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DURHAM — The University of New Hampshire will build a $1.9 million Student-Athlete Center for Excellence at the Field House for its Division I and Northeast Passage student athletes.
Funded entirely on private donations, the center will support individual and team-based programs for personal growth, life skills, academic support, career planning, networking, and community service. Construction will begin in early summer 2014 with a targeted opening of late fall, according to a press release issued Tuesday afternoon by the university.
The center, which will occupy space on the second floor where the decommissioned squash courts are located, will support all students who strive to balance the challenges of representing UNH as students and as Division I athletes. It will enhance the university's ability to attract talented and dedicated student-athletes, provide them with the tools they need to succeed, give them access to mentoring and networking services, and assist them in finding internships, employment, and/or postgraduate opportunities.
"We've always had great academic support staff, but the facility — a tiny dark room in the basement — was not supportive of our goal to graduate every student-athlete," said Heather Barber, associate professor of kinesiology and the university's NCAA faculty athletic representative. "We want our student-athletes to achieve as much academically as they do athletically, and having all of the services in one area will be a huge benefit for these young people. At UNH we take pride in the fact that our students excel in balancing their academic pursuits with their athletic ambitions."
Barber noted that just recently 58 junior and senior student-athletes were inducted into an honor society for having a cumulative GPA above 3.5. In the America East Academic Cup, UNH finished second for the third time in the last four years by achieving a 3.18 cumulative grade point average. It is UNH's highest GPA in the 18-year history of the award.
"This center will help all of our athletes move in that direction," Barber said. "It will support our top students, but also the students who have to work very hard to meet our requirements. The services will all be in one area and will allow them to make academics a priority."
The center, which will include complete wireless Internet capability, will create a welcoming environment similar to the university's Dimond Library reading rooms where student-athletes will enjoy a comfortable, well-equipped and quiet study space staffed by advisers or tutors to assist them in optimizing their time. It will provide UNH Athletics with the functionality and programming space required to reach a greater number of student-athletes and make a difference in the development of the "whole person," according to the UNH press release. The center will include a functional resource room and quiet study space in addition to breakout rooms and team/group meeting space in the main reading room that can fit up to 72 individuals.
"The Student-Athlete Center for Excellence was identified as a major priority in our department's strategic plan," said Marty Scarano, athletic director at UNH. "Without the philanthropic support of a small, distinguished group of our most ardent supporters, this center would not have come to fruition. The continued generosity of our loyal and committed benefactors helps keep UNH nationally competitive."
A new elevator connecting a renovated first-level lobby near Lundholm Gymnasium to the second level of the Field House will make the center readily accessible for UNH student-athletes with disabilities as part of the UNH Athletics/Northeast Passage partnership.


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Wall coverings can have the biggest impact in a room's décor scheme, both in terms of design and, if you're not careful, your wallet. Fortunately, affordable new technologies and turnkey products are making it easier than ever to achieve professional, predictable results on a do-it-yourself cheap budget. Here are some popular and affordable options to consider for your wall-to-wall redo.
Your wall is your palette. Paint is one of the most affordable wall coverings of all, but make a wrong move with your color choice, and you can easily end up paying and working double to correct the offending hue. For great results the first time around, major paint brands have rolled out several tools that let you try before you buy, including on-line room visualizers, pre-coordinated color palettes, and, best of all, trial-size paint samples. Ranging anywhere from two to eight ounces in volume, these allow you to paint a generous area of color on a piece of scrap board or directly on the wall to literally see it in a different light. Various times of day reveal various combinations of direct sunlight, indirect sunlight and artificial light that can transform a color (or at least your perception of it), and large-scale swatches are the best way to ensure you'll enjoy living with your selection around the clock.
Good looks on paper. Always a favorite for its versatility, variety, and suitability for just about any room, wallpaper has only improved in terms of cost efficiency and application ease. Choose from cheap pre-pasted and easy-change varieties, go for texture, and complement with borders and other embellishments. And remember those full-wall murals? They're back in vogue again, and thanks to digital technologies, photographic vistas are all the more alluring and trompe l'oeil illustrations have the look of personally commissioned artwork. Just as with paint, it's easy to test your wallpaper design plan with large-scale product samples and visualizers, and illustrated step-by-step application instructions are only a click away.
On board for texture and architectural interest. Another great and affordable wall covering is wallboard, now available in a range of textures and patterns for floor-to-ceiling fashion. Far from the shallow-grain wood paneling of yore, today's options include stone and tile looks, leather, metal, and bead-board styles. High-moisture environments meet their match with special compositions like cellular PVC, and wood-look varieties can be painted or left as is depending on your color preference. Design with a wainscot or full-height scheme in mind, and install it all with just a few traditional tools. Your cheap wall covering scheme can also include specialty panels such as chalkboard or marker board for planning future projects.

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text: These soccer balls are exact replicas of the finale game balls, right on down to the specific design details that can be found on the ball. If you're looking for a durable, reliable ball that can help players replicated the feeling of playing the game at home, then the Top Training Series by Adidas is one of the best options to consider today. Each ball is guaranteed to pass FIFA tests for weight, circumference, rebound, and water absorption. It is the closest you can get in the entry-level categories for a soccer ball to the match ball experience.


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Getting to the Core of Common Core
Change is hard – not necessarily bad
By Dennis Van Roekel
January 7, 2013
As we get closer to Common Core State Standards implementation, some of the buzz is quickly turning to widespread anxiety. The most recent accusation: Common Core English standards will crowd literature out of the curriculum, replacing To Kill a Mockingbird with federal EPA pamphlets about insulation. Separating fact from fiction – like Common Core calls for the death of literature – has become the latest education pastime.
Change is hard. And a healthy dose of skepticism may be in order, especially when the stakes are so high. But as a general rule, doomsday scenarios rarely materialize.
NEA has been working to ensure educator input throughout the development and implementation of the standards. As an early partner of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, we provided support for common standards and opportunities for our members to provide specific feedback on the standards themselves. We believe this state-led initiative has the potential to provide teachers with manageable curriculum goals and more freedom to exercise professional judgment in planning and instruction.
Unlike too many education policy initiatives, teacher input was critical to developing CCSS. Its purpose is to provide a consistent, clear and concise understanding of what students are expected to learn, no matter where they live, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. Common Core is also designed to be much more rigorous than many states' current standards and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that young people need for success in college and careers.
CCSS offers a vivid, practical example of NEA's Leading the Professions initiative, a three-part plan to transform the teaching profession and accelerate student learning. Educators will have the opportunity to translate these broad standards into creative, relevant, and engaging class lessons that help students learn in new ways that truly prepare them for lifelong learning. This is not to downplay anyone wrestling with doubt about Common Core – states will struggle, some educators will chafe – but as long as we can accept this, and embrace the transition, educators and public education can come out ahead.
Core Knowledge's Robert Pondiscio posed an intriguing proposition worth pondering:
"All I want for Christmas is for Common Core critics, rather than retailing scare stories that CCSS will replace literature with readings of government reports on agriculture and insulation regulations in English class, to temper their criticism even a little bit with an acknowledgement that maybe a coherent, content-rich curriculum (which CCSS does not, cannot mandate but strongly recommends) might not be the worst thing to happen to our schools."
More Columns by Former NEA President Dennis Van Roekel


