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A full 87 percent of students, school-wide, scored at a proficient level on standardized tests. The score represents additional progress as the school moves to attaining a goal of 90 percent proficient.
Possibly even more important is the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students at the school, which has closed to less than ten percent.
While the school-wide proficiency at Monticello High is 87 percent, 78 percent of students from minority groups, from economically disadvantaged households, or with limited English proficiency scored at proficient levels.
Closing the achievement gap is an ongoing goal for schools around the nation. The achievement gap is more than 20 percent nationwide.
School officials point to a culture of excellence, hardworking students and the support of parents and community as reasons for the success.
The most recent scores add to a multiyear trend of more students mastering the information outlined in courses. See the chart below.
Students in core subjects are tested at the end of each year. More than 90 percent of students were proficient in five subjects at Monticello High, including 8th and 11th grade language arts, pre-algebra, 7th grade science, and physics classes.
A generally-recognized measure of a high performing school is a 90 percent proficiency level.
In other matters at Monticello High, Ron (RD) Sharp, a 1987 graduate of Monticello High, has accepted the assistant principal position at the school. Sharpe has spent the past 18 years as a teacher, coach and administrator in southwest Utah.
On August 16, the school board approved $1.8 million for a significant remodeling effort at the school during the summer of 2012, including remodeling the technology center; new windows, plumbing, wiring, and lockers; refurbished locker rooms; heating and cooling system fixes; and gymnasium acoustical treatment.
A new concession stand will open at the home football game September 2.
The board also approved $10 million to rebuild Monticello Elementary, $175,000 for a concession stand at Whitehorse High, new locker rooms and acoustical treatment at San Juan High; and planning money for a computer building and new parking lot at the district offices.
The district has completed a new school and housing in Monument Valley and significant remodeling projects at San Juan, Whitehorse, and Monument Valley high schools.


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Each time I read a Home Power article about hydropower or peruse the advertisements for microhydro turbines, I think of Lester Pelton, the guy who invented the Pelton wheel, and a key figure in the renewable energy industry. This might seem somewhat unusual to most readers, but the reason is that I grew up in Vermilion, Ohio, the town nearest to Lester Pelton's birthplace.
Lester was born in 1829, eight years before the village of Vermilion was incorporated. Lester stayed in the area until 1850, at which time he took off for the California gold rush with some friends and relatives.
While living in Comptonville, California, he invented the now-famous Pelton water wheel. He patented the wheel and lived in California until his death in 1908. His remains were brought back to Ohio for burial in Maple Grove Cemetery, several miles south of Vermilion. This is the same cemetery my parents are buried in, so when I stop by their grave I usually stop by Lester's family plot, too!
Rich Tarrant, a friend of mine who lives in Vermilion, publishes a weekly online local history blog, Vermilion Views (vermilionohio.org) that has a section called "Lester's Wheel Across the World." Being a local town historian, Rich has done quite a bit of research into Lester Pelton's life.
Vermilion Views' "Lester's Wheel Across the World," includes a great synopsis of Lester Pelton's life. There are pictures of his childhood home and the one-room schoolhouse where he received his formal education, sketches used to obtain the Pelton wheel patent, and much more. I hope this will be of interest to some readers.
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For businesses that provide appointment-based services to customers, the ability to track the status of those appointments is very important. Doing so can help curb no-shows, optimize operations and even attract or retain clients.
Appointment scheduling software can help your business achieve these goals by enabling users to manage reservations, take bookings and schedule appointments.
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Common Functionality of Appointment Scheduling Software
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At a certain point, paper-based datebooks, agendas, calendars and planners just aren't effective for appointment tracking. They're hard for teams to access simultaneously, not equipped for large-scale scheduling and more vulnerable to getting lost or stolen than digital appointment-setting tools.
Appointment scheduling software is increasingly becoming a must-have technology for service-based businesses. These systems help you automate scheduling processes by enabling both customers and employees to book appointments and organize meetings.
Among other things, the software facilitates appointment cancellations, rescheduling and online payment processing. It can also be used to send out automated reminders and capture customer information that can be used to run effective marketing campaigns.
These systems can help schedule many different kinds of appointments, including classes, workshops, special events and tours. They're valuable in a variety of industries, such as:
Most appointment scheduling software solutions come with some or all of the following capabilities:
|Online booking
|Enables customers to book, reschedule or follow up on appointments online by using an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Certain systems allow users to create online bookings that automatically synchronize across multiple devices, including desktops, tablets and mobile devices.
|Real-time automated scheduling
|The software can confirm or deny an appointment instantly when a booking request is made, based on availability. It can also manage a waiting list of appointments that can be substituted if an existing booking is cancelled or rescheduled.
|Calendar management
|Users can create appointments or meetings on their calendars and share them with participants at multiple locations. This feature may also include synchronization with third-party calendar management applications used by the participants (e.g., Google Calendar).
|Automatic reminders
|Allows users to send reminders to customers about upcoming appointments via email notifications or SMS text messaging.
|Customer scheduling
|Enables customers to view the calendars of all professionals in an organization so they can book an appointment with whomever they prefer.
|Staff scheduling
|Allows business owners to effectively manage employee work hours by tracking their calendars in real time.
|Online payment acceptance
|Some solutions offer integration with electronic payment gateways to allow users to collect payments whenever appointments are booked.
|Promotions and deal management
|Allows users to create deals and promotions that can be applied across a certain timespan on employee calendars to incentivize bookings.
Professionals and business owners can realize multiple benefits as a result of adopting appointment scheduling software, including:
Reducing no-shows. Automated scheduling keeps track of upcoming appointments and automatically sends call, email or text notifications to customers to remind them of upcoming appointments. Certain solutions go a step further by letting customers confirm appointments via these reminders. This helps reduce no-shows and allows businesses to better utilize their staff.
Improving staff efficiency. Service professionals often find it challenging to manage customer appointments during peak hours. Without the right software in place, they can risk double-booking appointments, which can lead to lost customers. Appointment scheduling software enables easy scheduling, single-touch rescheduling and the ability to confirm appointments with customers so time isn't wasted.
Driving revenue. With software automating the scheduling process, employees have more time to focus on revenue-generating activities, such as seeing more customers per day. Integration with electronic payment gateways can help expedite the billing process so businesses are paid more quickly.
Attract and retain clients. The easier you make it for customers to schedule time for your services, the better experience they're likely to have. With 24/7 online appointment scheduling, your clients don't have to abide by normal business hours to make a booking. This is both a valuable asset for marketing your services and a convenience to convince current customers to stay loyal to your business. In fact, a Software Advice survey of chiropractic patients found 25 percent would be interested in scheduling appointments through an online portal.
