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The 5 Most Secretly Badass Countries
Thanks to Hollywood and NPR's foreign correspondents, most of us think we have a good idea of how each country's military works. China is scary, the U.S. patrols the world, the Middle Eastern countries only have armies big enough to fight each other, and everyone else just keeps the guns around for parades.
But there are some countries that never turn up in war movies or video games that you still wouldn't want to mess with. For instance ...
#5. Switzerland Is One Big Explosive Booby Trap
We usually think of Switzerland as a tiny little snowy postcard of a country. Want to buy some watches, fine chocolate, or neutrality? Go to Switzerland. Want to buy military aggression? Try the 1930s Germany Store, because you're not going to find it among the Swiss.
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You can't blitz with this, let alone krieg.
The Reality
If you're wondering how Switzerland can remain famously neutral, there are several reasons, but let's start with this: The entire country is rigged to blow.
There are at least 3,000 points of demolition built into bridges, highways, and railroads throughout the nation. And those are just the ones acknowledged by the government. Some of those beautiful mountains are hollow enough to fit whole military divisions. There are cannons hidden in houses -- just waiting, just begging for the chance to kill someone. There are man-made rock slides waiting for the trigger. And all of these Wile E. Coyote traps weren't just set up and abandoned after World War II -- civil engineers undergo regular drills all the time. You know, just in case.
"C'mon, Germany ... see what happens!"
What we're trying to say is that Switzerland is like that quiet kid in the back of class who you just don't fuck with because he knows muay thai and has a weird twitch. Oh, and he has a lot of guns. In Switzerland, every man is required to join the military once he hits 19. That in itself isn't too weird; lots of countries have compulsory conscription. What's different about Switzerland is that once discharged from basic training, everyone takes their weapons home with them. They have to. It's the law. And they can keep those guns forever, which is one reason why the only two countries that have more firearms per capita than Switzerland are the United States (no surprise there) and Yemen. Not that we can get accurate numbers, because gun registration isn't a thing in Switzerland.
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"What, because you always register your computer?"
Why couldn't someone just bomb them into submission? Well, the country has spent the last 50 years building bomb shelters, for one. Beginning in 1963, every household was required to build its own shelter in case of nuclear attack. In fact, by the 1980s, the Swiss could shelter up to 83 percent of the population underground should the U.S. and USSR lose their shit. Which is so cute, because American funding for fallout shelters ceased altogether in the mid-1960s.
So when the aliens finally come and try to take over, we should just mutually agree to send them to Switzerland first.
"Well, if you wanna conquer the Earth, the first thing to conquer is a steaming mug of Swiss hot chocolate!"
#4. Canada's Secret Forces Are Great at Murdering Terrorists
O Canada, you're so adorable with your maple syrup and hockey and "Eh"s and moose. You're like North America's great big fuzzy John Candy-shaped teddy bear.
We don't understand poutine at all, but, darn it, that just makes you cuter.
The Reality
Canada's special operations unit is like a bear alright -- a stealthy grizzly bear that has mastered modern weapons and can silently kill you in the night (so we guess it's more like a group of highly trained humans, which it is, so just ignore the whole bear thing). Not only does Canada have a military, which in itself is probably a surprise to some people, but their anti-terrorist unit is one of the best in the world ... a world that never ever attacks Canada.
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"Try us, hosers!"
Joint Task Force 2 started out in the 1990s as sort of bodyguards for Canadian politicians and diplomats. By 2001, they had the chops to participate in the war in Afghanistan -- secretly. Forty elite JTF2 soldiers worked alongside U.S. forces and took out about 100 high-ranking Taliban and al-Qaida leaders. The Canadian public didn't even know they were there until someone accidentally published their Joint Task Force pictures, but credited them as Americans.
Spencer Wynn / Toronto Star
Eh, same continent.
The JTF2 were especially valued for their cold-weather training when it came time to coordinate Afghan mountain missions. That's not a joke -- the Canadians were literally cold-weather specialists. They're also valued as stone cold killers. One expert put it this way:
"What they do is infiltrate into dangerous areas behind enemy lines, look for key targets, and take them out. They don't go out to arrest people. They don't go out there to hand out food parcels. They go out to kill targets."
Are you hearing that in Liam Neeson's voice? No? Read it again.
#3. The Vietnamese Had a Killer Air Force
Thanks to Oliver Stone, Stanley Kubrick, and your granddad's night terrors, we all have a pretty good idea of what the Vietnam War looked like. There were lots of guys wading through rice paddies, tramping through the jungle, running to choppers, and passing doobies. And we might have won if not for those pesky jungle fighters, the primitive Viet Cong, armed with nothing but AK-47s and crude booby traps.
Young Macaulay Culkin could've taken out a whole armored regiment.
The Reality
Sure, much of the Vietnam War was fought in the muck, but a whole damn lot of it was fought in the air ... where the Vietnamese were really, really good.
So good, in fact, that the real-world training program portrayed in Top Gun was started to deal with the Vietnamese Air Force. Not the Nazis. Not the Soviets. The Vietnamese. Which is especially impressive considering that they didn't form their first squadron until 1964. By 1965, Vietnamese planes had claimed their first victory -- one that pitted eight Russian-built MiGs against 79 American planes. And the clunky MiGs shot down two F-105s. And that was before the Vietnamese got slick new MiG-21s from Uncle Brezhnev.
Somebody translate "Danger Zone" into Vietnamese.
By the end of the war, the top American ace had six kills, while the top Vietnamese had nine. And more than that, the Americans only had three aces in the entire war. Vietnam had 17. When all was said and done, the Vietnamese lost a total of 131 planes. The Americans lost over 2,000. This killer record ranked Vietnam as one of the most successful air forces in the world, coming behind only the USA, the USSR, and Israel.


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A few steps from the ocean you'll find the forest-sheltered campground. Giant, wind-sculpted trees and nurse logs surround the campsites strung along pebbly Spencer Creek. There is a Visitors Information Center located near the registration booth where you can also purchase books,souvenirs or educational toys. The children's playground is located next to the program
The picnic area is a grassy, tree-lined spot protected from summer winds by a charming yurt group meeting hall. It's hard to believe all this is a few minutes drive from the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Yaquina Head and other prime attractions.
Vital stats: The campground provides 53 full hookup sites, 76 electrical sites, and 129 tent sites (maximum site 65 feet)The park also provides 21 yurts for overnight stays.(cable TV hookups in A-loop yurts and selected campsites). There are five group tent areas, a meeting hall and a hiker/biker camp. For information only, call (541) 265-9278 or (800) 452-5687. To make reservations, call 1-800-452-5687.
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Location: Beverly Beach State Park is located off U.S. Highway 101, 7 miles north of Newport on the Central Coast of Oregon.
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King Abdullah chairs Cabinet session (8/8/11)
August 8, 2011
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz chaired the Cabinet session held at Al-Salam palace in Jeddah this evening. The Council of Ministers reviewed developments in the Arab world, paying particular attention to the ongoing violence in Syria. It stressed the importance of the speech delivered by King Abdullah, in which the Saudi monarch condemned the bloodshed as unacceptable and called upon Syria to halt the killing, enact reforms and embrace a wiser position. The Cabinet noted that similar calls for peace have been issued by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the Arab League and the United Nations Security Council.
The ministers denounced Israeli authorities for approving the construction of 900 new residential units in the Jabal Abu-Ghunaim settlement. The decision, they noted, illustrates Israeli attempts to undermine international efforts to restart the Mideast peace process.
On the domestic front, the Cabinet was briefed by Second Deputy Prime Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz on the outcome of the 18th Meeting of Governors and the first session this year of the Hajj Supreme Committee, both of which were held in Jeddah last week under his chairmanship. Prince Nayef confirmed the commitment of the government to meeting the needs of both Saudi citizens and pilgrims from around the world.
