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Inside / Safety features need work - TESLA Engineers/Designers PLEASE READ
Inside / Safety features need work - TESLA Engineers/Designers PLEASE READ
All these issues have been raised before - you can go to volkerize.com and search for the applicable threads if interested.
As for the spare in particular, note that many new cars do not come with spares nowadays, and if you want one there is nothing stopping you from buying it separately. [But the frunk is not quite big enough for a full-size spare, FYI.]
The blind spot factor may be somewhat mitigated by the rear camera, which you can view while driving and which I've read does give decent visibility of the blind spots. But I can't confirm this since I don't have my car yet.
I disagree about the appearance and comfort of the interior, but you're entitled to your opinion.
The last two cars I have owned had no spare (instead a glue fixit kit and compressor), so this is nothing new.
No car I have owned has had parking sensors, and I have been able to park the car just fine anyway. Yes, the Model S has poor rear visibility, but that is what the rear camera is for.
Likewise, no car I have owned has had a blind spot sensor, and somehow I manage to avoid collisions by looking before changing lanes. The mirrors on the Model S are larger than any other car I have had (see width complaints), so I don't expect it will be any harder to do the same.
I have never once adjusted headrests in any other car, but maybe the default setup fits me and it doesn't fit you.
jairoabq, you may want to check out, and contribute to, these threads:
"Must-Have" Wish List
("private", i.e., reservation holders and owners only)
"An Aftermarket Approach to TM's Opportunity Console"
"Tires - spare? - run flat?"
"No spare, no run flat, no running on 3 wheels. Just a can of goo!"
"Parking sensors"
("private", i.e., reservation holders and owners only)
"Missing features?"
Tesla sells a sealant/inflation kit. Runs of car power.
Blind spot sensors, in my opinion, are no substitute for 'neck on a swivel.' If you just change lanes because the BLIS is not blinking you are a road hazard.
Also the aft camera, unlike every other car, is high-def and can be on when the car is moving forward. I find that it has very nice visibility into the blind spot.
Personally I really liked the seats and the interior.
Never had parking or blind spot sensors in any car I ever owned, I do not need them. If Tesla wants to offer them in high trims fine, I do not care, but do not jack up the base price to make them standard. Humans come standard with flexible 'necks' amazing how this nifty feature promotes safe parallel parking, U turns etc. Field tested for millions of years this feature has helped humans escape predators and find prey... in the last hundred years attentive drivers have used 'necks' to park and navigate in traffic. Try using your 'neck' today - it is not just for escaping sabre-toothed tigers anymore!
All the interiors of Model S that I sat in do not bother me really, sure I would like a nice cargo box in between the driver and passenger seats and cupholders... Hmm some knobs and buttons to use after all that coffee and soda you spilled on the touchscreen makes it not work anymore (or after the frustrated thief who broke in to your Model S breaks it whilst trying to steal it). Cheap? not really, sort of normal really though... How about some shag carpet and a lava lamp and disco ball in the back so I can entertain ladies in style when they visit the backseat...
In all seriousness it does need a spare though, lets get real... put it in an under-compartment in the frunk to store it, plenty of space for it... Unless you live in some manicured sterile suburb and commute to a well kept office complex then you are going to hit potholes and nails and road debris and it will cause flats and blowouts... On freeways sharp stuff falls off trucks and punctures your tyres (and cracks your windshield) you have to deal with those conditions in the real world.
bring on then (front) parking sensors!
I will start a 'Save the nose cone' campaign
Not many high-performance cars have all the things mentioned above. Worse, most high-performance cars are not very comfortable compared to the MS (very stiff suspension, hard-shocks, etc).
Parking sensors would be nice to have in the future, however, my last very high-tec Infiniti didn't have a rear HD cam (like the MS), and the standard backup cam screen was so small, it was more of a destruction. With the MS's HD cam and massive monitor screen (which you can turn on anytime, not just in reverse), is the best backup camera industry-wide.
Either-way, future generation Tesla cars will get better over time, and with the ability to constantly upgrade the car's systems via software upgrades, the current version very well could surpass the safety tec of the best luxury cars on the planet in.
This isn't the tread for this but since it's the trending one at the moment, I have to mention that having had my Model S for a few weeks now (of course I love it), I have only two issues with missing blind spot sensors. The car does have poor visibility at times on the drivers side but as others have mentioned the HD rear camera is awesome for seeing car's in the blind spot. EXCEPT when it's raining and visibility is even worse and the backup camera is useless because of the large drops that make seeing the cars behind and to the sides of you, impossible. It's just too fuzzy when there is rain on it.
Again, duct tape to the rescue! Stick a bill from a baseball cap above the lens.
I surely don't know the hardware limitations that are present, but conceptually blind spot detection is pretty straightforward I believe (as are rear parking guidelines). Once the track width of the vehicle is calibrated with the rear camera's field-of-view and perspective, software would be used to monitor the motion of pixels outside these guidelines. Any group of pixels that move at a different rate than the background are tracked as vehicles. Of those, a moving block of pixels outside the track width guidelines that are advancing on the car are interpreted as passing vehicles, and their relative speed and size can be determined. Knowing the approaching vehicle's size and speed, it's easy to determine when it enters and exits the zone where it cannot be seen in your car's mirrors. Of course I have no clue how this is actually done!
I would assume TM would place the rear view camera in a place shielded from rain and even funnel a small amount of bypass air over the lens to keep it clean from water droplets, as I don't notice a problem in the rain with my past and current cars.
Not to poopoo on anyone's parade but I'm fine with no parking sensors, blind spot sensors, nor adjustable headrests...all of which would add to the price of the car. With that said, I would have liked a spare tire and more usable center console.
I love the seats--I find them very comfortable and easy to adjust. They are the coolest looking seats in any car I've been in and there is no need to adjust the headrest as it's already right there. I especially love the spartan interior; it's elegant and understated. It's really a Model S signature feature. The backup camera does work well for the blind spots, but BYT is right that here in rainy Seattle it's not always useful. Sorry Brian H, no duct tape going on my car--at least not yet!
Lack of blind spot sensors? look twice.
Uncomfortable seats? sorry, can't fit every body build.
No parking sensors? feel the length of the car, become one with the car.
Arm rest? last time I checked it was under my arm when I intended my arm to be on it.
No spare tire? I get more miles EVERYDAY, a flat, every other year. I like that deal.
If you do not like a car? you are not obligated to buy it :)
I think the seats are very comfortable. Stiff back with minimal adjustments. Actually more comfortable than my 10 BMW M5 with its 12-way adjustments. Those complaining about the seats just don't understand performance cars. Try my CF Carrera GT seats in my Porsche GT3 RS - the only adjustment is forward and back.
Performance cars need performance designed seats - yes they will be alittle stiffer and you will sit more upright (the way you should). Reclined in a seat, driving a car is unsafe and you can't react well with the wheel so far away from you.
My opinion, others will have theirs. Seems like a lot of Tesla S performance customers come from the non sport car group. So their comparisons are not on the same plane.
