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Meet Model X
Model X is the fastest and most capable sport utility vehicle in history. It was also the first SUV to receive a 5-star US NCAP safety rating. With all-wheel drive and a range of 505 kilometers (WLTP est.), Model X has ample seating for seven adults and all of their gear. And it's ludicrously fast, accelerating from zero to 100 kilometers per hour in as quick as 2.9 seconds.Model X is the SUV uncompromised.
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Model X has the most storage room of any sport utility vehicle in its class, and seating for up to seven adults. Designed to maximize passenger comfort, the second and third row in the seven-seat option are capable of folding flat and flush, creating extra cargo space. Available in three custom seating configurations, Model X can be optimized to suit the specific needs of you and your family.
Five Seat Interior
Comfortably seat five adults in two rows. Second row seats can fold flat when not in use, creating extra interior cargo space.
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Passenger capacity and spaciousness are balanced by open access between the second and third row. Third row seats fold flat and flush when not in use creating extra cargo space.
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Model X offers best in class interior storage space. Carry all the people, baggage, bikes, strollers, and groceries you can manage. There's even a trunk in the front.
Built for Safety
Model X is built for safety, with standard active safety features and hardware built to provide visibility that a driver cannot access alone. Eight surround cameras allow for 360-degree vision, while twelve ultrasonic sensors provide detection of surrounding objects. Forward-facing radar see through heavy rain, fog, dust, and beyond the vehicle ahead—helping to prevent accidents by providing simultaneous visibility in every direction. Model X is the first SUV ever to achieve a 5-star US NCAP safety rating in every category and sub-category, the lowest probability of occupant injury, and a rollover risk half that of any SUV on the road.
Active Safety
Active safety technologies, including collision avoidance and automatic emergency braking, have begun rolling out through over-the-air updates.
Pollution Free, Inside and Out
A medical grade HEPA filter strips outside air of pollen, bacteria, viruses and pollution before circulating it into the cabin. There are three modes: circulate with outside air, re-circulate inside air and a bioweapon defense mode that creates positive pressure inside the cabin to protect occupants.
Falcon Wings
Falcon Wing doors allow easy access to second and third row seats from even a tight parking space, while traditional SUV doors or Minivan sliding doors would not grant any access.
With only a foot of clearance on either side, Falcon Wing doors articulate smoothly up and out of the way, allowing passengers to enter from both front and rear directions. The side and overhead opening is so large that parents can buckle children in without ducking or straining and without bumping their child's head on the roof.
Model X is able to achieve 505 kilometers (WLTP est.) of range in part because it is the most aerodynamic SUV in production. At 0.25, Model X's drag coefficient is 20% lower than the next best SUV.
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Model X has the largest all glass panoramic windshield in production, providing an unparalleled view of the stars and sky above. Optimized solar tinting and obstruction-free view creates unlimited visibility for the driver and all passengers.
- Regular over-the-air updates add safety and navigation features, enhance performance and improve the driver experience
- Access to Tesla's expanding Supercharger network
- Maps and navigation with real-time traffic-based routing
- Custom audio system featuring 17 speakers with neodymium magnets
- Media using FM radio, Bluetooth® and USB audio devices
- Active safety technologies, including collision avoidance and automatic emergency braking
- HEPA air filtration system
- Electric All-Wheel Drive for maximum efficiency and traction
- Smart Air Suspension for raising and lowering ride height
- Three-position dynamic LED turning lights
- LED fog lights
- Power-folding, heated side mirrors
- Up to four LATCH child seat attachments
- Soft LED ambient interior lighting
- Largest glass panoramic windshield in production, providing unparalleled views
- Falcon Wing doors allow easy access to second and third row seats, even from tight parking spaces
- Automatic keyless entry
- Automatic rear liftgate
- Heated seats throughout the cabin
- Heated steering wheel
- Wiper blade defrosters
- Washer nozzle heaters
- Self-presenting front door
- Largest interior storage capacity of its class: 2180 liters in the six seat interior configuration
- Front trunk with room for luggage, a golf bag, or two strollers
- Twelve way power adjustable, heated front seats with memory and driver profile
- 8 year, infinite kilometer battery and drive unit warranty
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In Britain's upcoming general election, the nation's public may end up unable to decide which of their political parties they dislike the least.
