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As I remarked in my review of the theatrical release of "21 Jump Street", this feature revival/spoof of the '80s TV show is better than it has any right to be. It may be dumb, but it's good dumb, mixing very broad shtick with clever sequences that turn around the conventions of the buddy-cop/action/blow-it-all-up genre. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are both hilarious and at times surprisingly touching.
Visually, the Blu-ray does what it should — that is, recreates the film's look without any apparent tinkering. The extras start with a hang-loose commentary track, with Hill, Tatum and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller goofing around and saying whatever comes to their heads. There are 20 deleted scenes, totaling roughly half an hour; a five-minute reel of flubs; a similar two-minute compilation of goofs from supporting player Ice Cube; and about half an hour comprising five behind-the-scenes promo shorts.
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A longtime North Carolina high school coach is accused of, well, basically torturing some of his students after inviting them over to "lift weights." Seriously, this is Jame Gumb shit right here.
Bill Lee has been a teacher and coach at Salisbury (NC) High School for 30 years, and has coached the boys' and girls' basketball teams, as well as tennis. His idea of voluntary workouts leaves a lot to be desired.
According to the affidavit, the 2003 graduate told police he was invited to "Coach Lee's" house - then on Maxwell Street - to lift weights and work out. He said at some point Lee asked him to make a "scary video" and took him into a room located in the back of the garage.
There, the student says, Lee had him strip down to his boxers, strapped him to a bench, poured a bucket of water over him and punched him in the stomach as a video camera recorded the scene.
The student said he had seen videos at Lee's house of other boys who had been filmed using the same scenario.
Frighteningly, that student might have gotten off easy from "Coach Lee." Another former student has come forward to tell police that Lee hung him by his wrists from a wooden beam, and hit him with a baseball bat, using "half-swings."
Lee has been put on administrative leave while the investigation continues. And suddenly, suicide drills don't seem so bad after all.
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Esraa Adbel Fattah and Wael Ghonim both used the power of Facebook to organize activists and find those unhappy with Egypt's current regime. Now both are nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Ghonim, whom we have written extensively about, is a former Google executive who started the Facebook page, "We are all Khaled Saeed," in 2010 which became a rallying cry for change and protest. He was imprisoned by the government in January and released 10 days later.
The lesser-known Abdel Fattah, also started a Facebook page in 2008 calling for a national strike, was also imprisoned for 18 days, and her actions are credited as the start of what would become Egypt's revolution, the Christian Science Monitor reported. She said that that winning the Nobel Peace Prize would bring recognition to activists like herself in the April 6 movement, but also mentioned that the nomination has been criticized by other activists who say that it "overplays the role of social media."
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Renly Baratheon is the Lord of Storm's End and Lord Paramount of the Stormlands. The younger brother of King Robert I and Lord Stannis, Renly serves as master of laws on Robert's small council.[2] In the television adaptation Game of Thrones Renly is played by Gethin Anthony.[3]
Appearance and Character
Renly is a handsome and charismatic man, winning friends easily, but he also strikes some people as frivolous.[4] Renly enjoys tournaments and hunting but is not driven by the passion for food, drink, or wenching, as Robert I Baratheon came to be. He is quite popular with the smallfolk due to his good looks, friendly ways and charisma.[5]
Renly is twenty-one years old, a tall man with black hair falling to his shoulders.[6] He is thought to look eerily similar to a young Robert, though several inches shorter, and far less muscular. In A Game of Thrones he is said to wear green to match his eyes,[6] but in A Clash of Kings he is described as having blue eyes like Robert.[4] His suit of enameled green armor with a helm adorned with a pair of golden antlers[4] was made by Tobho Mott.[7] Renly keeps his body trim and his thick, jet-black hair long but always neatly combed. He prefers to be clean-shaven.[8]
Unbeknownst to the realm at large, and despite the many women who are attracted to him, Renly is homosexual.[9][10] According to his lover, Ser Loras Tyrell, Renly disdains book learning, believing that books should only be read by maesters. Despite this, he owns books with "drawings that would turn a septon blind", implying some kind of pornography.[11]
Born in 277 AC,[1] Renly was the youngest of the three sons of Lord Steffon Baratheon and Lady Cassana Estermont.[2][12]
Renly grew up at Storm's End. Only a boy of six at the time of Robert's Rebellion, he spent the war under siege in Storm's End, together with his older brother, Stannis, where he was witness to the desperation of the starving garrison.[13][10]
As a boy, Renly loved bright colors and fabrics. He loved games as well, and would run laughing through the halls of Storm's End.[14]
By his older brother Robert, Renly was eventually granted the seat of Storm's End and named Lord Paramount of the Stormlands, upsetting Stannis, who felt that, as the elder of the two, Storm's End was his by right.[14]
When Renly turned sixteen, he made a lord's progress across the stormlands to mark his coming of age. During this progress, he also visited the isle of Tarth, where Renly courteously danced with Brienne of Tarth.[15]
Princess Arianne Martell recalls that Renly also visited Sunspear once. She had tried her best to seduce Renly, but remembers that he had seemed more bemused than inflamed by her attempts.[16]
During his time as Lord of Storm's End, Renly took Loras Tyrell as his page and squire.[17] This was likely the start of their clandestine love affair. Although not widely known, their forbidden relationship is known to various others at court.[9][10]
Renly was eventually named to the small council, where he occupied the position of master of laws.[2] While he is at court, his castellan at Storm's End is Ser Cortnay Penrose, who raises King Robert's bastard son, Edric Storm, for them.[18] Brella runs Renly's household in King's Landing for him.[19]
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A Game of Thrones
While King Robert I Baratheon's procession is returning from Winterfell, Renly meets up with them, accompanied by Ser Barristan Selmy, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, and the King's Justice, Ser Ilyn Payne.[6] Deeply amused by Prince Joffrey Baratheon's accusations against Arya Stark's direwolf Nymeria, Renly is forced to leave the room at Darry, laughing at the thought of Joffrey being disarmed and beaten by a girl smaller and younger than him.[20]
Renly performs well in the Hand's tourney, losing to the Hound, Sandor Clegane.[5] Renly shows Lord Eddard Stark a painted portrait of Margaery Tyrell and asks if she looks like Lyanna Stark; Eddard is puzzled by this but states the girl looks nothing like his late sister Lyanna.[7] Renly and Ser Loras Tyrell want Robert to take Loras's sister, Margaery, as his new queen and they think if Margaery looks like Lyanna it would make the plan easier.[21]
While Robert lies dying after being wounded in the kingswood, Renly approaches Eddard and suggests they seize control of the royal children before Queen Cersei Lannister can strike. Eddard refuses the offer, and Renly flees King's Landing along with Loras.
