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Sony launches flagship compact, Cyber-shot DSC-W300
Sony made its new top-of-the-line W model public today, with the launch of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W300. The W300 features a fairly conventional 3x zoom, but boasts an impressive 13.6 megapixels of effective resolution.
The W300 features a 2.7-inch LCD as well as the W-series standard optical viewfinder. Double anti-blur technology utilizes both Sony's Super SteadyShot image stabilization and high-ISO shooting to 3200.
Stylistically, the W300 extends the basic look of the new W series into its top model, with a slim, rectangular, slightly round profile. The camera's exterior is wrapped in an ultra-hard titanium coating that promises a high-end appearance and feel and resistance to smudges and scratches.
As a flagship model, the W300 packs in most of the new soft tech we saw in Sony's PMA releases, including an improved D-Range Optimizer, Intelligent Scene Recognition, a "Real" color mode with limited saturation, Face Detection with child/adult priority, Improved Smile Shutter, and Face Search. In-camera retouching options include an Unsharp Mask sharpening algorithm and Happy Face Retouch, which adds smiles to faces in post-process.
The W300 should ship in May, for a suggested retail price of $349.
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W300 Specifications:
|13.6 megapixel, 1/1.7" Super HAD CCD
|3x (35-105mm) Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar, f/2.8-5.5
|2.7", 230K-pixel Clear Photo TFT LCD; optical viewfinder
|Shutter Speed
|30-1/2000 seconds
|Shooting Modes
|Auto, Easy Auto, Program, Manual, Movie, Scene, Smile Shutter, High Sensitivity, Extra High Sensitivity, High-Speed Burst
|Scene Presets
|Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Soft Snap, Landscape, Beach, Snow, Fireworks, Underwater
|White Balance Settings
|Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent 1, Fluorescent 2, Fluorescent 3, Incandescent, Flash, Manual
|Metering Modes
|Multi, Center, Spot
|Focus Modes
|Multi AF, Center AF, Spot AF, Semi-Manual, Macro
|Drive Modes
|Normal, Burst, High-Speed Burst
|Flash Modes
|Auto, Forced On, Slow Synchro, Forced Off
| Self Timer Settings
|10 seconds, 2 seconds, Off
|Memory Formats
|Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo
| Internal Memory
|File Formats
|Max. Image Size
| Max. Video Size
|640×480, 30 fps
|Zoom During Video
|Rechargeable InfoLITHIUM 960 mAh lithium-ion
|USB 2.0, AV output, DC input
|Additional Features
|Face Detection, Super SteadyShot, Smile Shutter, Happy Face Retouch, HD component output, D-Range Optimizer


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Free Williemina? Whale Rider dark and deep
For 30 years, American movies have been empowering young women with the message they can be anything and do anything they want. Now the message has reached the rest of the world, specifically New Zealand, in Whale Rider.
The novel setting and unusual trappings give the story a freshness that has won over festival attendees, the vast majority of critics, and now art house audiences with a taste for the exotic.
But if you view it as "half empty," you'll see that at heart Whale Rider is as formulaic and shamelessly manipulative as any Hollywood opus, just not as accessible.
Although they end up in the same place, Whale Rider doesn't take the same pandering, feel-good route as Bend It Like Beckham to get there. While I respect its refusal to compromise, a few concessions would have helped it reach more people.
Nonprofessional Keisha Castle-Hughes gives a fine, natural performance as Pai, the 12-year-old heroine. Like the rest of the cast, she has an authentic accent, and as our narrator she disorients us in the crucial early moments before we've had a fighting chance to adapt to the unfamiliar sounds.
Whangara, on the East coast of New Zealand's North Island, was settled, legend has it, a thousand years ago by Pai's namesake, Paikea, who came ashore riding a whale. A new generation is awaiting a new leader, and Pai's father, Porourangi (Cliff Curtis), thought he had produced one until Pai's twin brother died at birth.
Her father has never fully accepted Pai nor forgiven her for surviving. He spends most of his time in Europe while Pai has been raised by her stern grandfather, Koro (Rawiri Paratene), and her fierce, secretly encouraging grandmother, Nanny Flowers (Vicky Haughton).
Pai's instincts of late have been filling her with a sense of destiny. She's not clear what it is, but it's apparently connected to whale sounds and visions. She feels called to participate when Koro starts a school to train the tribe's first-born boys in "the old ways" in the hope that one of them will become chief. Her grandfather denies her the chance, and Pai gets the training from her uncle instead, then practices with her best friend.
No matter how many signs are thrown in his path, Koro stubbornly refuses to acknowledge that the best man could be a woman. The title leaves little doubt about the film's outcome after a climactic sequence that's like a feminist version of Free Willy.
Although Pai acts rather tomboyish, you shouldn't jump to any conclusions about her orientation. In this context, the 12-year-old's power is more spiritual than sexual.
Writer-director Niki Caro, adapting the novel by Witi Ihimaera, maintains a rather gloomy atmosphere for a film that's supposed to leave you feeling good. The grandfather's treatment of Pai is downright nasty, and yet you're supposed to feel some sympathy for him because you know he'll either have to bend or break.
If you're seeing Whale Rider to learn about the Maoris, be warned: This is not the Discovery Channel. You'll have to pull your own information from what is shown but not explained in this fable of a leader emerging against all odds.

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Would you like your car this year email
Would you like your car this year email
@Bucket22 - Congrats. I'm P2860. That's amazing considering our #'s are so far apart.
I just got the delivery button. P6694.
White 85kwh non-performance, tan with Lacewood, air suspension, pano, tech and sound pkg.
Hope to have something white under the tree.
Yea Bucket22. I am P6286 and if I had not paid a large tax payment a few weeks ago I would have said Yes, but I declined. I, too, and 85 kWh, Air Suspension, and Beautiful Blue. Enjoy
The highest reported number to get the "Delivery" button and December 15-31 delivery estimate is P7701 on the teslamotorsclub forums. It seems like too many people are getting this estimate for them all to be accurate. I'm trying not to get my hopes too high.
DEFINITELY check your dashboard.
I just finalized my delivery (12.15 - 12.31)
85kwh, Performance, Pano, Blue, etc.
Just checked "My Tesla". After selecting 2012 earlier today in response to this email, I just noticed the red delivery button. I'm P 8,888. Tulsa, Ok. 85kW and active air.
Got my delivery button today. I am P #8688 in Seattle. My window says Dec 15 - 31st. 85kW with all the options except the kids seats. Come on Santa
I'll be royally pissed if they get rid of the federal tax credit as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations! With my 8756 reservation number and 60 KWh selection, it would end up that I could have gotten delivery THIS year AND an 85 KWh battery for only $2500 more.
Anyone other 60 KWh reservation holders thinking about this?
yes. I wish they would have given us low 60 kWh reservation numbers the option to upgrade and get delivery in 2012.
I got the email last night and a call today, finally spoke to the tesla rep after some phone tag. the deal is that I can close on the car this year, pay for it, and get the 2012 benefits as such. physical delivery of the vehicle would take place in very early january and would be direct ship to my home but without the Tesla delivery specialist experience - that would be scheduled at a later date. I agreed to this of course and expect to get the VIN in a day or two. it works for me as i get the rebate sooner and i may still get the PA rebate too which is limited to only 500 i think - I was not expecting this to be left in March when I was to get my car.
My opinion is Tesla is trying to kill the stated numbers for Q4 and the year.
I could not be more pleased!
60kw+air #3587
85kw+air+performance. Got the delivery estimate of 15th-31st as well. Seattle. Woot Woot!
