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December 6, 1984
LARRY FLYNT, the defendant, called in his own behalf, testified as follows:
* * *
Q: Mr. Flynt, do you recognize Exhibit 4?
A: Yes, I do.
Q: Can you tell us when you receive [sic], if at all, to the court?
A: This is a list of suggestions for ad parodies that was submitted by a freelance art director in Los Angeles.
Q: Now, when was it that -- did that come into your possession before today?
A: Yes, it did. I received it then and I've seen a copy of it since then.
Q: When you say then, what date are you referring to?
A: July of 1983.
Q: Do you recall the circumstances of your receiving that document?
A: Yes, I do.
Q: Can you tell the jury the circumstances?
A: Yes. We invite various people in the creative arts area and cartoonist, art directors, you know, to submit ideas for ad parodies and cartoons and we pay for these ideas. And we get them from people all over the country.
Q: How did that come to you?
A: Well, Mike Salisbury had been asked to submit some ideas. He submitted a list to us and we purchased approximately four (4) or five (5) of the ideas. We paid, I believe, five hundred dollars ($500.00) a piece for them.
* * *
Q: Now, can you tell us, looking at Exhibit 4, which of the items on there you recognize as having been purchased from Mr. Salisbury by Hustler?
A: The Campari ad, the Coca-cola ad, the Kool ad, the Malboro [sic] ad, the Trojans may have been one of those, I'm not sure.
Q: Now the Campari ad is the one that you said that you purchased is number six (6) on that list, is that right?
A: Yes.
* * *
Q: Turning to item number six (6) on there, can you read for the jury what that item is?
A: It says Campari. "Jerry Falwell talks about his first times [sic]. Something like, I never really expected to make it with Mom, but then after she showed all of the other guy [sic] in town such a good time, I figured, what the hell."
Q: Now, did you have any discussions with Mike Salisbury about this list?
A: About the preparation of it?
Q: Yes.
A: No.
Q: Was the list given to you in this form?
A: The list was submitted to me with an attachment of art work. Otherwise, he attached the original Campari ad. I believe a photograph of Jill St. John was on there and then he suggested getting a colored photograph of Reverend Falwell and putting it in place of theirs and then building the text around this idea.
Q: Was any of the words written in Number six (6) written by anyone at Hustler?
A: No.
Q: What did Hustler Magazine do after they purchased the items you've referred to on this list? Specifically, what did they do with item number six (6)?
A: After the ideas were purchased they were discussed at an editorial meeting where both the art director and the editor in charge of the parodies could compare their work. An art director does the illustration in terms of laying out the physical design of the ad. The editor writes all of the copy that appears within -- the type that appears within the ad.
* * *
Q: Well, let me ask you a question if there was any discussion about what was intended to be conveyed by the ad parody that you hold in your hand?
A: Well, we wanted to poke fun at Campari for their type advertisement because the innuendoes that they had in their ads made you sort of confused as to if the person was talking about their time as far as a sexual encounter or whether they were talking about their first time as far as drinking Campari.
Of course, another thing that you had to do is to have a person, you know, that is the complete opposite of what you would expect. If someone such as me might have been in there I don't know how people would have interpreted it. But if somebody like Reverend Falwell is in there it is very obvious that he wouldn't do any of these things; that they are not true; that it's not to be taken seriously. But where the irony and humor is found in this, while it might not be funny to certain people and they may not see the satire in there, they have to consider how different people around the country perceive Falwell to be in terms of his political activities, his beliefs, how he wants people to perceive him as, you know, he would like to be loved, have recognition, acceptance by the people. There's nothing wrong with this, but when it happens, you know, ego comes into play. The best example I can say is when somebody asks me why Reverend Falwell, the only thing I can point out is why did Walter Mondale, during the debates in Louisville, "Do you want Reverend Falwell to be involved in selecting the next Supreme Court?" Now, that was strictly to make a political point, but that means that he, more than any other evangelist is involved in the mainstream of politics. And there is a great deal of people in this country, especially the ones that read Hustler Magazine, that feel that there should be a separation between church and state. So, when something like this appears it will give people a chuckle. They know this was not intended to defame the Reverend Falwell, his mother or any members of his family because no one could take it serious.
* * *
Q: All right. In terms of the idea of Reverend Falwell giving an interview to Hustler Magazine, what do you think the believability of that is to the readers?
A: Well, all of our readers know that Reverend Falwell has sued Penthouse Magazine for running a legitimate interview with him, so it's doubtful -- his -- because of his personal, you know, beliefs and convictions, Hustler and myself have been a target of him and the Moral Majority, you know, for the past ten (10) years. So it's highly unlikely, you know, that he would -- that there would be any remote possibility that he would consider giving an interview to us.
Q: All right, now, looking at the items specifically, can you tell us what specific items in there you think are totally unbelievable?
A: Well, you know it's a put-on when you read the first one where it says, "My first time was in an outhouse in Lynchburg, Virginia." I mean, you start off there.
Q: Now, read the interviewer's question. "Wasn't it a little cramped?"
A: Well, you really don't know what that means at that point. I mean, you know, you see the ad, you know it's a put on but --
Q: Now, Reverend Falwell responds, "Not after I kicked the goat out." Now what to you was the believability to that suggestion.
A: Well, you're talking about someone's first time. It's kind of difficult for two (2) people and a goat to fit in an outhouse. I'm not trying to be funny. I just, you know, don't really understand the point you're trying to make.
Q: Well, I'm asking you at this point to tell me what about this ad parody makes it so clear to you that it was something that never could be believed. Now, let's go down the items specifically, if you can, and tell us what about this ad parody makes this impression upon you?
A: Well, you know, as far as making it with his mother, I mean, that's so outrageous, I mean, that no one can find that believable.
Q: What else can you tell us?
A: The irreverence and the whole iconoclastic appeal about your mom, "Isn't that a bit odd. I don't think so. Looks don't mean that much to me in a woman." I mean, if this stuff was true it would be extremely inflammatory and offensive, but the fact that you know it's not true, you know, I can't comprehend how anyone could take it serious. I mean, someone may not like it, but that's not what we're here for today is whether somebody likes it or not, but whether it's in violation of the law.
Q: Interviewer: "Go on," reading at the middle of the page. "Falwell: Well, we were drunk off our God-fearing asses on Campari, Ginger Ale, and Soda, that's called the Fire and Brimstone, at the time." Now, what did you think about the believability of that statement?
A: I think it's totally unbelievable.
Q: Is there anything in this ad parody that you thought at the time would be believed?
A: Not anything.
Q: Look at the language at the bottom of the left hand corner where it says, "Campari, like all liquor, was made to mix you up." Now, what did you think about the believability of that statement?
A: Well, again, that is part of the parody on the product itself, you know, the liqueur. I mean, you're not going to believe that really, you know, anymore than you're going to believe the material about Reverend Falwell.
