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Emma Pooley hopes Norwich return will involve an Olympic cycling medal
If all goes to plan for Emma Pooley, there will be an Olympic medal literally heading for Norwich on August 2.
The 29-year-old professional cyclist saw her London 2012 participation confirmed on Thursday with a place in Team GB's road race squad.
It means Pooley will compete alongside three GB team-mates in the road race on July 29, before taking on the road time-trial three days later – the event that earned her a silver medal in Beijing four years ago.
So barely five days into the Games, Pooley's duties will be over – in London, at least.
"My mum's birthday is the day after the time-trial and it's a big one, so at least I can go home," said Pooley – with the next question whether she will return from Thorpe St Andrew to the capital to enjoy the rest of the Games?
"It probably depends how it's gone – if I have had a dreadful race I'll probably want to just go away and I'll stay in Norwich and have a bit of a break. On the other hand, if it goes well then probably… I don't know. Fingers crossed."
Pooley made her name with surprise success in Beijing, where her tactical ride in the road race was also rewarded as Nicole Cooke brought home gold for Team GB.
Since then the former Norwich High School for Girls pupil has become one of the top women road racers in the world, taking overall victory in the 2009 Grande Boucle Féminine – the women's Tour de France – as well as an impressive 2010 double of the Tour de L'Aude and world time-trial championship titles, and second in last year's Giro d'Italia.
So while last week's confirmation was pretty much expected, having it confirmed always helps – although don't for one moment think Pooley sees it as a relief.
"I don't want to sound big-headed and I wasn't confident of selection, but the odds looked good – let's put it that way; I was hoping for it," said the ever-modest Pooley.
"It's a bit different from four years ago when it was a surprise almost, and it's not a relief. It's more... it's more settling into the harness. Now it's official, it's time to knuckle down and it's not long to go – which is almost the opposite of relief; more picking up the burden and running with it. I think it will be more of a relief when it's over.
"I think I'm a bit better than I was four years ago. I've had four more years of experience and you build on your fitness year on year.
"I'm a bit of a different cyclist now too. The course in Beijing was very suited to me – or I was very suited to the course maybe, which was why I was selected. I didn't have much experience and I had really minimal expectations, so to then get a medal was really nice.
"It's a bit different this summer because there is a lot more expectation and the course doesn't really suit me. But on the other hand, I hope I've improved – I have been working on it."
The London course arguably does her few favours. But reading between Pooley's lines, it is clear she has made a big effort to ensure that at least her preparations suit what lies ahead in little more than a month's time.
"Personally I would be happier if the course had a massive mountain in it, but that was never likely with the fact it's in London – so tough luck," Pooley added.
"We've known about the course for a while and I've been round it, but the fact the course doesn't suit you doesn't mean you prepare any less well for it.
"I've been trying to improve my flat time-trialling and power, and British Cycling have helped me a lot with wind-tunnel testing to try to improve the aerodynamics of my riding position.
"All you can do is prepare the best you can and try to do your best on the day. There are so many factors that influence how you perform and you have to try to make the best of all of them. And if you do your absolute best and you still don't win, then you put your hand up."
Tactics for the London road race will be decided at a later date – not that Pooley has undertaken the entire 87-mile road race route, for obvious reasons given its West End finish.
"The road race course I've only ridden a section of it, the section around Box Hill," said Zurich-based Pooley. "The central London section, I mean I could've ridden it but it would have been nothing like it will be on the day.
"And frankly the risk of getting injured in the London traffic would've been pretty high – I'm used to riding on the right of the road so I get a bit freaked out on the left now."
The former Cambridge University student admitted living out of the UK has been more than beneficial given the constant talk of the impending Olympics back home.
"Obviously it's really exciting to come back and see how everyone is about it," said the likeable AA Drink-Leontien.nl competitor. "But living abroad, people don't go on about it all the time. My friends know I am a professional cyclist, but it doesn't define your life.
"Most people when they go home from the office say they don't think about work any more, so I quite like the fact I don't have to talk about the Olympics in the evenings and first thing in the morning and every time I go for a coffee with a friend.
"They're interested, but it's definitely good to get away from it because there is only so much pressure and you can't be psyched up the whole time, all day every day about a race – no matter how important it is.
"But it is going to be fantastic while it's on here. It's great the road events are early too…it's going to be Olympic fever and quite exciting, and you can't really relax and enjoy it until your event is over.
"You don't go marching around waving flags when you've got a race the next day."
Pooley will no doubt have plenty of support in Zurich, Cambridge and other places – but there will be plenty in Norwich too.
She added: "There are lots of factors in getting to where you want to go. Having other people to train with is really important and when I go back to Norwich it's great.
"I ride with Velo Club Norwich and they're really friendly – and fast. It's really good training and it's one of the important building blocks in getting to this point, for sure."


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How to carry a submachine pistol concealed?
How to carry a submachine pistol, such as the Mac10 or Uzi concealed?? What kind of holsters are available?
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Used to be a nice rig called the SMZ for the MAC room brooms, buddy of mine used one for his MAC when he carried it, 10 round mag in it, two 32 round mags offside. Yes, it was perfectly legal. Other than that, check for rigs with places like Zahal in Israel, where they might expect to carry UZIs concealed.
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DeSantis made this rig for the UZI and MAC series back in the day. Pretty large and heavy guns to be carrying.
