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Shrikhand, cherry and amoretti fool
I am writing this recipe on the request of the lovely people who came along to my last cookery class in London and we didn't even cover this recipe at the class! I just assembled 17 (one for each attendee, none for me) glasses of this pretty and easy to make sweet dish before they arrived and as soon as they came out, even whilst I was explaining what the fool comprises, they were swiftly lifted off my tray. Each of the glasses came back empty and many requests and follow-up requests ensued. So, I take this one is popular.
Shrikhand is a sweetened, thickened curd. Traditionally, yoghurt would be strained through tightly woven cotton or cheesecloth to remove excess moisture and leaving creamy, pillows behind. This curd is then infused with saffron, cardamom and sugar as well as rose water. I remember my mother going through the onerous and utterly rewarding process from my childhood and oh, the joy of scooping Shrikhand up with some puri (fried and fluffy bread).
The funny thing is, a wonderful and sweet lady who attended the class said me 'Deena I HATE Shrikhand, but I absolutely loved your fool'. Many jokes are popping into my head about who, 'my fool' may be, but let's not.
The fool is layered with sticky sweet cherries; compote really, then there is a bite of amoretti and sprinkle of pistachio. I am being utterly serious when I say there was really not a lick of the spoon left in the kitchen. Wiped clean. Totally.
A few of my class said they would make this for Christmas and I think I may too. Every family has guests that have dietary needs and in my family there is the exclusion of sugar as I come from a family of diabetics and you can make Shrikhand without using generic sugar. The other restriction is eggs; we generally need one eggless dessert. So, this is an easy peasy one that you can make using quark and make each of the components ahead of time and then assemble them when you are ready to serve the dish; no fear of flattening bakes or ice creams that don't set. Relax.
Ingredients to serve 4-6
500g Quark
100g caster sugar for the Shrikhand
Two pinches of ground cardamom
One pinch of saffron
1 tbsp. rose water
200g frozen cherries
70g sugar for the cherries
25g unshelled pistachio, finely chopped
4-6 amoretti biscuits
- Combine the quark, sugar, rose water saffron and cardamom. If your saffron is in strands rather than the powdered version I have used, heat 1 tsp. of milk and infuse the strands of saffron into the milk before adding them (when cooled) to the Shrikhand.
- To make the berry compote, combine the sugar and cherries and heat them on a low-medium flame until they have thickened. This should take 10-15 minutes. Turn off the heat and then allow the compote to cool to room temperature. Then, pop them in the fridge for a couple of hours.
- To serve, place two heaped dessert spoonful's of the Shrikhand in the bottom of the glass, then top with the two dessert spoons of the cherries. Then place an amoretti biscuit on the top and a sprinkle of pistachio.


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A new kind of Explorer gets a new kind of engine.
Sport Utility Vehicles
Editor: Sam Moses
$28,870 Base Price MSRP
$31,315 As Tested MSRP
Model Lineup: "Ford Explorer ($28,870); XLT ($32,345); Limited ($37,855)"
Standard Engine: 2.0-liter dual overhead cam turbocharged inline-4
Engine Options: 240-hp 2.0-liter I4; 290-hp 3.5-liter V6
Standard Transmission: 6-speed automatic
Transmission Options: 6-speed automatic
Basic Warranty: "3 years/36,000 miles"
Assembled In: "Chicago, Illinois"
Model Tested MSRP: "Ford Explorer ($28,870)"
Standard Equipment: "fabric upholstery, six-way power driver's seat, air conditioning with particulate filter, AM-FM stereo with six speakers, single CD and auxiliary input, power windows, side mirrors and locks, cruise control, tilt/telescope steering wheel with audio controls, MyKey parental control, center console with storage box, overhead console with map lights, illuminated vanity mirrors, eight cup or bottle holders, four 12-volt power points, 60/40 split folding second row and 50/50 third row seats, cargo light, cargo hooks, carpeted floor mats, rear privacy glass, halogen projector-beam headlights, roof rails, 175-amp alternator, no-cap fuel filler, 17-inch steel wheels with plastic covers"
Options As Tested: EcoBoost 240-hp turbocharged I4 engine ($995); SYNC voice activation with Bluetooth ($295); SiriusXM satellite radio hardware ($195); cargo shade ($135)
Standard Safety Equipment: "dual-stage front-impact airbags, front passenger side-impact airbags, full-cabin head protection curtains, antilock brakes (ABS), AdvanceTrak electronic stability control (ESC) with rollover stability protection and trailer sway control, tire-pressure monitor, SOS crash alert"
Optional Safety Equipment: "inflatable rear seatbelts, blind spot warning system with cross traffic alert, rearview camera, reverse sensing system, adaptive cruise control"Destination Charge: $825
The venerable Explorer was essentially re-invented for 2011, and Ford might have taken a pass on further improvements for 2012. The opposite is true. In addition to an expanded palette of paint colors, the 2012 Explorer is now offered with an optional 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine.
Ford's so-called 2.0 EcoBoost is the first four-cylinder in an SUV of the Explorer's size in a long, long time. It has more power than the standard V6 in the previous-generation Explorer, with half the displacement, and it delivers the highest EPA mileage ratings in this class: 20/28 mpg City/Highway.
This latest-generation Explorer has a one-piece, unitized body and frame like the typical sedan, rather than an old-school, ladder-type truck frame with a separate, bolted on body. It's four inches longer and five inches wider than the previous (pre-2011), body-on-frame Explorer, with third-row seating standard, yet it's 100 pounds lighter. Both the 2.0 EcoBoost and the standard 3.5-liter V6 are more powerful than previous-generation engines, yet mileage improves up to 40 percent.
The 2012 Explorer is available in base, XLT and Limited trim levels. All are great looking, rugged in a familiar SUV way, but also fresh and aerodynamically refined, and all models seat seven. This big SUV actually looks smaller than it is.
Inside, there is class-leading legroom in the second row, real space for passengers in the third, and up to 80.7 cubic-feet of cargo space. It can be reconfigured in seconds, with split rear seats that fold with a button on each side and bounce back up with the pull of a lever. The interior is smartly styled and well finished. The materials are good and the build quality great.
The base Explorer comes well equipped, with all the essentials, plenty of niceties and no overly complicated controls. The leather-upholstered, heated-seat Limited is luxury grade. It's offered with nearly all the bells and whistles, including premium audio, navigation and rear-seat DVD entertainment. The optional MyFordTouch voice/touch control interface can be cumbersome and at least a little annoying, but its leading-edge quality will appeal to some buyers, and it has undergone its first round of refinement and improvement for 2012.
The 2.0 EcoBoost is sufficiently powerful, and acceptable if mileage is the absolute priority. Still, if gas costs $4 per gallon and you drive 15,000 miles a year, it will take more than three years to recover the four-cylinder's $1,000 up-front cost in fuel savings. We prefer the standard 290-horspower V6. It delivers smooth, strong acceleration, and ranks near the top of the class in both horsepower and fuel economy: 17/25 mpg.
Explorer's chassis is super rigid, using twice as much high-strength steel as the old. That makes for not only great crash-test scores, but also a quiet cabin, excellent ride quality and solid handling that belies the Explorer's considerable size.
All-wheel drive is available on all models with the V6. The all-wheel drive maximizes traction with a fancy electronic system called Terrain Management. Even with regular all-season tires rather than specialized tires, the Explorer will blast through sand or traverse deep ditches and steep hills, no problem. We know. We did it. And it has the smoothest ride we've encountered over such terrain.
Ford claims the Explorer has 10 segment-exclusive features or systems, starting with a couple of safety standouts: the optional inflatable rear seatbelts and standard curve control, which applies braking to individual wheels as needed to correct corner trajectory. Beyond the required complement of front, front-side and head-protection airbags, it has an extra knee-protection airbag for the front passenger and all the electronic traction and stability systems, including rollover mitigation and trailer sway control."
