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NTFS file compression needs an efficient CPU power to offer a seamless experience while providingyou on-the-fly expansion for accessing your files. You may experience a slowdown in work if the CPU is not well efficient. There are less changes of a slowdown with the modern CPUs—they came with ample of power to spare daily task. The load on the CPU is not high as NTFS file compression system doesn't have aggressive compression algorithm.
NTFS compressions are best to use for those files that you don't access regularly. File compression can act as a space saver if you are having a big archive for file which you just need once a month.
Not all file compresses are good. For example, it's hard to compress the video file in a significant manner. On the other hand impressive reductions are available for reducing text files size.
NTFS compression will work really well with a powerful CPU and is not regularly used to capacity. You may experience slowdown in case you have thrown your file compression at your CPU which usually needs to hit 80% or above during the daily routine. To choose servers that require dozens of request each minute, having an access to many compressed file will be like a visible strain on the CPU
NTFS file compression is inbuilt into the windows.Its available on every relevant content menu. In order to run this, you have to right click on respective file and folder. Now select the properties option. Click on the advanced button present on the General tab. An Advance Attribute dialog box will pop up on screen. Check Compress content to save disk space box and choose Apply change to folder; subfolder and files present in dialog box. You can access the file having NTFS compression by looking at names printed in blue format.


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Amendment 66 an example of Colorado's legislature and citizens working together
By Jack F. Smith
Guest Commentary
Next week, all of our citizens — rich and poor — will have the opportunity to right a grievous wrong. Earlier this year, the Colorado Supreme Court threw out the claims of poverty-stricken school districts, poor families and children in its ruling in the Lobato public school funding case. The court reversed Judge Sheila Rappaport's finding that poor families and their children were being denied their right, under the Colorado Constitution, to a thorough and uniform public education under our present method of funding schools.
To his lasting credit, Chief Justice Michael Bender strongly disagreed with his own court in a stinging dissent in Lobato. He wrote, "Today, the majority abdicates this court's responsibility to give meaningful effect to the Education Clause's guarantee that all Colorado students receive a thorough and uniform education." He found there was nothing "thorough and uniform" about current school funding scheme. He wrote that our public schools are "so crippled by underfunding and so marked by gross disparities among districts that access to educational opportunities is determined not by a student's interests or abilities but by where he or she happens to live." This is an unconscionable result.
To remedy the court's blow to educational equality, the Colorado legislature quickly demonstrated the necessary moral courage by enacting Senate Bill 213. It was the first major rewrite of our school finance laws in more than 20 years. The Denver Post characterized it as "a thoughtful and serious proposal, and one that is a long time coming." The legislature has done its part for all our schoolchildren. It is now up to the taxpayers to approve the required increase in the state income tax to accomplish this enlightened statute's purposes.
Amendment 66 provides for the increase in state income tax that is required to fund SB 213. If it fails to gain voter approval, then the legislature's effort will have been for naught.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and congressional lawmakers have reached a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" that would delay harsh spending cuts by two months, Obama administration officials said on Monday.
President Barack Obama called Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who both signed off on the deal, one source said.
The agreement includes a balance of spending cuts and revenue increases to pay for the delay in the automatic spending cuts that would go into effect without a deal by lawmakers.
Of those spending cuts, 50 percent would come from defense and 50 percent from non-defense areas, the sources said. The White House viewed that as a victory, one source said, and sees it as a model for future deficit reduction pacts.
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by Jim Stiles
"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."
~Henry David Thoreau
When Lewis and Clark returned to Washington, after exploring the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson concluded that the North American continent would take "a thousand years" to settle the country
It took 75 years. The historian Frederick Jackson Turner proclaimed in 1893 that the "frontier was closed." There was no wild country to be discovered It was over. The continent was beginning to fill and only a few realized what was being lost.
Within the dwindling landscape, some saw for the first time the degradation of aspects more difficult to define–those intangible qualities that are more a consequence of the land than a physical part of them. All of that empty space brought a great silence. To many it was intimidating and the cities they built to escape it were the refuge, not the haven. But for some, there has always been an almost primal need for the quiet that offered tranquility instead of fear. There was a word for it—solitude.
Solitude has been pursued by those who longed for it in whatever place they found themselves. Thoreau noted, "I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers."
Men like John Muir, who founded the Sierra Club, devoted the rest of his life to saving the wild places he saw threatened. He loved the natural world. And he longed for solitude. "Only by going alone in silence," he urged, "without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter."
Since then, other voices for solitude have articulated the yearnings of succeeding generations. Aldo Leopold warned most prophetically, in ways he may not have even realized at the time, "Civilization has so cluttered this elemental man-earth relationship with gadgets and middlemen that awareness of it is growing dim."
For my generation, Edward Abbey crystalized vague, undefined emotions about the land that we struggled to articulate. Desert Solitaire embraced both physical wilderness and solitude and fused them. For us, the two components were inseparable. "I am twenty miles or more from the nearest fellow human, but instead of loneliness," he wrote, " I feel loveliness. Loveliness and a quiet exhultation."
Indeed, three years earlier, the U.S. Congress passed the Wilderness Act of 1964. Wilderness would be undeveloped Federal land, at least 5000 acres in size, that "still retained its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation."
And...just as significantly, offered "outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation." In the eyes of the law, 'solitude' carried just as much significance as the resource itself. One component of wilderness could not survive without the other. Solitude lost was wilderness destroyed.
This is the way it would always be, I thought. As environmental battles heated up in the 1970s and 1980s, the fight for the preservation of western lands was always waged on behalf of those qualities that defined wilderness itself. Nowhere in the legislation, nor in the hearts and minds and souls of its strongest proponents, was there any mention of money, or economic benefit, or recreational industries, or outdoor retailers. But in the twenty years since environmentalists turned away from the defense of wilderness in its purest form to a more pragmatic, but degrading, strategy of wilderness for profit, a new generation of Americans has grown apart from values that were once so cherished and revered. Ultimately, in order to "save" wilderness, its very meaning may have been lost.
Almost a decade ago, I read an article from a group called "Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Units. At a CESU gathering called, "Tourism Break-Out," the group noted that tourism patterns in the West were changing; they worried about "the changing values of generations regarding parks – what one generation values in a park (such as solitude) may be less important to another generation (that may be more interested in extreme sports)."
The CESU report concluded, "(There is) great potential for partnerships with outdoor recreation outfitters, suppliers, clothing manufacturers, etc., who already know a great deal about our federal land visitors and have a strong handle on how people are using that land."
CESU's observations could not have been more telling. Since then, any effort to promote a pro-wilderness/pro-nature experience often embraces high-tech, adrenalin-laced and often high-risk physical activity.
My beloved Moab, Utah, once known for its scenic beauty and as a place to seek solitude and tranquility continues to transform itself. Almost overnight it became the "Mountain Bike Capital of the World" and the competition between them and the slow-moving hikers has become a point of contention ever since.
But in a nod to the changing needs of national parks and the people who use them, the Park Service recently changed its own rules regarding the use of bicycles in national parks. It "authorizes park superintendents to open existing trails to bicycle use within park units under specific conditions."
While most parks, including Arches and Canyonlands, have no current intention to change their rules and throw bikers and hikers into a free-for-all, what may happen down the road is anybody's guess. As today's young seasonals become tomorrow's middle managers, those changes may occur.
But bicycles are only a starting point for the recreation boom and the fading of solitude. Rock climbing, BASE jumping, slacklining, zip-lining, and commercial canyoneering compete for the attention and pocketbooks of would-be adventurers who rarely take time to just gaze. If anything, contemplating one's navel has fallen from favor. The environmental heroes of the early years of the 21st Century bear little resemblance to Muir or Abbey.
Six year ago, world-renowned rock climber/dare-devil and "Goodwill Ambassador" for Patagonia outdoor gear, Dean Potter, made an early morning, unauthorized, free ascent of Delicate Arch. He filmed his own triumph and released it to the media. To many of us, the climb was a sacrilege.
I snapped off an editorial condemning the publicity stunt. Some took angry exception. One young reader wrote, "Dean Potter has raised more awareness about nature and done more for the protection of our wildlife areas than an army of you idiots bitching on the internet will ever do. It's this geriatric community of do-nothings that wants to sit by and look at rock that is getting butt hurt. It's so sad, watching you people grow old and bitter."
