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Its not a great secret that I hate dwarves. I really dislike the fact that they're all cocky, Scottish, drunkards obsessed with four things: fighting, drinking, eating and being obnoxious. I might do a " remaking the dwarves" sub one day so I can mold them into something I prefer.
First of all, did you even read the whole post or did you reply after the first sentence?
They essentially embody certain human ideals and characteristics, hence they are stereotypes. It doesn't stop anyone from making exceptions from the rule every now and again, but as a whole, if dwarves and elves were just as diverse as humans, then what would be the point of having them in the first place, other than the aesthetics.
Why aren't you guys nicer to each other? It is just dwarves!
Would the two of you agree that these types of thought experiments are the basis of serious speculative fiction?
Yes and no. These "thoughts"----how does a 1000 yr lifespan race think, what happens if they never see the sun, etc---have been percolating for years. They have been addressed actually, I think, over the years as well (including in speculative fiction). Yes, we are humans and can only know the human condition at the end of the day, but c'mon, we've all imagined or written, or incorporated in a game, many qualities that reflect those "thoughts", and we've all come up with "cool" explanations, reasons, etc on how that could work with our orcs and dwarves.
you been drinking?
Have you been "drinking"?
Gossamer, might you have equal diversity without equal over lap in characterstics? The bell curves for both human and dwarven behaviors may have exclusive extremes.
Hmmm, that gives me some thoughts for new races of dwarves. First; those living in/around underground rivers/pools, who are more attuned to water than stone, and second: Deep dwarves who are alien even to 'normal' dwarves. Albino and reptilian, with odd morals and outlandish features. perhaps reptile or bug-like. Anywho. I might actually write up some different take on dwarves at some stage to this effect.
Of course with fantasy logic, their skin is black instead of white. Also, what you describe doesn't sound like dwarves at all anymore.
But, how far away can we move from the trope and still call them dwarves, that's the question. I agree that living below the ground is one aspect, but dwarves aren't the only ones living below ground, drow for instance don't exactly share the same cultural values as dwarves do. Granted that this is mostly due to background and circumstances, but there are similarities depending on which setting you use. Dwarves were said to have been enslaved by giants. And I believe the drow were also enslaved at some point, or one could argue that they are enslaved by Lolth. Yet they're showing mostly different values. I'm sure one could invent reasons as to why this is the case, but too much diversity and they break the mold and everything just turns into a big puddle of same same.
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When the fifth-generation Camaro finally hit dealer lots in 2009, it was clear that GM had designed a winner. Its brawny lines turned heads on the street, and new buyers bought them in droves. GM also delivered the goods when it came to the powertrain. The stock 6.2 V-8 in the manually-equipped LS3 SS model pumps out an impressive 426 horsepower and 400 horsepower in the automatic transmission-backed L99 version. That bump in power from the fourth-gen days comes in handy since these new models are over five hundred pounds heavier. Despite the Camaro putting on some weight, many owners have been able to click off low-13-second runs in the quarter bone stock with both combos.
Earlier this year we picked up a 2010 Camaro SS/RS packing the L99 engine and 6L80E automatic transmission combo. We looked for one with the slushbox because of all the time we spend in bumper-to-bumper Chicago traffic. New to us, but already sporting 6,800 miles, we just had to take advantage of the late spring weather this past April and made a bunch of bone stock passes at Great Lakes Dragaway. So just a week after purchase and armed with solicited (and unsolicited) advice on how to run strong times with this car, it took only 7 passes for us to click off an impressive 13.15 at 106.77mph, cutting a 1.95 on the stock Pirelli tires. Subsequent track outings netted similar times, but none better than that 13.15. And predictably the car slowed down as we headed into summer. Low 13's were easy when it was 65F, but mid 13's have become the norm now that's it's routinely in the 90's. And once it got warm, our invincibility turned into apprehension when a C6 or other quick ride rolled up on us. More power was needed.
We came up with a list of four mods that we thought would hopefully get our Heavy Chevy deeply into the 12's, but keep it commute-friendly. An air intake always tops our list when we start digging into a new car, so we went ahead and procured one from the folks at Cold Air Inductions. Highly popular with the fifth-gen crowd, it's easy to understand why. It's very easy on the eyes and testing has shown it's one of the best designs on the market. We also nabbed a ported throttle body from Bo White, well known cylinder head and throttle body porting expert. We then sourced a Powerbond 25% underdrive crank pulley from Scoggin Dickey Parts. With past combos we sometimes saw as much as a 10 horsepower gain just from this swap. Basically the smaller crank pulley will drive the accessories at a lower rate than stock by reducing parasitic drag. Turning to the exhaust, we considered a number of scenarios, including keeping the stock manifolds. But based on our past experience with LS engines, they've always benefited quite a bit from headers. We asked Summit Racing what they would run, and they suggested Kooks 1.75-inch long-tube headers and high flow catalytic converters. Thoughts then turned to running an axleback exhaust and replacing the factory "jerry can" mufflers, but we held off, curious on how Heavy Chevy would sound with the OEM H-pipe and mufflers and also how well it would dyno.
1. Somewhere under those plastic covers lurks 400 horsepower stock. The stock airbox is a compromise between performance and sound attenuation. Note the big air silencer. Stock it was sometimes hard to tell the car was running.
2. The stock exhaust features two sets of catalytic converters. Luckily the aftermarket makes high flow catalytic converters that not only meet emission requirements but they help free up some horsepower.
3. The factory exhaust manifolds do a solid job, but at the end of the day there is power to be made with headers and it would be great to gain some bottom end grunt.
4. Jim Moran dyno'd our Camaro stock, and here is the sheet. 314.95-rear wheel horsepower is in line with what we've read on the web. Check out the wavy dyno graph. Jim said it was so hot that day that the ECM kept pulling timing.
5. The folks over at Cold Air Inductions spent a lot of time designing this air intake system, and it shows. The tube is ceramic-coated inside and out to minimize heat transfer, and the air filter (their own design by the way) is housed in an insulated unit that does not allow any hot air from the engine or radiator to enter the inlet tract.
6. The Powerbond underdrive pulley is noticeably smaller than the stock crank pulley. One install trick is cutting the stock belts off rather than spending a bunch of time fussing with them. Besides we don't plan to go back to stock. Some installers will move or remove the radiator for the install.
7. The Kooks long-tube headers and high-flow catalytic converters are made from 18 gauge, 304 stainless and will never rust, perfect for our daily driver Camaro. While we thought about running some shorty headers, it was ultimately too hard to resist the superior scavenging capabilities of headers like these. We're looking for increases in mid- and lower-RPM power too as well as peak gains.
We called over to Speed Inc., located just 30 minutes from downtown Chicago and asked Tony DiVito, service manager, to arrange a time to swap in our go-fast goodies and then tune the car. Founded in 1999 by Tom Izzo, Speed Inc. is highly regarded both locally and nationally and has even had customers ship them cars from as far as Saudi Arabia. No stranger to fifth-gen Camaros, veteran technician Dan Marks did his magic and had all the parts swapped in just less than four hours along with a fresh set of spark plugs. Header swaps on a new Camaro are a breeze as we've shared in the past, and in most cases you don't even have to remove the steering shaft. The crank pulley is buried at the bottom of the engine compartment and it took a bit of finesse to get it out. The throttle body and cold intake swap both took under 30 minutes. Dan then reconnected the battery, cranked the key and the car fired right up.
Jim Moran is the tuner at Speed Inc. and uses HP Tuners for ECM tuning. He takes a two-pronged approach, both tuning cars on a Dynojet dynamometer as well as well as on the street. Jim shared with us that cars modified to this level and beyond will benefit from tuning because the air fuel will be off as a result of the changes. He also adds and takes out timing advance as needed. But the tuning is not limited to the engine, in fact he spends quite a bit of time going through the transmission controls, adjusting torque management based on the preferences of the customer as well as things like shift points, downshift characteristics and (when asked) turning off AFM. Jim also revised the cooling fan controls, turning the fans on sooner for us. We also elected to raise the shift points in Sport mode.