"The 2012 Ford Explorer comes in three models. Each comes standard with a 290-hp, 3.5-liter V6 engine with a 6-speed automatic transmission and front-wheel drive. A 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder ($995) is optional on all three. Ford's Terrain Management all-wheel drive system ($2,000) is optional only with the V6.
Explorer ($28,870) comes standard with cloth upholstery, a six-way power driver seat, six-speaker audio with single CD and an input jack, air conditioning with particulate filter and rear-seat controls, tilt/telescoping steering wheel with audio controls, power windows, locks and outside mirrors, overhead console, four 12-volt outlets, 60/40 split-folding second- and 50/50 third-row seats, rear privacy glass, cargo hooks, carpeted floor mats, halogen projector-beam headlights, roof rails and 17-inch steel wheels with wheel covers. Options are limited to Ford's SYNC voice activation and phone connection system ($295), satellite radio hardware ($195), a cargo shade ($135), and a tow package ($570).
Explorer XLT ($31,995) adds upgraded cloth seats, leather steering wheel and shift knob, basic SYNC and satellite radio, a security touchpad on the driver's door, automatic headlamps, heated sideview mirrors with LED turn signals and security approach lamps, a backup warning beeper and 18-inch painted aluminum wheels.
Explorer Limited ($37,995) adds leather seats, 10-way power driver seat, dual-zone automatic climate control, 390-watt Sony audio with CD changer, SelectShift manual mode for the 6-speed automatic transmission, power folding outside mirrors, ambient lighting, adjustable pedals with memory, cargo net, a rearview camera, remote start, a 110-volt outlet, 20-inch painted aluminum wheels, and last but not least the MyFordTouch driver connect technology. Second-row captain's chairs are available on Limited.
Options for the XLT and Limited are plentiful, somewhat confusing and grouped in various packages. One of the most popular is Equipment Group 202A ($2,250) for the XLT, which includes leather seating, the 10-way power driver seat, dual-zone automatic climate control, auto-dimming rearview mirror, rearview camera and ambient lighting. Stand alone options include a voice-activated navigation system ($795), a panoramic glass sunroof ($1,595), dual-screen rear seat DVD system ($1,995) and a power liftgate ($495).
Safety features are headlined by Ford's new curve control, which applies braking to individual wheels as needed to correct corner trajectory. It's part of a comprehensive electronics suite, which also includes antilock brakes and Ford's ActiveTrack stability system with rollover mitigation and trailer sway control. Standard crash protection starts with dual-threshold front airbags, a front passenger knee protection airbag, front-seat side impact airbags, head-protection curtains for all outboard seats and SOS post-crash alert. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety rates the Explorer a Top Safety Pick.
One optional safety feature is the industry-first inflatable rear seatbelts, which spread impact forces over an area five times greater than conventional seat belts, reducing pressure on the chest and helping to control head and neck motion. Other safety options include the rearview camera and rear obstacle warning, adaptive cruise control with collision warning and brake support, and a blind-sport warning system with cross-traffic alert. All-wheel drive can improve handling stability in slippery conditions."
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"The Ford Explorer is a looker, rugged but refined, familiar but definitely fresh. Five new metallic paint colors for 2012 enhance its polished appearance.
Re-invented for 2011, the current Explorer is 4 inches longer and 5 inches wider than its body-on-frame predecessor. It's a foot longer than Ford's Edge crossover, a few inches shorter than the Dodge Durango SUV and about eight inches shorter than the Chevy Traverse. Yet it's several inches wider than all of them.
Explorer's width is evident in its confident stance, but its smooth styling cheats the eye. It has beefy but smooth proportions, with fluid lines that are more aerodynamic than before. Details such as the liftgate spoiler and flexible lower front air dam (in black) were tweaked in the wind tunnel.
Beautiful headlights complement the graceful fenders and transform the inherently square nose. The amber indicators sweep back like narrow wings atop tidy main projector beams. The plastic grille is gray on the base Explorer, body-colored on the XLT (the best looking), and satin-chrome on the Limited. The hood looks short from the side but long when looking straight down it. It's got two parallel humps and a scoop in the center, smoother than it sounds. Rear taillights are LED, and also look good. Black rockers on the sides allegedly lift the eye, but do they? We still like body-colored better.
The window outline is clean, bold and symmetrical, with blackened A-, B-, and D-pillars, and body-colored C-pillars that slant down and back and impart forward motion to the vehicle. With standard dark privacy glass, from the shoulders up, in white at least, the Explorer looks like a sleek and powerful yacht.
You'll also see themes from other Ford products. The fender flares are inspired by the Mustang, body sides follow the lines of the Taurus, and the three-bar grille strikes clearly of Range Rover (until recently part of the Ford family). There's a rich, shiny brownish color called Golden Bronze Metallic that we swear we've seen on Range Rovers, only it looks even better on the Explorer.
Wheels are 17-inch steel with plastic covers on the base Explorer, 10-spoke 18-inch painted aluminum on the XLT (best looking), and 20-inch painted aluminum with spokes like flower petals on the Limited. The optional 20-inch polished aluminum wheels have spokes like shriveling flower petals. No wait, those spokes now look like crab pincers, or no, make that a dentist's tooth extractor tool. They'd don't do justice to the car.
And it is a car, if you define truck by a ladder frame with a separate, bolted-on body. If that's the definition, we can stop saying truck for most SUVs now, and maybe even stop saying crossover, because they've just about all crossed over. The body-on-frame structure is just for pickups anymore, or a few big, aging SUVS. Virtually every manufacturer is building SUVs with a one-piece, unitized body-frame because they're stiffer, and with today's high-strength steels, they're lighter.
The reinvented Explorer uses twice as much high-strength steel as the old one, and throws in Boron steel because its strength is not only high. It's also thin so it bends more easily to form the Explorer's chassis curves, allowing the fenders to wrap gracefully and fade away at the corners. Such curves also help to transmit crash energy down and outside, away from the cabin."
"There's a lot that's good inside the Explorer, and only one thing that really gives pause, but we'll start with all the space.
How about outstanding second-row legroom, at nearly 40 inches, and good third-row space at 33.2 inches? Two 12-year-olds will be happy in the third row, with that legroom to squirm in and their own cupholders and bins. Because the rear doors swing wide and open easily, and because the second-row seat flips forward in a heartbeat, reaching the rear row is an easy climb, even for adults.
Cargo volume measures 21 cubic feet behind the third row (comparable to trunk space in a big sedan, and among the best in Explorer's class), 43.8 cubic feet behind the second row (comparable to a compact SUV or crossover with the rear seats folded), and 80.7 behind the front seats. The cargo space is substantially less than what's available in GM's longer trio of crossovers (Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia, Buick Enclave), but competitive with the rest of Explorer's competition. There's a little bit more maximum cargo volume in a Dodge Durango or a Honda Pilot.
Still, it's very easy to change configurations in the Explorer. The second seat folds like magic at the touch of a button on each side, bouncing back up with the pull of a lever.
The front seat elevates high, which is good because the hood looks long from the driver's seat. The Explorer will be a versatile family vehicle, so the seats have memory in the XLT and Limited, while the steering wheel and pedals adjust for different drivers in the family. The ratcheted headrests are great, because they meet safety standards but don't push your head down at the chin. It's a problem with other vehicles that Ford solves with ratchets.
Ford says its goal was to make the Explorer's interior look expensive, like a BMW X5 or Audi Q7. They've succeeded, at least on the Limited, although 40k-ish is expensive enough to warrant looking it. All the panels inside Explore fit precisely. The Limited's leather seats are perfect (and optional on the XLT), both in bolstering and stiffness/softness. They're heated on XLT, heated and cooled with perforated leather on Limited.
When the driver surveys his or her domain, it all looks satisfying, with a clean and slanted center stack using stylish satin-finish trim materials, and attractive climate vents and audio speakers. The doors have metal speaker grilles, and curve into the dash panel. There's a big glovebox with a shelf, leather grab handles and armrests on Explorers with leather interior, and long door pockets with space for a bottle.
