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Hall of Fame Inductees: 2002-2010
Francisco Bustamante
1963 - Present
Inducted 2010
Francisco Bustamante, nicknamed "Django" because of a resemblance to the lead character in a Western film of the same name, was born in the Philippine province of Tarlac. He began playing pocket billiards at 10 years old, and began competing in the United States in the early 1990s. He hit his stride in the United States in 1997, winning two Camel Pro Billiard Tour events. He was named Billiards Digest's and Pool & Billiard Magazine's Player of the Year in 1998 after notching four major tournament wins, and he earned Billiards Digest's and Inside Pool's Player of the Year titles again in 2002, winning five major events in the U.S. and abroad, and finishing second at the World Pool Championship. Bustamante finally garnered his first recognized world title in 2010, winning the WPA World 9-Ball Championship in Doha, Qatar. His strongest game is 9-ball, where his blockbuster break is legendary; although he is more than proficient at all the major games, as witnessed by his All-Around title at the 2008 Derby City Classic. Upon hearing the news that he would be the second Filipino in the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame (after Efren Reyes' 2003 induction), Bustamante was completely shocked. "Really? I'm still young!" Bustamante said. "Two things that I always dreamed of were to be world champion and to be in the Hall of Fame. This year both dreams came true. We all dream to be in the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame, so I am very happy today. We are heroes in the Philippines, but for the American people to recognize me like this makes me very proud."
Terry Bell / Larry Hubbart (American Poolplayers Association), longtime road players and accomplished professionals, Terry Bell and Larry Hubbart decided in 1979 to reach out to the grassroots players through an amateur pool league they called the American Pool Players Association (APA). They developed a handicapping system to encourage players of all skill levels, and decided to franchise their business. Bell and Hubbart spent several years living off of their wives' incomes and pouring all of their time and resources into developing the APA. In 1981, they pitched Anheuser-Busch and landed Busch beer as a title sponsor, and for the next decade the league system was called the Busch Pool League. The A-B relationship helped the league system grow from 1,000 members in 1981 to nearly 100,000 members in 1990, making it clearly the largest amateur pool league system in the world. Their ability to garner non-endemic national sponsors continued, as Bud Light, Camel, Molson and Jack Daniels all attached their logos to the APA league system through the '90s and early 2000s. The APA also branched out to Canada and Japan, and its membership now totals more than a quarter-million players and 270 franchisees. APA leagues operate in 46 states. Over the years, the APA has introduced the game to several million players.
Allison Fisher was born Feb. 24, 1968, in Peacehaven, Sussex, England. She began playing snooker at age seven and won her first title at 15. In a dozen years playing professional snooker, Fisher won 18 titles, including 12 world championships (four of those in doubles competition). She moved to the U.S. in September 1995 to try her hand on the WPBA Classic Tour, and promptly won two 9-ball titles in three months. Fisher won an astounding 20 Classic Tour titles in the next four years. She also won the WPA World 9-Ball Championship in 1996, 2001 and 2002. During Fisher's reign, she earned POY honors from both Billiards Digest and Pool & Billiard Magazine 11 times in 12 years. "I was worried that I was still a little too young to be elected," said Fisher, who learned of her election while competing in the World 10-Ball Championship in Manila, Philippines. "It's wonderful to be recognized like this," Fisher said. "I had a great career in snooker as well, but was never recognized for it. I've had a great career in 9-ball, and this is the icing on the cake. Being recognized among the greatest players is something that is there forever. It's a great honor."
Johnny Archer is a four-time world 9-ball champion and winner of 25 pro tour titles. Born in tiny Twin City, Ga., Nov. 12, 1968, Archer was drawn to the game by a small coin-op table in the arcade of a local Minute Mart. He began playing more frequently at a small room called "Chester's" in nearby Matter, and it was Chester, himself, who took Archer under his wing and eventually introduced him to tournament play in 1984 at the Tennessee State Open in Chattanooga. Archer, 15 at the time, never looked back. "My parents tried to keep me in school, but they couldn't change my mind," Archer said in a 1992 interview in Billiards Digest. Archer joined the pro tour full-time in 1986, but it was six years before he won his first tour title, the 1991 Sands Regency Open. The following year, Archer won five titles, including the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) World 9-Ball Championship, and was named Billiards Digest Player of the Year (POY), the first of such POY titles Archer would garner. Archer would go on to win 12 Professional Billiard Tour (PBT) titles over the next four years, including two of his four world crowns (back-to-back PBT World 9-Ball championships in 1993 and 1994). Archer once again won the WPA World 9-Ball Championship in 1996. In all, Archer has won more than 60 tournaments. He has also been a member of Team USA in the Mosconi Cup 12 times. "This is really a great honor," said Archer. "The Hall of Fame has the greatest players in the world, and to be in the same group with them is a blessing.
Although Pat Fleming had a distinguished career in straight pool in the 1970s and early 1980s, his best known contribution to cue sports is the creation and continuing development of Accu-Stats Video Productions, based in Butler, New Jersey. Since the mid-1980s, Accu-Stats has videotaped more than 1,000 tournament matches and preserved performances by the world's greatest pool and billiards players, including Buddy Hall, Grady Mathews, Bill Incardona, Mike Massey and Fleming himself. Fleming, who is known in industry circles as "the man behind the scenes of pool's greatest videos," began the enterprise as a way to document the matches for statistical analysis. In fact, an Accu-Stats Total Performance Average is now a widely recognized measure of pool performance. Fleming began offering videotapes for sale to players and fans, and today the recordings in multiple formats are invaluable as entertainment and training tools, as well as the most complete video record of two generations of pool stars. Fleming has made other significant contributions to cue sports. He was instrumental in the development of the jump cue in the early 1980s. He has served as a tournament director, promoter and/or referee for many high-profile events. He also served as a board member or officer in several player organizations in the 1980s and 1990s.
Allen Hopkins was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, but was raised in the small suburban town of Cranford, New Jersey, by adoptive parents Paul and Marietta Hopkins. His father bought him a three-foot toy pool table when he was six years old. At the tender age of eight, playing on a regulation-sized table for the first time, he sank 10 balls in a row. Hopkins played championship-level pool for three decades, from the 1970s through the 1990s. He is known for his versatility as a player, earning titles in such varied events as the 1977 World Open 14.1 Straight Pool championship, the 1977 and 1981 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships, the 1990 Cleveland Open 10-Ball Classic and the 1991 Legends of One-Pocket event. He credited his development as a pool player to growing up with and playing against top talents on the East Coast, including BCA Hall-of-Famers Ray Martin, Steve Mizerak and Cisero Murphy, as well as Pete Margo, Jack Colavita and Onofrio Lauri. Hopkins' lengthy resume includes titles at other major events, including the 1983 Meucci Rivermont Open, the 1984 Texas River City Open, the 1987 Eastern States 9-Ball, the 1989 Coors Valley Forge Classic, the 1990 River City Invitational, the 1993 International Challenge of Champions and the 1999 Denver 10-Ball Open. Now based in Port Republic, New Jersey, Mr. Hopkins produces the annual Super Billiards Expo, a four-day consumer trade show combined with large-scale amateur and professional tournaments.
Sang Chun Lee discovered his life's own path as a boy in South Korea at the age of 15 when he took an interest in carom billiards. When he immigrated to the United States in 1987, it was his dream "to make 3-cushion billiards beautiful in America." Sang, often times referred to as "the human walking highlight reel," is single-handedly responsible for the 3-cushion resurgence in the United States (a game that was nearly extinct before he arrived in the states) and for planting the seeds of 3-cushion as a gentleman's sport. His achievements include: 1993 World 3-Cushion Champion; winner of five BWA Worldcup tournaments; 12 consecutive U.S. National 3-Cushion Championships (1990-2001); 10 consecutive Korean National Championships (1978-1987); winner of numerous national and international tournaments in Korea and the United States; a personal high run of 28; and a best game of 50 points in four innings. Sang also opened two billiard rooms in New York City - SL Billiards and New York City's Carom Cafe, the largest 3-cushion billiard room in the country. Sang died in 2004 at the age of 50. He has left behind him a wake of devoted fans, all who remember him as a true champion that always offered his time, encouragement and vast knowledge to any player that took an interest in carom billiards.
Earl Strickland
"The Pearl"
1961 - Present
Inducted 2006
Earl Strickland was a dominant player during the 1980s and 1990s, and continues to be so today. He currently holds over 100 tournament titles and has been named "Player of the Year" five times. He won the Akron Open nine times and the US Open 9-Ball Championship five times: 1984, 1987, 1993, 1997 and 2000. He has won the World 9-Ball Championship six times: 1984, '88, '90, '91, '94 and 2002. He most recently won the World Pool Masters Trick Shot Challenge in 2003. In addition to his individual championships, he has been a team member on nine winning U.S. Mosconi Cup teams, including 2005, and was captain in two of those years. He has conducted numerous exhibitions at trade shows, Air Force bases and at the Raoping Billiard School in China. Mr. Strickland maintains an active charity schedule, donating exhibition time for programs such as Pool Aid '95, D.A.R.E., Paralyzed Veterans of America, Brenner Children's Hospital, Billiard Education Foundation, Children's Burn Center and others.
Robin Bell Dodson
1956 - Present
Inducted 2005
Robin Bell Dodson began playing pool at the age of 12 and four years later, she won the California Women's State Championships. After a five-year break from the sport, she returned to billiards in 1984 with a new foundation and fervor for the sport she loved. Robin is known for her steely determination and accurate shot making, which she used to claim 27 professional tournament titles. She finished in the top four on 25 occasions and captured six major titles from 1985-90, including the 1989 National Championships and the 1990 WPA World 9-Ball Championships. In 1991, she won her second WPA World Championship, several additional titles and was named Player of the Year. From 1985-93 she never ranked lower than third in the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) and in 1998, she returned to the winner's circle at the BCA Twin Cities Classic. That win, along with six added top finishes that year, earned her the No. 8 spot for the season. Aptly nicknamed "Bankroll" for her ability to win the big-money events, she earned $400,000 in career prize monies, including two $20,000 purses in back-to-back wins at the Gordon's Championships in 1994 and '95.
Mike Massey has been playing pool for 45 years and won his first professional tournament (9-Ball) in 1971. Considered pool's best trick shot artist for almost 30 years, Mike has given substantial visibility to the sport by traveling the globe to perform exhibitions, teach pool and compete in a variety of disciplines. He holds multiple national and international titles, including the World Artistic Pool Championship in 2000, '02 and '03. He won the National 9-Ball Championship in 1982, the Senior Masters 9-Ball Championship in 1997 and in 1996 he participated on the winning team in the Mosconi Cup. He has won the World Trick Shot Championships in Snooker on two occasions, and he is a repeat champion of ESPN's Trick Shot Magic, winning in 2000, '01, '03 and '04. He's been in five movies, acting, performing trick shots or serving as a technical advisor, plus did the voice-over commentary on the DVD of the movie The Hustler and recreated the difficult shots performed in the movie and is featured in the documentary. In 2003, he co-wrote Mike Massey's World of Trick Shots with Phil Capelle, and is a regular contributor to billiard publications.
Ewa Laurance
"The Striking Viking"
1964 - Present
Inducted 2004
Ewa Laurance is one of the best-known and recognizable stars in billiards. Known as "The Striking Viking", she began her career in her native Sweden, where she captured the National 9-Ball Championship in 1980. In 1981, she won this title again and also won the 14.1 Championship and the European 14.1 Championship. She won the World Open 9-Ball Championship in 1983 and 1984, and she captained the winning team in the Old Milwaukee Team Cup in 1984. In 1988, Ms. Laurance won the International 9-Ball, the World 8-Ball and the U.S. Open Women's 9-Ball Championships. She set the Women's High Run record for Straight Pool in 1988 and has held it (except for 10 minutes in 1992) since then. She also won the 1991 WPBA National, the 1991 Women's U.S. Open 9-Ball and the 1994 WPA World 9-Ball Championships. Ms. Laurance has made many TV appearances, written four books, received the Billiard & Bowling Institute of America (BBIA) Industry Service award, visited U.S. troops in Bosnia, is the only billiard player ever featured on the cover of the New York Times Magazine and currently serves as President of the WPBA.
Cue maker George Balabuska was born in Russia on December 9, 1912. He arrived in the U.S. in 1924 and began designing and building children's wooden toys and educational materials, which gave him an intimate knowledge of the properties of various woods. After 30 years as a woodworker and Straight Pool player, he began making pool cues. He was an innovator in cue construction, finishes and designs. Mr. Balabushka was quickly recognized as the premier cue maker of his era, inspiring other cue makers and elevating the demand for custom cues. He was the first to be inducted into the American Cuemakers Association (ACA) Hall of Fame in 1993. Because of their playability, design and rarity, Balabushka cues have become legendary and highly collectible. A Balabushka cue was featured as an object of admiration in the book and movie The Color of Money. Mr. Balabushka died in 1975 at the of age 62.
Edwin Kelly
"Champagne Eddie"
1938 - 2019
Inducted 2003
Edwin Kelly was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, on May 17, 1938. He learned to play billiards by watching the locals and practicing 12 hours a day. If he ever saw a shot that he hadn't seen before, he'd stop the game and insist that his opponent show him how it was done. Mr. Kelly entered the 1963 Johnston City World All-Around, placing second to Luther "Wimpy" Lassiter. Excerpts of their final match were shown on national television. But road trips were still necessary to supplement a player's income, and he traveled with Eddie Taylor, Alvin Clarence "Titanic" Thompson and Ronnie Allen. He was crowned the World 9-Ball Champion in 1965, and in 1966, he won the 9-Ball and One Pocket divisions of the Johnston City World All-Around Championships. In 1969, he won the L.A. Open World Pocket Billiard (14.1) Championship and in 1971, he won the One Pocket title and All-Around World Championship title. Over the years, Mr. Kelly became friends with Fred Astaire and James Caan, and he knew Peter Falk and Richard Conte, Hollywood stars who frequented the West Coast events. With his dapper attire, movie star looks and brash confidence, he fit in perfectly with the elite movie crowd. This lifestyle and his "smooth" play earned him the nickname "Champagne Eddie."
Efren Reyes was born in Pampanga, Philippines, on August 26, 1954. At the age of five, he went to live with his uncle who owned a pool room in Manila. He picked up the nickname "Bata", which means "The Kid" in his native language. Young Efren worked as a billiard attendant, sleeping on the pool table so he could play as soon as he woke up. He taught himself the "simple" shots such as English, draw, follow-through and position by watching the good players. But his secret may be found in what he learned from the weaker players, who sometimes made unintentional, but brilliant shots. This ability to make the "impossible shot" earned him the nickname of "The Magician". Mr. Reyes is a Gold Medal winner in the Asian Games (9-Ball) and Southeast Asian Games (Snooker). In 2001, he won the richest first prize in pool history ($163,172) in the Tokyo 9-Ball Championship. He is also a champion at Rotation and Balkline. His many wins include the 1995 Pro Tour Championship, 1995 PBT World 8-Ball, 1999 Derby City One-Pocket, 1999 ESPN Ultimate Challenge, 1999 WPA World 9-Ball Championship, 2000 Camel Pro 8-Ball, 2001 Masters 9-Ball, 2002 Challenge of Champions and 2003 Mid-Atlantic 9-Ball Championship. He led his country's team to victory in the World Team Billiards event.
LoreeJon Hasson began playing billiards at age four at her home in Garwood, New Jersey. Recognizing her talent, her father built wooden boxes around the table so she would be the correct height for him to teach her the sport. Her father was her instructor, and her mother became her daily practice partner. She ran her first rack of balls at age 5. At age 11, she became a pro player with the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) and known as "Queen of the Hill". At age 15, she won the World 9-Ball tournament, becoming the youngest player, male or female, ever to win a world title, a feat recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records. From 1987 to 1993, she won 18 tournaments, including her third WPBA National Championship. When she won the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) World Championship, she had held every title possible in women's professional pocket billiards. Her greatest victories are eight World championships, three National championships and three U.S. Open championships. At the time of her induction, she held over 50 titles, and over the course of her career, Ms. Hasson was recognized five times as "Player of the Year" by Pool & Billiard Magazine and Billiards Digest.
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I'm taking a small trip in two weeks to check out some of the newer bars in New York, and then for a stint in Kentucky to learn a little more about my favorite spirit: whiskey.
I'll be staying in Louisville for a day and then off to visit Woodford Reserve, Jim Beam and Buffalo Trace (home to some of my favorite whiskeys of all time). Any suggestions for bar hopping while I'm in Louisville? The Seelbach is a must, but after that, I'm stumped.
Below is a neat little video about bourbon, with our favorite authors, David Wondrich, Paul Pacult and Dale Degroff. A fun little video for those just getting acquainted with bourbon. (Try not to cry when you see all of those smashed bottles of booze)
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I'll be in Louisville next weekend for a few days, so I'll let you know if I find any great cocktails! I am staying at the Seelbach (for a craft distilling conference) so I'll definitely be starting there.
Hi again, I had a very mixed experience with cocktails here in Louisville. I'm leaving town in a few hours, and did my best to scope out the scene. Definitely go to the bar in the Seelbach. In fact, I'd recommend trying the Speakeasy Select bourbon & rye there, which are the house blend and can't be found in any area stores (not sure if its truly for the house or a rebottling of something, but its good either way).
And definitely go to Proof on Main. I went there twice, and both times was (relatively) impressed with the gents behind the bar and the drinks. Be sure to check out the men's room (even if you're a lady… one way mirror, actually) or the attached art gallery. Great bourbon in lots of places, that's for sure! When in doubt, stick to bourbon.

