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ARLINGTON — The Major Wesley Duane Schierman Memorial Field at the Arlington Municipal Airport gets its name from a longtime pilot and Vietnam veteran who spent nearly eight years as a prisoner of war.
The airfield is set to be dedicated Monday at noon.
The Blackjack Squadron, a group of Arlington-based pilots who build planes and perform flight formations in honor of fallen veterans, requested a memorial to Schierman after he died in January at 78. Schierman was one of the founding members of the squadron in 1990.
Schierman's family and neighbors in Everett remember him as a national and neighborhood hero.
He flew for the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard. He was a commercial pilot for Northwest Airlines, logging more than 15,000 hours of flight, according to a city newsletter.
While serving in the Air Force, Schierman's F-105 fighter-bomber was shot down. In August 1965, at age 30, he was captured and became a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. He and other prisoners were freed in February 1973.
The Blackjack Squadron plans to perform a flight formation for fallen soldiers during the memorial dedication Monday.
A new sign is planned at the airport, with information about Schierman's military service, career as a pilot and contributions to the Blackjack Squadron and the Arlington community, according the Rotary Club of Arlington.
Though the airfield is being renamed after Schierman, the airport remains the Arlington Municipal Airport, according to the city.
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Reason for optimism No. 8: Offense has to get better
The Giants' team batting average (.242) ranks 12th in the National League.
The teams' 204 walks ranks 14th in the league.
Their slugging percentage (.365) ranks 14th in the NL.
Their 241 runs scored ranks 15th.
We all knew the Giants were going to be the best-hitting club in the National League. But what we didn't expect was that their offensive production of 2010 would regress to 2009 levels.
Depsite all of these offensive struggles, the Giants have still managed to win games thanks to an outstanding pitching staff.
It's just as Aubrey Huff recently said: "My God, if we hit a lick, we'd be 10 games over the Diamondbacks."
Perhaps Huff needed to change the "we" to "I" as Huff has been the poster boy for the Giants offensive struggles.
Yet, Huff is also the poster boy for the Giants' reason for optimism.
Huff's numbers last year (26 HRs, 86 RBI, .290 avg) were very good, but they were career-year numbers, as some would have you believe.
His home run total was the fourth-best of his career. His RBI numbers ranked fifth for his career. His average was his fifth-best for his career.
In his career, Huff's average numbers for a 162-game season were 25 HRs, 91 RBI and .281 avg — pretty much right in line with his numbers from 2010.
In short, his 2011 numbers HAVE TO get better. And in recent days, we've started to see the tide change for Huff.
Huff has hit safely 9 of his last 10 games. After opening the month with .218 average, he's now hitting .239 — the highest his season average has been since April 18.
More importantly, he's being more patient at the plate, getting ahead of counts and starting to hit to left field. All good signs.
And it's not just Huff. Miguel Tejada is still hitting just .223. But he's hitting .289 over his last 10 games.
Aaron Rowand has seen his opportunities diminish with Nate Schierholtz playing well. Yet Rowand is 7 for 23 (.304) in his last six starts dating back to June 6, mostly against left-handed hitters.
And Pat Burrell needs to recapture some of his magic from last year, and not just hit home runs when the Giants are trailing.

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Manhattan's 92nd Street YMCA (92Y) has cancelled an event with former Pink Floyd singer/bassist Roger Waters, following pressure from members of the Jewish community over the rocker's criticism of Israel over the years.
"It's absolutely outrageous that Jewish community funds are going to help Roger Waters spread his anti-Semitic message," Richard Allen, founder of Jewish activism organization JCC Watch, said in an April 3rd statement prior to the 92Y's announcement. He went on to say that donors were "helping to provide Waters with a facility, marketing, and respectability, so he can win over more people with his anti-Israel lies."
Waters, who was set to speak at the Jewish cultural center about his long, storied career as a musician, has stated in the past that he would like to see Israel boycotted by musicians in support of international solidarity for Palestine. Recently, Waters has urged musicians to join him in a boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) initiative against the country, calling Israel an "apartheid regime" that is oppressive toward Palestine and, though it talks of peace with Palestinians, will not actually pursue it.
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Keep in mind injuries have been once again one of Jose's biggest problems over these last couple seasons.
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After the season ended, Jose Manuel Calderon returned to Villanueva (Badajoz) to be with his family and friends. Among his immediate goals are to finalize the details for the IV Campus Calderón in Cáceres that will be held in late June and to start preparing for the World Cup that will be held in Turkey during the month of September.


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Pomp fits the circumstance
Underwood, flyover headline Game 3 pregame ceremonies
By Alyson Footer / MLB.com
Hosting the first Fall Classic game in franchise history, the Rockies pulled off an elaborate pregame ceremony that included all of the glitz and glitter that normally accompanies games of this magnitude.
The ceremony opened with the presentation of the field colors by various men and women currently serving in the United States military, as well as members of area police and fire departments.
Represented on the field were the Littleton Fire Rescue Honor Guard, the Denver Sherriff's Department Honor Guard.
After the teams were introduced, two-time Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood performed the national anthem, which preceded a flyover by F-16 jets from the Colorado Air National Guard 120th Fighter Squadron Red Eyes, recently returning from Iraq.
The ceremonial first pitch honor went to two members of the armed forces: retired United States Marine Lance Corporal Kade Hinkhouse and retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Matt Keil, both of whom who served in Iraq.
Hinkhouse, a native of Burlington, Colo., was a purple heart award recipient, as was Keil, who has earned that honor twice.
Following the first pitch, Astros second baseman Craig Biggio was presented the Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet. Biggio, who retired following the '07 season, accepted the award from Clemente's wife, Vera, and their sons, Roberto Jr. and Luis, as well as Major League Baseball chief operating officer Bob DuPuy and Chevrolet National Promotions manager Phil Caruso.
The official delivery of the game ball was presented by 17-year-old Alexandria Batiste from the Metro Denver Boys and Girls Club. She was accompanied to the mound by Rockies legend Vinny Castilla.
"This is one of the highlights of my life, no doubt about it," he said of singing in front of a packed house at Coors Field. "Denver, Colorado in the World Series, the third game and I'm singing 'God Bless America'. I would have never thought it being a kid growing up here. It's quite an honor."
Alyson Footer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has died, which leaves his country and its economy up in the air. Here in the U.S., Congress continues debating extending the payroll tax cut. Some have accused Congress of 'kicking the can' on some issues, but where does that phrase come from? Commentator John Steele Gordon says politicians are to blame for the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. A Saudi prince invested in Twitter. UPS is trying to go green. And migrant farmers in Guatemala are choosing between poverty, or pursuing a new life in an unfriendly U.S.