Q: Had you seen liquor advertisements before this advertisement parody was published.
A: Pardon?
Q: Had you seen authentic liquor advertisements before this ad parody was published?
A: Yes.
Q: Now, had you ever seen a liquor advertisement that told you that you -- that the liquor was made to mix you up?
A: No.
Q: Does Hustler advertise liquor?
A: No, we don't.
Q: Reading on:
"It's a light, 48 proof, refreshing spirit, just mild enough to make you drink too much before you know you're schnockered."
Now, what was your opinion about the believability of that statement?
A: Well, no liquor company is really going to use that kind of language, you know, to describe their product.
Q: Reading on:
"For your first time, fix it with orange juice or maybe some white wine. Then you won't remember anything the next morning. Campari, the mixable that smarts."
Tell us what your opinion was about the believability of that statement?
A: That's -- I mean, that's not believable because, you know, someone is saying, you know, drink our liquor and you won't remember anything the next morning. I mean, again it becomes obvious.
* * *
Q: Now, when the discussion concerned Campari, was there anybody at that meeting who expressed the concern that a reader might take the ad parody to be a true statement of fact?
A: No, no one. But please understand how it works. Once an editorial decision is made, Xeroxed copies of whatever goes in the magazine goes to the legal department. We have, you know, three (3) in-house attorneys who look this over and if it doesn't have their approval on it, it don't go in the magazine. They're often making changes because the editors, as well as myself, you know, do not have legal minds.
Q: What effect, if any, did you intend for the ad parody to have on Jerry Falwell?
A: We're responding to our own readership; we didn't intend for it to have any effect on him. And the fact that he's you know, responded the way he has, you know, is just as, you know, unbelievable as the ad is.
* * *
Q: Publishing the ad parody that is in front of you, Exhibit 1, was there any intent on the part of Hustler to hurt Mr. Falwell?
A: No.
Q: Now, the ad parody was published in March 1984. Is that correct?
A: Possibly. I don't know.
* * *
Q: At the time that ad parody was published, in March of 1984, were you involved in a position to publish it?
A: Ah, yes. Because I recall working on this issue.
Q: Now, when it was published, what was the intent of Hustler, if any, to hurt Mr. Falwell?
A: There was no intent.


text: 624015 1 Broad Institute 2085-10_Inhibitor_Dose_DryPowder_Activity_Set2 2013 3 19 HDL Inhib: Activity in mutant cell line Measured in Cell-Based System Using Plate Reader - 2085-10_Inhibitor_Dose_DryPowder_Activity_Set2 Keywords: cholesterol efflux, Cys384 mutant Assay Overview: SR-BI also mediates bidirectional flux (e.g., efflux) of unesterified, or 'free' cholesterol (FC) between cells and HDL or other acceptors. In vivo, the greatest SR-BI-mediated selective uptake occurs in the liver and steroidogenic organs. BLT-1 is known to interact at serine 384. If the cysteine is mutated, BLT-1 can no longer bind. This assay is used to determine if the compounds alter the efflux of free cholesterol to HDL with the mutated SR-BI receptor. Compounds that do and do not inhibit efflux in a dose dependent manner will be of value. Expected Outcome: Active compounds in this assay reduce efflux of cholesterol. Because of the absence of the cysteine-384 residue in the mutated SR-BI receptor, active compounds could reduce cholesterol efflux through a different mechanism than that used by BLT-1. A compound which is inactive in this assay but reduces efflux mediated by the wild-type SR-BI receptor most likely uses a similar mechanism as BLT-1. For efflux assays, [ldlA] Cys384S CHO cells were seeded on day 0 on 24-well plates at a density of 50,000 cells per well in Ham's F12 +5% fetal bovine serum + Penicillin-Streptomycin-L-Glutamine. On day 1, the medium was replaced with Ham's F12 medium supplemented with 10% bovine lipoprotein deficient serum, 1 uCi/ml [1,2-3H]cholesterol (40-60 Ci/mmol; NEN Life Science), 2mML-glutamine, 50 U/ml penicillin, 50 mg/ml streptomycin, and, for ldlA[mSR-BI] cells only, 0.25 mg/ml G418. (Hams+P/S+Gln+10% Serum + cholesterol +/-G418) Cholesterol, [1,2-3H(N)]-, 1mCi (37MBq) Product number: NET139001MC Perkin Elmer - NEN On day 3, the cells were washed twice in 1 ml Ham's F12 medium without any supplements and then cultured for another 24 h in 1 ml tissue culture medium in which fetal bovine serum was replaced with 1% fatty acid-free (FAF) BSA (Sigma catalog No. A6003). (Hams+P/S+Gln+1% FAF-BSA +/-G418) Day 4: the efflux assay was performed on day 4. Cells were washed twice with Ham's F12 without supplements and then preincubated for 1 h at 37C with compounds at the indicated concentrations in 1 ml assay medium (Ham's F12 + P/S + Gln + 0.5% DMSO + 25 mM HEPES, pH 7.4+ 0.5% FAF BSA). Subsequently, the cells were incubated for an additional 2 h with the same concentrations of small molecules and with the indicated concentrations unlabeled HDL a 55 ul of assay medium containing 2 mg/ml HDL added to each well (final HDL concentration of 100 ug/ml) (Ham's F12 + P/S + Gln + 0.5% DMSO + 25 mM HEPES, pH 7.4 + 0.5% FAF BSA) After a 2-h incubation at 37 degrees C, the [3H]cholesterol contents of the cells and the media were determined as follows. 120 ul efflux media were collected and clarified by centrifugation for 1 min with a desktop microcentrifuge, and the radioactivity in 100 ul of each supernatant was determined by liquid scintillation counting (LSC). Cells were solubilized with 400 ul of lysis buffer (1% Triton X-100 in PBS) for 30 min at room temperature, and the amount of [3H]cholesterol in 100 ul of each lysate was determined by LSC. Total cellular [3H]cholesterol was calculated as the sum of the radioactivity in the efflux medium plus the radioactivity in the cells and was used to calculate the [3H]cholesterol efflux (percent of total [3H]cholesterol released into the medium). 488952 summary 8560269 SR-BI is an HDL receptor 1 AC_50_uM The concentration at which activity reaches 50% of the maximum 1 5 2 2 2 R01 HL052212-11 4 135378232 1 2 30 1 0.25 2012 4 5

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Liberal Democrats Want to Ban Non-EVs/Hybrids by 2040 for "Carbon-Free UK"
Jason Mick
August 7, 2013 8:22 PM
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If Britain goes carbon free does that mean no more life as we know it?
The Liberal Democrats -- currently Britain's third largest political party -- are pushing to ban
not just sports cars, SUVs, and all other manner of "gas guzzling" vehicles
, as
some have suggested in the U.S.
, but
petroleum and diesel vehicles off the streets of Britain by 2040. If isn't -- at least in part --
, it won't be allowed on the streets.