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"Sextacular… Poignant… Effortlessly whip[s] himself into pimps, hos, housewives, hippies, swingers, nuns, and nice girls…" — Beth Lisick, San Francisco Gate
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I walk all the way up Hollywood Boulevard to Grauman's Chinese Theatre: past tourists snapping shots; wannabe starlets sparkling by in miniskirts with head shots in their hands and moondust in their eyes; rowdy cowboys drinking with drunken Indians; black businessmen bustling by briskly in crisp suits; ladies who do not lunch with nylons rolled up below the knee pushing shopping carts full of everything they own; Mustangs rubbing up against muscular Mercedes and Hell's Angels hogs.
It's a sick twisted Wonderland, and I'm Alice.
This is the chronicle of a young man walking the razor-sharp line between painful innocence and the allure of the abyss. David Sterry was a wide-eyed son of 1970s suburbia, but within a week of enrolling at Immaculate Heart College, he was lured into the dark underbelly of the Hollywood flesh trade. Chicken has become a coming-of-age classic, and has been translated into ten languages. This ten-year anniversary edition has shocking new material.
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"Snappy and acutely observational writing… It's a book filled with wit, some moments of slapstick, and of some severe poignancy… a flair for descriptive language… The human ability to be kind ultimately reveals itself, in a book which is dark, yet always upbeat and irreverent. A really good, and enlightening, read." – Ian Beetlestone, Leeds Guide
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"His memoir is a super-readable roller coaster — the story of a young man who sees more of the sexual world in one year than most people ever do." – Dr. Carol Queen, Spectator Magazine
"Terrifically readable… Sterry's an adventurer who happens to feel and think deeply. He's written a thoroughly absorbing story sensitively and with great compassion… A page-turner… This is a strange story told easily and well." – Eileen Berdon, Erotica.com
"Love to see this book turned into a movie, Julianne Moore might like to play Sterry's mum…" – by Iain Sharp The Sunday Star-Times, Auckland, New Zealand).


