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VIDEO: Kirkman, Ottley Go Behind The Scenes on "Invincible The Series"
You've seen the trailer, now Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley take you behind the scenes with a look at how the animated "Invincible The Series" gets made in a video interview with the creators and crew.
EXCLUSIVE! Invincible: The Series Trailer
Courtesy of MTV New Media, CBR brings you the official trailer for "Invincible: The Series," the new animated adaptation of Robert Kirkman & Cory Walker's Image superhero epic, available on mobile devices and on MTV2.
PRESS RELEASE: "Walking Dead" #50 sells out!
PRESS RELEASE: "Invincible" #50 Sells Out, Second Printing Announced
WW Chicago: The Robert Kirkman Q&A
Robert Kirkman hosted a rousing Q&A session, talking about "Invincible," "Walking Dead," "Astonishing Ant-Man," "Marvel Zombies" and "Science Dog" during the prolific creator's WizardWorld panel.
HeroesCon 2008: Image Is Everything
UPDATED The Image panel at HeroesCon ran over it's scheduled time, treating fans to an extended afternoon (and a ton of artwork) with Erik Larsen, Robert Kirkman, Todd Dezago, Jonathan Hickman and Craig Rousseau.
EXCLUSIVE: Invincible #51 Preview
CBR's weeklong celebration of Image Comics' landmark "Invincible" #50 concludes with this exclusive preview of issue #51 by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Ryan Ottley, with a cover by Jim Lee.
Invincible at 50: Bill Crabtree
After 50 issues non-stop, series colorist Bill Crabtree says goodbye to"Invincible" and tells CBR News how the ride has been, why he's moving on and what exactly it's like to color all that blood.
Invincible At 50: Ryan Ottley
"Invincible's" long-standing artist Ryan Ottley takes a timeout from the drawing board to recall his earliest days on the Image Comics series, explain why he didn't think he'd make it this far, and reveal what makes #50 his best issue yet.
Invincible at 50: Robert Kirkman, Part II
CBR News' lengthy chat with "Invincible" co-creator Robert Kirkman continues as the writer looks towards the future of the Invincible Universe, including spin offs, future plotlines and the rumored feature film!
Invincible at 50: Robert Kirkman, Part I
In this first part of an extensive interview, Robert Kirkman, the writer and co- creator of Image Comics' superhero hit, reflects on 50 issues of stories, dives into his love of subplots (including one he forgot) and much, much more!
WEEK OF THE DEAD IV: Image's Eric Stephenson
As Image's "The Walking Dead" reaches it's milestone fiftieth issue, Executive Director Eric Stephenson joins CBR to look back on the book's origins, what has made it such an enduring series, and to look toward in its future.
WEEK OF THE DEAD III: The Walking Dead #50 Preview
Courtesy of Image Comics, CBR brings you an exclusive preview of the landmark fiftieth issue of "The Walking Dead" by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Charlie Adlard.
WEEK OF THE DEAD II: Charlie Adlard
With Image Comics' "The Walking Dead" reaching a landmark fiftieth issue, series artist Charlie Adlard stops by CBR to talk about the book, from reading it, to drawing it, and how it has changed him over the last four years.
WEEK OF THE DEAD I: Robert Kirkman
"The zombie movie that never ends," Robert Kirkman's Image series "The Walking Dead" is showing no signs of slowing down as it reaches it's fiftieth issue. We spoke with Kirkman about the book's history and what's coming next.
ECCC 2008: Mondo Marvel Panel
The Mondo Marvel panel at ECCC was filled with lots of laughs, a few (false) tears, and the shocking revelation of Brian Bendis' bathroom reading habits.
ECCC 2008: Image Comics Panel
Richard Starkings, Jay Faerber and Robert Kirkman tease a variety of upcoming Image Comics projects (complete with massive art gallery), all from the comfort of a couch.
PRESS RELEASE: "Astounding Wolf-Man" becomes a monthly series
Shooting the Papal Bull: Kirkman talks Animated Battle Pope
Last weekend, NYC played host to both a comic con and Pope Benedict XVI, and the best of both worlds can be found in the animated Battle Pope series on Spike.com. We spoke with Robert Kirkman.
NYCC: Kirkman Talks "Destroyer MAX"
This September, writer Robert Kirkman and artist Cory Walker chronicle the final days of a hero of World War II in the "Destroyer MAX" mini-series. CBR News spoke with Kirkman about the project.
Pipeline - 4/15/2008
Augie runs down some interesting panels coming up at this week's New York Comic-Con, looks at some original art with a baseball theme from Todd Nauck, runs though last week's top releases including "The Walking Dead" and more.
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is looking for help in promoting its gas to buyers in Asia.
The state is seeking a consultant to help solicit interest from liquefied natural gas buyers in countries like Japan and South Korea. The administration hopes to build off efforts made by the governor, Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan and others in trying to drum-up interest in Alaska gas. This comes as the North Slope's major players and TransCanada Corp. continue pursuing a major liquefied natural gas project.
Sullivan says Alaska went from not being talked about to being "out there," in terms of its gas potential. And he says the state is hoping to keep that momentum going.
Both he and deputy Natural Resources commissioner Joe Balash said the state doesn't want to wait for the producers.