The plan is currently in its final stages and would be voted upon at the socially liberal party's upcoming conference in Glasgow, UK.
The proposal,
according to a draft
obtained by
The Telegraph
, states:
By 2040, only ultra-low carbon vehicles will be permitted on UK roads for non-freight purposes.
In other words, only
hybrids, battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs)
would be legal. Anything else -- in terms of consumer vehicles (including taxis and other small commercial vehicles) -- would not be.
Currently, the British do not buy many electric vehicles. In 2012 a total of roughly
2 million cars
were sold to British buyers. Meanwhile the top-selling hybrid electric vehicle, Toyota Motor Corp.'s (
) Prius moved
only 13,000 units
(about 0.6 percent of total sales), while the Plug-in Prius saw 470 sales -- even more miniscule. In total only 3,600 PHEVs or BEVs have sold in the UK since the launch a £5,000 ($7,750 USD) tax incentive in mid 2010.
By contrast nearly 435,000 hybrids were sold in the U.S. last year [
], accounting for approximately 3 percent of sales. While BEV sales were slow, combined BEV and PHEV sales moved nearly 53,000 units in the U.S. in 2012. These numbers indicate that the U.S. is likely selling at least twice the number of electric vehicles and hybrids -- percentage wise -- as Britain.
A second plank of the proposed platform calls for airfare taxes to be replaced with a more significant carbon tax. The party describes:
[Air passenger duty would be replaced with] per-plane duty, charged in proportion to the carbon emissions created by that journey.
That move is intended to stoke the use of biofuels and cut down on "frivolous" air travel.
One thing such critics of these proposals will likely appreciate is that the party calls for
expansion of Britain's nuclear power
and natural gas shale exploration/extraction. The proposal calls on cutting legal red tape to increasing use of nuclear and natural gas for the nation's energy.
The plan does call for the expansion of clean nuclear energy. [Image Source: Corbis]
Among the proposed changes would be to allow for fracking -- hydraulic fracturing -- a process in which pressurized/heat water and chemicals is injected into sites containing oil or natural gas in order to extract it. The process
is controversial
as some have
suggested it might cause earthquakes
; however, at present the evidence supporting that hypothesis
remains far from conclusive
. The proposal to drop the party's opposition to fracking does come with some provisions. The party writes:
[Fracking can commence so long as] regulations controlling pollution and protecting local environmental quality are strictly enforced, planning decisions remain with local authorities and local communities are fully consulted over extraction and fully compensated for all damage to the local landscape.
Experts have estimated that 700 million barrels of oil or more a year could be extracted from oil shale in two areas of Surrey and Sussex.
The proposals -- which aim to create a "zero-carbon" Britain (a rather humorous term, surely) might not be taken seriously were it not for the Liberal Democrats' key role as kingmaker in the British government. By entering into a coalition with the center-right Conservative party (while ironically bucking the center-left Labour Party), the Conservatives were able to command leadership of the country, including the role of prime minister, which is currently filled by Conservative party leader David Cameron.
In order to stay in power, the Conservative government must make major concessions to their Liberal Democrat allies, despite having a significantly larger head count in Parliament. Thus as absurd as the idea of banning all non-electric vehicles from the streets of Britain sounds, if the Liberal Democrats pass the proposal, their Conservative allies may be forced to listen.
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Geithner prepares to blast critics
NEW YORK — Timothy Geithner recently said he was "not really the type to sit alone at a desk and write."
But that's exactly what the former treasury secretary plans to do.
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Geithner is preparing to shop around what could turn into a blockbuster book. He'll lay out his close-up view of the much-maligned bank bailout, which he claims saved the United States from a second Great Depression and critics say was a no-strings-attached gift to Wall Street.
Until now, Geithner has not been able to tell his unvarnished version of the story. In on-the-record interviews while in office, he often was restrained in defending the administration's crisis response despite what seemed like a clear desire to rip into his critics.
But the need for political restraint is over, and Geithner could use the book to finally fire back at the many academics and financial reform advocates who claim the Troubled Asset Relief Program saved the very executives who crashed the economy with reckless bets on toxic mortgage-backed securities and saddled the nation with a deep and painful recession — the effects of which linger.
Geithner, who just signed on as a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, is being represented by Washington super-lawyer Robert Barnett, who has helped many former government officials translate big-time Washington experience into lucrative speaking and writing careers. Barnett negotiated deals for both President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The book is in its early planning stages, and no offers are on the table yet. Both Barnett and Geithner declined to comment on details of the book, which is expected to come out next year. A publishing source said it could easily command an advance of $500,000 or more and will most likely generate a bidding war among publishers. Geithner could also get $25,000 or more for individual speaking engagements.
A source familiar with the project said Geithner will tell the story of the U.S. response to the financial crisis, beginning with his experience as president and chief executive of the New York Federal Reserve through his four-year stint as treasury secretary.
The source said Geithner will attempt to address what he views as "myths" and "confusion" that linger about the $700 billion bailout that began under former President George W. Bush and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and continued through the Obama administration.
In some respects, the book will cover familiar ground.
Paulson has already written a well-reviewed account of the crisis, "On the Brink." And HBO made a popular film version of New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin's best-selling book "Too Big to Fail," in which Geithner plays a prominent role.
Neil Barofsky, former special inspector general for TARP, sharply criticized Geithner and Treasury in his own book "Bailout!" and recently said he looks forward to Geithner trying to settle the score.
"Bring it on!" Barofsky recently tweeted when reports of Geithner's book began circulating. "Hopefully he can do better than his exit interviews, like actually admit to a mistake, but I doubt it," Barofsky added.


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Different experiences on tap for Tigers
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
He was a fan back then.
"Oh, yeah," Avila said. "I wasn't getting autographs or anything like that. I never did that. I grew up in a Major League clubhouse, so I never asked for autographs. But I just kind of liked the whole experience of watching a game full of All-Stars, the best players in the game at the time. That was the biggest thrill for me."
Come Tuesday night, when the American League team takes the field, he'll be looking at a diamond full of All-Stars from a different viewpoint, behind home plate. And it'll be one of the biggest thrills of the week for his Tigers All-Star teammates. For this year, at least so far, he's the best catcher in the AL.
"I was so happy for him," said Justin Verlander, who spearheaded the drive to get fans to vote in Avila as the starting catcher. "I know how excited he was at the prospect of it. I remember how excited I was for the first time."
Like Avila, Verlander made the All-Star team in his second full season in the big leagues, in 2007. Verlander is now at the point where he has become a regular. His selection was certain enough that he was able to rent a plane and fly his teammates here from Kansas City, along with Royals All-Star Aaron Crow.
Once he landed in Phoenix and arrived at the team hotel, Avila said, it hit him what this honor meant.