Young recreationists like "Seth" look to extreme adventurers like Potter and Slackline King, "Sketchy Andy" Lewis with reverence and adoration. Lewis has drawn world attention with his high wire spectaculars, bouncing precariously on a cable strung hundreds of feet above the ground. He has followers world-wide. They are the heroes of the "environmental movement" in the 21st Century. "Looking at rock" is an antiquated notion.
Even wilderness itself–legislated, congressionally-approved and designated —is changing dramatically, with less chagrin from hikers than one might expect.
A study by Troy Hall and David Cole attempted to determine if accelerated use of wilderness areas degraded the "wilderness experience" of its users. Their conclusions surprised even them. "Most visitors perceive adverse changes, but...have learned to cope, either by making simple adjustments in their behavior or the way that they think about these places.... few people are absolutely displaced."
So, while backpackers and hikers might have preferred more solitude, it was no longer a make-or-break issue.
A story by Heather Hansen at 'High Country News' reported similar results. One study "revealed that while people don't like to have others camp nearby them...the biggest factor detracting from their experience was seeing litter."
Near Moab, where use of the once obscure Mill Creek area has exploded and even attracted European tour buses, efforts to maintain its once pristine condition have overwhelmed those trying to protect it. One of my heroes, Sara Melnicoff of Moab Solutions, continues to wage a holy war against the litter dumped daily along the trail. She regularly hauls away truckloads of garbage. And yet, if we take the HCN report to heart, perhaps keeping all that litter on the ground is the best way to stop the exponential increase in visitation. Desperate times call for counter-intuitive solutions.
What does the future hold? As energy costs rise and the population swells, can any kind of tourism survive. Many say 'yes,' and believe it will flourish, but it will be very different. Mass transit systems and a group ethic must prevail. The car, the same contraption that's suffocating the planet gave us limitless options and unbounded mobility. Tourists of the future will lose that; instead they can expect the commercialization of "natural" and "recreational" experiences. Or as the marketing brochure will insist—a perfectly blended mix of both.
They'll be shuttled to motels and "adventure" centers. They'll ride a bus to trailheads. They'll subsequently travel in groups. They can disperse if they like, but in wild new territory, unfamiliar to newcomers, there is safety in numbers. They'll be dropped off and picked up at designated times and locations.
Regimentation is inevitable for mass transit to operate on such a vast scale. In this future, opportunities for solitude survive, but not as I imagine it. Painful to ponder but as inevitable as sunrise. What's notable is that for many travelers in 2013, the Future is already here. And for them, it doesn't sound that bad. For a majority, perhaps, it sounds preferable to the kind of wilderness experience and solitude I prefer. I need to remember that.
The world races forward, faster than we dreamed possible. As technology continues to shrink the planet, its newer citizens embrace the collective over the solitary. Solitude feels like isolation and has no place in the Brave New West. And so, a lament and a longing for the quiet moment, passed along from generation to generation, from the old to the young, for more than a century, from Thoreau to Muir to Leopold to Abbey ends. The solitude is there, if you know where to look for it, but who's looking? And who would notice or care if it went away?
Is that a bad thing? Who knows? Maybe not. But Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, "Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." The world has lost patience with solitude these days. They'll never know what they threw away.
(Jim Stiles is publisher of the "Canyon Country Zephyr – Planet Earth Edition" now exclusively online. He is also the author of "Brave New West." Both can be found at www.canyoncountryzephyr.com. Stiles can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.)


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Jacob Grudle, 10, of Loveland takes aim with his air rifle during practice at a Thursday meeting of the Larimer County 4-H Shooting Sports Program at the McKee Building at The Ranch.
Colorado State Representative Jerry Sonnenberg, back right, is joined onstage by Sean Conway, left, and Don Ament as he speaks to participants at a rally Tuesday afternoon on the Leffler family farm outside Eaton in support of the Northern Integrated Supply Project.
Boy Scout Troop 1051 rushes to assemble a soap box racer Tuesday evening in the pits at Red Line Heating and Cooling in downtown Loveland for a soap box derby west of town later in the evening. From left, are Dave Brown, Clayton McCall, 11, Steve Moritz, holding onto gate, Michael Moritz, 11, Ben Brown, 15, back, Vance Stenson, 15, Craig Keeton, and Kim Stenson.
Youngsters, from left, Caleb Hopler, 4, Erica Limstrom, 13, Aleesha Kleeman, 13, and Kaeli Hopler, 6, beat the heat by playing together in the water at the North Lake Park swim beach on Tuesday.
Jacklyn Jarvis, 2, stands atop a cooler as her younger sister, Ruth, 1, climbs into her father, Romeo's arms, at center, and older sister, Toria, 4, sits with her mother, Lisa, to right on Tuesday at Boyd Lake State Park. The Jarvises of Lakewood came to Boyd Lake State Park to vacation with Lisa Jarvis' brother, Chris, left, sister, Kelly, back, right, and parents Karen and James Dunn, in background, who were visiting from the Sierra Nevadas in California. They wanted to stay in Rocky Mountain National Park but the park's campgrounds were full.
Loveland residents Brian Graham, left, Julie Patenaude, 20 months, Blake Batenaude, 5, and Sonya Patenaude purchase fireworks at the Olde Glory fireworks stand located at Eisenhower Boulevard and Taft Avenue on Wednesday.
Cindi Rutledge, front left, and Nicole Rutledge, rear left, hand food donations to volunteers Kyle Wardlow, front right, and Jorge Negrete, rear right, elders in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, during the House of Neighborly Service's annual Shop, Stop and Drop food drive Wednesday at the parking lot of the House of Neighborly Service in Loveland.
The Smith and Loomis families welcome the Hembreys to town on Thursday evening at a home in downtown Loveland. The Hembreys, who are from Manassas, Va., and other members from North Carolina came together in Loveland for the holiday. It has been over five years since they have all been together.
Longmont resident Linda Najjar plays with a tortise shell kitten named Bina she hoped to adopt while Larimer County Humane Society volunteer Donna Sam looks on Thursday at the shelter in Fort Collins.
Danita McDonald, right, serves up hamburgers as Rebecca Espinoza steadies a plate during a barbeque meeting of the Northern Colorado Parents Without Partners group at Rolland Moore Park in Fort Collins. Also visible are Espinoza's son Victor, 10, second from left, Eddie Rodriquez, center, and Ozzie Paez, second from right.
Jay Hiller shows his affection for his daughter, Jessica, 3, as they and Jessica's brother, Jordan, 6, eat during a barbeque meeting of the Northern Colorado Parents Without Partners group at Rolland Moore Park in Fort Collins. The group of single parents regularly meets to offer support for each other and to allow their kids to be with other kids going through similar situations at home.
A ladybug goes for a mid-morning walk on a sunflower on Derby Hill Thursday. Today's weather will likely be similar to Thursday's with a sunny start to the day and temperatures in the low 80s. Thunderstorms may roll into the area by afternoon with a 50 percent chance of precipitation through the evening.
Acupuncturist Jim Damman of Acubalance, right, fist bumps commercial realtor Geoff Tolmachoff of Brinkman Partners as Tolmachoff gives an "education moment" during a Front Range Business Leaders meeting at Schmidt's Bakery on Tuesday. The group of small business owners, which is a local branch of the Business Network International, meets weekly to support each other by sharing ideas an offering business referrals.
Angel Lights Pyrotechnics pyrotechnician Tatiana Gearhart of Johnstown secures some multi-shot cake fireworks at North Lake Park on Friday in preparation for tonight's Fourth of July fireworks display over Lake Loveland.
Loveland resident and pyrotechnician Leonard Lindstone sets up the wiring on some of the fireworks Friday afternoon for the city's Fourth of July fireworks show.
Marian Lilker, a LaPorte resident, looks out the window of the "Witchcraft," a B-24 bomber while holding onto a .50 caliber machine gun during a flight from the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield to the Fort Collins-Loveland Municpal Airport on Friday. Lilker's deceased husband, Ralph Morrow, was a B-24 pilot in World War II.
"Betty Jane", a P-51 Mustang, escorts "Witchcraft," a B-24 bomber, to the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport from Broomfield's Rocky Mountain Metroploitan Airport as a part of the Wings of Freedom tour on Friday.
People line up for a chance to walk through a B-17 Flying Fortress named "Nine-O-Nine" Friday at the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport. The World War II era planes visited Loveland as a part of the Wings of Freedom tour.
Danica Smelzer the granddaughter of Marian Lilker, and Justin Erickson look out the window of "Witchcraft," a B-24 bomber at the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport Friday.
