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#AskKantro Tweet Chat on 5/25: How Do I Choose a Student Loan?Announcing a third #AskKantro Tweet Chat with Mark Kantrowitz, @mkant, on "How to Choose a Student Loan" on 5/25 at 8 p.m. EST. According to Mark Kantrowitz, roughly two-thirds of undergraduate students graduating with a Bachelor's degree borrow for their education. Chances are, you're going to need to take out a student loan for college too – whether you like it ...Published over 3 years ago |
2011 Job Outlook for College GradsJust three years ago, the job outlook was virtually nonexistent. There just weren't any jobs – let alone jobs for college graduates. Now, according to a new survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), companies are expecting to hire nearly 20% more college grads than they did last year. The survey also revealed that the average starting salary ...Published over 3 years ago |
The List is Out: 279 Colleges with Enrollment OpeningsThroughout the entire school year, news outlets, guidance counselors and even your close relatives tout the complexity and competitiveness of the college admissions process. While May 1 requires students to make that final college decision, the week after reveals a softer side to the whole ordeal. Future college students see that the "final college decision" isn't so final. There is still ...Published over 3 years ago |
College Campuses React to Bin Laden's DeathFor ten years, students have been recalling where they were when they first heard of the tragic events on September 11, 2001. Now, students will have the rest of their lives to reminisce what they were doing when news of Osama bin Laden's death reached them late last night on May 1, 2011. At 11:35 p.m. EST, President Obama addressed the ...Published over 3 years ago |
More Working Women Have College Degrees than MenThe early 1980's witnessed a major milestone for women in education. For the first time ever, females surpassed males in college enrollment. In 1996, there were more women than men who had completed a bachelor's degree. Now, women are celebrating another huge achievement. The U.S. Census Bureau statistics reveal that more employed women than men have college degrees. Based off of ...Published over 3 years ago |
eReaders and eBooks, Are Students Using Them?Do you have an eReader? Do you use one for class? A recent study asked college students what they think of the technology and how much they're using it. This past March OnCampus research asked 655 college students about their usage of electronic books or eBooks as well as their usage of eReader devices. Three major conclusions of the study are ...Published over 3 years ago |
Cutting College Costs #AskKantro Tweet Chat ScheduledHave questions about how to cut college costs? Get answers during the live #AskKantro Tweet chat on Wednesday, April 27 from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST. Participate by bringing your college cost questions and signing onto Twitter where financial aid expert Mark Kantrowitz (@mkant) will be on hand tweeting live responses to all your tweeted questions. After a successful first ...Published over 3 years ago |
Want to be an App Developer? There's a Degree for ThatAngry Birds. Words with Friends. Fruit Ninja. Perhaps your mobile app addiction has led to a real curiosity and passion for app development, but aside from teaching yourself, there was no way to get a legitimate education that specifically focuses on mobile apps. Until now. Rasmussen College, which has over 21 different campuses in the U.S. and also offers online degrees, ...Published over 3 years ago |
Students Becoming Addicted to Social MediaStudents report laying around staring off blankly with nothing to do and feeling so lonely that they felt like they were in a small cage on a solitary island all because they committed to not using any form of electronic media for 24 hours. In a recent study conducted by the University of Maryland's International Center for Media & the Public ...Published over 3 years ago |
Student Loan Debt: Too Much to Handle?Last year, Mark Kantrowitz reported that the total amount of student loan debt had surpassed the total amount of credit card debt for the first time ever. Now, experts, including Kantrowitz, are projecting that student loan debt will surpass the $1 trillion mark this year. The Project on Student Debt reported last year that the average student debt totals $24,000, which ...Published over 3 years ago |
First Time Tax Filing ExplainedApril 15th is fast approaching— the nationally dreaded tax day. But don't despair. While this may represent a challenge if it's your first time filing, it can also pay off big if you wind up with a refund. The long and short of it is, you won't know if you're owed a refund until you file. But completing the whole process ...Published over 3 years ago |
Jobs Influencing Students Choice of MajorSince the beginning of school students are told they can grow up to be whatever they wanted to be. While that is still the case, something is changing that is having students give what it is they want to 'be' a second thought. High school and college students today are choosing majors based not only on personality and passion but also ...Published over 3 years ago |
New Financial Aid Facebook App to LaunchIf you thought Facebook was just a place to keep up with friends and build your dream farm or climb the ranks of the mafia, think again. With the help of a few high-profile business and political moguls and youth-empowered companies, the social networking site has now become a financial aid networking site. Later this year, students will be able to ...Published over 3 years ago |
Obama Administration Takes Stand against Sexual AssaultYesterday, on behalf of the Obama administration, Vice President, Joe Biden, and Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, not only spoke out against sexual assault on school campuses but also presented a list of guidelines for schools to help prevent further cases, according to CBS News. The Obama administration's guidelines include the following, taken from NPR: [gate] • Schools must use a ...Published over 3 years ago |
USA Today Reports NCAA Basketball Players Earn $120KFor years, college basketball fans and March Madness enthusiasts have been saying that college basketball players should get paid for what they do. But yesterday, USA Today revealed that they already do. In fact, college basketball players are making roughly $120,000 a year. The data was pulled and analyzed from the 120 schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Here is ...Published over 3 years ago |
Happy Doctors' DayToday is National Doctors' Day, and yes it's a real day. Created in an effort to recognize our Nation's physicians for their leadership in the prevention and treatment of illness and injury, the first Doctors' Day occurred on March 30, 1933 in Winder, Georgia. According to DoctorsDay.org the first official day included individuals mailing greeting cards to doctors and placing flowers ...Published over 3 years ago |
Obama Administration to Release College Completion Tool KitIt's no secret that President Obama wants the U.S. to become the first in the world in college degree holders by 2020. Since 2009, it has been a staple in his higher education platform, citing it as recently as January in his State of the Union Address. Currently, the U.S. is in a four-way tie for ninth place, with South Korea ...Published over 3 years ago |
Mark Kantrowitz's Secrets to Winning a Scholarship a Huge SuccessMark Kantrowitz is known throughout the Fastweb community and the country as the expert on all things relating to financial aid. Everyone looks to him for advice – from Fastweb members to Congressmen on Capitol Hill. On February 8th, Kantrowitz provided his latest insights in his new book, Secrets to Winning a Scholarship. Since then, the book has not only made ...Published over 3 years ago |
8-year-old Wins $25,000 Scholarship for Inventing a Peanut Butter SandwichCan you imagine a sandwich worth $25,000? Eight year old Margalit from North Raleigh did just that. Her Wushu chicken tacos won her $25k in Jif's Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest. Margalit recently traveled to New York to compete against four other finalists in a cook-off. Her competition included a "BLT PB Sweet Style" sandwich, a version of BBQ chicken ...Published over 3 years ago |
How Can You Help Japan?Japan may be half a world away but you can still make a difference in the lives of those who survived the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11th. While you may be a poor college student, or about to become a poor college student, there are little ways for you to give back to families who have lost loved ...Published over 3 years ago |


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2013 Kitchen Resolution: Make More Recipes From Actual Cookbooks
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My resolution: This past year, I started a food blog and in the process have noticed how often I rely on other blogs and websites for my recipe inspirations, but I have so many cookbooks that I hardly ever use and that have plenty of excellent recipes. This year, I want to make at least one recipe a month from an actual cookbook I own — I have plenty to choose from, including some cool vintage ones (good thing I already have a "modern gas range"!)