Wow, tornado...you are one ahead of me! Except I'm across the boarder in Vancouver and have a estimate of Feb/Mar...so sad.
I got the email too, and yeah I don't think it has to with revenue profits. We know (since the reduced production esitimate announcement) that they were only ever going to produce 85kwh + air suspension cars this year anyways. Understanding that, I don't understand how this can be about money. It's the same
My guess is that they were finding a number of their customers who preferred to wait for delivery until the next calendar year, and shuffling up the production line over and over is probably inefficient if there are a decent amount of people deferring.
It makes sense to get a list from customers of who wants the car ASAP and who actually prefers to wait, and then create new sequencing based off of that.
So now I'm cautiously optomistic that I will be driving the car around Christmas.
I still think you're misunderstanding the rebate. How much you have actually remitted is irrelevant. It doesn't matter if you've paid off your complete 2012 liability or none of it. It only matters if the total is over $7500 (if less, that's your cap). You'd get a check for any net overpayment.
Wnen you get on the 2012 dlivery list, do they email you and change the Dashbord? Where on the Dashboard? Do they change the status listed there?
Just in case, I got the Pen Fed loan approval at 1.49%.
Now if my garage were ready! I would be much happier... figuring it,P7214, wil be here this year.
I'm kind of curious to know how many people that got this email got a subsequent delivery window on their dashboard. I'm p4863, and now suddenly have a delivery window of Dec 18-31. I have a feeling a lot of people have gotten similar windows, and given the inconsistencies in delivering within windows in the last couple months I don't know if I should get super excited or not...?
I'm a big supporter of the Tesla mission and a stock holder. But this "delivery before 2013" ordeal seems a bit like another protean Tesla maybe/maybe not situation...
I'm keeping my fingers crossed and getting my finances in order. But I'm doing it with a healthy dose of skepticism.
I got Dec 15-30, i'm P8538. looks too good to be true.
I'm p 8,888. Got my window from Dec 15-31st. I was originally scheduled for feb/march delivery. Time to call the banker and electrician.
Found the button on the My Tesla page. Clicked it and filled out the info. Got an email-
Estimated Pickup Window
Dec. 15th - Dec. 31st
Pickup Location
Dania Beach
1949 Tigertail Boulevard
Dania Beach, FL 33004
P7214 and no change on my dash!
85kwh nonperf pano pearl air 19" tech
why have I not been called for this year?
even delivery at factory has not helped
they asked, I said yes,....and nothing happened
#2770 Regular 85K active air. I got the email and responded immediately and emphatically, but I've got no "finalize" button. In Denver, but it appears shipments are getting out to places other than the west coast, so I would think Denver would be a nice easy place to drop off my car. Not financing or trading in anything, so I would think that, if Tesla's looking for clean and easy transactions it can close before 12/31, I'd be getting the frigging button.
#6873 - I got the email on Thursday and just checked my dashboard. Delivery is between Dec 15 and Dec 31. Trying to stay calm....
Yes for 2012 of course! But my delivery window is Dec 23- Jan 6. Yikes!
I replied right away also, P2926, grey performance basically loaded, and no change in my dashboard. I am wondering if delayed or cancelled orders are being matched to identical configurations with higher reservation numbers.
Also noticed snow tires now sold out. Darn it!
With folks in the 8k range getting their deliveries, I would have thought that others like me in the 12k would at least get a config email
Brian H,
But isn't the $7500 a tax credit, not a rebate as you state? It was explained to me that if I still owe taxes for 2012, then I get credit for what I owe up to $7500. So if I owe say $2500, i get a credit of $2500, and the balance of the $7500, which is $5000, I never get to get to take advantage of again. What am I missing?
So since my taxes are likely all paid up, and I may even get a return for over payment, I would not be able to use any of the $7500 available credit. Right? Thanks
Got my Delivery button today and also call from Tesla. I showed up as a Dec 15-31 window, but the way it was explained was that I should expect to see the car very early January. If the car is paid for and on the truck by end of year, then it will be a 2012 sale, so I can claim it on taxes this year. Very excited to be getting the car a few months earlier than expected, though I wish the garage I'm putting on was going to be done before the car shows up.
@Velo1 - My understanding is that as long as you owed a TOTAL of at least $7500 in taxes, then you get to take the full credit. So if your total tax bill was $10,000, but you've already paid in $9000, you would get the full $7500 credit (and a refund), would not be limited to just the $1000 owed when you file.
^Thanks for the clarification. There does seem to be confusion on this credit, not just by me, as I've seen some discussion indicating others have the same impression as I expressed above.
^^ I found a good explanation, and I was incorrect originally, bummer, as I could have had my car a month or two earlier.
Here is the site of as clear an explanation as I have seen:
With all these deliveries I would love to just have a time to config email
Brian H and Bobinfla - thanks for the clarification. I revisited my email from Tesla and tried clicking "yes" to which I was taken to my Outlook to respond with the email about financing and trade-in. We shall see if this overrides my previous "No Thanks". Man, do I feel foolish, but perhaps things will work out for 2012 - stay tuned.
E60 50: I think you are under estimating your wait. They have taken a few 7k and 8k 85kw air suspension to maximize 2012 deliveries and revenue. After the first of the year they will go back at start on
reds with any battery
non air Suspension
Then and only then reservations in the 12k - 13k range may or may not get in ahead of the Europeans.
Sorry to be a wet blanket but I think realisticly you are still looking at May/June.
Tornado -
Congrats - #5462 here, also in Seattle!
So now I'm curious - What options did you get?
Mine is 85k Performance Black/Black Interior, Lacewood, Grey 21" Wheels, Pano Roof, CF Spoiler, Air Suspension, Tech Package, Sound Package, Twin Chargers, Paint Armor.
Pretty exciting to see all these delivery dates going out, it's gotten me very excited that the waiting is nearly over. But I'm bummed that I have not received a call or button yet. Sent my first inquiry about timing a day before the mass Dec/2013 email (To which I replied yes when I saw it an hour or so after it was sent) and they said they'd try for December but it may not happen.
Congrats to everyone getting the dates though, what an awesome gift for the season!
Got the email, said "yes", delivery tomorrow! #610
P8282. Got my email and I answered yes right away. Thanks to stevenmeifert for the heads up on the dashboard. I clicked it and was pleasantly surprised to find a delivery button. I clicked it and at the end I got a dec15 to dec31 window. Cool!
I got the email too. P4051, 85 Perf Air. Unfortunately I'm traveling 12/20-1/3 and couldn't say "yes I want to Dec delivery", although I definitely want it asap. Now I'm worried that I won't see it until March, even though my most recent estimate was late January. Seems like I let a buch of higher production numbers jump ahead of me. Pretty frustrated.
Said yes to 2012 and will have home delivery. P2348
We got the e-mail & said "yes"! Now we are running around arranging financing, since we are moved from a Feb. 13 - Mar. 13 delivery to a hopeful Dec. 15 - 31.
We only live about 30 minutes from the Fremont plant & will take delivery there. Looking forward to a factory tour.
#7729, 85 KW, Suspension, Pearl White. We have already named our car: Sir Costalot!
I got my email Thursday as well and responded immediately. Haven't heard a peep back yet or seen any changes on my dashboard. :(
Fingers crossed: P#4559
I tried to respond immediately but something seems different for me. My browser opened an email app to respond. Only the subject header had text, but that seemed normal to me so I sent it off. Unfortunately I didn't recognize it was sending from the wrong account. When I didn't hear anything back. I sent emails from the correct account explaining the situation. I still haven't heard back. What others are saying is they got directed to another page where they can input their loan and trade-in preferences. I didn't see anything like that.