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A new controversy regarding the future of a nonprofit cooperative that provides high-speed Internet services to most public schools and libraries in Wisconsin stems from an old debate about the public and private sectors competing with each other.
While a recent state audit showed WiscNet offers Internet services to its public clients at a much lower cost than what is available from the private sector, critics contend that's only true because the tax-exempt cooperative benefits from public subsidies that give it a competitive edge.
State lawmakers passed a law in 2011 that restricts how the UW System provides Internet services -- and thus its involvement with WiscNet. Barring changes before the law takes effect July 1, WiscNet supporters maintain the unfortunate result will be higher costs for taxpayers.
"The big question is this: Should the public support the creation of low-cost Internet service to public entities or should all Internet services be private, even if it quadruples the costs?" said state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma. "I would argue the public wants the most efficient system and the lowest costs possible."
But regional Republican lawmakers Sen. Sheila Harsdorf of River Falls and Rep. Kathy Bernier of Lake Hallie say it's not that simple, and they expressed concern about an entity aided by public grants and a cozy relationship with the UW System having an unfair advantage over private companies.
Still, the GOP legislators acknowledged WiscNet provides an extremely popular service for schools, libraries, universities, technical colleges, local governments and nonprofit health care providers in their districts. The problem, Bernier said, is nobody knows how prices charged by WiscNet and private Internet providers would compare if allowed to compete on a level playing field.
Cost Questions
The telecommunications industry, which has lobbied heavily against what it calls the inappropriate relationship between the UW System and WiscNet, insists a changeover to private providers would not lead to sticker shock for public entities that subscribe to WiscNet.
"For the last year, my members have been working very hard at product offerings that will meet or beat WiscNet prices," said Bill Esbeck, executive director of the Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association, who claimed legislative changes made private companies feel confident they could compete fairly with the nonprofit.
Ross Wilson, chairman of WiscNet and education technology director for Chippewa Falls-based Cooperative Educational Service Agency 10, doesn't buy it and called it naive to compare the private sector offerings with WiscNet's end-to-end network services necessary for the next generation of applications.
"Make no mistake. We're saving the taxpayers big bucks," Wilson said, explaining that the lower rates are made possible by the "gigantic buying power" of a nonprofit system with 495 members.
The report released last month by the Legislative Audit Bureau indicated WiscNet members paid an average of about $500 a month for Internet services that would have cost nearly $1,200 if delivered by commercial providers, although Esbeck said "shoddy accounting practices" by the UW System make it impossible to know how much of that difference was the result of subsidies.
Slippery Slope
Bernier and several other rural GOP legislators, including Reps. Warren Petryk of the town of Pleasant Valley, Tom Larson of the Dunn County town of Colfax and John Murtha of Baldwin, supported a successful effort in 2011 to amend the state budget to allow the existing WiscNet system to continue for two years. At the time, they sent a letter to Assembly leaders calling for the compromise "to ensure that the citizens in rural Wisconsin have broadband Internet service."
Bernier said she signed the letter because she didn't want her local schools, libraries and hospitals left in the lurch but even then had a gut feeling that "we're on a slippery slope of using millions and millions of taxpayer dollars to build a system that competes against our private-sector businesses that provide Internet service."
While Vinehout characterized Republicans as believing anything that can be private should be private, she asserted it makes no sense to take the UW System out of the equation in the administration of WiscNet.
"The system is clearly working for our schools and local government," she said. "Low-cost Internet for public entities is clearly in the public's interest."
Audit Concerns
The audit made several recommendations, including that UW System officials explain by July 1 their plan for obtaining Internet services, disclose by Oct. 1 the extent to which UW institutions support grant-funded networks, improve documentation of financial agreements and recover by June 30 any balance remaining from $2.3 million in prepayments it made to WiscNet for services in the 2011-13 biennium. The auditors said that setup could violate statutes generally prohibiting state agencies from using annual appropriations to pay for services in future years.
Esbeck expressed dismay at what he called the "illegal" payments that were part of a "fast-and-loose relationship" between the UW System and WiscNet.
"The UW's shoddy record keeping is just the tip of the iceberg," Esbeck said in a news release. "The institutional arrogance revealed in the report shows a disregard for state statutes and the irresponsible use of scarce taxpayer resources."
Bernier said she also was concerned about the findings of poor record keeping.
In a seven-page response to the audit, UW System President Kevin Reilly promised to implement new policies to ensure its practices are in line with state statutes and the audit's recommendations regarding prepayments and written contracts.
Reilly also stressed the audit found no evidence the UW System subsidized WiscNet -- instead crediting WiscNet's cooperative business model for its ability to charge lower prices than the private sector -- and said the law change scheduled to take effect July 1 would result in multimillion-dollar increases in network costs, to be borne by students and taxpayers, and negatively affect the UW's ability to participate in broader research networks and fulfill its teaching mission.
Law Change Sought
"We ask the Legislature to modify the statutes in order to avoid these crippling, unintended consequences," Reilly wrote.
Even if UW institutions are forced to end their WiscNet memberships, as called for under current law, Wilson said he would expect WiscNet to continue to provide the same level of service for remaining members.
"The rest of us will miss our university members terribly, but nobody will miss a beat. We're good to go," Wilson said, calling it a shame that costs would rise for the UW System under that scenario because it would have to duplicate existing services.
Whether the Republican-controlled Legislature is willing to revisit the law is unknown at this point.
Harsdorf, chairwoman of the Senate's Universities and Technical Colleges Committee, said the focus should be on ensuring the UW System complies with state law and communities still have access to high-speed Internet.
What is clear, Bernier said, is that the relationship between the UW System and WiscNet will get much scrutiny in the next few months.
"It is a big deal coming down the pike," Bernier said.
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Debate Intensifies Over Internet Providers for Wisc. Schools, Libraries
A new controversy regarding the future of a nonprofit cooperative that provides high-speed Internet services to most public schools and libraries in Wisconsin stems from an old debate about the public and private sectors competing with each other.


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New Clipper Cards to Cost $3
Mission Local By Talal Ansari Starting today, a new Clipper card will cost $3 for adult transit riders. The blue and white cards, introduced in June 2010 for riders of BART, Muni and other Bay Area transit lines, were originally free. But riders were formerly required to load a minimum balance of $5 in fares […] [Read More]
Where to put the tracks? More thoughts on yesterday's high-speed rail meeting
Casey Miner, KALW News As I mentioned in last night's post, the California High-Speed Rail Authority didn't actually decide anything of significance at yesterday's meeting. They just voted to continue to study the options for building the tracks down the Peninsula. But the options are controversial, and I want to spend some more time explaining […] [Read More]
California High Speed Rail Authority opts to ignore ridership problems
Nathanael Johnson, KALW News The California High Speed Rail Authority met Thursday to review the findings of an analysis on ridership projections for the $40 billion Los Angeles-San Francisco high speed rail. But despite serious questions about whether ridership and revenues will meet goals, the members of the authority essentially essentially dismissed these findings as […] [Read More]
SF asks High Speed Rail Authority to study "minor or major modifications" to I-280
by Matthew Roth At the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) meeting on Wednesday, where the public was briefed on various alignment options for bringing high speed rail to the Transbay Terminal and 4th and King station, numerous people living in Potrero Hill, Dogpatch and Showplace Triangle testified that they supported the cornerstone rail project, […] [Read More]
Peer-review finding: California high speed rail projections unreliable
Courtesy of the California High Speed Rail Authority Nathanael Johnson for KALW News For months, watchdog groups and critics of the California high speed rail project have claimed that a study of projected ridership on the proposed super-train was wildly incorrect. The High Speed Rail Authority has acknowledged that one of its numbers was off […] [Read More]


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KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Wings Stadium has been selected to be the home of the 2016 U.S. Synchronized Skating National Championships.
Teams from all over the country will be in town competing to qualify for the World championships. Approximately 15-hundred skaters will compete in 8 different divisions.
They skate in teams of 8 to 20.
Synchronized Skating is not an Olympic sport, although proponents of the sport say it should be, and have been petitioning the Olympic Committee to add it to the Winter games.