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Mazda5 Lease Questions
Hi Car_man,
Do you have the 2009 lease factors on this yet?
Price is $22,781.00
Southern Cali.
Looking for lease factors for 3 and 4 years.
I forgot I'm leaning at 12k/yr, but it would be nice to compare 15k/yr if the info is available.
It seems that:
MAC or any other mfr financing's lease specials are typically only for the base model.
So to get a mfr lease on a car with leather & sunroof, you have to step up to a level where those features are pretty much standard, like Acura or BMW.
Otherwise, you'll be paying about the same for a $22k Mazda5 GT (if leased through a bank) as you will for a $35k BMW 328 (through BMW).
Please correct me if I'm way off...
Hi dv8tor. Mazda has published lease programs for a number of 2009 models, but I haven't seen anything for the '09 Mazda5 yet. In fact, it does not appear to have any lease support on the '08 Mazda5 either. This means that if you want to lease one you would have to do so through Mazda Credit using its standard lease program, which is not a good idea because it's reeeeeeally bad, or through an independent bank if there are any out there that are still offering leases on this model.
You can always finance (not lease) a Mazda5 through Mazda Credit at 0% for 3 years if you want.
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Looking at $21650 with $0 down, and the current Mazda offer: 36 mos, 0.00134 MF, and 50% Residual on 36k.
Sound reasonable, or should I push for better?
davidfehr Posts: 6I recently turned in a Mazda 5 and was billed $1,500.00 plus for two OEM steel cast wheels by a company called DataScan.
Do not lease unless you feel confident the car will look as good as it does on day one when you take delivery as it will when you turn it in. All the factors in the world will not make a difference.
The cost of the wheels is almost equal to 20% of the wholesale value of the vehicle. I ahve filed a complaint with the state attorney general.
Leased from Scott Mazda in Allentown, PA :lemon:
Hi Car_man, not sure if you are monitoring this forum but wanted to see if you can provide the November mf and residual for a 2009 and 2010 Mazda5 Touring edition for 12k and 36 mos. I'm in the Los Angeles area.
Oh yes, robbyg, I am everywhere .
Here's the information that you're looking for. Mazda's November buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2010 Mazda5 Touring with 12,000 miles per year are .00192 and 46%, respectively.
Mazda is not offering lease support on 2009 models any longer.
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Thanks Car_man for the info.. they aren't making this too attractive to lease I see. When you get a chance can you head over to the Honda Odyssey Lease and Toyota Sienna Lease forums, I posted a question there for you in each of them.
You're welcome, robbyg. I'll see you in those other discussions.
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I'm on my second lease. My first was a 2005 Acura TSX from US Bank. It was a 3yr 45K mile lease. At 32 months in I traded it in (with just 33K miles) to lease a 2008 Mazda5 from Mazda American Credit. There were no issues as I was $800 positive in the Acura at trade in.
I'm 33 months into the Mazda5 lease. Last week I bought a Toyota Prius (couldn't pass up the deal at $2500 off MSRP + 0% interest!). Traded in my Mazda 5 I thought all was fine.
Rewind just a tad. I got an offer for the Mazda from Carmax for even money. Carmax backed out when they heard it was a lease from Mazda American Credit. Carmax stated they got burned when they had a car for a YEAR because Mazda would not accept payment.
My dealer said they could handle it so I traded my Mazda5 in with them. Today I get a call from the Toyota dealer. Mazda won't let them payoff my car! My dealer stated that I will have to meet them at my Mazda dealer and they will supply CASH (Mazda won't take a check from the dealer) for me to buy my old Mazda5. I will then retrade in my Mazda5 for my Prius.
Has anyone heard of this before ? There were zero issues trading in my TSX lease. I (nor my Toyota dealer) have ever heard of these loopholes.
The deal is done. Bizarre by far.
I had to return to my Toyota Dealer and resign paperwork reflecting the sales tax added on to the Mazda5 trade in.
I was then driven 20 miles to the Mazda dealer. A Toyota dealer rep drove me.
He had a cashiers check FROM ME to the Mazda dealer for the deal.
I then "bought" my Mazda from the dealer. The Mazda dealer said there are several customers and dealers who are surprised by the loopholes. I am glad this is done. If I lease another Mazda it will NOT be through Mazda American Credit.
cev Posts: 3Hi, I am currently coming to the end of the lease on a M5 and would like to purchase it for the purchase option price. I am ok with paying all official fees and taxes, but the dealer is tagging on a $695 dealer fee which is not in the contract. Has anyone had to pay the fee...I understand the dealer has to make something on it, but it my contract does not state that it has to come out of my pocket....thanks is advance for your comments!
eyk Posts: 3Anyone know mf and residual for Mazda5 Grand Touring 36-month leases / 12,000 miles? Thanks
Hi eyk. Mazda's current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2011 Mazda5 Grand Touring with 12,000 miles per year are .00211 and 52%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
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dusnambri Posts: 1I was at dealership today and i was totally shocked because of the lease price of Mazda5 which the rap told me. it was $399 with 10,000 miles sign and drive.Is it reasonable for that car???? Hay car man , do u know any deal on Mazda5, Cx9. Or any 6 or more seater in NY area?????
Hi dusnambri. I can tell you what Mazda is advertising on this vehicle right now. I've seen it touting a 2012 Mazda5 Sport for $267 per month for 36 months with $2,000 down. This is a 12,000 mile per year lease on a vehicle that has an MSRP of $20,990.
I can work up a sample payment on the exact model that you are interested in if you provide me with its full MSRP and dealer invoice price. You can find this data over in the New Vehicle Pricing section of Edmunds.com.
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Hi Carman,
Can you tell me the residual and the money factor for the Maza Miata MX5 Grand Touring and MX5 sport, Automatic transmission?
Also, do you know of any good deals for this car? Thank you for any help you can give me!
Hi luvtolaf. Mazda's November buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2012 MX Grand Touring with 15,000 miles per year are .00151 and 52%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
The numbers for an otherwise identical lease of a '12 MX5 Sport are .00151 and 53%.
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Thank you very much Carman! Much appreciated.
You're welcome luvtolaf. Good luck.
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diydriver Posts: 1Car_man, would you happen to know what the residual value of a 2010 Mazda5 Sport on a 2yr lease would be? I'm looking at purchasing a Certified Pre-owned 2010 Mazda5 and the dealership prices them all at $13,999. All the vehicles are fleet rentals and all have approximately 35k-40k miles.
I'm assuming that if I knew the residual value I could calculate what a fair resale value would be. Of course, being a fleet rental, many of these cars see above average abuse which lowers the value in my estimate.
Hi Tom. Unfortunately, given the lack of popularity I don't personally follow the details of manufacturers' CPO lease programs. Sorry that I couldn't be of more help.
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I'd like to find out the residuals and money factors for 36k miles, 3-year automatic Mazda5 Sport, Touring and GT. Please, let me know if there's a special offer on any of these models that is applicable to leases - I believe that there's currently $1,000 dealer cash but not sure if it can be applied to leases. I'm also eligible for Mazda's S Plan and it states the following: "Top-level dealer engagement or stair-step programs should be deducted from the base S-Plan price" - do you know what would these be for the vehicles in question. I'll be making the purchase in Northern Virginia/Washington DC metro area. Thanks in advance for your help.
Here's the information that you're looking for danny14. Mazda's March buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2012 Mazda5 Sport with 12,000 miles per year are .00054 and 44%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
The money factors for the Touring and GT are the same, but their residual values are both 43%.
I am aware of the $1,000 dealer cash, however I do not believe that it can be used on leases.
I don't think that Mazda is currently running a stair-step program on this model.
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Car_man could you please referesh the residual and money factor for 3-year, 36k miles for 2012 5 GT. I'd appreciate if you could provide all additional incentives appplicable as well. Thanks in advance
Hello danny14. Mazda's April buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2012 Mazda5 GT with 12,000 miles per year are .00054 and 43%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
I don't believe that Mazda is currently providing any cash incentives on leases of this car.
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Today's Times House & Home section gets to the bottom of the recent innovations in the bidet industry. Seems the fancy ass-washing toilets that clean your foul and constantly feces-soiled buttocks with a high-pressure burst of "well-aimed aerated water," are undergoing some sort of new acceptance in this country. While the evidence provided, numbers-wise, is a bit thin, the piece does offer a somewhat credible rationale for why this non-trend might actually be occurring.
Janice Costa, the editor of Kitchen & Bath Design News, said she started seeing bidet seats at kitchen and bath shows in the last two years. She believes they will catch on within five years as a high-end trend that may eventually broaden. "The toilet is the last bastion that has not been luxurified," she said. "People are looking to upgrade every aspect of their lives, and the toilet is the last to be touched."
Got it? Americans have so few things left to renovate that they are willing to get a mini-colonic each time they take a crap so long as they can brag about how luxurious their shit-closets are. USA!
Flush With Excitement: Pitching the Modern Bidet [NYT]
Convergence Alert: This piece was written by our old orgasmless pal Mara Altman, and it's actually not terrible! Also, the makers of the asswashing machine mentioned in the piece have frequently advertised on Gawker; who knows, they may be doing it right now! We don't really pay attention to the ads. Anyway, small world.