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This is my resolution too! This weekend I made three things from the Smitten Kitchen cookbook.
This SHOULD be my resolution. I have bought many cookbooks this year. Now I should use them rather than just read them or enjoy the pictures.
I highly recommend Eat Your Books. They have indexed thousands of cookbooks, making them easily searchable. I use my cookbooks much, much more than I did before I found this site. There is a small fee, but it is completely worth it.
I just bought 4 cookbooks! I can't wait for them to arrive and start using them. I plan to do lots of cooking from them this year.
I've been all about this resolution. Cooking is just one of the areas I'm trying to unplug a bit in my life this year, and i've noticed a genuinely more enjoyable cooking experience. I'm baking through Reinhart's Bread Baker's Apprentice so it's a good thing carb control wasn't part of my resolution... :)
Yes! This is on my resolution list too. I find it's just as inspiring to sit down and read the cookbooks as it is to peruse food blogs. Beautiful photos, great stories, and inspiring recipes. So here's to cookbooks in 2013!
Excellent resolution!
One way I have found to make using my cookbooks more fun is to join the effort to review cookbook recipes on www.cookbooker.com. Its free, and a nice supportive community. They even host challenges where everyone collectively reviews from a single cookbook - and you can win cookbooks! You can also log your reviews of recipes from blogs. I find it super helpful when trying to remember where I found that excellent recipe I took to a BBQ in 2011....
This is one of my resolutions as well! I have so many cookbooks but rarely use them. I love looking at the cookbooks and picking out recipes I would love to try but I never seem to remember the recipes and end up going online for inspiration. I signed up for Eat Your Books last year and intend to really get some use out of it this year.
I am getting pretty tired of recipes I find on the Internet which have too much salt in them. Seriously! I never had this problem using published cookbooks, especially Good Housekeeping and Better Homes and Gardens. I should go with my gut instinct when it comes to how much salt to use, but I am so used to trusting recipes that I go on and mess it up anyway.
Wow, glad to see I'm not alone in this resolution--and talk about some extra accountability now that it's shared here! I'll look into some of the sites and apps everyone had mentioned (some irony to using a web-based app to get myself using more hard copy recipes? Nahhhh!)
And thanks for sharing my resolution/picture, it was pretty exciting to scroll past it this morning during my daily Kitchn read-through!
This has inspired me to look through my collection of vintage cookbooks. Thank you!
I have so many cookbooks and usually a few on my nightstand for bedtime reading. I try to focus on making a few things from one cookbook each month (or every few weeks) and then switch to another cookbook. This keeps me from getting overwhelmed by which recipe to try first! Smitten Kitchen, How to Eat Supper, and The Food You Crave are up for recipe trying.
I also tend to cook with out recipes most of the time, so I when I plan out my meals, I try to incorporate some recipe based meals.
I did this for two years on my blog. It was a lot of fun, and a lot of hard work to keep thinking about it and planning, but I did it!


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This summer, Monsanto is addressing resistance concerns by hosting corn-on-corn clinics for farmers in areas with heavy corn rootworm pressure. The clinics focus on agronomic factors associated with corn-on-corn production, such as residue management, seedbed preparation, soil fertility, weed control, disease pressure and insect pressure.
"Because every field is unique, we encourage growers to carefully evaluate the emergence scores, disease tolerance and insect protection component of each corn hybrid when making selections for corn-on-corn acres," says Ty Vaughn, Monsanto corn product management lead.
"If a farmer is experiencing challenges or heavy insect pressure, the best choice is to rotate to soybeans next season," Vaughn adds. "If that is not a choice farmers can or are willing to make given the economics, planting pyramided products, or using an insecticide on single-mode-of-action products are potential tools in heavily infested areas."
Scouting is an integral part of integrated pest management practices. Gray encourages farmers to scout sooner rather than later as corn rootworm showed up early this year, by nearly a month in Illinois.
He offers this recommendation for farmers who suspect they might have rootworm resistance on their farm: "Long-term, it will be increasingly important to integrate management practices such as rotating corn with other crops, rotating Bt traits from season to season, considering the use of a non-Bt hybrid along with a soil insecticide at planting, and not neglecting the use of a refuge if a Bt hybrid is planted."
In simple terms, stewardship matters—at all levels in the industry.