Regarding its weekly agenda, the Cabinet approved a number of measures regarding the provision of special training for the operation, maintenance, supply, and installation of newly-developed devices and machines; authorized the Minister of Finance to sign a draft agreement with Azerbaijan on the avoidance of double taxation and income tax evasion; authorized the Minister of Communications and Information Technology to sign a draft memorandum of understanding on cooperation regarding the "General Keys of Infrastructure" between the Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Egyptian Information Technology Industry Development Commission.
The Cabinet approved the appointments of Saleh Al-Khushail as Ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Abdullah Al-Tayer as Administrative Consultant at the Ministry of Higher Education (15th rank); Adnan bin Ahmed Farahat as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and Dr. Abdullah Al-Shihri as Director General at the Presidency of General Intelligence (14th rank).


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28 Jun 2012 10:00 AM #1
Tooltip in menu - exception
With quicktips disabled (no call to Ext.tip.QuickTipManager.init()), but a 'tooltip' field set on my menu button, I get an exception when clicking the menu button. It's thrown in showmenu:
// from 4.1.1 RC2 showMenu: function() { var me = this; if (me.rendered && me.menu) { if (me.tooltip && me.getTipAttr() != 'title') { Ext.tip.QuickTipManager.getQuickTip().cancelShow(me.btnEl); // BANG } if (me.menu.isVisible()) { me.menu.hide(); } me.menu.showBy(me.el, me.menuAlign, ((!Ext.isStrict && Ext.isIE) || Ext.isIE6) ? [-2, -2] : undefined); } return me; },
28 Jun 2012 5:35 PM #2
Out of curiosity, why would you have a tooltip property set if you have QuickTips disabled?
29 Jun 2012 1:25 AM #3
I want my app to work on iPad's as well as desktop, and tooltips screw up touch responses (I have to double-touch, weird!). Turning them off fixes it.
So I retain all my 'tooltip' configs, and just don't setup QuickTip centrally if the client is an iPad. It works fine for everything except menu buttons - everything else tolerates a tooltip config without an error.
I worked around the problem for menu buttons by just doing:
tooltip: (isTablet ? null : "Tooltip message here")
30 Jun 2012 3:37 AM #4
A quick look at the code suggests that this isn't new in 4.1.1 RC2, it's been there since 4.0.7 at least.
I'm inclined to agree that it needs fixing though, it makes component reuse across different applications more difficult. I'll move this thread to the bugs forum.


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On the screen and on the page, dystopian fantasies have captivated the public imagination. In The Office of Mercy, debut novelist Ariel Djanikian has conceived a chilling, post-apocalyptic page-turner that has earned her glowing comparisons to George Orwell and Suzanne Collins.
In America-Five, there is no suffering, hunger, or inequality. Its citizens inhabit a high-tech Utopia established after a global catastrophe known as the Storm radically altered the planet. Twenty-four-year-old Natasha Wiley works in the Office of Mercy, tasked with humanely terminating—or "sweeping"—the nomadic Storm survivors who live Outside. But after she joins a select team and ventures Outside for the first time, Natasha slowly unravels the mysteries surrounding the Storm—and the secretive elders who run America-Five.


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There was an xkcd recently that raises an interesting question, which I would like to pose to Productivity.SE.
The math of the chart is undeniable, so I am not asking "how much time is saved by doing things more efficiently", I have a chart for that now. Instead, I want to know what are the top choices for activities that I can shave time off of? Presumably, with this nice chart it should be easier to judge which activities give the highest payoff.


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FORT HOOD (January 2, 2013)--It was a New Year's Eve unlike any other for Sgt. Brian Thomas and his wife Jessica Martinez, who had a baby.
Julian Lee Thomas, at 7 lb. 1 oz. and 19.5 inches, was born at 4:22 a.m. at Darnall Army Medical Center.
Baby Julian's birth was not something the family was anticipating so soon.
The couple had plans to stay in and watch TV with their four-year-old and two-year-old.
"I thought we were going to make it until the third, and I guess he was just ready to come out," Martinez said.
"I was ready for him to come out, too."
Martinez and Thomas said baby Julian is already changing their lives.
"This year, I got to spend it bringing in my brand new son, so it's something I'll never forget," Thomas said.
Baby Julian is the family's last child, and that has given both mom and a bigger incentive for the new year.
"This is going to be the last addition, so make sure I raise them right," Thomas said.


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When is it best to use Hoechst vs. DAPI for nuclear staining? They seem to be very similar on paper. Are there situations where one is clearly preferable?
The Hoechst 33342 dye is similar to DAPI in that both are UV-excited, minor groove-binding, and emit signals proportional to total DNA content. Both are maximally excited around 355 nm and emit around 460 nm. A UV light source is required, which may harm the cell. However, this is only a risk with Hoechst, as DAPI requires the cells to be fixed and/or permeabilized, which is incompatible with life. DAPI is more stable, but Hoechst is brighter. Both are subject to photo-bleaching after long exposure.
There is another newer DNA dye called DRAQ5 that makes up for all of the issues I mentioned earlier - it is bright, quite photo-stable, can be used in live cell imaging, and its excitation and emission wavelengths are in the far red end of the spectrum, meaning that no UV is needed. I found a good comparison chart at http://www.biostatus.com/product/draq5/live_cell_comparison_chart/ if you're interested. I have no connection to them, by the way, I've just used DRAQ5 a lot in the past.
DAPI and Hoechst 33342 (there are different Hoechst dyes, 33342 is one of the most commonly used) have very similar spectral characteristics. The only point is that DAPI is much better excited at 405 nm than Hoechst. Some microscopes and flow cytometers nowadays have 405 nm lasers or LEDs instead of UV sources, so this can become relevant.
The main difference and the main reason to choose either is that Hoechst can be used to stain living cells as it can pass the cell membrane, whereas DAPI can't. DAPI requires fixed and permeabilized cells.
I realize this is an older topic, but I'd like to clarify some misconceptions:
1) DAPI is usually referred to as a semi membrane-permanent dye because its penetration through viable cell membranes is concentration dependant. At lower concentrations it is mostly excluded from viable cells, while at higher concentrations it stains live and dead cells about equally.
2) Hoechst comes in both membrane permanent and impermanent varieties. Make sure you order the correct one for your application!
3) It is not necessarily true that Hoechst is preferred for viable cells. Hoechst has very slow diffusion through thick tissue for instance, so for in vivo imaging applications (or in tissue sections), DAPI often stains viable cells much better than the (much heavier) 33342 because it is better able to diffuse through tissue. For isolated cells however, Hoechst 33342 can much more rapidly stain viable nuclei (seconds vs. minutes for DAPI).
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It may be easy for the expert.
Consider the map from $n$ by $m$ matrices (over $\mathbb{C}$ )to the $n$ by $n$ symmetric matrices $\phi\colon A\mapsto A A^T$. My question is when this map is faithfully flat?
I known that for the faithfully part, (if already known it is flat) it is equivalent to the surjectivity of $\phi$. So the condition should at least be $m\geq n$.
I also known that when $m\geq 2n$, $\mathbb{C}[M_{n,m}] = \mathbb{C}[AA^T] \otimes H$ where $H$ is called Harmonics. So it is true for $m\geq 2n$.
I guess the map $\phi$ is faithfully flat exactly for $m\geq n$.
I also ask the similar questions for map $\phi\colon M_{n,r}\times M_{m,r}\to M_{n,m}$ by $(A,B)\mapsto AB^T$ and map $\phi\colon M_{2n, m} \to Alt_m$ by $A\mapsto A^TJA$ where $Alt_m$ is the space of antisymmetric matrices and $J$ is a symplectic form. The situations are similar, I guess the conditions are exactly the conditions for $\phi$ to be surjective, while I known the claim is true for a stronger condition.
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Please read the following sentence:
Tras años de litigios, en tres semanas, esas monedas de oro y plata estarán en donde les corresponde es decir, en nuestro país.
What does "les" mean? If we don´t use "les", how can we rewrite the sentence?