My $.02 anyway
I agree! As much as everyone wants the MS to be everything for everyone (and it already is for most), it's not going to please everyone perfectly. Just as the Tesla: Roadster wasn't my cup of tea, I am sure the Tesla: Model X, Y, Z... will be just what the doctor ordered for many others.
Either way, the greatest thing about Tesla Motors is... all the 'other stuff' is easy! Too bad Porsche, M Benz, Toyota, Nissan, GM, Ford, and Mazda, BMW, etc can't even come close to saying that anymore.
With 600 miles on my S, I have to say, I'm not missing the sensors. I can see everything - and if in doubt, I put the air suspension on "very high" and climb right over the dips, curb stops, and debris. The car feels and drives like a much smaller vehicle - but the cargo capacity is seemingly endless. There's a modernist lightness about this car. Much like the original Miata.
But if you really long for a giant beeping Mazda, buy a giant beeping Mazda.
This car is for folks like me who like to drive - and actually pay attention to the road. Much like the original 1990 Mazda Miata. Just bigger.


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In 2005 and 2006, I lived in London, doing an SAP project for my employer (Big Oil company with a pectin for an emblem..). My dad took me up in a Cessna 150 for the first in about 1970. Been mad crazy for airplanes ever since, and ended up as a flight mechanic doing search and rescue in the US Coast Guard. Pop was a CG vet, and for his 75th birthday, I flew him to London to visit, and took him to the old RAF base at Duxford, and got him a ride in a De Havilland Tiger Moth. The pilot was great, and let him take the stick for quite a bit of tDad's trip to Duxford 025.jpghe flight. he was seriously pumped!
Airplane pull. They never did get it airborne.
Went to an airshow back in 2006 at what was once RAF Biggin Hill outside London. There was a glider aerobatic act on the schedule. Didn't notice at first the tow plane was an Extra 300 until he rolled inverted while pulling the glider. Not long after, they were BOTH inverted....darnedest thing I have ever seen at an airshow.
Bob Weber
Larry's River, Nova Scotia, CANADA
Now that the Geoffrey DeHavilland's toy box is open, here are my favorite Wooden Wonders;
The 365 mph DH.98Mosquito fighter/bomber.
and it's little 472 mph, single-seat brother,
DH.103 Hornet (often referred to as two Spitfires flying in very close formation)
"It is what you discover, after you know it all, that counts." _ John Wooden
Lew Morris
1973 R75/5 - original owner
1963 Dnepr
Steve Henson-Mod Team and SABMWRA Prez
Be decisive, right or wrong.The road of life is paved with
flat squirrels who couldn't make a decision~unknown
Is that at the ranch, Steve?
Steve Henson-Mod Team and SABMWRA Prez
Be decisive, right or wrong.The road of life is paved with
flat squirrels who couldn't make a decision~unknown
Man you just got my heart beat up. That is a Lockheed Jetstar, Military Version was called a T40 I believe. I flew the Civilian Version L1329 with later Garrett Fan Jet Engines for five years. Was based in Honolulu for a while and made several Pacific and Atlantic crossings with it. It was a joy to fly and the most stable platform you could imagine. Thanks for posting. Also for your information that aircraft was the first four engine swept wing aircraft FAA certificated. Even before the Boeing 707.
Jim Dubick
Boaz, Alabama
Thanks for the info...it just has that built for speed look size wise. They just opened the ranch and Western White House residence, well about 3-4 years ago it seems. The jet had been mothballed out of sight until then.
Steve Henson-Mod Team and SABMWRA Prez
Be decisive, right or wrong.The road of life is paved with
flat squirrels who couldn't make a decision~unknown
A few years ago I got to take a ground school and get some time in a DC-3. For a little tailwheel airplane pilot like me, sitting 16' above the ground in the cockpit while taxiing a DC-3 was pretty exciting. I got to fly it around for about half an hour and do some touch and go wheel landings before a full stop and taxi back. It was a fun experience.
2012 K1600GT, Vermillion Red (for the epic road trips) (gone but not forgotten)
2013 S1000RR, Granite Gray (for the track)
2014 KLR 650, White/Black (for the TAT)
2016 R1200GS Triple Black (for all of it)
Past BMW Bikes: 2011 K1300S, 2003 K1200RS, 1991 K75S, 1987 K75T, 1984 R100RT


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Castello di Amorosa Cabernet Sauvignon St. Helena 2004
Member Review by neumanngroup:
A very smooth, full flavored, fruit forward wine with an easy to drink follow through. A fantastic wine with or without food. One of my favorites!Add winemaker's notes
Region: USA » California » Napa » St. Helena
Winery: Castello di Amorosa
Color: Red
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Castello di Amorosa:
Castello di Amorosa produces primarily Italian style wines while reflecting California's unique climate, soil and growing conditions. All our red grapes are grown in the Napa Valley around the Castle. White grapes are grown in the Carneros district of the Napa Valley or in the Anderson Valley, as both of these cool areas are ideal for white wine grapes. Some grapes are also purchased from selec... Read more
Castello di Amorosa produces primarily Italian style wines while reflecting California's unique climate, soil and growing conditions. All our red grapes are grown in the Napa Valley around the Castle. White grapes are grown in the Carneros district of the Napa Valley or in the Anderson Valley, as both of these cool areas are ideal for white wine grapes. Some grapes are also purchased from select growers. Brooks Painter, a veteran winemaker of more than 30 years, presides over all winemaking production. His goal is to make delicious, classically structured, intensely flavored, well-balanced, elegant wines which showcase the "Terroir" of each unique vineyard site. In this way we can experience the flavor and aromas of the vineyard itself. We are committed to using traditional approaches to the craft of winegrowing and winemaking, but also incorporate modern techniques and equipment when it improves quality. Winemaking starts in the vineyards, and here we strive to manage the quality and flavor of the grapes so that they exhibit all the qualities and complexities we are looking for. Virtually all the Castle's vineyards are on hillsides as hillside quality is usually far superior to valley floor grapes. Due to the steep nature of the terrain our vineyards are primarily hand-farmed. To promote quality, vineyard yields are kept to an absolute minimum, averaging barely two and a half tons an acre, roughly 60% of most Napa Valley vineyards.; for the lower grape yield the more intensely flavored the berries are. We use a "Sustainable" approach to managing vineyard pests and diseases in the vineyards. What this means is that we continually strive to minimize our "carbon footprint", promote a complex vineyard environment with diverse habitat and species, and reduce any impact from farming on the local environment. Small rodents (Gophers and moles) eat vine roots and can cause serious damage, even killing some vines. We totally eliminated any use of rodent poisons many years ago, and now only use mechanical traps to control the rodents. We also try to attract predatory birds to our vineyards by placing nesting boxes for owls and perches for raptors in the vineyards. This provides a desirable habitat for local predatory owls and hawks, reducing the need for rodent control even further. The owls find the boxes and move in to raise their young, and the hawks are always looking for a suitable "perch" to survey their hunting territory. Because the hawks hunt during the day and the owls hunt at night, together they provide a natural hunting pressure "24/7" on the rodents, which is very effective. Insects that feed on grapes (such as mites, leafhoppers and blue-green sharpshooters) can cause significant damage to vines. When these populations are out of balance with their natural predatory insect species the damage can become quite severe. To help keep the insect populations in balance we plant many kinds of cover crops in the vineyards, legumes such as clover and vetch, and oats, grasses and other vegetation. This provide suitable habitat for beneficial predatory insects (such as wasps, spiders and ladybugs) and reduces or eliminates the need for insecticides. The cover crops also play an important role in stabilizing hillsides by controlling soil erosion, controlling noxious weeds and by adding