Sadly, I think I may have missed this opportunity. I'm no worse off I guess. Still, it was exciting for a while.
Wait, just to be clear, in order to respond, we basically just send an email to email@example.com with the subject "YES, I want December delivery ASAP" and an empty body, right?
The first time I clicked the YES button, my email app opened a new email, but the subject was just "YES" and I sent that.
Seeing MB3's post, I checked it out again and noticed that the link is supposed to create an email with the subject line "YES, I want December delivery ASAP".
So I composed another email to email@example.com with the full subject line.
Is that all we need to do?
MB3, Olan,
Yes. That's correct. The first step is to send that email. Make sure you send it from your email account that"s registered in your Tesla profile. Then Tesla enables the new button on your dashboard a day or two later which takes you to a more detailed questionnaire to fill out.
got the email #3248 ... performance with all the goodies. Said yes. Got a confirmation email of Dec 22 to Jan 5th for delivery.
Did the questionaire (its a new button on the design your car page).... paying cash, no trade, so should be an easy one.... however weren't we supposed to get the charger a month before the car ?
Thanks for the confirmation, Schlermie. Because of that, I checked the My Tesla Dashboard, and sure enough, there was a 'Delivery' button there which allowed me to complete the questionnaire.
@GaryOrlando - I think they had previously said the HPWC ships in January, so if you get your car before then you may have to do something temporary. In my case, I have a J1772 dock for my LEAF, so in the worst case I could simply share it between both cars (though that would be a pain) -- I would really hate to get a 240V/50A outlet installed that I would only use for a few weeks.
Unless they ask for more though, looks like I missed the cut by a few hundred reservations :(.
Woohoo! I didn't get email asking about delivery this year, but I did get email saying to fill out the delivery questionnaire. With no trade-in and no financing, they gave me an estimated delivery window of Dec 15-Dec 31 -- I am totally stoked!
#5462 - Just got my Schedule Delivery email! December 15-31 delivery window.
85k Performance
Grey 21" Wheels
Holy crap,
Someone from the other forum with P10,280 reported getting delivery window of Dec 15-30. He has performance version.
How's that possible?


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Help available for homeless youth
People interested in providing host homes for young people met with Jennifer E. (she did not want her last name identified), the Youth Host Home Program Coordinator of the Lakes and Pines Community Action Council, at the Moose Lake United Methodist Church on Wednesday, January 23.
Jennifer explained that the Youth Host Home Program is new in the area.
"We had heard from the schools that young people were couch-hopping," she told the people at the meeting. "It's not because they don't want to follow the rules, it's more often because the parents are chemically dependent or, in some cases, the kids are left to the grandparents but it's too much for them. In other cases, the mother is in a relationship where there is domestic violence. In some cases, there are sexuality issues; a parent may be gay or lesbian. The child may not be kicked out but they can't take the tension. Others are aged out of foster care."
The Youth Host Home Program finds homes where young people age 16-21 can live while they accomplish goals of finishing school and graduating, finding a job and/or going to college.
"Our program is simply housing," said Jennifer.
Groups that refer young people to the program are the schools, the county and the churches. The students work though the school counselor, who determines that they are ready.
"We don't want them to get sober in the program, we want them to be sober before going in," said Jennifer. "Where there are mental health issues, they have to be in the process of treatment. Kids are not eligible for the program if they resort to physical violence. We don't want that kind of history."
The people offering their homes do not have to try to be the young person's parents.
"They would be role models," said Jennifer. "Most of the youth have parents. We determine if the young person is ready to come into the program. We also check with the school to see if there are any issues."
The people providing the homes are expected to provide a room, food and basic needs. Lakes and Pines will provide clothing, if needed.
The hosts will also provide transportation to and from activities that the person is involved in, including AA meetings, if necessary.
Potential hosts have to pass a criminal background check and make sure that they are providing safe housing, such as having working smoke detectors.
The host applicants will be asked if they are comfortable with providing housing for young people that are gay or lesbian or have chemical dependency or mental health issues.
The applicants must also write a letter to the young person but that letter will not be shown to the person if the hosts aren't comfortable with it.
The hosts are asked to list the expectations of the young person that may be placed in the home, such as the rules of the home, their financial commitment, if they are comfortable with a gay or lesbian youth or if there are race issues. The young people that are placed are from the local area, as much as possible.
Hosts are provided with training.
"We provide ongoing support meetings for host homes," said Jennifer. "Volunteer hosts identify issues that they have with the kids. I might call once a month and see how it's going. We expect people that want to be hosts to know how to raise kids."
The young people in the program are grateful.
"One youth couldn't imagine that a family would take them in without being compensated in some way," said Jennifer. "They couldn't believe the gift. The youth thought that was cool. Lots of young people come out of the foster care system because of the money."
For more information about the Youth Home Host Program, call Jennifer E. at 1-800-832-6082, ext. 162, or email@example.com.


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Donnie Hawley opened his iconic men-only barber shop in 1999 as a place for a guy to get a good haircut, a shave and a little man time.
At the time, Hawleywood's Barber Shop in Costa Mesa was unique among the scores of unisex mall walk-in cutteries and female-dominated salons. These days, there are parlors all over dedicated to serving male grooming needs, but Hawley is a legend in the business, appearing in a 2012 Morgan Spurlock documentary, "Mansome".
An oil-and-canvas depiction of him by artist Mark Cummings hangs at the Smithsonian as part of a portrait competition exhibition. He's also collaborated with skate shoemaker Vans on a signature line and has line of men's grooming products called 'Layrite,' which he will launch in Ireland in June. He has four shops (three in Orange County and one in Sydney, Australia) and plans to open in Harajuku, Japan, Las Vegas and Canada.
Recently Hawley, 40, took time to answer our questions:
Q. How did you get into the barbering business?
A. I started cutting hair at 12 when I moved in with my dad. My uncle had a barbershop so there was always a chair on the back patio. When I was 13, my cousin was on the high school football team and they all got Mohawks one summer before the season. I was able to join in on doing a few. In high school I'd also cut and style my friends hair before we would go out. From that moment I realized I had a knack and talent for cutting hair.
Q. Why is it important for the well-groomed man to have a place like Hawleywood's?
A. It gives men the opportunity to unwind, relax, have a beer, get a hot towel shave and a Hawleywood's signature cut. While getting pampered you get to listen to a collection of old, rare retro tunes and vinyl.
Q. What does Hawleywood's offer that some of the newer men's grooming salons do not?
A. First of all, I've spent my career traveling the world over, educating people on the difference between barbering and cosmetology. In beauty colleges you spend hours learning how to color hair, do makeup and nails etc. In barber college, your only focus is on hot towel shaves and men's haircuts done properly. This includes tapers, high-and-tights, flat tops etc.
At Hawleywood's you get a cut by a licensed, trained real barber. You get hot towels, the smell of bay rum, Playboy magazines, ice cold Pabst and gentlemen-only banter and jokes. There is a certain mythology to the Hawleywood's Barbershop experience that is quite beautiful. Once a patron and a Hawleywood's barber relationship is forged, it will outlast friendships and some of the strongest marriages.
Q. The straight razor shave seems to be a big trend these days, why do you think that is?
A. Because I brought it back from the dead through all my travelling and being in countless magazines and shows, it has inspired a lot of people to starts straight razor shaving. I've had customers come in one day and enlist as barber apprentices the next day!
Q. What is the difference between straight razors from the past and straight razors used today?
A. In the early days of the straight razor, the razor needed to be honed and stropped, which is tedious and time-consuming to do. Straight razors that real barbers use today are made in a way that allows us to use a new blade on every patron. This is for sanitation and sterilization purposes as well as to ascertain the closest shave possible.
