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With its impressive and expressive exterior design. A look that leaves no doubt as to who's in charge. The AMG-specific radiator trim, the optionally available 55.9 cm (22-inch) wheels and the striking side-exiting AMG performance exhaust system lend the icon its extrovert exterior. The Mercedes-AMG G 63 makes no distinction between lava and asphalt.
Interior: Enthroned above it all.
The G-Class knows no limits. And that goes for the interior, too. Its outward appearance may have changed little, but inside the new G-Class is almost unrecognisable. The new Mercedes-AMG G 63 likewise stays faithful to the DNA: corners and edges are also prominent in the off-roader's interior. And the vehicle offers tangibly more space for all occupants. Newly designed seats upholstered in the finest AMG Exclusive nappa leather with diamond stitching and "AMG" badge give a feeling of security – while the massage function provides relaxation whether in the heart of the city or as far away from civilisation as it gets.
The epicentre of strength.
Filigree technology meets monumental sound. The new Mercedes-AMG G 63 with AMG 4.0-litre V8 biturbo engine, an output of 430 kW (585 hp), and a peak torque of 850 Nm makes every trip an intense experience. Both for the occupants and for those at the side of the road. The adjustable AMG performance exhaust system makes the air vibrate and allows the driver to choose their own sound: from understated for long-distance cruising to highly emotive for rapid bursts of speed. AMG RIDE CONTROL lets the driver adjust the suspension at the push of a button, enabling the new Mercedes-AMG G 63 to adapt to the current on or off-road terrain as well as to individual driver requirements.
AMG SPEEDSHIFT TCT 9-Speed Sports Transmission.
With 9 gears and double-declutching function, this transmission allows extremely dynamic acceleration and ultra-short shift times as well as a fuel-saving driving style. The systematic further development of hardware and software has made it possible to further optimise the reaction times. This means that the driver's shift commands can be carried out faster than ever before. Gear changes are performed with no interruption in tractive power. Ultra-fast, responsive multiple downshifts are another forte of the AMG SPEEDSHIFT 9G-TRONIC. The driver can change via kickdown directly from 9th into 6th or from 5th into 2nd gear, for example.


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If GSM isn't your thing and the previously leaked BlackBerry devices don't interest you, you should be pleased to know that the folks at CrackBerry have turned up what looks to be the entire 2011 CDMA device lineup from RIM.
In what is titled "NARC BlackBerry Roadmap" and stamped as "Strictly Confidential" 7 different devices are indicated along with they respective estimated launch/availability dates. Of course, the PlayBook is shown for the next quarter of 2011 and will be the first tablet device from RIM to use their new QNX-based platform.
The presentation slides detail upcoming smartphone devices such as the Montana, Monaco and Malibu – a series of new touch screen smartphones that will be sporting BlackBerry 6.1 along with what RIM is calling BlackBerry Evolution 6, a highly integrated and seamless user experience with social networking, universal search as well as HTML5 and NFC capabilities.
It is quite clear that RIM hopes to push further and further into the consumer market by including features and hardware such as full HD 720p recording, augmented reality and OpenGL support for a better gaming experience.
For an entire view of the slides that detail more about each device, be sure to visit CrackBerry for the lineup.

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Reviewed By Richard B (LOS GATOS, CA) Reviewed for a 2001 Jeep Wrangler —3/11/2014 8:36 PM
I purchased the Covercraft Premium Floor mats for my 2001 Jeep Wrangler Sahara. They fit very well, but there is a hold where a securing grommet from the floor of the vehicle is supposed to go to lock the mat in place. Would be great, except that the 2001 Sahara does not have such a hook, so there is now a small hole in the mat where this is supposed to go. otherwise, 5 STARS.


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This story appears in the April 1999 issue of Business Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
Two years ago, Lou Hoffman noticed many offices at his professional services firm in San Jose, California, often sat empty while their occupants traveled or visited clients. When Hoffman actually figured out how ineffectively he was using his overall office space, the amount of money being wasted made him squirm.
It turns out only 45 percent of the Hoffman Agency's space was being effectively utilized. After searching for ways to improve the situation, Hoffman discovered a concept called hoteling.
An emerging facilities management strategy, hoteling doesn't assign employees desks for their permanent, personal use. Instead, workers use a desk for as little as a few hours, relinquishing it to the next employee once their work is done.
Employing hoteling helped Hoffman set up a system where, for one-third of his 65-person work force, two employees shared a single desk on a rotating basis. Additional temporary workstations helped handle occasional space conflicts and overflows. As the company grew, Hoffman was able to stay in the same space, postponing paying an extra $10,000 in monthly rent, for 10 months. Adding the cost of rent plus savings acquired from not having to relocate or furnish a new office, Hoffman figures hoteling saved him approximately $130,000 in less than one year.
Those are the kinds of numbers that get companies' attention--firms from IBM to Merrill Lynch have been utilizing hoteling. And despite some drawbacks, indications are that they, along with many other firms, have checked into hoteling for an extended stay.
"What drives big companies to consider hoteling--flexibility, space-use efficiency, functionality and sensitivity to individual work schedules--also works for small companies," says Ted Hammer, senior managing partner with HLW International, an architectural and engineering firm in New York City. "It's not a big or small thing; it's a productivity thing."
Mark Henricks is an Austin, Texas, writer who specializes in business topics and has written for Entrepreneur for nine years.
Be Their Guest
Hoteling started about five years ago, spearheaded by professional services companies such as the major accounting firms. The innovators tended to have big hoteling facilities, warehouse-sized blocks of desks with bustling concierges upfront directing workers to their temporary locations, funneling messages to the right phones and otherwise keeping things under control. More recently, operators have been reconfiguring their facilities to offer hoteling-like arrangements to a wide variety of customers.
Most early users reported success with the tactic. That, combined with rising real estate costs and falling prices for information technology, have made hoteling one of the hottest current concepts in facilities planning and management, says Hammer.
"We probably haven't had a client in the last five years who hasn't asked about the concept," says Hammer. What companies researching hoteling are finding is a technique that offers alluring cost savings--but only for those who master its intricacies.
Checking Out Checking In
Successful hoteling starts by involving all members of your company in the planning stages, Hammer says. Only when you accommodate every interest, from financial to personal, can your hoteling plan work. "Those that try to implement it but only consider the real estate [aspect] don't succeed," Hammer warns.
Much early work must be spent creating definitions and guidelines. For instance, entrepreneurs must decide which members of their staff will be candidates for hoteling. (Hoffman says in his company, any employee whose job takes him or her out of the office more than 33 percent of the time is a potential candidate.) Entrepreneurs must also specify the technology that will be involved, from laptop computers and cell phones to the more powerful network servers and remote control software that are likely to be needed at the office.
Creating a consistent hoteling policy is important for a variety of reasons, says Karol Rose, managing director at Dependent Care Connection, an alternative workplace consulting firm in Westport, Connecticut. "Otherwise, it becomes an employee-relations nightmare," she warns. "Managers don't know what they can offer, human resources has to get involved in every arrangement, and it becomes very labor-intensive."
Consistency also allows entrepreneurs to provide a uniform message to employees, recruits and others who may look askance at the idea of an office job that lacks a permanent desk. Communicating the reasons and rewards of hoteling to workers is a crucial but often overlooked part of successful implementation, says Jim Miller, general manager of extended workplace solutions for US West in Englewood, Colorado. Although the former Bell operating company makes its money by selling technology to companies implementing hoteling, Miller says technology is only part of the answer.
Along with communication, training and support are also key components. Users have to be trained to quickly learn and use slightly different computer and telephone setups. Information technology support staff may also have to be beefed up. The Hoffman Agency, for instance, has two full-time IT support people, twice what Hoffman estimates he'd need without hoteling.
The Inhospitable Hotel
Paying attention to details is no casual matter. A poorly developed hoteling arrangement may wind up costing, rather than saving, a company money. One risk is that the company will, thanks to its new office setup, become unattractive to new recruits. That's especially true when it comes to recruiting senior executives, says Hoffman.
"People who've been in the work force for 10 years or more are used to having a luxurious corner office," Hoffman says. "It takes a certain amount of salesmanship to make the candidate understand that hoteling helps the company, which in turn helps the employee."
Existing employees may also become estranged by an inhospitable hoteling setup. It pays to treat the implementation of hoteling with the same care Conrad Hilton might have used to open a new resort. For instance, major issues concerning lighting and office supplies arose not long after Hoffman's company began hoteling.
While the problem with the lamps in the temporary workstations was easily remedied, the office supply dilemma was more difficult to solve. People who came in to work were frustrated to find that the station's previous occupant had absconded with pens, paper and other supplies, Hoffman says. His solution? Assign a housekeeping staff, similar to what a hotel uses to keep its guest rooms in order, to stock hoteling desks with necessities.
