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By Tal Barak Harif
Israel, under threat of war from its neighbors since being founded in 1948, produced better risk-adjusted returns than all other developed stock markets in the past decade as the technology-driven economy attracted global investors.
The BLOOMBERG RISKLESS RETURN RANKING shows the Tel Aviv TA-25 Index returned 7.6% in the 10 years ended Sunday, after adjusting for volatility, the highest among 24 developed-nation benchmark indexes. Israel beat Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index, the next-best market with a risk-adjusted gain of 6.7%, and Norway, which had the highest total return.
Israel outperformed as it fought a monthlong battle against Hezbollah in 2006, was involved in a similar conflict with Hamas two years later and is now threatened by Iran's nuclear program. International investors including Warren Buffett bought local companies and the economy, steered by Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer, grew more than twice as fast as the U.S. last year. Israel's stocks may extend gains as Apple Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. acquire the country's technology startups.
"Israel is an exciting place to invest," Michael Steinhardt, the former hedge fund manager who produced returns averaging 24% a year over almost three decades until he retired in 1995, said in a telephone interview from Fisher Island, Florida. "The country is surrounded by enemies, it's always on the edge of extinction, but it expands and prospers."
Beating Norway
The Israeli gauge returned 161% including dividends over the last decade, the third-best performance among developed markets after Norway's OBX Index and the Hang Seng.
"This is a great achievement," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in response to the article in the Knesset Monday.
While Oslo's index produced the highest return, its volatility was 35% greater than that of the TA-25. Statoil ASA, the world's seventh-largest oil exporter, comprises more than 25% of the gauge, making the market susceptible to changes in oil prices. Only one developed-market benchmark gauge, Denmark's OMX Copenhagen 20 index, gives a bigger weight to a single company.
The TA-25's biggest members are Bank Leumi Le-Israel Ltd. and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., each with an 11% share. The biggest weighting in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, the U.S. benchmark, is Apple Inc. with 3.8%.
Fischer's Role
The risk-adjusted return, which isn't annualized, is calculated by dividing total return by volatility, or the degree of daily price-swing variation, giving a measure of income per unit of risk. A higher volatility means the price of an asset can swing dramatically in a short period of time, increasing the potential for unexpected losses compared with a security whose price moves at a steady rate.
Bank of Israel's Fischer, a former thesis adviser to Ben S. Bernanke, helped steer the economy back to growth after the worst global recession since World War II. Fischer, who is serving his second term as governor, began buying foreign currency in 2008 after the shekel reached a 12-year high. That more than doubled the central bank's reserves in an effort to help exports, which are equal to 40% of gross domestic product.
Israel's economy probably expanded 4.8% in 2011, compared with 1.8% growth in the U.S., according to the International Monetary Fund. That follows five years of average annual growth of 4.2%, boosted by foreign investment in local companies.
Private consumption expanded at the fastest pace in at least five years in 2010, climbing 10.2%, according to Central Bureau of Statistics data. The growth attracted Hennes & Mauritz AB, Europe's second-largest clothing retailer, which has opened eight local stores since March 2010.
The country's gross domestic product will grow 3.2% in 2012, according to Finance Ministry projections. That's almost three times the 1.2% average for the Group of 10 countries and faster than the 2.2% expansion in Norway, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Israeli stocks benefited in the past from investor interest in emerging markets, and may underperform when the global economy slows, said Michael Shaoul, chairman of New York-based Marketfield Asset Management, which manages US$1.3 billion.
"The TA-25 was a big beneficiary of EM-related flows over the last decade," said Shaoul, whose Marketfield Fund beat 97% of its peers in 2011. "It doesn't matter how MSCI categorizes Israel, it still trades with the emerging-market complex."
Market Upgrade
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index gained 189% in the 10 years through 2011, not including dividends, about 10 times the MSCI World Index of developed countries' gain, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Israel was added to MSCI Inc.'s developed market index in May 2010.
After that change, investors pulled a net US$795 million from Tel Aviv shares by the end of the year, while in 2009 they added US$1.7 billion. All investors tracking the MSCI index had to rebalance their portfolios as Israel was removed from the emerging-markets gauges.
This year, the TA-25 had its best start of a year since 1997, with a 3.1% rally in January. The measure gained 0.5% today. IBM said on Jan. 31 that it's acquiring Worklight Inc., the closely held provider of a mobile application platform for smartphones and tablets whose research and development is based in Shefayim, Israel, as the world's biggest computer-services provider looks to enhance its mobile- service offerings.
IBM, Apple
The announcement came less than three weeks after Apple, the world's biggest smartphone vendor, acquired Anobit Technologies Ltd., an Israeli company that makes flash-memory drive parts for the iPhone and iPad. Apple paid about US$390 million, according to two Anobit shareholders, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Buffett, 81, who in 2006 bought Israeli tool manufacturer Iscar Metalworking Cos. for US$4 billion, and Steinhardt, 71, credited the success of the country's companies to technological innovation. For a small nation, Israel has contributed a disproportionately high number of Nasdaq companies, Steinhardt said.
Steinhardt opened New York-based Steinhardt Management Co. in 1967 and is now chairman of WisdomTree Investments Inc., a New York-based asset-management firm that offers exchange-traded funds. Buffett, through four decades of takeovers and stock picks, built Berkshire Hathaway Inc. from a failing textile mill into a US$195 billion provider of insurance, energy and consumer goods, and accumulated the world's third-biggest personal fortune.
'Looking for Brains'
"If you go to the Middle East and you're looking for oil, skip" Israel, Buffett said in 2010. "If you're going looking for brains, just stop at Israel. You don't have to go anyplace else."
Israel's stock market outperformed even as the country was under constant threats of violence. The Hezbollah movement, a Shiite Muslim political party that is considered a terrorist organization by Israel and the U.S., fired rockets into the country's north in the July-August 2006 Second Lebanon War. Israel launched Operation Cast Lead, a three-week offensive against the Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza strip, in December 2008.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel should be wiped off the map. Israeli leaders have been warning publicly that time is running out to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons at a time when the country faces security threats as the so-called Arab Spring creates turmoil in its Middle Eastern neighbors.
'Military Action'
"It will take a lot more than a simple military action to keep the stock exchange from working," Gilad Alper, an analyst at Excellence Nessuah Investment House Ltd. in Tel Aviv, said by telephone. "The last full-scale war that we had here that involved huge parts of the economy was in 1973. Since then, everything has been relatively small."
