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Intel is looking to the future of the Mobile Internet Device (MID) and sees a large market for the devices. Intel has unveiled the first working Moorestown platform at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Taipei. The working device was unveiled during the IDF keynote delivered by Anand Chandrasekher.
During the speech, Chandrasekher talked about the impact that the internet and mobile web has had on the lives of consumers across the world. Chandrasekher said, "Technology innovation is the catalyst for new user experiences, industry collaborations and business models that together will shape the next 40 years. As the next billion people connect to and experience the Internet, significant opportunities lie in the power of technology and the development of purpose-built devices that deliver more targeted computing needs and experiences."
Chandrasekher points to Intel's Atom processor, the upcoming Nehalem processor, and the Moorestown platform as examples of its leadership in products that help deliver internet access to consumers.
The working Moorestown device includes a SOC codenamed Lincroft that integrates a 45nm processor, graphics, memory controller, and video encode/decode onto a single chip. Moorestown also includes an I/O hub codenamed Langwell supporting a variety of I/O ports for connecting to wireless devices, storage, and display devices.
Moorestown is on track, according to Chandrasekher, to reduce power consumption on MIDs by 10x compared to the current Atom powered devices. Moorestown platforms will support a range of wireless technology including 3G, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile TV. Intel and Ericsson are working together for a HSPA module optimized for Moorestown. The small modules will measure 25x30x2 mm and have low power requirements.
Minor details of Intel's coming Core i7 processors were also revealed at IDF by Intel's Kirk Skaugen. The i7 processors are set to launch next month and Skaugen says that the parts will provide outstanding performance for gaming and content creation devices.
Intel first introduced the Moorestown platform in May of 2007. The big change with Moorestown from previous generation platforms for the same type of MID devices is that Moorestown integrates the CPU, GPU, and memory controller into one chip. Previous mobile platforms required separate chips for each function.
By combining the functions into one Moorestown chip, Intel was able to save space and power while delivering improved performance. At the time of introduction Intel roadmaps showed that Moorestown devices would be able to last a full day of mixed productivity use and net surfing with approximately 24 hour run time.
Intel didn't offer any updated availability information at IDF 2008. The original delivery date when Moorestown was introduced was mid-2009. With low cost netbooks supporting the PC industry during the difficult economy around the world today, the Moorestown devices are in a good position in the market.
If the Moorestown MIDs come to market at roughly the same price as the Atom-powered netbooks with much greater battery life, technology fans looking for a low cost option for browsing the internet and checking email could find the Moorestown powered MIDs to be ideal for their needs.

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Next trade to make the Raptors relevant:
Raptors trade:
- Bargnani
- Anderson
- Fields
Lakers trade
- Gasol
- Sacre
This trade creates a playoff team able to challenge anyone.
Next trade to make the Raptors relevant:
Raptors trade:
- Bargnani
- Anderson
- Fields
Lakers trade
- Gasol
- Sacre
This trade creates a playoff team able to challenge anyone.
As I'm sure many of you heard during BC's briefing during the 3rd quarter of the Atlanta game, when asked if the Raptors were done trading yet, he simply and decisively said: "No."
So, what else happens now? Bargs for a pick and and a backup point guard? Toronto has a lot of wing players so maybe it's Fields or Ross heading out?
I didn't want the Rudy Gay trade, but, if there's something else brewing, I'm willing to hold off of passing judgement for now.
Walking like I'm already there.
I think Bargs and Kleiza are gone, by trade or amnesty and I have a weird feeling one of DD/Fields is gone too. Nothing to base it on, just a weird feeling.
The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority. - Martin Luther King
BC pretty much just said Andrea is gone lol
I dont want DD traded. Demar can be really really good if given the chance, he is ONLY 23! I would hate to give up on him yet..
Rudy and Ross should be a sick combo though, which I am very excited in 2 years time to witness!
The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
Hahaha wow. It seems like the NBA is getting more and more explicit by the day. Some real juicy stuff being talked about.
I kid you not, Jack said "Raptors haven't won with Bargnani, it's time to move him." Now this is obvious, and has been obvious for a while now. But to actually have someone who is employed by the Raptors say it, is amazing to me.
he just openly said in the post up he was going to trade Bargnani
Raptors Republic Rewarded with Rudy and Ross!
never have the raps had so much potential on the wings. And just thinking about Val's potential...
The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
Where can we find a backup PG? And is Bargs gone yet? These are the things I can't stop pondering...going to look for PGs now..
I was hoping to get Tony Wrotten Jr from Memphis in the deal ):
The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
This has been one crazy day. Very weird.
I'll be the first to admit I'm not convinced Colangelo has much left up his sleeve.
That said...don't take anything he says with anything other than a grain of salt. We could give the everything Bargnani thread a run for its money if everyone listed what he said that was either blatantly false or never came to pass.
I posted it on the trade forums, but some variation on DeRozan for Afflalo.
Orlando gets a younger wing with more potential, Toronto gets a less spectacular but far more reliable player who would fit a lot better alongside Gay. You'd have to work in some filler to make the salaries work due to the poison pill, but seems like a good deal for both sides if the Raps want to focus on winning now.
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In 1973 the Arab oil embargo opened a window of opportunity for sustainable energy, which we largely ignored in the most wasteful fashion. The slap-happy days of Ronald Reagan, symbolic for the removal of solar panels on the White House, delayed for a generation meaningful discussion on sustainable energy.
Now the promise of fracking and domestic energy development sidesteps the most critical part of the conversation we need to have. It will take enormous energy to construct a sustainable energy economy, and this very likely will be our last, best chance to do so. Its going to take all of that domestic energy to build a sustainable energy infrastructure, and the belief that there will be another opportunity like this will be seen eventually for what it is: an illusion. Instead of wasting the windfall of energy from fossil fuels made accessible by new technologies, we should urgently focus on using them to build an energy economy that is renewable. Well need those fossil fuels to construct the wind farms, the enormous solar farms, putting solar panels on every roof, thermal energy sources, etc.
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London, 20 February 2014 – From 28th March, South African Airways, Africa's most awarded airline, will be operating a newer aircraft, the Airbus A330-200 on scheduled flights between London Heathrow and Johannesburg.
