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Knowing how long to go between oil changes can be a guessing game. There was a time when 3 months or 3,000 miles was sound advice, but times have changed.
Regular oil changes are a critical maintenance item in ensuring your car's engine runs properly and will have a long life. If oil changes aren't done in a timely manner, your car's performance and fuel economy can suffer, and long-term damage can occur.
Angie's List asked highly rated auto service companies to weigh in on the frequency of oil changes.
- For decades, 3,000 miles was the standard interval. And, although some service providers still recommend it, most manufacturers no longer believe that to be true.
- When in doubt, follow your car's manufacturer recommendations so you don't void any existing warranty.
- How often to go between oil changes depends on several factors. Conventional motor oil should have their oil changed between 3,000 and 5,000 miles. Those who use synthetic motor oil can go up to 7,000 to 8,000 miles. Be sure to check your owner's manual, though, as some vehicles require synthetic oil.
- If you push your oil change interval too far, you may actually be neglecting other car maintenance issues. A regular oil change schedule can also act as a benchmark for other routine services such as tire rotation, fluid level checks and tune-ups. Oil changes also give technicians a chance to look under the hood and undercarriage to see if there are problems with the vehicle.
- Where and how you drive your vehicle can also play a role in regards to oil changes. If you're in extreme climates or in stop and go traffic frequently, you may want to increase your oil changes to help out the engine.
Angie's List Tips: Oil Changes
- Get in a long-term relationship: One of the biggest advantages to regular oil changes beyond keeping your engine running correctly is having your car regularly in the care of an experienced professional. Checking under the hood and underneath the vehicle during an oil change can help you catch needed repairs or services early before major work is necessary. Whether it's a dealership, an independent shop or a quick-change location, most auto service providers will keep detailed service records that will help you keep up-to-date on recommended services.
- Know what you need: If you don't know offhand, it's a good idea to check your owner's manual for the recommended oil weight and type for your vehicle prior to getting an oil change at a new provider. You can also find the recommended oil type for your vehicle under the hood on the oil filler cap. That way you can ensure that the correct oil will be going back into your vehicle once the old oil has been drained.
- Check the manufacturer's recommendations: Don't forget to brush up on your car's recommended services based on the mileage on your odometer, too. Many consumers' biggest complaints when dealing with oil changes are companies trying to upsell other services that may be unnecessary. You can quickly verify if you need that pricey air filter or transmission flush by checking your owner's manual recommendations.
- Inspect the work: Prior to agreeing to a "full service" oil change, ask what's included in the price. If the company promises to vacuum your car interior, wash your windows and top off fluids like the wiper fluids, check these items before paying the invoice.
- Keep your receipt: If something does go wrong, how can you prove it was the shop's fault and not yours? By proving the shop did the work. Keep your receipt from the oil change in the glove box or another handy location. Not only could it help you prove mistakes were made, diligently recording and documenting maintenance and service work can help you sell your car faster and for more money down the road.
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(or was that what I weighed in
anyhoo ...
Friday June 24th (picture me typing this on an old black Royal, pencil behind my ear, slugging back a nasty looking mug of black coffee) - I wake up thinking about team EcoEtsy's meet up -
(for those of you who are not so up on things like this, and if that is you, please get up on things like this because I can't keep stopping to explain things to you (smiles sweetly), this is a new way of saying "meeting" but without any actual meeting-like things going on, such as note-taking, yawning and daydreaming about the coffee and donuts at end of said meeting)
at Etsy headquarters at 6:00.
Since 2011 is my "year of deciding" I had decided to see just how last minute I could make my decision about whether or not to go to this meet up - I like to live on the edge.
(this is the same part of me that likes to go skydiving and mountain climbing and parasailing or wait, that's not me, that's some other girl, but that's how I kind of see myself)
A Friday late afternoon drive into Brooklyn (ok, who am I kidding, any drive into Brooklyn) followed by a Friday night, in the summer, drive back to the shore (if you've ever done this you can feel my pain, if you haven't just picture bumper to bumper traffic; cars stretched out in front of you as far as the eye can see with people who look slightly like Snookie and the Situation screaming obscenities at each other or making out on the hood of their car, not sure which would be worse) did not sound good.
Of course, the actual "meet-up" part in the middle of all this driving would make it all worth it - I would get to meet some amazing people, force myself out of my comfort zone and get to see the actual, physical Etsy.
Anyhoo, back to Friday morning
(and yes, this is going to be one of those long drawn out posts, grab a cup of tea or maybe one of those mega-caffeinated drinks to stay awake here)
I wake up feeling very
(yes, this is how a year of deciding is done people)
Then I swish the cards around with my mouse and pick one.
Of course, I have forgotten what card comes up - maybe the 3 of cups? - whatever it is the meaning is a group of like minded people and the picture looks like they are having a party - so I'm thinking this is amazing, quickly favorite the site for more year of deciding decision making later on, and decide to go.
I mapquest the directions and try to figure out how many people will show up. The team has, I think, about 400 world-wide members so I take a guess at 15 (girl math again) and decide (without another Tarot reading because I couldn't get another free one until tomorrow plus I have to do some actual deciding on my own after all) to make 30 EcoEtsy cork necklaces - my thinking here is that since I didn't RSVP I better not show up empty handed.
Of course the hours are getting later, the skies grayer and I have to work fast. At about 2pm I am in my bathroom with a hairdryer hoping for some miracle dry-time results. Now, I am not claiming brain surgery here and this is a process I could likely teach to an 8 year old (and if I had one and a respirator to fit her, she would have been in that bathroom instead of me - extreme times call for extreme measures folks), but it takes time and this living by the seat of my pants lifestyle I have going on is challenging, again please don't hate me for this.
The necklaces are dry enough to go into the test tubes without sealing themselves to the glass like your grandma's dentures (which I hope for her sake ... and yours ... are in there pretty tight) and I finally get into my car at 4:00 - mapquest has told me I need 1 hour and 20 minutes to get there so (again using girl math) I quickly calculate an additional 40 minutes or 50% more time for traffic ...
Well, the morning is flying and I have to get

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GOODYEAR, Ariz. — If right-hander Jordan Lyles wants to make the Rockies' starting rotation, he's going to have to get down and dirty.
For the most part, he did that Saturday in the Rockies' 3-2 exhibition loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Goodyear Ballpark. He allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits over two innings.
A scout clocked Lyles' fastball at 91 to 94 mph and said Lyles had good action on his fastball — when he kept it down in the zone.
"I was definitely pleased how the balls were coming off the bats," said Lyles, who was acquired from the Houston Astros along with outfielder Brandon Barnes in the trade for Dexter Fowler. "I got six outs and five of them were groundballs, and the other was a strikeout, so you can't complain (about) that.
"This whole spring, I've been working with (pitching coach) Jim (Wright) on slowing it down, keeping more upright, and really, I first implemented it just today, so that was a good sign to start with."
Said manager Walt Weiss: "I thought he looked good, and he got some groundballs. His fastball had some life, and when it's down, he's going to get groundballs. That's one of the things he's focusing on this spring. He's got a live arm, and I thought it was a good outing for him."
Logan update. Lefty Boone Logan, a former New York Yankee who signed a three-year, $16.5 million deal to join the Rockies as a late-inning reliever, still has not thrown a bullpen session in spring training. He had surgery to remove bone chips and a bone spur from his elbow in October.
"I'm just long-tossing right now," he said Saturday morning. "I hope to throw a bullpen early next week."
Asked if he would be ready to go by the regular-season opener, Logan said, "Absolutely."
Stubbs update. Center field candidate Drew Stubbs, slowed because of a flare-up of an esophagus condition, expects to make his Cactus League debut with the Rockies on Sunday vs. the Milwaukee Brewers.
"I feel fine, much better," Stubbs said Saturday. "Walt thinks it's better if I waited to play (until) Sunday."
Stubbs has eosinophilic esophagitis.
"It's basically a reaction where sometimes food gets hung in the back of your esophagus and it causes a reaction," he explained. "It's not really choking, but you have trouble swallowing. Usually whenever I get it, it lasts a matter of minutes and it clears and goes away."
The incident was more serious this time, and he had to go to a hospital Wednesday night for treatment.
Footnotes. Right-handed starter Jhoulys Chacin, shut down last Sunday because of a strain and inflammation in his throwing shoulder, began using resistance bands Friday morning as part of his rehab. Chacin said he hopes to resume light throwing in a couple of days. … Reliever Rob Scahill, pitching his first game of spring training, looked good shutting down the Reds in order in the fifth inning.