Q. Is there a particularly popular beard or mustache style your clientele prefers?
A. A lot of people are growing beards nowadays due to TV shows and media so I've been working a long while on my beard balm and mustache wax. Most popular request these days are Rollie Fingers-style (or handlebar) mustache and biker beards.


text: Disney's world may be rife with princesses, brides, bridesmaids and flower girls, but what happens after the wedding? You know, when said princesses get peas in their pods? Well L.A. Times writer Rosa Brooks points out that mothers don't fare very well in the wonderful world of Walt: "Pause for a moment to consider the fate of the princesses' mommies in those Disney movies. Cinderella and Snow White? Mothers killed off by mysterious illnesses. Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin? Mothers all missing; presumed dead." You know, because once you're over 25, you might as well be dead anyway. [LAT via WIMNs Voices]


text: The only time I ordered a case book from Amazon for law school it turned out to be the wrong edition, not what they listed on the website, and I had to return and get it from the bookstore. Other than that I am no help. I have had very good luck with getting supplemnts and other stuff from these guys though (but I never used them for textbooks) http://www.barristerbooks.com/ they ship really fast.


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Hello Bourbon.... are you there?
I may be in need of your assistance.
There is a party later on this evening and I was supposed to bring dessert.... for some reason my mind went to chocolate and then cocoa, butter and well you see where I'm going. The end result is I have this big bowl of brownie batter....
Brownies.. for an adult party
See... I think I'm losing my edge...
After 200+ PTA luncheons and classroom parties , well I'm not sure I know how to cook for adults.
So I started thinking about my crazy life before kids and I kept seeing this big ole bottle of Bourbon and my college roommates daring me to drink it, I won't go into detail about that. That sort of late night craziness normally lead to us being unable to get off the floor and me swearing off Bourbon for eternity.
Only to do it all over again the next weekend but this time running across campus with toilet paper.
I won't go into detail about that either,
But I will tell you about these Kentucky Bourbon Brownies and how they were a big hit at the party I went to. Even though my daughter was very upset that I wouldn't let her lick the bowl
but I did...
Your going to need these:
1 cup bittersweet chocolate
1 stick of butter, melted
3 tablespoons Bourbon
2 eggs
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cups sugar
Here's the drill:
Preheat oven to 350 and prepare brownie dish... I used a 9x 13 pan
Also I lined my pan with parchment paper, this made it easier to get the brownies out after baking.
It also helps my laziness making it easier to clean the pan.
Melt chocolate in a microwave safe bowl for about 2 mins. make sure to stir every 30 seconds until melted.
Add melted butter stirring to combine.
In separate bowl.. sift together flour, cocoa powder and sugar. Then add melted ingredients, then eggs and bourbon ... mix to combine
Try not to over mix brownie batter to keep them from being tough.
Pour mix into baking tin and bake for 25 minutes or until they pass the toothpick test, check at about 20 mins..your oven might cook faster then mine.
Remove from the oven and place pan on wire rack to cool completely before cutting..
that step was difficult for me.


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Join in a thoughtful discussion on a topic on many minds in Tennessee: School Vouchers.
The League of Women Voters of Nashville and Vanderbilt's Peabody College are hosting a panel event called "Options in Education: School Vouchers – What Research Shows Us." Alan Coverstone, the Metro Schools Executive Officer for Innovation will be on the panel, along with two professors from Peabody College.
The event is open to the public. Details are below.
The League of Women Voters of Nashville
in collaboration with
Vanderbilt University's Peabody College
invites you to attend
Options in Education:
School Vouchers—What Research Shows Us
Thursday, February 7, 2013
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
The Commons Center in Room 233
Peabody Campus of Vanderbilt University
18th Avenue South at Horton Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212
Parking available in Lot 77, 18th Avenue South at Horton Avenue
Alan Coverstone, Executive Director
Office of Innovation
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
Dr. Claire Smrekar, Associate Professor
Department of Leadership, Policy & Organizations
Vanderbilt, Peabody College
Dr. Ron Zimmer, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education
Department of Leadership, Policy & Organizations
Vanderbilt, Peabody College


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Rural life helped with artistic perspective
Katherine Pierce never dreamed that one day she�d be painting, but she is one of those people who never stops learning new things.
After volunteering for two weeks to help residents clean up from Hurricane Katrina, she wanted to try something new. In the fall of 2008, it was to learn to paint.
Pierce enjoys painting a variety of subject matters � scenes, water, birds and flowers. In the past year, she has expanded into portrait painting.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chris Sale pitched seven effective innings in his first outing since the All-Star break and Adam Dunn had two RBIs and scored a run to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 3-1 victory over the slumping Kansas City Royals on Monday night.
Sale (9-1) wasn't at his best, allowing seven hits and a walk in seven innings, but he worked out of jams in the fourth and sixth innings. He struck out eight and now has allowed three runs or less in 14 of his 15 starts this season. Jake Petricka pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
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IT is with the humblest gratitude that I look back upon the past year. I am thankful for my family, our health, our good fortune and overall life situation. As a result, I feel it is necessary to do what I can to remind myself and all likeminded folk of good intent, that we are blessed beyond imagination. The life of convenience and luxury that attends many of us in our daily habitations and activities is truly remarkable. Let us remember to count our blessings. I wish each of you a healthy and happy Holiday, along with our Best Compliments of the Season for the coming year 2011.
Christmas came early for me this year. In April, I was contacted by an editor from Adams Media, publisher of the best-selling Everything series. They asked me if I would be interested in a book deal with their company relating to the Mediterranean Diet.
For a blogger and writer of recipes this was the ultimate reward and acknowledgement. I want to thank the people I dealt with at Adams Media for choosing my work based solely on the recipes and writings presented in this blog. Over the years, I have tried to maintain a certain level of quality in my recipes and explanations and it is nice to know my efforts did not go unremarked. Thank you.
Indeed, I have not been the most prolific of bloggers on the topic of Greek food, but I suspect that my work is definitely among the most interesting. Nothing else would explain the traffic and overall support. So, I want to thank all of my readers who took the time to share my blog with friends, to comment or drop me a line or two by email to encourage this initiative. You have truly been my inspiration and I am grateful for your continued patronage.
All of that said, we come to the nitty gritty of this post. Yes, I am promoting my book for your Christmas and Holiday gift list(s), but there is more to it than simply that. I am promoting a lifestyle, one that is based on a specific relationship with the food we take into our bodies. How and what we eat is likely the single most determinant factor in whether we develop many of the chronic illnesses or conditions which abound in our civilization. The old Hippocratic dictum to "let food be your medicine and your medicine be food" has never had more relevance than in our present circumstances.
Changing how one eats is not easy, but the effects of improving one's diet can be felt almost immediately. The regimen, as explained by my co-author Connie Diekman is not hard to follow and can have a longstanding salutary effect on your health. The recipes and the sidebar anecdotes and factoids are my contributions to the book. If you, or someone you know, has a resolution coming up which includes eating healthier, our book may hold the key to a salubrious dietary future. Please consider adding it to your bookshelf for this coming year.
It would not be Christmas if we didn't have some traditional Greek cookies on hand to serve our family, friends and guests. Earlier tonight I finished up baking a batch of Kourabiedes. I had posted the recipe last Christmas and I offer it here again as it makes singularly excellent cookies. Just remember to share them! :-) (And for those of you who would like to see Chef Gordon Ramsay taken down a few notches, do watch the video appended to the end of the recipe. LOL! It took a Greek mother's cookie to bring the DONKEY out in Chef Ramsay...)
