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Netflix Splits DVD & Streaming Businesses
Something pretty remarkable happened this morning: I, and zillions of other Netflix subscribers, received an email from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. Now, I'm not exactly pals with the guy, but I'm a fan of his company, as I watch movies that come in little red envelopes and stream on my TV and stuff. The email (also posted as a blog entry, linked above) was a mea culpa from Hastings, apologizing for "arrogance" and a failure to "communicate" about the recent Netflix pricing changes, in which the company began charging separately for DVDs and online streaming (which, in case you're living under an internet rock, didn't go over well). The message from Hastings is actually pretty remarkable for the first bits -- the CEO of a big public company starts his message with the words: "I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation," and actually uses the term "arrogance" in describing his behavior. That's big of him, and I'm impressed by his classiness.
But where it gets weird is when Hastings proceeds to say that Netflix is splitting into two businesses: Netflix for streaming and "Qwikster" for DVDs/Blu-ray/video games through the mail. Say what? Here's a portion of the message:
So we realized that streaming and DVD by mail are becoming two quite different businesses, with very different cost structures, different benefits that need to be marketed differently, and we need to let each grow and operate independently. It's hard for me to write this after over 10 years of mailing DVDs with pride, but we think it is necessary and best: In a few weeks, we will rename our DVD by mail service to "Qwikster". We chose the name Qwikster because it refers to quick delivery. We will keep the name "Netflix" for streaming.
Um. "Qwikster?" Really? Was "Mailflix" not available? Pricing will remain unchanged, but now apparently the two services will operate separately, will charge you separately, and so on. I wonder if the stock will split into two? (At the moment, the stock is up around 2% on the news.)
Here's Hastings himself, in a poorly edited, poorly recorded, and strangely out-of-focus video, explaining the change:
Wow. Am I the only one who found that awkward and painful? (Almost as painful as the quasi-word "Qwikster.") For more subscriber reactions, check out the over 9,000 comments on Hastings's blog post.


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It's that time of the year again (not the end of the fiscal year – already covered that one. BTW – are you on the Honor Roll?)
The Runge clan tradition is a July 4th get together somewhere…
This year the centerpiece will be a Disney cruise on the "Wonder" (I am the guy down on the corner of Pike and Washington selling pencils later today!!!)
That will follow 3 days of sightseeing in Vancouver, CA. Temperatures up that way just a tad bit cooler than down here.
Are we excited? Sure.
The crew totals 16…including 6 adults. That leaves almost a football team at or under 16 years old. I gave up on 5-Hour Energy….looking for the 5-Day version.
So, you may get a short post or two from GaBunge while I'm out and about.
New year pledge is to do a much better job of keeping the Report current… If I can't we'll just close her down. I haven't bee very good with posting lately – fully realize that.

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Swamplands along Ironwood Bluff Road west of the Tombigbee River were photographed by society member Oliver Westmoreland on a snowy Sunday morning, March 1, 2009.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Snow in the Swamp
Posted by Bob Franks at 6:47 AM
2 comments:
- Mrs. M said...
Love that picture.
- March 13, 2009 at 7:02 PM
- Bob Franks said...
I do too Symphonic Sue. Oliver is one talented photographer.
- March 13, 2009 at 9:20 PM
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More Top Performers Announced For ACM Awards On April 7
How many performances can you pack into a single award ceremony? Country fans will soon find out, because the Academy of Country Music today announced that Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum and Little Big Town will each perform as part of the 48th annual ACM Awards on Sunday, April 7.
This is the second round of artists, and they join the previously announced group that includes Luke Bryan, Kelly Clarkson, Hunter Hayes, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, George Strait and The Band Perry. The ceremony is being cohosted this year by Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton.
The above artists are all performing live from the the MGM Grand Garden Arena, where the award ceremony takes place. However, the list of the night's performers gets even longer when you add in the artists who are also playing the ACM Fan Jam that night at the nearby Orleans Arena.
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50,000 Customs Gold Units, The Central Bank of China, China, 1948
50,000 Customs Gold Units, The Central Bank of China, China, 1948
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 50,000 customs gold unit note
- The Central Bank of China, China, n.d. (1948)
- Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at bottom, portrait of Sun Yat-sen at center.
- Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
- Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at bottom, Central Bank of China building in Shanghai at center.
- Reverse Text: 50000 / 50000 / THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA / FIFTY THOUSAND CUSTOMS GOLD UNITS / 50000 / GENERAL MANAGER / ASST. GENERAL MANAGER / 50000 / 50000 / 50000
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BAE Systems' Chief Executive, Ian King, who was also at the event, commented: "Everyone who has worked on the programme, which involves employees from across our global operation, should be proud of the part they have played in getting to today – through the development and flight testing phase, into production and preparing for entry into service with the US, UK and other international partners' air forces."
Over 3,000 F-35 Lightning II aircraft stand to be produced, based on current requirements from the US and other international partners, with planned rates of production set to reach 200 per year (or one a day) by 2015.
Fifteen per cent of F-35 Lightning II work is carried out in the UK and over 130 British companies contribute to the supply chain. It is worth over £1Bn to UK industry each year and will support around 25,000 British jobs over the next 25 years.


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Victor Jara was arrested by the military and found dead days later
The arrest and killing happened in September 1973
A judge on Friday charged eight former officers with the killing
Jara was an outspoken leftist and famous singer-songwriter
A Chilean judge has charged eight former military officers in the 1973 killing of Victor Jara, a famed leftist singer-songwriter who was among the first victims of the country's military dictatorship.
Jara, a communist sympathizer and cultural ambassador for socialist President Salvador Allende, was detained immediately after a September 11, 1973, military coup. His body, with signs of torture and 44 bullet wounds, was found days later in an abandoned field.
His is considered one of the most emblematic deaths of the political repression that followed the coup.
Judge Miguel Vazquez said charges were warranted 39 years after the killing because the court had evidence that former officers Pedro Barrientos and Hugo Sanchez carried out the killing.
Vazquez requested an international arrest order for Barrientos, who has been living in Florida since the early 1990s.
Six others are charged as accomplices in the killing: Roberto Souper, Raul Jofre, Edwin Dimter, Nelson Hasse, Luis Bethke and Jorge Smith.
"Victor Jara was a symbol, he was a cultural, political and social icon," Nelson Caucoto, a human rights attorney representing the singer's family, told CNN Chile. "He was the embodiment of a process of change headed by President Allende."
The military leaders who took power from Allende feared Jara. One military official once said the folk singer "does more damage with some songs than with 100 machine guns," he said.
Caucoto accused military officials of not divulging pertinent information about the officers who worked at Estadio Chile, the stadium converted into a detention center where Jara was killed. The attorney called for former members of the military who worked at the stadium to come forward with information.
"The truth begins to emerge despite the passage of time," he said.
In 2003, to mark the 30th observance of Jara's death, Estadio Chile was renamed Victor Jara National Stadium.
Jara, who was also a professor at Chile's State Technical University, remained holed up on campus after the coup, the court said. He was among those arrested by the military after a raid of university buildings.
His military captors recognized him, separated him from the others and subjected him to interrogations where he was beaten, the court said.
On September 16, 1973, the prisoners at the stadium were transferred elsewhere, except for Jara and one other, who were killed, the court said.
Residents found the bodies of Jara and two others in a lot near a cemetery.