The newer aircraft replaces the current A340-600 used on the route and will operate on SA235, the first of SAA's two daily departures at 19.00 and selected* SA237 flights, which departs at 21:00.
The changes build on SAA's growing reputation as winner of "Best African Airline" at the Business Traveller Awards on 14th October 2013 and on SAA's continued focus on service excellence which is a strategic objectives of Gaining Altitude, SAA's Long-Term Turnaround Strategy.
Gary Kershaw GM South African Airways says, "We've listened to feedback from our corporate customers and Voyager members around the aspects of their journey that are important to them. We're delighted to announce these changes to our summer schedule to strengthen our growing reputation for quality."
South African Airways Business customers can enjoy smaller, more personal cabins and forward facing seats in a 2-2-2 configuration, as well as a 74" seat pitch, 180° flat beds and 12" on demand widescreen technology. Business travellers can also relax and enjoy departure and arrivals lounges at both London Heathrow and Johannesburg, including the unique SAA arrivals lounge at Johannesburg OR Tambo - the perfect place to escape the demands of travel and freshen-up before the business day ahead.
The newer A330-200 aircraft will offer economy passengers even larger 10 inch widescreen technology, as well as one of the most spacious cabins to Southern Africa, with SAA's 2-4-2 seat configuration.
SAA operates the first direct flight of the day from Heathrow to Johannesburg and have built an outstanding reputation for punctuality and won the Flight Stats Award for the Most on Time Airline in the World twice during 2013.
For more information about SAA, visit www.flysaa.com or call 0844 375 9680/ @SAA_UK / www.facebook.com/SouthAfricanAirwaysUnitedKingdom
Please note: In the event of unforeseen operational challenges SAA may operate another type of Airbus wide-body aircraft on the route.
South African Airways (SAA), Africa's most awarded airline, operates to 40 destinations worldwide.
In its domestic market SAA has an extensive schedule operating 556 flights in total per week between Johannesburg – Cape Town, Durban, East London and Port Elizabeth, from its Johannesburg hub, as well as code-shared flights between Lanseria – Cape Town and Durban. SAA offers more frequencies than any other airline in South Africa.
Regionally, SAA offers 24 destinations across the African continent including Abidjan, Accra, Blantyre, Brazzaville, Cotonou, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Douala, Entebbe, Harare, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, Lilongwe, Livingstone, Luanda, Lusaka, Maputo, Mauritius, Nairobi, Ndola, Pointe Noire, Victoria Falls and Windhoek.
SAA's international network creates links to all major continents from South Africa through 11 direct routes and code shares, with daily flights from Johannesburg to London (Heathrow), Frankfurt, Munich, Mumbai, Perth, Hong Kong, Beijing, New York, Washington, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires. SAA has codes share agreements with 27 other airlines across the markets it serves. The airline has extended its code share agreement with Mango, its low cost operator, to also include coastal cities in South Africa (between Johannesburg and Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and George), as well as Johannesburg – Bloemfontein; Cape Town - Bloemfontein and Cape Town - Port Elizabeth.
SAA's core business is the provision of passenger airline and cargo transport services together with related services, which are provided through SAA and its four wholly owned subsidiaries: SAA Technical; Mango its low cost carrier; Air Chefs, the catering entity of SAA and South African Travel Centre (SATC).
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In Leigh Waggoners latest article, All persons mainstream or not deserve respect (Nov. 17), she continues her assault on biblical Christianity. When you regard the Bible as the faith history of an ancient people instead of the inerrant Word of God, it is easy to simply reject what it says concerning the topic of homosexuality. She jumps on the popular notion that biology determines homosexual orientation, not the voluntary actions of those who engage in that lifestyle. Of course the jury is out on that particular idea and most of the studies affirming it so far are quite suspect. Nonetheless, based on that belief, she affirms the statement, What kind of God would create someone gay and then demand that they abstain from living into the fullness of who they are? Is that not asking them to sin against their nature?
She seems to forget that the Bible she gives half respect for says all humans are born in a morally depraved state. Therefore, it is in everyones nature to sin. Nonetheless, they are still morally culpable for their sin. Given the reality of sinful human nature, I wouldnt be surprised if science someday claims a genetic or neurological disposition to justify all sorts of morally deviant behavior. Some might think it is too bad that Jerry Sandusky didnt live sometime in the future when his behavior will be linked to biology he couldnt control nor had culpability for. Maybe he too could have used a similar argument like, What kind of God would create someone a pedophile and then demand that they abstain from living into the fullness of who they are? Is that not asking them to sin against their nature? Fortunately our society hasnt gone down this road too far just yet, though I fear it is coming. I fear arguments like those used by Miss Waggoner are propelling us in that direction.
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INTERPOL commended for counterterrorism efforts in Asia
LYON, France - The Executive Director of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Ambassador Cinar Aldemir, applauded INTERPOL for its efforts to improve security in the region during his visit to the world police body's General Secretariat headquarters.
Ambassador Aldemir met with senior INTERPOL officials to discuss issues of particular importance to countries in the Asian region, including terrorism and the increased use of INTERPOL's global tools and services.
Part of INTERPOL's anti-terrorism Fusion Task Force, Project Kalkan focuses on counterterrorism efforts in Central and South Asia. The 19 participating member countries hold regular working group meetings to exchange critical information on terrorist activity in the region and also issue terrorism-related Red Notices and diffusions.
Since 2004, more than 870 international terrorists have been arrested, with INTERPOL assisting in locating nearly 120 suspected terrorists in 2012. So far this year, an additional 55 terrorist suspects have been located.
Accompanied by CICA Deputy Executive Director Kanat Tumysh, Ambassador Aldemir presented commemorative medals to INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble and Okan Aysu, Fusion Task Force Coordinator in charge of Project Kalkan, in recognition of INTERPOL's role in supporting security in Asia.
"After becoming acquainted with INTERPOL's state-of-the-art databases and its outstanding results through Project Kalkan, I am convinced that INTERPOL, under the leadership of Mr Noble, is well-equipped to meet the challenges posed by today's international criminals," said Ambassador Aldemir.
"CICA applauds INTERPOL for its modern and innovative approach to combating terrorism and other emerging crime threats, and its continued efforts to ensure peace and security on the Asian continent and all around the world. I hope we will see a great deal of future collaboration between CICA and INTERPOL in retaining peace and security in the region, at both the operational and strategic levels," he concluded.