Israeli companies have benefited from diverse geographic revenue. Teva, the world's largest maker of generic drugs, and Israel Chemicals Ltd., the harvester of chemicals from the Dead Sea, comprise more than 20% of the TA-25 and get less than 6% of their revenue from Israel. Exports make up about 40% of Israel's economy and the country's high- technology industry accounts for 47% of manufactured overseas shipments, according to the central bureau of statistics.
'Attractive' Dividends
"There are a lot of Israeli companies with a global footprint, and many are global leaders," Steven Schoenfeld, the founder of New York-based BlueStar Global Investors LLC, a financial information and research company, said by telephone.
Israeli companies also returned more money to investors than those in other developed markets. The dividend yield of the TA-25 Index is 3.53%, compared with a 2.66% average for companies on the MSCI World Index of developed markets. It's boosted by companies such as Cellcom Israel Ltd. and Hot Telecommunication System, with 14% and 12% yields, respectively.
"The dividend yield of companies on the TA-25 Index is very attractive," said Jacob de Tusch-Lec, a London-based money manager at Artemis Investment Management LLP in London, which oversees US$17 billion.
'Safe Model'
Standard & Poor's raised Israel's credit rating for the first time in four years in September, lifting the country to A+, in line with Chile and Slovakia. S&P cited local economic growth for the upgrade as well as expected production of natural gas by the middle of the decade that will further increase the economy's efficiency and strengthen its fiscal and external positions.
"Israel has very well-capitalized banks and an economy that is well-balanced with the high degree of high tech," in addition to "one of the best central bankers in the world," Artemis's de Tusch-Lec said. "This is not an economy that was built on cheap leverage," he said. "This is a safe business model."


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Update at 4:32pm: Teen brothers who live five blocks away from the victim are charged with her murder. They're accused of luring her to their house for bike parts and then strangling her.
BREAKING: Neighbors gasped as investigators pulled a white bike out of the same home where 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale's body was found late last night in a home recycling bin.
We do not know if it is Pasquale's bike. Here is a picture of the bike that came out of the home around 11:30 a.m.
Autumn was last seen leaving her home on W. High Street on Saturday around 12:30 p.m. while riding a white Odyssey BMX bike to a friend's house.
Here is a picture of Autumn's bike, which the Gloucester County Prosecutor's office sent out this morning:
The girl's parents called police after she never made it to that friend's house.
The family confirmed this morning that it was Autumn's body that was found in the recycling bin, which is five blocks from her home in Clayton, N.J. That address is in the 300 block of E. Clayton Avenue and that is where investigators are focusing their search.
They've been in and out of the home all morning, and along with the bike have brought out several bags of items. Neighbors tell NBC10's Marisa Brahney that the man who lives in the home has grandchildren around Autumn's age.
The discovery of Autumn's body put an end to the massive search effort, which included hundreds of volunteers, the Clayton Police Department, Child Abduction Response Team, New Jersey State Police, the FBI and officers from 40 other police departments.
Pasquale's body was found by one of the investigators for the Gloucester County Prosecutor's office inside a blue recycling bin. The property where her body was found shows up on Google maps about five blocks away from the Pasquale home on West High Street.
Autumn's family was notified of the discovery last night.
"This is a very sad day for the Pasquale family," said Dalton in a press release. "Our hearts go out to the family and to all the residents of Clayton who stood together in support of this young girl."
Autumn's uncle, Paul Spadafora, confirmed that the body was Autumn's.
He thanked the community for helping the family in their search.

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AMD Introduces Trinity Desktop
AMD today introduced the new desktop version of its A-series APUs (accelerated processing units), known as Trinity. It is boasting that it offers more cores and much better graphics performance than Intel's similarly priced Core i3 processor.
Trinity is designed to replace the company's Llano desktop processors by changing the CPU architecture from the older "Stars" core design to its newer "Piledriver" design, an incremental improvement to the Bulldozer architecture the company introduced last year in servers and its FX line of CPUs. It also offers improvements in the integrated graphics.
A mobile version of this chip shipped this spring. What's new now, though, are desktop versions, up to the A10-5800K, a 100 Watt TDP part with four integer cores, which runs at a base speed of 3.8GHz (with turbo up to 4.2GHz) and now includes Radeon HD 7660 D graphics with 384 GPU cores.
AMD actually announced six versions of the A-series, with other variants offering lower-clock speed and power requirements, along with a dual-core version and versions with lower GPU cores. Like Llano, Trinity is manufactured on a 32nm process by Globalfoundries; Trinity has 1.3 billion transistors and has a die size of 246mm2.
In addition, the desktop Trinity adds memory profiles to allow higher clocked memory; the ability to handle three external monitors (versus two with Llano); and Crossfire for letting the integrated graphics work in tandem with AMD's discrete graphics cards.
To support these new features, the processor needs a new socket with more pins (for more monitor support) and more voltage. This new socket is called FM2 (versus the FM1 socket used on Llano), but AMD has said its 2013 desktop APU (a 28nm part code-named Kaveri) will also use the FM2 socket.
Compared with last year's high-end A8-3850, AMD says the high-end Trinity, the A10-5800K, provides 37 percent better performance on 3DMark 11 and 25 percent better performance on PCMark 7.
AMD has been focusing on graphics and gaming benchmarks. It shows performance in graphics and gaming that is better than the Intel Core i3 with HD 3000 graphics and even the Core i5 with HD 4000 graphics. Though the company admits that its pure CPU performance is not at the level of the Intel chips, it says it is closing the gap.
I'm looking forward to testing systems with the chip myself. In the meantime, I've seen a number of reviews of the new Trinity chips, including those from Anandtech, Hot Hardware, Legit Reviews, and Tom's Hardware.
In general, the consensus is that the basic situation hasn't changed. AMD's A-series continues to provide notably better integrated graphics than any of Intel's processors, so if you want to do gaming on a system with only integrated graphics, Trinity is a great choice. Of course, high-end gamers will still want discrete graphics, but AMD's architecture allows its integrated and HD Radeon discrete offerings to work together. On the other hand, Intel's processors—even the lower-end Core i3—typically provide notably better CPU performance. With this release, AMD has closed the gap a bit on multi-threaded apps, if you compare a quad-core A10 to a dual-core i3, but Intel is still in the lead. Intel's quad-core i5 is faster still on CPU tests.
Everyone agrees that the Trinity parts run notably warmer than the competing Intel products, and that can lead to more fan noise. ExtremeTech had a significant problem—the motherboard actually caught on fire—but let's hope that is a unique problem that real customers won't see. The fan noise, however, means that the high-end Trinity probably won't be a good solution for living room PCs.