Similar items are/were available for the MP5 K and PDW Of course the Glock 18 can fit any CCW rig made for Glock. here are some UZI SMG holster designs from history. http://files.uzitalk.com/reference/pages/cases.htm |
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The only holster I have personally seen looked like that DeSantis rig.
I believe they have also been commonly carried in briefcases, although that could be slower to access.
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There are two rigs I have seen used that look good.
The U.S. Secret Service has used black over the shoulder slung bags. These came in after President Regan was shot, and the agent had a hard time deploying the stock on his Uzi. The gun was carried on the weak side with the stock extended. A long time ago, the Brits made a hard shell briefcase, with a release under the grip. Carried in the weak hand, muzzle to the rear, when the release was pressed, the sides of the hard case fell away. The 'handle' of the case was attached to the scope mount on an MP5. By twisting the hand, the gun was fired with the strong hand while the weak hand held the case grip. Very fast, total concealment.
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There are a few problems with that setup - I have seen it fired.
1. Aiming - mostly they depend on a laser, which is hard to see in bright sunlight. 2. Technique - If you try to shoot if from the 'carry' position, recoil usually makes you shoot yourself in the leg. The preferred technique was to brace the case laterally just above the belt line. 3. Brass - as brass builds up in the case, it causes jams. Nice idea, looks good in the movies, but I question it's usefulness on the two way range.
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H&K had the Tactical briefcase. http://securityarms.com/20010315/gal...s/0100/132.htm
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Sam Andrews of AndrewsLeather.com used to make an Uzi rig similar to this one:
The pic itself is from his web site. I've used his holsters almost exclusively for over 20 years, great stuff. And No, I don't get a kickback from him, I just really like good gear and he is top notch!
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This film is along the lines of 2001: A Space Odyssey more than your standard space film fare. It's a little more stark and won't really please the masses, but it is a really good film.
The premise of the film is a good one. (taken from IMDB) Sam Bell has a three year contract to work for Lunar Industries. For the contract's entire duration, he is the sole employee based at their lunar station. His primary job responsibility is to harvest and periodically rocket back to Earth supplies of helium-3, the current clean and abundant fuel used on Earth. There is no direct communication link available between the lunar station and Earth, so his only direct real-time interaction is with GERTY (voiced by Kevin Spacey), the intelligent computer whose function is to attend to his day to day needs. With such little human contact and all of it indirect, he feels that three years is far too long to be so isolated; he knows he is beginning to hallucinate as the end of his three years approaches. All he wants is to return to Earth to be with his wife Tess and their infant daughter Eve, who was born just prior to his leaving for this job. With two weeks to go, he gets into an accident at one of the mechanical harvesters and is rendered unconscious. Injured, he awakens back at the station in the infirmary, he assumes assisted by GERTY. GERTY tells him that a rescue team named Eliza will come to the station to clean up the aftermath of the accident. After his recuperation, he takes an unauthorized trip back to the broken harvester, where he makes an unexpected discovery. Because of his find, he begins to doubt his sanity, then his true identity, then the company and GERTY's willingness to do what is best for him. Because of his resulting beliefs, his sole mission becomes how to get back to Earth on his own.
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After Ray gets back to to their corporate HQ, they are contracted by Jessica Miller, a CIA lawyer. The CIA is working with an independent contractor on private prisons to house the worst of the terrorists. They need to test it to make sure it is truly escape-proof and that's where Ray comes in. The plan is for Ray to go undercover as a terrorist to test the system out. However, there are some differences. Because of the sensitive nature of the prison, no one else can know where the prison is located. Most of the team are not happy with this job, for different reasons. (For instance, Abigail isn't happy, because this prison is everything due process should prevent, not to mention the added risk due to the secrecy.) Lester Clark loves it, because they are offering double the normal fee, $5 million, and it is his job to take care of the business end of the company. Despite the obvious concerns, Ray still takes the job.
Ray, Abigail, and Hush head to New Orleans, where Ray will be captured. Just before he is sent out, he's given his undercover name, Anthony Portos, and the evacuation code he needs in case things go wrong. Then he's tagged with a transponder, just in case. However, when he's captured, the first thing the people do is remove the transponder. The second thing they do is drug him. He wakes up on a plane long enough to see a guard, whom we later learn is Drake, kill a man and throw him off the plane. When he wakes up next, he finds himself in a glass cell surrounded by many other identical cells. The guards all wear the same black masks. When he's brought into intake to see the Warden, he meets Warden Hobbes, not a Warden Marsh as he was expecting. Knowing the situation has gone horribly wrong, he gives his evacuation code. Warden Hobbes simply doesn't care. The job is not going as planned and Ray has no way out.
When Ray has to go into general population, he is naturally hesitant. After all, things have clearly gone wrong and he doesn't have any of the precautions he thought he had. He's told by the warden to leave his cell, and the warden uses his cover name, Porthos. We see another prisoner perk up when he hears the name. He makes his way over to Ray, saving Ray from a beating in the process. He introduces himself as Emil Rottmayer. He worked for Victor Mannheim, a security expert, who made a lot of rich and powerful enemies. Now Emil is in prison while they try to find his boss. Emil seems to think Porthos can help him, and maybe he can help Porthos. Ray doesn't trust him, but given how much his mission has gone south, he doesn't trust anyone. However, Ray needs to find someway out of this prison, and Emil seems to be his only friend.