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OK Mr grumpy.
Personally I think this is pretty cool and could also be very useful as a tool to aid decision making. AI has been pretty handy for us scientists for a while, why not get the politicos to have a go. They might learn something.
Computer boffins in America report that their plans to create a lifelike virtual Matrix-style simulation of the entire world and human race are proceeding well. Rather than a sinister yet totally implausible plan to farm people in tanks for electric power, the idea here is that America might try out various national-security …
Personally I think this is pretty cool and could also be very useful as a tool to aid decision making. AI has been pretty handy for us scientists for a while, why not get the politicos to have a go. They might learn something.
... futuristic massive game of Civ then?
Stewie: You said I didn't have it in me to kill Lois, so I was just running a simulation to find out exactly how killing her and taking over the world would play out for me.
Brian: Yeah? How'd that go?
Stewie: Not well, Brian. Not well. I suppose I'm not ready to kill Lois or take over the world… yet.
Brian: So, what you're saying is that what you experienced in the simulation didn't really happen, or even matter?
Stewie: Yes, that's correct.
Brian: So, it was sort of like a dream?
Stewie: No, it was a simulation.
Brian: Yes, but, theoretically, if someone watched the events of that simulation from start to finish, only to find out that none of it really happened, I mean… you don't think, that would, j-- be just like a giant middle finger to them?
Stewie: Well, hopefully, they would have enjoyed the ride.
Brian: I don't know, man. I think you'd piss a lot of people off that way.
(Brian leaves)
Stewie: Well, at least it didn't end like The Sopranos, where it just cut to black in mid-sen--
It won't be long until the profs put people into rooms with no doors and a single fireplace.
Will the yanks also want a torture (sorry non-torture)/water-boarding section, just so thay can work out the best, err most effective means of torturing people.
Won't somebody think of the sub-routines?
This reminds me of the original Star Trek series, where computers fought the wars and people were told when to report to the killing booths so the was simulation was kept accurate.
Sigh - welcome to the future everyone.
Just set up a zogging great old skool tabletop wargame using with General US-A using pieces representing the known forces deployed in the region and General Them-B using pieces based on military intel of the suspected/known enemy forces in the area.
Sort of a mix between tabletop wargames, "Risk" and "War on Terror: the boardgame" - it would be cheaper and have better AI... probably.
and about as plausible. At least Asimov didn't pretend he was doing anything other than writing entertaining fiction.
I can't help thinking that when the simulation suggest undesired option x has a high percentage chance of being the outcome, the people running the simulation will be told to tweak it until it gives the desired answer.
As someone whose line of work is simulation, I have lost track of how many times I've been told that my results can't be true because someone thinks that It Can't Be True.
I finally hit my limit, and told them in no uncertain terms that I could make up any results they wanted, but if they wanted the truth, they'd have to believe what I came up with.
A pint, because I've had to use liquid therapy on many occasions.
I don't think so. Most Americans can't even get into a British or Canadian mindset (think about the current debates on health care, gun ownership, and the death penalty).
How are the Pentagon (not exactly the most open-minded of Americans) going to effectively simulate Muslims, Africans, Arabs, South-east Asians, etc. Let alone the smaller but still very significant differences between (say) Afghans, Pakistanis, Iranians, Uzbekis and Kazakhs. And then You have to simulate the different tribes / communities in these countries, plus differences due to city / town / village / farm upbringing, and education, religious background, nationalism / tribalism, and so on.
It's a great idea, and it would be fine if it worked. I just worry about the military mind's tendency to depend on an intelligence analysis (or in this case a computer) predicting what the 'emeny' (and for that matter what the local 'friendlies') will do, based on a very incomplete understanding of the people involved.
People were surprised what Hitler did, even though they read his books. Nobody thought Vietnam would be the quagmire it was, nor Afghanistan nor Iraq.
He/she who does not learn from history is bound to repeat it...
I don't think so. Most Reg readers can't even get into a US mindset* (think about the current debates on use of the term "American", spelling of "colo[u]r", etc).
How is a Commentard (not exactly the most open-minded of Reg readers) going to effectively visualize the Pentagon trying simulate Muslims, Africans, Arabs, South-east Asians, etc...
* a fact for which many of them are, sadly, delusionally happy.
Agreed. Just working for yank IT companies showed me their ability to think, understand or even comprehend that the world is not a USA suburb is zero.
occasional Individually clever, rarely wise, collectively stupid as a nation is my organic assessment. No C code required.
BTW I note TMFM is back. Nice to see incomprehensible jargon that is not reminicient of management babble.
How about a nice game of chess?
I think the only winning move might be not to play...
What should not be lost here is that if this sim is entirely accurate, the components, and well, citizens of the sim may indeed be blessed with access to the Matrix trilogy to ensure that the historical makeup of the simulation is accurate. Indeed it would be a strange realisation for them if they wake up one day to discover they are components in a simulation watching a bizarrely realistic movie about people that are components in a simulation...
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If you have read it.. You will know what i mean ;-)
Is that the simulator cannot be IN the world or it will in fact have to simulate itself, which in turn ...
It's going to be one hell of a stack overflow though :)
That's why you use a stack machine, and do the simulation of the simulation (ad nausium) last... that way it's tail-recursion, which can be optimized to have no effect on the stack!
Silly C programmers, not understanding how the system really works.
I seem to remember an interesting argument that suggested that if people in a simulated world could be self-aware and could create in turn simulations of their own world that would behave in the same way recursively then statistically speaking it's more likely that we live in a simulation than in a "real" world. Whatever real might mean in this context.
I wonder what will happen when it's invited to play a game called global thermonuclear war...
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[*] or us ours for that matter.
Expecting someone at El-Reg to read something befor alowing it to be posted on a Friday. After lunch.
estimated all the best possible outcomes and came up with one result that would bring victory.
On the 11th of April 2011, Skynet launches nuclear weapons at russia.......
"What do you mean our boys are getting kiled out there?
They didn't have this problem in the sim"
It's when they hook it up to all the smart devices the grunts wear that we need to get worried. "Hey, these avatars are really lifelike"
...on account of it not having a ridiculously contrived acronymic name.
I am proposing "Cascading Linear Interpretation TOol Running Integrated Stochastics".
Surely its chaotic? ... If they piss off one very vocal prominent opponent, then that person can influence a lot of public opinion in their country (simply as they are able to speak to so many people, e.g. someone famous on TV). Also if a country is primed to rebel through years of hardship, then opponent voices will propagate like a growing fire.
But then I guess I shouldn't be helping them, as their plans for world domination via police state are progressing well enough already.
But here's an idea. How about all countries stop trying to meddle and control other countries for their own gain. (After all they wouldn't like it done to them). Surely they have enough power (and personal gain) in their own country, without having to also keep extending their reach and influence into other countries as well. How many more wars are we all to suffer. How many more people have to suffer and die just so the control freaks can keep relentlessly extending their personal gain for themselves at the expense (literally) of everyone else. When will the control freaks ever show some morality and empathy towards others instead of their blind rush towards ever more greed for power and personal gain.
What they need to do with this simulation is to simulate a world without the bullying arrogant control freaks anywhere in the world, to identify them as the real danger all around the world, then we all need to move to police the control freaks to remove them all from any power worldwide, to finally make war obsolete. Only then will we ever have a better world. :(
...can Keanu Reeves fly in this virtual world?
Dunno about that, but he had an awful bad headache in Johnny Mnemonic...
I'd always be under the impression that the US military used Risk as its war-simulation tool.
More like Top Trumps.
Iraq WMDs 0 vs USA WMDs 5,535
Every time my own world simulation is run, I sell the gold reserves at an all time low, run into perpetual recession, bailing out banks and do nothing as an incentive to keep the manufacturing industry running, everyone ends up working for Freshcos by 2012.
My advisor keeps telling me this:
I wrote an essay like this for a philosophy lesson once that got a low mark, basically because a pleb like me dared to disagree with the academic spouting from the textbox.
Not that I am bitter, but I theorised that a computer bigger and more powerful than the universe could accurately model the universe, therefore could anticipate everything that will happen, therefore there is no multiple worlds theory, as basically everything that occurs is a result of all the causing factors as can be simulated.
For example, knowing the exact atom structure, temperature, humidity of the lottery machine and balls, the timing between the release and choosing mechanisms, the effects of gravity of every single other atom in the universe, you can predict the lottery numbers.
As Derren Brown proved :)
(And don't give me that about quantum theory!)
On the contrary, AC, if a computer bigger and more powerful than the universe could accurately model the universe then any number of simulations could be being run in parallel ( or in sequence, the effect is the same ) to explore different potentialities. In that case there is a very sound explanation for multiple worlds theory. If it is run on quantum computers then that could explain the whole quantum physics thing in one go.
@breakfast, 13:30 GMT: You're thinking of Bostrom's simulation argument - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality#Arguments .
AC @15:01 -- the low mark was deserved. Firstly it's known that it's impossible to produce future predictions in principle, /even with perfect knowledge of the position & velocity of all particles/, and it's not necessary to resort to quantum mechanics to prove this. Secondly you can't hypothesise a computer outside the universe; if it exists, it's in the universe and would therefore have to recursively simulate itself.
When having run out of the common sense that tells most of us what the likely outcome would be of us invading someone else's country, we have to invent a machine to model it for us.
I mean really? They don't know? really??
They're just playing a modded version of Republic: The Revolution they got in the bargain bin.
Press Esc to leave the simulation.
But the odds are some of the sims of foreign countries will be laughable (to nationals from those countries)
And when it doesn't give the answers its masters want the operators will be told to fiddle the numbers till they do.
All in all i suspect many of the problems that wheather sim has but possible with worse outcomes, as actual politcal types act on its predictions.
wait for the end of the Iraq inquiry, the whole mess will be justified for obtaining data for our new shiny simulation engine.
version 2.0 map pack Iran?
Dear Commentards.
You are off your game.
So much serious discussion here and for the non-humerous, a large measure of general agreement. Your lack of faith in technology, IT especially, disturbs me.
Where is the mindless love of big IT with huge Defence pork to keep AMD, Intel and Co booming ?
Maybe even some juicy years of work poducing petabytes of code ?
Where is the Flaming, the mindless hostility, the SIF and FOTW potential ?
The Moderatrix needs to be kept challenged. Oh, its beer o'clock. Cheers
Well, as I think the US is not under a direct threat of a full scale invasion, surely this system is to be used offensively rather than defensively.
Ergo, the US intents to invade, and invade again. And again?
Prepare for boarding indeed
"Indeed, groups among them might presumably decide - as part of their internal decision-making process - to develop a simulated world of their own."
There was another theory which suggested this had already happened.
Mat because I, for one, welcome our StOMA bearing overlords....
So what we're basically trying to create is something where they put a copy of The Truman Show, The Sims (game) and The Matrix into the LHC.
Then using the newly created wormhole they can generate this simulated world outside the current world / universe and thus get around the schrodinger's cat problem of watching the simulation causing the effects to be predictable. Presumably you then have to receive back the result through said wormhole.
So in theory if you run the right simulation all these predictions around El Reg comments sections about the mice in nazi uniform coming through from the LHC and taking over the world probably could come true...!
So after they've spent all this time and money creating this, who wants to tell them about Second Life?
About as useful as IFF
Can it predict human error and friendly fire (not always a human error)?
The weather? Market conditions? Some politician saying something stupid on TV and pissing off an entire nation or religion?
With such a burgeoning economy to deal with and a big smily face, it's reassuring to Obama is as much a tool of the military as the last president. Blind leading the blind after all.
Don't worry, we'll all be saved from the hawks by Matthew Broderick.