Please read the following sentence:
What does "les" mean? If we don´t use "les", how can we rewrite the sentence?
"Les" is a personal pronoun that works here as an indirect-object (dative). It refers here to the coins (monedas).
In this particular example, I think that the pronoun could be omitted "estarán donde corresponde" - it actually sounds a little better to me, the meaning is slightly different (the verb "corresponder" refers more to the situation than to the coins: "where it's appropiate") but in this context it's equivalent.


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GENESEO, N.Y. - SUNY Geneseo welcomed 1,014 new freshmen to campus this week as classes got under way for the 2010-11 academic year. The Class of 2014 brings a mean SAT score of 1340 and a mean ACT score of 29. The SAT score is a composite of the critical reading and math sections of the national standardized test that most students submit when applying for college admission. For the past several years, Geneseo's average has been about 300 points higher than the national composite average for all U.S. college students taking the test.
The mean high school GPA for this year's entering class at Geneseo is 94 and more than half ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school class. The admissions committee selected the entering class from more than 10,000 applications. Total estimated enrollment this year will be 5,705 (5,498 undergraduates and 207 graduate students).
"We continue to see academically talented students applying to Geneseo, allowing a great deal of selectivity for admission," said Bill Caren, associate vice president for enrollment services at the college. "The academic vitality on campus is evident in a number of ways and our students will benefit greatly from this tremendous learning-centered environment."
Among the incoming class are 62 new international students, bringing the college's total international student population to 200 from 24 countries.
During student convocation Aug. 30, Geneseo Psychology Professor Terry Bazett gave students an insightful tour of the brain in his keynote address "Developing Your Whole Brain at Geneseo." He advised students on how to develop the whole brain to its fullest potential while they are at Geneseo.
A wide variety of activities are planned for students during the college's Weeks of Welcome (known as WOW), which runs through Sept. 25.
At the faculty and staff convocation Aug. 27, Geneseo President Christopher C. Dahl recognized recent 2010 award recipients:
2010 Award Recipients
SUNY Board of Trustees Distinguished Professorship Honors
David Geiger, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry
SUNY Geneseo Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Ganie DeHart, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology
Scott Giorgis, associate professor and chair of the Department of Geological Sciences
Chi-Ming Tang, associate professor of mathematics
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
Margaret Stolee, assistant professor of history
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
Mark Mitschow, professor of accounting
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service
Leonard Sancilio, dean of students
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Classified Service
Christie Reed, keyboard specialist I in the Office of Admissions
President's Award for Excellence in Academic Advising
David Levy, assistant professor of philosophy
President's Award for Excellence in Research and Creativity
Sid Bosch, professor of biology
President's Award for Outstanding Professional Service
Rebecca Anchor, director of purchasing and central services
Drs. Carol and Michael Harter Endowment for Faculty Mentoring Award
Kurt Fletcher, professor and chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy
Joseph M. O'Brien Award for Excellence in Part-Time Teaching
Timothy Tomczak, lecturer of psychology
James and Julia Lockhart Supported Professorship for Research and Creative Activities
Mary Mohan, associate professor communication
Geneseo Alumni Association Supported Professorship
Jennifer Katz, associate professor of psychology


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How to configure a shortcut for an SSH connection through a SSH tunnel
I have a situation where I would like to have SSH/SFTP access from my workstation to a server that is not directly accessable from my workstation. I do have ssh access to a computer that is on the network which can then ssh to the server in question.
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Local activists celebrate March on Washington anniversaryUPDATED 7:41 PM PDT Aug 24, 2013
African-Americans and activists on the Central Coast celebrate the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington with a screening of the famous speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Video Transcript
HERE ON THE CENTRAL COAST... A LOCAL EVENT TO COMMEMMORATE THIS IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THAT WAS SYMBOLIZED BY THE ICONIC SPEECH GIVEN BY DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR... ON THAT DAY. ACTION NEWS REPORTER MARGOT DUNPHY IS LIVE IN OUR SALINAS NEWSROOM WITH MORE. ### LIVE PKG: BRITTANY, TODAY BEGINS A WEEK HONORING THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. AND HERE ON THE CENTRAL COAST WE SPOKE WITH SOME AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO LIVED THROUGH THAT TIME OF SEGREGATION AND OPRESSION ..... AND ONE MAN WHO WAS THERE ON THAT HISTORICAL DAY 50 YEARS AGO. AHKIN MILLER OF SEASIDE WAS JUST 13 YEARS OLD WHEN HE LEFT HIS HOME IN , KENTUCKY AND TOOK THE BUS ALONE TO THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON BACK IN 1963. @34:11 AKIN 'i was only about 40ft from dr king and it was amazing. It was an amazing day. HE SAYS HE REMEMBERS THE DREAM SPEECH AS INSPIRING AND DOCTOR KING AS A LEADER OF PEACE TO THE THOUSANDS WHO WERE THERE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS. @37:11 AKIN "for people to have gathered in large numbers during this time of oppression especially in the South. It was a bold move and I think it should be celebrated. SATURDAY HE CELEBRATED WITH A SMALL BUT PASSIONATE GROUP IN SEASIDE. WITH SCREENINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ORGANIZED BY THE NAACP , THEY RELIVED THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT DAY.... 50 YEARS AGO. @23:22 helen 'when you live in the deep south and you feel that segregation, live that segregation, sleep that segregation, it does something to you and to have a chance to be a real citizen in this country for many people, they had to go. STANDUP: @52:28 THIS ANNIVERSARY IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS NEW ATTACKS ON CIVIL RIGHTS, IN JOBS, EDUCATION AND VOTERS RIGHTS. @17:49 michael "there are new attempts in some states to create restrictions around voting, theyre a little more subtle but still make it harder for certain people to vote. @26:20 helen I want to be reinvigorated to the fight to the struggle, to make sure that we don't turn the clock back. 11PM TAG: THAT FIGHT CONTINUES ON THE PENINSULA. THE NAACP OF MONTEREY COUNTY HAS PLANNED A RALLY AND MARCH FOR VOTING RIGHTS FOR SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28-TH... IN SEASIDE. BRITTANY. AND A SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTE... COMING UP TOMORROW MORNING ON A SPECIAL "MEET THE PRESS"... 50 YEARS AFTER DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR APPEARED ON THE SHOW... N-B-C WILL REBROADCAST THE SHOW THAT FIRST AIRED ON AUGUST 25TH, 1963 ... JUST 3 DAYS BEFORE KINGS FAMOUS "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH. YOU CAN SEE THIS PIECE OF TELEVISION HISTORY...ON KSBW SUNDAY MORNING AT 10. AND IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT ON T-V, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WATCH IT ON OUR WEB SITE AT KSBW DOT COM. ### SAND CITY IS
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DENISON, Tex. -- The campaign for safer teen driving continues to spread across Texoma. The City of Denison is set to join the Less Tears, More Years efforts.
The Less Tears, More Years item is the first on the council's agenda Monday night.
Denison is set to become the largest city to join the group thus far.
The campaign began in august in Pottsboro after two fatal accidents in one month involving teens.
Since then, Tom Bean, Howe, Pottsboro, and the Grayson County commissioners have joined the efforts.
The accidents happened on Grayson County roads, and organizers hope the more cities involved means a larger force to bring about change.
This could mean tougher legislation for drivers' education when teens try to get their driver's license.
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I am interested in using reputation and points systems (like the one used here) to improve how we recognize what people learn and the skills they have. There seems to be a disconnect between the innovation in web application development, where we see lots of experimentation with activity streams, badges, and reputation/ points systems - and the old-fashioned and traditional way of testing knowledge by making learners take, often meaningless, exams.
Is this already happening with stack overflow badges - are users getting jobs by pointing to their badges and points?
If anyone has done research on the topic, please leave a comment and get in touch. We are hosting a workshop on the topic in late September, and we'd love to invite someone who was involved in designing the Stack Overflow points system (or similar systems).