At this point, we are only about a third of the way into the movie, but since much of the plot is about Ray learning about this prison and why his mission went wrong, we quickly run into spoiler territory, so we will stop the plot summary there.
Escape Plan is like most jailbreak movies, it's a heist movie in reverse. I really like heist movies. I like seeing the planning, the execution, the inevitable change in plans, etc. This movie does all of those elements rather well, although the complexity of the plot is rather silly and if you start to question the details, it falls apart. There is also a extended section where Hobbes tries to break Ray, but it never felt authentic. It dragged on too long only to be reversed by one pep-talk by Emil. After it was over, I was left wondering what the point was. I liked the political angle in the film, but thought it was underused. Likewise, there was a little bit of humor, but not enough to elevate the film to its potential. Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are good as the two leads, but most of the supporting roles were underdeveloped, but make an understatement. (I did like how Faran Tahir got to play a Muslim that wasn't a token bad guy. They avoided a cliché there.
Overall it's a good example of the genre, one that is worth watching, but not one that will be remembered as a classic.
Extras begin with an audio commentary track with the director, Mikael Hafstrom, and one of the writers, Miles Chapman. Up next there are three featurettes, all of which are rather meaty. The first is a 23-minute making of featurette. The second featurette is more interesting. Maximum Security: The Real-life Tomb is a 22-minute featurette about the really-life maximum security prisons, including parts where they are compared to what we see in the movie. It's fun to see real-life vs. Hollywood. The last featurette is Clash of the Titans, a 16-minute look Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger working together. Finally there are nine minutes of deleted scenes.
The technical presentation is solid. The video is good with a high level of detail, for the most part. There were a few CG blood splatters that were a little dodgy, so these scenes tend to be a little softer. The colors are great, even though they toned down for aesthetic reasons. The blacks are very deep without swallowing details. The audio is even better with a finely crafted 7.1 surround sound track. There's plenty of activity in all speakers, especially during the action scenes, but the effects never drown out the dialogue.
The Blu-ray costs $20, which is $5 or 33% more than the DVD. This is an acceptable premium to pay, but not a real deal.
If you like prison break movies, then Escape Plan is worth checking out. If you like Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger, then Escape Plan is worth checking out. If you like all three, then Escape Plan is worth picking up. There are enough extras on the DVD and the Blu-ray Combo Pack that either format is good value for the money.
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June 20, 2011 Enviro-Vac Men's 65 431 posts | Western Nationals Does anyone know what softball complex will be used for the 60 AAA Western Nationals in Yolo County? |
June 20, 2011 mad dog Men's 65 4108 posts | the ones in woodland,ca most likely,maybe davis also. oh 4-0 bruins................... |
June 20, 2011 Enviro-Vac Men's 65 431 posts | Do you remember how far apart those complexes are Dog? Will you be there? Bruins...they deserved it as they were the better team. |
June 20, 2011 mad dog Men's 65 4108 posts | if i remember right ,maybe 20 minutes.davis and woodland are next to each other,just don't know where or what fields they are using in woodland,now. |
June 20, 2011 leftyodoul Men's 60 99 posts | Jimmy - The Woodland and Davis fields are about 13 miles apart. The Woodland Complex that I believe they are using is all synthetic. |
June 21, 2011 Enviro-Vac Men's 65 431 posts | Thank you gentlemen, a bunch of us are trying to book hotels. Lets hope its Woodlands then, as the synthetic fields are excellent to play on and seem to be gaining in popularity. We will be playing on synthetic fields this weekend at RAC in Lacy, WA. |
June 21, 2011 mad dog Men's 65 4108 posts | jimmy,either town (davis,woodland) would be good to book in,the fields are off hwy 113 or real close to them.vacaville is not that far away also,15 minutes to davis,also fairfield is another 5 minutes past vacaville(thats where sharon's mom lives).are you driving down or flying,if driving just get on the 5 and go south,flying i would look into flying into san fran,60-75 minutes away from davis. oh we won't be going to that one,have fun and good luck...... |
June 22, 2011 hitt2 353 posts | I'd fly into Sacramento it would be about 20 minutes from the airport to each of those parks. Lots of rooms in Sac heading west to the fields. 55 AAA was at the Davis fields last year natual grass beautifully maintained. |
June 22, 2011 mad dog Men's 65 4108 posts | hitt2,the prol with sac airport is that it is not what they call a destination one and costs a bit more to fly into.you are right about west sac hotel/motel tho.... if anyone can do southwest,they seem to have good rates. |
June 24, 2011 gott2play Men's 55 193 posts | Sir Canuck, Check out the Best Western Shadow Inn. Great rates, clean remodeled rooms, pool, jacuzzi, and a gas station and restaurant right next door. It's right off I-5 and about 2 miles for the playing facility. Great hotel. SSUSA doesn't list them on their preferred hotel list...go figure. Tony Baltazar #22 Barcelona Bandits - 50 major #35 So Cal 55's _ 55 Major Best Western Shadow Inn 584 North East Street Woodland, CA 95776 (530) 666-1251 |


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I know nothing about the Racer X but, do know I'd slap my moma for a PW! The pro's and con's of fmic and tmic can be argued for days. Personally I'm a tmic guy and would get the PW. Process west intercoolers are top of the line for a tmic and more than enough to handle a stock turbo. It will also be plenty efficient on a upgraded turbo. If you do go that route dont forget the splitter for maximum efficiency.
