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"Ron did two jobs for us: 1) regular painting, with all of the preparation and repair to the walls that required, and ..."
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Welcome to R. Roberts Painting! As the second generation, R. Roberts Painting has gained a reputation for quality craftsmanship and excellent customer service while offering competitive prices. Our services to Southern California's Residential and Commercial Properties spans over 50 Years.
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My name is Richard Stewart and I have been Successfully painting commercial and residential buildings for over 25 years. I can guarantee excellent work, completed in a timely fashion and at a reasonable cost. We were honored to be awarded 2012 Best Small Business by the United Chambers of Commer...
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ABC Commercial Painting and Coatings has over 12 years experience serving Southern California and surrounding areas. Our services include residential and commercial painting, interior painting, exterior painting, specialty coatings, wall coverings, staining, plaster finishes, Venetian, Italian, Amer...
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Saw someone quote "1 in 4 women are raped". Anyone know where that statistic comes from?
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Sunday, Sept. 15
'Visitors will be able to sample foods that were harvested from the gardens and cooked in the horno.'
Date September 8, 2013 at 12:10 PM
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Every year the Santa Fe Children's Museum (SFCM) hosts a Fall Festival and Ice Cream Social. Both events have long been local family favorites and this year SFCM is combining the two on Sunday, September 15, 2013 from 12 to 5pm. The Fall Festival celebrates local abundance and three new exhibits in the outdoor learning landscape, Earthworks Gardens. The new exhibits include an horno, a traditional adobe outdoor oven, which was built this summer by New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) members and sponsored by Cornerstones Community Partnership and First National Bank. "The YCC members have worked very hard all summer and have done a great job tending the gardens, constructing exhibits and facilitating programs. We are very proud of all that they have accomplished in just a few months," said Rachael Kissling-Gilman, SFCM Programs Director.
Visitors will be able to sample foods that were harvested from the gardens and cooked in the horno. In addition, several YCC members will offer hands-on programs such as papermaking and recycled art projects. Local farmers and artisans will be on hand educating visitors on a variety of subjects such as yarn spinning, candle making, goat milking, beekeeping and more. "We are so excited to focus on localism and hope that this is the beginning of new tradition," stated Julie DeFeo, Community Relations Director.
Celebrity ice cream scoopers will include SFCM Board of Trustees members, local DJs, and long time museum supporters. "This year we will invite Santa Fe's mayoral candidates to show off their scooping styles," added Executive Director Shannon Roberts. Admission to the museum and all activities is just $5 per person on the event day.
The Santa Fe Children's Museum is located at 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505, with winter hours of Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 10am to 5pm, Thursdays 10am to 7pm, and Sunday 12 to 5pm. For more information check our website.


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I have recently built a new AMD gaming RIG and my CPU under load runs @ 90 or so degrees C, is this too high, should I consider using different thermal paste, How do I set my BIOS up to speed up my fan under load, AsROCK MOBO, Does AMD make another cooler, and it cools down to 60 C or so after about 2 to 3 minutes.
Single,dual or quad core?
Asrock what?
Which case?
Case fans?
No one wants to play the guessing game.
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MY issue has been fixed, the program I was using was telling me wrong info, I have AMD overdrive and I have a 30-40 Deg margin.
Yes much of the temp software reads incorrect FX temps. Unfortunately the latest iteration of AMD Overdrive also shows incorrect "thermal margin" by as much as 9C. The applet Core Temp reads pretty accurate internal core temps in the 40C-70C range which is all that counts.
61C is the max 24/7 operating temp for the FX-8xxx series CPUs per AMD. Unfortunately they do not list the 24/7 temp for most of their CPUs however which is very poor customer support. Some CPUs are reported to have 24/7 temps as high as 70C.
Building a reliable PC involves more than just assembling the parts. You need to be able to configure all of the BIOS settings appropriately. This can be quite involved and frustrating as it can require a lot of trial and error with stress testing. It is however often the only means to get a 100% reliable PC.
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On 11/02/2012 12:07 PM, Mikhail A. Utin wrote:
Frankly, considering usual number of a bank customers,
which could be up to 10 million, using anything better
than a user name and a password create a technical
problem for IT, meaning finally money.
Wrong. Bank of America uses "SafePass": a one time password card
("liquid paper" window) that generates numbers, 12 (six at a time with a
press of a button), accounting for 10^12 random numbers -- to
authenticate users to their on-line accounts. So far it's been optional,
leaving users to chose it or not. The users pay a small one-time fee. I
think I paid $20USD. They have been doing thins for about five years.
PayPal and eBay have way way more than 10 million users and they do it
too, -- again for about five years so far.