Founded in 1992, CICA is a multinational forum for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia, with 24 member countries and 12 observer countries and organizations.
"Reducing crime and enhancing security in the Asian region is crucial to creating a safer world for citizens on a global level. INTERPOL therefore commends CICA for its ongoing commitment to promoting peace and security throughout Asia, and by extension the entire world," said Secretary General Noble.
CICA's Final Joint Action Plan, approved in 2011, encourages its members to use INTERPOL's tools and services, in particular its Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database, to more effectively promote security in the region. The SLTD currently contains 36 million records from 166 countries.


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Ebola nurse 'feared he would die'
British Ebola survivor William Pooley told today how he feared for his life after catching the deadly virus.
The volunteer nurse, 29, has been given the all-clear and discharged from a London hospital, having received the experimental drug ZMapp to combat the disease he contracted in Sierra Leone.
He praised the "world-class" treatment he was given after being evacuated back to the United Kingdom.
British Ebola sufferer William Pooley has thanked staff at the hospital for the 'world-class care'
Mr Pooley, from Suffolk, was flown home by the RAF and cared for in a special unit at the Royal Free Hospital in north London.
He told how he had been woken by a doctor in a full protective suit after blood tests proved he had Ebola while working in west Africa.
He said: "I was worried I was going to die.
"I was worried about my family, I was scared."
He said the worst thing had been having to tell his parents that he had Ebola, adding: "No one wants to upset their parents in that way."
He said he had no regrets about going to an area where the epidemic was rife but said he had no plans for the future at the moment.
He joked: "They incinerated my passport so my mum will be pleased to know I cannot go anywhere at the moment."
Mr Pooley is heading home to Eyke in East Anglia, where his parents Robin and Jackie live, to recuperate with friends and family, he said.
He said he was "wonderfully lucky" to have survived a disease that had killed more than 2,000 people in Africa.
Infectious diseases consultant Dr Michael Jacobs, who treated Mr Pooley, said: "The virus is clear from the body and there is no risk to the wider community in any way."
The disease victim told how he had undergone blood tests after feeling ill in Sierra Leone.
He said he went to sleep feeling sick and was woken by a World Health Organisation doctor wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) after the tests came back positive.
"He was in PPE so I knew it was bad news," Mr Pooley said.
"It was a bit disturbing to get that diagnosis but I had been half expecting it because I had been feeling sick."
He said it was not clear whether the ZMapp drug was responsible for his recovery but he was "hugely grateful" to everyone involved in getting it for him.
The drug is a blend of three laboratory-made antibodies designed to neutralise the virus.
Two US doctors given the drug after they were infected with Ebola while working in Liberia subsequently recovered.
But it is not known whether they were saved by the drug or were just lucky. Figures show that 47% of those infected in the current outbreak have survived. At least two other patients treated with ZMapp have died, possibly because help got to them too late.
Mr Pooley added: "I was very lucky in several ways, firstly in the standard of care that I received, which is a world apart from what people are receiving in west Africa, despite various organisations' best efforts.
"I had amazing care, which was one difference.
"The other difference is that my symptoms never progressed to the worst stage of the disease - people I have seen dying horrible deaths.
"I had some unpleasant symptoms but nothing compared to some of the worst of the disease, especially when people are dying."
He did not even vomit, he said, but had suffered high temperatures and some stomach problems.
The World Health Organisation has warned that as many as 20,000 could contract the virus before the outbreak is over in west Africa.
Mr Pooley highlighted the conditions other medical staff are working in out there.
He said: "I have mixed memories, some great memories and some horrible memories - lots of people dying.
"But also some wonderful memories of people going home, people showing massive spirit and cheer, despite the horrible conditions, the truly heroic people that I worked with, people that went on to get sick, so it is a massive mix of memories."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "I'm delighted that Mr Pooley has recovered and can return home to his family and friends. Like many other health workers, he put himself in danger to help others, which deserves our admiration.
"I want to thank everyone involved in Mr Pooley's treatment at the Royal Free, which has been world class.
"The NHS, Public Health England and colleagues elsewhere have shown great professionalism and expertise, and I'm grateful for all of their efforts."
William Pooley, a volunteer nurse, was being cared for at a special unit at the Royal Free Hospital
A photo of the ebola virus. William Pooley, the first Briton known to have caught the deadly Ebola virus in the current outbreak in West Africa, is being discharged from hospital.
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ST to exit ST-Ericsson in 2013
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LONDON As part of a strategic plan to improve its financial situation European chip company STMicroelectronics has announced its intention to exit from its mobile digital joint venture ST-Ericsson. ST announced in a conference call Monday (Dec. 10) that it intends to have left the joint-venture by the end of the third quarter of 2013 and that it is already in negotiations on the options.
At the same time CEO Carlo Bozotti told analysts that ST would focus on five key product areas where it already leads in the global market or where it can soon be the leader. These five product areas are MEMS and sensors, smart power, automotive electronics, microcontrollers and application processors for digital consumer.
In the area of application processors ST will abandon the mobile digital sector but continue to make set-top-box chips, cable modems, DisplayPort connection chips, network processors, car infotainment and ASICs for gaming.
As part of the re-organization ST will be divided into two product segment groups: sensors, smart power and automotive and embedded processing, Bozotti said. Both segments are expected to be profitable and cash generating.
ST said the changes will reduce the company's quarterly net operating expenses from about $900 million to between $600 million and $650 million by the beginning of 2014 excluding restructuring charges. The business would target 10 percent or more operating margin.
In separate announcement Ericsson said it would work with ST to find a suitable strategic solution but did not announce an intention to sell its stake in the joint venture. "Ericsson continues to believe that the modem technology, which it originally contributed to the joint venture, has a strategic value for the wireless industry," the company said in a brief statement. "For Ericsson, a key priority in this process is a successful market introduction of the new LTE modems that it is certain will be very competitive and needed in the market," it added.
"Mobile broadband is a very important market but not for ST," Bozotti told analysts during the conference call.
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Major changes in the wireless market over the last three years have driven ST's decision. Source: ST's strategic plan presentation.