Exactly, there are ways to combat heat soak without assuming the downfalls of a FMIC. Reflective tape, ceramic coating, More thorough heat shielding (turbo blanket), wrapping your exhaust, etc. A FMIC would allow for greater peak power, though it would hurt throttle response and spool speed, which is the primary benefit of running a small turbo like the stock one. When you get to larger turbos where a few hundred RPM off spool speed are more trivial, then the trade offs swing in favor of a FMIC.
I see your point.. I'd rather keep the faster throttle time on the vf-52 than make it lag. turbo lag sucks. i guess i better add turbo blankets and wraps to my list of things to buy for this car lol. This rout changes my header choice tho. I think im going to just get the Killer B headers from their site so i can have them ceramic coat it. unless there is another site that sells them with the coat? adn then ill wrap them as well. Rather be on the safe side and not risk cracking with the other headers. just going to hate the costs lol. so far those are the only bolt ons missing from my build and ive managed to keep the cost under 2.5k . I was prevoiusly going to get the Tomei ELH if i went the rout of FMIC. But if im going to be wrapping i dont know if those headers hold up well to the heat. |
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PROVIDENCE – With a third consecutive week of increases, the average price of self-serve, unleaded regular gasoline in Rhode Island hit $3.49 per gallon Monday, according the weekly AAA Southern New England survey of service stations.
The 4 cent increase over the last week followed a 12 cent rise the previous two weeks and leaves the price in Rhode Island 10 cents greater than the national average.
Prices varied from $3.44 to $3.58 per gallon at Ocean State service stations for regular unleaded, with midgrade unleaded ranging from $3.52 to $3.80, premium unleaded from $3.60 to $3.90 and diesel from $3.93 to $4.00.
In the same survey, AAA recorded an increase in gas prices for the fourth consecutive week in Massachusetts, as fuel gained 3 cents in the last week to hit $3.41 per gallon, 2 cents higher than the national average.
Prices in the Bay State showed greater variation, ranging from $3.23 to $3.90 per gallon for regular unleaded, $3.41 to $4.30 for midgrade unleaded, $3.55 to $4.40 for premium unleaded and $3.90 to $4.00 for diesel.
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New Addition! 4 Attachment(s) I am now the proud owner of a lovely little pony mule! Frosty is around 12 years old and is super adorable. She and my Arabian mare are getting along fabulously so far. I had to show her off to some other long ear fans! Attachment 109630 Attachment 109631 Attachment 109632 Attachment 109633 |
GORGEOUS! Delighted to see such a small version of mule. Congratulations on your new stout little addition! |
:DCongrats on your new addition!! |
oh my gosh so stinkin' cute!! congrats!! I just love those ears! |
She's adorble!!!!!! Congratulations - and if you get tired of hr, send her this way!!! |
Awwww she's a cutie! Congrats on your new addition. :) |
Soo cute! |
Thnaks for all the congrats everyone! So far things are working out very well :) Frosty and Fusion (my Arab) are getting along great. i am looking forward to many years of mule ownership! |
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Leaders at AS220 are working on a new consulting venture dubbed "Practice, Practice" that will codify and share policies and practices that have helped the nonprofit center for the arts grow.
Founded in 1985 with $800 supplied by Umberto Crenca, the nonprofit's co-founder and artistic director, AS220 today has a budget of $4.1 million and has been credited with contributing to the creation of the Providence Arts and Entertainment District.
With 58 artists living and/or working in residence at three different buildings in downtown Providence, and 60 full- and part-time employees, AS220 provides a home not only for unjuried and uncensored art, but also for four exhibition spaces, a print shop, media lab, fabrication lab, stage, black-box theater and dance and recording studios. AS220 also features a bar and restaurant.
More than the sum of those parts, says Crenca, AS220 has evolved over the years to the point where he and other leaders are sought after for the insight they can provide into how to meld core values with business practices that help sustain the arts organization and make it thrive. Some of those beliefs include equal pay for all and shared responsibilities through stewardship.
Crenca has lectured and consulted for years, most recently with organizations from Memphis to Philadelphia and New Zealand, with little or no compensation, save covered travel expenses. However, other community organizations are reaching out to AS220 with such frequency that a consultancy with a business plan and fee structure will formalize what has been, to date, an informal practice, said Crenca.
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I don't think it's a biome mod, they didn't state any other mods besides camera studio and optifine in the description, but if this is some sort of a mod/generator and not handmade, I would definitely want it.
I don't think it's a biome mod, they didn't state any other mods besides camera studio and optifine in the description, but if this is some sort of a mod/generator and not handmade, I would definitely want it.
Jesus christ, FyreUK always make such incredible things.
Anyone knows if FP have a similar server where you build stuff?
I remember a thread where they were doing something like this as an inspiration from a different timelapse that FyreUK did, not sure if it is still going.
Haha, if you middle click on a mob, you get bedrock.
Do you guys know a well hunger games map, or something like that to play with friends?
FyreUK uses WorldEdit and VoxelBox plugins to make the terrain, and then they build off of that with Creative.
Is there any way to turn of the slimes on flatmap?
go on peacefull.
Forgot to mention that I need to have monsters enabled
I just changed a 100x100 area into stone slabs. No Mobs can spawn on them.
Download a mod that disables slimes, or use WorldEdit/MC-Edit to raise the terrain height.
