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Top Five Mediterranean Cruise Port Hotelsby Janice Wald Henderson, Cruise Culinary Editor | August 16, 2010
Cruise ships come and go, but hotels are "forever." To make the best of your Med cruise, here are some of the continent's best hotels.
|This is a report from our cruise culinary editor Janice Wald Henderson. Janice has been a longtime contributor to many magazines, including Bon Appétit Magazine and Brides. Her articles have appeared in Vogue, Food & Wine, Eating Well, Cooking Light and numerous other publications. Janice is also the Los Angeles editor of the Essential Restaurant Guide at epicurious.com. Janice Wald Henderson Cruise Culinary Editor
If you've yet to book a Mediterranean cruise, it's not too late. Such sailings continue into November, often with discounted prices. Pre-and-post-cruise hotels typically drop rates then, too. To save money, book your own accommodations, instead of through the cruise line. Check web sites and call toll-free direct for the best prices. To assist in the selection process, here are five top hotels in popular embarkation ports.
ATHENS, GREECEAthenaeum Inter-Continental Athens is the best bet in this strike-prone city for several reasons. First and foremost, it is located away from Constitution Square, where demonstrations usually take place. Security is excellent. And it has the same great Acropolis views of fancier, pricier hotels in the Square area. (Book a room with an Acropolis view; it's worth the cost. I stayed up half the night staring out my window in wonder.) It's also less than 30 minutes from the port.
If possible, book a room on the Executive Club Level. The extra cost here adds tremendous value; separate check-in area, complimentary buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner snacks, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. The breakfasts, by the way, are hearty and include made-to-order cappuccinos.
The lunch presentation is filling enough for a meal. Plus, Executive Club Level guests have a private concierge; vital to Athens visitors trying to squeeze in every sight with minimal time. But even if you book standard accommodations, you still have concierge access and plenty of room amenities, including a coffeemaker; just the ticket for java-sippers with jetlag.
Dinner at Premiere is unforgettable. The rooftop restaurant has superb views of Athens and the Acropolis; the setting grows magical as daylight dims. (Premiere is also a great spot for picture-taking with the Acropolis backdrop.) Dine outside for maximum delight. The Mediterranean menu, starring local ingredients, is better than it should be. Although pricey, dishes, like red mullet and roasted langoustines on fennel-and-zucchini "spaghetti," are as fresh, modern and edgy as any world-class metropolitan restaurant. Or just enjoy a cocktail at the al fresco bar with the same priceless view. (www.athens.intercontinental.com)
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|Athens - Rooftop Terrace
|Artwork in Reception Area
|Premiere Restaurant & Lounge
BARCELONA, SPAINHotel Arts Barcelona is a 44-story soaring wonder of glass and steel. It's the tallest building in Spain and prominent in Barcelona's skyline. (Visiting cruise passengers can always find their way back to the hotel.) The 483 guest rooms of this posh Ritz-Carlton property offer dazzling city or blue-Med-and-miles-of-beach views. And the hotel is just seven miles from the airport and near the port.
There's much in Barcelona to explore. Chichi bars, restaurants and shopping venues are an easy walk away. But this hotel is its own special world. It's nearly a museum, hosting an impressive 20th century collection of specially commissioned works by contemporary Catalan and Spanish artists.
The spa, by Six Senses Spas, is on the 43rd floor and offers every restorative treatment imaginable, including many 25-minute treatments for sightseeing cruisers. Even a short scalp, neck and shoulder massage does wonders for tired travelers. When it's mealtime, choose between five restaurants featuring Mediterranean cuisine. Dine poolside, overlooking the port. Opt for more sophisticated Med cuisine at the Michelin one-star Enoteca. Or visit Arola, a tapas-style (small plates) restaurant, featuring such fine fare as octopus and guacamole ceviche, and homemade Iberian ham croquettes.
While you are enjoying this deluxe modern hotel, keep an eye out for celebs. Movie star Penelope Cruz supposedly frequents the place. And Gwyneth Paltrow raves about Hotel Arts Barcelona on her web site, saying it's where she usually unpacks her bags in this exciting city. (www.hotelartsbarcelona.com)
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|View Hotel Arts
|Lobby Hotel Arts
|Barcelona Hotel Arts with Gehry Sculpture
ISTANBUL, TURKEYThe Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul provides an oasis of serenity in a hot, hectic city. The lobby, a majestic blend of European furnishing and Turkish artifacts, offers sweeping Bosporus views. So do many of the 244 guest rooms and suites, tastefully designed in soothing neutral tones with spacious marble baths. Beds are comfy, sheets are silky, AC can go full-blast -- delicious after a day of navigating the heat and noise of Istanbul. Security is first-rate, with airport-like screening at entrances.
The hotel is only minutes from the port. And there's a handy ATM in the lower concourse. Concierges work long hours, patient with guests (like myself) asking endless questions. Recommendations are uniformly excellent, from local restaurants to what time is best for a Bosporus cruise. (First of the day, before lines grow long and the sun goes from warm to broil.)
After a day of whirlwind sightseeing, RC Bar is a lovely retreat, particularly for single-malt Scotch-lovers. This plush lounge claims to have the finest selection in Istanbul. �intemani Restaurant, located off the lobby, is wonderful. The bountiful buffet breakfast (often included in room pricing) features American, European and Turkish offerings. Every morning is an international feast, including exceptional pastries, local cheeses and the ripest fruit. There are a few hotel restaurants I would fly to around the world for breakfast. Çintemani is one of them.
Come dinnertime, the restaurant turns into a Turkish treasure. House-baked pita bread -- puffy and fluffy like pricey pillows -- is accompanied by fat green olives marinated in extra-virgin olive oil and aromatic spices. Next come delicacies like red lentil soup, and carrot fritters with cooling yogurt-pistachio sauce. An impeccably fresh Aegean sea bream may follow. And it's hard to say what's more mesmerizing; the syrupy pistachio desserts, or the centuries-old scene of boats and ferries plying the ancient waters before your eyes. (www.RitzCarlton.com/Istanbul)
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|Bosphorus Deluxe Room The Ritz Carlton
|G�ney Park Terrace The Ritz Carlton
NICE, FRANCEEven if your cruise departs from Monte Carlo, you may wish to stay in Nice. It's such a sun-splashed, action-passed city (versus the more sterile Monte Carlo), it would be a shame to miss. My recent Silversea cruise departed from Nice, making the Palais de la Méditerranée a perfect choice. Plus, the hotel is a short taxi ride from the Nice Cote d'Azur International Airport and near the pier.
Built in 1929, the Art Deco-designed 188-room hotel has an idyllic locale on the grand Promenade des Anglais (the main boulevard alongside the Med). Renovated in 2004 by Concorde Hotels & Resorts, the hotel is now a glam five-star getaway, offering every high-tech amenity. Vintage photographs line hallways, and bright-hued guest rooms combine modern and Deco sensibilities. Most have a balcony or terrace with stunning sea views. Free WiFi makes it easy to stay connected with loved ones back home. And at 2 a.m. - when your body clock cries dinnertime - round-the-clock room service will tend to the cravings.
Old Nice, teeming with narrow alleyways and quaint shops, is a short walk away. So are tempting cafes, serving South of France specialties such as fish soup and stuffed zucchini blossoms. Museums and luxury stores are also nearby. And the glorious blue sea? Just across the street.
