emissions. It is matched with a six-speed automatic transmission. Toyota expects the 4.6-liter V8 to offer the best combination of power and fuel economy of any standard V8 in the full-size truck segment.
The 5.7-liter V8 engine carries over. With 381 horsepower and 401 pound-feet of torque and a six-speed automatic transmission, Tundra boasts one of the strongest, most responsive powertrains in the class. The dohc 5.7-liter is an excellent choice for towing trailers, and has entirely reasonable EPA fuel-economy ratings of 14/18 mpg City/Highway.
A 4.0-liter V6 engine, with 236 horsepower and EPA ratings of 15/19 mpg City/Highway, is the entry-level low-cost choice. It's available only with two-wheel-drive versions of the Regular Cab or Double Cab, and it makes only slightly better economy than the 5.7-liter V8.
The 2010 Tundra offers two new trim levels, a Platinum Package and a Work Truck. The Platinum Package will be available on Crewmax Limited models with the 5.7-liter V8 and Flex Fuel powertrains. On the outside, the Platinum Package includes a billet-style grille, chrome bumpers, unique 20-inch alloy wheels and tires, daytime running lamps, door-sill protectors with a Platinum logo, and Platinum badging. Inside, it includes a power memory function on the driver's seat, outside power mirrors and puddle lamps, and a power tilt-telescoping steering wheel. Also included is a power moonroof, navigation, ventilated seats with a unique perforated leather surface, wood-trimmed shift knob and door switch plates, automatic up/down power windows, chrome accented vents, and headrests with an embroidered Platinum logo.
The Work Truck Package will be available with Regular Cab and Double Cab models, in two-wheel or four-wheel drive, and with standard or long-bed configurations, and with any of the three engines. It will have black bumpers and grille surround and power mirrors will be replaced by manually controlled outside mirrors. Inside will be washable vinyl seats and rubber floors, and several trim and convenience items have been deleted, including cruise control and remote keyless entry, and gauges will be replaced by warning lamps. The idea is to offer to commercial buyers a work truck at a reduced price.
For 2010, all Tundra models receive a new look with a freshened grille and taillamp design. All 2010 Tundra models will have driver and front-passenger knee airbags as standard equipment. Also new for 2010: height-adjustable headlamps, which addresses a gripe we had with previous models. Previous models did not allow any aiming of the headlights, posing a problem when towing a trailer or hauling a heavy load. A shelf to help organize storage space has been added to the lower glovebox, and a new seven-pin hitch connector sits above the hitch to help avoid damage when going over dips and bumps. Two new audio systems are available on 2010 Tundra models: The Tech Audio system features AM/FM/CD, integrated satellite radio receiver, Bluetooth, auxiliary and USB inputs and six speakers, while another system includes AM/FM/CD, auxiliary input, a backup camera and six speakers.
Model Lineup
The 2010 Toyota Tundra comes in three body configurations, three wheelbase lengths, three cargo box lengths, with three engine choices, with two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive, in various trim levels and option groups, offering a multitude of available features, convenience items and other accessories, so there is no way to cover every possible combination of Tundra or to cover all the prices. Among the highlights:
The base Tundra Regular Cab 4×2 ($23,155) is powered by the 4.0-liter V6 with a five-speed automatic transmission and the 6 1/2-foot standard-length bed. The eight-foot bed is optional. Also optional is the 4.6-liter V8 or 5.7-liter V8.
The Regular Cab 4×4 ($27,405) comes standard with the 4.6-liter V8 and an electronically controlled, part-time four-wheel-drive system with a two-speed transfer case. The Regular Cab is the workhorse edition Tundra, with a fabric-upholstered, 40/20/40-split bench seat, vinyl floor covering, column shift and manual-crank windows. Standard equipment includes a four-speaker, AM/FM/CD stereo with auxiliary audio input, manual dual-zone air conditioning, tilt steering and Toyota's gas-boosted, tailgate-assist system. The standard wheels are 18-inch steel.