After Robert's death, Renly manages to win the support of powerful House Tyrell and many of their bannermen through a secret love affair with Loras and a marriage to his sister Margaery. Renly is crowned Lord of the Seven Kingdoms at Highgarden.[22][23]
A Clash of Kings
Through his charisma with and ties to House Tyrell and familiarity with his stormlands bannermen, Renly's claim to the Iron Throne is backed by the largest army in the War of the Five Kings, despite his elder brother Stannis having the better claim.
He also takes to wearing the stag of Baratheon but in the colors of House Tyrell.[4]
Renly spends a great deal of time moving through the Reach, gaining support and men at castles such as Horn Hill while waiting for the right moment to strike.[24] He hosts tourneys for his men, including a great melee at Bitterbridge, and blocks the supply of food on the roseroad to King's Landing, causing the capital to suffer starvation. All the while he waits for the Lannisters and Starks to wear each other down. Brienne of Tarth, who is infatuated with Renly, joins the Rainbow Guard to be close to him.[4]
Robb Stark, the young King in the North, sends his mother Catelyn to Bitterbridge to negotiate an alliance with Renly against Lord Tywin Lannister, who is fortified at Harrenhal.[25] Renly states he might allow Robb to keep his title, but he refuses to allow the north to secede from the Seven Kingdoms.[4]
Renly's plan goes awry, however, when Stannis unexpectedly besieges Storm's End, forcing Renly to respond.[4] Catelyn convinces the brothers to parley outside Storm's End, but Renly makes light of the situation, refusing to back down from his claim and advising his older brother to give up and eat a peach. Renly also denies Catelyn leave to return to Riverrun, so she may witness the fate of "rebels".[24] While preparing for battle with Stannis's forces the next dawn, however, Renly is slain by an animated shadow conjured by his brother's sorceress adviser, Melisandre.[13] Ser Cortnay Penrose, the castellan of Storm's End, disbelieves that Renly has died, but his body goes missing before it can be presented as proof.[26]
Loras's brother, Ser Garlan Tyrell, wears Renly's armor in the Battle of the Blackwater to make it appear that Renly's ghost has returned for vengeance against the kinslaying Stannis.[27][28]
A Storm of Swords
Following King Joffrey I Baratheon's wedding to Margaery, Hamish the Harper performs "Lord Renly's Ride" during the wedding feast. Hamish sings of Renly's ghost repenting from his attempt to usurp his nephew, returning to this world to defend the realm from Stannis and then returning to Highgarden to see his true love's face one last time, which brings tears to Margaery's eyes.[29]
Ser Loras tells Ser Jaime Lannister that he buried Renly in a place they knew from when he was a squire at Storm's End, where no one else could ever find and disturb his remains.[28]
A Feast for Crows
Taena of Myr tells Cersei Lannister that she was in attendance for Renly's wedding to Margaery Tyrell at Highgarden, and she questions Margaery's claim that the marriage was never consummated.[30]
Although this is never explicitly stated, there are a number of oblique references that imply those who are close to him are aware of Renly's orientation and, more, that he and Loras Tyrell are involved. When Stannis and Renly are trading barbs in anticipation of battle at Storm's End, Stannis calls Renly's wedding to Margaery Tyrell a "mummer's farce" and in response to Renly's comment, "You'll be pleased to know she came to me a maid," Stannis replies, "In your bed she's like to die that way."[24]
When Jaime stops Loras from confronting Brienne, he threatens Loras: "Now sheathe your bloody sword, or I'll take it from you and shove it up some place even Renly never found."[31]
While contemplating Margaery's maidenhood, Cersei reflects on Margaery's marriage to Renly: "A man may prefer the taste of hippocras, yet if you set a tankard of ale before him, he will quaff it quick enough;"[32] the implication being that although Renly prefers the company of men, he may nonetheless have bedded Margaery because she was available.
Quotes by Renly
The matter seems simple enough to me. We ought to have had Viserys and his sister killed years ago, but His Grace my brother made the mistake of listening to Jon Arryn.[33]
– Renly to the small council
Renly: Give me an hour and I could put a hundred swords at your command.
Eddard: And what should I do with a hundred swords, my lord?Renly: Strike! Now, while the castle sleeps. We must get Joffrey away from his mother and take him in hand. Protector of the Realm or no, he who holds the king holds the kingdom.[34]
- Renly and Eddard Stark
Renly: Every moment you delay gives Cersei another moment to prepare. By the time Robert dies, it may be too late ... for both of us.
Eddard: Then we should pray that Robert does not die.Renly: The Lannisters are not.[34]
Renly: Small chance of that.
Eddard: Sometimes the gods are merciful.
– Renly and Eddard Stark
Renly: I propose that you dismount, bend your knee, and swear me your allegiance.
Stannis: That you shall never have.Renly: The Targaryens called Robert usurper. He seemed to be able to bear the shame. So shall I.[24]
Renly: You served Robert, why not me?
Stannis: Robert was my elder brother. You are the younger.
Renly: Younger, bolder, and far more comely ...
Stannis: ... and a thief and a usurper besides.
– Renly and Stannis Baratheon
Stannis: Do you think a few bolts of cloth will make you king?