nutrients and organic material directly back to the soil they enrich the soil micro-environment. They also are a tool for reducing soil moisture, thereby controlling vine vigor better flavor development in the grapes. We are continually re-evaluating our approach and looking for new ways to enhance the vineyard environment for sustainable farming. For our next steps we are considering nesting boxes for songbirds, bat colony boxes (bats eat a lot of insects --up to 25 percent of their body weight per night), compost and other wildlife habitat to control harmful insects to eventually eliminate all insecticides and chemical fertilizers from our vineyards. We strive to harvest all of our grapes at peak flavor development and maturity, followed by time-honored winemaking techniques such as hand-sorting the grape harvest, "punching-down" our red wines in open top tanks instead of pumping must, oak aging in small French barrels in the desired humidity and temperatures found in underground caves and cellars, all designed to maintain and promote the natural flavors and characteristics of the grapes. Our white wines are made using "whole cluster" pressing techniques with clear separation of "free run" juice from all "press" juice to maintain the most delicate balance in the finished wines. We employ cold temperature fermentations with specialty yeast that maintain aromatics and promote varietal character retention. Barrel fermentation is used on our dry whites using only the finest French oak casks, in combination with "Batonnage" (a gentle weekly stirring of the yeast sediment, or "lees" during aging). All red grapes are transported and handled via belts to provide the gentlest processing possible. We hand-sort much of our red grapes to ensure that only fully ripened, whole grape clusters make it into the crusher. Our goal is to move must and wine via gravity, with as little pumping as possible, and our small-lot open top fermenting tanks allow us to fill the red tanks without the use of pumps. After fermentation we use a gentle transfer method to bring the pomace (spent skins and seeds) to the wine press, assuring limited extraction of harsh flavors and promoting silky smooth tannins. Again, 'free run" is often separated from "press wine" and aged separately, with a goal of targeting a perfect balance of tannin and flavor in the finished wines. The new red wines are allowed to settle briefly and then racked to barrels with "light yeast lees" and grape solids to promote a natural secondary, malo-lactic fermentation in barrel. This slow, secondary fermentation enhances the integration of the oak and grape aromas and helps to fix the red wine color. Barrels are selected based upon stylistic goals for each varietal and also to enhance the varietal, vineyard character and flavor profiles of the wines. After malo-lactic the wines are racked and the first of many opportunities for blending and consolidation of small individual lots take place. The wine is then returned to barrel for the extended barrel aging process. The cave and subterranean cellars provide ideal aging conditions for our wines, with year-round, stable temperatures of 58-60 degrees F and naturally high humidity of 80%. The barrels are "nested" on runners in the traditional manner of many fine French chateaux and the castles of Italy. The multitude of small rooms in the cellar allow us to maintain numerous small lots separately to observe their evolution and flavor development during aging, and to carefully assemble the blends closer to their final maturity and bottling date. Our unique bottling line includes a "counter-pressure" filling system, the finest method for filling bottles while minimizing the possibility of any oxidation during the process. The wines are then bottle-aged prior to release, allowing time for further flavor development in the bottle. White wines may be aged in the bottle for one to two years prior to release, with many of our red wines seeing 3-4 years of bottle age before release for public consumption. Castello di Amorosa combines traditional wine making methods with technologically advanced wine making equipment and techniques. As a result, the wines show intense flavors that are eloquently balanced and similar to the hand-crafted wines produced in central Tuscany and Umbria regions of Italy- the homeland of Dario Sattui, owner and fourth generation Italian. Positioned to take full advantage of warm, morning sun, our up-valley, high elevation hillside vineyards are located in the heart of the Napa Valley's Diamond Mountain District, a grape growing area know for its rich, powerful red wine. Enjoy Castello di Amorosa wines with a variety of foods from around the world. Each is unique, evocative and truly Italian-style. Read less
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5.00 504/25/2009
A very smooth, full flavored, fruit forward wine with an easy to drink follow through. A fantastic wine with or without food. One of my favorites!
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Slinky and Waves
This activity was selected for the On the Cutting Edge Reviewed Teaching Collection
This activity has received positive reviews in a peer review process involving five review categories. The five categories included in the process are
- Scientific Accuracy
- Alignment of Learning Goals, Activities, and Assessments
- Pedagogic Effectiveness
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This material was originally created for Starting Point:Introductory Geology
and is replicated here as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service.
Use a Slinky in interactive lecture demonstration to show:
- P and S waves.
- Wave reflection.
- Standing waves.
Learning Goals
- Learn about and visualize:
- Discuss P and S waves
- Wave reflection from higher and lower density media;
- Standing waves.
Context for Use
Use in an introductory geoscience course where wave properties are important. Examples of such courses include Geology, Oceanography, or Atmospheric Sciences.
Description and Teaching Materials
These links contain good description of physical model and tips for using them effectively in class.
Teaching Notes and Tips
See links in teaching materials above.
The slinky wave also allows one to discuss and visualize such basic wave properties as:
- Wave speed;
- Wave length;
- Amplitude;
- Period and frequency.
Standard content questions can be developed to assess student understanding of the demonstrated ideas.


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To Apply: Applications for unpaid internships occurring during the school year may be made at any time. Email a cover letter, resume and transcript to firstname.lastname@example.com. Applications for summer internships should be made no later than February 1st.
What to Expect: Students primarily will work with Trial Attorneys engaged in litigation against employers for violations of Title VII, the ADEA and the ADA. This work will mostly be legal research and writing. Students may assist in interviewing claimants or witnesses, help prepare discovery responses based on those interviews, or help prepare claimants or witnesses for deposition. Students may also be asked to abstract depositions and develop fact responses for defending against motions for summary judgment. Students may also work with enforcement staff involved in investigating Charges of Discrimination.
In addition to the legal assignments, interns are given the opportunity to observe different aspects of agency functions. Depending on availability and schedules, students will sit it on intake interviews, mediation sessions, Administrative Hearings, court hearings on routine and contested matters, and, sometimes, trials. Students will also have opportunities to observe depositions. When possible, the students are encouraged to observe activities that build upon work they have performed. For example, if a student has provided research on a motion, they are encouraged to attend court when the motion is heard. If they have interviewed witnesses on a case, they are encouraged to then sit in on depositions related to that case.
Our office works to ensure that students are given a wide variety of work and the opportunity to interact with as many different attorneys and staff members as possible.
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UFC 151 canceled, leaving Dana White mad at Jon 'Bones' Jones
The UFC canceled its Sept. 1 pay-per-view show Thursday after light heavyweight contender Dan Henderson injured his knee and champion Jon Jones declined a replacement fight with Chael Sonnen.
