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The Rocky Mountain Mystery Series is an excellent form of literary writing. The suspense of the mystery is one that could keep the attention of any 4th or 7th grade student. The characters are well developed. The reader is drawn in by the "purity" of the Thompson children and their friends. The group of six children become a great team throughout the first book. This leads to a great series of mystery writing. The children each have their own character traits that adds to the dynamics of the group.
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Rocky Mountain MysteriesMystery on Rampart HillEmily BurnsISBN: 0-9723259-0-5A new library is going into the old house on Rampart Hill. Is it haunted or is someone trying to scare the kids away, and who is the man hiding in the bushes? The Thompson kids search the house for answers not knowing that Stephanie has already found the biggest clue that they will need. Despite a warning note to stay away from the house and being followed, the Thompson kids are determined to get some answers so that they can enjoy their new library.
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The Horse Forum
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Was I right to get involved? There was supposed to be a local horse show this morning, unfortunately it was canceled. My barn didn't receive notification until 6:30PM. Of course by that time all the horses were ready. Later that night someone asked me to go to the show's website and tell them that they should notify people earlier about a cancellation. So I emailed the president of the club and gave them the information I was given. This morning I received a very angry email. She denied saying she'd call us at noon. She ranted about how she has a life and a job. Then she went on about how difficult it is to be president and if I thought I could do a better job then I should be president. So I apologized because I hate making people upset because it makes me upset. She accepted it and told me she'd been receiving angry phone calls all day. But I still regret doing it. |
The club president was out of line. No doubt a lot of people had been getting on at her, blah blah blah, but as long as you were polite, her behaviour was uncalled for. There was no need for you to apologise - 6:30pm is far too late to notify people of a cancellation, and if she did ring at 12pm and not get an answer, she should have continued trying at half twelve, one o'clock, half one, and so on. |
she was not right to do that - - at all! besides, doesn't she have a whole slew of other board members that should have helped call?? Seems like other barns were not notified unti late also... as the saying goes "don't shoot the messenger" - - I would have written the same email...sounds like the President is going through a bit much at this time and decided to take it all out on you. I betcha next time they'll have a better system in place, though! |
Unless the wording in your email was rude or mean, it very unprofessional on her part to be aggressive towards you regardless of what was going on on her end. She put herself in that position as president so she has no one but herself to blame if it's to difficult. After canceling the show she should have been expecting people calling her back and in your case email.It was big on your part for sending an apology. Nothing you did was wrong and she should have been professional with you EVEN if you had contacted her in an angry manner. It's all about professionalism towards you customers. |
She is the club manager- Part of her job is taking the heat for mistakes made. You were not out of line, she was. She is probably just really stressed from all the complaints and snapped just a tad bit. :? |
She was out of line with that type of response. However, I wonder why the person who asked you to contact her didn't do it themselves? I've learned in life not to contact people for others over things like this unless they have a really valid reason for not doing it themselves. Usually they don't do it because they know the response they will get and thus want to pass it on to someone else. |
She seems very unprofessional. I don't think you were wrong at all! |
The Prez should have kept her cool, but I'll bet ya dollars to donuts there were some very nasty calls to her before you rang. The question I have is why was the show cancelled? It would have to be something "important" if it was cancelled that late. If it was at a local riding center, the center lost the revenue of the show and what would have been scheduled lessons. |
I would have to question the reasoning behind the short notice of cancellation myself. I don't know how the email was worded or how many calls the president received but it sounded like a lot of concerned indivisuals wanting answers that the President should have provided and expected to receive on a short notice like this. |
a cancellation at 6.30pm would be welcomed here. we're notified by the shows website by 6.30am the day of the show, here. out of every show I go to, there's only 2 that make decisions the night before...and then not usually unti 8.30pm |
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More than 30 million Americans suffer from chronic pain associated with neck- or back-related ailments (according to the American College of Rheumatology) and attempting to sleep with chronic neck and back pain can be an impossible task. The right orthopedic pillow can offer pain relief, correct your spinal alignment, or maintain good posture but with the multitudes of cervical pillows on the market how do you know which is the best neck pillow for you?
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Fox News: Kelly is moving to prime time
NEW YORK — Fox News Channel said Tuesday that Megyn Kelly will soon move into prime time, and the palace intrigue about who — if anyone — she will displace on cable news' most popular and stable lineup begins.
Kelly, a former lawyer, has been a rising star at Fox. She has hosted the two-hour news program "America Live" at 1 p.m. Eastern since 2010 and co-anchored convention and election night coverage with Bret Baier during the last election season.
Fox Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes said Kelly will move into prime time when she returns from maternity leave. It's not clear when that will be: She announced in February that she is due to give birth to her third child this summer, but it's unknown how long she will be off.
"Megyn is an exceptional talent who has successfully filled and surpassed each role we have given her at the network," Ailes said. "Her ability to command the screen, delve into the facts and lead a debate is what makes her one of the most sought-after anchors in the business."
Fox also said Tuesday that it has signed long-term deals with its biggest stars: Bret Baier, Shepard Smith, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren.
The prime-time lineup of O'Reilly at 8 p.m., Hannity at 9 p.m. and Van Susteren at 10 p.m. hasn't changed in more than a decade, except when Hannity's former liberal foil, Alan Colmes, left the show after the 2008 election. Baier hosts an hour-long newscast at 6, and Shepard Smith does his own news program at 7.
"Roger Ailes hired me nine years ago when I was new to this business and he had little other than instinct to suggest it might work out," Kelly said. "I was grateful to him then, remain so today, and am excited for this next opportunity."
Fox said a new schedule will be announced later and gave no other details.
Fox's announcement came one day after news website Mediaite reported that Van Susteren had met with new CNN boss Jeff Zucker this spring about a return to the network where she had once worked. CNN would not comment on that report Tuesday, and Van Susteren's agent did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Ailes is known not to take kindly to perceived acts of disloyalty. When he learned in 2001 that one of his prime-time hosts, Paula Zahn, had received an offer from CNN, he immediately fired her. Ailes minimized Zahn's ratings success at Fox in a news article, saying a "dead raccoon" could have done just as well.
Of Fox's prime-time hosts, Van Susteren's show is the only one where viewership has declined this year from 2012, down 4 percent to 1.57 million, according to the Nielsen company. All of the hosts have lost viewers among the 25- to 54-year-old demographic that is key to advertising sales, but Van Susteren's 23 percent decline was the steepest.
Still, Ailes made it a point to say that Van Susteren, one of the Fox's busiest presences in social media, has a new long-term deal with the network.