The Double Cab Tundra Grade 4×2 ($25,495) comes with the 4.0-liter V6 and standard bed. The Tundra Double Cab features rear side doors like on an SUV, and seats for as many as six. The 4.6-liter V8, 5.7-liter V8, and long bed are optional on Double Cab models. The Tundra Grade equipment basically matches the Regular Cab, adding carpet in place of the vinyl flooring, a tachometer and outside temperature indicator. The Double Cab Tundra Grade 4×4 ($28,690) adds four-wheel-drive and the 4.6-liter V8.
The popular SR5 option varies slightly, but adds cruise control, remote keyless entry, power mirrors, an engine skid plate, and SR5 seat fabric.
The Double Cab Limited ($35,270) and 4×4 ($38,320) feature the most luxurious trim package. Both come standard with the 4.6-liter V8; the 5.7-liter V8 is optional. Standard equipment includes heated, leather-trimmed front buckets, JBL audio with 12 speakers, sliding rear glass, an auto-dimming rearview mirror with compass and programmable garage-door opener and front and rear park-assist.
The CrewMax Tundra Grade ($28,465) and 4×4 ($31,515) feature full-size rear side doors and more rear-cab space, with a sliding, fold-flat rear bench seat. They come standard with the 4.6-liter V8, but are offered only with a 5.5-foot short bed. The 5.7-liter V8 and six-speed automatic are optional. A CrewMax SR5 4×2 ($29,265) and 4×4 ($32,470), and CrewMax Limited 4×2 ($37,809) and 4×4 ($40,855) are also available. Standard equipment on each trim level basically matches that on the Double Cab models, though the CrewMax adds an overhead console and a vertical sliding power rear window.
Options include navigation system with back-up camera, rear-seat DVD player, cold-weather features, off-road packages, and 20-inch aluminum wheels. There are few factory-installed stand-alone options, but dozens of dealer-installed accessories, such as bed liners.
TRD's Rock Warrior package adds color-keyed body trim on the front and a flat-black bumper on the back, fog lamps, black cloth manual seats, Bilstein shock absorbers, and 17-inch forged aluminum wheels with BFGoodrich All-Terrains for traction, ride and rim protection. It's available with four-wheel drive only, and in Black or Super White.
The TRD Sport package adds color-coordinated trim including bumpers, grille, mirrors and door handles, fog lamps, manual cloth bucket seats, and 20-inch five-spoke machined-face alloy wheels. It's available with two-wheel drive only, and in Black or Radiant Red.
Safety features that come standard on every model include front- and side-impact airbags for driver and front passenger (the latter with an off switch in Regular Cab models), side-curtain airbags with rollover sensor, driver and passenger knee airbags, four-wheel disc brakes with ABS, brake assist and electronic brake-force distribution, electronic stability control with traction control and a limited-slip differential.
The Toyota Tundra is no 7/8-scale truck. This third-generation Tundra is an honest-to-goodness, full-size pickup, whether you measure by load, dimension, or work capacity. The first iteration, called T100, was about the size of a Dodge Dakota, and it taught Toyota that in America a larger truck needs a V8 engine. The second generation, and the first with the Tundra badge, taught Toyota that 7/8 is not full-size. The current generation, launched as a 2007 model, shows that Toyota has learned those lessons well.
The Tundra is big and burly by design. To that end, it abandons the high-stepping, nose-in-the-air look of Tundras built before 2007 in favor of a more down-to-earth but very large grille, boldly framed in black or chrome, depending on trim level. The grille pulls lines from the deeply sculpted hood into the front end. Some like the rounded lines and others call them inflated. In any case, it has presence, and we think it looks great.
In side view, the Tundra has understated fender flares tied together by a gentle indent along the lower door panels. Body proportions comfortably accommodate the three bed lengths and wheelbases. Interestingly, gaps between body panels are deliberately wider than contemporary robotic assembly might allow. Toyota's stylists decided that slightly wider gaps better suggest the rugged first impression they wanted the Tundra to make.