Renly: Tyrell swords will make me king. Rowan and Tarly and Caron will make me king, with axe and mace and warhammer. Tarth arrows and Penrose lances, Fossoway, Cuy, Mullendore, Estermont, Selmy, Hightower, Oakheart, Crane, Caswell, Blackbar, Morrigen, Beesbury, Shermer, Dunn, Footly . . . even House Florent, your own wife's brothers and uncles, they will make me king. All the chivalry of the south rides with me, and that is the least part of my power. My foot is coming behind, a hundred thousand swords and spears and pikes. And you will destroy me? With what, pray? That paltry rabble I see there huddled under the castle walls? I'll call them five thousand and be generous, codfish lords and onion knights and sellswords. Half of them are like to come over to me before the battle starts. You have fewer than four hundred horse, my scouts tell me-freeriders in boiled leather who will not stand an instant against armored lances. I do not care how seasoned a warrior you think you are, Stannis, that host of yours won't survive the first charge of my vanguard.[24]
– Renly and Stannis Baratheon
– Renly to Catelyn Stark
Quotes about Renly
The bold little boy with wild black hair and laughing eyes was a man grown now, one-and-twenty, and still he played his games. "Look at me, I'm a king," Cressen thought sadly. Oh, Renly, Renly, dear sweet child, do you know what you are doing? And would you care if you did? is there anyone who cares for him but me?[14]
– Cressen's thoughts
What has Renly ever done to earn a throne? He sits in council and jests with Littlefinger, and at tourneys he dons his splendid suit of armor and allows himself to be knocked off his horse by a better man. That is the sum of my brother Renly, who thinks he ought to be king.[14]
– Stannis Baratheon to Cressen
– Cressen's thoughts
My brother is young and strong, and he has a vast host around him, and these rainbow knights of his.[14]
– Stannis Baratheon to Selyse Florent
– Donal Noye to Jon Snow
He knew how to dress and he knew how to smile and he knew how to bathe, and somehow he got the notion that this made him fit to be king.[36]
– Olenna Redwyne to Margaery Tyrell
When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.[37]
- Loras Tyrell to Tyrion Lannister
– Loras Tyrell to Jaime Lannister
I would have given my life for King Renly, and died happy.[15]
- Brienne Tarth to Illifer and Creighton Longbough
|Robert I
|Renly I
|Stannis I
|Joffrey I
|Tommen I
|9 Others
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 See the Renly Baratheon calculation.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
- ↑ HBO: Game of Thrones: cast and crew
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 29, Sansa II.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 15, Sansa I.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard VI.
- ↑ A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 So Spake Martin: To Be Continued (Chicago, IL; May 6-8), May 06, 2005
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Renly Baratheon.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Appendix: Targaryen Lineage.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 33, Catelyn IV.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 4, Brienne I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 40, Princess In The Tower.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 24, Cersei V.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 30, Eddard VII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 58, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 16, Eddard III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 32, Arya III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion IX.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 31, Catelyn III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 7, Catelyn I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 36, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 62, Sansa VII.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 67, Jaime VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 28, Cersei VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 62, Jaime VII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 3, Cersei I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 33, Eddard VIII.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 47, Eddard XIII.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 6, Jon I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 6, Sansa I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 12, Tyrion II.
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Margaery Tyrell married 1st Renly, 2nd Joffrey, 3rd Tommen


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- Modules and Pragmata
- Selected Bug Fixes
- Acknowledgements
- Reporting Bugs
perldelta - what is new for perl v5.18.2
This document describes differences between the 5.18.1 release and the 5.18.2 release.
If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.18.0, first read perl5181delta, which describes differences between 5.18.0 and 5.18.1.
Modules and Pragmata
Updated Modules and Pragmata
B has been upgraded from version 1.42_01 to 1.42_02.
The fix for [perl #118525] introduced a regression in the behaviour of
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B::SPECIALobject on a
B::CV::GVagain returns a
B::SPECIALobject in this case. [perl #119413]
English has been upgraded from version 1.06 to 1.06_01. This fixes an error about the performance of
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File::Glob has been upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.20_01.
Selected Bug Fixes
Perl 5.18.1 introduced a regression along with a bugfix for lexical subs. Some B::SPECIAL results from B::CV::GV became undefs instead. This broke Devel::Cover among other libraries. This has been fixed. [perl #119351]
Perl 5.18.0 introduced a regression when using ->SUPER::method with AUTOLOAD by looking up AUTOLOAD from the current package, rather than the current package's superclass. This has been fixed. [perl #120694]
The construct
$r=qr/.../; /$r/pis now handled properly, an issue which had been worsened by changes 5.18.0. [perl #118213]
Perl 5.18.2 represents approximately 3 months of development since Perl 5.18.1 and contains approximately 980 lines of changes across 39 files from 4 authors.
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Dale – Anselmo, NE
A: In the spring and summer, many pond owners complain of green water caused by algae blooms—but in the late summer and fall, brown water causes headaches. If your pond or water garden has taken on a tea-colored hue, follow these simple steps to get your water back to its crystal-clear self.
An Optical Illusion?
First of all, take a closer look at the water and determine whether it's really brown or just reflecting dead debris in the pond. Grab a clear glass, dip it in the water and hold it up to the light. Is it clear? Then it's reflecting pond debris. Is it brown? Then the water has been colored by tannins released by dead leaves, similar to what happens when you steep your breakfast tea.
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Remove Dead Debris
In addition to either adding beneficial bacteria or using activated carbon, you should also remove any accumulated dead or decomposing debris in your pond with a vacuum like the ClearVac™. If leaves or other blown-in debris continue to be a problem during the fall months, consider covering your water feature with netting, like the The Pond Guy® PondShelter™ Net Kit.
Pond Talk: Have you had success using activated carbon in your water feature?
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Can't they just buy the info of the DVLA for a couple of quid anyway like all of those shame parking enforcers.
The EC has kicked off a drive for data sharing amongst member countries' police forces in an effort to track down drivers who commit motoring offences in foreign countries. The EC wants to punish drivers who speed, drink-drive, don't wear a seatbelt, or fail to stop at a red light whether they are in their home country or …
Notice that they now unify punishments in the EU but never positives like car tax/registration/insurance/mot etc.
So no country will accept any other countries MOT test or emissions test or whatever, but when it comes to dishing up fines, no problem, cooperation abounds!
I reckon it's because every country wants to punish every other EU countries citizens. a bit of racism. So you wouldn't want to accept the French Controle Technique test in the UK because that would make French people's lives easier. And you don't want Polish plumbers to be able to use their polish cars here on polish plates because....erm, we'll they're foreign and we're racist! Non?
It's sad really, EU use to be about increasing peoples freedoms, breaking down borders, defining rights. Somehow that got stalled and last decade has been about raising penalties, adding restrictions etc.*. They could unify the complete registration process so that any car can be registered in any country, with any test in any MOT center and be legal anywhere in Europe but they don't.
* Biometrics, fortress Europe, cross border reporting of bank interest, can't take more than 10k Euros across the external border without confiscation, raised UK-EU border, new internal flight 'security' measures, the police rumour sharing network, European arrest warrants that let France arrest a Dutch online gambling CEO for a legal online gambling website....etc.
"There will be no wriggling out using the 'I wasn't driving' defence, as the driver will have to name the person who was driving at the time."