Choosing the right appointment scheduling software depends on the size of the business. Consider the following buyer types:
Individual professionals. Professionals in the service industry typically operate individually, which means their earnings depend on the number of appointments they are able to manage efficiently. For these individuals, providing an online booking interface to customers and enabling web-based appointment scheduling is crucial. Both of these features are now fairly commoditized, and most appointment scheduling solutions offer them.
Small and midsize businesses. These businesses typically operate as establishments with up to 100 employees. It is essential for these businesses to reduce no-shows and improve revenue by freeing up employee bandwidth. An ideal software solution for these types of businesses should offer reminders, notifications and employee scheduling features in addition to online booking and appointment scheduling.
Large enterprises. These companies focus on customer engagement and retention by allowing customers to perform multiple tasks from the same interface. This can include offering an integrated payment interface that allows users to book an online appointment with their desired professional and then pay for the booking without leaving the company's website. Large enterprises also promote customer engagement by offering discounted deals, which can be attached to certain dates on employee calendars.
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This is a cake that is soaked in a whole lot of milk, which to me sounds like a horrible idea. I don't like to drink milk so why would I want to eat a cake that is literally oozing milk? Luckily, I didn't think it tasted terrible, and in fact many HCB loved the cake.
July 17, 2011
Name of Cake: the milky cake
Occasion: HCB
Constituents: one biscuit de Savioe, soaked in a milky mixture and frosted with whipped cream (more milk!)
Since I was so hesitant about this cake, I decided to make a half recipe and baked it in my 7x3 pan. This pan is getting a lot of use lately!
The cake is a simple biscuit with an ingredient list that you can count off on one hand. Eggs, sugar, cake flour, vanilla, salt. Everything but the flour is mixed together and heated over a pan of simmering water until quite warm, and then furiously beat for five minutes in the KA. Since I had a half recipe the eggs were fully beat at the two and a half minute mark. The flour is sifted onto the eggs and folded in. My cake baked for just about 30 minutes before testing as done.
Like sponge cakes of this type, the cake must be unmolded right away and left to cool completely. In the meantime, the milky stuff is made.
The milky stuff is a mixture of nonfat and whole milks with a touch of sugar, which is reduced by half. The reduced milky stuff is poured into a bowl, the sweetened condensed milk and cream are stirred in, and refrigerated until the cake is ready. And yes, if you are counting, there are four milks in this milky mix.
Once the cake is ready, it is wrapped up in plastic wrap, placed back in it's cake pan, the wrap is opened and all the milky stuff gets poured into the cake. Surprisingly, the cake slurps it all up without complaint. The plastic wrap is tucked around the cake, which gets an overnight in the refrigerator.
|Violet likes milky cakes
Before serving, whipped cream is beat to stiff peaks and spread over the top of the cake. Yes, if you are counting, that makes five milks in this milky cake. As the cake is unmolded and served milky stuff pools around the bottom of the cake. For a non-milk lover like myself the pooling milky stuff does not help me find it appealing.
Surprisingly, the cake retains its texture and toothsomeness (is that a real word?). Yes, it is milky, and wet/moist, but it isn't a big soggy mess. Thank god for that, too, otherwise I'd be having none of it. The flavor is obviously really milky and slightly sweet, sort of like melted vanilla ice cream. It is not bad. I ate my slice without complaint. However, I do not think I will ever be making this again, unless by request.
I found myself wishing this cake was soaked in a whole lot of chocolate milky stuff, or coffee milky stuff instead. Either one of those I could get behind, and might try once this bake through is complete.
|Jenn said she'd never seen a sour cherry, so here's one from the tree in the yard
This cake has been baked twice during the bake through:
Marie made it before the bake-through became a group project in June 2009.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo.—A child sex sting operation by the Wyoming Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has resulted in federal felony charges against five men.
Robert Leazenby, a Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation special agent, leads the ICAC task force headquartered in Cheyenne. He told The Associated Press this week that his agency posted advertisements last summer on websites that feature classified personals.
According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court against one of the defendants, the ICAC team ran one such ad on the Internet advertising site Craigslist under the heading "Traveling Dad."
"Showing my bros offspring this wonderful state with so much opportunity for learning," the ad read. "We are from the south and have never been to the west before but her and I are open to meet new people."
Leazenby said the response was voluminous.
According to court records, ICAC agents assumed different personas, discussing what sex acts they would allow on children in their care. Once the men arrived at the agreed-upon hotel rooms or other locations, they were arrested.
Leazenby said the Wyoming ICAC team decided to post the advertisements because online solicitation of children for sex is a problem throughout the country.
"We wanted to see if there was again a need to do these types of cases. So we threw up an advertisement and we were inundated, so clearly there was a need," Leazenby said.
Leazenby said the response to the advertisements indicates that child prostitution is occurring in Wyoming.
The FBI announced Tuesday that it had rescued 16 juveniles who had been forced into prostitution in the New York City area in the weeks before the Super Bowl. Officials said the children, some of whom had been reported missing by their families, ranged in age from 13 to 17.
Jim Anderson, prosecutor with the U.S. attorney's office in Cheyenne, has prosecuted online solicitation cases stemming from the ICAC investigations. He said dealing with child trafficking is a priority for the U.S. Department of Justice.
"The fact of the matter is the individual responded to the ad and expressed interest in having sex with a child," Anderson said.
Anderson encouraged people to report suspicious advertisements to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The ICAC team has four state officers and two federal agents assigned to it. The Joint Appropriations Committee of the Wyoming Legislature last month recommended against Gov. Matt Mead's request for the state to put up $183,000 for the coming two-year funding cycle to pay for another officer position that had been funded by the federal government.
Leazenby said the team could handle more cases if it got state funding for the extra position. The team has had to turn down some recent requests for help from other law enforcement agencies investigating computer-related crime, he said.
The ICAC investigations resulted in the following federal prosecutions:
— David Michael Faust, 42, of Cheyenne was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson last week to 10 years in prison on a conviction of attempted online solicitation of a minor.
— A federal jury in Casper last week found Jonathan Earl Olaveson, 29, of Gillette guilty of attempted online enticement of a minor. He faces sentencing before U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl of Casper in April.
— Christopher Shawn Seymour, 43, of Cheyenne was sentenced by District Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal of Cheyenne last month to 15 years in prison. He was convicted at trial of one count of attempted online enticement of a minor and one count of carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime or violence.
Seymour has filed notice of appeal with the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. His attorney, Joe. D. Bustos, of Cheyenne, declined to comment.
— Brendan Dane Schweigart, 28, pleaded guilty in January before Freudenthal to one count of interstate travel with intent to engage in sexual acts with a minor. He's set for sentencing on April 14 before Freudenthal.