I like this furniture mod
it adds toggleable outdoor lamps
and all sort of furniture for your house, and almost all which are interactable (obviously the mod has more content than what is shown here)
Oh wow that looks nice. What mod is it?
I don't know, but I know Adamzonetopmarks did a video on it.
I have to admit, the objects kind of look really out of place.
They're on the vanilla texturepack while he's using a version of Doku, of course they look out of place.
texture wise, yes, obviously.
I'd assume using the default texture pack with that mod would be fine.
I think that I'll just retexture them to look like my current texture pack. Would be nicer that way.
Found a blockless doorway tutorial.
If you don't like them, stop drawing attention to them.
I agree with Forumaster, but holy shit that was despicable.
Only thing remotely applaudable about it is the accurate recreation of maps, but apart from that, fucking kill it.
I'm not sure which is more amazing, the biome or the epic city built within it.
It's one of those things you want to show everyone because it's so terrible :V
I know that Skeletons drop bows as their specialty, but not enchanted bows.
(Power I)
Just look at those cocky as fuck spins and mid air pauses.
I have an idea for a challenge.
Get a seed for a really, really massive tundra biome (The snow biome with minimal trees). You are not allowed to leave the biome. You cannot plant saplings.
That should be interesting.
So, some pictures on the Cloud City. That giant fucking stronghold makes the rest of the city look like shit through.
*Yes, everything looks griefed. It's a PVP map so it's suppost to look damaged.
ahaha there are actually people that exist that take those minecraft fps videos seriously
oh my god my sides
how can you look at "360 noscope pig shooting" complete with bacon dropping and get mad at that
oh god the link
why is it 'autismcraft'
Why wouldn't it be?
Lucid Pack <3
Every time you post a minecraft picture, I automatically assume it's a blender scene, because of that one time.
I think i am going to buy minecraft today. Been playing at my friend's house and 19.95 ain't that much.
Does anyone know if I can put a HD font in a 16x16 texture pack? I have Optifine installed, so there shouldn't be a problem. I want to get a HD font with Xenocontendi.
May i ask did you release it? And if you didn't, did you have another PvP map you made from before?


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This Presario V5000t uses a Broadcom wireless controller which means that you will need to use ndiswrapper since there is no native drivers available for Linux. The windows drivers to use can be found on the HP website. For installation instructions, you can view our Configuring the ndiswrapper module guide.
Unfortunately the HP-Compaq Presario V5000t uses a Broadcom wireless network card which means that configuring this laptop for Linux is quite tricky.
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Norman Solomon is an American journalist, media critic, author and activist.
He wrote the nationally syndicated "Media Beat" weekly column from 1992 to 2009.
His dozen books include "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death," published in 2005. The Los Angeles Times called the book "brutally persuasive" and "a must-read for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee, or to arm themselves for the debates about Iraq that are still to come." The newspaper's reviewer added: "Solomon is a formidable thinker and activist." The Humanist magazine described the book as "a definitive historical text" and "an indispensable record of the real relationships among government authorities and media outlets."
A documentary based on "War Made Easy" was released in 2007.
Solomon is the founder of the Institute for Public Accuracy, a consortium of policy researchers and analysts. He is IPA's executive director and the coordinator of its ExposeFacts program.
He is co-founder and coordinator of the online organization RootsAction.org, which now has more than 1.5 million active supporters.
Solomon is a longtime associate of the media watch group FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting).
In mid-2015, Solomon became a member of the Courage Foundation advisory board.
His book "Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You" (co-authored with foreign correspondent Reese Erlich) was published in 2003 by Context Books. "Target Iraq" has also been published in German, Italian, Hungarian, Brazilian and South Korean editions.
A collection of Solomon's columns won the George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language. The award, presented by the National Council of Teachers of English, honored Solomon's book "The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media."
In the introduction to that book, Jonathan Kozol wrote: "The tradition of Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and I.F. Stone does not get much attention these days in the mainstream press ... but that tradition is alive and well in this collection of courageously irreverent columns on the media by Norman Solomon. ... He fights the good fight without fear of consequence. He courts no favors. He writes responsibly and is meticulous on details, but he does not choke on false civility."
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Solomon's books include "Target Iraq," "Wizards of Media Oz: Behind the Curtain of Mainstream News," "The Trouble With Dilbert: How Corporate Culture Gets the Last Laugh," "False Hope: The Politics of Illusion in the Clinton Era," "The Power of Babble: The Politician's Dictionary of Buzzwords and Doubletalk for Every Occasion," and "Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America's Experience With Atomic Radiation."
Solomon has appeared as a guest on many media outlets including the PBS "NewsHour With Jim Lehrer," CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, C-SPAN, public radio's "Marketplace," and NPR's "All Things Considered," "Morning Edition" and "Talk of the Nation."
In the months leading up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, Norman Solomon appeared on CNN a dozen times as an in-studio guest. In addition, he was a guest on MSNBC and Fox News Channel, and appeared on live broadcasts of C-SPAN's "Washington Journal." He voiced commentary that aired on the nationwide public radio program "Marketplace." In addition, Solomon appeared on such international outlets as the BBC Radio World Service, CBC Radio, CBC Television, Voice of America, Al-Jazeera Television, Australia's ABC television and radio, and SBS radio networks. He also appeared on radio outlets in Ireland and South Africa.
Solomon's op-ed articles have appeared in a range of newspapers including the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, New York Times, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer and Baltimore Sun. His articles have also appeared in the International Herald Tribune, Canada's Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and the Jordan Times.