One reason we like the base model is its conventional gauges, relatively simple 4.2-inch LCD screen at the top of the center stack, and familiar mechanical knobs below. The base Explorer doesn't come with the MyFordTouch driver connect technology, and neither does the XLT, unless it's chosen as an option.
MyFordTouch has two driver-configurable LCD cluster screens in front of the driver on either side a big speedometer, and an 8-inch color touch screen at the top of the center stack. Already our driving is distracted. The screens come in four quadrants and colors: yellow for phone, red for audio, blue for climate and red for navigation. You have to scroll through a lot of stuff to get information, for example engine temperature, and even after you figure it all out, it can take your focus off the road to perpetually configure.
Many of the features and functions, say climate or audio settings, can be adjusted in four separate ways: by voice command, by thumb buttons on the steering-wheel spokes, by touching the display screen itself or by using the buttons in the switch stack below, should you choose to do it the old-fashioned way.
It's a bewildering at first, mostly in terms deciding which of the four options to use for the intended adjustment. There's a satisfying little blip sound when you make positive contact with a function on the touch screen, for example the climate system. Still, the touch screen doesn't work as well as the buttons below, at least not for us, but even the buttons take some getting used to. Actually, they are more like touch areas, without a mechanical switch to operate. The driver must use a carefully pointed fingertip to find the touch points where the switch actually works.
The voice command is also problematic. During one test, we drove for the morning with a Ford representative, and for the afternoon with a fellow automotive journalist who has a clear radio voice, and Voice Command didn't work for any of the three of us. Well, less than half the time.
We said, Climate,"" and it replied, ""Climb in."" We said, ""Seventy-two degrees,"" and it replied, ""Eighty-two degrees."" We repeated, slowly and with careful articulation, and it stuck to its 82 degrees. We said, ""Sixty-five degrees,"" and it replied, ""Fifty-six degrees is not a valid temperature."" It got frustrated with us (maybe it just didn't like our smart-mouthing it), and once told us in no uncertain terms, ""Say yes or no."" We are not making this up. And it wasn't just a war over temperature, it was a war over everything. It got worse before it got better. We wanted points of interest on the map display and it demanded we give it an address for navigation. Finally we stopped talking to it.
Ford has updated the MyFordTouch software for 2012, creating more distinct graphics, easier-to-use menus and allegedly better voice commands than the original scheme. All future updates will be available for free download and installation via a USB thumb drive, and the 2012 updates are available to 2011 MyFordTouch buyers.
In other words, MyFordTouch is already getting better, and with time and familiarity, the various operations get easier, whichever means you choose to control them. In some cases MyFordTouch can be fun to use in a high-tech way. Still, a lot of buyers will be a lot happier with the base system. The problem is that a lot of the bells and whistles offered on the Explorer are only available if you take MyFordTouch.
In short, we are not fans of the voice commands or MyFordTouch, but we really like the rest of the Explorer cabin."""
Driving Impressions
"The re-invented Ford Explorer reminds us why sport-utility vehicles started climbing up the sales charts back in the 1990s. It's an excellent choice for active families, particularly if there are more than two kids.
The Explorer has most of the practicality, function and family friendly features of good minivans, with a more rugged emotional appeal and real off-road capability for those who need it. Yet the Explorer is smoother and more car-like than SUVs back in the day, and it gets much better mileage. With the optional 2.0-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine, it gets better mileage than ever.
New for 2012, the 2.0 EcoBoost is one of the most sophisticated engines in Ford's lineup. With features like an advanced turbo-charging system, fully variable valve timing and extra-efficient direct gasoline injection, it packs significant wallop for its size. With a peak of 240 horsepower, the 2.0 EcoBoost makes 50 fewer horsepower than Explorer's standard 3.5-liter V6, or 17 percent less. Yet the four-cylinder is nearly 50 percent smaller than the V6 by displacement. It has more torque than the V6, and better EPA mileage ratings.
Ford pitches the EcoBoost as the best of all worlds, with the power of a V6 and the economy of a four-cylinder. The marketing claims are true, sort of. If an engine is running at full throttle and producing 240 hp, it's using essentially the same amount of energy (or gasoline) whether it has six, four or two cylinders. So if a driver uses full throttle and all 240 horsepower a lot of the time, actual fuel economy gains with the EcoBoost will be much less significant.
But that doesn't mean there are no fuel savings. The four-cylinder will use less fuel than the V6 when it's idling, coasting down and sometimes when cruising at a steady pace, and if the driver is more judicious with the throttle in daily driving, the EcoBoost engine could deliver substantial fuel economy gains. Ford claims that, at 20 mpg City, 28 Highway, the Explorer EcoBoost has higher EPA mileage ratings than any seven-passenger crossover or SUV.
The problem with the EcoBoost in the Explorer is that a lot of drivers will in fact be keeping it floored a lot of the time. While we like this engine in Ford's smaller Edge crossover, we're less enamored in the Explorer. The Explorer is larger, punching a much bigger hole through the air than the Edge, and about 500 pounds heavier. The 2.0 EcoBoost will get and keep the Explorer rolling in satisfactory fashion, to be sure, but for a lot of drivers that will mean a fairly constant, heavy foot on the gas pedal, and that could obviate the purported fuel savings. Moreover, the 2.0 EcoBoost often seems like it's working really hard in the Explorer, with a lot of sound and fury to minimal effect.
Consider some numbers. Base on the EPA's combined mileage rating, the four-cylinder Explorer will use about 650 fewer gallons of fuel than a front-drive V6 over 100,000 miles. At $4 per gallon, that's $2,600 less spent on fuel, though those lifetime savings are reduced by an extra $1,000 at purchase for the 2.0 EcoBoost engine. Put another way, at $4 per gallon and 15,000 miles per year, the four-cylinder Explorer will save its owner just under $300 a year in fuel costs, and it will take 3 years to recover the up-front cost of the 2.0 EcoBoost option.
Bottom line on the four-cylinder: If fuel-economy is a very high priority, the 2.0 EcoBoost will get the job done. But we'd guess that most owners will be a lot happier with the 290-horsepower, 3.5-liter V6. And owners who want all-wheel drive will have to take the V6, because AWD isn't offered with the four-cylinder.
Ford's dual-overhead cam, all-aluminum V6, called Ti-VCT, is quite efficient in is own right. The company already claimed the best fuel-economy ratings in larger, seven passenger SUVs with this engine (17 city, 25 highway). Mated to a six-speed automatic transmission with optional manual shifting, the V6 is smooth and responsive, with good acceleration and plenty of torque to maintain 80 mph on an uphill freeway, after a smooth and welcome kickdown to fifth gear.
We drove nearly 200 miles in a V6 Explorer, mostly at about 60 mph on casual two-lanes with about a dozen freeway miles running uphill to 80 mph, and averaged about 17 mpg. Before we got on the throttle on the freeway, we saw a 20-mpg average.
Ford put all the engineering effort it could muster into the Explorer, and got the ride, handling, and NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) results it hoped for. The rigid chassis and careful tuning of the independent suspension produce a superb all-around ride. It takes corners and undulations flat, and the speed-sensitive electric power steering allows it to turn relatively tight and quick.
The front suspension uses short and long arms with a fat 32mm stabilizer bar. Engineers gave the rear suspension a name, SR1, because for each wheel movement, the shock absorbers are tuned to make the same motion in the same cadence, which they say eliminates undesirable ride motions. It must be true because we felt no undesirable motions when we drove the Explorer.
Not even off-road. We sampled the AWD Explorer on an off-road course, and we've never tested anything off road that absorbed deep ruts and huge humps so smoothly. We're talking 10 mph here. It was as if the Explorer had a few extra feet of travel in the suspension.