Finally, stay tuned for a special announcement coming shortly relating to the evolution of my project to bring the Gospel of Greek Gastronomy to the wider world at large. Until then, eat, drink and be well. Wishing all celebrants a Very Merry Christmas!
Καλές Γιορτές! Happy Holidays!
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Monday, January 11, 2010
Memory Monday: Southern California Nostalgia
We both found SoCal to resemble our current location – the Washington, D.C. area – in the high percentage of transient population in both areas, which to some extent masks the underlying ethnic and regional culture. This in turn creates the mistaken impression that there isn't a distinctive culture, that these areas are both bland, white-bread places to live in – even more so than the cities and towns in the Midwest, the perceived home of "white bread," which actually have a very distinct regional and sometimes also ethnic flavor. After several different states of residence for each of us during the intervening years, neither one of us feels irresistibly drawn back to our respective SoCal cities; perhaps it's just been too long.
And yet there is something about Southern California; it has certain undeniable virtues and certain things that inspire an immediate and sharply felt nostalgia.
Number one among these virtues is not the weather. Though DC is a steaming swamp half the year, the temperate clime of SoCal is not enough to lure either of us back.
Number one, according to our large sampling population of two, is the produce: oranges, berries, melons, and hosts of other fruits and vegetables. But especially the oranges – heavenly, juicy, tangy oranges. (Sorry, Florida.) No melon grown outside of California has ever been able to tempt me. Apricots and grapes with a real taste.
There were other items of local color that my colleague and I remembered fondly. Speaking of oranges, there was the Orange Show. That's what we called it, although technically it is the National Orange Show Fair. The event is held on the 120 acres of the National Orange Show Events Center for five days every Memorial Day weekend. Although Disney Land and numerous other tourist attractions and amusement parks are located within a short drive (notice I didn't say "easy drive"), the Orange Show was always The Big Deal.
When I went to the website of the Orange Show Festival, I was happy to see that parking and admission fees were still extremely reasonable, and even though each event or attraction costs extra, you can still purchase an unlimited carnival ride wristband for $15.
The atmosphere I remember was very much carnival/amusement park. There are still a "Live Circus," animal rides, and a petting zoo, so it's a long way from Cirque du Soleil.
The big deal in our day was the actual Show part, which usually featured the celebrities of the day. One year the guest celebrities of the Orange Show were the stars of the TV show Bonanza: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, and Pernell Roberts (it seems that it should have been Dan Blocker, but I definitely remember Pernell Roberts). They joked and sang. Oh, yeah.
The third thing that my colleague and I felt nostalgia for were the mountains. They almost seemed as though they were right in our back yards. The semi-desert terrain was mostly flat and I remember many cloudless days with strong, direct sunlight that could seem harsh (is that why I am squinting in so many of my childhood pictures?). The mountains, however, broke up the monotony and lent a bit of magic to the landscape. Drives and hikes in the mountains seemed like a visit to a foreign country or even another planet. Many of my imaginary worlds as a child resembled the forests where we hiked and picnicked.
It has been more than 40 years since I yearned to return to California, but every so often, perhaps when someone is peeling an orange, I want to be able to go to the local grocery store and buy ... a real orange.
Not California oranges
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Greta, What a nice post to read, esp. since I can relate. I too was brought up in CA, lived there 10 years, and 20 yrs. in Alexandria, VA. I have memories of the SF area. You remember oranges, I remember apricots, for we had a tree in our back yard. When they appear in the stores, I buy them as long as I can, and always think of California. Last time I was there was 1979, so just abt. as long ago as you. Let's plan a trip back!ReplyDelete
Barbara - We had an apricot tree, too! And my mother used to make delicious apricot turnovers. We now live very near Alexandria; as a matter of fact, I'm taking my daughter to an art lesson there today. We should definitely do a California "road trip"!ReplyDelete
I grew up in Riverside and am old enough to remember the orange groves that used to be there. You're right, there's nothing like a California orange. Thanks for the memories.ReplyDelete
Wow, Amy, Riverside was right next door (and that's where my colleague had lived). I think I'll have to try to attend a genealogy convention in California just so I can get a chance to eat some fresh fruit there!ReplyDelete
Until I read your post I hadn't thought about the difference between Florida and California oranges. I just knew I didn't like oranges. And then a grad. student in the office where I worked offered me one of the oranges his father-in-law had sent from California (sent by the crateful, no less). I resisted, but he pressed, and I tried the orange. Wow! And just as I was reading your post, I realized the reason why I liked those oranges. I still don't like oranges -- but I'll keep an eye out for California oranges now.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing.
Nancy - Oranges were definitely one of my early "mystical" eating experiences. Glad you dropped by!ReplyDelete


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In a global effort to attain "soft power" matching its growing economic and military prowess, China spends huge sums operating Confucius Institutes at hundreds of foreign universities and internationalising its media outlets. The goal is to promote respect for its contemporary civilisation and thereby enhance the government's political influence and image. Yet the effects of these programmes – unlike similar efforts by democratic countries – are undermined by daily reports of not only the repression of basic freedoms by the "people's democratic dictatorship", but also the unfair criminal justice system that is the major instrument of this repression.
Nothing more vividly illustrates this injustice than the restrictions imposed on an accused's right to effective counsel. These restrictions are not apparent from a reading of China's ever-improving legislation. The 2007 Lawyers Law eliminated some of the obstacles confronting defence counsel under the 1996 Criminal Procedure Law, but police skirted that reform, saying they are not governed by the Lawyers Law. This year, many of those 2007 changes were incorporated into the Criminal Procedure Law itself, so that, starting on January 1, when the revised law takes effect, police can no longer rely on that feeble excuse.
Unfortunately, as Shakespeare might note today, legislative improvements keep the promise to the ear, but Communist Party- controlled legal institutions break it to the hope. If current events are any guide, the situation is unlikely to change under the revised Criminal Procedure Law. Recent cases remind us of the authorities' continuing refusal to implement the right to counsel in good faith.
The Bo Xilai scandal doubly demonstrates the denial of defence counsel. When, in March, Bo, removed from his post as Chongqing party secretary, disappeared into the bowels of the party's discipline inspection commission rather than its legal system, leaders solemnly announced – with no apparent awareness of how bizarre the announcement made them seem – that Bo would be handled strictly according to law. Although rumours have suggested that Bo, weeks ago, requested access to counsel, he will remain in incommunicado party custody until it decides whether he should be transferred to the legal system for formal criminal punishment.
Yet even criminal prosecution will not assure Bo the opportunity to be defended by lawyers of his choice. His wife Gu Kailai was detained months ago on murder charges but has yet to meet a lawyer. Although her family reportedly retained Shen Zhigeng, a well-known lawyer, the police have not approved this choice, and the authorities may themselves select more politically reliable counsel.
In China, law enforcement officials frequently resort to this technique in sensitive cases. The ongoing investigation on spurious attempted murder charges of Chen Kegui , the nephew of the blind "barefoot lawyer" Chen Guangcheng , who famously escaped from illegal home imprisonment to the US embassy, offers another example. For over two months, police in Shandong have refused to recognise the right of independent, out-of-town lawyers appointed by the Chen family to contact the hapless suspect. They falsely maintain that he prefers to be represented by local lawyers appointed by the county government's legal aid office, which, like all other legal institutions, is controlled by the local party political-legal committee.