Just like Neil Hamilton and his wife didn't wriggle out at all by saying "To be honest m'lord it was a long drive, we took it in turns, we have no idea who was at the wheel in that town"... Oh, actually they did didn't they.
I love how simplistic the plan sounds sounds, however we've had the ability to "roam" with our car insurance to mainland Europe for many years, but God help you if you actually have to make a claim! I'm sure the EU will need at least another thousand pen pushers to maintain this system too.
That concern aside, anything that can enforce our high driving standards whilst Johnny foreigner is mowing down grannies is a good thing.
Let's start by enforcing Tacho hours on all the trucks shall we, and how about making them pay some kind of road tax, like the Swiss do if you want to use their motorways. We can rape their wallets whilst all the illegals are being nuked by our x-ray machines at the port.
I won't comment on the speed kills argument as I think it's pretty clear that that's an over simplification of a complex problem.
I will say two things:
1. Driving in different countries varies, along with attitudes. In Turin driving through a red light is seen as unimportant and didn't cause any accident while I was there. I've noticed English drivers tend not to be aware of what's going on around them if they think they've got the right of way but do keep the rules and son on....
2. The biggest problem for me is that it's very easy for, let's say, Spanish police, to accuse me of an offence after I've left the country, but very difficult for me to fight it if I'm innocent. So this could turn into a great revenue raising tool, but not good for the motorist.
"The past five years have seen a 47 per cent rise in the number of foreign drivers involved in accidents in Britain, while foreign lorry drivers are three times more likely to be involved in collisions in this country than their British counterparts."
So, what could possibly be the reason of this?
Maybe it's just that curious fact that in Brittain the people tend to use the left side of the road, while in the whole of Europe people tend to use the right side!
The conclusion might be simply that: YOU'RE DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD, MAN !!!
Cheers, :D
"however we've had the ability to "roam" with our car insurance to mainland Europe for many years,"
Only third party, the game with the UK Insurers is they add the condition that you have to notify them before leaving, they then try to sell you very expensive 3 month green cards to cover your for fire/theft/comprehensive.
In mainland Europe we get pan-European cover (with some that doesn't include theft insurance in Eastern Europe because theft rates are high in some countries). The European insurers don't sell in the UK though.
UK doesn't permit non UK insurers to sell car insurance here, unless they apply to join the information sharing network which requires exposing their non UK customers details to lots of UK agencies without any controls over which information is extracted when. Which of course they refuse to do as it would be bad for business.
EU seems to be following the UK route with free sharing of information without any controls on it. What could possibly go wrong?
The good old US of A stays out of this seeing as *cough* I forgot about a speeding ticket in Louisiana (OK not the best place to have an outstanding debt but I am sure the local Sheriff has finally given up with the blood hounds and yocals on the manhunt), In my defense I was trying to get the groom back to Dallas for his wedding so no matter what the cop said at the time it was an emergency to us. Anyway it was a great wedding, We had a great time and I am sure the hangover we had after the wedding was punishment enough for the speeding.
AC as the DHS is bound to be looking for me now as a potential terrorist and warming a plane for a special rendition flight to BillyBobs gator farm.
Anyone hear a helicopter.............................................
Wait a second, I don't drive in the UK, does this mean that DVLA can sell my registration details to anybody pretending to need it?
You little s***ts under no circumstance can you allow an uncontrolled release of private data like that. Private data is protected in Europe, you can't let the DVLA provide that data to anyone but police for law enforcement purposes on reasonable cause.
Let's be honest, the British are essentially a lazy nation. We need foreign labour to get the job done, and done right.
You whine when you can't get a plumber and that it costs too much, yet when you get the Poles in to do the job and do it cheaper you complain about immigration. You can't have your cake and eat it to.
Personally Britain is richer for having foreigners, especially those who work.
Suggest you all take a look at the following papers before you spout your racist attitudes to help you better understand what foreigners bring to the table:
For the record, I am British!
Europe used to be on the left[*] until Napoleon invaded most of it and he decreed that everyone should pass on the right. As we beat him we never got forced to change, so we're still on the correct side.
[*] For a right-handed person, passing on the left meant that your sword arm was between you and any possible enemy. It's notable that Japan also still drives on the left.
I know a lot of people who just do not care about speed limits when they're driving in a foreign country. Why should they? They will not be fined...
It has been obvious to me that the cars breaking speed lmits in Switzerland are French, and those breaking speed limits in France are Swiss (Or German, Italian, etc.) I am not necessarily happy about the governments getting together to fine us more, but you do need limits.
...unless they give an on the spot fine. I know of several people in Germany who have been let off (once even for drink driving!) essentially because the cops didn't want to do the extra paperwork.
There are also several folk here who drive around for years on their foreign plates despite the requirement to get a local registration. Of course, if they have an accident, their insurance is unlikely to pay up.
What the Germans do is wait until someone has several outstanding traffic offences and then do all the paperwork and get them fined and take their license away.
>>Force the driver to pay fines for moving violations before they're allowed to drive away.
That is exactly what they do in Spain - and you get a 30% discount. The alternative is to have the car impounded while you fight the case. Of course this will not work in the future when the fines are issued and collected by computers and their cameras rather than by men in blue.
'but the Commission denied this [wider information-sharing network for the police] would be the case. "I doubt it," a spokesperson said. "That would be mission creep."'
AC: "Ah another step down the slippery slope eh ? Oh but that's "mission creep", so we don't have that in mind, yet."
For a body that started as a Free Trade Area called the EEC, that has already declared itself "competent" in Road Safety (the increasing use of 20mph speed limits in towns is one thing they are pushing EU wide!), and that is now working hard to declare itself "competent" in the field of law, order and justice, it is clear that it has ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA about the meaning of "mission creep"! To say that the EEC/EC/EU doesn't do "mission creep" is as valid as saying the Pope is a Protestant or that Paris Hilton is a [I think we'll draw a veil over that one, thank you. Ed]
If they really wanted to improve safety, they should do stuff about the people who live in the country. Like, for example making the driving license expire every 5 years and to renew it you have to take an eye test to prove you can still see properly.
Or how about writing on the license "short-sighted driver", so that the license isn't valid unless you've got your contacts in or are wearing glasses?
Currently in the UK you can drive from age 17 to 70 without ever needing any eye exam, and once you reach 70 all you have to do is sign a "yes guv, my eyesight's fine" form to get an extension.
Do you know why France et al drive on the right? Napoleon.