As usual, AMD is quite competitive on price, with the high-end Trinity selling for around $125 and with lower-power, lower-performance versions available for less, making it in the price range of the Core i3. Either solution can handle basic office tasks and Web browsing quite well.
(On the high-end, AMD is slated to introduce the next version of its FX processor, code named Vishera, by the end of the month. This processor does not have integrated graphics and is most often paired with high-end discrete solutions. It is likely to be positioned against Intel's Core i5 and Core i7 processors. Again, I'm hoping to see some real performance improvements.)


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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) The European Tour has no problem producing star players. It's keeping them that's the challenge.
Several players from Europe's Ryder Cup-winning team this year already spend much of their time in the United States and the list is growing.
Lee Westwood has moved from England to Florida. Big-hitting Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts told The Associated Press that he will cut his European Tour tournaments from more than 33 in 2012 to the minimum 13 next year so he can play a full schedule on the PGA Tour.
Colsaerts says, ``It's a stronger tour and you have the best players in America.''
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- On March 3, 2008 the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) will hold a public meeting at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD to introduce the Object Reuse and Exchange (ORE) specifications. The ORE specifications are developed in response to a significant challenge that has emerged in eScholarship. In contrast to the paper publications of traditional scholarship, or even their digital counterparts, the artifacts of eScholarship are complex aggregations. These aggregations consist of multiple resources with varying media types, semantics types, network locations, and intra- and inter-relationships. The future scholarly communication, research, and higher education infrastructure requires standardized approaches to identify, describe, and exchange these new outputs of scholarship.
The ORE specifications address this challenge with the ORE data model that defines how to associate an identifier, a URI, with aggregations of web resources. By referring to these identifiers, aggregations can then be linked to, cited, and described with metadata, in the same manner as any web resource. The ORE data model also makes it possible to describe the structure and semantics of these aggregations. The ORE specifications define how these descriptions can then be packaged in the XML-based Atom syndication format or in RDF/XML, making them available to a variety of applications.
In addition to their utility in eScholarship, the ORE specifications also apply to our everyday web use where we often encounter aggregations such as multi-page HTML documents, and collections of multi-format images on sites like flickr. OAI-ORE descriptions of these aggregations can be used to improve search engine behavior, provide input for browser-based navigation tools, and develop automated web services to analyze and preserve this information.
The March 3 meeting at Hopkins is intended for information managers and strategists, and implementers of networked information systems. It will be led by the two coordinators of OAI-ORE, Carl Lagoze of Cornell University and Herbert Van de Sompel of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Attendees will learn about the ORE data model. They will also learn about the translation of this data model to the XML-based ATOM syndication format. In addition, they will hear the results of initial experiments with the specifications by OAI-ORE community members. There will be ample time for discussion and questions and to meet other members of the OAI-ORE community. (NOTE: attendees must register in advance and attendance is limited). A subsequent meeting with similar content will be held in the UK in the 2nd quarter of 2008. An announcement will be made as soon as the date and venue of the meeting are fixed.
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A major effort to help people buy and keep homes in Memphis and Shelby County has launched, thanks to funding received by Memphis and Shelby County from Wells Fargo.
The Memphis-Shelby County Helping Homebuyers program is providing down payment assistance of up to $15,000 to qualifying borrowers who buy and live in a home in the city or county. The funds also can be used for renovation.
Down payment assistance totaling $4.5 million is available.
To qualify, applicants must meet criteria including household income not exceeding 120 percent of the area median income, which is $71,000 for a family of four.
Wells Fargo is providing funding as part of a deal reached with the city and county to end a lawsuit against the bank over its lending practices here. That agreement, reached earlier this year, has resulted in Wells Fargo providing $7.5 million to the city and county.
The $4.5 million in down payment assistance comes from that total. United Housing Inc., a nonprofit group providing homeownership services to low-income, middle-income and first-time homebuyers, will administer the down payment program.
"We believe buying a home is a rewarding achievement that everyone should experience, but it's tough to accomplish," United Housing executive director Tim Bolding said in a statement. "As the nonprofit member of this program, the United Housing team is happy to help facilitate an applicable solution that could be the answer for prospective homebuyers in Memphis and Shelby County."
The program launched a few weeks ago with a workshop at the Memphis Cook Convention Center. Wells Fargo was the presenting sponsor of the event, at which several lenders were present.
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. and Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell announced the program at a home in the Scenic Hills neighborhood that was renovated by United Housing using federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds. That three-bedroom home also is for sale and available for help through the down payment assistance program.
Interested homebuyers must meet specific program requirements to be eligible for down payment assistance and benefits.
• They must be approved for home financing.
• Household income must be equal to or less than 120 percent of the area median income.
• They must attend homebuyer education sessions before closing. The sessions are available through United Housing or a HUD-approved counseling agency.
• They don't have to be a first-time homebuyer.
• If they currently own a home, it must be sold before closing, and it cannot be rented or leased.
The first step in the process is getting a preapproval, which will determine the price range before a borrower begins searching for a home. Contacting a local home mortgage consultant or United Housing will begin the process.
The borrower will be asked to provide documentation of income and assets. A website, www.helpingmemphishomebuyers.com, has been set up which walks borrowers through everything they'll need to do to prepare.
"Today, despite low home prices and historically low interest rates, many families are still unable to purchase a home because they struggle with making the down payment," Wells Fargo's Memphis market president Tom Patronis said in a statement. "In this way, we can help get people in homes across Memphis and Shelby County by providing money to make homeownership affordable."
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Quick handling response, nimble performance, high dynamic capabilities, outstanding ride comfort, safety features and a fun-to-drive character aptly describe the 2010 Acura RL chassis. The RL features a highly rigid unit body that teams with an Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) front frame structure to provide an excellent platform for the four-wheel independent suspension. The independent front double-wishbone and independent multi-link rear suspension incorporate numerous aluminum components that reduce unsprung weight to provide better handling, improved suspension response and a more supple ride— even on rough roads. Acura's technologically advanced Super Handling All-Wheel Drive™ (SH-AWD™) system returns for 2010, and it retains its quick response and accurate torque distribution.
The RL was designed to compete squarely with the best luxury sedans from Germany and Japan in dynamic performance, interior luxury appointments, features and overall quality.