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OGUNQUIT, Maine — The Ogunquit Museum of American Art has raised a total of $21,000 to restore several outdoor wooden sculptures by Maine artist Bernard Langlais.
"This year the Art by the Sea auction raised $6,150 toward the restoration project of the Langlais sculptures," says OMAA Director Ron Crusan. "An additional $10,000 came from the Bernard Langlais Restoration Fund and the rest came from other fundraising initiatives to total $21,000. Work on restoring the sculpture will begin later this fall."
Langlais was born in Old Town, Maine in 1921. He attended the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC as well as the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and the Brooklyn Museum Art School in New York. After time spent abroad and in New York, he settled in Cushing, Maine. He died in 1977.
In the end, Langlais can be viewed as an independent, original artist who created a remarkable body of work out of a keen appreciation of the tenets of modern art, and a love of all creatures, great and small.
Current exhibitions include:
-- Portrait of an Art Colony, August 30-October 31, Long Gallery. Hal Carney's enigmatic portrait of Robert Laurent, Isabella Howland's caricatures of Henry Strater (entitled Henry Satyr), and John Laurent's Pony Cart by Bernard Karfiol, will be featured along with portraits by many art colony artists. Many of these have probably never been shown.
-- Carlo Pittore and the Mail Art Movement, September 6-October 31, Small Gallery. As a pioneer in the Mail Art Movement in the 1970s, Pittore contributed to over 1,000 exhibitions. Pittore was active in New York in the 1970s and '80s but eventually moved to Maine where he started the Union of Maine Visual Artists and upon his death in 2005, the Carlo Pittore Foundation for the Figurative Arts. OMAA was a recipient of one of Pittore's paintings from the foundation in 2009. The exhibition will feature mail art accumulated or made by Pittore over the past 3 decades.
-- Save the date for the 3rd annual Invitational Fine Art and Craft Sale on Friday, November 2nd and Saturday, November 3rd. Approximately thirty artists and craftspeople set up displays and sell their work in this not to be missed holiday kickoff sale.
For more information, check out www.ogunquitmuseum.org or call 207.646.4909.
OMAA fundraising will help restore Langlais sculptures
OGUNQUIT, Maine — The Ogunquit Museum of American Art has raised a total of $21,000 to restore several outdoor wooden sculptures by Maine artist Bernard Langlais.


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President's Office
Dianne F. Harrison is President of California State University, Northridge.
The primary responsibility for university governance rests with the president, who is assisted in that duty by the Faculty Senate and members of the President's Cabinet: the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Vice President of Administration and Finance, the Vice President of Student Affairs, the Vice President of University Advancement, the Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, the University Corporation Executive Director, and the President's Chief of Staff.
Dianne F. Harrison's Biography
Office of the President's Website
Academic Affairs
Mary Beth Walker is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Nearly all academic matters fall under the purview of the Provost.
Organized into nine colleges with more than 50 academic departments, the Academic Affairs Division also encompasses the University Library and six central administrative offices: Educational Opportunity Program, Academic Resources and Planning, Faculty Affairs, Research and Graduate Studies, Institutional Research, and Undergraduate Studies.
Mary Beth Walker's Biography
Academic Affairs Website
Student Affairs
William Watkins is Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, a division responsible for advancing student learning. The division has oversight of all issues involving student life at Northridge, among them records administration, student conduct and disciplinary procedures, student use of campus facilities, academic grievance and grade appeals.
Student Affairs' departments include: Associated Students, Inc.; Career Center, Financial Aid & Scholarships, National Center of Deafness, Residential Life, Student Development & International Programs, Student Health Center, Student with Disabilities Resources, Student Outreach and Recruitment Center, Testing Center, University Counseling Services and the University Student Union.
William Watkin's Biography
Student Affairs Website
Administration and Finance
Colin Donahue is the Vice President for Administration and Finance, which encompasses a wide range of campus departments providing infrastructure and support for CSUN.
They include: Public Safety/Police Department, Athletics, Budget Planning and Management, Human Resources, Physical Plant Management, Campus Accounting and Auditing Services, Equity and Diversity, Environmental Health and Safety, Facilities Planning, Parking and Transportation Services, Systems and Technology, Collection and Controller's Offices, Insurance and Risk Management and others.
Colin Donahue's Biography
Administration and Finance Website
Information Technology
Ranjit A. Philip is the Interim Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, leading the Information Technology (IT) division.
The Information Technology (IT) division is responsible for delivery of effective, secure, reliable technology infrastructure and technology services that enable, promote, and support CSUN students, faculty and staff to achieve their goals. IT is committed to offer leadership and support in the advancement of technology, working in a collaborative partnership with CSUN's schools, colleges, and administrative divisions.
Ranjit A. Philip Biography
Information Technology Website
University Advancement
Robert Gunsalus is the Vice President for University Advancement, a division responsible for enhancing the university's reputation; building its financial resources; and expanding its influence through strategic communications and the engagement of internal and external stakeholders.
University Advancement comprises the offices of Development, Alumni Relations, Government and Community Relations, Marketing and Communications, and Special Events. It also includes the California State University, Northridge Foundation.
Robert Gunsalus Biography
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In the event that someone in your organization does misuse privilege and causes harm (theft, damage or loss of data), you will have to immediately deal with the aftermath. In today's security conscious enterprise, there are three level of remediation to consider:
- Password Management: In this situation you have eliminated users maintaining their own credentials and facilitate the access to information technology (IT) resources through a web-based Shared Account Password Management (SAPM) solution. When the user desires access they go to a specific web screen which then logs the user into the requested resource based on some recognized stored policy. The good news here is that in the event someone misuse that resource, you have a record of who was using it at the time of the breach. This is the equivalent of know who did the damage but not what they did.
- Session Management: In this situation, you are building on Password Management with the addition of automatic logging of every event (or keystroke) to another server of what was done once someone is granted access to the resource. If harm does in occur in this situation then you not only know who did the harm but what they did, so you can "unwind" or fix what was done.
- Privilege Delegation: In this situation, you are delegating privileges (system authorizations) to specific users based on defined, centralized corporate policy. This builds on Session Logging and delivers all of the previous value but now limits the damage potentially done as it limits what authorizations are available based on policy. In effect you have prevented harm from being done and have a record of who attempted to do harm and what they attempted to do.


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Zinacantán Paz Pillow
Precio: Sold Out
Me llamo: Zinacantán Paz Pillow
Soy de: Zinacantán, Chiapas
Descripción: This playful, beautiful, one-of-a-kind pillow was first hand-woven from sturdy cotton thread on a backstrap loom, then hand-embroidered by a collective of women. The whimsical designs are inspired by the flora and fauna of the Chiapan highlands and the weavers' imaginations. The collective is led by two remarkable sisters; Xunka and Yoli. In addition to leading the embroidery collective, the sisters lead efforts for reforestation in Chiapas, sustainable farming, and child literacy. Comes with a hypo-allergenic non-feather insert.
Tamaño: 18" W X 18" L
Detalles: Wool/Cotton Mix; Hand Wash, line dry


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Emma Willis has opened up about her relationship with musician husband Matt - saying that the couple are not into romance.
The Voice host, 38, and the Busted singer, 30, married in July 2008 and now have two children together.
Emma told Cosmopolitan magazine: "I met Matt when he was in Busted. I was working at MTV and I'd see him wearing baggy jeans, waddling around like a duck so they didn't fall down.
"He used to wear make-up and have weird hairstyles. But I remember thinking underneath all that was a really cute guy.
"Nine years on, that fun has turned into a marriage and two kids, which is amazing because I never expected it for a second, and I don't think he did."
She told the magazine: "Matt and I have never been romantic - I find it all quite embarrassing myself. When he proposed, it was like, 'This is really weird!'."
She added: "We have date nights but we'll just go to a movie and have dinner - no candlelit suppers!"
Emma said that her family were there for Matt when, before they married, he went to rehab three times for help with alcohol and drugs.
"When Matt was at that point in his life, my parents were there for him too. He's like a son to them. My mum should have been a counsellor," the TV star said.