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Friday, February 19, 2010
Mallard Documentation
GCalctool now has a new help document in Mallard format. This is my second Mallard document I've written, the first was the help for Simple Scan.
Wow. Mallard is really, really easy to use!
Mallard documents are topic based which basically means writing a few paragraphs on each activity your readers can do with your application (like how to use trigonometric functions or an automatic document feeder). I wrote the topics over a week with a text editor and marked them up at the end.
Testing is great. Just run yelp with the directory the files are in to browse the documents immediately.
If you want to contribute, take the ten minute tour, pick your favourite GNOME application, ask if they've got documentation that needs updating and get writing!
(I recommend starting by copying an existing document; I used the gbrainy help as a basis for the Simple Scan and GCalctool help).
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Matt Damon makes his way through JFK airport with his wife Luciana and their three daughters Isabella, Gia and Stella on Wednesday (December 5) in New York City.
Later in the day, the 42-year-old actor signed autographs for fans after landing at LAX airport in Los Angeles.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Matt Damon
Matt recently praised his Promised Land co-writer John Krasinski.
"He's just a really talented guy and people don't even (know it yet)," Matt said on the Today show. "I knew him from The Office and was a fan of his and the show, but the scope and breadth of his talent is so much more vast than that and as I got to know him I really wanted to work with him."
"It's kind of similar to when I met George Clooney years and years ago and everybody knew him from ER," he added. "But Steven Soderbergh did a movie with him and instantly formed a company with him and everybody in Hollywood was going, 'What is Steven Soderbergh doing forming a company with the guy from ER?' What Steven knew is what George was capable of and I think the same is true for John."


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Lawrence police are searching for a 23-year-old University of Kansas student from Peru who hasn't been seen since early Saturday.
Gianfranco Villagomez, an industrial design student from Lima, Peru, was last seen walking near 9th and Michigan streets in Lawrence about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.
His girlfriend, Donna Jo Harkrider, reported him missing about Saturday.
Villagomez is about 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds. He has dark brown eyes, black hair and glasses. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt with a KU Jayhawk logo on it, a long sleeve gray shirt, a black jacket, jeans and white tennis shoes.


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To pick up this book is to be taken on a smooth, fast drive. The journey starts in the city, moves out to the open road and then, as the pace quickens, heads up the motorway before a final high-speed dash that might attract flashing blue lights and penalty points. Finally, as the tyres crunch gravel at the destination, the driver (or rather the author) offers his conclusion: contrary to conventional opinion, car driving "is something to be preserved, celebrated and even encouraged".
The writer is Iain Borden, professor of Architecture and Urban Culture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, and his book is a remarkable examination of "just why it is that so many people choose to drive." Borden acknowledges that current debates about transport, responding to environmental fears, mostly seek to discourage use of the private car. He argues that for the suggested alternatives to work, the positive elements of driving need to be absorbed and understood via the question "why do people often seem to prefer their own car to the number 73 bus?"
This is not simply a contemporary issue. Borden examines the allure of driving across the 100-odd years of the private car, and his principal source is cinema. His book draws on over 450 films, some mentioned in passing, others, with compelling motoring scenes, such as the The Italian Job, The French Connection and Bullit, are examined with a fruitful academic rigour.
The French Connection: Gene Hackman in a manic pursuit through the city
There are two principal reasons for his long shift in the cinematic archive. First, he says, films provides the most direct sense of what it feels like to drive and, second, almost all movies, depict some form of driving, and almost all drivers watch movies. This, incidentally, reinforces his central point that driving is profoundly rooted in our culture and needs to be better understood as we seek alternatives.
Borden's book opens with a chapter on cities and examines ideas that the car has promoted not simply physical mobility, but social mobility too,with differences between classes and genders ameliorated through expanding ownership and access. Cars can also be an endless source of adventure and fun and they can redefine the urban landscape they inhabit. That, he says, is a central tenet of The Italian Job (1969) when audacious red, white and blue British Minis took over Turin and "rendered the city anew." On the darker side of cities, he looks at the profound issues of alienation that can be expressed, if not caused, by the car and examines the bleak view of New York seen through Robert di Niro's grimy windshield in the 1976 classic Taxi Driver.
Next, Borden examines journeys and observes that since Edwardian days the open road has been synonymous with personal freedom. It is also, of course, the source of the road movie genre, examples of which Borden examines to illustrate that drivers come to a greater understanding of themselves by encountering the world on a journey. And those encounters are by no means all benign. He examines Steven Spielberg's first feature film, Duel (1971), where a lone car is stalked by a sinister lorry, the driver of which we never see, as an illustration of the wider existential fear that "something dreadful might happen for no reason."
Bullit: Steve McQueen's Mustang appears in the bad guys' mirror
Then it is on to what is commonly regarded as the flat, featureless motorway to examine perceptions of placelessness and the freeway's identity as a bleak world apart from orthodox existence. Borden argues in defence of this concrete 'Motopia' and offers a harsh critique of London Orbital, a 2002 documentary which examined the M25 motorway and concluded that it is "a drive in pursuit of nothing." Externally, Borden suggests that a motorway journey can still "offer a valuable understanding of place" and he supports the view of Reyner Banham, the English architectural critic, that Californian freeways are "one of the greater works of man". Internally, he suggests the motorway offers endless time for contemplation He examines the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller Psycho (1960) and observes that one of its most compelling scenes occurs when the heroine is driving down a long, flat highway, contemplating the crime which has caused her to a flee on a journey that will end in the shower at Bates Motel.
Finally, Borden reaches the danger zone, on ultra high-speed journeys that can bring about what he terms an 'altered state' in the driver. This is the notion that the experience of conditions "where you really can die" brings about a transformation in those that survive. He looks at Grand Prix (1966), which contains evidence that a racing driver may experience a transcendence, or a "feeling of calm" in the reduction of his circumstances to a race track and landscape.
There is no such sense of calm about the scenes Borden analyses as the book moves towards its close. These include the classic car chases from The French Connection (1971) and Bullit (1968). Both feature cops in pursuit of robbers, but Borden contrasts the deranged driving of Gene Hackman's character in one, with the controlled determination of Steve McQueen's in the other. He concludes that the Bullit chase uses the action to reveal the complex nature of McQueen's detective, Frank Bullit, and that the chase has a crucial psychological element. This is introduced when McQueen, having been stalked by the film's sinister hitmen, turns the tables as, in "one of cinema's great moments", his Ford Mustang appears in their rear view mirror. The hunters are hunted, and the chase is on.
The Italian Job: audacious British Minis take over Turin
With this book Borden, like Frank Bullit, is seeking to turn the tables. Many of his readers will certainly find their preconceptions about private cars jolted by Borden's libertarian arrival in their mirror.
But, as Borden himself admits, his book is almost entirely about the pleasures of driving. His route mostly bypasses issues such as pollution, gridlock and road rage. Similarly, Drive is mostly concerned with the perspective of the person behind the wheel, but to be driven is an equally valid, if different, experience.
A further issue presents itself. The time when a car will not need a driver is within sight. California recently became the third state in the US to legalise the use of driverless cars, and Audi claims to have developed a model that will not only find its own parking space, but reverse into it too. What, one wonders, would Steve McQueen make of that?
'Drive: Journeys Through Film, Cities and Landscapes' by Iain Borden (Reaktion Press, £18)