Court records indicate that Schweigart also had been charged with attempted online enticement of a minor but that prosecutors have agreed to drop that charge at sentencing. A spokesman at the U.S. Attorney's Office said Schweigart is from Pennsylvania.
— John Scott Pinkerton, 58, of Pierce, Colo., was indicted in July on three federal charges: interstate travel with intent to engage in sexual acts with a minor, attempted production of child pornography and attempted online enticement of a minor.
Pinkerton has pleaded not guilty. Court records show he's scheduled for a change of plea hearing Feb. 20 before Johnson.


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Whenever St. John's and UW-Eau Claire meet up, it's a solid bet that the game will be close, exciting, and come down to the wire. The teams met every year from 1998-2006, with the Johnnies eking out five victories to the Blugolds' four. They met again in 2009, with St. John's getting a narrow 35-27 win at home. If the best predictor of the future is past behavior, last weekend's game was due to be special.
Chalk another one up for history.
Trailing 10-3 for most of the game, Eau Claire rallied for two touchdowns inside the final five minutes of play to take a 17-10 lead – only for St. John's to rally for the tying touchdown with just six seconds left in regulation. Electing to kick the extra point instead of going for two and the win, the Johnnies also got the ball to start overtime, kicking a 40 yard field goal to take a 23-20 lead.
But that wasn't all.
On the Blugolds' overtime possession, five Joe Sweeney rushes set up Eau Claire with a fourth-and-1 on the St. John's 6. Rather than kicking a field goal of their own, coach Todd Glaser went for it – and got 4 more yards from Sweeney. The very next play, Sweeney took the ball into the end zone for the winning touchdown. It was a fitting end to an outstanding day from one of the WIAC's best tailbacks. Sweeney was the Blugolds' most consistent offensive player, gaining 106 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries to propel Eau Claire into the national rankings.
With Stout looking mediocre through their its two games, Eau Claire could well be the team challenging Stevens Point for second place in the ever-shifting WIAC.
Mosier gives Linfield a CLU
While plenty of observers expected California Lutheran to give
then-No. 4 Linfield a good game last weekend, virtually no one
outside of Thousand Oaks, Calif., gave them a chance to beat the
defending Northwest Conference champion Wildcats. The SCIAC
champion Kingsmen lost 38-17 to Linfield in the first round of last
year's playoffs, and with Aaron Boehme back to run the
offense and eight starters returning on defense, the Wildcats
definitely looked like the sharper team early on last Saturday
– grabbing a 28-7 lead with five minutes left in the second
But CLU gave better than they got after that point, ripping off 40 points to the Wildcats 14 to grab a thrilling 47-42 victory. What's even more amazing is that they did it almost exclusively on the ground. Junior transfer running back Daniel Mosier (Moorpark College) rushed for an astounding 206 yards on just 18 carries (11.2 yards per carry), including back-to-back touchdown runs of 45 and 49 yards to push CLU's lead to 47-35 and seal the game.
If the Kingsmen run the table – and the odds are definitely in their favor – the SCIAC could host a playoff game for the first time since 2004.
The best 0-2 team in the country?
If that title doesn't go to UW-Oshkosh, I'm not sure who qualifies. The Titans have played Division III's most brutal non-conference schedule this year, taking on a top-ten program (Central) in their season-opener and the most dominant team of the last fifteen years last Saturday. But Oshkosh, just 4-6 (2-5 WIAC) last year, put together solid showings both weekends, especially against the Purple Raiders. Despite trailing by 21 points in the second quarter, the Titans continued to hang around, racking up 436 yards against the Mount's very, very good defense. Whether or not their schedule will help them move up the WIAC ladder remains to be seen, but it's definitely another feather in the cap of Division III's best top-to-bottom conference.
"Special" teams cost Bearcats
When No. 13 Willamette looks back last week's loss to No. 9 Hardin-Simmons, chances are they'll see a game they easily could have won. The Bearcats trailed 24-22 with nine minutes remaining, but a blocked PAT, a failed two-point conversion and a blocked field goal earlier in the game kept WU from ever taking the lead. Place kicker Mitchell Rowan is now just 4-7 on PATs and 1-3 on field goals this season, but the junior will have next week's bye to get things sorted out before the Bearcats take on Linfield on Oct. 2.
Speaking of near victories ...
It's only fitting to wrap up this week's recaps with another WIAC game that nearly shook up the Division III playoff picture in a major way. With sixth-ranked Mary Hardin-Baylor taking the long trip to Wisconsin-La Crosse for their first game of the season, the Eagles came within 1:51 of pulling off the weekend's biggest upset, taking a 19-0 lead in the third quarter before falling 24-19 to the Cru. To be fair to UMHB, they were probably shaking off a fair amount of rust and jet lag, but results like this are why Kickoff ranked the WIAC as the nation's best conference.
Game of the Week
With the MIAC and IIAC opening conference play this week, there's a slew of good games to keep an eye on (especially Concordia-Moorhead/St. John's and Dubuque/Central). But if you're the kind who likes to witness history, pony up $10 to watch the webcast of Pacific's first home football game in 19 years, when they take on Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at 1:00 pm (PDT).
Having played football for 99 straight years before dropping the
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seasons of football at the same time. A sellout crowd is
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What's News: Google announces expansion plans for its Google Fiber service to Austin, Texas. KPMG quits as auditor of Herbalife and Skechers. Japanese rush to sell gold as price in yen jumps. Joanne Po reports. Photo: Google
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It's the height of wedding season, and brides are getting ready to say "I do." Why not make your special day truly unique by finding, say, a giant elephant to stroll you down the aisle? Sound a bit odd? According to 1-800-Registry(1800registry.com) concierge manager Brian Mijo, today's brides won't hold back on their wish lists, which makes his job as exciting as it is demanding.
"Whatever the request, we consider it an essential element for every bride to get what they need," Mijo says. "As much as people feel these are outlandish, we call it Tuesday. It's what we do every day. We really enjoy these more challenging requests."
Here are some of the more outrageous wedding requests 1800registry.com has received.
"One couple wanted an elephant to kind of be part of the back drop and the scenery," says Mijo. "It comes with a scooper and a trash bin, and some even have a handler."
Flame throwers
"This can be an interesting conversation with a reception site, "says Mijo. "You need to know if it's OK to be having flaming balls thrown and tossed."
Hawaiian dancers
"These usually come with the flame throwers," says Mijo.
Butterfly release
"Just the other day, I had a young lady in Texas who wanted to have her blue roses, blue tulips blue lilies, and a butterfly release," says Mijo. "Butterflies were on the top of her list."
"Sometimes people want something that's very rustic," Mijo says.
Upscale portable toilets
"We had a request for upscale port-a-potties, and we found some with marble counters and gold trim," says Mijo.
Horse and buggy
"I think with the royal wedding there was a resurgence of the classic 'Princess Bride' feel for the wedding."