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Rep. Ober with Kendallville representatives who received a resolution on the House floor.
"Welcome to my website. I appreciate you taking the time to visit my page and hope you find the information and links to your benefit.
As a freshman lawmaker, it is an honor to represent House District 82 in the 118th General Assembly, which includes all of Noble County and portions of Allen, Elkhart, LaGrange and Whitley counties.
I am privileged to lead our district on difficult issues addressed this session, and I look forward to working with you to better the lives of those living in northeastern Indiana and throughout the state.
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Clifford J. Levy
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Clifford J. Levy is an assistant masthead editor at The New York Times who oversees digital platforms. He led the editorial team that developed NYT Now, a new app from The Times.
He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and has received several other honors, including three George Polk Awards, the Overseas Press Club Award and the National Magazine Award.
Mr. Levy previously worked as a deputy Metro editor, Moscow bureau chief, investigative reporter and political correspondent.
In 2002, he published an investigative series in The Times that exposed the abuse of the mentally ill in state-regulated homes in New York City. The project won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, as well as a George Polk Award.
Mr. Levy joined the international staff of The Times in 2006 as Moscow bureau chief. He and a colleague, Ellen Barry, wrote a series about human rights and freedom of speech in Russia, "Above the Law," that received the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2011, as well as the Polk Award and the Overseas Press Club Award.
Soon after leaving Russia, Mr. Levy wrote an article for The New York Times Magazine about his children's experience in Russian schools. He was a producer on a video that accompanied the article that won a National Magazine Award.
Mr. Levy lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Julie Dressner, who is a documentary filmmaker, and their three children.
Goodies From Former Soviet Republics in Moscow
Slavic food has its charms. Who can resist a bowl of soothing borscht on a winter night? But when Moscow menus get monotonous, head to the Dorogomilovsky Market. Many vendors are from former Soviet republics like Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia,...
October 2, 2011, Sunday
Our Family's Experiment in Extreme Schooling: a Postscript
How are they doing now? That was one of the most common questions asked by people who read in the education issue of the magazine about our Brooklyn-bred children's four years in a local school in Moscow.
September 20, 2011, Tuesday
Our Family's Experiment in Extreme Schooling: a Postscript
How are they doing now? That was one of the most common questions asked by people who read in the education issue of the magazine about our Brooklyn-bred children's four years in a local school in Moscow.
September 20, 2011, Tuesday
My Family's Experiment in Extreme Schooling
What happens when you take three American kids and throw them in a classroom 5,000 miles from home where they can't speak the language?
September 18, 2011, Sunday
In Former Soviet Georgia, Two Families and the Art of Hospitality
Lavish homegrown meals are just one aspect of a three-day stay with a family in the Georgian wine village of Tsinandali.
May 29, 2011, Sunday
An Evangelical Preacher's Message Catches Fire in Ukraine
The Rev. Sunday Adelaja, a Nigerian, has built a thriving Christian evangelical church in Kiev, Ukraine, the birthplace of Slavic Orthodoxy.
April 23, 2011, Saturday
Deadly Blast Hits Subway Station in Belarus
An explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a subway station next to the office of Belarus's president, killing at least 11 people.
April 12, 2011, Tuesday
Opposition Newspaper in Kazakhstan Says Its Publisher Is Missing
Golos Respublika, which has been highly critical of President Nursultan Nazarbayev's government, said its publisher had suffered a severe beating and that his whereabouts were unknown.
April 1, 2011, Friday
U.S.-Led Assault Nears Goal in Libya
A military campaign to destroy Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's air defenses and establish a no-fly zone over Libya has nearly accomplished its initial objectives, American officials said.
March 22, 2011, Tuesday
In Rare Split, Two Leaders in Russia Differ on Libya
Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin said the action by coalition forces reminded him of a medieval crusade, but his protégé, President Dmitri A. Medvedev, pointedly rejected the use of the term.
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Is there any information on what is considered a healthy (and sustainable) weight and body fat % loss? How many pounds/bf% for each week can I compare my results against so that I know I'm making good progress and that the loss I'm experiencing is sustainable and long term.
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Your fat storage can only release 69 kcal/kg per day from your fat mass to be consume as energy. If you use up more energy then that it will be taken from somewhere else. Probably muscle mass.
I will make the assumption that the cell itself is not consumed in the process, therefor the only weight contribution is lipids and water. Water mass is far less and pretty constant in comparison to fat. The energy content of fat in adipose tissue is approximatly 9000[kcal/kg]*80% = 7200 kcal/kg.
What this means is that the fat you have on your body dictates how much caloric deficit you can be in before you start losing fat free mass as it is also shown here.
If you weight somewhere around 130kg, with 73kg lean mass and 57kg fat mass. You can use almost 69 * 57 ~= 4000 kcal/day from your fat storage as energy without making too much sacrifice on muscle mass. That can be up to 7 [days] * 4000[kcal/day] / 7000[kcal/kg] = 4kg of fatloss per week. Almost 9 lbs!
As you approach 5-6% body fat, your estimated maximum loss of body fat approaches 1 lbs.
Conclusion So what we see is that 2-3lbs/week is a good estimate for a normal person to achieve a goal for the duration of a normal diet plan. As you get leaner the rule of thumb is getting harder to keep without starting to lose lean mass. Also if you are obese there are no problems to lose more then the 2-3lbs/week.
These calculation are estimates and should be seen as optimal release, this do not take metabolic adaptation and and other effects like hormonal issues into acount. What it shows is how much you can be in caloric deficit before you start losing muscle mass.
This is different for everyone and every situation. What might be considered a healthy "weight loss rate" for someone in a certain situation can be totally different for someone else or in another situation.
Providing your body with the right nutrients and get the right amount of exercise will automatically result in your ideal "weight loss rate".
From experience I found that loosing 5 lbs per week is normal for most people if you adjust you lifestyle and eating habits.
Try this: Consume more water rich foods (vegetables and fruit) and limit your intake of sugar and fast carbohydrates.
I'd recommend you to do some research on healthy nutrition an exercise and see how your body is reacting to it. More than measuring your success by your weight loss, I would suggest you to measure your success by how you feel.


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A winter draw down is underway at Fox Lake on the Marben Public Fishing Area, located in Mansfield, Ga., according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division. This draw down reduces the water in the lake in an effort to accomplish several goals. The draw down began on Tues. Dec. 7, 2010 and will remain down until Feb. 15, 2011.
"Reducing the water here in the lake will concentrate forage species such as shad and bream, increasing the condition of the predator species like bass and crappie," says Division fisheries biologist Joe Rydell. "This effort also will aid in controlling nuisance aquatic species, such as lyngbya."
Lyngbya is a form of algae that builds up in large mats, creating problems for anglers and boaters. Although certain types of algae can be favorable for ponds, lyngbya is not a desirable species and it is seldom consumed by fish. Lyngbya is commonly transferred from pond to pond in bait buckets, livewells and on boat trailers. Cleaning boats, fishing gear and trailers before between fishing trips helps stop the spread of aquatic hitchhikers like lyngbya.
Anglers should note that the boat ramp for Fox Lake will be unavailable during the draw down period, but the lake is accessible for bank fishing.
Marben PFA takes its name from the combination of Margery and Bennett O'Boyle, previous owners of part of this area. Division fisheries personnel intensively manage the 22 lakes and ponds, which range in size from 1 - 95 acres and total approximately 295 acres, for bass, bream, catfish, crappie and yellow perch. Most lakes are accessible to both boat and bank anglers with concrete boat ramps and access trails.
Facilities available include kids only ponds, concrete boat ramps (6 lakes), boat docks, restrooms, fishing piers, picnic areas, primitive camping, some fishing areas accessible to persons with disabilities. Anglers utilizing the area will be required to meet all license requirements for the PFA and all current regulations apply.
Directions from Mansfield: South on Georgia Highway 11 for 2.7 miles; left on Marben Farms Rd. (Co. Rd. 229), follow signs.