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Dario Pini?
|A scourge to neighbors and tenants, a bringer of blight.
|104 votes
|He's one of the few S.B. landlords who provides housing for the working poor, and he deserves credit for that.
|29 votes
|He apparently was trying to make his Chino Street project as pleasant as possible for prospective tenants - and violate zoning density at the same time.
|11 votes
|144 total votes
Independent Discussion Guidelines
Why is this a public poll? How does anyone know if any of the responders actually know anything about this guy other than what they read in the media?
And who actually believes the media any more without a salt shaker on hand? Suggest you listen to the great Don Henley song "Dirty Laundry".
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 21, 2013 at 3:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It's ironic that the same people that complain about the cost of housing complain about those that actually provide affordable housing.
I really think some people have absolutely no clue. They think they can have a nice place to live in Santa Barbara and someone is either going to give it to them or rent it or sell it at a loss so they can live here. "It's all the fault of the 1%." Their own ignorance of economics is often the cause of their anger.
Botany (anonymous profile)
March 21, 2013 at 3:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Pini's record on how he 'helps' and 'provides' low income housing is readily available:
Google "dario pini lawsuits" and you get a number of items, including:
- Santa Maria landlord forced to pay $1 million for unsafe living conditions
- Two police officers received an award for successfully coordinating a multi-agency action against Pini:
"Beginning in August 1994, Officer Kim Fryslie and Officer
Michael Aspland developed a P.O.P. project involving Mr. Dario Pini, a slum lord who owns 34 properties in the City of Santa Barbara. Many city agencies have known about Mr. Dario Pini's property management tactics for many years, however; none took on the task of addressing the problems as a whole. The problems became chronic since no one was holding Mr. Pini accountable for the squalor he created."
http://www.popcenter.org/library/awar... (this is a PDF file)
- Surfside Motel owner [Pini] to pay $75,000
"In 1998, he pleaded no contest to 11 counts of building without proper permits and was fined $476. In 2001, he was convicted of three similar charges and fined $3,200.
"In December 2003, Port Hueneme officials cited Pini for numerous wastewater, fire district, building and safety, and code compliance violations at the motel."
"A June 2004 inspection found violations in nearly every motel room, including inoperable smoke detectors, leaking sinks, running toilets, rotted ceilings and cockroach infestation." "
Here's some quick links on this website I got by using the Search function with Pini's name in them:
- Dario Pini's Problems:
- Student Objects to Housing Provided by EF School
"At one point he and his company, Dario Pini Investments, were targeted in a massive police investigation that ended in nearly 800 building code violations and a jail sentence. Pini famously chose to spend 30 days behind bars instead of going on house arrest in one of his rentals."
Chester_Arthur_Burnett (anonymous profile)
March 21, 2013 at 3:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I DO have a clue. I owned a property directly across from Mr. Pini for years. There were more people living in his "house" than you would possibly imagine possible. Cars, noise, and trash were a constant problem. This house was one which was listed as a chronic problem and I remember when some judge paid a physical visit. The night before, trash was moved out of that property until after midnight and everything "straightened up" for the next day's viewing. Then, with the passing of time and little pressure, the place was back to its original appearance. My experience was not lived through the media!
sharpen123 (anonymous profile)
March 21, 2013 at 3:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thanks for proving my point guys. So if it weren't for Dario Pini, where would all those people be living? Ventura? Oxnard? Lompoc?
That's the only way SB is affordable to some.
Botany (anonymous profile)
March 21, 2013 at 5:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
A fabulously limp apologia to actual court rulings and fines -- one in excess of a $Million -- for squalor, safety and code violations, and other lawless behavior.
You attempt put a fine face on a proven slumlord, and for some reason find no problem with his actions.
Your core justification -- that of 'affordability' -- is a stance, I am happy to say, outside the mainstream of our society and unsupported by our laws.
Chester_Arthur_Burnett (anonymous profile)
March 21, 2013 at 5:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
"Locke" fancies himself "center-left" but comments like this show his actual politics: landlords first! Hey John, why shouldn't it be a public poll? Indie doesn't claim it's scientific, just folks expressing their opinions, like you often do. Attacking the media like you do in this comment reminds me of another comment of yours, apply this to yourself: "so easy for some people to pick a single target. Less thinking required". Just blame it on the media, that's why over 60% think he's a slumlord. I've lived near some of his properties and they were horribly overcrowded and run down.
Botany's a landlord, too, so guess he's got sympathy for Pini.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
March 21, 2013 at 6:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm not saying I approve of Pini. He just caters to a segment of society that would not be able to live here because of him. If you want to force him to clean his units up and abide by all city codes, I have no problem with it. Just don't force him to do it out of one side of your mouth and complain because Santa Barbara has no affordable housing out of the other. One other question you should ask is "Where do half of Pini's tenants go when he conforms all his units to code?", because if he does, there will be no place for them.
And actually Dan. I have purchased units that are substandard. These units had existing tenants in them that sublet rooms, , kept unauthorized pets, dealt drugs and kept the places a complete mess. So what did I do? When the tenants left, I put money into the place and cleaned it up. Of course, then I charge more and get better tenants. Where do the previous tenants go? Maybe to Dario Pini. I don't know. I keep my places in good shape and abide by city codes. I'm no Dario Pini, but then again, I would never accept the tenants that he does.
Botany (anonymous profile)
March 21, 2013 at 8:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Again, DrDan, you entirely miss my point - this is getting rather tiresome. I don't believe "landlords first", but I do believe in free markets - which we do not have in SB rentals due to too few landlords and management firms controlling the supply of rental housing, a city government that restricts new supply. and high demand due to the number of people that want to live in our beautiful environment. I've already suggested a potential solution - eliminate the property management firms since they are the primary anticompetitive force - however, there may be a Constitutional problem with that approach, so an increase in supply by loosening the restrictions on new construction would be the next logical move, maybe even with subsidies for truly low income folks, but with the proper regulation and oversight to ensure that those with, shall we say, a sense of entitlement and lack of ethics, do not game the system,
I always prefer facts to name-calling. And clearly the Indy sees the world through a far left lens while the News-Press is at the other end of the spectrum, so I don't blindly accept what either of them report. And now several posters have contributed links and personal experience with Pini to this discussion.. My thanks to them.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 9 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yeah, "John Locke" again, your repeated same comments are also "getting rather tiresome" -- but please carefully note that now over 71% think he's a slumlord. It's wonderfully generous of you to accept that,with loosened laws for new construction, hey, maybe "even with subsidies for truly low income folks." Locke, you've written plenty of name-calling posts so your comment is amusing.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 9:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This thread courtesy of Edward Albee.
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 10:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
DrDan, quote me one name-calling post of mine.
If the 71% are uninformed, the stat is not interesting.
Good one, K_V.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 10:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Mar 3, not-civil Locke wrote to EatTheRich: "You need meds, dude, serious meds. I recommend large amounts of Prozac. Very large amounts. Nitey night. Try not to let your demons bite."
Try to be coherent, John.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 10:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
KV - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Even Albee would have trouble with intelligent dialogue with our free-market fundamentalist pretend "center-leftist"!
DrDan (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 10:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
and JL wrote insultingly about Isla Vista students and their voting: "their brains are not fully formed, they are not fully formed. They own nothing, they have no sense of private property, they are propagandized by an extremely left wing faculty who live off the taxpayer." And when your friend KV chided your for being schizophrenic, you agreed...hmmm... never sure which JL is writing, tough to keep that center-left and extreme-right elitist guy blended, eh?
DrDan (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 10:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh, DrDan, my schizophrenic twin and I are so hurt. My comments on brains not being fully formed until age 25 is based on recent scientific research published in, among other places, The Economist and New York Times. Might wanna do some reading to supplement your opinions with facts. As to the rest of that comment, I employ college students - that's where my views on their views on private property rights and the political leanings of their faculty come from. Last I saw there was exactly one Republican on the UCSB faculty (if they haven't run him off) - nice balanced view of the world there, eh?, though I infer from your postings that you're not too interested in balance. So again, got an example of name-calling for me?
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
too many examples to waste my time on, JL...NOTE: you refuse to acknowledge your own name-calling after challenging me to find some: IT WAS EASY, dude.
The one Republican on the UCSB faculty (Poli Sci) is a former student of mine... with your schizoid tendencies obviously "balance" is an issue for you.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 2:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh my god, this is rich:
"Burglary Arrest
Dario Louis Pini, age 63, a well-known Santa Barbara landlord, was arrested for burglary.
On March 17, 2013 at 4:25 p.m., Santa Barbara Police Department Officers Mike Little and Bruno Peterson responded to a call of a burglary investigation at a construction site at 316 W. Carrillo Street. Upon arrival they contacted the victim who is the owner of the house there....(more)"
Obviously part of his selfless plans in helping lower income folks with their housing needs.
Chester_Arthur_Burnett (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 2:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
JohnLocke just confuses me.
And Pini has been a problem landlord for decades, for all of the reasons listed above.
LegendaryYeti (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 2:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Gotta shake my head on that one. The guy is probably has property worth 9 figures. If true, you have to wonder why he's doing stuff like that.
Botany (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 2:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It's hard for me to take JohnLocke's insults seriously because it's hard for me to take JohnLocke seriously - even more noted because, apparently, even *he* doesn't read what he writes...
@JohnLocke: "Last I saw there was exactly one Republican on the UCSB faculty..."
Which speaks more to the capacity of contemporary Republican intellect than it does to some academic liberal conspiracy. You want more Republicans at UCSB? Get smarter Republicans (careful - most 'smarter Republicans' stop being Republican).
@LegendaryYeti: "JohnLocke just confuses me."
You're not the one who is confused.
EatTheRich (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 2:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Most "Smart Republicans" don't have careers in academia. They have aspirations well beyond that.
Botany (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 3:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I challenge JohnLocke's assertion that "Last I saw there was exactly one Republican on the UCSB faculty..."
What is the source of that statement? I hope it's not David Horowitz. I don't believe the University tracks that sort of personal information, and if a poll has ever been done I'd love to see it.
UCSB has over 1000 faculty members. It is an easy bet that at least 2 of them are Republicans. My guess is very many more than two.
djfranchise (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 3:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
@Botany: "Most "Smart Republicans" don't have careers in academia. They have aspirations well beyond that."
I'm sure all of the tenured faculty at the Department of Computer Science really wish they would have had 'aspirations beyond'.
They must lay awake at night thinking, "If only I could have gone into a noble profession, like the mortgage and/or medical insurance industries, then I could have had a *real* career - instead of wasting my life conducting field-defining research and teaching college students."
EatTheRich (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 3:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
re: Pini's arrest:
It appears Pini is not only a deceitful and derelict landlord, it seems he has some sick personality defects as well.
djfranchise (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 3:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
As usual, not one factual statement from the usual suspects.
And DrDan, I only asked for ONE example - "too many to quote" is just another example of
avoidance of fact on your part.
The "one Republican on the UCSB faculty" came from local media several years ago, so the number could now be more or less. "Guessing" how many there are is not interesting. In any case, the leftwing leanings of UCSB, along with Berkeley, U of Wisconsin, U of Minnesota, and others has been adequately demonstrated since I started becoming aware of such things in the 60's.
Eat, do you think the tenured faculty are better off because they have tenured? i.e. a guaranteed government job?
And to assert that there are no smart Republicans, well, that is just fatuous. (oops, DrDan, do you consider that name-calling?)
Y'all have a nice weekend, now.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 3:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh BTW (Dr Dan, this is especially for you, who accused me of "landlords first"). None of my comments were a defense of Pini - just questioning the actual knowledge level of the 71% (wow, 33 whole votes) who slammed him in the poll, as opposed to those who based their votes on hearsay. Facts are usually overwhelmed by opinions in these strings.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 4:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
@JohnLocke: "Eat, do you think the tenured faculty are better off because they have tenured? i.e. a guaranteed government job?"
If you knew anything about the world of academia - anything at all - you would know that tenure at UCSB is everything but a 'guaranteed government job'. Easily one of the more misinformed opinions you have... which makes me almost want to congratulate you, as that is no trivial feat.
Tenure isn't just handed out like some gold watch. Even at lowly liberal arts colleges - there is an EXTREMELY rigid and regulated process in which a candidate for tenure must prove that they are continuing to contribute and publish in their field. And, at UCs and other top-tier universities, even tenured faculty must continue to publish after receiving tenure - which is why professors at institutions like UCSB are expected to put their research priorities in front of their teaching priorities.
Once again, the opinions of JohnLocke may be as far from reality as they appear...
EatTheRich (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 4:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Dario Pini arrested! I'm sure Marty Blum will advocate for him.
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 4:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Pini should be in a state prison. Forget three strikes this jackass has dozens. Hey and a shout out to the "without slum lords where would people live"? crowd, how would you feel if Campells food just started putting dog food in their soups so that the poor folk could eat?
Herschel_Greenspan (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 5 p.m. (Suggest removal)
My,my, Eat, you get more defensive every time you post but never miss the chance to sling slime. Funny how according to you my opinions are all misinformed, you of course being the fount of all knowledge. Why the hate dude? Mother mistreat you?
But let me try to understand you - once tenure has been earned it is not a guarantee of a job forever, barring gross incompetence or moral turpitude (or maybe not even barring them)? Isn't that what tenure means? And tenured faculty put their research priorities in front of their teaching priorities - wonder what the students paying huge tuition think of that...
Did it ever occur to you that I don't give a (pick your expletive) what the likes of you and DrDan think of me? But then you apparently don't think, just spout worn-out rhetoric from your far left perch - so far left that center looks far right to you. And you confuse slinging slime with expressing an actually potentially valuable opinion, or God forbid actual data to support your opinion, on the subject at hand. Typical leftie.
Stick to the issues, dude, and keep your personal garbage to yourself. Might actually have an interesting conversation. But no, that takes the ability to see more than one side of a subject and actually have a civilized discussion - traits which you clearly lack. Think I'm wrong? Let's try an experiment - you pick the topic and I'll argue the Leftist view while you argue the Right. With data.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 8:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Actually, H_G, Wellness cat food is quite tasty and nutritious and made of human grade ingredients. Try the Chicken - tastes like pate. Particularly good on crackers. Yes, I know this for a fact - can you guess how?
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 8:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Botany must still be bitter about bad grades.
J-L: You're actually a cat who's owner named him "John Locke"?
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
March 22, 2013 at 11:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Nope. I'm a person owned by a cat who named me "John Locke". Curious about the "human ingredients" claim made by some brands of cat food, so tried a few. The Turkey is good too; the beef, not so much.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 23, 2013 at 9:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Scratch John Locke off pot luck list! ;)
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
March 23, 2013 at 12:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
TeeHee - shoulda been here for my cat's birthday party. The fish course was wonderful.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 23, 2013 at 4:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
KV - My grades were just so-so in high school and college. I'm not bitter at all. I wouldn't trade my life now for any of those academic types.
Botany (anonymous profile)
March 23, 2013 at 5:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Everybody has their bliss :)
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
March 23, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
DrDan (anonymous profile)
March 24, 2013 at 8:01 a.m.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 24, 2013 at 9:16 a.m.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
March 24, 2013 at 10:20 a.m.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 24, 2013 at 7:07 p.m.
EatTheRich (anonymous profile)
March 24, 2013 at 8:14 p.m.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 24, 2013 at 9 p.m.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
March 24, 2013 at 10:50 p.m.
EatTheRich (anonymous profile)
March 25, 2013 at 7:26 a.m.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
March 25, 2013 at 8:09 a.m.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
March 25, 2013 at 9:35 a.m.
We have reached the end of this argument, folks. Please comment on the poll topic.
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Mass. federal courts open until at least Oct. 15
October 1, 2013
BOSTON (AP) — Judiciary officials say federal courts in Massachusetts will remain open for approximately 10 business days during the government shutdown.
Robert Farrell, Clerk of Court for the District of Massachusetts, said in a statement that the federal Judiciary will reassess its situation on or around Oct. 15.
All proceedings and deadlines will remain in effect as scheduled. The electronic filing of documents with the courts will remain in operation.
A partial government shutdown went into effect Tuesday as a Congressional dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law forced about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspended all but essential services.