Palais cuisine is as five-star as the hotel. The breakfast buffet offers everything wonderful, including brioche and croissants that perfume the table with a buttery scent. Dine al fresco on the terrace, savoring the sea view. Dinner is a must at the third floor (le 3) restaurant. The chef, Cédric Biron, is obsessed with seasonality and local ingredients. His food isn't froufrou, but rather, bistro chic. Dishes like Mediterranean sea bass with Niçoise vegetables are revelations. Prix fixe menus are generous and reasonably priced. (www.concorde-hotels.com/palaismed)
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|Palais exterior
|Le Palais de la Mediterranee Pool
VENICE, ITALYVenice has many fancy hotels, but no place comes close to Hotel Cipriani. This Orient-Express property is only a five-minute boat ride from crowded St. Mark's Square - yet it feels 500 miles away. The 82-room hotel, with a country home ambiance, is on an island that was once a refuge for nobility. Stay here and you, too, will feel like a contessa. The staff-to-guest ratio is one-to-one.
Posh double rooms, many recently renovated, have intimate balconies or terraces and perfect lagoon or garden views. Furnishings possess Italian grandeur. Think handmade stuccos, Carrara marble and Byzantine-Venetian-style mosiacs. Bathrooms have every amenity, including, alas, scales.
Hotel Cipriani grounds amaze. Sculpted gardens, erupting in a blaze of colorful blossoms, refresh weary sightseers. An adjacent vineyard adds to the locale's paradisiacal feel. Casanova Wellness Centre, named for the famed lover who once held trysts in what are now the hotel gardens, offers its own form of renewal. Nothing like a bath infused with essential oils and rose petals for rejuvenation.
Rub shoulders with the locals on the terrace of Bar Gabbiano, which faces the pool in modern Italian splendor. Splurge one night at Fortuny Restaurant for a dining experience not soon forgotten. The room, awash in silk and blown glass, is lit by candlelight. Risotto with scampi from the Adriatic Sea with fava beans, and housemade ravioli stuffed with sea bass and fennel, are two of the delights waiting. (www.hotelcipriani.com)
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A Memoir in Pieces
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It is time once again for the SourceForge community choice awards. We did REALLY well at this last year for "best user support", making it into the final top ten to some MUCH bigger projects.
So if everyone can cast there vote for FREESCO, it is always a moral booster to see user support. At this time it is just the nomination section of the voting and I I think that there are two categories that FREESCO fits into that could be selected.
Best project
Best project or utility for sysadmins
You can select both one at a time. You are required to have a Sourceforge account to be qualified to vote. So if you don't already have an account it is a simple matter of creating one.
Here is a direct link to the voting section to nominate FREESCO
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Following is Kansas City - St. Joseph Bishop Robert W. Finn's column from the upcoming print edition of The Catholic Key:
Make a Lenten Retreat with St. Paul
I pray that this time of Lenten observance is already bringing graces to you. The meaningful practices of penance or mortification, prayer, and almsgiving remain the three hinges for our efforts these days. Giving up some of our comforts directs our attentiveness in a more spiritual way; time in prayer invites the friendship of Christ; charity and generosity toward others "covers a multitude of sins" and trains us in the good habits of giving our very self to others.
This year's Lent falls within what Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed "the Year of St. Paul." I suggest that reading the accounts of Paul's missionary work in the Acts of the Apostles, and meditating on his Epistles can be a helpful way to observe Lent.
The account of St. Paul's conversion (Acts 9:1-8) is a reminder to us that the goal of Lent is a change of heart. This may be dramatic or, more often, by small increments. It requires that we open our self anew to the call of Jesus and make a sincere examination of conscience: in what ways are we serving Him, or persecuting Him?
St. Paul takes seriously his growth in the spiritual life. He disciplines his body and trains himself so that after preaching to others, he will not miss the mark. (1 Cor 9:27). With the help of St. Paul's prayers and example, we can keep our eyes focused on the real and lasting prize of eternal life (cf. 1 Cor 9:24-25).
St. Paul uses the occasion of his letter to Timothy to talk about the importance of right teaching; not giving in to false doctrines that lead us away from the truth. (cf. 1 Tim 4; Rom 16:17). In the contemporary society there are many untruths and confusing values that can lead us away from the path of life in Christ, and endanger our eternal well-being.
Some beautiful passages from St. Paul help us to reflect on the meaning of suffering and the Cross of Christ: "He humbled Himself and became obedient even unto death – death on a Cross." (Phil 2:6-8). "We proclaim Christ crucified, … Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God." (1 Cor 1: 22-24) "I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me." (Gal 2:19)
As we anticipate the entrance of new members into the Church and the renewal of our baptismal promises at Easter Vigil, St. Paul reminds us of the radical transformation this incorporation into Christ means for us: that we become truly a "new creation. Everything has become new." (2 Cor 5:17)
St. Paul speaks of the power of faith by which we have access to grace in Christ (Rom 5:1-20). He proclaims that "In hope we were saved." (Rom 8:24). In one of the most beautiful passages in scripture he reminds us of the value of Faith, Hope, and Love, but that "the greatest of these is Love." (1 Cor 13:13). This charity must be the ultimate motive for all our Lenten works.
I recommend to you that you consider, particularly if you haven't already made a resolution for Lent, setting aside 5 or more minutes a day to read St. Paul's writings in the New Testament. Don't worry about absorbing all his Epistles, but prayerfully read and reflect on some of these inspired words that remain such a substantive part of God's daily Word for us.
Have a Blessed Lent! Let us pray for each other.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Bishop Finn - Spend Lent with St. Paul
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Three thoughts on 50
We needed this. For this team's fan base, which before the season seemed to begrudge their own allegiance, this outstanding, season-long ride with an unexpected hero has been enough to shine a little light into the darkness, and create a bit of optimism for the coming year.
And don't discount optimism: Sports franchises are multi-million dollar enterprises that somehow need to create, harness and catalyze those sanguine feelings into something more palpable. And if this team is to be a continued an long-term success in Toronto, they need to get the turnstiles turning again.
Thought #2
We seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time trying to remind ourselves what a big deal José Bautista's season has been. Maybe we've all become willfully more numb to giant power numbers, and maybe we're just inundated with constant questioning around any impressive offensive stat. But it seems as though you really have to try to block out the noise and think about this differently.
It's not easy to block out the noise of the McGwire-Sosa-Bonds years (nor the high moral dudgeon that continues to be aired over those days). This makes it especially difficult to focus back to what we think is probably "normal" power outputs, and where JoBau belongs in that continuum. (And believe us when we tell you that we could argue in our own head for days on end about "normal" and what it means, if anything).
To try to fake our way to some sort of comprehension, we've been using Cecil Fielder's 1990 season as a touchstone as of late. We remember that year clearly, as Big Daddy returned from Japan and put up power numbers sick enough that they would make your stomach churn when he stepped into the batters box against you. And when he did slam homer after homer through the late part of that season, there was a certain level of elation of seeing someone put on such a display.
We'd like to think that we'll look back on JoBau's 2010 campaign in a similar fashion.
Thought #3
We've been thinking a lot about comps, as we consider where the Jays go from here in terms of signing Bautista. (And also because if we here Brady Anderson's name invoked one more time, we're going to drown a bag of koala cubs.)
There are two names that seem to stand out in terms of players who had this sort of season at this age and point in their career: Greg Vaughn and George Foster. (And please understand that we're not calling those performances completely analogous, so please don't pick this comparison apart through the marginalia before we even get started.)
We'll go into more detail on Vaughn and Foster soon, but here's the basic message that we get from looking at the years that succeeded their 50 homer seasons: That they didn't fall off the face of the earth, but that they had about three more productive seasons (even if they were less so) in them.
So if you want to start the discussions with JoBau at three years and figure out the price from there, we'd be happy to buy into that strategy.
Friday (Bleep Bloop) Rock Out: The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
This seems appropriate, even if we have to get over the idea of Ben Gibbard stealing away with our Zooey. Nevertheless...we're all grown ups here, right?
Enjoy your Friday, and the last weekend homestand of the season.