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9 Diet and Lifestyle Changes That Can Keep Your Hormones in Balance and Help You Lose Weight
Your weight is largely controlled by hormones.
Research shows that hormones influence your appetite and how much fat you store (1, 2, 3).
Here are nine ways to "fix" the hormones that control your weight.
1. Insulin
Insulin is a hormone produced by the beta cells of your pancreas.
It's secreted in small amounts throughout the day and in larger amounts after meals.
Insulin allows your cells to take in blood sugar for energy or storage, depending on what is needed at the time.
Insulin is also the main fat storage hormone in the body. It tells fat cells to store fat and prevents stored fat from being broken down.
When cells are insulin resistant (very common), both blood sugar and insulin levels go up significantly.
Chronically elevated insulin levels (termed hyperinsulinemia) can lead to many health problems, including obesity and metabolic syndrome (4, 5, 6).
Overeating—especially sugar, refined carbohydrates and fast food—drives insulin resistance and increases insulin levels (7, 8, 9).
Here are some tips to normalize insulin levels and improve insulin sensitivity:
- Avoid or minimize sugar: High amounts of fructose and sucrose promote insulin resistance and raise insulin levels (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15).
- Reduce carbohydrates: A low-carb diet can cause an immediate drop in insulin levels (16, 17, 18, 19).
- Fill up on protein: Protein actually raises insulin in the short-term. However, it should lead to long-term reductions in insulin resistance by helping you lose belly fat (20, 21).
- Include plenty of healthy fats: Omega-3 fats found in fatty fish can help lower fasting insulin levels (22).
- Exercise regularly: Overweight women who walked briskly or jogged had an improvement in insulin sensitivity after 14 weeks in one study (23, 24, 25).
- Get enough magnesium: Insulin resistant people are often low in magnesium and magnesium supplements can improve insulin sensitivity (26, 27, 28).
Bottom Line: Insulin is the main fat storage hormone in the body. Reducing sugar intake, cutting carbs and exercise are the best ways to lower insulin levels.
2. Leptin
Leptin is produced by your fat cells.
It's considered a "satiety hormone" that reduces appetite and makes you feel full.
As a signaling hormone, its role is to communicate with the hypothalamus, the portion of your brain that regulates appetite and food intake.
Leptin tells the brain that there's enough fat in storage and no more is needed, which helps prevent overeating.
People who are overweight or obese usually have very high levels of leptin in their blood. In fact, one study found that leptin levels in obese people were four times higher than in people of normal weight (31).
If leptin reduces appetite, then obese people with high levels of leptin should start eating less and lose weight.
Unfortunately, in obesity the leptin system doesn't work as it should. This is referred to as leptin resistance.
When leptin signaling is impaired, the message to stop eating doesn't get through to the brain, so it doesn't realize you have enough energy stored (32, 33).
In essence, your brain thinks it is starving, so you're driven to eat.
Leptin levels are also reduced when you lose weight, which is one of the main reasons it is so hard to maintain weight loss in the long-term. The brain thinks you are starving and pushes you to eat more (34, 35, 36).
Two potential causes of leptin resistance are chronically elevated insulin levels and inflammation in the hypothalamus (5, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41).
Here are a few suggestions for improving leptin sensitivity:
- Avoid inflammatory foods: Limit foods that cause inflammation, especially sugary drinks and trans fats.
- Eat certain foods: Eat more anti-inflammatory foods, such as fatty fish (42).
- Get enough sleep: Studies have shown that insufficient sleep leads to a drop in leptin levels and increased appetite (46, 47).
- Supplements: In one study, women on a weight-loss diet who took alpha-lipoic acid and fish oil lost more weight and had a smaller decrease in leptin than those in a control group (48).
Bottom Line: People with obesity tend to be resistant to the effects of leptin. Consuming anti-inflammatory foods, exercising and getting enough sleep may improve leptin sensitivity.
3. Ghrelin
Ghrelin is known as a "hunger hormone."
When your stomach is empty, it releases ghrelin, which sends a message to the hypothalamus telling you to eat (49).
Normally, ghrelin levels are highest before eating and lowest about an hour after you've had a meal.
However, in overweight and obese people, fasting ghrelin levels are often lower than in people of normal weight (50, 51).
Studies have also shown that after obese people eat a meal, ghrelin only decreases slightly. Because of this, the hypothalamus doesn't receive as strong of a signal to stop eating, which can lead to overeating (52).
Here are a few tips to improve the function of ghrelin:
- Sugar: Avoid high-fructose corn syrup and sugar-sweetened drinks, which can impair ghrelin response after meals (53, 54).
- Protein: Eating protein at every meal, especially breakfast, can reduce ghrelin levels and promote satiety (55, 56, 57, 58).
Bottom Line: Eating plenty of protein and avoiding foods and beverages high in sugar can help optimize ghrelin levels.
4. Cortisol
Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenal glands.
It's known as a "stress hormone" because it's released when your body senses stress.
Like other hormones, it's vital to survival. However, chronically elevated levels of cortisol can lead to overeating and weight gain (59).
It appears that women who carry excess weight around the middle respond to stress with a greater increase in cortisol (60, 61).
However, a strict diet can also raise cortisol. In one study, women who consumed a low-calorie diet had higher cortisol levels and reported feeling more stressed than women who ate a normal diet (62).
These strategies can reduce cortisol levels:
- Balanced diet: Follow a balanced, real food-based diet. Don't cut calories to extremely low levels.
- Meditate: Practicing meditation can significantly reduce cortisol production (63).
- Listen to music:. Researchers report that when soothing music is played during medical procedures, cortisol doesn't rise as much (64, 65).
- Sleep more: One study found that when pilots lost 15 hours of sleep over the course of a week, their cortisol levels increased by 50-80 percent (66).
Bottom Line: High cortisol levels can increase food intake and promote weight gain. Eating a balanced diet, managing stress and sleeping more can help normalize cortisol production.
5. Estrogen
Estrogen is the most important female sex hormone.
It is mainly produced by the ovaries and is involved in regulating the female reproductive system.
Both very high and low levels of estrogen can lead to weight gain. This depends on age, action of other hormones and overall state of health.
To maintain fertility during the reproductive years, estrogen starts promoting fat storage at puberty (67).
Additionally, it may stimulate fat gain in the first half of pregnancy (67).
Obese women tend to have higher estrogen levels than normal weight women and some researchers believe this is due to environmental influences (68).
During menopause, when estrogen levels drop because less is produced in the ovaries, the site for fat storage shifts from the hips and thighs to visceral fat in the abdomen. This promotes insulin resistance and increases disease risk (69, 70).
These nutrition and lifestyle strategies can help manage estrogen:
- Cruciferous vegetables: Eating cruciferous vegetables may have beneficial effects on estrogen (74, 75).
- Flax seeds: Although the phytoestrogens in them are controversial, flax seeds appear to have beneficial effects on estrogen in most women (76, 77).
- Exercise: Physical activity can help normalize estrogen levels in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women (78, 79).
Bottom Line: When estrogen levels are too high or low, weight gain may occur. This depends on age and other hormonal factors.
6. Neuropeptide Y (NPY)
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a hormone produced by cells in the brain and nervous system.
It stimulates appetite, particularly for carbohydrates and is highest during periods of fasting or food deprivation (80, 81, 82).
Levels of neuropeptide Y are elevated during times of stress, which can lead to overeating and abdominal fat gain (82, 83, 84).
Recommendations for lowering NPY:
- Eat enough protein: Eating too little protein has been shown to increase release of NPY, which leads to hunger, increased food intake and weight gain (85).
- Don't fast for too long: Animal studies have demonstrated that very long fasts, such as more than 24 hours, can dramatically increase NPY levels (86, 87, 88).
- Soluble fiber: Eating plenty of soluble prebiotic fiber to feed the friendly bacteria in the gut may reduce NPY levels (89).
Bottom Line: Neuropeptide Y (NPY) stimulates hunger, particularly during fasting and times of stress. Protein and soluble fiber can help lower NPY.
7. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1)
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a hormone produced in your gut when nutrients enter the intestines.
GLP-1 plays a major role in keeping blood sugar levels stable and also makes you feel full.
Researchers believe the decrease in appetite that occurs immediately after weight loss surgery is partly due to increased production of GLP-1 (90).
In one study, men who were given a GLP-1 solution with breakfast reported feeling more satisfied and ended up eating 12 percent fewer calories at lunch (91).
Suggestions to increase GLP-1:
- Eat plenty of protein: High-protein foods like fish, whey protein and yogurt have been shown to increase GLP-1 levels and improve insulin sensitivity (92, 93, 94).
- Eat anti-inflammatory foods: Chronic inflammation is linked to reduced GLP-1 production (95).
- Leafy greens: In one study, women who consumed leafy green vegetables like spinach and kale experienced higher GLP-1 levels and lost more weight than the control group (96).
- Probiotics: In an animal study, a probiotic supplement increased GLP-1 levels, which led to a reduction in food intake (97).
Bottom Line: GLP-1 can decrease appetite and increase weight loss. Consuming a diet high in protein and greens can help boost your levels.
8. Cholecystokinin (CCK)
Like GLP-1, cholecystokinin (CCK) is another satiety hormone produced by cells in your gut (98).
Higher amounts of CCK have been shown to reduce food intake in both lean and obese people (99, 100, 101).
Strategies to increase CCK:
- Protein: Eat plenty of protein at every meal (102).
- Healthy fat: Eating fat triggers the release of CCK (103).
- Fiber: In one study, when men ate a meal containing beans, their CCK levels rose twice as much as when they consumed a low-fiber meal (104).
Bottom Line: CCK is a hormone that reduces appetite and is produced when you eat protein, fat and fiber.
9. Peptide YY (PYY)
Peptide YY (PYY) is another gut hormone that controls appetite.
It is released by cells in the intestines and colon.
Peptide YY is believed to play a major role in reducing food intake and decreasing your risk of obesity (105, 106).
Strategies to increase PYY:
- Lower-carb diet: You should eat a lower-carb diet based on unprocessed foods in order to keep blood sugar levels stable. Elevated blood sugar may impair PYY's effects (58, 107, 108).
Bottom Line: In order to increase PPY levels and reduce appetite, try avoiding processed carbohydrates and eating plenty of protein and fiber.
10. Anything Else?
Hormones work together to increase or decrease appetite and fat storage.
If the system doesn't work properly, you may find yourself struggling with weight issues on an ongoing basis.
Fortunately, diet and lifestyle changes can have powerful effects on these hormones.
This article was reposted from our media associate Authority Nutrition.
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After decades on the political periphery, the climate movement is entering the mainstream in 2020, with young leaders at the fore. The Sunrise Movement now includes more than 400 local groups educating and advocating for political action on climate change. Countless students around the world have clearly communicated what's at stake for their futures, notably Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who just finished her yearlong school strike for climate. Youth activists have been praised for their flexible, big-picture thinking and ability to harness social media to deliver political wins, as Sunrise recently did for U.S. Sen. Ed Markey's primary campaign. They necessarily challenge the status quo.
A Convergence of Issues
The unequal impacts of a changing climate have become extremely clear in 2020, so equity has come to the fore of climate conversations in every corner of the country. A global deadly pandemic continues to rage out of control in the U.S., heat waves are setting new temperature records, wildfires are scorching American Western states, and the hurricane season has already made it to the end of the alphabet for naming storms. In all cases, low-income, Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities are bearing a disproportionate amount of the impacts.