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International Codes for Monitoring Sprinklers
Minimum monitoring requirements for sprinkler system monitoring
Sprinklers: When, Where and How
Q: What are the International Code Council rules for the monitoring of sprinkler systems?
A: Under the International Building/Fire Codes, all code-required sprinkler systems must meet the following minimum requirements. While the ICC may require these rules, your state or city would have to adopt them as written.
- 903.4 Sprinkler system monitoring and alarms. All valves controlling the water supply for automatic sprinkler systems and water-flow switches on all sprinkler systems shall be electrically supervised. Exceptions:
- Automatic sprinkler systems protecting one- and two-family dwellings.
- Limited area systems serving fewer than 20 sprinklers.
- Automatic sprinkler systems installed in accordance with 13R where a common supply main is used to supply both domestic and automatic sprinkler systems and a separate shutoff valve for the automatic sprinkler system is not provided.
- Jockey pump control valves that are sealed or locked in the open position.
- Control valves to commercial kitchen hoods, paint spray booths or dip tanks that are sealed or locked in the open position.
- Valves controlling the fuel supply to fire pump engines that are sealed or locked in the open position.
- Trim valves to pressure switches in dry, pre-action and deluge sprinkler systems that are sealed or locked in the open position.
NFPA72 or, when approved by the code official, shall sound an audible signal at a constantly attended location.
- Exceptions:
- Underground key or hub valves in roadway boxes provided by the municipality or public utility are not required to be monitored.
- Backflow prevention device test valves, located in limited area sprinkler system supply piping, shall be locked in the open position. In occupancies required to be equipped with a fire alarm system, the backflow preventer valves shall be electrically supervised by a tamper switch installed in accordance with NFPA 72 and separately annunciated.
- 903.4.2 Alarms. Approved audible devices shall be connected to every automatic sprinkler system. Such sprinkler water-flow alarm devices shall be activated by water flow equivalent to the flow of a single sprinkler of the smallest orifice size installed in the system. Alarm devices shall be provided on the exterior of the building in an approved location.
Where a fire alarm system is installed, actuation of the automatic sprinkler system shall actuate the building fire alarm system.
- 903.4.3 Floor control valves. Approved supervised indicating control valves shall be provided at the point of connection to the riser on each floor in high-rise buildings.
- 903.5 Testing and maintenance. Sprinkler systems shall be tested and maintained in accordance with Section 901 (of the IFC).
This is a recent list of states that have adopted IBC/IRC/IFC codes, in some form. A list of individually adopting cities may also be found on their website, shown below.
IBC = International Building Code. X = Effective Statewide. IRC = International Residential Code. A = Adopted, by may not yet be effective. IFC = International Fire Code. L = Adopted by Local Governments.
The ICC states that they make every effort to provide current, and accurate code adoption information, but some jurisdictions do not notify the ICC of their adoptions, amendments, or changes to their codes. To ensure you have accurate information, please contact each state/local jurisdiction directly for information concerning your specific code requirements.
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The Montreal Canadiens are buyers, the Ottawa Senators are sellers and the Toronto Maple Leafs wouldn't mind doing a little of both.
The Canadiens, though, have a limited budget in terms of cap room.
They have two needs and it will be interesting to see which ends up being the priority. With Josh Gorges and Andrei Markov out, they certainly need another defenceman, especially with Hal Gill and Roman Hamrlik slated to go to unrestricted free agency this summer. But they could also use a top-six forward to punch up the offence, perhaps an improvement on Andrei Kostitsyn.
In Ottawa, Daniel Alfredsson and Erik Karlsson are the only untouchables.
At this time, Jason Spezza's contract is unmovable and the same is probably true of Sergei Gonchar's and Filip Kuba's. Teams calling on any others, including Mike Fisher and Chris Neil, are being told, make us an offer.
Ottawa isn't eager to unload Fisher or Neil, but for the right price it could happen. The Senators most coveted asset is soon to be unrestricted free agent defenceman Chris Phillips, who could perhaps fetch a second-round pick. Other impending free agents Alexei Kovalev and Jarko Ruuttu won't yield much but there's been some calls on them and they could move.
Toronto, meanwhile, would like to parlay a defenceman into a potential top-six or top-nine forward. Most of the calls the Leafs get are on Francois Beauchemin and while the Leafs will move the veteran, they have to get a substantial return because of the minutes he logs.
The last thing Tomas Kaberle wants is yet another dog-and-pony show on will he or won't he waive his no-trade clause, but sometime between now and the deadline, Kaberle will let Burke know whether he'll consider a move or just play it out to unrestricted free agency.
I would be wary of trade rumours involving Mikhail Grabovski, Nikolai Kulemin and Clarke MacArthur. There are no untouchables up front in Toronto, but those guys are young and affordable and they're producing, qualities that are not in abundant supply in the Leaf lineup.


