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Altenloh, Brinck & Co. Group
For the Altenloh, Brinck & Co. Group, tradition equals progress as it looks back to over 190 years of corporate history, shaped by trend-setting milestones. These have made the Altenloh, Brinck, & Co. Group what it is today: a specialist that masters the ABCs of quality, performance and innovation from the ground up.
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Craftsmanship and high-tech are combined at SPAX International. Development engineers, toolmakers and the production department are working in perfect unison for this purpose. The result is a brand name product of the highest quality: SPAX, of which more than 50 million pieces are produced each and every day.
Homeworkers and processors are by now banking on the quality of the SPAX brand. A multitude of innovative detailed solutions guarantee the user the highest degree of safety and economic viability when working with SPAX.
Since it was launched on the market in 1967, SPAX, the "cross-recessed particle board screw" has set benchmarks in the fastening technology. For this reason, SPAX has been synonymous with innovation and quality in the screw manufacture for decades. Over the years, SPAX has continuously been further developed in order to always keep up with the times. In fact, often enough well ahead of the times – and the competition.
SPAX screws are produced and customized as countless product variants with many different dimensions, designs and packaging units. They are specially tailored to meet the most diverse needs of industrial, trade and DIY customers. Professional users can purchase the branded product in specialist shops and homeworkers can buy it in home improvement stores.
These days, SPAX International is a global player with distribution companies throughout Europe and overseas, to facilitate the worldwide sale and round-the-clock availability of SPAX screws. The name SPAX International stands for state-of-the-art fastening technology for various fields and industries.
Although the branded product SPAX is available around the globe, the company remains true to its location in Ennepetal, Westphalia. Here too, the quality seal reads "Made in Germany". The corporate philosophy is and will always be distinguished by an uncompromising level of quality, whose high standards the company believes can only be fully attained at the local production site. Even the complex equipment for the manufacture of the screws is therefore developed in-house. The many years of experience with the production and the highly qualified employees achieve a head start on many competitors and especially on copycats.
SPAX International GmbH & Co. KG
Kölner Straße 71-77
D-58256 Ennepetal
Tel.: +49 2333-799-0
Fax: +49 2333-799-199
As a system supplier of formed parts and components, ABC Umformtechnik specializes in fastening systems, non-standard and specialty screws for the automotive industry and its sub-suppliers.
The scope of performances of ABC Umformtechnik comprises the entire process chain: from requirements analysis and intensive customer counseling to the development and design to the tool manufacture. From sample production to pilot lot and serial manufacture to just-in-time delivery.
All production- and application-related aspects are taken into consideration from the very beginning when customer-specific solutions are developed. In so doing, our main focus is on a close and fair cooperation with the customers.
ABC Umformtechnik products are not mass produced, but customized exclusively for customer-specific applications. No conventional standardized products are therefore available. The wide range of products and production options includes among other things:
However, ABC Umformtechnik's expertise goes far beyond the actual, product-specific development and manufacture:
Surface protection systems:
In cooperation with partners, ABC develops surface protection systems (e.g. sealing top coats for wheel bolts), which feature multi-functional properties to meet different requirements.
Material development:
In cooperation with material manufacturers, ABC Umformtechnik develops novel materials for joining elements, which feature an improved deformation behavior and optimized weight, with unchanged strength.
Technical application testing:
The possible failure of bolted joints used in applications with the highest degree of safety requirements can have catastrophic consequences. ABC develops its own measuring and analytical procedures and uses them to test these kinds of bolted joints.
Standards for safety screw fittings:
ABC develops standards for safety-critical screw fittings on its own or in cooperation with partners (e.g. the VDA [German Association of the Automotive Industry], VDI [Association of German Engineerunternehmensgruppe or IFBT [Institute of Facades and Fixing Technology). Insofar, it goes without saying that ABC not only complies with all of the regulatory standards, but often develops them on its own for process safety on all levels, based on the specific requirement.
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Kölner Straße 64
D-58285 Gevelsberg
Tel.: +49 2333-799-0
Fax: +49 2333-799-299
SABEU GmbH & Co. KG is a leading producer and supplier of membranes and components for the healthcare and diagnostics industry.
Membranes are used for filtration processes, where substances such as liquids, air or gas are retained during the passage through a permeable filter material. SABEU GmbH & Co. KG supplies different types of membranes for this purpose:
Nuclear trace membranes are used for example for quantitative analytical methods in cell biology or environmental analyses. Membrane filters are used for microfiltration, to retain microorganisms and particles.
In addition, SABEU develops injection molded items made of all common thermoplastic polymers or thermoplastic elastomers and manufactures them on state-of-the art, fully automatic injection molding machines.
This enables SABEU to manufacture both tailor-made single products as well as to produce assemblies from ultra-complex multi-part components. In fact, this includes everything from the preliminary draft of ideas to design studies, mold and tool manufacture, to the automation and injection molding technology to large scale and small scale batch production in the clean room. Upon request, this obviously includes the integrated membrane installation. Product finishing, packaging and international logistics are also part of SABEU's performance portfolio.
The manufacture of various models and combinations of screw caps and accessories for industrial packaging with the brand name FLUXX is another pillar of SABEU's production. These products are purchased by the agricultural chemistry, industrial chemicals, food, healthcare and cosmetics industries. The SABEU product range includes seals, dosing systems and degassing systems.
Generally speaking, SABEU with its many decades of experience is the perfect partner when it comes to developing items that are compatible with synthetic materials as well as to designing injection molding tools and peripheral devices.
SABEU GmbH & Co. KG
Detlev-Karsten-Rohwedder-Str. 10
D-37154 Northeim
Tel.: +49 5551-9101-00
Fax: +49 5551-9101-210


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If I was to create a few discs to cover each Act or 2 discs with a number of Act's, I'm sure this is possible but at the moment lack CD's to fully test things out
what files are needed by what chapter?
Act 1 start of (first area after cut scenes)
Act 1 ???
Act 2 start of (first area after cut scenes)
Act 2 ???
Act 3 start of (first area after cut scenes)
Act 3 ???
Act 4 start of (first area after cut scenes)
Act 4 ???
Act 5 start of (first area after cut scenes)
Act 5 ???
Files needed by all
Boot files needed (Intro stuff before load screen)
Did try ripping CD1 only and making 0 byte dummy files from CD2 but it seems that there are some files still needed, it worked just fine then I went for the gardens at the start of the game and got a black screen
Well when I say fine I do get lag from CD access, same as Discworld 1
EDIT: Nevermind no files from CD2 are needed, the game just does not work in the Dreamcast port, I done a test propper install and never asked for disc 2 going to the same area the dreamcast fails to load and also tested the win32 port of SCUMMVM with the same files including my dummy 0 byte CD2 files and the game runs smoothly and loads the are the dreamcast can't
Yet another none working game... sigh was looking good aswell, well it did lag
I presume I would of needed atleast the files from the start of disc2 anyway for this to work as from what I have read is that disc swops don't work too well or something so idea would of been to save at the start of CD2 while still running the first disc with very few of CD2 files enough to be able to save then shut down and boot CD2
What files do I need for Discworld 2
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Day After C-Section Discharge May Be Fine
SAUSALITO, CA (ASRN.ORG) -- Some women who deliver their babies by cesarean section may be able to check out of the hospital the next day without raising their risk of problems, according to a Malaysian study.
The study looked at 360 women in Malaysia, who were randomly assigned to go home either one or two days after having a C-section.
Both groups were equally satisfied with their care, and the women who were discharged sooner seemed to have no more problems with breastfeeding or mental well-being.
"Day 1 discharge compared with day 2 discharge after a planned cesarean delivery resulted in equivalent outcomes," wrote lead author Peng Chiong Tan, at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur.
Those results don't mean that hospitals should start discharging women the day after a C-section, but they do suggest that a next-day discharge is something women can talk about with their doctors, researchers said.
In the United States, where C-sections are done in about one-third of births, women typically stay in the hospital for three to four days after the procedure. That compares with about two days for women who deliver vaginally.
In the past, there were concerns about insurers pushing mothers to leave the hospital before they're ready. That led to a 1996 law requiring insurers to pay for a 48-hour hospital stay after a vaginal delivery and a 96-hour stay after a C-section.
Still, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) says a shorter stay after a C-section is an option if the baby is ready to go home, though the mother should meet certain requirements first such as normal blood pressure, no signs of infection and adequate pain control.
At Tan's hospital in Malaysia, women who have a C-section are routinely told to expect just a two-day stay, and some providers there have discharged new mothers the day after.
Tan's team randomly assigned the 360 women having a planned C-section to go home either one or two days after delivering. In the end, 16 percent of the women in the day-after group were not discharged that early, because either they or their babies were having problems.
