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If playing spring ball without them wasn't enough to adequately show they would not be back, perhaps the month of June will. An unfortunate acknowledgement by David Gilpin is coming as his own version of the "Four Horsemen" will not be around to lead voluntary team workouts at 7:30 in the morning this summer as they did last year. Yes, the workhorses of Veterans Memorial Football are on to greener pastures.
The four—Jacob Garza, Kent Warren, Raul Becerril and Randy Lee Flores—are all scheduled to take their talents to the next level. While the occasion is bittersweet, the athletes are excited about what is next.
Garza has signed with West Texas A&M and looks to make an immediate impact. Though moving from the bottom of the state to the top will be a long distance, Garza has family in the area and felt good about the campus.
"It was the best choice for my family and I," the all-district safety says. "I felt good there. The environment felt friendly."
Garza looks to make an immediate impact for his new team. His now former coach, says the former safety and wide receiver possesses Division I talent. However, his new coach at West Texas sees Garza playing offense as the inside receiver. Though No. 6 will do whatever the team asks, he says he is most comfortable reading the offense, reacting to the ball and then making a play.
"He will play defense," says a confident Gilpin.
Warren's story to the next level is unique as the former Patriot tight end could have attended any college in the country, based solely on his academic record. However, the tall athlete who makes a great target for quarterbacks and possesses a body size ready for the next level, chose to attend Valparaiso so he could continue playing the sport he loves.
Becerril and Flores will remain teammates in their college career as they will both attend Iowa Wesleyan. Flores was the first to find a spot with the team, but kept letting the coaches know about the speedy wide receiver Becerril. In time, the coaches came to the same conclusion that the small but very talented athlete could play for them as well.
All four are working hard to prepare themselves for the academic and athletic challenges before them. However, at this time when the literal connections to Veterans Memorial are slowly fading away as the guys will put on new pads, a new uniform and play with new teammates, they will not forget the Patriots of 2010.
"I thank [Coach Gilpin] for all his hard work for us and this program," Garza says. "My senior year was a pretty perfect season because of him."
Becerril adds, "It's not just football, its family."
For Gilpin, seeing the Four Horsemen walk away is not easy. The coach took over the football program after the 2008 season and worked with the
"These guys have given so much of themselves to this program, to this coaching staff and to me personally. I hate to see these four guys walk off this program. Special young men, dear to my heart."
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Providence, RI - The Providence Bruins, in their 17th season in the American Hockey League, announced their end of the season team awards, including the Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year and 3 Stars honors.
The AHL's Eddie Shore Award winner and First Team All-Star Johnny Boychuk led the group with three awards, receiving the MetLife Most Valuable Player and Dunkin' Donuts Best Defenseman honors, both voted on by his teammates, and the Shaw's Leading Scorer Award. Boychuk paces the P-Bruins and all AHL defensemen with 64 points in 76 games, also leading the league's blue-liners in goals (20), assists (44) and game-winning goals (5). The first-year Bruin, who appeared in one National Hockey League contest for the parent Boston Bruins in December, ranks second in the league with 283 shots. The awards have piled up for the Canadian All-Star starter this season, having already been named the league's CCM/AHL Co-Player of the Month for March, Providence's October Player of the Month and a Reebok/AHL Player of the Week in October. Boychuk's career-year has him standing alone in the P-Bruins record book as he now ranks first-all-time for points in a single-season by a Providence defenseman, eclipsing the 62 totaled previously by Jeff Serowik (1994-95) and Brandon Smith (1998-99).
The only other award voted on by members of the P-Bruins locker room was the Martone Group Rookie of the Year, given to Brad Marchand. The first-year forward has appeared in 76 games, ranking second among all AHL freshmen in points with 56 and third with 39 assists. Marchand, who also has 17 goals and a plus-10 rating to his credit, leads all league rookies with 229 shots. He was the Reebok Edge/AHL Rookie of the Month and Providence's Player of the Month for January after totaling 16 points (5g, 11a) in 13 games.
Goalie Tuukka Rask captured the team's U.S. Army 3 Stars Award after garnering 15 totals stars in his 56 games to lead the club. The second-year net-minder is tied for first in the AHL with 32 wins, leads the league with seven shootout victories, ranks third in minutes (3,280) and fifth in saves (1,468). Overall, Rask is 32-20-4 with four shutouts, a 2.51 goals-against-average and a .915 save percent. Of his 15 stars, he leads Providence with eight top star nods and six second star selections. Rask was also named the P-Bruins Player of the Month for March after going 6-2-3 with a 2.39 GAA in 11 games. Providence's Rookie of the Year in 2007-08, Rask has made one NHL appearance for Boston this season, shutting out the New York Rangers with 35 saves on January 31.
Jeff Penner earned two awards, including the Servicemaster Plus/Minus Award and the Pawtucket Credit Union Community Service Award. Penner is first on the P-Bruins and third among all AHL rookies with a plus-22 rating. The first-year defenseman is the only Providence player to have appeared in all 77 games this season and he ranks second among P-Bruins blue-liners in goals (10), assists (18) and points (28). In March, Penner was named the team's representative for the American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year award, given to one player from each AHL club for his outstanding contributions to his local community and charitable organizations during the season. Off the ice, the first-year pro has been a fixture in the Rhode Island community at several public appearances. Penner takes it upon himself to make frequent independent visits to Hasbro Children's Hospital and has also partnered with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island, where he has become a role model for a young boy, who he visits with weekly.