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Couscous-Crusted Mediterranean Salmon
zest/juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup fresh basil, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup fresh parsley, coarsely chopped
3 tablespoons raisins
3 tablespoons sliced stuffed green olives
2 tablespoons pine nuts (or slivered almonds)
1 teaspoon canola oil, divided
1 1/2 cups spinach/tomato (or plain) couscous
1 (1 1/4 lb) salmon filet (skin removed)
1 teaspoon salt-free tomato basil garlic seasoning
2 cups water
CALORIES (per 1/4 recipe) 610kcal; FAT 23g; CHOL 90mg; SODIUM 220mg; CARB 58g; FIBER 4g; PROTEIN 41g; VIT A 20%; VIT C 35%; CALC 8%; IRON 15%
European Salad
12 baby carrots, coarsely chopped
4 plum tomatoes, coarsely chopped
1 bag European (or romaine) salad blend (8–10 oz)
1/4 cup light balsamic vinaigrette
CALORIES (per 1/4 recipe) 50kcal; FAT .5g; CHOL 0mg; SODIUM 135mg; CARB 10g; FIBER 2g; PROTEIN 2g; VIT A 110%; VIT C 30%; CALC 2%; IRON 2%
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"Fuck you mother fucker"
This phrase was yelled at me by some punk ass bitch in a lifted SUV the other day. Why? Because he was tailgating me? Because he couldn't stop as quickly as I could and almost rear-ended me twice? Because he couldn't beat me in a drag race from a stop light? Because he tried to ram me twice and if I hadn't almost run into a median I would have been hit? And though I wanted to yell back "Fuck you, you fucking cunt," I did not have the balls to.
This is why I hate trucks. Especially stupid lifted ones that serve no purpose. They all seem to be driven by white trash mother fuckers (literally… probably a few generations of inbreeding). This prick that then yelled "Wanna go? Right here?" had a nice pony tail and plug piercings. Whether he meant race or fight, I'm not sure, but he was holding up traffic at a green light. After this, he turned into an In-N-Out… probably to eat away his inferiority. I hear burgers can cure that pretty well. That and beer.
Road rage is scary. Especially for a young woman like myself. After a discussion with my boyfriend, I learned a few things about road rage and about the kind of assfaces that drive stupid lifted trucks.
- Dealing with road rage:
Don't roll down your window… especially if they are tinted—I made this rookie mistake after the aforementioned jackass tried to ram me. I have illegal tint, and he probably couldn't see who was in the car, but I wanted to give this guy a mouthful of swearwords and insults… however I froze up and didn't say anything other than "the light is green." Thankfully he turned off the road, but unfortunately I could not get his license plate number to report him for attempted vehicular homicide/assault with a deadly weapon. If he had continued to terrorize me, I would have had to turn off the road we were traveling on and try to loose him. If he continued to follow me, I would have had to drive to a police station or something. NEVER, EVER, EVER IN ALL OF ETERNITY go home if you are being followed. Only bad news can come out of that. In summary—keep your windows up, get the license plate number, and try to get away (escape to a police station if need be).
- Why people that drive trucks are jerks:
Daddy issues, mommy issues, small dick syndrome, napoleon complex, innately asinine? It seems as though these people think they're hot shit and that they can bully everyone else on the road because they have some big, high tip-risk, vehicle. Perhaps it's because I have a little car that can actually go fast and handle a gazillion times better then their pieces of shit, but I'm constantly the target for these terrorist acts (in the literal sense that I'm being terrorized). I'm sure other small cars experience this same trouble. It's like the big fat bully in school that picks on kids two grades below them… because the kids in his grade aren't afraid of him. I just can't understand what the fuck goes through these people's minds when they decide to try and shove someone off the road with their truck/SUV/jeep. You can kill someone doing that.
If you drive a truck, any kind of truck, and you don't tow anything ever… please rethink your life and your values.
Just to reiterate….
This… x2
In addition to that previous post, perhaps some etiquette should be established. If you are the one backing up, and you see that someone is awfully close to driving past you, you wait. You do not have the goddamn right of way. This happened twice yesterday—people just backing up and pretending I don't exist.
As the person backing out the space, you have to wait for the person about to drive behind you/person you're about to hit to pass, unless they signal to you that they are going to wait for you. So just pull back into your spot if you're a little too far out of the space or simply stop backing up if you haven't moved very far.
It's pretty simple: If you see another car approaching your vehicle as you are backing up, press on the breaks and stop. Wait until that vehicle has passed and then resume your reverse motion.
Studded snow tires
Studded snow tires, for those who live in warmer climates, are tires with little metal studs in the tread which provide plenty of extra traction in heavy snow and ice situations. These tires are handy for people who live in mountainous areas or other areas that receive significant snowfall and/or ice. Studded snow tires should be put on somewhere around the first heavy snowfall of the season and should be removed when the roads are generally cleared of snow.
Having snow tires on at the end of April in 80 degree weather is just fucking stupid, ruins the road, and decreases the life of your tire!!!!
A lot of people in my city of residence still have their studded tires on. This RUINS the road. You're banging metal picks into asphalt at over 65 miles per hour…. what do you think that's going to do to the road?! If someone hits you with a bunch of metal studs at 60 miles an hour, you're probably not going to look or feel very good afterwards. Then our roads get worse and everyone complains, and then we have to go through construction and repaving. No one likes road construction. So take off your goddamn studded snow tires already. Jeez.
How to turn on the turn signal
Since it appears that a vast majority of drivers fail to use their turn signals, I figured I would take this time to help those drivers find the mechanism which turns the turn signal on and off.
The turn signal indicator stalk is always, and I mean ALWAYS, on the left side of the steering column, just behind the steering wheel. This even holds true in right-hand drive cars! If you have more than one stick protruding from your steering column, the one that turns on your signal often has the controls for the windshield wiper on it as well. Just in case you are having difficulty locating the lever in your car, refer to the following pictures:
How to use this excellent piece of engineering genius is very simple. If you wish to go to the right, you simply push the stick upwards. If you wish to go to the left, you simply push the stick downwards. If you are having a hard time remembering which is which, just think of this neat little trick: If you hold a finger out and turn the wheel to the right, your finger will hit the turn signal indicator from underneath, pushing it upwards. Likewise, if you hold a finger out and turn the wheel to the left, your finger will hit the turn signal indicator from above, pushing it downwards. You don't even have to move it very far! You only need to push the stalk up maybe an inch (possibly 2 at the most), which isn't much trouble at all.
Turning off your signal, which is just as important, is done by returning the stalk to its original position. Most cars automatically turn off the signal when you return the wheel to "straight" if you move the wheel far enough in the direction you have indicated you will turn. However, when changing lanes, the signal does not automatically turn off, so it is your responsibility to return the stalk to where it started.