But when they did go home the day after, there didn't seem to be a greater risk of difficulties. When the women were interviewed two weeks later, 87 percent were happy with their discharge timing.
The same was true for almost 86 percent of women who went home two days after their C-section.
While the findings would likely extend to women in other countries too, these Malaysian women typically went home to a lot of support - often, an extended family network, Tan said.
"Where this support is not available, next-day hospital discharge may not be associated with the same degree of satisfaction, acceptability and good outcome as we have found," she added.
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Accomodation| Intro | BEACHFRONT SUITE | HILLSIDE COTTAGE |
Backed by a hillside or on the beach and to preserve the privacy of their guests, each of the 25 suites housed in a detached cottage.
Elegantly decorated and fully equipped, they come in 3 Cottages Beach, Ocean Front Cottages 5 and 17 Hillside Cottages.
Only children over 16 years are allowed.
The property is located on several levels, so it is easily accessible to people with reduced mobility.
Services: reception (limited hours), currency exchange, gift shop.
Servicio de comida
A restaurant and a bar located near the beach offer a view over the lagoon.
The beachfront restaurant under the direction of our executive chef offer a cuisine that combines the flavors of Caribbean cuisine with specialties from the new European cuisine. Many local products are the basis of cooking. . a varied menu of both Caribbean favourites and modern eEuropean cooking with an emphasis on fresh, locally-sourced ingredients.
The hotel's catering service is offered only in 'All Inclusive' which includes:
* All meals : breakfast, lunch, dinner
* The "teatime"
* Beverages: fresh fruit cocktails, soft drinks, water, local wine, canapés and snacks and mini bar.
* Access to many sports, water sports and recreation - sailing, kayaking, free of charge
* Musical entertainment (3 / week minimum)
Garden Spa
Enjoy moments of relaxation and well-being of the Garden Spa.
A wide range of treatments and therapies are offered, hot stones, aromatherapy, reflexology ... from the line of natural products with innovative Dorissima nourishing oils and aromatic essences. Therapists work on different parts of the body identified by color.
Activities and leisure
Access to private beach, swimming, windsurfing, kayaking, snorkeling, windsurfing, shuttle to downtown and the airport. Live music 3 times / week. 1 yoga et 1 pilates free of charge per week.
Extra fees and/or nearby : golf and tennis 10 minutes by car, further yoga and pilates classes, scooter, excursions, fishing at sea.
How to get there?| Intro | Practical Information |
There are two ways to go to Antigua, either from France via Saint Martin or Pointe ŕ Pitre, or from Europe in start of London or Frankfort
From France, from Paris
Paris - Saint Martin - Antigua
The connection with Antigua is insured by the domestic airline LIAT (Travel Time around 40 mn)
Saint Martin - Antigua in connecting time départure 3.50 PM arrival 4.30 PM (Tuesday en Thursday)
Paris - Pointe ŕ Pitre - Antigua
The connection with Antigua is insured by the domestic airline LIAT (Travel Time around 30 mn)
Pointe ŕ Pitre - Antigua in connecting time departure 8 PM arrival 8.30 PM (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday)
From United Kingdom, from London
From Germany, from Frankfort
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- For French , European citizens, a valid passport for 6 months after the return date must be presented, with a return air ticket .
- For American citizens a valid passport for 6 months after the return date must be presented, with a return air ticket or an onward travel not exceeding one month from the date of arrival.
You can carry up to 200 cigarettes (or 2 cartridges), or 100 cigarillos, or 50 cigars, or 250 grams of smoking tobacco and 1.2 liters of alcohol.
No vaccinations are required unless you come from an area with a risk of disease. However, it is always wise to be up to date with recalls DT-polio and hepatitis A (or B), and being in possession of a repatriation insurance - some hospitals require payment before providing treatments.
Tap water is drinkable.
The climate is considerably drier compare to the other Caribbean islands - even during the wet season, which runs from June to November. This period, known wintering is also one that sees hurricanes. Temperatures range from 23 ° C in winter and 31 ° C in summer.
The official currency is the EC dollar Caribbean. The U.S. dollar traveler's checks and credit cards are accepted everywhere.
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The electricity is 230 volts, 60 cycles. The plugs are the same as in England, three flat pins (top vertical, two horizontal bottom). In hotels there are also American plugs supplied with 110 V, 60 cycles. Remember to bring an adapter to charge your electrical equipment.
International telephone prefix to Antigua is (00) 1268.
Antigua has an airport departure tax of U.S. $ 20 pp, a stay tax of 8.5% and a service charge of 10%.
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Information For Kids And Families
Here you will find what every kid and parent should know about Social Security. This site provides materials for children and parents to learn about Social Security and why it is important for families.
What Every Parent Should Know About Social Security
Parents play a critical role in the success of the Social Security program. The program is designed to ensure continuing income to families when a worker retires, dies or becomes disabled.
To get the most of Social Security's family protection features, it's important that you as a parent are aware of such things as who can get benefits on your Social Security record, how to build Social Security credits over your working life, and how to obtain and use Social Security information in planning family financial security.
Getting your child a Social Security number should be near the top of the list of things you need to do as a new parent. Your child's Social Security number is just the beginning of the valuable protection and benefits he or she may be eligible for in the future. Applying for a Social Security card and number for your newborn is voluntary, but your child needs a Social Security number if you plan to:
- Claim your child as a dependent on your income tax return;
- Open a bank account;
- Buy savings bonds;
- Obtain medical coverage; or
- Apply for some kind of government services for your child.
You can apply when the baby is born or you can wait until later. It's easy to apply at birth. When you give the information for your baby's birth certificate, you'll be asked if you want to apply for a Social Security number for your baby. If you say "yes," you'll need to provide both parents' Social Security numbers. We'll assign your baby a number and mail the Social Security card directly to you.
If you want to wait to apply for your baby's number, please read Get Or Replace A Social Security Card.
As a working parent, you are a source of Social Security protection for your family. If either parent retires, dies or becomes disabled and unable to work, his or her earnings would be partially replaced by monthly Social Security payments.
When you start receiving Social Security retirement or disability benefits, other family members also may be eligible for payments. For example, benefits can be paid to your spouse:
- If he or she is age 62 or older; or
- At any age if he or she is caring for your child (the child must be younger than 16 or disabled and receiving Social Security benefits on your record).
Benefits also can be paid to your unmarried children if they are:
- Younger than 18;
- Between 18 and 19 years old, but in elementary or secondary school as full-time students; or
- Age 18 or older and severely disabled (the disability must have started before age 22).
If you should die, your family may be eligible for benefits based on your work. Family members who can collect benefits include a widow or widower who is:
- 60 or older; or
- 50 or older and disabled; or
- Any age if he or she is caring for your child who is younger than 16 or disabled and receiving Social Security benefits.
Your children can receive benefits, too, if they are unmarried and:
- Younger than 18 years old; or
- Between 18 and 19 years old, but in an elementary or secondary school as full-time students; or
- Age 18 or older and severely disabled (the disability must have started before age 22).
In addition, your parents can receive benefits on your earnings if they were dependent on you for at least half of their support.
If you had enough credits, a one-time payment of $255 also will be made after your death. This benefit may be paid to your spouse or minor children if they meet certain requirements.
There is a limit to the amount of monthly benefits that can be paid to a family. The limit is generally equal to about 150 to 180 percent of the worker's benefit rate. If the sum of the benefits payable to family members exceeds this limit, the benefits will be reduced proportionately for each family member.
How Much Work You Need For Benefits For Your Children
The amount of work you need to qualify for Social Security benefits depends on how old you are when you retire, become disabled or die. The younger you are, the less work you need.
Parents under age 24 need as little as one and one-half years of work under Social Security for their children to receive Social Security benefits. The amount of work needed increases with age, but you would not need more than 10 years of work to be covered for all benefits.
Career And Homemaking
If you alternate between a career and homemaking, you need to be aware that you can maintain your full Social Security protection with a little attention. Any Social Security credits you earn remain on your record, and after ten years of work in which you have earned the maximum of four credits each year, you are fully covered for retirement, disability, and survivors benefits.
Disability Benefits
For disability benefits, you also need to have recent work. For example, if you're over age 30, you need five years of work out of the last 10 years (20 credits). Younger workers need less, as little as year and a half of work out of the past three years. Thus, homemakers need to periodically check their recent work status to make sure they still meet the requirements for the valuable disability protection.
More and more parents are finding themselves raising grandchildren. Social Security will pay benefits to grandchildren when the grandparent retires, becomes disabled, or dies if certain conditions are met. Generally, the biological parents of the child must be deceased or disabled, or the grandchild must be legally adopted by the grandparent.