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|2007-11-25, 20:49
|Link #1
Anxious bookseller
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Shibuya Psychic Research
Code Geass Fanfiction Discussion
This thread is to be used for Code Geass Fanfiction and discussion. Feel free to post your fict in the thread or Fan Creations Forum.
You may also posts links to other sites with Geass fanfictions for discusssion.
Few ground rules though~
1-At this time please only post stuff relevant to season 1. No theories or possible spoilers stories to what may or may not happen in season 2. If youre posting a link to a fict that has this please let others know. Not everyone (including myself) wants to be spoiled.
2-No XXX stories. Keep everything in here clean. Romance is fine just dont go over board.
3-Respect the writier, if you dont like the story, cuz you dont like the main/supporting character in it then dont post. This thread is to help writers with their stories not flaming them cuz they like one character over another. No "Youre story would be better if XYZ died" or "Why do you always write about XYZ".
Ok I think thats it. Enjoy
|2007-11-25, 21:04
|Link #2
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Code Geass: Lelouch of Brittania
Summary: History often hinges on a moment: What if young Leulouch avoided the fate of exile and remained in the royal family? All roles become reversed. The story of Lulu's quest for power and vengeance as the Black Prince of the Empire.
Characters appeared so far: Lelouch, The Emperor, Cornelia, Reuben Ashford, Milly, Darlton, Jeremiah, Euphemia, Schneizel, Clovis, Nunally, Kewell, Villeta.
Rating: PG
Notes: This story was motivated by two factors; my interest in the world of Geass, it's alternate history, and life in the near future Anglo-American hybrid Brittanian Empire. I was also curious as to how Lulu might have turned out had he been given the chance to stay; to have people like Cornelia and Epuhemia and Jeremiah on his side from the start.
Presently there are seven chapters, and Lulu is leading the newly formed "Black Knights" against Brittania's enemies, with a familiar trio under his command. Hopefully, the story will generate much of the discussion seen in the Weapons Thread, the History/Geography Thread, and the Pairings thread here as well.
|2007-11-26, 15:38
|Link #4
Anxious bookseller
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Shibuya Psychic Research
|2007-11-27, 02:54
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: In Maya world, where all is 3D and everything crashes
Age: 31
Summary: Lelouch never thought much about the dire consequences that his contract might have, he is about to find out and the entire world will crumble underneath his feet
Genre: Supernatural, Drama, Sci-fi, mecha
Rating: T - M (mostly because of shounen ai, some chapters are M rated)
If you dont like Shounen - ai you have been warned because it contains it!
Also it is set after the season's final!
Characters: Some new, the rest all old.. because it sets after S1 all the characters from S1 are still in it.. main focuss is on Lelouch and Suzaku ofcourse
Notes: i was sketching something and because of that sketch id ecided to write this, the sketch was from a scene in NGE that really got me thinking and so it began.. currently 16 chapters have been released and it is still going.. =3
once again 2 warnings, it is shounen - ai (with right now 2 M rated chapters) and set after season 1!
Spoiler for images i made for this story, all not shounen-ai but future plot drawings and the Astraeus head design:
Last edited by -KarumA-; 2007-11-27 at 16:02.
|2008-01-01, 02:36
|Link #6
Tsushima Masaki
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Just like to say I've found a Kallen x Lelouch fanfic that I think has potential. There was a bit of OOC in it but so far it looks good.
It's an AU fic that starts when Suzaku has that party thrown for him by the Student Council.
Rated T for Teen
|2008-02-21, 21:49
|Link #8
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Ontario, Canada
Age: 30
Great job on your fan fic Cal-Reflector I found it very intesting an loved the concept idea. can't wait for the next chapter.
I have yet to read the others, but i'm sure there great too.
Well I've been creating my own fan fic call "Black Oni" (obviosly were I got my name from.) It's about Isamu Tatsuma, the last suvivor of the Oni clan who saposably died during the Todou's merical event. It's about how he jions the OotBK and what his life is like as he tries to live up to his sisters name, "The Crimson Oni" . basically a backround charatchers view point. follows the events of the main series.
As I only jioned fanfiction.net today there will be a 2 day delay before I can uplaod any of it.
I'll post a link when available
|2008-02-23, 21:56
|Link #9
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Ontario, Canada
Age: 30
Sorry to double post, but heres the link to my fan fic as metioned above. the first chapter take place during todous miracle.
next chapter should be ready soon.
|2008-02-24, 19:11
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PopulationControl Officer
Join Date: Oct 2007
Found a brilliant one today, here. Told from Marrianes perspective, it perfectly summarises a possibility of her personality.
In it, she is cruel all she wants is her child to be the 83rd Emperor, and is dissapointed. So Lelouch is practicly neglected for Nunnaly who is pampered. So who was the mother figure that Lelouch thinks of with his mother?
Quite touching and puts a different tilt on the way you look at Lelouch and why he fights.
|2008-02-25, 03:37
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Here are several well written JAPANESE fics for Code Geass. What's special about them is that they include amongst them a number of Milly-Lulu stories.
My fic has now recently reached it's ninth chapter, and I'd like to thank anyone whose been following that story; Oni, I will look at your story.
|2008-02-25, 21:00
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Yay ninth chapter gotta go read that now thanks, and keep up the good work.
|2008-02-25, 23:17
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
The principle for the story is that only one change is made at the very beginning. Everything thing else I try to keep as plausible as I can, with canon in mind. Thankfully, Milly's role doesn't alter because of that bit of late information; she's still "the one who understands Lulu best."
|2008-02-26, 13:18
|Link #16
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Ontario, Canada
Age: 30
Well after being notified that my fan fic had way to many spelling/gramer mistakes
(thanks cal-refector.) I went through and realized that I accidentaly posted the drafts of the chapters instead of the finished products. So I replace the current chapter with there proper one's and will be more careful in the future.
great job on chapter 9 cal-relfector, can't wait for the next one.
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|2008-02-28, 18:46
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: In Maya world, where all is 3D and everything crashes
Age: 31
moving this conversation here i guess
i just finished chapter one of the first mini story..
though i'm going to finish that story before uploading it completely as the first of already 9 in planning
Spoiler for for plot fo the first mini story RATED M!:
as for the other mini stories... as expected in Suza/Lulu themes
they involve C.C. cursing Lelouch and turning him slowlly into a cat.. jealosy after the Euphemia's Knight anounciation... loss of sight and of course pregancy! X9 ooh dear some of them are prue crack
ive got 9 stories in plannign so far, each consisting of around 3-4 chapters some might be longer and maybe i'll make even more sequels like for the first story what would happen in the Island of God situation
|2008-02-28, 21:29
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|2008-04-07, 19:47
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The crumbling world around.