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MIAMI – Safety Louis Delmas signed a one-year contract Monday worth up to $3.5 million with the Miami Dolphins, who shook up their secondary on the eve of free agency.
Miami also released cornerback Dimitri Patterson on Monday. Patterson was plagued by injuries the past two seasons, and his release frees up more than $5 million in salary cap space for the Dolphins.
Delmas spent the past five seasons with the Detroit Lions, who released him last month. He's expected to replace Chris Clemons, who can become a free agent Tuesday.
Delmas started 15 games in 2013 and had a career-high three interceptions. The South Florida native was a second-round draft pick who made 64 starts for the Lions.
"He is leader on and off the field and has a proven track record of playmaking that will benefit the entire defensive unit," new Dolphins general manager Dennis Hickey said.
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Guards Richie Incognito and John Jerry, both implicated in the scandal, are among those who become free agents. Neither is likely to return to Miami.
Help for the defensive front seven will also be on Hickey's shopping list. Nose tackles Paul Soliai and Randy Starks can become free agents, and the Dolphins also want to upgrade their linebacker corps.
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In the age of emails, status updates and Instagrams, the handwritten word appears to have fallen by the wayside.
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Every year on January 10 I ask the husband what kind of cake he wants for his birthday tomorrow.
And every year, like clockwork he responds with "crumb cake".
What kind of crumb cake I ask.
He says "ahh, it don't matter"
Sometimes I hate being married to a non-foodie.
The answer I'm expecting is:
"Oh I would love a kicked up devils food cake with toasted marshmallow frosting, crunchy honey nut-peanut butter filling....all with dark chocolate-caramel ganache and freshly whipped cream!"
Good answer indeed.
So I ask him if I can kick up the crumb cake with something new and fun, yet totally flavorful?
He says, "you won't make it savory will you?"
Of course my mind goes "ohhh what a great idea!" LOL
I respond, like I do every year, with 'no, it will tastes great--you love it every year and never complain'.
And there is where the idea of cookie butter in the crumb cake came in.
Hubby hasn't a clue what cookie butter is--he thinks its just peanut butter anywho.
Did he love it?
Yes he did.
Did he know it was cookie butter?
But he knew there was cream cheese in there.
Progress for a non-foodie.....
We will put down rows of cream cheese, then cookie butter, swirl the two a bit, then fill in the gaps with crumbs!
Swirl or not. It's up to you.
Fill in the gaps with crumbs.
Make sure there are crumbs on all gaps!
Looks good enough to eat raw doesn't it?
Mmmm, can you see the perfect ratio of cream cheese to cookie butter to crumb?
So, yeah, this would be the ultimate indulgence in NY style crumb cake.
cookie butter-cream cheese NY style crumb cake
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I'm a huge fan of unconventional birthday cakes! this one sounds amazing. Your husband must have loved it!!ReplyDelete
I'd take this for my birthday cake anyway! Looks so yummy!ReplyDelete
You have outdid yourself - each element is better than the next (cream cheese, crumble topping, cookie butter!) YES! I love this one, Dawn!ReplyDelete
You always have such great spins on classic desserts. Anything with cookie butter is great in my book. It's so pretty too with the crumbs and the unobstructed swirl!ReplyDelete
My husband is kind of boring in the foodie dept, too. Every year for his birthday he just wants plain cheesecake with canned cherry pie filling. Sigh!ReplyDelete
This coffee cake looks divine!
- Melinda Stewart1/13/13, 10:11 PM
I laughed so hard when I read your birthday cake story. My husband is a duplicate, except it it Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting. I am a foodie with a degree in Hotel Restaurant Management, a pastry chef for many years, and a die hard food lover. My husband eats no vegetables, only watermelon in the fruit world, and no nuts. Hates pork. Kind of likes steak. No fish, ever. We have been very happily married for 32 years. Love conquers all! Trying your cake this weekend, it looks fabulous.ReplyDelete
Your husband sounds a LOT like my brother who always wants vanilla cupcakes for his birthday. What is THAT about?!?ReplyDelete
You definitely kicked up this crumb cake though. YUM.
I can't tell you how happy this recipe makes me! You posted a picture on FB yesterday and I've been checking the blog frequently since then to see when the recipe will be posted! I am making this ASAP!! :)ReplyDelete
Those bars look so good! Is it wrong that I want one for breakfast right now?ReplyDelete
Please please please come down here and bake these for me. I am on strikeReplyDelete
LOVE your crumb cakes! (Perfect crumb to cake ratio.) I have yet to meet cookie butter but I think I'm already in love. :DReplyDelete
My husband thinks that all cakes should be devoid of frosting. :-(ReplyDelete
oh man... that looks absolutely incredible!! especially since it's a whole lotta crumb and little cake (my favorite!). plus cream cheese and cookie butter? i wouldn't be able to say no :)ReplyDelete
there are all kinds of sinful ingredients in this, and that makes me quite giddy. terrific creation, dawn!ReplyDelete
You're married to a non-foodie?!
Wow, it MUST be love then!
That cookie butter-cream cheese crumb cake looks absolutely stunning!ReplyDelete
I've been tempted to buy some cookie butter, but wasn't sure it would actually make it into anything I might bake... you know how the spoon just finds it's way into the jar and all... but, this coffee cake might be the recipe that will make me buy a jar! Yum!ReplyDelete
Ma'am, you are Totally the Queen of the Crumb Cake! You've taken a rather humble dessert and you just keep elevating it to new heights! Smartest. :) <3ReplyDelete
Never heard of cookie butter?? Where do I buy it?ReplyDelete
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- Fran1/19/14, 8:29 PM
Hate to sound so uninformed...what is cookie butter?ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh Fran you simply must try it!Delete
It's ground up cinnamon cookies, ground up into a paste/butter like consistency.
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Godzilla vs Monster Zero / The Great Monster War / Kaijû daisensô
Ishirō Honda
Japan, 1965
Review by Leo Goldsmith
Posted on 06 February 2013
Source Netflix VOD
Categories The Compleat Godzilla
At the outset of the curiously titled Invasion of Astro-Monster - AKA Godzilla vs Monster Zero, et cetera - it is explained that a mysterious planet has been discovered "beyond Jupiter," located in the "Scorpion constellation." This planet, which has been lurking in the great planet's shadows previously unseen because it's "very dark," is named by the humans "Planet X." This proves convenient because, we later learn, the humanoids who inhabit Planet X also call it that. The inhabitants of this rocky, desolate planet, which is dangerously devoid of hydrogen oxide (that's water to you and me, folks), are a strange race, grey-faced, vinyl-clad humanoids who wear sunglasses and equipped with antennae coming out of their heads. Their leader is called "The Controller," and they are in fact "controlled by electric computers."
They are also pretty friendly, at least they seem so to Astronaut Fuji and Astronaut Glenn (the latter played by Hollywood actor Nick Adams, a real-life pal of both James Dean and Elvis Presley), the representatives of the World Space Authority charged with exploring the newly discovered planet. But then, the X-ians have a problem, and they believe the Earthlings can help. That problem is that ungainly three-headed, flying demon King Ghidorah (who, in accordance with Planet X's compulsive numbering system, is known to them as "Monster Zero"), and the X-ians propose a plan: They use their advanced nuclear technology to transport Monsters Zero One and Zero Two (that is, Godzilla and Rodan) to their planet to defeat Ghidorah, just as they had done before, and the humans get the cure for all diseases. Deal?