Chen Guangcheng himself is familiar with this technique as he was victimised by it during the farcical trials in 2006 that led to his 51-month jail term for allegedly obstructing traffic and damaging property. Shandong authorities did everything possible to prevent Chen's lawyers from appearing in court and tried to cover this misconduct by appointing as Chen's ostensible defenders two lawyers from the same law firm that has now been foisted on his nephew under the guise of "legal aid".
Such shenanigans are not new and are common in cases authorities deem sensitive, for whatever reason. I encountered this problem when advising the family of a detained man unwise enough to have supported the losing side in a quiet but bitter power struggle between the party political-legal secretary and the public security chief of Inner Mongolia . The accused's Hohhot lawyer, who alienated the police by repeatedly pointing out their illegal overtime detention of her client, was herself detained and freed only after promising to cease her efforts. She was so intimidated that she not only gave up the case but also the practice of law. Police coercion also forced the two senior Beijing lawyers I persuaded to take over the case – one a former prosecutor – to abandon it.
To be sure, the party's mistreatment of lawyers and their would-be clients often takes subtler forms. If local judicial bureaus, which operate under the Ministry of Justice but in concrete cases are usually more responsive to local power holders, do not flatly deny lawyers the right to take on certain representations, they may instead present formidable barriers to their doing so. They may insist, for example, that a lawyer bold enough to take on a controversial assignment first obtain the formal agreement of all his law firm partners, and they may dictate the terms on which the defence may be waged.
Moreover, as Gu's would-be lawyer confirmed, the judicial bureau often forbids lawyers to have contact with the media, thereby eliminating a check on law enforcement abuses. Informal pressures, including suggested "vacations", frequently prevent counsel from entering a case, as happened following the "residential surveillance" inflicted on the celebrated artist Ai Weiwei .
Defence counsel who refuse to toe the line risk their own prosecution and loss of their lawyer's licence, even if the prosecution is ultimately dropped. Vengeful local officials – such as the now lawyer-less Bo was when controlling Chongqing – can secure the conviction and substantial sentencing of recalcitrant lawyers, as the case of lawyer Li Zhuang illustrated.
These cases are legion and make a mockery of China's claims to have established "a socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics". Until the right to effective counsel is recognised in practice as the cornerstone of criminal justice, China's "soft power" efforts are destined to fail.
This article was published in the South China Morning Post on July 6, 2012 under the title "China is losing the 'soft power' campaign." It was also published in Chinese in the China Times (Taiwan) on July 5, 2012. (简体中文)(繁体中文)
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EAST HAVEN -- All season, Fairfield Prep has dodged upset bids in a variety of ways.
From a 33-point dismantling of Branford to start the year in December to a four-point nail-biter over Notre Dame-West Haven in the SCC quarterfinals on Saturday, the Jesuits have done enough to remain the state's unanimous No. 1 team.
They will remain such, for at least another few days.
Despite losing two starters, including all-state center Paschal Chukwu, to foul trouble in the second half Monday, Prep held on to defeat fourth-seeded Wilbur Cross 75-71 in the conference semifinals at East Haven High.
Guard Thomas Nolan scored a game-high 26 points, including 12 straight late in the third with Chukwu on the bench, to lift the Jesuits (22-0) to the SCC final for the second straight year. The state's lone unbeaten will face No. 3 Hillhouse -- a 63-47 winner over No. 2 Career -- on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Quinnipiac's TD Bank Sports Center. The two teams met in last year's final as well, with the Academics winning 53-47 in overtime.
"I knew I had to step up. Luckily I did," Nolan said.
Point guard Keith Pettway did the same for the Jesuits, scoring 19 points on a 13-of-18 night from the free-throw line.
The Jesuits played the final five minutes without the 7-foot-2 Chukwu, who fouled out with the Jesuits up 58-56. The lead traded hands four times over the next few minutes, before the Jesuits jumped ahead for good, 64-62, on Patrick Harding's baseline jumper with two minutes left.
"When the going gets tough, we seem to pull them out," Prep coach Leo Redgate said.
Cross (16-6) got 24 points from Chan Williams-Bey and 21 from Josh Fleming, including five 3-pointers.
Despite dealing with foul trouble of their own, the Governors remained close, but a few mistakes doomed them. They had a chance to tie after Nolan hit one of two free throws to make it 74-71, but Nolan forced a turnover with 10.9 seconds left.
"He's got a fire that most kids never see," Redgate said of the junior shooting guard. "He almost wills us to win."
The Governors were also whistled for an intentional foul with 1:24 left, giving the Jesuits -- up two at the time -- two free throws and the ball.
Prep was plagued by foul trouble in the first half, as Chukwu and guard Dave Zielinski both picked up three fouls. Chukwu's third with 31 seconds remaining -- on a conventional 3-point play by Williams-Bey -- gave Cross a 31-29 lead entering the break.
The Jesuits' center was charged with his fourth foul with 4:58 left in the third. He returned to the floor at the start of the fourth and finished with 11 points.
Cross trailed by six to start the fourth, but it regained the lead, 59-58, on a trey by Williams-Bey. Both teams traded turns holding a one-point lead before the freshman Harding's bucket.
One win from their first SCC title, the Jesuits will take on a team they've beaten twice this season. And while they're eager tojoin the conference's list of champions, they're also looking beyond Wednesday.
"We're looking at it as another game that can prepare us for the (Class LL) state tournament," Redgate said.
Nolan added: "It is the championship and it would be nice to win. We're looking to get that state ring."
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Anthony Miller 0 0-0 0 Jaylen Stafford 0 0-0 0 Jayden Valderrama 0 0-0 0 Josh Fleming 8 0-0 21 Kareem Harvin 0 0-0 0 Chan Williams-Bey 9 4-7 24 Darrell Stokes 0 0-0 0 Robert Durant Jr. 6 1-9 13 Jamir Esdaile 0 0-0 0 Zachary Washington 0 0-0 0 Jaylin Fuller 1 0-1 2 D'Andre Skinner 1 2-2 4 John Gomez-Stafford 0 0-0 0 Wesley Postman 0 0-0 0 Jaelin Robinson 3 1-2 7. Totals 28 8-21 71
Keith Pettway 3 13-18 19 Thomas Nolan 8 7-9 26 Ray Featherston 0 0-0 0 Dave Zielinski 0 0-0 0 Ryan Foley 5 1-3 13 Pat Harding 1 2-2 4 Joe DiGennaro 0 2-2 2 Paschal Chukwu 3 5-10 11 Richard Van de Berghe 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 30-44 75.
3-pointers: WC -- Fleming 5, Williams-Bey 2; FP -- Nolan 3, Foley 2.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although studies have found a link between infection with the Epstein-Barr virus and a heightened risk of multiple sclerosis, new findings cast doubt on the theory that the virus helps cause the disease.
In an analysis of spinal fluid and autopsied brain tissue from people with MS, researchers found little evidence of Epstein-Barr genetic material in the samples.
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Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is believed to arise from an abnormal immune system attack on the body's own myelin, a protective sheath surrounding nerve fibers in the brain and spine. This leads to symptoms such as muscle weakness, numbness, vision problems and difficulty with coordination and balance.
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They found no evidence of Epstein-Barr DNA in B lymphocytes or other cells from MS patients' cerebrospinal fluid. And only a few samples of MS brain lesions harbored genetic material from the virus.
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"We feel quite confident that EBV has no role in causing MS," Gilden said in an interview.
He added, however, that he still believes some as-yet-unidentified virus is at work. "I've felt for a long time that a virus is involved in MS," Gilden said. "It's just not Epstein-Barr."
The current findings do conflict, however, with a 2007 study in which researchers found a high rate of Epstein-Barr-infected B lymphocytes in MS brain lesions. Those investigators concluded that "brain infiltration" with those infected cells may be key in the MS process.