Jean Belt, right, and Ann Eatman of Project Hero Quilts prepare to present disabled Iraq War veteran John Jones and his family quilts they have made during a visit to the Joneses home on Thursday.
Disabled Iraq War veteran John Jones hugs Ann Eatman of Project Hero Quilts after she and Jean Belt, right, presented Jones and his family with quilts on Thursday at their new home in Fort Collins. Also visible, from left, is Jones' wife Amber, holds Wyatt, 1, Keegan, 8, John Jones' brother, Joshua Jones, and Jade, 11,
Ann Eatman of Project Hero Quilts looks out over the backyard of disabled Iraq War veteran John Jones as she prepares to present the veteran with quilts on Thursday.
B.J Evans, 14, a member of the Loveland 912 project dressed in clothing similar to that from 1776, reads a portion of the Declaration of Independence to people gathered at North Lake Park on Saturday. Dae Cook, center and Brian Evans, right, are in the background.
Susanna Lee, 7, looks on as other members of the Sweetheart City Cloggers, from left to right, Hilary Wade, Kadie Reid, Dale Littlefield, Lizzy Lee, Annie Lee, and Dionne Lee do a tap performance Saturday at North Lake Park.
the feet of one of the Sweetheart City Cloggers, Dale Littlefield, tap away during a performance Saturday at North Lake Park.
Fireworks go off over Lake Loveland as a final celebration of Independence Day Saturday evening.
Tom Buchanan, far right, raises the American flag with Bob Konzem, center, and Dick Wood, far left, on Saturday morning at North Lake Park in Loveland. Buchanan and Konzem, both war veterans, were asked to raise the flag when the boy scout troop that was orinigally scheduled couldn't make it.
A sculpture of a snail enjoys the rain while people hide in their canopies as rain pauses the Fourth of July celebrations Saturday at North Lake Park.
Dolores Daniels is spun by Nels Broste as they square dance in North Lake Park Saturday during the Independence Day festivities in Loveland. Both dancers have been square dancing for years, and many in the group say they do it for the social aspect citing the square dancing motto, "square dancing is friendship set to music."
Brian Adams, 8, skillfully balances his umbrella on his hand while waiting in the rain Saturday evening for the fireworks show at North Lake Park in Loveland. "Rain can't keep us away!" said his father Brad Adams.
Julie Dalton reacts to comments made by friends Tiffany Glenn and Luke Meiers as she hangs out at Anthropology Books in downtown Loveland on Wednesday. Dalton was making up subtitles for their conversation since she was far enough away not to hear what the two were saying.
The Stroup family of Erie tries to get a bite as they fish Lake Loveland on Sunday at the South Shore Parkway. From left are Samantha, 6, Nicole, Riggs, 3, Emerson, 3, and Eric Stroup. The kids just got new poles so the family made the trip north to try them out.
Patineurs Pat Kipper, left, and Debbie Bakel put a protective coat of wax on a sculpture by Linda Prokop titled "Big Wish" at Bronze Services. The sculpture is one of seven that will soon be dedicated at the Benson Park Sculpture Garden.
Golden's Cheri Seeton, known as "Merry Cheri the Clown" entertains the kids on Monday morning during a Monday Morning Family Fun Program at the Loveland Public Library. The library will hold similar events every Monday. For more information call Youth Services at 962-2587 or visit their website at lovelandpubliclibrary.org.
Cars wait for a freight train to pass where Fourth Street crosses the railroad tracks on Monday. The Loveland Transportation Advisory Commission is exploring reopening Amtrak's Pioneer route which closed in 1997 that would carry passengers through Loveland on its way to Seattle.
Mizzy Slezak, 17, left, watches the putt of Kara Ashmore, 15, as it rolls toward the cup on the fourteenth green at The Olde Course at Loveland on Tuesday afternoon while playing a round of golf.
Loveland's Fourth Street is seen Tuesday afternoon from a balcony of one of Barry Floyd's buildings at the corner of Fourth Street and Cleveland.
John Clifton, right, owner of Biggins BBQ, 265A E. 29th St., and his son John Clifton pull beef briskets out of a smoker at the restaurant Wednesday afternoon in preparation for the upcoming Loveland Loves Barbecue event.
Wed Wisely bridal botique co-owners Bonnie Walter, left, and Dianne Carpenter pose Wednesday in their store at 239 E. Fourth St. in downtown Loveland.
Wed Wisely resident florist Joanelle Duran arranges a window display Wednesday at the bridal botique located at 239 E. Fourth St. in downtown Loveland.
Georgia Locker of Fort Collins shows her support for a new type of healthcare during a rally Thursday at Sen. Michael Bennet's office in Fort Collins. Locker suffers from damaged cartilage in one of her knees and is undergoing an experimental treatment not covered my Medicare


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We're not sure what makes this vintage Volkswagen more terrifying, the turbocharged V8 engine or the unconventional (for a Bug) engine placement. Either way, this car fulfills a few dreams and, likely, a few nightmares.
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds," was the phrase uttered by J. Robert Oppenheimer shortly after developing the atomic bomb. We can only hope he builder of this certain-death machine felt a similar emotion the first time he planted the progress pedal and rocketed himself into hot rodding lore.
Details are scarce, but we do know this street weapon is powered by a turbocharged 5.3 liter LSx-based engine. Taking the extra indie step forward, the fuel is managed by the beautifully homebrewed Megasquirt system. Die hard vintage VW fanatics will throw a rod when they notice very little original Bug remains, as it sits on a fully boxed one-off chassis with matching integral cage. Enough with the chatter — we'll let the pictures and video below do the talking.
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Snapshots from India: Vegetarian Eats in Delhi
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Although my mother hails from Bangalore in South India, my father is from North India, and many of my relatives from that side of the family reside in Delhi. On our annual trips to India, I am spoiled silly with home cooking and the many restaurants and snack stalls the vast city has to offer.
Delhi has a rich history as India's capital, dating back centuries. The cuisine that is distinct to this region was developed during the Mughal Empire in the 1500s. The foods are strongly influenced by Persian cuisine and characterized by familiar dishes found in Indian restaurants all over the world like lassi, naan, chana masala, naan, and biryani. Many of these rich traditions are maintained in eateries throughout Delhi today. You may walk down an avenue and be offered a piping hot sweet jalebi dripping with hot sugar syrup, or be enticed by the intoxicating aroma of curries cooking in a back alley dhaba. Wherever you turn in this bustling city, there is a feast for your senses and your belly.
Click through the slideshow to see a sampling of some of my favorite vegetarian eats in Delhi, from the hole-in-the-wall chaat place to delectable Indian pickles you can smuggle back home.
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We reviewed Forza Horizon today and some of us were more concerned with one small detail than the rest of the game.
Joe_Limon asked about a car he saw in the background.
The real question now is. Can I hoon the bus?
We don't know the full vehicle list yet, but we hope that the bus makes it on.
Regardless, this has us wondering, what other racing games have had unexpected vehicles you could drive, and which one was the most awesome?
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Rob Lothman (left) had 29 assists and two kills against Northrdige (Gil Talbot).
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – The Harvard men's volleyball team started its three-match California trip with a 3-0 loss to Cal. St. Northridge Saturday night. The Crimson drops to 8-6 this season.
The Matadors opened the match with a 25-16 first-set victory behind a 53.8 percent attack rate. Harvard attacked at a 28 percent clip, but its 10 kills were outdone by the Matadors 16.
Over the course of the last two sets, the attack percentages evened out, but the scores still favored Northridge. Harvard would register more kills in each of the final two sets, (13-11, 14-10) but the Matadors took those sets by scores of 25-20 and 25-17.
Harvard's Matt Jones finished with a match-high 14 kills to go with two service aces and two block assists. Drew Staker paced the Matadors with 10 kills.
The Crimson will be back on the courts Tuesday, when they take on No. 11 Pepperdine.


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25 Accommodations in El Puerto de Santa Maria
Hotel Dunas PuertoEl Puerto de Santa Maria 1.8 km from city centre 137 reviews
Hotel surrounded by pine trees and dunes. The Dunas Puerto Hotel is located in Puerto de Santa María (Cadiz), nearby the beach of...
Hotel Puerto SherryEl Puerto de Santa Maria 3.1 km from city centre 269 reviews
The Puerto Sherry Hotel is located in the Puerto Sherry sport port, in the municipal term of the tourist town of El Puerto de Santa...