ST said it will continue to support ST-Ericsson with application processors, IP and manufacturing process technology during the disengagement. This will include the fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) process which ST has pioneered at 28-nm and with a road-map to 20-nm.
Meanwhile will not abandon the mobile digital market altogether. It will still manufacture motion, environmental, image and touch sensors for that market; as well as audio amplifiers, microphones, secure microcontrollers, AMOLED display drivers.
However, Bozotti and ST declined to comment on the current value of the ST-Ericsson joint venture or what sort of costs disposal of ST-Ericsson would incur if it could not achieve a sale of the business.
ST-Ericsson has been losing several hundred millions of dollars per quarter since its formation in February 2009 and has built up large debts with its parent companies. Bozotti said that ST-Ericsson had been caught out by a dramatic change in the mobile digital equipment market that started about two years ago with changes in operating system and a trend towards vertical integration amongst certain market leading companies. ST-Ericsson had also suffered because of change at a former major customer of ST's, Bozotti said.
Related links and articles:
News articles:
ST remains committed to FDSOI, says CEO
ST-Ericsson vows to keep working on turnaround
London Calling: Should Apple buy ST-E or Renesas Mobile?
Analysis: ST-Ericsson rescue plan underwhelms
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Rockdale Christian Services operates a food pantry at 224 West Cameron Avenue, open 10 a.m. until noon weekdays. Donations of nonperishable food items are welcome, especially one-pound bags of rice, pinto beans, macaroni and cheese, canned soups and peanut butter. Donations may also be taken to 11 RCS-member churches: First Baptist, First Christian, First Presbyterian, Full Gospel Chapel, Grace Lutheran, Peace Lutheran, Meadowbrook Baptist, Primera Iglesia Bautista, St. Joseph's Catholic, St. Thomas Episcopal and St. John's Methodist.
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Computer enthusiasts that overclock their CPUs have known for a long time that liquid cooling has the potential to cool the processor better than air cooling. Liquid cooling in the enthusiast space is common and has even given way in the extreme performance categories to much more exotic means of cooling processors.
In the supercomputer realm companies like IBM have traditionally relied on air cooling for the CPUs via air conditioning for the room the supercomputer is in. IBM introduced its latest supercomputer called the Power 575, which is equipped with IBM's latest Power6 microprocessor. The Power 575 has moved from air cooling to liquid cooling and thanks to the liquid cooling useing water-chilled copper plates located above each processor, the new supercomputer requires 80% fewer air conditioning units.
The significantly reduced need for air conditioning means that the energy needed to cool the data center can be reduced by 40%. IBM researchers say water can be up to 4,000 times more efficient than air cooling for computer systems.
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Chicago Lawyers Survey, 1975 (ICPSR 8218)
Principal Investigator(s): Heinz, John P., American Bar Foundation, and Northwestern University; Laumann, Edward O., University of Chicago
This data collection contains information gathered in 1975 on attorneys in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of this data collection was to describe and analyze the social organization of the legal profession in Chicago. Several major aspects of the legal profession were investigated: the organization of lawyers' work, the social stratification within the Chicago Bar Association, prestige within the profession, lawyers' personal values, career patterns and mobility, networks of association, and the "elites" within the profession. Specific questions elicited information on areas of law in which the respondents spent most of their time practicing, and the ethnicities, educational background, religion, political affiliation, bar association memberships, and sex of respondents' friends and colleagues. Other variables probe respondents' backgrounds, such as father's occupation, home town, law school from which the respondent graduated, religious and political affiliations, ethnicity, sex, and income.
Series: Chicago Lawyers Survey Series
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Heinz, John P., and Edward O. Laumann. CHICAGO LAWYERS SURVEY, 1975. ICPSR08218-v2. Chicago, IL: John P. Heinz and Edward O. Laumann [producer], 1975. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08218.v2
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Subject Terms: attorneys, career expectations, career history, memberships, occupational mobility, organizational behavior, organizational elites, professional associations, professional ethics, professionalism, social status, social stratification, values
Geographic Coverage: Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- 1975-04--1975-08
Universe: A total of 13,823 attorneys in Chicago, Illinois, had law offices, were not retired, had graduated from law school more than one year previous to the study, and were listed in SULLIVAN'S LAW DICTIONARY FOR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, 1974-1975, and/or the MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LAW DICTIONARY.
(1) Variables 343 (Law School Attended), 349 (Religious Preference), 352 (Respondents Nationality), and 353 (Spouses Nationality) were recoded due to confidentiality concerns. Values with counts less than 5 were collapsed into a "Recoded Other" (100) value. (2) ICPSR has assigned missing value designations according to the available documentation for this study. However, some continuous variables have high and low values that may fall out of a valid range. Users of the data should be aware of the possibility that these values may not be valid.
Sample: A stratified probability sample with simple random selection of elements within strata resulted in 1,024 attorneys.
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Western Digital has announced its latest drive, a 2 Terabyte Caviar Green hard drive with 32 MB of cache and a seek time of 8.9ms. It runs between 7200 or 5400 RPM depending on load, which saves power.
Due to advances in Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR), it is able to achieve this using a four platter design, with 500 GB per platter. Having fewer platters reduces power consumption as well.
WDC's previous capacity champion was only 1TB, so this new flagship has been anticipated for use in DVRs and archival systems. The model number is WD20EADS, and is being shipped to distributors this week.
In addition to the 2TB model, Western Digital is also launching a 1.5TB model (WD15EADS) to accompany its revised 1TB model (WD10EADS). Both also feature 32MB of cache, which helps to increase access speed to commonly accessed data.
"While some in the industry wondered if the end consumer would buy a 1 TB drive, already some 10 percent of 3.5-inch hard drive sales are at the 1 TB level or higher, serving demand from video applications and expanding consumer media libraries," said Mark Geenen, President of Trend Focus.
WDC's primary competitor Seagate recently unveiled their Barracuda 7200.12 series of 3.5" desktop drives, featuring a 1TB 2 platter design. It is available with 32MB of cache as well.
Seagate is being particularly cautious these days, after firmware problems with the flagship Barracuda 7200.11 series of drives caused problems with RAID and Linux setups, and lowered prosumer confidence in the world's leading hard drive supplier.
Its Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB drive (ST31500341AS) was previously the largest single hard drive available to consumers, and the only one to go above 1TB.