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Jordan Brand kicked off 2013 by rereleasing the notorious "Chicago" Air Jordan 1. Next up on the list is the first retro Jordan 5 model of the year. Much like last year's push of the 4's, the 5's will be one of the brand's biggest silhouettes for the next 12 month.
Given that the Fire Reds are one of the original colorways from the JB vault it doesn't surprise us that these were this is the first makeup we see. As we anticipate upcoming releases of the Grapes and a possible assortment of retro+ styles, this early drop is bound to keep us satisfied till the next colorway drops.
For now look out for the "Fire Red" Air Jordan 5 tomorrow January 26th at most Jordan Brand retailers for $160.


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ELSA-2013-0165 Important: Oracle Linux java-1.7.0-openjdk security update
|January 10, 2013
|January 18, 2013
|July 04, 2017
Available Exploits
Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Java 7 before Update 11 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by (1) using the public getMBeanInstantiator method in the JmxMBeanServer class to obtain a reference to a private MBeanInstantiator object, then retrieving arbitrary Class references using the findClass method, and (2) using the Reflection API with recursion in a way that bypasses a security check by the java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup.checkSecurityManager method due to the inability of the sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass method to skip frames related to the new reflection API, as exploited in the wild in January 2013, as demonstrated by Blackhole and Nuclear Pack, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4681 and CVE-2012-3174. NOTE: some parties have mapped the recursive Reflection API issue to CVE-2012-3174, but CVE-2012-3174 is for a different vulnerability whose details are not public as of 20130114. CVE-2013-0422 covers both the JMX/MBean and Reflection API issues. NOTE: it was originally reported that Java 6 was also vulnerable, but the reporter has retracted this claim, stating that Java 6 is not exploitable because the relevant code is called in a way that does not bypass security checks. NOTE: as of 20130114, a reliable third party has claimed that the findClass/MBeanInstantiator vector was not fixed in Oracle Java 7 Update 11. If there is still a vulnerable condition, then a separate CVE identifier might be created for the unfixed issue.
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- RHSA-2013:0626: java-1.7.0-ibm security update
- Oracle Security Alert: Java Runtime Environment Libraries vulnerability (CVE-2012-3174)
- Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-0422: Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities
- Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for java-1.7.0-openjdk (ALAS-2013-151) (CVE-2012-3174)
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5:00 pm
Christina Cooks "Dinner and a Movie" Dinner for two, a quiet evening at home.just a sweet couple curled up on the sofa, snuggling and cozy. Join Christina as she creates a romantic dinner for two, delicious, sensual, and designed to create that intimate energy all crave with their partners. D
5:30 pm
Travelscope "Fiji - Island Hopping" Travelscope goes island hopping. From the romantic private island of Matangi to the pristine waters of Jean-Michel Cousteau's resort, Joseph snorkels through amazing coral reefs and shares a kava ceremony with a local chief. D
6:00 pm
Bake Decorate Celebrate! "Love, Marriage, Baby Carriage" Enjoy a progression of three desserts. The show begins with a hearts and roses cake. Then, a two tier wedding cake is demonstrated using very simple decorating in some nontraditional colors. D
6:30 pm
Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Paris" Rudy leads a tour of the city, experiencing art, the sights from Notre Dame to the Eiffel Tower, parks, markets, cafes and more.G
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Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope "Dreamin' California's Coast - Malibu to Big Sur" Joseph and Julie celebrate their anniversary by joining a Luxury Tour that begins in their home town of Topanga. They head to the nearby Getty Villa and from there travel north along the winding coast to Santa Barbara and continue to the Big Sur.G
7:30 pm
Sara's Weeknight Meals "Dinner for Two" Shopping and cooking for two has its own challenges, but Sara has tips and tricks to make these intimate dinners both easy and romantic. Chicken Saltimbocca with Artichoke Sauce is so elegant yet so easy - thin strips of chicken, sage and prosciutto enveloped in a creamy Marsala-based artichoke sauce. Eggs Baked in Red Wine is a cozy, classic French recipe, perfect for dinner by the fireplace. D
8:00 pm
Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Genoa and the Italian Riviera" From the port town of Genoa, Rudy tours palaces and dines on world-class pesto before heading south to Portofino.G
8:30 pm
Katie Brown Workshop "Wedding" Guest chef Snow serves leg of lamb, gourmet grilled cheese and a plum and almond cobbler. Projects include a simple wedding itinerary and a wrap-around twig vase.G
9:00 pm
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Meat and Potatoes A La Francaise" Host Christopher Kimball goes into the test kitchen to update a classic recipe for French-Style Pot-Roasted Pork Loin with test cook Bridget Lancaster. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reviews knife sets in the Equipment Corner, and test cook Becky Hays shows Chris how to make Potato Casserole with Bacon and Caramelized Onion. And finally, gadget guru Lisa McManus reveals her top pick among mandolines. D
9:30 pm
Simply Ming "Rice Pilaf with Guest Ellie Krieger" Cooking on the fly with Ming in this week's episode of Simply Ming is Chef Ellie Krieger. Ellie, hailed as an expert on all things healthy, teams up with Ming showing how Rice Pilaf, along with some surprise ingredients and special spices from Ming's pantry are brought together to create: Toasted Garlic Quinoa and Coriander Crusted Chicken and Spicy Shrimp over Preserved Lemon Pilaf. D
10:00 pm
Kimchi Chronicles "The Fish Chronicles" A peninsula surrounded on three sides by water, Korea is a haven for fish lovers. Marja visits Sokcho, where most of her Korean family resides, to see the gigantic octopus come ashore in Daepo Port. Later, she enjoys a memorable meal of simply grilled shellfish in a seaside restaurant. D
10:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Istanbul" Rick loses his way in the Grand Bazaar, munches through the famously fragrant Spice Market and follows the fall of the ancient capital of Byzantium and the rise of Islam at the city's wall.G
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Habitable Planet, The "Atmospheric Pollution" Once released, air pollutants react chemically with each other under solar radiation to become even more dangerous secondary pollutants. A company in the Northeast U.S. tracks the emission of pollutants at street level, while an international long-term study follows plumes of pollution from Mexico City across the continent and beyond. D
11:30 pm
Habitable Planet, The "Earth's Changing Climate" Tropical glaciers are the world's thermometers; their melting is a signal that human activities are warming the planet. A California project tries to predict whether natural ecosystems will be able to absorb enough additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the next 50 years to mitigate the full impact of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. D


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Baby Room Color Combo
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Hurricane Relief Concert Pier Pressure To Rock The Jersey Shore [AUDIO]
Two Ocean County teens pull off a feat normally reserved for seasoned promoters. 16-year old Amanda Kacperowski and 14-year-old Sara Brilliant of Toms River are hosting a Hurricane Relief Concert dubbed "Pier Pressure," featuring five bands and a special guest this coming Saturday.
The girls met online, drawn by their music taste, love of local bands and the Jersey Shore. They say with the help of their family and the New Jersey Amusement Association, they were able to put the concert together in two weeks.
Amanda says, "The main band which is Honor Society, actually toured with the Jonas Brothers, so we were lucky to get them and they have a smaller band who are under the same management which is Kicking Daises. We also have Reverse Order, who was seen on America's Got Talent and then we have two smaller bands who are new and are trying to make a big appearance, The Dedication and Over the Edge. We also have a very special guest coming."
When asking why the girl's decided to take on the task?
Sara says, "Since the hurricane destroyed a lot of homes and our friends houses are gone and the boardwalk is gone, we figured it would be really fun if we put together a bunch of good bands and brought the community together to help raise money."
Proceeds from the concert are going to the New Jersey Amusement Association 1st Responders Fund and to the Toms River Regional Schools Hurricane Response Fund.
Pier Pressure takes place this Saturday, December 1st at Toms River Intermediate East. Doors Open: at 5:45 pm. The Concert starts at 6:30 pm. You can get general admission tickets or VIP tickets that come with lots of perks.
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US Navy carrier departing Persian Gulf region
The U.S. is bringing an aircraft carrier home from the Persian Gulf region, the Defense Department said Friday, after keeping two of the warships there for months as the Obama administration considered a military strike on Syria.
The decision to bring back the USS Nimitz underscores the shift from a pointed military threat against the Syrian government to a broader diplomatic approach. It comes as international experts work to meet a mid-2014 deadline to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons program.
According to officials, the Nimitz moved through the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea, and is expected to be back at its home port on the West Coast before Christmas. The Navy destroyer the USS Graveley also has left the Mediterranean Sea and is returning home, reducing the U.S. naval presence there as well.
Earlier this summer, in the aftermath of a deadly Aug. 21 chemical weapon attack on rebel-held Damascus suburbs, the U.S. sharply increased its Navy presence in the region. Washington and its allies said the Syrian government was responsible for the attack.
The U.S. spread cruisers and destroyers across the eastern Mediterranean, just waiting for the command to launch missiles into Syria. But after threatening military action for weeks, President Barack Obama on Aug. 31 abruptly announced he would go to Congress for approval of a strike.
Amid vocal opposition in Congress, the U.S. and other international allies increased diplomatic efforts, ultimately securing the right for experts to inspect chemical weapons sites as part of a mission to destroy all facilities and machinery for mixing the chemicals into poison gas.
Syria is believed to possess around 1,000 metric tons of chemical weapons, including mustard gas and sarin.
The Nimitz was scheduled to return to the U.S. in August, but was ordered to stay in the region as part of the U.S. show of military force and in case it was needed in connection with any strike.
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman remains in the North Arabian Sea, and three U.S. warships -- The USS Stout and the USS Ramage, both destroyers, and the USS Monterey, a cruiser, are in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Navy and defense officials said Friday that the U.S. still has a sufficient expanse of military fire power in the region.


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Rupert Murdoch revealed plans on Tuesday to name News Corp.'s (NASDAQ:NWSA) new entertainment company 21st Century Fox, ditching previously announced plans to name it the Fox Group.
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The move elevates News Corp.'s film businesses, which are headlined by Twentieth Century Fox, the studio that has put out recent blockbuster movies such as Avatar and Life of Pi.
"After much exploration, and valuable input from our executive team, we've chosen the name 21st Century Fox to take us into the future," Murdoch said in a memo to employees. "We haven't forgotten our roots in the entertainment world."
Murdoch, who will serve as chairman and CEO of the new company, said the new name "draws upon the rich creative heritage of Twentieth Century Fox, while also speaking to the innovation and dynamism that must define each of our businesses through the 21st Century."
News Corp. is the parent of FOX Business.
In addition to the film studios, 21st Century Fox will house a slew of television networks, including the FOX News Channel, Fox Sports Network, National Geographic Channels and FX.
News Corp. previously planned to name the new entertainment company the Fox Group.
Under pressure from shareholders disappointed by weakness in newspaper sales, Murdoch announced plans last year to split up News Corp.'s entertainment and publishing assets through a spinoff of the latter.
News Corp. said the separation is still subject to final approval from the board of directors, shareholders and regulators.
The publishing company will include a number of big-name titles, including The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and HarperCollins.
Shares of New York-based News Corp. were unchanged in after-hours action after rising 3.06% to $31.44 during regular trading on Tuesday.