In 1997 Solomon co-authored "Wizards of Media Oz: Behind the Curtain of Mainstream News." A review in the Nation magazine said: "One of the great values of this book is that it demolishes the myth that liberalism dominates the media. ... This nifty, easily digestible compendium ought to be used in high school and college courses to help the young learn how to be discriminating news consumers."
Solomon co-wrote "Unreliable Sources: A Guide to Detecting Bias in News Media," published in 1990. A review in the Washington Post concluded that the book "makes a worthy addition to the library of any student of American news media, social structure and political science." Kirkus Reviews said that the book provides "an extensive record of recent media distortions." Publishers Weekly said that Solomon and co-author Martin A. Lee "make a compelling case for the contention that newsmen and women distort current events." The San Francisco Chronicle reviewer wrote: "Their command of information is matched by committed, eloquent writing that plumbs the psychological and political complexities of mass-mediated experience." Utne Reader called the book "an essential text." USA Today columnist Barbara Reynolds described it as "a thinking person's book."
Solomon's 1995 book "Through the Media Looking Glass" (co-authored with Jeff Cohen) drew praise from Booklist, which called it "a lively counterpoint to the dominant conservative critique of the 'liberal' media." A review in the Los Angeles Times declared: "The bold, muckraking tone of these columns offers a welcome respite from the decerebrated discourse that too often passes for contemporary journalism."
His journalistic experience includes many years of free-lance writing for Pacific News Service and other media outlets, and several reporting visits to the Soviet Union during the mid-1980s. He is a former associate of the Center for Investigative Reporting.


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Uncovering the enduring appeal of Silvio Berlusconi
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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is regarded by many as the clown prince of politics, best known for his bunga-bunga parties and outrageous comments. In Italy he is loathed by millions, but many others regard him as a kind of lost prince, a saviour who can redeem their country from awful ordinary politicians.
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Failed to load web page (unknown error).
And you?
Concept »
Wanna trade? I got nothing.
I got stabbed by Gabe Newell.
I got a
Just what I've always wanted! (I have no idea what that means, but that's the error I get.)
I got a 50% off Valve games code... Probably gonna use it on HL1 or save it for a new game release like CSGO or DotA 2. I'm really tempted to just buy these games to get more achievements and gifts, but I'm so damn low on cash right now.Pretty sure the codes say they cant be used on games released after Jan 2nd.
Can you use a gift coupon on items already marked down or on full priced items only?
What is this gift you are talking about?
So I was able to retrieve one of my two gifts, it's 50% on Valve. If anyone is interested in it and has ANYTHING at all he's willing to give for it let me know. I've got most Valve games and do not need it. I wish I'd know what the other one is. But it doesn't show up anywhere.
@Jack268: i cant check now because steam is obviously not quite willing to cooperate but i think it said the code is only valid for games released before january 2nd. which sucks because i basically have all the valve games i want that are out now... Oh well, cant really complain i guess.
@NekuSakuraba said:
Wanna trade? I got nothing.
Oh wait, now I have no items in my TF2 inventory.
You found the secret phone number. Call it and you'll get a recorded message from Insane Clown Posse wishing you a merry Christmas and telling you to buy the new album.I got a
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Just what I've always wanted! (I have no idea what that means, but that's the error I get.)
Well I got all the way to my inventory before Steam broke again. So what I'm reading on that top banner is that you can possibly win everything on Steam? That would be pretty cool if that's the case.
The Steam Inventory was slow and buggy for me before the sale, now it's just flat out broken. However, the one time it did work I saw that I got a 66% off coupon for Two Words II, which I'll totally use 'cause it's not like I don't already have Skyrim or anything...
You should get one on steam just for looking at the whole thing. If you're able to get into your steam inventory and it shows up there. You also get more of them (or coal) for doing achievments. I should have three by now. Only one showed up.
It however seems like if you already own a game, the gift just "vanishes" from your inventory. Some people reported having Portal 2 (who already owned the game) and having it vanish and instead getting an friggin useless 25-50% valve coupon. Obviously valve doesn't feel like letting them trade or swap it for something else.
Thank fucking Jobs I'm not alone on this one. My gifting is broken. I got the page to half load once and I think I had a 25% off coupon (if so, then fuck yeah!), but I think I'd rather, you know, have the ability to gift the games I had purchased as Christmas presents over a month ago now.
I know I'm being one of those asshole customers I hate so much, but I kind of panicked when I realized that I might have zilch to give to some people in a few days here.
Valve's Christmas present was a big middle finger.
So... I think I got nothing?
I'm also getting:
Guru Meditation:
Varnish cache server
Now, if they only gave me an Amiga computer to display it on (Guru Meditation is a reference to the Amiga's version of Blue Screen of Death, which had the text "Guru Meditation, Press left mouse button to continue").
I think I won Portal 2, but I'm not entirely sure. It's listing that I have no inventory items for it, but I don't even see the game in my library.
You currently have 0 items in your Steam inventory.
Null presents.
Edit: Holy shit I got Episode 2!!!
I'd just chill for a bit, Steam servers appear to be getting hammered at the moment. Will probably(?) get better if you are patient.
So...Steam is completely on fire now right? I can't even get in to buy Singularity.