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Last week I received my June S.T.U.D. quilt from Karissajo. Isn't it beautiful?
The challenge was to make a quilt that uses texture. She wrote that she had the ocean in mind as she made this – so the pleats in the fabric suggest waves. It probably isn't clear from the picture but the sashing and border fabric is a nubbly linen with hand embroidered crosses to suggest sand.
It's just perfect. So beautiful in its own right. Karissajo couldn't have known this, but it also awakens memory. I live in Colorado now so it's all about the mountains, but I grew up in New Jersey.
I look at this little quilt and the week I spent at the Jersey shore with my best friend the summer before senior year rises in all its nostalgic glory. I hear the cacophony of hundreds of little tinny radios playing the latest hits ("Hold your head up, hold your head up, hold your head high") and it's right there, the smell of salt water and coconut oil – because who knew about skin cancer back then? We were on the bake! Sand pulls from beneath my feet as I stand at the water's farthest reach, a long, long horizon before me. Or night time on the pier, circling dizzily on a spinning disc as George Harrison sings, "Here comes the sun, do do do do, here comes the sun . . ."
My gosh, it was a gorgeous time, though we didn't realize, of course, how precious youth is and how deeply the moments we collected would embed themselves. How could I know then how it would strike me now so many decades later? Such a sweet and touching memory. As we strolled, Marcia and I, at the end of the pier where the rides and the booths clamored with noise and light, it was this wild sensory overload, but just a few steps down from all that and suddenly the clamor and noise fell behind us and the ocean was there, insistent, waves rolling, a lacy veil of white foam gleaming in the black and stars opening overhead. And so right to be there with the friend I treasured with a passion. Sweet memories, indeed.
And I, too, have a little quilt to send on its way. I can't show all of it yet since it doesn't go in the mail until later today, but here's a wee corner.
I love these little quilts that travel to me from elsewhere and come to stay. They are quilts that I wouldn't have made myself and they bring that newness of vision with them. And yet, they also speak to me and become mine, as art should.
Quilting, as always, opens doors. What a lucky day it was when I started that first quilt and fell in love.


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Henry Street Settlement opened its doors this past weekend for a festive open house and introduction to their new Director of Education, esteemed dancer and choreographer Robert La Fosse. La Fosse was a long time Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, as well as the New York City Ballet. In addition to his work in classical ballet, La Fosse starred in Broadway productions of Bob Fosse's Dancin' and Jerome Robbins' Broadway, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor.
He will helm a program that offers more than 100 classes a year and has an annual enrollment of more than 500 students. He also is charged with the direction of the Abrons Dance Ensemble and Urban Youth Theater, as well as the Abrons' extensive programs in New York City public schools. TLD Contributor Royal Young spoke with La Fosse at the open house.
A passionate piano player and full band were installed upstairs where golden afternoon sunlight poured in over drums, cello and violins. There was a silk screen station with Evelyn Donnelly offering free Abrons Arts Center shirts in multi-colored prints. Wine, juice and tea sandwiches were served.


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Amateur rider Sam Waley-Cohen is looking for Long Run to return to form when he tackles the Ivan Straker Memorial Chase (3.55) at Kelso today.
The 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup hero, owned by Waley-Cohen's father, Robert, who lives at Edgehill, near Banbury, faces three rivals headed by Knockara Beau in the Class 2 contest.
And Sam said: "Long Run seems very well, so we go there looking to have a good run round and hopefully see him bounce back to somewhere near the form he showed at the end of last season."
Aston Rowant trainer Alan Hill runs Harbour Court after all in the CGA Foxhunter Trial Open Hunters' Chase (4.25).
He said: "This is his Cheltenham prep. We keep losing point-to-points and I felt this was a good opportunity to get a run into him on some decent ground."


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Dropbox is great way to keep your files in sync or have a backup. Google Drive is out and perhaps you are planning to switch sides. Most surely you wouldn't be willing to let go of your "hard earned" storage with Dropbox referrals. If you are looking for an alternative use for Dropbox, try using it as a private web gallery for your photos. Wondering how? Well you can always create a public(or selectively shared) folder and put some designed web pages in it and create a website to show off those images. Well if you find the task daunting, Openphoto will do all the hard work for you. All you need to do is use your Dropbox or Amazon S3 account to sign up.
Sign up for Openphoto by entering your email, opting for a unique URL and granting permission to your Dropbox or Amazon S3 storage. Once you are into it, go to the upload page and upload some of your favorite snaps. You can just drag and drop files to upload them. The upload is powered by Plupload a file uploading service. As the files are listed hit the "Start uploading" to initiate uploading.
Use the Menu at top left corner to go to the gallery or manage photos. You can create groups to add people to share photos with, which is good for creating a private network for buddies. You can also edit uploaded photos to share them with group or add tags to them for better chances of finding them.
Sadly uploading via the Dropbox desktop client is not possible which means if you add an image to the OpenPhoto folder within the Apps folder in Dropbox will not add it to your gallery. Also you cannot use Dropbox and Amazon S3 storage at the same time. The app is somewhat similar to Lightbox only Lightbox can be handled with both mobile and web interface. An app for iOS and Android for Openphoto is wanting in and would have been better to get users more willing to join.
However the network being closed, lets you create a more private page for people you choose to share with. Also the core concept behind this app is to create a social experience without letting others control your data. Your data stays with you and you have sole ownership of the photos on Dropbox(or Amazon S3) and you can take them down anytime you choose. The idea deserves credit in an age where almost every other social network is more concerned about feeding off your data or information you generate. Photo sharing being the latest startup trend, and privacy a major concern, the idea might work for people who want a network for sharing their images without the notion of being chewed for the last bit of data. I just loved it for the second choice alone. Take a look at my album if you wanna get started with how it looks.


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ACETAZOLAMIDE (a set a ZOLE a mide) is used to treat glaucoma and some seizure disorders. It may be used to treat edema or swelling from heart failure or from other medicines.
This medicine is for injection into a vein. It is usually given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.
If you get this medicine at home, you will be taught how to prepare and give this medicine. Use exactly as directed. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
It is important that you put your used needles and syringes in a special sharps container. Do not put them in a trash can. If you do not have a sharps container, call your pharmacist or healthcare provider to get one.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue
black tarry stools
breathing problems
confusion, depression
dark urine
numbness, tingling in feet or hands
redness, blistering, peeling or loosening of the skin, including inside the mouth
ringing in the ears
unusually weak or tired
yellowing of eyes, skin
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
change in taste
loss of appetite
nausea, vomiting
passing urine more often
Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications:
This medicine may also interact with the following medications:
aspirin and aspirin-like medicines
medicine for diabetes
other diuretics
sodium bicarbonate
stimulant medicines like dextroamphetamine
If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, use only that dose. Do not use double or extra doses.
Keep out of the reach of children.
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Visit your doctor for regular check ups. You will need blood work done regularly. If you are diabetic, check your blood sugar as directed.
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The online television collaboration Project Kangaroo will be trialled in January, despite the Competition Commission judgement hanging over the scheme like the Sword of Damocles.
Kangaroo is a project involving BBC, ITV and Channel 4 to make their programmes available worldwide on demand over the internet.
The internet television model is becoming increasingly popular – with the BBC iPlayer and BSkyB's Sky Player showing that there is a desire for online television.
The joint project will apparently go into Alpha testing in December and move into the Beta public trial phase in January.
This is despite the continued wait for a judgement by the Competition Commission which will decide if the broadcasters' collaboration breaks its rules on coalitions. A judgement is expected by the end of November.
"As shareholders, we [all] have chosen to continue investing and developing the site so that if we get approval we can launch as soon as possible," said Ben McOwen Wilson, the Director of ITV Online and Project Kangaroo board member.
"We aim to launch a limited closed trial in the new year."
If the go-ahead is given, Project Kangaroo members will have to attain permission from the boards and the BBC Trust before launching, possibly as early as March.