Seagate may very well release their own 2TB 7200.12, but they still haven't been able to supply the Momentus 7200.4 500GB laptop drives that they announced six months ago on July 10.


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automaker Tesla's successful
initial public offering may have been marred by a quick
recoil, but the massive amount of capital it pulled in will help
make the company very viable in the near term. Two weeks
ago, Tesla snagged Apple's
former head of retail development. This week Tesla showed
off some more commercial advances, announcing that
it was delivering its first Roadster orders to Japan Hong Kong,
Poland, Turkey and Canada. BizSeek's founder Takao
Ozawa was the first person in Japan to receive an order. Ozawa
comments, "As an early adopter, I wanted to invest my own money
to show the rest of society what the electric car experience is
like. And now that I own a Tesla, I've found that not only is
it efficient and beautiful – but it's really, really
fast!"Vincent and Maggie Argiro -- the first Canadian
owners -- sold their Ferrari 360 Modena to buy the Roadster.
They blog,
"The 2010 Roadster feels solid, quite refined. The driving
was both thrilling and more relaxing than we had experienced with
other sports cars we have owned. Breathing totally clean air around
us was so refreshing and made it that much more shocking when we
re-entered the filthy exhaust stream of a petro-burner ahead of
us!"They say the Ferrari is in "excellent
condition, but a bit obsolete."In related Tesla news,
the company is fleshing out its partnership
with Toyota to deliver at least some of the company's
electric vehicles. Tesla writes that
its first RAV4 EV crossover SUV prototype is complete and that it is
on pace to deliver a test fleet of the EV SUVs before the year's
end.The press release states that the vehicle will go on sale
in 2012.


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Ok, so after I've read the last manga chapter, there was a particular panel that caught my attention.
To be more exact, this one:
As we know, Team 7 is the mirror of Team Minato.
So, after seeing that the ninjutsu (such as Kakashi, Naruto) users are going to cooperate with the medical squad (Sakura) are going to engage Obito, it made me believe like something à la Rin will come up next.
Meaning Sakura will get hurt so Naruto will feel the same pain he felt when Rin was killed.
As we know Naruto = Obito.
Sasuke = Kakashi.
Sakura = Rin.
I feel this will be used as a plot development for Naruto to understand why Obito wants to do this dream world.
Also, besides that, Team 7 also reflects The Ame Orpahns team.
And we have as proof, one of Kishi's opening pages.
And as we know, from this team, the one who fought Obito was Konan, the female correspondant of Team 7.
So, after doing all this connections I feel that this will be a plot-device tool development in order for Obito to preach to Naruto about lost hope, there is no such things as heroes, all those stuff.
What are your thoughts on this?
Remember to respect the rules, no flaming or bashing or I will report you.


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Credit Unions in Oregon, Wisconsin Mergers
The $13.4 million Coos Educators Federal Credit Union in Coos Bay, Ore., has merged with the $766 million Northwest Community Credit Union in Springfield, Ore.
Coos Educators' sole office began operating as Northwest Community CU on March 16.
Four employees at Coos Educators CU were retrained. Northwest Community began providing management support to Coos Educators in December when its 1,562 members approved the merger.
It's the second merger for Northwest Community in less than a year.
Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, the $14.8 million Veterans Administration Credit Union in Milwaukee has agreed to merge with the $1.8 billion Summit Credit Union in Madison.
VACU's sole office will continue to operate to serve its 2,809 members and Summit CU's 12,500 Milwaukee-area members, the credit unions said. Summit serves a total of 128,011 members.
The merger is contingent on approval from VACU members and regulators.


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Reporting Abuse
1. Introduction
If, in the course of play, you come into contact with another player whose behaviour you consider offensive or aggressive, the best course of action is to add the player to your Ignore List, or adjust your chat settings, so they cannot continue to bother you. Sometimes, however, you might encounter players whose behaviour is particularly offensive, or who break the Rules of FunOrb, in which case you can use the Report Abuse feature to report the player to the Jagex Player Support team.
2. Before you report
Before you report another player, you should first make sure that they are actually in breach of the Rules of FunOrb. The Player Support team review all abuse reports and have a great deal of experience, so if in doubt, submit a report.
If you decide to report another player, your report should contain evidence of the offensive act or rules-breach. If your report does not contain this evidence, we will not be able to take any action against the player. You should submit your report as soon as the act takes place, and not discuss it with other players first.
Finally, before you submit any kind of report, please take the time to read over the following:
- If the chat filter has starred-out one or more words, you do not need to report the player that used the starred-out language.
- The term noob is often used by players of online games, and is not particularly offensive. You do not need to report players who use this term to refer to you or someone else.
- Reporting other players who you know not to have committed an offence, either as a joke or as a way of deliberately inconveniencing them, is considered a misuse of the report abuse system, and may result in your being penalised.
- Provoking other players with offensive language or behaviour and then reporting them when they retaliate is considered a misuse of the report abuse system, and may result in your being penalised. Our logs will clearly show what took place before the report was submitted, and who instigated the incident.
- Knowingly submitting any kind of false report is considered a misuse of the report abuse system, and may result in your being penalised.
To submit an abuse report, simply right-click on the name of the player you wish to report while in game. A new window will open, from which you will be able to select the offence committed by the player. You will also have the option to temporarily add the player to your Ignore List, allowing you to ignore them until you log out of the game.
Please do not submit more than one abuse report for each incident. We can get all the information we need from a single report, and submitting multiple reports simply slows down the process of reviewing your reports.
4. After you report
The Player Support team review all submitted abuse reports, but not all abuse reports will result in action being taken against the reported player. This may be because the Player Support team decide that the reported player is not in fact guilty of committing an offence, or because there was insufficient evidence of wrongdoing in your report. Ultimately, the decision of whether or not to penalise a player lies with the Player Support team, so please do not submit a second abuse report if your first report is not acted on.


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AMD has not announced other Revision G processors specifics yet, although 65nm
Sempron processors, dubbed Sparta, will replace 90nm SOI Manila processors
that were just announced yesterday. Do not expect a simultaneous launch
of Sparta and Brisbane, as the Brisbane components that
are expected to ship this December are low volume productions.