"When we got to the hotel, there was a lot of people in the lobby, just a lot of stuff going on, and you see the All-Star logo everywhere," Avila said. "I've been to All-Star Games before and kind of seen all this, with all the people and the fans, but obviously, I'm getting a different perspective this time. I'm putting on the uniform. I'm definitely excited about it."
He was one of those All-Stars. And the smile that was on his face as reporters talked to him on Monday morning never really left for the entire hour he answered questions, no doubt repeating himself.
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|Alex Avila
"I think he was excited," said Miguel Cabrera, who started last year's All-Star Game as an injury replacement. "Having a chance to represent the Tigers in the starting lineup is something very special. His first year in the All-Star Game, he made the lineup. I think it's awesome. I feel proud for him. I feel happy for him, happy for our organization, because they're doing a great job."
As AL All-Star closer Jose Valverde saw the smiles on Avila and shortstop Jhonny Peralta, he could sense the mood.
"It's great for me," Valverde said, "because [Avila and Peralta] have been working hard every single day -- Avila behind the plate, Peralta at short. And I'm excited for these two guys."
When Avila gets behind home plate, he'll be the first Tiger who made it into the starting lineup by fan vote since 2007, when Detroit had three starters. One of them was Ivan Rodriguez, who gave Avila his first catching mitt when he made the position switch in college at the University of Alabama.
The last Tigers catcher to start in an All-Star Game before that was Lance Parrish, whose jersey number Avila now wears. Before that it was the great Bill Freehan, whose resume Avila knows well.
Avila will bat ninth in the All-Star lineup, and that's fine with him.
"Look at that lineup. Robinson Cano's batting eighth," Avila said. "My job is to protect him. That's an unbelievable lineup."
Whereas Avila will start the game, Valverde is expected to close it. AL manager Ron Washington said on Monday morning that Valverde will get the shot if the team takes a lead into the ninth inning.
If that happens it will give Valverde a chance to wrap up a win on the same field where he first became an All-Star, with the D-backs. That's a different thrill from being a first-time All-Star, and it's a chance that Valverde would relish.
"This is where I started playing baseball," he said. "This is where I threw my first pitch at 100 mph, in that stadium. I have good friends. I have exciting moments in that stadium. I had to be here, no matter what, because all my friends and my family are here."
The one All-Star guaranteed not to play is Verlander, who threw 119 pitches on Sunday and by rule isn't available. That's fine with him. Asked what the best part of this game will be for him, he sounded like a fan on vacation.
"This is the second time that I've been able to relax and enjoy it," Verlander said. "It's kind of a neat experience. It's very exciting. ... Obviously, I would like to pitch, but when you know you're not pitching, you just kind of sit back, and you're a fan of the talent and everything going on around you. I think you're able to soak up that part of it a little bit more."
Avila, no doubt, will soak it up as a starter.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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1078: Knights
Title text: 1. Nf3 ... ↘↘↘ 2. Nc3 ... ↘↘↘ 0-1
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This comic is comparing the opening moves of the game of chess to the opening moves of the Battle of Agincourt, which was fought between the English and the French in the Hundred Years War. In the battle, just like in the comic, the English used their longbowmen effectively, neutralizing the French knights and infantry. The two pieces that are moved out of the white side of the board are both the pieces known as the Knights. And in the actual battle, the French knights on horseback attacked first. As you can see, all the pawns on the right side of the chess board have bows.
The title text uses the abbreviations for chess moves. Nf3 = Knight to square F3. Nc3 = Knight to square C3. N = Knight because the King piece has the K [abbreviation covered]. What comes after the typical chess move is what can only be read as a hail of arrows. And the 0-1 at the end means that "Black Wins".
The word "gambit" means "an opening in chess, in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage". The usual gambit of sacrificing a pawn is subverted to be a sacrifice of a high-value piece, as an analogy of what happened at Agincourt.
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- [A chessboard, The black pawns have all gained longbows and have specifically taken down the white knights as they move forward, without any black pieces needing to move from their opening positions. Caption below the panel:]
- The Agincourt gambit.
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At the beginning of a chess game, neither knight can move to e3. The proper move (and the move actually made, in the picture) is Nf3. The Nc3 move is correct. 188.8.131.52 23:44, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
- Indeed, thanks for pointing that out; the move was corrected on xkcd.com, so I did the same here. - Cos (talk) 13:53, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
Why didn't black move? 188.8.131.52 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- He did. The lines represent black pawns raining down a hail of arrows to kill the knights. 22.214.171.124 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
I seem to remember that the bows and arrows at Agincourt (and thereby taking down the horses) was something of a surprise -- as it would be in chess, as well (otherwise, they wouldn't have made their horses so vulnerable). I'm too lazy to look this up myself, so if anyone already knows a bunch about that, that'd be something to add. --Ricketybridge (talk) 23:05, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
- It was a surprise because on other terrain it wouldn't have worked (the ground was muddy, impeding cavalry, and the approach was narrow, making it a shooting gallery; under more favorable conditions for cavalry, the knights would have closed and slaughtered bowmen before the bowmen managed to take down more than a handful of them). Plus the French were stupid; obviously, they must have noticed that the terrain was not ideal, but apparently they vastly underestimated how much difference it would make. Protagoras (talk) 04:08, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Someone wins and someone loses every game. We don't know what really happened. Wikipedia tells us the ground was muddy without explaining why or why it was an hindrance to the white team. Why (for example) would the ground have been ploughed in October (the season of mellow fruitfulness)?
Presumably there is no limit to how many troops the locals can muster; just a limit to how many they could train and deploy correctly. But Henry was the challenger, fighting was on his side, a winter war with the logistics problem was not.
The story is the stuff of comics.
There was no such thing a French in those days. All loyalties were a political net that would change like the wind. Popular misconception is the the English would not have to so much to win. In fact they would have had to do nearly everything and at the double. (Example gratis:) Moving the stake barrages closer to the French arrows. How would they have done that? Who knows? They were low Welsh and English hoi palloi of little account. I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 17:58, 21 January 2015 (UTC)


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Pitching rotation set; no qualms
Manager Bruce Bochy and pitching coach Dave Righetti set the starting rotation for the 2011 Giants. And here it is:
RH Tim Lincecum
LH Jonathan Sanchez
RH Matt Cain
LH Barry Zito
LH Madison Bumgarner
Now there are some who might object to this rotation, saying that Cain has earned the distinction of being No. 2 man, and that Zito is better placed at No. 5.
But there are several reasons this rotation is the best one.
1. The mix of RH-LH-RH-LH-LH offers different looks to opposing lineups. That different look of pitching behind Cain would put Zito in the best position to succeed. And don't we all want Zito to succeed?
2. Stress on the bullpen. Lincecum and Cain are the two pitchers on the staff best equipped to pitch deep into a game. Putting them back-to-back would leave the bullpen susceptible to a heavy workload in consecutive games. Sanchez has the ability of pitching eight innings of two-hit ball one start and struggling to get out of the fifth inning the next. And, of course, Zito is the poster child for failing to get out of the fifth. Putting a workhorse like Cain in between the two is a good move.