For the current study, Gilden and his colleagues included brain-tissue samples from five of the study subjects in the 2007 report (although the specific lesions they examined differed). They failed to find evidence of Epstein-Barr in the samples.
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However, an editorial published with the study asserts that this is far from the end of the story for Epstein-Barr and MS.
Even if the virus is "rare," or only in select types of MS brain lesions, that does not mean Epstein-Barr plays no role in the disease, according to editorialist Dr. Alberto Ascherio of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, who has published several studies on the virus and MS.
There are a number of theorized mechanisms by which Epstein-Barr might contribute to MS, write Ascherio and co-author Dr. Amit Bar-Or, of McGill University in Montreal. It's possible, for example, that brain Epstein-Barr-infected B lymphocytes contribute to the disease process earlier on, or transiently.
"These results do not question the importance of (Epstein-Barr) in MS," write Ascherio and Bar-Or, "but rather the predominant anatomic site and disease stage of major (Epstein-Barr) contribution."
But Gilden argued that it is time to look elsewhere for viral culprits in MS. "I would hope that more research in the future will look at other viruses," he said.
If a particular virus were found to contribute to MS, there would be "enormous implications," Gilden said. Such a discovery could, for example, lay the groundwork for a finding a vaccine or drug to help prevent MS.
SOURCE: Neurology, April 6, 2010.


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Petrol electric technology has worked well for the Toyota Yaris and the result is that hybrid variants accunt for an increasingly large proportion of total Yaris sales. It's also helped that this model has been refreshed in recent times as part of a general Yaris range update that incuded 1,000 new parts and saw 576,000 man hours of development. Though this wasn't the market's very first hybrid supermini, it was the first able to improve upon the running costs of comparable eco-conscious diesel models in this segment, while matching (or beating) them on price. Which has made this model a game-changer in its town-targeted market sector and, in theory at least, an impossible option to ignore for those who spend much of their lives in the kind of stop-start traffic where hybrid technology really comes into its own. Let's put it to the test.
The Yaris Hybrid is powered by a combination of a 1.5-litre petrol engine and a small electric motor which together combine to produce a modest 100PS. That might not sound much, but such is the torque of the motor that it feels as if it's got the lazy flexibility of a bigger engine which is exactly what you want around town. You can pull away and drive just over a mile purely in electric mode if you're light on the throttle and when the petrol engine does kick in, it's anything but uncouth. Drive goes to the front wheels via an e-CVT continuously variable transmission and the turning circle is, at 4.7 metres, just as tight as the regular Yaris. The power pack is effectively a downsized version of that featured in the Prius, with a more compact electric motor, transaxle, inverter and battery pack. With this revised model, the engineers have tweaked things quite a lot, adding in a new subframe, as well as changing the engine mounts and front driveshafts and adding in a roll restrictor. All of this is claimed to make the car even quieter and smoother, particularly under acceleration. As before, this model is at its best in stop and start city traffic. Ride quality retains a decent suppleness, courtesy of a supple torsion beam rear suspension. The steering is also sharper than you might expect.
Toyota has spent over 90 million Euros improving this model, so we're talking about more than just a light facelift here. The front end is completely new, much sleeker and classier than before. There are revised rear tail light clusters too. It's these days a more assertive-looking design and Europeans like that. The headlights feature projector technology for high and low beams and the clusters incorporate LED daytime running lights. In profile, this improved Yaris displays a smart door belt moulding, door mirrors with an optional folding function and classy 15 and 16-inch alloy wheel designs. A rear bumper and diffuser assembly give the back end a more self-confident look. The interior features the Toyota Touch 2 multimedia system, complete with a 7-inch screen. This apart, the interior hasn't changed much since this car was launched in 2011. Which means that build quality from the French Pas-de-Calais factory is as strong as ever. And that the controls are sensibly positioned and extremely easy to get to grips with. There's also plenty of interior storage space, though some of the ledges provided tend to deposit their contents onto you once you corner with any speed. The door bins are useful though, able to accommodate a decent sized drinks bottle with ease. By cleverly packaging the hybrid drive system, this Yaris features just as much boot space as its more conventionally powered siblings. That means you get 272-litres under the parcel shelf and when you drop the 60:40 folding EasyFlat rear seats you've got up to 477-litres at your disposal.
Originally, it was only possible to order a Yaris Hybrid with very plush trim, but you can now specify this technology right across the range, which means a lower starting point for prices which begin at around £16,000. 'Active' is the entry point to the five-door-only line-up, but even at this level, the car comes equipped with dual-zone climate control, trip computer, power front windows and a split-folding rear seats. The plusher Sport variant cuts a sharper dash with rear privacy glass, 16-inch alloy wheels, rear spoiler and a rear pillar treatment that creates a floating roof effect. Other key features include climate control, power windows all round and the Toyota Touch 2 multimedia system with DAB radio, Bluetooth, touchscreen control and rear view camera. An optional Skyview panoramic roof can also be specified. Further up the range lie 'Icon', 'Icon Tech', 'Design', 'Bi-Tone' and 'Excel' derivatives. The range-topping 'Excel' gets features like part leather seats, cruise control, rain-sensing wipers and dusk-sensing headlights. The Toyota Touch 2 system is interesting, offering an updated take on the touch screen multimedia system with a higher resolution seven-inch display. The package includes Bluetooth for hands-free calling, sending and receipt of text messages and audio streaming. There's a rear-view camera, vehicle information, including trip data, climate control profile and management of settings for door locking and lighting. It comes with DAB digital radio as standard, with an FM link that automatically switches the system to FM reception when there is no DAB signal. Toyota Touch 2 is also MirrorLink-ready, allowing users to connect compatible smartphones and operate them entirely using the touch screen. Toyota Touch 2 with Go is available as an option, adding navigation, connected services and access to a range of applications, including Toyota Real Time Traffic and services such as fuel prices, weather and parking information.
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[Amended by Ord. No. 885, 10/3/2011]
The purpose of this article is to create an Airport District Overlay that considers safety issues around the airports, regulates and restricts the heights of constructed structures and objects of natural growth, creates appropriate zones, establishing the boundaries thereof and providing for changes in the restrictions and boundaries of such zones, creates the permitting process for use within said zones and provides for enforcement, assessment of violation penalties, an appeals process and judicial review.
The Airport District Overlay shall not modify the boundaries of any underlying zoning district. Where identified, the Airport District Overlay shall impose certain requirements on land use and construction in addition to those contained in the underlying zoning district.
The following words and phrases when used in this article shall have the meaning given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
- The highest and lowest point of an airport's useable landing area measured in feet above sea level.
- Any structure or object, natural or manmade, or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at an airport or is otherwise hazardous as defined in 14 CFR Part 77 and 74 Pa.C.S.A. § 5102.
- Any area of land or water upon which an airport hazard might be established if not prevented as provided for in this article and Act 164 of 1984 (Pennsylvania Laws Relating to Aviation).
- An imaginary surface longitudinally centered on the extended runway centerline and extending outward and upward from each end of the primary surface. An approach surface is applied to each end of the runway based on the planned approach. The inner edge of the approach surface is the same width as the primary surface and expands uniformly depending on the planned approach. The approach surface zone, as shown on Figure 1, is derived from the approach surface.[1]
- An imaginary surface extending outward and upward from the periphery of the horizontal surface at a slope of 20 feet horizontally to one foot vertically for a horizontal distance of 4,000 feet. The conical surface zone, as shown on Figure 1, is based on the conical surface.
- Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
- Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation.