Some of the details on the Tundra's body add interest and function. Deep recesses underneath make the beefy door handles easy to grip. The Tundra CrewMax has these big handles on all four doors, while the Double Cab uses vertical grabs on the back doors that are a bit snug for large hands.
The optional larger towing mirrors look a little too big on the regular and Double Cab models but function trumps form here; they work great.
The rear view is traditional pickup. There are no stand-out styling cues here. The tailgate is damped, making lowering and raising it easier and quieter.
Wheels vary by model, but they're all truckish in appearance. The standard 18-inch, drilled steel discs on base Tundras are actually quite attractive in their basic, functional look. SR5 models get styled steel wheels, stamped more expressively to resemble alloys. The aluminum alloy wheels on the Limited models feature thick, monolithic spokes. The optional 20-inch alloys satisfy the current trend toward lots of wheel and not much tire, not our choice for towing or other serious truck duties.
Opening and closing the tailgate is dramatically eased by the tailgate assist (standard). The mechanism starts with a torsion bar in the hinge assembly to make the tailgate feel lighter, and includes a gas-pressurized strut, concealed behind the left taillight, to damp the lowering and assist in raising the lockable tailgate.
Interior Features
The Tundra is a well outfitted pickup with a comfortable cabin. When it was first launched, the full-size Toyota Tundra raised the bar on working truck interiors. Little has changed since then, save the choice of a bench front seat on Double Cabs.
Visibility from the driver's seat is excellent. The standard mirrors are large, and can be adjusted to deliver a panoramic view all the way around the truck. The optional tow mirrors are superb. The tow mirrors feature a large traditional mirror that's power operated, with a small convex mirror at the bottom that's manually adjustable. They can be adjusted to cover all blind spots. The tow mirrors can be manually extended outward to help the driver see around enclosed car trailers and other big trailers. They can be folded inward when parked to reduce the chance of damage. We wish the small convex mirrors were power-adjustable, but these are great mirrors.
The navigation system includes a rearview camera, which is a valuable feature. It's useful for spotting shorter obstacles when backing up because the top of the tailgate towers well above the height of small children, making it an important safety feature. We've found having an experienced co-driver watch the display screen while the driver monitors the mirrors to be a very effective technique when backing up. The rearview camera is also extremely useful when hitching a trailer, allowing the driver to position the ball directly below the trailer coupling without having to jump out of the truck several times while jockeying into position. The rearview camera is handy when parallel parking, easing and speeding the task. Rainwater, mud, glare from the sun, shadows and sunglasses can limit the effectiveness of this feature, but usually it produces a bright, highly useful image on the navi screen.
A sonar system with an audible warning and an indicator on the dash helps the driver determine the proximity of the front corners to objects when maneuvering in tight quarters, another useful feature when parking this big truck. Headrests on the back seats can block the view rearward if not in their lowest position. Removing them or flipping the back seat down affords the best view, but be sure to replace them when passengers sit back there. The rear-seat entertainment system's drop-down LCD screen is only barely noticeable with the rear view mirror adjusted to its lowest position, a nice feature.
The cabs are roomy. In occupant measurements, the Tundra generally gives up little or nothing to the competition. The Toyota Tundra CrewMax is the current leader in rear-seat legroom, offering more of it than it does front seat legroom.
The seats are comfortably cushioned but not too soft, with modest side bolsters in front. Deep seat bottoms provide ample thigh support. The fabric upholstery feels durable and the leather does, too. It's more a heavy-duty grade than buttery-soft luxurious, which is probably appropriate for a truck. We've found the seats very comfortable for towing thousands of miles.
Tundra stands out among full-size pickups in terms of interior storage and conveniences. The passenger seatback in the Regular Cab folds forward to present a flat area for a desktop, and there's room behind the seat for a small generator and a five-gallon bucket. This is in addition to bins, both open and capped, for tools and such. The front bench seat center section pivots forward to reveal an otherwise fully concealed storage compartment.