3. Sanchez has earned the chance to supplant Zito in the No. 2 start with a strong finish last season.
4. Keeping Bumgarner at No. 5 lessens the taxing on his arm. Although, the Giants will not skip anyone in the rotation, so the benefit of this is diminished.
5. Moving Zito down in the rotation gives him a better chance at getting some improved run support because he's facing the opposition's No. 4 pitcher. Run support has been a problem for Zito. Now he gets to go against the likes of, for example, the Dodgers' Jon Garland, instead of Chad Billingsley.
All good reasons. Now, let's see if it works. And let's hope (knock on wood) that there's no reason to change this rotation between now and March 31.


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Hi Everyone!
First I want to say the my party turned out very well. The food was great and we all laughed and talked for several hours and saw some far away fireworks in Md, Va and DC.
I am still recovering!
Jo--so nice that you had the opportunity to get your grand daughter started sewing. My grandmother taught me and I always remember that when I sew. It was a priceless gift. I hope you can spend more time with her Terrific!
Glad to hear that everyone had a great 4th. I think next year I'll make chicken in the crock pot. More economical and last year everyone loved it.
I forgot to say Jo, how lovely Hayley looks in her festive dress. I know she will treasure it.
So glad to hear that you love your carpet Lillie and that you made it through the "fume stage" ok. Now you can just enjoy!
Sorry I missed your birthday Stephanie---hope you had a wonderful day!
I can't see where a pic of Lillie's cabinet is posted. Anyone know?
I found the link for the sewing cabinet Lillie----fantastic! I know you will enjoy it with all the storage and features. Wow!
I can't see where a pic of Lillie's cabinet is posted. Anyone know?
Hi Diane,
Here is a link to my new sewing machine cabinet. http://www.sewingandcraftclub.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=2777&category_id=303 It's the Quiltmate IV from Koala. Mine will be white.
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Diane:Jo--so nice that you had the opportunity to get your grand daughter started sewing. My grandmother taught me and I always remember that when I sew. It was a priceless gift. I hope you can spend more time with her Terrific!
Hi Everyone, I am not typing a long reply today.....I did yesterday and evidently it didn't make it to our posts. So this is a test. Can you see me now? lol
One of the neighbors came down about 8:00 last night and asked if Haley wanted to come and swim in their pool. Of course, Haley was jumping up and down with excitement; we found her something to wear and off she went. She had never even met this lady b4. Everyone in this town are so friendly. Jo
Good Morning Everyone,
I hope your day is off to a good start and that you all have had a wonderful Holiday Weekend.
Today is packing day. It takes a little more to get four people ready than one. Fortunately the girls are really old enough to take care of themselves however, I'm not sure husbands ever are.
I haven't got a lot to write this morning so I'll keep it short too.
Jo, It is great to live in a friendly town. I'm sure Haley had a great time.
Hi ya' Jo. So glad you can finally post here again!
Linny T
Robin, I hope you all have a wonderful trip. Yes it is much harder to get 4 ready than 1. Glad to hear you all had a nice day together on the 4th.
Diane, glad to hear your dinner party was a great success. I'd like to know how you make your crock pot chicken, if you don't mind sharing your recipe.
Stephanie, I know you're on your trip, so if you can see your posts, hope you're having a grand time.
Darlene, what are you up to?
Was everyone able to see the pic of Jo's grand daughter in the dress she made? I can see it, but didn't see any comments about it. This site can be finicky so I don't like to just believe it posted.
Yesterday I got my hair cut short. It's cute and cool and I love it. After I went to Bealls outlet and got a couple of tops, some new jammies and a lounging outfit. After that I went for groceries and then home in time to nap while it rained. A very nice day indeed. I felt pretty for the first time in months and months.
Today I'm hanging out with DS. Don't know what we'll get into, but it'll be nice to just bum around with her and not have to work in her old house.
I hope everyone has a really wonderful Saturday.
Linny t:Darlene, what are you up to?
I posted earlier with a long diatribe regarding the last two days. I tried to post a picture of the project I am working on and lost everything. So...let's try again with less detail and no picture.
Yesterday was a day of recovery from the 4th. I took Mom to two appointments, lunch and then came home. I crashed very early and slept fitfully..
I awoke this morning at 5 due to the heat, humidity and the early bedtime. I decided to make the most of the early rise and get working on a quilt which I had tucked away in a moment of frustration months ago. When Kyle returned and my sewing was repositioned to the dungeon it was lost. This quilt is a wedding gift for my nephew and the wedding is next Saturday. This put some urgency into finding and resuming this project. The other factor lending to the urgency was Mom's inquiry yesterday as to the status of the quilt. She knows me all too well and was anticipating that I would be up all night Friday to finish. This is still a possibility but I am hoping not.
I had become frustrated with my choice of fabrics and was unhappy with the way the blocks were coming together but refused to start over. After getting the top together today I am happy with the look of the quilt and glad I didn't ditch my first choice. I am struggling with the fact that the pattern I chose was for a twin and they have a king size bed. I decided to add extra borders to gain the width and length. This has proven to be challenging for me today.
Normally I am good with math and have no issues with border lengths. Today the first three borders were all short when I got to the last side. So glad I wasn't trying to miter them or I would have been even more frustrated. I am thankful that I was pinning the borders on so I knew they were short before getting to the end of the side. I hate pinning and frequently skip pins. After today I believe I will not skip pins.
The third border was not originally part of the plan but I had a panic moment when I measured the top and thought I was going to be way to small with the borders I had cut when starting the project. I also had to remember the layout of borders I had planned. I couldn't find my notes and only finally figured it out based on the number of pieces of each fabric I cut. Thankfully, the original pieces cut were plenty long enough even after adding in two borders before the original.
My math challenge was that i was only adding width and length once for each border instead of twice which made the quilt seem like it would never get big enough.
If I do this quilt again, I believe I will try to calculate adding another couple rows and making them longer so that I will not need all these borders. It is a star made out of 60 degree triangles cut from 6 inch strip sets with diamonds and parellalograms (sic?) between. Fun to do and not really hard. My points matched up rather well. Not perfect but pretty close.
Well, my battery is close to dead and I don't feel like going downstairs to plug in. Guess it is time to call it a night.
Hope that everyone had a fun day and that tomorrow is wonderful as well.
Nighty nights all.
from Western New York
Hi Everyone
Linny---the chicken in the crock pot is the same as the ribs. Sliced onions at the bottom of the pot then add chicken and barbecue sauce. It was great last year. The ribs I had were OK but not meaty enough I though. It was a great time though.
My Nelly is with eggs again. I have ordered an incubator and watched a video of instruction so I know how to do this. I sure hope they do well. This will be her 4th pregnancy. I messed up with 2 clutches making it too hot then too wet. She had one clutch under the paper in the tank and by the time I got to them they were dead. Maybe baby dragons this time!