EDIT: Well, I finally got the store functioning (it still threw me an error, but the game is downloading now...I think...) but my inventory is still busted. Valve needs to adapt their service to deal with these high volumes of traffic, especially given that we will be getting new deals for the next 2 weeks.
I guess I don't have a Steam inventory? Mine only shows my TF2 inventory (which is empty for some reason). These sales make everything so slow...
Poor Valve. It must be hard being so popular and having so many people trying to give you money that your website falls apart.
My inventory worked earlier (coupon for 25% any Valve game, I have all of those and you know it, Steam!!), but now it's busted.
Also this whole thing reminded me how many extra copies of games I have just sitting around. Geez. Gotta find a way to give that stuff away to folks who'd appreciate them.
I got Error 533 if anyone wants it!
There we go -33% off steam games. Valid from January 2... yaay
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So...Steam is completely on fire now right? I can't even get in to buy Singularity.
Burning and huddled in a corner while 4 million people try to steal its candy. I thought it'd be more stable now than when it started, but nope.
At least Dead Island says it's $27 now instead of flipping between $10 and $27. So there's that.
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@NickL: Just fair warning, Orcs Must Die! is single-player only. A great game, but single player. Sorry if you already knew that. :) Also, yeah. Every game on Steam. That sounds insane. Imagine what your library would look like.
Yeah I realized it was single player shortly after that post but me and my friend decided to go super cheap with christmas presents so 3.74 for a game he wants is a great deal. Sucks that we can't play together but oh well.
25% off Valve games. kind of worthless seeing as how i pretty much own every game from Valve. Oh boy Counter-Strike condition zero just what i always wanted...
it says the item is tradable so if any buddy wants its. i will gladly give it to them.
Still waiting for something I don't already own goes on sale. As I said in one of the other threads about this, there are only a handful of games that I want on Steam that I don't already own and they are still too new for them to drop to a price I would be willing pay for.
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Hello. Yes, I've fired a bit of it through a couple of 9mm Browning Hi Powers. The TAP I used was before they came out with the dark cases.
It is my understanding that the 9mm TAP load uses the standard XTP bullet and for me, this ammo went to the usual 1.5 x caliber very regularly in various test media.
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The rainy, gray weather Seattle is notorious for was on full display this past weekend for the kickoff of Mannington Commercial's second annual Design Local event, but it would have taken much more than that to dampen the spirits of the designers assembled in the Edgewater Hotel, all of whom were excited at the prospect of designing a new line of carpeting.
Building on the success of last year's inspiring competition, Mannington is once again hosting six local designers from cities across the country (Nashville and Philadelphia are up next) for a 24-hour design charrette, with the goal of developing a new product line from the inspiration gleaned from the surrounding area and celebrating the rich, local flavor that each city has to offer.
Unlike last year, however, Mannington changed the format of Design Local from a formal competition, where the entries from each city were posted online for voting to select a winner, to a product development exercise in which all of the participating cities will create a permanent carpet collection that will be launched at NeoCon next year.
"Going into Design Local last year, we were not sure what to expect," said Natalie Jones, Mannington's vice president of commercial brand development and creative product. "We found that we had tapped into an amazing platform for bringing designers together and facilitating the creative process. We saw designers look at their city in a new way, a detailed way, and craft a physical, textile representation of their locale. So we decided to continue and evolve the program, and launch designs inspired by all of this year's cities."
What hasn't changed are the rules, which are few and simple: with $200 and a digital camera, the designers are set loose on the city for a three-hour "inspiration scramble" to search for their muse anywhere they can find it. They then return for a crash course in product design. The photography and artifacts collected during the scramble form the basis for the product line's colors, textures and patterns, as the group looks for common themes and decides on a direction for the design. Mannington's in-house design team will then take the final inspiration board back to headquarters to create samples that will in turn be shared with the group for feedback before the yarn is spun into new carpet.
Contrasting the gloom viewable outside of the Edgewater, Jones began the session by asking each of the designers to introduce themselves and disclose their birthdays, which she then looked up in Colorstrology, a book that explains what birthday colors reveal about a person. As each designer's qualities were read aloud, it was surprising how accurate the book's forecasts really were, almost foretelling how they would soon form an inspired, cohesive unit.
This year's Team Seattle—Cecelia Arroyo, Allie Leaf, Bridgette Hyde, Natalie Hyde, Tatjana Milovic and Carolyn Turina (pictured below from left)—immediately held a quick discovery session before the inspiration scramble to determine what areas of the city should be covered. Once the landmarks and neighborhoods were identified, they broke into three groups of two in order to cover as much ground as possible.
Yours truly had the pleasure of shadowing designers Natalie Hyde and Tatjana Milovic, who chose to first explore the Georgetown area to capture the Seattle's industrial side before moving on to the Museum of Flight near the Boeing headquarters--two places that helped give the city its moniker, "Jet City."
We finished off the scramble at the historic Pioneer Square—once the heart of the city known for its Renaissance Revival architecture but better known among younger generations as the birthplace of the grunge music scene and iconic bands Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Moving at shutter speed, the designers snapped hundreds of photos of just about everything that caught their eyes, a small sampling of which are below:
The group reconvened the next morning to share the photographs and found items they collected, sometimes finding colors and textures in the most unusual of places, including the infamous (and disgusting) Market Theater Gum Wall near Pike Place Market.
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Dealing with competitive friends
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This week on LIFEadvice: Coach Kim helps readers understand why
some people feel the need to compare and compete — and how to
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A series of summer picnics at parks on the west
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A 22-year-old man was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning over the weekend while boating on Bear Lake.