In addition, the grandchild must have begun living with the grandparent before age 18 and received at least one half of his or her support from the grandparent for the year before the month the grandparent became entitled to retirement or disability insurance benefits, or died. Also, the natural parent(s) of the child must not be making regular contributions to his or her support.
If the grandchild was born during the one-year period, the grandparent must have lived with and provided at least one-half of the child's support for substantially all of the period from the date of birth to the month the grandparent became entitled to benefits.
The grandchild may qualify for benefits under these circumstances, even if he or she is a step-grandchild. However, if the grandparents are already receiving benefits, they would need to adopt the child for it to qualify for benefits.
Benefits For Disabled Children
A child who is disabled may depend on your help for a lifetime. Social Security has two programs that pay benefits to disabled children:
- Social Security Disability Insurance; and
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
Disabled Children Under 18 Years Old
Social Security makes payment under the SSI program to disabled children under 18 whose families have little income and resources. SSI payments are based on need rather than prior work and may be paid to children regardless whether a parent is retired, disabled or has died. These benefits also continue as long as the child is disabled and has little income or resources.
A child under 18 is considered disabled if his or her physical or mental condition is so severe that it results in marked and severe functional limitations. The condition must last or be expected to last at least 12 months or be expected to result in the child's death. And of course, the child must not be working at a job that we consider to be substantial work.
Disabled Children 18 Years Or Older
If you retire, become disabled, or die, Social Security benefits may be paid to your children over 18 who have been disabled before the age of 22 and continue to be disabled. Social Security benefits for disabled children may continue as long as they are unable to work because of their disability.
Parents May Qualify For Benefits
There are two ways parents may qualify for benefits even if they never worked under Social Security.
Benefits for Parents with Dependent Children
If you have children in your care who receive Social Security benefits and are under age 18, you can receive a benefit until they reach age 16. The child's benefit continues until he or she reaches age 18, or 19 if he or she is still in school full time. Your monthly payments stop with the 16th birthday of your youngest child receiving Social Security benefits, unless the child is disabled and continues in your care.
Dependent Parent's BenefitsThe second way you may receive a parent's benefit is as an elderly parent of a worker who has died. If your child dies and you are dependent on him or her for more than one half of your support, you can collect a Social Security benefit. Social Security pays monthly benefits to parents on the record of a deceased worker under the following conditions: The parent must be at least 62 years old and must not have remarried since the worker's death; The parent cannot be entitled to his/her own, higher Social Security benefit; The parent must be able to show that he/she was receiving one-half of his/her financial support from the worker at the time of death. This proof of support must be submitted to Social Security within two years of the worker's death.
Kid's Place
Social Security helps people help themselves!
People work and give a little money to Social Security. When some people get so sick that they can't work, they get money from Social Security. When people get older and can't work anymore, they can get money from Social Security. When people die, their family can get money from Social Security.
I was trying to get a drink of water, but I couldn't reach the water in the bottom of the pitcher. I dropped stones in the pitcher to make the water rise to where I could drink it. It was a lot of slow work, but it was worth it in the end.
The Moral of the Story: Little by little does the trick. Social Security helps people to build for the future.
When I saw an ant moving an ear of corn, I invited the ant to stop working so hard and relax with me. The ant said he had to keep working to store for the winter. When winter came all the ants shared the corn they stored and I had no food, so I was very hungry.
The Moral of the Story: We need to prepare for the future. Social Security helps you save for the future.
Social Security is your piggy bank for the future. You save by making payments on part of your pay to Social Security as you work. Later when you can't work Social Security will pay you Social Security checks.
I am red, white and blue. You should have a card with your own special number, which will be the same number for life. Your parents could have gotten you a card when you were born. Ask your parents if they got you a card. If you do not have a card have your parents apply for one for you.
Related Information
- Social Security Numbers For Children
- Popular Baby Names
- Understanding The Benefits
- Benefits For Children
- Benefits For Children With Disabilities
- Apply for Disability Benefits - Child (Under Age 18)
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI) booklet
- Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Provides free or low-cost health coverage for more than 7 million children up to age 19.


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Star Wars: Memoirs of a War Profiteer-S1E1 "Quadracross"
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Kamino-30 years Before the Battle of Yavin IV
Kal Skirata: "you wanna say that again Aiwha bait?"
Lama Su: "Mister Skirata i do believe we are in a formal business setting can you attempt to spare me your ill manners."
Jango Fett: "My trigger fingers are getting hard to control cloner!, by what right do you think can split my genome that way!"
Lama Su: "We share the goals here Jango. our patrons need this army battle ready in less than a decade, by our current estimates we cannot generate that many clones before that time. by creating this Clone Queen
program we can reach the goal and.."
Jango Fett: "this underhanded effort has existed long enough to garner a code name?"
Kal Skirata: "Udesii Jango, a bucket of this osik won't fly to the guys upstairs unless you've got proof."
Lama Su: "why would it matter to them? if anything the funds vested in the original plan can still vested be toward this new program."
Jango Fett: "this program ends here or i sink this whole kriffing place from orbit! you don't take my genome and turn into a girl of me got it! this wasn't supposed to some perverted get rich quick scheme!"
Lama Su: "we would never sell the clone queens to pleasure dens Jango!, unhand me at once. an exact clone of you could take your place at anytime fett. from our studies the Aiwha enjoy the taste of your blood, if
you take my meaning."
Jango Fett: "threats are never useful when your weaponless, gihaal."
Lama Su: "the program ends, but the product is already bearing fruit. an order of yours to be exact."
Kal Skirata: "what?"
Jango Fett: "then put her on ice alongside the arcs once it's done. but it never leaves this place got it!"
Lama Su: "the research will vanish and the clone will be kept as you wish."
Kal Skirata: "good choice su, but remember you ever even think about double crossing us again and you'll be left in my care. understood."
Lama Su: "of course."
Jango Fett: "this also stays between us kal."
Kal Skirata: "as you wish Mand'alor."
Coruscant-20 years Before the Battle of Yavin IV
Darth Sidious: "the security team recovered your rifle Dilbun, luckily Kinman was awake at that hour and could provide the code. this Augie mentioning needs to cease or connections will be made and you my friend
will find yourself in a worse place than Oovo IV I'm afraid."
Dilbun Vont: "sorry ta be a turd in the punch, but i gots bills to pay you know. can't keep my floors covered in blood wit no bones to spend."
Darth Sidious: "very well. your next mission may be a bit out of your league. but i can assure you if you survive it. your worth in my employ may well find you uniformed."
Dilbun Vont: "good, as long I'm enlisted with the eventual winners of this big galactic game you've rigged, augi..lord sidious."
Darth Sidious: "so your tongue can be curbed. the chancellor will need to see you soon, wilhuff needs to posture for awhile at you, but that pawn will fill you in on the mission once tarkin's fangs are dry."
Dilbun Vont: "Will it be one or two changes of shorts..this mission?"
Darth Sidious: "no rank advancement if that's what you're driving at. but something has risen to my attention regarding the count. if all goes as planned, which i can assure you it will. my apprentice's place will be firmly at my side after this mission."
Dilbun Vont: "oh, ol' dookie getting anxious to actually win this war. how funny. well I'll see you in, huh there i go again."
Darth Sidious: "try not to vomit on tarkin. get yourself together and prepare for my summons."
Dilbun Vont: well now even Augie's getting his roles mixed up, I'm pretty sure that's the first time the sith lord has rung me up and sounded like ol' Augie. this missions gonna be a karking pile of hurt.
Tarkin: "Vont! you kill two strumpets, get drunk with that scum villie and not only did you manage to miss your target twice in the senate in your drunken stupor. you show up to this meeting still drunk! how did you ever make a name for yourself as a ruthless killer out on the rim?"
Dilbun Vont: "by biting off fingers that get pointed at me for longer than five minutes. you're at about four by my count and I'm sure as hell hoping theres some meat on that bony thing cause my stomachs..."
Palpatine: "enough! guards, wilhuff everybody except vont out!. i can handle this drunken braggarts on my own."
-Minutes Later-
Dilbun Vont: "ok so Dooku attempted to seek a means to the SIP after you'd stashed it on wayland. but he got driven off by that guardian. so now you want me to what?"
Palpatine: "yes even to a sober man this plan is a bit confussing. the main point is you are to rally with that death watch coward Phutt Nuum and meet Dooku on Bakura the day after next. there you will provide him
with a copy of the SIP and he will provide you with a target. that Target will be the one whom comprised my database in the first place and revealed the location of the Sith storehouse on Wayland. keep in mind i
want the target alive, dooku will not. this will not hinder your transactions with the count, because after this is carried out he will find himself in place at his masters side."
Dilbun Vont: "ok, but where'd i get the sip?"
Palpatine: "in order to amaze the count you will need to say you stole it from under the guardians nose. now i do believe you should get going."