Enjoy your Sunday everyone. Not going to church---just need to rest. I'm exhausted.
Hope you have more success with these eggs Diane now that you'll have an incubator.
Wow Darlene. You must have been in panic mode with your quilt. How are you going to quilt it?
DH and I are making a cutting/storage table for my sewing studio. So far we have cut two shelves. lol It was too stinkin' hot yesterday. Here is a link to the cutting table we are going to make. I will paint mine white and will not have a place for a sewing machine or the pull out shelf. Mine will only be 5.5 x 4 ft.
While I was surfing for stuff yesterday, I ran across this info on Patsy Thompson's blog. It's exactly what I've been looking for for the top of my table.
I've had a hard time with my posts the last few days. Hopefully this one will show up and not give me the moderator screen of death.
Good Morning Ladies,
We've made it to TN. Not to Nashville yet stopped for some lunch.
Darlene, I'm sure that you'll pull off the quilt.
Diane, good luck with the eggs.


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Small Credit Union's Processor Wins Over CEO
Robert Taylor was so impressed with the core processing system at the smaller credit union his Idaho State University Federal Credit Union was merging that the CEO is not only keeping that platform around, he's buying a piece of the company.
Earlier this year, the $130 million ISUCU took in the $17 million Pocatello Teachers Federal Credit Union in Pocatello, Idaho.
Along with its 2,600 members, the 15,700-member ISUCU got a first-hand look at the CUProdigy Core system from Credit Union Data Processing Inc., a CUSO in Farmington, Utah.
"The normal assumption is that the system at the larger credit union would be the continuing one but I guess we decided otherwise after seeing what it had to offer and talking to their people and seeing how open both truly were," Taylor said.
As a result of the merger, ISUCU now has 55 employees and five branches – three in Pocatello and one each in Blackfoot and Idaho Falls – and seven surcharge-free ATMs on the Idaho State campus. Taylor said his merged staff played a major role in the decision to look at staying with the smaller system.
"The tellers loved the CUDP system and kept badgering to take a look at it until I did. I was pretty close minded about it until then," Taylor said.
His first impression came when he went to a Pocatello Teachers branch with his Mac.
"CUDP set me up on it in just a couple minutes and there I was on Firefox looking at names and accounts. There's no way I could have done that with some other systems," Taylor said. "It's very platform independent."
Taylor also found that he was able to talk the same language with the programming staff at CUDP, something he said has not always been the case in the past.
"I don't want to mention the company's name, but I had a discussion a couple years ago with a programmer we were working with, and he just couldn't understand what was saying. I had him repeat it back to me and really, it was very frustrating," Taylor recalled.
Work is under way now to meet the expected conversion date of Dec. 31 this year, Taylor said. ISUCU currently runs on the CUnify platform from Open Solutions Inc. Prior to that, it ran on the SOSystems solution that Open Solutions purchased and eventually began sunsetting.
The credit union has a demanding university membership base and is a power user of the Open Solutions system, Taylor said. The IT manager at ISUCU is active in their users group and has been an instructor for them in report writing, he pointed out.
"We're always pushing for more and I think we're now at the point where the bigger companies probably can't turn our demands around soon enough," Taylor said. "My members are demanding things that demand a different architecture, more bill pay, more multi-channel banking. CUDP has developed the [application programming interface] and has the people we need to provide a truly open system and work with us to get what we need in here."
They're integrating with a number of different vendors at ISUCU, including FICS for mortgage servicing, CardWizard for instant-issue debit cards and a marketing customer information file system from Jack Henry & Associates that the credit union used to extract data and segment the new members from the former Pocatello Teachers FCU.
Taylor said he also was impressed enough to persuade his board of directors to purchase a 16% stake in CUDP.
"Who'd ever heard of Google or Facebook before they became mainstream? That's the way I feel about CUProdigy; it's the next step in the evolution of credit union core processing systems," Taylor said.
Now with 16 credit unions using its core processing platform, CUDP has completely rewritten and upgraded it over the past four years, the CUSO said. Along with interfacing with third party vendors, an emphasis was placed on business continuity and disaster recovery.
"If my system goes down I have continuous backup of my database at an offsite location to get us up and running quickly and I won't have backup servers to deal with. If we lose one branch we can just go to another with no hiccups at all," Taylor said.
That flexibility comes from the database replication technology CUDP is now using, said Charlie Fulks, president/CEO of CUDP. He also said that while his CUSO's small size makes it easier to work closely with and be responsive to its credit union clients, it's not as simple as it sounds.
"It's not that easy. We have several developers involved in making all this possible, including what we call in interface engineer who finds ways that allow us to handle all the communications between the third parties and us," Fulks said.
The 21-year-old CUSO also has developed not just a can-do, but a must-do philosophy as it re-developed its core platform over the past few years.
"Several years ago, one of our credit union people, a board member of our CUSO, described how it was beginning to feel like he was a large credit union trapped in a small credit union body," Fulks said. "That's how it felt knowing he had to be able to provide everything to his members that they would get from a large credit union."
While the CUDP system can scale to large credit unions, Fulks said, being a small CUSO also has its advantages. Taylor said that's why he asked his board of directors at ISUCU to invest in CUDP, eventually buying 16% of the ownership.
"Our credit union's bottom line is to increase member satisfaction, not profitability for a few shareholders," Taylor said. "That's what I love about the fact CUDP is a CUSO. The philosophy is much the same."


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The foundation for an emergency alert system exists on most phones.
By JEAN HELLER, Times Staff Writer
Published February 7, 2007
President Bill Clinton stood amid the rubble of a Kissimmee campground destroyed by killer tornadoes nine years ago and promised a new effort to develop a better warning system.
The government must study "whether we can give some sort of satellite system, a buzzer system, bells and whistles to make sure people get advance warning," Clinton said.
At the time, the technology for such a system had existed for more than four years, but it had never been turned on.
Now it has existed for more than a dozen years.
And it's still not turned on.
Most digital cell phones, which went on the market in the early 1990s, have within them a dormant technology called cellular broadcasting. That system could have saved lives in Central Florida last week, when tornadoes killed 20 people, advocates say.
"Your cell phone would become part of an emergency alert system that would identify the type of emergency and action to be taken," said Douglas Weiser, a New Port Richey resident who formed a volunteer organization in 1994 to call attention to the alert feature.
"Most people leave their cell phones on all the time, even when they're charging," Weiser said. "If you suspect bad weather might be in the area, just take the cell phone with you when you go to sleep."
The system requires no modifications to modern cell phones. Cellular broadcasting is a function that can be turned on and off as easily as the ringer.
So why is it taking so long to implement?
Weiser thinks the delay was driven by the fact that it will cost the telecommunications industry an estimated $10-million to $12-million a year to operate such a system, "and they don't have anybody to bill it to."