In this respect, Invasion seems to pick up directly where its predecessor, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, left off—seems, I say, because there are some notable inconsistencies. There are no fairies or Venusians here, for starters, but most glaring of all is the omission of Mothra. At the end of the prior film, Ghidorah is chased into space by a three-pronged attack by Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra; here, apparently due to budgetary constraints, Godzilla and Rodan are left alone to double-team Ghidorah. One should not feel too short-changed by this arrangement, however: this deal results in not one, but two monster-brawls, the first of which takes place on the surface of the alien planet, with much chirping and shrieking, reduced-gravity bouncing, and bolder-tossing, and culminates in a rather absurdly haughty victory dance, which has since been immortalized as an animated GIF.
Once returned to Earth - Ghidorah defeated, cure for all diseases in hand, and Rodan and Godzilla cruelly stranded on an alien world - Fuji and Glenn start to wonder: are Planet X and its emotionless electronic inhabitants to be trusted? For the moment, this twinge of doubt doesn't prevent stop them from chit-chat, or Glenn from having dates with Japanese girls ("not the wrong kind, I hope!"), or Fuji tending to the sub-Ozu, bourgeois domestic affairs like sorting out his sister's love life. Haruni, who complains of her brother's infantilization, is in love with geeky Jimmy Olsen type Tetsui, the inventor of some kind of rape whistle, a device that emits a horrible noise which has just been purchased for an absurd amount of money by a shadowy toy company called the "World Education Corporation."
All of this seems woefully unimportant but for the resemblance of the toy company reps to the X-ians, but then it's also very quickly dispensed with, with little regard to character development or nuance. Before we have much time to care, Planet X's flying saucers descend War of the Worlds-style and claim Earth as their colony. And if the humans don't comply, they have not one weapon, but three—a trio of giant, destruction-hungry monsters, manipulated by remote control.
Of course, Earth prevails, all thanks to an innocent-seeming, noise-emitting device whose inventor the X-ians had hoped to buy off. The resolution of this intergalactic conflict and the return of the monster to Earth leads to a sort of strange new world order, however. Once awakened from their remote-controlled automatism, Godzilla and Rodan must engage in combat with the evil Ghidorah, once again restoring peace to the world, firmly establishing them as protectors of Earth. Invasion has many pleasures, not least of which is its resemblance to Honda's earlier, more purely sci-fi ventures, like The Mysterians and Dogora, the Space Monster. But perhaps its most remarkable feature is its subtle, but noticeable steps in rehabilitating Godzilla's character. This starts, as these things usually do in this series, with a slight update of the suit: Invasion's Godzilla has slightly rounder eyes and a more athletic, streamlined physique (presumably the better to do a victory dance to). But the series' mounting sympathies for these monsters is most perfectly encapsulated in that single from Planet X: a shot of Rodan and Godzilla, stranded on Planet X, helplessly flapping their arms as the earthlings blithely rocket back home without them.
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Destroy All Monsters!1968
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Godzilla Vs. Hedorah1971
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Scientists scour WWI shipwreck to solve military mystery
WASHINGTON (AP) — A hundred years ago, a mysterious explosion hit the only major U.S. warship to sink during World War I. Now the Navy believes it has the answer to what doomed the USS San Diego: An underwater mine set by a German submarine cruising in waters just miles from New York City.
That's the conclusion of an investigation by scientists, archaeologists and historians convened by the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Last summer, the researchers sent an unmanned underwater vessel to inspect the site off New York's Long Island. Their analysis ruled out a torpedo and sabotage, two other possible scenarios.
The San Diego was sailing to New York on July 19, 1918, when an external explosion near the engine room shook the armored cruiser. Water rushed into the hull. Within minutes, the 500-foot warship began to capsize. Weighed down with 2,900 tons of coal for a planned voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, the vessel sank in less than a half hour. Six crew members died.
"The explosion felt like a dull heavy thud," Capt. Harley Hannibal Christy, commander of the USS San Diego, wrote in a naval inquiry commissioned shortly after the warship sank. He had been standing on the bridge of the ship, on a clear day with light winds.
German naval records recovered after the war revealed that U-boat 156 had sailed just off the coast of New York, planting explosives.
"We believe that U-156 sunk San Diego," said Alexis Catsambis, an underwater archaeologist with the Navy. He presented the findings this week in Washington at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Today, the shipwreck of San Diego is a rusting but well-preserved sanctuary for fish and lobsters. The researchers used information from the underwater vessel to create high-resolution 3D maps of the wreck. They modeled impact and flooding scenarios to analyze how the ship might have been attacked.
The flooding patterns weren't consistent with an explosion set inside the vessel. And the hole didn't look like a torpedo strike.
"Torpedoes of the time carried more explosives than mines — and would have shown more immediate damage," said Arthur Trembanis, at University of Delaware marine scientist who collaborated on the study.
The mine was anchored at optimal depth to tear open a warship, said Ken Nahshon, a research engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Maryland, who also assisted the investigation.
The underwater explosive hit an unguarded lower part of the ship, where the hull was only about a half inch thick, said Nahshon. Had it struck the warship's armored band, the 5-inch thick steel plating would have minimized the impact.
After the blast, the commander directed the ship's gunners to "open fire on anything resembling a periscope." Between 30 and 40 rounds were fired, in case an enemy submarine was nearby. The captain was aware German U-boats may have operating in the area. As the ship began to sink, Christy ordered the crew to pile into life rafts and dinghies. A passing whaleboat and two steamships helped rescue most of the San Diego's 1,100 sailors.
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Interior Woodwork Restoraton 101
In the early days of motor vehicle manufacturing, as cars started to become a little more sophisticated and a convenient place was needed to put switches, knobs and instruments, manufacturers chose wood simply because it was the easiest material in which to drill all the odd-sized holes required and to screw things into. With time, the idea of making the interior, especially of a closed car, look more attractive by adding wooden trims around the inside of the doors and rear window – like the 1940s Chrysler, pictured above right – became popular.
Before the Second World War and even into the 1950s, most wood used in cars was solid and finished with cellulose varnish. Provided it isn't rotten or severely stained by damp, it's relatively easy to refinish, simply by taking off the varnish with an appropriate paint/varnish stripper, rubbing down with fine sandpaper and re-varnishing.
Rot and deep damp staining, unfortunately, is terminal: you will have to have a new piece of wood made up to match or, if it's a very complex piece, you might prefer to get a joiner to let in a new section of wood. This can be done fairly unobtrusively but it will never be invisible – think of it as a sign of patina, a sign that you have taken care to preserve as much of the original material as possible.
As wood trim inside cars became more sophisticated and more a sign of quality, British manufacturers in particular began to seek more attractive and expensive woods. Veneering – gluing a thin layer of expensive wood onto a cheaper thick substrate – was a very well-established process in furniture making, so it was natural to adopt this for cars. The wood chosen by most car makers, for its attractive colour and grain patterns, was walnut, and especially burr walnut.
Burr (or burl) woods are specially cultivated; they can occur naturally but for the quantity needed must be artificially induced. Burrs are large knots of wood, resulting from dozens (or hundreds) of dormant buds for branches concentrated in a small area; it takes many decades to grow to harvestable size and is very expensive, which is why it is used in veneer sheets usually just 0.6mm thick.