Hoteling may not be the easiest change you've tried to implement, but those who have tried it say it works a lot better than you might have imagined. "I'm amazed more people don't do it," Hoffman says, "because the benefits are so compelling.
Next Step
- Alt.office (http://www.altoffice.com), is an online journal and site with a variety of articles, information and links regarding hoteling and related topics.
- Creating a Flexible Workplace, by Barry Olmsted and Suzanne Smith (Amacom). Although the second edition, published in 1994, predates hoteling, it presents sound fundamentals for alternative work arrangements.
Contact Sources
DCC, fax: (203) 291-3571, http://www.dcclifecare.com
HLW Architecture, 115 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10003, (212) 353-4609


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I'm writing to this forum as I'm absolutely desperate to solve a problem and despite looking everywhere for an answer I've come up with nothing, I'm new to php (about a week!) and have been trying to crash course myself in it so I wonder if somebody could take a moment out to help me please? I have a domain on a server with bglobal.net (linux, with a plesk control panel) and I've been trying to upload Open Classifieds to it (Open-Classifieds.com), I can get it installed but unusable as far as logging into admin goes. I e-mailed my host about this and eventually they came back with the following:
****As a rule of thumb we dont allow many changes to server config as this is set for all users to be able to use and resources can be evenly split.
But what I have done is allowed you access to your conf folder in your account where you can place a config file for the server to read. If you create a conf file you can add extra settings to your domain.
We have only enabled this for the domain in question. Also remember to set the files permissions to read only once complete. Plenty of information on creating a custom conf file can be found online. *****
I've now logged into my plesk panel and yes I can access the conf folder but I've no idea where to start with creating a conf file to help me change settings to install both the Open Classifieds software and perhaps others in the future. Does this new file have to be specific for that particular php script or will it 'globally' change everything? Is it a php.ini file i need to create? If not what file extension would it need and what do I put in it?
As I say I really dont know where to start so if somebody could even point me in the right direction I'd be eternally grateful.
I'm after creating a local jobs type site and I'd like to get it up and running as soon as possible but I'm pulling my hair out (whats left of it!)
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Stanley Fish writes in the Times about, well, nothing much. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/politics-in-the-academy-the-same-old-song/
Some of the article is tongue-in-cheek of course, rather like the title of this post, but there's a large problem underlying the entire enterprise. I thought I'd write about it in a general, broad brushed way, since a lot of the articles on the topic quickly dive into murky theory.
In some senses the ideas that underpin Originalism are not that radical. It's basically the idea that you can better understand "a statement" or "a writing" or "an utterance" if you give it a proper historical context. Obviously, this kind of idea picks up value the further "away" from one's self you go. For example, I hardly need someone to explain the cultural, religious, political, philosophical, and linguistic nuances of what I myself said five minutes ago. (Unless it's pre-coffee – then, I need all the help I can get.) However, if I'm trying to understand something from a long time ago, from a distant geography, spoken in a language I do not understand, uttered by a person who has very specific and different beliefs about religion, politics, and philosophy, a person in the grip of specific historical forces I'm unaware of, then yes, I need all of the "context" I can get to understand what that person "meant." I completely approve of trying to get as much "context" as one can when trying to understand something and/or make important choices, and it's this common sense idea which gives Originalism (we'll get to it in a moment) it's false veneer of legitimacy.
Here's the problem. In contemporary America, Originalism is used as a means of "interpreting" certain important ideas and concepts in the Constitution. It's associated with "conservative" thought (although there's no reason why it couldn't be "liberal"), and has a kind of common, rough-hewn sense to it. However, the application of Originalism can be dangerous and sometimes farcical.
For non-law, non-politics type readers, here's a super-imple sketch of law in America. America's citizens created a Constitution. The Constitution sets the rules as to how the Government functions and creates "rights" for citizens. The Constitution can be modified by specific mechanisms. In a sense, the Constitution sets the "Basic Rules" for the country; the government and the laws created under the Constitution cannot violate those "Basic Rules."
In principle it's an excellent and flexible system, and most of the time it works pretty transparently. On one end of the scale, Americans still completely agree (thankfully) on what some of these rights "mean" in a practical, everyday sense. For example, the government cannot send soldiers to shoot you in the head, just because the people in power don't like how you pray. In fact, many of these agreements are so obvious as to seem ludicrous to Americans; but it's a case of a fish not being aware of the water it swims in. There are places where governments do just shoot people – it happens now. Americans enjoy a wonderful and amazing array of rights that the law enforces and defends; freedom to speak your mind, pray, gather in a community, own property, go to court if someone's wronged you, worship (or not) as you see fit, not to be beaten by strangers, etc. Nearly all of these rights are found in the Constitution and its Amendments, and while we disagree on the fine points of some of them, they're basically there, and there's little (or very marginal) controversy surrounding them.
On the other end of the scale, Americans are deeply divided over a few issues like abortion; some argue abortion has Constitutional protection as a basic right, others argue is has no protection and thus could be legislated against or outlawed. Since the Constitution sets up the "Basic Rules" which specific laws have to follow, on contentious issues, it suddenly becomes very important what certain phrases in the Constitution "actually mean." Is abortion "actually" protected by the Constitution or not?
To illustrate how Originalism works in this context, let's move away from the abortion example and pick one that's less polarizing. Let's say a law is passed allowing "death by torture" for certain horrible and despicable crimes. Well, the Constitution forbids "cruel and unusual punishment," but what does that "mean?" What's "cruel and unusual" and what's not?
Originalists (in this context) want to look at what the people who originally wrote (and voted on) the Constitution meant. They also want to look at how people living at the time would have generally understood what the Constitution "meant." The underlying idea is that through Orignalism we'll have a more precise understanding of what "cruel and unusual" means, and be in less danger of being "mislead" by language or concepts that have changed over time. Legal decisions would be more predictable, reasonable, and if something needs to be changed in the Constitution itself, we can just vote in a new amendment. Which sounds aaaaalmost reasonable. (Cue Stanley Fish with his pastries: "we're just trying to understand something, not be political. . .")
In no particular order, here are the problems with Originalism.
First of all, assuming there's a correct answer to get, there's no guarantee that any given Originalists will actually "get" the correct answer. Some research might suggest "cruel and unusual" means one thing, or perhaps it means another. This isn't like flipping open a dictionary or reading some "What the Framer's Really Meant to Write Codebook." This is more like arguing over just how "late" "late" was going to be, when I said, "I'll pick you up late today." Or, like saying something is "cruel" or not. Most people are drawn to the certainty suggested by the idea of originalism, but there's no easy, universally agreed upon starting point for many of these issues.
Second, Originalism is intellectually dishonest. Even if you "start" with Originalism, there's always a layer of interpretation that must occur because things change over time. Let's say the idea of forcing people to take medication just was never considered, one way or another, when people were talking about "cruel and unusual" punishment in those days. So what do we do now, guess as to what people might have thought about it, 200 years ago? Or, lets say that something flat out didn't exist 200 years ago? Anything invented in the past 200 years is in an "anything goes zone?" If you're going to engage in interpretation anyway. . .
Third, there's strong evidence in the Constitution itself to refute the idea of Originalism (that the actual Framers of the Constitution wanted us to view it as fixed, permanent, and unchanging, and not subject to subsequent interpretation). Specifically the Ninth Amendment: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." If there's no laundry list of rights, the Framers would have wanted us to interpret what those rights are. Furthermore, the deliberate use of broad language like "cruel and unusual" gives the flexibility for people to interpret the principle, not a fixed and limited set of punishments. (Originalism says, essentially, "The Founders really meant to write "death by hanging for minor offenses and bodily torture" but decided instead to write in "code" and say "cruel and unusual" by which they, and everyone else, knew they really only meant to say exactly: "death by hanging for minor offenses and bodily torture.") I mean, if you're leaving instructions for people do you write out every little thing?
I think the best evidence "in" the Constitution itself is simply that if it was really meant to be an Originalist document, we'd either have to constantly amend the Constitution with tiny specific updates (because it wouldn't apply to new things we think up) or pass an amendment that said "we're going to interpret the Constitution through our normal societal standards at any given time." And you know what? The Founders DIDN'T start constantly amending the Constitution to clarify its language.
Another way of looking at this is to apply an Originalist system and imagine the Founders trying to design it: "OK, lets make a Supreme Court. The Court will only decide based on the literal language of the Constitution and will not "interpret" it in any way. That way, if there's an important case involving a brand new situation, a case that might affect thousands of people, the Court can simply say it can't interpret the Constitution. Then, when enough people are outraged, we'll muster the entire population and have them amend the Constitution so the situation is covered. We'll just keep on doing that for every "new" court case! And, for extra fun, we won't schedule any kind of regular procedure to periodically amend the Constitution."
Or: "Umm. Been thinking about your idea. Here's another one. We can just let the Court interpret our common sense phrases and if they screw up, then people can amend the Constitution. Hopefully that won't happen too often."