UFC President Dana White was left furious with Jones and his trainer, Greg Jackson, after the UFC was forced to scrap a major card for the first time in his 11 years in charge of mixed martial arts' dominant promotion.
"This is probably one of my all-time lows," White said. "The one thing that I never thought in a million years would ever happen -- it happened."
White said Jones is the first UFC champion ever to turn down a match even on such short notice, calling the decision "selfish" and "disgusting."
UFC 151 was scheduled for Sept. 1 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
Jones agreed to defend his title against former champion Lyoto Machida at UFC 152 in Toronto on Sept. 22 in a rematch of their bout last December in the same city.
But that did nothing to curb White's anger at one of his promotion's biggest stars -- and an athlete personally sponsored by the UFC. Last-minute matchup changes occur frequently in MMA shows due to injuries, and White rarely has a problem getting his tough-guy fighters to take risks.
"We've never, ever had a fighter refuse to fight somebody, especially a fighter who is a world champion as well as one of the top pound-for-pound guys in the world," White said. "It's baffling to me, and I've never seen it before."
Jones and Jackson didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
The 41-year-old Henderson was forced to drop out of his title shot against Jones after partially tearing a ligament in his knee during training, according to White.
Sonnen immediately agreed to take the assignment on eight days' notice, even moving up from 185 pounds to 205 to do it. The trash-talking, attention-loving Sonnen was stopped by middleweight champion Anderson Silva on July 7 in their entertaining rematch at UFC 148, the UFC's biggest show of the summer.
"Chael Sonnen says, 'I'll fight him tonight,'" White said. "He's that kind of a person. He puts his money where his mouth is. He goes out and delivers. He's willing to step out and fight."
But White said Jones and Jackson decided the champion couldn't be ready to fight the dangerous Sonnen. White was particularly enraged by Jackson, the respected Albuquerque-based trainer of several elite MMA fighters, calling him "a sport-killer" and "a weirdo" before saying: "Greg Jackson should never be interviewed by anybody ever again, except a psychiatrist."
Jones is among the sport's top handful of pound-for-pound fighters after his meteoric rise to the title in March 2011 in just his eighth UFC fight, yet his previously squeaky-clean image has taken enormous hits this year after his arrest on a drunken-driving charge in May, followed by his decision to decline this fight.
The 25-year-old Jones, a former college wrestler and the brother of two NFL players, has been open about his financial motivations for fighting in recent months, saying he hopes to retire young to pursue other interests.
"Jon Jones has been one of these guys who, as much as he's won and all the things that he's accomplished, he's been a champion that hasn't been very popular, and I don't think this is going to do wonders for his popularity," White said.
The UFC 151 undercard featured fights for Jake Ellenberger and Germany's Dennis Siver, yet it lacked a headline-quality bout, leading the UFC to scrap the entire show. The UFC has put on a huge slate of promotions during the first year of its new television deal with Fox, leading to criticism from fans who claim they're getting watered-down shows.
The UFC will give refunds on all tickets, costing the promotion an enormous amount of "money that's already been spent," according to White, on everything from Times Square billboards to extensive television advertising. But thousands of fans who converge on the UFC's hometown for its big events already have booked plane tickets and hotel rooms.
White is also apoplectic that the cancellation forced the cancellation or rescheduling of UFC 151's 10 preliminary bouts, lamenting the wasted money and training time spent by the undercard fighters with a fraction of Jones' wealth.
Charlie Brenneman, a journeyman welterweight scheduled to fight Australia's Kyle Noke in a preliminary card bout to be aired on Facebook, tweeted at Jones: "U can send my check to PO box 198. EH NJ. Rent is due the first, so preferably by then. Thanks."


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Cincinnati pulls away to beat SMU 65-57
CINCINNATI (AP) — Justin Jackson scored 17 points as the Cincinnati Bearcats pulled away for a 65-57 win over Southern Methodist on Wednesday night in the first game for both teams in the new American Athletic Conference.
Sean Kilpatrick overcame a second straight poor shooting night to finish with 13 points and Jermaine Sanders and Shaquille Thomas each added 10 as the Bearcats (12-2) extended their winning streak to five games.
Kilpatrick, who went into the game leading the AAC with an average of 19.1 points per game, is a combined 5 for 25 over his last two games.
Markus Kennedy was the only Mustang to reach double figures, finishing with 12 points as SMU (10-3) was held to its second-lowest point total of the season. The Mustangs saw their winning streak snapped at five games.
A crowd of 7,239 at 13,176-seat Fifth Third Arena watched the fledgling AAC make its Cincinnati basketball debut. SMU, after playing its first game in 12 days, is scheduled to return home to face No. 17 Connecticut on Saturday. Cincinnati is scheduled to go on the road to meet 18th-ranked Memphis on Saturday.
Sanders connected on back-to-back 3-pointers to help Cincinnati take a 32-30 halftime lead. Kennedy scored six of the last eight points of a 16-3 SMU run that left the Mustangs leading, 22-14, with 6:34 left in the first half. The Bearcats countered with a 12-0 run capped by four straight points by Jackson, whose five blocked shots before halftime matched his season high for a game. The Bearcats never trailed after Jackson converted a three-point play for a 24-22 lead with 3:24 left before halftime.
Jackson went to the bench with his third foul with 14:21 left in the second half, but he returned to deliver an impressive dunk and a bounce pass through two defenders to Kilpatrick for a backdoor layup that gave the Bearcats a 48-39 lead with 10:47 left in the game.


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CBU invites applications for the full-time position of Student Development Officer (Academic Success Coach).
Please review the full job description.
Qualified candidates should send to the Human Resources Department:
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We must focus our efforts on the hundreds of small companies based in our state and especially manufacturing firms.
I propose an incentive for hires in the high-tech and manufacturing sectors to build the work force for the future. Instead of paying unemployment benefits not to work, let us use some of that money to offer cash incentives to companies that add to their staff at the entry-level and provide training to such employees.
We should cover 50 percent of the wages with a cap of $25,000 per job and a time limit of no more than two years. Incentives would be available to companies within the manufacturing, high-tech, software, bio-med or bio-tech industries and to start-ups in those fields. This would be in cash and not tax credits because start-ups especially don't have the earnings to take advantage of tax credits! I would restrict such payments to companies with fewer than 200 employees as a way to limit the overall cost and to focus on the small and medium companies.
Betting on our workforce is a smart and a winning strategy.
Paul Pirrotta, South Glastonbury
Drop the education mantra. Are Connecticut manufacturers really waiting for the educated before they will turn out products? Are the Chinese who are making our clothes well versed in advanced calculus? During World War II, bombers were built by housewives whose education before manufacturing was in bread and bed making. Wizard-of-Oz diplomas are not required to begin most jobs.
Begin an embryo company. Instead of giving money to existing companies that have a product whose workforce is already sufficient for its demand, the state should find an unfulfilled consumer need, obtain capital from investors and begin production. For example, a one man, small, safe, classy, comfortable and efficient vehicle could be designed and made in Connecticut and leased to commuters nation-wide.