The dyno sheets tell the tale, the car picked up over 50-rear wheel horsepower from four bolt-ons and ECM tuning, which is more than we picked up on a previous fourth-gen Camaro build. Quite anxious to hit the track, we picked up the car and hit the track two days later. Still shod with the same stock Pirelli tires, we were able to squeeze in a few runs at Great Lakes Dragaway during one of their events. Our 13.15 had been run in 400 DA weather, so upon hearing that the DA was close to 3,700 we had no idea how well the car would run though it felt strong on the highway.
We've established a routine for getting the car ready for runs, and it starts with airing down the rear tires to 25 psi. Next the engine cover is removed as it could hamper our efforts to cool off the engine. Previously we've had to wait as long as 45 minutes to cool the car down before making a run, but now with revised tuning the fans come on sooner and the car was ready in only 30 minutes. While pulling into the staging lanes the traction control is turned off, otherwise the ECM would go nuts during our burnout and subsequent quarter-mile pass. Since we are still running stock radials fore and aft we take care to drive around the water box so as not to drag water up to the line. We then back up to the front of the water box, do a short burnout to get some heat into the tires and clean them off. The gear selector is put into Sport mode to take advantage of the custom programming. Pulled up to the starting line, staged the car, the tree came down, and we let 'er rip. The pass felt strong and the slip confirmed it, Heavy Chevy had cranked off a 12.74 at 108.6 and cut a 1.92 short time on stock tires! We were able to sneak back in and make two more passes, and while the car didn't run a quicker elapsed time it did hit 109.55 mph. We'll be running the car as much as possible in order to get that time down to 12.5 or quicker, but so far have only bested that by a few hundredths (12.72 at 110.6 with a 1.96 sixty at 2,200 DA), so stay tuned.
8. Check out that Cold Air inductions setup, looks great right. Bill Hylton over at CAI is all about the details, so the system is designed to keep the incoming air as cool as possible. There is another strength of this sealed box approach. We've heard other systems that just had a partition between the air filter and the rest of the engine compartment, and honestly the engine noise can be just as loud as the exhaust with those other designs.
9. Nothing like Gen IV MAF setups, this Camaro mass air flow sensor is held in by a few screws, and swaps into the new air intake in seconds. We've read on the web that some MAF's are strong, and some are weak. We checked and ours would be a strong one. We'll have to do some investigating and research on this.
10. The Powerbond pulley looks almost OEM nestled cozily next to the alternator. We elected to use an ARP crank bolt because (unlike a GM bolt) it can be re-used. The air conditioning belt is stretch-to-fit and is the hardest part of the install.
11. Tony pitched in and helped finish up the exhaust install, though the other guys conspicuously put their eye protection back on and stepped back a few feet.
12. Look at those Kooks long tube headers. They fit great and slid right in.
13. The Kooks high-flow cats mate up easily to the stock H-pipe, and we re-used the stock sleeve clamp. This is truly a bolt-in and go system.
14. Jim Moran got to business and strapped the Camaro on the dyno. Jim made a number of pulls, and adjusted the air/fuel and timing advance to maximize performance, but kept an eye on knock retard and the inlet air temperatures. Interestingly, the car is only a bit louder than stock at idle. At part throttle it gave off a raspy growl, and at wide-open throttle it had a tuned exhaust note like a C5 Z06.
15. And there you have it; the car gained 53-rear wheel horsepower and 74 foot-pounds of torque. Check out that air fuel ratio, nice and safe.
16. Two days later we managed to get some runs at Great Lakes Dragaway during their busy Saturday program. We've experimented with warming up the stock Pirellis and they do hook better after a short roasting of the hides. We bettered the 1.95 60-foot time we had run stock, netting a 1.92 this time. The boards lit up and told us what we wanted to know, 12.74 at 108.6, an e.t. reduction of four-tenths in humid summer air (and still going).

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Wild Smacked By Sharks Thursday In San Jose
The Minnesota Wild fell to the San Jose Sharks 6-1 Thursday night at HP Pavilion in San Jose. The Wild fall to seventh place in the intense race for the Western Conference's eight playoff spots.
Former Wild forward Martin Havlat scored the first period's only goal just over seven minutes in for the Sharks, who lead 1-0 at the first intermission.
Sharks forward Logan Coutoure scored on a power play early in the second period for a 2-0 San Jose lead before Pierre-Marc Bouchard scored for the Wild to make it 2-1. Havlat would score again late in the second period for a 3-1 Sharks lead heading into the third period.
The Sharks scored three goals in the third period to take the 6-1 win. Niklas Backstrom allowed 5 goals on 27 shots to take the loss for the Wild.
Minnesota falls to seventh place in the West with the loss, with just four games left on the schedule beginning with Sunday's game against Calgary at Xcel Energy Center.


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As I've mentioned before, the CCM (Caked Crusader's Ma) is rather partial to both Genoese sponge and Swiss meringue buttercream so I used these components to create a cake for her special day. The fact that I also like both these components is completely irrelevant......
The cake is far simpler and quicker to make than it perhaps looks. You need only make one batch of batter and then divide it in two. By adding cocoa powder to one half you get an impressive layer cake. It is rather tall:
Before you all start accusing me of breaching my own commandments, I should point out that the flowers are made out of wafer and 100% edible.
Happy Mothering Sunday CCM!
For the cake:
225g self raising flour
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1-2 tablespoons milk
For the Swiss meringue buttercream:
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 160°C/fan oven 140°C/325°F/Gas mark 3.
- Line two 20cm loose bottomed sandwich tins with baking paper.
- Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Do not skimp on this stage as it's the key to a lovely sponge.
- Gradually add the eggs and flour until fully combined and you have a smooth, thick batter.
- Add the vanilla and stir well.
- Divide the batter in two; I did this by counting spoonfuls but you can weigh the batter if you wish to be more exact.
- Place one half into one of the prepared tins.
- Beat the cocoa powder into the other half of batter. If this dries the batter, add the milk as necessary.
- Spoon the cocoa batter into the remaining tin.
- Bake for approx 25-30 minutes until a skewer inserted into the cakes comes out clean. Mine took 30 minutes.
- Leave to cool for 10 minutes in the tins before removing from the tins and leaving to cool completely on a wire rack.
- The sponges can be made the day before and stored in airtight containers.
- Now make the swiss meringue buttercream. Place the egg whites and sugar in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Stir pretty much constantly to prevent the egg from cooking.
- After 5-10 minutes, when the sugar has dissolved (when you cannot see any crystals on the back of the spoon), remove the bowl from the pan of simmering water and whisk until the meringue has puffed up and the mix is cool.
- Add the butter and vanilla extract to the meringue and whisk until the butter has been completely incorporated into the meringue. At first it will look a disaster – it will collapse and look curdled but don't worry! Stop when the mixture is smooth, light and fluffy.
- Cut each sponge through horizontally and place one piece on the serving plate.
- Spread a layer of buttercream on top and then put a piece of sponge of the other colour on top. Repeat this until you have all four layers of sponge sandwiched together.
- Use the remaining buttercream to cover the top and sides.
- Decorate as required.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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by Pete Mazzaccaro
We've had a busy week in Chestnut Hill. You might have missed one of our more important stories. So we're rolling out a new post to highlight the bigger stories online this week.
Attack of the fungi: Mild winter creates problems for gardeners
Associate Editor Sue Ann Rybak talked to Arborist Ken LeRoy about common plant pests and how, this spring, they're tougher than ever. If you've noticed some problems in your garden you'll want to take a look at this.
Camped out at the coffee shop with laptops and lattes: The new local workplace
Writer Lane Blackmer hung out at the Chestnut Hill Coffee Company to gather some insights on people using the cafe to work and study. She spoke to the laptop crowd and Coffee Company management about all that free wifi and whether its being used or abused.
For Hill homes, taxes likely to rise in new assessment system
I took a look at the impending changes to the Philadelphia system of assessing property taxes and how it could impact Chestnut Hill. There's a lot of variables involved — from mil rates to assessments — but one thing seems certain: the city needs to raise $94 million somehow and taxes are sure to go up.


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From tips on how to lose weight effectively to ways to combat boredom eating, this collection of informative articles covers a wide range of health topics that matter to real people, like you.