Lastly, the turn signal indicator is not very far away from your hands if you drive with a "9 and 3" hand position. It is also not very far away in a "10 and 2" or an "8 and 4" hand position. And, really, it's not very difficult to reach even if you're one of those idiots that drives with your wrist at the 12:00 position. While the actual distance between the wheel and the far end of the turn signal indicator varies by make and model, it is usually within a finger's length of the steering wheel (see below) so that you can keep your hand on the steering wheel at all times.
If you are still having problems figuring out how to turn on your signals, go out to your car and play around until you have figured it out. And once you know how to turn on your signals, APPLY THIS KNOWLEDGE IN REAL LIFE!
Make sure you look before backing up. Anywhere. Anytime.
So, yesterday I went to Einstein Bagels, looking to indulge in a delicious breakfast sandwich. I was behind this god awful Camry with chrome 22's and super low profile tires. As we were moseying through the parking lot, the woman driving the Camry decided she wanted a parking space that happened to be behind her—where I was. So, the woman proceeded to back up. Quickly. I honked my horn. She did not brake. I slammed the horn, for about 5 to 6 seconds, and about 6" away from my car, she finally realized I was there and stopped. How one doesn't stop immediately at the sound of a car horn so close him/her is beyond me. But the lesson learned from this is do not back up without looking behind you! Better yet, don't back up in areas where this can cause an accident, e.g., at a stop light. If you're too far out in the intersection, that's just too damn bad.
This really should be common sense…
The shoulder/bike lane is not a turn lane. You can actually be ticketed for driving in a bike lane and/or on the shoulder. Turn lanes are almost always signaled by a dashed line. This may be one of those "patience is a virtue" situations.
Why San Francisco (and pretty much any major city) sucks.
So, I was in San Francisco last week for a Car and Driver event, and I was painfully reminded how much city driving sucks. It's the horrific combination of hundreds of thousands of cars attempting to travel on 4 lane roads, stop lights every 50 meters, and pedestrians out the wazoo. Not to mention tolls to enter and exit the city and the catastrophe that happens when you realize you need to make a left instead of a right and you have to attempt to get across 5 lanes of bumper to bumper traffic or risk getting lost.
And honestly, there isn't a way to fix it. Yes, people using public transportation, walking, or walking to public transportation might help, but only minimally. Perhaps I'll have another post on why public transportation doesn't work. I digress.
- If you happen to find yourself in a big-city-driving situation, never ever ever be in a hurry. Make sure you leave LOTS of time to get where you're going because there will most likely be a traffic jam, a crash, a long line at a toll, or some other disaster that will cause you to lose precious minutes of your life sitting in your car trying to find a decent radio station to listen to and moving at the blistering speed of 5 miles per hour.
- You should also know where the hell you're going. Having a GPS system can only help so much. If it doesn't direct you very well, then you'll end up getting on some other freeway that you didn't want to be on and you'll end up lost and in a bad part of the city. If you have paper directions, include the maps. If you have a navigator with you, make sure that communication is clear so that everyone can keep their cool and not ruin the day by being pissed at each other.
- The native city driver is an aggressive one. Watch out for them.
- I would like to argue that health in cities is bad not from air pollution, but rather it is caused by the stress of driving in such a shitty environment.
Yet some people absolutely love cities, and that's all fine and dandy for them. I am not a member of that cult, and I'm sure many others aren't as well. And sadly, many of the city-haters must drive in a city at some point. Maybe there is a way to fix the horrible congestion on bridges in and out of cities. I think that solution is probably driving at 2 in the morning, but that's not very practical. It's just the nature of the beast. I think here's another place where the "Keep Calm and Drive On" picture could go…..
There have been a lot of problems with cyclists recently in my city of residence. This week, I actually saw someone who had been hit by a car (probably because they didn't stop at the intersection). Though this blog is about cars, bicycles and cars apparently don't mix on the road the way they should. I would personally put 90% of the blame on the cyclists, but automobile drivers can be dicks too. Let's go over some ground rules for each:
- You MUST stop at stop signs and red lights. You do not ever get the right of way unless you follow rule #2:
- You cannot use a crosswalk while on your bike. You must dismount and walk across. This is written in about every traffic manual.
- Stay as far the fuck over as you possibly can. Some towns have bike lanes, others don't. Even when in the bike lane, please be sure to ride as far to the right as you safely can. It freaks people out when you drive on the line dividing the driving and bike lanes.
- Also on that note, you are not going as fast as the rest of the traffic and sometimes it is physically impossible for you to go as fast as cars—don't ride in the middle of the road.
- Did I mention you have to stop at red lights and stop signs yet? You must follow all traffic laws that cars do if you're going to ride on the road. You are not special because you are on a bike.
- Do not honk at cyclists as you pass them.
- Give them enough room when you pass, but try not to go into the opposite lane to pass them.
- Do not use bike lanes as turn lanes. This is actually illegal in some states, and you can be ticketed for this.
- Watch out for cyclists when making turns.
If you haven't noticed, my biggest pet peeve is when cyclists just blow right through stop signs. That is incredibly dangerous for them and fucking scary for all the cars at the intersection. If you ride a bike, for whatever reason, please make sure you are following the laws just like the cars have to. Don't complain about drivers not sharing the road when you aren't playing by the rules either.
Old people should not drive.
So, the other day when my significant other and I were heading home from a hike, we encountered an old person that clearly did not know how to drive. When coming to a stop a light, this woman, in her 70's perhaps, did not come to a complete stop until about 1/4 car length after the big bold line that marks where the intersection starts. In doing so, this woman blocked one of the turn lanes for people turning left coming from the opposite direction. We thought we were in the clear since we were getting on the highway and the woman was two lanes over. However, when the light turned green, the woman decided that she was in the wrong lane, and drove through two lanes of traffic to get in front of us to get on the freeway. We waited behind her and then she decided to go two miles per hour through the light and up the on ramp, so we passed her and another vehicle that was failing to merge at an appropriate speed.
Old people are just as, if not more, of a hazard than new drivers or people texting and driving. One of my friends' father was killed because some old person drove right into him while he was driving his motorcycle.
If you cannot (a) see, (b) walk, (c) have full control of all voluntary muscles, or (d) if you have slow reflexes, YOU SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING!!!!!!!!