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Researchers have completed the most detailed study yet of how much tidal power could be generated by turbines placed in the Pentland Firth, between mainland Scotland and Orkney, and estimate 1.9 gigawatts (GW) could be available.
The in-depth assessment by engineers at the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh offers valuable insights into how to develop and regulate this clean energy resource effectively.
The Pentland Firth is a prime candidate to house marine power projects because of its tidal currents, which are among the fastest in the British Isles.
Engineers say that their study improves on previous estimates of the generating capacity of turbines embedded in the Firth – ranging from 1 to 18 GW – which were too simplistic or based on inappropriate models. Researchers calculated that as much as 4.2 GW could be captured, but because tidal turbines are not 100 per cent efficient, they say that 1.9 GW is a more realistic target.
To exploit the Firth's full potential, turbines would need to be located across the entire width of the channel. In order to minimise the impacts on sea life and shipping trade, a number of individual sites have been identified for development by the UK Crown Estate, which will lease these sites to tidal energy firms.
Researchers have pinpointed locations where turbines would need to be positioned for the Firth to meet its full energy production potential.
The research was commissioned and funded as part of the Energy Technologies Institute's Performance Assessment of Wave and Tidal Array Systems project (PerAWAT).
Professor Alistair Borthwick, of the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, who worked on the research, said: "Our research builds on earlier studies by analysing the interactions between turbines and the tides more closely. This is a more accurate approach than was used in the early days of tidal stream power assessment, and should be useful in calculating how much power might realistically be recoverable from the Pentland Firth."
Professor Guy Houlsby of the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, said: "The UK enjoys potentially some of the best tidal resources worldwide, and if we exploit them wisely they could make an important contribution to our energy supply. These studies should move us closer towards the successful exploitation of the tides."
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Picture Sonic The Hedgehog as a drunken pensioner, bumbling around the Green Hill Zone, staggering down ramps and falling off loops. That's what controlling your furry 'legend' is like.
This was a WiiWare game and although this version is arguably better looking, the same problem remains - your furball is far too floaty and controlling him becomes an exercise in anger management as he bumps into one obstacle after another, some of which are difficult to spot.
With one hit kills for landing on spikes which are often difficult to pick out from the scenery, it becomes very frustrating. Even seemingly simple things like jumping and pressing A to kill the triangular enemies are tough thanks to the unresponsive controls.
It's a shame because it looks pretty, the platform levels are well designed and the titular furry legend has a bit of character about him but you shouldn't have to put up with these controls.


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Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
For the cookies:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tbsp. cocoa powder
½ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
8 tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 large egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
½ cup buttermilk, at room temperature
1 oz. red food coloring
For the frosting:
8 oz. cream cheese
5 tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2½ cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
Preheat the oven to 375˚ F.
Using a heart template cut out from card stock, trace evenly spaced hearts onto pieces of parchment paper sized to fit two cookie sheets. Place the parchment on the cookie sheets so that the side you have drawn on is facing down; set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and brown sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the egg until incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Blend in the vanilla. With the mixer on low speed, beat in about a third of the dry ingredients, followed by half of the buttermilk, beating each addition just until incorporated. Repeat so that all the buttermilk has been added and then mix in the final third of dry ingredients. Do not overbeat. Blend in the food coloring.
Transfer the batter to a pastry bag fitted with a large plain round tip. Pipe the batter onto the parchment paper using the heart tracings as a guide. Bake 7-9 minutes or until the tops are set, rotating the baking sheets halfway through. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets at least 10 minutes, until they can be easily transferred to a cooling rack. Repeat with any remaining batter. Allow cookies to cool completely before proceeding.
To make the cream cheese frosting, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the cream cheese and butter on medium-high speed until well combined and smooth, about 2-3 minutes. Mix in the vanilla extract. Gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar until totally incorporated, increase the speed and then beat until smooth.
Transfer the frosting to a clean pastry bag fitted with a plain, round tip. Pair the cookies up by shape and size. (You can make this as easy or as difficult as you would like. I'm kind of anal about it, so it takes me a while :) )
Flip one cookie of each pair over so that the flat side is facing up.
Pipe frosting onto the flat-sided cookie of each pair, leaving the edges clear. Sandwich the cookies together so the flat sides are facing each other and press gently to help the filling reach the edges. To store, refrigerate in an airtight container.
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August 12, 2011 at 9:23 AM
By Honey Harris
Tune in from 7 AM - 11 AM for Honey Harris and "The Big Show".
Hey Radioheads,
Please check out this morning's interview with Kees Reitmeijer talking about the 10th international Aids Impact Conference coming to the USA for the first time and specifically to Santa Fe, September 12 through the 15th. Very important HIV prevention information included. Until Monday, have a wonderful weekend!