Once glued onto the substrate, the veneer must be protected and made glossy to show it off, and cellulose varnishes quickly gave way in the 1960s to polyester lacquer, often applied up to 1mm thick, thicker than the veneer itself. Each car set of wood was carefully matched, and one piece from another car may look completely out of place in yours.
Wood is a natural product (of course) and even under lacquer it does not stay the same forever when you put it in a car. Just as your brand new pine furniture arrives light and bright, gradually darkening to a much warmer colour in daylight and particularly sunlight, so light affects the wood in your car. In the case of walnut veneers, the most common choice in British cars of the 1960s onwards, it lightens, fades and goes slightly orangey in the sun. Just look at the colour of the wood in an area that doesn't see the light, such as inside the glovebox, and you will see how it came out of the factory.
So now, after many years of use, your dashboard is covered in cracks, the door cappings have chunks of lacquer missing and dark marks where water has stained them, maybe the veneer is chipped: what can you do? There are a fair number of specialists in the UK (and some, though more widely spread, overseas), who can take your grotty woodwork and transform it miraculously into stunning, as-new or better-than-new gleaming panels that will be the envy of your fellow enthusiasts. And it's not always as expensive as you might think: leading specialist Chapman & Cliff will take all 26 pieces from your Mk2 Jaguar, strip the lacquer, sand off the old veneer and restore them with all new veneer and lacquer for just £1250, including VAT.
'You usually do have to re-veneer with Mk2s,' explains Rob Chapman. 'Water staining goes right through the veneer and cannot be sanded out, and the veneer is often paper-thin. In fact it's common for it to come out of the factory having already been sanded through, especially on curved parts – they would touch it in with paint and you don't see it until you take the lacquer off. If you re-veneer the full set you know that you will have a perfectly matching set of wood, in colour and pattern.'
Rolls-Royce and Bentley woodwork, however, rarely needs re-veneering: 'They had a very good veneering process,' explains Rob. 'It generally just fades gently and responds well to re-lacquering.'
A Silver Shadow door capping can be re-lacquered for £60; Triumph Vitesse door cappings cost just £80 the pair to re-lacquer or £100 to re-veneer as well. If your original veneers are mostly good, it's possible for a specialist to find similar colours and styles to match those bits that do need total or partial re-veneering, even adding an orangey stain to replicate the ageing that takes place over time.
Many owners take the opportunity of restoring their wood to personalise the car, as Chapman explains: 'Burr walnut is a dark wood and with a black interior you cannot see the wood properly, so some owners like to go for a lighter wood such as a burr oak. In Triumphs they used mostly straight grain walnut, so owners tend to choose a straight oak, to keep the style. We offer burr madrona and vavona too. Other projects have included putting cross-banding, as seen on Jaguars, on a TR6, and we are making a complete wooden dashboard from scratch for an MGB.'
Modern glues enable specialists to veneer any metal or hard plastic panel. Many of the 'wood trim' kits available, though, use a veneer film, like a transfer, which doesn't have the depth and will not look as good.
Restoring wood trim is well within the capabilities of the DIY restorer, though it takes time and practice to achieve a finish comparable with the professionals', not least because of the materials available. Specialists buy veneer in large quantities and therefore have a wide choice for matching. They are also able to buy polyester lacquer that is 95% solid and goes on much more thickly; the best lacquer available retail is Rustins Plastic Coating, but it is only 33% solid so you will need 12-16 coats, applied over several days, rubbed down and polished, to achieve a professional finish.
When gluing veneers, any PVA glue will do (blue waterproof PVA is best), but you must apply considerable pressure evenly over the panel using G-clamps or a press – a pile of books is not sufficient and will result in the veneer lifting off when you park in the sun… As for stripping, you need a heat gun, not paint stripper, to remove polyester lacquer, but be careful not to burn the veneer. Avoid sanding at all costs, as veneer is much softer than lacquer/varnish and you will inevitably go through it; save the sanding for the gentlest action once you have removed the old lacquer and are ready to apply new.
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UnBooks:Menstruation: A Guide For Men by Jack Black
Let's face it, I'm a comedic genius with a lengthy list of popular films to my credit. Having that kind of clout generates a lot of chicks that absolutely worship my wang. Despite this, I've still had to do my homework in order to survive it all. Women are all crazy dude and we don't need to spend any time debating that one. You already know that! See, we already have a deep connection between us. It doesn't matter if you're some nerdy guy trying to poke the girl next door or some intensely radioactive chick magnet like me, we all face the same dilemma and are therefore brothers. My expertise comes from the fact that when it's only one girl yelling at you, it's difficult to figure them out as a species but when you have hundreds of chicks screaming at you about whatever - wisdom comes quickly. Put your thinking caps on and sit tight, because the master shall now enlighten you.
Chapter One: Don't Let Her See This Book
Seriously bro. Do not let the cat out of the bag that you are completely ignorant of what goes on down there or she will eat you alive. Knowledge is power brother, and I'm here to give it to you in the easiest possible manner. Men do not spend all day worrying about this stuff, we're supposed to be out there conquering the world, holding off the Mongol hordes and bringing home the bacon for her to fry. So, before you purchase this book, make sure you've already drawn up a plan to smuggle its precious contents into your home and keep it hidden from your woman. It doesn't matter if she doesn't live with you, this book should be treated like a kilo of coke and kept far away from the prying eyes of the she-cop.
Chapter Two: So, you finally got yourself a girlfriend?
Who knows, maybe you've had a girlfriend for awhile and are finally desperate to figure out what her freakin' problem is fifteen days a month. If you've managed to get as far as being married to some she-beast before inquiring about the mystique that is woman, fear not my friend because I'm here to update you on the female paradox. We will not be using any lifelike diagrams or actual pictures of what a chick looks like on the inside because there's just some things that a guy doesn't need to see and doesn't need to know. If you don't have a lady yet, you really shouldn't read this book because it has the potential to scare you and I don't want to be accused of turning someone gay. Totally single guys should really spend their time studying advanced external female anatomy. That's a prerequisite and you will be doing post graduate work on a regular basis after you get married my friend.
Chapter Three: A Girl's Nads
Unlike a dude's nads that are hangin' right there in plain sight, a girl's nads are all hidden away. It might look nice on the outside when you see crotch shots of the rich and famous but a girl's nads are freaky and totally complicated on the inside. They have a vagina that connects to the outside, which is the one we like to look at and hopefully see on a semi-regular basis but way up in there they have this other thing called a uterus which is kind of like........another vagina! It might sound like a good thing but all that extra equipment up there is kind of like having an evil twin that causes nothing but problems. Unlike the friendly confines of Bush Stadium that we're are all familiar with, the evil twin has something called a cervix for an opening and is known as the uterus. If you've got a pecker that's bigger than average or your lady is really small, you'd better be careful. You poke that uterus and she's going to bite your nuts off faster than I can eat a doughnut......which is really fast. Since most guys are only 5 inches, it's probably something you don't even need to worry about - especially if you're into fat chicks. You'd have to be Long Dong Silver to nail a fat girl in the uterus. Remember that old adage "the bigger the cushion, the better the pushin'"? I bet you never realized just how awesomely deep that statement was when you first heard it but now you understand its total complexity - thanks to yours truly.