(Note: I know I haven't posted a single Link to the Fanfiction, but I will work on it, I am almost done my first Chapter. I apologize in any way.)
June 28, 2013 a.t.b.
It was a pity to watch father lying on his deathbed. Yes, confined here for 2-no, 3 years now, yet there had been bleak hope of his recovery. They tried everything: Nuclear Therapy, Cryogenics, Cellular suspension, but to no avail. They could not stop the rapid decline of his nervous system, leaving him to die like a lifeless slab in front of his trustees, to cast a shadow of mourning upon his vast Empire. But his death did little but to undermine his great influence and deep passion for only 2 things: freedom and family.
Even I knew my father well, he was a great man- despite the loss of his beloved Wife he persevered to make Britannia our future birth right and his family to his Right hand. He raised me like the head of the flock, and like the kindly shepherd he tended to the entire empire: citizen or noble, honorary or rightly born, he molded each one of us into the shape of future pioneers- to bring about peace and the world beyond us.
But now, do not despair his loss. For his death was only the passing of the flame- the righteous torch that led our empire across the wide expanse of dusk, that warmed us from the chilling breeze of corruption and provided for us the marker light to found the Holy Sanctuary, where the chosen can retreat into the walls of safety from the outside- Long live the Holy Empire!
The world around was crumbling. The EU's rapid decline soon followed as the fall of the Theocratic Empire of Germany soon left it's mark during the Battle of Outer Europa, and the effective Blockade sanctioned upon the Chinese Federation for their support towards the Black Revolt took it's toll from the diminishing influence of the two Mighty nations.
But home soil itself would grow seeds of revolt. The death of the Blessed Emperor and the appointing of his incapable 13-year old son as the heir soon shook the very origins of nobility itself. Separatist nobles, bickering at the weaknesses of the Boy emperor were further fueled by their desire to take the throne from the hereditary dynasty. Nobles jockeyed for support and flattered the various stewards of Power, hoping to gain enough support to embrace the true power of the Holy Empire.
Sadly, domestic violence wasn't the only troubling fact: news of an underground secret society that funds various terrorist organizations soon creeped from the borders of the Empire and made its way to the weary Frame pilot, whom never saw no rest from the continual wave of uprisings and eventual traumatic massacres against indigenous peoples.
Empire fall, Nations crumble, and civilizations end. But one echo did resound across the world, soon engulfing others within an endless cycle of hatred: Britannia will fall. Now, ask yourself. Which side do you want to embrace?
This Fanfiction is set presumably without the existence of a few Canon characters, but with a few alterations. The story itself relies heavily upon Original characters, from the Prince of Britannia to the genetically synthesized 'DA Black'.
The main focus is placed upon a Terrorist group, a small but well trained 5-man cell. All 5 have a torn and rugged past, but share one common trait: their unparalleled hatred of Britannia. It also places focus upon deception and a small side story of how the Elevens try to restore their Country's former glory, starting from the Ghetto.
|2008-04-09, 14:17
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PopulationControl Officer
Join Date: Oct 2007
Found an interesting one.
Kind of fluffy and funny, features a hyperactive Nunnaly through too much coffee and a promiscuous Sayako who is forced to give "the talk" to Nunnaly.
Lelouch and C.C are there, but exausted and go to sleep.... problem is an enlightened Nunnaly picks up the conversation through the door they have the wrong way.....
Link here, short but good
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Los Cabos, Mexico -- Climate change, chemicals and waste management, and biodiversity conservation are top of the agenda as ministers and high-level officials from 31 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean gather for major environmental forum aimed at strengthening regional cooperation.
The 19th Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, considered the most important environmental meeting in the region, is organized by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico (SEMARNAT) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
'In Los Cabos we will have the opportunity to share successful experiences and proposals to address the environmental challenges that our region is currently facing,' said Juan José Guerra Abud, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico during his opening speech. 'It is indispensable to renew our conception of development in order to guarantee an economic growth that is sustainable. We require practical and innovating solutions as well as solid commitments among our nations.'
'The government of Mexico favours the relationship with Latin America and the Caribbean as a priority region to reinforce the dialogue, identify common positions and set down cooperation initiatives in diverse areas,' he added. 'Regarding the challenges that the countries of our region currently face, we should be filled with optimism for having solid coordination spaces for the effective and sustainable advance of our societies.'
Also in attendance are representatives of international institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank (WB), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) and the Pan- American Health Organization (PAHO), and civil society.
Renowned international experts on the issues to be addressed in the ministerial dialogues, which include the global sustainable development agenda, will also participate in the meeting.
'Many countries in the region have taken steps towards the sound management of chemicals and waste, including the development of national assessments, legal frameworks and best practices that can be scaled up and replicated throughout the region,' said Achim Steiner, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNEP. 'To date, 18 LAC countries have signed the Minamata Convention on Mercury. I would like to seize this opportunity to commend the region's active involvement in the design and negotiation of the Convention and to welcome the clear commitment to its terms as stated in the Havana Declaration,'
'On climate change, the number of countries adopting climate legislation is on the rise across the region,' he added. 'Mexico's General Law on Climate Change, passed in April 2012, is a significant achievement. It establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework to address climate change and, at the same time, encourage the transition towards a Green Economy. Other countries in the region have also enacted climate laws.'
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Two years have passed since the last Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Quito, Ecuador, and the context in which this new regional gathering is taking place lends it special significance. It is the first Meeting of the Forum of Ministers since the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20, which was held in Brazil in 2012.
Latin America and the Caribbean will assess the progress made towards sustainable development and join efforts to influence the global debate on the new post-2015 development agenda, and on the Sustainable Development Goals that are expected to take the place of the Millennium Development Goals. Latin America and the Caribbean has an important role to play in the urgent global task of establishing priorities and goals that enable equitable and sustainable development which also respects nature. This Forum gives the opportunity to the Ministers of Environment to articulate to the world, through their voices and their collaborative action, the need to embed the environment in all facets of sustainable development.
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The agenda of the meeting in Los Cabos will devote space to ministerial discussions around the celebration in 2014 of the International Year of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the Third International Conference on SIDS, to be held in Samoa this September. UNEP has resolved to dedicate World Environment Day 2014 to the sustainable development of SIDS and the environmental challenges they face.
A regional platform with the power of global influence
The intergovernmental consultations regularly held by the highest-level environmental authorities in Latin America and the Caribbean led to the creation of the regional Forum of Ministers of the Environment. More than three decades after the first ministerial meeting, held in Mexico City in 1982, the Forum is returning to Mexico, having become the most important high-level environmental meeting in the region, which has facilitated broad consensus on environmental policies across Latin America and the Caribbean.