- For the purpose of determining the height limits in all zones set forth in this article and shown on the Zoning Map, the datum shall be mean sea level elevation unless otherwise specified.
- An imaginary plane 150 feet above the established airport elevation that is constructed by swinging arcs of various radii from the center of the end of the primary surface and then connecting the adjacent are by tangent lines. The radius of each arc is based on the planned approach. The horizontal surface zone, as shown on Figure 1, is derived from the horizontal surface.
- A runway that is constructed for and intended to be used by propeller driven aircraft of greater than 12,500 pounds maximum gross weight and jet powered aircraft.
- A runway having an existing instrument approach procedure utilizing air navigation facilities with only horizontal guidance, or area type navigation equipment, for which a straight-in non-precision-instrument approach procedure has been approved or planned.
- Any preexisting structure, object of natural growth, or use of land which is inconsistent with the provisions of this article or an amendment thereto.
- Any structure, growth or other object, including a mobile object, which exceeds a limiting height set forth by this article.
- A runway having an existing instrument approach procedure utilizing an Instrument Landing System (ILS) or a Precision Approach Radar (PAR). It also means a runway for which a precision approach system is planned and is so indicated on an approved airport layout plan or any other planning document.
- An imaginary surface longitudinally centered on the runway, extending 200 feet beyond the end of paved runways or ending at each end of turf runways. The elevation of any point on the primary surface is the same as the elevation of the nearest point on the runway centerline. The primary surface zone, as shown on Figure 1,[2] is derived from the primary surface.
- A defined area of an airport prepared for landing and takeoff of aircraft along its length.
- An object, including a mobile object, constructed or installed by man, including but without limitation, buildings, towers, cranes, smokestacks, earth formation and overhead transmission lines.
- An imaginary surface that extends outward and upward from the edge of the primary surface to the horizontal surface at a slope of seven feet horizontally to one foot vertically. The transitional surface zone, as shown on Figure 1,[3] is derived from the transitional surface.
- Any object of natural growth.
- A runway that is constructed for and intended to be used by propeller driven aircraft of 12,500 pounds maximum gross weight or less.
- A runway intended solely for the operation of aircraft using visual approach procedures.
There are hereby created and established certain airport zones within this Airport District Overlay Ordinance, defined in § 2102 and depicted on Figure 1[1] and illustrated on the Airport Hazard Area Maps, hereby adopted as part of this chapter, which include:
Approach Surface Zone.
Conical Surface Zone.
Horizontal Surface Zone.
Primary Surface Zone.
Transitional Surface Zone.
As regulated by Act 164 and defined by 14 CFR Part 77.13(a) (as amended or replaced), any person who plans to erect a new structure, to add to an existing structure, or to erect and maintain any object (natural or man-made), within any of the Airport Zones established by § 2103 of this article, shall submit their plans to the Elizabeth Township Zoning Officer (the "Zoning Officer"). The Zoning Officer shall in cooperation with the Elizabeth Township Engineer (the "Engineer") determine whether the proposed plans interfere with any of the Airport Zones.
If the Zoning Officer and Engineer determine that there is no interference, the applicant may proceed with their plans, which shall then be considered to be in compliance with the intent of this Overlay article. If the Zoning Officer and the Engineer determine that the plans interfere with any of the Airport Zones, the applicant shall then notify the Department's Bureau of Aviation (BOA) by submitting PennDOT Form AV-57 to obtain an obstruction review of the proposal at least 30 days prior to commencement thereof. The Department's BOA response must be included with this permit application for it to be considered complete. If the Department's BOA returns a determination of no penetration of airspace, the permit request should be considered in compliance with the intent of this Overlay article. If the Department's BOA returns a determination of a penetration of airspace, the permit shall be denied, and the project sponsor may seek a variance from such regulations as outlined in § 2105.
No permit is required to make maintenance repairs to or to replace parts of existing structures which do not enlarge or increase the height of an existing structure. For purposes of calculating whether proposed plans interfere with any of the Rostraver Airport Zones, the location of the Rostraver Airport is as follows:
For purposes of calculating whether proposed plans interfere with any of the Inter County Airport Zones, it is presumed that all objects less than 50 feet in height within the Inter County Airport Zones do not interfere with the zones. The location of Inter County Airport is as follows:
Any request for a variance from the provisions of this article shall include documentation in compliance with 14 CFR Part 77 Subpart B (FAA Form 7460-1 as amended or replaced). Determinations of whether to grant a variance will depend on the determinations made by the FAA and the Department's BOA as to the effect of the proposal on the operation of air navigation facilities and the safe, efficient use of navigable air space. In particular, the request for a variance shall consider which of the following categories the FAA has placed the proposed construction in:
No Objection: The subject construction is determined not to exceed obstruction standards and marking/lighting is not required to mitigate any potential hazard. Under this determination a variance shall be granted.
Conditional Determination: The proposed construction/alteration is determined to create some level of encroachment into an airport hazard area which can be effectively mitigated. Under this determination, a variance shall be granted contingent upon implementation of mitigating measures as described in § 2108, Obstruction Marking and Lighting.
Objectionable: The proposed construction/alteration is determined to be a hazard and is thus objectionable. A variance shall be denied and the reasons for this determination shall be outlined to the applicant.
Such requests for variances shall be granted where it is duly found that a literal application or enforcement of the regulations will result in unnecessary hardship and that relief granted will not be contrary to the public interest, will not create a hazard to air navigation, will do substantial justice, and will be in accordance with the intent of this article.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, no use shall be made of land or water within the Airport Zones established by this article in such a manner as to create electrical interference with navigational signals or radio communications between the airport and aircraft, make it difficult for pilots to distinguish between airport lights and others, impair visibility in the vicinity of the Airport, create bird strike hazards or otherwise endanger or interfere with the landing, takeoff or maneuvering of aircraft utilizing the Airports.
The regulations prescribed by this article shall not be construed to require the removal, lowering or other change or alteration of any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations as of the effective date of this article; or otherwise interfere with the continuance of a nonconforming use. No nonconforming use shall be structurally altered or permitted to grow higher, so as to increase the nonconformity, and a nonconforming use, once substantially abated (subject to the underlying zoning ordinance) may only be reestablished consistent with the provisions herein.
Any permit or variance granted pursuant to the provisions of this article may be conditioned according to the process described in § 2105 to require the owner of the structure or object of natural growth in question to permit the municipality, at its own expense, or require the person requesting the permit or variance, to install, operate and maintain such marking or lighting as deemed necessary to assure both ground and air safety.
The provisions of this Airport District Overlay article shall be enforced as provided in Ordinance No. 820 of 2006, the Elizabeth Township Zoning Ordinance (the "Zoning Ordinance"), as amended, and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code. Permits required by the provisions of this Airport District Overlay article shall be issued or denied by the Elizabeth Township Zoning Officer according to the provisions of this article.
Any person who is denied a permit by the Elizabeth Township Zoning Officer under § 2104 of this chapter may apply to the Elizabeth Township Zoning Hearing Board (the "Zoning Hearing Board") for a variance from the provisions of this article. Upon application the Zoning Hearing Board shall hold a hearing to determine whether to grant the variance. In deciding whether to grant the variance the Zoning Hearing Board shall follow the guidelines of § 2105 of this chapter. Otherwise the hearing shall be conducted as provided in Article XIX of this chapter. All appeals from decisions rendered by the Zoning Hearing Board shall be taken to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas as provided in Article XIX of this chapter and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
Where there exists a conflict between any of the regulations or limitations prescribed in this article and any other regulation applicable to the same area, the more stringent limitation or requirement shall govern and prevail.
If any of the provisions of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance are held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this article are declared to be severable.