Hotel Campomar PlayaEl Puerto de Santa Maria 1.3 km from city centre 138 reviews
In Puerto de Santa María, from the heart of the Cadiz Bay Hotel opens its doors on Campomar. This is characterized by a unique location...
Hotel Puertobahia & SpaEl Puerto de Santa Maria 2.4 km from city centre 551 reviews
This hotel comprises 294 double rooms spread over 6 floors. Facilities on offer include a foyer with a 24-hour reception desk, a lift and...
Hotel Soho Boutique PuertoEl Puerto de Santa Maria 361 m from city centre 204 reviews
This three stars hotel is located at El Puerto de Santa Maria, southern Spain. In the old and commercial centre of the town and just 800...
Hotel Duques de MedinaceliEl Puerto de Santa Maria 1.1 km from city centre 0 reviews
The Duques de Medinaceli Hotel is an 18th-century colonial-style mansion which has been converted into an exclusive and delightful...
Las Suites de Puerto SherryEl Puerto de Santa Maria 3.2 km from city centre 0 reviews
The apartments Suites de Puerto Sherry are located in the sports harbor Puerto Sherry, in the city of El Puerto de Santa María. A stylish...
Hotel Bodega RealEl Puerto de Santa Maria 978 m from city centre 210 reviews
Bodega Real is a converted Jerez winery in El Puerto de Santa María. It has a beautiful Andalusian central courtyard and offers elegant...
Hotel Los CantarosEl Puerto de Santa Maria 402 m from city centre 173 reviews
Charming hotel in Puerto de Santa Maria. The Los Cantaros Hotel is located in the same city centre, in the so-called ¿Ribera del Marisco'...
Hotel Casa de los LeonesEl Puerto de Santa Maria 360 m from city centre 128 reviews
The apartments, built in 1790 and renovated in 1999, represent the best example of a Baroque house in El Puerto de Santa Maria. The...
Apartamentos Larga 70El Puerto de Santa Maria 530 m from city centre 34 reviews
This family-friendly city beach complex corresponds in style to the local houses dating from the 18th century, with marked Baroque lines,...
Los Jandalos Vistahermosa Hotel y ApartamentosEl Puerto de Santa Maria 2.4 km from city centre 166 reviews
Located in El Puerto de Santa María, the Hotel, Apartments and grounds, are an oasis of greenery and nature, in the best residential area...
Hotel Del MarEl Puerto de Santa Maria 1.2 km from city centre 77 reviews
Discover one of the most welcoming hotels in El Puerto de Santa Maria. Del Mar Hotel has 40 rooms. Have complete bathroom, air...
Hotel PinomarEl Puerto de Santa Maria 2.2 km from city centre 112 reviews
Recently constructed between 2003 and 2006, this fully air-conditioned establishment enjoys many modern facilities and comprises a total...
Palacio de LujaEl Puerto de Santa Maria 547 m from city centre 0 reviews
Located next to El Puerto de Santa María and 20 minutes by car from the airport. The apartments are equipped with air-conditioning, a...
Hotel Apartamentos Casa Palacio LunaEl Puerto de Santa Maria 360 m from city centre 20 reviews
El Casa Palacio Luna se encuentra en una casa del siglo XVIII ubicada en El Puerto de Santa Maria. Casa Palacio Luna es un moderno...
Accommodations in El Puerto de Santa MariaThe Port of Santa María, also known as the City of a Hundred Palaces, is located in la Costa de la Luz, Cádiz, and is considered a wellspring of cultural interest.
Among the many interesting places not to be missed in Santa María are the Castle of San Marcos, the Medinaceli Palace, the Rafael Alberti Foundation Museum, and the Salt Marshes of Toruños, where there is nature tourism and where you can sail and windsurf.
Its beaches are a magnet for a large number of foreign tourists who visit during the summer. The fine golden sands are bathed by crystal waters, whose warmth makes them particularly attractive. There are all types of restaurants, bars and chiringuitos (food and beverage stands) here, some of which, as is the case in the beach of Valdelagrana, offer flamenco dancing as part of the nights tourist entertainment. Bowling alleys and pubs are some of the other options on offer when night falls at the Port of Santa Maria. It is best to begin in the plaza of the ancient city center and to follow the road, trying the fried fish and wines of the banks of the Guadalete River the variety of places to eat is large. There are many places to choose from in which to enjoy Santa Marías nightlife, and the city also contains a casino el Casino Bahía de Cádiz in which you can enjoy a different sort of evening.
The urban beaches near Port Sherry and the break-waters, and eventually bordering the western region, are some of this coastlines most beautiful.
Santa Catalina receives many visitors, while on Playa de Fuenterrabía located in the town of the same name you can scuba dive, fish and windsurf.
Valdegrana is another of the better-known and much-visited beaches, partly for the convenient tram, and partly for the nudists. It offers every service, and holds the Blue Flag of the European Union.
On the beaches of Puntilla, close to the mouth of the Guadalete whose tranquil waters always carry a breeze, you tend to find kite fliers and windsurfers. The beach of La Calita or Caleta del Ague, is actually two coves separated by the ruins of the castle of Santa Catalina. Although the rocky outcrops in the water make it less than ideal for swimming, you can enjoy scuba diving and harpoon fishing.
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This one's more for the IT dudes, but is interesting as an indication of how we may see more speed squeezed out of the 802.11n wi-fi spec: a new enterprise access point from Proxim uses two 802.11n radios simultaneously, effectively doubling throughput to 320 Mbps (a single wireless N radio maxes out at around 170 Mbps). But it can't just be that simple, right?
No. The bottleneck in a setup like this is the centralised wireless controller chipset architecture that routes all of the data coming in and out. Proxim's solution, instead, uses a new distributed wireless architecture for which enables it to smartly share the burden over the two radios. It uses two standard Atheros 802.11n radio chips and a controller processor from Freescale. This is also different from the many dual-band routers out there that use two radios, but only for each band individually—not combined into a single bandwidth pipe.
Of course, your computer only has one radio, so you won't see double the speeds on your local machine. This just helps cram more data onto a huge enterprise network without bringing it down, but an interesting strategy that could, theoretically, find its way into more consumer-type gear. The dual-radio AP-8000 costs $US1,099, and also looks like a Dungeness crab after I've eaten four delicious legs already. Sold! [Product Page via GigaOM]


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In July 2007, fresh from beating the game, I ordered the Japanese-language edition of the Okami art book. Weeks went by. Then months. No art book. I totally forgot about the thing. Then today, June 24, 2008...success! The book finally turns up (albeit the English-language edition). Was it worth the wait? Was it ever. This is a proper art book. Full of concept art, level design sketches, character reference models and even some mangas detailing both the game's boss battles and "god release" cutscenes. Best part? It even gives you soundtrack advice: ie, if you're reading this, play track 7 on disc 3 of the soundtrack.
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Poor Taylor Momsen: a double career as a rock star and TV actress isn't enough to snap her out of her disaffected Goth funk.
The gangly 17-year-old "Gossip Girl" actress and lead singer of The Pretty Recklesstold Starpulse that spending her young lifetime in the limelight has left her feeling dark.
"Everyone's like, 'Wow, why is she upset and why is she so miserable about things?' My parents signed me up with Ford [modeling agency] at the age of two. No 2-year-old wants to be working, but I had no choice."
Now the St. Louis-born beauty, who plays Jenny Humphrey on the CW show, figures she understands why she feels the way she does.
"My whole life, I was in and out of school. I didn't have friends. I was working constantly and I didn't have a real life."
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Soul Calibur 5 headed to Games on Demand, PlayStation Store
Namco Bandai Games has announced a digital release for Soul Calibur 5, more than a year on from its PlayStation 3na d Xbox 360 retail launch. Destructoid reports the fighter sequel hits the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Games on Demand on April 23 – next week's network update – and will cost $20. Project […]
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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 was a big win for Namco Bandai in Q2, according to the publisher's most recent financial report.
MLG Summer Fight Arena kicks off this Friday
Major League Gaming has announced its Summer Fight Arena, which will see top players brawling it out in Soul Calibur 5 and Mortal Kombat for glory.
Namco Bandai Q1: Soul Calibur V sales hit 1 million, profits ups
Namco Bandai bucked the trend to release promising results for the first quarter of the financial year.