The Explorer's optional all-wheel drive system has no transfer case. That saves weight, and minimizes the fuel-mileage penalty that invariably comes with AWD. Instead, the Explorer maximizes off-road traction with a fancy electronic-control system called Terrain Management.
There are four modes to the system, which the driver sets with a knob behind the shift lever. In the Normal mode, on dry pavement, the vehicle runs at about 90 percent power to the front wheels, 10 percent to the rear. Torque shifts to the rear as needed, if the front wheels lose traction and can't do as much work. Normal mode is what you'll use most of the time, rain or shine.
The Snow/Gravel mode allows less wheelspin, provides conservative throttle control, and enables earlier transmission upshifts. This should help stabilize handling, making the Explorer easier to control in sloppy conditions, though you'll still need to exercise care when slowing down.
The Sand mode provides more aggressive throttle, holds the transmission in gear longer, and desensitizes traction control. Because, unlike in snow, to make progress in sand you need wheelspin. Mud/Ruts allows more torque as throttle increases. Stability control is desensitized to help maintain momentum over soft or uneven surfaces.
It all works very well. Even with all-season tires (as opposed to all-terrain tires which improve traction in snow, sand and mud), the Explorer blasted around a sand pit no problem. With the AWD model, you'll never fear going to the beach and exploring. Go have a family picnic atop the far dune. If your family travels include far-flung adventures off the paved path, the AWD is a valuable tool.
Terrain Management also includes Hill Descent Control, which proved itself on a steep downhill on the off-road course, holding the Explorer's speed to 4 mph without driver input. It's proven itself in many vehicles we've tested, including many Land Rovers. On an icy hill, it could save your life or at least help you avoid crashing and damaging your vehicle. If you think you'll need this feature, it's worth learning how to use it most effectively.
Of course, the standard front-drive Explorer and its various traction enhancing systems do an excellent job in their own right, even in a driving snow, if the travel surface is pavement. Based on the EPA ratings, the AWD model will use about 300 gallons more fuel over 100,000 miles, if you never take it off road, and it costs $2,000 more to begin with. In California, Texas, Florida or large swathes of the South, if owners rarely leave the pavement and plan no significant towing, we'd recommend the front-wheel drive.
The Explorer will tow 5000 pounds when equipped with the tow package, and it includes things you might wonder how you lived without. There's trailer sway control, which works with the stability control, and is another thing that could save your life, or your trailer and whatever it's carrying. There's also a rearview camera with zoom, which will guide you to position the hitch ball directly under the trailer hitch cap, and make you feel like an astronaut docking his spacecraft."
"This latest-generation Ford Explorer is larger, better looking, quieter, more powerful and far more fuel efficient than the pre-2011 models. The 2012 Explorer 2.0 EcoBoost option delivers a class leading 28 mpg Highway EPA rating. The Explorer offers lots of choices: three trim levels, two engines, front- or all-wheel drive and plenty of class-exclusive options. The base Explorer in particular jumps out. It's a fully quipped, state-of-the-art seven-seat SUV for under $30,000, with a smooth, powerful V6 that gets an EPA-rated 25 mpg Highway.
Sam Moses filed this report to NewCarTestDrive.com after his test drive of the Ford Explorer near Portland, Oregon."
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New in Paperback – This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War
The good folks at Oxford University Press recently sent me a copy of the new paperback edition of James McPherson's This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War. First published in 2007, it comprises 16 essays in which McPherson attempts to answer the following questions:
- Why did the war come?
- What were the war aims of each side?
- What strategies did they employee to achieve these aims?
- How do we evaluate the leadership of both sides?
- Did the war's outcome justify the immense sacrifice of lives?
- What impact did the experience of war have on the people who lived through it?
- How did later generations remember and commemorate that experience?
- Author: James M. McPherson
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Paperback, 272 pages
- Sep 2009
I read the hardback version in 2007 and can highly RECOMMEND.
FYI – Amazon has the paperback version available for here for $12.21.


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Pope Benedict: Sincerity Is Key to Faith
A lack of sincerity in life is 'the mark of the devil,' as witnessed in the decision of Judas Iscariot to continue following Christ even after he had ceased to believe in him, the Holy Father said Aug. 26.
Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that a lack of sincerity in life is "the mark of the devil," as witnessed in the decision of Judas Iscariot to continue following Jesus Christ even after he had ceased to believe in him.
"The problem is that Judas did not go away, and his most serious fault was falsehood, which is the mark of the devil. This is why Jesus said to the Twelve: 'One of you is a devil,'" said the Pope in his midday Angelus address to pilgrims at Castel Gandolfo Aug. 26.
The Pontiff said that Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary to help them to believe in Jesus as St. Peter did and "to be always sincere with him and with all people."
The Pope continued his recent weeks' reflections upon Jesus' "Bread of Life" discourse, as delivered in the synagogue of Capernaum.
After Christ declared himself to be "the living bread which came down from heaven," many of those who had followed him, records St. John in his Gospel, "drew back and no longer went about with him."
Asked by Jesus if they too will leave, St. Peter replied on behalf of the Twelve: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."
The one exception, said Pope Benedict, was Judas Iscariot, who "could have left, as many of the disciples did; indeed, he would have left if he were honest." Instead, he chose to remain with Jesus. Not because of faith or love, said the Pope, but out of a secret desire to take vengeance on his master.
"Because Judas felt betrayed by Jesus and decided that he in turn would betray him. Judas was a Zealot and wanted a triumphant Messiah who would lead a revolt against the Romans." Jesus, however, "had disappointed those expectations."
The Pope, turning to the 11 apostles who did believe, reminded pilgrims of "a beautiful commentary" of St. Augustine in which the Church Father observed how St. Peter "believed and understood."
"He does not say we have understood and believed, but we believed and understood. We have believed in order to be able to understand," wrote St. Augustine in his Commentary on the Gospel of John.
After reciting the Angelus, the Pope expressed some special words of welcome to the new class of seminarians at Rome's Pontifical North American College.
"Dear seminarians, use your time in Rome to conform yourselves more completely to Christ. Indeed, may all of us remain faithful to the Lord, even when our faith in his teachings is tested. May God bless you all!"


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public class Product { /* Instance variables */ public int stockLevel; // The number of items of this product in stock which is updated // by the deliver() and acquire() methods. Objects of other // classes will need to find out its value. public String description; // The name of the product which will be set to a meaningful // string by the constructor, and then never changed. // Objects of other classes will need to find out its value. /** Constructor for objects of class Product public Product(String aDescription) { super(); this.stockLevel = 0; this.description = aDescription; } /* Instance methods */ /** * Reduce the stock level by the value of the argument. * Method presumes availability has already been checked. */ public void deliver(int anAmount) { this.stockLevel = this.stockLevel - anAmount; } /** * Increase the stock level by the value of the argument */ public void acquire(int anAmount) { this.stockLevel = this.stockLevel + anAmount; } /** * Returns a string giving details of the product */ public String productDetails() { return "Product " + this.description + ": " + this.stockLevel + " in stock."; } }what I have come up with so far is I will declare
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Regatta Ladies Packaway Waterproof Jacket - Various Colours: Peony: 10
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The women's Pack-It Jacket is a Regatta classic. Built on over 35 years experience in outdoors clothing, it uses tried and tested technologies with a fuss-free design that works. Isolite 5,000 fabric with sealed seams delivers lightweight, waterproof and breathable protection. The hood adjusts, it has two outer pockets and comes with a small stuff sack. It's one to keep behind the door, in the glove box, under your desk or tucked in your rucksack.
Waterproof and breathable Isolite 5000 lightweight polyamide fabric
Durable water repellent finish
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Uncompromising surfaces. Difficult manoeuvres. Challenging conditions. Construction driving can hit your body – and your productivity – hard. Volvo Dynamic Steering makes it effortless. It provides steering assistance and compensates for disturbances, so you can drive safer and smarter. And clock off less tired. Volvo Dynamic Steering is now available for dual front axles (8x2, 8x4 and 10x4).