He was a cavalryman and because at the time EVERYONE passed to the left (so that the fighting right arm was closer to the possible assailant coming the other way), cavalry got down off the horse and into the gutter. Making Napoleon and his troops nice shiny boots all mucky.
So he decreed to pass on the right, so he'd not have to stand in a muddy ditch.
There is no "right" or "wrong" side of the road.
Having lived in CZ until recently, they persisted waaay after Napoleon. Their change was a direct result of WWII. Apparently if a Panzer decides to drive on the right you don't argue the point. When WWII ended, it shortly became apparent that the same logic applies when the thing coming the other way is a JS2.
Napoleon (bless his right-fixated cotton socks) also came up with priorite a droit for junctions, which is still causing messy accidents all over Europe to this day in those countries that persist with it (or it's chimeric bastard offspring, the "yellow diamond" system).
I too reckon that the EU should concentrate on legislating to enforce cross-border portability of registration, roadworthiness tests and insurance (which is going on on the mainland anyhow). It'd be worth it to see the DVLA and Police reaction when they find that their horribly expensive, shite, inaccurate system for screwing cash out of motorists is a horribly expensive, shite, inaccurate white elephant of a system for screwing cash out of motorists.


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Over the last few months it's been getting progressively more and more noisy in our church both before and after Mass. More and more people seem to treat coming to Mass like a social gathering - as a chance to chat to those friends you haven't seen for a week.
Inevitably, the same people don't "have the time" to join in actual parish social occasions. Most won't even stay after Mass for a cup of tea and a chat.
This has really been getting to me, so I was heartened to see respected commentator George Weigel posting about this same topic just recently. Here is what he had to say:
The Chattering Classes Are UsThe subtitle of his post is "The Catholic Difference". Perhaps it should be "The Catholic Indifference".
George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Publication Date: January 19, 2011
Catholics once had an intuitive understanding of sacred space: to enter a church, especially in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, was to enter a different kind of environment, one of the hallmarks of which was a reverent silence. Some of that intuition remains. But much of it has been lost. Thus, within the past few months, I have noted three habitual behaviors, not in parishes that are otherwise sloppy in their liturgical practice, but precisely in parishes that take their liturgical life seriously:
1) The demarcation between the narthex (or, as they say in AmChurchSpeak, the "gathering space") and the body of the church (a.k.a. the "worship space") has been severely eroded. Conversations begun in the narthex often continue when people reach the pews; new conversations are initiated in the pews. Both types of conversation sometimes continue during the choral prelude, if there is one. In any case, the new convention seems to be that in-pew conversations are quite appropriate until the processional hymn is announced.
2) The exchange of peace, which ought to be accompanied by the briefest of greetings, often becomes the occasion for a general conversational free-for-all. This breaks the rhythm of the Liturgy of the Eucharist and is anything but conducive to the gathering of mind and spirit appropriate to the period before the reception of holy communion.
3) Immediately after the conclusion of the recessional hymn, conversation, often quite loud, immediately breaks out in the pews (among those, that is, who have not already bolted for the door during the recessional). Choirs who have spent time and effort preparing a choral postlude must therefore compete with a torrent of chatter that not infrequently drowns out music that has been carefully rehearsed. This chatter is both bad liturgical form and very bad manners. Attempts to remind one's fellow congregants of the proprieties, through a pleading glance, are met with either incomprehension or hostility.
2011 could be a year in which the liturgical catechesis enjoined by Vatican II as part of the reform of the liturgy actually takes place: if pastors and parish liturgy directors see the introduction of the new English translations that will become mandatory on the First Sunday of Advent as the occasion to do what should have been done forty years ago, and equip the saints -- who have too often devolved into the liturgical chattering classes -- for their part in worship. That part was beautifully defined by the fathers of Vatican II in the chapter on the Holy Eucharist of the Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy:
The Church...earnestly desires that Christ's faithful, when present at this mystery of faith, should not be there as strangers...They should give thanks to God. Offering the immaculate victim, not only through the hands of the priest but also together with him, they should learn to offer themselves.
That offering of self takes place through silence as well as through the "full, conscious, and active participation" the Council enjoined -- a "participation," I might add, that was not envisioned as obliterating the distinction between behavior appropriate to the parish hall and behavior fitting for the body of the church. Both our participation in the liturgy and our silence should reflect the distinctiveness of the sacred space that we are privileged to share when we come into church. If there is little discernible difference in our parishes between what happens in the narthex before and after Mass and what happens in the body of the Church during Mass, something is wrong.
Pastors and liturgical directors have a great opportunity this year to re-educate Christ's people in the nature of the liturgy. That education can be both direct and indirect: direct, by catechesis from the pulpit; indirect, by providing ample moments of silence within the liturgy. There is no reason why every available moment during Mass must be filled with speech or music; surely there ought to be moments of repose when all are allowed to listen for the "still small voice" of 1 Kings 19.12. Those moments, in turn, might help remind us that sacred space is not space for chatter.
h/t: Fr James Farfaglia at Illegitimi non carborundum


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- Get to class and talk to Mr. Brotch about the G.O.A.T.
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Flash-forward a few years, and you're now sixteen years of age. It's that time for all young dwellers of Vault 101 -- time to take the G.O.A.T. G.O.A.T. stands for Generalized Occupational Aptitude Test, and is taken by all sixteen year olds in order to determine what job they will shortly thereafter assume for the good of the Vault community. Reluctant, your character should be asking James many questions. This is the first time you'll be able to really press a character for information, so make sure to ask James all applicable questions before heading on your way to the test. Be sure to grab the Medicine Bobblehead off of James' desk.
You'll likely run into Jonas on the way out of the medical facility, so be sure to speak with him before heading on your way (you may even want to peek in on his appointment with an ill Vault dweller). Otherwise, there are myriad items that can be found here. If you want to grab the goods from the desk drawer, the medical table and other places, you can, but they're relatively useless at this point in the game. We won't even list them all here -- pretty much any item listed in the collection above is found in the room adjacent to your dad's office. Thereafter, you can head outside of the medical facility and head rightward to find your friend being bullied by some familiar faces.
These familiar faces, led by none other than the bane of your existence Butch are picking on your friend Amata. You can handle this situation in a number of ways, from picking on her yourself to fist fighting the three guys into submission and everything in between. Either way, to get the full effect, you'll want to first speak to Butch's cohorts and then speak to him last. If you want to fight them, egg them on. This is the option we chose, and by running around and nailing them with some stray punches, the fight ended before long. What's more, your friend will be most thankful for your help. In anycase, solve the problem how you want... or not at all.