There's a more fundamental political issue though: So. Let's go with Originalism. What if death by torture was completely normal 200 years ago? (Torture everyone!) Or, on the other hand, what if forcing someone to take psych meds, or locking someone up for more than a year was considered "cruel and unusual" 200 years ago? (Let everyone in Jail out now!) What if, 200 years ago, some people thought it was, and some people thought it wasn't? What if someone felt strongly about it but thought the concept was so obvious they didn't write it down? (We guess!) You see the problems. It really does not matter what people thought if the result (for us, now) would be absurd – and if the result is sensible and wise, surely we can reach it on our own. Now as far as "consensus" goes, the idea that we're just going to look for what those long dead people thought as a whole, or thought something meant as a whole, let me tell you, regardless of what they thought, they made bad decisions. For example, "collectively" forbade women to vote and allowed slavery. The slavery argument isn't just rhetorical by the way, it's obvious immorality aside, it was a bad decision that crippled and nearly destroyed the country. There is no "golden age" of right decisions and clear language to return to, even assuming the Originalists didn't make any mistakes in their interpretations of what they think someone meant.
So why the obsession with tracking down the nuances of a word used 200 years ago? Well, Fish in his article might have you believe that it adds to our understanding, and I'm sure it does somewhat. But what it really does is put an argumentative arrow in a Judge's quiver. The argument, as you may have guessed, is "Dead White Guy (or guys) thought "X," the end."
Or even worse, "DWG wrote X, which everyone thinks meant X, and lord knows we've been going about acting like it meant X, but the jokes on us because it really meant Y! The end."
Seriously. I'm not kidding. That's the only way you can use Originalism. "Well, on this contentious divided social issue, which some people think should go one way, and some people think should go another way, DWG thought X, the end."
NOTE: this is not saying, "Well, on this contentious divided social issue, DWG thought X, which Agrees or Disagrees with this important comprehensive study about the issue itself, outlining its pros and cons, in light of our traditions and what we can expect in the future." That would be an interesting historical footnote. It's also Not saying, "Well, on this contentious divided social issue, there's a long string of good (or bad ) decisions people have made, and these are the effects of those decisions, interestingly enough, DWG thought X, which began (or opposed) these decisions." But none of these would actually be Originalism, just the proper use of historical context.
I'd put it to you that if an issue is in fact contentious, or litigated, or far reaching, or important, it ought to be decided in a rational way that considers as much information as possible and weighs the consequences of our options. Playing "gotcha" with definitions is abrogating our responsibility to ourselves and our future.
Just remember – "the more Originalism you need, the less relevant it is."


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When asked Friday what there's still left for him to accomplish in college football, Illinois junior running back Rashard Mendenhall couldn't come up with a list of reasons.
When asked Friday what there's still left for him to accomplish in college football, Illinois junior running back Rashard Mendenhall couldn't come up with a list of reasons. "In my mind, there's not too much,'' he said. "I'm not big on accolades and awards.'' The chance to win the Heisman Trophy? "Not really,'' he said. "That's not something I would come back for.'' During a barrage of questions about his future, the Big Ten Conference MVP provided only more reason to believe that he will jump to the NFL after the season. When No. 13 Illinois (9-3) meets No. 6 Southern Cal (10-2) in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day (3:30 p.m., ABC), Mendenhall is expected to wear an Illini uniform for the last time. "To me, I think he's made up his mind,'' said Nolan Nawrocki, a former Illini letterman who is an NFL draft analyst for Pro Football Weekly. "I've had people tell me he's definitely coming out.'' That's the common theory, although Mendenhall doesn't want to talk about it. But his return would be a bigger upset than Illinois toppling USC. (The Illini are 14-point underdogs, the biggest point spread in bowl season.) Even though his playing time was limited in his first two seasons, Mendenhall remained confident that when given a chance, he would become a star. The 5-foot-11, 224-pounder from Niles West set single-season school records with 1,526 rushing, 16 rushing touchdowns, seven 100-yard games and 18 touchdowns overall. Behind Mendenhall, the Illini ranked fifth nationally by averaging 266.2 yards rushing per game and gave sophomore quarterback Juice Williams even more time to grow. After playing behind Pierre Thomas and E.B. Halsey during his first two seasons, Mendenhall became a star in one season. "Sometimes I wanted it earlier than later,'' Mendenhall said. "I knew regardless of when that my time was going to come. I knew (Thomas and Halsey) were older guys and had been pretty good players. I knew regardless of what happened, I would get a chance.'' Preferring to remain in the shadows, even during bowl week preparations, Mendenhall understood that his decision is newsworthy. He doesn't flourish in front of the cameras in the interview room like he does on the football field. "It's kind of like the recruiting process,'' he said. "Everyone wants to know what schools you like. I'm not big on the spotlight. I'm more traditionally in the shadows.'' That changed this year. "We knew going into the year that it was Rashard's turn,'' said Illini offensive coordinator Mike Locksley. "For us to be the team we need to be, he was going to have to have his production meet his potential. He's always been a guy with potential. He matured into a guy who met potential by producing.'' There's no longer a concern over Mendenhall losing turnovers, and he showed his versatility as an effective pass receiver. "There's always a concern when you have a guy that wasn't the guy,'' said Locksley. "There was a concern as a playcaller of protecting the football. We've done a much better job of not turning it over. "His best traits are his tremendous feet and his vision. He has the ability to run through people, run by people and make people miss. He's as versatile a running back that I've ever worked with.'' For players thinking of making a jump to the NFL, a first-round slot is a no-brainer. If results from the NFL advisory panel show it might be a second-round slot, there's some hesitation, Nawrocki said. By the third or fourth round, it's more likely they will return to school. "There's a range on him,'' Nawrocki said. "Some guys have him in the second or third rounds. Some guys have him in the first. He's big, looks the part. He's everything you want in a back between the tackles. He's able to pound it up in there. A fraction of the evaluators say he's not physical enough.'' An official 40-yard dash time is critical for Mendenhall's draft status, if he decided to jump. Mendenhall's mother, Sibyl, takes care of all communication with the NFL advisory committee. Mendenhall has two semesters to complete his college degree. By all indications, he's ready for a move to the NFL. John Supinie can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more coverage, read Illini Talk blog at www.sj-r.com and www.pjstar.com.


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Emilie Kaufman swam a CCSA record time in the 200 breast on Saturday at the NCAA Championships.
The Liberty swimming & diving team finished in 43rd place at the 2014 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championships, which wrapped up on Saturday at Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Two Lady Flames competed on Saturday, in senior Emilie Kaufman and sophomore Jess Reinhardt. Kaufman, swimming her last collegiate race, shaved half of a second off of her CCSA and program-record time in the 200 breaststroke. She placed 39th in prelims, swimming a 2:11.99, after entering the meet with a lifetime best seed time of 2:12.49. She had set the conference record while winning the 200 breaststroke at the 2014 CCSA Swimming & Diving Championships. Reinhardt picked up a 40th-place finish in the 200 fly, during prelims on Saturday. She clocked a 1:58.76 during the race, after qualifying with a time of 1:56.79 during her victorious swim at this year's CCSA Championships. During the meet, Reinhardt became Liberty's highest-placing individual at nationals, earning 10th in the 100 fly on Friday night in a CCSA-record 51.72. She scored seven points, and became the program's second-ever All-American, gaining honorable mention. Last night, Kaufman placed 24th in the 100 breaststroke, in a time of 1:00.32. Earlier on Friday, the Lady Flames' quartet of sophomore Kendall Hough, Kaufman, Reinhardt and junior Meghan Babcock swam 1:38.95 in the 200 medley relay. They became the first relay in CCSA history to compete at the NCAA Championships. The Lady Flames have wrapped up a successful 2013-14 campaign, posting their highest finish at the NCAA Championships to date, while also earning their first-ever CCSA Championship.


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Salomé replaces Mact Productions' Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre who is leaving to focus on producing.
Director Jean-Paul Salomé has been elected president of France's powerful film export body Unifrance, replacing producer Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre who is stepping down after a second two-year stint in the role.
Unifrance said in a statement that a 50-member committee had voted unanimously for Salomé. Producer Raphael Berdugo of Cité Films was also in the running for the position.
Salomé, 53, is best known internationally for the Sophie Marceau-starring Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre and The Adventures of Arsène Lupin, starring Romain Duris and Kristin Scott Thomas.
He is currently working on post-production of his latest film Je fais le mort, a police comedy starring Francois Damiens and Geraldine Nakache.
Prior to taking on the Unifrance presidency, Salomé was president of the Association of Authors, Directors and Producers (L'ARP) from 2004 to 2012.


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As Memorial Day dawns in the U.S., we pause to offer solemn tribute, deep appreciation, and thoughts and prayers to all those who have served and led, and to their families. You have our eternal gratitude.
Click on the picture below for a short video honoring our brave service men and women, past and present.