Second-year P-Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid was the fans' recipient of the Hendricks Memorial Fan Appreciation Award, given to the team's fan favorite. McQuaid has appeared in all but one game this season and has set career-highs in all offensive categories, including goals (4), assists (11) and points (15). The alternate captain was last year's Community Service Award winner.
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The iconic teen drama The Outsiders follows a group of troubled and occasionally violent, young men. The original novel was actually written by a high school girl. The author, S.E. Hinton, went on to write Rumble Fish which was also turned into a movie by Outsiders' director Francis Ford Coppola.
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New York • Stocks slumped Wednesday in the poorest one-day performance of 2012 as Greece, slogging through negotiations with other countries over a bailout, once again cast a long shadow over the financial markets.
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 97.33 points to close at 12,780.95. It was the worst decline for the Dow this year, and the index narrowly avoided its first triple-digit loss. The average was down as much as 125 points.
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The Standard & Poor's 500 and the Nasdaq composite index climbed tentatively through the morning but gave up their gains by afternoon. The S&P fell 7.27 points to 1,343.23. The Nasdaq fell 16 points to 2,915.83.
The declines were broad, with nine of the 10 industry groups in the S&P recording losses. The only group that didn't was materials, which was flat. Only five of the 30 stocks in the Dow rose for the day, and just barely.
In a 3½-hour conference call with the finance ministers of the other 16 countries that use the euro, Greece offered assurances that it had found (euro) 325 million in budget cuts in addition to harsh measures that it has already promised.
But in a sign of the distrust that has built during the European debt crisis, particularly among richer countries, a European official said Greece would need tighter oversight of its budget before it receives another bailout.
Greece needs the money before a big bond payment comes due March 20. A default would rattle the world financial system. For weeks, incremental movement in the Greek crisis has whipsawed U.S. stocks.
"Long story short, we long for the days when markets traded on fundamentals," said David Katz, principal at WeiserMazars Wealth Advisors. He thinks stock picks have been ruled by emotion, rather than clear-eyed examinations of companies' balance sheets, at least since the credit crunch in 2007 and the ensuing Great Recession.
"Just as quickly as you see the market pop up from one headline, then you see the downturn from another," Katz said. "It doesn't really have to be (big news). It's not even the meat of the story, it's the headline."
Greece makes up just 2 percent of the total economic output of the 17 countries that use the euro. But investors are troubled by the fallout from a potential default and similar financial problems festering in other European countries, such as Portugal, Italy and Spain.
"There is no shortage of people who would argue that Greece is a non-event," said Dan McMahon, director of equity trading at Raymond James. "It's more that it's a barometer for the rest of the eurozone."
Stocks have risen steadily all year, so some analysts argued that a slowdown was inevitable. The S&P 500 ended 2011 at 1,258, and many analysts predicted it would end 2012 at 1,350. But it had already reached that level last week.
"When the market does in a few weeks what was expected for the year, it's natural for the market to sort of pause and pinch itself and say, 'Is this supposed to go on?'" said Brian Gendreau, market strategist for Cetera Financial Group.
"If it continued at the same pace for the rest of the year, that's just unrealistic. You'd need an unrelenting drumbeat of good news, and we haven't gotten that," Gendreau said.
The price of oil climbed to its highest level in five weeks after Iran said it would cut off some exports of crude to Europe. Iran was responding to the European Union's plans to embargo Iranian oil this summer, an attempt to pressure Iran to abandon its nuclear program. Benchmark U.S. crude rose $1.06 to end the day at $101.80 per barrel in New York.
The average retail price for a gallon of gas was $3.52. Gas prices are already the highest on record for this time of year, and economists fear that they could crimp the halting economic recovery. This time a year ago, gas was $3.12.
Apple stock went on a wild zigzag. It set an all-time high at midday, $526.29 per share, but fell sharply and closed down $11.79 at $497.67 after eight straight days of gains.
The decline appeared to be caused by rumors that the Nasdaq 100 index would adjust its components to give Apple, the biggest company in the world by market value, less weight. That would force mutual funds that track the Nasdaq 100 to sell Apple stock.
Those rumors may have been overblown. Nasdaq declined to comment on Apple but pointed out that it adjusts the index if a company's market value represents more than 24 percent of the index. Apple represented about 17 percent at the end of the day Wednesday.
The euro fell slightly against the dollar to just under $1.31. The euro had been mostly rising since mid-January, but topped out around $1.33 late last week.
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One more thing, about the new plans for Wrigley Field and the area around it.
The Cubs presented preliminary renderings at a West Lake View neighbors meeting last night. The players will be happy about locker room renovations and a new batting cage under the grandstands. The fans will like the additional restrooms and concession stands.
But the biggest change will be outside the ballpark. One concept for the area just west of Wrigley Field includes an outdoor movie screen, an ice rink, and a large courtyard that could be used for farmers markets. Where McDonalds is now, a hotel and retail area is envisioned. They still have to figure out where the money to build all this is going to come from.
The best news to come out of last night's community meeting? The Cubs say cosmetic upgrades will transform the stadium back to what it looked like in 1935—like one photo shows during the World Series against the Tigers. It would be nice if they took the electronic sign off the old marquis and made it look like that again.
Although I'd settle for just seeing some meaningful October games on that sign, if you know what I mean. Oh, and Detroit won the series that year---four games to two. Thank you for asking.