When you arrive at the classroom, which is adjacent to where you ran into your friend being bullied by the fierce Tunnel Snakes, the teacher will greet you and ask you to take your seat. Do so, and the G.O.A.T. will begin. These ten seemingly-random questions (okay... completely random questions) are aimless, and it doesn't really matter how you answer in the long run, so say what you want on each question. The final question will no doubt get your goat (excuse the pun), but try to answer each to the best of your ability.
When the test has concluded, get up and talk to your fellow classmates. If you did this before you took the exam, then they won't have anything different to say. Walk your test up to the front of the room and talk to the teacher, who will grade you right there (as well as any other pupils who hand him the test first). He'll tell you flat-out that the test means nothing, and is useless. Nonetheless, he'll give you your occupation and tell you that he'll change it for you if you want. This is when the skills page will show up. You can take the three bonuses you receive and put them on any of the thirteen skills to increase those three skills significantly. Thereafter, you can leave the classroom, at which point this segment will end.
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2005 Dodge Ram 1500 Reviews and Ratings
Quad Cab Laramie 4WD
5.7 liter, Hemi Magnum. Dodge Ram 1500 ThunderRoad. 87,719 miles. Purchased new
July, 2005. 8 ft bed
Expert Reviews
This may be the golden age of the full-size pickup. Indeed, it's impossible to buy a bad full-size pickup nowadays. The all-new Ford F-150 and Nissan Titan have made headlines. Toyota has a new Double Cab model, and there are strong entries from Chevrolet and GMC. In spite of all this, the Dodge Ram remains an excellent choice. It may be the best choice, depending on what you want in a truck.
Rams are smooth and refined, particularly when compared with the previous generation. The cabs are comfortable and convenient, among the roomiest in their respective classes. The Quad Cab is handy for hauling friends and family but even the standard cab is roomy. Arguably, the Ram is the best-looking truck on the market. The styling is bold and handsome, more sophisticated than the previous design.
The Hemi V8 engine has drawn much attention for its power and efficiency as well as the heritage its name evokes. It is an exceptionally good engine, smooth and very responsive. Adding to its responsiveness is a five-speed automatic. The popular 4.7-liter V8 delivers responsive performance. It's also smooth and sophisticated, benefiting from a modern overhead-cam design. Full-time four-wheel drive (all-wheel drive) is available with the 4.7-liter for improved stability in slippery conditions.
New SRT-10 models, available in both Quad Cab and Regular Cab models for 2005, look like NASCAR Craftsman Trucks and run like race cars, with stunning performance from their Viper V10 engines and high-performance brakes and suspensions. The Guinness Book of World Records called the SRT-10 the fastest production pickup.
Dodge Ram is available in two cab configurations, Regular Cab and Quad Cab. Regular Cab models start at $20,180 for a 4x2, $24,285 for a 4x4. Quad Cabs are four-door models that ride on a wheelbase 20 inches longer than comparable Regular Cab models. Quad Cabs start at $24,190 for a 4x2, $28,175 for a 4x4.
Two bed lengths are available, a 6-foot, 3-inch standard bed and an 8-foot long-bed. Ordering the long bed adds 20 inches to the wheelbase. Long-bed Rams also get a bigger fuel tank, 35 gallons in place of the standard 26-gallon tank. Long beds add $300-$350 to the price.
Several engines are offered: Most popular is the 4.7-liter V8, a modern overhead-cam engine. The most powerful engine in the regular lineup is the 5.7-liter Hemi V8, which adds $795 to the price. A 3.7-liter V6 is available for those who want the lowest price and maximum economy, but only with two-wheel drive. At the other end of the scale, there's the rip-snortin' 8.3-liter V10 in the SRT-10 models rated 500 horsepower and 525 pound-feet of torque.
New for 2005 is a six-speed manual transmission as standard equipment with the 3.7-liter V6 and 4.7-liter V8.
ST is the base level. It comes standard with air conditioning, but is equipped with wind-up windows, manual door locks, and vinyl upholstery.
SLT adds $1,700-$3,200, depending on cab style and driveline. It comes standard with the 4.7-liter V8, and adds cloth upholstery, nicer interior trim, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, a host of convenience items, and wider tires.
Laramie is the top trim level, with leather seating surfaces, dual-zone air conditioning, a premium stereo, 17-inch cast aluminum wheels, and a long list of luxury features. Offered in two packages, Laramie retails for $7,800-$8,900 more than the base trim level.
Sport trim, available for most models, includes fog lights, 17-inch aluminum wheels, body-colored exterior trim, and special interior trim. Aggressive 20-inch wheels and tires are also available.
The SRT-10 is available in both regular cab ($45,000) and Quad Cab ($50,000) models for 2005.
A power sunroof with one-touch open and close features is a new option for 2005 Quad Cab models. Sirius Satellite Radio is available for 2005 Quad Cabs as well. A new UConnect hands-free cellular telephone system that can communicate with Bluetooth-enabled cell phones is available, and there's a new integrated radio/navigation system.
The Off-Road package ($870-$1,405) comes with unique 17-inch aluminum wheels on LT275/70R17 off-road tires, 3.92 rear axle, limited-slip differential, skid plates for the transfer case and front suspension, special shocks, tow hooks, fog lamps, and a heavy-duty cooling system.
The Work Special package is designed to deliver affordability with gray bumpers, grille, and 17x7 steel wheels.
The Dodge Ram presents a bold, distinctive appearance with its big horse-collar grille and Freightliner fenders. The basic look goes back 10 years, but received a major redesign for 2002. Modern and contemporary, the current design improved on the best of the previous, ground-breaking design. We think it looks terrific. 2005 brings new rear badging, including a chrome Ram's head on the center of the tailgate.
Few grilles are as instantly recognizable as the Ram's massive horse collar. The color of the grille provides trim-level identification: The outside rim is all chrome on SLTs, with a gray honeycomb center. Laramie models are distinguished by an all-chrome grille surround and chrome billet grille center, along with chrome bodyside moldings. Sport trim features a body-colored grille surround and body-colored crosshairs with unique chrome billets in the center. The most noticeable exterior feature of the SRT-10 is a unique hood that features a wide power bulge and scoop sitting atop the signature cross-hair grille.