The glovebox is actually two boxes, with an upper compartment big enough to hold a Thermos bottle. The lower compartment, more than twice the size of the upper, is lighted and fitted with a damped door. The front-door armrests house flip-out compartments beneath the power window switch plates, though models with manual windows forgo this storage. Front-door map pockets are molded to hold two 22-ounce water bottles, and so are the rear-door map pockets on the CrewMax. The Double Cab rear doors hold one bottle. Both the Double Cab and the CrewMax incorporate storage bins and compartments beneath and behind their rear seats, though in the Double cab, a subwoofer replaces the lockable under-seat bin when the up-level stereo is ordered.
Column-shift Tundras have two flexible-sized cup holders in a slide-out tray beneath the climate-control panel, and two more in the backside of the fold-down center section of the bench seat. In the Double Cab, two more cup holders fold out of the backside of the front-seat center section, while in the CrewMax, there are two more still in the rear seat's fold-down center armrest. Floor-shift models have a center console with three cup holders, with two in a lift-out plate covering a large compartment. Between this compartment and the shift gate sits a narrow slot, concealed beneath a snap-out cover.
Models with front bucket seats feature a deep center console that helps the cabin serve as a road-going office. The middle third of the compartment can hold either a removable bin good for stowing CDs or letter-size hanging file folders, ideal for any manner of business or work papers. There's room for a laptop computer on either side of the middle section, and the side nearest the driver has a power point to keep the gear charged up and ready.
Generally, the CrewMax is the more comfortable of the two stretched-cab Tundras for rear passengers. It starts with the doors, which are full length and make climbing in easier. The back seat in the CrewMax is closer to the 40/20/40 front bench seat in shape and contours, with deep seat bottoms and a slide-and-recline feature that allows a more comfortable rake to the seatback. The Double Cab rear seat is the more bench-like, and legroom is less expansive (though still decent). Dogs may prefer the Double Cab, however. With the seats folded for cargo, the Double Cab has a significantly lower load height, which should make it easier for canines to get in and out.
Ergonomics inside the Tundra are generally good. The dash-mounted controls, and especially more critical and frequently used knobs for fan, temperature and airflow, are extra large, with solid detents and a nice positive feel that lets the operator know how far they've been turned. They're tuned more for work gloves than polished fingernails, and that's good. The steering wheel is large, but properly scaled for the largest Toyota pickup. The floor-mounted shift lever has a manual-shift slot on the driver's side of the gate. It feels more natural and more precise than the column-shift, but neither transmits any sloppiness.
Audio controls, climate controls and navigation screen are located on the passenger side of the center stack. This moves these secondary controls closer to the passenger, which is good, but farther from the driver. The Tundra is a wide vehicle, and while drivers below average height will have no trouble getting comfortable to operate this pickup, they might have a harder time reaching some of the controls.
Driving Impressions
Despite the engines' overhead-camshaft, four-valve-per-cylinder architectures, the Toyota engines tend to make their peak power earlier at lower rpm, where you want it in a truck, than most competitor engines like Dodge's 4.7 and Ford's 4.6 overhead cam and the older-design pushrod setups in GM's V8s and Dodge's Hemi.
The new 4.6-liter V8 delivers plenty of power and torque and commendable fuel economy. Unless you have to pull a trailer, the 4.6 V8 deserves consideration.
On the road, power delivery in the two V8 engines is linear, and commendably strong at low engine speed. This is especially so in the 5.7-liter, where 90 percent of the torque is on tap from 2400 rpm to 5500 rpm. Very impressive is the absence of any discernible surge sometimes associated with overhead-cam, multi-valve engines. We find the 5.7-liter V8 a delightful engine, very responsive when quick acceleration is needed, smooth and powerful when cruising.