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With the addition of a new baby brother for Charlie, Isabel struggles with the common sorts of post-partum challenges like slight depression and sibling rivalry. Her life is happy and fulfilling enough, but Isabel still suffers from her usual weakness of getting herself embroiled in other people's lives. She views this as a compelling urge towards helpfulness, but when does involvement become meddling and when is it time to mind your own business?
When the daily demands of work, children, and keeping the household become overwhelming, Isabel decides to employ both an assistant to help her edit the philosophical journal as well as an au pair to help around the house. She imagines her burdens being magically lifted, but of course, the additional staff cause an additional set of problems. Isabel finds herself embroiled in a number of dangerous situations with some rather unsavoury characters. I was finding that Smith's writing in the last few years was becoming a bit less compelling, so I was pleasantly surprised that there was quite a bit more adventure in both of these.
The philosophical musing that Smith likes to do is inherent in this series especially because Isabel Dalhousie is an editor for a philosophical journal. As is true for many philosophers, her mind tends to wander when she thinks about the ways of human life and grapples with everyday moral and ethical questions. So is this the end for this series? We'll have to wait and see. He has started a new series which is coming out this month called The Detective Varg Series set in Sweden which is more "Sandinavian Blanc" rather than Scandinavian Noir–featuring very odd, but not very threatening crimes. Sandy Smith is such a prolific writer, I always joke that he writes them faster than I can read them! See his website for a complete listing of all of his series. It's like a big bag of chips–once you start, you won't be able to stop!


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Former City minister Lord Myners has quit the board of the embattled Co-operative group amid a power struggle over his controversial plans to reform the business.
The company declined to comment on a report that he had left but it was understood that he had tendered his resignation as an independent director though he would carry on with his review.
The development came as turmoil over planned changes continued.
The Guardian said that Lord Myners' review is unlikely to be accepted by the regional boards and independent societies which run the organisation.
There had been more bloodletting earlier today as the Co-op's largest independent society was accused of making a "meaningless" political statement by voting against reform plans.
The board of the Midcounties Co-operative, which operates gas and electricity supplier Co-operative Energy as well as Co-op-branded food stores and other businesses, voted against proposals Lord Myners is devising.
They were accused of grandstanding by a source close to the Co-op while Lord Myners said the vote looked "premature" given that his report would not be complete until the end of this month.
Reform plans include a move to abolish the wider group's vast 21-member board, splitting it into two with a plc-style panel responsible for commercial decisions and representatives from its traditional membership sitting on a separate body.
The Co-op group board has already agreed to this proposal but the shake-up still needs to be finalised and agreed by its millions of members.
The Midcounties move was the latest blow to the wider group after chief executive Euan Sutherland walked out, claiming it was "ungovernable" - as he tried to push through reforms amid the worst crisis in the organisation's history.
The Co-op recently delayed the publication of annual results, which are widely expected to reveal losses of £2 billion.
Mr Sutherland quit last month, blaming "an individual, or individuals" at the top of the group for deliberately seeking to undermine him by revealing details of his £3.66 million pay deal to a Sunday newspaper.
In a Facebook post at the time, he said: "We appear to have disaffected people who are determined to make life difficult and embarrassing for the Co-operative at a time when what we need most are professionalism and loyalty to the business."
Warwick-based Midcounties Co-operative, which has 9,000 employees, 439,000 members who share in its profits, and gross sales of more than £1 billion, is the largest independent co-operative in the UK.
It says it is supportive of reform but is insisting that it is given a voice in discussions over the Co-op's future.
Its board voted against the Myners proposals on Monday night. They want more time to come up with a solution to protect the role of the members and the independent societies.
Midcounties president Patrick Gray told the Guardian: "If the group is simply presented with a menu that presents the Myners-proposed position, we will not support it."
A spokesman said: "The Midcounties Co-operative supports the view that reform is needed and is committed to working towards that.
"The Co-operative Group is a democratic organisation and we want to ensure that the views of our members and colleagues are fully represented during these very important discussions surrounding the future of the group."
But Lord Myners said: "The Myners Review will not be complete until the end of this month. In the meantime, we are meeting with the regional boards to explain the underlying thinking that will be detailed in our report.
"It would seem premature to vote until the report is complete. The review is independent. My role is akin to that of a doctor - to examine, diagnose and prescribe. It is up to the patient to decide whether to take the medicine."
A source close to the Co-op played down the impact of the "meaningless" Midcounties move, saying it was just one of five societies controlling 25% of votes at the meetings that will be held to ratify the reforms.
"It would appear that taking a vote on a report that is not yet complete is a political statement," the source added.
Lord Myners has previously said the group must take urgent steps to reform a "massive failure" of governance or it will go bust.
In an interim review published last month, he criticised the lack of experience on its board and said he was "deeply troubled by the disdain and lack of respect for the executive team" among some members.
He acknowledged "acute concern" among Co-op board members and those in the regions over how reform could be achieved while preserving democracy, but said he was "confident that the two are fully compatible".
Lord Myners was appointed to the board in December and tasked with the independent review after a disastrous year for the Co-op in which its banking arm needed to be rescued following the discovery of a £1.5 billion hole in its finances.
It is now facing a series of investigations into what went wrong, as well as continuing questions over the appointment of disgraced bank chairman Paul Flowers despite his lack of knowledge of the sector. He was later exposed in a newspaper drugs sting.
The Midcounties Co-operative added: "Our Board has unanimously agreed that if Lord Myners, as expected, presents proposals which fail to reflect representative democracy or the interests of the independent societies, then it will vote against them."


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What started out as the April challenge, eventually became the May-June challenge. Four very interesting tales were sent in to be reviewed.
Entrants had the following prompts to choose from: A Campfire, The rain wouldn't stop, and finish this sentence: "I didn't plan to be a superhero, but all of that changed when I got bitten by a __________. (And then write a story that follows it.)
Martin G. Parker
Our member and writer Martin Parker, very kindly agreed to be the reviewer and sent in his detailed critiques of the pieces entered. Thank you Martin!
Profile: Martin was born in 1956 in Uttoxeter in the English Midlands. He has worked in factories, retail, the funeral business, driven taxis and played trombone in a British Army regimental band, but since 2000 he has worked as an Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Bahrain, specialising in the history of the English language and meaning in English. He has published two novels, They Also Raise Chickens, and The Conscientious Historian, and a collection of writings, Improbable Tales From Unlikely Places, all available in paperback and on Kindle from Amazon. Martin is also a musician; he sings, plays the guitar, mandolin and harmonica with the Bahrain-based Celtic-music band, The O'Dwyers. In addition. Martin runs the monthly meetings of the Bahrain Acoustic Music Group who hold their regular sessions at JJ's. Martin lives in Bahrain with his wife and 12-year-old son.
And so without further ado… here are our entries
The Rain Wouldn't Stop
By Preeti Rana
I didn't plan to be a superhero…
By Rifat Najam
…But all of that changed when I got bitten by a pair of toddlers. My twin toddler nephews are a great booster for me. Whenever I feel dull, I rush to visit them to boost my energy. With them I get to act all insane, thus forgetting all the temporary stresses of the day. When the super aunt and nephews go crazy with their super powers, the mother's heart starts to beat so fast that it seems it might jump out at any moment, yet she pretends to act all normal as if she is carefree. Kids are a blessing, in their innocence they bring us back on track when our steps wander away.
I recently saw a documentary, Teen Press, by T. C. Johnstone. Although the maker tried to portray his vision of 'you can be anything you want', from my perspective it gave out different messages to different minds. "Everyone has a story to tell" and "they are just people", were comments made by two teenagers that really affected me as these are two of the few things that I had recently been struggling with.
Kids are innocent beings who know no limits to the etiquettes that Life teaches. Their innocent souls value gold and sand as one. Love and laughter are the language they speak and share. Many times they clear our blurred vision when we go astray. I love taking advice from my niece when that blurred vision strikes me. The other day I was irritated for some reason when she made a comment, "happy times, happy memories, when you come then we talk happily", which completely took my irritation away.
Recently I asked myself a question: why is it rare to see assistance being offered before it is asked for. You don't have to possess super powers to understand when help is needed. People nowadays seem to have covered their eyes with blinkers in order to run in one particular direction. Our lives are divided into professional and personal halves; professionally, a lot of potential is waiting to be discovered and given assistance before this neglected talent fades away. And personally every being has a responsibility towards its surrounding.
Nature has taught us how we are all interconnected. Rivers flow so life can flourish and if that came to an end life will become extinct. Similarly, if the winds stopped blowing globalization would come to an end. When nature has taught us to share, then why do humans act selfishly and hold back what tomorrow doesn't promise to be theirs.
In simple words, step up and be the change that explores the one in need and help before it gets too late!