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Hameed Al Sha'eri considers Muamar Gaddafi a disgrace
Libyan prominent musician Hameed Al Sha'eri considers the presence of Libyan President Muamar Gaddafi in the political scene a disgrace to Libya and all Arabs.
According to the Middle East daily, Al Sharq Al Awsat, Hameed stated that all the speeches Gaddafi is making with regards to the current situation in Libya with the people's revolution to overthrow the government is mere mockery and gives a bad image of Arabs.
Hameed revealed that he attempted to travel to Libya to take part in the protests taking place but all attempts failed. He added that he took part in the protests held in Egypt supporting the Libyan people's revolution.
Hameed stressed the urgency of the interference of the international community in order to save the Libyan people and the lives that were lost are part of the cost of freedom. Hameed added that Al Gaddafi's era has ended and his son, Saif Al Din, has no business to make speeches to the people.


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William Shatner, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Adam Scott + More in Celebrity Tweets of the Day
Today (May 29) celebrities got ambiguous, hated on you, watched reality TV, figured out successful journalism models and made pleas to large corporations.
First up, Mr. T sounded a bit like Donald Trump as he lamented losers.
I got no time for losers! What kind of FOOL do you think I am?
— Mr. T (@MrT) May 29, 2013
And Paris Jackson thought you were one of them.
love is dumb and so are you .
— Paris Jacksoη (@ParisJackson) May 29, 2013
William Shatner was some kind of artist.
I make being vague an art form! 😉
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) May 29, 2013
Meanwhile, Adam Scott watched 'The Bachelorette.'
The dude who brought his 2 year old son on The Bachelorette seems pretty cool.
— Adam Scott (@mradamscott) May 29, 2013
Mara Wilson figured out the secret to Arianna Huffington's success.
"Hey bro, it's totally cool if I just copy your report and put my name on it, right?" – Huffington Post in high school
— Mara Wilson (@MaraWritesStuff) May 29, 2013
And Jennifer Love Hewitt really needed an agent.
Okay so I have a mission. I would like to be the spokesperson for Dove! So inspired by the work they do for women.
— Jennifer Love Hewitt (@TheReal_Jlh) May 29, 2013


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Hey guys
I've been wondering and browsing on obito uchiha (tobi) and He controlled the 4th mizukage. He is the secret leader of Kirigakure ( The Hidden Mist Village ).
I think that he controlled the mizukage as for his revenge for the Hidden Mist for as you guys know in the previous chapter. Rin and Kakashi were fightning The Mist Shinobis and were currently in danger. It was the stone shinobis fault for trapping team minato in a cave-in and they almost killed team minato by doing that but Obito didnt seek revenge on the stone village.