The five differences you can feel
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85% additional steering force means you can sit back and steer a fully-loaded truck with just one finger.
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Reversing is stable, straight and effortless, and the steering wheel automatically returns to neutral when you let go.
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Vector AMS works closely with a number of retailers to provide electricity and gas meters for use in homes and small businesses throughout Australasia. These meters empower householders and small businesses to make choices about how much energy they use by providing accurate real-time information about electricity and gas consumption.
We don't sell meters directly to the public. You will need to arrange with your energy retailer for the installation of your electricity advanced meter and /or gas meter.
- You should no longer receive a bill with an 'estimated read'.
- Your bill will accurately reflect the energy your household has used. This will help to ensure no 'unexpected' bill surprises.
- The advanced meter will give you better information about your actual power usage and if required, help you make changes to ensure more efficiency around your household usage.
- You shouldn't need to give meter readers access to your property.


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Hertz Announces Expiration of Tender Offer to Acquire Dollar Thrifty
PARK RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 16, 2012 // PRNewswire // - Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) announced today that its previously announced cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG) for $87.50 per share expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, as scheduled, and was not extended.
The depositary for the tender offer has advised Hertz that, as of the expiration of the tender offer, approximately 27,956,234 shares of Dollar Thrifty common stock had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the offer (which includes shares subject to guaranteed delivery procedures), representing approximately 99.6% of the total outstanding shares of Dollar Thrifty common stock.
As previously announced, Hertz has reached an agreement to sell its Advantage business to Adreca Holdings Corp. ("Adreca"), a subsidiary of Macquarie Capital which is operated by Franchise Services of North America Inc. In its settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), Hertz has also agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure a new car rental company is given the right to operate on-airport at 26 airports across the country. In about half of these locations Hertz has already reached an agreement with Adreca that it will try and get the Advantage brand the right to operate on-airport. Hertz has also agreed with the FTC that it will negotiate exclusively with Adreca for the next 30 days to try and reach an agreement on the remaining locations. Hertz is not selling any brands (other than Advantage), or the rights to operate any brands, so it will continue to have the right to operate the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty brands at all of the locations.
Hertz is exploring several different alternatives for procuring on-airport concessions for Advantage or another car rental company at these airports. Where possible, Hertz will seek to accomplish this in a manner that allows it to continue operating all three of its brands (Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty) on-airport. Alternatively, in certain situations either Dollar or Thrifty (never Hertz), and in a few cases both Dollar and Thrifty, may have to operate off-airport for at least some period of time. In these instances, Hertz will continue to provide Dollar and Thrifty customers with superior service and a great rental experience, and hopes to eventually be able to move the brands back on airport in the future. Given that in all instances the company will have at least one brand, and in the vast majority at least two brands, on-airport, as well as off-airport locations at certain airports, the company anticipates minimal impact on its employees and customers as a result of these changes.
On November 19, 2012, Hertz intends to exercise its "top-up" option to purchase additional shares of Dollar Thrifty common stock directly from Dollar Thrifty and to complete the acquisition of Dollar Thrifty through a short-form merger without a vote or meeting of Dollar Thrifty's stockholders. Each of the remaining shares of Dollar Thrifty common stock will be converted into the right to receive the same $87.50 per share in cash that will be paid in the tender offer. Upon completion of the merger, Dollar Thrifty will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Hertz. Dollar Thrifty's common stock will be suspended for trading on the New York Stock Exchange before the market opens on November 20, 2012 and will subsequently be delisted.
About Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
Hertz is the largest worldwide airport general use car rental brand, operating from approximately 8,800 corporate and licensee locations in approximately 150 countries in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and New Zealand. Hertz is the number one airport car rental brand in the U.S. and at 111 major airports in Europe. In addition, the Company has sales and marketing centers in 60 countries which promote Hertz business both within and outside such country. Product and service initiatives such as Hertz Gold Choice, Hertz #1 Club Gold®, NeverLost® customized, onboard navigation systems, Sirius XM Satellite Radio, and unique cars and SUVs offered through the Company's Adrenaline, Prestige and Green Traveler Collections, set Hertz apart from the competition. In 2008, the Company entered the global car sharing market with its service now referred to as Hertz On Demand which rents cars by the hour and/or by the day, at various locations in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Hertz also operates one of the world's largest equipment rental businesses, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, offering a diverse line of rental equipment, from small tools and supplies to earthmoving equipment, as well as new and used equipment for sale, to customers ranging from major industrial companies to local contractors and consumers, from approximately 340 branches in the United States, Canada, China, France, Spain and Saudi Arabia, as well as through its international licensees. Hertz also owns Donlen Corporation, based in Northbrook, Illinois, which is a leader in providing fleet leasing and management services.
About Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.
Through its Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental brands, the Company has been serving value-conscious leisure and business travelers since 1950. The Company maintains a strong presence in domestic leisure travel in virtually all of the top U.S. and Canadian airport markets, and also derives a significant portion of its revenue from international travelers to the U.S. under contracts with various international tour operators. Dollar and Thrifty have approximately 280 corporate locations in the United States and Canada, with approximately 5,800 employees located mainly in North America. In addition to its corporate operations, the Company maintains global service capabilities through an expansive franchise network of approximately 1,300 franchise locations in 82 countries. For additional information, visit www.dtag.com or the brand sites at www.dollar.com and www.thrifty.com.
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This communication contains "forward-looking statements". Examples of forward-looking statements include information concerning Hertz's outlook, anticipated revenues and results of operations, as well as any other statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. These forward-looking statements often include words such as "believe," "expect," "project," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "seek," "will," "may," "would," "should," "could," "forecasts" or similar expressions. These statements are based on certain assumptions that Hertz has made in light of its experience in the industry as well as its perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors that Hertz believes are appropriate in these circumstances. We believe these judgments are reasonable, but you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results, and our actual results could differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of important factors, both positive and negative.
Among other items, such factors could include: our ability to consummate an acquisition of Dollar Thrifty; the risk that expected synergies, operational efficiencies and cost savings from a Dollar Thrifty acquisition may not be fully realized or realized within the expected time frame; the risk that unexpected costs will be incurred in connection with the proposed Dollar Thrifty transaction; the retention of certain key employees of Dollar Thrifty may be difficult; the operational and profitability impact of divestitures required to be undertaken to secure regulatory approval for an acquisition of Dollar Thrifty; levels of travel demand, particularly with respect to airline passenger traffic in the United States and in global markets; significant changes in the competitive environment, including as a result of industry consolidation, and the effect of competition in our markets, including on our pricing policies or use of incentives; occurrences that disrupt rental activity during our peak periods; our ability to achieve cost savings and efficiencies and realize opportunities to increase productivity and profitability; an increase in our fleet costs as a result of an increase in the cost of new vehicles and/or a decrease in the price at which we dispose of used vehicles either in the used vehicle market or under repurchase or guaranteed depreciation programs; our ability to accurately estimate future levels of rental activity and adjust the size of our fleet accordingly; our ability to maintain sufficient liquidity and the availability to us of additional or continued sources of financing for our revenue earning equipment and to refinance our existing indebtedness; safety recalls by the manufacturers of our vehicles and equipment; a major disruption in our communication or centralized information networks; financial instability of the manufacturers of our vehicles and equipment; any impact on us from the actions of our licensees, franchisees, dealers and independent contractors; our ability to maintain profitability during adverse economic cycles and unfavorable external events (including war, terrorist acts, natural disasters and epidemic disease); shortages of fuel and increases or volatility in fuel costs; our ability to successfully integrate acquisitions and complete dispositions; our ability to maintain favorable brand recognition; costs and risks associated with litigation; risks related to our indebtedness, including our substantial amount of debt and our ability to incur substantially more debt and increases in interest rates or in our borrowing margins; our ability to meet the financial and other covenants contained in our senior credit facilities, our outstanding unsecured senior notes and certain asset-backed and asset-based funding arrangements; changes in accounting principles, or their application or interpretation, and our ability to make accurate estimates and the assumptions underlying the estimates, which could have an effect on earnings; changes in the existing, or the adoption of new laws, regulations, policies or other activities of governments, agencies and similar organizations where such actions may affect our operations, the cost thereof or applicable tax rates; changes to our senior management team; the effect of tangible and intangible asset impairment charges; the impact of our derivative instruments, which can be affected by fluctuations in interest rates and commodity prices; and our exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. Additional information concerning these and other factors can be found in our filings and Dollar Thrifty's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our and Dollar Thrifty's most recent Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.