One of the objectives of this 19th meeting is to strengthen the Forum of Ministers of Environment as the space for regional high-level policy discussion and cooperation and an effective platform to contribute to and influence the global discussion and decision-making processes with regard to environmental sustainability and sustainable development.
This meeting should facilitate an open dialogue among countries of the region on the main environmental challenges they face, and the exchange of experiences and lessons learnt from each individual country.
The Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean is taking place three months before the first United Nations Environment Assembly of UNEP (UNEA), to be held this June. The meeting in Los Cabos thus offers a valuable opportunity to seek consensus for a regional position on the issues to be discussed, and thereby exercise a more forceful, coherent influence at the global level.
The ministerial segment of the Los Cabos meeting will also address the challenge of the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the region, on which much of the regional economy depends. Their conservation is both a need and a responsibility for Latin America and the Caribbean, which is home to 34 per cent of the world's plant species, 30 per cent of mammals, 41 per cent of birds, 50 per cent of amphibians, 35 per cent of reptiles and 31 per cent of fish.
'The well-being of humanity and the functioning of the economy and society ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet's finite natural resources. Living within the Earth's safe operating space safeguards humanity from crossing ecological or social thresholds that could undermine or even reverse development gains,' said Mr. Steiner.
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text: Raising Versus Buying Replacement Heifers February 28, 2014 04:18 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By University News Release Email By: Patrick Gunn, Iowa State Univeristy Extension cow-calf specialist and Lee Schulz, ISU Extension livestock economist A major cost for cow-calf producers is obtaining an adequate supply of acceptable heifers for replacements in the herd. Although most producers raise their own, purchasing replacements sometimes can be an attractive alternative. Selecting the most economical source of replacement heifers has major implications for effectively using resources, controlling costs, and sustaining business vitality. Determining an optimal herd replacement strategy is a complex decision driven by several factors including: Interest rates on savings or other alternative uses of capital Interest rates on borrowed capital Cash flow needs Feed costs Labor availability and costs Relative price difference between cull cows and heifer calves Reproductive rates Forced (or involuntary) culling rates Environmental restrictions on growth to weaning Genetic improvement potential and/or maintaining a desired genetic base Ensuring the heifer population will thrive in the given environment Price and availability of bred replacement heifers Tax implications Considering these factors can determine the difference between profit and loss in any given year. So it's imperative that producers be flexible and capable of modifying herd replacement strategies as needed to take advantage of changing conditions. To assist producers in determining which management strategy is best in any given year, we have developed a factsheet and two decision support calculators. These calculators are Excel spreadsheets that can be downloaded and used on any computer with the Microsoft Excel program. The first spreadsheet, Buying Heifers for Beef Cow Replacement, considers the returns and costs that will change if replacement heifers are purchased rather than raised from within the herd. The second spreadsheet, Raising Heifers for Beef Cow Replacement, considers the returns and costs that will change if replacement heifers are raised from within the herd rather than purchased. All three resources are available on the Ag Decision Maker website. Back to news


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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – End of the year academic awards were handed out this week by the Patriot League, with 16 of those awards going to members of its 2012-13 women's openweight crew team as the conference announced its 2013 Women's Rowing Academic Honor Roll. A total of 113 student-athletes earned the distinction, with MIT's total was fifth among the league schools, trailing Colgate and Holy Cross by just one and Navy by two. Bucknell led the league with 34 on the honor roll.
Both of MIT's All-Patriot League rowers were among the list of honorees, with senior Jean Sack (Eureka, Calif.) and junior Erin Meyer (Austin, Texas) among the 16 Engineers on the list. Both were also on the honor roll last season as well, joining juniors Carmen Castanos (Gurnee, Ill.), Samantha Hartzell (Hudson, Wis.), Amy Taylor (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Michelle Victora (New Brighton, Minn.) and Katelyn Wolfenberger (Oneida, Wis.) and sophomore Rebecca Fuhlbrigge (Brookline, Mass.) as repeat selections from a year ago.
To be eligible for the spring Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 (4.0 scale) grade-point average in the spring semester and participate in one of the Patriot League's winter or spring championship sports.
2013 Patriot League Women's Rowing Academic Honor Roll
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Carmen Castaños Jr. Civil Eng. 4.5 Gurnee, Ill.
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Samantha Hartzell Jr. Civil & Environ. Eng. 4.7 Hudson, Wis.
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Emilee Johnson So. Mechanical Eng. 4.3 O'Fallon, Mo.
Cliodhna McCarthy So. Mechanical Eng. 4.8 Hinsdale, Ill.
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Candace Richards and Karlos Jones, both of New Bern, were united in marriage on July 21, 2012, at The Flame Banquet Centre with Joseph B. Gaylor Jr. officiating.
Candace Richards and Karlos Jones, both of New Bern, were united in marriage on July 21, 2012, at The Flame Banquet Centre with Joseph B. Gaylor Jr. officiating.
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The Henderson County Planning Board recommended tweaking the county's land development code Thursday to make it more business-friendly, including expanding the types of commerce allowed in certain zoning districts.
The Henderson County Planning Board recommended tweaking the county's land development code Thursday to make it more business-friendly, including expanding the types of commerce allowed in certain zoning districts.
By a 6-0 vote, the board urged county commissioners to adopt several changes recommended last summer by an advisory committee of citizens set up to review business-stifling regulations.
Among the 12 recommendations of the Regulation Review Advisory Committee was that signage regulations for agricultural businesses needed relaxing. The board recommended all agricultural signs be exempt from sign standards, and increased the maximum allowed size from 20 square feet to 32 square feet.
Board members also agreed with the advisory committee's finding that the required setbacks in commercial zonings were too broad. They urged commissioners to drop the required setbacks to 10 feet along most local roads, and from 35 feet to 20 feet along "thoroughfares" such as Chimney Rock Road.
The advisory committee had also recommended the county review and expand, where possible, the permitted uses allowed in certain zoning districts.
On Thursday, the Planning Board endorsed an amended code that allows camps and riding stables in Residential District 1, RV parks in Local and Community Commercial Districts, produce stands countywide and sawmills in Residential District 2 Rural.
The board also backed changes that would allow certain commercial uses with special use permits, including fuel pumps, RV parks and campgrounds in all residential zoning districts.
The amended code would allow indoor shooting ranges in Local Commercial, miniature golf courses in Office Institutional, and landscaping materials sales or storage in Residential District 2 Rural under a special use permit.
But the board tabled discussion of a provision that would have allowed convenience stores in virtually all residential zonings under a special use permit. Currently, convenience stores in those areas must seek a rezoning before the Board of Commissioners.
"To me, to get a convenience store built right now – and the process you have to go through – would be next to impossible, because you just about have to have spot zoning," said board member Mike Cooper. He guessed that many existing stores throughout the county wouldn't conform to code, since most were grandfathered in when zoning was adopted.