The RL's unit body design with a fully-independent suspension, Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure and a SH-AWD™ system provide superb handling precision teamed with outstanding safety. The suspension's optimized geometry provides linear cornering feel, outstanding dry and wet weather cornering capabilities, a flat ride and a high level of controllability at all times. It also results in an increased feeling of precision and security for the driver and passengers alike.
The RL's front suspension is a double-wishbone design with a large subframe mount and a special compliance bushing. The coil spring rates, dampers and stabilizer bar have been designed reduce chassis attitude changes to ensure a flat ride during acceleration, cornering and hard braking.
Specific performance goals for the RL suspension included good response over rough roads while maintaining excellent steering feel. The steering knuckles, upper control arms, lower control arms and subframe assembly are all constructed of lightweight aluminum.
The rear suspension is a multi-link design with a large subframe mount and a long upper control arm. As a result, the vehicle roll center is optimized for good turning response, excellent cornering stability and more control in extreme conditions.
The optimized geometry results in more linear toe and camber changes during suspension travel. Improved roll stiffness also enhances the RL's cornering capabilities. The suspension design also has anti-lift characteristics to reduce the pitching motion of the body during hard braking.
In an effort for weight savings, lightweight aluminum is used in the construction of the control arms and subframe. The components are also stiffer to withstand the high side loads that SH-AWD™, large 18-inch diameter tires and the stiff unit body design create.
The RL employs front and rear aluminum subframes made by unique high temperature bulge-forming and high vacuum die casting methods. Both manufacturing techniques result in significantly lighter units than would be possible with a traditional hydroform processes.
To bulge-form these components, within a specially shaped die an aluminum tube is heated and pressurized with air. The ability to shape a component under heat and pressure means that less material can be used thus lowering the overall weight of the finished component.
The aluminum hybrid subframes on the RL save more than 40 lbs compared to comparable steel hydroformed subframes. The subframes are connected to the RL's body using stiff subframe mount bushings that help deter body roll during aggressive cornering.
Buyers of premium luxury performance sedans expect a vehicle that delivers superior cornering precision while simultaneously providing a pleasing ride. Since tires directly affect cornering ability, the RL is equipped (as standard) with Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 P245/45R18 M+S all-season tires that deliver outstanding handling and a compliant ride.
Within the trunk of the 2010 RL is a temporary-use Bridgestone T155/70D17 tire mounted on a 17x4-inch 12-spoke aluminum wheel.
The 2010 RL features 18x8-inch 7-spoke aluminum alloy wheels. The satin silver wheels not only offer aesthetic flair, but they significantly fill the RL body's wheel openings to generate a lowered ride height appearance. In addition, the wheels feature a concave, back-cut spoke design (applied to the back sides of the spokes) that reduces the amount of build material used thus reducing unsprung weight for improved performance and better fuel economy.
Precise steering performance is an essential facet of the 2010 RL. The goals were to combine a light effort, yet linear steering feel at low speeds with a heavier and more solid steering feel at higher speeds. Such a request is beyond the range of traditional steering systems, thus the RL uses a unique electronically-controlled, speed-sensing, variable power assist rack-and-pinion steering system. Together with SH-AWD™ and the neutral handling characteristics of the chassis, the RL is engineered to feel like a smaller car than it actually is.
Compared to traditional mechanically controlled hydraulic power steering, the RL's speed-sensing steering assist unit is controlled electronically. Not only does the system free up additional engine power, but the electronically controlled assist provides a very linear and direct steering feel regardless of vehicle speed. In particular, the on-center feel is very precise and linear, with no discernible "dead spot."
Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®) is standard equipment on the 2010 RL. VSA® uses electronic traction control and ABS functions, combined with yaw and longitudinal/lateral acceleration sensors to detect if the RL is experiencing understeer or oversteer. If so, VSA® reduces engine output and applies one or more individual brakes to help stabilize the vehicle— often done before the driver is even aware of the handling instability.
In keeping with the athletic capabilities of the RL, Acura engineers designed the 4-wheel disc brakes to create a true high-performance system. Engineers targeted the braking performance of top-level competitors from Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz as the benchmark to meet or exceed.
Up front, 12.6-inch diameter cast-iron ventilated rotors team with 4-piston aluminum brake calipers. The multi-piston calipers are extremely rigid and are based on racing applications. In back, 12.2-inch diameter cast-iron ventilated rotors (attached to their hub via lightweight aluminum collets) are gripped by single-piston aluminum brake calipers.
The RL includes Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD) that automatically adjusts the front/rear brake pressure to suit conditions, while an anti-lock braking system (ABS) helps the driver retain steering control during hard braking situations. Also affecting braking performance is the RL's 4-channel Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®).
Brake Assist helps drivers apply full braking pressure during a collision avoidance situation. To do so, a microprocessor continually analyzes and "learns" the driver's normal braking habits— monitoring both the rate of pressure applied and the total pressure that the driver normally applies to the brake system.
If the driver suddenly applies the brakes, Brake Assist brings the system to full ABS activation to help stop the vehicle. Brake Assist is only activated when the microprocessor detects that certain brake pedal speed and pressure thresholds are reached. The Brake Assist system deactivates when the driver releases pressure on the brake pedal.
The onboard Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) with specific location and pressure indicators warns the RL driver when the air pressure significantly decreases in any tire. This early notification helps reduce the chance of losing control of the vehicle due to improper tire pressure. Continually monitoring pressure levels is important because a slow leak might not be detectable immediately, but over time could cause significant air loss leading to reduced tire traction or the potential of a blowout.
A sensor mounted on each wheel continually monitors tire pressure and sends a coded signal to an initiator located on the chassis. The information is then sent to an electronic control unit that compares the values of each tire against an acceptable set of pressure parameters.
If a tire's pressure drops significantly below the proper pressure specification, a "CHECK TIRE PRESSURE" alert appears on the MID screen mounted in the dashboard. The TPMS system can simultaneously display the air pressure in each of the vehicle's four tires via the MID, making it simple to identify an under inflated or over inflated tire. Regardless whether a driver chooses to monitor tire pressure, a warning will be given if a tire's pressure drops below a critical level.
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BOSTON, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's men's cross country team finished 38 out of 47 teams and the women were 34th in a field of 47 teams at the Open New England Championships at Franklin Park Saturday.
For the women, freshman Dekontee Chea (Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford HS) finished 104th in 19:18, junior Meaghan Bohigian (Barre, MA/Quabbin Regional HS) was 195th in 20:22, junior Courtney Testa (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton) finished 217th in 20:40, freshmen Kelci Sullivan (Hanson, MA/Whitman-Hanson HS) finished 264th in 21:40, Caitlin McGarigal was 277th in 21:56, junior Stacey Dybel (Littleton, MA/Notre Dame Academy) was 292nd in 22:35, and freshman Brittany Lyons (South Yarmouth, MA/Dennis-Yarmouth HS) finished 295th in 22:43.