PHOTO: In this March 6, 2012 file photo provided by Fox News, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly poses at the anchor desk at the Fox studios in New York. Fox News says that Megyn Kelly, its popular daytime TV host, will move into the network's prime-time lineup when she returns from maternity leave. Kelly announced this winter that she is expecting her third child sometime this summer. She's still on the air. (AP Photo/Fox News, Alex Kroke)


text: Want to Look Two Inches Taller? Try Holding a GunAndrew Tarantola4/11/12 11:00pmFiled to: GunsScienceWeaponsPsychologyUCLA40EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink A core tenet of the human "fight or flight" response begs the question, is this guy bigger than me? A recent study suggests that answer depends on if he's wielding or not. Turns out, our brains might give a subconscious size advantage to opponents if they're holding a weapon. Advertisement Dr. Daniel Fessler and a team from UCLA recently published the findings in the journal, Public Library of Science. Height and build are two easy measures of an opponent (think Schwarzenegger vs Timberlake), so the team devised an experiment to see if people's perceptions of size actually changed depending on what the opponent was holding.According to The Economist, Advertisement To test his theory, Dr Fessler recruited 628 volunteers and asked them to gauge the height (in feet and inches), overall size and muscularity (both on a six-point scale) of four men, ostensibly on the basis of pictures of their hands. In fact, all the hands in the photos were nearly identical. What differed from picture to picture was what they were holding. Objects included a caulking gun, a power drill, a handsaw or a 0.45 calibre handgun.The researchers duly found that the handgun holders were judged to be 0.2 inches (0.5cm), 0.5 inches and 2.3 inches taller than those who held a saw, drill and caulking gun, respectively. These results more or less matched the scores on the other two formidability measures, with the gun-holders consistently coming top. They also reflected the perceived relative danger posed by each object, as determined in a separate study.The team also re-ran the test with large kitchen knives instead of guns and the results were the same. The primitive parts of our brain are hardwired for threat analysis and when they recognize additional dangers, this is apparently how they tell us. However, most people would agree that radiating waves of yellow energy would be a far superior means of demonstrating fighting prowess than something as subtle as an extra two inches. [The Economist]Reply40 repliesLeave a reply


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An [agency] employee requests reconsideration of our settlement denying his claim for pay retention. The settlement is affirmed.
Title 5, CFR, section 536.104(a) lists certain situations in which there is mandatory entitlement to pay retention. None of these situations appear to apply to this case. Pay retention is not applicable when an employee is reduced in grade or pay at the employee's request. 5 CFR 536.105(a)(3).
FAA Order 3550.11A, paragraph 9d(7) states that the agency has determined that pay retention shall be extended to any eligible employee whose rate of basic pay would otherwise be reduced because the employee no longer meets a specific condition or requirement of employment (including medical standards) established by the agency or OPM.
In this case, the employee asserts that he accepted a lower-graded position for medical reasons. To support his claim, the employee enclosed a letter from the Department of Labor accepting his claim for job-related injuries to his left foot and right toe and offering to pay for surgery to treat the injuries. The treatment of his injuries, though, which may involve a relatively brief period of time, do not establish that he was medically disqualified from holding the higher-graded position. As noted in the original settlement, the [agency's] Deputy Regional Flight Surgeon determined that the employee was not medically disqualified from serving in the higher-graded position when he accepted the transfer to the lower-graded position. Accordingly, we affirm the agency's determination that the employee's transfer was voluntary and, therefore, that he does not qualify for pay retention.


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On my daily drive to work at 25 mph through the Sanctuary on Steamboat Boulevard, I ran the stop sign and was pulled over by two police officers.
This was at 8:20 a.m. on opening day of the Sheraton Golf Course, which doesn't open until 9 a.m., and the back nine was not yet open. The officers explained the Sheraton had requested their presence to prevent accidents.
So I got caught and justly so -- I ran the stop sign. Anyone who travels that route must know that besides that stop sign, there are other warning signs in iridescent yellow, "State Law, Yield To Pedestrians In Crosswalk" and flashing lights at other crossings. Do we need all those warnings, police presence etc. on a road less traveled?
Let's take a look at Mount Werner Circle at the Steamboat Grand. There are the same iridescent signs and one picture sign of a pedestrian crossing in an area with much heavier pedestrian, auto, truck, bus and resort vehicle traffic and no stop sign or police presence. I have seen many near misses and accidents at this busy place.
The golf course/ski crossing is overkill.
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First Solar, the world's largest maker of thin-film panels, may win a contract to supply NextEra Energy for what would be the world's biggest solar farm.
First Solar may be the only manufacturer with the capacity to supply enough thin-film panels for NextEra's Blythe project, which is evaluating the technology, Ben Schuman, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities in Portland, Oregon, said today in an interview.
NextEra is considering thin-film cadmium telluride solar panels as one possible technology for its 1,000-megawatt Blythe project in southern California, according to a document filed with the California Energy Commission Sept. 24.
"It would definitely be a positive for First Solar if they were able to win a 1,000-megawatt project," Schuman said today in an interview.
NextEra hasn't decided on a panel supplier for the project and may use more than one, said Steven Stengel, a spokesman for the Juno Beach, Florida-based power company.
First Solar, based in Tempe, Arizona, is already working with the power company on another project, the 550-megawatt Desert Sunlight power plant in Riverside County, California, that's jointly owned by NextEra and General Electric Co.
First Solar also built a 21-megawatt project in the city of Blythe for NRG Energy that was commissioned in 2009 and sells electricity to Edison International's Southern California Edison utility under a 20-year contract.
Blythe purchase
NextEra received approval June 27 from a bankruptcy court to purchase Blythe from the former developer, the bankrupt SolarTrust of America.
First Solar is building the 290-megawatt Agua Caliente solar farm in Arizona for NRG. It's 85 per cent complete with about 250 megawatts of capacity in operation, making it the world's biggest solar project producing electricity, according to First Solar.
First Solar rose 11 per cent to $US23.11 at the close in New York. The shares have declined 68 per cent in the past year. Alan Bernheimer, a First Solar spokesman, declined to comment on a potential agreement with NextEra.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- As a stream of traffic queued up on the highways leading back to New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin decided Wednesday to let residents who fled Hurricane Gustav back after all - with a stern warning the city was still vulnerable.
Most neighborhoods did not have power, hospitals were running on generators and most businesses remained shuttered. Nagin initially said residents should wait until early Thursday to come back. But those who live here, knowing this storm was no Katrina, were begging to get back home and sleep in their own beds.
"In my humble opinion, I think we're forcing the issue, but we're just going to deal with it," Nagin told WWL-TV. "I am really uncomfortable with this repopulation right now."
Nagin said he felt he had no choice but to lift the mandatory evacuation, because surrounding communities started to let people back in Wednesday. Worried about potential looting of still-vacant properties, he said the city would maintain its dusk-to-dawn curfew indefinitely.
Those trying to make their way home were angry it took so long for officials to let them return after Gustav's Monday strike. George Johnson, 41, was glad to heed the call to leave - but said he would stay put next time because returning was such a hassle.
"People need to get home, need to get their houses straight and get back to work," said Johnson, 41, who used back roads to get into the city Tuesday night. "They want to keep you out of your own property. That's just not right."
After spending days in motels, with family, or in hot, overcrowded shelters, evacuees returned to a new set of problems. There were still nearly 1.2 million homes and businesses in Louisiana without power, including about 77,000 in New Orleans.
While those numbers are down from the immediate aftermath of the storm, the main transmission lines into southern Louisiana are crippled. The state said it will be as long a month - in the dank heat of the Louisiana summer - before the air conditioning returns for all.
"There is no excuse for the delay. We absolutely need to quicken the pace at which power is restored," said Gov. Bobby Jindal. "I cannot emphasize it enough, it is the number one obstacle."