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There have been many theories as to where the 6th century cleric/deacon, and later saint, Gildas wrote his polemic against five of the British kings at the time in the De Excidio Britanniae (DEB). Most favour the Somerset/Dorset area, based on the fact Gildas seems to be berating kings of what was (or still was in his day) the province of Britannia Prima. However, there is one scholar who disagrees: E.A. Thompson.
Thompson, in a paper from 1978 (available at JSTOR), reads the evidence as Gildas writing somewhere north of Britannia Prima, or, possibly, Chester. (Chester was most likely in this province, but we'll come back to that). His reasoning is based on a pretty good argument.
His thinking behind why Gildas may have been in the north is because, when discussing the section about the Scotti and Picti raids and the 'Saxon' deployment answer to this, it is all about the north. He doesn't discuss the south at all with regards to Germanic feoderati.
Gildas tells us that the raids happen thusly …
No sooner were they [the Romans] gone, than the Picts and Scots, like worms which in the heat of mid-day come forth from their holes, hastily land again from their canoes, in which they had been carried beyond the Cichican valley, differing one from another in manners, but inspired with the same avidity for blood, and all more eager to shroud their villainous faces in bushy hair than to cover with decent clothing those parts of their body which required it. Moreover, having heard of the departure of our friends, and their resolution never to return, they seized with greater boldness than before on all the country towards the extreme north as far as the wall. To oppose them there was placed on the heights a garrison equally slow to fight and ill adapted to run away, a useless and panic-struck company, who clambered away days and nights on their unprofitable watch. Meanwhile the hooked weapons of their enemies were not idle, and our wretched countrymen were dragged from the wall and dashed against the ground. Such premature death, however, painful as it was, saved them from seeing the miserable sufferings of their brothers and children. But why should I say more? they left their cities, abandoned the protection of the wall and dispersed themselves in flight more desperately than before. The enemy, on the other hand, pursued them with more unrelenting cruelty than before, and butchered our countrymen like sheep, so that their habitations were like those of savage beasts; for they turned their arms upon each other, and for the sake of a little sustenance, imbrued their hands in the blood of their fellow countrymen. Thus foreign calamities were augmented by domestic feuds; so that the whole country was entirely destitute of provisions, save such as could be procured in the chase. (DEB, 19)
Thompson goes on to argue …
According to him [Gildas], in the years preceding 446, the date of Aetius's third consulship, the Picts and Scots, coming by sea (as he repeatedly emphasizes) seized northern Britain as far as the Wall. We do not know what exactly he means by 'northern' Britain; but since he describes the area as 'all the northern and extreme part of the land as far as the wall', omnem aquilonalem extremamque terrae partem . . . muro tenus, we can hardly be wrong in supposing that the area which he has in mind is some or all of that part of Britain which lies north of the Mersey and the Humber. The words, which are emphatic, would be wholly unsuited to describe the Midlands or Wales or East Anglia or any region that included any of these. As a description of Kent, of course, they would be ludicrous. On the other hand, the words cannot mean Scotland north of the Wall: the activities which Gildas goes on to describe undoubtedly took place within the old British diocese, and indeed he is unlikely to have cared what went on north of the Wall. He is not speaking here, then, about Britain as a whole. The events which he is narrating took place in the north only: the Picts and Scots came down by sea, landed on the east and west coasts of this region, and ravaged northwards as far as the Wall. It is impossible to overemphasize the importance of this fact: Gildas is speaking of the very north of Roman Britain.
(I'm not going to get into the argued dates of the Adventus Saxonum (Saxon Advent) here as that's a whole other kettle of fish!)
Gildas then tells us how the 'Proud Tyrant' (thought to be Vortigern but other forward Constantine III) responded by using *'Saxon' feoderati against them, basing them in the 'east of the island'. Meaning, according to Thompson, in the northeast, where the raids were happening, and not the southeast. (This could have been east and/or southeast Yorkshire and East Anglia – more below). It would certainly make more sense than the Isle of Thanet, which is where they are traditionally placed. Not that they weren't there, but that this may have been a different group, possibly at a different (earlier?) time. Something was obviously going on in the south as the Gallic Chronicles (as well as the archaeology) tell us so. Here's Thompson response to that:
We also have some information from a south Gallic chronicler, who may have been writing at Marseilles and who was certainly an exact contemporary of the events in question. The Chronicler of A.D. 452 tells us that the British provinces, which had hitherto suffered a variety of calamities, were 'reduced to subjection by the 'Saxons' about the years 441-2. The statement is an exaggeration, but we cannot dismiss it out of hand. A Gallic chronicler is more likely to have been in touch with southern Britain than with the Midlands or with the North. We have convincing evidence, then, that in 441-2 the Saxons inflicted a catastrophic blow on parts of Britain – in all probability, the southern parts of Britain. And these events were so disastrous that news of them had even reached southern Gaul and were thought there to be so significant as to deserve an entry in a very brief chronicle. The report had (falsely) convinced men there that the Britons had succumbed permanently to the invaders. Even as late as 452 the effects of this disaster were still felt – or at any rate, the news of any British recovery had not yet reached southern Gaul. Now, a very few years later a synod of British bishops (as it seems) was able to meet and to invite Germanus of Auxerre to pay his second visit to Britain; and Germanus was able to travel to the island and complete his business there without ever clapping an eye upon a Saxon. He must have come to a more westerly region than he had reached in his first visit in 429, when he saw plenty of Saxons. But in spite of this we cannot write off the Chronicler's words. It is his sole reference to the Britain of his own day, so that the event must have seemed to him to be of exceptional importance and interest. Let us suppose that the Saxon successes to which he refers took place in the south-east of the island: we can then account for Gildas's silence about them, for, as we have seen, he is concerned with the north of Britain, and we can also account for Germanus's freedom to travel, for his second visit (as we may guess) took him further to the west than the danger area.