Revision G is not limited to just the desktop either. Tyler and Sherman are AMD's
upcoming Revision G 65nm SOI successors to the recently announced Taylor and Keene Socket S1 DDR2 Turions and Semprons.
AMD's roadmaps have revealed that there will not be a 65nm successor to
Trinidad nor Richmond, as the Energy Efficient Sparta and Brisbane processors
will more or less fill the gap between Turion and Athlon/Sempron processors for
DTR notebooks. These Revision G processors will not receive a HyperTransport
frequency bump.
AMD has been hesitant to list TDP information for Brisbane, although
AMD's most recent partner roadmap reveals that Tyler and Sherman will have the
same TDP envelopes as Taylor and Keene; 35W and 25W respectively.
Deerhound, the Revision G successor to Santa Rosa and Santa
Ana, is the only server core on the long-term AMD roadmaps. AMD will
reduce all six 90nm Opteron cores into just two with the Santa Rosa and Santa
Ana -- Santa Rosa will be the unified Socket F dual-core Opteron
while Santa Ana will become the Socket AM2 dual-core Opteron
specifically for 1U servers and high end workstations. With Revision G, AMD
goes one step further with four cores on the Deerhound, though the
features on Deerhound are virtually identical to Santa Rosa with
the exception of the die shrink. K8L processors will then replace Deerhound in 2008.


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by Portfolio Grader | December 13, 2013 8:30 am
This week, the ratings of four chemicals stocks on Portfolio Grader[1] are down. Each of these rates a "D" ("sell") or "F" overall ("strong sell").
The Mosaic Company's (MOS[2]) rating falls to a D ("sell") this week, down from C ("hold") the week prior. Mosaic produces and distributes crop nutrients to the agricultural communities located in North America and other countries. MOS also rates an F in Portfolio Grader's specific subcategory of Sales Growth. The stock price has fallen 7.9% over the past month, worse than the 1.7% decrease the S&P 500 has seen over the same period of time. For a full analysis of MOS stock, visit Portfolio Grader[3].
Intrepid Potash, Inc. (IPI[4]) earns an F ("strong sell") this week, moving down from last week's grade of D ("sell"). Intrepid Potash mines and markets potash for use as a fertilizer. The stock gets F's in Earnings Revisions and Cash Flow. As of Dec. 13, 2013, 17.2% of outstanding Intrepid Potash, Inc. shares were held short. The stock currently has a trailing PE Ratio of 26.10. For more information, get Portfolio Grader's complete analysis of IPI stock[5].
The rating of Olin Corporation (OLN[6]) slips from a C to a D. Olin Corporation manufactures and sells chlorine, caustic soda, sodium hydrosulfite, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, sodium chlorate, bleach products, and potassium hydroxide. As of Dec. 13, 2013, 18.3% of outstanding Olin Corporation shares were held short. To get an in-depth look at OLN, get Portfolio Grader's complete analysis of OLN stock[7].
The rating of Arabian American Development Company (ARSD[8]) declines this week from a C to a D. Arabian American Development owns and operates a petrochemical facility located in southeast Texas, which specializes in high purity petrochemical solvents and other solvent type manufacturing. The stock gets F's in Earnings Momentum, Earnings Surprise and Sales Growth. For more information, get Portfolio Grader's complete analysis of ARSD stock[9].
Louis Navellier's proprietary Portfolio Grader[10] stock ranking system assesses roughly 5,000 companies every week based on a number of fundamental and quantitative measures. Stocks are given a letter grade based on their results — with A being "strong buy," and F being "strong sell." Explore the tool here[11].
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International Social Justice Project, 1991 and 1996 (ICPSR 6705)
Principal Investigator(s): Wegener, Bernd, Humbolt University of Berlin; Mason, David, Butler University; International Social Justice Project (ISJP)
The International Social Justice Project is a collaborative effort among 13 countries to conduct a comparative study of popular perceptions of economic and social justice in advanced industrialized nations. Countries which participated in the 1991 and 1996 survey included Bulgaria, East Germany, Estonia, Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, the United States, and the Czech Republic and Slovakia (formerly known as Czechoslovakia in the 1991 survey). West Germany and East Germany, during its transition to a democracy, were surveyed in 1991. The survey, which employed standardized survey procedures and data collection instruments across all countries, focused on normative social justice concepts such as entitlement, equality of economic opportunity, and reward distribution. The study design provides analysis of normative justice at a micro level, involving respondents' evaluation of justice or rewards received by individuals and small groups, and at a macro level, through the evaluation of fairness of reward distribution at the aggregate or societal level. Variables in the dataset include demographic characteristics of the respondent, such as age, sex, marital status, education, employment, and occupation. In the 1991 survey, occupation has been classified utilizing the following coding schemes: the International Standard Classification of Occupations and Goldthorpe's Class Categories, with the addition of the English-language version of the German "Berufsstellungen" in the 1996 survey. Respondents were also queried about actual and desired income, what factors respondents believe determine level of pay and their fairness, dependence on pension or social welfare programs, satisfaction with the sociopolitical system, perceived and/or preferred role of the government in job allocation, and standard of living.
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Wegener, Bernd, David Mason, and International Social Justice Project (ISJP). International Social Justice Project, 1991 and 1996. ICPSR06705-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-03-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06705.v2
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Scope of Study
Subject Terms: cultural attitudes, discrimination, education, employment, employment history, fathers, government services, household composition, income, income distribution, income estimates, industry, job satisfaction, job training, life satisfaction, moral judgement, occupational categories, occupational status, political affiliation, political attitudes, political participation, quality of life, race, religious affiliation, social attitudes, social inequality, social issues, social justice, social status, trust in government, voting behavior, workers
Geographic Coverage: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Global, Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, United States
- 1991-03--1997-01
- 1991-03--1997-01
Unit of Observation: individual
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Protect and Serve
When I was a small child I saw those words emblazoned on a Los Angeles Police Department car in the popular TV show "Adam-12". It took a handful of years for me to personally experience and learn how important and honorable those words really are, and know the courage and bravery needed to ascend to that plateau of serving and defending the liberties we have been granted by generations of fighting souls.