Dilbun Vont: "no threats bout big galgu, are we actually becoming friends Augie?"
Palpatine: "if i believed in such a thing as luck I'd suggest you do not push it any further."
Dilbun Vont: That's when i started sweating. crazy and bloodthirsty or not this was shaping up to be more than just a trap for me, ol' Augie was on the line this time. and i was being used to turn it around. if I'd had a clue about how this all might turn out back then, I'd have taken a walk off that balcony and saved myself the career that was ahead of me. creds are nice, strums are fun until they speak more than the guttural mumblings expected. but life's a sentence. and mine was about to start that night.
Phutt Nuum: "I's no care bout this kriffing gen'dai or his slimy mando hating armor! he's wants to be scrapin with me he'd be pullin out the real hand cannons and unload her before i get my pulse clip charged on him! haha."
Dilbun Vont: "for Fib's sake put the blasters away Phutt! were supposed to be doing a transaction here. remember?"
Dooku: "oh what a pity it was they didn't make the clone army after you my dear death watchmen. my droids would've simply exchanged a series of insults and we'd have the core already conquered."
Phutt Nuum: "Not if they'd had Vizla to use as template!"
Durge: "Mando Schisms aside, the Nuum clan was bred in keldabe and this hound is a nuum. so i deserve his blood Count!"
Dooku: "oh my word. why could it not be my worthy apprentice here at my side, he was suited for dealing with such underworld scum."
Dilbun Vont: Right about that second some of the renegade drained outta the count, i recalled a holonet piece tracking the confederacy's early movements. with Sha'ala Doneeta at his side the man looked like the
future then, now he sounded sad and weak. thanks to phutt's backalley manner, my story will go unaccounted. in other words I'm in like a dirty shirt.
Dilbun Vont: "all bloodscores aside, no offense Durge. but i didn't crawl outta the poodoo vat of mount tantiss with this case to keep me company. are we trade'in or not."
Dooku: "of course, with this portion of the research the poison can be remade. i must admit i myself would never have thought to swim into the Mount Tantiss storehouse by way of the sewage pipes. most creative
Dilbun Vont: "hey once you poison the dianoga, its all a workout. so whats this i hear about you not being able to get this yourself?"
Dooku: "well for starters Vont, my ego cannot be bruised by one such as yourself. the reason you had to swim in thirty kilos of dung was the same reason Master Yoda does not end this war. i assure you he could, but does not because he like all the Jedi have broken their own commandment. they FEAR the Dark side of the Force."
Dilbun Vont: oh great a lecture on the Force, why can't this stuff just stay on the after hours holonet and stay outta the mainstream news?
Dooku: "Some years back, before i myself came upon this realization. the great master lectured myself and two other masters on the subject of the Dark Side. this was a private ritual amongst the Jedi, anytime a master was about to be welcomed into the higher fold, they would be taken aside and made privy to the great Secret of the Dark Side."
The Jedi Temple-42 years Before the Battle of Yavin IV
Yoda: "Beware the lure of the Dark Side masters, for when taking upon this new duty. you will be made aware of its call. When seeing into the Fates of the Force, you will be bombarded by all aspects of life."
Jorus C'Baoth: "You mean to tell me that even the great Jedi Sages cannot look into the Fate of the Dark Side? how can this practice be permitted. we three have looked into the fates and seen the avenues of the Dark Side!"
Dooku: At that moment i understood the hidden message behind the masters backwards Basic. they actually made fear of the Dark Side a practice! Kuro and C'Baoth understood in their own ways of course. but
neither of them had understood the currents of the fates that we'd opened ourselves up to than I.
Yoda: "Master C'Baoth your bombastic manner edges close to the dark ways enough on its own. lest it be developed greater by actually peering at the Dark Side, we do not permit."
Dooku: "May the force be with you."
Dooku: Days after i so rudely brought an end to the master's rant, i looked into the issue further while sparring with Sora Bulq.
Dooku: "Do you see what i have come to suspect Sora?"
Sora Bulq: "Alarming that they actually let this go unnoticed. the Darkness is active, yet we are blind to it because we are ordered to not stare at it for too long out of..."
Dooku: "Fear!, much like the aggressive energies we expell now to conceal our tandem Vision of Darkness. they have broken the first rules of the Jedi. they fear and so i say why do we not go all the way and be
true masters of the Force?"
Dooku: Fear Mr. Vont, that is what keeps me from raiding the storehouse of Wayland. The Guardian you crawled in fear of is one whom I've known in the past as a Jedi. How he came into the service of the Sith,
i know not. but he is and his power is greater than my own. Your mission will be to dispose of the Slicer whom led me into that attempted slaughter on Wayland. His name is Kligson, ask my underlings about him. it'd be best if my hands remained out of this affair to be best assure your success. he is a very slippery one this Slicer.
Phutt Nuum: "So no time for strums on the wheel?"
Dilbun Vont: "yup, straight to tracking this barve."
Poggle the Lesser: "Oh that slicer!, Believe it or not he was the one that reverse engineered the droid control system. well if the Count says he's outlived his usefullness who em i to argue? I'll have wat tambor arrange a little get together for the three of you?
Dilbun Vont: "thanks poggle, hope you guys get the old red dirt back before this war ends. hate to see a people driven off their homeplanet, i really do."
Dilbun Vont: up until that moment i didn't understand why Augie wanted this techno wanker alive, guy that smart could be useful. best keep him under lock and key until you need him again. kinda like myself.
Phutt Nuum: "wheres the stinking wire jockey at tambor?"
Wat Tambor: "whats the meaning of this Vont? Poggle already set this up why are guys pushing me around? do you know who i em! I'm Wat Tambor! i made my bones when guys where still..."
Dilbun Vont: "I know the story, but my buddy here got a little hooked on the old Mando rage they used to pump up before battle. so he's like this with everybody."
Phutt Nuum: "oh come on Vont, can't i just stab him once?"
Dilbun Vont: "uh, i don't feel like smelling what he breathes alright. lets go to work."
-Minutes Later-
Phutt Nuum: "what the kark do you mean i can't kill this runt! the count hired us to snuff him out!"
Kligson: "this is a bit odd."
Dilbun Vont: "stow it droid handler! Phutt put the blade back in its sheath and step away before I'm forced to break whatever skirata left you for a jaw."
Phutt Nuum: "step off it vont, this guy is wanted dead by dooku. now who are you taken him alive for? and how much is in it."
Dilbun Vont: "Enough to keep me in this game and enough to keep out of breathing if you don't take that blaster outta my face Nuum!"
Kligson: "ok, so you're hear to take me alive to shall i say our mutual friend his sithiness? and he's here to carve me up because the count understands that Wayland was a trap?"
Fai'rel:(igniting Lightsaber) Most perceptive my boy. but i have a greater task in mind for you.
Dilbun Vont: "Frak me."
Fai'rel: "oh yes, Frak indeed. fraked all around. you mando, i heard your mother call, she wants you to wash up for din din. best you be off to Toola."
Phutt Nuum: "guys my mom wantsa me to get cleaned up for din din, i gotta go to toola..BYE!"
Fai'rel: "Vont i believe you understand the situation well enough to cuff yourself."
Kligson: "So are you capturing me or em i working with you?"
Fai'rel: "You are going to admit my entrance to the mount tantiss Storehouse on wayland. the Sith have turned against one another and forgotten one small detail about seeing into the fates of the Force."
Dilbun Vont: "I'll take a wild guess, i had a similar force lecture today. Dark Jedi can see what the Jedi are too afraid to look at and your reaping the benefits of this?"
Fai'rel: "my it is too sad you have nothing of the force about you. Kligson time we where off."
Kligson: "maybe next time we can hit coco town Vont. keep in touch."
Dilbun Vont:Ferglutz!
Tarkin: "Thanks to the battle of Kamino, we found out about this abandoned warrior. You must understand that this woman is military property and she does not officially exist. should the Mandalorians find out about such a perversion off their beloved Jango Fett's genome they'd all be at the Confederacy's call."
Dilbun Vont: "I assume from your attitude the Chancellor's fuming about what happened? i mean I'd expected you to personally supervise my..."
Tarkin: "Spare me the coy act Vont, i serve the Chancellor and our other Friend. his orders are to be followed exactly in this matter, ego and personal banter cannot become involved now. as of this moment you and i are on the same playing field. we are currently operating behind the backs of the Jedi Order and the actual War. for the first time the chancellor is actually rushing to catch a hydro-spanner before it clogs the gears of this galactic game you and i benefit from."
Dilbun Vont: Translation= The Sith infighting has opened up a window for a equally matched enemy to remove them from power or worse expose the whole shame before the stu is just right. this entire war was planned and scheduled like a game of shockball, that is up until now.