For more information on Marben PFA, visit www.gofishgeorgia.com (select "Fishing" and "Public Fishing Areas") or call 770.784.3059.


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By KORTNY HAHN
CHEBOYGAN — An updated Cheboygan County Plat book, a public record of how land is divided and who owns it, is printed and available to purchase.
The book is organized by townships, with township maps specifying school districts and directories of townships and governmental entities. There are also city maps, maps of snowmobile trails and a general road map, among many other things.
"It shows property owners and outlines boundaries for plats that are five acres or more. New to the book, we have included aerial views as well," said Leigh Ann Theunick, 4-H program instructor for Cheboygan County's MSU Extension.
"It is very helpful to hunters, outdoor enthusiasts, real estate agents, government offices, DNR, local farmers, snowmobilers, law enforcement, people who want to move into the area and people who are just curious about who their neighbors are."
The books are updated and reprinted every three years. Theunick said it takes about a year to research the potential printing companies, get quotes and make decisions about what items will be included in the book.
"The Cheboygan County 4-H Council has been sponsoring this book since 1960," Theunick said. She said the company that the 4-H Council chose to publish the book solicited advertisers and contacted the Cheboygan County Geographic Information Systems Department, GIS, for the plat information.
New features include a pdf version as well as a smartphone app, to offer more options for individuals who prefer using newer technology.
"It's available as a book, pdf and smart app," Theunick said. "It is not available online. If you purchase the pdf, you will receive a disc with it loaded on it. For the smart app, you will receive a card with a pass code needed to download the app from online."
Copies of the book can be purchased from the MSU Extension office, during office hours, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 825 South Huron Street, in the lower level of the Doris Reid Building in Cheboygan. Book versions are also available at Schultz's Party Store in Wolverine or Ellenberger Lumber in Onaway.
The plat book costs $30, with tax included. Two items can be purchased for $50, tax included.
"For instance, you could buy the printed book and the smart app for $50," Theunick said.
To have a plat book mailed, send a check for $30 or $50, payable to Cheboygan County 4-H Council, 825 South Huron Street, Suite 5, Cheboygan, Mich., 49721. Indicate which version of the county plat information is desired, and include an address where to send the product.
All profits from the book support the Cheboygan County 4-H Program. The funds are used for scholarships, educational workshops and events, community service projects, curriculum, awards, ribbons and trophies for youth, volunteer appreciation, marketing and recruiting.
Page 2 of 2 - According to Theunick, The Cheboygan County 4-H Program is a youth program, for ages 5-19, which offers learning opportunities through 4-H clubs, after-school programs, and local, state and international events and activities.
"It's building a robot, it's cool crafts, it's creating and marketing your own business, it's discovering your inner scientist," she said. "It's feeding and raising an animal, it's fishing and testing the lake's water quality, it's using GPS to create a community map; it's whatever topic you want to explore. And most of all, it's fun."
Theunick said if there are any changes that need to be made to the plat book, contact the Cheboygan County GIS.
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Annual Goodguys Nostalgia Nationals - Where Time Stands StillWritten by on April 1, 2010 Second Annual Goodguys Nostalgia Nationals
At the northeast edge of town, Riverview Drive changes its name to Beech Bend Road. When the residential and business districts of Bowling Green, Kentucky, disappear in the rearview mirror, you've got about three more miles of rural two-lane. Eventually the yellow line disappears and you're on an tree-lined country road with no outlet. At the end of that road, it's 1965.
That's the way it's been since two years ago, when Goodguys chose this site for its first Nostalgia Nationals. Beech Bend Raceway Park has been there since the '40s when it was little more than a quarter-mile dirt oval. A dragstrip was built in the '60s, and hasn't changed much since then, which makes it the perfect setting for a mid-October gathering of cars.
The second Nostalgia Nationals was a showcase of the region's coolest hot rods, customs, and classic trucks. That includes low-buck, homebuilt iron as well as big-budget pro-built show stoppers. The expansive locale gave participants the option of hanging out on the hills away from the crowds, or cruising down to the flats in the middle of the action, among the commercial vendors and the various Goodguys corrals, designated for such categories as Ya Gotta Drive 'Em, Homebuilt Heaven, Mighty Muscle, Trick Truck Corral, and Suede & Chrome. The Nostalgia Nats was also one of the final stops for us on our Turtle Wax STREET RODDER Top 100 tour. You'll see the 10 cars we selected at this event as soon as you turn the page.
Kentucky can be warm or cold this time of year. This time it was see-your-breath cold, but that didn't stop anyone from having a blast at Beech Bend. Drag racers especially like low temperatures, and the Nostalgia Nationals-part of Goodguys' Vintage Drag Racing program-featured quarter-mile competition during all three days of the show. The pits were filled with Gassers, Altereds, hot rods, front-engine Top Fuelers, and nostalgia Funny Cars, and the stands were filled with old and new fans eager to watch 'em run. The facility's old-time setting makes this the perfect location for running these cars, and the crisp air keeps their engines happy.
By Sunday evening, it was time to leave the Nostalgia Nats and return to the 21st century. We left with these photos, a warm Goodguys sweatshirt, and a lot of memories from a great weekend of cruising and racing. This year's Goodguys event schedule has already been posted at www.good-guys.com, and we know that when October rolls around and the Nostalgia Nationals comes back to Bowling Green, 1965 will be waiting for us out there at the end of Beech Bend Road.
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Ed Gromer / Centerville, OH / '27 Ford roadster An old racer himself, Gromer built this T as his version of a track roadster. The Old Dog Street Rod body has been lengthened, and is powered by a 2.3L Ford four-cylinder loaded with Esslinger performance parts, including head, intake, and lower end parts. It's fed by a pair of Weber carbs. The seats are custom aluminum buckets.
Scott & Annette Helmbeck / Sherwood, AR / '51 Mercury wagon There is a remarkable amount of custom work on this Arkansas woodie wagon, from the '54 Chevy grille teeth and frenched headlights to the Buick ports and Americans with '51 Merc caps. The engine is a Ford 351W. Dodge Intrepid buckets are upholstered in leather with basket-weave suede. The floral print headliner, love it or don't love it, is definitely novel.
Mark Sundell / Waynesville, MO / '37 Chevy Pickup A Cavalier race car tube chassis, built by Art Morrison, was fabricated to fit under this wild pickup, loaded with a Hilborn-injected LT1 small-block with Phase 6 heads. A custom grille, Headwinds bike headlights, widened rear fenders, relocated front fenders, and numerous other mods were added, along with a beautiful interior.
Chris Staneck / Waynesville, OH / '26 Ford roadster There's not a lot of money in this hot rod, but a ton of hours. Except for the cowl top, the whole body of this track T roadster is handbuilt by the owner, as is the frame. The Ford Ranger four-cylinder mill is hooked to a five-speed. The front wheels were made by welding VW hoops to the spokes from a pair of '35 Ford wheels.
Larry Henderson / Waynesville, OH / '32 Ford roadster Some cool components, like the distressed leather and vinyl upholstery and piecrust rubber on 16- and 18-inch wire rims, drew our attention to this traditional Deuce, built from a Brookville body and powered by a 385-horse 350 with Fast Burn heads. It rides on buggy springs with hairpins in front and ladder bars in back.
Gary Bennett / Newport, AR / '32 Ford coupe Gary was thinking about red or black until a friend convinced him to go with this custom green, with a metallic gold and white tuck 'n' roll interior. The Chevy small-block features decoy Olds valve covers, six Strombergs, and Fenton headers that got the most attention. The five-window rolls on original 'rails beefed up with round tubing.
Jim and Cindy Getter / Sunbury, OH / '31 Chevy sedan Aside from not being a Ford, close to 100 body modifications distinguish this Chevy two-door sedan. All the wood has been replaced with steeling tubing, and the engine compartment is filled with a 350 small-block. The Night Mist blue paint is contrasted by saddle-colored leather inside the car. The front end is an IFS setup from Heidts.