Soul Calibur V Impact Finals livestreamed at 4:00AM GMT
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Over 500 arrested after Hong Kong democracy rally
BEIJING — Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents marched for democracy Tuesday in a show of growing dissatisfaction with the city's leaders and the growing influence of China's authoritarian rulers. Police arrested more than 500 people holding an overnight sit-in after the rally.
Organizers led the march from Hong Kong's Victoria Park to the central business district. Some campaign groups vowed to hold overnight "sit-ins."
Police estimated the throng at almost 100,000, while organizers put the total at more than 500,000.
Police said 511 people were arrested Wednesday for unlawful assembly and preventing police from carrying out their duties. They were holding an overnight sit-in after the rally.
The peaceful crowds carried banners and posters urging democracy as they marched in sweltering heat through skyscraper-lined streets to the financial district. Some chanted, "Our own government, our own choice," while others called for the city's leader, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, to step down.
Some groups along the protest route sang a Cantonese version of Do You Hear the People Sing? from the musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables. The song has become an anthem for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.
Tuesday's rally commemorated the day in 1997 when the capitalist enclave and former British colony was returned to communist Chinese rule under a "one country, two systems" arrangement that preserves political liberties restricted on the mainland, such as holding public protests.
The day of protest began with members of the League of Social Democrats burning a picture of Leung and saying Beijing had lied about Hong Kong keeping a high degree of autonomy from the mainland, according to the South China Morning Post. At a morning ceremony, Leung told Hong Kong to treasure its economic success and warned that instability would affect prosperity, reported Xinhua, China's state news agency.
This year's event follows an informal referendum by Occupy Central, a pro-democracy group, which drew almost 800,000 people, or one-fifth of the city's registered voters. In a push for suffrage, the civil referendum asked voters to choose one of three options for choosing the chief executive in the elections in 2017.
Though all three options involve public nomination of candidates, Beijing insists that only a committee of 1,200 pro-Beijing loyalists can make the nominations.
In the run-up to the Occupy referendum, China's State Council issued a policy "white paper" that emphasized Beijing's authority and "comprehensive jurisdiction" over the territory.
"After seeing the white paper's content, we should be worried," said Jeff Kwok, 28, as he waited at the rally's starting point in Victoria Park. "The central government, they're trying to tell the Hong Kong people that they are the host country and Hong Kong is just one of their regions. They're trying to tell us they have absolute power to rule us."
Benny Tai, a law professor at Hong Kong University and one of the referendum's organizers, said Chinese authorities tried to disrupt the vote by ordering cyberattacks by mainland hackers. Those attacks showed Beijing is determined to suppress democratic moves in China, Tai said, but the referendum highlighted Hong Kong's potential influence.
"If Hong Kong can develop (its) own universal suffrage election system, then in the long run, other parts of China may get inspiration on how to run an election system in line with universal values," Tai told USA TODAY last month.
"But in the short term, I don't see the introduction of universal suffrage in Hong Kong will immediately raise expectations or demands in mainland China," Tai said.
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Walk-on guard Alex Barlow the unlikely hero for Butler
INDIANAPOLIS – Butler has a way of creating its own fairy tales, so its latest should have come as no surprise.
Of course, the unranked Bulldogs would hand No. 1 Indiana its first loss of the season. Of course, Butler would do it without two of its best players, who'd both fouled out during a 17-second span late in the second half. And then without a third player, who'd picked up his fifth foul midway through overtime.
Of course, the game-winning shot – a floater that bounced off the backboard and around the rim not once, not two or three but four (!!) times – would come from a sophomore walk-on who averaged 0.8 points per game in his career entering Saturday.
UPSET:Butler takes down No. 1 Indiana in OT
LOPRESTI:Big East should take notice of Butler's upset
"You grow up in the backyard with your hoop, and you dream that you're playing the No. 1 team, last-second shot, shooting it," Butler guard Alex Barlow said. "Not in my wildest dreams did I think that would be a reality."
Barlow brought the subject up with his dad, Tom, on Saturday morning, when the two talked on the phone about four hours before the game. The ritual phone call between father and son veered off to a subject they hadn't discussed before – the younger Barlow's opportunity to play against the nation's top-ranked team on national television.
"He told me, 'Don't get nervous. Don't try to do too much. Just play the game and be who you are,' " Barlow said.
So, with six seconds left in overtime, Barlow had the ball at the top of the key. He drove to the basket, did a little spin move so he could shoot with his right hand, and then he released the ball. And it bounced. And bounced again. And bounced some more – until it fell.
"When it was hitting around the rim, I was just hoping," Barlow said. "I didn't feel like I extended completely on the floater, so I thought it was a little short. I got that luck, that shooter's roll, and it bounced in."
And that's how the unknown walk-on who looks more like a shortstop than a Division I basketball player became the unlikeliest of heroes for the underdog team.
Then again, he plays for Brad Stevens. So maybe the Bulldogs were only underdogs in Vegas. Perhaps Barlow's path to this moment wasn't as implausible as we thought.
He chose to pursue a longshot career in college basketball over baseball, the sport in which he'd received interest from Ivy League schools. The 5-11 guard only played in AAU basketball tournaments twice.
"I really thought I was going to play baseball in college, but when it came down to it, I wanted to be a college basketball coach," Barlow said. "I figured that if I wanted to get into coaching, the best thing for me to do would be to walk on at Division I.
"Butler's system fit and gave me the best chance to play, and coach Stevens is the best coach around to learn from. … There's not any better young coach in college basketball than coach Stevens."
He told Stevens that he wanted to be a coach when he visited Butler initially, and the coach hasn't forgotten.
"He makes points during practice and film, like, 'People who want to be coaches, here's something to look for,' " Barlow said. "He's aware that a lot of us want to go into coaching, so he definitely does a great job of being sort of a mentor while also coaching us."
COACH'S TAKE:Stevens says Butler isn't thinking about Big East
BUTLER:Who is new star Rotnei Clarke?
Barlow's coaching apprenticeship of sorts makes for a nice story. But that's not where this one ends.
Entering the season, Barlow's college basketball resume was less than impressive. He played in 16 games last season as a freshman, scoring six points total on the season.
Barlow wasn't satisfied. He spent many late nights in Hinkle Fieldhouse, working on his ability to take and make different types of shots – including that floater. He received more playing time as the season went on, even averaging 20 minutes a game during the CBI.
This fall, he's played in every game but one. Two games before the one against Indiana, Stevens put him in the starting lineup. He's kept Barlow there since.
"We're going to play our best players, and Alex is certainly one of them," said Stevens, who pointed out Barlow's improvement from the start of his freshman year to now.
A lot of that goes back to the late nights at Hinkle. When he peeks into the empty gym late at night, Stevens sees Barlow there, working on jump shots – and floaters, of course. "This kid lives in the gym," he said.
"He deserves all the credit he's getting right now, he deserves all that attention," Butler guard Rotnei Clarke said. "He's a guy who works extremely hard, doesn't care if he gets credit. That's huge. He's got tremendous character."
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Tigers' hit parade continues against Yankees
Top of the order key as Detroit chases Hughes in fifth, collects 17 knocks
DETROIT -- In case you forgot last fall, this is what a fully functioning lineup looks like when hitters get going. Actually, this might be better.
Austin Jackson starts it all. Torii Hunter was the missing piece.
"Austin gets on base, and you've got to commend him. He's the table-setter for us," Hunter said. "And those guys at the table, Prince Fielder and [Miguel] Cabrera, those guys want to eat. So I've got to kind of be the server."
With back-to-back wins against the Yankees, it's looking like a feast. Not even former Tigers nemesis Phil Hughes could push them back from the table in Saturday's 8-4 win.
After scoring a total of eight runs in a season-opening three-game series at Minnesota, including two runs in back-to-back losses, the Tigers have now scored eight runs in back-to-back games, something they hadn't done against the Yankees since 2004.
Detroit's offense has found its panacea with New York's pitching staff, with a chance at a three-game sweep if the Tigers can hit CC Sabathia, their first opposing left-handed starter of the season. They have found a catalyst in Jackson, who led off the season with a base hit and seemingly hasn't cooled down since.
Jackson has reached base to lead off the opening inning in each of the Tigers' first five games, including Saturday when Yankees shortstop Jayson Nix booted a ground ball for an error. Four times, the Tigers have brought him around and driven him in, three times on an out.
"Hopefully it can kind of put some pressure on them early in the ballgame," Jackson said. "I'm really trying to focus on getting good pitches, having good at-bats and getting on there for the guys behind me. It just puts a lot pressure on the opposing teams."