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Rangers say a 5-year-old boy is dead after a weekend boating accident at Lake Powell.
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UVU officially joins the WAC
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Utah reps say immigration reform is a priority, but don't support latest bill
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Man escapes after allegedly assaulting woman, being Tased
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Gold Glove Throughts
Now of course we do know a better way. Not a perfect way of course, just a better one, relying on statistical analysis to at least narrow the award fields to a couple of legitimate choices from which whatever personal bias you prefer to throw in there can make the final decision. It's the way things are slowly moving and frankly it's a pretty boring end point. At some point the analysis will be good enough to make all the choices a 1 in 3, 1 in 4 affair at best and more often than we'd like, a obvious no-brainer. Yawn.
What advanced statistical analysis should let us do now is liberate the awards from any sort of statistical backing. Not just Adjusted OPS, (fWAR+bWAR)/2, and UZR but also RBI, AVG, and W. We know who is the best X this year. That's settled. Why argue about it? What's the point in having an award that says "Yes, 2+2 does equal 4."?
Future votes shouldn't be framed like that. It should just be "who do you think is the best". Have fun with it. Stress that "valuable" in MVP like some people do and explicitly say that means what ever you want it to mean. Best player down the stretch? Sure. Inspirational story? Sure. Most fun player to watch? Sure. Let it be everything. Awards are silly emotional things so just run with that and encourage people to vote anyway they want.
Except Adam LaRoche for MVP. That's just stupid.
16 comments:
- Donald said...
Desmond didn't get the Golden Glove but he really should win the Silver Slugger.
Is either more prestigious? - 6:58 AM
- Positively Half St. said...
I think the Gold Glove has always been more prestigious, because it is really the only defensive award given. The Silver Slugger always seems to be overshadowed by other offensive awards. Anyway, is the act of hitting any different because you play a certain position in the field? The competition between players of the same position only makes sense to me because everyone has settled on the minimum amount of offense one must achieve to be successful at each position. First basemen are supposed to have power, but hitting can be secondary for a good shortstop.
+1/2St. - 9:20 AM
Can we come up with an award that goes to the guy who was the most balanced at his position? Meaning, the guy who had the best combined fielding ranking and overall batting stats for each spot on the field? That's an award I can get behind. We'll call it the Platinum Player award. You can't just be good at one or the other, it measures your overall combined ability.
Harper, you're a metrics guy, so you choose the stats we'll use. Action! Oh and Ian wins this award for SS in the NL, I'll tell you that right now. So tailor the metrics to make him win. :) - 11:45 AM
- Harper said...
D & 1/2ST>0 - I agree with postitively. They are both conditional awards ("best for a BLANK") GG is conditional by necessity, SS conditional by choice.
You can't judge GG out of context of the position, you can for SS.
Wired HK - so not most productive (which would be WAR) but most balanced. What about running? Want that in there too? We can call it the Jack of All Trades and it'll be topped by Joe Morgan and Craig Biggio in a lightsaber-esque duel with bats.
Exactly. Running, how did I forget running? Yes, it must be in there but not overly weighted to just steals. We need to factor in not making dumb outs (like the first or third out at third, etc) and advancing to home from 2nd on singles a good majority of the time.
Jack of All Trades is a quality name. And the duel sounds festive...I'll take Biggio plus the points (he will be a dog in that one)... - 12:27 PM
- seamus said...
Haha the "JOAT" award, i love it. So there's one Jack of All Trades per position per league, right? Is there any way on earth Zimmerman doesn't win the NL 3rd base JOAT? No way
Zim would probably lose the NL JOAT at third this year to Headley. Who was better with the bat and on the basepaths and plays very solid D.
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The Update: Michael Bauer returns to All Spice in San Mateo, where chef chef-owner Sachin Chopra has received a Michelin star since Bauer gave it 2.5 stars last year. Things have gone downhill with the accolades:
Previously I loved the effortless blending of cultures, but on this visit the effects were muted, devoid of the roller-coaster spicing that makes Indian food so compelling. It seems as if a wash of sweetness has replaced the flavors of cardamom, cumin and chiles … It's obvious that Chopra, who has worked at some of the best Indian restaurants in the Bay Area, has a unique perspective. He's gained an audience and a Michelin star, but his food is missing the bold Indian nuances that made it interesting.
Final rating: 2 stars.
The Review: Social Club Restaurant in Petaluma might veer into amateurish service and it might lack an "it" dish, but despite those little hiccups, it's still a place where everyone seems to have a good time:
This new venture … is exactly what its name implies: a friendly neighborhood destination where the focus is on eating good food; drinking good wine, craft beer and cocktails; and having a good time, without fuss and glitz … The theme is food that everyone appreciates – simple, with just a touch of spark here and there, such as a French green lentil soup enlivened with mild curry creme fraiche and sourdough croutons ($6).
Final rating: 2 stars
- Bargain Bites: Split Bread in the Metreon won't accept cash, but the things that make the place are spit-roasted meats, fresh-baked breads and fun sides.
- The Inside Scoop: Pizzeria Delfina is headed to Burlingame, plus news about Chapeau, Tacolicious, Boilerhouse and more.
All Spice revisited, plus Split Bread, Social Club and more:
By Paolo Lucchesi
on December 6, 2012 at 12:00 PM