David Douglas / Murfreesboro, TN / '35 Chevy coupe The steel-bodied coupe was David's 50th birthday present to himself and he spent the following three years building this Chevy. Marcel provided the 2-1/2-inch chop. All the original wood was removed, the doors open suicide-style, and Roger Burman handled assembly and the Viper red paint. A ZZ4 small-block and 700-R4 automatic move it down the road.
Gary and Debi Deason / Crawfordville, FL / '55 Chevy Gasser The inspiration for this up-in-the-air Chevy was the '55 Gasser that Gary's dad raced in the '60s. This one was also once an "abused old Gasser," built at home by the Deasons and a few friends, and now doing duty on the highway. The powertrain combo is a Chevy 355 and Muncie four-speed. Future plans are to make it dragstrip legal.
Dan Tallant / Liberty, MO / '48 Chevy cabriolet Dan Tallant gave the contemporary treatment to his '48 Ford cabrio, including Mercedes headlights, Mazda 626 seats, and a wraparound steel dash. The all-steel car was chopped 5 inches and sits low to the ground on a four-corner airbag suspension. There's a big-block Chevy for power. Tallant did all the work except the upholstery.
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The Cool Custom prize was awarded, appropriately, to Ed Weidekamp's 303-powered chopped '53 Olds, wearing '56 Olds bumpers and headlights, '56 Packard taillights, '51 Merc skirts, and an '86 paintjob that still shines. "If I could buy paint today for what I paid for it then, I'd repaint it," Weidekamp says.Bill Holt did everything but the stitching on his '32 roadster, which combines old and new styles. The drivetrain includes an LT1 Vortec, a TH350 trans, and Ford 9-inch rearend. The interior is commercial vinyl "because roadsters get wet," even with a Sid Chavers Bop Top. He's driven it 8,000 miles in the year and a half it's been finished.Our favorite '53 Dodge Meadowbrook two-door wagon of the entire event was RideTech's Low, Smooth, Cool Pick winner. Chuck Williamson's Arkansas-based custom features Cadillac Allante seats, Boyds five-spokes, and one-piece side glass. The drivetrain is Mopar: a 426 Hemi and 727 TorqueFlite trans.In California in the '60s, Ron Normann's "Hairy Hauler" Willys pickup was the "Lettuce Hauler" Normann bought it four or five years ago and upgraded the whole thing, keeping the authentic period look, including the drilled straight axle and original American mags. With a blown stroker, small-block, and Kenny Hansing at the wheel, the Willys ran a 10.12 e.t. (its quickest to date) during the weekend.A mountain of work went into this chopped '53 Stude custom, owned by Chuck and Carol Herb, including square tube 'rails, Mini Cooper headlights, a tilt-forward hood, welded bumpers, a custom interior, and lots of PPG Vibrant Orange Glow paint.In addition to being awarded Wonderful Woodie at Bowling Green, Brian Vanzant's chopped and shaved '50 Chevy tin woodie is the Goodguys '09 Custom Rod of the Year. The 502 mill is Hilborn injected. The wagon was originally a four-door; modified doors and glass were part of the buildup, done by Brad Starks Rod & Custom.It took two cars: a '49 four-door and a '48 Sedanette rust bucket, to make one '48 Caddy sled, built by owner Brad Hutsler. With a 509 Merlin motor and a full 'cage, it's clocked low 8s in the eighth-mile. Hutsler also uses it for runs to the burger stand and trips around town. The hood emblem contains a forward-view camera.T.K. James' red-all-over contemporary '34 three-window coupe, from Sikeston, Missouri, rides on a completely homebuilt chassis, with a finely finished and plated undercarriage.
With Dayton wires, piecrust rubber, and Mexican blanket interior, Rodney Payne's '32 five-window jumps right out of the history of hot rodding (and the pages of STREET RODDER's July '06 issue). The 283 Chevy is matched up with a '40 Ford trans. Rodney and his business partner Butch Boyette at High Gear Hot Rods built the car in collaboration with Dayton Wheels.We photographed Dustin Colclasure's '27 T Modified in the award-winner parade on Sunday. We liked the skinny bias-plies, front quarter-elliptic suspension, drilled I-beam, and pinstripes on the louvers and rims. The judges did too, and awarded the Ford the Traditional Homebuilt Heaven prize.The Buick Nailhead was dropped into Gene and Carol Pearson's '50 Ford two-door back in the '60s when it was raced. The IROC blue paint came in 1987. A water pump was added right there at the show and painted on the spot to match the engine. Goodguys gave the car a Rodders Rep Pick.Ferdinand leaving the starting line during Sunday eliminations. Owner/driver Ron Doran said the Willys Gasser has run 9.40 at 142 mph. Doran is a member of the Geezer Gassers Club, that promotes vintage drag racing at strips around the Midwest and follows the original racing tradition, using no electronics and running only on gasoline.All Ford and all owner-built describes Dave and Vicki Mangon's just-finished, original-bodied '36, winner of the Homebuilt Heaven award. The seats are from a Ford Contour; the engine is a Ford 302. The paint is a combination of PPG colors: Pewter and GM Green. Wait a minute ... GM?!The inspiration for Jimmy Hervalin's in-progress '30 Ford pickup came from the Keith Weesner painting Emerald Tide, displayed in the windshield. The body is handbuilt from aluminum. Other highlights of the 327-powered pickup are the Lancer caps, custom headers, owner-made air cleaners, and 410 grille bullets.Helter Skelter, David Donaldson's '48 Thames panel from Washington, Indiana, competed in B/Gas eliminations on Sunday after qualifying the day before with a 10.346 at 91 mph.Here's a better look at Mark Hendrickson's two-tone Deuce three-window, out of Boonville, Indiana. The body is from Rat's Glass and the Chevy 327 has been bored to 331 ci, with a pair of four-barrels, and a pair of handbuilt equal-length headers. The five-spokes are from Billet Specialties.
Not much cash, but a lot of imagination went into Jim Roepke's '31 lowboy. In converting it from a coupe, Jim shortened the doors and extended the quarters. The flathead is a bored '41 59AB with dual 94s on an Offy intake. The buckets are homebuilt and padded with leather from some old recliners.Another Geezer Gasser representative was Bill Caughron's '48 Anglia from Louisville, Kentucky, a spot-on reproduction of a mid-'60s race car that was wrecked. The original was a national record holder and U.S. Nats runner-up in 1964.


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Reviving the General Store
With high-end socks and handcrafted beef jerky, these stores mix fashion and folksy
THERE'S NOTHING GENERIC about the new general store.
"We felt like a certain quality, craftsmanship and timeless feel would be more than enough to unify the things we carry," said Charlotte Bonner, who opened the Trove General Store in Paoli, Pa., with her mother, Molly Brandolini, and fiancé, Foster Zeh, in 2010. "That was more important to us than just saying, 'We're a clothing store.' "
Trove General is part of a growing resurgence of general stores that combine community spirit with a personal take on merchandising. Trove's stock ranges from silver filigree earrings and sturdy Filson men's coats to handcrafted beef jerky. These boutiques are one part country store, one part concept shop—often with a couple sharing the reins.
This renaissance could be traced to California, where husband-and-wife team Kevin and Bo Carney opened the fashion-forward Mohawk General Store in Los Angeles in 2008, when the market was ripe for a more discreet, wholesome brand of luxury. The following year, San Francisco couple Serena Mitnik-Miller and Mason St. Peter opened their General Store, an airy emporium of mostly handmade and vintage clothing, accessories and home goods. Both shops have since expanded to multiple locations, with loyal followers and a smattering of similar stores in their wake. Mr. Carney said that in addition to the merchandising flexibility that came with the general store moniker, he liked its warm familiarity. "We wanted our store to have a comfort level," said Mr. Carney.