There are those who argue that we cannot trust the Gallic Chronicles before 450 (Miller) but I would offer that it also could have been British migrants to Gaul who passed and spread this (dis)information.
Gildas's knowledge of the first half of the 5th century is shaky, so it's not surprising it is confused, but it appears that two different things were happening and either Gildas got his information wrong, the dates are wrong or the appeal was because the 'Saxons' of the south were a problem before the (reoccurring) northern problem and the appeal was about both; that is, Picts and Scots in the north and 'Saxons' south of the River Humber.
When the 'Saxons' (of the north?) rebelled, because they weren't paid enough, they ravaged from sea to sea, according to Gildas. Thompson argues that Gildas is not referring to from the English Channel to the Bristol Channel, but the North Sea to the Irish Sea, before possibly turning their attention south. Of course, this doesn't mean that there wasn't a rebellion in the south, but that Gildas is only referring to what he knows more about: north of the Mersey/Humber line; that is, what was (or still was) Britannia Secunda/Valentia. It's a very valid point that Gildas makes no mention of the southeast or south if he was writing from the southwest and very near 'Anglo-Saxon' cultural and military expansion.
Another reason Thompson gives is one of personal safety! Would Gildas say such things against these kings unless he was at a safe distance from them, especially from Constantine of Dumnonia who may have been closest to him if he wrote in the southwest and one of the most violent? It's a valid point, although Gildas may have thought God was on his side in the matter, or his whereabouts was unknown. It also may be that, whichever kingdom/civitas Gildas was writing in, Constantine didn't dare do anything against it. However, Thompson then puts forward Chester as a possible place Gildas wrote. A strange choice as it was not far from two other kings he chastised: Cuneglasus and Maglocunus! For Thompson's argument to be consistent, Gildas would have to be somewhere further away, I would have thought.
What does the archaeology say about 'Saxons' in the British held north for the Late 5th century? Well, very little actually, but there are Germanic finds associated with some Roman forts (Dark, 2003) as well as the major settlements in what was the Parisi region and what would become Deira (southeast Yorkshire) and later part of Northumbria. Professor Ken Dark also wonders if the Roman forts on the Wall that continued into the 6th century were not the result continuous occupation as such, but rebuilt and manned during the fight back against the Scotti, Picti and, later, Saxon rebels, in the mid 5th century.
The fact that there are so few 'Saxon' finds in the region could be seen as their expulsion, or containment, being successful. This make sense if they didn't have the same foothold or hadn't been in the north for as long as those in the south.
I never considered Gildas being from the north because of his dating of the building of Hadrian's and the Antonine walls, which he thought happened in the late 4th century. Thompson has a good answer to this:
Gildas advances his theory on the building of the walls for an obvious reason: no self respecting historian of Roman Britain could possibly have left the two most striking monuments of the Roman occupation unaccounted for. Of the entire passage we can only accept those words spoken by the Romans to the Britons pointing out that they could send no more legions to the island: from now on the Britons must look to their own defence. If we had no further evidence we would reject this passage, too, along with the account of the two Roman expeditions which resulted in the building of the walls. We would regard it as part of the same story or theory. But in fact we have other evidence; and this further evidence throws a very different light on the passage. Gildas has heard in some way of Honorius's famous letter of 410 to the British civitates bidding them defend themselves. So while we dismiss the aetiological stories of how the walls came to be built we must retain this chapter, which contains some sound historical information. The contents of Honorius's letter are a matter which Gildas could not possibly have invented, and he could not possibly have got the incident right by coincidence. A genuine tradition has reached him here.
(It should be noted here that some scholars now think the the Honorius rescript was not addressed to the Britons at all, but to the Italian cities of the province of Bruttium. However, the jury is still out as Zosimus, who is the source of the information, is talking about Britain just before this is mentioned. Of course, he himself could have got the information wrong).
There is another (tentative) possibility, and one that would still put Gildas in the southwest, and that is that Gildas is specific about the north and doesn't dwell on the south because he knows his audience are all too aware of what happened there?
There are other ramification to this, of course, and some of these apply whether Gildas wrote in the north or not. For example: was the Proud Tyrant from the north, or did he just have primacy over it? was Ambrosius Aurelianus from this region? did the battle of Badon happen in the north and not, as most assume, in the southwest? and when Gildas talked of peace, was his view of the whole of the diocese of Britannia influenced by a greater peace in the north, whilst it may not have been so peaceful further south? (But see THIS blog).
It's very difficult to answer these questions. Later 'histories' place both Vortigern and Ambrosius in the south and Wales and not in the north. There might be more of a case for the Proud Tyrant – whoever he was – as he's the one who brought in the 'Saxons' to deal with the northern problem. But if their arrival happened in the south before this, then either Vortigern had primacy over the north, he supplied 'Saxons' to the north, or this was not done by Vortigern at all and the stories of the north and south were combined.
Ambrosius could have been dealing with 'Saxons' anywhere, but the Historia Britonnum gives him a battle at Wallop in the south, unless he was, indeed, a far ranging dux. As for Badon, Thomas Green has put forward a possible 'northern' Badon at Baumber (called Badeburg in the Doomsday Book) in Lincolnshire. As for Gildas's views on the 'peace', writing in the north could have clouded his idea of peace in other regions.