Tarkin: "On a side note, she was flashtrained to be a Advanced Recon Commando. I'd keep my hands to my self Dilbun."
J'mee Fett: "What are my orders?"
Tarkin: "Commando J'mee Fett, you have been as of this moment drafted into the service of the Grand Army of the Republic. your mission is classified and therefore you are not to stray from said mission at any moment. upon its completion you are to return here for continued stasis."
J'mee Fett: "Understood."
Tarkin: "That goes for you as well Vont!"
Dilbun Vont: "what I'm to join the ranks of frosty here? and await orders in my sleep!"
Tarkin: "Let me put it this way, as of this moment you are now officially an unofficial member of the Grand Army. in other words, shed that Fringe Green. You are now Commander of the Black Ops."
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SUNY Canton Powersports Class Starts at Fort DrumWednesday, September 7th, 2011
SUNY Canton is starting a fast-paced powersports performance and repair course to recently deployed U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Drum.
"This program is part of our outreach with the SUNY North Country Consortium," said SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy. "As a premiere college for soldiers, veterans, and their families, we seek to offer our in-demand academic programs where they will be utilized the best. In this case, we'll bring our class to Fort Drum, rather then having the soldiers come to us."
The three-credit seven-week powersports service course (MSPT101) began at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, at the Outdoor and Recreation Facility on the post. Mark R. Hill, the Powersports program instructor, said it was offered in a condensed version to minimize the time commitment for soldiers.
"We'll be bringing approximately $50,000 worth of snowmobiles, motorcycles, and all-terrain vehicles – all donated by Polaris Industries – to Fort Drum for our newest students to work with during the course," Hill said. "This is one of the first courses that we offer in the one-year program. Students find it very personally and professionally rewarding."
SUNY Canton partners Polaris to provide certification training at the main campus, allowing students access to the latest Polaris line to complete their course requirements. Students diagnose, troubleshoot, repair and even rebuild the recreational vehicles during the one-year program.
At SUNY Canton, powersports performance and repair is a career-driven one-year certificate program. The program is part of the College's ladder curriculum, allowing students to transfer into associate degree programs, including automotive technology, or a bachelor's degree program that best fits each individual student's interest.
Media inquiries should be directed to Gregory Kie, Media Relations Manager, or call 315/386-7527.


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Re: Police and policing (20/05/17 21:17:32)
one might live somewhat with stealing, as long as it's about helping and stealing off that.. maybe seen as further tax. But when it is hindering and stealing off that.. it's .. disgusting. tax on taxing. a pointless exercise in going nowhere - but as very expensive journey.
Most institutions and industries recently are in total loss-of-meaning, and are franticaly working towards making themselves looking meaningfull (or each-other, in a very chain-gang way) and keeping themselves alive - irrelevant and regardless of their original purpose. "health" industry is not anymore about healing anyone, nor the education is about educating anyone, - all is about generating their own income / keeping status-quo. (dont say I.T.... IT might be the leader in all this :/ ) And "State" is just one such institution that might seem outdated.
EU? pfff. Another state, on top. Rules for when rules rule and when not.. Only the stakes are higher.
interesting times... yeah.
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Retro Palm Springs
PALM SPRINGS -- At a cemetery on Ramon Road, where the Crayola-green lawns of this desert community yield to sand and tumbleweeds, Frank Sinatra is buried. His plain, flat gravestone bears an epitaph taken from the title of an early '60s song he recorded: "The Best Is Yet to Come." But beyond its comment on death, no quotation could better sum up the cool, sexy, seize-the-day attitude of an era when Sinatra was swingin', JFK was president, onion dip was the appetizer of choice and every adolescent girl dreamed of getting a Maidenform bra.
Standing there, I was 10 years old again, spying from the hall on one of my parents' cocktail parties. I could hear Ol' Blue Eyes crooning from the hi-fi, see the women with their bouffant hairdos and shiny patent leather pumps and smell perfume, cigarettes and Scotch.
The memory was a little door prize given to me toward the end of a recent visit to Palm Springs, which seems to have awakened from a trance that left it frozen in the '50s and '60s. Now it's chic again, precisely because it never quite left those martini times behind. As Palm Springs baked under the desert sun, nobody bothered to throw out bubble lamps, starburst clocks and vinyl chairs, or tear down futuristic buildings designed by such architects as John Lautner, Richard Neutra and Albert Frey. But now design from that time is all the rage, and in no place is it better preserved than Palm Springs.
At the entrance to Palm Springs, where California Highway 111 turns into Palm Canyon Drive, the smashingly restored Tramway Gas Station symbolizes the resurgence of the town and the style, re-christened as mid-century modern. The gas station was designed with a soaring "butterfly" roof in 1965 by Frey, a Swiss-born architect who worked with Le Corbusier in Europe before moving here in the 1930s to become one of the town's defining architects. Boarded up and threatened with demolition three years ago, the gas station was brought back to life by two San Franciscans who have turned it into a gallery specializing in objets d'art for the garden.
Many of the city's other restored mid-century showplaces, like Neutra's Desert House, are private residences. Nevertheless, I went to Palm Springs in search of this retro renaissance, peering over walls, taking a martini census at watering holes, lazing by '50s motel swimming pools and generally trying to tap into a Sinatra kind of thing. He lived in what is called the Movie Colony neighborhood from 1947 to 1957. At one point he shared his stylish home, with its swimming pool shaped like a grand piano, with Ava Gardner, and it's said he used to hoist a flag to signal to neighbors that it was cocktail hour.
You can't stay in Sinatra's house, called Twin Palms, though it's often rented out for fashion shoots. But as I discovered as I was led on a home tour by Michael McLean, whose McLean Co. Rentals specializes in such properties, you can have Dinah Shore's five-bedroom home nearby for $4,000 a week, or, for $3,000, an even more stylish white brick mid-century house with topiary and a blue-tiled pool.
More reasonably priced '50s and '60s relics are Palm Springs' small motels, like the unprepossessing L'Horizon on East Palm Canyon Drive in the Deepwell neighborhood, where I stayed for two nights. It was designed in 1955 by William F. Cody--not the cowboy showman but an architect who gave the Coachella Valley some of its most striking golf course clubhouses. At L'Horizon, Cody created a handful of gorgeous, dramatically angled, low-roofed buildings set around a trapezoidal pool, where a maid served me breakfast on a tray while I watched the rising sun pinken the flanks of 10,804-foot Mt. San Jacinto. The interiors are comfortable and immaculate, but the decor is decidedly '80s, with shutters, bed skirts and floral prints.
On my search for retro chic, I found similarly styleless furnishings at the historic Racquet Club, haunted by the ghosts of dead movie stars whose photos line the lobby walls. The cozy, well-maintained, family-run Orchid Tree Inn is mostly Spanish Colonial, but it also has a 1957 Frey-designed wing of rooms with round windows and corrugated metal siding, where I stayed one night. And a young German couple has just finished restoring the stark white Bauhaus-y Movie Colony Inn, one of Frey's first works in Palm Springs--although it looks as though they ran short of cash before they got to the decor.
Two marvelously decorated vintage motels have recently opened on the north side of town. Ballantines, where I stayed for two nights, is a small white enclave restored by Fraser Robertson, a Scotsman, and his artist wife, Sarah. They canvassed the country to decorate the place with furniture of the era: Marshmallow sofas, surfboard tables, Raymond Loewy desks and pink and yellow vinyl headboards. Fifties music plays by the pool, where an intimate house-party atmosphere prevails. I stayed in the Courtney Room (beautiful, but a little too close to the traffic on Indian Canyon Drive), lit a fire and watched "Bad Day at Black Rock," one of the B-movies that play nightly on the in-house channel.
Down the street, the Indianola Tiki Guest House resurrects a mid-century offshoot, bright and cheerful Polynesian Pop, which spoke volumes to World War II veterans back from the South Pacific. Owners Jeff Bennett and Jon Powers, two men in their 30s from L.A., give their guests artificial leis, hula skirts and rum and pineapple drinks on arrival. It caters to the gay crowd but doesn't encourage nudity by the pool, as some of the city's other gay hotels do.
Miracle Manor, in windy Desert Hot Springs, across Interstate 10 from Palm Springs, was the first stylishly decorated mid-century hotel in the Coachella Valley. L.A. designer April Greiman gave Miracle Manor its clean, Zen-like interiors, but God provided its thermal pool. Earlier this month, two other L.A. designers, Mick Haggerty and Steve Samiof, opened Hope Springs, a '50s motel nearby. It's a beauty, with a terrazzo floor and a round pit fireplace in the entryway, lime-green tiled baths in the guest rooms and three small thermal pools surrounded by a rock-and-cactus garden.