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Frankly, if JoBau had put up these numbers pre-steroids era, he'd been celebrated by all baseball. That's no longer the case..JoBau has been tested 4 times this year and passed each time..Of course that doesn't rule out some exotic HGH compound, but all in all I think he's clean...Will he do it again, probably not, but I do think he's more than capable of 30-40 per year for the next 2-3 years..Combine that with his defensive flexibility and he is very valuable...
- September 24, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Actually, there was a lot of JoBau coverage in the US yesterday, and it seems like the tone is that people are trying to take this on its surface.
Was one of the top items on PTI yesterday, anyways.
- September 24, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- Gil Fisher said...
Well he's not exactly big. He doesn't look like he's put on an ounce of muscle over the passed four years. And he even shaved his beard for a while this summer so we could see his un-pocked complexion. I'd be convinced 100% that he wasn't on steroids if he dropped his pants in the battersbox and revealed his romero-sized pills.
- September 24, 2010 at 11:44 AM
Ya, they gave him one day..But if you go to SI today the line is Jays edge Mariners and Icharo gets his 10th 200 hits..JoBau's already off the headlines...Again, I think if he'd hit this number pre-steroids, he'd been celebrated for much longer than 1 day and been the shoo in MVP candidate..Clearly, that's not the case now..
- September 24, 2010 at 11:45 AM
- Ty said...
JBau's MVP candidacy is actually a really interesting question now that Hamilton has been out for so long and the Tigers suck at least as much as the Jays. Unless some Yankee jerkoffs want to seriously vote for Cano or Texiera or something because they're "winners", you've gotta believe Bau has about as good a chance as anybody at this point.
Silly awards notwithstanding, this has been an amazing season, incredibly fun to watch and enhanced by the fact that Bautista actually seems like a really likable person. It's easy to get behind him and I'd imagine that everyone who calls themselves a Blue Jays fan is now officially a BAS member, as well. Awesome.
- September 24, 2010 at 11:56 AM
Thanks for the Postal Service reminder - now listening to The Shins' cover of We Will Become Silhouettes from that EP
- September 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
I'd bet the little money I have that he's clean. What a fucking season. The Summer of Bau.
- September 24, 2010 at 1:19 PM
JoBau's ability to grow such an impervious beard in a matter of hours after shaving gets my vote for MVP...either that or his beard shavings glued to the Level of Excellence at the Rogers Center.
- September 24, 2010 at 2:36 PM
Tao's note about this being the last weekend homestand reminded me that some kudos are due his way for another great season with the blog. Living in Southern California we don't get much in the way of Jays news (OK, who am I kidding, there's none unless they're in town) so it's very much appreciated.
Thanks again!
- September 24, 2010 at 3:42 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Hey, no sweat. I aim to please.
- September 24, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Realized I left out The Ack - thanks as well!
- September 24, 2010 at 5:10 PM
can i just say...
- September 24, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- SP said...
If someone can show me how to differentiate between Zooey and Katy Perry, I'd really appreciate it.
- September 25, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- tdotsports1 said...
I compared him to Delgado's 2000 season to see if Bautista's 2010 is the best season ever? Interesting results.
What a season overall.
- September 25, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- Dewey said...
I've been saying since about the middle of the season, 3yrs, $18M. I don't think that's changed even with 50hr...
- September 26, 2010 at 10:47 AM
Ahh the Postal Service... memories of second year university encapsulated in one album.
- September 26, 2010 at 2:25 PM


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They should have the latest because the job was just done.
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I didn't check yet but I know it is at least 2.0
Besides the server, the system has a Webtalk I-PORT
Does it affect the I-PORT?
What if there are multiple server users that have the
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How much does your tool cost?
I sent you an email a while back... I just wanted to confirm that you got it.
This is few months old but I have the same issue as mechinc.
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So-called impossible dreams are what push us forward, and sometimes a little stubbornness helps too.
When I meet Serge Monros, he announced he hopes to accomplish nothing less than to "save the planet, one vehicle at a time."
It's an audacious statement. But the conviction in Monros' voice rings true and so do the surroundings. Monros is founder and CEO of a company called SaviCorp and we walk through a 70,000-square-foot warehouse. The space is dominated by a brother corporation that specializes in converting out-of-state vehicles to meet California emissions standards.
With a Ferrari here and a Lotus there, the big boy appears to be on solid ground. But the upstart, SaviCorp of Santa Ana, gets the buzz.
Monros' device called a DynoValve promises to increase car performance, reduce emissions and save gas. With pollution eating the air, and gas at $4.25 a gallon, that's no small thing.
But is this $400 gizmo that resembles my lawn system's solenoids the real deal? Or is it what some online reviews call a unicorn?
For the moment, it doesn't matter. The inventor has enough passion to fuel a fleet of cars.
Monros gets little respect in online reviews. Instead, he's mocked for being a fat man in an ill-fitting suit.
Yes, this isn't an era for the timid to venture in public. I'll also mention Monros has more than one suit and some fit just fine, thank you.
The comments are typical Internet. Some are thoughtful. Others quickly dismiss the DynoValve for not already being on every car, which would be difficult since it just hit the market.
Monros' patent was approved Jan. 29. The valve also has an installation stamp from the California Air Resources Board. The stamp isn't a recommendation. It merely means the board believes the device does no harm.
So I reviewed the air board's "Executive Order D-677" and compared the board's baseline for emissions to when a DynoValve was used. Board-certified laboratory results showed Monros' invention decreased pollutants by at least a 50 percent.
Talking race car fast, Monros reels off test result after test result on a variety of gasses. Then he explains his invention in language I understand.
Instead of expensive catalytic converters breaking down compounds, the DynoValve feeds the fuel residue back into the engine.
Instead of emissions, the valve also feeds gasses back into the engine.
And instead of unwanted pressure in the engine … yes, Monros maintains, the DynoValve helps with that, too.
"It's like a track star trying to breathe through a tube," Monros explains of normal engine pressure. "The DynoValve is like the track star opening his mouth."
As SaviCorp has evolved, so has its marketing. My favorite video was shot at an Asian trade show in Southern California. It lasts 3 minutes and spends one-third on dancers wearing something mildly akin to native costume.
Over the din of the show, sales executive Chuck Nelson interviews Monros. Spending as much time talking up Facebook as he does DynoValve, Monros concludes his invention "is good for business and good for the environment."
Then, it's back to dancers in native costumes.
What comes through isn't about the product, but about the very human excitement that goes with introducing a new product.
As we settle into the conference room, Monros and SaviCorp President Victor Chu take me through several commercials they hope will spur interest.
One features an endorsement from a reviewer I read online. Her name is Lauren "Car Coach" Fix, and she has a car family. Her daughter, Shelby, calls herself the "Teen Car Coach." Her husband, Paul, is a professional Trans-Am Series driver. Along with appearing on Fox and CNN, Fix has written several automotive books including a "guide to loving your car."
But it's not Fix who impresses. It's Robert Picardo, also known as Dr. Dick Richards on television's "China Beach," and the doctor on "Star Trek: Voyager."
I'm not kidding about Picardo impressing. I tell Monros about a time before DVRs when the worst parental punishment was forbidding me to watch an episode of "Star Trek."
From a big screen, Picardo proclaims that he doesn't do endorsements but that he believes in the DynoValve.
And I believe Picardo despite his minor fib. A few years ago, Picardo was kind enough to endorse a fan movement to have actress Mary Czerwinski in the latest Star Trek movie. Czerwinski wasn't in the film.
For car people, I'll mention that the DynoValve connects to something called the positive crankcase ventilation valve, an engine component that reduces emissions and has been around for nearly as long as seat belts.
Monros' invention replaces the PCV valve. Along with feeding residual fuel back into the engine, it's also designed to regulate engine vacuum problems with the help of a tiny computer.