Parts of Jefferson Parish appeared eerily frozen in time, even as some convenience stores and other businesses were beginning to reopen. A sign outside a Catholic church, for example, still advertised a Katrina anniversary mass, scheduled for last Friday.
After flying over flooded fields and downed trees on a tour of the state's hard-hit areas, President Bush said the response to Gustav has been "excellent" while cautioning there was more work to be done.
"One of the key things that needs to happen is that they've got to get electricity up here in Louisiana," Bush said. "There's a lot of folks from the states that are working hard to restring the lines."
A levee broke in Plaquemines Parish, and National Guard helicopters were bringing in sandbags to plug it. The break was threatening a small group of houses, said parish spokeswoman Karen Boudrie.
"It looks like someone just took a bite out of the levee," Boudrie said.
The lack of power was holding back the other critical needs - including gasoline and hospital care - confronting the nearly 2 million people returning to coastal Louisiana after heeding the call to flee from Gustav.
Without electricity, gas stations can't pump their fresh stocks of fuel. Hospitals running on generators, some of which had already moved patients who they feared would suffer without air conditioning, were running low on fuel and could be forced to close entirely.
The public hospital in Baton Rouge was being partially evacuated because of power problems, with patients sent to Texas and Mississippi facilities, Jindal said.
In Jefferson Parish, which reopened to all residents Wednesday, officials reported that most of their sewage stations were out of service because there was no power. The parish urged residents not to flush toilets, wash clothes or dishes, or even take showers, worried that an overwhelmed system will backup and send sewage overflowing in home and businesses.
"This is a bit of concern," parish spokeswoman Patricia Borne said. "We don't know how many people will be coming in."
Nearly 80,000 people remain in shelters in Louisiana and surrounding states. In Texas, officials said they hoped to have the several thousand there back in their homes by Thursday. But New Orleans didn't expected to begin bringing back the estimated 18,000 residents who didn't have the means to evacuate on their own until this weekend.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the Federal Emergency Management Agency was working to register evacuees for federal aid, with employees heading into shelters to sign people up. FEMA will also pay hotel bills for evacuees after they sign up for individual assistance, he said.
The state has generally been quiet after the storm, as officials had handed out more than 331,000 meals-ready-to-eat, 748,800 bottles of water and 920,000 bags of ice at distribution centers set up around the state. Jindal said National Guard soldiers shot at two or three people attempting to loot a supply truck, and the two fled uninjured.
"It's not going to be tolerated. We will defend ourselves, and rightfully so," said Maj. Michael Kazmierzak, a spokesman for the Louisiana National Guard.
As the migration back into Louisiana began, what's left of Gustav moved north into Arkansas, knocking out power to nearly 100,000 homes and businesses there as lashing winds and several inches of rain caused flash flooding in parts of the state. A number of schools were closed as water inundated saturated ground and creeped up onto roads.
Several roads remained closed in Mississippi, where nine casinos that closed as the storm approached were given permission Wednesday to reopen.
Gustav's death toll jumped to at least 16 in the U.S., with most coming in traffic accidents, and two in a post-storm tornado. The storm killed 94 during its march through the Caribbean. Early insurance industry estimates put the expected damage to covered properties at anywhere from $2 billion to $10 billion. That's high, but well short of Katrina's $41 billion.
In the Caribbean, Tropical Storm Hanna pounded flood-plagued Haiti just days after Gustav added to the misery of a country that has lost more than 100 lives to mudslides and flooding in the past month. The storm is expected to change course and head for the U.S. coast after sweeping across the Bahamas.
Farther out to sea, Tropical Storm Ike marched westward across the Atlantic and could arrived in the Bahamas on Sunday as a hurricane. Tropical Storm Josephine was just behind, gaining strength as that storm's winds topped 60 mph.
There were very few gas stations open in New Orleans, but at one that was running, the consensus seemed to be that residents preferred to rough it at home, even though it was going to be awhile before the city was truly back on its feet.
"Everybody knows it's going to be miserable here for a while," said Brendell John, 50. "It always is after a hurricane. The quicker you get back, the quicker you get back to normal."
Associated Press Writers Kevin McGill in New Orleans, Janet McConnaughey and Alan Sayre in Hammond, Michael Kunzelman in Morgan City and Melinda Deslatte in Baton Rouge contributed to this report.
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SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) -- Ronald Reagan's name is enshrined on an airport, an aircraft carrier, belt buckles and highways. His likeness - with that sunny smile - appears on drink coasters, statues, talking dolls and a Rose Bowl Parade float.
Conservatives make the pilgrimage to his presidential library in Simi Valley, a showcase of all things Reagan. Presidential candidates debate there, hoping to be dubbed heir to the Reagan legacy. Even President Barack Obama invokes his name.
As the 100th anniversary of his birth approaches on Feb. 6, and a generation after he left the White House, the nation's 40th president is held in higher esteem now than when he was in office. Still, the popular image of "The Gipper" - resolute, square-shouldered, unfailingly optimistic - overlooks a more complicated presidency - and person.
Do Americans, less than a decade after his death, have a clear idea of who he was?
"No," says historian Kevin Starr.
How did a former radio announcer, middling actor and union leader in Hollywood become a titanic figure in American history?
Even with his reputation as the Great Communicator, "there remains something opaque, something ... even mysterious in Ronald Reagan," Starr says.
This week the nation will celebrate Reagan's life, with tributes from a video to be shown at the Super Bowl in Dallas to a Beach Boys concert in California. Senators will pay tribute in floor speeches in Washington, and Sarah Palin will address a banquet on Friday night in Reagan's honor in Santa Barbara, near his beloved ranch.
Long a Republican hero, Reagan was praised for his role ending the Cold War, kick-starting an ailing economy and coaxing Americans out of a collective funk. At turns revered on the right and reviled on the left in his 1980s heyday, Americans now rank him among their most admired presidents.
But the Reagan myth can obscure Reagan the man.
The president's 52-year-old son, Ron, says he sometimes doesn't recognize the pop culture-version of his father, the man held up as a patriarch of Republican politics. And he thinks attempts to idolize his father, known for his modesty, miss the point.
"When we are electing presidents we are electing human beings and all human beings have flaws," Reagan tells The Associated Press.
In his recently published book, "My Father at 100," Reagan describes his father as "warm yet remote" and "easy to love yet hard to know."
"You may think you know Ronald Reagan, or at least the 90 percent or so that was so long and frequently on public display," he writes. "However, even to those of us who were closest to him, that hidden 10 percent remains a considerable mystery."
Perhaps not surprising for a former actor, Reagan is often remembered for his best lines: "Trust, but verify," his warning about Soviet relations; "Our enemy is no longer Red Coats, but red ink" and other jeremiads about big government and spending; and references to the "shining city upon a hill," which recalls a 17th-century sermon.
But Reagan is sometimes misunderstood, adopted for causes or ideas that don't dovetail neatly with his record in office.
Reagan is seen as an apostle of lower taxes, but he supported what was then the largest tax increase in California history when he served as governor, from 1967 to 1975.
Cutting deals with Democratic leaders in Congress, he slashed and raised taxes during his White House days.
The debt held by the public climbed on his watch - from $712 billion in 1980 to $2 trillion in 1988, and he never presented a balanced budget to Congress during his eight years in office.