Indolence is still the most popular way to pass the time in Palm Springs, and you can spend whole days by the pools at these places, drinking in martini modernism. But I was thirsty for more, so I went window shopping.
At One Eleven Vintage Cars, near the intersection of Palm Canyon Drive and Ramon Road, I saw a 1957 Chevy Bel Air, a red 1964 1/2 Mustang and a 1946 Lincoln Continental, all in mint condition.
Nearby I poked my head into Alan Ladd's Hardware, opened in the early '50s by the late actor ("Shane"). The store has attractive light fixtures, place mats and planters, but I found real treasures at several shops on the north side of town that showcase mid-century styles.
At John's Resale Furnishings there were modular fiberglass seating units, dinette sets and oval coffee tables by celebrated designers such as Charles Eames and George Nelson. Next door, Bandini Johnson specializes in vintage barware, and the owner told me he can't stock enough Old-Fashioned glasses and fondue sets to meet demand. Jay Margrey, a Palm Springs real estate agent I talked to, explained the craze for these items. "It's the baby boomers," he said. "They used to think this stuff was awful, but now it looks kind of fun."
Shops in Palm Springs' now-bustling center (locals call it the "village"), stretching along Palm Canyon Drive between Alejo and Ramon roads and closed to traffic for a street fair on Thursday nights, still offer standard resort-life accouterments: swimsuits, inflatable rafts, T-shirts, sunglasses and gift boxes of dates. But the burger and fajita restaurants have been joined in recent years by some more stylish places to eat.
Muriel's Supper Club is a swank retro nightclub where the doorman wears a porkpie hat. There I listened to a salsa band and sampled appetizers like a confit of warm goat cheese, leeks and duck. I also tried the tasty chicken curry at St. James at the Vineyard and had a petit filet at LG's Prime Steakhouse nearby.
Martinis accompanied these meals, of course, all suitably dry and well-mixed. But the bartenders at some of the older spots in town, like Melvyn's at the Ingleside Inn, where the '50s atmosphere is authentic and thick, really know how to handle a cocktail shaker.
I had my best in the Bamboo Lounge at the Racquet Club, founded by actors Ralph Bellamy and Charlie Farrell in the early '30s. The Racquet Club was favored by such movie stars as Clark Gable, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz and Natalie Wood, whose pictures line the walls of the lobby. The bar in the Bamboo Lounge is dark and intimate, with a big-screen TV showing an old Gary Cooper movie when I settled in for a cocktail. Sitting there, I got the feeling that it was the 1950s again, that modernism was new and that any minute Ol' Blue Eyes might walk through the door.
One slightly blurry morning, I took a bus tour that cruised past the palatial home of Bob and Dolores Hope on a ridge at the south end of town, the exclusive Tamarisk and Thunderbird country clubs in Rancho Mirage and the Eisenhower Medical Center, home of the renowned Betty Ford Center for addiction treatment.
When I'd started visiting Palm Springs with my family 15 years ago, the action in the Coachella Valley had moved east to gated developments around golf clubs like these. Shops in Palm Springs' village were boarded up, and Denny's was the most popular restaurant in town. So the great pleasure in returning to Palm Springs was finding things I'd never known were there and seeing other things with fresh eyes.
For example, I'd passed the Tramway Gas Station dozens of times, but never really noticed it. Ditto the nearby Aerial Tramway building, designed by another Palm Springs modernist, E. Stewart Williams (also the architect of Sinatra's Twin Palms), in 1963 to suggest a covered bridge; William Cody's gaudy Spa Hotel & Casino; and Frey's low-slung City Hall. They looked beautiful to me in a way they never had before, as did the mid-century banks, schools, office buildings, liquor stores and tract houses all over town.
Tony Merchell, vice president of the city's Historic Site Preservation Foundation, estimates that there are more than 500 mid-century modern buildings in Palm Springs. Their characteristic features include flat, low roofs with wide overhangs, sliding glass doors and corrugated metal siding. The city was quick to adopt the progressive new architecture because it was relatively inexpensive and well-suited to the desert. But now that Palm Springs is getting hot again, a modest contemporary that sold for $10,000 in the '50s might cost $150,000 or more.
To see some of Palm Springs' finest private residences, I rented a bike at Bighorn Bicycle Rentals & Tours downtown and headed into the Movie Colony, east of Indian Canyon Drive in the area surrounding Ruth Hardy Park. Standing by the gate of Sinatra's Twin Palms, 1148 Alejo Road, I could just make out the flat roof and warm Arizona sandstone of the facade. Bob and Dolores Hope's nearby home is easier to see because it occupies a corner lot. The Hopes are big wheels in town and use their mansion on Southridge for entertaining. But if you believe bus tour guides, the one on mine claimed they prefer living in this modest pink ranch house at 1188 El Alameda.
On the west side of Palm Canyon Drive, in the lovely Las Palmas and Little Tuscany neighborhoods, I found the homes of stars everywhere: Peter Lawford entertained JFK at 1295 Via Monte Vista; Liberace died at 501 Belardo Road; down the block; Carole Lombard and Clark Gable honeymooned at the intersection of Belardo and Vista Chino. The striking, multilevel residence at the end of Ladera Circle, known as the Elvis Honeymoon Home because Presley and his bride, Priscilla, stayed there after marrying in 1967, was a modernist showplace called the "House of Tomorrow" when it was built in 1962.
Palm Springs' architectural ground zero, however, is at the western end of Vista Chino. There, in 1946, Austrian-born architect Neutra, who collaborated with Rudolf Schindler on many Los Angeles projects, designed what is considered one of his best homes. Book and magazine photos of the recently restored house show its sleek, cool, open-to-the-desert layout. But from the driveway you can get a peek at its Douglas-fir-sided second-story pavilion. Next door, from the edge of the boulder-strewn lot, you can also make out a round, window-lined room in the house Frey designed for industrial designer Raymond Loewy.
Frey's own home is now owned by the Desert Museum and used only for special events. A glass-and-steel box tucked into a rocky outcrop on the flank of Mt. San Jacinto, it can be glimpsed from the west end of Tahquitz Canyon Way. From a distance, you can't see the great boulder that juts into the living room.
Still, I could imagine the architect, who died two years ago at age 95, standing at the window looking out at the desert, calm in the knowledge that good things live on as the lights of Palm Springs keep twinkling.


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It's 12/12/12 today, and unless some sort of intergalactic, interplanetary, Mayan-calendar inducing crazy event happens, we'll never see this date again until … December 12, 2112.
Until then, we're celebrating the date with 12 number 12s for 12/12/12. These are in no particular order, because they're all #12 to us!
Jeff Ward: Wardy was an iconic minicycle pilot in the 1970s, but many thought he was too short to find success at the pro level. But by 1980, he was solid in the 125 Nationals, earning #12 for 1981, where he finished third in the 125 Nationals. After that, he was merely one of the best riders in the world for the next ten years.
Jeff Matiasevich: The long-time Kawasaki rider moved to Team Suzuki for 1993, wearing #12. Unfortunately for Chicken, though, his season was only so-so, so he ended up as a privateer by 1994.
After a long stint with Kawasaki, Jeff Matiasevich moved to Suzuki in 1993 wearing the #12.
Thom Veety photo
Mickael Pichon: Pichon's supercross success is much forgotten now, but he won the 1995 and 1996 125 East SX titles. Pretty good! The Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider wore #12 as his motocross number in '96, but struggled with an illness most of the summer. The next year, he moved up to the 250s for Suzuki and his Pro Circuit spot went to some kid named Carmichael.
Jim Holley: Hollywood ran #12 as a factory Yamaha pilot in 1986. He took a career-best fifth overall in the '86 250 Nationals.
Steve Wise would wear the #12 in 1977.
Jim Talkington photo
Damon Bradshaw: The 12 that never was. Bradshaw earned this digit during his up and down 1997 season with Manchester Honda. But he chose to retire instead of race in 1998, so he never ran the number.
Jimmy Button: By all accounts, Jimmy Button was really set for a strong season in 2000, his second year on the big YZ400F thumper. But just a few races in, Button took a tumble in the San Diego whoops, and broke his neck. The worst was feared, but Button was able to recover and walk again—although his racing days were over. Since Button's #12 was permanent, and he scored some points early in 2000, he also appears on the 2001 AMA National Numbers as #12 as well.
Steve Wise: The multi-talented Wise wore #12 in 1977, where he logged a solid fifth in the 125 Nationals, with a few podium finishes along the way.
Bob Hannah moved from Yamaha to Honda in 1983, and wore the #12.
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Bob Hannah: "Hurricane II" was forecasted for 1983, as Hannah, all healed up from the broken leg that ruined his 1980 season, had moved from Yamaha to Honda, with the ultra-trick hand-built RC250 works bike at his disposal. Hannah's speed in 1983 was legend, but a few too many injuries prevented him from taking the #12 to a title.