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3:00 pm
Making Meaning In Literature: A Workshop for Teachers, Grades 6-8 "Workshop 6. Literature, Art, and Other Disciplines" In this program, teachers explore various ways in which students can use the fine arts to express their impressions of a text, and why this kind of activity should be encouraged to make sure that every voice in the classroom is heard. The group also looks at ways to expand meaning by interweaving literature with social studies and other disciplines, and the value of doing so. Several classroom projects demonstrate how learners expand their growing interactions with texts as they work in the fine arts. D
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5:00 pm
Tommy Tang's Easy Thai Cooking "Bridge Over River Kwai Meets Monkey Kingdom/Kanchanaburi" Khao Tang Nha Tang (Crispy Rice) with minced pork, coconut milk and chili paste dipping sauce.G
5:30 pm
Sara's Weeknight Meals "High 5 - 5 Ingredient Mains" The fewer the ingredients, the faster dinner gets to the table - that's why Sara's rustled up some delicious recipes featuring only 5 ingredients, and boy are they good! Try the Roasted Salmon with Hot Mustard Cracker Topping - crunchy on the outside and oh so tender on the inside. Buffalo Rice mixes the best tastes of Buffalo chicken wings - hot sauce, blue cheese, celery, crispy chicken - in a quick and flavorful rice bowl. Sauteed Duck Breasts have an Apricot Szechuan Peppercorn Sauce that's packed with sweet and spicy flavors. D
6:00 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Little Europe: San Marino, Monaco, Vatican City, Liechtenstein, and Andorra" Don't blink as Rick blitzes through Europe's tiniest countries. Vatican City, the world's smallest country, comes with the planet's biggest church. He also visits the fairytale princedom of Monaco, Italy's last independent hill town of San Marino, castle-guarded principality of Liechtenstein, and tiny Andorra.G
6:30 pm
Equitrekking "Uruguay" Equitrekking host Darley Newman travels to the small South American country of Uruguay to discover gaucho culture by visiting various estancias, riding with cowboys on the beach, taking in the coastal town of Punta del Este and tasting local foods in Montevideo. At an eco-friendly ranch that raises sheep and cattle, Darley learns about the area's mystical vibe on a ride to a section of mysterious stone cones and up to a high point with views of a Tibetan monastery. Over a morning cup of mate, a special tea popular throughout Uruguay, Darley talks with a local about the tradition behind this caffeinated drink and the proper way to prepare it. D
7:00 pm
P. Allen Smith's Garden Home "Whimsy" To demonstrate this design principle, Allen introduces some comical additions to the Garden Home Retreat, meets an ironworker who makes gingerbread houses and other lighted displays for Garvan Woodland Gardens. He also offers tips for keeping insects off of the herbs in his one-acre vegetable garden.G
7:30 pm
Ask This Old House "Removing Overgrown Shrubs; Quieting a Noisy Baseboard Heater" Landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner remove several overgrown shrubs in front of her house and then plants many new perennials. Then Roger, along with host Kevin O'Connor, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey and general contractor Tom Silva, asks "What is it?" Afterward, Richard helps a couple quiet their noisy baseboard heater. D
8:00 pm
For Your Home "Building, Part 2" Vicki shares the latest on energy efficient windows, doors, roofing, siding and heating and cooling systems. Then visit a cutting-edge stone yard for expert advice on selecting the right stone. D
8:30 pm
Katie Brown Workshop "How to Blend The Old with the New When Remodeling" The final episode in the three-part home makeover features a walk-through of the living spaces in Katie's home in Connecticut. Before-and-after photos document the progress. D
9:00 pm
Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting "Cottage Baskets" Fons and Fons share a special piecing technique for accurate basket blocks. They also demonstrate how to use bias for symmetrical basket handles. D
9:30 pm
Donna Dewberry Show "Great Little Gifts" Donna shares dozens of little gift ideas that make for big fun. From easy borders on frames and small boxes to wearable art projects. D
10:00 pm
Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Ultimate Ham Dinner" Bridget Lancaster shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the best cider-Baked ham at home. then Erin McMurrer demonstrates a quick and easy recipe for cornmeal Biscuits. equipment expert Adam Reid reviews electric knives, and Julia Collin Davison revives a classic recipe, Delmonico Potatoes. D
10:30 pm
Lidia's Italy In America "USA: Shrimp, Shrimp, and More Shrimp" Lidia takes viewers on a journey to Italy to learn about pepperoncino, a quintessential ingredient in any Fra Diavolo dish. Tanya shows viewers that Italian Americans are internationally recognized for their great cuisine, which can be found everywhere from Sonoma, California to St. Louis, Missouri to Boston's North End. D
11:00 pm
Theater Talk "Hytner, Bean & Corden:One Man, Two Guvnors" Our guests are playwright Richard Bean, Tony-nominated director Nicholas Hytner and Tony-nominated actor James Corden - the writer, director and star respectively of the new hit comedy, One Man, Two Guvnors. Based on the Eighteenth Century Goldoni farce, The Servant of Two Masters, Bean's freewheeling adaptation is set in 1960's Brighton. In an interview taped just two days after the British import's triumphant New York opening, the trio discusses the work that made the show a success and share the enthusiasm that comes with being out-of-town artists who have scored on Broadway. D
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Closer to Truth "Are Brains and Mind The Same Thing?" If mind and brain are the same thing, then the physical world is likely all that exists. But if mind and brain are not the same thing, then what? Could reality go beyond the physical?. D


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URS/CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) has started demolition on the north end of the K-25 Building, signifying the next major step toward completing demolition of the Manhattan Project-era structure.
URS/CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) has started demolition on the north end of the K-25 Building, signifying the next major step toward completing demolition of the Manhattan Project-era structure.
The K-25 Building, located at the East Tennessee Technology Park, also known as the K-25 Site, was composed of three major sections — the east and west wings, and the north end — which were aligned in a "U" shape more than a mile around. The north end forms the base of the "U" and is the smallest of the three sections, a UCOR release stated.
Demolition of the west and east wings is complete, with the exception of a small section of the east wing that requires further deactivation due to the presence of technetium-99 (Tc-99), a slow-decaying radioactive metal.
Previous plans called for the north end to be preserved for historic purposes. But, in July, federal, state and local historic preservation groups signed an agreement establishing an alternative plan that allows the north end to be demolished, while still recognizing the historic significance of the site.
"This is a tremendous day for employees," said Leo Sain, UCOR president and project manager. "We have been working toward this since we arrived at ETTP, and it's a testament to people here, at the Department of Energy, and at all the agencies who worked together to make this happen."
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management anticipates the demolition of the north end to be complete in January. Following the removal of the north end, workers will continue pre-demolition activities in the remaining Tc-99 area of K-25's east wing.
"Completing demolition of the K-25 Building is our highest priority, and this is another significant step toward that goal," stated Mark Whitney, Oak Ridge's EM manager.
Besides deactivating and demolishing the K-25 Building, UCOR is responsible for other specific scopes of work at the East Tennessee Technology Park, the Y-12 National Security Complex, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.


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A controversial new play about Anne Boleyn's incestuous relationship with her brother to the site of Anne's trial, execution and final resting place is to begin at HM Tower of London next week.
Leading Suffolk theatre company Red Rose Chain bring Fallen in Love, written and directed by the company's founder and director, Joanna Carrick, this story of love, betrayal, jealousy and treason has been hailed by author and historian Alison Weir, as "Theatre at its best… History transformed into drama with the highest integrity. If you only go to see one play this year make it this one".
Jim Malarkey, Head of Visitor and Commercial Services at the Tower of London says: "Historic Royal Palaces are pleased to welcome Red Rose Chain Theatre Company to the Tower of London for their acclaimed production of 'Fallen in Love'. The Tower is, of course, the place where Anne Boleyn spent her final days and her bones still rest at the Tower, buried in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula. Her love life was in part her downfall, presenting Henry VIII with a convenient and almost certainly contrived reason to persecute his Queen. Could there be a more appropriate setting for this wonderful play?"
The play begins this Friday at the Tower of London, rather aptly as that is where Anne Boleyn eventually met her death. Tickets start at £27, you can find out more at by clicking here.


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David's variation of the Jason vest.
We removed the pointed front and gave the vest a straight cut. We skipped the buttons, pockets and the back adjustment strap to give the vest a clean and minimalistic look (incidentally also making the project a lot faster and easy to sew).
For fabric we used a painter's canvas drop cloth and a printed cotton fabric for a fun lining.