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Scabies Crisis At Harvard!
Harvard's Pennypacker Freshman Dorm is undergoing a scabies epidemic! Scabies—you might know it better as "mange"—is when tiny tick-like critters embed themselves in your skin and lay eggs and give you a terrible rash that you can easily spread to your friends and neighbors by, say, "sharing a bed." This weekend the disgusting little mites were found nesting in three students, so the administration rounded up all the hall's residents and handed out topical cream and demanded they shower for once. Of course there will still be weeks of itching and infestation, even after the treatment, but on the plus side the health office is maybe doing everyone's laundry for free.
Scabies Infestation at Harvard a Total Mood-Killer for Horny Frosh [IvyGate]


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I hit the ground running, I came out swinging
When all is said is done, I will be on top winning
What you don't realize is I can't take a break
I can't stop until there's nothing left for me to take
I want fame to the point where everybody knows my name
I'm doing every damn track at the height of my game
Oh what, that just ain't good enough?
Oh what, I just ain't hood enough?
I'm at a point in my life where I can't tell friends from enemies
So I step into this booth, just to yell fucking obscenities
Don't need you in my life, just me. Not we
I don't care where you are, as long as you're the fuck away from me
A one man army, just me against the world
So I block you all out, cause it's me against myself
Contemplated giving up but in my mind, I couldn't
Because I have to disprove everyone who I said I wouldn't
Oh you'd like to see me fail, wouldn't you?
You should be outshining me by now, shouldn't you?
But you ain't and you will amount to nothing
That's what you said to me, but when you said it you were frontin'
But I mean it, you talent-less piece of shit
Keep my name out of your mouth, quit riding my fucking dick
You call me fake, boy you don't stay true to yourself
You don't know me, let me welcome you to my mental hell
My mental health in one word: Unstable
To be the best in the game, motherfucker, I am able
To be making hits, motherfucker, I was made to
To do something with yourself... you're afraid to
So I guess that's what separates me from you
That and that I'll put my mind to whatever I want to do
So look at yourself, before you judge me
Because you wish you could become me
The good guy in me died, oh well fuck that kid
He's the only reason I haven't gone and made it big
And that is the one thing I can tell you I will do
Respect is when you shine in the hood, and they don't kill you
I'm a classic like niggas in the Bronx with the Yankee hat
First question I ask when I step in, where ya lady at?
Take it back like old school niggas with the snapbacks
But I'm new, so I keep it with the 7 5/8" fitted cap
I'm the best that there is, c'mon let's be real
Puttin SD on the map like Cole did the 'Ville
You can't fuck with me, you niggas need Viagra
Step to me, you gon be fallin' like niagra
Fuck YOLO, nigga my words are immortal
Set the game aflame, and my fire is eternal
You know the old addage, nice guys finish last
Well I guess I'm bad, because I'm finna finish fast
I was nothing to you, but you were everything to me
So I took everything you had, and I gave it away for free
Will your mouth still run with a gun up to your head?
Will your mouth still run when I pull the trigger? Dead
Fuck. Literally. I killed it
I'm progressing to the top. You're still shit
Never should've compared yourself to me
I would've had you killed but you ain't worth the five G's
*these next eight bars I didn't have written so I freestyle'd them. Not sure what I said.*
Last 4 bars and you know I'mma go hard or go home
At this point, I'm the best of the unknowns
But I'm slowly making my way up to the big leagues
Big money, big teams, big life, big things
Taking everything down, that stands in my way
Running hard through it, AP, all day
And while I'm shining, you on the sidelines dreaming
While I'm shining, y'all niggas gon stay schemin'


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INSIDE THE BOX — Plans for 2013
By the time you see this article, Fall 2012 will be in full swing hopefully a little cooler weather, more normal rainfall, football games and strong autumn sales for both growers and retailers.
Fall is also a great time to step back and take a look at the 2012 season and see where you want to take your business in 2013. As we think about our business and our industry, we start to naturally think about what will be the challenges that we will face in 2013.
What Lies Ahead?
There are several challenges that we know will affect business next year including weather, unemployment, unpredictable fuel and transportation cost and an upcoming election full of surprises, just to name just a few. So as an owner, leader and director how will you manage the uncertainty of what next year will hold for your business?
Generally, companies can make strategic choices once they know the changes that will affect them. Will laws change? Will taxes go up or down in 2013? Will it rain the entire month of May? How will the new farm bill affect our company?
Waiting to make a decision that will provide direction can be simply paralyzing for an organization. We find that employees and customers are very adaptive once they know what the situation (problem) is and have some idea of possible solutions or outcomes. They may not like the outcome but are certainly more willing to accept. Uncertainty leaves everyone uncomfortable.
Deal With It
I recently read some thoughts for managing uncertainty that I found to be helpful and thought provoking.
1. Provide certainty within the thought process.
While we may not be able to tell our employees what the outcome of a decision will be, we can provide clarity about when information will be provided. Setting very clear communication dates can reduce the some of the questions surrounding uncertainty. Communication to your staff is extremely important. While you may not have all the answers, share what you can as soon as you can. Questions and solutions may not be fully resolved, but partial information will help with uncertainty.
2. Tackle maintenance and repair.
Uncertain times provide a good opportunity for fix ups and cleanups around the greenhouse or nursery. Sometimes uncertainty about the future makes it tempting to let cleanup and projects go undone. But doing repairs or general maintenance that can improve the operation, represents productive action and relives stress that is caused by uncertainty.
3. Let all ideas flow.
Opening the brainstorming faucet with as many employees as possible can help wash away some of the uncertainty of the future. Uncertain times lead to rampant gossip and speculation. Why not harness some of employees' imagination toward a productive end. The majority of your staff will enjoy brainstorming about possible situations and stimulates the imagination. You might be interested to hear what's on their minds.
4. Show true appreciation for key customers and suppliers.
Showing that you value your customers and suppliers can be very important in times of business uncertainty. Thanking customers for their loyalty or appreciating suppliers for their contributions doesn't involve making promises, but does involve making friends. Sometimes those gestures bear fruit in the revenue stream, when good customers or suppliers decide to reciprocate by increasing their purchases or sharing their best ideas with you and your company.
5. Remember your purposes and values.
By emphasizing who we are and what we stand for reminds us of the long term. It will help our organizations to focus on the times ahead instead of today's challenges and uncertainty.
The actions that we take today will influence what happens tomorrow. I like to think that uncertainty will ultimately lead us to opportunities.
Be Prepared
It is not possible to predict with any sort of certainty the various challenges we may face in 2013. But we can be as prepare as possible by keeping the following in mind:
1. Identify and set priorities. Make a list of all the risks that might affect your business next year. Solicit input from as many different people as possible your lawyer, an accountant, office manager, head grower, sales staff, etc. A risk evaluation is likely to uncover dozens of potential risks.
Next make an estimate of the negative impact of each risk and try to express in dollars. Then assign a probability to the risk and express it as a percentage. Calculate the expected value by multiplying the monetary impact by the probability. For example, if cuttings of a particular variety scheduled for an ad were delayed in arriving for production would cost $50,000, then missing shipments of finished product by two weeks had a 50 percent probability of occurring the value of the risk would be $25,000.
Finally, rank your risks list by expected value.
2. Take all possible actions to avoid or minimize the risks. In our previous example you might consider diversifying your risk by splitting the order between two different suppliers.
3. Develop possible contingency plans. Some risks simply cannot be avoided, but others can certainly be reduced. You need to have contingency plans for all major risks. By preparing a course of action in advance you don't lose time when challenges occur. Instead you are able to respond quickly and effectively.
What makes good companies great companies is leaders who communicate, challenge everyone to improve and become truly engaged in the business, Invest in relationships employees, customers, and suppliers, and remain faithful to their business principles. Uncertainty is certainly part of the process but how we manage it is the first step to a successful 2013.
Dave Edenfield is president of Visions Group LLC, a solutions group providing marketing, management and production assistance to the green industry. He can be reached at [email protected].