Damon Huffman: Huff-daddy wore #12 in 1995, although most would remember him as #1 that season, since he spent supercross successfully defending his 1994 125 West SX title. But outdoors, with the #12, he led the points for about half the season, until the Steve Lamson-Ryan Hughes dogfight got the better of him.
Blake Baggett: This one is fresh in your mind: Baggett wore the #12 in 2012 during his run to the 250 Motocross Championship.
DV has the longest stint running the #12.
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Jake Weimer: Weimer took the 12 to the 2010 Lites West Championship, and, fittingly, he now has the number back for 2013.
David Vuillemin: No one has carried the #12 as long as DV, as he held it as a permanent digit from 2002-2009. That's why they call him DV12! He carried the digit pretty far too, getting 250SX race wins against a loaded 2002 field.
Jaroslav Falta: In 1974, in arguably the most controversial motocross championship ever, Czech CZ rider Jaroslav Falta wore #12 in the final race against the Soviet hero Gennady Moisseev. The race was in Wohlen, Switzerland and the Soviet team did all they could to protect the injured Moisseev's points lead, including knocking Falta down repeatedly. It did not work, and Falta still earned enough points for the 250cc FIM World Championship title, but then he was DQ'd for supposedly jumping the starting gate in the second moto!
Billy Liles: Billy Liles earned the #12 in 1983, the year he won a 250 National. But the next year found the Georgia-born Liles over in Europe, beginning a long crusade to win the 500cc world title.
Billy Liles had a brief stint as #12 during the '80s.
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VANCOUVER, BC- After going unbeaten this past weekend in a pair of United Soccer Leagues (USL) Premier Development League (PDL) matches, Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 (4W-3L-1D) will look to continue their fine form in a mid-week bout versus Washington Crossfire (1W-3L-1D).
The 'Caps will take on the Crossfire on Wednesday night to conclude a five-game stretch of road matches. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. PT at Redmond High School in Redmond, Washington.
The Blue and White are coming off of a strong weekend across the border. On Friday, the 'Caps defeated North Sound SeaWolves FC in a 3-2 thriller. Entering the 74th minute, Vancouver trailed 2-1 before equalizing through Harry Lakhan. Michael Winter then grabbed a late winner for Whitecaps FC in stoppage time to complete the comeback.
On Saturday, the 'Caps were able to overcome an enthusiastic home crowd at Bremerton Memorial Stadium on home opening weekend for Kitsap Pumas to earn a well-deserved 2-2 draw. The two leading scorers for Whitecaps FC U-23 both got on the scoresheet, as Harry Lakhan netted his fifth of the year while Niall Cousens scored his sixth.
The results lifted Vancouver into a tie for second place in the Northwest division with 13 points, however Victoria Highlanders FC stay above the 'Caps on goal difference.
Head coach Stuart Neely is preparing his team for another tough encounter against a division rival and is hoping his boys end their string of road matches on a high note.
"It's another road match, we're looking at it being another physical hard fought game, as all games within this division are," said Neely. "They lost to Victoria but they beat Portland, so they've got quality in the side. The crazy part about all these games is that any team can beat any other team on any given day, so we're really looking forward to the match."
This is the first time Whitecaps FC have met the Crossfire this year.
Last season, Washington qualified for the Western Conference quarterfinals by finishing fourth in the Northwest division. They were eventually eliminated by Seattle Sounders FC U-23 by a score of 3-1.
The Crossfire have had a rocky 2013 PDL season thus far under new player-coach Nik Besagno. The club have only one win in five games, a 1-0 triumph that came at the expense of first-place Portland Timbers U-23 last week.
Crossfire's mediocre start to the season can be attributed to their lack of scoring. As a team, they've only scored twice in five games. In comparison, Whitecaps FC U-23 have 19 goals in 8 games.
"They're obviously a somewhat defensive-minded team," Neely noted. "But it doesn't negate the fact that if you're not prepared for any sort of counterattack you could be in trouble. They're going to be stingy defensively and look to counterattack whenever possible."
Vancouver hold a record of 2W-6L-0D all-time against their Washington counterparts. Last season, the two teams split their two meetings, with each team winning on their home field; the 'Caps shut out the Crossfire 4-0 at Simon Fraser University before Washington edged Vancouver 2-1 in the return match across the border.
After Wednesday's match, the 'Caps have a nine-day layoff before their next match. Whitecaps FC U-23 return home on June 21 to face their Cascadia rivals Seattle Sounders FC U-23. That match will kickoff at 7 p.m. PT at Thunderbird Stadium.


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Honda gets a do-over; revamps Civic to fix flaws
Just 19 months after its Civic compact car hit showrooms and got slammed by critics, the company has revamped the vehicle, giving it a new look and upgrading the interior.
It's an unusual and costly do-over. But Honda — normally a highly-regarded brand — was worried the car's flaws would hurt sales and market share, analysts say.
The 2013 version goes on sale Thursday, and Honda has given the compact a sportier profile, replaced its chintzy dashboard and made the ride quieter. The revamp comes to market in about half the time it normally takes, and shows just how concerned Honda is about falling behind rivals.
"The new consumer … looking for a compact car doesn't think the Civic is a slam-dunk anymore," says Jesse Toprak, vice president of market intelligence for the TrueCar.com auto pricing website.
The company misjudged the small-car market when it rolled out the Civic in April of last year, analysts say. Small-car buyers used to tolerate cheap materials, noisy interiors, and boxy styling just to get high gas mileage. But they now expect their gas-sippers to have a quiet ride and plush seating. The 2012 Civic lacked those refinements.
It was so noisy, for example, that "I kept trying to put the windows up," recalls IHS Automotive analyst Rebecca Lindland, who says that competition caught Honda off-guard.
To be sure, criticism of the 2012 Civic hasn't dented demand. Sales of the car have risen to 255,000 through October, up 39 percent from last year. The car has passed the aging Toyota Corolla and the Chevrolet Cruze to become the nation's top-selling compact.
But the increase came mainly because Civics were in short supply last year following an earthquake in Japan. Loyal customers delayed purchases until the Civic returned, Toprak says. The Civic also is selling well because of discounts, he says. Dealers are knocking about $2,500 off the sticker price to clear out 2012 models. Civic discounts usually run about $500.
Without changes to the car, Honda probably would keep longtime customers, but it wouldn't attract new ones. "They will eventually start bleeding market share," Toprak says.
When Honda began to develop the 2012 Civic years earlier, competitors still were putting out blasé compacts aimed at budget-conscious buyers. But as gas prices rose, consumers shifted to smaller vehicles. At the same time, companies like Kia and Hyundai rolled out sleek, quiet compacts with amenities once reserved for the luxury class.
In the spring of 2011, the influential magazine Consumer Reports refused to give the Civic a coveted "Recommended Buy." Its chief auto tester said that the Civic was a step backward, and it appeared Honda tried to save money by using cheaper parts.
Company executives get prickly when asked if criticism was the reason they moved so fast. They'll say only that they wanted to keep the Civic ahead of the competition.
"We're not reacting to negative criticisms," says Art St. Cyr, Honda's chief product planner in the U.S. He says that Honda started revamping the Civic even before the 2012 model came out.
"We weren't embarrassed. We weren't trying to make excuses for what we were doing."
Yet Honda did something startling with the 2013 model. Instead of making a few cosmetic changes that normally come in the middle of a car's life, the company did an overhaul. It added insulation to cut engine noise, put in thicker glass to reduce wind, and made the brakes larger to stop the car faster. The seat material was upgraded, and Honda added a softer dashboard with a two colors. Outside, the car got it a more aerodynamic look with a new hood, trunk lid and lights.
The improvements are so vast that Honda must have started working on them even before the 2012 went on sale, Lindland says. That's before the criticism came from Consumer Reports and others.
Lindland, who drove the 2013 Civic in advance of its Thursday debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, says it's far better than the 2012. "I was really impressed with how quiet it was," she says. "It's just a more refined and more elegant small car."
The revamp is costing about $500 per car, Honda estimates. Toprak says the spending was necessary to attract new buyers. Many people who would have bought larger cars are now looking at compacts because they're in fashion, he says.
Compact car sales now account for 14.6 percent of the U.S. market, up 2.2 percentage points from just five years ago, according to Ward's AutoInfoBank.
Honda will get some of the revamping cost back by raising the base price of the Civic LX by $160 to $18,965 with an automatic transmission. But the company eliminated the stripped-down DX version, which started at just over $17,000 with automatic.
The quick do-over puts the Civic back among the top cars in its segment, says Lindland. But it doesn't mean that all automakers will upgrade their cars every 19 months.