Other bonuses, Monros adds, are a cleaner engine and oil. If he's right, that means fewer oil changes.
But should we believe a guy with no more credentials than some classes at Orange Coast College and a slew of certificates?
Freshman year, I went to a place called Reed College. The next year, I left for a university with a big student newspaper. That same term, a classmate I didn't know left Reed and never returned to college. His name was Steve Jobs.
When it comes to cars, I'm good with a guy who earned his credentials on the streets and enjoys getting greasy.
A bit more background: A grandfather of four, Monros has twin daughters. His resume includes chief technology officer at Integrated Micro Systems in Vista and senior systems analyst for Rockwell in Downey.
Pointing to the DynoValve mounted on an engine, Monros exclaims, "It's like adding another gas tank to the car."
Like a television disclaimer, Chu agrees with the ever-exuberant Monros' main points about cutting emissions, improving performance, decreasing gas consumption and saving, on average, about 5 cents per mile. But Chu cautions results vary.
Telling statements from a team accused by some of believing in unicorns.
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So skipping was definitely the smart move. Come on, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. You might want to dial back the difficulty, just a little.
For the record, the answer was C: Baseball gloves. In the course of its 100-year history the company has indeed made instant rice, run taxis and even owned a love hotel.


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Fabregas & Iniesta in Barca contention
Barcelona have been handed some positive injury news ahead of tonight's clash against Rayo Vallecano.
Cesc Fabregas is back in contention for the Catalan outfit after missing the side's shock 1-0 weekend defeat to Getafe, a result which leaves Pep Guardiola's side six points behind Real Madrid at the top of La Liga.
The former Arsenal club captain is expected to be back in action for Rayo's visit to the Nou Camp though, with compatriot Anders Iniesta also available after missing out at the weekend.
Iniesta picked up a thigh strain in the 3-2 win over AC Milan at the San Siro, a result which secured Barca's passage to the knockout stages of the Champions League as Group H winners.
After returning to first team training at the start of the week, the club have confirmed that the Spanish international is fully recovered and available for selection to face Jose Sandoval's side.
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The lacquered handles are boxwood, which is scarce today but was the standard in times past because of its exceptional impact resistance. The octagonal shape gives a secure grip and prevents smaller tools from rolling on the bench. The fully polished blades are hand forged from high-carbon steel, hardened to Rc61 for durability, and require only final stropping.
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A 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook Yellowstone National Park in Montana and Wyoming on Sunday, but scientists say there's no concern of the super volcano inside the park erupting.
The quake took place at about 6:34 a.m. local time with an epicenter about 23 miles east northeast of West Yellowstone, Mont., and a depth of 4.2 miles.
It was the largest earthquake at the national park since Feb. 22, 1980, but Peter Cervelli, a spokesman for the U.S. Geological Survey's Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, said it's not an indicator that the Yellowstone Caldera will erupt anytime soon.
Smaller quakes in the 3-magnitude range were recorded in the region before and after the main event.
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It was designed as the Manufacturer's Trust Company's headquarters.
The Manufacturer's Hanover Trust Bank is a five-story glass and steel structure, which has a 100' glass curtain wall on Fifth Ave. and a 125' glass curtain wall on Fourty-third St. The main vault is on the ground floor. The thirty-ton steel door is 16' thick and 7' in diameter. The glass panels in the curtain wall are set in aluminum frames. The second-story panels are 22' x 10' x .5" and weigh 1500 lb. There are no opening windows. The three dark gray glass spandrel courses divide the upper floors. In order to diffuse an even yellow light, the original ceilings were covered with ribbed plastic panels that were illuminated by cold-cathode lamps. The neutral-color spun-glass curtains are the only screen against the sun.
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It was built for $3 million dollars in 1954.
Scaffolding is built into the facades to facilitate window washing.
Floors are canilevered from columns that support the whole building.
Even though the Manufacturer's Hanover Trust had more humble beginnings, the bank on Fifth Ave. catered to the upper class. Early photographs show only well-dressed caucasian women and men.
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This stunning home features gorgeous vistas from the wall of glass as you enter. A wonderful master retreat offers a fireplace, cozy sitting room / study and a large bathroom with his and hers closets. A wrap around patio offers enjoyable summer living, and a formal dining room across from the wine cellar allows for intimate dinner gatherings. A beautiful custom home.
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5 things to watch in VP debate
DANVILLE, Ky. — And now for the undercard.
Paul Ryan will look to win for the Republican ticket tonight when he takes the debate stage at Centre College here against Joe Biden in the first national face-off in which he's participated.
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Biden — for whom expectations have been lowered over the constant refrain of "What about your gaffes?" — will try his best to triumph, providing Democrats with a strong night to change the momentum of a race that has shifted slightly toward Mitt Romney.
( Also on POLITICO: Full coverage of the 2012 vice presidential debate)
The best case scenario for each? A clear win. The worst case scenario for each? A clear loss. The murkiest scenario for each? A debate that gets fought to a draw, which the press will interpret in different ways but which also likely won't stop the GOP ticket's momentum.
And of course, the debate's subtext: Ryan and Biden are widely believed to be considering their own campaigns in 2016 (Ryan only if Romney loses).
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Below, POLITICO's five things to watch:
1. Can Biden draw blood?
Earlier this week, the congenitally quotable South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian predicted that Biden would take "the old meat-ax" to Ryan — a beating so one-sided that "the humane society" would have to be called in.
It's a hope shared by many Democrats — including President Barack Obama himself, who is publicly contrite over his passivity at last week's Denver debate — flabbergasted by the prospect of the president standing by while Romney got away, in their minds, with 90 minutes of lies, mischaracterizations and manufactured positions contrary to his own history.
( See also: Complete coverage of 2012 presidential debates)
Biden, one of his staffers told POLITICO, is "eager to draw the contrast — and very capable of doing so."
But will it work?
Ryan's perceived weakness — his wonkery and penchant for speaking in numbers — may actually prove to be the congressman's greatest asset, a rope-a-dope tactic that will take voters into the policy weeds and blunt Biden's attacks on tax policy, spending and foreign affairs. Obama was momentarily captivated by the Wisconsin congressman earlier in his term, telling aides that he was one of the few members of the GOP congressional crew he actually respected on an intellectual level.
But the vice president has his own arguments to make . Biden is likely to hammer away at the Medicare cuts Democrats claim are at the core of the Ryan budget passed by the GOP-controlled House, with polls showing older voters in key battlegrounds like Florida and Ohio deeply skeptical of the Republican approach. Biden, aides say, is also likely to emphasize Romney's on-again, off-again support for Ryan's plan — in an attempt to wedge the two apart.


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"Lam is the Tibetan word for Way or Path, and Lama is He who Goeth, the specific title of the Gods of Egypt, the Treader of the Path, in Buddhistic phraseology." CROWLEY


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Amid security and protests, Duke shareholders re-elect current directors
Duke Energy stockholders waded through a raucous carnival of protesters Thursday for an annual meeting that produced no major changes after three months of coal ash intrigue.
Shareholders re-elected all 15 company directors, including those whom institutional investors had targeted for removal after a disastrous Feb. 2 ash spill into the Dan River.
A shareholder proposal for Duke to fully disclose its political contributions failed, according to preliminary results.
Speeches and street theater denouncing Duke and coal ash came from about 100 protesters who rallied outside the meeting in uptown Charlotte.
"I personally feel that Duke Energy has willfully turned a blind eye to the hazards of things like the coal ash ponds at Riverbend (power plant) to our drinking water in Charlotte," Steve Rundle, a small-business owner, said as he drummed a plastic water jug. "If we have an incident like Dan River, we would turn on our taps and coal ash would come out."