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I just want my big ol' tub of popcorn and to be pandered to.
Ah, well, I rest my case. Good ol' fashioned throat slashin' and demon possessin'. What's not to love? Esp for us Orthodox Christians. More blood, more gore, more murdering, more profanity, more dulling of the senses, more evil. Who care's what the Church may think or that it might be bad for my pyche, I just want my big ol' tub of popcorn and to be pandered to.
Of course it is...everyone knows it's pineapple and anchovy pizza...can't separate them and call it good pizza.
I don't know what happened to my original post - one minute it was here and then gone. I'm sure it wasn't much of a loss but I'm going to try and post again.
This is as good a time as any to crush your Yankee hopes and point out that the Diamondbacks are winning it all this year.
This thread is haunted.
Good idea! I just bought two cans...now if I could only make pizza dough that didn't come out like concrete mortar. Smoked oysters AND anchovies...yes!
although I disliked the Exorcism of Emily Rose. The latter was just too odd, and the ending/explanation of the movie just didn't sit right with me.
I think eating pineapple pizza and anchovy pizza is heretical, blasphemy, and downright despicable!
Sidestepping the issue?
guess we'll can the anchovy talk...
These pagan peoples believed that physical life was born from death.
A certain deity, whom they called Samhain, was believed by the Celts to be the lord of Death, and it was he whom they honored at their New Year's festival.
On the eve of the New Year's festival, the Druids who were the priests of the Celtic cult, instructed their people to extinguish all hearth fires and lights. On the evening of the festival a huge bonfire built of oak branches, which they believed to be sacred, was ignited. Upon this fire sacrifices of crops, animals, and even human beings, were burned as an offering in order to appease and cajole Samhain, the lord of Death.
The dialogue of "trick or treat" is also an integral part of this system of beliefs and practices. It was believed that the souls of the dead who had entered into the world of darkness, decay, and death, and therefore into total communion with and submission to Samhain the lord of Death, bore the affliction of great hunger on their festal visit. Out of this grew the practice of begging, which was a further ritual enactment and imitation of what the Celts believed to be the activities of the souls of the dead on their festal visit. Associated with this is the still further implication that if the souls of the dead and their imitators were not appeased with "treats," i.e., offerings, then the wrath and anger of Samhain, whose angels and servants the souls and their imitators had become, would be unleashed through a system of "tricks," or curses.
For if we participate in the ritual activity of imitating the dead by dressing up in their attire or by wandering about in the dark, or by begging with them, then we have willfully sought fellowship with the dead, whose lord is not Samhain as the Celts believed but Satan, the Evil One who stands against God.
Further, if we submit to the dialogue of "trick or treat," we make our offering not to innocent children, but rather to Samhain, the lord of Death whom they have come to serve as imitators of the dead, wandering in the dark of night.
Out of this arose the practice of the jack o'lantern (in the USA, a pumpkin; in older days other vegetables were used) which was carved in imitation of the dead and used to convey the new light and fire to the home where the lantern was left burning throughout the night. Even the use and display of the jack o'lantern involves celebration of and participation in the pagan festival of death honoring the Celtic god Samhain.
In the days of the early Celtic Church, which was strictly Orthodox,
The Western Church's attempt to supplant this pagan festival with the Feast of All Saints failed.
That was a simple renaming of a very old satanic feast of Walpurgis Night (night of April 30 into the day of May 1) - the great yearly demonic Sabbath during which all the participants united in "a fellowship of Satan."
Please...carry on!Talk about nutty tags... V
Yeah, right. Roll Eyes This is the year the Cubs finally bury the Curse of the Billy Goat for good.
Off to a fantastic start there. GO DIAMONDBACKS!
I think eating pineapple pizza and anchovy pizza is heretical, blasphemy, and downright despicable
One may recall that William Manchester wrote a book called "A World Lit Only by Fire").
A book utterly worthless for reading, of course. Makes great toilet paper, though. When I see a copy of it in a bookstore (like last month), I have a strong temptation to remove it from circulation in that very fashion.
Well, I don't know about made, but many Evangelicals have said that the money we use to buy the candy in the stores, some of them go to the church of Wicca. If that is true, I personally would boycott buying the candy. But I'd like some verification on that one.
church of Wicca.
The lures of the Enemy are running more rampant. Chidren do not have to sneak over to their friends' houses to access demonic influences. There are online ouija boards that require only a mouse, as well as thousands of Web sites that specifically recruit young people to join the occult.
Occultic-oriented rock performers have flourished in this generation. Some rockers even try to persuade teenage listeners to kill themselves and their parents.
there are Gospel tracts designed for trick-or-treaters that can be purchased online or at your Christian bookstore.
Scripture Candy, the makers of Fish Mints™ contain wrappers that have scriptural text. Also, EvangeCandy,"the only candy with color-coded Gospels on every wrapper" are fun for children.
A book utterly worthless for reading, of course.
Thanks for the very erudite discussion of the real origins of Halloween customs.
I agree that the arguments used are no different than using them against Harry Potter. In fact, I think Our Life in Christ radio commented on how there are Orthodox Christian themes in Harry Potter itself.
I would say that celebrating Halloween is equivalent to going to the beach or just sitting around and play some board games with friends and family. Now, I am called to do all things through His glory, but not to get into a conversation 24/7 about spirituality and theology. Let's be practical here. If Halloween was a time for friends and family and neighborhoods to get together in a modest and loving sense, why object? Is it not the glory of God to simply make peace and friends and be a good example? I personally wouldn't do so to compromise my own faith. I think no one disagrees on that.
In Chick's own article "Kid's (sic) Treat or Pagan Trick?" here, he cites the following references:Celebrations - The Complete Book of American Holidays, Robt. J. Myers, (Doubleday & Co., 1972). Amazon link: note that it's edited by Hallmark Cards
The Famous Druids, A. L. Owen, (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1962). Amazon link
The American Book of Days, George William Douglas, (H.W. Wilson Co., 1948). Amazon link
The Two Babylons, Rev. Alexander Hislop, (Chick Publications, 1998). He references something he himself published.
+ Irini nem ehmot,Okay, someone's gotta tell me how to do the upside-down letters.
Turn your monitor upside down while you type? Ebor
Nestle is a huge multinational conglomerate. I'm sure some wiccans hold stock in it, but one has to draw the line somewhere.
Nestle' most controversial position is that they are the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of baby formula. There has been a longstanding boycott of Nestle products by breastfeeding advocates. Their products go far beyond chocolates. There is a lot of evidence that they unethically market baby formulas in third-world countries where breastfeeding is the only guarantee of long term baby health, but also outright dangerous because there are usually no clean water sources to mix up the stuff.I'll back down off my soapbox now.
May I also mention that their chocolate s**ks?
I dunno. Their dark chocolate is pretty good. And I know there are dutch and german brands that do it better, but I don't wanna pay 10 bucks for a piece of chocolate no bigger than my thumb.
There's always Cadbury. Yummmmmmmmm. . .
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Mark Chen has been named Director of Design at Heery International where he is responsible for managing and revitalizing Heery's design practice on a unified national basis. He succeeds Greg Peirce, who retired after 32 years with Heery.
Chen comes to Heery from his own firm, Mark Chen Architect, a design and planning consulting firm, based in New York City, whose recent work includes large-scale planning studies for mixed-use projects in Kazakhstan; Chengdu, China; and Philadelphia. He has over 30 years of experience as a designer and planner of commercial, education and health care buildings throughout the U.S. He has also provided urban design and planning services for large-scale projects in the U.S. and abroad. +


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Subject: Fictitious Official Checks
Date: September 4, 2013
Description: Meridian Bank, N.A.
Fictitious Official Checks of Meridian Bank, N.A., Phoenix, Ariz.
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks and Federal Savings Associations; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (Districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsels; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that fictitious official checks using an incorrect routing number of 114000119 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a lottery scam. The bank does not issue official checks.
The fictitious checks may be identified by the following: The bank's logo is located in the upper-left corner along with the words "Meridian Bank - Phoenix Arizona," with the words "OFFICIAL CHECK" located in the top-center portion of the item.
Fictitious checks presented to date have been made payable in the amount of $2,700.90 and are being mailed to potential victims along with correspondence containing the letterhead of "Trust Financier, 400 Orange Street, Bloomingdale, NY 07211; Tel: 1-905-781-0357." The letter informs the recipient that he or she is the winner of a lottery drawing in the amount of $55,000. The letter states that the check is being provided to the winner to pay the taxes due of $1,750. Recipients are further instructed to keep their winning status confidential and to contact Jason Sight at 1-905-781-0357 for additional information.
For additional information regarding Meridian Bank, N.A.'s checks and further guidance, please contact Rebecca Marchel, BSA/Security Officer, 2198 E. Camelback Road, Ste. 100, Phoenix, AZ 85016, by telephone at (602) 636-5021, or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Consumers who receive a counterfeit or fictitious item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies, as appropriate:
Additional information concerning this matter that should be brought to the attention of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) may be forwarded to
For additional information regarding other types of financial fraud, please visit the OCC's anti-fraud resource at www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection/fraud-resources/index-fraud-resources.html.
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Going to be flying from Mexico to Florida next year, and again from Mexico to Michigan in the summer 2013 on American Airlines.
I have a travel bag that is "golf club size". Question is; is there normally any extra charge assuming I bring it within the normal checked bag limit number of bags?
If they find out it is kite equipment and not golf clubs would there be a charge?