By Michael Rollins
I didn't plan to be a superhero, but all of that changed when I got bitten by a bug called fatherhood: Quite a statement, I know, but I also know that I'm no different than most other fathers out there. The thing is, it's not about us; it's about our children: They make us superheroes.
My daughter, Maya, was just five when my best friend, Michael, died. She called him Mikey; no-one else did, and he liked that. Michael was her favourite visitor; she attached herself to him from being a few months old and that was that.
Michael was a friend I'd known at school and later, by chance, a work colleague, when the firm I worked for merged with his. We developed a friendship based at first on mutual respect for each other's work and then because we just…'clicked': The same sense of humour and a love of reading fiction being two of the main reasons. I remember the drunken discussions we had over James Ellroy and Cormac McCarthy, which trailed like ribbons unspooling deep into the night. Eventually, Michael became my boss or, as my daughter referred to him, my 'work teacher'.
And we worked well together. And we had some great times. And Michael knew he was dying long before my little girl was born.
Michael never really disclosed anything about his condition; he was not secretive but quite vague, and all anyone really knew was that there would be no recovery. Like many people in this position, he helped his family and friends through it all. For a few years there was little noticeable change in his physical appearance. Yes, he had to rest more frequently and was steadily losing a small amount of weight, but there was no sudden change. Until, in his final year, over a few weeks in the autumn, he melted away like the reds and golds of the October leaves.
Explaining to a five year old what death means can be like trying to separate the milk from a cup of coffee. We were prepared to talk about what people think might happen after somebody dies and had tried to ready ourselves for the questions that a five year old would probably ask. When Maya had listened to what we had to say, she looked at us for a full minute, her eyes as sad as those of Christ in a painting of the Sacred Heart.
'Why wasn't it me?'
We had no answer that was worthy of the question. My pathetic words 'It was his time' folded and crumpled in my mouth, into the dust they deserved to be.
In the weeks following the funeral, Maya became another girl. She was uncommunicative and guarded, where she had been confident and friendly; uninterested and a little cold, where she had really loved life and the living of it. Our baby stopped smiling, but she hadn't cried, and that, more than anything, broke our hearts.
There were a couple of incidents at school. Nothing major, although we were called in one time after she had told two of her friends that they or one of their parents could just
disappear one day without even telling them, and never come back. The girls had both burst into tears at this and the teacher told us that Maya just shook her head at them, walking away like a parent who was out of patience.
We knew after this episode that trying to ignore the profound change in our daughter, hoping this was temporary, was not an option. To get our little girl back we had to encourage her grief.
But how?
My wife and I had always shared the opinion that everyone grieves in their own way; that there are too many judges in this world. We all deal with loss differently, as individuals, and it is fundamentally wrong to expect everybody to behave in the same way. However, we had on our hands a confused, frustrated and unhappy young girl that we loved more than anything in this world. We had to think of a way to help her out of the shadow that had been cast over her since Michael died.
In the end, the answer was simple, as these things often are.
Just after Maya turned four, she went through a phase. Every parent knows about 'phases'; this word covers all those difficult periods in a child's life that parents go through. Those times when Mum and Dad are pulling out their hair for a solution to a new pattern in their son or daughter's behaviour that is inconvenient.
For instance, there is 'Question Time'. For everywhere you go and everything you do, there are is an unlimited, unstoppable flood of questions; unanswerable questions that drown you in a wave of words. 'Why is he a policeman?', 'What is a bird for?', 'Who thought of butter?'
Maya's phase involved getting out of bed within minutes of our leaving the room. There had always been the conversation about her day, the two stories, the 'cuggle' and the kiss goodnight: a ritual to rival any sacred rite.
I remember the first time she ventured downstairs. She must have followed her Mum out of the door within seconds and walked into the kitchen where I was pouring our ritual glass of wine; a quiet celebration that all was done for the day and that everything in Paradise was just as it should be. Except this evening, it wasn't.
'Maya, what are you doing?' I asked as she opened the fridge door peering inside like she had a particular sandwich in mind.
'I'm minding my own business.'
It was clear that Paradise had a problem…
At last, as we were approaching the outer realms of our sanity, my wife came up with an inspired idea. Music. Maya had always responded well to music, almost all of her favourite children's programmes were musically based and when she was only a few months old her Mum's singing would soothe her like nothing else. So we created a file for an i pod and each evening, after the kiss goodnight, Maya would snuggle down and drift off on a cloud of melody. Perfect.
Just like everyone I ever knew, Michael had a 'guilty pleasure':1980s love songs. He could not get enough of them, he…well, he loved them. And there was one in particular that he seemed to adopt as a kind of theme song; He was always humming or singing the damn thing. Leo Sayer: I Love You More Than I Can Say. I used to call him morbid, because of the line, Why must my life be filled with sorrow, but he would just laugh, said if I listened to it all I'd see it was uplifting. We agreed to disagree.
He sang the song wherever he was, to whoever happened to be listening. To Maya.
And that was it; that was the simple answer.
When I entered the half-light of the bedroom, I was sure that she had fallen asleep, but as I moved closer, I could see her blue eyes were open and glistening with tears.
'That last song made me cry Daddy,' she whispered, as I sat down next to her. She took my hand and I leaned forward to brush the hair from her forehead, smoothing my palm over her hair until I held her head cupped gently in my palm.
'Why, Maya?'
'I don't want to talk about it. Will you hold me while I go to sleep?'
I stayed there and held her all night. And I felt like a superhero.
A superhero by a campfire in the rain
by Dr Manish Tayal
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This was sent separately and wasn't part of the challenge, however, inspired by all the writing prompts, one of our new members, Dr Manish Tayal, decided to write the following story based on all of them)
I didn't plan to be a superhero, but all of that changed when I got bitten by a familiar, restless yearning.
Growing up on the beaches near Karachi, I'd been raised on warnings of the dangers that lay across the black waters, the kaalaa paani. But I'd always had a rebellious streak, and I'd taken to visiting the old man who lived alone in the woods and listening in awe to his stories. I still remember the day he'd arrived in the village, freshly electrified and inspired from his travels and all he'd seen; and I remember how he'd tried to show and tell us, and how he'd been cut off mid-flow, his excitement turning to confusion, then disappointed understanding, and finally sorrowful acceptance, as my fellow villagers had cast him out. Impure, sullied by crossing those forbidden oceans to the distant, unclean worlds beyond, he could not be allowed into the village, lest his presence pollute innocent minds. Young minds like mine: eager for the promise of excitement, adventure and more.
The old man had long passed away, and the harsh realities of life pushed thoughts of distant, forbidden adventures far from my mind, as I grew and matured into a young farmhand, learning from my father the tools and techniques of our most noble of trades, producing food (and money) from the land of our master, the zamindar. Even though I'd never met him, and he knew nothing of my existence, I was loyal to my master, who provided for me and saw that I was fairly rewarded with my share of the fruits of my labour. And so, when the recruiters came to our village, singing songs of riches, glory and opportunity, I too joined my friends in ridiculing their extravagant promises. In our small world, we knew little of the great war building in faraway lands, but we knew that the tales those crazy fools spun had nothing to do with us.
Four months had passed since we'd lost my father to sickness. My mother wept as the zamindar's men carried on talking to her, but I'd heard nothing more after their first few words, the rest of the conversation drowned out by the singing in my head, so loud was the memory of the recruiters' songs, which until then, I hadn't even realised I'd listened to, let alone remembered.
Bharti ho jaa ve
Baahar khade rangroot!
Aethe khaavein sukki hoyi roti
Othe khaavein fruit!
Aethe paavein phate hoye leere
Othe paavein suit!
Aethe paavein tutti hoyi jhutti
Othe paavein boot!
Join up, join up
The recruiters are outside!
Here you'll eat dried roti
There you'll eat fruit!
Here you'll wear torn tatters
There you'll wear a suit!
Here you'll wear broken, worn-out shoes
There you'll wear boots!
The zamindar had not been so oblivious after all. He knew me to be a loyal, hard-working, strong young man, struggling to provide for a mother, two sisters and a new wife. When the recruiters came to him, requesting 'volunteers', he knew he could trade me in return for not giving up his own sons. After the men left, my mother spat curses on the zamindar and his family, swearing that she'd never let me go, but she knew we had no choice – earn the displeasure of our master, or have the family comfortably provided for directly by the King-Emperor himself. Besides, that old yearning had started to return from the depths of my conscious, where it had laid buried for so many years, and I again wanted to cross the kaalaa paani and see for myself the lands the old man had told me about as a child. Within days, I was bidding my wife farewell, the taste of her tears as I kissed her cheek reflecting the cocktail of emotions within me: the bitterness of parting and cold fear of the unknown mixing with a bubbling excitement of adventure and the sweet, intoxicating taste of freedom.