Hertz therefore cautions you against relying on these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to Hertz or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. All such statements speak only as of the date made, and Hertz undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
SOURCE Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
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Welcome to Vectrex Wiki
Welcome to the Vectrex wiki! A place for all Vectrexians to gather to discuss the best -- and only -- vector gaming system ever made!
Forget the pixels and the pre-rendered backgrounds, this is a lines-only zone! (Not counting a few of the bitmapped homebrew games, of course!)
New content
- 2/25 Classic Game Creations, AVE MARIA! and Android pages added, the latter of which includes a review. So click on the tabber at the bottom to see what one member thought of it.
- 2/24 Luchs Soft, VOGELFUTTER, SCHIFFE VERSENKEN, Vectrex controller (modified), Berzerk Debugged and Z4HL3N R473N pages added.
- 2/23 Performance VX and Patriots pages added.
- 2/20 ZUFALLSTREFFER, War of the Robots and Vec Sports Boxing pages added.
- 2/18 VECTREX ROLI - DAS SPIEL, 3D Pole Position and Debris pages added.
- 2/16 Well, here there hasn't been any Vectrex stories in quite a while, then suddenly there are two here in one day! You can read the "...long and torrid tale" from Tony Holcomb, or the more recent history from Andy Garton!
- 2/15 Spinball, FRESSSAKK, FRESSSAKK - Highscore Edition and Colorclash Slim pages added.
- 2/14 Color Wheel and .--. .- -. --.. . .-. pages added. Happy Valentine's Day with new pages (?)!
- 2/13 SCHIFFE VERSENKEN, Blitz! and 3D Scape pages added, along with the Vector Wars page being updated with Vector War IV info, and the Mateos Vectrex Rewritable Multigame Cart started off as a small stub page nearly a year ago, but a lot of info was added, along with a review of the original and 16in1 models, so check on the Tabber at the bottom of its page to see how they fared.
- 2/11 Armor Attack, Polar Rescue and Dark Tower pages added.
Featured articleBlitz! is a simulation of American football. Each player (which the game supports a simultaneous two player mode) controls one member of their team on offense and defense and the basic objective is to move the ball up the field to reach the opposition end zone. This is done using a series of "downs", there being four downs available to move the ball ten yards forward. If a player fails to achieve that then the ball turns over to the opposition offense. (The rest of the article can be read here.)
(Previous featured articles can be seen here.)
Submitting a new article
It can be confusing to new users to wikis in regards to submitting new pages, but it's fairly simple for creating new pages for the most part. Most situations for submitting new material to this wiki in particular will usually include:
1. In order to create a write-up about a game or programmer that does not have a page yet, users can click on either the list of Vectrex games or the list of Vectrex personnel pages, click on the corresponding name, and that will take you to the entry's new page for you to create.
2. If there is no page to one of the above, edit one of the lists, add the game or personnel name (just make sure to encase them in double brackets so a page will appear when it is clicked on), Publish it, then click on the entry.
3. Do a Search (at left if you're using the MonoBook skin, at top right if using the New Wikia skin) for the subject you wish to create an article on, which it will read "<Create the page "_____" on this wiki!>", which will be in red if using the MonoBook skin; if you're using the default Wikia skin, then type in the subject name in the Contribute field at top right. After that, you'll click on the red area for the MonoBook skin or you'll click on Add a page if using the Wikia skin, and after that you will be taken to a new page and you can start typing to your heart's content.
4. If passing along your story in regards to getting your Vectrex (and/or your experience with the machine), perform step #3, then type in "Vectrex Stories: _____" (your user name or what you'd like to be identified as) to start that up.
If there are any questions, either leave them on this discussion page or this wiki's founder's page. There's also the How to write an article page to read up on formatting for this wiki in particular, and the backup wiki to dump a copy of whatever article(s) you write (or you can ask the above admin to do it for you, although you will not get a credit for it in your history if you have an account) is here. Articles have a 60 day time period to be copied onto the backup wiki until the founder puts a copy there himself.
Thanks, and good luck with writing and editing!
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- List of Vectrex games (note: it's divided into three sections, so keep on scrolling...down...WAAAAAAAY down...also, check out the Catalog of non-gaming Vectrex demos as well)
- List of Vectrex personnel (note: like the above, this is in three sections)
- How to write an article specifically for this site. Even veteran wiki contributors should check out this page for formatting specifically for this wiki, although it could turn out to be simpler than others.
- Also, be sure to share your story as to when you first got your Vectrex (or just an interesting one that happened at some point)! There are also several polls to vote in, and you don't even need to have a Wikia account in order to do so, so check them out and vote!
- Yes, this wiki has way more than just lists! Check out the total site content page or just do a Search (both at left if your skin is set at MonoBook, at top right if set on the default Wikia skin)!


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Twin Cities Audi Service and Tuning
It's Alive- Our Autospeed Performance S4 Project
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We have just completed installation of a Garrett GT28RS Turbo Package from Autospeed Performance (http://www.autospeed.us) on a B5 Audi S4. The car also received Autospeed Performance's Stage 5 Flywheel/Clutch Kit with the Twin Plate System. Check the Image Gallery for photos of the install. The car is currently being driven to break in the engine before the ECU is tuned. We'll update you when it is tuned and we have exact horsepower information - watch this space!
- Tire Mounting and Wheel Balancing
- Timing belt service
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Episode 55:
We close our journey through album art with another different kind of episode, in which we consider twenty of the most recognizable metal album covers of all time. Many will agree and many will not, but we run through a discussion of the most iconic cover designs by some of the biggest bands in heavy metal…
Hosted by Greg Davies, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.
Clips and Sources
Motörhead – Ace Of Spades DVD Part 3
Ronnie James Dio Interview – Devil Horns Origin
Metal News Links
All 4 DECAPITATED members formally charged with rape
BELPHEGOR, CRYPTOPSY, and HATE Announce Dates for North American Tour
BUCKETHEAD Suffering from Potentially Fatal Heart Condition
CINDERELLA's TOM KEIFER Hospitalized After 'Medical Emergency'
Finland's OMNIUM GATHERUM – release lyric video for new single "Blade Reflections"!