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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his ministers to cut off contact with their Palestinian counterparts, the latest in a series of troubles plaguing floundering US-brokered peace talks.
The move is retaliation for a Palestinian bid to join United Nations agencies, which an official said was a violation of the Palestinians' commitment in the peace talks. The Palestinians dismissed the Israeli move, saying both sides rarely meet now as it is.
Under the peace talks' terms, Israel promised to release 104 long-held Palestinian prisoners in four groups. At the same time, the Palestinians said they would suspend a campaign to sign up Palestine, recognised by the UN General Assembly as a non-member observer state, for as many as 63 UN agencies, treaties and conventions.
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas signed letters of accession for 15 international conventions after Israel last week failed to release the fourth group of prisoners and renewed a push to build homes in an Israeli settlement in east Jerusalem - the area of the holy city sought by the Palestinians for their future capital. Israel then called off the final prisoner release.
Under Mr Netanyahu's order, Israeli cabinet ministers and their ministry directors can no longer meet Palestinian counterparts, though lower-level contacts will continue, said the official.
Israel's chief peace negotiator, Tzipi Livni, would be exempt from Mr Netanyahu's order, the official said, suggesting the actual impact of the order on the talks would be minimal.
High-level contacts between top Israeli and Palestinian officials are already rare, Palestinian government spokesman Ihab Bsaiso said.
"This won't affect our daily life or government business," Mr Bsaiso said.
Mr Bsaiso did express concern that Israeli tax transfers to the Palestinians could be disrupted. Under interim peace accords, Israel collects taxes on behalf of the Palestinians and then transfers the funds each month. The exact sum of the money, roughly 100 million dollars, is set in talks between senior finance officials.
Without this money, the Palestinian Authority would have a difficult time paying the salaries of its tens of thousands of employees. Israel's finance ministry did not immediately reply to requests for comment.
Mr Netanyahu's order is the latest step by Israel to sanction the Palestinians for their UN bid. Israel has also prevented Palestinian mobile phone company Wataniya from transferring equipment to Gaza.
In the past week, the US has been trying to salvage the peace talks, brokering a series of meetings between the two sides.
US secretary of state John Kerry, who has been leading the effort, appeared to single out Israel for the faltering talks on Tuesday, saying Israel refused to release prisoners as promised and advanced plans to build new settlements.
"And, poof, that was sort of the moment," Mr Kerry said. "We find ourselves where we are."


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I'm getting a bit better at updating my website…probably because I have more to update. Specifically, I've put up some new work on the publications page. There, you will find:
- The chapter on celebrity humanitarianism I wrote with Ami Shah and Bruce Hall
- The refereed journal article on gender and adaptation
- A whole raft of other publications of mine
On the preprints page, I have two new pieces up:
- A piece, now in review at Applied Geography, on how to apply the framework I laid out in my work on Livelihoods as Intimate Government.
- A chapter I wrote about livelihoods and political ecology for an edited handbook of political ecology (incidentally, the handbook is going to be amazing – it was an honor to be included among this set of authors).
Also be sure to check out the HURDL website. We've got new pubs up, and the last member of the lab (Bob Greeley) finally has a bio up!


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The Monell Center is located in the University City section of West Philadelphia, close to the University City Science Center and the campuses of the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University.
Monell is easy to reach by public or private transportation.
Public Transportation
Septa's Market-Frankford Subway (34th Street exit) and Subway-Surface Lines (33rd Street exit; 36th Street for the #10) have stops within 1-1/2 blocks of the Center.
Monell is located five blocks from Philadelphia's 30th Street Station, which serves both Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines and Septa's Regional Rail commuter trains. It is an easy 10-minute walk (head west on Market Street) or 5-minute cab ride from 30th Street to Monell.
Philadelphia International Airport is served by major domestic and international carriers. A cab ride from the airport to Monell takes approximately 20 minutes.
Click on the link under the map at left to obtain detailed driving directions.
Parking is conveniently located on the street (meters) and at nearby public garages:
- Sheraton Parking Garage at 36th & Chestnut Streets (entrance on 36th Street)
- University of Pennsylvania Public Parking Garage at 34th & Ludlow Streets (entrance on 34th Street, between Market and Chestnut)
The University City Sheraton and The Inn at Penn each is within a five-minute walk of the Center.
Monell Chemical Senses Center
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Jim Palmer's Earl Weaver memories are mostly fond
- Palmer pitched in four World Series with Weaver at the helm of the Orioles
- Weaver never got close to his players because he respected the difference between player and manager
- Baltimore loved Weaver because it was a blue-collar town and he was a gritty manager
Earl Weaver had been retired for less than a week when Jim Palmer realized, "Wow, this guy could have been my friend."
Palmer was one of the string of Hall of Famers who played for Hall of Fame manager Weaver, who died Saturday at 82 while on a Baltimore Orioles-themed cruise – an Oriole to the very end.
"He was part of a great franchise," Palmer told USA TODAY Sports. "We had a special group and Earl was our leader. He wasn't a warm and fuzzy guy, but Earl got us to those World Series."
They won the World Series in 1970, reached it three other times and won six division titles under Weaver. It was Palmer and Brooks Robinson and Frank Robinson – and later Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr. – who played for a manager as iconic in Baltimore as any of those players.
"Baltimore was a blue-collar town," Palmer said of Weaver's 1968-82 tenure (he would come out of retirement in 1985-86). "People could relate to Earl."
If blue collar means tough and battling every step of the way, that was what folks saw in the feisty Weaver.
"I've seen a lot of Broadway shows in my time, but I never saw a better show than Earl with an umpire," Palmer said of the often-combative man whose 94 ejections are an American League record. "Some people wondered if that was staged. I don't think so. I think he got lost in the moment."
Weaver admitted that he wasn't close to his players – "I don't know if I said 10 words to Frank Robinson when he played for me," Weaver once said of the star outfielder who was on his roster four seasons.
But he and Palmer spoke often enough to have what Palmer described, with a laugh, as "a love-hate relationship."
Palmer is happy he got to share time with Weaver after their major-league careers, right up to last summer when both had statues unveiled at Camden Yards in separate ceremonies.
"Last summer was kind of like a farewell tour for him," Palmer said. "We knew his health was starting to fail."
They were able to joke about their relationship once they were out of uniform, and even shared a broadcast booth for ABC. That's when things began to change.
They were together to broadcast the 1982 AL Championship Series only because Palmer lost the last game of the season – a head-to-head showdown against Milwaukee for the AL East title. That put the Brewers in the playoffs, Weaver into the retirement he had already announced, and Palmer and Weaver on TV.
"After one of the games, I was going out to dinner with Dennis Lewin, our producer," Palmer said. "He asked Earl if he wanted to come along and Earl asked me if it was OK. A year earlier – six days earlier – he wouldn't have done that. He was retired. The line was gone.
"I thought, 'Wow, this guy could have been my friend,' " Palmer said. "He chose not to."
That's how Weaver kept his distance, remained in charge.
"When you're going through it, it's hard to grasp it," Palmer said. "But I know for certain he made me a better pitcher. His expectation level was so high. If I gave him eight innings, he wanted nine. If I gave him 325 innings, he wanted 350."
When Weaver came to the mound, the exchanges became part of Orioles' lore.
"One day, he came to mound when I'm in trouble in an inning after Mark Belanger, who was as good a shortstop as there was, made an error and Boog Powell lost a ball in the sun," Palmer said. "He says to me, 'Are you trying?'
"I said, 'That's it, Earl?' Why don't you say that to your 280-pound first baseman who lost a ball in the sun and watch him plant you in the ground?' "
But Weaver was good for his pitchers, Palmer insists. He wanted them to go deep into games. He wanted a four-man rotation.
"He told you where you stand," Palmer said. "But he also told you what your job description was and then he trusted you. He'd come out to the mound and say, 'Don't be looking out in the bullpen. There's nobody better out there.' "
Palmer has spent the past couple of days remembering the moments, retelling the stories. His bottom line?
"They broke the mold after Earl."


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An exciting frontier in physics is to understand the quantum nature of gravitation in finite regions of spacetime. Study of these regions from ``below'', that is, by studying the quantum geometry of finite regions emerging from loop gravity and spin networks has recently resulted in a new road to the quantization of volume and to evidence that there is a robust gap in the volume spectrum. In this talk I will complement these results with recent work on conformal field theories in a particular finite region, a spherical ball of space. This new view afforded from ``above" gives insights into entanglement and the Reeh-Schlieder theorem, allows calculation of the entanglement spectrum, and suggests a new route to constructing the Minkowski vacuum out of independent finite regions in quantum gravity.