Historically, general stores were not only a small town's sole provider of sundries and supplies, they were also informal community centers, places where neighbors might gather and gossip over a pickle barrel. The neighborly atmosphere lives on in the contemporary general store. For many of these shopkeepers, online retail is secondary. "I see the value in having an online presence," said Ms. Mitnik-Miller, whose Web store carries a fraction of her shop's products, "but it's not the same experience." Make a pilgrimage to her General Store in San Francisco, for example, and you may find a backyard seminar in leather-tooling under way, or neighbors sipping lattes from Trouble Coffee Company, the cafe next door.
In Brooklyn, N.Y., the Grand Street Bakery—a shop selling indie beauty products, vintage Levi's and vinyl records—hosts outdoor concerts (the store's name came from the location's former tenant). "The concept is us and what we like," said Cyd Mullen, who runs the store with her fiancé, Neal Mello. "We're a mom-and-pop shop."
The Mom-and-Pop Brigade
A look at six new-generation general stores around the country
Love Adorned | New York City and Amagansett, N.Y.
" 'Needs' is kind of the word," Lori Leven said of the merchandise in the back nook of her Manhattan lifestyle store. Although some items—like a Poler two-man tent and an army guide to rigging—certainly fall into the category of the utilitarian, a visitor to the shop may suddenly find she has new "needs," including an engagement-worthy Conroy & Wilcox pearl ring or a color-blocked Boucherouite rug from Morocco. Above: Jen Pearson Matchstick Bottle, $30.
Broome Street General | Los Angeles
"We often joke that if 7-Eleven and Neiman Marcus had a baby, it might look something like us," said Sophie Esteban Graham, co-founder of this cafe and store in the city's Silverlake neighborhood. A full espresso bar serves up Gimme Coffee espresso drinks, scones, sandwiches and—on Fridays—fried chicken. The shop also stocks Ms. Esteban Graham's favorite finds, from Coyuchi bed sheets and Mauviel cookware to Barbour coats and Hyland's homeopathic remedies. Broome Street has also expanded; a new location, called Registry & Atelier, that specializes in wedding and baby gifts, has recently opened across the street.
Trove General Store | Paoli, Pa.
While the rustic Americana that fills Trove General might come across as contrived in an urban setting, the Filson jackets, Faribault blankets and locally-produced honey make perfect sense in this Pennsylvania location, which sits between farm country and Philadelphia. Steven Alan coats and Imogene + Willie jeans hang among the heartier work wear. Visitors will feel welcome regardless of their fashion-interest level. "There's nothing snobby about the shop," said co-owner Charlotte Bonner. "There's always a bottle of wine open after 5 p.m." Juniper Ridge Bar Soaps, $12 each.
Mohawk General Store | Los Angeles and Pasadena, Calif.
"It's not so much about fashion," Mohawk General co-founder Kevin Carney said of his proclivity for easygoing classics. "It's more about wardrobe-building." While that sensibility certainly applies to the stylish everyday pieces like Acne jeans, Jenni Kayne flats and Illesteva sunglasses on offer at Mohawk General, it also seems to influence the store's selection of products for the home. Midcentury modern furniture complements contemporary items like framed prints and ceramic pots by Los Angeles-based artists Hamish Robertson and Victoria Morris, along with Cire Trudon candles and Santa Maria Novella beauty products.
General Store | San Francisco and Venice, Calif.
Both sunlit locations of this neo-hippie paradise carry a variety of handmade wearable and utilitarian pieces—think floor-sweeping cardigans and leather cuffs by Lauren Manoogian and triangular wooden cutting boards by Luke Bartels, along with vintage clothing, blankets and rugs. Shoppers inspired by the perfectly tie-dyed Lookout & Wonderland tank might sign up for an outdoor seminar with the designer herself, or take home a Noon Design Studio indigo dyeing kit and Shabd Simon-Alexander's "Tie Dye" guidebook. Above: Stanley & Sons Bandanas, $28 each.
Grand Street Bakery | Brooklyn, N.Y.
"We always have a pile of 501s," said Cyd Mullen, who runs what she calls "the Bakery" with her fiancé, Neal Mello. "We always have a pile of flannels, a rack of Woolrich parkas, gray raglans, white T-shirts." Since 2011, those piles have made the store a magnet for fashion stylists, while an expanded selection of magazines, beauty products and records—along with backyard concerts—attract neighborhood shoppers. Thank Mr. Mello and Ms. Mullen's almost 2-year-old son, Finn, for the growing section of pint-size vintage picks and new-mom necessities.
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5 Insane Prison Escapes You Won't Believe Actually Worked
#2. A Famous Jewel Thief Locks Two Guards in a Bathroom
Alfie Hinds was a professional British jewel thief who gained celebrity in the mid-20th century for his repeated prison escapes -- he broke out of three different high-security prisons, maintaining the whole time that he was totally innocent. It turns out that using your impressive jewel thief skills to break out of prison is a bad way to prove that you're not some kind of jewel thief.
The first time he escaped, Hinds managed to simply unlock the prison doors after memorizing the shape of the key and making himself a copy. He was caught again eight months later, and this time they decided it was best not to show him what the key looked like.
"Just let him go, man. He deserves it."
Hinds' second escape came after he filed a lawsuit against his arresting officers for what he claimed was an illegal arrest. But this was an absurd ploy. When he was taken to the courthouse, he asked to use the restroom, but he had already arranged for accomplices to leave a padlock next to the bathroom door. When Hinds' guards removed his handcuffs so he could drain the lizard, he promptly grabbed both guards, threw them into the bathroom stall, and slammed the door shut, padlocking it behind them. Then he ran away like Daffy Duck.
After years of bouncing in and out of the big house, Hinds finally "escaped" prison for good, this time legally. Apparently, he was also some kind of law prodigy, and was able to manipulate a legal loophole to get out of more prison time, even though he was obviously guilty. After this whole mess, the law was changed to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, and Hinds was rewarded with fame and fortune for being little more than a lucky jerk with some law books.
He actually sued the guy who arrested him. No joke.
#1. Richard Lee McNair Just Can't Stay in Prison
In 1987, Richard Lee McNair killed a man and wounded another while attempting to rob a grain elevator in North Dakota (because what else are you going to rob in North Dakota?). The state gave McNair two life sentences and then proceeded to utterly fail in keeping him there. Over the next couple of decades, McNair escaped from two prisons and one county jail, and showed up on America's Most Wanted so often that they may as well have made him co-host.
The first escape was from a police station jail in 1988. Sitting in a room with three detectives, McNair used lip balm to grease his hands up enough to escape from his cuffs, and then got out somehow and made the cops chase him around town in a scene we can only assume was accompanied by "Yackety Sax."
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Now that is the wacky face that comedy is made of.
Four years later, McNair escaped from a state penitentiary by crawling out through the ventilation ducts, something we thought was only possible in movies. After that, he evaded police for 10 months before they caught up with him and locked him back up, this time in a maximum security federal prison. Unfortunately, McNair just saw this as a challenge.
In 2006, McNair got himself a job in prison repairing mail bags, and he took the opportunity to climb inside one and mail himself out of prison. After being forklifted to a nearby warehouse, McNair dusted his hands off and simply walked away.
"Um, sir, this one ... farted."
To make things even worse, McNair was spotted hiking along a railway line, questioned, and let go by a police officer later on the day of his escape, an event that was caught on video. How did he get away this time? Despite the fact that he gives two different names during the course of the conversation, has no identification, and matches the description of the escaped convict that the cop is looking for, the officer simply gives him some pointers on railroad safety and sends him on his way. So, apparently, he used a Jedi mind trick.
McNair was eventually caught again and is currently back in prison. At least that was the situation at the time this was written. It might have changed by now.
For more incredible acts of crime, check out 5 Real Bank Heists Ripped Right Out of the Movies and 5 Real World Criminals Who Were Certified Supervillains.