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LOS ANGELES – Cesar Gracie wrote this past week that he would respectfully ask UFC president Dana White to make a superfight between Nick Diaz (27-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) and middleweight champ Anderson Silva (31-4, 14-0).
The answer to that request already is no, UFC president Dana White on Thursday told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
"I can tell you this, not theoretically – Diaz/Anderson is not going to happen," he said. "That's just ridiculous."
Gracie said Diaz had recently returned to the gym with newfound passion. He said the UFC should promote the fight in a state other than Nevada, where Diaz currently is suspended for a second positive drug test for marijuana, or in another country where the UFC serves as the de-facto regulator.
"[Gracie] would have a better chance of convincing me, I don't know, to get hair plugs," White said.
Along with Silva vs. welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre (22-2 MMA, 16-2 UFC) and Silva vs. light heavyweight champ Jon Jones (16-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC), it was the latest in a line of theoretical matchups for the middleweight kingpin, who continues to sit atop the pound-for-pound rankings.
And according to White, it's the zaniest.
"Nick Diaz makes no sense," he said. "I know that sounds fun. Yeah! Throw Nick Diaz in there! If you really look at the thing, Nick Diaz just lost to Condit at 170, so that gives him the opportunity to move up to 185 and fight the pound-for-pound best in the world? In what [expletive] universe does that make sense?"
As for next week's meeting with Gracie, White said it's to re-sign Nate Diaz, who remains the No. 1 lightweight contender and will meet the winner of an upcoming title rematch at UFC 150 between former champ Frankie Edgar and current champ Benson Henderson.
Silva's next move has been intensely pondered by fans since he defended his title this past month against Chael Sonnen, extending his record for title defenses to 10. White said the UFC audience wanted to see superfights with St-Pierre and Jones, but acknowledged that St-Pierre is a frontrunner among his staff.
Of course, St-Pierre first needs to defeat interim champion Carlos Condit, a fight being targeted for UFC 154 in November.
"I think finally with the inactivity from GSP that people now consider Anderson the pound-for-pound (greatest)," White said. "But there was an argument there for a long time. And if GSP hadn't been this inactive, maybe the debate would still be there. But he's definitely still No. 2 or 3 in the world, depending on who you ask.
"If you were really going to make a fight like that, it would make more sense with Georges St-Pierre than it would be Diaz."
As to whether the superfight is set, White hedged that there are too many variables to confirm anything.
"It's always theoretical," he said. "You don't know what's doing to happen. We'll see what happens in the future here, and maybe that is the fight we're going we're going to make."
For more on the UFC's upcoming schedule, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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Ven. Nanarama writes in his "The Seven Stages of Purification" that at the stage of "knowledge of equanimity about formations" one can ascertain whether one has made such an aspiration (for Buddhahood, Paccekabuddhahood, chief discipleship, etc.), which can prevent some from going beyond that stage.ccharles wrote:If one had already successfully made the aspiration to become a Buddha in the presence of a Buddha in a past life, how would one know? If one has not done that, is there a path one can take to eventually meet a Buddha in a future life, so he can then successfully make the aspiration?
If a person reaches such a stage, completing the path would be of great benefit both to themselves and to the rest of us in this Buddha sasana, which they could then help to maintain. If it should happen in rare instances to be the case that by "holding off" one can be of even more benefit... I'll leave it up to that person to recognize when that is the case.
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Thomas Belcher III
Iâ??m originally from a small town in the mountains of North Georgia, and have been here in Fort Collins for 10 years. I am a masterâ??s student working with Dr. Boris Kondratieff. My interests are in aquatic and stream ecology, and wildlife biology/ecology. I have an A.A.S. in Wildlife Biology from FRCC-Larimer, and a B.S. in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University.


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In today's Rumour Mill: "Irrelevant" Craig Whyte would welcome Blue Knights bid and would walk away from club; Paul Murray accuses Whyte of refusing to deal with Blue Knights, plus all the latest Rangers takeover news; a raft of Celtic players set to leave this summer; plus all the rest of today's football news and gossip
THE man who Rangers administrators once called "irrelevant" to the sale of the club now seems more pivotal than ever - comments by erstwhile owner Craig Whyte, reported in the Herald, suggest that he remains very much in the picture at Ibrox as the three remaining bidders prepare for tomorrow's deadline.
The Herald reports that Craig Whyte would not be against selling the club to the Blue Knights consortium, though Whyte admits that he and Paul Murray, head of the consortium, don't see "eye to eye". Whyte added that he would be willing to walk away from the club despite having £30m of his own money tied up in cash and guarantees.
Also reported in the Herald is confirmation that Murray has agreed a deal with Ticketus that would see them included in the consortium; the Herald adds that Club 9 Sports, who it is believed would see liquidation as a viable option for Rangers should their bid be successful, are the highest bidders so far.
Meanwhile, the Sun reports comments from Murray claiming that Whyte is blocking the Blue Knights bid. Of Whyte, Murray said: "I actually find the guy's behaviour to be staggering. After everything that's happened, I can't believe he's effectively blocking me from trying to do the right thing for the club...he's still refusing to sell his shares to me."
More bad press for Club 9 Sports in today's Sun, with another disgruntled chairman from England voicing his disapproval. Tranmere Rovers chairman Peter Johnson was contacted by the American-based group last January about a takeover deal, but pulled out after reports from America suggested that some members of the sports group had been indicted on fraud charges. More bizarrely, Johnson said that Club 9 Sports had put Tranmere Rovers up for sale - on eBay. It follows reports yesterday of former Sheffield Wednesday chairman Lee Strafford encountering similarly dubious practices by the American group.
The Daily Record have a few tidbits of their own to share on the Rangers takeover deal, reporting that Murray's aforementioned deal with Ticketus will reduce Rangers' total debt by £17m should the Blue Knights succeed in their bid to take the reins at Ibrox. The Record also report that a recently published business survey suggests that three Scottish clubs are at serious risk of following Rangers into administration.
Today's big transfer stories concern up to three possibly outgoing Celtic players. Glen Loovens and Daniel Majstorovic, both out of contract at the end of this season, are rumoured to be considering departures, according to the Daily Express. Elsewhere, the Sun say that striker Pawel Brozek will likely return to Turkish parent club Trabzonspor after making just two substitute appearances since January for Celtic. The Express reports that Morten Rasmussen, another Celtic striker who has seen little playing time, was due for a move to Norwegian side Aalesund, but is staying put at Parkhead after claims from Aalesund president Bjanrne Haagensen that his agent fudged the move.
Haagensen said: "We had agreed the move with Celtic for a reasonable transfer fee. But then along came his agent and destroyed the move. It's very frustrating."
The Express also reports interest for Aberdeen goalkeeper Jamie Langfield, whose contract situation is being monitored by Hibs. The Express adds that St Johnstone's Alan Mannus is being considered for a spot between the sticks at Easter Road.
• In other news, Ki Sung Yueng looks likely to miss Celtic's Champions League qualifying matches after a FIFA ruling that stipulates players must be free to compete in the Olympic games. (Express)
• Montrose and Berwick Rangers have shown interest in signing 30-year-old Formartine United goalkeeper Derek Soutar, formerly of Dundee and Aberdeen. (Express)
• Falkirk have offered a 12-month extension to Darren Dods after the veteran defender's winning goal in Sunday's Ramsdens Cup final. (Sun)
• St Mirren director Ken McGeoch is being forced out of the club by unhappy co-directors after claims that he and business partner Paul Davies disclosed sensitive documents belonging to St Mirren to Rangers company secretary Gary Withey. The club have called an extraordinary general meeting for May 3. (Express)