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Steinway & Sons has collaborated with some of the most notable artists and designers of our time to create a special series of Steinways that reimagine what uncompromised expression looks like. Custom-built at our Steinway & Sons New York and Hamburg factories, our limited editions combine classic Steinway craftsmanship with inspired and expressive designs — making each Limited Edition Steinway both a majestic musical instrument and a completely unique work of art.
To celebrate Steinway's 165th year, steinway is pleased to offer the 165th Anniversary Limited Edition Series. Limited to 165 instruments — one for each year in Steinway's history — this special design features a unique blend of rich sapele mahogany coupled with the Steinway classic ebony finishes.Learn More on steinway.com
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2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 2WD
Grand Cherokee
Limited 2WD
City 13 / Hwy 15 Estimated By E.P.A. - Actual Mileage May Vary
Retail Price: $13,640
Savings: $1,659
Internet Price: $11,981
Dealership Information
Southern Roads Auto
1746 Ga-138
Monroe, GA 30655
The Jeep Grand Cherokee offers superior off-road capability comparable to that of the upscale Land Rover LR3. This makes the Grand Cherokee a fine choice for families who venture off-road or vacation in the mountains or other remote areas.
Visit Southern Roads Auto online at southernroadsauto.com to see more pictures of this vehicle or call us at 770-267-0770 today to schedule your test drive.
Its edgy and angular lines make it instantly recognizable as a Jeep. Inside, the atmosphere is light, comfortable, and enveloping, with lots of seat adjustments, and excellent outward vision around relatively slim windshield posts.
With nearly 70 cubic feet of cargo space, the Grand Cherokee is useful for hauling whatever a family may need.
A wide range of engines is available. The 5.7-liter Hemi V8 is updated for 2010, increasing from 330 to 357 horsepower. The Hemi is particularly good for towing or driving at higher elevations. The high-performance SRT8 model has a 420-horsepower 6.1-liter Hemi V8 and can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than 5 seconds. The smaller, 4.7-liter overhead-cam V8 works quite well and it can run on gasoline or up to 85 percent ethanol.
The Grand Cherokee also offers a Mercedes-Benz 3.0-liter common-rail turbo-diesel (CRD) V6, allowing it to tow up to 7,400 pounds (with proper equipment) and range 425 miles between fill-ups. The diesel engine makes it frugal for an SUV of its size.
Grand Cherokee was last redesigned for the 2005 model year. The current Grand Cherokee offers better handling than that of pre-2005 models, leaning less in corners. It rides better on all surfaces and its turning radius is tighter.
Four-wheel-drive models have hill-start assist and hill-descent control. Hill-start assist holds the brakes on a hill to allow smooth launches. Hill-descent control uses the ABS to control the rate of speed when driving down steep hills.
A trailer sway control system is available that applies braking pressure to individual wheels to help stabilize trailers during towing.
Also new for 2010 is tire-pressure monitoring and fuel saver notification displays in the instrument panel, an available 9-inch rear DVD entertainment screen in place of an 8-inch screen, and an available iPod interface.
Model Lineup
The 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee is offered in four trim levels.
The Grand Cherokee Laredo ($30,150) comes with a 210-hp, 3.7-liter V6 and a five-speed automatic transmission. Air conditioning is standard, along with cloth upholstery, cruise control, power windows, power heated mirrors, power locks with remote keyless entry, eight-way power driver's seat with lumbar adjustment, tilt/telescoping steering wheel with audio controls, AM/FM/CD audio with auxiliary input jack, Sirius satellite radio, driver information center, 60/40 split folding rear seat, engine immobilizer, water-resistant storage compartment, roof rack and P245/65R17 tires with alloy wheels. Leather seats are available in an option package with much of the equipment from the Limited model.
Laredo 4WD ($32,120) features Quadra-Trac I full-time four-wheel drive and a full-size spare tire. Quadra-Drive II full-time active 4WD is optional ($795) with either engine. Quadra-Drive II adds low-range gearing, hill ascent and descent control, a special axle ratio, and front, center, and rear limited-slip differentials. It also comes with skid plates and front tow hooks. The Laredo can be ordered with the 4.7-liter V8 ($930). If this engine is chosen with AWD, the price is $1730 and it also comes with Quadra-Trac II, which includes low-range gearing. Buyers can also opt for the 3.0-liter turbo-diesel V6 ($2760 with 2WD, $3560 with 4WD).
Grand Cherokee Limited ($36,920) comes with leather upholstery; heated first- and second-row seats; rear obstacle detection; rear backup camera; dual-zone automatic climate control; sunroof; Boston Acoustics six-speaker, 276-watt AM/FM/CD stereo with MP3 capability; power adjustable pedals; four-way power passenger seat; leather-wrapped steering wheel; memory function for the seats, pedals and mirrors; automatic, self-dimming headlamps; rain-sensing automatic wipers; auto-dimming exterior and rearview mirrors; HomeLink universal garage door opener; an upgraded tire-pressure monitor that displays the status of individual tires; fog lights; remote engine starting; and a 115-volt power outlet. The Limited also comes with Jeep's UConnect GPS and UConnect Phone. UConnect GPS includes a navigation system with voice recognition and real-time traffic, a 6.5-inch touch-screen, an iPod adapter and a 30-gigabyte hard drive to hold music and picture files, as well as navigation map information. UConnect Phone provides a wireless cell phone link. Limited 4WD ($39,010) gets all that plus hill start assist, hill descent control, and Quadra-Trac II with low-range gearing. Quadra-Drive II is an option.
The 4.7-liter V8 is optional for both 2WD ($930) and 4WD ($1580) Limiteds. The 5.7-liter Hemi V8 is optional ($1750) for both 2WD and 4WD Limiteds, and the 3.0-liter turbo-diesel V6 is optional for both 2WD ($2760) and 4WD ($3560) models. Other options consist of a rear DVD entertainment system with Sirius BackSeat TV ($1720), chrome 18-inch wheels ($995), Class II and IV trailer hitches ($280-$430), and high-intensity discharge headlamps with auto leveling ($500). Sirius Backseat TV includes three child-oriented channels: Cartoon Network, Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.
Grand Cherokee Overland ($41,110) comes with the 5.7-liter Hemi V8, and adds a wood-and-leather steering wheel, real wood accents on the doors and console, two-tone leather and ultra-suede seats embroidered with the Overland logo, a leather-covered console and armrest, the high-intensity discharge headlamps with auto leveling, a Class IV trailer hitch, and chromed 18-inch aluminum wheels with P245/50R18 tires. Platinum accents highlight the exterior. Overland 4WD ($44,545) adds Quadra-Drive II. The 3.0-liter diesel engine is optional for 2WD and 4WD Overland models ($1010).
Grand Cherokee SRT8 ($42,665) comes with a 6.1-liter Hemi rated at 420 horsepower, a lowered suspension, performance brakes, its own electronic all-wheel-drive system, and P244/45R20 front and P285/40R20 rear run-flat tires. Distinctive bumper fascias and 20-inch wheels make SRT8 instantly identifiable. Inside, the SRT8 adds to Laredo trim with leather and suede sport seats, special trim, a four-way power front passenger seat, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, a Boston Acoustics sound system with six-disc CD changer, and a universal garage door opener. Also standard are auto-dimming rearview and exterior mirrors and automatic headlights. Options can bring an SRT8 nearly up to the Overland level of comfort and convenience.
Safety features that come on all models include front air bags with four levels of deployment, head-protecting side curtain air bags with rollover deployment, LATCH-style car-seat anchors in the rear seats, traction control, an electronic stability program (ESP) with roll mitigation, four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes (ABS) with brake assist, and a tire-pressure monitor. Also available are rear obstacle detection, a rear backup camera, hill descent control, hill start assist, and trailer sway control.
Last redesigned for 2005, the Grand Cherokee looks square-edged but modern, with a fashionably high waistline and small side windows. The shape of the body is designed to protect the sides of the vehicle from potential road debris.
While conventional SUVs, such as the Dodge Durango, are built on a separate frame like a truck, the Grand Cherokee uses an unusual construction scheme Jeep calls Uniframe, a close marriage of a welded steel unit-body and underlying front and rear frame modules. This is an extremely sturdy and rigid concept developed back in Jeep's days with unit-body pioneer American Motors. The Grand Cherokee has earned a five-star safety rating in both front and side impact tests from the federal government.
Limited models present a flashier appearance than Laredos, with a chromed grille, bright inserts in the bumpers, and accent-color bodyside molding.
The Overland is distinguished by mesh-texture grille inserts between its traditional vertical grille bars, which are Platinum in finish; Platinum accents also appear on the bumpers, side moldings, roof-rack side rails, liftgate light bar, and mirrors. The wheels are chromed, and the front sill guards are brushed stainless.
Jeep reached deep into its heritage for the Overland name. First built in 1903, the Overland automobile was the earliest ancestor of the Willys. Willys played an instrumental role in the development and production of the World War II-era Jeep, but was also the first automaker to seriously envision a civilian market for a military-style utility vehicle. The Willys Jeep debuted in 1946 and had its name shortened to just-plain Jeep in the early 1960s. Although the Jeep brand has passed through several owners since then, its lineage remains unbroken.
The SRT8 has a monochrome look all its own, relieved by bright trim at the belt level and bodyside and accented by enormous five-spoke, 20-inch forged aluminum wheels. Functional air ducts in its more buff front bumper fascia improve brake cooling. The rear bumper is cut out to accommodate dual four-inch exhaust tips, and the extended side sills are claimed to enhance downforce. SRT8 is available only in Bright Silver, Brilliant Black or Inferno Red.
Interior Features
The seats are large and cushy (in all trim levels except SRT8). In Laredo models, they are upholstered in cloth with leather as a package option, while Limited seats are two-tone leather with perforated inserts. In Overland, the seats are upholstered in saddle-perforated high-contrast two-tone Ultrasuede, featuring accent piping and embroidered Overland logos. Overland also features real wood trim on the steering wheel, instrument panel, door panels, and gear selector. The center armrest is leather-upholstered, and unique colors are employed in the instrument cluster.
The SRT8 goes for the high-tech racer look with deeply contoured sport seats, and lots of faux carbon fiber and aluminum trim. Unique blue-accented gauges include a 180-mph speedometer plus oil pressure and oil temperature readouts in the center stack. The sport seats offer lots of support, with deep side bolsters, but drivers with larger frames may find them too narrow.
Overall, the Grand Cherokee cabin is nice, though not as posh as you might expect at its price point.
The instrument panel on all models is a cohesive design with a nice combination of shiny plated parts, matte-finish parts, and a first-rate layout. In all Grand Cherokees, the two-tone, dark-over-light theme set by the instrument panel flows into the door trim. The instrument panel and dashboard are made of plastic that, while sturdy, is not up to snuff for the Overland's luxury-level pricing.
The available navigation system integrates the audio system and other functions, and it includes a 30-gigabyte hard drive that holds songs, pictures and the navigation information. It can hold thousands of songs, and you can program it to display your own digital pictures. The screen has a nice display, generates crisp maps, and does a good job of directing you to your destination, both visually and audibly. It isn't as easy to program as similar systems from Acura and Lexus, however. There's a separate Enter button, which can be annoying because intuition suggests pressing the toggle switch down. The daytime setting is so bright at night as to be distracting.
Similarly, all Chrysler products, including Jeeps, use a separate Set button for pre-setting radio stations, which seems unnecessarily difficult. Setting these on most radios is just a matter of holding down the desired preset.
The rear DVD entertainment system comes with Sirius Backseat TV and, for 2009, a nine-inch screen instead of an eight-inch screen. The TV system requires a monthly subscription for its three channels: Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, and Nickelodeon. We tried it and found the reception to be good. With Sirius Backseat TV, if you forget the DVDs, you can still keep the kids entertained.
One area of concern for family shoppers is rear seating. Despite its midsize SUV dimensions, the Grand Cherokee's rear seat lacks the leg room to make rear adult occupants comfortable, especially if taller passengers are riding up front. Such an issue might be a deal breaker for customers who regularly carry adult-size passengers.
The cargo area, on the other hand, is quite useful, though also smaller than that of rivals such as the Ford Explorer, Nissan Pathfinder and Toyota 4Runner. It features a reversible load floor panel that flips over on itself to create a shallow container, for more versatility in the rear storage compartment. The second-row seats fold down for a total of 67.4 cubic feet of cargo space, but they don't fold flat for optimal utility. By comparison, none of those aforementioned competitors have less than 75 cubic feet of cargo space.
Driving Impressions
The Jeep Grand Cherokee combines mountain-goat agility in rugged terrain with stable and responsive handling on the paved roads where most buyers will spend most of their time.
The Laredo and Limited come standard with Chrysler's 3.7-liter V6, borrowed from its sister trucks, the Jeep Liberty and Dodge Ram, with its own five-speed overdrive automatic transmission. The single overhead cam V6 produces 210 horsepower and gets an EPA-rated 15/20 mpg City/Highway with four-wheel drive and 16/21 with rear-wheel drive, not much better than the V8s. The V6 is capable of towing 3500 pounds, but it's overmatched in the Grand Cherokee, and doesn't provide willing passing power.