There should be a law in place that requires people to pass a reflex test. Someone who is unable to make a quick decision to stop or make a turn to avoid a child in the middle of the road is just as dangerous as someone who is texting/talking while driving and not paying attention. Why is nothing being done about this?
Naturally, old people will not want to give up their driving privileges because they want to be independent and have been driving for their entire lives, and there are, honestly, very understandable reasons. However, plenty of people want to talk on their phones while they drive and text their friends while they drive, but that doesn't mean they get to. There are all these ads for drinking and driving and smoking weed and then driving and how it reduces reaction time. Old age reduces reaction time as well. And the prevention campaign for getting old is going to be hilarious, though.
I'm not saying there's any particular age when you can't drive anymore. The reaction test should administered to EVERYONE and if you don't pass then you don't get your license/license renewed. Simple as that.
The importance of signalling.
I have alluded to this issue at various times throughout previous posts, but I suppose it's time to address the issue directly.
Signalling is very super duper important. It is an effective way to communicate with vehicles around you, and you should be communicating. Whether it is your turn signals, flashing your high beams, or an *appropriate* hand gesture, communication is integral to a conducive driving environment.
As I have said before, driving is a group activity. A group cannot function if there is no communication within the group. Fact of life.
Now, it may seem obvious what I am about to explain, but I'm sure you all have seen these atrocities occur over and over again.
Turn signals:
- When changing lanes: It is important to signal when changing lanes. Not only to avoid an unnecessary police pursuit, but also to make sure you don't die or kill someone else while trying to get into another lane. Try to signal at least 3 or 4 second before you actually change lanes so that the people around you have time to notice your desire and react accordingly.
What happens if you don't signal: Someone else may try to go into the same lane that you want to go into, but since you didn't signal, they have no idea, and there could be a collision; you are ticketed; you piss everyone off and look like a douche.
- When making a turn: This really should be the most obvious, but where problems occur here tend to be in timing. When do you start signalling? If there are a lot of entryways/driveways/streets before where you actually want to turn, begin signalling after you have passed the entryway/driveway/street that immediately precedes your turn. That way, there won't be any confusion for the people trying to turn out of the entryways/driveways/streets you are passing. At a stop sign, it is essential to signal to tell everyone else at the intersection where you want to go so that they can plan their maneuvers accordingly.
What happens if you don't signal or signal too early: Someone trying to turn out of where you're turning into could lose an opportunity to pull onto the road; if signalling too early, the people making an exit may think you're turning into their exit point and pull onto the road in front of you; at a stop sign, you just piss people off by either running into them when they make a maneuver that they think is safe because they are under the assumption that you are not turning, or they lose their turn to go because they were waiting for you to do something that you weren't actually intending to do. It also confuses the people driving behind you when you randomly decide to slow down and don't signal that you are intending to make a turn.
- Don't forget to turn off your turn signal: If you leave your turn signal on after you performed the intended maneuver, you can cause all kinds of confusion and frustration to the drivers around you. The problems in #2 apply to this. Also, if you leave the signal on while on the highway, you're confusing everyone around you when they create a gap for you to get over (because that is what you are telling you want to do) and you do not take advantage of it. You will also be laughed by everyone around you once they've noticed you left it on.
- While at a stop sign: I would suggest you just follow the first come, first move rule, but if you are lost or for some other reason unable to move come your turn, or you arrived at the same time and you want to be nice and let the other person go first (and they are directly across from you), go ahead and flash the high beams. You may also use a wave to signal to people that they may go before you.
- Pedestrians: If you are stuck awkwardly staring at a pedestrian waiting for them to grow a pair and cross the road, go ahead and wave them on to let them know you will not run them over despite the fact that you have already come to a complete stop. Flashing your high beams can also work if you are far enough away from the crosswalk.
- When you see another MINI: Here is where I reveal that I drive a MINI. If you see another MINI driver, flash your high beams or wave. It is a sign of community to greet a fellow MINI driver… and if you don't flash back or wave, you make the other driver really depressed.
- When you have passed a cop: I never pick up on this hint, but flashing high beams can also serve as a warning to other driver that there are police in the area and to slow down. However this had been made "illegal" in some areas.
- On the highway: Flash your high beams to signal to a vehicle ahead of you that they can go ahead and make their intended maneuver. If you have created a gap but the people are hesitant, let them know you are being nice by flashing your high beams, signalling that they are safe to go.
You can't make everyone happy.
Perhaps this should be one of the fundamentals of driving… and perhaps a sentiment to live by.
Over the last few months of driving, I have found myself unable to get anywhere without becoming horribly upset with the journey. Slow people, fast people, pedestrians, people that don't like to use their signals, people that don't understand how signalling works, people that don't check their mirrors when performing a maneuver, people that don't understand the concept of a stop sign…. the list could go on and on. And I'm sure people would have their own complaints about my driving. But that's where we reach the critical lesson. We're all fucked. While I'm sitting in my car cursing out loud at the person failing to merge at highway speeds, they're probably sitting in their car cursing me for coming up behind them so fast and blazing past them once I have the chance.
Perhaps I'm too impatient (understatement of the century) and/or perhaps other people have lost a few too many brain cells in their old age. Either way, no one is going to be happy while driving. Unless, of course, a) there is no one else on the road (the only place where true euphoria can be found), or b) everyone stops driving. I am not a proponent of the second option, and on further reflection, public transportation contains all of the same problems that exist on the road, just on a more personal level.
Everyone will still be complaining about how quickly they can reach their destinations—delays, train speed limits, bus speed limits, etc. People will also complain about their personal space being invaded, how slow the person in front of them is walking, people cutting them off while they're trying to walk somewhere, people running into each other… pretty much any driving experience can be transferred to a walking experience.
Other modes of transportation also completely remove the freedom to go wherever you want, whenever you want. This is obviously a big issue.
Then I thought, Chauffeurs! Everyone should have to have a licensed chauffeur drive their cars! New job opportunities, you purchase the chauffeur with the car, they… live in a makeshift apartment in the buyer's garage…. and stuff.