The president remembered for a massive military buildup also proposed abolishing nuclear weapons.
Known for traditional, Christian values, he was divorced and remarried and, according to his son's book, received a D-grade in a college course on Christ's life.
He's often embraced by conservatives who want to see Social Security privatized, yet Reagan blessed a 1982 Social Security commission's blueprint for solvency that generated almost three decades of surpluses.
Conservative bristle at proposals to provide amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants, but a 1986 law signed by Reagan established a one-year amnesty program for illegal immigrants who'd been in the United States at least four years. An estimated 2.7 million people took advantage.
Talk radio and cable TV are thick with praise for Reagan, yet the president was a pragmatic politician who compromised with Democrats and counted House Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill among his friends.
In some cases, "he didn't do exactly what people are crediting him with, particularly on the right," Reagan biographer Lou Cannon says.
Reagan was born Feb. 6, 1911, in tiny Tampico, Ill., and attended Eureka College roughly 100 miles away. He worked in Iowa as a radio broadcaster before relocating to Los Angeles, where he began a career in acting. A one-time Democrat, he changed his registration in 1962.
As Reagan's reputation grew in recent years, it has overshadowed troubled periods of his presidency, including the Iran-Contra arms scandal and the fight over the "Star Wars" missile defense initiative.
On Sunday, a 3-minute video tribute to Reagan will air during the Super Bowl, a film that commemorates his birth and could further burnish his legacy.
Since he left office, conservatives have worked to build his stature, making him for Republicans what President John F. Kennedy is for generations of Democrats. Last year, a congressman proposed replacing Ulysses S. Grant's portrait with Reagan's on the $50 bill.
For Americans, Reagan as president keeps looking better.
"He's passed on into mythology now," says former Reagan speechwriter and adviser Peter Hannaford, who worked on Reagan's 1976 and 1980 campaigns. With the passage of time "the positives get stronger and stronger, and the details of what worked well and what didn't work so well fall away, particularly the things that didn't."
About two years after he left the White House, he logged a 54 percent approval rating, according to the Gallup poll, with 44 percent disapproving. By November 2010, he notched a 74 percent approval rating in a Gallup survey, second only to Kennedy's 85 percent. About a quarter said they disapproved of the way Reagan handled his presidency in that poll.
Charles Tixier, an oil engineer from New Orleans, is among the admirers.
Tixier, 59, walked the exhibits of the newly renovated Reagan library last month, moving past the Air Force One the president used, a slab of the Berlin Wall and other glimpses of Reagan-era Washington.
Reagan "inspired you to believe again," he says. "We've lived off his ideas."
Cannon credits Reagan for leaving the world a safer place, and says his deficits pale in comparison to those of his successors.
He says Reagan's rising stature is due partly to the presidents he is measured against. He succeeded Jimmy Carter, a one-term president, and was followed by another one-termer, George H.W. Bush. Bill Clinton's tenure was marred by a sex scandal, and George W. Bush left the nation two wars and a devastated economy.
"Reagan didn't have a hard act to follow and he was followed by acts that weren't wonderful either," Cannon says. "I think he deserves to be recognized, if he's not always recognized for the right reason."
Nearly seven years after his death, much of the fine print of the Reagan story remains in boxes below the hilltop museum. There are 60 million pages of documents, most of which are from his presidency.
Only about a quarter of those records can be seen today, and it could take 30 years before the trove of material is fully reviewed, organized and made accessible to the public. A team of archivists cleared 1.5 million pages last year for release.
In the meantime, history awaits.
Reagan's tenure "is glossed over. Image has become so important. People remember `Morning in America,'" a campaign slogan, says presidential scholar Robert Dallek, whose books include "Ronald Reagan: The Politics of Symbolism."
"The big question is when will historians be able to read the records in sufficient numbers to make a closer assessment of what his presidency was really like."


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Artist | Selection | Album (Label / Recording date) |
Theme Music: James Brown |
Cold Sweat, pt. 1 |
b/w Cold Sweat, pt. 2
(King 1967) |
Talkover Music: Kodo |
Sai-So (Strobe's Satori Beats) |
(Sony Japan 1999) |
Masahiko Satoh & Soundbreakers | Side 1 |
(Liberty 1971) |
Talkover Music: Kodo |
Sai-So (Ibuki Reconstruction by DJ Krush) |
(Sony Japan 1999) |
Closing Theme: Specks Williams |
We Gave the Drummer Some |
b/w Specks' Blues
(Jax 1960s) |
Listener comments! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 5:52pm
Holly in NC:
Glad you're out of toro, Doug, it's an indefensible choice these days ;-0 | |
Tue. 1/31/12 5:52pm
listener james from westwood:
good tuesday all! evening doug! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 5:55pm
i really like grilled eel. yum. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 5:57pm
Doug Schulkind:
I have to admit I'm not sure what you're referring to, Holly! But I'm glad to be outta there, um, too. Good evening LJFW! Glenn, I am an anagi addict. I've got an eel-sauce IV drip right here. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 5:59pm
Evening Doug and everyone! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:00pm
Doug Schulkind:
Hey ndbob, so glad you came! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:01pm
Ryuichi Montalban:
Konnichiwa, Drum Some-San! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:01pm
listener james from westwood:
howdy bob, glenn, holly. never could steel myself for sushi. i'm always that chicken-teriyaki guy when my gang makes a run for japanese food. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:03pm
Ryuichi Montalban:
I love sushi, but my lousy endocrine system hates it. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:04pm
Doug Schulkind:
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and Ryuichi! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:05pm
me too James - though given the absence of any Asian food here other then fourth rate Chinese, it's academic. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:06pm
Richard from Venezuela:
Hello Doug and listeners. Great today's topic. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:08pm
Doug Schulkind:
Greetings, Richard! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:10pm
listener james from westwood:
for a while, we had dueling sushi joints in westwood, within sight of each other. one finally failed, and was replaced by a mediterranean joint around thanksgiving. a 2nd med. joint opened 2 weeks ago. a new fight begins.... | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:14pm
Sweer, the Ruins! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:15pm
Holly in NC:
I'm jealous of those of you up in the Jersey area you can go to the best sushi restaurant in the US (Miya's in New Haven CT). They don't serve tuna! And while you're in NH you can get the best pizza at Pepe's. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:16pm
We do have good buffalo burgers here:) | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:16pm
Doug Schulkind:
New Haven is known for its pizza yes, but sushi?! The only reason for me to go would be to visit my daughter at Yale, and then I'd be so broke I couldn't afford sushi. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:16pm
Dougie! Dougee! Dougy! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:17pm
Doug Schulkind:
Good afternoon Carmichael and top o' the evening, North GH. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:18pm
duelling sushi. hand rolls at 10 paces. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:20pm
Hey Doug! Love Japanese music. ( quickly skimming the email reminder, I thought YOU were doing the show wearing "nothing but a loincloth" Even though we can't see you, I thought "hmm..that sounds interesting" ) | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:20pm
I had a recent extremely negative experience with sushi, from one of my stalwart fish joints. I have been put off of the handroll for the foreseeable future. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:23pm
Best sushi ever was a small place in Northvale, NJ. Ate lunch there every day for months, would even bring it home for supper. When my company moved, we'd once a week send someone 30 miles to pick up sushi. Yes, it was that good! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:24pm
Holly in NC:
Doug, when you a spare moment back home: http://miyassushi.com/ Really fascinating story! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:26pm
Doug Schulkind:
My favorite sushi jernt has got to be Blue Ribbon on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn. The fish was fresher than me. No lie. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:28pm
The catch and eat can't be beat. Scallop adductor muscle scooped outta the shell oo ah | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:28pm
Darn, I can only find that Ruins cassette on a megaupload link. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:29pm
listener james from westwood:
@Jack: I used to work in Northvale. Were you ever there during one of its flash floods? My coworkers had to be evacuated in the back of an 18-wheeler from Industrial Ave (long, winding street next to a flood-happy stream) when water submerged several of their cars in a little over an hour. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:29pm
Doug Schulkind:
@northguineahills I snagged it from Big In Japan, before the MU meltdown. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:30pm
Doug Schulkind:
Hiya trsh! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:30pm
@Doug, that's the only place I found it. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:33pm
good great-music eve-ning to you. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:33pm
Doug Schulkind:
Can I be called Scallop Abductor from now on? | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:35pm
give the scallop adductor (not abductor) some just doesn't have that ring. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:37pm
swimming the coastal shallows with an empty netbag and a fishing license and it's all scallop abduction | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:37pm
oh. i see. a play on words you were making. i sawwy. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:37pm
Doug Schulkind:
No Glenn, it's "abductor" or I'm outta here. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:40pm
the scarlet pimpernel's original name was the scallop abductor. it's true. ask anyone. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:41pm
@listener James from westwood: ! We were a biotech on Ludlow Ave. right by a small stream bordering the golf course. I don't remember any floods, but I wouldn't be surprised. I was there roughly 1991-1994. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:45pm
Doug Schulkind:
I want to French kiss whoever arranged the strings on this number. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:50pm
very nice track here | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:51pm
listener james from westwood:
Ah, if you got out before 7/94, you missed that particular flood. I commend your timing. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:52pm
Doug Schulkind:
Dear Kazuhiko hung himself in October '09. Still a complete mystery why. At least publicly. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:52pm
Ryuichi Montalban:
that's some lovely fretwork on this track. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:53pm
Ryuichi Montalban:
Reminds me of Rick Bishop, somewhat. Maybe some Fahey in there. I need to look into this guy's stuff! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:56pm
Doug Schulkind:
@Ryuichi I posted Super Gas on the Motherlode last week (or the week before). Not sure if the link is still good. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:57pm
Doug Schulkind:
Here is a working link for Super Gas: bit.ly... Enjoy! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 6:59pm
Ryuichi Montalban:
Thanks, Doug! Damn, never really realized how prevalent Megaupload links were across the blogosphere until now! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:00pm
Doug Schulkind:
We are going over the waterfall, friends. Just can't the one more track after this... @Ryuichi A painful discovery, to be sure. The scope of the cultural devastation in the wake of MU's extinguishing is hard to wrap one's head around. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:01pm
Doug Schulkind:
See if you can hear Akiko sing "Mamas and Papas" in this next number. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:02pm
listener james from westwood:
damn wireless modem has been in & out all show; will dl this one & revel in the waterfall later on. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:04pm
Doug Schulkind:
No, LJFW, I've been jacking the volume up and down. I thought it would sound "cool." Sorry. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:04pm
sure can Doug. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:04pm
Ryuichi Montalban:
I was always delighted when a post led to a MU link, as they seemed active longer, where less likely to be deleted, etc. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:05pm
Ryuichi Montalban:
Rapidshare is a royal pain in the ass, either for the downloader or the uploader. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:06pm
excellent Doug! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:07pm
Fresh outta the ocean, good. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:08pm
listener james from westwood:
whoo! dorothy ashby! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:09pm
Doug Schulkind:
G'night everybuddy! See y'all Fr'day! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:09pm
Rapidshare is a pain, but at least it's still up and operating, as are some other sites whom I'm afraid to mention by name. | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:09pm
Thanks as always Doug! | |
Tue. 1/31/12 7:10pm
Doug Schulkind:
Forgot to say: Look for all-Japanese Motherlode tomorrow on WFMU's blog!!!!! | |
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Actress Lindsay Lohan turned herself in and was officially booked yesterday, after agreeing to go to rehab for the sixth time as part of a plea deal Monday. So what does this really mean for the star's future - and future sobriety?
The Hollywood actress pled no contest to misdemeanor reckless driving and providing false information to police, charges resulting from a car crash in Santa Monica last June.
For the first time, Lohan's treatment will take place in a "lock down" rehab facility. This means Lohan will be in treatment round the clock and won't be able to leave the facility for any reason. Even after a few weeks, when patients typically can earn the privilege of an off-grounds trip, Lohan will not be eligible. "No day passes. You can't leave," California Superior Court Judge James Dabney told Lohan, warning her that if she did leave it would be considered a violation of her sentence.
The plea deal requires five days of jail time, but Lohan won't actually serve time; those days will be rolled into her time in rehab. In addition to the three-month program, Lohan's sentence includes 30 days of community service, 18 months of psychological treatment, a fine and restitution. The deal also extends for two years her probation for her 2011 crime of stealing a necklace. The Judge required proof by May 2nd that Lohan is enrolled in a program.
Where Will Lohan Go?
Celebrity rehab stints are kept strictly private to avoid subjecting the star - and her fellow patients - to paparazzi and fans, so it's not usually possible to learn this type of information until afterwards. But this will be Lohan's first experience of full-time "lock down" treatment; in the past she has been allowed to leave her programs for filming and meetings.
Lohan's last rehab stint was at the Betty Ford Center in late 2010. While there, she was involved in an incident - later the subject of a lawsuit - in which she and a fellow patient snuck out of the facility and returned (reportedly) drunk and belligerent, at which point Lohan got into a confrontation with a counselor.
Prior to entering the Betty Ford Center, Lohan voluntarily moved into the Pickford Lofts, an inpatient sober-living facility run by Robert Shapiro, best known as O.J. Simpson's lawyer. Simpson founded the facility after his son died of a drug overdose.
Several news sources have New York Daily News reported that Lohan hopes to choose a program in the New York area. Lohan will be paying for the program herself.
Which Treatment Works Best?
First off, any program is better than no program. National data show that 23.2 million Americans struggle with addiction, and of those only 10 percent are receiving help. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) joined together a few years ago to try to change that with a public health campaign centered around a documentary, Addiction, that aired on HBO and is available as a public health campaign as well.
The campaign seeks to re-educate Americans to the view that addiction is a brain disease and presents convincing evidence that drug and alcohol abuse causes neurological changes that can be seen in brain imaging studies. The good news is that these breakthroughs in understanding are slowly leading to some changes in treatment.
The biggest of the breakthroughs NIDA and NIAAA want you to know about is the use of medications to treat addiction and prevent relapse. Two are currently in use:Aacamprosate (Campral), which has been found to reduce cravings, and Naltrexone (Revia), which breaks the brain's reward cycle. (There's also an older medication, disulfiram (Antabuse), which basically makes you feel sick if you drink.)