For the men, senior Nick Santoro (Shrewsbury, MA/St. John's HS) of the Corsairs finished 111th in 26:15, senior Eric Nygaard (Medway, MA/Medway HS) was 192nd in 26:59, junior Kevin Gilmore (Hanson, MA/Whitman-Hanson HS) was 195th in 27:00, junior Steve Burke (Norwell, MA/Norwell HS) was 258th in 27:24, senior Wes Meserve (Merrimack, MA/Merrimack HS) finished 286th in 29:04, freshmen Cody Gibney (New Bedford, MA/Greater New Bedford Vo Tech HS) was 287th in 29:03, and freshman Chris Jordan (Taunton, MA/Taunton HS) finished 148th in 30:26.
"For being without two of our top runners today senior Derek Stevens (Swampscott, MA/Swampscott HS) and junior Meaghan Bohigian (Barre, MA/Quabbin Regional HS), I thought we held together well," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Jon Hird. "We were running against the region's best teams from Divisions I, II and III. For the women, Dekontee ran very well, Courtney ran much better than she did two weeks ago, and Kelci ran well. Nick ran his usual race, Eric ran his best race of the year, Steve Burke ran well, and Wes Meserve stepped up into the top five. In a race like this, that's all you can ask."
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Chris Peterson was determined to make a good first impression at UCSB's Campus Pool, having never even swam in high school.
He fell flat on his face. Literally.
The former gymnast, coaxed by his new teammates into attempting a back flip on the pool deck three years ago, stuck the landing - on his forehead.
"I think it was my first week, and honestly, I wasn't used to training as hard as Gregg (Wilson, UCSB's coach) was working us," Peterson recalled. "I didn't realize how sore my legs were.
"I'd done hundreds of back flips and had never landed on my head before, but I didn't get the height I needed."
He needed 13 stitches to close the wound in his eye brow, but now only performs his flips against a pool wall. He's one of the Gauchos' best hopes this week as they compete in their first-ever Pac-10 Swimming Championships at Long Beach's Belmont Plaza Pool.
"I asked him, 'Were you trying to impress people?' " Wilson recalled. "He said, 'Well, yeah.' I said, 'You didn't.' "
But it didn't take Peterson long to wow his new coach with his raw athletic ability. Wilson hadn't included him among his top 18 swimmers for scoring purposes since he was so new to competition, but he soon came to regret it.
"We included him in an exhibition 4x50 free relay to see how fast he could go," he recalled. "And oh my gosh, he went 19.7 the first time he shaved, which was a very good time for us.
"I blew it, because it was too late to change him from exhibition swimmer to scoring swimmer."
Olympic gold medalist Jason Lezak holds UCSB's school record of 19.67 in the (non-relay) 50 free. Peterson is gunning for that mark today in Long Beach, having already cracked the 20-second barrier last year.
He even finished ahead of Lezak in a relay race during last fall's alumni meet.
"We were both the anchor legs, and our team was a little ahead when I took off," Peterson said. "But nevertheless, I got to versus Jazon Lezak.
"Afterward, he asked Gregg, 'Who was that guy?' "
That's what Wilson was asking four years earlier while attending a workout of the Orinda Aquatics Club.
"We went there to recruit another kid, and one of the coaches told me, 'The kid you really want is over there,'" he recalled. "I looked over, and there was this really ripped guy - just a real man-child."
Peterson, 17 at the time, had already been taking courses at Contra Costa Junior College as a home-schooled high school student. He is now a Dean's List scholar at UCSB, having won the Christopher Divis Scholarship from the College of Engineering.
"He had been a gymnast and was really into theater - a real Renaissance man," Wilson said. "He has the classical approach to a sound mind and sound body."
Peterson's father, Edward, is an engineer with a swimming pedigree. But it was his mother, JoAnne, a professional dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, who inadvertantly led him into the pool.
"I went into dance class, did tap and jazz and some ballet here and there, and got into the musical-theater side of things," Peterson said. "I wanted to spice it up, so to speak, and so I took up gymnastics and specialized in the floor routine."
He dislocated his knee, however, while attempting a layout double-twist.
"I started swimming to stay in shape," he said. "I dislocated it again doing the same move a year later, on the anniversary of the first injury, and decided that it was time to move on to a new sport."
Peterson took up diving and, eventually, recreational swimming with the Pinole Seals before moving on to Orinda Aquatics.
He actually considers his late start to have been an advantage.
"I absolutely love swmming, and I know so many people who'd been doing it since age 10 who burned out on it," Peterson said. "I think the secret for me was coming in late, giving all I have every day at practice because I really enjoy what I'm doing.
"And being new, I had my ears open and listened to everything that was being said, whether it was coming from a fellow swimmer or the coaches."
By his sophomore season, he was clocking 19.98 in the 50 free to win the Big West Conference championship. He also led UCSB to a pair of relay titles, setting a record in the 4x50 free.
The Gauchos have upgraded this year to the Pac-10, with Peterson swimming the 50 free today, the 100 back stroke on Friday and the 100 free on Saturday. He's also part of three UCSB relay teams.
The Pac-10, which includes many of America's top swimmers, has seeded him ninth in the 50 free.
"He'll be going against one of the best in the world, Nathan Adrian, who is a senior at Cal," Wilson pointed out. "He's as big as a house and, at this point in time, is probably the fastest sprint free-styler that the U.S. has.
"But Chris is really excited about facing him. He sees himself succeeding at the highest level, and there's nothing he considers better for himself than the Pac-10."
Peterson can now even see the silver lining of his head-bashing back-flip.
"I couldn't put my head in the water for two weeks because of the stitches, so I had to use a kick board," he said. "But what that did was really improve my leg strength."
He saw stars, and then he became one.
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Raimi, whose khaki jacket, button down and dark pants made a sleek casual weekend look. Actually, this was one of my favorites, but I can understand that it may have been too casual for the challenge.
Christian, whose asymmetric camel sweater outfit I thought was a little odd, but my fiance deemed it "wearable."
Jillian's dark three piece suit was nice, tailored, and appropriate. But honestly, I have a real problem with the white collar-blue shirt look. There is a special place in shirt hell for those things.
Chris sent down an outfit that I honestly loathed. I thought the jacket looked like something up for auction from the Star Trek set. But the judges had bigger fish to fry.