"Today, the scab is off, the ugly reality of injustice is hitting us up close and personal, made more realistic by this COVID pandemic," Bullard says.

This year the decidedly youthful focus on intersectionality is a big part of what defines the transformation of the climate movement. Climate is not just an environmental issue, according to youth activists. It's also a racial justice issue, an economic issue, and an access-to-health care issue.

"Environmental justice is really seeing the intersection of these issues," says Alex Rodriguez, a community organizer with the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, which aims to make environmental issues a priority for the state's elected leaders. The group is now focusing their efforts on the coming election and recently succeeded in persuading the state to allow absentee voting in November. "We want people to be safe when casting their vote," says Rodriguez, 26, whose fellow grassroots committee members range from age 16 to 60.

Rodriguez, who also serves on the equity and environmental justice working group for the Governor's Council on Climate Change, says, "We see our programmatic work as a way to help lawmakers see what they can do to improve the dignity of those suffering from environmental racism, systematic racism, and economic oppression."

Seeing the overlap and bringing these issues together is a strength that Bullard says was missing from the civil rights organizing he was involved with in the 1960s. He says 2020 is unique in many ways.

"The number of marchers is unprecedented, from different economic, ethnic, and racial groups—an awakening unlike any that I've seen on this Earth in over 70 years," Bullard says. "Today, the different movements are converging, and I think that convergence makes for greater potential for success."

Young and Old
But young people are one essential demographic among many when it comes to climate action. With all that's on the line for climate in the coming elections, up and down the ballot, collaboration becomes key. Bullard says previous generations of climate activists can now play the critical role of mentoring, assisting, and supporting. Standing with, not in front of, youth.

"Youth are leading us and taking on frontline activity," says Jayce Chiblow, the community engagement lead for Indigenous Climate Action, a Canadian organization that works for Indigenous-led climate justice solutions. But in doing so, she says many young Indigenous activists are experiencing the trauma of violence, getting arrested, and being taken away from their land. "All of our older people are supporting those youth: Elders, mentors, people trained in nonviolent action," Chiblow says. "The youth aren't alone."