A girl's nads just get freakier from there. Connected to the uterus, a girl has these long tubes that lead up into her hips and that is where a chick's balls are. Seriously, in order to kick a girl in the balls you'd have to put the boot in way up above her crotch and yet still somewhere below the belt. And get this! A girl's nads make eggs.....I'm not kidding, eggs. You remember those old Warner Brothers cartoons where chickens would lay eggs that automatically rolled out of the coop on a metal chute? A chick's balls work just like that. The eggs roll out of the chicken (chick balls), down through her tubes like some kind of water-slide or skateboard ramp, all the way to the uterus. That's pretty much about the time that your old lady has finally calmed down and is back to normal, if there is such a thing. That particular event signifies the end of the vicious cycle known as menstruation. But what about the beginning? How do you see it coming?
Chapter Four: Explain Ladies Menstruation, OK?
Or ELMO for short. That's the new secret code for men when discussing this subject. References to "that time of the month" or "on the rag" (OTR for short) have been totally compromised and pose a security risk. By simply referring to your old lady as "busy taking care of Elmo" or "watching Elmo with the kids", the secrecy of our noble cabal shall remain safe.
Pre-Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
This would be the couple of weeks that your woman isn't either
on the rag taking care of Elmo or waiting for "Aunt Flo". That's where your best opportunities to get some action are, unless you're sick or suicidal. Beware though! The recent memories of her period are not very far in the back of her mind and she could snap at any moment if you're not careful. This is the proper time for a candlelight dinner at The Olive Garden, shoving chocolate down her gullet and surprising her with roses and fake jewelry. If you try this approach at any other time, you're wasting valuable ass kissing energies on a lost cause.
Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
Have you ever noticed how anal retentive your woman can be about housekeeping? Of course you do. You know, she turns into your mother or something and you retaliate by caring even less. It's the first sign of trouble and you can bet that it's the proper time to assume that Elmo is in the house. See, Elmo is up there in the uterus now and he's jumping around and having a good time. The only problem is that Elmo has a defective sippy cup that's filled with cranberry juice and is spilling all over the place. (That's why he's red by the way) Just imagine your old lady with a little kid running around the house, trashing the joint, and she's in a straight jacket watching helplessly on the couch. It's the same thing with her PMS. All that she can do is wait for Aunt Flo to show up and clean up after the little scamp. It only takes about 24 hours of Elmo and she's ready to sink her fangs into your soft, blubbery flesh my friend. She won't be having guests over for dinner in a messy house and she won't be having you either.
Here Comes Aunt Flo
After the week of crying, complaining and throwing objects at you, Aunt Flo shows up to save the day and hopefully your lady will finally mellow out a little. Of course, the assertive PMS bitching is now replaced by just complaining. Cleaning up a week's worth of spilled juice on the shag rug takes a lot of time and while Aunt Flo is busy doing that and waxing the linoleum, you are not allowed inside until she's done if you know what I mean. Aunt Flo uses that old school floor wax that takes forever to dry. There goes another week of your life, lost forever and all you can do is wait for one of those chickens to rollerball another egg back into the uterus and shut it the hell up.
Chapter Five: Survival
I sure hope you weren't hoping for a happy ending to this book because all that remains is hope. Here in this last chapter, we must submit to the fact that we are currently slaves to this womanly cycle and all we can do is adapt in order to survive. If you want to maintain a level of pronounced heterosexuality and engage the emotional hurricane of women and their Elmo issues, understanding these principles is key for your survival.
- The Straight Face: You must learn to hide all fear and disenchantment by presenting a neutral to completely satisfied look on your face at all times. Drop the defenses for a split second and the inquisition will begin and you will feel great pain my friend.
- Frequent Errands: Any escape, no matter how temporary, will be all the less time under the microscope of her unreasonable expectations. If you don't have friends, invent some, especially friends who always seem to have car trouble. Finding a local bar where other guys like you hang out is always a good move. When all else fails and you need a foolproof, last ditch excuse to escape her clutches, use your "ailing grandmother" or other needy relative in a pinch.
- Scream And Run: If you've been completely cornered and stunned by the she-beast and cannot think of any good excuses to vacate her presence pronto, the "shock and awe" technique is your best friend. Simply react to an unseen enemy on the horizon and charge toward it like a Berserker in the heat of battle. After your escape, you'll have plenty of time to figure out a rational excuse before you come back.
There it is my friend, you are now one of the chosen warriors in the future empire of male supremacy. No matter how much they try to hold us down we will fight and reclaim our heritage. Back in the old days, we had the power! Women had to go take a hike and not come back until they had a better attitude. If every man practices the rites of Elmo, who knows what could happen? Maybe there's another golden age of men on the horizon, just waiting for all of us.
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AAH #9 – An Evening with Cheddar Cheese
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On this week's riveting installment of Autoline After Hours, McElroy and the gang delve into a topic worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy – they try to dig-up the root cause of Detroit's painful decline. Of course John is joined in the studio by Peter De Lorenzo, but the other third of the regular After Hours gang, Jason Vines, is out of town so he joins the fray via telephone. Standing in, or rather sitting in for Vines and getting his baptism by fire in the conversation crucible is Csaba Csere, long-time industry expert and former editor-in-chief of Car and Driver. This week, the group discusses and a diversity of topics ranging from horses and Fudge to cheddar cheese oh and, by the way, some of the colossal blunders that backed GM into the corner it's in today. As always, your participation in the discussion is paramount. We take more of your questions and comments in the edgy "Rapid-Fire" segment in the latter half of the broadcast. You do not want to miss this installment of Autoline After Hours, the most candid car-themed discussion around.
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PopCap Games announced that Zuma's Revenge!- Adventure, a single mode version of the recently-launched sequel to the ball-blasting classic, is now available on leading game portals with a suggested retail price of US$9.95. The highly anticipated sequel to the original hit game that has sold 17 million copies worldwide, Zuma's Revenge! – Adventure is available for the PC via Web download from MSN Games, Yahoo Games, RealArcade, GameHouse, iWin.com, STEAM, AOL, and pogo.com. The single mode edition includes all the eye-popping imagery, features and fast-paced fun of the main "Adventure" mode from Zuma's Revenge! but does not include the premium version's other modes.
"Adventure mode is the core of Zuma's Revenge!, and consumers on tight gaming budgets will have hours of fun with this infinitely replayable, never-the-same-game-twice edition at half the cost of the premium version," said Dennis Ryan, EVP of Global Business Development. "More avid gamers may prefer the advanced challenges and additional modes in the premium version of Zuma's Revenge! but this Adventure mode edition will enable any and all customers to enjoy this tremendous sequel to one of the all-time classics."
In Zuma the player takes the role of a fearless ball-shooting frog, exploring ancient temples and ruins. By firing colored spheres into an advancing chain of balls to make matches of three or more, the frog blasts his way through a series of arcade challenges. The sequel brings the player to an all-new setting, the Polynesian paradise ruled by Zhaka Mu, and ups the ante with nearly triple the screen resolution of the original game, cool 3-D particle effects, and support for widescreen monitors. Further, Zuma's Revenge! – Adventure takes the relatively basic point-and-click input of the original Zuma up several notches, incorporating horizontal and vertical "sliding" as well as the ability to hop from one lily pad to another to achieve greater flexibility and hit hard-to-reach areas of the screen. All-new tiki boss enemies provide a climactic ending to each major stage of the game and introduce various new forms of attack and defense that must be used to succeed in the game.