Security was tight outside and inside the meeting. Reporters were assigned public relations escorts. Officials removed one man at the outset of the meeting when he interrupted to raise an issue related to the directors.
CEO Lynn Good, presiding over the meeting for the first time, took questions from 16 shareholders or proxy holders. Most probed the ash spill, Duke's contributions to climate change and its investments in renewable energy.
Deborah Ferruccio, who lives in Warren County, peppered Good with demands that Duke clean up the Dan River faster.
"I don't appreciate a lifetime of having to worry about what's in my water," she said.
Good repeated Duke's talking points on the ash spill: Duke responded quickly, apologized and took responsibility; it's working with state and federal agencies that are directing the cleanup; the company is developing a long-term plan for its ash management due by the end of 2014.
"We will be there until it's resolved," Good said.
Shareholder Fred Counsell, who regularly travels from New York to the annual meetings, is withholding judgment on Duke's handling of the ash crisis. "I've seen pictures, and it doesn't look pretty," he said in an interview.
But Counsell said Duke still has the opportunity for a Bill Lee moment. The late, legendary Duke Power CEO became a leader in restoring confidence in the nuclear industry after a partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island power plant in 1979.
"Mr. Lee stepped up," he said. "I believe that, quietly and thoroughly, Duke can take the lead and remediate this."
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State Treasurer Janet Cowell, representing North Carolina's $80 billion pension plan for government employees, had said she would vote against one director in the aftermath of the ash spill.
The public pension funds for California and New York City had urged shareholders to remove four directors.
Fourteen board members were re-elected Thursday with at least 90 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results. Director Carlos Saladrigas, targeted by Cowell as the longest-tenured member of a committee on environmental issues, got 85 percent of the vote.
A shareholder proposal on disclosing political contributions, brought by the activist Nathan Cummings Foundation in New York, was defeated, with 42 percent of the votes.
The ash spill has spotlighted Duke's political spending, said the foundation's Bill Dempsey. Gov. Pat McCrory is a former Duke executive who appoints the state's top environmental regulators, who in turn police coal ash.
The governor's office confirmed Thursday that McCrory has sold his Duke stock.
"As public records have shown since April 15, the governor is not a shareholder of Duke Energy," communications director Josh Ellis said by email. "This eliminates the often repeated, ridiculous and false, partisan left-wing attacks challenging the intent of our decisions and policies."
A shareholder proposal allowing stock owners to call special meetings won with 59 percent of the votes.
Pointed questions
Good's recap of 2013 covered Duke's meeting earnings targets, saving $200 million in the first full year of its merger with Progress Energy and finishing a five-year building spree of new power plants.
A move to cheaper, cleaner natural gas has curbed carbon dioxide releases by 20 percent since 2005. Duke has long been among the nation's leaders in those emissions.
Duke also landed this week among the top 10 of U.S. utilities in utility-scale solar capacity. But it has angered rooftop solar panel owners by proposing a cut in payments for the power they produce.
Given a chance to confront the CEO of the nation's largest utility, most questioners were pointed if not hostile:
• "How can you say you're doing the right thing while poisoning your neighbor's drinking water and spending money on advertising?" asked Asheville-based French Broad Riverkeeper Hartwell Carson.
"Duke is committed to doing the right thing, and I think you'll see that as we move forward," Good replied.
• George Friday, a community organizer from Gastonia, told Good her reassurances about concern for the environment and for customers rang hollow.
"I think the 'we' you're describing is the 'we' that gets million-dollar bonuses," Friday said. "I'm among the ratepayers for whom $20 a month to clean up coal ash is significant."
Good recounted her own "humble background" as a teacher's daughter and Duke's programs to boost energy efficiency and help low-income customers.
"I understand what it means when there's only so much money left," she said.
• Waterkeeper Alliance official Donna Lisenby extracted a tentative commitment from the new CEO to see the Catawba and other rivers in Duke's service territory firsthand, by canoe.
"I'll keep my end of the bargain," said Lisenby, who strode to the podium to shake Good's hand, "and I hope she does, too."


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What if I have been to that destination? Like we said, we value the EXPERIENCE more than the destination. We are a bunch of guys and gals who always have this sense of wonder and excitement even if we have been to a destination more than once. Traveling with a new set of people will always be different. And Mother Nature always seems to surprise us with new discoveries and experiences.
What is the transport for the Random Road Trip? We've been on tricycles, 4x4s, dump trucks, Hummers, and even small charter planes! You can check out our many crazy rides here – The Many Crazy Rides in Our Random Road Trips
Is it safe and secure? We value everyone's safety and security. We coordinate always with the local tourism offices because one of our goals is to help small communities within the local government. We have a first aid kit.
What do I bring to the Road Trip? Just bring some extra clothes, swimming attire, towel, snacks, water, sunscreen, camera, and some cash for entrance and food.
What are the usual activities? You can expect to get wet, to be sun kissed, to meet locals, to eat unusual food. Sometimes if we are lucky, we even get to see shooting stars.
What happens if you guys don't fill the slots? We do have a minimum number of road trippers for a road trip to push through. In those cases when the slots are not filled: (1) we send an email informing participants of the situation, and (2) we either ask the participant wishes to join another road trip or (3) we do a complete refund as soon as we get their bank details.
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Man charged with criminal impersonation
Robert Connelly, 45, of 11 Shore Road, Greenwich, was arrested June 20 on charges of criminal impersonation, interfering with an officer and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.
While Darien police were investigating the theft of $220 in catered food for which Connelly is a suspect, an officer observed him driving on Stephen Mather Road, police said. Connelly was stopped because the officer knew he had a suspended license, police said.
Connelly had no identification on him and told the police officer that his name was Thomas Connelly and provided a false date of birth, police said.
The officer also detected the odor of alcohol coming from Connelly's car, police said. However, Connelly passed field sobriety tests and the officer did not believe Connelly was above the legal threshold of .08 blood alcohol content, police said.
The officer informed Connelly that he knew his true identity, police said.
The vehicle's owner, who is Connelly's girlfriend, arrived on scene, the report stated. When she was asked to identify Connelly, she too lied and said his name was Tom, according to police. She then took her car home, and no charged have been filed against her, police said.
While being processed, Connelly told police that he used his brother's name because he was unsure if his own license was valid.
Connelly posted $5,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court July 1.


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Lemon Pie Cocktail
1 Glass Scotch Whisky. (2 oz Famous Grouse Scotch)
1 bottle Lemonade. (Fever Tree Bitter Lemon)
(Patrick Gavin Duffy: Stir gently with 1 ice cube.)
No instructions for this one, so initially I wasn't sure if they were to be served separately or mixed together. Fortunately, Patrick Gavin Duffy included the above instructions in his "Official Mixer's Manual".
In the English vernacular, I'm told "Lemonade" refers to a carbonated beverage not dissimilar to 7-Up. Or perhaps those carbonated French Lemon Sodas.
In any case, I've wanted to try the Fever Tree Bitter Lemon for a while now, and this seemed like a fine excuse. As an experiment, I'd say it was a bit of a failure, as Scotch and Bitter Lemon didn't quite work for me. The Scotch already has enough character going in and the bitterness kind of clashed with it. Would have preferred plain lemon soda or, to be perfectly honest, plain soda water.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Examine how elements of teaching for understanding are incorporated in a lesson. Enter your examples of how the element is used in the lesson, and then compare your answers to other teachers' answers.
Assess two drafts of students' letters using criteria presented as a four-point-scale rubric.
Connect themes and content to teaching strategies and activities. Practice developing lesson ideas by listing new concepts you would teach and activities you would use to teach them.
Analyze three classroom segments and identify teaching strategies that illustrate authentic instruction. Give examples to support your answer and compare your answers to those of other teachers.