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Delivering food to the table or pouring a cup of coffee is about the only thing it can't do.
The iPad takes an order, sends it to the chef and lets the waiter know when it's done at the Florentine Restaurant. And forget about paper. At True West Coffee, a customer's receipt is sent by text to their phone.
The popularity of tablet devices such as the iPad is helping increase efficiency at area businesses and influencing learning for students at local school districts.
That widespread use is projected to nearly double sales of the devices worldwide to 119 million units this year, and then triple sales to about 369 million units in 2016, according a report released this week by Gartner Inc., an international information technology research and advisory company.
By 2015, about 35 percent of tablet sales will be for business use, Gartner said.
When Chris and Vanessa Cannon opened True West Coffee in Hamilton late last year, they outfitted the eatery with an iPad for a cash register, plus a wireless cash box and printer.
"I think we spent $1,100 on all the hardware for it," Chris Cannon said. "It was a huge cost savings for us rather than buying a full point-of-sale system. A full point-of-purchase system could be up to $8,000."
Deborah Turner, special-education coordinator for Middletown, said tablet devices are good motivators for students.
She said her department has deployed about 90 iPads since April 2011 to special-education teachers and related staff. It's her hope that all 106 staff members in the realm of special education have an iPad, including school psychologists and therapists.
"If kids do their work, they can play a math game," Turner said. "The primary use is for the students to gain 21st-century skills and understand technology."
For businesses, using technology can mean cost savings and increased efficiency.
True West uses a free app from a company called Square to tap in an order, whether a transaction is cash or credit. If it is credit, customers swipe their cards through a free Square reader, which wirelessly connects to the restaurant's cash box.
Customers then sign the screen with their finger and a receipt is either printed, texted or emailed.
"We barely print receipts," Cannon said.
Further sweetening the deal, True West avoids monthly fees associated with a point-of-sale system and pays only a 2.75 percent rate to Square per card swipe regardless of the credit card company's established and sometimes higher rate.
Entering items for a business is simple, Cannon said.
"You just input your menu ... type in the price and save it and it comes up as a little icon within our menu," Cannon said.
"Actually, if you really want to get into it, you can put photographs in (of each item) and the person entering the order can just tap on the order."
Josh Green, owner of Culinetwork, a local company delivering technology to restaurants and hotels, said he can hardly keep up with orders for the new technology.
"This is the beginning of the future," said Green, who specializes in installing the POSLavu point-of-sale system for businesses.
A mention of the system on Fox's "Kitchen Nightmares" last fall sent business owners nationwide scurrying to their search engines to find someone who could install the system. That attracted a slew of new customers for Culinetwork, Green said.
"We've taken a lot of leads and turned them into clients in a five-state radius," he said. "The portability of being able to take the order at the table and send it to the kitchen wirelessly provides southern hospitality, where the server can spend more time with the guest, making sure all their needs are not only anticipated, but taken care of."
One of Culinetwork's clients is Martin Hale, owner of the Florentine Restaurant in Germantown, who started using the POSLavu system last December after hearing about it on Ramsey's show.
Waiters there use five iPod touch devices to take orders and wirelessly transmit them for printing in the kitchen, boosting turnaround time for meals.
"It has increased efficiency tremendously," he said. "The server ... can actually turn around and take another table.
"Under the old system I had, the server would have to take an order down on a piece of paper and wait in line to get to the (two) touch screen stations that we had in the kitchen."
Similar to True West, customers at Florentine can swipe their card at the table and send their payment to an iPad that serves as a cash register at the bar.
"It's very ingenious," Hale said.
The new system cost half the price of a traditional POS system and took less than 45 minutes to install.
"If you had to run the wires and everything on two stories of what I got, it would probably take a day or two," Hale said.
Fred Bley of Frederick Mechanical in Oxford and Hamilton, said he has used a tablet for proposals and schedules since the first iPad debuted in 2010 to better serve the clientele of the plumbing, heating, cooling and refrigeration business.
When he enters an appointment on the schedule for his iPad, it instantly appears on his office computer, laptop, an iPad in an employee's truck and two iPhones.
"It's faster," he said. "Instead of writing everything down, you can send everything electronically."
Many school districts in Butler and Warren counties have integrated iPads and other electronic tablet devices into their curriculum this school year, while others are waiting for more funding opportunities before upgrading.
At Hamilton City Schools, about 200 iPads are in circulation for teachers, administrators and students, said Rex Bucheit, the district's tech integration coordinator.