When it comes to tasty temptations, the office is the perfect breeding ground for poor nutritional choices. You might think those pretzels were a good idea, but when you realize how many empty calories you've just eaten, you might want to think twice. Have you ever thought about how much exercise it would take to burn off those pretzels or any other salty and sugary treat?
We break it all down for you in our 'what foods not to eat at the office' snack food list:
1) Pretzels
You might be thinking—why are pretzels on the "what not to eat" list? Pretzels are bad because they're the type of snack we could eat a whole bag of in just one sitting. They're small, they're salty and there's 227 calories in just 10 of them. To burn off those 10 pretzels, you'll need to clock in 30 minutes of intense weightlifting, 18 minutes of cycling at 14-16 mph or 14 minutes of running at 8 mph.
2) Muffins and Cakes
Saving time by going to your neighborhood coffee shop in the morning before work to pick up a blueberry muffin may do you more harm than good. There are typically around 300-400 calories in these tiny little muffin and it takes 51 minutes of intense weightlifting, 30 minutes of cycling at a moderate pace, or 23 minutes of running at a moderate to intense pace to burn it off.
3) Candy Bars
It's sweet. It's salty. It's full of caramel goo. It has, on average, around 300 calories and it's the poster child for our "what not to eat at work" list. To burn off one typical candy bar you'll have to walk for 75 minutes, jog for 40 minutes, swim for 30 minutes or go cycling for 45 minutes.
4) So-Called 'Power' Bars
If you're grabbing for an energy bar—you've got to grab the chocolate one, right? Wrong. One chocolate "healthy" power bar typically contains 250 or more calories. To burn this bad boy off, you'll need to put in 32 minutes of weightlifting, 20 minutes of cycling at a moderate pace or 14 minutes of running at a moderate to intense pace.
5) Potato Chips
There are an average of around 150 calories in 20 potato chips. To burn these crunchy snacks off, you need to vigorously ride your bike for 14 minutes, jog for 19 minutes, or clock in 24 minutes on the elliptical machine.
6) Peanuts (Half Cup or More)
Half a cup isn't that big, but it goes down fast. We're not saying this should be a firm "what not to eat" food item, but realistically, it's very easy to devour a whole bag of dry-roasted peanuts all at once. Just a half a cup has around 430 calories. To burn off that small amount, it'll take 57 minutes of intense weightlifting, 34 minutes of cycling at a moderate pace, or 26 minutes of running at a moderate to intense pace.
7) Energy Drinks
Young professionals and college students practically live off of these. Not only are they bad for you, but they have usually contain around 300 calories. To burn off one of these not so healthy beverages, you'll need to clock in 37 minutes of intense weightlifting, 22 minutes of cycling at a moderate pace, or 17 minutes of running at a moderate to intense pace.
8) Coffee Drinks with Syrups and Flavoring
These drinks, found most often at the trendy corner coffee shops, are packed full of calories. To illustrate this point, on major coffee shop sells a peppermint white hot chocolate has a whopping 730 calories! To burn off this sugary drink you'll need to do 97 minutes of intense weightlifting, 58 minutes of cycling at a moderate pace, or 44 minutes of running at a moderate to intense pace.
9) Snack Crackers
These snacks are addicting and it's hard to eat just one serving size of, say, just 25 crackers. Make sure you keep it in mind that one serving of snacks in this category typically has at least 150 calories. To burn these off, try playing soccer for 19 minutes, or football, basketball, or beach volleyball for 17 minutes, hiking for 22 minutes or walking at a brisk pace for 35 minutes.
10) Doughnuts (Of Any Kind)
These are the ultimate item on our "what not to eat while you're at the office" list. There are typically no less than 250 calories in these tempting, chocolaty snacks. To burn a single average doughnut off, you'll need to do 35 minutes of intense weightlifting, 21 minutes of cycling at a moderate pace, or 16 minutes of running at a moderate to intense pace.
11) Large Chocolate Chip Cookie
Large chocolate chip cookies may seem like the ultimate snack at the end of the workday, but if you think you're walking away with just a few extra calories—you're dreaming. Just one average cookie has roughly 200 calories and most people don't stop at just one. To burn off one of these puppies you need to do 26 minutes of intense weightlifting, 16 minutes of cycling at a moderate pace, or 12 minutes of running at a moderate to intense pace.
12) The after-work beer(s)
This isn't a snack you should be having at work, but many people kick back with one of these as soon as they get home. The typical beer has 150 calories, but let's be realistic and say you'll have at least two. Bump that number up to 300. To burn off a couple of beers, you'll need to do 40 minutes of intense weightlifting, 24 minutes of cycling at a moderate pace, or 18 minutes of running at a moderate to intense pace.
Everyday Activities to Burn Off these Workday Snacks
The good news is that there's a lot of things you already do that naturally burn off calories.
One hour of walking at a moderate to fast pace typically burns around 295 calories for someone who weighs 130 pounds, 352 calories for someone who weighs 155 pounds, 431 for someone who weighs 190 pounds and 540 for someone who weighs 225 pounds.
Cooking or Food Preparation
One hour of cooking or food preparation burns 148 calories for someone weighing 130 pounds, 176 calories for 155 pounds, 216 for 190 pounds and 247 calories for 225 pounds.
Cleaning House
After all these years, it must be nice to know that cleaning your house was never in vain. If you're 130 pounds, you'll burn 207 calories for cleaning your house for one hour. If you're 155 pounds you'll burn 246 calories. If you're 190 pounds, you'll burn 302 calories and if you're 225 pounds you'll burn 367 calories.
Child Care: Standing/Dressing/Feeding
One hour of child care burns up 207 calories if you're 130 pounds. 246 calories if you're 155 pounds. 302 calories if you're 190 pounds and 367 calories if you're 225 pounds.
Did that sound familiar? We hope so because cleaning for an hour and child care burn the same amount of calories.
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The New York Credit Union Foundation of Albany said it has awarded $55,824 in grants to New York credit unions and credit union professionals in its latest grant cycle, which ran from January to May 2013.
The foundation awarded 45 professional development grants totaling $25,559 to employees and volunteers from 29 credit unions in throughout New York.
Twelve Financial Fitness grants totaling $23,374 were awarded to credit unions for technology purchases or improvements, marketing initiatives and new product offerings.
For example, the $5.6 million Sing Sing Employees FCU in Ossining was awarded $2,500 to purchase and install a home banking system software system, and the $2.6 million GRS Employees FCU in West Henrietta was awarded $981 to purchase a laptop, scanner and fax machine.
Four Smart Money grants totaling $6,891 were awarded to credit unions to support financial literacy workshops, events and summer programs, the foundation said.
The $21 million Syracuse Cooperative FCU was awarded $1,391 to help fund a Mad City Money event at a local high school, for example, and the $57 million UFirst FCU in Plattsburgh was awarded $1,500 to offer a financial literacy summer program for underprivileged children in the local community.
Allison Barna, director of NYCUF/Community Development, said these grants not only benefit credit unions but also the communities they serve.


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After landing a crushing blow in one of its more intense Prep League rivalries on Saturday, the Flintridge Prep football team will take some momentum into the granddaddy of them all.
The Rebels, coming off a 54-19 home dismantling of Chadwick last week, face off with host Pasadena Poly at 2 p.m. Saturday. And, as if a game with the Rebels' most intense adversary needed any further incentive, Prep will have an opportunity to open league 2-0 with the inside track to a playoff berth going into next week's meeting with league champion Rio Hondo Prep.
"Our boys have worked hard and I think they kind of turned the corner last week in terms of understanding what it means to really put a team away," said Prep Coach Antonio Harrison, whose team improved to 3-3. "They're all pumped up still from Saturday and Poly's a big game for us."
Poly enters at 4-1, ranked eighth in the CIF Southern Section Northeast Division, but is yet to play a league game, as it is coming off a bye week.
"It's our first league game, so we're anxious to get going in league," Panthers Coach Brendan McGrail said. "We got a chance to see all the four other teams in league play last week, and certainly Flintridge Prep had a very impressive victory and they're riding a lot of momentum coming off of that."
Tops on the Panthers' list will no doubt be slowing the pace of Prep's standout senior tailback Stefan Smith, who scored four total touchdowns against Chadwick — his fourth straight week with multiple touchdowns and third straight with at least three — to bring his season total to 14.