Joe Farren, a spokesman for the Wireless Association, an industry trade group, said many technical problems have yet to be worked out.
"The industry has never opposed this approach," Farren said. "We just asked that we be a part of putting together how it will work instead of having it mandated upon us."
Weiser's group plans to petition Gov. Charlie Crist this month to help develop cellular broadcasting in Florida.
Targeted warnings
Here's how it would work:
If the problem is bad weather, the National Weather Service generates a warning box that defines the area under threat.
The cellular networks overlay the box on a map of their relay stations, write a text message about the nature of the threat and broadcast the message over all the relays located within the warning box.
The message triggers a cell phone alert. Since the message is targeted, only cell phones in the danger area get the notification.
There is no danger of network overload, Weiser said, even if the message is broadcast to 100,000 phones simultaneously. Unlike cell phone calls, where the phones and the cells are in constant back-and-forth contact, eating up communications capacity, cellular broadcasting is one-way, one time.
Congress passed a measure in October giving the Federal Communications Commission a year to come up with recommendations for activating cellular broadcasting in the United States. Wireless providers are among the members of the committee studying the issue.
A worldwide network
The United Nations has joined an effort to spread the system worldwide.
"The urgent mission is to make this work for the people who are the most vulnerable in the world," said Mark Wood, director of an international group working with the United Nations.
The United Nations got involved, Wood said, because international cooperation is needed to reserve enough channels to accommodate many of the world's 150 languages and protect those channels from commercial users.
"If somebody is tuned to an emergency station and gets bombarded by spam, he'll turn his phone off, and then what good is it?" Wood said.
He remembers walking along a beach in Sri Lanka after the tsunami and encountering a village of fishermen, who complained they couldn't sleep at night because they couldn't see the ocean to know if another wave was coming.
"But they all had cell phones," he said. "That's why their country is developing this emergency cellular communication. People should be able to sleep at night, whether they're in Sri Lanka or in Florida.' "
Times researcher Cathy Wos contributed to this report.
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What is the consensus on a "Vendor Section" in our "Flea Market"?
I ask because I have a small, nondescript embroidery/graphic business to generate "gas money".
If I place an ad in the flea market selling a "custom hat or garment" I'm in violation of the "rules".
Save the flames... I'm asking a legitimate question:
Would you welcome a "vendor section" in our "Flea Market"?


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The federal government approved Arkansas' so-called "private option" last month as an alternative to the Medicaid expansion under the federal health care law. About 250,000 people are expected to be covered under the plan.


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Judge Krantz received his law degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg , Virginia , and an advanced legal degree from the George Washington University School of Law in Washington , DC . After twenty-two years in the U.S. Navy as both an attorney in the Judge Advocate General Corps and a military judge, Judge Krantz worked for Lexis-Nexis as a Senior Legal Editor. For the past three years, Judge Krantz has been an Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Administration in Savannah , Georgia , and Dover , Delaware .
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Gosselin: Bill Callahan could be the best option to call plays
Columnist Rick Gosselin answered questions about the Cowboys in a chat Monday. Here are some highlights.
Should Garrett hire an Offensive Coordinator? If so, who?
Yes. He was hired to be a head coach, and that's a full-time job. So is being the offensive play-caller. There is way too much on his plate. He should be one or the other. If he wants to call the plays, hire a head coach. If he wants to be the head coach, hire a play-caller. Clock management has been one of his greatest shortcomings as a coach. Time to focus all his time and energy on becoming the best head coach he can be. Norv Turner and Tony Sparano have both worked with Garrett in the past. But Jones passed on Butch Davis and Dave Wannstedt to hire Monte Kiffin. Maybe Jerry is trying to cut ties with the past. Turning over the play-calling to Bill Callahan would be the best option in that case.
What is it about Jason Garrett's play calling that gives people heartburn?
The lack of success in the red zone. The NFL is now all about offense. You need to score touchdowns to win games. Detroit and Tampa Bay scored more offensive touchdowns than the Cowboys last season.
Isn't the reason Jason Garrett was once a hot coaching candidate because he was supposed to have a fresh bright offensive mind? He certainly hasn't brought and he doesn't manage games well.....so what good is he to the Dallas organization?
JJ targeted Garrett a long time ago as his head coach-in-waiting -- and he's not going to admit he made a mistake after 2 1/2 seasons. Garrett is a bright guy but, like I mentioned earlier, has too much on his plate. If you let him focus on being the best head coach he can be -- or the best offensive coordinator he could be -- I think he can have success in this league in either role. That said, I'd be surprised if Jones does not hire a new play-caller this offseason. He's invested in Garrett as a head coach -- I think he believes it's time Garrett invested in that position himself.


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Why We Love Ryan Adams's Crazy Tumblr
Why do I get the feeling that if I don't stop reblogging Ryan Adams, I might get stabbed en route to the Beatrice? (Or get stabbed inside, when Emily Brill shows up.) Young Manhattanite and former Gawker mastcot Andrew Krucoff concedes that Ryan Adams's music is kind of great: "Up to that point, I only knew him as the loose-boarded alt-country-whatever musician." But? "Now - NOW - he ups and quits his precocious-for-a-33-yr-old Tumblr??"
Oh, Ryan—actually, his Tumblr claims that his computer took over blogging for him:
"The man who types on me has system compatibility problems. He has trouble connecting to other systems/ humans. He overloaded his software or runs his system to long. If I were in control of the situation I would require less software and an extra fan for the motor. But what do know?"
We enjoy Ryan Adams's experiments in blogging because they are a completely oversharey, freewheeling, yet somehow lucid meditation on urban loneliness.
This lovely woman who works at our corner shop, she is chinese, she gave me some stuff for my arthritis. My right wrist has hurt something awful the last week. I love her though. She gives me root ginseng andf stuff. Her husband sings or mumble sings to me at night. He can tell when I am sad. He won't let me buy red-bull. HA.
When I started going in there alone after a few years of flowers and juice and laughter, they got protective. In fact, so protective that if I so much as think of putting on patchouli I know I am screwed for smokes and the lovely corner shop mom will "cough- COUGH!!!) dramatically and suggest I go back and shower.
I love this city.
Will there ever be an end to the entertainment? Not at this rate! And when will Ryan send me more poems, directed at writer/model ex Jessica Joffe? (The heat isn't working in the office, so I'm typing with gloves on and his album Love is Hell on repeat.)


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Whether it's collecting cherry blossoms after a cold winter wind, venturing into a unique wilderness in search of birthday cake or stamping documents in a Cold War-era, Eastern bloc country, your next commute to the immigration office will never be the same again.
It's bee a few monts, but Sony finally announced the release date of their spherical speech recognition Bluetooth speaker, BSP60. It is going to be available on July 11.