Maximum towing capacity of 10,800 pounds applies to an unloaded Tundra regular cab with the 5.7-liter V8. Ford has a regular cab rated slightly higher, GM crew cabs tend to have the advantage in that division, while the Nissan Titan (which offers no regular cab) stays near 9,500 max and Dodge's Ram runs to around 9,000. It's worth noting, however, that tow ratings are affected by legal and marketing considerations in addition to power, weight, equipment and engineering.
We tow trailers in the 4,000- to 5,000-pound range and have found the Tundra does a superb job. We recommend considering a heavy-duty pickup for towing trailers of more than 5,000 pounds. Overkill with tow rigs is nice on long nights, in inclement weather, during strong winds or dealing with hilly country. Many experts advise against towing a trailer that weighs more than the tow vehicle.
Based on towing a variety of trailers from sea level to 5,000 feet, we're here to tell you the 5.7-liter has more than enough pulling power and appropriate gearing. The Tundra frequently outruns the competition while getting better fuel economy. Unlike Ford Super Duty, the Tundra does not offer an integrated trailer brake controller, but a host of aftermarket controllers do the job.
Overall, both the five-speed and six-speed automatic transmissions work well. Gear changes are smooth, though more apparent when trailering. Downshifts during braking on downhill grades are well managed, properly timed and helpful. In sum the Tundra's transmissions are unobtrusive, which in a truck is usually the best compliment, because in a truck if you frequently notice how the transmission is doing it's job, it probably isn't doing it as well as it could. A Tow/Haul mode is available for increased trailer towing performance and improved transmission durability, and we use it whenever towing.
Ride and handling in the Tundra might be the best in class. Steering response is sure and certain. Somehow, Toyota's suspension engineers have delivered a setup that leaves no doubt the driver is operating a truck, and yet by virtually every measure suggests the Tundra is anything but. Over severely uneven pavement, the solid rear axle makes its presence known with a slightly skippy feeling, but the Tundra's unladen rear end feels less skittish than some other pickups, and there is rarely any disruption that even instantaneously moves it off the driver's intended path. As with most pickups, the ride gets bouncy on bumpy freeways with an empty bed.
Braking is solid, with firm pedal feel. The Tundra's standard four-wheel discs are a first for a Toyota pickup and push the technological envelope in light trucks. The ABS includes electronic balancing of brake force.
The TRD Off-Road Package delivers excellent handling on pavement, and it's especially noticeable when Tundras so equipped are driven quickly on winding, two-lane roads; the TRD Sport package does even better if the roads aren't too rough.
For more severe four-wheel-drive use, the Tundra offers decent articulation and good low-range gearing. When enabled the traction control can be intrusive. Unlike most pickups, the Tundra 4WD also has a switch that backs off the thresholds for deploying the side-curtain airbags. This can be helpful on side-angle trails and ditches that might otherwise trigger a side curtain deployment.
The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup in every sense of the term, and it gives up nothing to the full-size trucks from Chevy, Ford, Dodge, Nissan, and GMC. The Toyota delivers power, payload and tow ratings that meet or beat the best, it's exceptionally comfortable, and it's easy to drive. Tundra shoppers buying as a second car should first consider cab style and seating space. Those buying for truck use will first consider payload and cost. The next choice is either the V6 or one of two V8 engines, and finally the trim package or level of standard equipment. The Tundra offers models to suit the needs of the majority of buyers.