"It's expensive to do these," she says. "I wouldn't say this is a trend — yet."


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Reports have claimed Charles Green's consortium, who took over the Light Blues last week, have looked into the possibility of acquiring the npower League One side. The plan would then apparently be for newco Rangers to take up Bury's fixtures for the forthcoming campaign, while continuing to play their home games at Ibrox.
Responding to media reports over the last 24 hours, a statement from Bury's board of directors read: "Whilst investment into Bury Football Club is always welcome, any offer of investment will only be viewed at taking the club forward in its only one guise possible - based in the town of Bury, and as Bury Football Club."
Both Rangers and Celtic have expressed an interest in switching south of the border in the past, but such a move would need the approval of the football authorities.
The statement continued: "Bury FC is a proud historical club and, as such, proudly represents the town, community, people and, above all, supporters of Bury.
"The directors of Bury FC place the integrity and morality of the club, and football as a whole, way above and beyond any possible financial gain and, as such, wish to reassure all Shakers fans of this fact."
While Bury look forward to opening the season with a home game against Brentford, massive uncertainty continues to surround Rangers.
Green will discover on July 4 whether his newco will be granted entry into the Scottish Premier League when the 12 member clubs - including oldco Rangers - meet to vote on the issue. An 8-4 majority is required.
Reports have claimed the Scottish Football League could be willing to accept Rangers into the Irn-Bru First Division - rather than the Third Division - in return for a revamp of the league structure that would eventually lead to a merger between the SPL and SFL.
Green and his investors completed the purchase of the business and assets of Rangers last Thursday for £5.5million after failure to secure a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in order to exit administration consigned the club to liquidation.


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The digital world has so disrupted the business models of newspapers, radio, television, music and even Hollywood that the yin and yang of mass media and mass marketing are flying apart. We are in the midst of total collapse of the media infrastructure we have taken for granted for 400 years. – Bob Garfield Advertising Age Columnist in The Chaos Scenario, 13 April 2005
Aye, have you heard this weird song. Kolaveri, Kolaveri? Is got close to a million views on YouTube. Is it Malu or what? What does Kolaveri mean? – Digital Dude Aged 24, 17 November 2011
Six years after Bob Garfield provoked the marketing and advertising industry with his seminal piece in Advertising Age, Digital Dude (quoted above) discovers that Kolaveri Di has gone viral on YouTube. Dude does not know Bob Garfield nor has he read The Chaos Scenario. But he is among the millions who have given Kolaveri another view, helping to further shoot the video on to the centre stage of India's pop culture and unwittingly endorsing the premise of Bob's book.
Now clients want agencies to do a Kolaveri like video for their brands. Yes we got two briefs in the last two days and are struggling to explain why we cannot do a Kolaveri. What we do have are some lessons from the said video and similar memes.
Lesson 1. You don't make a Kolaveri. It happens. Amen. Here are, one, two stories from the guys at Jack in the Box, the digital agency behind the viral on how it happened.
Lesson 2. You can't separate marketing and PR from the agency anymore. Being a movie based video Kolaveri has an advantage over traditional marketing content. Yet reading the agency's POV on this, PR was strategically used to give the video the traction. Starting now we need to create all kinds of synergies to get people's attention. Marketing, PR, HR, sales, service working together, in tandem…
Lesson 3. Speed is the new element in a marketing person's arsenal. To read Dhanush's interview post the success of the song and to believe that the song was written in some 6 minutes. Well that's as much time it takes to find an empty conference room these days. Speed was on display when W+K decided to bring on the OldSpice Man on to Twitter and YouTube. 180+ videos created in two days. Wow!
Lesson 4. YouTube is the TV channel for urban Indian youth. Mahesh Murthy (look up his 20 new rules of marketing here) and Reem Syed are some of the prominent voices in India who believe how lopsided marketing budgets are with respect to digital media. The impact of Kolaveri Di should put an end to that discussion. In fact this Google Trends comparison between two recent hits, Airtel's Har Friend Zaroori Hota Hai and Kolaveri shows you that without a dime spent on TV, Kolaveri has blown past an ad that was heavily promoted on all channels, online included. Even in places like Ludhiana and Chandigarh, Kolaveri beat out the Airtel ad.
Lesson 5. In a low friction world, we learnt a great idea will have imitators like in the case of Cadbury's s Gorilla. In India we have struggled to get people to create interesting content that feeds off a rage. Kolaveri is showing us that good ideas will be copied and remixed in real time. What are we agencies and marketers doing to create memes that can be remixed?
Lesson 6. Hum-ability counts, not meaning. Cartoonist Hugh McLeod had something fundamental to say in this cartoon. Most marketing messages are so overloaded that they lose any humanity whatsoever. The lyrics in Kolaveri are so nonlinear that they start a conversation and further its spread. RIP Link Test?
Lesson 7. Ideas like these can spawn real time marketing opportunities. Pepsico's Digital Marketing Head talks about how the best marketing in the future will need to grab real time opportunities that could come by. A viral the scale of Kolaveri could have spawned many opportunities. A line of Kolaveri Di Tshirts. A promo around the song. A smart entrepreneur could have started a Kolaveri Di FAQs page and made some money from placing Ads on the page. Missed opportunities.
Lesson 8. The long tail brings interesting content back into circulation. This one has nothing to do with Kolaveri. But another video that's been doing the rounds recently, the flash mob in Mumbai Central has been doing the rounds. The Youtube video has already notched up an impressive 200,000+ views in two days. On the back of this, an older, forgotten one from May this year is getting a second life, for free. The Internet never forgets, but no ad that's shown on TV can ever have a second coming without the advertiser wanting to rerun it.


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Former DWTS Pro Elena Grinenko Choreographs For The World's Top Ice Dancing Pairs
Did you know dance pro Elena Grinenko has been helping some ice dancing Olympic hopefuls? She is!!
As most of you know, Elena is Tony Dovolani's former dance partner when they were competing. She was also a pro for Dancing With The Stars in Seasons 3 and 4. Since that time, she's helped on the side lines with the show. She's also helped Dance With Me Studios. She also has her own talent and booking agency called Grinya's Entertainment where she helps people achieve and find their goals in the Performing Arts for whatever they may be. One such couple she's been recently helping is ice dancing and reigning World Champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White.
You may remember this skating team from the 2010 Olympics where they won a Silver medal. Well, the two are very much still competing to keep their American and "World" titles and working harder than ever to win a Gold medal come 2014. In doing so, they've asked Elena to help choreograph their dances which have been stunning audiences since last summer. Elena has also been helping to choreograph dances for ice dancing pairs Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani. Below is a little take explaining what the experience has been like for Elena. You can read even more on it at Ice Network.
The first time she went to Detroit, she worked with Davis and White focusing on choreography for their Latin short dance. They hadn't yet chosen their music, so they played with different pieces of music before putting the whole program together.
During the trip, she met Marina Zoueva. Shortly after Grinenko returned home to Los Angeles, Zoueva called and asked her come back and work with some of the other teams. Before accepting, Grinenko made sure that was alright with Davis and White, who gave her the okay. On her second visit to Detroit, she worked with all of Shpilband and Zoueva's teams. She's since been back for a third visit.
"It's very exciting and it's amazing how your work can transfer to ice," Grinenko says. "It's actually even more amazing to see certain things they can do on ice way better than they do it on the floor."
So far, the experience has been a thrill for Grinenko, who grew up in Moscow (she became a U.S. citizen in 2008) and watched a great deal of figure skating on television with her mother. She intently watched the 2010 Olympic Winter Games on TV, and when she was doing research on the couples she'd be working with, she realized how much she'd enjoyed their Olympic performances.
Although she worked with all the couples on the dance floor, much of the actual choreography was done right on the ice. Rather than mapping out a program only to find out certain moves weren't viable, they took the creative process onto the rink.
"It's faster to digest what is working and what is not," Grinenko says. "I've taught since I [was] 15 years old, and I have a very good sense of what's working and what's not. I thought it would be actually a harder transition for me to try to do it on ice and see what works and what doesn't, but it went pretty smoothly."
For Davis and White, she even choreographed hand gestures to go with the required steps in the compulsory rumba to make it more authentic.
"Obviously, we did completely different steps when it's allowed to do it," Grinenko says. "When we touched rumba part, it was pretty much all about upper body.
"They're such amazing athletes," she adds. "They pick up on it so quick. It was very exciting to see how fast they catch onto it. Pretty amazing.
Below is Meryl Davis and Charlie White November 29th at "Progressive Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular". You can view more here. As a dancing and ice skating fan, I've got my eye on these two. Good luck Elena!
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For those interested, here is a TV Schedule of the ice skating events taking place in the next couple of months where you can watch these couples and other ice skaters dance.


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