Features in Zuma's Revenge! – Adventure include:
. More than 60 all-new levels
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Beijing, China, July 12, 2010 - Changyou.com Limited ("Changyou" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CYOU), a leading online game developer and operator in China, will report its second quarter 2010 unaudited financial results on Monday, July 26, 2010 , before U.S. market hours.
Changyou's management team will host a conference call on the same day at 7 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time, July 26, 2010 (7 p.m. Beijing/Hong Kong, July 26, 2010) following the quarterly results announcement.
The dial-in details for the live conference call are:
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Please dial in 10 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin and provide the passcode to join the call.
A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on July 26 through August 2, 2010. The dial-in details for the telephone replay are:
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About Changyou
Changyou.com Limited's massively multi-player online role-playing games ("MMORPG") business began operations as a business unit within Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) in 2003. Changyou, a leading developer and operator of online games in China, was carved out as a separate, stand-alone company in December 2007, and completed an initial public offering on April 7, 2009. Changyou currently operates five online games, including the in-house developed Tian Long Ba Bu, one of the most popular online games in China, and the licensed Blade Online, Blade Hero 2, Da Hua Shui Hu and Zhong Hua Ying Xiong. Changyou has a diversified pipeline of games with various graphic styles and themes, including the licensed Immortal Faith, Legend of the Ancient World, and the in-house developed Duke of Mount Deer, which received an award as one of China's most anticipated online games. Changyou's advanced technology platform includes advanced 2.5D and 3D graphics engines, a uniform game development platform, effective anti-cheating and anti-hacking technologies, proprietary cross-networking technology and advanced data protection technology. For more information about Changyou, please visit http://www.changyou.com/en/.
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text: Epic and full of adventure, "Take Heart" is the Hollywood styled orchestral score dripping with passion and emotion. This track would sit well under any heroic moment in your project. Perhaps your hero must choose which destiny to follow? This is a fantastic dramatic piece for any large scale sequence needing a driving sense of purpose.


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You might think that the first fatal car crash would be after Karl Benz built his famous Patent Motorwagen in 1886, but the first fatal car accident is generally recognized as the death of the scientist Mary Ward in 1869. Amazingly, there might be a fatal accident decades before that.
Mary Ward's death is, as I said, generally recognized as the first victim of a fatal car accident. I mean, Jalopnik even wrote about it. The King's County Chronicle documented her death the day after it happened. Basically, she was thrown out of the vehicle as it turned a sharp corner.
On yesterday the people of Parsonstown were much excited and grieved at a sad accident which occurred in the town. In the afternoon of yesterday the Hon. Captain Ward, his wife, the Hon. Mrs. Ward, The Hons. Clare and Charles Parsons, and Mr. Biggs the tutor to the young gentlemen, were on a steam carriage which has been built by Lord Rosse. The vehicle had steam up, and was going at an easy pace, when on turning the sharp corner at the church, unfortunately the Hon. Mrs. Ward was thrown from the seat and fearfully injured, causing her almost immediate death.
Why is this a car accident, since most people would say that the first car ever built was the Benz Patent Motorwagen, not constructed until 17 years after Mrs. Ward's untimely demise? Well, like it or not, the Benz wasn't really the first car, because steam carriages like the one Mrs. Ward was riding on had been around for decades prior. I can't find any images of the Ross steam carriage Ward was in, but here's a Rickett's steam carriage from 1860 to give you a sense that yes, there were cars back then, even if they looked weird and their engines ran on steam.
It's the image at the top of this article that really intrigues me, however. It shows John Scott Russell's steam carriage exploding, killing four passengers. And it all happened in 1834. That's just four years after the opening of the first twin-track intercity steam railway, by the way. Here's the picture again, zoomed in for a better view of what must have been sheer, unbridled terror.
In short, the thing exploded. Four people died and Russell had to close his business.
I know this is a lot for you, the car enthusiast presumably reading this, to process. Surely a car couldn't exist in 1834! A steam carriage isn't a car! What's this about a business closing?
Let me break this all down. John Scott Russell was one of the pioneers in steam vehicles in the United Kingdom, which was, as a nation, a pioneer in steam propulsion. It's easy for you to think about the Industrial Revolution, and then to think about trains. Well, before the UK went crazy for trains, they went crazy for steam carriages. They were like trains that ran on the road instead of on rails, crossed with a bus, crossed with a car. At the very least, these were 'horseless carriages' just like all early automobiles.
These steam carriages worked a lot like trains, running inter-city routes. John Scott Russell (pictured) was actually one of the first people to set up a steam carriage line. The 'Steam Carriage Company of Scotland' ran between Glasgow and Paisley, about a ten mile trip. The carriages left every hour and ran at about 15 mph.
Russell had six of his 26-seater coaches built in Edinburgh in that fateful year of 1834, according to Grace's Guide. Each coach had a two-cylinder engine with a total displacement of around 44.5 liters (they had a square bore-to-stroke of 12 inches). The Glasgow Story has a slightly more detailed description of the carriage, and this accompanying illustration of what the thing looked like.
Here's where things get interesting.
Many of the smaller roads being used at this time were privately maintained. The 'road trustees' that maintained them complained viciously about steam carriages, all over the UK, and specifically about Russell's line. They claimed that the heavy carriages were wearing the roads down. Often these road trustees would sabotage their own roads in an effort to damage steam carriages, doing things like putting logs in their way or filling the roads with deep gravel.
What's also interesting is that many of these road trustees had deals with horse carriage companies that now faced new competition from steam carriages. It's not clear that wear and tear on the roads is the only reason road trustees had to hate steam carriages — they were new competition for their horse carriage monopolies.
In fact, these road trustees (along with early railway owners) went on to lobby against steam carriages and get a punitive speed limit of 10 mph imposed on them, as A.J. Smith explains in his book Privatized Infrastructure: the role of government.
Okay, I'm getting sidetracked. The Glasgow Story claims that the 'accident' that hit Russell's steam carriage may have been sabotage.
The Glasgow-Paisley service departed hourly from its termini at George Square and Paisley's Tontine Hotel, but there were rumours that the road trustees became annoyed at damage done or imagined to be done by the machines to the road surface as they careered along. In July 1834 a carriage struck a heap of road metal that (it was rumoured) had been piled up intentionally in its path at Halfway House in Craigton.
So not only did the first 'car' accident happen over half a century before Karl Benz supposedly invented the car, it may have been caused by anti-car saboteurs!
So the next time someone tells you that Mercedes made the first car ever, feel free to correct them. And if ever you think your local government or Greenpeace chapter is giving cars a hard time, feel free to point to this article, too. And be thankful cars don't have giant, exploding steam boilers anymore.
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As Hurricane Sandy bombarded the East Coast, social media users posted photos on Twitter, Facebook and other sites of the damage caused by the storm, many of them fake. The images were often of other storms, taken from movies or Photoshopped mash-ups, causing unwarranted concern for friends and relatives who live far away and embarrassment for those individuals who posted the photos.
For example, the photo at the top of this article of an impressive storm cloud creeping up on the Statue of Liberty has been making the rounds.