The 4.7-liter V8, on the other hand, works really well in the Grand Cherokee. This modern, overhead-cam engine is smooth and powerful for around-town and highway driving. It has a broad torque band, a lovely sound, and electronic throttle control (drive-by-wire) that's easy to use and precise in tricky downhill off-road situations. If you don't live in the mountains, this engine might be your best choice. The 4.7-liter V8 produces 305 horsepower at 5650 rpm and 334 pound-feet of torque at 3950 rpm. It's EPA-rated at 14/19 mpg with rear- or four-wheel drive. It's also flex-fuel capable, meaning it can run on gasoline or up to 85 percent ethanol (E85). And it can tow up to 6500 pounds.
The 5.7-liter Hemi V8 is also a thoroughly modern engine, featuring twin spark plugs, direct ignition, and electronic throttle control, though it is a pushrod-overhead-valve design. The Hemi is upgraded for 2010. It now produces 357 horsepower (up from 330) at 5200 rpm, and torque is up from 375 to 389 pound-feet at 4350 rpm. Fuel economy is an EPA-rated 13/19 mpg with rear drive and 13/18 mpg with four-wheel drive. Note that the Hemi delivers much stronger torque yet matches the fuel economy of the 4.7-liter. Torque is that force that propels you from intersections and helps you tow trailers up long grades, and it can really feel it with the Hemi. With the 2009 changes, the Hemi is stronger than ever, giving the Grand Cherokee head-snapping low-end thrust and power that keeps on pulling.
The Hemi's highway fuel economy rating is aided by Jeep's Multi-Displacement System, which shuts down four of the engine's eight cylinders whenever it detects a steady-state cruise condition and then reactivates them on demand. The Hemi also has a Fuel Saver Mode display that informs drivers when four cylinders have been shut down.
The 4.7- and 5.7-liter V8 engines use a heavy-duty five-speed automatic transmission with a direct fourth gear for towing. Both this transmission and the five-speed automatic that's mated to the V6 feature a manual shift gate.
The 3.0-liter common-rail turbo-diesel (CRD) V6, engineered by Mercedes-Benz, produces 215 horsepower at 3400 rpm and 375 pound-feet of torque at 1600 rpm. That's as much torque as the Hemi, at half the engine speed. Towing capacity also matches the Hemi, at 7400 pounds (with 2WD); while EPA fuel economy of 18/23 mpg with rear-wheel drive (17/22 mpg with four-wheel drive) yields a driving range of more than 400 miles on one tank of fuel. Clean-diesel technology reduces carbon-dioxide emissions by 20 percent, but the diesel is not clean enough to be sold in Maine, New York, Vermont, Connecticut or California.
On the road, the diesel is considerably rougher and noisier than either V8. That's surprising because most modern diesels are smoother. We did observe about 23 mpg in 300 miles of mostly highway driving, though, which is impressive for a midsize SUV.
The Grand Cherokee offers a nicer ride and better cornering than any other Jeep in history. We don't recommend flinging 4500-pound SUVs into corners, but the Grand Cherokee is competent in this sort of socially unacceptable behavior because it's easy to drive and rewarding within the limits of its tires. There seems to be a flatfooted, stable attitude with this Jeep, similar to that of the car-based crossover SUVs recently introduced (in fact, it's better than some). The steering is reasonably quick, accurate, and nicely weighted. A tight, 37.1-foot turning circle provides advantages off-road as well as in crowded parking lots or when making a U-turn. Still, the Grand Cherokee feels more like a truck than the typical crossover SUV.
Three different four-wheel-drive systems come with confusing names and complicated mechanical differences. The base-level system that comes with the V6 is called Quadra-Trac I, a single-speed, full-time four-wheel-drive that uses electronic clutches in the center differential to pass torque out to the front or rear wheels as needed for best traction. It works full time, so there are no switches, no buttons, and no handles to operate. It does not offer a low-range set of gear ratios.
The more flexible Quadra-Trac II (standard with the 4.7-liter V8) also uses electronic clutches in the center differential to distribute torque in High range, but adds a locking Low range. Both systems are slightly rear biased, with 52 percent of the torque normally going to the rear tires and 48 percent to the front.
Quadra-Drive II, Jeep's most sophisticated system, uses electronic limited-slip differentials (ELSD) at the front, center, and rear. ELSD replaces the Vari-Lock progressive axles in the Quadra-Drive system, with quicker response to changing conditions and greater torque capacity.
The SRT8 flat out flies, and it sounds terrific, too. Jeep claims it can thunder from 0 to 60 mph in less than 5 seconds, which is even faster than the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger SRT8s. Like those cars, the Jeep comes with a 6.1-liter Hemi V8. It is rated at 420 horsepower at 6200 rpm and 420 pound-feet at 4800 rpm in the Grand Cherokee, five horsepower less than in the Charger and 300. We loved the sound and found ourselves accelerating harder than necessary just to hear it. Throttle tip-in seems overly sensitive at times, causing us to leap off the line more abruptly than desired. At other times, it seemed slow on the uptake, but eventually we recalibrated our feet to enable smooth takeoffs from intersections. The throttle tip-in characteristics make the SRT8 less attractive as a commuter vehicle in stop-and-go traffic.
The SRT8 Hemi V8 features a higher compression ratio (10.3:1 vs. 9.6:1), a more aggressive cam, and higher-flow cylinder heads when compared with the standard Hemi. It's mated to its own super-duty five-speed automatic transmission and four-wheel-drive transfer case. The latter is a special unit put together from existing Jeep parts to optimize durability while minimizing weight. In normal conditions, it directs only five to 10 percent of the power to the front wheels, but it can redirect as much as needed to the front wheels to maintain traction. The rear axle is a Dana 44 with a tougher-than-standard ring gear and housing. Despite the high-performance parts, the SRT8 is rated to tow just 3,500 pounds, so think twice about ordering the fast one to pull your bass boat.
The SRT8 rides an inch lower than a standard Grand Cherokee, on specially tuned springs, shocks, bushings, and anti-roll bars. The ride is quite firm but not punishing. The steering geometry is altered for its high-performance mission. Forged 20-inch wheels come shod with Goodyear W-rated four-season tires with run-flat capability. Tire dimensions are P255/45/20 in the front, and a massive P285/40/20 in the rear. The brakes are upgraded with four-piston Brembo calipers (painted gloss red, as a decorative performance element that shows through the wheels) that clamp down on 14.2-inch vented rotors up front and 13.8-inch vented rotors in the rear. Jeep claims it can stop from 60 mph in less than 125 feet. We found the brakes effective, smooth and easy to modulate.
The SRT8's ride is quite firm and the steering is direct and very responsive. This is what you want when making time on back roads or blazing down a lonely highway at high speeds. It makes for tight handling, good transient response and high-speed stability. We're not sure we'd want it for everyday driving, however. The SRT8 was too jouncy for our tastes on rippled freeways in Los Angeles. It does a good job of filtering out roughness, but dips and other undulations make for uncomfortable cruising. And the steering is a bit darty for casual driving. But many drivers love it.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee is an icon among sport utility vehicles and this latest-generation version is far better than older models. It looks wonderful. It's powerful and quiet at the same time. It offers good space efficiency and comes loaded with standard and optional features. The Grand Cherokee is a great choice for those who want to tow, go off-road, or both. And if fuel economy is your goal, the available diesel has it without sacrificing power. Families may want a vehicle with more seat room, and if you don't plan on going off road, you might not want to pay the Grand Cherokee's price premium.
Visit Southern Roads Auto online at southernroadsauto.com to see more pictures of this vehicle or call us at 770-267-0770 today to schedule your test drive.
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After exploring the descendants of Bourne Ultimatum star Matt Damon's Stebbins ancestors, I browsed again through the Family Forest® for some of Matt's other 1600's ancestors. This time I explored the descendants of his Leonard ancestors.
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But Matt's Family Forest® Leonard cousins must be genetically predisposed toward the entertainment business. They even include the Hollywood icon who has won more Oscars than any other actor or actress, Katharine Hepburn.
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I've been member of Club Scrap® for a long time. When I joined in 2008 I was a newbie scrapbooker. I had a few necessities like glue, scissors, and cheap paper, but when I received my first kit I was in HEAVEN! I had no idea that supplies like that existed! Not only did the kit have all the supplies I needed to create scrapbook pages and cards, it came with INSTRUCTIONS! I am that person, the one who reads the instructions for everything. When it's all said and done, I will know how to put something together backwards and forwards. I'm sure it's an annoying quality to those who know me well, but I will take things apart if someone puts it together wrong. Well, if you're going to do it, do it right the first time! (I hear my Dad's voice in my head every time I say that!)
This binder is full of priceless information – instructions, tutorials and lots of inspiration! It is my collection of Scrap Raps. Club Scrap® used to publish a monthly magazine that was included with each kit. The current Scrap Raps are online on the Club Scrap blog, but anything prior to 2012 is in here!
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Of course I had to fill the luggage with something. The instructions suggest filling with standard greeting cards and envelopes…so I pulled out my Idea Deck and chose a couple of cards with instructions for the A2 size recommendation.
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Tim Chester recounts his experiences travelling through Turkey a month ago - including a brief encounter with tear gas - and explains how the current situation doesn't reflect the country as a whole.
Nothing prepares you for your first faceful of tear gas. It dismantles three of your senses at once, knocking out sight, smell and taste as the acrid burn drips down your throat, permeates your nasal passage, and reduces your eyes to tears. It's a relentless affront that continues to work its horrific magic long after you've run away, in a blind, disorientated panic, from the assailant.
I only caught the fringes of a tear gas cloud hovering with ghostly menace on Istanbul's İstiklal Avenue back in early May, but it was enough to send me sprinting away with the rest of the Saturday afternoon shoppers. I was in the city for a forthcoming Rough Guide and the clash between protesters and police I witnessed on May 4th was, depending on how you view it, either a precursor to the chaos that's been beamed around the world recently or another skirmish in a long line of clashes that stretches back decades in the Turkish city.
The events of the last fortnight have drawn the eyes of the world's media to Turkey (while much home-grown coverage looks the other way), and gasps of horror have echoed across the globe. While this reaction is wholly justified – lobbing tear gas canisters indiscriminately into crowds and injuring thousands of protesters shouldn't be tolerated by anyone – the overall picture of a country in chaos distorts things somewhat. And comparisons to the Arab Spring are way off the mark.
Turkey is usually sketched as a country divided, struggling to reconcile the ideology of its secular and liberal-minded populace with that of the more religious majority. On the one hand, and in the eyes of the protesters, it wants to become more progressive, a member of the EU, and continue the westward shift that Atatürk began some ninety years ago. On the other, as favoured by current Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development party, it's looking to reinforce religious values, restrict alcohol and inhibit certain lifestyle choices.
This schism is laid bare the minute you arrive in Istanbul, a city straddling Europe and Asia, and a place often tagged "East-meets-West". The call to prayer echoes out simultaneously from numerous minarets while locals duck into bars for an Efes beer after work. It's not limited to Istanbul, either. Konya, one of the country's more religiously conservative cities, was – along with Bursa – the only place I struggled to find alcohol on sale. It was also the one spot I saw drunks on the street. Raki at home replaces communal drinking.
So while these protests began over plans to redevelop a park, under the surface Turkey's very identity is at stake. How it will pan out remains to be seen, but this isn't an all-or-nothing game. Compromises will have to be made. And crucially, the country isn't burning to the ground.
I saw several demonstrations as I travelled round the country, in Istanbul, Ankara and Bursa. I also saw a strong and well-armed police presence, and in Istanbul I witnessed first hand the variety of brutal ways protestors can be suppressed. But that's only a part of the picture. The hospitality I experienced from the Turkish was, to use the old cliché, humbling. From Cappadocia to Konya, Edirne to Antalya, they were warm, friendly and welcoming. In fact, the hardest part of updating the Rough Guide was getting in and out of each hotel in less than an hour. Everyone wanted to sit down over a cup of tea.
From bus stations to bars, we talked politics, religion, the country's love of gambling, and - in the case of one student in Çanakkale - the merits (or otherwise) of Jason Statham. A flight attendant on a coach showed me a self portrait photo with Didier Drogba; a kebab shop owner in Selçuk gave me a ride on his motorbike to Ephesus. Not once did I feel I was in a country on the brink.
The situation in Turkey is tense, and will be for some time. But I really hope the current conflicts don't deter travellers from considering this beguiling country, an endlessly fascinating place made all the more interesting by its history, politics, and people.
Read more features on Turkey, explore our Turkey destination page, and get all the Turkish info you need in the comprehensive Rough Guide to Turkey.
The Guardian: Why the Turkish protests matter to the West
The New Yorker: Memories of a public square
Always check the latest travel advice from the FCO (or your local equivalent). For Turkey (as of June 12th) they mention "specific and credible threats" but also declare: "Over 2,500,000 British nationals visit Turkey every year. Most visits are trouble-free".