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What has young defenseman John Moore learned from his first NHL playoff series? "You learn to hate," explained Moore to a group of reporters this morning.
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If you could give computers one magical power, what would it be and why?
Live TED Conversation: Join TED Fellow James Patten
James is an inventor who is exploring new ways that physical objects can represent and control digital information.
This conversation will open at November 14 at 1:00PM EST.
Closing Statement from James Patten
Thank you to everyone for sharing some great ideas! One theme that I was really struck by was the extent to which people wanted their computers to have human qualities. Also there were some great suggestions about new types of input and output, ways of processing information and many others. I think that within the next several decades many of the things mentioned here will some to pass (some much sooner than that). Ultimately what we think of as a "computer" will change drastically in the next several years, as things adapt to better suit human abilities. Thank you everyone for participating!
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Nov 14 2011: Before I give computers any magical power I'd make sure the three laws of robotics according to Stanislaw Lem are in place.
Now they are ready to receive the gift of creativity in Arts, Engineering and Science.
Why? Because it could make a big difference. I am not sure if it were beneficial to give them emotions, too.
What do you think?
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"As always, we're keeping an eye on things. There are a few bosses that seem responsible for more wipes than the others: Commander Springvale, Beauty, Altairus, and Admiral Ripsnarl perhaps. By the time you read this, you might have seen us implement Restoration druid buffs intended to keep them competitive in raids. We also just tend to nerf content over time because the original players hitting that content have moved on, so we want to open it up to a wider audience."
I think the last point is a good one. We've all had a chance to succeed or fail at the heroics, and now they'll nerf em a bit so more people can see it. Right now I'm more focused on working through raids, and don't want to also have to worry about hourlong daily heroics just to get a few extra VP (though my guild runs have been pretty smooth recently).
It's a great point. I just hope it's countered by new heroics as old ones are nerfed. BC had, I believe, one new five man added over the course of its life, and Wrath had, what, four new heroics introduced over its lifetime, all but one of them in the final content patch?
What I'm saying is that I enjoy heroics, and I'm loving the challenge level they're at right now. I'm not really looking forward to having them be facerollable with no new five man challenges. Old content should be opened up to a wider audience. I just hope that opening comes with new content as well.
I've always been one who loved seeing older *normal* modes nerffed so that I could see them if I wasn't playing hardcore at the time. Once they've been out for a while, its a good plan.
But I'm also a huge fan of hard heroic modes - especially in 5 mans. Putting a ten man group together and clearing up to 10 bosses in wrath just to do your hard progression boss was a real drag.
MichaelBerean said...
Just an hour for a guild heroic 5 man run? Is that normal? I seriously consider it a win if it takes less than 2.
Poltergeist said...
I'm not knocking any guild run that takes 2 hours to complete, but my guild runs don't take more than an hour for any heroic. We use vent to speed up communication. We are far from hardcore. In fact, none of us have set foot in any Cata raids yet.
I do a daily random every day, rarely with guildies. At the start of every dungeon, I speak with the players in my group, and make sure everyone understands what marks to CC. We let the tank pull trash, and before every boss fight, I ask if anyone needs an explanation. Finally, I don't insult or complain about any member - regardless of if they deserve it.
My randoms usually take no longer than an hour, and often more around 30 minutes. That's all it really takes to get a run working well. These dungeons aren't "hard", they just require players to pay attention and maintain moral - as a good challenge should.


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Although the Tenth Avenue gallery's shattered-glass front door resulted from an accident, it lends a Duchampian celebration of chance to Alejandro Almanza Pereda's exhibition. Born in Mexico, the artist was educated in Texas, and his sculptures can conjure thoughts of El Norte's stability versus the volatility found south of the border. Almanza's precarious constructions delve beneath such simple clichés, however, as in his tower of glass boxes enclosing an incongruous mix of items, including axes, paper lanterns, splattered cement, and U.S. currency. Danger lurks within elegance: The tumbled bricks filling one modular unit combine with a bundle of cash to summon visions of undocumented laborers toiling to erect luxury skyscrapers, OSHA regs be damned. Almanza's work delivers the thrill of materials pushed to their physical limits. In Magnan's West 28th Street space, a huge snarl of heavy chain hangs from a rafter like a menacing chandelier, its shiny bulk challenging the load-bearing capacity of a single link. As with Richard Serra's torqued steel slabs, you can appreciate the brusquely fetching aesthetics even as you contemplate the potentially crushing weight. Nearby, a water-filled aquarium perched atop tall steel struts contains a sledgehammer buoyed by Christmas balls. Unlike Jeff Koons's floating basketballs, there's humor here, a giddy equipoise between the glass vessel and the means of its own destruction. Visceral, absurd, and diceyjust the art our age deserves.
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Технология ремонтаartem.fhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-56510939962738944992010-01-03T10:25:15.512-06:002010-01-03T10:25:15.512-06:00i love series of unfortunate events! one of my fav...i love series of unfortunate events! one of my favourites besides HARRY POTTER!!! how dare you not read harry potter! lol jk :-)Savannah Burtonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-45931455984510415622009-01-15T02:15:00.000-06:002009-01-15T02:15:00.000-06:00u edit ur photos thru picnik. which features do yo...u edit ur photos thru picnik. which features do you use---ESPECIALLY for the First pic,? i love email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-44459459917545425672009-01-07T04:48:00.000-06:002009-01-07T04:48:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kim Cuperushttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-28248111554431365522008-12-26T14:46:00.000-06:002008-12-26T14:46:00.000-06:00Lemony Snicket! Unfortunately, I only own the firs...Lemony Snicket! Unfortunately, I only own the first book and that was the only one I've read. :( This totally makes me want to go find the other 12 books though. And jesus christ, I had no idea there were 13! I need something to fill my Twilight void, haha.Sunsethttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-85924971145138101782008-12-22T07:53:00.000-06:002008-12-22T07:53:00.000-06:00once my moms friends queued up for hours and hours...once my moms friends queued up for hours and hours on the night the last harry potter book was relased to get one for me. but harry potters have never really been my thing either.
i decided not to tell him that though :)email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-81321079365318304382008-12-22T03:33:00.000-06:002008-12-22T03:33:00.000-06:00OH, OH, I LOVE LEMONY SNICKET WITH MY LIFE. I'...OH, OH, I LOVE LEMONY SNICKET WITH MY LIFE. I'd have to say my favorite would be The Penultimate Peril, I felt that The End didn't really reveal everything that I wanted to know (e.g. what and where the hell is the sugar bowl?) but I did love the ending. I love The Beatrice Letters! Every now and then I try to reread it 'cause it's such a pleasure to leaf through the pages. Did you punch out the letters? :) Anyway, I really like your Violet Baudelaire outfit! Her dress in the movie was so freakishly epic, but you really captured her just as well with this <3Reesey Peasyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-60827692666354798882008-12-21T21:25:00.000-06:002008-12-21T21:25:00.000-06:00I read like 5 of those books & then gave up, t...I read like 5 of those books & then gave up, they were too repetitive. I adored the movie, though! Liam Aiken, who played Klaus, is one of my favourite actors.....chloehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-60714660986388026682008-12-21T21:07:00.000-06:002008-12-21T21:07:00.000-06:00OK srsly after reading this post on New York magaz...OK srsly after reading this post on New York magazine

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/12/fug_girls_ten_things_we_learne.html?f=most-commented-24h-10

I have become firm in my belief your blog is the only fashion blog worth reading.