In the works, though, is something much more exciting: The use of topiramate, an anti-convulsive drug, which shows potential to correct brain chemical imbalances that trigger the cycle of craving and reward. Several recent studies have recently demonstrated the effectiveness of topiramate for alcoholism and cocaine addiction, and more studies are planned.
This is all good news. But the truth is that the type of addiction treatment offered in private residential facilities has not changed much over time, and does not typically take advantage of new options available through medically-based therapy.
Spend celebrity-scale dollars and you get celebrity-scale rehab facilities, which certainly can look more like posh resorts than medical treatment centers. And there's an argument to be made that if you make a facility comfortable enough, patients might stay long enough that they discover how much more pleasant it is to be sober.
But it's what goes on behind the walls, not the elegance of the walls themselves that matters. As Anne Krueger reports in Health.com, most private residential treatment centers utilize a 12-step based program centering around one-on-one and group therapy and support groups.
Will Rehab Work This Time?
No one can predict whether rehab will work for anyone, and Lohan is no exception. But it's widely accepted among addiction experts that addiction therapy can only be effective if the alcoholic or addict truly believes she has a problem and wants to get sober. Simply complying with a judge's orders isn't enough; internal motivation and commitment is key.
Accurate data on rehab treatment program success are very difficult to come by. According to the treatment discharge data kept by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), only 47 percent of the 1.5 million people are discharged from state-licensed substance abuse facilities each year completed their course of treatment. Only 42 states report this data into the national system, so this is not a complete picture. Interestingly, the highest success rates were at hospital residential treatment programs, which had a 70 percent completion rate. Private, long-term residential care programs like those Lohan enters have a 44 percent completion rate. And outpatient programs have just a 40-percent completion rate.


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FAYETTEVILLE, AR - The Arkansas baseball team (27-16) scored early and often as they completed the series sweep with a 15-3 drubbing of Northwestern State (22-19) Wednesday afternoon at Baum Stadium.
The offense provided a four-run second inning and never looked back, as Brian Anderson and Eric Fischer went a combined 4-for-8 on the day, driving in seven runs and scoring five. Jake Wise also contributed offensively, going 2-for-4, with two runs batted in and two runs scored. The team totaled 13 hits on the day, scoring runs in four consecutive innings.
Starting pitcher Alex Phillips went three innings allowing three hits and one earned run. Dominic Taccolini earned the win, pitching two shutout innings and allowing three hits. The bullpen came up big, as Taccolini, Simpson, Teague, and L. Phillips combined for 6.0 innings of relief, allowing five hits, and two earned runs.
After a quiet first, the offense was sparked by a Brian Anderson single to left field in the second inning. Anderson went 2-for-3 on the day, with three RBI, and three runs scored. The offense continued to surge in the third with Eric Fisher's team-leading seventh home run as he drove in a pair.
Anderson provided his fourth long ball of the year in the fourth inning, extending the Arkansas' lead to 9-1. The Razorbacks finished the afternoon with a four-run eighth inning to give them all the runs they would need in a 15-3 victory.
Arkansas caps a nine-game homestand this weekend, welcoming Auburn to town for a three-game SEC series at Baum Stadium. First pitch Friday is slated for 6:35 p.m., followed by a 6:05 p.m. start Saturday and a 1:05 p.m. first pitch Sunday.
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An offbeat comedy about two dirt-poor, simple-minded brothers who go in search of a surrogate mom and find more than they bargained for, "Dirt" is a zany and inspired item in the Coen brothers mold.
An offbeat comedy about two dirt-poor, simple-minded brothers who go in search of a surrogate mom and find more than they bargained for, "Dirt" is a zany and inspired item in the Coen brothers mold. Whether its quirkiness reps too great a gamble for potential distributors is open to question, but it's conceivable this item could gain a steady arthouse following; even so, a more enticing title wouldn't hurt.
Think "Raising Arizona" meets "Happy, Texas," and you get a feel for the texture of "Dirt." As the story begins, brothers Junior (Michael Covert) and Scooter (Trace Fraim), both grown men, are burying their mother in the West Texas hills. Opening moments establish pic's intriguingly eccentric tone: We don't know whether they're murderers or loving sons, but one thing is clear: These emotionally underdeveloped boys need someone to look after them. Their first attempt to find a replacement mom has the boys meeting a hooker (an outrageously campy Jennifer Tilly), who swindles them for $35. Their next effort seems equally doomed: When they kidnap DeDe (Tara Choco), a fetching cashier at the Piggly Wiggly, she is initially outraged, but it turns out she has her own reasons for wanting a new life: Married to Vincent (Patrick Warburton), a violent and philandering sheriff, she yearns to find a stable home for her baby daughter. After no end of complications, the boys and the sheriff finally all meet in prison and settle their business, but by this point the story has taken several unexpected turns, so the final act packs a number of surprises. Co-directors Fraim and Covert (the latter of whom wrote the movie as a valentine to his late mom), imbue the proceedings with an endearingly goofy charm. Perfs are first rate, with special kudos to Warburton (Puddy from "Seinfeld"), who plays the beer-bellied, pistol-swinging heavy with a villainous intensity that recalls J.T. Walsh. Almost unrecognizable, though unforgettable, is Luke Perry in a bit part as Vincent's lisping lawyer. Tech assets include brisk editing by William Fletcher and Rod Dean and impressive lensing by Seo Mutarevic; juxtaposing washed-out henna landscapes with crisp blue skies, Mutarevic ably captures and defines the characters' milieu.Dirt
A Canned Pictures presentation. Produced by Trudi Callon, Kirk Hassig. Co-producer, Joanne Hoffman.
Directed by Michael Covert, Trace Fraim. Screenplay, Covert.
Camera (FotoKem color), Seo Mutarevic; editors, William Fletcher, Rod Dean; music, Tommy Coster; music supervisor, Allan Mason; production designer, Cody Rogers; costume designer, Beth Goodman; sound (Dolby), Srdjan Popovic; casting, Jami Rudofsky. Reviewed at L. A. Film Festival, April 28, 2001. Running time: 110 MIN.
Junior - Michael Covert
Scooter - Trace Fraim
Vincent - Patrick Warburton
DeDe - Tara Chocol
Margaret - Olivia Rosewood
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Pictures from the final episode of Game of Thrones Season 4, "The Children," have been released. The batch includes new looks at Meera, Bran and Hodor in the North, Arya and The Hound, and Daenerys in her throne room. This is a just a small taste of what we can expect to see in four short days, here's to a grand finale!
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Hello, my name is Mike, from Canada, and this is for ello.org. The question is do you make New Year's resolutions?
Well, to be perfectly honest, I only make New Year's resolutions when I know that I can keep them for sure, because if I make a New Year's resolution that I don't think I will live up to, I definitely won't make that resolution, because I don't want to be a person that breaks the resolutions he made for the New Year. That's not a very good way to start the New Year. So yes, when I do have a goal that I know I will stick to, I announce it that I will make this New Year's resolution, and I stick to that, and aside from that I just keep my mouth shut and have a good New Year's.
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However, Queen Mary's (1553–1558) persecution of her Protestant subjects caused many to flee to the continent to avoid imprisonment or execution. Geneva, Switzerland soon became a center for Protestant biblical scholarship. It was there that a group of the movement's leading lights gathered to undertake a fresh translation of the scriptures into English, beginning in 1556.