I'd been to sea before of course, going fishing in my friends' boats. But this was wholly different, an entire floating village housed in steel. So many young men from all over India, all with different stories: the woodcutter Mir Ali, enticed by the money, riches and fame; Gobind Singh, a proud Garhwali, who'd recently joined the Army, just like his father and grandfather, and generations beyond; Kartar Singh, a farmer like me, who at the recruiters' call, had instantly set off to faithfully serve the King-Emperor. Old hands, like Ram Singh, who'd fought in North-West Frontier, Waziristan and elsewhere, recounted war stories, alternately thrilling us with tales of their adventures and terrifying us with accounts of grave horrors. But the long journey took its toll, and we were all glad to finally reach the shores of Europe. As we arrived in Marseilles, we were shocked at the unexpected heroes' reception: smart ladies with creamy soft, pale skin and the sweet scent of roses, waved to us as we marched past, one running out to hug me, another pinning a flower to Kartar Singh's chest; pink, bouncing children marched along with us, towels wrapped around their heads as turbans, babbling away to us in their unfamiliar tongue; and sturdy, bearded, red-faced men shook our hands and patted our backs, tears in their eyes.
Marseilles felt like a whole world away, and home was but a memory. The rain wouldn't stop, the knee-deep water in the trenches soaking through everything, bringing with it a bitter cold that removed all feeling from my feet and made it difficult to keep a safe grip on my rifle. I held each hand in turn in my armpit, and as I did so, I felt for the reassuring hard metal of my bayonet – already, it had saved my life more than once, just the previous day sinking into a young German soldier, no older than me, who'd tried with his troop to storm our position. As he'd fallen, in horror I'd recognised his face and the memory still made me shudder. Just three weeks earlier, against orders, our troop commander, Captain Matthew sahib had laid down his rifle and walked out into No Man's Land, to meet with the Germans. After some time, he'd called to us to join him, and in a mix of English, broken Hindi and stuttering German, he'd introduced and brought together those who'd spent months trying to kill each other, and would do so again once the day was out. But for those precious few hours, we all shared and celebrated together, exchanging personal trinkets and cigarettes – sahib tried later to explain to us about his festival of 'Christmas', but I only cared that for a few moments, I'd laughed and found warmth in the company of others. A deep, gruff voice cut through my reflections, as another soldier arrived to take my place in the trench. I hadn't eaten or slept since the previous day's attack, and suddenly realised how much I needed both.
As I walked back to the lines, I saw some of my friends already there. The langris, the cooks, had found some fresh vegetables in a nearby market that day, and had cooked them up to go with our standard diet of dahl, rice, roti, meat and potato. And so we huddled together to share stories, eat, and enjoy the company of the closest friends we'd ever know, and as we talked and ate, we forgot all about the cutting rain, the falling bombs and the homesickness, and we planned and bragged of the bravery and victories the following day would bring, until we honestly believed that our small troop would bring down the entire German Army, single-handedly winning the war for the King-Emperor.
I didn't plan to be a superhero, but just in that moment, sat around a campfire, in pouring rain, with a bunch of men just like me yet each so completely different, I truly felt like one.


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Court asked to remove 5 lawmakers
The Independent American Party has asked the Nevada Supreme Court to oust five state employees who also serve in the Legislature, arguing their dual roles violate the state constitution.
In a petition filed Friday, party Chairman Joel Hansen asked justices to immediately issue an order requiring the five lawmakers to quit their state jobs or resign from the Legislature.
He said Sen. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, Assembly members Chris Giunchigliani and Mark Manendo, both D-Las Vegas, Ron Knecht, R-Carson City, and Jason Geddes, R-Reno, should decide between their state jobs and the Legislature.
When not serving as lawmakers, Titus is a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Geddes is an environmental officer for the University of Nevada, Reno; Knecht is a state Public Utilities Commission staff member; and Giunchigliani and Manendo work for the Community College of Southern Nevada.
"The Independent American Party believes that our elected officials should follow the law, especially the constitution," said Hansen, a Las Vegas lawyer. "The writ will force these legislators to conform to the constitutional separation of powers."
As lawmakers, the five are part of the legislative branch of government that approve laws and appropriations that affect their executive branch employers. Executive branch employees include those working for the governor or other constitutional officers, along with those in various state boards or agencies, including Nevada's college and university system.
All five took leaves of absence from their state jobs last year while serving in the Legislature.
Hansen noted in his petition that Attorney General Brian Sandoval issued an opinion March 1 that cited the same separation of powers concern as the reason he also believes the five lawmakers should resign or quit their state jobs.
Sandoval said Friday he will fill a petition this week with the state Supreme Court to resolve uncertainty over his legal opinion.


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The UT Health Science Center Briscoe Library and the San Antonio Public Library Forest Hills Branch are joining forces to start a new NPR (National Public Radio) Book Club as a community engagement project. There are many community issues that can benefit from engagement utilizing a book club as a platform for interaction and conversation. The club will meet once a month from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at either the Briscoe Library (room 4.074, the Collaboratory) or at the Forest Hills Library (5245 Ingram Rd). An NPR reviewed book will be featured at each meeting.
Do No Harm by Henry Marsh has been selected for the first meeting on September 17th, 6 -7 p.m., held at the Briscoe Library.
Do No Harm provides unforgettable insight into the countless human dramas that take place in a busy modern hospital. Above all, it is a lesson in the need for hope when faced with life's most difficult decisions.
A few copies are available at the Briscoe Library on a first come, first served basis. Other copies are available through the San Antonio Public Library. Contact Peg Seger for more details at (210) 567-6398 or email@example.com.
Those interested in taking part in this project can stop by either library to pick up a bookmark with dates, times, and location information.
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by David Crane Kimber appears to have copied the Caspian Integral Light/Laser Rail Mount with their new integrated "Tactical Rail". This, of course, is good news, as an integral rail is always preferable to a screwed-on rail. However an integral rail doesn't solve the reported reliability problems caused by Kimber's Series II Safety system, which the author believes can potentially …Read More »
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Now You Can Carry Your Glock
Most people are familiar with the phrase "Glock Perfection". It's on Glock's brochures, and mimmicked by Glock owners everywhere, whose numbers are legion. And, it must be said that those claims are pretty accurate. While not perfect, Glock pistols are just about as close to perfection as can reasonably be achieved via mass production. That said, if there's one feature …Read More »
Larry Vickers Custom 1911
We all know that $4,000 to $5,000 for a custom 1911 is probably on the outrageous side, and that one's money would probably be better spent on a Glock (or slightly modified Kimber) and a whole lot of ammo and training. However, that being said, "American Handgunner" just did a fluff piece on a "Special Operations" 1911 by Larry Vickers, …Read More »
Dawson Precision's New Tactical Advantage 1911 Pistol
Dave Dawson is primarily known for the competition guns he builds for Todd Jarrett. Well, Dave has now come out with what he calls the "Tactical Advantage" pistol. The "Tactical Advantage" is a custom 1911 single-stack defense gun that can also incorporate Dawson's new "light speed" rail system for mounting a light/laser unit underneath the dust cover. We've heard that …Read More »
M.D. Labs is Building Some Serious Guns for Carry
Kevin McClung and Steve Morrison are now building high-end custom 1911's and Hi-Powers for carry that they call "Hard Use" guns.Read More »
Krebs Custom Kalashnikovs
Krebs Custom Guns, known for making custom 1911 pistols, is currently making a very high quality–and very interesting–semi-auto version of the new 4th Generation Kalashnikov rifles and carbines. Krebs' AK-103 rifle and carbine are actually exact replicas of the full auto versions made in Russia. The guns are built on 4th generation AK-74 "Century Series" semi-automatic receivers. Both the rifle …Read More »
Evolution Gun Works(EGW) Tactical Carry Gun Package and PDP Custom 1911's.
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If you love to put on your glad rags and catch a show, you're in for a real treat. The legendary Spa has been done up to the nines, bringing it right back to its glory days. The classic 1930s Royal Hall Ballroom and Edwardian Theatre are at their elegant best, whilst the very latest in modern technology and brand new facilities now make the Spa a superb venue.
The Spa has always been a magnet for world class talent, and you can be sure of programme shining with stars. So book your seats for the very best in music, drama and comedy. Or come and trip the light fantastic at one of the hugely popular dancing nights amidst spectacular surroundings.
Pembroke Gardens at The Spa
Spread over Pembroke Gardens, the promenade and the Spa, the easy access development will see you enjoying Charles Quick's playful 'Colour Codes' electronic flags above the South Promenade. While you're there, spend a few moments admiring Kirsty Brooke's intriguing abstract images on the illuminated glass screens in Pembroke Gardens (try to figure out the inspiration behind each artwork - here's a clue: they're all local).
Fancy a relaxing seaside stroll? This is the place for you. Saunter along from the harbour to the south foreshore along the seafront and back around the Spa. It's a great way to fill your lungs with pure sea air and stretch your legs. It's also the best way to see the amazing new landscaped embankments with their gentle paths and wildflower planting which form a dramatic backdrop to the RIBA award-winning Princess Mary Promenade.