Bucheit said Hamilton was one of the first districts in the United States to wirelessly stream the iPad's image onto a projector by using signals from Apple TV devices.
"Moving about the classroom is more effective teaching," Bucheit said, rather than being "tethered" to a desk by cords.
Matt Schermer, social studies teacher at Hamilton Freshman School, said the iPad allows for streamlining efficiencies in lesson planning and direct input of grades as he checks daily assignments.
"The secretarial work of the job has been simplified," Schermer said.
Bucheit said there are more than 27,000 educational applications available on the iPad, including areas such as 3-D modeling of atoms, painting, identifying plants and connecting classical literature with locations on Google Earth.
"We're looking at digital textbooks through the iBooks application," Bucheit said. "Not like a traditional textbook, but interactive; click on a picture and it becomes a video clip."
"They are loaded with apps specific to students they work with," Huff said. "It individualizes the curriculum for those students in an inclusive environment."
Turner said prior to the iPads, the district would spend anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000 on non-verbal communication devices; now a $100 app such as TouchChat can perform the same actions.
Turner said the iPad apps help in the areas of visibility and hearing impairments and physical disability, such as an adaptive physical education teacher teaching yoga moves through the tablet.
Mason City Schools launched a pilot program this school year with 500 students in sixth through eighth grades bringing their own tablet devices for integration into the classroom, said Tracey Carson, spokeswoman.
The pilot will be evaluated at the end of the school year to determine how to proceed.
Because children have inherent digital skills, they don't need to be taught how to use the devices, but rather topics such as intellectual property and credible online sources, Carson said.
Bucheit agreed, citing "digital immigrants" versus "digital natives," meaning younger generations intuitively understand iPads and similar devices.
"These kids are faster than we are and technology-wise they can identify with (the iPad)," Schermer said, but added the expertise and personal touch of a teacher can never be replicated.
Madison Local Schools has acquired more than 60 iPads through various grants from the Middletown Community Foundation, Duke Energy, University of Cincinnati and Greater Cincinnati Foundation, said AJ Huff, spokeswoman for Madison.
Huff said the majority of iPads are used in math and science classes at the high school, but a handful are used by a second-grade class, administrators and special-education teachers.
Sales for Apple's iOS in 2012 are projected to account for 61.4 percent of worldwide media tablet sales to end users. That's despite the arrival of Microsoft-based devices and the expected international launch of the Kindle Fire.
While phone manufacturers and PC vendors continue to vie for a share of the media tablet market, there's been very limited success outside of Apple's iPad, according to Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner.
"As vendors struggled to compete on price and differentiate enough on either the hardware or ecosystem, inventories were built and only 60 million units actually reached the hands of consumers across the world (in 2011)," she said.
The situation has not improved in early 2012, when the arrival of the new iPad has reset the benchmark for the product to beat."
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Wall Street has a soft spot for the "soft landing" thesis, but to me it's crystal clear that a serious economic slowdown is under way. What has been surprising: not that the economy is weakening but that so many people seem to expect a soft landing, and therefore remain in denial about the seriousness of the slowdown.
I guess the predilection toward a soft landing is a function of the following: So many folks in the investment business -- and in the country at large-- haven't experienced a consumer-led recession in so long that they think this outcome is just not possible. That's because the Federal Reserve Board has evolved into being a business-cycle suppressor and bubble manager. Consequently, folks just assume that economic weakness is a feature of the business cycles of yesteryear.
Bubbles begat bubblesTo review: We had a mindless equity bubble that was precipitated by a complete abdication of responsibility on the part of Fed monetary policy. That bubble popped in 2000, precipitating a recession led by businesses cutting back from their previous misallocations of capital.
Next came our umpteen interest-rate cuts and tax cuts to help fight the aftermath, the result of which was a massive housing bubble -- aided and abetted by the utterly irresponsible actions on the part of lenders. The housing bubble topped out well over a year ago, though it's taken some time for the problems in real estate to begin affecting the consumer.
Follow the money (from sales tax receipts)Now, however, it's quite clear that the consumer is being affected -- whether one looks at the sales data from Wal-Mart and other retailers, or at the Liscio Report's data on state sales-tax receipts. To quote from Liscio's latest survey: "The weakening consumption trend is now established, and the majority of our tax contacts expressed real concern about a slowing in sales-tax collections. It now appears clear that consumers are not spending the billions of dollars they have saved on gas in recent months."
Furthermore, when I e-mailed Liscio to share my view that we are entering a recession, here's the response I received: "We note with a shudder that our indexes look a lot the way they did in fall of 2000, especially the weakening and then big drop in the sales tax survey. The SDI led us into the last recession, and the states that led are very weak right now, as well." (The SDI is Liscio's proprietary sales-diffusion index.)