YA, so, Keep it up. I need to read *some* fashion blogs!!!!Emily F-Shttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-43626304353962758732008-12-21T20:47:00.000-06:002008-12-21T20:47:00.000-06:00HP just isn't my thing? We all have opinions. I pe...HP just isn't my thing? We all have opinions. I personally don't care for books with magic etc. Also my friends told me the end since they knew I wouldn't read it so I don't really want to read it anymore =XTavihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-56901674679312507122008-12-21T20:20:00.000-06:002008-12-21T20:20:00.000-06:00Hai.I just want to let you know that I think your ...Hai.
I just want to let you know that I think your blog is awesome :]firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-2972448738060784082008-12-21T20:12:00.000-06:002008-12-21T20:12:00.000-06:00Ello, Tavi~You're the awesomest blogger I ever rea...Ello, Tavi~
You're the awesomest blogger I ever read.

kthxbai.

from a 12-yr-old fashion junkie whom no one gets :firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-21310280588623313612008-12-21T20:09:00.000-06:002008-12-21T20:09:00.000-06:00hey tavi, just wondering- WHY you don't like HP (h...hey tavi, just wondering- WHY you don't like HP (harry potter)???!?!?!?
too bad. i personally adore the series(suprise! it's only like THE best-selling book or whatever). one question: have you tried it? if you really don't like it i respect that though.looking forward to the new year's firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-16952503135471365882008-12-21T18:54:00.000-06:002008-12-21T18:54:00.000-06:00My favorite kids book series of all time. You do a...My favorite kids book series of all time. You do a great Violet Baudelaire impression. I'd love to see you do Esme Squalor.Iheartfashionhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-34399040169750804142008-12-21T18:21:00.001-06:002008-12-21T18:21:00.001-06:00OMG your blog is sooooooooo cool! I love it! u r a...OMG your blog is sooooooooo cool! I love it! u r a really good photographer!(= Louise,13, Adelaide(australia)email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-56758055545957610572008-12-21T18:21:00.000-06:002008-12-21T18:21:00.000-06:00OMG your blog is sooooooooo cool! I love it! u r a...OMG your blog is sooooooooo cool! I love it! u r a really good photographer!(= Louise,13, Adelaide(australia)email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-16940079895686612972008-12-21T17:38:00.000-06:002008-12-21T17:38:00.000-06:00I thought she only wore the ribbon in her hair whe...I thought she only wore the ribbon in her hair whenever she needed to think of what to invent or something like that. I havn't read those books in forever. I've read all of them and then I got half way through the last one and never have finished it since. Anyway, haha @ the church people. I thought of many things that could mean though, which you pointed firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-64575520215837729222008-12-21T15:49:00.000-06:002008-12-21T15:49:00.000-06:00you wear that jacket so well.you wear that jacket so well.1234http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-60015380259547441542008-12-21T14:54:00.001-06:002008-12-21T14:54:00.001-06:00Dayummm, you are rocking the dark and mysterious l...Dayummm, you are rocking the dark and mysterious look. Happy Hanukkah!

P.S. I think you could do a MEAN Claudia from the Baby Sitter's Club outfit. Her style was nutzo!Isabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-3696884823760823842008-12-21T14:54:00.000-06:002008-12-21T14:54:00.000-06:00Dayummm, you are rocking the dark and mysterious l...Dayummm, you are rocking the dark and mysterious look. Happy Hanukkah!

P.S. I think you could do a MEAN Claudia from the Baby Sitter's Club outfit. Her style was nutzo!Isabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-67851190056274744112008-12-21T14:39:00.000-06:002008-12-21T14:39:00.000-06:00i am seriously in love with your blog, i love orig...i am seriously in love with your blog, i love original blogs i wish i could do one but its not that comfortable for me to write regularly in English (im from Israel)...anywayz! i wish there would be more blogs like yours.
Happy Holidays!White girls of the northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-19116746754818133772008-12-21T13:31:00.000-06:002008-12-21T13:31:00.000-06:00a series of unfortunate events!!! i LOVE that seri...a series of unfortunate events!!! i LOVE that series...although i do like harry potter as well...
did you ever read Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography?
its good, and explains some stuff from the books.Kellyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-18042373720918741002008-12-21T10:25:00.000-06:002008-12-21T10:25:00.000-06:00i love those books though I never read the one wit...i love those books though I never read the one with just the letters. Lemony, or Daniel, is a very compelling and somewhat gothic writer but i love his style. i love that jacket and i see you still have snow where you are, mine melted weeks ago. happy christmas!Strawberry Fieldshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-33796089068867296462008-12-21T08:41:00.000-06:002008-12-21T08:41:00.000-06:00wow, you really took a lot of inspiration from the...wow, you really took a lot of inspiration from the books to create that look.
hate to be picky, but it definatley said in one of the books- where Olaf is trying to incriminate the children and produces a pink ribbon as proof that "Violet hates pink! She'd never wear anything like that!"
after all, didn't it say in the ten commandments somewhere that Thou Shalt Not Dismiss Any Details Concerning Series of Unfortunate Events?
non? ahhh c'est tragic! :'(
keep it up tavi, i think youre so inspirational and your blogs make me laugh :) xMEMILYhttp://email@example.com


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The mormon church is very much against gay marriage (doesn't matter - - evangelicals will never vote for a mormon anyways; everyone knows why they sat out the last election). But I just remembered, there are sects of the mormon church that support the plural marriages you were referencing. Last I checked, Warren Jeffs, a fundamentalist Christian, who interprets the bible very strictly, is very supportive of multiple marriages (and not the kind Newt had). Last I checked, Warren Jeffs is hugely influential and is reaching critical mass in 40 of the 50 States. I see a constitutional ammendment on it by year end. There is a million multiple marriage march (4M) scheduled for this summer.