Some laws are based on an outdated idea of morality. Such laws often restrict the production and sale of a service or product. Here the state has a window of opportunity to go into business for itself. Such was the situation with gambling years ago and the state opened a lucrative lottery business free from competition. Marijuana may be the next great competition-free business for Connecticut.
Edward Putman, Vernon
The answer to why Connecticut — and the United States for that matter — has not created enough jobs lately is simple. The recession technically ended many months ago, but the job market has not rekindled because profit-making companies are spending profits on equipment, and enormous compensation for top management!
Yet, they are pressuring current employees to work 60, 70, 80 hours per week to meet demands instead of hiring more people. The Department of Labor needs to step in! Many companies are taking advantage of the definition of "salary" and are denying full-time employees of their right to a lunch break.
This is not only bad for the job market, but bad for employees' health! Americans do not sleep enough, do not exercise enough and eat crappy food because they work too much. Profit hoarders think leaner staffs equal savings on employee benefits. However, overworked, unhealthy staffs equal bigger health care expenses.
To create jobs, all that overtime needs to be shifted over to new hires — and our health care crisis will end as well! Let's make sure our legislators properly fund the Department of Labor, so it can do its job of protecting workers from workplace abuse.
Kathi Prudente, Glastonbury
The state Department. of Correction re-entry program has successfully decreased the inmate population allowing for closures of correctional facilities such as Webster and Bergin and there are thoughts of closing Enfield. Other states, however, are facing severe prison overcrowding. The state should contract with a state in need of overpopulation relief to incarcerate up to 700 of its inmates in Enfield.
Years ago, the state paid Virginia about $1 million a month to house 500 of our inmates. Assuming Connecticut charges more than the cost of incarceration for out-of-state inmates, a significant profit could be attained. The majority of existing Enfield prison staff members could remain, keeping their jobs. Concerns of reduced use of Enfield restaurants and other businesses if Enfield prison staff departed would be solved.
Kevin Connelly, West Hartford
Understanding the cause of Connecticut's moribund economy is simple. The scope and scale of state government is unsustainable. Pension reform, entitlement reform, overtime abuse, perverse regulations such as the misnamed "prevailing wage" provisions of government-funded construction projects — all this and more put Connecticut at a disadvantage to benefit entrenched special interests, not entrepreneurs and small business. Charter and parochial schools deserve a level playing field to compete with unionized public schools. Existing regulations must be subjected to cost benefit analysis. Truth-in-labeling is needed for new regulations and entitlements (such as the recent mandate for paid sick leave) so legislators and the public understand job-crushing implications.
We can live in dreamland savoring the smell of our deteriorating economy, or we can get back in the game by becoming lean and competitive. Those with mid six-figure-plus incomes should pay more. The key is the for the people to lead, not just by vilifying the rich, but by making sacrifices for our children and future. Let's dial back on borrowing and debt and the spending and taxes that almost beg our children to abandon a state that was, and could again be, one of the great economic powers in the free world."
William Hosley, Enfield
The state spent $250 million on overtime last year. In the short term, reduce this ridiculous number by privatizing some of these functions. This will reduce the size of the pinata our system has created and give some of this business to companies that can do it cheaper. And, oh, by the way, these companies will hire new workers.
This situation also reveals the need for a better long-term perspective. Politicians, commissioners and other bureaucrats will address this problem with a mandate to reduce the overtime rate by 10 percent. That's all? We need to stop looking to these people for all the answers to job creation. They are part of a bloated system of government that has never had to answer to both sides of a ledger. Furthermore, they all have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo and are therefore limited to decisions that will fit in nicely.
We need to bring together business owners, trade organizations, workers and others who are not part of this system and who face the dilemma of employment every day. We need to honestly identify the problems, create viable, even radical solutions and execute the plan methodically and unhindered by special interests. Without a broader vision we are doomed to fall short.
Brian Saluk, Berlin
Job creation is the 800-pound gorilla we must confront. But none of the useful commentary acknowledges Connecticut's single biggest potential asset for job creation and changing the competitive dynamics of the state: the $2.5 billion in accumulated tax credits that state firms cannot use because of severe restrictions on their redemption.
If companies could use these credits to underwrite new capital projects — advanced manufacturing facilities, research and development labs and other projects — it would produce tens of thousands of new jobs. The University of Connecticut's Center for Economic Analysis modeled exactly this policy, permitting redemption of the credits at 100 percent, spread over five years, after the project is complete and operating. The result of $1 billion in new capital projects is nearly 35,000 total net new jobs, 4-million-square feet of new facilities and so much new tax revenue that it covers the cost of the credits and delivers net new revenue to the state. It is a win-win-win policy for companies, for workers and for taxpayers. It transforms accumulated tax credits from a liability into a powerful driver of new investment.
Fred V. Carstensen, director Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis College of Liberal Arts & Sciences University of Connecticut
Political donations should be abolished. The millions of dollars going to political campaigns are ridiculous. The donors should use their money to create some productive business opportunities and then jobs.
Any data I receive from the campaigns will go immediately to the recycle bin and I will read about the opinions in The Courant or on the news. The donors could also consider giving to the local school boards and town councils. It would be nice to see more books in the schools instead of having to use copies of work and then glue it into notebooks, that parents have to buy. Any donations to the local towns would help reduce local taxes and benefit everyone. Stop wasting money on political campaigns and put the money where it would benefit most.
Kathy Bianchi, Plainville
As a solution to the current malaise affecting the economy of Connecticut and the country, I suggest that the principles of the "3rd Industrial Revolution" and the 5 Pillars be adopted The 5 Pillars are:
1. Shifting to renewable energy.
2. Transforming the building stock of every building in the state into micro-power plants to collect renewable energies on-site.
3. Deploying hydrogen and other storage technologies in every building and throughout the infrastructure to store intermittent energies.
4. Using Internet technology to transform the power grid of every continent into an energy-sharing intergrid that acts just like the Internet (when millions of buildings are generating a small amount of energy locally, on-site, they can sell surplus back to the grid and share electricity with their continental neighbors).
5. Transitioning the transport fleet to electric plug-in and fuel cell vehicles that can buy and sell electricity on a smart, continental, interactive power grid.
Brian Connors, Glastonbury
Let the Congress declare a war — on poverty and unemployment in the United States — allowing flexibility to the president to take timely actions.
Invest in many shelved ideas conceived by creative scientists and engineers in academic, government and industrial laboratories. The "declaration of war" is an appeal to entrepreneurs to separate from their organizations, with the organizations' blessing, and launch small business to pursue their own ideas. In addition to supporting such a move, corporations may take an equity position in these new companies. This is corporate citizens' response to the "war."
The special powers granted to the president will help move money faster to partly subsidize such ventures. If we can persuade a million such advanced degree holders to take risks and create new companies, a new Google, a new Microsoft, a new McDonald's may emerge leading to a prospering America.
Another opportunity keeps American households functioning smoothly. For example, how often have you not wished for a plumber to attend to your leaky faucet or toilet promptly? A thousand technical schools, spread across the nation, could train and certify technicians who can perform routine repair tasks at competitive prices. And this work cannot be outsourced.