And, after all that exercise, what could be nicer than simply sitting in a lovely garden and watching the world go by?
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|Sun 27 Sep
|Jimmy Cricket
|Mon 5 Oct
|The Lady Boys of Bangkok
|Sun 11 Oct
|Bridlington Vegan Online Festival
|Sun 11 Oct
|Horrible Histories
|Sat 17 Oct
|Strictly Sherlock
|Thu 29 Oct - Sun 1 Nov
|Majorettes POSTPONED
South Marine Drive,
By Road:
From A614 or A615 follow brown signs for South Beach/The Spa.
with charge
: 0 miles from Bridlington station
- Baby changing facilities
- Credit cards accepted (with charge)
- Disabled toilets
- On-site catering
- On-site light refreshments
- Public toilets
- Regional Tourist Board Member
- Wheelchairs available
- Facilities for conferencing
- Facilities for corporate hospitality
- Children welcome
- Disabled access
- Dogs not accepted (except guidedogs)
- Smoking not allowed
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NEW YORK - Women who don't exercise or who are overweight are slightly more likely to be hospitalized for a common disorder of the large intestine called diverticular disease.
The findings, reported by a Swedish research group, come from the largest study yet to look at the relationship between lifestyle, weight and the intestinal abnormality, in which bulging pouches form in the lining of the colon.
"Since the early seventies, the only risk factor for diverticular disease that has been discussed is (the lack of) dietary fiber, but now we have understood that there are other significant contributors to the development of disease," Dr. Fredrik Hjern, the lead author of the study, wrote in an email to Reuters Health.
Hjern and his colleagues at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm gathered data from nearly 40,000 women who participated in a health survey in 1997.
The questions asked about exercise, diet, smoking, time spent watching TV and reading, and other lifestyle and health history details. Researchers also measured the body mass index (BMI) of each woman, a measure of weight relative to height.
Through 2009, the researchers tracked which women were hospitalized for diverticular disease.
Though more than half of people over age 60 have some form of diverticular disease, not all people have symptoms, which can range from mild discomfort to bleeding, tears and extreme pain.
Among the 40,000 women in the Swedish study, 628 were admitted to the hospital because of diverticular disease, and 98 of them had a perforation or pus-filled mass in the colon.
Compared to women who had a normal BMI, which is considered 20 to 25, overweight women with a BMI of 25 to 30 were 29 per cent more likely to be hospitalized for diverticular disease.
Obese women, whose BMI was over 30, were 33 per cent more likely to be hospitalized.
Similarly, exercising less than 30 minutes a day was tied to an increased risk of going to the hospital compared to women who worked out frequently.
But even with those extra risk factors, hospitalizations for diverticular disease remain rare -- amounting to only 2.2 per cent of the obese women, for instance.
The authors estimated that each year, 140 out of 100,000 women are admitted to the hospital because of a flare-up. A 30-per cent increase would mean that 182 out of 100,000 women would go to the hospital.
The new study, in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, does not prove that being heavy or inactive causes diverticular disease. And Hjern said he doesn't know how to account for the link.
One possibility is that being overweight could stimulate inflammation and damage the large intestine. Another speculation is that the beneficial bacteria in the gut might be different between obese and normal weight women.
As for the link between exercise and a lower risk of diverticular hospitalizations, that too is unknown, but could perhaps have something to do with pressure on the colon or hormonal changes among those who exercise, Hjern said.
For many cases, diverticular disease is managed by increasing fiber in patients' diets. In the most extreme flare-ups, patients can undergo surgery to remove the damaged part of the colon.
According to Hjern, patients could also lose weight and exercise to try and prevent symptoms.


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Go, Gadget, Go! Building Robots with LEGO® Mindstorms®
|Areas of Science
|Time Required
|Very Long (1+ months)
|Experience with LEGO Mindstorms is useful but not required.
|Material Availability
|This project requires a LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit and compatible programming software. See the Materials and Equipment list for details.
|Very High (over $150)
|No issues
AbstractIn the mid-20th century, people thought of robots as futuristic tools. But in the 21st century, robots are not a figment of our imaginations, but are a part of our reality. Robots even perform tasks that humans can't do. In this engineering science fair project, you will use LEGO Mindstorms to build a robot that is fast, lightweight, and stable. Who knows? You might end up building a robot that does housework or even your homework!
The goal of this engineering science fair project is to build a fast, lightweight and stable robot using LEGO® Mindstorms®.
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This science fair project is based on the following DragonflyTV episode: TPT. (2006). GEMS by Sasha, Makeisha, Claire, Hannah Annice and Emily. DragonflyTV, Twin Cities Public Television. Retrieved December 2, 2008, from https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
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Have you seen the movie Star Wars? One of the most interesting things about this movie is the variety of robots. There are robots that talk to farming equipment, protocol robots, and even medical robots! But what exactly is and what makes up a robot? The definition of a robot varies, depending on with whom you speak, but in general, a robot has a reprogrammable brain (computer) that controls a body. A robot is made up of a movable physical structure, a power supply, a motor, a sensor, and a computer brain that controls all of these parts.
Robots and robotic parts are moving out of the realm of fantasy and into our everyday lives. They are used on manufacturing lines to build cars and computer chips, and are even used to perform hazardous work that humans cannot do. For example, humans are not yet able to travel to Mars, so NASA has sent the Mars Rover to gather data. Robots can even perform some surgeries on humans (with some help from human doctors).
Building a robot to perform tasks, like the ones described above, is complicated. It takes entire teams of engineers and scientists to build a robot like the Mars Rover. One team may be responsible for designing the part of the robot that picks things up. Another team may be responsible for the robot's vision. But even before the teams start working on and building their parts of the project, they all need to come together to precisely define the function of the robot and how it will go about accomplishing that function. The team also needs to understand the environment in which the robot will be working. Building a robot requires not only great technical skills, but also great teamwork. Teamwork is always the basis of successful projects. It is also the only way to get big projects done in a short amount of time.
In this engineering science fair project, you and your team will build a robot using a LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit. Click on the link in the Bibliography to watch the DragonflyTV video showing how Sasha, Makeisha, Claire, Hannah, Annice, and Emily go about building their robot. First you'll need to assemble your team. Then, you should all precisely define the function of the robot. For this engineering science fair project, you must build a fast, stable robot whose function is to make a turn with a tight radius (called a turning radius). You'll then become familiar with the Mindstorms software, and build and compare robots with different numbers of wheels to see how that affects stability and speed. Building a functioning robot is hard work, but it is rewarding and fun, too!
Figure 1. The NASA Robonaut is designed to go into environments where humans can't go, as well as to work alongside humans. (NASA, 2003.)
Terms and Concepts
- Robot
- LEGO Mindstorms
- Turning radius
- Robonaut
- What is a robot?
- For what different applications are robots used?
- What are the different sensors that come with the LEGO Mindstorms kit? For what are they used?
- Harris, T. (2002, April 16). How Robots Work. Retrieved December 2, 2008.
The following website is NASA's overview on the Robonaut project:
- Bibby, J. and Necessary, R. (2008, March 13). Robonaut. Retrieved December 2, 2008.
This website is the LEGO Mindstorms website:
- LEGO. (n.d.). Mindstorms. Retrieved December 2, 2008.
This science fair project was based on the following episode from DragonflyTV:
- TPT. (2006). GEMS by Sasha, Makeisha, Claire, Hannah Annice and Emily. DragonflyTV, Twin Cities Public Television. Retrieved December 2, 2008.
For help creating graphs, try this website:
- National Center for Education Statistics, (n.d.). Create a Graph. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
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Materials and Equipment
The instructions for this project were written for the LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 kit. You can do this project with an EV3 kit, but the programming software is different. Follow LEGO's online resources to learn how to program your EV3 robot. For more information on compatibility between the two systems (both hardware and software), see this FAQ and this support page.
- Team members (at least 3), all team members should have access to the Internet and a computer that can run the LEGO Mindstorms software.
- LEGO Mindstorms EV3 kit, available at toy stores and online at Amazon.com, or a LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 kit
- Meterstick
- Masking tape (1 roll)
- Digital timer
- Lab notebook
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Experimental Procedure
The instructions for this project were written for the LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 kit. You can do this project with an EV3 kit, but the programming software is different. Follow LEGO's online resources to learn how to program your EV3 robot. For more information on compatibility between the two systems (both hardware and software), see this FAQ and this support page.
- To start this science fair project, choose your team members and be sure they are willing to work on this long-term project. Your team members should all be available for the following steps.
- Read the software system requirements to run the LEGO Mindstorms software. Prepare your computer and install the software. Read through the manuals to become familiar with the software.
- Open the rest the Mindstorms kit and become familiar with all of the different sensors. Try to build some of the simple designs found online. This step will take some time for you and your team. Be patient and have fun!