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The fallout from the team's failed mission to Lebanon is still chewing Lt. Col. Roger Weston's butt. God help them all if the media get wind of the real story. Worse, guilt is eating him alive over a decision that left a fallen warrior's wife without a husband…and exposed to danger from her radical family.
Mari is certain God is punishing her. She loved the man who rescued her from a windowless cell in Afghanistan, and never betrayed their marriage. But she has never been able to forget her body's reaction to Roger. The pounding heart, the burning senses, sinful thoughts run wild.
Now she is the target of terrorists bent on destroying the heart of America. As Roger lays his life on the line to protect her, they uncover a plot already in motion to assassinate the President. As the world teeters on the edge of chaos, any hope for a future rests in Roger's already bloodstained hands…and the quietly faithful woman who holds his heart.
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Tehran, Iran (AP) - After three years of work by 500 weavers, Iran has shipped a hand-woven carpet the size of a football field to a mosque in Oman. The carpet, with a surface area of 6,000 square yards and weighing 24.2 tons, was shipped to the Omani capital of Muscat on Saturday, said Mostafa Qannadha, director of the government-owned Iran Carpet Company. Qannadha said the carpet, worth $5.2 million, has 1.7 billion knots and is the largest of its kind. It was commissioned for the Sultan Qabus Azam Mosque in Muscat and is decorated with traditional Persian designs in blue, yellow, white and khaki, he said. The carpet was shipped in 42 pieces. Iranian artists have been dispatched to Oman to connect the pieces before the official inauguration of the mosque in March.
Carpets are Iran's biggest export item after oil, bringing the country over $600 million annually. In March, the United States lifted sanctions on Iranian carpets, caviar and pistachios as a sign of improved relations between the countries.