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Burger King locations to return to Pittsfield, Lenox in spring
PITTSFIELD -- Following a seven-month hiatus, Burger King is returning to the greater Pittsfield area.
Two of the three former Burger King sites that were bought at a foreclosure auction in November have a new franchise operator who hopes to open both locations by April, their new franchisee said.
If everything goes to plan, Stanley Paulauskas of Worthington said on Friday that the Burger King on Route 7 in Lenox is targeted to open by March 1 and the one on First Street in Pittsfield by the first week in April. Paulauskas is a veteran Burger King franchise owner who has been associated with the company since 1981.
The Lenox and First Street Burger King properties are owned by Berkshire resident Jason Berger who owns the eateries through Church Street Holdings, a real estate investment company.
According to Paulauskas, Burger King Corp. approved the franchise agreement that would allow him to operate the two restaurants two weeks ago. Paulauskas said he is planning to hire between 25 and 30 employees to work the Lenox eatery and between 30 and 35 for the First Street restaurant.
The former Burger King on Merrill Road in Pittsfield has a different owner. Plans for its future use are still unknown.
The Burger King Corp. closed the three restaurants abruptly in June after owner Richard C. George, of Pittsfield, defaulted on his franchise agreement, according to U.S. Federal Court documents filed in Miami. TD Bank, which held the mortgage on the three properties, then initiated foreclosure proceedings, which culminated when they were sold at auction for a combined $2.8 million.
Paulauskas is the president of FBS Inc., of Southampton, which operates 10 Burger Kings in the Pioneer Valley and north central Connecticut. Berger said he had met Paulauskas prior to buying the two Burger King properties for $1.5 million, and decided to bring him on board because he was impressed with his operating skills.
"From what I can tell and my experience with him, he really runs a top-notch organization," he said.
Paulauskas has already begun advertising for full- and part-time management candidates.
"I'm going to start hiring in 15 days if everything falls into place," Paulauskas said.
"We think it's going to work out very well," said Paulauskas. "There could be other opportunities for potential sites up there [in the Berkshires] once we get those up and running."
The Burger King employees who were laid off when the three restaurants closed last June will be given the "first shot" at the new positions, he said.
"When they closed back in June, a couple of their better management people reached out to us, and we picked them up for our restaurant in Chicopee," Paulauskas said. "They will actually go back and be part of our team."
Paulauskas said the Lenox restaurant will re-open first because the First Street eatery needs to be remodeled. The Lenox restaurant doesn't need an extensive makeover because it was remodeled after a fire that occurred there a few years ago, he said. Both the interior and the exterior of the First Street restaurant will be changed.
"It will still look like a Burger King, but it will be more cosmetic," Paulauskas said. "There will be a whole new dining package in there. It's hard to describe, but it will be pretty sharp with flat-panel televisions and Wi-Fi for business people."
Paulauskas plans to meet with city officials next week to determine if he needs any permits to reconstruct the First Street restaurant.
"It's been closed for less than seven months, so I don't foresee any issues," he said.
Originally from New Britain, Conn., Paulauskas spent 18 years with McDonald's before joining Burger King 32 years ago.
"I've been doing this for a very long time," he said. "People describe me as having ketchup in my veins."
Paulauskas said he had been interested in operating a Burger King in the Berkshires for several years, and had tried to purchase the three Pittsfield-area restaurants from George three years ago.
"We tried to cut a deal. It just didn't make sense financially," he said.
Burger King has operated in Pittsfield since 1979 and in Lenox since 1987.
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Reviewed By Dean M (New Britain, CT) Reviewed for a 2008 Ford Ranger —12/25/2007 3:06 PM
Along with AirRaid Cold Air Intake and Cat Back exhaust my 2008 Ranger has turned into a beast. The Predator comes with few instructions but is straightforward to use. It has 3 performance tunes for Ranger for 3 octane levels. I flashed Ranger with 87 octane and I noticed the gains above just the CAI and Exhaust mod. Quite pleased!


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Hi expats,
I've put together a little project called Itscoldupnorthdancetango to encourage people to socialize while learning to dance Argentinian tango. This project aims to grow the Argentine tango community in 'lilla' Göteborg, Sweden by organizing weekend workshops for absolute beginners. For more information about the project, see http://www.facebook.com/Itscoldupnorthdancetango.
I'm wondering how many of you expats in Göteborg would be interested? The first weekend workshop is on the 16 - 17 February, 2013. For more information about the weekend workshops, see http://www.facebook.com/events/320779384690548/ or mail email@example.com with your name and phone number.
P.S. - The project also has a social focus as we would like to support the right Non Governmental Organization (NGO) in the developing world, preferably working in the field of children's education, by donating part of the proceeds from the workshop after covering costs.
Cheers, and keep dancing!
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and we're going to be dancing this weekend. We still have a few spots left, so sign up quick.
Tango is a great way to meet other interesting people in town :-)


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As Pokémon fans await the worldwide October launch of both Pokémon X and Pokémon Y for the 3DS, Game Freak's Junichi Masuda has released a special video message for fans gathered at the Japan Expo in Paris in which an all-new Pokémon, Honedge, was revealed along with Mr. Masuda's insights into his inspiration for the new titles – France.
For obvious reasons, Paris was chosen as the location for this announcement, as Mr. Masuda's above message discusses how France has served as his inspiration for the game's setting. He explains how the team at Game Freak visited numerous locations across the country during 2011, and the information they gathered there influenced the design of the newly discovered Kalos region. Their visit to Paris also provided ideas for Lumiose City, the grand metropolis featured in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y.
As for the latest character to be revealed, Honedge comes into being when a departed spirit possesses a sword that once belonged to humans. Here's more on the character.
HONEDGE: It can use the blue cloth attached to its hilt as nimbly as an arm. Pokémon Trainers who carelessly take this blade in hand may find the blue cloth wrapping itself around them and draining their energy!
Honedge can learn the attack Swords Dance, a Normal-type move. Swords Dance is a frenetic dance that uplifts the fighting spirit and sharply raises the user's Attack stat. The effect can be increased by using this move multiple times in succession, helping Trainers who deploy this move at the beginning of a battle to overwhelm one opponent after another!
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y will be launching worldwide October 12, 2013 for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. Who here plans on picking them up?


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The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, architecturally inspired by the Temple of Amon at Karnak, houses the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts on exhibit in the western United States—including objects from pre dynastic times through Egypt's early Islamic era.
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The San Jose Museum of Art presents a full range of exhibitions with a focus on works created during the 20th Century, including painting, sculpture, installations, photography, works on paper, and video. Museum Store, Cafe, and group event facilities. Public tours daily, group tours by appointment.
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Children's Discovery Museum is a hands-on museum featuring over 150 interactive exhibits. Children of all ages are invited to test, prod, taste, crank and tinker in their striking purple building in Discovery Meadow.
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Visit the mothership! Although Apple doesn't offer tours of its headquarters, they do have a gift shop on-site, where you can purchase all kinds of Apple gear—but more importantly, the shop sells exclusive shirts—only available at Apple HQ—to show off to all your friends, including ones imprinted with the slogan "I visited the mothership."