Moving rearward, the Ram presents robust appearance. The broad, sloping hood has a pronounced crown that falls over the sides to the prominent front fenders. A fast, raked-back windshield enhances aerodynamics and water management, and gives the Ram a modern appearance. The leading edge of the front door overlaps the A-pillar, creating a smooth transition from the front of the cab to the side. Everything is smooth and integrated. The big side mirrors, great for visibility, are mounted on platforms to reduce wind noise, and a channel has been specially designed to keep water off of the mirrors. An integrated air dam aids engine cooling and air conditioner performance.
Ram beds are fitted with boat cleats designed to handle 1,000 pounds each.
Rams sit relatively high off the ground, particularly the four-wheel-drive models. Tailgate load height is 35 inches on four-wheel-drive models, 33.6 inches on two-wheel-drive Rams. That's seems high when trying to heave heavy gear aboard.
The Dodge Ram is among the roomiest of the full-size pickups and its cab is a pleasant place to be. Dodge added 3 inches to the cab's total length when the Ram was redesigned for 2002, stealing that space from the bed. So you sacrifice a little bed space for a lot more wiggle room. Regular Cab and Quad Cab versions offer identical roominess in the front seats.
The Ram comes with a front bench seat split 40/20/40. The narrow center section features a large fold-down armrest with a compartment big enough to hold a laptop. We've found both the cloth and the leather seats comfortable, though they could use more support on the side bolsters. Laramie models get silver trim adorning the door panels and instrument bezels. Laramie comes with distinctive leather trim, with higher contrast color seat inserts.
We've found the interior materials in Rams to be good quality overall, though not all is perfect in Truckville. The faux wood trim on the center stack reminds us of plastic. On leather-trimmed models, cloth is used on the inboard seat-bottom trim where leather would have offered a cleaner appearance. The cup holders can be fussy. White-faced instruments with turquoise numbers look sporty and trendy, but don't offer the legibility of traditional white-on-black designs, particularly at dusk. At night, the instruments are nicely illuminated in green.
However, the Ram interior is quite nice and shows attention to details that add utility and convenience. The big fold-down center armrest/console comes with adjustable dividers and a power outlet. A hook on the passenger-side floor well is provided for securing a plastic grocery bag or anything else with suitable handles.
Three-point shoulder belts are used at all locations, including the rear center seat. Power adjustable pedals let shorter drivers adjust their seating position better so they aren't sitting so close to the airbag; this improves comfort, safety, and drivability and is a smart option for two-driver families. Big mirrors on the Ram make it easier to see what's behind.
Side-curtain airbags are a $390 option on Regular Cabs, $490 on Quad Cabs. Curtain-style airbags are designed to provide head protection in a side impact along with protection in the event of a rollover. We highly recommend them. The Ram was awarded the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's highest possible rating in its offset frontal crash test.
The design of the audio system could be improved for ease of use. Sometimes you have to search for the right button to press. Setting a button for a station, for example, requires pressing a separate Set button, rather than just holding the station button down. Small, sliding bass and treble controls are harder to adjust than knobs when bouncing around in a pickup truck. Optional steering wheel audio controls ($75) improve this situation with brilliantly designed buttons behind the steering wheel that are easy to use. Likewise, cruise controls ($390) on the steering wheel are easy to operate and come packaged with a tilt steering column.
Overall, the center dash is a paradigm of convenience. Large heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) buttons can be operated while wearing gloves. A textured fabric is used for trim around the audio and HVAC controls that gives the center dash a nice look and feel. Just below the HVAC controls is a slot lined with a rubber mat that's perfect for a wallet. A big panel below that folds down with adjustable cup holders. Overhead is a console with an effective pair of map lights, a trip computer, a compartment for sunglasses, and a compass, which every self-respecting truck should have.
Regular Cab models come fitted with a tray behind the seats big enough to hold a large bucket. Dodge even supplies the bucket, a tray designed to carry tools and such. Big hooks behind the seats are handy for hanging dry cleaning or plastic shopping bags.
About 80 percent of all Ram buyers opt for the Quad Cab for its ability to carry passengers and shelter cargo. The rear seat is roomy, with enough rake to the seatback to make it comfortable for two adults, though there isn't a lot of legroom. The size of the rear bench makes it suitable for child safety seats, and all three rear seating positions are fitted with tether anchors. With one hand you can flip the Quad Cab's rear seat down. An optional metal frame then folds into place to create a rigid platform designed to support 500 pounds, useful for carrying cargo. The rear doors open 85 degrees, making it easy to get in or load gear, and the rear windows roll all the way down. Overall, the Quad Cab is a friendly, practical design for hauling people and gear.
The new 5.7-liter Hemi V8 gives the Dodge Ram responsive performance. Fire up the Hemi, let it idle, and it burbles like a good old American V8, sounding like an engine in a cabin cruiser or a '60s muscle car. In spite of the hot-rod term "Hemi," there's nothing old or outdated about this engine. It does, indeed, have hemispherical combustion chambers, but this is a thoroughly modern engine. Apparently, Dodge was researching ways to gain power and fuel efficiency and reduce emissions, objectives that often run counter to one another. While studying some of the older powertrain designs, Dodge engineers rediscovered that swirling the fuel-air mixture around a hemispherical combustion chamber achieves a clean, efficient burn. Though it's an overhead-valve design, the Hemi features twin spark plugs, direct ignition, and electronic throttle control. It achieves the holy grail of engine improvement, increasing power while improving fuel economy at the same time. The Hemi generates 345 horsepower at 5400 rpm and 375 pound-feet of torque at 4200 rpm. It comes with a newly developed five-speed automatic that adds to its responsiveness and flexibility. Punch it and you know you've got a Hemi under the hood. A properly equipped Hemi increases the Ram's towing capacity to 9200 pounds and payload by an additional 500 pounds. It gets an impressive 14/18 mpg with 2WD.
The popular 4.7-liter V8 delivers responsive performance as well, though it doesn't offer the trailer-towing torque of the 5.7-liter. Equipped with the 4.7-liter, the Ram feels eager around town and on winding roads. It accelerates quickly onto freeways and has no trouble powering up grades. It's a smooth, sophisticated engine that always feels ready to go. The 4.7-liter V8 uses an overhead-cam design, smaller and more efficient than the overhead-valve engine it replaced. It also achieves good fuel efficiency (14/19 mpg with 2WD). It revs higher than an overhead valve engine and generates 240 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. The 4.7-liter V8 feels smooth and refined, emitting a pleasant American burble while underway. We really liked it. The optional five-speed automatic improves the responsiveness of the 4.7-liter engine and is more responsive than four-speed automatics.