- Develop a robot design using three wheels. The design should be a team effort. Think about what makes an object stable and speedy. Hint: An object that is speedy would most likely have the minimum number of LEGOs possible.
- Find an area where you can safely test your robot. It can be on a wood floor or on carpeting, but make sure it is readily available, because the location you select will be the test area for the rest of the project. Set the meterstick on the ground. Put a piece of masking tape on the floor at the top end of the meterstick. Move the meterstick down one length. Place another piece of masking tape at the bottom end of the meterstick. Remove the meterstick. This is the test course and the pieces of tape mark the start and end of the course. The test course should be approximately 2 meters (m) long.
- Use the Mindstorms software to put together a set of instructions to make the robot move straight.
- Place the robot at the starting line. Turn on the NXT and push the start button. Start timing how long it takes for the three-wheeled robot to make it to the end line. Record this time in your lab notebook.
- Repeat step 7 two additional times.
- Now use the Mindstorms software to put together a set of instructions to make the robot turn around.
- Use the meterstick to measure the turning radius of the robot. This is the radius of the smallest circular turn that the robot can make. Record the data in your lab notebook.
- Repeat step 10 two additional times.
- Now redesign the robot to have four wheels. Try to make small changes to the vehicle, enough to accommodate just the fourth wheel.
- Repeat steps 7–8 and test the new robot design on the same course that you used in step 5. Is there a difference in the time between the three-wheeled robot and the four-wheeled robot? Record all data in your lab notebook.
- Repeat steps 10–11 with the four-wheeled robot. Does one design have a better turning radius than the other? Is one design more stable than the other? Remember to record all data in your lab notebook.
- Plot your data on two scatter plots. For the first plot, label the x-axis Robot and the y-axis Speed. For the second plot, label the x-axis Robot and the y-axis Turning radius. If you need helping plotting your data, or would like to make your plots online, you can use the following website: https://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/CreateAGraph/default.aspx. Do you see any trends? Is there a design that is clearly better than the other?
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Robotics EngineerHave you watched "The Transformers" cartoon series or seen the "Transformers" movies? Both shows are about how good and evil robots fight each other and the humans who get in the middle. Many TV shows and movies show robots and humans interacting with each other. While this is, at present, fantasy, in real life robots play a helpful role. Robots do jobs that can be dangerous for humans. For example, some robots defuse landmines in war-stricken countries; others work in harsh environments like the bottom of the ocean and on the planet Mars. At the heart of every robot is a robotics engineer who thinks about what a robot needs to do and works with several engineering disciplines to design and put together the perfect piece of equipment. Read more
Electrical & Electronics EngineerJust as a potter forms clay, or a steel worker molds molten steel, electrical and electronics engineers gather and shape electricity and use it to make products that transmit power or transmit information. Electrical and electronics engineers may specialize in one of the millions of products that make or use electricity, like cell phones, electric motors, microwaves, medical instruments, airline navigation system, or handheld games. Read more
Mechanical EngineerMechanical engineers are part of your everyday life, designing the spoon you used to eat your breakfast, your breakfast's packaging, the flip-top cap on your toothpaste tube, the zipper on your jacket, the car, bike, or bus you took to school, the chair you sat in, the door handle you grasped and the hinges it opened on, and the ballpoint pen you used to take your test. Virtually every object that you see around you has passed through the hands of a mechanical engineer. Consequently, their skills are in demand to design millions of different products in almost every type of industry. Read more
Robotics TechnicianRobots are no longer futuristic machines. Robots are here and now and are used in manufacturing, health care, service industries, and military applications. They perform tasks that are repetitive and hazardous—things that humans don't want to do or are unsafe to do. But robots are still machines, which means they require humans to build, maintain, program, and keep them functioning efficiently. Robotics technicians work with robotics engineers to build and test robots. They are responsible for installing and maintaining robots and keeping them in working order for their employers. If you are interested in working with robots, your future is here and now. Read more
- Test your robot designs on several different surfaces (i.e. carpeting, concrete, wood, fine gravel). How is the stability of the robot affected by the surface?
- Can you modify your design to do another task, like pulling another object?
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Hong Kong (CNN) – College students in Hong Kong stood on campus for 27 hours to raise awareness of modern-day slavery, in a campaign that ended on Thursday.
The "Stand for Freedom" event, which was organized by students from the University of Hong Kong's International Christian Fellowship group, raised HK$10,000 (U.S.$1,300) for human rights agency International Justice Mission. The funds will help support victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression, according to Christina Chan, one of the event's organizers. Chan grew up in the U.S. and first learnt about modern-day slavery at a conference there last year.
"It just seemed so unacceptable that we teach so much about how bad slavery is, yet it happens so much more today and no one even knows about it," she said.
According to United Nations estimates, there are 27 million people worldwide who, through violence or threats, are forced into forms of slavery such as sexual exploitation, forced labor and armed conflict.
Hong Kong is a transit point for people from China and South East Asia who are trafficked for forced labor and prostitution, a 2012 report by the U.S. State Department found.
But the Chinese territory is also a recruitment center for traffickers, according to the report. Many women travel to Hong Kong voluntarily for legal employment in restaurants, bars and hotels but are coerced into prostitution under conditions of debt bondage when they arrive.
"A lot of people in Hong Kong are under the assumption that slavery is gone," said Alfie Ariwi, a volunteer who stood on campus from midnight until the early hours of Thursday morning.
"They walk through Wan Chai or Mong Kok and they think that these sex workers are free. They don't realize they have pimps and madams controlling them."
More than 50 students took turns to stand on campus, in shifts that lasted from two to eight hours. The students collected the money by selling homemade bracelets and baked goods, and taking donations from passersby.
I stand from FREEDOM too,..."NEVER AGAIN" ! should be motto of every single citizen of earth not just Holocaust survivors. We have GOD given right to be free and arm ourselves to the teeth for self-defense !!!
Hong Kong is one of the countries with the most Philippino maids hired as servants, some of them earning an extremely low wage, working tremendous long hours, with bad living conditions and accommodations (often in storage rooms or kitchen) and treated badly as much as a slave basically. So when does Hong Kong disbands such modern day slavery and prohibit the use of maids or servants?
There are ONLY two options for you Philippines:
1. stay home without job and watch your whole family starving to death.
2. do the maid job in HK to keep your family feeded and meanwhile increase your little government's GDP
Don't push your lucky!!!
You are obviously not educated for saying that. Go read a book and help yourself please!.
trust ?
Try to go India to protect their slavery caste system, you gonna get gang raped for sure.
Don't be afraid to look into the Lao Gai. Even if you face pressure not to from different arms of the Lao Gai supporters. Freedom takes courage. It takes more than holding a sign against things we all agree with (publicly). It takes the courage to look into the parts we don't all agree with. And call them what they are.
It's happening everywhere. Rising costs of living with no rising wages. It's mostly corporate America's fault because they're world wide these days. Low wages equal higher quarterly profits. History will repeat itself...
It's up to the government's of places to police themselves. That's their job. The existence of slavery in a territory is the fault of any government body that is involved or can do something about it but insn't. Corporations will sell based on profit, and cannot always use sound judgement. Even if corporations did care more about slavery, the slave drivers would just create a fake organization from which to indirectly supply corporations labor. Which they actually do many times. The governments of slave labor must stop it. It's a crime against all that is human, and no economic excuse should be acceptable!
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I do support the students
i do to ;0
ii support the students and we wach CNN every day at school
Modern day slavery exists everyhwere, even USA.
Let find a way to stop Hawaii mafia family operating for 40+ yeARS some few police might be covering for them to many years HOPE THE PEOPLE CAN GET TOGETHER TO CLOSE THEM ARREST.WE DON'T HAVE FREEDOM FROM MAFIA BLACKMAIL & drugs
I support the students, bravo
More than 50 students took turns to stand on campus
WE DON'T HAVE FREEDOM FROM MAFIA BLACKMAIL & drugs
Which they actually do many times
So when does Hong Kong disbands such modern day slavery and prohibit the use of maids or servants?
We have GOD given right to be free and arm ourselves to the teeth for self-defense
It takes more than holding a sign against things we all agree with (publicly)
with bad living conditions and accommodations
According to United Nations estimates, there are 27 million people worldwide who, through violence or threats
The students have taken their stand. I hope leaders are watching.
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When you take a look at the Air Jordan 2, you might see some similarities between it and the Air Force 1. No worries, you're not seeing things: Bruce Kilgore, designer of the iconic Air Force 1, also crafted the second model in the Air Jordan line that dropped in 1986 when MJ was just on the rise to basketball stardom.
This luxe Jumpman model takes a more fashion forward approach in comparison to its predecessor, the Air Jordan 1. Being made in Italy might have had some influence on that. Hence the faux lizard-skin on the upper and smooth flowing lines. This modern day retro keeps true to the original design while mixing in never-before-seen colors on this silhouette.
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