While this idea sounds cool… sort of… the logistics of that would be terrible. Plus, it'd be pretty hard to guarantee that those chauffeurs don't eff things up just as badly as regular drivers do now. Ideally, they would be trained drivers that know their shit and all that. But, it'll probably end up being like taxis where the drivers are crazy as hell and make driving seem more like a game of grand theft auto.
And they would probably have the problem of backseat drivers leaning forward and saying, "Um, excuse me, I do believe the speed limit is 65. It appears to me that you are going 68. Please slow down." And probably people that don't like taking turns at reasonable speeds… All that other nonsense.
That was a bit of a rant that may or may not have been on topic, depending on how you look at it. Anywho, driving should be a pleasurable experience—going places, seeing new things, feeling the wind on your hair, feeling the adrenaline flowing—but it seems as though this is a rare occurrence these days for many reasons (mainly stupid people, but I'll pretend I'm not explicitly blaming any particular group).
Solutions? Get rid of all the stupid people, but I feel that may create a moral dilemma for some people. Other than that… nothing. People that care about driving and love to drive will probably care to better their driving and learn from their mistakes and generally attempt to approve the atmosphere on the roads. People that think of cars as a way to get from Point A to Point E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y, couldn't care less about who's turn it is at an unregulated intersection or using a slow vehicle turn out while traveling up a mountain pass. Aside from having highway patrol do something useful and pull over people acting like dicks (which, honestly, wouldn't do anything other than generate income for the state), there is nothing that can be done within reason to improve conditions on roadways.
<images of doom and gloom go here. use your imagination.>
Who woulda thunk that there would be problems with off ramps? I suppose it's not a major problem, but one that's been popping up lately, so I decided I might put something out there.
It will be a simple post. Prepare yourself.
Off-ramps were created to allow ample time for the driver to slow down from highway speed upon exit from the highway. They should be used as such. You should not slow down while still on the highway!!!!!!!!!!!! (See below) It slows the flow of traffic and causes all kinds of problems.
Here we have a gray car preparing to exit. He or she is signalling, which is good. The problem here is that they are breaking while they are still on the highway, causing everyone else behind them to have to slam on their brakes and get stuck in a line. The light blue car and the white car in the lane are not going to this exit. Perhaps they are going to one shortly after or just merged and have not had a change to safely exit the lane. They are now held up by someone slowing down to 40 mph in a 65 to exit off this ramp. This will cause a huge line up of people and trucks traveling in the far right lane and bother everyone that would prefer to travel at highway speeds while traveling on the highway.
Lesson: Speed is good. Carry it into your off-ramp. They are engineered to allow 18-wheelers to have enough time to slow down from 65, so I sure hope you can slow down in time too.
How to handle intersections
Navigating through unregulated intersections (ones without lights) should really be as easy as counting to 4. Or 3 or 2, depending on how many stop signs there are. The rule with these kinds of intersections is that you get to proceed on a first-come, first-move basis. No. Cheating.
Naturally, there are exceptions, as there are with any situation. The following diagrams provide a visual representation of what to do in some sample situations.
(I've already discussed not pulling out in front of people, and those rules apply to here as well.)
We'll start with a relatively simple scenario.
This kind of deal happens a lot at one particular intersection where I live. The brown-ish car is attempting to make a left-hand turn. The teal-ish car is attempting to make a right hand turn. Now, if this is one of those intersections where there's never anyone on the road, then whatever, fight for who gets to go first, but the particular intersection where this happens all the time is plagued with heavy cross-traffic. Alas, the poor person trying to make a left will never get home if everyone turning right never lets them go.
This requires the cooperation of both the brown car and the teal car. Each driver must keep note of who arrived at the stop sign first. Each driver must also be aware of on-coming traffic in both lanes. The teal car needs to decide whether he/she is the only car of the two able to make the turn safely or not. By this I mean, if there is a long string of cars in the opposing lane and the nearest lane into which he/she is turning is completely open, then the teal car may go despite order of arrival; if both lanes are clear, then order of arrival wins out. It's slightly complicated, which is why these kinds of intersections suck at rush hour—and why they cause so many problems in general.
Continuing on, the above scenario applies if one car is making a right turn and the opposite car is making a left tern. The diagram below shows an easier case where the brown and teal cars are not attempting to go into the same lane. With this situations it is SUPER DUPER IMPORTANT TO USE YOUR FRICKEN SIGNAL! A lot of problems at intersections and in life could be avoided by signalling. It is key to let the other person know what you want to do so they can plan accordingly and everyone can get to their desired destination intact.
Next, let's talk about those pesky 4-way stop intersections. They really should not be as awful as everyone makes them. You proceed in a sequential order. If you get there at the same time as someone else, then you're just being a jerk… or they're being a jerk.. someone involved in that situation is being uncool. Slow down and let them stop first, or use the written rule which say that the person on the right goes first… which seems odd to me because a 4-way intersection is kind of like a circle and there isn't just "one" person who is on the right and "right" is a matter of perspective… but I digress.
Anyway, at these intersections you keep track of who is going and in what order— "1, 2, 3, 4". Count out loud if you have to. I do when the intersection is exceptionally busy.
As you can see above, we have an example of a busy 4-way intersection. The number 1 car was the first to arrive and is currently making its way through the intersection. The second car to arrive (2), will proceed after 1 has either started or completed their move (depends on where car 2 is going. Assuming car 1 is going straight at this intersection, car 2 can begin to either go straight or make a right turn as soon as car 1 begins to make their move. If car 2 is making a left turn, they obviously have to wait.) Once car 3 has done their move, car 4 can go. After this, car "1a" will make their maneuver and the cycle continues over again. Always make sure that you are keeping track as to where other people are going and what order they are all arriving at the intersection.
Unfortunately, this whole "if you're there first, go first" hits a bit of a snag when you reach a scenario like the one below:
1 is currently doing their thing through the intersection, and clearly 2 is second to move. Now, from the way this picture is drawn it appears that 3 is going to reach the stop line before 4 is. However, if 4 were closer to the line and does in fact reach in the intersection before 3 does, the green car would then be 3 and the blue car would be 4.
When in doubt, use hand signals. If you do use hand signals of some kind, don't wait 5 minutes until everyone's all confused before you use them.