My own conclusions are that there is a good argument for considering that Gildas wrote in the north, but I'm not totally convinced. In Chapter 3 of the DEB, for example, his description of the 'transparent rivers, flowing in gentle murmurs' of Britain might place him in Hampshire, but he could have just been reiterating something he'd heard, just as he'd learned about the geography of Britain in general. However, writing in the north does make some sense of him not mentioning the 'Saxons' of the south, except, perhaps, obtusely through Ambrosius?
I shall continue to think on't and look forward to your thoughts and comments. (There are some very interesting comments below).
Thanks for reading,
* I have used 'Saxon' in inverted commas as this was a generic term for several Germanic groups as well as the Saxons themselves.


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2010 Chevrolet Camaro: Review
This 2010 review is representative of model years 2010 to 2015.
By Tom Wilson of MSN Autos
Bottom Line:
Style throttles practicality in the new, eagerly awaited Camaro. That's not to ignore exceptional performance, excellent fuel economy and great value.
There isn't much good news coming from General Motors these days. So the introduction of the all-new 2010 Chevy Camaro is something for the embattled company to celebrate.
More importantly, it's also a happening that should give muscle-car enthusiasts — who have been eagerly waiting the new Camaro's arrival for nearly three years and who were teased mercilessly by its appearance on the silver screen in the 2007 movie "Transformers" — a reason to rejoice. Why, you ask? Because Chevy did it right.
The 2010 Camaro is a thrill ride. The reborn sportster's power, grippy handling and over-the-top street presence will excite buffs and neophytes alike. And even the most hard-core enthusiast will be impressed by the value-to-performance ratio this car brings to the street.
Model Lineup
All of the basics are shared throughout the Camaro lineup, starting with the two V6s: the base LS and the upgraded LT. All V8 Camaros are SS versions. Both the LT and SS can add the Rally Sport appearance package to include HID headlamps with glowing halo rings, a rear spoiler on LT cars, unique taillights and darkened silver 20-inch wheels.
Interior trim is cloth with leather optional. Special Inferno Orange leather seat inserts are also available. So far the Camaro is available only as a coupe, but a convertible should be forthcoming.
Under the Hood
Knockout power comes from two versions of Chevy's 6.2-liter push-rod V8. Mated to the 6-speed manual transmission, it boasts a thumping 426 horses at 5900 rpm and 400 lb-ft of torque at 4600 rpm; the automatic version trades a little horsepower for torque, producing 400 ponies and 410 lb-ft at nearly equivalent rpm levels.
Thanks to 6-speed transmissions, inherent efficiencies and a bit of high-tech — direct fuel injection for the V6 and cylinder deactivation with the V8 — these Chevys don't come with a gas-guzzler tax. In fact, they return great fuel economy for their class. The V6 automatic is EPA-rated at 18 mpg city/29 mpg highway; the V8 posts 16/25 numbers. Manual transmission versions fall short by 1 mpg each.
Wanting sophisticated handling and a good ride, Chevy's worldwide team (the Camaro was engineered mainly in Australia, managed by Detroit and is built in Canada off of the Holden Commodore/Pontiac G8 rear drive platform) focused on a rigid chassis and a newly designed independent rear suspension. These add weight but lay the foundation for a quiet cabin and poised cornering.
Inner Space
Black, gray and beige are the available colors for both the standard cloth and optional leather upholstery, with those colors carrying through a unique swath of fabric running from the door panels across the dash. Numerous details set off the snazzier SS interior, including SS logos stitched in the upholstery and molded into the steering-wheel spokes.
Electronics are central to the Camaro's new Generation Y customers, so a Connectivity package is available to support iPods and other MP3 devices. It also has USB connectivity for portable flash drives and Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free cell phone operation. Curiously, although OnStar is available there is no navigation system. Standard sound is a single CD/radio with six speakers. A top-of-the-line 245-watt Boston Acoustics 9-speaker system is also available as an option on upgraded LT and SS iterations. All Camaros are equipped with XM Radio.
Comfort is also a priority. The steering column tilts and telescopes, and the seat travel is generous at well over 8 inches. Still, the overt styling demands accommodation from the occupants, especially the window sills, which are too tall to hang an elbow on during a Friday night cruise. Passengers may also search in vain for a grab handle, and we found the seats stylishly but curiously padded in spots. Overall, the presentation ranges from nice double-stitched leather to a few cost-cutting touches in the sun visors and other secondary items.
We were pleased to find the narrow windshield and low side glass less of a hindrance than they might be, but they won't help wherever traffic lights are hung at mid-intersection, requiring a neck-contorting duck to see past the low roof and feature-laden rearview mirror. Rear vision is poor at best through the tiny quarter windows, and the rear seat extremely tight for anyone past junior high. That said, the rear seat is slightly elevated, making it a better car-seat perch; seemingly the best use for the two rear buckets.
Behind the scenes, the Camaro passenger compartment is protected by a cage of high-strength steel and six airbags.
On the Road
In V6 mode, the LS and LT are something new. They zip like a V8 when kept revving, but require downshifting for a burst of power because peak torque is so high. But the silky engine sings sweetly, comparing favorably to the industrial V8 soundtrack. A more audible V8 rumble would help the SS.