The 3.7-liter V6 is smooth and works well with the manual six-speed gearbox. If you don't live in the mountains where long grades and high altitudes conspire against you, then it may offer enough power as a light-duty truck. It's not the best choice for pulling trailers or heavy loads, however. The overhead-cam 3.7-liter V6 has been upgraded for 2005 for a smoother idle, improved fuel efficiency and more low-end torque. It delivers 215 horsepower and 235 pound-feet of torque and 16/21 mpg with the manual.
The Ram has a pleasant ride quality, important on long days. It's much smoother than the previous-generation Ram. Its rigid chassis minimizes road vibration. Dodge uses hydroforming to fashion the frame. Instead of having to weld a bunch of straight pieces together, hydroforming uses ultra-high water pressure to force the metal into shape. This highly rigid frame is a key component to the ride and handling of the Ram. It allowed Dodge engineers to redesign the Ram suspension and tune it precisely, without having to work around a lot of chassis flex. Rack-and-pinion steering sharpens handling, though we've noticed some on-center vagueness. Big 17-inch wheels are standard. The result overall is that the Ram offers responsive handling, a comfortable ride, and a general feeling of tightness.
The Ram is a big truck and on narrow roads it feels like one. It feels big and tall, and its fenders seem to fill small country roads. The ride height of the Ram adds to this sensation. It's sometimes difficult to be sure exactly where your fenders are, so it's not the best vehicle for the timid. In this regard, the Ram is at the opposite end of the spectrum from the Toyota Tundra, which feels small and nimble by comparison. The Ram handles reasonably well and powers through or over just about anything, even when the tires aren't always precisely where you intended to place them. Quad Cab adds 20 inches to the wheelbase and long bed adds 20 inches, so a Quad Cab long bed is a long truck, riding on a 160.5-inch wheelbase. It's long on roominess and utility, but not the easiest to turn around.
All Rams come standard with big four-wheel disc brakes that are smooth and easy to modulate.
Trailer towing capacities range from just 3,050 pounds for a 3.7-liter V6 Quad Cab with 2WD and manual transmission to 9,300 pounds for a 5.7-liter V8 Quad Cab 2WD automatic. A 4WD Ram with the 4.7-liter and automatic transmission is rated to pull a 7,450-pound trailer with the 3.92 rear axle ratio. The available 20-inch wheels reduce towing capacity by about 1,000 pounds. Payloads range from about 1,200 pounds to 1,750 pounds. A Tow/Haul mode on the automatic transmission provides crisper shifts and reduces gear searching for reduced heat buildup when towing.
Four-wheel-drive models ride on a torsion-bar independent front suspension and use a part-time transfer case that can be shifted from two-wheel drive on the fly. Shifting into 4WD High locks the center differential. Low range provides superior traction in extreme conditions. A limited-slip rear differential is available and we recommend it for drivers who intend to go off road. A Protection Group ($90) includes skid plates for the front suspension and transfer case. Rear axles are available in a standard 3.55 ratio or a numerically higher 3.92 ratio, which is better for towing and off-road driving.
A full-time four-wheel-drive system and electric transfer case is also available. Under normal driving conditions, the full-time system delivers 48 percent of the torque to the front wheels and 52 percent to the rear wheels. The system includes a locking transfer case that features four-wheel-drive High and Low modes.
Then there's the SRT-10. The Ram SRT-10 is built by Chrysler's Performance Vehicle Operations, and uses the Viper's 500-horsepower V10 engine and six-speed Tremec T56 gearbox. Dodge set out to build the fastest truck on the planet and they outdid themselves. The handling and brakes are stunning, for a 5150-pound pickup truck.
At barely half the price ($45,800 vs. $85,000), the SRT-10 is more fun to drive than the Viper because it's slower: The truck does 0-60 in 5.3 seconds against the Viper's 3.9 thanks to the sports car's mere 3380 pounds. The Viper is so fast that you find yourself speeding on the freeway before you get out of third gear. With the SRT-10 you get more chances to hammer it, and use that great gearbox with the smooth Hurst shifter.
We put about 500 miles on an SRT-10 regular cab. The remote Texas two-lane blacktop roads were bumpy and narrow under the truck's massive 22-inch Pirelli Scorpion PZero Asimmetrico tires mounted on beautiful aluminum wheels made in Italy. There were lots of fast sweepers, followed by braking and downshifting hard from fourth gear to second. Even without drive-by-wire, the throttle response makes heel-and-toe downshifting a piece of cake on the drilled aluminum pedals. The huge brakes, with 15-inch rotors and twin-piston calipers in front, took the abuse in stride. Single-lane turns, down in a dip over a cattle guard, and smoking the tires coming out. Yee haw! There's a limited-slip differential, but no electronic traction control. Controlling traction is not the object of a truck like this.
Dodge let a hot-rodder who knows what he's doing design the suspension, and boy does it show. And what can you say about a 505-cubic-inch V10 with 525 pound-feet of torque? It never stops whumpin'.
The engine's high compression rocks your head forward when you back off the throttle at higher rpm, so indecisive driving is punished, as it should be. You have to know your line and make good decisions in advance, and not change your mind and suddenly get off the gas. Without self-discipline behind the wheel, it's easy to drive into corners too fast.
PVO engineers spent a lot of time in the wind tunnel tweaking the truck's aerodynamics. The slick rear wing isn't for show, it's necessary; this is a 150-mph truck, after all. Like a racing wing, it adds stability by reducing lift while cutting drag. There's a lot of attention to aerodynamic detail, for example the splitter in the front air dam, using things they learned in NASCAR's Craftsman series for trucks. Dodge says the SRT-10 handles like a sports car, but no, it handles like a NASCAR road racer, only better.
The Dodge Ram offers big power and big capabilities. It's responsive and comfortable as an every day driver and it's ready to do some serious work when called upon. Ram's distinctive styling makes it stand out in a rapidly improving field.
Ram Quad Cab models offer a brilliant combination of comfort and utility. Regular Cab versions are far roomier than they used to be, and are thoughtfully set up to accommodate gear behind the seat.
The responsive 4.7-liter V8 delivers good acceleration and gets the job done; it's paired well with a new five-speed automatic that's smooth and responsive. The new 5.7-liter Hemi delivers strong acceleration performance and is an excellent choice for towing. The SRT-10s make you feel like you're qualifying for a NASCAR Craftsman Truck race.


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