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Nice Pete. It will be interesting to see how all the flys vary.
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Since most of the swap flies will likely be crunched in the mail, one easy trick to restore hackles is to steam the fly over a kettle.
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Pete, I like your use of the red wire instead of the usual copper. It looks great.
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Review: New name, new life for Ram
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Never mind that, almost since its inception, a leaping Ram was used as Dodge's radiator mascot. Never mind that over the past few decades, many Dodge trucks have used the name Ram.
Starting with the 2013 model year, the trucks produced by Chrysler will be known as Rams, not Dodge Rams. Ram is now more than a model name; it's a marquee in its own right, alongside Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep.
Semantics aside, the Ram sees some significant improvements this year, although you might be hard-pressed to tell from the exterior, unless you already own a Ram truck.
So you might not notice that the grille, lighting, hood and wheels are new. Or that each trim level is given distinctive grille textures to their price point. But you might sense that this year's grille is 30 mm taller than the 2012 model's.
Subtlety hasn't been part of this truck's DNA for some time. But the Ram does look more refined, mostly because of its improved aerodynamics aimed at improving fuel economy. But most importantly, the truck's driveline has been replaced.
The 2012 Dodge Ram used a wheezy 215-horsepower 3.7-liter V-6 that produced a mere 215 horsepower and, with its ancient four-speed automatic transmission, returned fuel economy of 14 mpg city, 20 mpg highway. You can almost hear the oil barons raising a toast to this engine.
Mercifully, that driveline has been replaced for 2013 by Chrysler's new 305-hp 3.6-liter "Pentastar" V-6 engine and new eight-speed automatic transmission, which has been dubbed the "TorqueFlite 8."
This heart transplant transforms the base Ram pickup from a truck that you're stuck with because you can't afford a V-8 into a truck well worth considering – especially if you're looking for better fuel economy.
The standard rear-drive Ram V-6 returns 17 mpg city, 25 mpg highway according to the EPA. Opt for the fuel-efficient HFE model, and it gains an extra mile per gallon around town.
Of course, fuel economy is useless if you can't haul or tow. Here too, Ram has it covered. The new V-6 has an additional 90 horsepower when compared to the old V-6, an increase of 42 percent. Fuel economy has also increased by more than 20 percent. Towing is now rated at 6,500 pounds.
For those who must have a V-8 engine, the 310-hp 4.7-liter V-8 returns, although you have to wonder why. The superior fuel economy and similar power of the V-6 renders this engine redundant. The 395-hp Hemi 5.7-liter V-8 is a better choice. Both V-8s are mated to the six-speed automatic used last year, but the Hemi V-8 will be paired with the new TorqueFlight 8 transmission later this year.
While the Ram folks were fiddling around, they made all sorts of changes to things that you can't see but can feel, like the optional air suspension system first used on the Grand Cherokee. It allows the ride to be controlled automatically or through one of five modes. "Normal" is the default mode, which sets ground clearance at 8.7 inches. "Aero Mode" lowers the truck a half inch. In contrast, "Off-road 1" raises the Ram 1.2 inches higher than "Normal" mode, while "Off-road 2" lifts the truck 2 inches. Finally, "Park Mode" lowers the vehicle 2 inches below "Normal" for easier entry and exit.
Both rear-wheel and four-wheel drive is offered. At the press introduction for the Ram, I had the chance to sample two Crew Cab models: an SLT equipped with the V-6 and eight-speed transmission, and a top-of-the-line Laramie Longhorn 4 x 4 with the Hemi V-8 and six-speed transmission.
What's surprising is how satisfying the new V-6 is for most applications. Unless you're hauling something truly heavy, the V-6 should provide all of the power you need. The new eight-speed shifts promptly and helps the V-6 easily return or exceed its EPA mileage ratings.
Handling is a pleasant surprise for a pickup.
The suspension is well controlled when driving on road, yet soft enough to remain comfortable in off-road situations or on construction sites. Like the rest of the truck, the Ram has seen extensive interior upgrades, making even lesser models much more pleasant. While high-end models get stitched leather trim and real walnut veneer, lower models still have plenty of soft surfaces and nicely textured plastics.
Ram folks have really tried to enhance the driving experience. Two thoughtful touches make the point. First, the electric door locks now also lock the tailgate and the optional Ram Boxes, the built-in storage boxes integrated into the side of the cargo bed. Secondly, the truck can now be transformed into a wireless hot spot, handy for those who use their trucks as rolling offices.
Like many models throughout Chrysler's lineup, taken together, these changes clearly make the 2013 Ram 1500 far superior to the 2012 Dodge Ram it replaces – no matter what you may call it.
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I just wanted to say hello and see where everyone is. I often feel very outnumbered in a male dominated pasttime. I would really like to hear from other women who love to sail.
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hi windrunner..i am new to sailing but just wanted to check in with you to talk to an experienced woman sailor! I am 43 with two little boys and am buying a boat this spring for all of us to learn on. I understand about being in a male dominated sport, i taught scuba diving for many years on the east coast and florida keys..I have family in west texas..And i also understand being landlocked here in iowa..but fortunately is a 19,000 square foot lake about an hour from here. So take care and hope to hear from you soon! Erika1
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anytips for seasickness..love the water and sailing but am very sensitive to motion and get quesy easily..forget ginger ale and ginger..dont work..know anything about the patches?? Thanks! Erika
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Erika, Hi,
Try boat bands. They are little wrist bans with a small plastic bead that fit snugly on your wrists. Using a theory similar to acupressure, the beads "hit the spot" that helps alleviate motion sickness. Also, NEVER eat anything with tomatoes in it the night before you go sailing. There''s something in the acid that triggers the motion sickness reaction like no other acidic food I know. Happy sailing, and welcome to the sport/lifestyle! Laura Spanton |
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Erika: I too get seasick sometimes, and have tried lots of remedies. Now I never go near a boat without Bonine. One tablet is all I need and I can stay out all day. You take it about an hour before you get on the boat. It''s an over-the-counter medication, you can get it at any drugstore. I''ve never tried the armbands, but I have a friend who swears by them.
Interesting to hear you were a scuba instructor. I''m a divemaster right now, trying to decide whether to "bite the bullet" and get my instructor certification. It''s either that or starting up a pet-sitting service. I need a part-time job right now to beef up the kitty. I really do want to live aboard someday. Considering I got a $300 utility bill yesterday (up from $100 the month before), it sounds better and better every day. Wish we all lived close enough to get together for coffee! Wildheart001 |
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hi wildheart..boy i sure could use a coffee clutch right now! That would be great..Bite the bullet! I felt such a great sense of accomplishment getting my teaching certificate and you will always feel great about it even if you never use it. You already know it all,,its just taking it to a higher degree of understanding. So it shouldnt be too hard for you. my instructor was an exnavy seal so the physical requirements were intense..that was 20 years ago. I dont know what it is like now however.