And if other people are too thick to get the whole process of the intersection, take deep breaths, avoid any accidents, and continue on to your destination.
Also remember that driving is a group activity and you're going to have to cooperate.


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The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 4-star property offers access to a business center and limo/town car service.
High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. 11 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, a terrace, and multilingual staff. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
NH Milano 2 is a smoke-free property.
- Terrace
- Free Wi-Fi
- Limo or Town Car service available
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 143
- Number of floors - 4
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Coffee shop or café
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 11
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Garden
- Concierge services
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Park your car
Self parking (surcharge)
In your room
- Bathtub or shower
- Free Wi-Fi
- Pay movies
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Desk
- In-room safe
- Digital TV service
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Memory foam mattress
Eat and drink
Al Laghetto - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine.
Room service is available.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
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The fine print for NH Milano 2
When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa
Your pets
Pets allowed, Pet maximum weight in kg is 10
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Self parking fee: EUR 20 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 20 per night
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 48 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 11 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Falcons players return for mandatory minicamp next week.
Defensive players practice on Tuesday and will play offensive players on the field Wednesday.
Newest Falcons, Osi Umenyiora and Steven Jackson, will practice with their new team.
Veterans Stephen Nicholas and Sean Weatherspoon are expected to participate in minicamp after rehab since last season.
Former Falcon Michael Turner will not return this season after being released from the team earlier this year. Turner pleaded guilty to DUI charges in Gwinnett County.
The 2013 session begins June 18 and will wrap up on June 20.
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A big week ahead in the border battle.A group of eight bi-partisan senators plan to unveil comprehensive immigration reform.Sunday morning some of those senators hit the news talk shows to reassure all Americans that a deal is imminent."We need to have a path to citizenship and we need to have secure borders," Arizona Senator John McCain. McCain is one of the lawmakers of the so-called "Gang of 8"."Most Americans agree that, if you pay back taxes, if you pay a fine, if you learn English, if you go to the back of the line, then you can and should be eligible for a path to citizenship," said McCain. It's that language that's marking a sea of change for Republicans, who appear to be moving away from the debate over self-deportation that was so prevalent during the 2012 campaign of Mitt Romney.Instead, the GOP is now agreeing to a clear path to citizenship."Every corner of the Republican party from libertarians to the RNC, house Republicans and the rank and file Republican party member, is now understanding there has to be an earned pathway to citizenship. That gives us leverage on immigration with our Democratic friends," said Senator Lindsey Graham. Both sides have been working 12 hours a day trying to hammer out legislation.The cooperation is being called a bright spot in Washington and it may help them achieve their ultimate goal: finding a solution for the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the us."We feel very good the product they are working on is a product that is completely consistent with what the President has put forward, what he ran on, and will actually address immigration reform in a common sense way," said Dan Pfeiffer, White House Senior Adviser. "All of us have said that there will be no agreement until the eight of us agree to a big, specific bill. But, hopefully, we can get that done by the end of the week," said Senator Charles Schumer. It may not be "smooth sailing."On Friday, four Republican members of the judiciary committee sent a letter to the Gang of 8 complaining that they were being rushed into get an immigration reform bill done with no additional committee hearings.
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Brian Tucker and John King, the two men who escaped from the Hopkins County Jail, were arraigned Friday morning.
The dangerous inmates who had been on the run for more than 48 hours were arrested Thursday evening. Tucker and King escaped from the Hopkins County Jail around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Just before 5:00 p.m. Thursday, the U.S. Marshals Service moved in on a barn in Cooper. That's in Delta County about 20 miles north of Sulphur Springs. Inside, authorities found and arrested the two escapees. Two other people in Delta County were also arrested for aiding these fugitives.
After three days of following up on tips, the Hopkins County Sheriff's Office finally got the golden phone call. Jody Johnson saw Brian Tucker and John King driving around noon Thursday heading towards Paris.
"I followed them for a few minutes and thought I wonder if that's them, when I got home I called police." Johnson says the black Saturn Vue was going at high speeds. "After about five minutes, they sped off and passed the car ahead of them and they were going like a high rate of speed like ninety to nothing."
Within an hour of getting Johnson's tip, authorities were able to locate Tucker and King. The Delta County Sheriff's Office got a tip from a pawn shop, saying a man was trying to pawn jewelry. The person who tried to pawn the jewelry told them where the fugitives were hiding, then left in the stolen vehicle the two were driving.
Sheriff Butch Adams says that tip let them straight to a barn door.
"We got information from Commerce that lead us to Cooper, Texas where we were able to locate the subjects in a barn behind a residence as you go into Cooper, Texas," said Sheriff Adams.
Adams believes the men were surprised to see authorities. And by watching video taken from an employee of a gas station nearby, Cooper residents were surprised too.
Gas station clerk Harman Singh said, "There was actually people like pulling into the gas station parking lot just to watch what was going on last night outside. It was like a big show going on."
"I was just full of tears because I was like, yes they're gone!" said Kali Sharpton.
Two residents from the house on the same property as the barn were arrested for their role in helping the inmates stay at large. One of them has been released. Charles Ensey, 62, remains in jail and is charged with two counts of hindering apprehension, a third degree felony. Ensey's father was also arrested, but was released after police say he had no part in hiding the escapees.
East Texans all around can now feel relieved, that Tucker and King are back in jail.
"I'm glad they got them, you know, I'm glad that was them. I was just praying they would get them and they got them," said Jody Johnson.
Tucker remains in the Hopkins County Jail under tight security. King has been transferred to the Texas Department of Corrections' Gurney Unit in Anderson County. A bench warrant will transfer him back to Hopkins County when his trial begins.
The sheriff says Friday's arraignment for Tucker and King was for previous charges as well as a slew of new ones connected to the escape.
Tucker's bond is set at $1.5 million and King's bonds total over $500,000. However, there is a "no-bond" set for Tucker and King, so even if they provided the full bond amount, they would not be released due to the parole violations.
Hopkins County Sheriff's Office Brad Cummings said that no defects were found in the fence prior to the escape. The hole that the inmates escaped through was self-created.