The name of an event, person or land acquisition will appear when you click on a square. Click on another square to match the event or person with the correct land acquisition in this two-minute game.
Use the triangle model of the cultural framework to explore how products, practices and perspectives are interrelated. Compare two different products, practices and perspectives and see sample answers for each from two different cultures.
Examine a map of the United States and correctly identify major geographic features such as mountains, rivers and oceans. There are 20 questions and you have 30 seconds to answer each one.
Read the names of three Indian tribes and pick out the tribe that was not considered part of the same area as the others. You have 15 seconds to answer each question.
How many states can you identify?. There are 20 questions and you have 30 seconds to answer each one.
Connect teaching goals with strategies that enhance learning. Select teaching goals, review the tips provided, then brainstorm and list strategies you would use to help students make connections. Compare your answers to other teachers' answers.
Read the description of each segment, then identify up to three elements of powerful teaching and learning best represented in the segment. Once you've identified the elements, explain your answers.
Analyze teaching strategies used in four classroom examples. Describe how the teachers incorporated themes of unity and diversity into their lessons and compare your answers to the sample answers provided.
Test how much you know about major U.S geographic features, Indian tribes, states and regions, European colonists and territorial expansion. View your correct and incorrect answers, and print out your assessment.
View an engraving and two photographs from U.S. history. As you view these resources, think about what you can identify and interpret through the images, and what kinds of questions you might generate if you were using these images to teach your students.
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December 12, 2011
The Dark Knight Rises Poster Versus The Amazing Spider-Man Poster
Two more new major superhero movies are on the way and it is hard to decide which one to look forward to more. Hell, it's hard enough to figure out which poster to like better! First there is The Amazing Spider-Man poster, featuring star Andrew Garfield hanging off a wall. Then there is Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises poster, featuring a dark image of Tom Hardy's villian Bane standing over a broken batman mask.Read More..>>


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The following cases were heard by Judge Matthew Eckert in Spencer District Court on Aug. 19, 2011:
Devin Chesser (1987), operating on a suspended/revoked operators license, amended to no operators license in possession, guilty, $50 fine and state traffic school.
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IUCN together with the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), EUROPARC and WWF will organize an evening reception on 25 September 2012 at the European Parliament to ask its Members to vote for protecting Europe's nature by financing Natura 2000.
Natura 2000 is an EU success story – it is the largest network of nature protection areas in the world and contributes to protecting Europe's most valuable and threatened species and habitats.
This year, the Habitats Directive, which together with the Birds Directive resulted in the creation of Natura 2000, celebrates its 20th anniversary. What better way to mark this milestone in nature protection than investing in its future!
With only €3 cents per day, per EU citizen we can secure the huge benefits we get from nature's services – estimated between €200-300 billion per year. The future EU Budget 2014-2020 can contribute decisively to provide the funds for Natura 2000 and ensure that the network continues to protect nature and deliver its benefits and services.
At a time of a crucial voting in the European Parliament, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), EUROPARC, IUCN and WWF are asking all Members of the European Parliament and interested parties to show their commitment in financing Natura 2000 and ensure that Europe's nature stays protected.
The evening reception will be kindly hosted by MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy and organised by EEB, EUROPARC, IUCN and WWF.
The event will be moderated by Hans Friederich, Regional Director for Europe, IUCN. Invited speakers include:
- Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment
- MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Rapporteur on Biodiversity at the European Parliament
- MEP Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos – TBC
- Tony Long, Director, WWF European Policy Office
- Jeremy Wates, Secretary General, EEB
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Here at The Camel Toe Report we try to come up with inane little quips about funny camel toe pictures. We try to make some social commentary along the way as well, when our little minds are functioning at their best.


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"I feel like my plans and hopes have succeeded here."
"I believe that this opportunity really proved to be an amazing second chance. It is a completely different learning environment which was my biggest struggle at my old school. I enjoy learning much more and don't feel even half of the stress that I felt before."
"I am not letting my problems effect my grades...I'm so glad I joined this program it's keeping me motivated and working hard to accomplish my goals."
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Yes, It's A Hemi. No, It's Not A Chrysler. It's A Ford. This Rare Piece Was Created By Mickey Thompson 46 Years Ago.
Not long ago in HOT ROD, we told you the story of Mickey Thompson, the greatest hot rodder ever ("Life at 400 MPH," Dec. '08). But really, there might be hundreds of stories about M/T that need to be told. Here's one of them. Back in 1964, Mickey created this wonder: a 427 Ford FE engine with aluminum hemi heads of his own design.
A shrewd money racer, Mickey deftly maneuvered himself as the Detroit automakers drifted in and out of motorsports. When GM chairman Fred Donner pulled the plug on all racing activities in 1963, Mickey wasn't without a factory backer for long, quickly landing a Ford deal for 1964. His multicar IndyCar team, previously powered by Buick and Chevy aluminum small-blocks, including a DOHC Chevy in mid-development by M/T, was switched over to Ford Indy four-cammers. Ford's racing bosses also dealt M/T not one but two of their new Fairlane Thunderbolts to replace his Pontiac A/FXers. (Known as dollar cars, the 'Bolts were sold to Mickey for a buck each.) Meanwhile, another exotic M/T project, a hemi head package Mickey had developed for the Pontiac V-8, was transferred to Ford's big-block FE engine.
Like many of the best stories in hot rodding, M/T's hemi heads are shrouded in mystery, as well as a fair amount of baloney. Here we hope to dispense with as much of the latter as possible. First, old bench racing stories to the contrary, Mickey didn't simply butcher up early Chrysler hemi heads until they fit on Pontiac and then Ford short-blocks. Nor are the M/T Pontiac and Ford cylinder heads the same or even very similar pieces. It wasn't nearly that easy, and nobody enjoyed a technical challenge more than Mickey.
Interestingly enough, the bore spacing of the Chrysler, Pontiac, and Ford FE V-8s are quite similar, at 4.562, 4.62, and 4.63 inches, respectively. Another coincidence: All three engines employ a head bolt arrangement with 10 fasteners per bank. The patterns are similar, yet not identical and do not line up, nor do the water passages and other features. So M/T's hemi castings aren't Mopar knockoffs-at most, they could be described as conceptually based on the Chrysler but adapted to different architectures. Rather cleverly, too. The M/T castings do share a few parts with the Chrysler, including the intake rocker arms and valve covers. M/T also marketed aluminum replacement heads for the Chrysler, by the way. They listed at $725 per pair in the '64 M/T catalog, while the Pontiac and Ford heads were $900.
We can't say how many M/T Ford hemi heads were manufactured or sold. We can guess maybe a dozen or two at the very most, judging from the number that appeared to be in circulation throughout the mid-'60s. Mickey ran at least one pair on his supercharged gas dragster, while another set was installed on one of his Thunderbolts, the one driven by Jess Tyree. (Butch Leal drove M/T's other, S/S-legal 'Bolt with a conventional wedge-head 427.) Los Angeles racer Walt Stevens ran an M/T hemi Ford, supercharged and on nitromethane, first in a Fuel Altered, then in the A&W Root Beer AA/FD. Maybe another one or two Ford hemis floated around the Midwest for a time. Ron Pellegrini of Chicago ran a Ford hemi in his wild '65 Mustang Funny Car, but that engine was an early Chrysler with Ford badges on the valve covers. From there the trail goes dark.
The engine shown here, a Hilborn-injected version, is the proud possession of Clyde Dedrick, a Southern California building contractor who truly loves-with all his heart-the golden age of front-motored Top Fuelers and drag boats. Clyde owns an extensive collection of vintage drag boats and Chrysler 392 stuff and is also responsible for the Chabasco AA/FD, a well-known cacklefester. Clyde's M/T hemi was originally installed in a Litchfield hull to be campaigned by Mary Rife, drag boat racing's Shirley Muldowney and the fastest woman on water. The engine was donated to a church at some point, then went through several owners before Clyde learned of and rescued the rare hardware.