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Another problem with the film, aside from its clichés and Christian bashing (itself a cliché nowadays), is the acting, along with the thinly-drawn characters. Grint's stoicism, throughout the film, is positively painful to watch. Linney does a pretty good job with her English accent, but overacts somewhat. Walters really overdoes it, however, turning her character into an annoying, manipulative old lady who is very difficult to identify with. The actor who actually does the best job is Farrell, who portrays a downtrodden, passive man who finds himself with convincing ease. Farrell managed to elicit a good laugh from me (the only one of the film) with his wacky bird imitations.
Even though this movie claims to be about coming of age, because of the language, Evie's drinking (and drunkenness) and the scene with Ben's seduction, it's really only appropriate for adults. Those who can bear it, that is. Nice scenery, though.
AUDIENCE: Adults only
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- Language/Profanity: At least two dozen profanities and obscenities, some strong.
- Sexual Content/Nudity: A few sexual references; woman seduces minor boy, inviting him to her apartment and taking him to bed (no nudity); woman has affair and leaves husband; man dresses in women's clothing and makeup.
- Violence: A few mild arguments with shouting; a brief car accident in which a character is struck and injured (but not killed).
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I found an ancient Madness button in the attic. It belonged to my mum. I have now claimed it as mine. :)
Madness in 1985 (without Barso)So much beauty on these pictures.
Madness in 1985 (without Barso)So much beauty on these pictures.
Madness - Tomorrow's Just Another Day
Madness - Tomorrow's Just Another Day
Madness - House Of Fun
Madness - House Of Fun
And Madness playing "Embarrassment" at Pinkpop, 2009. :)
Madness playing "Embarrassment", "Baggy Trousers" and "Madness" at Pinkpop, 1981.
Suggs talking about the musical influences for the album 'The Liberty of Norton Folgate', being interviewed prior to the 2009 concert at Pinkpop.Ignore the Dutch subtitles. :)
Rick, Neil and Madness.
Rick, Neil and Madness.
"How Can I Tell You" - Madness (via snanniewoe)
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Re/Max is Going Public
By Evan Buck - August 19, 2013 | Tickers: RLGY, TRLA, Z
The Denver, Colorado-based real estate company Re/Max Holdings Inc. has filed for a $100 million Initial Public Offering (IPO) with U.S. regulators, planning on listing its class A shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "RMAX." Re/Max's public offering, a first for the 40-year-old company, is a sign that Re/Max wants to better ride a rising United States housing market.
Is Re more »
What does $1,000 Per Share Mean to You?
By Evan Buck - August 16, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-A, GOOG, PCLN, SPY
A fairly common and rather tragic misnomer is that the stock market is rigged in favor of Wall Street executives and fat cats, the quintessential "1 percenters." Individual investors supposedly have no business trying to compete with the likes of Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A) Warren Buffet, or George Soros, or Carl Ichan.
However, this misnomer mistakenly pits individual investors like you and me against the "big boys" on Wall more »
Ralph Lauren - Bargain or Bust?
By Evan Buck - August 14, 2013 | Tickers: JCP, KORS, RL
Shares of New York-based clothing designer Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) were walloped after the company reported weaker earnings than forecast. In the first quarter of 2013, Ralph Lauren reported net income of $181 million, or $1.94 a share, down from a year-earlier profit of $193 million, or $2.03. Revenue for the three-month period grew 4% to $1.6 billion, up slightly from a year ago. While retail sales more »
Carlos Slim's $9.6 Billion Bid
By Evan Buck - August 12, 2013 | Tickers: AMX, KKPNY.PK, TEF
Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire mogul who is the world's second richest man, plans to buy out the Dutch telecommunications company Royal KPN (NASDAQOTH: KKPNY.PK) for 7.2 billion euros ($9.6 billion). Slim is ratcheting up the battle between his own telecommunications company America Movil (NYSE: AMX) and Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) in the European stage. Will Slim's $9.6 billion wager come to fruition for shareholders of more »
A Public Relations Battle on the High Seas
By Evan Buck - August 11, 2013 | Tickers: FUN, SEAS, DIS
Pixar Animation Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), has purportedly rewritten the ending to "Finding Dory," the highly anticipated sequel to "Finding Nemo," in response to the fracas surrounding the "Blackfish" documentary. The documentary paints a very unfavorable picture of SeaWorld's (NYSE: SEAS) treatment of orca whales and chronicles the tale of the SeaWorld orca that killed three people. The Blackfish movie makers and SeaWorld more »
Microsoft: Go Big or Go Home
By Evan Buck - August 9, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT
I've seen several t-shirts and bumper stickers emblazoned with a rather authoritative declaration: "GO BIG or GO HOME." This modern-day proverb advises us to either devote a lot of effort into the tasks we are given or not be a part of that effort altogether. This is good advice for Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).
Microsoft is struggling to gain a foothold in the competitive tablet market. So far more »
Will T-Mobile "Jump" Over Competitors?
By Evan Buck - July 29, 2013 | Tickers: T, S, TMUS, VZ
T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS), the "un-carrier" cell phone company, has just announced an interesting temporary plan to allow qualified customers to buy a new phone with zero money down. This comes after T-Mobile rolled out the new "JUMP" (just upgrade my phone) program, which supposedly gives customers more flexibility in trading in their old phone for a new phone.
Will T-Mobile's unorthodox tactics make the company "JUMP" over its more »
Acura's NSX -- The "Next Big Thing"
By Evan Buck - July 29, 2013 | Tickers: HMC, NSANY.PK, POAHY.PK, POAHF
Acura, the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda Motor (NYSE: HMC), has just tweeted the first teaser picture of an NSX second generation prototype. This new NSX is a hybrid-electric supercar and a revival of the first generation Acura NSX. Acura is planning on putting out the NSX to the market in 2015.
Will this sleek new electric car turbocharge Honda and Acura moving forward, or will competitors like more »
Zion Oil and Gas: Good Speculative Play or Stay Away?
By Evan Buck - June 18, 2013 | Tickers: DK, NBL, WPL, ZN
According to geological surveys, the Middle Eastern nation of Israel has potentially game-changing reserves of petroleum and natural gas right off its shores. There are signs that even more natural gas could be in those reserves than initially thought. Israel's natural gas is a large economic and strategic factor for the country, as well as for investors - after all, these reserves are thought to be some of the largest more »
Jumping Through the Hulu Hoops
By Evan Buck - June 10, 2013 | Tickers: DTV, NFLX, YHOO
The bidding war for the joint venture company Hulu has just ratcheted up – again. The second-largest American pay TV service, DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV), is reportedly offering upwards of $1 billion to acquire Hulu. Other companies currently jockeying for position in this war include Time Warner and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), among others.
As the Hulu board deliberates over at least seven buyout offers, consider this: how will a Hulu buyout reorient more »
Kinks in the Under Armour?
By Evan Buck - June 5, 2013 | Tickers: ADDYY, LULU, NKE, UA
The sports apparel company Under Armour (NYSE: UA) has enjoyed considerable success in the United States and is rolling out new features to better compete with Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) and arch-rivals Nike (NYSE: NKE) and Adidas (NASDAQOTH: ADDYY). But are Under Armour's profound lack of a large international presence and marketing products for women kinks in its armor?
Under Armour is a strong growth stock and is the more »
Two Sides of the Lithium Coin
By Evan Buck - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: LIT, TSLA, BA
Mr. Market is smiling upon electric car manufacturer Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). The company's stock has had an incredible run-up in 2013 as Tesla has seemingly left years of losses in the dust by posting very impressive numbers in the most recent fiscal quarter.
Some investors are most likely seeking a more secure investment that can still ride on Tesla's success. I believe that the more »
Competition Heats Up in the Chinese Internet Industry
By Evan Buck - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: BIDU, QIHU, YOKU
The largest Chinese search engine, Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), has just announced that the company will acquire the online video business, PPStream, in a $370 million deal. The "Chinese Google" is seeking to become a competitor to the Chinese internet television company Youku Tudou (NYSE: YOKU) and is also attempting to fend off rising search engine star Qihoo 360 (NYSE: QIHU).
Will this acquisition help out Baidu, or is it simply more »
Is the LinkedIn Bubble About to Pop?
By Evan Buck - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: BBRY, FB, LNKD
Shares of the professional business social network LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) have jumped 73% so far in 2013, but took a wallop after the company reported its first quarter 2013 sales numbers. LinkedIn was able to far exceed analyst expectations and posted very strong growth, but investors seem to be focusing on LinkedIn's less-than-bullish outlook for the second quarter of 2013. The conflicting ideas of LinkedIn's current success and more »
The Online Sales Tax Battle
By Evan Buck - April 30, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, EBAY, M
The online auctioneer giant eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) has just joined the growing fight over a recently proposed online sales tax, coming down firmly against the proposal and trying to enlist the help of its users to fight against the bill. On the opposite side of the aisle are some traditional big-box retailers like Macy's (NYSE: M) and, ironically, fellow online retailer and eBay competitor Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN).
As more »
Google's "High Fiber" Diet
By Evan Buck - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: T, GOOG, VZ
The Internet monolith of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is continuing to flex its technological muscle. The Silicon Valley giant announced that Google's high-speed Internet and video project called Google Fiber will be expanding into Austin, Texas after Fiber's launch in Kansas City last year. Investors appear to be energized about the prospects of superfast Internet and a new way to be an official "cable-cutter" in their own locales.
The more »
Google's "High Fiber" Diet
By Evan Buck - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: T, GOOG, VZ
The internet monolith of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is continuing to flex its technological muscle. The Silicon Valley giant announced that Google's high-speed internet and video project called Google Fiber will be expanding into Austin, Texas after Fiber's launch in Kansas City last year. Investors appear to be energized about the prospects of superfast internet and a new way to be an official "cable-cutter" in their own locales.
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Google's "High Fiber" Diet
By Evan Buck - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: T, GOOG, VZ
The Internet monolith of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is continuing to flex its technological muscle. The Silicon Valley giant announced that Google's high-speed Internet and video project called Google Fiber will be expanding into Austin, Texas after Fiber's launch in Kansas City last year. Investors appear to be energized about the prospects of superfast Internet and a new way to be an official "cable-cutter" in their own locales.
The more »
The Benefits of Blending Up a Jamba Buyout
By Evan Buck - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: JMBA, MCD, MNST, SBUX
Jamba Juice (NASDAQ: JMBA) has been turning the heads of some investors lately, posting eight straight quarters of growth, and has rolled out an ambitious plan for expanding into international markets for 2013. This comes on the heels of an impressive 2012 and first couple months of 2013. As Jamba Juice continues to blend up its signature brand of smoothies, other companies might be taking a look at acquiring Jamba more »
With a Stock Like Smucker's, It Has to be Good!
By Evan Buck - March 14, 2013 | Tickers: CPB, SJM, KRFT
The J.M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM) is still headquartered in the same small town of Orrville, Ohio, where Jerome Smucker first sold apple butter out of a horse-drawn wagon long ago in the late 1800s. The company has become a strong presence in the culinary market as the purveyor of various preserves and jams, but there is more to the company than simply delicious strawberry jelly. Overall, Smucker's more »
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Lotus dreams a lightweight crossover for 2020
Exotic materials and smarter technology will boost fuel efficiency for mainstream cars, although costs stand in the way.
The design comes from none other than Lotus, the British sports-car maker that has been preaching an "add lightness" philosophy for more than 60 years. While the design is strictly a paper exercise, the challenge of meeting higher fuel-economy mandates by 2025 almost guarantees that cars have to become lighter, if not smaller. The project, commissioned by the California Air Resources Board, was to develop a mass-production vehicle for sale in 2020 with a 23 percent cut in fuel consumption.
CARB sets the most aggressive emissions targets in the country, and all but commands automakers to build electric cars to meet its zero-emissions mandates. But for the Lotus concept, the state agency didn't specify a powertrain. Rather, Lotus relied on its prowess with lightweight materials and more efficient manufacturing processes.
Lotus took a 2009 Toyota Venza as its base and cut all the fat. The result is a sleeker body that weighs 1,162 pounds less, without sacrificing room, performance or safety, the company said. That's a 37 percent difference from today's Venza.
The superleggera Venza uses aluminum, magnesium, high-strength steel and composites such as carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic to form a body shell that is 31 percent lighter and has 20 percent greater torsional stiffness. The body requires 100 fewer parts to assemble with what Lotus calls "advanced joining and bonding techniques."
Lotus has built its reputation for fast, featherweight sports cars that are among the best-handling cars in the world, including the famous open-wheeled Seven of the 1960s and the modern-day Elise and Exige, which tip the scales at around 1 ton (that's around 800 pounds less than a Corolla). Toyota supplies engines and gearboxes, all plucked from mainstream cars such as the Camry, for the current Lotus lineup.
Since it's a fuel-efficient Toyota, the concept Venza uses a hybrid powertrain by default. But Lotus goes much further, even suggesting that the foot wells be stripped to the bare aluminum, just as in its Elise sports car. "A similar technique is used to decorate wood and tile floors in houses, where the owner places a rug on a hardwood floor," Lotus said.
Lotus doesn't mention the incessant noise issues that would result from using a stripped floorboard, but it recommends installing active noise cancellation to cut down on insulation materials. New seats made with lighter foam, an electronic parking brake, a digital instrument panel and touch-capacitive buttons like on the Cadillac Cue system all help to reduce weight, Lotus said. Redesigned suspension components and Brembo brakes complete the package.
Toyota experimented with a carbon-fiber-bodied hybrid concept in 2007, and even invented a special looming machine to weave its own threads for the Lexus LFA supercar. Other car companies are intent on cutting curb weights to boost fuel economy, but lightweight materials are still too expensive to use on mainstream models. At more than $3,000 per body shell, the Lotus design is more than double the cost of today's Venza.
All we can think about is keeping the Venza's punchy V6 in this skinny body and throwing in some hip-hugging Recaros. Whatever Lotus may dream up, we know Toyota won't ever do that.
[Source: Lotus]
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That would require thinking logically instead of emotionally, and if you're already frustrated, well, too late there.
Well, on one hand, they want feedback on how things feel, and on the other, if you don't feel positive you can go DIAF. The beta forums have been glowing over the healing changes, but everyone I see outside of those forums has huge concerns and finds things not at all fun. I'm delighted that someone spoke up at all, and discouraged (again) beyond belief that they quashed him like that. I'm a priest for crying out loud, and I can't handle it if both party and tank are taking damage at once.
Some of our largest concerns: None of the heals hit hard enough. The pacing is not fun compared to what we're used to in Wrath. Damage is still spiky, but we now have a eyedropper to heal it back up with. We don't scale well so far. A good healer in a bad group is still going to fail. I haven't even had mana problems, I have puny heals problems.
So is this new, fun type of healing going to drag people away from dpsing to replace all of us who don't like it anymore?
Peary Carlson said...
Are you talking on live or beta that your have trouble healing the tank and dps? I play a priest as well and you shouldnt have any problems multi-tasking. With several instant and AoE heals it has never been a problem. You might just not have enough spellpower if your heals arent hitting hard enough. :)