A.V. (Sheenu) Srinivasan, Glastonbury
Creating a job comes down to demand. The family metaphor provides a clear example. I own a home, which creates jobs. If I need a new roof, I either do it myself or hire a contractor; in either case I will need to purchase materials.
I don't delay repairing the roof because my property taxes are high or might go higher in the future; I maintain my roof to protect my investment in the home and by extension my community. I don't delay buying the shingles because there is a 6 percent sales tax
When I hire a contractor, I consider price, but also his or her reputation to do the job in a timely and professional manner. The lowest price is not always the best choice. Generally, the homeowner will chose a contractor whose bid (wage) is close to or at the prevailing wages for the community or state. Supporting a living wage for the contractor reflects a social responsibility to each other.
So, what's missing in the Connecticut business climate? Commitment. We spend money either luring companies to abandon other communities or convincing companies to remain in Connecticut. The bottom line for communities and ultimately business is commitment to people not to obscene profit.
Michael Piscopiello, Haddam
We need food, shelter and clothing. We need companionship. We need meaningful creative expression. None of these things is exactly a job.
A job is what we do for money — and money is a mutually agreed upon symbol of exchange. So we exchange the hours of our days for our jobs. Our jobs in turn supply us with money. Money allows us to buy the things we truly and universally need: food, shelter and clothing. We seek companionship and creative expression in the world in our free time; if we have any free time after spending many hours on our job.
It is difficult to see from where the impetus to create jobs will come from. Even if we do see some new industries emerging, there are not enough to offset the stunning decline in our global economy. Even if we do see some new opportunities on the horizon, our consumer-oriented economy is an unsustainable drain on the environment.
It might be possible in this moment of loss and vulnerability to name a different kind of wealth: social wealth.
The philanthropy class has collapsed, sending declines through the nonprofit sector, the recipient class and the merchant sector. Necessity is causing us all to focus on what we really need, and here lies the healing balm.
If we grow food, if we share, if we remain closer to our real needs, we may find the resources we need for a recovery. If we re-use, if we waste less, we will find that we are closer to having enough.
Rabbi Andrea Cohen Kiener, West Hartford
It is no accident that the last year jobs expanded in Connecticut was 1990. Why would I say that? Because, shortly after that year, in 1991, the income tax was initiated in Connecticut. The taxation in this state is among the highest in the nation for both business and personal.
The next difficulty in running a successful business in Connecticut is the outrageous regulatory laws both state and local. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has touted his new enthusiastic commitment to growing jobs, but his tax and regulate policies will ruin any attempts to increase jobs. He just implemented the highest tax increase in history. His First Five project has already given away millions to companies that would have increased employment on their own.
Last week, the governor shouted to the roof tops about the nonprofit laboratory at the Unversity of Connecticut Health Center. But, he low-balled the facts. The state will spend $129 million in tax money for this development. This mission to support a nonprofit enterprise could end up looking like the president's Solyndra debacle.
Until regulation and taxes are reduced in a constructive manner, there will be no job improvement in this state. With a one-party General Assembly (Democrats) these changes become even harder.
James Jeff Crocket, New Britain
The U.S. can not survive with free trade (NAFTA), put in by President Bill Clinton in January 1994, which sent the jobs overseas. We cannot compete with $2 and $5 an hour wages. In sections of Africa they work for a $1 a day.
We must bring jobs back from China, Mexico and other countries, making manufacturing parts, clothing and other goods.
We have 15 million out of work and most jobs left the U.S. We are not a world power anymore and China could take us over today, because they are making our military parts. With two wars going on we should be working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, instead of China. We must put a 200 percent tariff on all parts coming into the U.S. except material that we need to manufacture parts. The other way is to cut the corporations' 35 percent tax to 10 percent because foreign countries are taxing at 15 percent.
Richard Proch, Marlborough
Connecticut's transportation gurus, need not look any further than Disney. They've been doing it for years and you've never heard a person complain about getting around Disney. Connecticut has a lot of the parts in place.
Community transportation such as rubber-tired trolleys stopping at local business hubs picking up commuters and bringing them to commuter lot terminals. Commuters could park in those lots.
We already have commuter lots in place, we just need to make them more attractive and efficient.
Put a "terminal" in each lot and make that terminal a center of activity: coffee shops, news stands, convenience stores, laundry drop offs, shopping concierges and bright spacious waiting areas.
Monorails: Using our current highway dividers, we can build an ever-expanding series of monorail tracks to travel over our current highways. There is no need to buy land or widen highways.
Big city "hubs." Large cities could expand their current bus stations to include a monorail station. Connecticut Transit buses get riders from the monorail station throughout the major cities.
Ed Slegeski, Manchester
In the wake of the recent power outages caused by Tropical Storm Irene, wouldn't it make sense to begin a concerted and organized effort to put utility cables underground?
Not only would it create jobs, but it would also save significant amounts of money resulting from lost productivity, wages and commercial sales due to power outages. Related losses to homeowners and businesses would decline along with tree-trimming costs and future storm-related utility service calls. Imagine if we had the good sense to create bike paths at the same time? Hopefully, improved health and decreased air pollution would help to control healthcare costs.
Finally, let's revive the buy American campaign, and withhold tax-breaks and government investments in companies that outsource our jobs overseas. I, for one, am fed up with struggling to communicate with a customer service representative on the other side of the world.
Mickey Maheu, Tolland


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There's an online charity open through Thursday that will grant two lucky — I mean absurdly wealthy — people an hour-long tennis lesson with John McEnroe at Randall's Island in New York City. The bid is currently at $26,000. The money will go towards saving the earth (literally, I guess?), so we can only be so resentful about this. The tagline, however, is a little misleading and a little disappointing: "Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play tennis with a legend!" First of all, you can't goad someone to "not miss" something that sounds awful and that costs close to $30k, and second of all, there's no promise of being treated to an F-bomb or two or three. It's a rip-off.
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Title would ease the pain, says van Persie
United and former Arsenal striker all but over the line with 15-point lead over City
Manchester United's Robin van Persie believes the title is all but wrapped up. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Wire.
Robin van Persie believes he is poised to ease the "pain" that has gnawed at him throughout his career by becoming a league champion for the first time. The Manchester United striker says that nothing is settled yet and he is mindful of how the club squandered an eight-point advantage in the final six matches of last season to hand the title to Manchester City.
But with United 15 points clear with nine games to play, he is confident of a happier ending and the 29-year-old also hopes that any success, which may yet also include the FA Cup, will serve as the catalyst for a personal haul of honours.
Van Persie left Arsenal for United last summer in order to win trophies – he took the No20 shirt at Old Trafford as he said that he wanted to help win the club's 20th title – and he is close to seeing the decision vindicated. Previously, Van Persie helped win the 2002 Uefa Cup with Feyenoord and the 2005 FA Cup with Arsenal.
"That I'll probably win my first championship is very nice," Van Persie said. "I'm really thrilled about it. Not winning titles has given me quite some pain and it has made me greyer.