Victorya seemed to ignore the dark color mandate and sent a white jacket prancing down. Whatever, she's immune.
Steven. Oh man. How did this escape the scathing crotch comments?? Did anyone take a good look at these high waisted pants? Seriously? Ugh. And what's with the scarf? Is he trying to hide Tiki's man-neck? Poor form!
Elissa's model looked like an escapee from a mental health seminar. One where you all repeat overly wordy platitudes out loud and probably end up drinking some freaky Kool-Aid. At least there weren't any visible spit marks.
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Sweet P's shirt came out weird twice. I guess she doesn't look like she would be the next Thomas Pink or anything, but at least I give her credit for being honest about what happened and at least styling it artfully on the runway.
Ricky, sporting a Confederate soldier hat, weeping profusely about his pinned together garment was spared. At least his crotch was proportionate. I guess the South did rise again.
Okay, Carmen. WTF??? Make a shirt! A T-shirt! Anything! And Kors was right. That crotch was all kinds of crazy. It was nice knowing you.
All Kinds of NOT Busted.
Joey Faketone made a hot looking three piece look with a purple shirt and vest. For some reason, Heidi is revolted by the idea of her husband, Seal, in purple. Huh? I think purple can look great on men. Oh well, I think a lot of people, including Joey, thought that he would win, but alas, it was not to be. I thought Tiki would be just mesmerized by the pocket square. I mean, who wouldn't be?!?
Kit Pistol got the shaft in this one. I'm sorry. No offense to Jack, but I thought her outfit was really nice. A navy fleece blazer with those double vents to allow Tiki's butt to breathe or something, khaki pants, and a classic white shirt. I really liked this outfit. I may actually find similar things and dress my fiance up in this outfit.
But, Kit lost out to Jack and his short-stealing ways. Granted, the dark pants and tailored shirt were made infinitely more interesting by the details on the shirt, but I feel like he abandoned so much that the look was kind of blah. However, I don't mind having Jack around for longer...maybe we'll get to see him bench press Christian.
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World Famous Classical Pianist and Former Kilgore, Texas Resident Van Cliburn Dies at Age 78
Shreveport born classical pianist Van Cliburn has passed away at the age of 78. His publicist says he died this morning (2/27) at the age of 78 after battling bone cancer.
Cliburn was born in Shreveport, but his family moved to Kilgore at the age of six.
Cliburn received world-wide acclaim as a classical pianist after winning the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at age 23.
Cliburn has also been credited with helping to end the Cold War after performing at the summit meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet head of state Mikhail Gorbachev. Cliburn performed for every president since Harry Truman.
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For many players the European Senior Tour offers another shot at success, but for Terry Price that second chance is proving more valuable than most.
The Australian enjoyed a fruitful first season on the Senior Tour in 2012, winning the Pon Senior Open with a masterful performance in Germany.
He is now hoping to build on that promising rookie campaign in 2013 and make up for lost time after his European Tour career was cruelly curtailed by injury.
Just two years after he had recorded his best finish of 53rd on the European Tour Order of Merit in 2004, finishing runner up to Spaniard Miguel Angel Jiménez in the Open de Portugal, Price broke his leg in a freak accident at home when he tripped over a clotheshorse.
As a consequence, he missed all but two events of the 2006 season and then lost his European Tour card the following year as he struggled upon his return to action.
Now the 52 year old is determined to make the most of being back in the cut and thrust of the competitive game on the Senior Tour, having underlined his capabilities with a stunning six-shot win over Marc Farry and Barry Lane at Winston Golf in September.
"I really enjoyed last year," said Price. "I feel like I have some unfinished business. When I broke my leg while I was on the main tour in 2006 it meant I didn't really fade away and ride off into the sunset like some players do – the rug was savagely pulled out from beneath my feet.
"To spend a couple of years on crutches and not play the game that you enjoy playing has really fuelled the fires again. So the Senior Tour is a bit like a second chance for me. It wasn't like my game was in a state where I had lost my way and I felt like I couldn't compete on tour anymore. It was just gone because of injury, so it was a complete different set of circumstances compared to a lot of guys."
Price, who won eight times on the PGA Tour of Australasia, finished 18th on the 2012 Senior Tour Order of Merit, also recording a top ten finish in the Fubon Senior Open in Taiwan. But it was that scintillating display in Germany, when he carded rounds of 67, 66 and 67 to hold off a field including former World Number One Bernhard Langer, that has given him cause for optimism heading into the new season.
"Apart from that one week when I played well and putted very well, I didn't play all that well last year," he admitted. "It was a frustrating test of patience at times, but that's golf. Hopefully the new season will be different for me.
"I play like I did in Germany most weeks, but I just don't putt any good. We aren't all given everything. Putting has always been a bit of a bugbear for me, but I work hard at it so it is nice when it pays fruit a little.
"I've won a lot of golf tournaments, so I wasn't surprised by winning. I knew that if I could get myself together on the putting green I would have half a chance. And that is what happened.
"It was probably a surprise to everyone else, except the players, that I played as well as I did in Germany. I tend to waste a few chances out there but when I get it right I'm fairly handy. Getting it right is the hard bit though, and I need to do that more often.
"I'm not setting any targets for the new season. I just want to go out there and continue to travel the world and have fun."
Despite being a relative newcomer to the Senior Tour, Price is already a devote convert to what it has to offer.
"The Senior Tour is fantastic and think sponsors and promoters should look at this tour for the genuine camaraderie and what they can get out of it," he said.
"We really go the extra yard to help people with their game as we've got time to do it and I think it's something we hold close to our hearts.
"It's a modus operandi for this tour – to be passing on our years of knowledge and experience. The guys on the Senior Tour have won a lot of golf tournaments and it's a great opportunity for corporate guests to learn from the best. The younger guys are still consumed with their careers, and rightly so, but our future is behind us. We've got the opportunity now to help people and it is a lot of fun to do it."
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I moved, about a week and a half ago. Add a week and a half for packing and That means it has been about 3 weeks since I have baked anything! Almost as long since I was able to cook anything (I don't count microwaving a TV dinner as cooking)
I feel like a junkie needing a fix. I go to the supermarket bakery and am seriously considering buying one of their slash and bake breads.
I get on TFL and drool all over my keyboard but that just makes me want it more.
I am hoping to be able to bake something this weekend but until then, How do you handle long periods when you can not bake!