"There's a lot to worry about," McGrail said. "I would say the running game is the place it starts with them and Stefan Smith there is very talented and coming off a four-touchdown game. Not only is he talented by himself, but they run a good scheme and he has good blocking in front."
Poly relies heavily on the run itself and has prospered behind the efforts of senior Jake Zelek and sophomore Griffin Carter. The Panthers are on the younger side with nine sophomores on varsity.
"We're going to key on everything that they do with their tendencies, we're going to make sure the boys stay home and play it safe, but play aggressive," said Harrison, whose team was defeated, 20-0, by Poly last season. "We're going to keep on our game plan of stopping the run, forcing pass and also trying to stop pass with pressure."
The Rebels have one common opponent this season in Malibu, which lost to Poly, 22-19, on Sept. 15 before defeating Prep, 40-34, on Sept. 21. But Poly's last game was a 50-49 Oct. 5 loss to Bellarmine-Jefferson, which was clobbered by Malibu last week.
"Poly is always fundamentally sound, they always have great athletes and their coaching's stellar," Harrison said. "But the thing about Poly is no matter what's going on in their season, they get up to play us, the same way we get up to play them.
"They have a pretty young team, but they have a talented team, so I expect a pretty hard-fought battle."
St. Francis at Harvard Westlake (7 p.m. Friday): The Golden Knights will be desperate to rid themselves of the bitter memories that have accumulated over the past two weeks when Friday night football kicks off. They'll have to do so against another formidable opponent in the Wolverines, who are ranked fifth in the CIF Southern Section Western Division.
A two-game losing streak — with both coming in heartbreaking fashion — has dropped St. Francis to 3-3, 0-1 in the Mission League this year. The Knights are two turnovers away from being 5-1 after a fumble at the goalline led to a home loss to Monrovia (17-13) Sept. 28 and a late interception sealed a league-opening loss to Cathedral (42-40) last week.
While the late interception may stick out, St. Francis quarterback Jared Lebowitz had another stellar performance against Cathedral, completing 28 of 51 passes for 412 yards and five touchdowns. Tommy Scheper (10 receptions for 175 yards and a score) and Evan Crawford (six catches for 86 yards and three touchdowns) were his two favorite targets.
For the season Lebowitz is 102 for 179 with 1,530 passing yards, 14 touchdowns and three interceptions for a quarterback rating of 104. Harvard-Westlake has its own standout quarterback in senior Chad Kanoff. He's completed 62 percent of his passes (109 for 175) for 1,981 yards, 26 scores and just two picks.
St. Francis overcame a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit for a 23-20 victory over Harvard-Westlake at home last year with Knights kicker Billy McCreary converting a 37-yard field goal with two seconds left to deliver the win.
The Wolverines are 5-1, riding a five-game winning streak after dropping their season opener at Loyola, 42-27. Harvard-Westlake has scored more than 40 points in each of its wins this season, and also seems to sport a formidable defense — holding its opponents to an average of 10.40 points in those games.
St. Francis running back Daniel Kawamura (453 yards, three touchdowns on 73 carries) could be in for a big game for the Golden Knights, though, as the Wolverines have given up big games on the ground on a few occasions this year.
Loyola's Wyatt Bradford ran for 215 yards on 22 carries against Harvard-Westlake, which saw St. Paul's Kurt Scoby accumulate 337 rushing yards on 32 carries last week.
Crescenta Valley at Burbank (7 p.m. Friday) at Memorial Field: On Tuesday, Crescenta Valley Coach Paul Schilling remarked that his team may have underestimated Burroughs going into its 20-14 Pacific League loss to the Indians on Friday night.
Unlike Burroughs, which came in with a losing record and at .500 in league, Burbank hasn't given the Falcons any reason to take it lightly.
Entering the week on the cusp of the Southeast Division top-10 rankings at 4-2, the Bulldogs are 3-0 in league and on a collision course with the only other league unbeaten, Muir, for next week should Burbank get past the Falcons and the Mustangs beat Burroughs this week.
Crescenta Valley, on the other hand, is fighting just to stay in the playoff hunt, as a loss would drop the Falcons (3-3) to 1-3 in league and probably force them to have to win out just to get back in the top four automatic-berth range.
"It's a tough matchup for us because they're very, very physical," Schilling said. "When you watch them on film, they crack [block] all the time. When their wide receivers crack your outside backers they are vicious.
"They're a very physical, nasty team and we hope that we can deliver. We have a great defensive plan. We're going to have a guy right where they want to put the ball every time, but we've got step up and tackle both of their two big backs."
Those would be sophomore James Williams (781 yards rushing with 12 touchdowns) and senior Teddy Arlington (618 yards and seven touchdowns), who, along with sophomore quarterback Ryan Meredith have the Bulldogs averaging just over 30 points per game.
Crescenta Valley counters with a running game led by William Wang. Joe Torres looks to have secured the starting quarterback job for now after starting against Burroughs and leading a swift touchdown drive in the fourth quarter and will look for targets Jack Lutynski and Conner Van Ginkel.
Hoover vs. Pasadena (7 p.m. Friday) at Moyse Field: The Tornadoes return from a grueling two weeks on the road to host a Bulldogs squad that has also dropped two straight in the Pacific League.
Hoover's struggles have been especially pronounced, as it has been outscored, 112-6, in losses to Muir and defending league champ Arcadia.
"We kind of have the type of team where if things don't go well early on, it gets away from us," said Hoover Coach Andrew Policky, whose team (2-4, 0-3) has dropped four straight overall after opening the season 2-0.
Pasadena (1-5, 1-2) has lost to Crescenta Valley and Burbank its last two times out and is likely to still be without standout quarterback Brandon Cox, who has been sidelined since Sept. 7 with a broken foot.
Or so the Tornadoes would hope, anyway. Caleb Devine hasn't been able to replace the production of Cox, although he did rush for 61 yards and account for the team's only touchdown against Burbank. In that game, Burbank was able to chew up more than 250 yards of rushing yardage and the Tornadoes may look to follow the same path to success behind Jesse Pina, who leads the team with 29 yards and five touchdowns.
"They've got probably the best player in the league in their quarterback," Policky said "He's been out for a considerable amount of time, but he's supposed to come back I've heard."
Glendale at Arcadia (7 p.m. Friday): The Nitros (1-5) are in much the same boat as the rival Tornadoes right now — still seeking their first Pacific League win and struggling to score points week in and week out.
Currently riding a four-game skid and sitting at 0-3 in league, where they've scored only one touchdown (against Burroughs) and been shut out by Pasadena and Muir, Glendale now turns its focus to an Apaches squad that has won two of its last three after a rough start to improve to 2-4 and 2-1 in league.
"They seem like they keep getting better each week," Nitros Coach John Tuttle said of the Apaches, "so we will have our hands full with them."
With standouts like Taylor Lagace and Myles Carr graduated and transitioning under a new coach in former Hoover head Chris Long, the Apaches may have slipped a bit from their dominant league form of recent years. But their running game got going against Hoover last week with seniors Darius Elliot and Sheldon McKinley combining for 189 yards on the ground and three others in double digits.
As their defense goes, so do the Apaches. They have given up just seven points per game in their wins over Burroughs and Hoover, while allowing an average of 42.75 in their losses.


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Northern Spotted Owl
Basic Facts About Northern Spotted Owls
The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is one of three subspecies of spotted owl. Like all spotted owls, the northern spotted owl lives in old-growth forests.
Although it is often considered to be a medium-sized owl, the northern spotted owl ranks among the largest in North America. The northern spotted owl is dark-to-chestnut brown in color and sports round or oval white spots on its head, neck, back and under parts. Its flight feathers are also dark brown and barred with light brown or white.
Northern spotted owls are primarily nocturnal hunters and eat flying squirrels, wood rats, mice and other small rodents. They are also known to eat birds, insects and reptiles.
Did You Know?
Spotted owls are one of the few owls that have dark colored eyes. Most owls have eyes colored from yellow to red-orange.
As a result of declining habitat, there are fewer than 100 pairs of Northern spotted owls in British Columbia, Canada, 1,200 pairs in Oregon, 560 pairs in northern California and 500 pairs in the state of Washington.