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Parisian Pampers
Adorable baby-wear from the land where chic starts in the cradle
IF FRENCH WOMEN don't get fat and French parenting is totalement superior, it follows then that French bébés would be the best-dressed kids in the world. The excruciatingly stylish ones wear duds from ie, a children's clothing store in the bohemian Marais neighborhood. The shop sells reversible flower- and batik-printed pants, bibs, booties and bedding in whimsical fabrics that shop owners Noriko Shiojiri and Durgué Laigret design. In addition to being popular with in-the-know French parents, it is also de rigueur for every American fashion editor with a little one to make a pit stop there when in town on business. The garments are not available for purchase from afar but the shop sells beautiful Indian fabrics online (from $20 per meter). Just make sure that whatever you whip up meets French standards. 128 rue Vieille du Temple, Paris; ieboutique.com
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High Strength Build - Bumper CarsWritten by on June 13, 2012 From mini stock to the big leagues; building high-strength bumpers capable of taking (and dishing out) a beating.
If you've ever had the pleasure of working with an inventive chassis builder or race car fabricator, you know "the look." They seem to get it whenever a chance to bend the rules, upgrade the car, or flat out cheat comes along, and it's usually followed by a quickening of events and a some sort of half-crazed maniacal laugh. When Useless Pete and Editor Fisher have these looks, it's always a good (read: bad) thing and every time they've said the word "bumper" lately, it has seemed like it meant something more. Now, I don't know a lot about anything, especially circle track racing, but here I was thinking a bumper was, well, a bumper. "We need the bumper to be stronger" they said. "We need to fully weld it to the frame so it will be 'extra strong,'" they laughed. "Yes, yes! We can certainly ram people with it now," they exclaimed.
Hold up, what? Ram people with it? That sounds insane! Pete has assured me that it isn't really for "ramming people" but "it needs to be that strong in case…" well, you get the idea. Now, I don't know about all this on-track nonsense, although I am sure I will quickly find out, but pushing our way to the front or not, we evidently need a strong front and rear bumper. All jokes aside, every race car project needs a quality bumper system, whether you're looking to protect the driver, the hard parts, or the lead. And while building a bumper may seem like a complicated task to a novice--like myself--it can actually be done rather easily if you have access to the correct tools and materials. Luckily, both of these things are easy to come by right here in the pages of Circle Track and for this month's project, we were able to team up with both Harbor Freight Tools and A.E.D. Motorsport Products to provide us with the necessary items. In a couple of late nights, we had front and rear bumpers complete and were one step closer to getting out on track. So, follow along and let us know what you think, just make sure you're not out on track with us when we get the idea to "test" these bad boys out!
From Mini Stocks to the big leagues; building high-strength bumpers capable of taking (and dishing out) a beating
Just make sure you're not out on track with us when we "test" these bad boys out!
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1 Last we left you, Pete and I (mainly me, that's important) had assembled our new Mini Stock bumpers (and sheetmetal) and we thought the old Mustang was looking good. Of course, the lightweight, easy-to-install design of our bumpers meant that we would need to add some serious support behind the fascia to keep us safe, and everything in place.2 See what we mean? It's all air and plastic back here—great for weight and looks but not so good for keeping us safe. Luckily, building a Fox-body bumper is fairly simple if you have a well thought out plan and access to a couple of simple-to-use tools.3 Similar to our rollcage, our bumpers started from straight ERW tubing, which we obtained from A.E.D. Motorsport Products. Shipped directly to our door for an awesome price, the 0.083-wall tubing is the perfect start to any bumper project, you just need to cut and bend it to length. For the front bumper, we started out at 89 inches long.4 Starting 6 inches from the end of the cut, Pete placed the tubing in our Low-Buck bender and got to work. Easy bend here, just go a full 90 degrees to get the tubing to the correct shape.5 With both sides bent, Pete jumped to the center of the tube, marking off points 10 inches from center on both sides. You'll only need a slight bend here to help create a soft contour that follows the bumper, which you can see in the following image.6 Four total bends gave us a really nice starting shape, which both follows the lines of our bumper and gives us much needed frontal protection, for, you know, "ramming stuff."7 Attaching the bumper to the chassis can be done in several ways. You can choose to bolt it on to the frame horns for a quick and easy removable setup, or you can recess it into the horns and weld it in place, which is the way we chose to do it, for maximum strength.8 Did you notice that high quality notch in the frame horn mount? That's courtesy of our brand-new Central Machinery Pipe/Tubing Notcher, which we acquired from the tooling kings at Harbor Freight Tools. Adjustable up to 60 degrees and capable of using any high-speed drill, this notcher is a major time saver and the quality speaks for itself.
10b ...On the left is the factory frame horn, which was spot welded in place to help body shops remove them in the event of an accident. We didn't like the idea of a flimsy spot-weld holding our bumper in place, so Pete took care of the frame horns in style, seam-welding them for a much more rigid foundation.11 Stepping back, you can see how well the bumper conforms to the rest of the bodylines and you can easily see how much strength and protection it offers. Believe it or not, we're able to lift the entire Mustang off the ground with this setup, which means it should be ready for battle—uh, racing.12 With the front end complete, it was time to turn our attention to the rear, building a similar bumper capable of withstanding blows from even the most fierce of competitors. Not that we plan on letting anyone get too close to us, but you never know.13 Along with keeping the bumper cover in place and the driver safe, the rear bumper is also tasked with protecting the ATL fuel cell, which sits in its own safety cage. With safety being our number one priority, this wasn't an area we were willing to overlook.14 Instead of relying on the factory rear frame horns, which simply slide into the body and bolt in place, much like the front, we chose to fully weld the rear bumper, which would provide maximum strength and rigidity. First step: remove the weak factory junk.15 Unlike the front, which features a significant amount of overhang, the rear bumper is quite tight to the body, which means we needed to create a bar with tight 90-degree bends and incredibly short legs. Start long here, to fit everything in the tubing bender, and then trim to length once you have your bends in place.16 Mirroring the front, Pete cut a length of tubing and notched it using our Harbor Freight tubing notcher. Nothing fancy, just a straight notch using the drill—easy as can be. Notice how perfectly the tubes slide into the factory body holes, no need to enlarge them at all if you're using 1.625-inch tubing like we are.17 After tacking the main structure in place, Pete took a step back, inspected the bumper to ensure it was level, and began construction of the lower bumper section. This serves to protect the fuel cell and to hopefully keep would-be agitators at bay…we don't need anyone coming up under our rear!
18 The lower bumper section is built from a straight piece of tubing and two well placed 90-degree bends. If you're noticing a theme here, we're all about the easy to replicate 90-degree bends, in the event that we have to produce additional bumpers in the future or cobble something together trackside in the event of a nasty wreck.


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Every year the Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) hosts a consortium, and this year it was held in Atlanta, Georgia. During the closing banquet, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) made a generous announcement, supporting 10 HBCU students with full paid scholarships to attend the upcoming Conn-Selmer Institute (CSI).
Conn-Selmer annually sponsors the HBCU Consortium and this year many Conn-Selmer Schools from across the country were in attendance, including the University of Arkansas, South Carolina State University, Cheney University of Pennsylvania and Savannah State University. There are 105 historically black colleges and universities in the United States. A Conn-Selmer company representative attending the evening's event stated, "We are proud to support this organization and its mission to further advance the musicianship of its membership now and for many years to come," said Mike Kamphuis, Senior Director of Product Marketing.
Congratulations to the 10 honored recipients attending this year's Conn-Selmer Institute. A huge thanks to NAMM for their efforts and contribution, without them this would not be possible. This year's CSI is being held June 9-12, 2013 in Mishawaka, Indiana, it promises to be even better than last year and not one to miss!
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Conn-Selmer is the leading manufacturer and distributor of musical instruments for student, amateur and professional use under the brand portfolio of Vincent Bach, CG Conn, King, Holton, Selmer, Armstrong, Leblanc, Ludwig, Musser, Prelude, Galway, Glaesel, Soloist, William & Lewis, Scherl & Roth. With a focus on quality craftsmanship, innovation and superior musical performance, Conn-Selmer operates U.S.A. production facilities.
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