Under the tabled proposal, a convenience store developer could get special permission to build in a residential area by going before the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Senior Planner Autumn Radcliff said the "quasi-judicial" process still allows neighbors of the proposed stores to offer their input and concerns.
"I'm not sure if that's appropriate, if we need to turn that much control loose to the Board of Adjustment," said board member Marilyn Gordon. Other board members questioned whether it was even possible to define what constitutes a convenience store, since they are so varied.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Broadway performers Ephraim Sykes and Shahadi Wright Joseph are joining the cast of NBC's "Hairspray Live!"
Sykes, an original company member with the hit musical "Hamilton," will play Seaweed J. Stubbs in "Hairspray Live!"
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Doctors, the smartest and dumbest people alive
The public seems to have this dual perception of physicians as if we are the smartest, yet stupidest people in existence. For instance, there is a certain infallibility that doctors are expected to have when it comes to medical care. You didn't diagnose a rare presentation of a disease? You're going to get sued. You failed to order a CAT scan on a person with a chief complaint of "mild headache," yet has no fever, no neck stiffness, no focal neurological findings, and is perfectly awake and oriented, only to later find out that the person has a hemorrhage? Time to hand in your license. That non-smoking, white collar worker has a cough and you didn't bother to check for mesothelioma? I want you to meet my two friends Cohen and Cohen.
At the same time, however, the public has a perception that physicians are easily swayed by marketing gimmicks. Somehow if a drug rep gives me a free pen with the word Seroquel written on the side, I'm going to start prescribing the product to everyone that has a chief complaint of "feeling happy." Those shining members of ethical practice known as Congress have decided that come January, drug reps can no longer supply free gifts to doctors. The thought is that physicians are too easily swayed by the cheap gifts given out by drug reps. Meals are still fair game because "they can be educational." Textbooks, on the other hand, are no longer allowed because they are considered big ticket items. Somehow, a fancy dinner that costs $100 is considered more appropriate than a book with the same price.
How do doctors to get this dual reputation of being the most educated yet easily persuaded members of society? And where am I going to start getting my pens?
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Jared at The Doctor Job said,
You better stock up on free pens between now and January.
Kevin said,
I think people think doctors are really book smart rather than street smart, which makes us susceptible to marketing influences.
It's interesting though, theres been plenty of studies done on the effects of pharm marketting on doctor decisions and time and time again it's proven true. I think in some poll, only 15% of doctors said they were influenced by drug companies but 50%+ said their colleagues are
Premed hopeful said,
I think if you looked at the statistics, you'd be surprised. There's obviously not a lot that a drug rep can do by giving you a pen, but in the case of larger gifts (and dinners and "conferences," AKA vacations) Big Pharma can exert quite a bit of control over the prevailing opinions in medicine.
To the above poster, a study was done on residents in JAMA. 84% of residents thought their colleagues were being influenced, while only 39% said the same could be said of them. The study is titled "Principles and Pens" and was published in 2001.
Kristelle Beautreau said,
I tend to ignore a lot of what most doctors say, Half. The one who I trust got his undergrad degree in statistics and is a third generation doctor. Whenever he tells me anything, he backs it up. Sometimes what he says contradicts what the AMA says and he gives me a choice, then we see what insurance says.
When I was pregnant, MOST OB/Gyns would parrot the AMA mantra about ALL mothers being able to breast feed, that it helped babies bond, that in spite of me having had several children in a row that my breasts were up to it. . . a midwife from an OB's office added that breast feeding would energize me! Breast feeding exhausted me (I'd later learn of what prolactin does) and I'd finally figure out that I just didn't make enough milk to feed my kids after the 3rd one. I was told that with formula that I'd put them at risk for obesity, that they'd not bond– yet they were never fat (I'm slender which my stats doctor says has more to do with it than anything) and they were never jaundiced and we get along great. Babies just need food and to be cuddled! I fought the OB's on every statement. I did not realize how much you are forced to say by your governing agency, the AMA.
Placebos work if the illness is short lived and it seems like it was the placebo that fixed it.
People feel helpless in medical situations and I think the perceived wisdom of the doctors and their occasional inability to fix things brings out shrewish behavior. People often don't have realistic expectations of what medical treatment is going to do. Are they in the ER to fix a problem or to get rid of it? For the longest time I was taking an asthmatic daughter to the ER until my mom went with me and she demanded an explanation and the doctor explained that he was just a Band Aid– my daughter needed to see an allergist (MD or eastern Medicine– I chose Eastern and it's been effective.)
Nurses can be biatchy and then who likes getting undressed and examined? You feel vulnerable. I don't hear anything that is said to me when I am in that state.
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To be fair, my best friend (a Doctor) does happen to be the smartest, and yet dumbest (in a nice way!!) person I know.
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There are three cars in the world with such unimpeachable credentials for the job they do they will never, ever find themselves referred to as a 'some other car's rival'. Others may indeed be their rivals, but it is never the reverse.
And it was ever thus, largely because they wrote the rules for the segments they dominate. And now, with the launch of the new Mercedes Benz S-Class hot on the heels of the new Range Rover and new Porsche 911, all three have had a new lease of life in the last 12 months.
So there it is, in the gallery. We'll come to the looks in a bit, but what about the car itself? Did Benz knock the old car down and start again like the aluminium fourth generation Range Rover, or is it a subtle yet dramatic evolution like the generation 991 Porsche 911? Umm…. It's kind of neither. At least not on paper.
After the teasers and this accidental leak, Mercedes has finally unveiled the eighth generation S-Class.
The technological evolution of the automobile can be charted with every new iteration of the S Class, and this is the eighth all-new car. Each has arrived on a raft of blazing new technology, technology which eventually ended up on just about every other car, sooner or later.
This one, which its maker describes as 'Utopian', has an in-built air-freshener, or 'air purifying system', or 'Air Balance'. It will feature refillable scent pots at around £50 each, or you can use your favourite aftershave. It's hard to know where the idea ends or the technology starts, or indeed what we should call it. But your car will have one soon. If it doesn't already. It's churlish to mention it so soon — there is more significant new kit on the car — but in S-Class launches gone by, such trivialities wouldn't even be deemed worthy of a mention.
Moving on. The new S Class launches in two body lengths, the long wheelbase we are to regard as the standard car and its SWB sibling. There will be more; a super-long wheelbase Pullman (in lieu of the Maybach), a coupe (the next CL), and even four door convertible apparently.
There are four drivetrains at launch, a six-cylinder petrol hybrid (S400 Hybrid), a five litre V8 (S500), a six cylinder diesel (S350), and a four cylinder diesel hybrid (S300 BlueTEC hybrid). The later is the Utopian car Benz has referred to with its 'official' 64mpg and 115 grams of carbon/kilometre. The later would be more impressive had Porsche not just launched a 91mpg, 82g/km Panamera hybrid.