That support can go a long way. "There's a lot of anger and a lot of fear, and that's understandable," says Wazer of Sunrise Connecticut. "I definitely feel those things, too, just considering the ways that our future has been threatened and kind of trashed by older generations."

Under the Trump administration, the number of environmental rollbacks alone can be disheartening, not to mention new drilling permits in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge going up for auction.

Wazer is frank about the risks of burnout, depression, and anxiety from the stress of it all, but draws inspiration from the example of the late U.S. representative and lifelong civil rights activist John Lewis. "That forgiveness and that ability to keep fighting and stay motivated … I think that that is something really powerful to learn from older generations."

An intergenerational approach can leverage the individual strengths of youth and older people in all their diversity.

"The elders hold our stories," says Chiblow, who is Anishinaabe from Garden River First Nation, Ontario. Those stories include lived experiences, culture, history, and generations of adapting to changes in climate. Such collective experience continues to inform Indigenous knowledge and connections to the land, as well as how people manage and govern themselves in relation to it. This knowledge is passed on through relationship-building and storytelling.

"Every time you hear that story, you're at a different point in your life, and you'll pick up something else … something new," Chiblow says.

Changes in perspectives that come with time and experience are among the reasons why intergenerational learning and coalitions are critical to the climate movement. To combine that living and learning is to expand the reach and meaning of the message exponentially. As part of her research for her master's degree, Chiblow brought together youth, community leaders, and knowledge keepers in her community to workshop climate action. "Those relationships are vital to keep that movement going," Chiblow says.

The Unique Value Proposition of Elders
Older activists bring unique strengths to the table, according to gerontologist Mick Smyer, who designs strategies to move people from anxiety to action on climate. He calls himself "the aging whisperer to climate groups" and "the climate whisperer to aging groups." He is quick to point out that the learning can go in both directions.

"I think older adults are untapped resources," Smyer says. "Older adults bring several resources, one of which is their circles of influence. Just by virtue of having lived longer, older adults are going to have denser and richer networks," Smyer says. "The second is, when it comes to voting and civic engagement, older adults, as an age group, outperform all other age groups."

He uses the 2016 presidential election to illustrate his point: "The older age groups, 70% of them voted. Nobody [else] came close." He is cautious about making sweeping statements about older people broadly, but he says that ageism is alive and well. And that can deter the kind of collaboration that would beget necessary progress on climate action.

As the twin global patterns of an aging population and a changing climate continue arm in arm, Smyer says a good place for starting this work is within one's family.

"We each have that power to use in our circles of influence, particularly in our families, and we don't realize it," Smyer says. Whether it's via Zoom or FaceTime or a phone call or a chat in the living room, Smyer says, family members have a superpower: They will listen to each other, and they'll at least start the conversation.

 "Intergenerational collaboration around climate issues, particularly in this election season, starts at home, and then goes to the polling booth," he says.

Speaking the Same Language
As an individual's network of family, friends, and connections becomes wider and more diverse, the more work will need to be done to have them all working toward the same goals. That is equally true for the climate movement at large.

In bridging the gaps among baby boomers, Gen Xers, and millennials, Bullard says, "Each generation will have some idiosyncrasy and uniqueness about it that another generation will not understand or comprehend."

If everybody in a group or institution is similar, then there's no need to explain a lot, Bullard says. There's usually a fair amount of shared knowledge and values. But the more diverse that group gets, in age, race, gender, or culture, he says, the greater the potential for making mistakes, stepping on people's culture, and causing pain. But the potential for learning also increases exponentially.

Chiblow says successful collaboration comes down to being able to speak in shared concepts. The term "justice," for example, is an English word that's hard to translate into the Anishinaabe language. Chiblow says that because her community sees itself as belonging to the land, and being part of the land, the Anishinaabe worldview, and therefore their understanding of justice, is necessarily more holistic than the mainstream.

"Indigenous people have been feeling [the effects of climate change] for so long," Chiblow says. Today, as wildfires rage across the West, the mantra of "I can't breathe" is being driven home on a grand scale. For better and worse, climate justice is finally a front-page story.

"It's affecting the broader society," Chiblow says. "We're finally at the turning point where we could start to make real change because … people are really starting to feel that urgency."

The urgency will be tantamount in the coming election. A lot is at stake, says Chiblow: "Incentives, funding, all-around agreement, and also the way we're able to manage our lands and ourselves as people."

Bullard, too, is insistent on urgency. "This election is one of the most important elections of a generation, because there's so many things at stake," he says. "We can't wait another 40 years on climate. We don't have that much time. We don't have 40 years to get justice."

Issues of climate justice will be on the ballot in state and local elections this fall, such as Nevada's proposed renewable energy standards and Louisiana's proposed disaster funding. And the topic has finally made it onto the national stage. Joe Biden called Trump a "climate arsonist" for not acting on or even admitting that the wildfires in California are clearly climate-related. The frequency and intensity of such disasters is indisputable.

"Hurricanes don't swerve to avoid red states or blue states. Wildfires don't skip towns that voted a certain way," Biden said in a speech on Sept. 14. "The impacts of climate change don't pick and choose. That's because it's not a partisan phenomenon."

In many ways, the results of the upcoming elections will reflect the ways youth activists and older activists are able come to a common understanding of what climate justice means and what they want the future world to look like.

"There's a lot of knowledge built up in experience, and there's a lot of energy that's stored in young people," Bullard says. "When you put those two together, you have … an excellent recipe for potential success."

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Cutting Emissions, Exporting Gas: Does Biden's Climate Plan Make Sense?
By Simon Montlake
For more than a decade, Susan Jane Brown has been battling to stop a natural gas pipeline and export terminal from being built in the backcountry of Oregon. As an attorney at the nonprofit Western Environmental Law Center, she has repeatedly argued that the project's environmental, social, and health costs are too high.
All that was before this month's deadly wildfires in Oregon shrouded the skies above her home office in Portland. "It puts a fine point on it. These fossil fuel projects are contributing to global climate change," she says.
Moderates Feeling the Heat
If elected, Mr. Biden has vowed to stop new drilling for oil and gas on federal land and in federal waters and to rejoin the 2015 Paris climate accord that President Donald Trump gave notice of quitting. He would reinstate Obama-era regulations of greenhouse gas emissions, including methane, the largest component of natural gas.

The Biden climate platform also states that all federal infrastructure investments and federal permits would need to be assessed for their climate impacts. Analysts say such a test could impede future LNG plants and pipelines, though not those that already have federal approval.

Climate change activists who pushed for that language say much depends on who would have oversight of federal agencies that regulate the industry. Some are wary of Biden's reliance on advice from Obama-era officials, including former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, who is now on the board of Southern Company, a utility, and a former Obama environmental aide, Heather Zichal, who has served on the board of Cheniere Energy, an LNG exporter.

The Push for U.S. Fuel Exports
As vice president, Biden was part of an administration that pushed hard for global climate action while also promoting U.S. oil and gas exports to its allies and trading partners. As fracking boomed, Obama ended a 40-year ban on crude oil exports. In Europe, LNG was touted both as an alternative to coal and as strategic competition with Russian pipelines.

That much, at least, continued with President Trump. Under Energy Secretary Rick Perry, the agency referred to liquified U.S. hydrocarbons as "freedom gas."

Mr. Trump has also championed the interests of coal, oil, and gas while denigrating the findings of government climate scientists. He rejected the Paris accord as unfair to the U.S. and detrimental to its economy, but has offered no alternative path to emissions cuts.

Still, Trump's foreign policy has not always served the LNG industry: Tariffs on foreign steel drove up pipeline costs, and a trade war with China stayed the hand of Chinese LNG importers wary of reliance on U.S. suppliers.

Even his regulatory rollbacks could be a double-edged sword. By relaxing curbs last month on methane leaks, the U.S. has ceded ground to European regulators who are drafting emissions standards that LNG producers are watching closely. "That's a precursor of fights that will be fought in all the rest of the developed world," says Mr. Hutchison.

Indeed, some oil-and-gas exporters had urged the Trump administration not to abandon the tougher rules, since they undercut their claim to offer a cleaner-burning way of producing heat and electricity. "U.S. LNG is not going to be able to compete in a world that's focused on methane emissions and intensity," says Erin Blanton, a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.