Northern spotted owls are typically found in old growth forests of northern California and the Pacific Northwest of the United States, as well as in southern parts of British Columbia, Canada.
Northern spotted owls are very territorial and intolerant of habitat disturbance. They prefer old-growth forests with tree canopies that are high and open enough for the owls to fly between and underneath the trees. Preferred areas have large trees with broken tops, deformed limbs or large holes used as nesting sites.
Did You Know?
The spotted owl serves as an "indicator species" for old-growth forests, meaning scientists study it to get a larger picture of the health of the ecosystem in which it lives.
Each pair needs a large amount of land for hunting and nesting, and although they do not migrate, spotted owls may shift their ranges in response to seasonal changes, such as heavy snows, that make hunting difficult.
Northern spotted owls have a distinct flight pattern, involving a series of rapid wingbeats interspersed with gliding flight. This allows them to glide silently down upon their prey.
Mating Season: February or March.
Gestation: About 1-2 months.
Clutch size: 2-3 eggs.
The female incubates the eggs for 30 days. After hatching, the female sits with her offspring for 8 to 10 days, eating food brought by the male owl. The young fledge, or acquire the necessary feathers for flying, about 34-36 days after hatching.
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Height: About 18 inches.
Length: About 18 inches (wingspan of around 48 inches).
Weight: 1-2 lbs; males smaller than females.
Lifespan: May live as long as 10 years in the wild and 15-20 years in captivity.


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"Macho Grande" Big-Block Suburban Could Be Yours
It may not be quite as iconic as the A-Team van, the Munster Koach, or Ecto-1, but you could own a small part of YouTube video history with Roadkill's beloved 1973 GMC Suburban, named "Macho Grande" by Dave Freiburger, now up for sale on eBay. The current bid as of this writing is $2,800, and its condition is listed as "well-used." The two-wheel-drive jumbo SUV is powered by a rebuilt 454ci big-block V-8. The vehicle has 350,000 miles total.
The seller, who goes to great lengths to emphasize he's a private-party second owner and not affiliated with the show, Hot Road, or TEN (the parent company of Hot Rod and Truck Trend), does not sugar-coat the condition or quirks of the vehicle, freely saying that it leaks oil, smells like burning oil while driving, and that the battery will drain if left connected overnight. However, the Suburban has a new alternator, plug wires, radiator, and brake pads. The interior is candidly described as "pretty torn up," but on the flip-side, the door panels are "good," and the body is "amazingly rust-free," aside from some superficial oxidation.
As an added bonus, the seller will throw in a set of rear "barn doors" that will fit the rear of the Suburban, if the buyer is interested.
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Gambling with the future of the planet
People hate to think what might happen if we fail to stop the worse effects of climate change. Well, as one senior climate scientist said to me recently: "Impacts are happening already and currently we are going to shoot well past two degrees of global warming. It's time to batten down the hatches and get ready for the major storm… If we act now, we can reduce the overall extent and severity of damage, but we are set for extremes and there will be substantial loss and damage from climate impacts."
These stark words left me with a rapidly sinking feeling: What type of society are we creating, what type of world are we heading towards?
Recent science analysis predicts that we are heading for between 4- 6 degrees °C of global warming. Such rapid change in our climate system will bring about profound and in some cases catastrophic damages. This is the stuff science fiction movies are made of: Storms and typhoons will be more frequent and will kill more lives and destroy more infrastructures. Our ecosystems will be irreparably damaged: Think bleached corals, rainforest dieback, desertification and more wildfires. With rising sea levels, coastal zones will be permanently flooded and whole areas will be lost for habitat and agriculture due to salt water intrusion and salinization. The world's most vulnerable countries are under threat: The Maldives and Vanuatu are today known as paradise destinations for honeymooners and beach fans. Well, in a climate impacted future, these places might not exist anymore; they will be lost to the rising sea. It is evident that such major changes across the globe within and across nation states will change the very nature of our political and geographic boundaries, potentially exacerbating migration, conflict and security issues around the globe.
While these changes are happening, the international political discussions around climate change and a global commitment to reduce emissions have come to a near complete standstill. For the last two weeks, experts have once again been meeting for the UN framework convention on climate change in Bonn, Germany, to negotiate a global solution. However, progress is slow and increasingly complex. The political reality is far removed from what is needed scientifically. There is a huge chasm between the growing speed and scale of the problem and the slowdown by governments to address it – and as one negotiator said to me recently: "Whilst the politicians are stalling, the planet is boiling."
This week in Bonn, CARE, German watch, Action Aid and WWF have launched a report called "Into Unknown Territory:
The limits to adaptation and reality of Loss and Damage from climate impacts". It concludes that adaptation to climate change alone will no longer suffice and that we have to prepare for a radically different planet. It highlights that the world's poorest and most vulnerable people and countries who have done so little to cause climate change are perversely the ones being impacted the most. In its poverty-fighting programs around the globe, CARE is more and more confronted with the reality of climate impacts. They are unfolding at the frontline of local communities and upon the world's poorest and most marginalised people, especially women and girls. "We have not had time to recover from the last drought", a woman famer just told one of my CARE colleagues in Niger. "Now we are going hungry again." After 2005 and 2010, the Sahel currently faces another food crisis. Failed rains are not the only cause, but the situation is worsened by the changing climate of the region.
Whilst nobody has any clear understanding of what such a highly impacted climate future might look like, there are indications of just how bad it can get both for developing and developed regions alike. The solution requires a massive transition and paradigm shift to respond to a world of climate damage, necessitating scaled up investment in disaster risk reduction, emergency planning and all measures to reduce risk. Decision-makers need to refocus their approaches, to tackle vulnerability and build resilience and adaptive capacity. We need to recognize that we don't have all the answers or the solutions. Therefore, continuous learning and research is needed to build our collective capacity to respond to increasing risks and uncertainty.
Unfortunately, the many fears over the on-going global financial crisis, food crisis, population growth and security concerns mean that climate rarely get the attention it deserves. But it is time to realize that climate change is increasingly a main driver behind many of today's – and tomorrow's challenges. We can't return the planet and claim compensation for the damage done. We urgently need global leaders to step up political ambition and action on climate change across the globe – instead of fragmented territorial responses guarding minor national interests. We need recognition that only through truly collaborative global action can we tackle our global climate crisis and that if we don't, the poorest and most vulnerable will suffer the most.
But in the end, we will all be losers.


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Alexander Skarsgard hails Ellen Page for 'coming out'
Actor ALEXANDER SKARSGARD has praised his THE EAST co-star ELLEN PAGE for 'coming out' as gay, insisting she has become an inspiration to other young women.
The 27-year-old actress made the revelation in a speech at the Human Rights Campaign's Time To THRIVE conference in Las Vegas in February (14), sparking a wave of supportive messages from her Hollywood pals.
Now Skarsgard, who was wrongly rumoured to be dating Page after they met on the set of the 2013 thriller, has spoken out to congratulate her for taking the brave step.
He tells Glamour magazine, "I'm extremely proud of her for being so strong and coming out and helping other young girls and guys out there. She's a great inspiration for other people. And the way she did it was so eloquent, so well spoken and she's so intelligent."


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"Funk reigns supreme!" wrote local electronic funk/rock band The Fritz in a recent website post. "Music unites us in an unprecedented way, regardless of extraneous conditions." They've parlayed both that sense of unity (as a social concept and as a musical style, marrying funk, soul, groove, jazz and improv) into new album, Bootstrap. The band will introduce Asheville to those new tracks at Asheville Music Hall on Friday, April 12. Jahman Brahman also performs. 10 p.m., $8 in advance or $10 day of show.
Here, singer and keyboard player Jamar Woods talks to Xpress about Florida roots, training versus improv, and why that April 12 show will be so special.
Xpress: The Fritz got its start in Jacksonville, Florida. What inspired you to move to Asheville, and how has your adopted home town impacted your sound?