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For those who choose to be digital nomads, there is the ultimate tool to work anywhere freely. It's a foldable desk built-in suitcase called Nomad Suitcase created by BIBI LAB.
Sanwa Supply has released a new light-weight camera backpack (200-BAGBP003BK).
The shoulder straps are detachable so that it can transform into a shoulder bag according to the user's preference.
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text: I would say the reason we never hear about a Captain's Yacht on TNG has more to do with Chekhov's Gun than it does with a Yacht not existing. There was never a plot reason to discuss the Yacht, so it was never brought up. We finally see a Yacht in ST: Insurrection, which means it existed in First Contact and in Nemesis, but likewise was never brought up. It would be too complicated to try and implicate that the Yacht was added to the Ent-E prior to the events of Insurrection, and then silently removed afterwards.


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Seaport Village, the bayside shopping center celebrating its 32nd anniversary next year, looks to add an 82-room hotel, create 30 percent more space and demonstrate that "green redevelopment" works.
Terramar Retail Centers, owner of the 12.8-acre property at the foot of Pacific Highway, proposes to demolish the east side, remodel the west side, simplify the architectural theme and attract new national name brands to the collection of local mom-and-pop shops that cater to tourists.
"Keep in mind it's just a concept," Alex Liftis, senior vice president, told the San Diego Unified Port District board this week. "Some of these things are just ideas."
But if the port agrees, Terramar hopes to renew its lease, expiring in 2018, and spend upwards of $40 million over the next few years. Liftis said the popular carousel will likely remain, although perhaps in a different location.
Both port commissioners and their occasional critics applauded what they saw.
"It makes a lot of sense," said Gary Smith, representing the San Diego Downtown Residents Group.
"There's a whole lot to like about this," said Don Wood, a port watchdog on various projects.
Lee Burdick, a San Diego port commissioner, said Terramar did what the port hoped it would do: "I've got to tell you I'm very pleased with the concept you brought forward in response to demands of the staff and the board."
Opened in 1980 as an ersatz village borrowing from New England and Old Town San Diego, Seaport Village predates Horton Plaza shopping center, the San Diego Convention Center, the flowering of the Gaslamp Quarter and the return of residents to downtown living. The rent paid to the port on the most recent 12-month period was just under $2 million, the port said.
Liftis said the 92,400-square-foot center, located where Pacific Highway meets the bay and where ferries once departed for Coronado, is one of the most successful such projects in the business.
"But at the same time, it's a challenge," he said. "You're not just taking a raw piece of land and just go with whatever your imagination allows you to do. You don't want to destroy the success for Seaport Village, You want to enhance it."
He said the new retail space would be pitched to national retailers to give the center a more recognizable face to visitors, since most of the center is filled with independent mom-and-pop shops. No new retailers have yet been signed up.
The port staff plans to complete an analysis of the Terramar concept next month and then spend the next six months working out a option agreement to renew Terramar's master lease.
The company also is working with the port to restore and reuse as an extension of Seaport Village the former San Diego Police Department headquarters, built in the 1930s and closed in the '80s. It hopes to start construction early next year and open the building in 2013.
The highlights of the Seaport redo include:
- Demolishing the eastern half of the site, containing 42,800 square feet, remodeling 49,600 square feet, mostly to the west, and adding 87,000 square feet in new buildings. The new total: 136,600 square feet.
- Building an 82-room boutique hotel at the southwest corner.
- Constructing an 830-space, three-level parking garage on the existing 669-space lot.
- Removing the Harbor House restaurant building and constructing a new restaurant, retail and clock tower building at the foot of Kettner Boulevard.
- Creating a gathering place inspired by Rome's "Spanish Steps" as part of a "grand entry plaza" on Pacific Highway, southwest of the police building.
- Suggesting the addition of an amphitheater with about 100 seats at the entrance the park.
Callison, the architectural firm on the project, envisions a Spanish Colonial revival look rather than the pastiche of various styles, sometimes one for each side of a building.
A prime example is the so-called "Ferry Building" with a clock tower, red tile roof and arcade that could fit in Balboa Park or Old Town.
Liftis said the existing west plaza buildings are more architecturally consistent and their new look has not yet been decided.
As for sustainable, "green" design, he pointed out that it is more sustainable to remodel than demolish and replace a building. But beyond that, the plan calls for native vegetation, better pedestrian pathways and transit linkages.
Liftis said there is no set schedule for beginning the renovation or any plan yet for interim parking while the garage is built.
Port spokesman Ron Powell said further public review, beyond testimony at port board meetings, will likely be arranged once Terramar presents its final plan.
But he said port commissioners want more information on the architectural style, pedestrian experience along Kettner and the appearance of the proposed grand entry way.
Port Chairman Scott Peters, running for Congress, said at the Tuesday meeting that he was worried about how the architectural style will actually look.
"I know this Spanish stuff is San Diegan," he said. "Sometimes that stuff can look worn and cheap early on. I want to make sure it looks like something of high quality. I do know from what I've seen, it looks a little bit too like Disneyland."
As for interim parking during construction, Powell said the developer will have to find a way to accommodate cars until the proposed garage is completed.


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Fish are the first creatures mentioned in the Bible (Gen.1:20) and were the only species not taken onto the ark by Noah. The Old Testament prophet Habakkuk made reference to ancient fishing methods in Habakkuk 1:15 as he described how Satan casts about for the souls of men. "The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks, he catches them in his net, he gathers them up in his dragnet; and so he rejoices and is glad."
Did you know that fishing was also the favorite pastime of Jesus and His disciples? Perhaps one of the reasons why much of Jesus' ministry centered around the small village or Capernaum was its location on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was here that He met Peter, Andrew, James and John as they tended their nets. "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men," Jesus said (Mark 1:17-18). At once they left their nets and followed Him. On another occasion when Peter and his companions had fished all night without catching anything Jesus told them to cast their nets to the other side of the boat. The weary fishermen obeyed and caught so many fish it filled not only their boat but the boat of their companions to the point of sinking (Lk. 5:5-7). It was after a night of fishing that the Disciples saw the resurrected Jesus on the shore and impulsive Peter dove in the water and swam to the beach where Jesus had prepared a fire. There as they ate a fish breakfast Jesus looked across to Peter and reaffirmed His love to this man who had recently denied him (Jn, 21),
The Greek word for fish is "Ichthus." Those letters form an acrostic for Greek words that translate to "Jesus Christ Son of God Savior." This is why the symbol of a fish was used by early Christians to represent their faith. The symbol of the fish can still be seen on ancient wall paintings in the Roman catacombs and many other sites throughout the Holy land. In modern time we see it displayed on automobiles, jewelry, posters and other items.
Our Lord wants all of us to become "fishers of men." He has given us the tackle we need through the Gospel. He has put us in the right spot and placed us in a position to cast our nets and pull in the catch. All that is needed is for us to be willing participants in the process. What do you say? Let's go fishing!
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