On Saturday, it had to feel like a replay for Yankees pitching. Jackson led off four of the Tigers' eight innings, and reached base in three of them. All three times, the hitters that followed drove him in.
Add Jackson's four times on base with a three-hit game from Hunter and a four-hit performance from Cabrera, and the top third of Detroit's order accounted for seven of the eight runs.
"It's a long season, we just have to keep this going," Cabrera said. "We have to stay focused and do our jobs so we can win as many games as we can."
Jackson had a .377 on-base percentage last year, including .393 in his first at-bat of the game, so it isn't a major jump for him. Out of the 56 times he reached base to start off a game last year, he scored 33 runs. Add in other innings he led off, and the on-base percentage rose to .409, with 60 runs out of 107 times on base.
That success, though, came without a consistent hitter batting second in the lineup to bridge the gap between Jackson and Cabrera. Hunter, like he did batting between Mike Trout and Albert Pujols with the Angels, seems to be thriving in it.
"When I see Austin over there and I've got these guys hitting behind me, I've never been that guy to have hitters like Cabrera, Prince and last year Pujols hitting behind me," Hunter said. "And that's a lot of fun. I've always hit behind the [Justin] Morneaus and [Joe] Mauers and Vladimir Guerreros, and I was their protection. Who wants Torii as their protection?"
Hunter's game, in turn, has adjusted.
"I don't swing as hard," he said. "I just try to stay inside the ball, shoot it to the right side sometimes, not all the time. I'm more mature at the plate."
The error by Nix, filling in for injured shortstops Derek Jeter and Eduardo Nunez, put Jackson on base before Cabrera's single sent him from first to third ahead of Fielder's sacrifice fly.
Vernon Wells' homer off Max Scherzer leading off the next inning promptly tied the game, setting up a pitching duel for the next few innings despite command problems for both starters. Hughes stranded Hunter and Cabrera in scoring position on Brett Gardner's sliding catch to rob Victor Martinez in the third, then struck out Ramon Santiago to leave Jhonny Peralta on second in the fourth.
Once Jackson singled leading off the fifth, however, Hughes never recovered. Hunter added another opposite-field hit, but powered it all the way to the right-field fence for an RBI double, before Cabrera singled him home and chased Hughes.
"I think it puts more pressure on the other team when those guys are out there and you've got the big guys coming up," manager Jim Leyland said. "That's pretty stressful."
Yankees manager Joe Girardi tried to stop the bleeding by giving lefty Boone Logan a rematch with Fielder, who homered off him to break open Friday's 8-3 win. This time, Fielder's single moved Cabrera along for a Martinez sac fly and an Andy Dirks single.
Once Peralta greeted Phelps with an RBI single, the Tigers had a 5-1 lead. Three Yankees runs in the sixth nearly brought them back, fueled by two walks each from Scherzer (1-0) and reliever Al Alburquerque ahead of Lyle Overbay's two-run single. Alburquerque stranded the potential tying run on third with a Nix groundout, then Darin Downs held down the Yankees' offense for a pair of innings.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi complained to home-plate umpire Jerry Layne that Alburquerque was balking on his move out of the stretch, but didn't get the call.
"I think Alburquerque balks every time," Girardi said. "One time his foot goes up twice. One time it goes up once. If a guy's trying to steal a base and he goes up twice one time and goes up once one time, if you're going to squeeze, you don't know when to go as the runner. I think it's a balk."
Back-to-back singles from Jackson and Hunter leading off the sixth set up two insurance runs in the sixth, including a Dirks RBI single.


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Worldwide Travel Information (area) World Countries > Asia > Iraq
IraqIraq (العراق), officially the "Republic of Iraq", is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.
Iraq borders Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Jordan to the southwest and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south. Iraq has a narrow section of coastline measuring 58km on the northern Persian Gulf. The capital city, Baghdad is in the center-east of the country. Two major rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, run through the center of Iraq, flowing from northwest to southeast. These provide Iraq with agriculturally capable land and contrast with the steppe and desert landscape that covers most of Western Asia.
Historically, Iraq was the center of the Abbasid Arabic Islamic Empire Iraq has been known to the west by the Greek toponym 'Mesopotamia (Land between the rivers) and has been home to continuous successive civilizations since the 6th millennium BC. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is often referred to as the cradle of civilization and the birthplace of writing, law and the wheel. At different periods in its history, Iraq was the center of the indigenous Akkadian, Sumerian, Assyrian Babylonian-Chaldean, and Abbasid empire .
Iraq's modern borders were demarcated in 1920 by the League of Nations when the Ottoman Empire was divided by the Treaty of Sèvres. Iraq was placed under the authority of the United Kingdom as the British Mandate of Mesopotamia A monarchy was established in 1921 and the Kingdom of Iraq gained independence from Britain in 1932. In 1958, the monarchy was overthrown and the Republic of Iraq was created. Iraq was controlled by the Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-led faction) from 1968 until 2003. After an invasion led by American and British forces, the Ba'ath Party was removed from power and Iraq came under a military occupation by a multinational coalition.
Sovereignty was transferred to the Iraqi Interim Government in June 2004 A new constitution was then approved by referendum and a new Government of Iraq was elected. Foreign troops remained in Iraq after the establishment of a new government due to an insurgency that developed shortly after the invasion, with violence peaking in mid 2007. In August 2010, the U.S. became the last member of the coalition to cease combat operations in Iraq bringing an end to the Iraq War and over one year later, in December 2011, the last U.S. troops left the country.
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An 'aunties army' is needed to combat the epidemic of eating disorders and self-harming among young girls, a leading child psychologist has warned.
Steve Biddulph, author of the ground-breaking 1998 book Raising Boys, has become more concerned about today's girls and believes aunts should help bring up their nieces to increase the positive female role models in their lives.
In his previous work, Biddulph said boys were seen as a 'disaster area' compared to girls.
He said parents should delay their sons starting formal education and suggested an increase in single-sex classes in co-educational schools to help them reach their full potential.
But today, he argues, girls are giving greater cause for concern.
Biddulph says young girls are in a 'catastrophic' state of crisis because of the 'toxic' influences of advertising, celebrity and pornography which pressurise them to grow up too quickly.
In his new book, Raising Girls, he writes: 'To understand our daughters, we have to realise that their childhood is not like ours. To put it bluntly, our 18 is their 14. Our 14 is their ten.
'Never before has girlhood been under such a sustained assault, ranging through everything from diet ads, alcohol marketing and fashion pressures, to the inroads of hard pornography into teenage bedrooms.'
He adds: 'About five years ago... we began to see a sudden and marked plunge in girls' mental health.
'Problems such as eating disorders and self-harm, which once had been extremely rare, were now happening in every classroom and every street. But more than this, the average girl was stressed and depressed in a way we hadn't seen before.'
However, he argues the 'enormous pain and confusion' that girls experience can be eased by increasing the number of women in their lives other than their mother who can act as mentors.
Biddulph said parents and relatives are not supporting girls in the way they did in the past. He added: 'We haven't put enough adult time and care around our daughters, or taught them well enough.'
Biddulph, who has a son and a daughter, said that parents must spend more time with their children and organise events to include other relatives.
He said that by widening the net of parental responsibility to include women relatives, girls would feel encouraged to share problems and confide in older people.
Biddulph said this is important because girls do not always get on well with their mothers and do not feel they can discuss certain subjects with them.
The idea of the 'aunties army' can be seen in the example of actress Julia Roberts who is devoted to her brother's daughter, up-and-coming actress Emma.
The 21-year-old, who bears a striking resemblance to her aunt, has been steadily carving out a career under her aunt's mentorship, starring in teen movies Wild Child and Nancy Drew, and appearing with her aunt in the 2010 romantic comedy Valentine's Day.
When Emma was a child, her aunt allowed her to spend weeks on set with her.
Biddulph's new book is due to be published later this month and follows the success of Raising Boys, which has sold 3million copies worldwide.
- Daily Mail


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The IKA Kiteboard Race World Championships hit Poetto Beach, one of the most famous beaches in Sardinia. The Yacht Club Caligari was at centre stage for the Master and Junior World Chamionship Race from May 12th – 18th.