Woods: We had a lot of success in Jacksonville, but in order to take this band to the next level, we needed to get out of our comfort zone. Most of us had been to Asheville on separate occasions and really dug the climate, scenery, and the overall vibe of the city. Its location made it possible for us to travel farther north without being so far away from home-base. Asheville's music scene really inspired us to take our playing to the next level, both individually and collectively. When you're in a town full of great musicians, you have no choice but to rise to the occasion. As far as the actual sound, the addition of my Moog Little Phatty allows us to explore more electronic styles while keeping our strong funk roots.
The band is made up of "schooled musicians." Tell us about where you each went to school, and what areas you studied. Also, since The Fritz's sound has elements of fusion and improv, does classical training ever get in the way of that organic expression?
We all went to college in Jacksonville, Fla. Mike Evans, our percussionist studied classical percussion but with a heavy emphasis on hand drumming and Latin and African styles. Our drummer, Michael Tillis, studied with renowned drummer Danny Gottlieb and learned a variety of styles with a focus in jazz. Our bassist, Jake O'Connor, studied jazz as well as a number of other styles ranging from funk to bluegrass. Our guitarist, Jamie Hendrickson's training spans a wide variety of genres as well. My training focused heavily in the classical side of things but also focused on abstract improvisation and composition.
I think that our training helps us to express what we feel, just as a child who learns more words is better able to articulate exactly what it means. Our training gives us the vocabulary, but the sentences come from the heart.
Your set list is mostly made up of originals. But if you were going to pick a cover or two to really get the show going, what are some favorites and why?
Our originals have the uncanny ability to appeal to a variety of ages and musical tastes, and we try to do the same when we pick covers. Because we play so few of them, it's important to pick the right ones to fit the crowd and the mood of the room. One of my favorites is "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath because it's generally unexpected and gets a great reaction every time. We also do a few Prince songs because they can get people from 9 to 99 dancing. We've played everything from Cee Lo to Pink Floyd to Primus to Jimi Hendrix, and every time it elicits and a great response from the audience.
Your album Bootstrap just came out a couple of weeks ago. Tell us about some of the themes on that collection of songs — was the idea more about telling a story or setting a mood?
Each song on this album tells a story. Whether it be love and loss or hard work, they are a snapshot of where the band was mentally and emotionally when we recorded the album. Collectively, the theme is, 'No matter what happens or what situation you find yourself in, grab a hold of your bootstraps and move onward and upward.'
Since your April 12 show at Asheville Music Hall is part of your album release tour, what can we expect?
While every show we play is important to us, this show is special. Asheville is home and we are so thankful for all the people here who welcomed us with open arms. I think this energy will be reflected in our show. Expect a high energy, over the top show that will have you dancing all the way home.


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Peterson was fired from the Oak Brook Police Department in 2011 after officials ruled he delivered contradictory testimony and failed to disclose information during an Illinois State Police investigation into the vanishing of Stacy Peterson.
As stated in a news release, Sheen's opinion found that, "In this case, it was in no way arbitrary or unreasonable for the board to conclude that Officer Peterson exhibited conduct incompatible with continued service as a police officer. Therefore, this court finds that officer Peterson's conduct, when viewed in its entirety warrants the sanction of discharge."
Overall, the Board of Fire and Police Commission found that Peterson "exercised extremely poor judgment with respect to the weapons and money that he received from his father, (former Bolingbrook Police Sgt.) Drew Peterson." The board further found that Peterson's testimony and demeanor at the hearing demonstrated his refusal to acknowledge any error in judgment on his part.
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With the stock market volatile, the economy struggling, and the value of the dollar declining, gold is making a comeback. Ron Paul, who advocates a gold standard, is running even with President Obama in recent polls. Websites like TheGoldStandardNow.org are calling for . . . well, the gold standard now.
So what is the gold standard? When did it disappear? And what is the appeal of returning to a gold standard now? Economics professor Harry Veryser answers these questions in the following essay, which originally appeared in American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia.
The term "gold standard" implies that a nation's currency is backed by the precious metal gold. This would mean that anyone holding paper currency could exchange that currency for the amount of gold that the central authority in the nation stated that the currency was worth. Thus, the value of the currency is fixed and is worth a constant amount of gold.
When someone refers to the gold standard they are typically referring to an international monetary system in which participating nations have defined their currencies' values in terms of quantities of gold. Since all currencies can be converted, on demand, into gold, a nation can only issue as much currency as is backed by the stock of gold it possesses. Historically, this was believed to be a useful method for disciplining central banks and preventing governments from over-issuing currency to pay their debts. Most of the world was on an international gold standard from the 1870s until World War I.
It is easy to see how a gold standard facilitates international trade. Since all currencies can be converted into gold, gold becomes the common currency for all nations. With all international transactions being made in gold, inflows and outflows of gold were considered useful in maintaining world economic order. Nations that imported more goods than they exported (ran trade deficits) would experience an outflow of gold. As the gold supply declined the money supply would also have to be reduced. This decline in the money supply would cause falling prices in trade deficit nations, making their exports cheaper on international markets. These lower prices should then stimulate exports and thus restore trade balance.
The opposite effects should occur in nations that exported more goods than they imported (trade-surplus nations). As their gold stocks increased so would their money supply. This would then cause higher prices on international markets and reduce the volume of exports until trade balance was restored.
Though the gold standard was viewed as useful for maintaining trade balances among nations and for preventing governments from practicing inflationary policies, a number of problems were also associated with the gold standard. As international trade expanded, the demand for the international currency expanded as well. Since the supply of gold only increases slowly over time (with a few rare exceptions) the expanded demand could not be met.
A second problem with the gold standard involved the adjustment process in trade-deficit nations. As gold outflows put downward pressure on prices this also led to lower national incomes and higher levels of unemployment. Though the process described above seems logical and simple, in the real world producers are reluctant to accept lower prices for their products and workers are reluctant to accept lower wages for their labor. The resulting reduction in national output and higher unemployment can then make calls to abolish the gold standard politically popular.
At the end of World War I it was apparent to all involved that there was going to be too much demand for international currency to rely only on a gold standard. From this time forward the international monetary system operated as if it were on a gold standard by having nations fix the value of their currency relative to the currencies of other nations. While gold still played an important role in international trade, it was not the sole determinant of the size of a nation's money supply. This system was altered somewhat in 1944 but a system of fixed exchange rates continued to exist until 1971, when the system converted to an exchange system that allowed currency values to float relative to each other.
In many countries price inflation has been and continues to be a nagging economic problem. Because of the belief that this is often caused by excessive increases in the money supply, some critics have called for a return to the gold standard as a solution to what is viewed as mismanagement by the monetary authorities in the guilty countries. While some of these arguments are thought provoking and reasonable for achieving the goals to which they are directed, it is unlikely that we will ever see a return to a pure gold standard.
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A winner was selected from 73 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
Gacela Constructora Sustentable
We are a new construction firm that has a different approach to construction when compared with the old and neverchanging firms. We are young, smart and full of energy. We are a versatile company capable of evolving and adapting to the new requierments of the market. One of our most important procuts is an inovative process that purifies waste water at lower costs. Like our name says it, our company has a very well defined enviromental responsability. Inovation is one of our strengths and technology our best ally. Our strongest ideology revolves around the fact that we want to become something great. We not want only to make money but trancend and give soething back to our country (Mexico). We want to make a diference and help our country men have a better quality of life.
Clients wanting to build anything. Although our company is based in using green tecnologies we are not restricted to green constructions only. These clients can be people but more times they are going to be companies and government.
The first part of the logo is the company name "Gacela Constructora Sustentable." 'Gacela' means gazelle in spanish and 'Constructora Sustentable' means a sustainable and green construction firm. The Gacela part is the main part of the name therefor it has to be given more importance. The 'Constructora Sustentble' part shoud be written with a smaller font and maybe, if the designer finds it suitable with a lighter tone.
The other part of the logo is the Gazelle (yes the animal). This is also another must. The gazelle design is pretty open to the designers creativity. You can put a full body gazelle, a running one, fighting gazelle, the horns, the design on the face, the siluete, the profile, a head on gazelle.... I dont know. Fell free to use your imagination. I´m attaching some photos that I found on the web of gazelles that I liked.
Because of the nature of the construction industry it is very important that the gazelle has a serious, and manly apearence because a femenine gazelle does not fit the profile.