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In the span of less than two weeks, Adele has rocked the music world with the release of the first single off her upcoming third studio album, "25." Despite her immediate success, the singer remains cautious—fame terrifies her.
As the bare-faced damp-haired cover girl of the November issue of Rolling Stone, the Grammy-winning singer admits that the tragic end of music idol Amy Winehouse's life is a cautionary tale to her as she experiences this meteoric rise.
"People think I hate being famous and I don't. I'm really frightened of it," she said. "I think it's really toxic, and I think it's really easy to be dragged into it. Watching Amy [Winehouse] deteriorate is one of the reasons I'm a bit frightened. We were all very entertained by her being a mess. I was f----ing sad about it, but if someone showed me a picture of her looking bad, I'd look at it. If we hadn't looked, then they'd have stopped taking her picture. That level of attention is really frightening, especially if you don't live around all that showbiz stuff."
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Adele is shaken by the repercussions of the spotlight, having escaped the glare of the cameras since the success of "Skyfall" in 2012 and finally reemerging with her first new single, "Hello." While her hiatus had little effect on the success of the first track, which has already beaten major records including most downloads in the first week of any song ever, her hideout has definitely affected her knowledge of what's "cool."
"I've lost touch with music. Not, like, all music...but I feel like I don't know what's going on in the charts and in popular culture."
Don't be too concerned, however. Adele clarifies she may not be up to date on the latest lingo, but she hasn't completely lost her mind. "I've not lost touch with, like, reality—just with what's current."
One modern marvel she has managed to acquire is her "squad."
"As 21 got bigger and bigger, I started getting back with all my old friends. I needed them big time," she said. "I've heard about a squad. I wish my squad was all supermodels. We are, in our brains. I guess I have my own squad."
While she's surrounded herself with people outside of the music industry, there is one special woman she would love to induct into her posse.
"It's not as interesting as some of the other squads that are around right now, but maybe Rihanna can be in my squad! That would be really cool. Oh, God. She's life itself, isn't she? I love her."
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No matter who joins her team, Adele declares that she's a cheerleader for all women.
"I'm a feminist. I believe that everyone should be treated the same, including race and sexuality."
As for her music, she's purposely struck a different chord with her new set of tunes.
"It would be a bit tragic to do a heartbreak album again," she said. "A cliché, not even tragic! It'd be such a cliché. What if I was heartbroken? What the f--- would I write about? 'Cause I can't write a f----ing heartbreak record again! So, just flip and reverse it."
Despite the new direction, Adele admits she needed a bit of inspiration when working on the album, having just given birth to her first child, son Angelo, and figuring out her new life as a mother. She found her direction in Madonna's 1998 album "Ray of Light."
"You know what I found so amazing about that record? That's the record Madonna wrote after having her first child, and for me, it's her best. I was so all over the place after having a child, just because my chemicals were just hitting the f----ing roof and s--- like that. I was just drifting away, and I couldn't find that many examples for myself where I was like, 'F---, they truly came back to themselves,' until someone was like, 'Well, obviously, 'Ray of Light.'"
READ: Ellen DeGeneres reveals how she influenced Adele's new song
Three years after having her son, she is also speaking publicly about how he's changed her life.
"He's a little angel. All the things I really like about myself, he brings out in me, and he's the only person that tells me no. He completely rules me," she admitted. "He's the boss of me, and it's so funny for other people to watch, because I'm the boss of everything in my work life."
As for her partner, Simon Konecki, Adele is singing his praises.
"He's so supportive and that takes a very big man, because I'm very successful at what I do," she said. "My last boyfriend was uncomfortable with how successful I was and the fact that he had to share me with lots of people."
While their relationship is in a good place, the 27-year-old admits wedding bells will not be ringing any time soon for the couple.
"I have said a million times I'm not married and everyone still says we are. But, yeah, we're still together. We haven't broken up. We've never broken up. We've been together. We just haven't felt the need to get married. We've got a kid together. I feel like that's a big enough commitment."