"It still has to happen. We have to go to Sunderland and West Ham, and we have to play Chelsea [in Monday's FA Cup quarter-final replay] and if we win, we play back-to-back against City in the league and the FA Cup semi-final. Then we have Stoke. These are not summer-night games. I watched United drop the lead last season but it's getting awfully close now, and I'm really happy with that."
Van Persie struggled to suppress his excitement as he spoke to reporters in his native Netherlands during the international break and said his emotions had been further fired by the stories he has heard from his United team-mates, including Rio Ferdinand, for whom he has served as a chauffeur to training. Ferdinand was given a six-month driving ban last September.
"In the last period, I have been the driver for Rio," Van Persie said. "He told me there was a time he thought he'd never become champion. He was becoming totally crazy because of it. But he told me, 'If you get the first one ... well man, that tastes so good and you only want more. That then becomes the standard, the only thing that counts. Anything less isn't good enough any more.' Rio had to wait a long time before he became champion and so have I."
Van Persie has scored 23 times for United, including vital goals in the away wins over Liverpool, Chelsea and City, and is a leading candidate to claim the two Player of the Year awards he won last season. He has endured something of a drought, with only one goal in his past 10 appearances for the club and none in seven, but he has seen his team-mates, most notably Wayne Rooney, pick up the slack. The burden on his shoulders looked more onerous at Arsenal last season.
"My team-mates all stood up," Van Persie said. "Shinji [KAGAWA]scored a hat-trick [against Norwich City] and Wayne produced his usual goals. So that's nice, that it doesn't all go wrong [when he does not score.]"
Van Persie, however, was back on target for Holland with one goal in Friday's 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Estonia and two in Tuesday's 4-0 victory against Romania. "I'm in a lesser period at my club right now and it's nice to score some goals for the national team to get through that," he said. "I don't put a good performance just down to producing a goal. I'm a striker that doesn't have to make 60 goals per season, I am a player that wants to play well for the team. But scoring is part of my job and when I don't score for seven games, it bothers me.
"The key is to keep working hard. I've also missed some luck. If you analyse my chances, my efforts went just over or on or next to the woodwork. You always have these kind of periods in a season and it's important to train hard, do a lot of finishing work and then, all of a sudden, it will get back and the goals will come. I have quality. I haven't lost that along the way."
Van Persie said he had "listened to the little boy inside me" when he opted to join United and there has since been an almost childlike enthusiasm about his body language. He loves playing with Rooney, and compares the relationship to the one he enjoys with Rafael van der Vaart at international level. He also suggested United could be his "last top club". He has, on occasion, said that he would like to retire at SBV Excelsior, the club in Rotterdam where he began his career as a youth player.
"I think my move to United came at exactly the right time," Van Persie said. "It shouldn't have been any earlier or any later. Arsenal was for eight years the place to be. But last summer was the perfect moment to sign for United.
"You have a couple of good clubs for older players, where they feel OK and are appreciated. In the past those were AC Milan and Juventus, and nowadays, United is a good example. So who knows how long I will stay at the club?"


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Stars attend gala opening at Emirates Palace, Richard Gere teases potential feature in the region.
The sixth edition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Oct 11-20) launched last night at the five-star Emirates Palace with a gala screening of Nicolas Jarecki's Arbitrage, attended by Jarecki and stars Richard Gere and Nate Parker.
The film's producers Mohammed Al Turki, Brian Young and Kevin Turen also attended, with Al Turki telling the audience that screening the film in Abu Dhabi was "a dream come true".
"I never thought I could embark on a film career," he told the packed auditorium. "I am from within the Gulf region where we are a conservative society, where cinema can be considered taboo. However, we are living proof of evolution. We are the new generation."
Richard Gere, on his first visit to Abu Dhabi, thanked the festival and in a brief interview before the screening, teased a future project that could shoot in the region: "I was talking to some Arab friends of mine today about possibly shooting something here," he said.
A host of leading lights from the Arab cinema world attended the screening, alongside local dignitaries, Indian cinema icon Mammootty, jury members Shabana Azmi, Niki Karimi, Cédomir Kolar, Samir Farid and Ismaël Farroukhi as well as international media.
This year's festival, under new director Ali Al Jabri, hosts eight world premieres, 81 feature films, 62 narrative films and 19 documentaries and has a daily schedule of masterclasses and press conferences.
It is also the first year the festival is managed by Abu Dhabi's media and entertainment hub twofour54.
Among today's [Friday 12] screenings are the red carpet Gala for Nousry Yasrallah's After the Battle, attended by the director, It Was the Son, attended by director Daniele Cipri, Mumbai's King, presented by director Manjeet Singh and American Empire, attended by director Patrea Patrick.


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Greens Senator Scott Ludlam believes the National Broadband Network (NBN) will end up looking like a "dog's breakfast" if the Coalition wins the federal election in September.
A long-time supporter of the NBN, Ludlam is highly critical of the Coalition's plan to roll out the network based on fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) instead of fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP), which is Labor's current plan.
Ludlam told Computerworld Australia shadow minister for communications, Malcolm Turnbull, had been given a "bad brief" from opposition leader, Tony Abbott, with Abbott originally appointing Turnbull to "demolish" the NBN in late 2010.
Turnbull recently told <i>Computerworld Australia</i> the Coalition would honour existing contracts for FTTP and possibly enter new contracts for FTTN deployment.
This will leave some Australia split – those who have access to a FTTP network and "those who are going to be left behind by Malcolm Turnbull trying to pander to Tony Abbot's desire to leave the country in the dark ages", Ludlam said.
Ludlam claimed the Coalition's NBN will use infrastructure and equipment which will be redundant within a couple of years and result in "patchwork" network.
"I think it'll be a very costly dog's breakfast that they're going to have to either break contracts or leave the country with a patchwork of people who are connected to the end-to-end network and those who are stuck on the legacy copper," he said.
"They also will need to confront the fact that they'll have lost a large part of NBN's revenues. If we end up with a crappy low-speed service in metropolitan areas, they will actually lose the ability to pay for the high-speed satellite and wireless service in regional areas."
Ludlam has urged the opposition to leave the NBN alone if it wins the federal election and allow the project to run its course.
"I think we need the opposition to come clean on the fact that their system won't have anything like the capabilities of what Mr Quigley and his team are currently building," he said.
Turnbull's main selling point for a Coalition NBN is that it would be cheaper and faster to roll out than FTTP.
He told Computerworld Australia that in comparable markets where FTTN has been used, it costs between one-third and one-fifth of the cost of FTTP.
"The number that the British gave me was one quarter, so that's a very, very big difference – that's saving a lot of money," he said.
However, independent MP Rob Oakeshott has lambasted Turnbull for not including copper maintenance costs in Coalition cost estimates for building the NBN.
He believes that based on his own "rough figures", a Coalition version of the NBN would only be $5 billion cheaper than Labor's $37.4 billion NBN.
Ludlam is also critical of the opposition's lack of foresight and the potential for FTTN to have an additional impact on the environment.
"What the government's expert panel found years ago was that before too long you have to cut over the copper anyway. The nodes will end up in landfill – the cabinets will end up in landfill – and you end up having to rip the copper up anyhow," he said.