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How Do You Know? — A love triangle between Legally Blonde's Reese Witherspoon (as a professional softball player at the end of her career), The Object of My Affection's Paul Rudd (as a financially beleaguered businessman) and Owen Wilson (as a womanizing baseball star) seems like a comedic home run, but even a broader-than-usual Jack Nicholson (as the father of Rudd's character) can't knock the thin, familiar material out of the park. The latest from the once-reliable writer-director James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, As Good as It Gets) is, unfortunately, a strike \out.
Rabbit Hole — Hedwig's John Cameron Mitchell seems like an odd choice to direct the film of David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony award–winning play about a couple (Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart) grieving the death of their 4-year-old son, but he proves an inspired choice to helm the harrowing material. Mitchell finds the unexpected humor in the story and allows Kidman to give a naturalistic performance that's her best work since The Hours. Two-time Oscar-winner Dianne Wiest and Life With Judy Garland's Tammy Blanchard also deliver indelible performances as Kidman's sympathetic mother and party-girl sister, respectively.
Tron: Legacy — In this sequel to the 1982 sci-fi hit Tron, Jeff Bridges returns as a software programmer trapped in the gladiatorial Grid he created. As his son, Country Strong cutie Garrett Hedlund — who will also star in the film version of Jack Kerouac's On the Road — gives a cocky-sensitive performance much like Chris Pine's Star Trek breakthrough. House's Olivia Wilde is a quirky love interest, and a blond Michael Sheen channels Alan Cumming as a Grid club owner. The plot's nonsensical, but the 3D visuals and Daft Punk score are neato.
Best Night of My Life, Jamie Foxx — He claims to be so straight that he "could eat pizza in a male shower and not feel anything," but the drag-friendly In Living Color alum has frequently expressed appreciation for his gay fans. Blame it on the alcohol or a certain nude photo scandal, but we'll gladly return the favor on his fourth album. Ditching auto-tune, tracks like "Winner" with Justin Timberlake bring the party as promised.
Kandi Koated, Kandi — Because this is her first album since her 2000 debut, former Xscape singer Kandi Burruss is better known nowadays from Bravo's Real Housewives of Atlanta and for penning costar Kim Zolciak's "Tardy for the Party." But syrupy slow jams like sassy lead single "Leave U" may remind listeners that she's also the celebrated songwriter behind TLC's "No Scrubs" and Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills."
No Boys Allowed, Keri Hilson — Like Kandi, Keri Hilson wrote hits for other artists until Timbaland's "The Way I Are" and her 2009 debut gave her a voice — and gorgeous looks to match. Her sexually confident sophomore record is anchored by two catchy female-empowerment anthems: a "One Night Stand" with Chris Brown and the retro-peppy "don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful" single "Pretty Girl Rock." Gay boys are allowed.
Easy A — A star-making vehicle for Emma Stone, Easy A casts the actress as straitlaced teacher's pet Olive Penderghast, who, in an effort to protect her gay BFF (Dan Byrd) and shake up her own image, lets the whole school think she's giving it up to anyone who'll ask. A strong supporting cast (including Amanda Bynes as Olive's Anita Bryant–like, born-again foil and Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci as her free-lovin' parents) gives Easy A its grit, but this is Stone's film all the way and a sure sign we'll be hearing much more from her in the years to come.
Salt — Angelina Jolie jumps back into the action genre as CIA agent/maybe Russian spy Evelyn Salt, proving once again blond is not her color. Once she ditches the obvious wig for her trademark dark locks (which, for some inexplicable reason, is also a wig), she looks better, and the action never lets up. For die-hard Angelina fans who like watching her kicking ass and taking names, this is a must-see. But the film is thin on plot — and at the thinnest she's ever been on film, the actress doesn't exactly look believable as a hit woman.
Deck Them Halls, Y'all — Unlike My Trip Down the Pink Carpet, which he'll take to London early next year, Leslie Jordan's new solo show isn't autobiographical. At the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center's Renberg Theatre, the Emmy-winning Will & Grace star portrays three hilariously tragic members of a trashy Southern family: an elderly ex-stripper, her pre-op transgender lesbian daughter, and her choir-loving 10-year-old grandson.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas — What's Christmas without a little Judy Garland? Making merry at Hotel Nikko's Rrazz Room in San Francisco, renowned female Judy impersonator Connie Champagne respectfully channels the gay icon — specifically in the festive spirit of Judy's legendary 1963 holiday television special — with an evening of classic holiday songs, special guests, and a surprise visit from Santa.
Jackie Beat's All-You-Can-Eat Christmas! — Having scandalized good Catholics everywhere since her first holiday tribute in 1998, L.A.-based drag grinch Jackie Beat returns to New York City's Laurie Beechman Theatre with her lucky 13th annual Christmas show. Yes, Virginia, it's that time of year again, when Beat can use her gift for crafting cleverly irreverent pop song parodies to roast sacred holiday chestnuts over an open fire. Yum!


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Australia v New Zealand, Bledisloe Cup, October 20
Quartet boost wounded Wallabies
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October 13, 2012
Wycliff Palu is back in training with the Wallabies © Getty Images
Australia boss Robbie Deans has recalled Wycliff Palu, Sekope Kepu, Drew Mitchell and Adam Ashley-Cooper from injury for their one-off Bledisloe Cup clash with New Zealand on October 20.
The Wallabies will be boosted by the experienced quartet as they attempt to derail the All Blacks' march to a world record run of Test victories in the coming months.
Having lost to Steve Hansen's side twice during their Rugby Championship victory, the Wallabies could use some cheer prior to rounding off a gruelling season with tour games against France, England, Italy and Wales.
Ashley-Cooper missed last weekend's victory over Argentina with concussion, while Mitchell has been absent since their opening Bledisloe Cup clash of the season due to an ankle problem.
Palu, the Waratahs No.8, has been troubled by a shoulder injury and last played for Australia in their June series against Wales. Kepu was ruled out in the early stages of the Rugby Championship with a knee issue picked up in training.
Australia will be without James Horwill, David Pocock, Will Genia, Quade Cooper and James O'Connor due to ongoing injury problems.
Forwards: W Palu (NSW Waratahs), R Samo (Queensland Reds), S Higginbotham (Queensland Reds), M Hooper (Brumbies), L Gill (Queensland Reds), D Dennis (NSW Waratahs), R Simmons (Queensland Reds), S Timani (NSW Waratahs), N Sharpe (Western Force, capt), K Douglas (NSW Waratahs), S Kepu (NSW Waratahs), P Ryan (NSW Waratahs), B Alexander (Brumbies), J Slipper (Queensland Reds), B Robinson (NSW Waratahs), J Hanson (Queensland Reds), S Fainga'a (Queensland Reds), T Polota Nau (NSW Waratahs)
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I've figured from digging that this is some kind of Weevil, but it's oddly large as I understand (over a centimetre) and also a very pale dusty cream white, which I can't seem to find a reference to?
I'm on the coast of Spain and this little critter was vying for my seat and I'm just wondering what exactly he or she is?
It looks like a Lixus species to me but weevils are notoriously difficult beetles to ID.