Clyde generously threw open the doors of his Oceanside, California, shop and let us fiddle with and photograph the disassembled M/T Ford hemi, meanwhile regaling us with an endless string of fabulous SoCal hot rodding stories. (Yes, at HOT ROD we live the dream.) Clyde then reassembled the engine so photographer Wes Allison could capture the glamour shot that leads this story. We knew we were being treated to something special in seeing in person, and handling with our own grubby mitts, one of the few remaining examples of this very rare engine-but we had no idea how special until we laid eyes on the M/T Ford's most amazing feature: its articulated, three-piece pushrods. Since the setup defies ordinary written description, please refer to the accompanying photos and captions. Curiously, this part of the design doesn't appear to be described or illustrated in any literature of the period, including The Mickey Thompson Performance Handbook and Catalog, a publication jointly produced in 1964 by M/T and Petersen Publishing, HOT ROD's former parent company.
The story of the Ford M/T hemi is as short as it is fascinating. Right around the time Mickey was joining up with Ford for 1964, the company was already planning its own hemi-fied version of the FE engine, the 427 SOHC Cammer. FoMoCo, with technical resources infinitely greater than the Southern California hot rod industry could generate, had come up with its own solution to pushrod obstruction: eliminate them altogether. On the cammer, the valves are actuated by a single overhead camshaft on each bank. Mickey dropped his hemi and quickly adopted the Cammer, using it to great effect in his LSR streamliner and Funny Cars. There is no indication that Mickey ever looked back. But today we can, to a most unusual engine by the most energetic and creative hot rodder there ever was.


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Service contracts and the 'mendokusai' factor
Last week we received a monthly credit card statement that included the first payment for our emobile portable Wi-Fi service, which we signed up for at the end of February. The charge came to ¥4,642, which was higher than we expected. We had applied at a discount electronics store near our home. From the beginning we understood that the service costs ¥3,880 a month, and while that did not provide us with unlimited Wi-Fi access, the amount of access it did provide was more than enough for our needs.
We made this clear to the saleperson right from the beginning because there were other plans available at higher prices and we didn't want to inadvertently sign up for one of those. He understood, but had to make his pitches.
The first had to do with the Wi-Fi device itself, which cost ¥33,600. Since the basic contract was for two years, that came to ¥1,400 a month, but because we were signing a two-year contract, the price of the device is waived, which means ¥1,400 would be deducted from the standard monthly fee. That doesn't mean ¥1,400 is subtracted from the ¥3,880 emobile advertised as the basic monthly service fee. Apparently, ¥3,880 is the fee after the seemingly non-existent ¥1,400 device charge is subtracted.
If you break the contract before the two years are up or change to a different service/device, you have to pay a fee of ¥9,975. And if you don't inform them that you don't want to renew your contract at the end of two years, the company automatically renews it. This term has bothered a number of other subscribers, especially since there is only a one-month window at the end of a contract during which you can request that it not be renewed.
The second pitch had to do with options, none of which we took. One was insurance for both the device and the software, which costs ¥525 a month. The salesman didn't try to push it, but he made a point of explaining that if we didn't want it we had to "waive" it, meaning we had to actively decline the insurance. It wasn't a matter of not taking it.
From our understanding, the insurance fee was automatically added to the service fee, which hardly made it an "option." He said we would have to call the emobile customer support number to formally cancel it — for some reason we couldn't do it through him — and that we should do it as soon as our Wi-Fi service went into effect, since we would be charged for the insurance almost as soon as we started using the device.


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Who wins the $$$$$$?I voted for Tyler & James
I'm going against the grain..... I WANT Bama to win....but I'll put money on Rob and Kim. Just a hunch.
I think Rob & Kim will win !Karlyn & Lyn these two impossible to win!Tyler & James have chance to win!I heard of from my friends in New Work , they saw the couple win the race , that means Rob & Kim win ,but for me I'm not sure. From the beginning I like this couple , because although they always fight ,emotional, they never give up and independent. One thing we know , they always have some problem with their car ,but at last they never be the last place.However, some team shouldn't be in the final 3 , they never won a leg in the race , it is shame for them ,everyone knows something between cho brothers and them ,also they always play tricks, they are unwelcome. If I was a racer , I will choose the stronger team to compete , not the weak team . Finally , you can say you are the real winner .
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LaPierre: Gun owners make U.S. safer
Criminals can't tell who's armed in right-to-carry states, boosting security
As gun owners across the South prepare to gather in Houston for the 142nd NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits next weekend, I want to thank the 5 million members of the NRA for all they do to make America safe and free.
If you're an NRA member, you deserve to be proud.
Because today, yet again, it's NRA members and the millions who agree with us - not the press or some in the political ranks - who are doing the thankless and heroic work of standing up for freedom. And it's NRA members who are demanding proven solutions - instead of empty soundbites and slogans - that will make Americans safer.
Twenty years ago, it was NRA members who won tough criminal justice reforms that reduced violent crime, like truth-in-sentencing, "three strikes and you're out" laws, and programs like the federal Project Exile, which warned, "An illegal gun gets you five years in federal prison." By taking armed gang members, armed drug dealers and armed felons off the streets, Project Exile's strict enforcement of existing laws served as a form of prevention - because it removed predators from society before they could continue on to their next killing.
As a result, according to the FBI, over the past 22 years, violent crime has dropped by almost half. And the murder rate has fallen by more than half, to almost the lowest point in U.S. history - even as the number of privately owned firearms has broken record after record.
Over the past 25 years, NRA members demanded adoption of right-to-carry laws in dozens of states. In that time, the number of states with free and fair right-to-carry laws has grown from fewer than 10 to more than 40.
As a result, across the board, violent crime has fallen faster and further in right-to-carry states than in states that still deny that right - and you're safer in those states whether or not you choose to carry a firearm. Why? Because criminals can no longer tell who's armed and who isn't. And when the wolves can't distinguish the lions from the lambs, the whole flock is safer.
The gun-ban lobby and its media cheerleaders have tried to "rebrand" their decades-old anti-gun agenda as so-called "gun safety." But regardless of slogans, they haven't done anything to make guns, gun owners or anyone safer anywhere.
NRA members are making gun owners safer everywhere, whether they own a gun for protection or for hunting, recreation, competition or any other lawful reason.
Why? Because for well over a century, NRA members have paid and volunteered to train generations of Americans - over 1 million people every year - to own and use firearms safely.
As a result, even as the number of privately owned firearms in the U.S. has increased by at least five-fold, firearm accidents have fallen by 94 percent over the past century, to the lowest levels ever recorded.
It wasn't the media, the government or the anti-gun elites who did all that. It was NRA members. NRA members exemplify everything that's good and right about America.
They stand and fight to defend the Bill of Rights - all those rights - not just for the rich, powerful and politically connected, but for all Americans.
NRA members participate in the democratic process, educating themselves, their fellow citizens and elected representatives about the issues of debate. On Election Day, they vote to defend their freedom, their safety and the rights of others.
And when freedom comes under fire from a press and political class that exploits tragedy and harnesses raw emotion to slander and attack that freedom - and shouts down anyone who dissents as evil, dishonest or stupid - that's when NRA members step forward with passion and pride to correct the distortions, dispel ignorance with reason and demand meaningful solutions. Emotions might move us, but only the truth can protect us.
Almost from the moment of the tragedy in Newtown, it became apparent that the ensuing push for a wide variety of new anti-gun laws had a lot less to do with school safety than it did with a decades-long crusade to destroy the Second Amendment.