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Back from the dead … Melissa George in Hunted.Melissa George's British spy series Hunted may have endured the shortest cancellation in television history.
Only a day after the BBC confirmed it would not proceed with a second series of the show, its US producer, HBO, has said that in the truest Hollywood tradition, the show must go on.
"We are making plans with creator and executive producer Frank Spotnitz and star Melissa George to present a new chapter in the Sam Hunter mythology," said HBO's Kary Antholis, in a statement issued to Fairfax overnight.
Antholis is the HBO executive in charge of the network's miniseries, and programming for its Cinemax channel; the first season of Hunted was part of Cinema's programming slate.
"We are very pleased with what Hunted has done for Cinemax's brand and are very excited about what lies ahead," Antholis said.
The move caps off what has turned into an extraordinary, and at times turbulent, chapter of George's career, beginning with an interview in which she unleashed her frustration with a television program for focusing on her Home & Away years and ignoring her more recent work.
George was in Australia when the interview occurred, on a promotional tour for Hunted earlier this month.
Then came yesterday's news that the BBC had cancelled the show.
Hunted, which launches on SBS in Australia on November 24, is a co-production between the BBC and HBO in the USA.
The BBC's frustration stemmed from the fact that Hunted had shed ratings across its eight episodes in the UK. It launched in October in the UK to an audience of 4.5 million but it has since slipped to only 2.6 million.
The option for HBO/Cinemax to proceed without the BBC was always there. They can proceed on their own, or find a new broadcast partner for a new season.
Such moves are not uncommon. Later seasons of the UK hit Absolutely Fabulous, for example, were co-produced with Comedy Central in the US, and later with another cable channel Oxygen.
During interviews, George indicated a second season was in the planning stages, and that it would be set in Berlin.
In marked contrast to the BBC, Cinemax is very happy with the show's performance in the US. It is drawing smaller numbers, but Cinemax has a significantly smaller footprint compared to the BBC's flagship channel, BBC1.
In the US, the show drew only 250,000 viewers for its debut episode, but has become one of the channels major on-demand offerings. In the US, some key cable channels have vast on-demand libraries.
Including on-demand plays, Hunted's US audience is around 1.7 million viewers.
As for George, her focus is, for the moment, elsewhere. She is in New York, and will attend the International Emmy Awards ceremony at the New York Hilton on Monday night, New York time, with The Slap's producer Tony Ayres.
The series, in which George starred and for which she drew wide acclaim, has been nominated for an award in the drama category.
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.