On this day of memorial and remembrance, I want to honor those who have given of themselves for the freedoms that all of us at one time or another have mistakenly taken for granted. We have all at a moment of lapse forgotten the sacrifices, perils and constant danger that lurks outside our democratic comfort zone. I owe a huge debt of gratitude and heartfelt "Thank You" to those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice so I can enjoy the life I have in this country. On this Memorial Day I feel a moral imperative to pay extreme homage to those who have also played this beautiful game of baseball, plus interrupted their careers to answer the call from their nation to serve with honor and dignity.
Instead of talking about The Tampa Bay Rays, or even Major League Baseball today, I want to salute 2 Baseball Hall of Fame members who answered the call of duty to serve in our military ,and unselfishly sacrificed pieces of their professional careers for our freedoms today. I want to honor them for their commitment to this great country and hope that we all remember them today along with the many other brave men and women who should be saluted daily for their courage and heroic deeds in defending our freedoms.
It has been said that over 4,500 players swapped their baseball uniforms for the assorted colors of the United States Military just during World War II. Not all of these brave men were in the Major Leagues at the time, but the entire minor league system in this country saw platoons of men from within the minor league ranks also volunteer and enter the draft during the war. They did not get the fan fare of the high profile MLB players, but their part in the military machine was just as important and vital to the overall success. It has been estimated that at least 125 members of baseball minor leagues gave the ultimate sacrifice during World War II.
We all know some of the hallowed names associated within the game with military ties like Ted Williams, Hank Greenberg,Joe DiMaggio and former Phillies Manager Danny Ozark. Yes, even Managers, Coaches and Umpires also were among those who joined the ranks of the many military branches to fight during the European and Pacific Theatre campaign. Today I am going to feature 2 of the many who left their cleats and gloves in their lockers and exchanged them for the weapons of war.
I have chosen Navy Chief Specialist Bob Feller and Army First Lieutenant Warren Spahn as my blog subjects. Both of these men have been personal baseball heroes of mine while growing up and I felt it was only right on this day of remembering the sacrifices and losses of so many brave souls to include these 2 baseball greats who gave up time willingly during the formative years of their brilliant baseball careers to fight along side people like my father and his three brothers.
There currently are over 33 inducted members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York who served during World War II. Memorable players like Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Luke Appling, Larry Doby, Bobby Doerr, Monte Irvin, Ralph Kiner, Johnny Mize, Pee Wee Reese, Phil Rizzuto, Robin Roberts, Enos Slaughter, Duke Snider,and Ted Williams. Many of the top tier players of that era of the game served during World War II.
On December 8,1941, the day after the Japanese unprovoked attack on the fleet of Navy vessels anchored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Cleveland Indians fireballer Bob Feller enlisted in the United States Navy. He was sworn in by former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Gene Tunney, at the Chicago courthouse.
Feller was first assigned to the Norfolk Naval Training Station in Virginia, as part of Tunney's physical fitness program, and pitched for the Naval Base's baseball team.But Feller was not happy. "I wanted to get out of the Tunney program and in to combat," he told author William B Mead. "So I went to the gunnery school there. And I went on the USS Alabama that fall."
Feller spent the next 26 months as a Chief Petty Officer assigned to an anti-aircraft gun crew on the USS Alabama (BB-60), a South Dakota-class battleship. "We spent the first six or eight months in the North Atlantic. I was playing softball in Iceland in the spring. We came back in the later part of the summer, and went right through the Panama Canal and over to the South Pacific. We hung around the Fiji islands for a while, and then when we got the fleet assembled, and enough men and equipment to start a successful attack, we hit Kwajalein and the Gilberts and the Marshalls and then across to Truk."
The USS Alabama returned to the United States in the spring of 1945, and Feller was assigned to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in upper Illinois, where he coached the baseball team and pitched to a 13-2 won-loss record with 130 strike outs in 95 innings. He returned to Major League Baseball in August 1945, and in his Indians debut at home in Cleveland, he beat the Tigers, 4-2, in front 46,477 adoring fans.
In January 1946, Feller set up a 3-week school in Tampa, Florida, to develop the baseball skills of returning veterans – both aspiring ballplayers and those with some organized baseball experience. Men paid for their own transportation to the school as well as room and board, but the instruction by fellow major leaguers was free for the returning veterans. It was seen as a time to reflect on both the future and the past and gave the players a sense of "normal life" again.
Feller spoke about his military service some years later in a segment on of ESPN's Major League Baseball Magazine. Feller said "I'm very proud of my war record, just like my baseball record. I would never have been able to face anybody and talk about my baseball record if I hadn't spent time in the service." Then again in 2005, he got a chance to chat with people online during a visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
One of the many questions he was asked that day online was whether he had any regrets about serving in the war? "No, I don't," Feller replied. "During a war like World War II, when we had all those men lose their lives, sports was very insignificant. I have no regrets. The only win I wanted was to win World War II. This country is what it is today because of our victory in that war".
Former pitcher Warren Spahn entered the military service on December 3, 1942 when he reported to Army Camp Chaffee, Arkansas and pitched for the 1850th Service Unit baseball team. He was then sent to Europe in December 1944 with the 1159th Engineer Combat Group's 276th Engineer Combat Battalion. " Let me tell you, that was a tough bunch of guys. We had people that were let out of prison to go into the service. So those were the people I went overseas with," he told the Hearst Press in 1945, "And they were tough and rough and I had to fit that mold."
Spahn soon found himself in the middle of one of the most intense conflicts of the European Theatre, the Battle of the Bulge. "We were surrounded in the Hertgen Forest and had to fight our ways out of there. Our feet were frozen when we went to sleep, and they were frozen when we woke up. We didn't have a bath or shower, or even a change of clothes for weeks."
In March 1945, the 276th were responsible for maintaining the traffic flow across the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, the only remaining bridge to span the Rhine. The bridge was under almost constant attack from the Germans who were desperate to stop the flow of Allied forces into Germany. At the same time they were to build a 140-foot Double Bailey bridge nearby.
On March 16, Spahn was wounded in the foot by bullet shrapnel while working on the Ludendorff. The following day he had just left the Ludendorff when the entire structure collapsed into the river with the loss of more than 30 US Army Corp of Engineer soldiers. The entire 276th unit received the Distinguished Unit Emblem and for their efforts to keep the bridge operating, while under constant enemy fire, Staff Sergeant Spahn received a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and a battlefield commission as a second-lieutenant.