NRA members recognized that crusade for what it was, and proposed solutions that will work: Fix the broken mental health system, put armed police and certified security into our schools, and enforce existing federal laws against drug dealers with guns and gang members with guns to get them off the streets before they go to their next killing.
That's what will make America safer - thanks to NRA members.
LaPierre is executive vice president and CEO of the National Rifle Association.


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Celebaby Roundup
Celebaby Roundup
It was a big weekend for celebrity babies with Halloween just around the corner on Wednesday. Angelina Jolie got into the spirit with her kids in LA, while Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were also feeling festive at a cake shop with their girls. Hilary Duff took her little one, Luca, out on the town, as Victoria Beckham cheered on David with their youngest, Harper. Click through to see what else everyone was up to!


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2013 Miss Henry County Fair Lauren VanDeVelde of Galva will end her reign tonight as she crowns her replacement at the 155th Henry County Fair in Cambridge.
2013 Miss Henry County Fair Lauren VanDeVelde of Galva will end her reign tonight as she crowns her replacement at the 155th Henry County Fair in Cambridge.
The pageant will begin at 7 p.m., along with the Junior Miss Henry County Fair pageant, at the fairgrounds.
Twenty girls are seeking to be VanDeVelde's successor. They include:
1. Maggie Schlindwein, 19, Geneseo, Jack and Carrie Schlindwein; sponsored by parents
2. Avery Burgeson, 16, Cambridge, niece of Britta Hixson; sponsored by Hair Etc.
3. Jessa Coulter, 18, Geneseo, Russ and DeAnna Coulter; sponsored by 2nd Street Studio
4. Catie Helle, 16, Woodhull, Terry and Debbie Helle; sponsored by AD Homes & Remodeling
5. Aurora Westerlund, 18, Geneseo, Mike and Donna Westerlund; sponsored by parents
6. Catherine Nelson, 20, Annawan, Marty and Judy Nelson; sponsored by her family
7. Morgan Gainey, 19, Orion, Tyrone Gainey; sponsored by Lindsey's Dance Xtreme
8. Rachel Quillin, 19, Geneseo, Russ and Tammy Quillin; sponsored by Hillbilly Hollow Woodworks
9. Jordan Larson, 19, Orion, Dan and Tammy Larson; sponsored by her parents
10. Darci Dietrich, 18, Geneseo, Shane and Joyce Dietrich; sponsored by her family
11. Kaila Dunfee, 17, Annawan, Amy and Dennis Barnes; sponsored by Edward Jones, Financial Advisor Amy Barnes
12. Kelly Franck, 18, Cambridge, Robert and Julie Franck; sponsored by the Cambridge FFA Chapter
13. Chelsea Verbeck, 19, Annawan, Dean and Tammy Verbeck; sponsored by Verbeck Farms
14. Allison Meyer, 16, Cambridge, Bob and Liz Meyer; sponsored by parents
15. Briana Kazubowski, 17, Galva, Ricky and Cris Martinez; sponsored by Yemm Auto Group
16. Samantha Roberts, 17, Lynn Center, Darrin and Jessica Anderson; sponsored by family
17. Kelly Proper, 16, Woodhull, Eric and Shawn Johnson; sponsored by Penny Egert
18. Danielle Strouss, 17, Geneseo, Brian and Amy Strouss; sponsored by parents
19. Kate Sturtewagon, 16, Annawan, Audie and Rochelle Sturtewagon; sponsored by Patriot Renewable Fuels
20. Kelsey Manasco, 17, Cambridge, Travis and Jenniah Walline; sponsored by Hand Taylored Massage


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n. An elaborate or at least covered porch area adjacent to a main entrance, generally in a classical building. The portico functions as a means to protect visitors from the elements as well as emphasizing the taste and wealth of the owner.
Even though Windows Phone 8 has just launched across the world, information on the first OS update was revealed just a week ago. The OS update is rumored to be announced this February during the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and it will reportedly consist of various small patches, fixes and additions to Windows Phone 8.
Windows Phone Central has now learned from a known and trusted source that this update is being referred to not as Apollo+ but 'Portico'.
Update 12/10/12: Turns out Portico and Apollo+ may be different updates as the former began rolling out today.
The label is evidently keeping in the Microsoft tradition of Windows Phone OS codenames ending in -o, including NoDo (7.x), Mango (7.5), Tango (7.5 Refresh) and Apollo (8.0). We're unsure if the name was chosen for its meaning, although the concept of a portico being an extension on a house certainly fits the idea behind the update, which is thought to augment the capabilities of Windows Phone 8.
Our confidence in this information
Unfortunately not too much is currently known about Portico, potentially due to the flux of changing priorities with the development team as well as secrecy. The Verge recently stated that the update would include VPN support as well as enhancing Wi-Fi so that it can remain connected when the phone is in standby.
The update is not to be considered a milestone upgrade like Mango (Windows Phone 7.5) but rather more along the lines of NoDo, released back in March 2011, which brought minor but much needed fixes like copy/paste and speed enhancements.
The only thing we do know is that there may be "a few surprises" but that is all we can share.


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Distinguished by clean lines and natural finishes, mid-century modern design has become a new standard for refinement and style. Moda Mosaic reflects this aesthetic in an offering of crisp geometric shapes realized in luxurious Italian Travertine, a favorite of many mid-century architects.
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15-30 inches. Dark gray or dark olive to nearly black above with vague, dark longitudinal bands; dull yellow or pale tan below and on the lowermost scale row; underside with two rows of black spots. Entirely black individuals are occasionally found in the southeastern part of the State. The keeled scales are in 19 rows.
Crayfish snakes are chiefly nocturnal and inhabit swamps and bayous. They spend the day hidden in crawfish burrows, water hyacinths and damp leaf litter near shore. They give birth to 6-14 young.
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Instructor: Carrie Tyler
Discover the poetry of your body in this two-hour master class with Carrie Tyler (link to bio), founder of the Rasamaya Method. Carrie is well-known in the yoga community as an expert anatomy teacher, who creates body part focused vinyasa flows that have been described as, "edgy, enlightening, badass, and just damn fun." The first 30 mins of the class is dedicated to discussing dynamic anatomy where you will debunk myths about the limitations of your structure, and identify patterns that may be holding you back in your practice. The next 90 mins is all about getting your sweat on, meeting your edge, and building to a peak posture that relates back to the earlier discussion. You will discover variations of yoga poses you didn't even know existed as you dig deep into the possibilities of your body. As true to all Rasamaya Method classes, one of the nine core emotions (rasas) will be woven through the experience in the form inspiring readings, pranayama (breath work), and meditation.
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Measuring Your I.T. SuperiorityBy Paul A. Strassmann | Posted 2005-09-07 Print
Your information-technology operations cost less than your rivals' systems. But does the board know that? Here are some numbers to bolster your case.
During a review of the effective- ness of information-technology operations, directors sitting on corporate boards would usually like to avoid hearing about technical topics such as "architecture" or "networking strategies."
The directors—who usually have a limited amount of time to devote to an examination of technology spending—tend instead to focus on whether steadily rising technology costs actually deliver a competitive advantage to their company.
A chief information officer who wants to successfully withstand such an inquiry should seek out credible evidence to make a case. Essentially that means showing, and quantifying, how the company spends less than key rivals on information technology while simultaneously delivering superior results to shareholders.
Where to begin? Start by reviewing the financial statements of your company and those of your rivals, identifying technology spending as well as other expenditures and metrics such as employee head count.
Then, calculate key cost ratios, such as technology spending versus revenue, and key performance ratios including return on shareholder equity for your company and your rivals (see worksheet at right).
If the cost ratios are lower and performance ratios are higher than those of your competitors, you will have a better shot at getting your request for information-technology spending plans approved by the board of directors—or even possibly keeping your job for another few years.
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