Stepping on the Gas
In July, the Department of Energy issued an export license to Jordan Cove's developer, Canada's Pembina Pipeline Corp. In a statement, Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said the project would provide "reliable, affordable, and cleaner-burning natural gas to our allies around the world."

As a West Coast terminal, Jordan Cove offers a faster route to Asia where its capacity of 7.8 million tons of LNG a year could serve to heat more than 15 million homes. At its peak, its construction would also create 6,000 jobs, the company says, in a stagnant corner of Oregon.

But the project still lacks multiple local and state permits, and its biggest asset – a Pacific port – has become its biggest handicap, says Ms. Blanton. "They are putting infrastructure in a state where there's no political support for the pipeline or the terminal, unlike in Louisiana or Texas," she says.

Ms. Brown, the environmental lawyer, says she wants to see Jordan Cove buried, not just mothballed until natural gas prices recover. But she knows that it's only one among many LNG projects and that others will likely get built, even if Biden is elected in November, despite growing evidence of the harm caused by methane emissions.

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Cars have been a society transforming technology whose impact has rivaled that of public sanitation, antibiotics, jet travel, telephone, and electricity. Over time, the car has functioned as a status symbol, a rite of adolescent passage, provider of personal freedom, enabler of the formation of the middle class, and the catalyst of mass assembly and consumerism.
The next transformative event involving cars is already upon us, and it is a really big deal; namely, the "Car-Bot." Cars are becoming self-propelled robots, and the Tesla with Autopilot is the poster child car-bot. Autopilot truly does take the wheel and completely drive the car under certain conditions, like the highway. That is simply amazing. Beyond Tesla, every car company, including new ones that are popping up, are going after assisted and autonomous driving. The established carmakers (or "OEMs" in auto-industry argot) are just slower to make that happen since they actually have to run an industry with an existing manufacturing and distribution infrastructure and not just conduct a large scale science project that hit the road. When the big guys get going we will see even more amazing things and on a scale that will change not just individuals' lifestyles, but cities, economies, and society itself.
All car makers know the car of the future will be defined mainly by the software that gives it personality, purpose, and features. The "software-defined car" will catalyze transformation including new ownership models such as shared or fractional and updatable performance and features. There are already signs of fractional ownership and pay as you go usage. That is the Uber-effect. Designs are already being presented for small buses ("bus-bots") that drive themselves to help ameliorate the crush of urbanization. The bus-bot can solve important problems that urbanization poses, such as better resource utilization, reducing pollution, improved road safety, and less road congestion.
The platform formerly known as the car is becoming a networked, sensing-actuating, connected, computer system of systems . Sensors and actuators will communicate over a range of evolving electrical communications buses to act in a coordinated organic way, controlled by sophisticated integrated software and hardware inside and outside of the platform/vehicle. The software and hardware must be cryptographically super-secure to create a truly safe system (i.e. one with very few crashes). Cryptographic security means that mathematical algorithms like those used to secure electronic commerce web sites will be embedded into the vehicle and used to communicate to the vehicle. This is known as Public Key Infrastructure ("PKI") and ensures that the signals that sense and control things cannot be hacked, corrupted, or monitored.
Cryptography maintains the confidentiality, data integrity, and authentication (the three pillars of security) of the various signals inside the car, between cars, and between cars and infrastructure to ensure safety, security, and reliability. More on that later.
The move to the car-bot started fairly humbly with in-vehicle entertainment, but will end up growing into a virtual organism of transportation-communication-and-lifestyle. It is as if car radios, GPS, and cell phones were like single-cell organisms that materialized independently, but then linked up into multi-cell organisms. More linkage is happening and the organism is evolving further. Infotainment (the first linkage) is already linking with instrument clusters, ADAS, and more. Hypervisors are making this happen.
What really made the linkage of segregated systems possible was the right kind of operating system. And, in the case of a car it had to be safe, secure, and reliable. Those three items cannot be over-emphasized. Just ask car companies that made the mistake of not using the right type of operating system and had to go back to the drawing board.
In parallel to the cockpit electronics evolution, there were other evolutionary branches on the locomotion and safety fronts that included Electronic Control Units (ECUs). ECUs are little computers that intelligently control physical things like mirrors, lights, seats, AC, and other things in the body or cockpit. More importantly, ECUs made for better control of brakes, engine systems, airbags, and other things that make the car stop and go and become safer.
ECUs started out as discrete items that did one thing, but quickly became connected via in-car networks of various types such as CAN, LIN, MOST, Ethernet, etc. These networks are like the prototypical spinal/nervous system in early vertebrates. In addition, ECUs (little brains) are becoming larger and capable of doing many more things at once (bigger brains). This is represented by emerging domain controllers that are leveraging the amazing advancements in multi-core processing and architecture.
Now that electrical automotive vertebrates have shown up, the evolutionary stage is being set for the omega point (i.e. the ultimate stage of evolution): Sentience. Sentience means self-aware and self-controlled. However, it is not just the vehicle that will become self-aware, it is the entire ecosystem that contains the smart vehicle, the cloud, and the smart/communicating cyber-physical infrastructure that interacts with it.
Note again that none of this can be possible without robust cryptographic security. Security is a leitmotif that will show up throughout the entire system. It must be everywhere at all times. The sentient car-bot ecosystem will contain smart sensors, distributed processing systems, multi-level security, transmitters and receivers, and service providers, among others. The bottom line is this: No security, no sentient car for you.
There are strong forces that are driving the software-defined, sentient car-bot evolution. What underpins all of these forces is that each will require the triad of Safety, Security, and Reliability. The triad must be present in all the systems in the vehicle from infotainment to instrument clusters, to body control, to engine control, etc.. The triad must be present at all times when the systems communicate with each other, with other vehicles, and with the infrastructure. The systems have to be secure even at rest to fight off attacks. Service providers must provide services that are safe, secure, and reliable.
Subscribers and vehicle owners will abandon products and services that are weak on any of the parameters. The invisible hand of the market (as coined by Adam Smith) will kill companies and solutions that are not safe, secure, and reliable. Respect the Triad!
Subscribers and vehicle owners will abandon products and services that are weak on any of the parameters. The invisible hand of the market (as coined by Adam Smith) will kill companies and solutions that are not safe, secure, and reliable. Respect the Triad!
Safety, security, and reliability must be forethoughts. They are not products or features that can be offered as options. They cannot be bolted on. All three must be infused into everything at birth. It is not hard to see that the parts of the triad are inseparable, meaning you cannot provide one without the other: Can something be safe if it is not secure? Can it be reliable without being safe? Can it be reliable without being secure. Clearly not. The triad is the DNA of the software-defined car.
Other articles will explore how designing with the triad in mind can make the software-defined future easier to create. Hint: it will require a safe, secure, and reliable operating system and end to end security.
In the meantime, please take a look at the QNX operating system and the security products from Certicom that secure the manufacturing supply chain and securely manage cryptographic keys and certificates. Doing so will help you understand Blackberry makes autmotive not just secure, but BlackBerry Secure.