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Beyonce Knowles is a very beautiful -- very rich -- woman. One would think her pregnancy would be, I don't know, fancy and glamorous, complete with nutritionist on hand 24 hours a day, guiding her in every dietary decision she makes, as well as blending her kale and berry smoothies.
That's so not the case with Mrs. Jay-Z. In fact, the pop singer is hands-down eating the weirdest -- and grossest -- foods I've ever heard of a pregnant woman eating in my entire life.
We're talking ice cream with hot chili sauce on top, people. And it only gets stranger.
Word on the street is Beyonce's cravings have been driving the crew of their $400,000-a-week-yacht insane as she and husband, Jay-Z, cruise around Italy and Croatia. A source said: "Usually guests sip Cristal champagne while nibbling on lobster. Instead Beyonce is having these very odd cravings."
And, of course, you want to know what those cravings are, right?
Well, according that same source, Beyonce has been "snacking on Oreos and pickles, ice creams with hot chili sauce, and she loves dipping bananas in ketchup. For breakfast, she's been having croissants with melted chocolate bars inside."
I mean, I'm happy to hear that Beyonce's eating and all -- some moms-to-be can barely choke anything down -- but what ... odd food combinations. Ketchup and bananas? How does one even think to get such a craving? My stomach is turning just thinking about it. Yuck.
As nauseating as this all is, though, I've gotta say, it's sort of refreshing to hear about a celebrity who really is "just like us" while pregnant. Er, I don't mean "just like us" in the sense that we're all craving chocolate bar sammies first thing in the morning. I mean, "just like us" in the sense that she's keepin' it real and eating what she pleases. She's not getting all fancy on us while she's with child.
Except for the $400,000 a week yacht thing. That's pretty fancy.
What were your cravings when you were pregnant?
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When I was pregnant I lived down the street from a gourmet Ice Cream shop. Everyday (sometimes twice per day) I HAD to have a chocolate fudge milk shake. What's funny, my son is 4 now and he HATES chocolate!
I don't mean dogs, corn dogs! Lol!
with my first, i wanted to eat taco bell regularly! as in, i could easily eat it 4 or 5 times a week. and mexican food in general, yum...! but there was something about that instantly gratifying greasy soft taco that i loved...
with my second, i forced my co-workers to endure a lot of lunches at RoundTable Pizza for their buffet. mmmm, cinnamon twists!!!
(now i'm hungry!)
With my first I was violently ill for 6 month. The only think I could keep down were White Castle Sliders! My 2nd I LOVED Hooters Chicken Wings. The HOTTER the better. I would have bathed in that sauce! My third pregnancy I had strawberry ice cream with hot fudge sauce for breakfast! YUMM!!