JUDAS PRIEST, BON JOVI Among Nominees For ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction
MARILYN MANSON releases new NSFW video for "Say10" – featuring JOHNNY DEPP
MORBID ANGEL Unleash New Song, Announces New Album: "Kingdoms Disdained"
ROBB FLYNN Says the Vegas Shooting Makes Him Wanna Retire MACHINE HEAD's "Davidian"
WALLY WORLD: These May Be the Greatest Heavy Metal Music Videos of All Time
Recqommended Listening:
- "Hollow" by Pantera from Vulgar Display of Power
- "Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses from Appetite for Destruction
- "Living After Midnight" by Judas Priest from British Steel
- "Transylvania" by Iron Maiden from Iron Maiden
- "A Dangerous Meeting" by Mercyful Fate from Don't Break the Oath
- "Mirror, Mirror" by Blind Guardian from Nightfall in Middle Earth
- "Jesus Saves" by Slayer from Reign in Blood
- "Detroit Rock City" by KISS from Destroyer
- "Come as You Are" by Nirvana from Nevermind
- "Indians" by Anthrax from Among the Living
- "Hangar 18" by Megadeth from Rust in Peace
- "Stinkfist" by Tool from Aenima
- "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake from Whitesnake: 1987
- "The Cryptic Stench" by Cannibal Corpse from Tomb of the Mutilated
- "The Unforgiven" by Metallica from Metallica: The Black Album (1991)
- "This Love" by Pantera from Vulgar Display of Power
- "Don't Talk to Strangers" by Dio from Holy Diver
- "Stars" by Hear N' Aid from Hear N' Aid: Stars
- "Kickapoo" by Tenacious D from The Pick of Destiny
- "The Wizard" by Black Sabbath from Black Sabbath
- "Stargazer" by Rainbow from Rising
- "Love Me Like a Reptile" by Motorhead from Ace of Spades
- "Looks That Kill" by Motley Crue from Shout at the Devil
- "Still… You Turn Me On" by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer from Brain Salad Surgery
- "Raise Some Kaine" by Wally World as posted at MetalSucks.net
- "No, No, No" by KISS from Crazy Nights
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On a long drive back yesterday evening I heard over the radio that President Obama, using the White House bully pulpit in deficit negotiations, had opened a social media campaign designed to pressure Congressional Republicans. If tax cuts set to expire on Jan. 1 do so, middle-class families would take a cash hit of around $2,000 in 2013. So the president's media folks created #my2K as a Twitter hashtag. Use it, he said, to tell everyone what #my2K means to you and your family.
"Well, #my2K means My Player in NBA 2K13," was my first thought. And I wasn't alone.
My2K is indeed the shorthand for the single sign-on account in NBA 2K from NBA 2K12 to NBA 2K13 this year. It hasn't trended like other NBA 2K hashtags have, but it has come up. Still, there's the 2K branding, and the fact that President Obama has appeared in NBA 2K since NBA 2K11, either in the game's championship cinematic or, amusingly, as a coach after 2016 in the game's career modes.
So, write your elected representatives. Tell them what #my2K really means to you.


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Sprint Sheds Hesse Along With T-Mobile Hopes
Aug 7, 2014 5:00 AM PT
Softbank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son on Tuesday announced sweeping changes for subsidiary Sprint.
Effective Aug. 11, President and CEO Dan Hesse is being replaced by Marcelo Claure, founder and CEO of Softbank subsidiary Brightstar. Also, Sprint has dropped plans to purchase T-Mobile.
Hesse's replacement was expected, as Sprint has been hemorrhaging customers and piling up losses for some time. While being crushed at the top by Verizon and AT&T, it has lately been taking kicks in the shins on the low end by a feisty T-Mobile.
"This was a mutual decision by Dan Hesse and the Sprint board of directors," Sprint spokesperson Doug Duvall told the E-Commerce Times.
"All believed a change in CEO would be in the best interest of the company," he continued. Hesse "leaves a solid foundation in place."
"The timing [is right] for putting in place a new, entrepreneurial CEO as [Sprint's] network is readied for a new marketing push, and [its decision] to not pursue an acquisition of T-Mobile makes sense," Susan Welsh de Grimaldo, a research director at Strategy Analytics, told the E-Commerce Times.
Why the Change at the Top
The absence of a transition period between CEOs could have little significance -- or it could reflect some boardroom heat over the move.
"Dan Hesse was going to relinquish the position after the merger with T-Mobile anyway," Courtney Monroe, a group vice president at IDC, told the E-Commerce Times. "This provides an opportunity for Sprint to implement a new strategy."
On the other hand, Hesse perhaps was caught between Son's demand for more growth and BCG's Rule of Three and Four, suggested Joe Hoffman, a practice director at ABI Research.
"I suspect Mr. Hesse had the impossible assignment of making this [T-Mobile purchase] happen or else," Hoffman told the E-Commerce Times. "Now we have that 'else.'"
Personalities may have played a role as well.
"Both Son and Hesse are very strong-willed CEOs," said industry analyst Jeff Kagan. "They have a mutual respect for each other, but that was not enough."
Son "has been unhappy with Sprint's management and the culture at Sprint in general," observed Chris Antlitz, a senior analyst at Technology Business Research (TBR). "It is no secret that [they] have butted heads over company decisions."
Who's Claure and What Can He Offer?
"Marcelo [Claure] is a successful entrepreneur who transformed a startup into a global telecommunications company," said Softbank's Son. "He has the management experience, passion and drive to create the strongest network and offer the best products and services in the wireless industry."
Claure founded wireless distributor Brightstar, growing it into a global business with US$10.5 billion in gross revenues for 2013. Softbank last fall paid $1.26 billion for a majority stake in Brightstar.
Claure plans to focus on "becoming extremely cost efficient and competing aggressively in the marketplace ... growing and repositioning Sprint," he said.
He's "expected to put the squeeze on device suppliers, and wrangle costs out of the supply chain and on the operations side of the business," TBR's Antlitz told the E-Commerce Times.
Why No T-Mobile Merger?
Sprint walked away from the T-Mobile merger "because regulators wouldn't let it happen," Kagan told the E-Commerce Times.
Sprint "has not commented on a transaction with T-Mobile since it was first rumored late last year and we have never announced a bid," spokesperson Duvall pointed out.
Looming Over Claure
Claure's main challenge "will be to define and deliver on a differentiated position for Sprint and convince the American public that its network now means business -- its pricing and service offers bring the best value," de Grimaldo said.
Sprint "has lots of spectrum, but it's overloaded with 2.5 GHz and ... pretty sparse in 700 MHz," ABI's Hoffman noted. "They need to get all their spectrum onto LTE as fast as is economically feasible, but that's hard to do."
T-Mobile will continue to be a thorn in Sprint's side.
Claure "really needs to start talking to the marketplace and spelling out his plans going forward," Kagan suggested. Give us something to watch."


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Parliament attack convict Mohammed
Afzal Guru was hanged today at the Tihar jail here. Following
is the chronology of events leading to the Jaish-e-Mohammad
terrorist's execution:
Dec 13, 2001: Five terrorists enter Parliament complex and open indiscriminate fire, killing nine people and injuring over 15.
Dec 15, 2001: Delhi Police pick up Afzal Guru, a member of terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), from Jammu and Kashmir. S A R Geelani of Delhi University's Zakir Hussain College picked up for questioning and later arrested. Two others - Afsan Guru and her husband Shaukat Hussain Guru - were picked up later.
Dec 29, 2001: Afzal Guru sent to 10-day police remand.
June 4, 2002: Charges are framed against four people - Afzal Guru, Geelani, Shaukat Hussain Guru, Afsan Guru and Geelani.
Dec 18, 2002: Death sentence given to S A R Geelani, Shaukat Hussain Guru and Afzal Guru, while Afsan Guru is let off.
Aug 30, 2003: Jaish-e-Muhammad leader Ghazi Baba, prime accused in the attack, is killed in an encounter with the Border Security Force (BSF) in Srinagar. Three more militants along with him are also killed in the 10-hour encounter.
Oct 29, 2003: Geelani acquitted in the case.
Jan 12, 2007: The Supreme Court dismisses Afzal Guru's
plea seeking review of his death sentence, saying "there is no
merit" in it.
May 19, 2010: Delhi government rejects Afzal Guru's mercy petition; endorses capital punishment awarded to him by the Supreme Court.
Dec 30, 2010: Shaukat Hussain Guru released from Delhi's Tihar Jail.
Dec 10, 2012: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde says he would examine Afzal Guru's file after Parliament's Winter session concludes on December 22.
Feb 3, 2013: President Pranab Mukherjee rejects Afzal Guru's mercy petition
Feb 9, 2013: Afzal Guru hanged in Tihar Jail.