The image is a picture of the Statue of Liberty that's been Photoshopped to include this photo of a 2004 supercell storm in Nebraska, taken by photographer Mike Hollingsworth.
Sharing a doctored image on social media can be embarrassing, especially once you're outed by tech-savvy nerds. Also, since the hurricane is an epic storm, fake photos that inspire fear and awe can cause unnecessary worry for concerned friends and relatives of people who are currently weathering the storm.
Luckily, there are some resources for spotting fake photos. Here's how you can spot a fake Hurricane Sandy photo:
If it's too good to be true…it probably is
Sharks swimming in the street or subway? That's a pretty cool image. Probably too cool to happen in real life, especially when you consider that those sharks would've had to swim through a network of subway tunnels just to find their way onto the platform.If an image looks too awe-inspiring, there's a very good chance that it wasn't taken in the middle of a raging, dangerous hurricane.
Also, read the fine print. A photo of the George Washington Bridge featuring dark clouds against a bright blue sky is just a stock photo from 2009. Plus, the caption incorrectly calls it the Brooklyn Bridge.
Google it
If you found the photo on the Internet, then it's probably on Google. You can search for the photo using basic search terms (for example: "sharks swimming in street hurricane sandy"), or you can do a Google image search.
To do a Google image search, download the image to your computer and open up Google Image Search. Click the camera icon in the search bar and click "Upload an image." Upload the image from your computer, and Google Image Search will spit back all the instances of that image that it can find on the Web. Examine the search results to determine if the image is real. Hint: if it's showing up on a bunch of sites called "Fake Hurricane Sandy Photos," it's probably not real.
Use a reverse image search
You can also search for the image using a reverse image search such as TinEye. To use TinEye, save the image in question to your hard drive. Then, drag the saved image onto the TinEye website, and TinEye will spit back the instances of your image that it can find on the Internet. TinEye can sort the images by "Most Changed," which will help you determine whether the image was Photoshopped. TinEye can also sort images by largest size, which, if the image has been altered, may spit back original images.
Find the original source
If possible, find the original source of the image – don't just retweet it or post it because you saw it on Facebook. To find the original source you may have to get resourceful: use image searches, follow links, and ask people who shared the image where it came from. If you can follow the source back to a Twitter or Instagram feed and the owner confirms that they took it, then it's probably real.
Also, consider the angle of the photo and where the original photographer had to be in order to capture that photo. Take this photo of the Statue of Liberty being overtaken by waves:
Image Edited is a website that can analyze photos to determine if they've been edited. To use Image Edited, download the photo to your computer and drag it onto the Image Edited website. Image Edited isn't 100 percent accurate, but it can give you a rough idea of whether an image has been edited/Photoshopped.
It can also tell you what type of phone or camera the image was taken with, which will help you determine if the image was edited. For example, if the image was taken with a DSLR, there shouldn't be strange pixilation around particular elements (and such pixilation may be an indication of Photoshopping).


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Our Bussers are responsible for assisting the service team in clearing and setting tables as well as ensuring all aspects of professional food service and Guest satisfaction are met. What do you think? Sound like your cup of espresso? Around here we say our purpose is to bring people together to celebrate the love of family and friends. If it sounds like we have our own way of looking at the world, you're right! We call it The Maggiano's Way, and it means odds are you get us and we want to meet you now! We're The Original Originator Once upon a long time ago, going out to eat meant either a fancy, pricey, fussy restaurant, or a fast food drive-thru meal handed to you in a greasy paper sack. Our namesake, Norman Brinker, changed all that by pioneering the idea of "casual dining". And he knew an original when he found it. Guests in Chicago knew Maggiano's Little Italy was special when we opened our doors on the corner of Clark and Grand. Today, thousands of restaurants later, Brinker International is the name behind good food, good times and great places to work. And Maggiano's is our own little slice of Italian American tradition come to life! Tony Soprano would be so proud. Working With Us Comes With An Extra Helping Of Helping Out Half the fun of making it in life is being able to share it. So part of our way of life is helping make the dreams of others come true, through the special events we host and special memories we help create. We've hosted our fair share of weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, birthdays and baby showers. There's nothing better than helping create lasting memories in our restaurants and in our community. It's one of the reasons we support the Make-A-Wish Foundation, making wishes come true for kids with life threatening medical conditions. On the local level, we support the North Texas Food Bank, and because we also have a heart for our own, making small contributions to the Brinker Family Fund adds up in a big way and helps out our own in times of need. Biscotti Is Just A Hard Cookie, Until You Dip It In Espresso There's nothing better than enjoying life to the fullest, and every now again, we need a little indulgence for working so hard in this fast-paced world. We know we ask a lot of our people. Long days, lots of energetic service, staying upbeat, putting everyone else ahead of ourselves, hoisting heavy plates of Mom's Lasagna! So what's in it for you? We're glad you asked - Highly competitive earning opportunities Healthcare plans, including domestic partner benefits (based on length of service and number of hours worked per week) Career Opportunities and Development, including the potential of Global Training roles Tuition assistance (based on length of service and number of hours worked per week) Market Leading 401(k) Savings Plans with company match (based on age, length of service and number of hours worked per week) Rewards and recognition programs Discounts on items like mobile phones, travel, computers, and even autos! Dining discounts at Brinker owned brands Our Front of the House team welcomes our Guests into a slice of Italian Americana just like Grandma Nonna would have done. So, whether you're a Maitre D', Server, Foodrunner, Busser, Carry Out and Delivery Supervisor, Host/Hostess or a Bartender serving up drinks like the days of the Rat Pack, this team of fast-paced professionals welcome our Guests into our restaurants to break bread together and celebrate the richness of life. The number one goal of this team is to make our Guests feel special, and they are remarkable at what they do. Marinara sauce on your sleeve is just an added perk. Brinker International is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to workplace diversity, workplace working and workplace fun. The way we see it, life is short, so you might as well work happy.


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Dates Announced for the KRS ONE Brooklyn to the Bronx, Documentary at SXSWFriday, February 15th, 2013
The official poster for KRS ONE: Brooklyn to the Bronx has been released. In addition, the dates and times of the showings have been released by the SXSW film festival.
The film will screen three times at the festival at the following times, dates, and locations.
Sunday March 10, at 11:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. location TBA
Tuesday March 12, at 1:15 p.m. 2:35 p.m. at Topfer Theatre at Zach Scott
Thursday March 14, at 2 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. at Vimeo Theater
I am getting pretty excited about this event. I hope to see some of you out there. There is also a new website that is dedicated to information about KRS ONE: Brooklyn to the Bronx www.krsonebrooklyntothebronx.com
Thank you to everyone who helped to make this dream a reality.
"Open your mental, don't be afraid to dream!"


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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With a Life of the Poet, and Notes, Original and Selected; Together with a Copious Glossary ...
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Стр. 597 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Стр. 305 - There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Стр. 611 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff : Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honorable man.
Стр. 347 - In mere oppugnancy : The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe : Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead : Force should be right ; or, rather, right and wrong (Between whose endless jar justice resides) Should lose their names, and so should justice too.
Стр. 163 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity; And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover.
Стр. 246 - What, do I fear myself ? there's none else by : Richard loves Richard ; that is, I am I. Is there a murderer here ? No ; — yes, I am : Then fly. What, from myself? Great reason why, — Lest I revenge. What, myself upon myself ? Alack, I love myself. Wherefore ? for any good That I myself have done unto myself ? O, no ! alas, I rather hate myself For hateful deeds committed by myself ! 1 am a villain : yet I lie, I am not.