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As one of my genealogy goals for 2011, I plan to work on one family per month and clean up my files, find new information, and cite sources. For January I am beginning with
BURBACH - Milwaukee, WI and Hesse Nassau, Germany
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My Burbach line is from Oberselters, Hesse-Nassau, Germany. The family lived in Oberselters as far back as 1732 and began the migration to the United States in the 1850s. Church records show marriages into the Heer, Muerer, Probst, Kreppel, and Schwartz families among others. The Burbachs from Oberselters were farmers and became grocers, butchers, farmers, and newsmen.
Various branches of the family settled in Milwaukee, WI, St Louis, MO, and Harris County, Texas.
As I persue this family, I often reflect on the courage it took to travel to a new country, learn a new language, and learn a new trade. I am sure their faith gave them strength and comfort as they have retained it to this generation.


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Fortunes – a collection of data files for the UNIX tool fortune. Features quotes from the Discworld Novels, Forrest Gump, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Simpsons, Star Wars and The X-Files.
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So I was looking around in the HTS-store and I found some pretty nice things. However I was thinking about buying one or two things. But since I live pretty far away I was wondering if it's possible to make a delivery to Sweden, and if it's possible are there any extra fees?


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#32 wrote:18-year old kids suck up experience like a sponge. Hell, most of the time you can see flashes during their first season (Monta, Gerald Green, Kobe, ect). But Biedrins (in 2 seasons) has jogged in place. He hasn't improved at all.
Those are 18-year old american kids that are in their own culture and don't need to adapt to it, and to other style of bball, completely different from the one they've been playing. Biedrins (and other players in his situation) will take a bit more time to develop.
Of course, I can be wrong and he may end up sucking badly, but I think he's going (more or less) according to the schedule.


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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that a $6.8 million consent decree with retail giant Wal-Mart Stores was signed today by Federal District Court Judge Garland Burrell in Sacramento, Calif. The decree resolves the EEOC's lawsuit, Case No. S-99-0414-GEB DAD, which alleged that Wal-Mart's pre-employment questionnaire, "Matrix of Essential Job Functions," violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Parties to the decree also have agreed to settle 12 other ADA lawsuits filed against Wal-Mart in 11 states.
"Wal-Mart has been a very hands-on participant in drawing up this agreement and eliminating barriers for applicants and employees with disabilities," said EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez. "What is extremely gratifying about this private sector-government resolution is the intensive effort on everybody's part to rectify past practices and to ensure that the Wal-Mart facilities of the future will be more promising workplaces for current and prospective individuals with disabilities."
The agency's chief negotiator of the consent decree, Mary Jo O'Neill of EEOC's Phoenix District Office, said, "This agreement is the result of months of negotiations by a national negotiation team for the EEOC and Wal-Mart." She added: "Wal-Mart's willingness to enter into this global settlement, which includes significant nationwide training on the ADA and job offers, clearly demonstrates Wal-Mart's commitment to the ADA."
Between 1994 and 1998, Wal-Mart sought disability-related information from applicants through their "Matrix" questionnaire before making conditional offers of employment, a violation of the federal disability law. As part of the decree, Wal-Mart has abolished the unlawful pre-employment questionnaire and will institute an array of new or revised policies.
Also under the decree, Wal-Mart will provide priority consideration for hiring at its distribution centers to applicants who were qualified for employment but rejected based on medical or disability related information requested during the now defunct interview process. A toll-free number (1-866-513-8206) has been established for applicants at Wal-Mart distribution centers between 1994 and 1998 who may have been affected by the pre-employment inquiries.
The decree describes two separate funds to compensate alleged victims of discrimination: a $3.8 million fund for identified charging parties and aggrieved individuals in this and 12 other EEOC-filed lawsuits, and a $3 million fund to provide damages for individuals yet to be identified who were allegedly harmed by the pre-employment practice and other ADA violations.
Steven Sanders, a former Wal-Mart employee with a hearing impairment who was one of the charging parties in the case, said, "I will now be able to return to Wal-Mart and be a part of their team. I am so grateful that the EEOC believed in me and fought for me and that Wal-Mart was willing to give me another opportunity."
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I don't know about you, but with yesterday's 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, my heart was heavy. I kept thinking of the victims. How stunned I (and everyone else) was as I watched the events unfold and how much our world has changed. So, today I just wanted to find something light and fun and I found it!
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Dikembe Mutombo has a long history of philanthropic work, highlighted by the construction of a $29 million, 300-bed hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his native country. Mutombo was awarded the Mannie Jackson Human Spirit Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007 and was named the NBA's global ambassador in 2009.
On Thursday, along with Cindy McCain, singer K'Naan, ONE (an organization that fights famine and preventable disease) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Mutombo held a conference call to discuss famine in the Horn of Africa. The group was speaking from Nairobi, after visiting a Somali refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya earlier in the day.
According to a ONE press release from earlier this month…
In recent weeks, the UN has declared a famine in parts of southern Somalia, due to what is being called one of the worst droughts in the past 60 years. This has left more than 11 million people in the Horn of Africa – greater than the populations of Houston and New York City combined- desperately in need of food, emergency agricultural assistance, clean water and basic sanitation.
The group spoke of children at the camp in Dadaab who were living without proper nutrition or medical care, and ultimately living without hope.
"People feel as though they've been left there," K'Naan, a Somalia native, said, "that they're forgotten."
Kenna, McCain and Mutombo expressed the need for people to not only donate to the cause, but to spread the word and raise awareness regarding a situation that isn't going away. The Guardian recently reported that about 1,400 Somalis arrive in Dadaab every day.
"How many more children have to die," Mutombo asked, "before we react?"
You can help by signing a petition asking world leaders to address the UN's call for emergency assistance funding and/or visiting futurefortified.org to make a donation toward the cause.
"Ten dollars is going to go a long way within these camps," McCain said.
Next week, Mutombo will join Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning and several more former players and current coaches as part of Basketball without Borders Africa 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The camp is for the continent's top 18-and-under players, but goes well beyond basketball, promoting life skills and participating in several community outreach events.
John Schuhmann is a staff writer for NBA.com. You can e-mail him here or follow him on Twitter.


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Did not see that coming. I thought we woud be forcing a lot more this season. We have yet to score a single point on defense, either (people are saying the Cowboys game, but that was special teams points).
I have to think the lack of pass rush (same old story) has a lot to do with it.
To put it into persepctive, in our defensive glory years we once had 60+ turnovers in a season -- and that was before the league was a "passing league".
I'm hoping we start to get them in bunches as we head towards the playoffs.