Handling is a grippy highlight, and the independent rear suspension helps smooth out rough pavement. We thought the spring and shock tuning surprisingly firm, and were impressed how well the softly sprung LS managed the handling/ride compromise. In fact, the base suspension V6 combination seemed the best daily-driver choice for both practicality and performance.
All told, the superb chassis and engines expertly mask a longish wheelbase, a couple hundred extra pounds of weight and sometimes difficult sightlines for the driver. Extremely capable, the Camaro is a touch muscular to be labeled a sports car by purists.
Right for You?
Longtime Road & Track contributor Tom Wilson's credits include local racing championships, three technicalengine books and hundreds of freelance articles.
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Grow like Tumblr: mobile registration flow
With approximately 20 billion page views a month and 30% page view growth year-over-year, Tumblr is growing and vibrant content community (this blog is hosted on Tumblr). Tumblr has invested heavily in its mobile product to drive this growth.
In the following post, I will be detailing Tumblr's mobile registration strategy which is at the heart of its recent page view growth.
Mobile Landing Page
Opening a freshly downloaded Tumblr app presents a welcoming, clean stream of images. From the title, Tumblr communicates to a new visitor that its a community about creativity. The stream of images also includes a handful of gifs, which gives the stream a low-cost, vivid feel. The landing page is infinitely scrollable and explorable in a visitor experience.
Despite a explorable stream, the preeminence of the main two call-to-actions ("CTAs"), "Log in" and "Sign up", probably drives most visitors into the logged-in user experience over exploring in the logged-out visitor experience. Both of these CTAs are close to the right thumb, the most typically used finger for mobile navigation.
There are some risks with a dynamic landing page. When the images fail to load quickly, a new visitor can have a sub-par first experience.
Select Interests
The first ask in the registration flow is selecting your interests. Tumblr avoids starting out with a high effort ask. Instead, it builds up several low effort asks as means of developing user investment to minimize drop off in the final steps. By starting with interest selection, more visitors are willing to go down the registration flow.
Suggested interests seem to be ordered randomly. Two interests tiles at the top are auto-selected, but at this point in the flow, Tumblr has no data about me to accurately select these interests. These are shots in the dark. Most likely, Tumblr is using this technique to demonstrate how to select interests and leveraging a user's "sense of justice" to engage in the flow.
The title of the page frames selecting interests as means of finding Tumblr users rather than for personal edification (like a recommendation engine). Interest selection in Tumblr is designed to setup an interest/social network graph. As a mode of insurance, Tumblr auto-selects interests to try to assure that the next step in on-boarding (Following Tumblr users) is relevant and launches. Otherwise, selecting no interests skips this key step.
Suggested Tumblr Users
After selecting interests, Tumblr suggests relevant users to follow. These suggested users are probably very active Tumblers. Promoting active Tumblers to follow opens two opportunities: user-to-user notifications and priming desirable community social norms to a new user.
User-to-user notifications are deemed higher quality to a user over a message from the webmaster. These notifications are deemed authentic and relevant. You can only send so many product updates and weekly recommendations. By following active users, the number of possible email notifications is far greater.
Promoting active Tumblr users also primes a new user of the quality of the community and allows a new user to consume content. Most new users consume and don't want to contribute to the community at sign up. They want to see how the party is going before they jump in.
In the header of the page, the CTA "Follow" efficiently includes the number of selected users (auto-followed of course!) that will be followed.
Interestingly, the progress bar/dots have not progressed even though one page has already passed. Obviously, there are more than three pages in Tumblr's registration flow. Instead the progress bar is divided into three stages: follow interests, find friends, and high effort submission. This is an interesting technique to make the flow feel shorter.
Find Friends
Tumblr combines finding friends via address book and Facebook into one step. Most find friend flows separate these two data sources into different paths. In other mobile apps, finding friends from multiple data sources typically requires going back a step and repeating the process again and again. This is a nice simplification.
After connecting either your address book or Facebook account, Tumblr finds your contacts that are Tumblr users and auto-selects them to follow.
After Tumblr's find friends flow, a modal appears over the landing page with the high effort ask of email and password. There is no header and the phrase "sign up" is minimized to the grey out completion button. The progress bar UI also disappears (I assume I am in the final step?).
Entering information is rather painless. The mobile keyboard automatically appears to fill in the space beneath the modal, so the modal feels supported. A new user's username auto attaches their personalized Tumblr URL.
"Next" is dropped from the completion CTA. Intriguingly selecting "Close" dumps a registering visitor back to step one and the information invested into the new user profile is lost.
Age and Terms of Service
Submitting your age is painless and quite creative. Most apps use Apple's native date picker UI. Tumblr only asks you to enter your age (the information that really matters to them for legal reason), not your birthday.
The "Next" success CTA rears its head again, but the "Sign up" success CTA disappears.
Profile Picture
Uploading a profile picture is one of the most challenging aspects of completing a user profile. Drop offs are usually very high (50-70% are not uncommon); however, user generated profile photos are correlated with higher engagement and higher retention. For moving metrics, a user generated profile photo really makes a difference.
The profile picture UI is slightly intrusive but having a real photo is critical for quality user investment. No one wants to see a bunch of Tumblr avatar profile photos in their stream. It makes a user profile feel shallow and empty. Imagine seeing a LinkedIn profile with no user generated profile photo; you automatically question its authenticity.
Home Feed
Once new users finish the registration process, they land in their home feed.
After a minimum of 15 clicks, a visitor can turn into a new Tumblr user.