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Charney Dart Goes 10.17 At 134 MPH
When we brought you the story on Greg Charney's 1968 Dodge Dart in our Nov. 2013 issue ["Street Super Stocker"], we told you the all-aluminum 410ci small-block Mopar with its Liberty-shifted five-speed was all but ready to hit the track. Bad weather had dogged Charney for months as he attempted to get the Super Stockerthemed street car out to the drags.
Charney finally succeeded on Wednesday, October 9 at Milan Dragway in Milan, Michigan. Driving in right off the street, Charney went a 10.18, then a 10.17/134. With the Mickey Thompson radials heated up, his best 60-foot time was a 1.85. Charney told us: "The launch felt great. I had no idea when I first let the clutch out what would happen. I had set the ladder bars, springs, and shocks as neutral as possible and the car makes a slight move to the right. Next, I will put a little preload in the right side. That should cause more equal traction and a straighter launch. It felt really good to let the clutch out and grab some gears. The Liberty trans works so well you have to slow your hand down a bit to make sure you get some decent clutch departure during the shifts. The thing is, it comes out of gear with the slightest bit of clutch and will go into the next gear before you get much clutch plate departure. This sounds and feels great, but the trans probably won't like it for long. I plan to go back out and make some changes this week. I'll keep you posted. By the way, these runs were at 3,400 pounds through the street exhaust." Charney's news has us wanting to get Project Valiant on the road even more—guess we've got a bogey to shoot for now! —Johnny Hunkins
Ford Cop Car Stomps In Police Testing
So if you were ever going to pick a late-model cop car to run from, we recommend that you think twice before choosing to tango with a Ford Police Interceptor sedan. That more-door rocket beat the pants off of the Hemi-powered Charger cop car and the Chevy Caprice PPV during the annual Michigan State Police evaluation. Those tests are a big deal because they are kind of the industry standard when it comes to police cars, and lots of municipal and state buyers use them to gauge what models they want to add to their fleet. How thorough was the beating the Ford laid down? It outhustled the Chevy and Dodge to 60 by more than a half a second. It was also quicker to 100 mph. The EcoBoost 3.5L V-6 is pretty hot stuff, and we're waiting for them to become a swap in Pro Touringstyle cars because they are relatively light and make tons of torque and horsepower. Oh, and don't run from the cops anyway. That movie never ends well. —Brian Lohnes
Z28 Blazes Nrburgring In Under 8 Minutes!
Firstly, it was a surprise when Chevy dropped the curtain on the 2014 Camaro Z28 at the NY Auto Show in 2013. We all thought that the Z28 was coming a couple years back, but reports were that the car that was to become the Z28 actually became the ZL1. Back to the drawing board, engineers put the naturally aspirated 505hp LS7 engine in the car, shaved more than 300 pounds by whacking stuff like radio, sound deadening, and other nonessential stuff, added massive Brembo brakes, and essentially created a Camaro capable of dope slapping a Boss 302 Laguna Seca, Porsches, some Lamborghinis, and most other stuff dumb enough to taunt it. The 7:37-second lap on Germany's Nrburgring is significant for several reasons, one of which is the fact that lots of that lap was made in the rain. We don't know who the factory driver was, but the dude has skills and testicular fortitude for days. Search the YouTubes and you'll find the in-car video of the run. It is a great watch. —BangShift.com
Historic Strip Gets New Lease On Life
Ohio's Dragway 42, located in the hamlet of West Salem, Ohio, was up for sale recently, and racers far and wide worried about the fate of the property as we all do when a track comes up for purchase. Opened in 1961, Dragway 42 has hosted four-wide drag races, rockets, and other wild exhibitions in the decades it has been open. The track was purchased by a local family who intends to keep it open and functional as a dragstrip, apparently with plans to resurface the track as well. Dragway 42 isn't a massive national event facility, but it is important that all of the nation's 'strips and racing facilities of all stripes remain open and healthy so we can all get out there and hammer on our stuff in a safe environment. We're happy to report that it appears Dragway 42 will be doing that for many more years to come! —Brian Lohnes


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Tama-Toledo Eagles Auxiliary celebrates 60th year
The Eagles Auxiliary Madam State President Judith Wheeler of Maquoketa was in attendance at the Tama-Toledo Eagles Auxiliary's 60th Anniversary Open House on Sunday, July 22nd held at the local Eagles Club. She was welcomed heartily by a good assembly present and was presented a corsage by the Auxiliary's Madam President Jean Doran. The current officers and many Past Madam Presidents were in attendance along with the two remaining Charter Members Ethel Filloon of Toledo and Millie Schultz of Tama. Both were also presented with a corsage. Everyone present enjoyed cake, punch, coffee and music by M&M.
During the course of the afternoon Madam President Jean Doran introduced her serving officers and the Madam State President. Ms. Wheeler delivered a message thanking Tama-Toledo for the invitation, her corsage, stating how nice it was to be present for such a grand event and hoped to meet all again during her travels around the State of Iowa this year.
Many Auxiliary-In-Action books of the Past Presidents were laid out for all to check out and read about happenings in years gone by. These books relate pictures and news items of activities during the President's year in office and brings back many memories. The oldest one dated back to 58-59.
The local Eagles Auxiliary was instituted on July 13th, 1952 with 56 Charter members and at present has over 300 members on the rolls. The Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary motto nationally is known as 'People Helping People' and they keep this motto steadfast by working for dinners, receptions, fish fries, sandwich nights to name a few activities. The net proceeds from all activities goes to charities. No one receives any reward except knowing they have helped someone who cannot help themselves. Hopefully the local Auxiliary will be around for another 60 years plus.


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MU Beats DePaul In Overtime
Golden Eagles Bounce Back
Marquette is on the bubble for the NCAA tournament, and coach Buzz Williams is paying attention to the results that affect his team's postseason chances.
He also knows the games that matter the most involve the Golden Eagles.
"The antidote to all of it is to win," he said, "because if you don't win, then you're not in the mix."
That's why Marquette's 96-94 overtime victory at DePaul on Saturday was so important. The win against the last-place Blue Demons won't do much for the Golden Eagles' resume, but a loss would have been costly - especially with games coming up against Georgetown and No. 9 Villanova.
"I know everybody's already discounted us out, but that's somewhat been the story of my career and a lot of the careers of the kids that on our team," Williams said.
Davante Gardner scored seven of his 22 points in overtime as Marquette (16-11, 8-6 Big East) picked up its fourth win in the last five games. Todd Mayo had 19 points, Jamil Wilson scored 18 and Chris Otule finished with 12 points after he was scoreless at halftime.
"It's a huge game. Every game is important, especially coming down the stretch," Wilson said. "There's not anything that's not too important, especially for us. It's a road game, so that looks good. We're capable of pulling one out, so it's a good thing."
Brandon Young had 29 points for the Blue Demons (10-18, 2-13), who have lost 10 straight. Freshman Billy Garrett Jr. scored a career-high 26 and Durrell McDonald added 13 points.
"It's disappointing and frustrating after a game like this not to get the result that you want but that's where it is," DePaul coach Oliver Purnell said. "There's only one choice: Keep pushing."
Gardner had a key three-point play with 1:44 left in overtime, giving Marquette a 91-89 lead. Derrick Wilson added a layup and Gardner made two more free throws to make it a six-point game with 32 seconds left.
DePaul closed to 96-94 on Young's layup with 6 seconds remaining and Gardner then threw the ball away. McDonald tried one last 3-pointer, but it was short and the referees ruled it came after the buzzer.
"There's no way you can go 'Oh, that's a team that's playing for third place and that's a team that's in last place.' There's no way you can say that," Williams said, praising DePaul's resiliency. "I genuinely respect those kids and coaches for the fight and resolve that they have."
The Golden Eagles appeared to be on their way to narrow victory in regulation when Gardner and Jamil Wilson combined for three free throws to make it 82-79 with 8 seconds to go. But Garrett calmly drilled a tying 3-pointer from the wing with 2.6 seconds remaining.
"It was in the heat of the game and you just have to stay focused," Garrett said.
Garrett pounded on his chest while the crowd cheered and Derrick Wilson made a 75-footer for Marquette that was waived off because Williams had called for a timeout, just adding to the bedlam.
The Golden Eagles then tried for a long pass down the court that was broken up, sending the game to overtime.
"Derrick said 'Coach, we would have won the game if you wouldn't have called timeout,'" Williams said. "Well considering you've made one shot today I didn't think that from 85 foot you would make that one. Wow."
It looked as if Marquette was going to put DePaul away when it opened the second half with a 12-1 run, grabbing a 56-42 lead on Juan Anderson's layup with 15:21 to go. Otule had a backboard-shaking dunk and a pair of layups in the spurt.
But the Blue Demons turned up the pressure on defense and slowly chipped away at the deficit. Garrett's 3-pointer at the end of the shot clock capped an 8-0 run and tied it at 68 with 6:23 remaining, setting the stage for the dramatic finish.
DePaul missed its first 10 shots and was scoreless before DeJuan Marrero made his second free-throw attempt with 13:47 left, trimming Marquette's lead to 7-1 and drawing a round of sarcastic cheers from the crowd. Garrett then hit a 3-pointer for DePaul's first field goal, and the Blue Demons began to find some holes in the Golden Eagles' stout defense.
Forrest Robinson made a 3-pointer and Garrett hit two foul shots to give DePaul a 28-27 lead with 5:11 to go. But Jake Thomas responded with consecutive 3-pointers and Mayo made two foul shots to restore the Golden Eagles' seven-point advantage.


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Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights. In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states. Text by Steve Smith.