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With five Republicans joining Democrats in opposition, the Senate easily rejected a House-passed budget plan Wednesday calling for deep cuts in domestic appropriations and major restructuring of Medicare, the government-backed healthcare program for the elderly.
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Forum:Should we move back to uncyclopedia.org?
Forums: Index > Village Dump > Should we move back to uncyclopedia.org?
Note: This topic has been unedited for 2428 days. It is considered archived - the discussion is over. Do not add to unless it really needs a response.
i propose this due to several things;
- The recent log in fuck up locking out over half of uncyclopedia's active users
- Most javascript template/functions no longer works/broke due to a bug in the system
- and no, wikia won't help us.
So what is your opinion? let's decide.
Score: -3
- For.--fcukman
LOOS3R!08:19, July 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Spiritual For but Against Not actually possible due to a number of factors but I concur in the fact that I'm sick to fucking death of wikia's fail. User:Frosty/sig3 08:22, July 26, 2012 (UTC)
- I'd fucking love to, but unless one of you wants to blow the owner of a large datacenter in exchange for free hosting... ~BigHeadTodd (minus the Monsters) (speak) Jul 26, '12 8:31am
- Oh, and also #blamewikia on twitter. That is all. ~BusterCherry (speak) Jul 26, '12 8:34am
- Strong against. Honestly, technical issues happen. We have a paid staff of technical consultants who work around the clock to resolve issues. We pay nothing for hosting. You're proposing that we would possibly need to buy the rights to host Uncyclopedia. We would definitely need to pay for hosting elsewhere, and establish technical staff. If we relied on volunteer staff, we would have a reduction in their capacity. We've been lucky to have people like Villaj, BB, Spang, Lyrithya, and to some small extent myself on board in the past. There is no way in hell I would choose to be a full time technician on this site without being paid - even doing the admin stuff that I have been doing recently takes me away from writing. We have no funds, and we have hosting and technical support for no cost, and ad free. With the last issue in relationship to logging in, they dropped everything and had it resolved in less than 48 hours, even though it meant working from the ground up to try and resolve what the issue was, and kept us in the loop as changes happened. As much as I like to cry "Wikia sux" on the odd occasion, we're lucky to have them on our side. User:PuppyOnTheRadio/sig3
- I completely agree. Heck, Wikia were even so good as to garble the database in the first place, so that we could have something to bitch and whine and moan and complain at them about. Where else can you get service like that? ~BetterThanYouAtEverything (speak) Jul 26, '12 12:49pm
- How the fuck is that signature supposed to identify you in any way at all? – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • elk cloner) 02:26 Jul 27, 2012
- For.--Sycamore (Talk) 09:12, July 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Should we this, should we that I'm getting sick of this. No more forums about Wikia. Cat the Colourful (Feed me!) Zzz 09:31, 26 July, 2012 (UTC)
- Agreed --Lord Scofield Stark 12:36, July 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Abstain. It's true that Wikia do frequently fuck things up to the extent where it's irreconcilable but as already said above, if noone has the time, money, technical knowledge etc. to move back to the original domain and manage the site then as gay as it is, Wikia may be our only option. User:GEORGIEGIBBONS/sig 13:30, July 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Against. Per everything Puppy said. Also, let's say this admin login thing happened and we weren't part of Wikia. I'm sure it would have taken much longer for the issue to be fixed. But, there's no point of having this vote anyway. It's never gonna happen. --User:Xamralco/sig 13:38, July 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Only when we've found a better alternative. Which isn't the case right now, though given Wikia's proneness of fucking up big time, it shouldn't be that hard to find something better. —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY 13:41, 26 July 2012
- AGAINST Puppy hit the nail so hard on the head, it's just surfaced in Bristol. mAttlobster. (hello) 13:49, July 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Whatever →A (Ruins) 14:02, 26 July 2012
- Though I very much agree that Wikia sucks, if you recall, Uncyc.org was shut down many times due to bugs in the server (Roberto anyone?) which is also why Illogicopedia has lost activity. So I abstain until we have a better alternative. ~[ths] the magic! 23:42, 07/26/2012
- For, but only if we get off the internet entirely. Sir Modusoperandi Boinc! 00:02, July 27, 2012 (UTC)
- Spiritual for. There is a technical way to "hide" the actual domain name of a website, and this is used in the Wikimedia websites. For example, when you ping en.wikipedia.org in a shell window, it shows as wikipedia-lb.eqiad.wikimedia.org. There is no reason why we shouldn't be able to mask uncyclopedia.wikia.com under en.uncyclopedia.org or en.uncyc.org. --User:Qzekrom/sig7 01:40, July 27, 2012 (UTC)
- I don't understand the question. "Move back to uncyc.org"? The site was never located at uncyc.org. Our original URL was uncyclopedia.org. That domain was sold to Wikia along with the rest of the site by chronarion, and then a few years back Wikia decided to make that URL a redirect and move our wiki to uncyclopedia.wikia.com (causing several users to leave the site, also there was an admin strike iirc). We cannot move back to uncyclopedia.org because Wikia want their name in our domain (marketing purposes or something). So the question makes no sense. -- Major Sir Zombiebaron GUN • WotM • UotM • PotM • AotM • EGAEDM • UPotM • MAFE • ZotM • IotM • VotM • UGotM (shout) 02:14, July 27, 2012 (UTC)
- it makes some sense now.--fcukman
LOOS3R!04:34, July 27, 2012 (UTC)
- Uncyc.org is actually owned by Carlb, as far as I know. User:PuppyOnTheRadio/sig3
- it makes some sense now.--fcukman
- Do you not understand the difference between a domain name and webhosting? What the fuck does this topic even mean? "Move back to 'uncyc.org'," do you think if you change the domain name a webhost powerful enough to keep the site online will magically appear out of thin fucking air? What the fuck am I reading? – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • elk cloner) 02:25 Jul 27, 2012
- Abstain. I don't know nearly enough about 1) Who actually owns Uncyclopedia; 2) Who was hosting it before; 3) How much it would cost to move to a new host. (Can anyone answer these questions? Seriously, what would it cost us to leave Wikia? $500 a month? $5,000 a month? $50,000 a month?) http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/b/bf/Tinymasaru.gifpillow talk 02:43, July 27, 2012 (UTC)
- Abstain. You could run a shit server and buy a domain for very little money and lots and lots of time and effort. But Wikia isn't going to sell the uncyclopedia.org for an amount that any of us can afford. --User:Hotadmin4u69/sig19:05 Jul 27 2012