Tumblr's registration flow is medium to high in terms of effort. There is a lot of up front investment. Rather than trying to leverage behavior later in the new user experience, Tumblr's heavier upfront investment is more likely to produce a retained user. The opposite strategy would be to minimize the number of steps it takes to move a visitor to a new user. This strategy works well if your magic moment is not highly dependent on information unique to a user. Tumblr needs data from a user to create the magic moment.
Tumblr's overall experience is slick but not ground breaking. There are some pitfalls: there is a lack of standards in button placement and CTA language. There is no activation flow after registration. My hunch is that Tumblr's mobile app is most likely a retention play. Since Tumblr has position its product messaging as a creative, inspiration social network with a blogging spice over just a blogging platform, content consumption is a higher priority activity on mobile than contribution, though some brave ones fearless write posts on their mobile phone.
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The Most Inspirational Video Ever Made
The Crispy Gamer crew is working on a lot of cool projects this month. It's going to be an exhausting May, and with a stretch of gray weather lately in New York (where Crispy Gamer World HQ is located), conditions were ripe for office doldrums. A veritable powderkeg of low morale, if that makes sense, which it doesn't.
As a pre-emptive strike against the impending malaise, Scott Jones and I put together this inspirational video to end all inspirational videos. I thought I would share it with you so that you could view it any time you need a boost.
(Special bonus! in-joke explanations: Ryan Kuo went to medical school for a while. Elise Vogel tends to stay late at the office and frequently makes "offhand" references to her long hours in casual conversation.)
Are you inspired yet??????!?!?!


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Ubuntu to Evaluate LibreOffice for Natty Narwhal
Ubuntu Desktop Engineer at Canonical, Matthias Klose, announces that LibreOffice is being considered as an OpenOffice replacement in the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 release, Natty Narwhal.
Earlier today on the ubuntu-devel mailing list, Klose explained that LibreOffice would be included in the Alpha 2 Natty Narwhal release for evaluation and possible inclusion into the final Ubuntu 11.04 release.
Klose points out that the LibreOffice packages need to be tested and gives instructions on how users can help test these packages.
More information on the LibreOffice inclusion and testing can be found on the ubuntu-devel mailing list.
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Issue 168/2014
Tag Cloud
Fedora Developer Announces New Partition Manager
New tool will look like GParted but support a wider range of storage technologies.
Mozilla Releases a New Firefox
New public key pinning feature will help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.
Tool Predicts Which Websites Will be Compromised
Carnegie Mellon researchers say 3 million pages could fall down the phishing hole in the next year.
SSH Key Management Guidelines
The US government rolls new best-practice rules for protecting SSH.
Knoppix 7.4 Released
Klaus Knopper announces the latest version of his iconic Live Linux system.
PHP Attack Puts WordPress and Drupal at Risk
All websites that use these popular CMS tools could be vulnerable to denial of service attacks if users don't install the updates.
Heartbleed Bleeds On
According to a report, many potential victims of the Heartbleed attack have patched their systems, but few have cleaned up the crime scene to protect themselves from the effects of a previous intrusion.
Drone Brain Goes Open Source
DARPA and NICTA release the code for the ultra-secure microkernel system used in aerial drones.
Password Management Services Vulnerable to Attack
Should you trust an online service to store your online passwords?
New Raspberry Pi Adds Two USB Ports
New B+ board lets you build cool things without the complication of a powered USB hub.


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To mark Hollywood's 100th anniversary, Paul Merton travels to America in a series that explores how the early pioneers there laid down the blueprint for today's cinema industry.
Part 1
In the first episode, Hollywood is still a sleepy California backwater of orange groves about to be transformed by film-makers from the East Coast in search of sunny locations and wide open spaces. The film concentrates on the career of DW Griffith, one of Hollywood's most influential and controversial directors during this explosive early period. Within the space of a few short years in the 1910s, he went from making short 'cliffhangers' to three-hour epics as Hollywood cinema became the world's dominant entertainment medium.
At its heart were the beginnings of the star system, which created screen idols like Mary Pickford, who starred in many of Griffith's films. Passionate, playful but above all knowledgeable, Paul Merton retrieves cinema's founding DNA to provide a fitting and unique tribute to Hollywood's movie-making history.
Part 2
Paul Merton's journey through early Hollywood reaches the 1920s when in prohibition America the cinema industry was on a collision course with its public because of a run of drink, drugs and sex scandals.
Having cynically used the popular press to promote its stars and keep their reputations spotless, it now faced a media obsessed with exposing the dark and decadent side of their glamour.
The programme tells the story of the rise and fall of the lost comic genius of silent Hollywood – Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle – who was charged with the murder of a young actress after an illegal drinks party went wrong. Paul Merton makes a powerful case that Arbuckle was an innocent man, an unfortunate victim of a new type of fame created by the Hollywood studios which had been turned against them. In their rush to clean up their act they were prepared to make the genial Arbuckle a sacrificial victim.
Part 3
Paul Merton traces the rise of the studios through the story of MGM – the biggest dream factory of them all, which boasted of 'more stars than the heavens'. Metro Goldwyn Mayer's studio system was perfected by its young producer Irving Thalberg, the boy genius of Hollywood's silent era. The programme shows how he challenged the power previously wielded by the director of a film, taking on a much more creative role as the producer. This involved dealing with some of the most notorious egos in movie-making, such as that of flamboyant director Erich Von Stroheim. It was famously said of Thalberg that he didn't just make movies – he 're-made' them. He may have turned MGM into what Paul Merton calls 're-take valley', but Thalberg never put his name on any of his films, even the original Ben Hur or Mutiny on the Bounty – which may explain why you might never have heard of this remarkable man who did more than anyone to steer 1930s Hollywood from the silent to the sound era.