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CLEVELAND – "A Christmas Story" premiered 30 years ago this weekend.
Today it's a holiday classic but in 1983, it was considered a bit of a flop.
"Basically it was pulled out of theaters in a few weeks," said Steve Siedlecki, executive director of A Christmas Story House & Museum .
"A Christmas Story" faced stiff competition during that holiday season: "Scarface," "Silkwood," "Terms of Endearment" and "Amityville 3-D" were among other films competing for movie dollars that year.
With a budget of $4 million, it took in $16 million in its short run. Flop, you say?
"Nobody was ready for another Christmas movie," he said. "It got most of its money earned right here in Cleveland from people who wanted to go see it from being filmed here."
The film, set in Indiana in the forties, chronicles Ralphie Parker's struggle to get his idea of the perfect Christmas present – a BB gun.
Locations on Public Square , inside the former Higbee's department store and outside of a home on West 11th and Rowley Avenue (one block south of Clark Avenue) were used in filming.
The flagpole scene outside of a school and the Chinese restaurant were among locations filmed in Ontario, Canada.
The Cleveland winter that year was very mild. Snow-making machines from Boston Mills and Brandywine ski resorts were put into service to make snow. Soap suds were used in some scenes on Public Square to take the place of snow.
The film faced a very short schedule, shot in early 1983 and released in November of the same year.
Director Bob Clark loved the project and wanted to make sure it was made.
"It was his baby," said Siedlecki. "He really loved the movie. He loved the storyline, so he really tried to get it out there, filmed and released in the same year."
Actor Peter Billingsley attended the film's local premiere at the Richmond Theater in Cleveland's eastern suburbs.
Its introduction to the small screen is where Clark's creation would make its way into Americana.
"It really wasn't until it came onto cable television that it really gained its popularity with VHS tape at the time, going on to the cable and eventually the 24-hour marathon," Siedlecki said.
Turner Broadcasting would run the movie continually for 24 hours on one of its channels each holiday season.
Warner Brothers took advantage of the film's resurgence to launch a special collection for the film's 20th anniversary in 2003.
"It takes on a life of its own. Not only do more people want to watch it on TV but it's become a tradition to come and visit now too," Siedlecki said.
One of those fans, making a pilgrimage to Cleveland to pay homage to the film, is Patricia King.
"I watch it all day long on Christmas Day and once it starts on Christmas Eve and evening while I'm wrapping presents," said Patricia King. "I have a DVD and I put that in before it comes on all day."
King, from Baltimore, visited A Christmas Story House & Museum with her husband. She said she was the envy of her friends and family, many of whom wanted her to buy items at the museum's store.
Brian Jones, from San Diego, bought the house used for exteriors of the movie and opened it for tours in 2006.
The home was renovated to mimic the interior scenes from the movie.
Siedlecki said the Tremont neighborhood attraction employs as many as 25 people in peak seasons with almost the same number working in a nearby warehouse handling orders for merchandise, such as the famous leg lamp.
"Thousands and thousands of movies have been released, but to be able to go and see where that movie was filmed and visit its museum is a very unique experience."
A new expanded gift shop, across from the Parkers fictional home, opened three months ago.
Last August, the "Christmas Story" complex of museum, store and home began a new schedule, now open seven days a week.
A Christmas Story Convention will take place at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Cleveland Thanksgiving weekend.
The following weekend, the Christmas Story 5K/10K run will take place. Runners will run to the house and to locations from the movie. Participants are asked to dress as their favorite character from the movie. The race takes place Saturday, Dec. 7 at 9 a.m.
Tours of the home are scheduled every 30 minutes
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Who's Keeping Tabs on Tablet Security?
Jan 7, 2011 5:00 AM PT
Forget the notebook, the netbook or the laptop; this is going to be the year of the tablet. Corporations from Salesforce.com to Mercedes-Benz and JPMorgan Chase have started equipping their executives with iPads. Meanwhile, a slew of new Android and Windows tablets have been taking the spotlight at CES this week, bolstering Gartner's prediction that media tablets and next-generation smartphones will increasingly eat into PC sales.
Consumer demand for media tablets has been building as well -- in fact, 17 percent of iPad owners have two or more tablet devices, according to a survey conducted by YouGuv. In fact, it's consumer demand that is driving the adoption of the iPad -- which so far has been the only tablet in play in decent quantities -- in the enterprise.
At the same time, security vendors have warned that mobile malware is on the rise, and they expect a wave of mobile malware attacks to hit devices this year.
"We will see cybercriminals successfully use mobile drive-by download attacks to steal confidential data and expose users to malicious content," Dave Meizlik, director of product marketing at Websense, told LinuxInsider. "Many of 2011's attacks will exploit mobile Web browsers in the iPad and Android-based devices."
The growing adoption of iPads in the enterprise suggests that tablets may constitute a security threat. After all, they will increasingly hold sensitive corporate data. Given that these devices are more like PCs than smartphones, in that they have more power and capabilities than smartphones, will vendors need to come up with new security approaches? Are there any solutions currently available that offer adequate protection?
Blame It on the Darned Consumer
The first really popular media tablet was the iPad, and it was targeted at the consumer market. Now consumers are getting their hands on an assortment of media tablets running Android. That consumer focus impacts security, contends Torsten George, vice president of worldwide marketing at Agiliance.
"Because these first tablets are driven by the consumer industry rather than business users, they're more focused on usability and screen design than business requirements," George told LinuxInsider.
This doesn't mean that usability and good screen design are incompatible with business requirements such as security; what it does mean is that manufacturers didn't think about security when designing the tablets.
Looking at Media Tablet Security
Media tablets like the iPad and Android tablets are consumption devices. They're a different kettle of fish from the business tablets running Windows CE, which have been around for some time. Those are robust enterprise devices often seen in vertical markets such as engineering, industry, warehousing and the health industry.
The operating systems of media tablets are scaled-up versions of smartphone OSes, so security apps for one should work for the other, Adam Powers, chief technology officer at Lancope, pointed out.
However, there aren't too many security solutions for smartphones on the market now, Powers told LinuxInsider.
Given that we've already seen some malware created for the iPhone and for Android phones, and that security vendors expect more mobile malware to emerge this year, shouldn't they be scrambling to provide security solutions for mobile operating systems?
"Security is always event-driven, and thus far we've seen very few threats that warrant the performance impact that third-party security software would bring to these devices," Powers said.
Limitations to Implementing Security
Security vendors need to know a threat will affect enough people that developing a defense will be worthwhile. They're businesses, and they have to make money.
"There are significant development costs to write security products for new operating systems -- and until there is a significant malware problem, not many companies are going to invest in developing a product that is not likely to generate sales in the near future," explained Randy Abrams, director of technical education at ESET.
Further, antimalware applications will drain the already limited resources of mobile devices -- just think of how long an antivirus scan takes on your PC and ask yourself if you're willing to put up with anything like that kind of delay on your tablet.
"The smartphone and tablet operating environments have limited processor, battery and memory footprint available," Lancope's Powers pointed out.
Adding a layer of antivirus-like software would diminish these devices' performance, and "most users simply won't tolerate that when they see little if any return," Powers explained.
Eventually, security vendors will have security products for tablets, but these will focus on features such as remote wiping and filtering, to minimize resource consumption, ESET's Abrams told LinuxInsider.
Securing the Tablet User
Media tablets in the enterprise can be secured through the usual enterprise security infrastructure, with some modifications.
"It's important that organizations set security policies that reduce the risk of mobile threats but still enable employees to be productive," Websense's Meizlik pointed out.
However, traditional security approaches, which rely heavily on device-based security, are inadequate against sophisticated attacks, he said.
"A lot of the legacy controls in use in the modern enterprise -- such as antivirus, reputation filtering and so on -- are inadequate to meet today's threats, whether they're on a PC or a mobile device," Meizlik remarked.
That requires organizations to update their core enterprise security and figure out how to apply this to their mobile infrastructure, he added.
What about consumers who don't use their devices at work?
Mobile device vendors may come to the rescue, said Agiliance's George. "It's expected that mobile device vendors will offer products that include capabilities such as disk encryption, virtual private network clients, mobile device management, integration with the enterprise infrastructure, and application signing."