Wishing on a star, waiting on a slideIt is essential that folks understand the past, in order to prepare for what lies ahead. That the Fed was able to precipitate a housing bubble to bail out the equity bubble was a miracle. But there is no next bubble to bail out the housing bubble. The fact that the economic strength of the past few years was powered by a housing mania -- an unstable, unsustainable engine of growth -- is what one needs to understand to realize that the ramifications of the housing bubble's unwinding will be brutal.
What has, of course, been impossible to determine in advance is the exact timing of when the stock market, the real estate market and the economy get in sync to the downside -- i.e., "the next time down," to quote my euphemistic, forever-and-a-day-in-the-making outcome.
I expect it to occur in 2007 -- because everything seems lined up, as never before, for that scenario to play out. To quote a personal motto from my Web site: "Often wrong, never in doubt." Various areas in the stock market are more vulnerable than others, though in some ways, it's all one trade. Consequently, I think the chance for at least double-digit negative returns next year is very high.
Now to end by saying I hope everyone has a merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah and a happy new year. Until the Contrarian returns on Jan. 8, I'd like to invite folks to peruse past columns from my daily Market Rap at FleckensteinCapital.com. A complimentary username/password -- free/free -- has been established to allow access to the site.


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Aiken football coach Keith Rucker has stepped down after one season in order to spend more time with his family, according to Aiken AD Phil Poggi.
"I cannot thank him enough for his commitment to our program over the past year," Poggi said.
Poggi said he will begin the search process for a new coach on Monday. No timetable is set for naming a new coach.
Aiken was 2-8 in 2010.
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There something in me thats making me hide.
There this feeling thats telling me not to go inside.
I know what I will see,
and its something not so sweet.
There this voice in my head saying "you wont like it."
and a cold wind blowing around me.
Im scared of what you might have done
and I hope its not what im thinking.
I fear for my life now
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|Katie Pavlich
|July 10, 1988 (age 25)[1][2]
United States
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|University of Arizona[3]
|Journalist, political commentator, author
|Katie Pavlich
|July 10, 1988 (age 25)[1][2]
United States
|Alma mater
|University of Arizona[3]
|Journalist, political commentator, author
Katie Pavlich (born July 10, 1988)[1][2] is a Croatian-American conservative journalist, primarily known for her work at the online news-magazine TownHall.com as well as for authoring the book Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up. A National Review Washington Fellow, she's appeared numerous times as a television commentator, notably on the Fox News program The Five.
She is news editor for Townhall.com, a contributing editor to Townhall Magazine,[4] and a Fox News contributor.[3] Pavlich has a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Arizona[3] and became an alternate co-host for The Five in the summer of 2013. She is also a National Review Washington Fellow.[5] As a reporter, she has covered topics ranging from White House scandals and the 2012 presidential election to the Second Amendment and U.S. border issues. Pavlich has shared her perspective on multiple media venues including, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and Fox Business, in addition to a host of national and local radio shows. She is a regular speaker on college campuses across the country.
Pavlich was named 'Blogger of the Year' at CPAC 2013[6] for her coverage of the ATF gunwalking scandal commonly referred to as the 'Fast and Furious scandal'.
She is the author of a book on the same subject, Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up (2012). With a foreword written by former ATF agent Jay Dobyns, the book attracted praise from author and pundit David Limbaugh, who stated that "Katie is a terrific reporter and whistleblower" and called the work an "an eye-opening book."[7] Columnist Bob Adelmann of The New American, a publication of the John Birch Society, also lauded it, and he wrote, "Pavlich has done a careful job of putting the pieces together in her book and is fearless in presenting them"[8]
In the book, she argued,
"Operation Fast and Furious wasn't a 'botched' program. It was a calculated and lethal decision to purposely place thousands of guns into the hands of ruthless criminals. The guns weren't accidentally misplaced or lost. They didn't just somehow 'fall into the wrong hands' by mistake. The operation was a coordinated and planned effort not to track guns but to arm thugs south of the border for political gain."[8]
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Pavlich, a graduate of the University of Arizona, lives in the Washington, D.C., area. She grew up in the mountainous areas of northern Arizona, and she has been long interested in both river rafting and hunting, with a love for the outdoors that she picked up from her father.
In March 2013, Pavlich posted on her Twitter account that she was mulling a 2022 Senate primary run against incumbent John McCain in her homestate of Arizona.[9] McCain would first have to win reelection in 2016, and has not announced whether or not he will seek reelection.