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Since the Deal Wizard is very cheap, he's purchased a bunch of off-brand iPhone chargers. That's not a good idea. These generic chargers seem to jam up the iPhone 5 causing fear and panic.
We've tracked down a genuine Apple power block for $7 today (5/13) only. It comes with a 30 pin cable for iPhone 3/4/4s. You'll have to use your own Lightning cable if you have an iPhone 5.
This block sells for $19 from the Apple store. Today's deal is shipped in bulk packaging, but All4Cellular claims it's real Apple stuff!
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"Eustace Conway is perplexed, astounded and outraged at recent events leading to the closure of Turtle Island Preserve, a 1,000-acre primitive refuge offering educational camps and internships, which he founded 26 years ago in the Triplett community of Watauga County," reports the High Country Press ("The Battle at Turtle Island Continues, Both Sides Stand Firm as Sen. Soucek Could Become Unlikely Mediator," by Jesse Wood). Inspectors took exception to the complex's stone foundations, outhouses, and lack of "kitchen areas, sinks, bathrooms, potable hot water, [or] showers," the paper reported. But after Conway appeared in person before the state's Building Code Council, it appeared that a compromise might be achievable: by unanimous vote, the Council directed staff to "study the issue and find a solution," according to a follow-up story ("Eustace of Turtle Island Speaks Before NC Building Code Council, Members Direct Staff to Find 'Good Solution'," by Jesse Wood).
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If Trade Me's metapmorphisis goes to plan, you'll see a lot more new goods for sale - both from small time retailers and, more so, brands like Hannahs and Glassons that populate the Stores section of Trade Me today.
Both Trade Me and the brokers that cover it see the sale of new goods a major growth driver in the years ahead.
Last time NBR checked in with Trade Me CEO John Macdonald, he was bullish about new goods, saying Christmas 2013 would see a big push in the area.
Talking to Trade me today after a solid half-year result (net profit edged up to $37.4 million for the six months ended December 31 from $36.4 million year earlier; Ebitda climbed 14% to $59.2 million; revenue gained 18% to $80.4 million), Mr Macdonald was lower key on new goods. He saw growth this Christmas, but put more emphasis on holiday seasons to come.
And certainly, new goods growth is not go-go at this stage.
Mr Macdonald told NBR that new goods sales were up only slightly at an annualised rate of $180 million.
"We've certainly put a lot of ou work into the sale of branded new goods," the Trade Me boss said.
"Having said that, our [bramded new goods] sales were pretty flat. We haven't seen the results we'd like to see." There's been a lot of work behind the scenes, but so far "it hasn't manisfested itself in a lot of external change."
Investors seemed disappointed that growth was slowing overall; Trade Me shares [NZX:TME] was down 2.49% to $4.30 in late trading - albeit after a recent run-up.
And what of the much-vaunted channel aggregator partnerships, designed to draw retailers from Australia and futher afield into Trade Me's Stores section.
The CEO still has high hopes in the medium to long term. Be he admitted today, "The onboarding of retailers and scaling up is taking a bit longer than we thought. There's no one cause; it's just everything taking a bit longer than we thought."
Mr Macdonald said Fairfax was a "model owner and shareholder. It didn't look to influence us in any way." Bar a little bleating about rising classified fees, most Trade Me users would agree.
Now, he's heading into uncharted territory. The CEO will spend the next two weeks visiting major investors, and those who've recently upped their stakes, answering questions face-to-face.
Mobile visits, but not mobile sales
Forsyth Barr has identified mobile as a growth driver for Trade Me, and today Mr Macdonald touted that one third of visitors to the site are now on a mobile - double a year ago.
NBR asked how many completed transactions via mobile.
The CEO could not immediately give a figure, but said it was proportionately a lot lower than PC-based visitors.
Another point of difference: mobile visitors stay on the sites for around two minutes per visit, Mr Macdonald said, versus around 15 minutes for those on a PC.
More acquisitions - but keep in perspective
This morning Mr Macdonald raised the possibility of new acquisitions.
But talking to NBR, he sought to dial down expectations on that front.
While Trade Me wasn't revealing specific purchase prices for its recent deals, he said Holiday Homes and Trade Vine (a service that helps retailers get online) were both bought for under $2 million.
Casting around for local start-ups, the bill was not likely to get any higher. "We're looking at healthy NZ businesses on a good growth path. Almost by definition there are not many in New Zealand worth more than $2 million," Mr Macdoanld said.
He added, "There's nothing to stop us doing a larger acquisition if we found the right target." This could be overseas. He stressed that overseas should not automatically be read as Australia which "has lot to like, but strong incumbent competition."
Trade Me is also entering uncharted territory in terms sailing past the 12-month guidance path outlined in its IPO prospectus.
The CEO reiterated his company was not giving any forecast for the next six months.
He did say the company is comfortable with analysts' forecasts. Trade Me is expected to post net profit of $77.5 million on sales of $163.9 million, based on the median forecasts compiled by Reuters.
Forsyth Barr has a hold rating on Trade Me, based on value. The company is running ahead of the broker's 12-month target ($4.10).
In a note issued after the result, Morning Star said Trade Me's fair value was $4.00, up from its pre-results estimate of $3.40.