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As a freshman, played in 18 games for the Bears, averaging 3.8 minutes per game...scored the first basket of her Cal career in the third game of the Paradise Jam tournament, 11/29/08 vs. Iowa...got her first career rebound in the Virgin Islands, pulling in a defensive rebound against South Florida Nov. 27...scored a career-high four points against Saint Mary's....also had a career-high three rebounds in the Saint Mary's game...played a combined nine minutes in the Oregon/ Oregon State home contests....played a career-high 12 minutes in the Pac-10 Tournament opener against Washington...saw action in all three of the Bears' 2009 NCAA Tournament games...recorded a career-high four rebounds in the NCAA opening round game against Fresno State.
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Averaged 20.9 ppg, 10.2 rpg and 4.1 apg during the 2007-08 regular season for White Plains High School in White Plains, N.Y....led her school to its fourth straight Section 1-AA title and was named The Journal News' Westchester/Putnam Player of the Year as a senior...also helped her school to three league crowns...after scoring 33 points in the sectional title game, was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2008 Girls Section 1-AA Tournament...2007-08 Section 1-AA Player of the Year...fifth member of the 2005 and 2006 state finalists to commit to a Division I program...garnered four all-state, all-league and all-section honors in high school...named the 2007-08 Con Edison White Plains High School Most Talented Female Athlete of the Year...garnered the Principal's Academic Award and was a four-year member of the honor roll.
Angelei Aguirre was born Sept. 25, 1989, in Dallas, Texas...parents are Mark and Angela Aguirre...her father played basketball at DePaul and then competed for the Dallas Mavericks (1981-89), Detroit Pistons (1989-93, won NBA titles in 1989 and 1990) and Los Angeles Clippers (1993-94)...Mark served as an assistant coach for the New York Knicks in 2007-08...after attending high school in White Plains, N.Y., her family returned to Dallas, Texas...has three younger siblings, Maschera, Alana and Michaela...Angelei was an assistant coach for Alana's, a sixth-grader, AAU basketball team...participated in a teen leadership conference...enjoys volunteering with various church and non-profit organizations and shopping...career goal is to own a non-profit organization that helps people with HIV/AIDS in Africa...undeclared major.
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"Hot-Blooded Confrontation: Student vs. Sensei" (涙の激突! 熱血師弟対決, Namida no Gekitotsu! Nekketsu Shitei Taiketsu) is episode 196 of the original Naruto anime.
Guy is trapped inside a pagoda made out of kung fu training dummies while Naruto, Neji, Tenten and a recently arrived Lee fight off the dummies outside. It is revealed that the impostor student and his two brothers want revenge for Guy defeating their father and badly wounding him, causing him to be unable to train or take missions and eventually die. Lee enters, and is trapped in a technique that causes him and Guy to mistake the other for a hostile training dummy. The two see through the technique, and simultaneously use the Hidden Lotus to destroy their own dummies without harming each other, wrecking the pagoda. Guy then tells the brothers that their father respected him and wanted another match for him, and that he wanted them to fight him fairly, allowing them to understand their father's dying wish.


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Microsoft Unveils Mice and Keyboards Designed for Windows 8
Right up there with the upcoming iPhone 5 (and possibly the 7″ iPad), the announcement I'm most anticipating in 2012 is the official roll out of Windows 8. The upcoming OS is either going to be Microsoft's grandest moment or their greatest fall, but it's arguably the biggest leap of faith since Apple jettisoned legacy code and went OS X. Say what you may about Microsoft of yesterday, the Redmond company has turned a corner in the design department, as revealed by today's announcement of new Windows 8 optimized hardware…
Wedge Mobile Keyboard
The new ultraslim Microsoft Wedge Mobile Keyboard brings full-size keyboard comfort, efficiency and speed to a tablet. Designed specifically for tablet users, Wedge Mobile Keyboard includes some of the most commonly used features, such as Windows Hot Keys and built-in media keys.
• The lightweight design makes it easy to carry, and its full-sized keyset provides a comfortable experience that makes typing a breeze.
• Its durable cover not only helps protect your keyboard from scratches but also quickly converts into a tablet stand. When you're done using it, simply snap the cover back on the keyboard to power it down before you stash it in your bag.
• Bluetooth technology lets you wirelessly connect to your tablet without a cable or transceiver.
• Pricing: estimated retail price of US$79.95.
Wedge Touch Mouse
Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse packs full functionality into an ultracompact frame that's great for a mobile lifestyle. Small enough to fit in your pocket, the Wedge Touch Mouse is designed to complement your Windows experience in all its forms, providing four-way touch scrolling and navigation at your fingertips.
• Its artful and minimalist design also comes free of cables or USB transceivers — you simply turn it on and connect it to your Bluetooth-enabled laptop or tablet for a clutter-free experience.
• It features BlueTrack Technology so you can use it on virtually any surface, whether you're in a conference room, a coffee shop or at home on your couch.*
• It includes Backpack Mode to power down and sleep along with the computer it's paired to, extending battery life.
• Pricing: estimated retail price of US$69.95.
Sculpt Mobile Keyboard
The Microsoft Sculpt Mobile Keyboard provides an ideal balance of mobility, comfort and productivity. A full-size keyboard with Microsoft's Comfort Curve design and Bluetooth connectivity, the Sculpt Mobile Keyboard is built to be the ideal travel companion.
• At just more than one pound, the keyboard is perfect for on-the-go computing with high-quality construction built for travel.
• Its Comfort Curve design helps position the hands and wrists in a natural and comfortable resting position.
• Battery-saving technology powers the keyboard down into sleep mode after a period of inactivity. The keyboard wakes up and reconnects with the simple tap of a key.
• Pricing: estimated retail price of US$49.95.
Sculpt Touch Mouse
Designed to provide comfort matched with portability, the Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse is a great solution for smooth and easy navigation with a Windows 8-based PC.
• With a four-way touch scroll strip, you can breeze up and down, left and right, and through applications and documents with a simple finger swipe, making it great for navigating the Windows 8 Start screen.
• Sculpt Touch Mouse uses Bluetooth technology, so you can wirelessly connect to your tablet without a cable or transceiver.
• Pricing: estimated retail price of US$49.95.
Touch Mouse — Updated Gesture Settings for Windows 8
As promised, the Microsoft Touch Mouse will obtain updated functionality specifically designed for Windows 8 with new gesture settings to easily navigate the new UI.
• One-finger swipes allow customers to move naturally and intuitively side to side or up and down, shifting content on screen.
• Two-finger movements manage apps, switch through open apps and show app commands.
• Three fingers allow customers to zoom in and out.
• Thumb gestures navigate backward and forward within apps.
• Pricing: estimated retail price of US$79.95.


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During an afternoon in 1991, a fifteen-year-old Jeff Garcia was getting ready for the first night of the rest of his life. Jeff entered an amateur comedy competition at a local Los Angeles club. Jeff was full of idioms, sarcasm and street jokes. Jeff's edgy; street smart brand of comedy took second place that night. He went back to La Puente, California with an eight-inch trophy and fifty dollars in his pocket. By the time Jeff Garcia was sixteen, he landed his first television spot on HBO's Loco Slam. Since then Jeff has made over twelve television appearances, including NBC's Friday Night Video's, Vibe with Sinbad, and Galavision's Funny is Funny showcasing his comedy talent.


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Worries about rising interest rates and falling stock prices hit U.S. consumer sentiment in early July, while other data showed a firm rise in wholesale prices that could make the U.S. Federal Reserve more comfortable reducing its monetary stimulus.
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The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's preliminary reading for its index of U.S. consumer sentiment edged down to 83.9 from 84.1 in June. The reading, released on Friday, fell short of forecasts.
The downturn came after a series of signals from the Fed that it was getting closer to ending a bond-buying program, leading to a selloff in stocks in June as well as a surge in interest rates for mortgages.
"With the increase in mortgage rates and volatility in the stock market, confidence pulled back a bit," said Mark Vitner, an economist at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The decline was more pronounced among upper-income consumers who worried about rising interest rates.
Some of those worries could be positive signals for economic growth. One in five households with incomes in the top third said it was better to borrow before mortgage rates rose further.
And while consumers worried about the future, they were much more sanguine about the present. The barometer of current economic conditions rose to its highest level since July 2007.
U.S. stocks pared gains after the release of the consumer sentiment data, though they were little changed from a day earlier. U.S. Treasuries prices held onto gains chalked up earlier in the day.
A separate report showed U.S. producer prices rose more than expected in June, pointing to an apparent increase in inflationary pressures.
The Labor Department said its seasonally adjusted producer price index increased 0.8% last month, the largest gain since September.
A Reuters survey of economists had forecast prices received by the nation's farms, factories and refineries rising 0.5 percent last month.
While federal budget cuts and higher taxes appeared to slow U.S. economic growth sharply in the April-June period, the pace of hiring has held at relatively robust levels and most economists expect growth will rebound later in the year.
The data sends a reassuring signal that demand is still strong enough to push prices higher.
While much of the increase in prices was fueled by a jump in gasoline which could weigh on consumers, a gauge of underlying inflation pressures pointed to a little more vigor in the economy.
So-called core producer prices, which strip out volatile energy and food costs, rose 0.2 percent last month, boosted by a 0.8 percent increase in the price of passenger cars. Economists had expected core prices to rise 0.1 percent.
Core prices at the wholesale level rose 1.7 percent in the 12 months through June, matching the gain in the previous month. Economists had expected a weaker 12-month rise. Firmer core inflation could be good news for the economy as it may signal that consumer demand is strengthening.
That in turn could make policymakers at the Fed more confident about recent assertions that the economy was strengthening quickly enough for the U.S. central bank to begin reducing its bond-buying stimulus program by the end of the year.
"If there is a time we want to see higher inflation, this is one of them," said Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist at Northern Trust in Chicago.
Inflation has drifted worrisomely low in recent months, and some Fed policymakers argue the bond-buying program should continue at full steam until inflation firms.