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With the NBA Draft just hours away, the Orlando Magic made their first of what could be many moves. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Magic have traded guard Arron Afflalo back to the Denver Nuggets, in exchange for guard Evan Fournier and the 56th pick in tonight's draft. Wojnarowski says the deal will not be completed until after tonight's draft.
The Magic acquired Afflalo from the Nuggets in the summer of 2012 during the Dwight Howard blockbuster that sent the disgruntled center to the Los Angeles Lakers. In his two seasons with the Magic, the former UCLA guard enjoyed two of his best seasons in the league. Over 137 games in Orlando, Afflalo averaged 17.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 3.3 assists, while shooting 44.9 percent from the field.
Since being drafted 20th overall in 2012, Fournier has averaged 7.4 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists. He's shot 43.5 percent from the field and 38.1 percent from three over that 114 game span as well.
Moving Afflalo now does make some sense for the Magic. He's due $7.5 million this season and has a player option following next season for $7.5 million as well.
This deal could also be a precursor to the Magic making an even bigger deal, and potentially put them in position to be the facilitator in a bigger trade later in the evening.
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A week after a stolen Tesla Model S was involved in a fiery crash, causing Tesla's stock price to drop by nearly $7, company CEO Elon Musk today held a press conference, causing Tesla's stock price to rise by $1.50
"The Tesla Model S performed exactly as it was designed to do in a stolen-vehicle situation," Mr. Musk told the assembled reporters, raising the share price by another seventy-five cents.
"The Model S intentionally crashed itself, bringing the chase to a rapid and safe end, while removing three or four pollution-spewing gasoline cars from service and improving the environment," he explained. "The car then split itself into two pieces, allowing for easy and rapid exit from the vehicle for ambulatory survivors and saving time and labor for emergency personnel. The rear half of the Model S wedged itself in the doorway of a nearby synagogue, giving the criminals a convenient way to pray for forgiveness, while the front half set itself on fire, destroying vital fingerprint evidence in order to protect the occupants' privacy."
Mr. Musk paused to drink apple juice from his Lightning McQueen sippy cup, which triggered a $2 increase in the price of Tesla shares, then paused for a moment, causing Tesla stock to drop by half a point, before continuing.
"Had the car thieves been driving a gasoline car," he said, "the results would undoubtedly have been much more catastrophic. The chase could have continued for several hundred miles, giving the criminals a much better chance of evading police. They probably would have been caught at an Arizona truck stop while in the process of catching gonorrhea from a couple of lot lizards, which is exactly the sort of behavior that internal-combustion cars elicit from their owners. Instead, the Tesla Model S performed exactly as it was designed to do, bringing the chase to a quick, environmentally-friendly, and spectacularly newsworthy end."
Mr. Musk refused to take questions from the assembled reporters, citing a scheduled Duck-Duck-Goose charity tournament for which he was already late. Tesla stock prices rallied to pre-crash levels at the conclusion of the press conference, for which Mr. Musk was rewarded with a gold star sticker and a Fruit Roll-Up, causing Tesla share prices to increase by another $2.
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Tesla reacts to patent announcement reaction
After overwhelmingly positive media reaction to a blog entry saying it would make all of its patents freely available, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said that the company planned to ride the wave of good publicity by doing everything in the form of an Internet meme.
"Somebody set us up the bomb," Musk told Autoblopnik, producing a fake light saber and flailing about wildly.
Tesla announced the move in a blog entry entitled "All Our Patents Are Belong To You," a reference to a 1991 video game called Zero Wing that everyone talks about but no one on the planet has actually played.
"We anticipated a positive response to our patent announcement, but we were like 'Derp!' when we saw all the affirmative press," said Tesla spokesnetceleb Chris Crocker. "Elon always says 'You have no chance to survive make your time, om-nom-nom,' so we intend to make the most of it, that is when we're not busy following fat people around with a tuba."
In Soviet Russia, where patents own you, Hitler was informed of the Tesla announcement and reacted by taking off his glasses with shaky hands and yelling "Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein!" which in turn prompted Mike Godwin to smash his keyboard on his desk while shrieking in German.
Although most major media outlets heralded Musk's patent announcement and his witty headline, not all reactions were positive. Jaloptoblog criticized the move, with a story headlined "FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-".
"We understand that not everyone will get the reference," cried Crocker. "But how could anyone out there make fun of Elon? After all he's been through? LEAVE HIM ALONE! You're lucky he even makes cars for you bastards! LEAVE ELON ALONE!!!"
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The automotive industry was in tatters yesterday with the news that a Tesla Model S had gotten a flat tire.
"At this time, I can only confirm that a Tesla Model S suffered a massive pressure loss in the semi-structural air cavity of the front-left wheel and tire assembly," said Tesla spokesman Liz Expendable-Smith. "I'm sure our CEO will have more to say on this matter after his nap and circle time."