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- ABS Brakes
- Air Conditioning
- AM/FM Radio
- CD Player
- Child Safety Door Locks
- Cruise Control
- Driver Airbag
- Electronic Brake Assistance
- Front Side Airbag
- Front Split Bench Seat
- Full Size Spare Tire
- Interval Wipers
- Keyless Entry
- Limited Slip Differential
- Locking Pickup Truck Tailgate
- Passenger Airbag
- Power Adjustable Exterior Mirror
- Power Door Locks
- Power Windows
- Second Row Folding Seat
- Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls
- Side Head Curtain Airbag
- Steel Wheels
- Steering Wheel Mounted Controls
- Tachometer
- Tilt Steering
- Tilt Steering Column
- Tire Pressure Monitor
- Traction Control
- Vehicle Anti-Theft
- Vehicle Stability Control System
- ABS Brakes
- AM/FM Radio
- CD Player
- Child Safety Door Locks
- Front Side Airbag
- Front Split Bench Seat
- Full Size Spare Tire
- Power Door Locks
- Second Row Folding Seat
- Side Head Curtain Airbag
- Steel Wheels
- Vehicle Anti-Theft
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Taiwan Video Club
Lana Lin's work, on display at Gasworks in London, confronts us with a number of topics: translation, identity, cultural production, and familial reflection. In doing so, her films seek to destabilize our assured hold on what we imagine we understand. In Taiwan Video Club (1999), Lin presents a Taiwanese subculture that records, trades, and holds dear, video recordings of miniseries that are shown daily on television. As we watch a participant in this practice explain her life with her collection of recordings, Lin cuts in clips and sound from the series, providing insight to a specific time and place, not to mention a specific medium which dominated it. As we come to understand this unit of Taiwanese pop-culture, Lin engages in a running commentary of sorts, provided through visual metaphors and homonyms.
Recording from TV to VHS could be seen as an apt analogy for the process of translation and cultural production that Lin seeks to examine. The final "product" in each case is a copy of the original, inevitably tinged by the process. As anyone who has spent time battling with VHS can tell you, no copy is ever pristine; there remain in the copy the battle scars of mediation: warped sound and image, deterioration of picture, the familiar markings of "CUE", "STILL", and "CH-3" all mark the material as part of a process and mode of production unique to video. The lens of Taiwan Video Club operates as a check on the lens of the viewer. Though we come to understand a great deal about this world of VHS-naughts, and Taiwanese daytime television, Lin maintains a field of formal intervention never lets us settle on any one interpretation of what we see.
Mysterial Power (1998-2002) projects four different short films on each of four screens accompanied by a soundtrack to be heard through headphones. As we hear a story concerning a cousin with the ability to speak to a certain god, we are also presented with footage of Lin's family, a young woman learning (or teaching) French, an older woman praying as she moves through a street festival, and a person typing the narration into a program (EV-Dictionary for Windows 3.0). The narration is put through a translator, but the completed text differs from the voice we hear. This screen strikes me as key to the piece, acting as a crux on which the other images depend. Lin's examination and reflection on her family's faith, as well as the religious practices of Taiwan, becomes a new cultural object for translation, and in this case we get to watch as that process occurs.
Mysterial Power
Stranger Baby (1995) once again deals in the overarching concerns apparent in the other two works, but does so by way of what might be described as a UFO diary film. Tying her personal experience growing of mixed heritage in the west to a figurative examination of alien iconography, Lin again seeks to question her status and identity, as well as draw on the analogy felt by many to that of an alien coming to earth. Running throughout the film is a voice-over from several different people. At one point we hear what seems to be her own voice as she reflects on seeing her brother for the first time after he was born, noting he was the only other biracial person she knew, and calling the realization frightening. As the film progresses, Lin splices together images of alienation; people stare blankly into the sky, a girl attempts a communication with a man caught between a projection and reality, and throughout the film images we associate with UFOs and aliens interrupt our attempts to coalesce the onslaught. As with the other two works, a soundtrack runs tangentially to the images, sometimes featuring people describing what is on screen, other times reciting ominous dialogue.
Stranger Baby
Lin stated in a talk following the presentation of her experimental documentary Untitled Vietnam No. 18, that she sought in her work to occupy the space of the archive, a central location to the film. It would seem that in all of her work presented at Gasworks that Lin tries to occupy our space of understanding, not in the interest of obfuscation but to remove a sense of comfort or stability that one might mistakenly feel in examining others (or Others). Through collisions of voice-over, editing, interviews, and visual metaphor, her work holds a stake in the issues examined, occupying them with her personal history and aesthetic sense.