The trade Mistral wind blew in from the north-west delivering world class conditions for the first day of the competition. North Kiteboarding Rider Maxime Nocher was there to fight for the Under 21 World Champion Title, but faced hot competition from Maks Zakowski (Poland.) With strong and gusty winds increasing throughout the day, riders put in a fantastic performance around the simple course, crossing the finish line that ran parallel to a crowded and cheering beach. Maxime put in an outstanding effort, although it wasn't enough to put him in the lead, leaving him and Maks neck and neck after the first day of competition.
Day two was greeted by a change in wind conditions, much to Maxime's delight. The usual Mistral switched to Libeccio, a south-west onshore wind. After repositioning the course to suit the conditions, competition got underway. Choosing a 17 m Dyno, Maxime dominated all four of his races with ease putting him ahead of Polish rival Maks Zakowski, and at the top of the leader board.
As the Libeccio wind continued into day three, Maxime lost out to Maks, giving him a double victory and turning up the heat for the two riders looking to claim the title. Continuing into day four, the final day, Maxime pulled out all the stops rigging an 11m Dyno. Blasting across the finish line first in the last three races gave him the Under 21 World Champion Title.
Catching up with him after the competition he says;
" I'm stoked about the title and my result against Maks, as he is talented and a phenomenally dedicated rider, committed to training hard every day. I'm positive about the Worlds in Turkey, as I have been training hard and am doing my best to push the limits. I don't worry about the conditions really as I am confident that the Dyno is the best inflatable kite out there, which allows me to concentrate on the race."
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Halfway through his five-year mandate, President Tabare Vazquez's Frente Amplio (Broad Front) coalition continued in 2007 to address the issue of human rights violations during the period of military rule (1973–85). While Vazquez also advanced economic reforms, including a long-awaited tax reform, progress was stalled by leftist elements within his coalition and by political positioning ahead of the October 2009 presidential election.
After gaining independence from Spain, the Republic of Uruguay was established in 1830. The ensuing decades brought a series of revolts, civil conflicts, and incursions by neighboring states, followed by a period of relative stability in the first half of the 20th century. The rival Colorado and Blanco parties vied for political power in the 1950s and 1960s, but economic troubles and an insurgency by the leftist Tupamaro National Liberation Front led to a military takeover by 1973. From that year until 1985, the country was under the control of a military regime whose reputation for incarcerating the largest proportion of political prisoners per capita in the world earned Uruguay the nickname "The Torture Chamber of Latin America."
The military era came to an end after elections held in 1984, in which Julio Maria Sanguinetti of the Colorado Party won the presidency. A 1986 amnesty law promoted by the new civilian president, who had been the military's favored candidate, granted members of the armed forces immunity for human rights violations committed during the years of dictatorship. The military extracted the concession as its price for allowing the democratic transition the year before.
In the next general election, held in November 1989, Luis Lacalle of the Blanco Party was elected president. The 1990s were marked by relative economic stability and prosperity. The Colorados won in both 1994 and 1999, with the latter election a close runoff between Colorado candidate Jorge Batlle and Tabare Vazquez of the leftist Frente Amplio (Broad Front) coalition.
Batlle immediately sought an honest accounting of the human rights situation under the former military regime, while showing equally firm determination to reduce spending and privatize state monopolies. In 2001, crises in the rural economy and an increase in violent crime, as well as growing labor unrest, set off alarms in what was still one of Latin America's safest countries.
A currency devaluation and default in Argentina at the end of 2001 caused a dramatic drop in foreign exchange reserves and the loss of Uruguay's coveted investment-grade status among leading financial ratings agencies. By mid-2002, the government was forced to impose a weeklong bank holiday, Uruguay's first in 70 years, to stanch a run on the country's banks. The spillover from Argentina's economic crisis led to union-backed antigovernment protests that brought much of Montevideo to a standstill. In October, the National Party withdrew its members from Batlle's government.
By 2004, average household income had shrunk by about 30 percent over the previous five years in what became the worst economic crisis in the country's history. A bond restructuring that year prevented a potentially catastrophic default and was accompanied by a small economic rally.
In October 2004, Uruguayans elected Vazquez as president in the first round of voting, dealing a crushing blow to the Colorado Party. Vazquez's coalition also captured a majority of seats in both houses of parliament in concurrent legislative elections, marking the first time in nearly 40 years that the president's party enjoyed a parliamentary majority. Faced with the challenge of creating a stable macroeconomic framework and attracting foreign capital, Vazquez began his term by implementing a floating exchange rate, fiscal discipline, and an inflation-targeted monetary policy in a once-again growing economy. While considered a center-left moderate, Vazquez's ties to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and a blocked Uruguayan attempt to buy arms from Iran in October 2007 raised concerns in Washington.
Vazquez proved willing to reopen the issue of some 200 Uruguayans who disappeared during the military's political dominance in the 1970s. In his inaugural address, he stated that neither the abduction of the daughter-in-law of famous Argentine poet Juan Gelman nor the murders of two Uruguayan political leaders were covered by the 1986 amnesty law. Human rights groups pressed to have the amnesty law more literally enforced, opening up the possibility of prosecutions for crimes committed before the 1973 coup. In November 2006, former president Juan Maria Bordaberry, a military-backed puppet, and his foreign minister were charged for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of the two parliamentary leaders. Both faced a minimum prison sentence of 10 years if convicted.
Under its reinterpretation of the 1986 amnesty law, which allowed for higher-level officers to be tried, the administration arrested several police chiefs and army leaders in 2006 and 2007 for human rights violations committed during military rule, while Vazquez dismissed an army chief known for his opposition to investigating military crimes. Still, Uruguayan courts remained far behind those in Argentina and Chile in trying human rights cases.
Uruguay fully repaid its International Monetary Fund (IMF) obligations in November 2006, thereby terminating the government's IMF agreement. Economic officials have nevertheless pledged to continue the agreement's goals of fiscal restraint, low inflation, and structural reform. In July 2007, a revenue-neutral tax reform that introduced a personal income tax and simplified the tax system came into effect. However, tensions between the moderates dominating the economic team and the more left-leaning wing of the Broad Front threatened to slow structural reform. For example, pressures from unions forced the government to shelve plans to negotiate a free trade agreement with the United States in 2007.
Uruguay is an electoral democracy. The 2004 elections were free and fair. The 1967 constitution established a bicameral General Assembly consisting of the 99-member House of Representatives and the 30-member Senate, with all members serving five-year terms. The president is directly elected for a single five-year term.
The major political parties and groupings are the Colorado Party, the Independent Party, the National (or Blanco) Party, and the ruling Broad Front coalition. The latter includes the Movement of Popular Participation (MPP), the New Space Party, the Socialist Party, and the Uruguayan Assembly, among other factions.
The Transparency Law (Ley Cristal) criminalizes a broad range of potential abuses of power by officeholders, including the laundering of funds related to public corruption cases. In 2005, the government announced that it had reached an important antinarcotics agreement with the United States, including tight controls on money laundering in a country previously known as a bank-secrecy haven. Uruguay was ranked 25 out of 180 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index, second only to Chile in Latin America.
Constitutional guarantees regarding free expression are generally respected, and violations of press freedom are rare. The press is privately owned, and broadcasting includes both commercial and public outlets. Numerous daily newspapers publish, many of them associated with political parties; there are also a number of weeklies. The government does not place restrictions on internet usage.
Freedom of religion is a cherished political tenet of democratic Uruguay and is broadly respected. The government does not restrict academic freedom.
Rights to freedom of assembly and association are provided for by law, and the government generally observes these in practice. Civic organizations have proliferated since the return of civilian rule. Numerous women's rights groups focus on problems such as violence against women and societal discrimination. Workers exercise their right to join unions, bargain collectively, and hold strikes. Unions are well organized and politically powerful.
The judiciary is relatively independent but has become increasingly inefficient in the face of escalating crime, particularly street violence and organized crime. The court system is severely backlogged, and pretrial detainees often spend more time in jail than they would if convicted of the offense in question and sentenced to the maximum prison term. Allegations of police mistreatment, particularly of youthful offenders, have increased. However, prosecutions of such acts are also occurring more frequently. Prisons are overcrowded and conditions do not meet international standards.
The small black minority, comprising an estimated 6 percent of the population, continues to face discrimination and economic difficulties. Violence against women also remains a problem. Women enjoy equal rights under the law but face traditional discriminatory attitudes and practices, including salaries averaging about two-thirds those of men. As of the end of 2007, no gender discrimination cases had ever reached a courtroom. On a positive note, 60 percent of public university students are women, women hold 15 parliamentary seats, and three cabinet members are women. The government generally protects children's rights and welfare and has made the education and health of children a top priority.