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Isabella was the eldest child of James and Martha Dinsmore and was the only one of the three to marry. She wed her first cousin, Charles Flandrau, in the parlor of the main house in 1859. The couple made their home in Minnesota where Flandrau was a respected lawyer and one-time judge. When she was pregnant, first in 1861 and then in 1866, she returned to Boone County to give birth in her father's house. When the youngest was seven months old, Isabella died - likely from complications from the birth. Julia brought the children, Patty and Sally, back to Boone County to raise them.


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On Friday, judges at the Regional Court of Cologne (PDF, German) have taken the unusual step of revoking (Google Translate) at least 50 of their own court orders in a strange intellectual property dispute.
Those orders, issued over the course of the last few months, had compelled Deutsche Telekom (a major German ISP) to handover user names and addresses corresponding to over 50,000 German IP addresses that were accused violating the copyright of a handful of porn films. Each order was approved by a three-judge panel, which unanimously had to agree to send the order to Deutsche Telekom.
Those names and addresses were then used to send letters to tens of thousands of Germans, accusing them of copyright infringement of one of four porn films. The letters went on to order them to stop viewing the films on the streaming site Redtube.com (NSFW), and pay €250 ($345) to a shady Swiss company called The Archive. That money, the letter stated, would put a stop to future litigation.At least two law firms in Cologne and Berlin have taken up the charge of representing people that they feel have been wrongly accused of copyright infringement by a Regensburg-based law firm, Urmann and Colleagues (U+C). Since the summer, U+C has requested 1,000 IP addresses in 50 different applications to the Cologne court. Neither The Archive nor U+C have responded to Ars' request for comment.
The court appears to have erred in its judgment, believing that these cases involved file-sharing websites—such cases happen very regularly in Germany. But, as these accusations involve streaming, rather than direct infringement or downloading, the judges now say (PDF, German) that individuals cannot be held liable for what appeared on a streaming site, rather than a download or file-sharing site.
"This is, in my point of view, a groundbreaking decision," said Christian Solmecke told Ars. He's a Cologne-based lawyer whose firm is representing 600 Germans (Google Translate) that have received such letters.
"This is a really unusual decision," he added. "But as I've said, the court did not read the documents correctly in the first instance and they thought that these are the same documents like file-sharing documents. There are 600 decisions in Cologne per month for file-sharing normally."
Cologne is often the jurisdiction for such cases as Deutsche Telekom sits in this particular jurisdiction.
"The affected users can immediately appeal these decisions—the lower court then has the opportunity to review their decision," Dominik Boecker, a German IT lawyer not involved in this case, told Ars.
The Archive has apparently had "procedural representational rights" to the "Amanda's Secrets" film, and a few other films, from a company called Matrazensport, since July 2013. According to The Archive's German-language business filing with Swiss authorities, its primary business is the "acquisition and evaluation of audio media and audio-visual media of any kind."
Solmecke added that he believes that this is the beginning of the end for this entire saga, but added that Cologne judges are set to make further rulings in January 2014.
"Where the money is in 18 months, I don't know. It could be gone."
Heise.de, a German tech news site, reported (Google Translate) earlier this month that some who have received these warning letters have checked their browser histories and found a series of domain forwards
Which then finally resolves to Redtube.com.
Trafficholder.com provides "internet marketing services for adult webmasters," typically showing pop-ups for other sites, and even offers geo-localized service.
As Heise concluded: "So it is possible, for example, for under $30 to buy 10,000 German IP addresses diverted from porn sites to hit a given destination URL. In this case the URL was obviously 49655.movfile.net, supplied by specifically German traffic."
Despite the fact that TrafficHolder says on its website that it has "round the clock" customer service Monday through Friday, no one picked up the listed Los Angeles phone number when Ars called Friday afternoon. TrafficHolder also did not immediately respond to e-mail.
If this is indeed the case, and someone falsely induced Germans to click on and watch this movie, then Solmecke told Ars, this could be a crime, and his clients could potentially sue whoever is responsible to get their lawyer's fees reimbursed. However, because The Archive is in Switzerland—outside of Germany, and the European Union—this could take time, he said.
"If I sue [The Archive] now, to get the money, it would take a year until I can start the enforcement process, and that takes another half year," he said. "Where the money is in 18 months, I don't know. It could be gone."
And which sites generated these TrafficHolder pop-ups? That too is a mystery.
"This is the biggest question: I need more information about it," Solmecke added. "But what I need are screenshots, perhaps of the browser history. I need at least three or four screenshots to prove that this is true and to give them to the prosecutor. This is very very relevant if they never clicked on Redtube and were pushed onto Redtube."


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hiya ive been thinking of making a game but ive had trouble but now im evan more confused.
i found a game engie and its open source and can be used by anyone for anything it can do.
the trouble is i never really made anything and i havent got a 3d model making program or anything that makes textures or meshes (if i sound like i dont know what im going on about then your right)
i can make wireframe models and have done before to make quake 2 models and such but i had milkshake on a 30 day trial and thats finished but i can always re-download it i suppose?
anyway enough babble i was just looking for some advice to see whever this game engine would make life easyer to make a game with, than using directx or opengl with the normal windows programming parts?(again im just sotra guessing here and might be talking gibberish)
i want to start with a graphicly simple tetris type of game and then maybe try a slightly 3d tetris game would using this game engine be the easiest way or would it be better to start everything from scratch and never using somebody elses game engine?
also one day i would like to make a mmorpg i know this is a pipe dream but you gotta start somewhere.
so any advice really or recomendations would be very apreciated and i thank you all in advance.
another thing which would really help me is a list of the way to make the game?
i mean like:
1, draw all graphics and animations(if any)
2, create some sort of physics so that things have wieght and gravity
3,make the game loop which ties all of the above together
as you can see i havent put enough thought into this but would appretiate how you would approach making a new game (i mean after you have designed every single event and decided what classes and functions to use)
thank you very much in advance and yes i know i dont ask for much thanks for ya time


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1. Bicycle Film Festival, all weekend long. Screenings at the Anthology Film Archives.
2. Friday, June 19th-Time's Up Coney Island Ride.
Location: Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge (SW corner of Chambers and Centre St/Park Row) OR 7:25 in Brooklyn at the Carroll St Drawbridge (btw Nevins and Bond) OR 7:50 at the 69th St Pier in Brooklyn at the Shore Pkwy bike path entrance (take 68th St)
Summary: The Cyclone Ride goes to Coney Island Amusement Park (Brooklyn) from Manhattan.
Details: Bring locks as we plan to lock up and ride the rides. Bring money for food and amusements, and a swimsuit if you plan to hit the waves. We usually spend about an hour and a half in the park, on the beach (and in the water!), and on the boardwalk. Some people return on the subway, and others ride.
We should get there in time to see the fireworks.
speaking of Coney Island,
3. Saturday is the unofficial start of summer with the 26th annual Mermaid Parade.
No matter what the state of this famous tourist spot as it battles developers vs the city…The Mermaid Parade is always a good time.
This years King Neptune is non other than the naked Bad Lieutenant and Reservoir Dog, Harvey Kietel along with his lovely wife Daphna as Queen Mermaid.
I hear rumor that Andrew from the poleriders will be there with a more kid-friendly pirate bike. He man need help getting his rig out there so if your interested in helping shoot me an email: email@example.com
4. Saturday, June 20th.
Anita from Brooklyn by Bike is having a group ride.
Check here, for more info.
5. Saturday, June 20th is also the Clearwater Festival. Where Time's Up will be tabling, camping and doing bike valet.
6. Monday, June 22nd is HBO's movie night in Bryant Park.
and they are screening the classic bike movie:
"Breaking Away."
more info: here.
Anything I missed? Let me know.


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DWTS Cheryl Burke And Karina Smirnoff Attend Golden Globe Awards After Parties
Don't these two look lovely? I don't think I've seen both look more beautiful. Pictured above are pro dancers Cheryl Burke and Karina Smirnoff as they attended InStyle and Warner Bros. NBC Universal's 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards After Parties at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California last night. You can view more gorgeous photos of them at Zimbio Pictures.
So which dress is your favorite? I love both, but, I love Karina's even more. Wow!!
Also, if you'd like to read a running commentary on the night, see Parade Magazine Twitter as Dancing With The Stars judge Carrie Anne Inaba tweeted about the entire night from fashion to the Golden Globe's winners and losers. You can view pictures at the link too with her and her fur babies.