Tesla's stock price fell five and a half points after Milford Keynes of Chemsmell, New Jersey, posted a YouTube video of a Honda Accord with a flat tire. In the video, after Mr. Keynes says, "Hey, look, that guy has a flat tire," an unseen male companion can clearly be heard saying "Yeah, hey, I saw one of them Tessel Model S-es with a flat tire just the other day."
Industry analyst Paul Steisenbergenstienystadt, appearing on CBC's morning news show Asscrack of Dawn, said, "This is obviously a major setback for Tesla. People think the Model S is a futuristic form of transportation simply because it can do everything an ordinary car can do without consuming any oil. This devastating incident proves that the Tesla is not immune to the perils of ordinary cars. Clearly, these so-called 'electric cars' are not ready for prime time."
Tesla stock prices dropped another two points in the wake of Steisenbergenstienystadt's comments, then rose by half a point when it was realized that he did the entire segment with his fly open.
The owner of the Tesla Model S in question was not available for comment. Expendable-Smith said that he was "somewhat irate" about the incident, and would most likely address the media after a short stint at Tesla's re-education camp.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk later issued a statement on the cause of the incident.
"Our investigation and analysis of the on-board data recorders show that the Model S encountered a small, pointy metallic threaded object, approximately one inch in length, which most likely fell out of some sort of construction-related vehicle," he said. "The Tesla's front-left tire struck the object with a force of 24 newton-foot tons, breaching the rubber outer layer of the tire and allowing the high-pressure air to equalize with the atmosphere outside the tire. This caused what the media is referring to as 'a flat'."
Musk added that the Model S performed flawlessly in the incident.
"The driver was alerted to the incident by a loud hissing sound and a sudden pulling to one side. He was able to pull off the road safely and exit the vehicle, and none of the escaping high-pressure air ever penetrated the cabin. The Model S performed exactly as it was designed, and the occupants were never in danger. Had this incident taken place in a gasoline-powered car, the results could have been disastrous. Did I say 'could'? I meant would. If this had happened in a gas car, people would have died, man. Scores of 'em."
Tesla's stock prices rallied in the wake of Mr. Musk's comments, for which he was rewarded with a smiley-face sticker and a cookie.
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Tesla Motors revealed as elaborate April Fools' prank
Esteemed motor news site Automotive Nudes today reported that Tesla Motors, builder of high-performance battery-powered electric vehicles, is in fact a hoax that originated as a simple April Fools' Day prank.
"Martin [Eberhard] and I were having coffee and trying to think of a good joke," CEO and co-founder Elon Musk told Automotive Nudes reporter Mike Retchin. "It was actually Marty's idea. He said, 'You know a lot about that electrical shit. Let's issue a press release saying we're partnering with AC Propulsion to make an electric sports car that can go 0-60 in two seconds with a thousand-mile range.' We changed the numbers to make them a little more believable, but still impossible. Next thing we knew, we were in the headlines."
Asked about the Lotus Elise body, Musk said, "We were trying to think of the most unlikely electric car. Marty thought a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia would be funny, or maybe a rusty old AMC Gremlin, and then I came up with the Elise. You know, to this day it still amazes me that people believed that. I can barely fit my feet into an Elise. Where the hell do they think we'd put a battery pack big enough to go 2 miles, let alone 200?"
Musk says he and Eberhard originally planned to reveal the joke right away, "But so many people bought into the idea, we figured we'd see how far we could take it."
They continued the hoax by setting up a corporation and purchasing several actual Lotus Elises, which they disguised as Tesla Roadsters.
"Those are just regular Elises with a special device I developed that cancels out sound and vibration," Musk explained. "It works just like a set of Bose noise-cancelling headphones, but on a much larger scale. Pretty slick, right? It took a long time to get it to work reliably, which is why we had to keep the media from driving the cars for so long. When we put the car on Top Gear, I thought for sure the gadget would break down and we'd get busted. Turns out it ran out of gas first, so we lucked out."
Tesla has claimed sales of nearly 2,500 Roadsters in 31 countries. In fact, says Musk, there are about two dozen cars on the road in California, all driven by friends who are in on the joke.
"We even went so far as to develop the Model S," Musk said, "which is really just a fiberglass body on a stretched Fiero chassis. And then we showed the Model X prototype. I made that one myself with a Ford Focus and a shitload of Bondo. By that time we were starting to get tired of the whole thing, so we decided to tell the world the truth. April fool!"