Стр. 113 - To kings, that fear their subjects' treachery ? O, yes it doth ; a thousand fold it doth. And to conclude, — the shepherd's homely curds, His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys, Is far beyond a prince's delicates, His viands sparkling in a golden cup, His body couched in a curious bed, When care, mistrust, and treason wait on him.
Стр. 347 - And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check, to good and bad : But when the planets In evil mixture, to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents ! what mutiny ! What raging of the sea ! shaking of earth ! Commotion in the winds ! frights, changes, horrors Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture...
Стр. 611 - Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest, (For Brutus is an honorable man ; So are they all, all honorable men,) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me : But Brutus says he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honorable man.
Стр. 614 - O, now you weep, and I perceive you feel The dint of pity; these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what! weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.


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Greening Vehicles
For more than two decades, we have actively incorporated more efficient and sustainable transportation technologies into our vehicle fleet. Today, we are investing in a range of electric, natural gas and hybrid vehicles and other high-efficiency technologies to reduce emissions, operating costs and dependency on petroleum-based fuels.
Driving Innovation
As part of our commitment to reduce our operational footprint, we continue to incorporate innovative new vehicles into our fleet. This includes partnering with our bucket truck manufacturer to develop and test a first-of-its-kind plug-in battery-powered system that meets the operational needs of our fleet with a smaller environmental footprint. At the job site, the battery quietly and efficiently powers the truck's hydraulic lift and heating and cooling equipment—avoiding the need to idle the vehicle.
We are also working with Via Motors to deploy an extended range pick-up truck, which we expect to achieve nearly 100 miles per gallon.
This vehicle joins plug-in hybrid material handlers, all-electric service body trucks and more than 25 Chevrolet Volts. PG&E's fleet also includes nearly 900 compressed natural gas passenger cars, pickups, vans, and trucks.
To support these new vehicles, PG&E has installed more than 80 electric vehicle charging stations at different locations across our service area. We are also adopting energy-efficient LED vehicle lighting as the standard for our fleet to reduce overall electricity use.
Engaging with Customers
At PG&E, we recognize that owning a plug-in electric vehicle is a significant purchase and we are helping our customers with this important transition. For example, our online calculator helps customers understand the potential costs and savings of plug-in electric vehicle ownership. Customers can enter information, such as their choice of vehicle, their predicted average monthly usage and their charging schedule, and then see the projected electricity costs and gasoline savings.
PG&E also continues to support the use of alternative fuel vehicles by our customers with fleet vehicles. For example, we helped fund the purchase of California's first plug-in hybrid diesel-electric school bus in the Napa Valley Unified School District.
Flexibility and Mobility During Emergencies
In support of our focus on safety, PG&E has deployed mobile command vehicles that can be used to respond to emergencies and protect public and employee safety. When a gas or electric emergency happens, the vehicles will be on-site, not only providing valuable information to the crews in the field, but also as a presence that customers can see. The vehicles serve as an extension of PG&E's Emergency Operations Centers and incident command facilities.
The larger mobile command centers are capable of supporting major emergencies for extended periods of time. The vehicles are built on a 40-foot bus chassis and can house a dozen people for days or weeks, if needed, to address any emergency needs. Like their van counterpart, these units are some of the most technologically advanced vehicles in production.
Leveraging Training through the PowerPathway™ Program
In preparation for the addition of new hybrid and electric vehicles to PG&E's fleet, the PowerPathway™ Clean Tech Vehicle Training Network taught our fleet mechanics how to safely repair and maintain the new trucks and cars.
Using a "train-the-trainer" approach, PG&E master mechanics trained instructors at several community colleges, who, in turn, trained PG&E fleet mechanics. The partnership with community college instructors will also help take curriculum knowledge back to our communities. Instructors will be using the techniques gained from teaching our fleet mechanics and sharing it with their own students at local community colleges, developing technical skills and creating career paths.
Providing a Fueling Network
PG&E's network of natural gas fueling stations includes 32 compressed natural gas stations and one liquefied natural gas station, most of which are open to customers.
The combined use of natural gas in PG&E's vehicle fleet, along with the fleets of our customers, avoided the use of nearly 18 million gallons of petroleum in 2011, which equals the avoidance of approximately 790 tons of NOx, 60 tons of particulate matter and more than 59,000 tons of CO2 on a well-to-wheel basis.


text: McClatchy Newspapers States of Denial By Tish Wells, McClatchy Newspapers Posted 23rd February, 2011 In "Willful Blindness" journalist and businesswoman Margaret Heffernan asks, "Why, as individuals, companies and countries, do we so regularly look at the mirror and ask how, 'How could we have been so blind?' " When she asked people about the concept of 'willful blindness,' they gave examples on their own - abuse, divorce, Ponzi schemes, subprime mortgages. "Almost everyone mentioned the Iraq war and global warming: big public blunders caused or exacerbated by a reluctance to confront uncomfortable facts." She was first introduced to the term when writing a play for the BBC on the failed energy company, Enron. The legal description for the term "willful blindness," as described by the judge, was: 'You are responsible if you could have known, and should have known, something that instead you strove not to see.' In the case of Enron, (Chief Executive Jeffrey) Skilling and (Chairman Kenneth) Lay could have known, and had the opportunity to know, just how rotten their company was." Heffernan has deeply researched her topic and uses numerous examples to illustrate her point in the twelve chapters. Each chapter - Dangerous Convictions, Just Following Orders, Bystanders, Love is Blind, De-Moralizing Work, Cassandra - elaborates on an aspect of 'willful blindness:' In "The Ostrich Instruction," Heffernan uses the myth that an ostrich buries its head in the sand when danger is nearby to show how people often deny problems exist. "John Hawk isn't a priest; he's a dermatologist at St. Thomas's Hospital in London. When he sees skin that has been damaged by the sun, he asks his patients whether they've been sunbathing. 'You get the most extraordinary vehemence from people who've been using a sun bed constantly. They're prepared to shout at me, insisting they are not harmful.'... Thousands of people don't want to know that tanning is bad for them and that tanning beds can kill them." Willful blindness can stem from familiarity, a "skein of decisions that slowly but surely restrict our view. We don't sense our perspective closing in and most would prefer that it stay broad and rich. But our blindness grows out of the small, daily decisions that we make, which embed us more snugly inside our affirming thoughts and values.... We think we see more - even as the landscape shrinks." In "Cassandra," Heffernan writes of those who have gone against the blindness, the segmentation, confronted the problems and initiated change. For their deeds, they can be punished in the court of human opinion. Do they feel that it was worth it? Joe Darby, who gave the Abu Ghraib photos to his superiors, says "I'm not the kind of guy to rat somebody out. I've kept a lot of secrets for soldiers. ... But this crossed the line to me. I had to make the choice between what I knew was morally right and my loyalties to other soldiers. I couldn't have it both ways." He's now been relocated under a new identity because some in his hometown consider him "a traitor." At the end of the last chapter, "See Better," Heffernan concludes, "We make ourselves powerless when we chose not to know ... As all wisdom does, seeing starts with simple questions: What could I know, should I know that I don't know? Just what am I missing here?"


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