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Apple's iCloud reigning over the greenest data centers on the planetApple is rapidly expanding its data center footprint, but not without sophisticated plans to manage its environmental impact. Here's a look at the company's ambitious efforts to build the world's greenest data centers.
Racks of Apple's iCloud servers in Maiden, NC
Other segments in this series have looked at Apple's commitment to building the world's greenest data centers, the company's jump start in construction at its Reno data center site, the massive scope of site preparation, the sophisticated water technology being installed and the futuristic data conduits that deliver iCloud's digital packets at the speed of light.
With great power comes great accountability
Data centers are notorious power hogs. Essentially warehouses packed with stacks of servers (pictured above), Apple's facilities support billions of electronic transactions every day, requiring massive processing power. Densely packed racks of servers in vast buildings (pictured below) can consume as much electricity as a small town.
Apple's data center in Maiden, NC
Apple is now hosting 2 billion iMessages per day among its 250 million iCloud users, via both tens of millions of Macs and the installed base of 500 million iOS devices.
In 2012, the company's data centers also handled an estimated $8.1 billion in iTunes media transactions (including around $4.4 billion in music sales and $3.7 billion in video content) as well as an additional $7.5 billion worth of App Store sales.
Additionally, last month Apple reported coordinating the billionth download of free iTunes U educational content.
The company's data centers also handle massive terabytes of iCloud documents and Photo Stream pictures, iOS device backups, emails, calendars and contact syncs, as well as supporting iPhone location lookups, iBooks, Maps, Siri and software updates for Mac OS, iOS and hundreds of thousands of App Store titles.
A recent study by Strategy Analytics noted that Apple's iCloud is now the largest supplier of online media services for American consumers, equaling the usage of Dropbox and Google combined.
The racks of hardware supporting all of these services not only consume large amounts of power to operate, but also generate lots of heat that must be evacuated from the densely packed equipment, a task that requires lots of additional energy. As a significant new player in data center construction, Apple faces the task of building without destroying the environment.
From salvaged assets to new construction
Apple entered the data center business with its 2006 acquisition of a mothballed, 107,000 square foot facility originally built by WorldCom/MCI for web hosting. That Newark, California facility (shown below), located about a half hour drive from Apple's Cupertino headquarters, was originally built in 2001, just after he collapse of the dot com bubble. Prior to Apple's purchase, it had never actually been used.
Apple's data center in Newark CA
As part of the company's "net zero energy policy," Apple states it has "optimized energy use" in that facility, while it has also "designed new facilities from the ground up with energy efficiency as a fundamental principle."
In 2009, rumors began to swirl around the company's first custom built data center, located in Maiden, North Carolina (pictured below). Apple now notes that it "is the only data center facility of its size and type to have earned LEED Platinum certification" for environmentally efficient and sustainable design.
Apple's server farm in Maiden, NC
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification awards "points" based on a program developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, with respect to "Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, and Indoor Environmental Quality." There are four levels of certification, with Platinum being the highest.
Lessons learned in the design and construction of the Maiden facility are now being spread to two new data centers now under construction: Apple's third data center in Prineville, Oregon and a fourth in development near Reno, Nevada.


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Six-Inch Storage Bins Provide Better Space Utilization for Food Processing Plants
Akro-Mils introduces its 6-inch high ShelfMax products. Available in four convenient sizes and five colors, 6-inch ShelfMax bins offer a larger storage capacity — 85 percent more space — than traditional 4-inch bin sizes. Other benefits include:
- A front opening that is .75" higher than standard 4" products.
- ShelfMax bins hold 25 percent more than competing 6" bins.
- Superior, durable construction allows ShelfMax bins to outlast corrugated bins, and allows loading without spreading or cracking.
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday the military will have fewer generals in a shrinking military whose future readiness is most threatened by political gridlock in Washington.
The Army is drawing down from 570,000 to 490,000 soldiers, and the Marine Corps from 202,000 to 182,000. Reductions in force strength will require flag officers to oversee them as part of what Panetta called "a time of historic change for the U.S. military."
As the size of the force is decreased, "there will also be a reduction in terms of the command structure as well," Panetta said without stating how many should be trimmed from the ranks of more than 950 general and flag officers currently in the military.
"So this should be part of the review process as we try to achieve savings in the force reduction," he said.
Panetta said the jobs of the service secretaries likely would be spared after the idea of cutting those positions had been floated around the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill.
"The reality is that there is an important role for them, because they are civilians. Civilians are involved in providing policy in their areas. They also have to negotiate a lot of the politics of Capitol Hill," Panetta said. "So there is an important role for them to play in terms of their particular service."
When asked if his staff could be in line for similar cuts, his answer was swift.
"Hell yes," Panetta bellowed.
Panetta spoke at a National Press Club luncheon in which he focused on risks to the new national defense strategy approved by President Obama which calls for a smaller military, more emphasis on the Pacific region, a buildup of special operations forces and a de-emphasis of the troop-intensive counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy that was used in Iraq and Afghanistan.
His speech and remarks in a question-and-answer session took on a valedictory tone.
"I look forward to the opportunity to pick walnuts back in the Carmel valley," Panetta said of his long-standing wish to return soon to his farm in California.
President Obama is expected to name his choice to succeed Panetta at the Pentagon, possibly as early as Friday. Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) has emerged as the frontrunner.
The first risk to Obama's plan came from the stress on the force after 11 years of war, Panetta said, but "the second -- and greatest -- risk facing this new defense strategy" came from "a political system that is depriving this department of the budget certainty we need to plan for the future."
"For more than a year, this Department has been operating under the shadow of sequestration," the process in which more than $1 trillion in budget cuts will be imposed on Jan. 1 unless Congress and the White House can agree on a deficit-reduction deal, Panetta said.
The Pentagon was already implementing $487 billion in cuts over 10 years, Panetta said.
"Because of political gridlock, this department still faces the possibility of a round of mindless, across-the-board cuts totaling another half-a-trillion dollars that will inflict lasting damage on our national defense and hurt the very men and women who protect this country," he said.
Another round of major cuts would impact most on the morale and readiness of the troops to meet future challenges, Panetta said.
"Whenever I visit our troops, they make clear their concern about what those cuts would mean for them and their families," Panetta said. "It is unacceptable to me that men and women putting their lives on the line in distant lands have to worry about whether those here in Washington can effectively support them."
Panetta also said there was an ongoing battle within the Pentagon over the allocation of limited funding. Panetta said he favored spending more on troop readiness rather than big-ticket procurement items.
"There is pressure on the department to retain excess force structure and infrastructure instead of investing in the training and equipment that makes our force agile and flexible and ready," Panetta said.
"Aircraft, ships, tanks, bases, even those that have outlived their usefulness, have a natural political constituency. Readiness does not," Panetta said. "What's more, readiness is too often sacrificed in favor of a larger and less effective force. I am determined to avoid that outcome."
He also spoke about the progress he's seen in Afghanistan after recently returning from his likely final trip to the war zone. However, he gave no hint on the pace of U.S. troop withdrawals in line with Obama's plan to have all combat forces out by the end of 2014.
"Our military commanders and Afghan leaders believe we have fundamentally turned the tide in that effort after years in which we lacked the right strategy and the necessary resources to achieve success," Panetta said.


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Oatmeal Muffins
adapted from: original recipe source believed to be U.S. Army - scaled way back!
400 degree oven
3/4 c flour
3/4 c whole wheat flour - I use spelt
1 c oats
1 T baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/4 c brown sugar
1 c milk
1/4 c oil
1 egg
if desired: 1 c of any of the following, berries, diced fresh banana, chopped dates, walnuts, chocolate chips, raisins, et.
Combine dry ingredients in medium bowl, whisk well to combine.
Beat together milk, egg and oil. Pour over dry ingredients and stir gently to combine, take care to not over mix, batter should be lumpy.
Divide into 12 prepared muffin cups.
Bake 15 minutes or until done. Serve immediately.
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For the first time in a very long time I have a weekend
No particular place to go.
I've got my GSA.
I've got my sweetheart and she's got her GS.
We've got a place to stay in Dublin, NH.
Tomorrow IBEX tent sale in Queechee Common Queechee, Vermont.
Tomorrow night. Back to Dublin or who knows. We'll leave packed.
Feel free to correct my spelling the bike is waiting.
Have a great weekend, we're outta here.