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The football game is not the only thing the Carolina Panthers lost Friday night. Tight end, Gary Barnidge suffered a broken ankle in the loss against the Miami Dolphins. At the post game presser, Coach Ron Rivera gave no timetable for Barnidge's return. Some reports state that Barnidge would be unavailable for at least 12 weeks.
Barnidge was fourth on Carolina's tight end depth chart behind Greg Olsen, Jeremy Shockey, and Ben Hartsock and his chance of making the final roster could have been debated. Many Panther fans feel that Barnidge has the ability to be a reliable target, however, he just would not have the opportunity to see the field much this year.
If there is a positive coming from this injury it is in the fact that now the Panthers can place Barnidge on the Injured Reserve since his injury is serious enough to cost him 75% of the season. By placing him on the IR, the Panthers can keep their top three tight ends and have another roster spot for another position while keeping Barnidge in the organization.
If the Panthers do not put Barnidge on the IR, I believe that we have seen the last of the former Louisville Cardinal in Charlotte. However, seeing that Jeremy Shockey only signed a one-year contract with the team, it would make sense for the Panthers to place Barnidge of the IR instead of cutting him and allowing the ankle to heal to 100%. Then next year, if Shockey is not retained, Barnidge can finally step into the #2 tight end position and pair up with Greg Olsen.
The injury bug keeps biting the Panthers as now they have lost four players to significant time. WR-David Gettis and rookie OL-Zack Williams tore their ACLs and DT-Ron Edwards tore his tricep. Now with Barnidge, the Panthers have possibly lost four players for the 2011 season. We'll keep you updated on what the Panthers decide to do concerning this situation.


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You would think that as a Canadian I would be pumped over the release of Justice League #0 this week. I was definitely pumped, don't get me wrong, but having read the issue I'm left feeling a bit deflated. I don't think it was very good. Maybe I'm being overly critical, because to me having a Justice League book based in Canada is a big deal; however, sadly, I don't think I am.
Mortal Flaws
The story immediately suffers from having been thrown out of continuity by the massive delays in the final issues of Forever Evil. For instance we don't know how Stargirl and Animal Man found each other, no do we know why they are currently at a joint book signing in Toronto. Later on, when Martian Manhunter and Green Arrow show up in the middle of rural Northern Ontario, we learn from J'onn that after the events of Forever Evil Green Arrow was the only superhero willing to answer his calls for membership.
As readers we know the events of Forever Evil are going to have profound changes on the superhero community, and it's a safe bet that public opinion within the DCU is probably going to be somewhat negative against them in the short term. However, we don't know how this all shakes out, and therefore I found myself increasingly frustrated by these gaps cause by Forever Evil's conclusions and Justice League United's beginning.
Too Much In One Issue.
The first story arc of any team book is always an origin story. Different authors have take different approaches to the origin story. Jim Lee and Geoff Johns stretched out the team building process when they launched their team and the New 52 universe. Grant Morrison began his run on JLA in the mid-1990's by presenting a threat so great that Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, and Martin Manhunter come together immediately to face down the challenge.
Justice League United introduces us to all of the new team members, but does it by telling three different stories, going backward and forwards through time, as well as being set on Earth and Thanagar. On Earth the fledgling Justice League is facing down aliens after being brought to a mysterious excavation site by a non-heroic Adam Strange. Meanwhile, the newest DC super heroine Equinox, from one of Canada's Cree First Nations, is being challenged by a mythical native spirit. Finally, on Thanagar Lobo and Hawkman are about to go toe to toe.
Don't worry about it though, in three days the team will be a lean mean fighting machine battling the aliens on Thanagar, with the help of a non-Red Lantern Supergirl, trying to save the life of an alien baby (possibly some sort of clone) from the story's primary, and as of yet mysterious villain, Lord Byth.
Thrown all together in one issue it is all too much, and the story elements are too divergent right now. Maybe when the first arc is done Lemire will have proven this review to be full of shit, but it's a rough start to the series.
Lemire's introduction of Equinox was done extremely well. We see Mii, as her friend calls her, leaving school and arriving at her grandmother's house. Inside, she finds the house destroyed and a stranger within that forces her to reveal her powers as he turns into the Whitago. This part of the story felt natural to Lemire, who has been masterful writing Animal Man and Justice League Dark.
Maybe I'm being unfair to Lemire here as well. I associate him with supernatural stories, and have found his treatment of the Dark family of DC titles. His venture into space didn't sit well with me, but I'm willing to keep an open mind.
It's not the strongest debut for a Justice League title in the New 52, but I would rank it my least favorite to date. I feel like this is going to go the way of Justice League International: lost in space and cancelled inside of 8 issues. I might leave this one on the shelf if I were you.


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