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Chateau Roc De Levraut 2012
Winemaker Notes
Critical AcclaimAll Vintages
One of the most important wine regions of the world, Bordeaux is a powerhouse producer of wines of all colors, sweetness levels, and price points. Separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a coastal pine forest, this relatively flat region has a mild maritime climate, marked by cool wet winters and warm summers. Annual weather differences create significant vintage variations, making Bordeaux an exciting region to follow.
The Gironde estuary, a defining feature of Bordeaux, separates most of the region into the Left Bank and the Right Bank. Farther inland, where the Gironde splits into the Garonne and Dordogne Rivers, the bucolic, rolling hills of the area in between, called Entre-Deux-Mers, is a source of great quality, approachable reds and whites.
The Left Bank, dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon, contains the Médoc, Graves, and Sauternes, as well as the region's most famous chateaux. Merlot is important here as the perfect blending grape for Cabernet Sauvignon adding plush fruit and softening Cabernet's sometimes hefty tannins. Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec may also be used in the Left Bank blends.
Merlot is the principal variety of the Right Bank; Cabernet Franc adds structure and complexity to Merlot, creating wines that are concentrated, supple, and more imminently ready for drinking, compared with their Left Bank counterparts. Key appellations of the Right Bank include St. Emilion and Pomerol.
Dry and sweet white wines are produced throughout the region from Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, and sometimes Muscadelle or Sauvignon Gris. Some of the finest dry whites can be found in the the Graves sub-appellation of Pessac-Léognan, while Sauternes is undisputedly the gold standard for sweet wines. Small amounts of rosé and sparkling wine are made in Bordeaux as well.
One of the world's most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World, especially in California, Washington and Australia. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, these are sometimes referred to in the US as "Meritage" blends. In Bordeaux itself, Cabernet Sauvignon dominates in wines from the Left Bank of the Gironde River, while the Right Bank focuses on Merlot. Often, blends from outside the region are classified as being inspired by one or the other.
In the Glass
Cabernet-based, Left-Bank-styled wines are typically more tannic and structured, while Merlot-based wines modeled after the Right Bank are softer and suppler. Cabernet Franc can add herbal notes, while Malbec and Petit Verdot contribute color and structure. Wines from Bordeaux lean towards a highly structured and earthy style whereas New World areas (as in the ones named above) tend to produce bold and fruit-forward blends. Either way, Bordeaux red blends generally have aromas and flavors of black currant, cedar, plum, graphite, and violet, with more red fruit flavors when Merlot makes up a high proportion of the blend.
Perfect Pairings
Since Bordeaux red blends are often quite structured and tannic, they pair best with hearty, flavorful and fatty meat dishes. Any type of steak makes for a classic pairing. Equally welcome with these wines would be beef brisket, pot roast, braised lamb or smoked duck.
Sommelier Secret
While the region of Bordeaux is limited to a select few approved grape varieties in specified percentages, the New World is free to experiment. Bordeaux blends in California may include equal amounts of Cabernet Franc and Malbec, for example. Occassionally a winemaker might add a small percentage of a non-Bordeaux variety, such as Syrah or Petite Sirah for a desired result.


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The competition has grown this year to feature more than 25 teams from around the boroughs. The other park teams that advanced to the championship round were the Prospect Park team for Brooklyn, the Crotona Park team from the Bronx, the Silver Lake Park team from Staten Island, and the Astoria Park team for Queens.
The team competition supports CityParks tennis, which provides free tennis lessons and activities for children at 40 parks citywide.
"What a great event. I haven't been playing as much tennis these days, but decided to for Battle of the Boroughs since I appreciated the cause," said Marina Oetiker, member of the winning Fred Johnson Park team. "Once I saw the trophy I got so excited and really wanted to win."
Oetiker's teammate, Francesca Fanchin, grew up playing tennis with the City Parks Foundation and at programs in Harlem and Inwood.
"Getting to play against really good players from around the boroughs of New York is amazing because you don't normally get to find so much talent in one group," said Fanchin. "It is always so great to come back and play at the Flushing Meadows courts too. Playing tennis right outside the grounds at the US Open is such a privilege."


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New approach to managing cane farm reef run-off
The Queensland Government says it has signed an agreement with the sugar industry to manage chemical use and run-off into the Great Barrier Reef.
Queensland Environment Minister Andrew Powell says the best practice approach will reduce regulation and paperwork and move towards self-management.
He says legislation brought in by the previous state government could be changed if the new approach is successful.
"At this stage, the answer's no, but we are certainly working with Canegrowers to see how the rollout of the ... program goes," he said.
"What the take-up rate is and how many of the farmers come on board."
Mr Powell says it will see farm practices driven by the industry.
"What are the best ways to grow cane in this state?" he said.
"What are the ways that we apply fertiliser, pesticide, what's the best practice in terms of tillage and those kind of aspects that produce not only environmental outcomes but also great economic outcomes for the farmer as well?"
Canegrowers chief executive Steve Greenwood says the agreement is well supported by those in the industry.
"We've sat down and we've worked through what we want to achieve out of this," he said.
"We think it's a very smart way to be moving for our industry because let's face it, our industry is under the microscope of the community.
"We operate in a very environmentally sensitive area up and down the coast of Queensland.
"This is our chance to take charge of ensuring that we operate in a sustainable manner."
Mr Greenwood says the new system is much better supported than the previous reef regulations.
"The previous government had reef regulations in place and that was a lot of paperwork and a lot of mucking around for no environmental benefit," he said.
"Rather than reef regulations we would prefer a system where the industry took responsibility for environmental management and put in place a system to ensure growers were doing the right thing."
Mr Greenwood says the program is voluntary, but he is confident a majority of growers will sign up.
"As cane growers we want to see the whole industry take this up because we think there's a long-term benefit for our growers in the future," he said.
"At some stage, the world will value environmentally sustainable produced cane, and that's what we're aiming for in the long term."
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That latest installment of SQL Saturday Atlanta was just announced. On May 18th 2013 SQL Server experts from all over will come together in Atlanta GA for a full day of free training. I have been part of the previous two years SQL Saturday events in Atlanta and have had a blast volunteering and helping to put on such an incredible event that changes peoples careers and lives.
This past year for SQL Saturday 111, I recall various attendees and speakers referencing our event as the "SQL Family Reunion". I must say that for SQL Saturday #220 we are aiming for the same feeling. We anticipate over 900 registrations. Last year we had over 170 sessions submitted for speakers. Over the past 1 hour that our event has been live to register and submit sessions we have had 5 speakers sumbit sessions.
If you would like to attend or submit sessions, makes sure to do so quickly.
Last year we hosted three pre-cons. We will have pre-cons again this year and those events should be live soon.
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Fatal drug overdoses have increased for the 11th consecutive year in the United States, new data show.
According to a research letter published Tuesday from the National Center for Health Statistics, 38,329 people died of drug overdoses in the United States in 2010, an uptick from the previous year and the latest sign of a deadly trend involving prescription painkillers.
In 2010, 57% of overdoses, or more than 22,000, involved known prescription drugs. Three-quarters of those involved painkillers like Oxycontin and Percocet while another 9,400 involved some unidentified drug cocktail.
More than 74% of all prescription drug deaths were accidental, statistics show. Only 17% of overdoses were suicides. The numbers show how drugs in the opioid family, like Oxycontin, methadone and codeine, were often implicated in fatal drug cocktails.


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Thick panels and thin slats of this headboard make a solid and appealing look. The Finley Headboard comes in maple, white, black and Merlot finishes and adds a pleasant arch to the Mission style. Bolt this headboard onto your bed frame for strong support. Made with poplar wood posts and durable wood composites, your home gets some welcome charm with this bed. This bed is available in twin, full and queen sizes.
The Fashion Kids Full/Queen Finley Headboard by Fashion Bed Group at Darvin Furniture in the Orland Park, Chicago, IL area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
Create a wonderful sanctuary for your child to grow up in with the Fashion kids collection. These beds carry a youthful quality without being dated, allowing children to feel comfortable for years to come. With metal and wood designs as well as a variety of styles and sizes, the Fashion kids bed collection is sure to be a winning formula for any bedroom decor.
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