"There have been reviews of policies and procedures to maintain the security of the jail and to prevent this from happening in the future," said Cummings. "Due to security reasons, we can't go into specifics. But we are evaluating policies and as soon as the investigation into the escape is over, we can delve deeper and make sure this never happens again."
The Hopkins County Sheriff's Office extended thanks to everyone involved in capturing the fugitives, including U.S. Marshals, Department of Public Safety officers, Texas Rangers, the surrounding counties, TDCJ, Blacklands Railroad and all the other agencies that lent a hand. The sheriff's office also thanked the people that supplied the search teams with food and everyone that helped behind the scenes.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who helped build Microsoft into a technology empire and then struggled to prevent it from crumbling under his own leadership, will retire within the next 12 months.NEW YORK Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who took over the helm of the worlds largest software company from founder Bill Gates, will retire within the next 12 months.
Microsoft Corp. did not name a successor. The company said it is forming a search committee, which will include Gates, and Ballmer will stay on until a replacement is found.
There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now is the right time, Ballmer said in a statement released by the Redmond, Wash., company.
Microsoft shares shot up 8 percent in morning trading following the news.
Its been less than two months since Microsoft announced a sweeping reorganization of its business in an attempt to reignite competition with faster-moving rivals such as Apple and Google.
Response to the newest version of Microsofts flagship Windows operating system has been lukewarm. And Microsoft, along with other companies that thrived in the era of personal computers, are scrambling to transform their businesses as people come to rely more and more on smartphones and tablets.
In his statement, Ballmer noted that the company is moving in a new direction and needs a CEO that will be there for the longer term.
Microsoft, he added, has all its best days ahead.
Ballmer, 57, met Microsoft founder Bill Gates in 1973 while they were living down a dormitory hall from each other at Harvard University.
He joined Microsoft in 1980 to bring some business discipline and salesmanship to a company that had just landed a contract to supply an operating system for a personal computer that IBM would release in 1981.
Ballmer, a zealous executive prone to arm-waving and hollering, did the job so well that he would become Gates sounding board and succeed him as CEO in 2000.
He has worked at Microsoft for 33 years, matching the tenure of Gates, who left the company in 2008.
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From the traditional celli to the modern variations on the step dance concocted by Michael Flatley for his hit show "Riverdance," much of the charm of Irish culture is conveyed through dance.
To check out Irish dance in Oklahoma, come to the Del City Library, 4509 S.E. 14th Street, on Monday, March 11 at 6:00p.m.for Irish Folk Dancing as performed by event co-sponsor the Oklahoma Academy of Irish Dance. The program is free and open to the public.
"We're so familiar with elements of Irish culture from movies and books," said librarian Lindsay Egle, "but we don't get that many chances to experience Irish dance in person. That's what makes this program so exciting."
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"Rex, Zombie Killer" is a wacky looking comic Available now for pre-order. (click to enhance)
iO9 has a great article about Ridley Scott and his "Space Jockeys" (pictured above). They made their first mysterious appearance in "Alien" (1979), and are starting to pop up in promotional materials for "Prometheus". So since this is the internet, they decided to dig up every reference that exists to the creatures to try and make sense of how they fit into the universe.
I'm out of jokes about "The Grey", at least for the moment. I figured I should save some for the show, which we'll be recording this coming Monday. In general, cheesy movies or not, I'm happy to be back in a theater after the doldrums of December. Do this as long as we have, and you gain a new appreciation for the theater experience, content not-withstanding. The week after that is what will hopefully be the first great horror film of the year, Hammer's remake of "The Woman in Black". The buzz is heavy for this one in the BGH offices.
Nevermind the fact that the title makes no sense, it has Brad Dourif!
Even though there's not a lot that's inspired looking to this trailer, the words "From the guy who brought you Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer" is enough for me to give this a shot. I will say, the visual style looks great. How does monster Robert Englund fit in here? Only time will tell...
Here it is! I saw this featurette in the theater this weekend before "Underworld: Awakening". In it, Nic Cage talks about the director and how he's basically a nutjob who risks life and limb to get the most "extreme" action shots possible. I'm going to start chugging Mountain Dew now in anticipation. Sarcasm aside, at a certain point I became excited for "Ghost Rider: Vengeance". It's best to just go with these things, why ruin pure, unadulterated joy? (vid after the jump)
"Coming soon" from the dude who brought you V For Vendetta, this weird Edgar Allen Poe movie starring John Cusack that no one seems to be able to make sense of. It's like Sherlock Holmes, only if he were actually Edgar Allen Poe, but not old and sad, more like young and emo. And he's tracking down a serial killer. Make sense yet? (click to enhance...)
Holy 'effin crap. A thousand times yes to this. The film's currently in post-production, so do your best to contain yourself for a few more months before we can see it. Also, if you're at work, make sure to put headphones on, unless the sound of someone screaming "FUCK POLIO!" is ok at your work. If it is, please let me know where I can direct my resume...
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In any community, there is a mixture of residents, often including senior citizens, families with children and single professionals. In the communities surrounding Aurora University, student residents are often considered to be representatives of the university, even at their off-campus residences. As a result, the university is concerned about the impact of students' conduct in the community.
We ask students to be considerate of their neighbors. Students should recognize that their schedules may differ considerably from other residents' schedules and be considerate of community issues such as noise, parking, trash, property maintenance and alcohol usage. It is the student's responsibility to know and follow the City of Aurora ordinances.
General expectations include the following:
- Be aware that loud music or cars, individuals shouting or increased traffic will disrupt your neighbors.
- Keep the noise level to a minimum.
- Take responsibility for your guests and ask them to respect your neighbors' property and quality of life.
- Park cars in the street or in your driveway, not on the lawn; keep parked cars to a minimum and do not infringe on the ability of others to get in and out of their driveways without their view being obstructed.
- Check your lease to determine who is responsible for lawn maintenance and trash. It is important that you keep your home and yard clean and managed.
- Comply with all Aurora University policies and City of Aurora ordinances.
In order to encourage these positive behaviors, the university has implemented the following "Good Neighbor" incentive program:
Receive $50 bookstore voucher at the end of each semester if you rent off-campus housing within the following boundaries: Edgelawn east to Highland or Galena south to Prairie. Register as an Off-Campus Student using the "Good Neighbor" Student Registration Form.