After Germany's surrender in May 1945, First Lieutenant Spahn pitched for the 115th Engineers Group at their base at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. In a four game stretch, he allowed only one run and nine hits while striking out 73 batters. "Before the war I didn't have anything that slightly resembled self-confidence," Spahn told the Associated Press in August 1946. "Then I was tight as a drum and worrying about every pitch. But now I just throw them up without the slightest mental pressure."
Looking back on his military experience Spahn said, "After what I went though overseas, I never thought of anything I was told to do in baseball as hard work. you get over feeling like that when you spend days on end sleeping in frozen tank tracks in enemy threatened areas. The Army taught me something about
challenges and about what's important and what isn't. Everything I tackle in baseball and in life I take as a challenge rather than work."
It would take almost two decades for Spahn to again dorn a military outfit. But this time it was for a much different reason entirely. He had been asked to be a guest star on the Vic Morrow military show "Combat" as an extra in a scene. So Spahn again put on a military uniform, but this time it was as a German soldier in the television show scene.
I am honored to bring the tale of these 2 great Baseball Hall of Fame inductees' and ex-soldiers to you on this Memorial Day. I am an ex-United States Army Reservist who stepped on the soil in Kuwait on February 23,1990 as a freshly minted Master Sergeant. Until that day I could not fathom the emotions that would come to a swift head in and around me in a combat situation. With an insurgence of pride and courage both my unit and other advancing troops showed such moxy and bravery during that initial first thrust into this occupied country that makes me still stand so proud today.
On this Memorial Day 2011, I personally salute every man, woman and civilian who has served for their bravery and courage to defend our rights with honor. For so many of the players of this grand game I love so much to also answer that same call to duty only makes this salute more personal to me. Until I served, I really did not understand the emotional tie that binds those who serve, and now can relate and admire the feelings and the emotions of my father who served bravely in the South Pacific.
Until I put on my uniform I might have been one of those people who had taken my freedoms a bit lightly. But now, after seeing the sacrfices of others, and knowing the true spectacle of battle and its after effects, I stand tall and proud and pray for everyone currently stationed both in harm's way and in safe harbor for their efforts to preserving those rights for all of us today. I am no longer eligible to serve, but if they ever changed those age limitation or need a call to arms, I would be there in a heartbeat once again.


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Rowdy's Dream Blog #354: They Live in the Bathroom
I step into a city park restroom through a broken cinder block wall. As I start to pee into a central basin I see dark eyes peering at me over a stall. The eyes are filled with fear.
A tall, thin dark Indian man steps out. His head and hands are wrapped in bandages. He offers, in impeccable English, to do odd jobs for me.
He presents his daughter. She is small and cute with red hair and a green dress. She lives with her father in the bathroom. She seems to know some database concepts. I know I can find some work for her. I won't be able to call her but I know where to find her.
Rowdy's Dream Blog #353: I Need to Get Those Maps
My brother-in-law and I are about to leave on a trip for which we will need two maps: one of Phoenix and and another of Bandelier. My neighbor M has them.
A new red jeep backs up into our driveway, proceeding to their house which is behind ours. They are leaving too. I need to get to the maps. I walk around back to their house. I see the maps are already in the back of their station wagon, but their house is gone now. It's just a low wire fence around some dirt.
I see M and L sitting on a bench outside the house next door. I step over the low fences and approach them. They are watching intently as an irrigation ditch is being filled with a lot of water. A guy in a gray suit is diving for bodies. He finds one and floats it to the surface.
Rowdy's Dream Blog #352: A Story About Waiting at an Intersection
I meet my pal E on a downtown street. He starts to tell me a long story about seeing me in my truck. According to him, I was waiting at a light for J, who stuttered as a child, to cross the street. I finally grew to impatient and raced through the intersection, causing all my bottles of prescription drugs to bounce off my rear bumper into the street.
Rowdy's Dream Blog #351: Falling Off a Log
I am trying to follow G as she climbs a tree to get out onto a fallen-log bridge that goes over a deep canyon. I can't seem to make the last step from the tree to the log because my left foot keeps changing into something else. The log bridge shifts suddenly in its notch, knocking G off her balance and causing her to spin around it like a propeller. She files off and falls, hitting her head on a rock with a loud crack.
Rowdy's Dream Blog #350: John Kerry's Dog
The front seat of my truck is filled with grocery bags. I pull into John Kerry's driveway behind a white minivan. I speak with him through my window. He is offering a million dollars to anyone who can catch his dog. I can hear the dog barking in the trees out back. I see U, from work, aiming a camo-painted dart rifle at the dog while his sidekick looks on.
Rowdy's Dream Blog #349: The Origin of the Butternut Root
I joke with my brother about the origin of the butternut root, telling him that their special flavor comes from the way they are harvested: by monkeys who store the roots in their butts as they pick them.
Rowdy's Dream Blog #348: How to Paint with Watercolors
I receive a commission to paint a watercolor for a girl. She wants me to paint a girl pointing a gun at her. She provides me with a large palette with new grass growing on it, and stones that can be scraped for color. My pal T advises me. He has taken a watercolor class recently.
Rowdy's Dream Blog #348: How to Move a Giant Basket from the Inside
I join my pal R in the task of giant Indian basket moving, which involves standing inside the giant, boat sized, wicker basket with red-painted bow-and-stern-ends, and throwing one's weight against the side or kicking at the keel to move the basket along the trail.
Rowdy's Dream Blog #347: When the Aliens Come We Sleep on the Grass
My sister and I sleep on the grass in the front yard of our childhood home. The whole town has been abducted by aliens. They fly north overhead in lighted cylinders in long procession. The grass around us grows long.
Rowdy's Dream Blog #346: She is Crazy
As I return from my jog I pass some bleachers. Two beautiful blonds call out to me: 'We're single! You're single!' I give them dual thumbs up and then trip and stumble as I continue on. I hear laughter. Later, inside, I recline on the couch in an embrace with the taller of the two. I am awestruck by her familiar beauty. She seems to be attracted to me too. Then I see the problem: she is crazy. She channels Napoleon and her bare skull face is tightly bound with many windings of dental floss.


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. Cooder and head Chieftain Paddy Moloney pump out irresistible party grooves that are a striking contrast to the defeat and death encountered by their real-life subjects."Mother Jones
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