Full credit to Mercedes, it has recognised that even the rich don't like a car that thumbs its nose each time its chauffeur visits the pumps. But with two of its three rivals (the Audi A8 and the Jag XJ) taking the full aluminium route, it does seem old-school for Benz to be sticking with half and half steel and aluminium. That said, both Jaguar and Audi have suggested their customers don't actually know or ultimately care what their cars are made of.
The lightweight body shell however does give you the chance to fit every conceivable piece of kit without troubling the upper regions of tubbiness. Benz are saying the new S tips the scale either side of two tonnes depending on drivetrain, so it's no lightweight. But it's got the lot: we can't think of anything remotely sensible that this car doesn't offer. And clearly Benz can't either, hence the Febreze.
The front of the cabin is dominated (literally — you wouldn't call it harmonious) by two 12.3ins screens. One houses what we called 'the instruments' back in the last century, the other all the other controls for important stuff like the type of and rate of massage being applied to the driver's and passenger's backs and bums. As we saw a few weeks ago, the on-board data system comprises not only Bluetooth, but wireless and KleerNet and allows you to run the whole car from your iPad if you so desire. There's a 200gb hard drive, app functionality and the optional Burmester stereo has 24 speakers and 1540 watts of power.
In the long wheelbase version you can specify up to five different kinds of seats and the whole First Class Rear thing. This car is all about the inside. The outside? Well, it's difficult to tell from the pictures, but it looks less dynamic than the current car. Looks shorter too, although it's actually a smidge longer (by 20mm, 15mm of which translates in to rear knee room).
Innovations? Well, on the outside the new S-Class has dispensed with lightbulbs altogether. So if you are someone who is starting to get bored of all those sparkly little tags chasing you down the road, we're sorry — the new S Class is all LED. Over 500 of them apparently. Ouch.
You will have noticed that we have still yet to mention the world-first technology, the serious world first technology. Well as far as we can tell there is only one BIG IDEA making its debut here, though many of the then-new ideas from the SL make their way onwards. It's something called 'Road Surface Scan', and like many of the devices M-B insists on Capitalising, it is just that; a little camera that scans the roads and sets up the suspension to deal with the bumps before they happen.
The system is of course plugged in to the rest of the car's safety systems so the Pre-Safe we knew gets upgraded and now includes systems like rear seat belt airbags, of the kind that will be familiar to anyone who's flown Virgin Upper Class. Not that we expect many of the buyers of this car will have. They'll be in first. Or in their own planes.


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Noticed Cycle Mode Tokyo in @gary_fisher's Twitter stream and much vélocouture was in the booths.
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We've been posting and predicting that fashion would follow cyclists into the mainstream. As more of us ride urban, we need clothes and gear that work better on and off the bike. What you ride in should work at the office, home, and elsewhere.
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Granted, Japan stylists will take it into steampunky fetish places, but the influence is still there.
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Earlier this year, I posted on Performance Couture and TWO n FRO.
With the popularity of Momentum's fashion show, the gear we're making, I expect future handbuilt bike shows to focus less on filet brazing old stuff and more on new gear made with technical materials.
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The public defender who is representing a New Mexico teen accused of gunning down his parents and younger siblings said Thursday that it's too early for anyone to rush to judgment about the teen's mental state, motives or plans.
Nehemiah Griego, 15, is facing murder and child abuse charges in the deaths of his family. They were all found shot to death inside their rural home south of Albuquerque last Saturday.
Public defender Jeff Buckels said the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department has been parceling out limited bits of what he described as "the most damaging supposed 'facts.'"
"This has led directly to a multitude of sensational headlines that threaten to finish Nehemiah's case in the public mind before it has fairly begun," Buckels said.
Family members also have criticized the sheriff's department and the media for their portrayal of Griego in the days following the murders.
On Thursday, Sheriff Dan Houston again described the case as "horrific" and said he stood by the facts as presented in the investigation.
Detectives continued Thursday to pour over evidence gathered at the Griego home last weekend. They were also reviewing text messages and calls between Griego and his 12-year-old girlfriend and security video from Calvary Albuquerque, the Christian church where Griego's father once served as a pastor and where the boy apparently spent much of the day following the slayings.
Authorities have said Griego allegedly reloaded his parents' two rifles and put them in the family van after the early morning slayings and had planned to randomly gun down Wal-Mart shoppers. Houston said investigators have no information that Griego actually went to a Wal-Mart that day.
Buckels also noted that Griego appeared to have had "every chance to carry out such a plan, but did not."
Former police officer and Calvary Albuquerque security chief Vince Harrison told The Associated Press that Griego spent much of last Saturday at the church, wandering the campus as dozens of Sunday school teachers were being trained on how to deal with a shooter.
He was greeted by the manager of the church's skate park and others. But it wasn't until hours later that church officials knew something was wrong.
It was Harrison who called the sheriff's department, and he and the boy drove to the Griego home, where they met authorities.
After finding the bodies inside the house, sheriff's officials took the teen to headquarters. During questioning, he confessed to shooting his mother and three younger siblings in their beds shortly after 1 a.m. with a .22-caliber rifle, then waiting in a bathroom with another military-style semi-automatic rifle to ambush his father upon his return from an overnight shift at a homeless shelter.
Harrison said he doesn't know why Griego decided to come to the church, but that it was like a second home for the homeschooled teen.
"It was a familiar place to him," he said. "I think if he did have in his mindset to do something foolish and start shooting people there also, I think his demeanor was tamed a little bit because he saw people there he knew."
Authorities have said there was no indication Griego intended to harm anyone at the church. The sheriff also said Griego and his girlfriend had spent much of the day together.
A memorial service is planned Friday at the church for victims Greg Griego, 51, his wife, Sarah Griego, 40, and three of their children — a 9-year-old boy, Zephania Griego, and daughters Jael Griego, 5, and Angelina Griego, 2.
On Wednesday night, the church also held an hourlong prayer vigil that drew an estimated 2,000 people.
Pastor Skip Heitzig shared stories about Greg Griego, who also served as a voluntary chaplain at the county jail and provided spiritual guidance for local firefighters. He said Greg was dedicated to helping others find God. Heitzig also urged the crowd to remember that forgiveness and restoration — tenets dear to Greg — will be important as the community moves forward.
Relatives, in a statement Tuesday night, said they were heartbroken, and remembered the teen as a bright and talented musician who played guitar, drums and bass with the church choir. He also was a wrestler who dreamed of following his family's long tradition of military service, and a boy who accompanied his pastor father on rescue missions to Mexico, they said.
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