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Loan officer spotlight: VA Lending
VA loans are one of the best ways we honor our Veterans. Conforming VA Loans are 100% loans which is contrary to today's regulatory thinking, but continue to be the lowest defaulted loans in U.S. history. Why such low default rates? Several reasons from the lending side, but in this blogger's humble opinion, the most important is the character of our men and women in uniform.
From the lending side of the equation, VA Loans are better qualified than most any other loan. The reason is because we review things like child care and residual income (what is left over after the bills are all paid), that simply are not even considered in most other loans.
Occasionally, we run into market bias against the VA loan. This is mainly due to the way VA loans used to be handled For many years, lender fees were not consistent and the VA has strict rules on which fees are and are not allowed to be paid by a veteran. Those that are "not allowable" could not be paid by the borrower and other parties to the contract would end up having to pay them. Most lender fees are pretty homogeneous these days and we rarely run into this problem now.
The other stigma to VA loans was how appraisals are handled. The VA appraisal was ordered through the VA and they randomly chose one of their approved appraisers to complete the order. Sound familiar? Yep, this is the model Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac copied and we now follow a similar model for all other lending.
I would encourage a seller to consider a VA borrower as a better qualified candidate to buy their home. The qualification requirements are more thorough and the process to closing the same as other less qualified mortgage products. At the end of the day, we all owe our ability to transact real estate to the sacrifices of today's VA borrower's and their many brethren who came before.
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METRO VANCOUVER - North Vancouver celebrity chef Anthony Sedlak has died from an undiagnosed medical condition at age 29.
Sedlak, the host of Food Network Canada's "The Main" and a judge on "Family Cook Off," was found in his North Vancouver apartment Friday at around 7 p.m.
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The chef discovered a passion for food and restaurants at a young age. By 19, he had completed a culinary arts program and four-year apprenticeship at Vancouver Community College. Sedlak went on to spend two years at La Trompette, a Michelin Star restaurant in London.
He represented Canada at the World Junior Chef Challenge in Auckland, New Zealand, at 23 and won silver in the competition. Later that year, he competed in and won Food Network's Superstar Chef Challenge.
Recently, Sedlak had done several cooking videos as part of The Vancouver Sun's Empowered Health series.
The chef hosted four seasons of "The Main" on Food Network, and later wrote a best-selling cookbook based on the series.
Sedlak co-opened The American Cheesesteak Co. restaurant in Vancouver earlier this year, and had recently begun reinventing the Toronto Don Valley Hotel & Suites' restaurants and room service menus. He had been spending most of his time in Toronto preparing for the hotel's official launch.
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Boughton reaches for public financing threshold
DANBURY -- Mayor Mark Boughton and his running mate in the gubernatorial race, former Groton Mayor Heather Somers, announced Thursday that they've collectively raised more than $210,000 in their bid for the governor's office.
Boughton said the money includes more than $184,000 in qualifying contributions for the state's public financing program.
"Our strong fundraising illustrates the breadth and depth of support for our effort to defeat Dan Malloy and Nancy Wyman," said Somers, a candidate for lieutenant governor.
Candidates in the governor's race who opt for public money have to raise at least $250,000 in contributions of $100 or less to qualify for $1.2 million that can be used in a primary battle. Candidates in the program who survive the primary can each receive at least $6 million for the general election.
Boughton said he is hoping to reach the qualifying limits in time for the GOP nominating convention next month.
"We are going to give it our best," he said. "It's a lot of work but it would be helpful to get that out of the way so we can focus on delegates."
Boughton also noted that he and Somers, whom he selected as a running mate, plan to combine their candidate committees within the next few weeks, which would allow them to pool their resources in an effort to meet the public financing threshold.
It was the same tactic that Boughton used four years ago when he was running as lieutenant governor. Boughton and Michael Fedele, a gubernatorial candidate at the time, combined their committees in order to qualify for the public money prior to the primaries.
Gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley objected to the move at the time -- it was the first time it had been tried in the state -- and filed a lawsuit attempting to block the combined committee.
The state Supreme Court eventually ruled that the move conformed with state law.
Boughton landed on the ticket with Foley months later and the two lost in the election by less than 1 percent of the vote.
Chris Cooper, a spokesman for Foley's 2014 gubernatorial campaign, declined to comment on Boughton's tactics but said that Foley plans to qualify for the public money before the convention.
"Foley has not made a final decision on whether to accept the money, but we do expect to be the first campaign to qualify for the money," he said.
Fund raising totals for Foley as well as for GOP gubernatorial candidate and state Sen. John McKinney weren't immediately available late Thursday on the State Elections Enforcement Commission website.
Cooper declined to comment on how much the Foley campaign as raised so far, except to say that their fund raising efforts, "continue to accelerate."
"The campaign is very pleased with our fund raising," he said.
Boughton's announcement Thursday about his fund raising efforts came a day after he withdrew his membership from the Mayors Against Illegal Guns organization.
Democrats quickly criticized the move saying that Boughton was pandering to the NRA as part of the run up to the gubernatorial elections in the fall. A relative of a Sandy Hook victim also said she felt "betrayed" that Boughton had separated from the group.
Boughton, however, said the move was not political but that the organization had moved away from its roots and become more radical in recent months.
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The Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the three 2002 CALA scholarships. Ms. Fei Yu has won the Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship of Library and Information Science, Ms. Su Yu the C.C. Seetoo/CALA Conference Travel Scholarship, and Ms. Beverly Anmay Ku the Huang Tso-ping and Wu Yao-yu Scholarship. All three recipients have a record of outstanding academic credentials and accomplishments, and have demonstrated strong potential for future leadership in the profession.
Fei Yu: recipient of the 2002 Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship of Library and Information Science
Holding a Master of Management degree and a B.A. in library science both from Wuhan University, China, she is currently a library and information science Ph.D. student at the University of Pittsburgh. An already established scholar, she has published largely on topics of library science and done researches in such broad areas as digital library, reference services, library human resources, information technology in East Asian libraries, and computer-assisted instruction for distance education. She has also received several awards including the 2000 Outstanding Graduate Student and the 1998 Academic Excellence Graduate Student of Wuhan University over the past years.
In addition, she has varied teaching experiences in China and has been gaining first-hand library service experience by working as a graduate assistant at the University Library System of the University of Pittsburgh. Thrilled by the prospect of the information profession, she will dedicate herself to library management, information communication for cultural diversity, and education of information professionals
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An examination of how the political literature of the 19th century sheds light on English parliamentary thought.
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The English ideology is parliamentary. In this study, which first appeared in 1973, George Watson shows how literary evidence, much of it fictional, can illuminate the life of a great institution like the British parliament.
The book contains chapters on political oratory and the parliamentary novel – that uniquely Victorian form – which Disraeli created and in which Trollope excelled. It is the first comprehensive attempt to use literary evidence to expose the politics of a whole age.
It expounds nineteenth century controversies over democracy, class, race, morality and empire – a study of political language in the era when modern politics was born.
1. Introduction
2. Ideology and the Victorians
3. History and Revolution
4. Ideas of the Good
5. Laissez-faire and the State
6. The Terms of Party Politics
7. Political Oratory
8. The Parliamenary Novel
9. Democracy and Equality
10. Class or Rank
11. Race and Empire
12. Socialism
13. The Sages
George Watson was Fellow in English at St John's College, Cambridge, and had been Sandars Reader in Bibliography. He published a number of books on literature and political thought, including The Literary Critics, and was general editor of the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. His other publications with the Lutterworth Press include: Lost Literature of Socialism (1st Edition 1998, 2nd Edition 2010); Never Ones for Theory? England and the War of Ideas (2001); Take Back the Past: Myths of the Twentieth Century (2007); The Story of the Novel (2008); and Heresies and Heretics: Memories of the Twentieth Century (2013). He died in 2013.
A tour de force, vigorously argued, and provocative in the best spirit of the sources. Stephen Koss, New York historian
George Watson is well known for his distinctive and stimulating views, and The English Ideology sees him at his best. Prof Peter Clarke, Trinity Hall, Cambridge