While Turnbull has been left to fight the flag for FTTN for the Coalition, Ludlam said the decision ultimately goes back to Abbott.
"They're stuck with a leader whose views don't accord with the fact that the digital economy is an enormous enabler of social growth and economic development," he said.
"I think Mr Abbot understands mining pretty well. I don't think he understands much about anything else at all, so he doesn't really have the vision. He doesn't see the need for a network like this and that's what they've stuck Mr Turnbull with."
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Chuck Miller "After playing on the trumpet the school's fight song, Our Boys Gonna Shine Tonight by ear, they put me in the high school band. It all happened so fast, I was only in the sixth grade." Of all the musicians/teachers to be associated with the instruction of youth in the Omaha community, Chuck Miller was the most influential and the most controversial. Despite his seeming less impossible task of developing the raw unused musical talents of at-risk children and developing them into singers and performers in popular bands, many of the youth taught by him have grown up into productive professional musicians. As a result of his teaching, they have performed all over the world. Few musicians in the Omaha community would seem to have been more deserving of a job well done than Chuck Miller.
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Joseph diGenova, the former U.S. Attorney who prosecuted Israeli spy and former U.S. intelligence agent Jonathan Pollard, said Tuesday his potential release under an emerging deal to extend Israeli-Palestinian peace talks would be "literally insane."
The Obama administration has been weighing whether to release Pollard, the 59-year-old Israeli spy who did historic damage to the U.S. and is currently serving a life sentence after being convicted of espionage in 1987.
The emerging deal would reportedly extend negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis past an original April 29 deadline and into 2015. In exchange for the release of Pollard, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners would also be released. White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday no decision has been made on whether to release Pollard.
"My first reaction was that it doesn't make any sense because it's literally insane," diGenova told Business Insider in a phone interview Tuesday. "In the midst of the Edward Snowden scandal, this administration is proposing to release a spy who has done some of the gravest damage ever done to the United States."
DiGenova repeatedly drew the connection between Pollard and Snowden. He said it would inspire Snowden copycats, who would get the hint the federal government would always be ready to cave under the right circumstances. He even said CIA Director John Brennan should threaten to resign if Pollard is freed, much like former CIA Director George Tenet threatened to do in 1998 amid President Bill Clinton's consideration of the move.
But the most baffling aspect for both diGenova and other experts is that the U.S. is dangling Pollard as an enticement only to extend talks. There is no indication Israel and Palestine are anywhere close to a peace deal, or even close to an agreement on any of the remaining sticking points. Even if the talks are extended, there's a good chance they could ultimately fail.
DiGenova has been openly critical of President Barack Obama on a host of issues. He is a longtime Republican activist, and he represents a former Marine who has accused Obama of participating in a cover up on the 2012 Benghazi terror attack. But he, like others, pointed to the extensive damage done by Pollard's spying.
Pollard, a former Navy intelligence officer, used his top-secret clearance to access to national defense information. He provided Israel with thousands of pages of U.S. intelligence on military and technical intelligence on the Soviet Union, Arab states, and Pakistan. Israel promised to pay him nearly $750,000 to spy, diGenova said.
"For the President to link his release to some vague peace process, give him to the country for whom he worked against his own country ... this is insanity," diGenova said. "No president can conceive of this at a time like this, with Snowden hanging around in Russia. This is mind-boggling. It's lunacy."


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Flourysh brauchte ein neues Kodierte Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 8 Designs von 5 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
An electronic, it and communications company requires a new design for their website.
Desired Color Scheme:
match/complement company logo colors. Professional colors.
Desired Style:
The site needs to have a clean, proffessional, business look and feel. It should have an element of creativity in it (ie include something that is a bit different to a standard business website).
Accepted File Formats:
High res jpg/png/gif plus photoshop files, CSS and XHTML.
We have decided to use bluetigers design. The contest will remain open until the necessary changes have been made.
An electronic and communications services company requires there website to be redesigned. The current site can be found here
The company offers the following services:
* Hardware (purchase and rental)
* Networking
* Website development
* Website hosting
* Internet connectivity (DSL connections)
* Outdoor advertising
---- airports (billboards)
---- freeways (billboards)
---- prime positions (billboards)
---- Sheet billboards (large scale billboards)
---- Consumer Ads (billboards)
The site needs to have a clean, professional, business look and feel.
* menu:
-- Home
-- About Us
-- Branding & Marketing
-- IT Services
-- Contact Us
Menu must be text (additional menu options may be added dynamically)
Menu must not be a drop down menu/javascript menu.
Menu can be down the left hand side or horizontal
Top Banner (optional, depending on your design ideas):
* If you decide to include a top banner the images in it should relate to the services offered. The banner will be the same on all pages.
Logo: Site to include logo
Copies of the logo (jpg, psd, cdr, ai) can be downloaded here (6MB)
Home page:
Home page to include -
* space for short paragaraph of text
* 1 graphic promoting Branding & Marketing (Links to Outdoor Advertising)
* 1 graphic promoting IT services.
* space for latest news items (titles only) Max 3 items
* prominent link: "Register your website domain name now! Click here"


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One other time, I was in graduate school out of state. There was this girl who was just out of high school taking some summer courses at the college. She was not bad looking, but seemed rather withdrawn. I started talking to her at the sub one day and found out she knew no one there, similar to me, so we struck up a casual friendship. Over the next couple of weeks, we talked more about things and I found that her mom was a single parent and having a tough time paying for her schooling, which was why she seemed so pensive most of the time. I gave her a couple of friendly hugs during those first couple of weeks and she finally admitted to me that she not only loved those hugs, but she would go back to her room and fantasize about us being together. When I asked for details, she blushed but told me what she thought, what she did, etc. That was such a turn on and I told her so. She put her hand on my dick under the table and was surprised that I was hard. She said that was part of her fantasy as well, and being willing to act it out, we went back to my apt and spent the rest of the day fulfilling her fantasy. No bikes were involved, lol, but we did have a very nice summer. I did get her some nice birthday presents. I did meet her mom once, who thanked me for helping her daughter make the transition at college. I'm not sure mom knew we were fucking though.
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Joe....Just different compression and quality between MP4 formats Both work ok
The butterfly kisses bit made my day.....wtf were they doing
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>MP4 - For Windows 7, Mac and iPad (62 MB) >MP4 - For iPhone/iPod Well, tried both links, each works fine on a generic PC without any perversion - no doors, no windows, no gates or roofs, just POSIX-compartible OS. Also both work perfect on modern (android >= 2.1) smartphone and tablet. So I can't understand - what's the difference beetwing that two kinds of perversions mentioned above?
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Any man want to buy me a bicycle too? I bet I would be more thankful :D
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So judging by the comments all you people think PAEODOPHILIA is acceptable, obviously this girl is about 26 but the storyline is suggesting she is a schoolgirl.. You dirty bastards...
am i the only one who got totaly put off by the cheezy spice girls instrumental??? lmaooooo i was just really getting into it and then i started to laff and it completely ruined the mood for me lol it would be so hot without the music.
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She's the girl off 'according to jim' :L
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