So with regards to the Bonine, do you find yourself drowsey at all. I will be sailing with children and cant afford to be sleepy..I did some research on the net and found many people swear by ginger and those wrist bands..i think i will try a combo of those two first before the bonine. Ah yes...power bills..living aboard does sound much simpler and cheaper for sure. Did you say you are from Georgia? I have a cousin in atlanta who loves to scuba and is single..are you? Ok..thanks for the tip and am counting the days until april..thank God for the chicago boat show this weekend to take the edge off of winter! Ah...will have to take the drool bucket! Happy Sailing, Erika Hi Laura..check your personal page for a response to your message.. |
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Erika: Yes, the physical requirements are still tough, at least for divemaster they were (in my humble opinion). I was so proud of myself for passing the divemaster certification. I was one of the oldest ones in the class (I''m about to be 42!). I''ve heard the instructor certification is not as difficult physically, so if I decide to do it I hope to pass with no problem.
Lucky you having the boat show to attend this weekend! Was it wonderful? What did you see that you liked? Did you go to any of the seminars? I''d love to go to the one in Miami next month, but don''t know if I''ll make it or not. Bonine does NOT make you sleepy, but hopefully the other alternatives will work well for you. I am single, after 18 years of marriage. Stuff happens, I guess. I assume from your posts that you are single as well. Lately I''ve really begun to appreciate the strength of the women I know. Hearing about your plans to sail with your two children aboard puts you in that category as well. Maybe we could chat on personal email sometime instead of a public forum. My email address is in the header, if you want to correspond in that manner. Take care! Wildheart |
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Hi Wildheart. Just found this part of the site and am very impressed with the strings here. I am a single (after 18 years of marriage) liveaboard on the Chesapeake Bay. I sold my house, my stuff, got a kitten and bought a Taswell 43. I absolutely love the lifestyle. Winters in the North are pretty awful though. Shoveling snow off my deck is not my idea of fun but it will be spring soon and I will forget the dark days. I''m learning everyday and would enjoy sharing stories, tips whatever. My intent is to cruise the Caribbean and Bahamas full time. If the stock market would just comply! Drop me a line if you can.
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Hi StrfromtheHeart, good to hear from you. Sounds like we have alot in common.
So what is it like living on the boat? I know the winter must be tough, but I''m sure there are good parts to it as well. I''m the adventurous type, so it sounds great to me. I''d love to hear about your experiences so far. I''m to the point in my life where I want to "do" things rather than "have" things (i.e., the big house full of stuff). Hopefully once spring rolls around I''ll find a buyer for the house. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Sounds like you bought a nice boat. Do you have lots of sailing experience? What is your kitten''s name, and how has he/she adapted to the boat? I work in downtown Atlanta, if there was a lake close enough for me to commute, I''d be living aboard, too. Maybe we''ll see each other sailing around the Caribbean and the Bahamas. That''s my intent as well (and yes, it would be nice if the stock market would rebound!). Take care, and you can reply to me via my personal email if you like (the address is listed above). Wildheart |
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My wife had the same problem. She tried all the arm bands, etc. with no relief. What she does now is take a Dramamine tablet before bed and then a half tablet in the morning on the way to the marina. The first tablet has eight to ten hours to get into her system and the second half tablet gives the first a little kick in the butt. She has eliminated her seasickness with this method. Hope it works for you. Let us know. Ron
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EDITORIAL: Who speaks for the homeowners?
Ordinary taxpayers who believed they'd be well served by the province's transformation of TransLink into a more business-oriented model may soon have second thoughts.
The new appointed board of directors – nearly all with close business or industry ties – will soon vote on how they will apply a special $18-million property tax increase.
Not surprisingly, business groups like the Vancouver Board of Trade want to minimize how much they pay. They're aggressively lobbying behind the scenes to make residential taxpayers share the load – a scenario that would see a $500,000 home pay about $13 extra each year.
It may seem fair, but this situation boils down to a broken promise. The $18 million to be raised would replace what TransLink collected in each of the last two years from its parking stall tax, which was abolished by Victoria after widespread opposition from business groups.
However, TransLink still needs the money to expand the transit system, so the province gave it the ability to levy extra property tax to make up the difference. That replacement tax was originally intended to apply only to business and industrial properties, not residential homes.
But a new round of lobbying by business groups ensued last spring, resulting in a further accommodation by Victoria: TransLink could collect the tax in whatever proportion it wants from any or all property classes, including residential.
So does the board now follow the original intent – as mayors are urging – and force business owners to pay the entire shot, equivalent to a 15 per cent increase in TransLink tax?
Or does it side with its friends in the high echelons of Metro Vancouver's business world, spread the tax onto homeowners as well and make everyone pay about seven per cent more?
A public hearing is planned near Metrotown in Burnaby on Monday before the board decides the issue on March 28 in another closed-door meeting, for which directors will be paid $1,200 each. The amount of this potential tax hike is not a huge hit for homeowners, although any tax increase is unwelcome. Worse, however, is that this decision will be made in secret by an unelected board. And this may be just the first of many decisions by the new TransLink that pit the interests of business against homeowners or transit users or motorists.
None of this should inspire much confidence for those who don't happen to be well-connected captains of industry and commerce.


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"Marvel's Agents of SHIELD" has some big guest stars on tap for the rest of Season 1. Both episode 13 and episode 15 have been announced to have familiar Marvel faces appear in them, while a very recognizable actor will have a multi-episode arc as an agent who used to work with Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson later in the season.
While at the ABC TCA 2014 winter press tour party, Zap2it spoke with leading ladies Elizabeth Henstridge and Chloe Bennet about the upcoming appearances. With Stan Lee slated for Feb. 4's "TRACKS," "Thor: The Dark World's" Jaimie Alexander arriving from Asgard in episode 15 and Bill Paxton soon coming into the fray as Agent John Garrett, there's a lot to be looking forward to.
"Bill is the best person ever. We're a really tight-knit group of people, so it might be intimidating for other guest stars to come on," Bennett gushes about Paxton. "Bill fits right in. He's incredible. He's so funny; I love him and I really like his character. … He is awesome. Everyone's going to love his character."
A recent teaser of "TRACKS" reveals Lee's character, and it was previously revealed that he'll have more than just a cameo in the episode. Though he usually just has a small part when he shows up in MCU movies, the Marvel legend will have a full-fledged character in "Agents of SHIELD."
Henstridge got to work with him on set and describes the experience as being "very out of body." "He was so lovely, very gentlemanly. So much energy! I mean, filming on a train is not an easy thing to do. It's very rickety. He's amazing. You meet him and you think he's 45, and he isn't. He's such a legend; I still can't quite believe it happened," she says. "I hope he comes back."
As for Alexander, this appearance comes after "Agents of SHIELD" had its big "Thor: The Dark World" crossover episode. The fact that she'll be appearing shows that the series isn't going to stop making it's MCU connections just because one of the Marvel movies has come and gone theaters.
"It probably might feel even more like [a crossover] because of why [Lady Sif] comes to Earth," Bennet says. "You'll have to wait and see. I get nervous. [Marvel] probably put a bug on me."
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While shopping at Walmart last Wednesday, I ran into several Monterey folks who I hadn't seen for some time including Martha Bee and Gary Brock.
I saw Gary in October at the Monterey Fair, but I can't tell you the last time I saw Martha Bee. She looked great and it was so nice to see her out and about.
I also ran into Susie Ballard. We chatted for a minute, too. I was telling her what a great time she missed out on by not joining us for the tubing adventure. I told her that I am looking forward to joining them all again in the future.
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