According to traditional logic, Gordon Brown's world should be collapsing around his ears. Following a coup attempt by disgruntled colleagues in his Labour Party, the embattled prime minister has found himself at the center of a fresh row after being accused of "bullying" his staffers. It's the kind of political poison that should have the Conservative opposition circling in for the kill. Yet recent polls show support for the party at its lowest ebb in two years.
On current projections, the country is headed for a so-called hung parliament in elections this spring, with neither party able to secure the majority required to form a government. This is less a consequence of a tightly fought contest than it is of an almost complete collapse in political trust among British voters, a deadlock swept in on a tide of apathy and disgust.
For a brief moment last summer, Britain's misfiring political system appeared to have hit rock bottom. Explosive revelations about politicians' misuse of taxpayer-funded expense accounts to pay for anything from duck shelters to pornography whipped up a storm of public fury. Angry and alienated at the end of a decade that has seen parliamentary debate descend into a meaningless squabble for the political center, the British public turned on the political classes with indiscriminate ferocity. One report released glumly concluded that a whopping 82 percent of Britons now expect their elected representatives to lie through their teeth whenever they open their mouths.
For a few short months, both Parliament and the media resounded to the sound of clarion calls for political reform. Despite the absence of war, revolution, or other traditional stimuli, Britain was, according to commentator Timothy Garton-Ash, on the cusp of a "constitutional moment."
This low period generated a movement to tie together the confusing mess of laws, precedents, and gentlemen's agreements that make up Britain's "unwritten constitution," to create a new system that would reenergize the nation's politics and restore the trust of its people.
Suddenly, the corridors of Westminster were crackling with ideas once more. Hoping to encourage ordinary people to break career politicians' virtual monopoly over Parliament, the Conservatives proposed using US-style "open primaries" to select new candidates. The Liberal Democrats (Britain's third party) suggested readjusting the political system to ensure fairer representation for minorities. Labour and others proposed replacing the appointed House of Lords with an elected senate.
All were measures aimed at expanding the British voters' stake in their own political system. But well-intentioned as they were, not one proposed reform made it much further than the drawing board. As fall came, stories of corruption at home gave way to news of electoral chaos in Afghanistan, and the summer's electric atmosphere fizzled. The constitutional moment, it seemed, had passed.
For months, it seemed as though the Conservatives would sweep to power simply by merit of "not being Labour." But a prolonged failure to produce any firm policies has taken its toll – since November, polls have consistently shown David Cameron and his party struggling to garner the 42 percent of public support they would need to form a government. A Guardian/ICM poll released Monday shows the Conservatives drawing 37 percent, Labour with 30 percent, and Liberal Democrats with 20 percent.
As a consequence, Britain is potentially headed for its first hung parliament in over 30 years. Unlike other European democracies, the country's political system isn't designed to handle something like this.
The consequences could be dramatic. In a system accustomed to stable, majority government, hung parliaments generally end up both chaotic and short-lived. With parties often unable or unwilling to work toward consensus, political paralysis is a major risk. In an extreme scenario, Parliament could end up being dissolved unilaterally by the Queen.
There are fears that the ensuing period of instability would cause unemployment and national debt to spiral ignored and out of control, sending investors scurrying for the relative safety of the Continent. As one prominent Conservative put it, "a hung parliament would be one of the biggest disasters we could suffer."
This may be true. But perhaps no less than a disaster is needed. Unlike the scandals of last summer, this will not be a crisis that can be quietly swept under the mat once public attention has moved on. The resultant sense of urgency could finally spur politicians across the political spectrum to recapture that constitutional moment and start work fixing Britain's broken democracy.
Oliver Lough is a researcher at the New America Foundation.
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Video display Pitlochry to Braemar and Blairgowrie Area More detail Place count in area: 163, Highest place: Beinn a'Ghlo - Carn nan Gabhar, 1121m Maximum height for area: 1121 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 657 metres, Places in area Pitlochry to Braemar and Blairgowrie:A'Chreag 463mAirgiod Bheinn 1061mAn Socach 944mAn Socach East Top 938mAn Socach North Top 855mBad an Tuirc 605mBarr Salachaidh 564mBeinn a'Chruachain 617mBeinn a'Ghlo - Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain 1070mBeinn a'Ghlo - Carn Liath 976mBeinn a'Ghlo - Carn nan Gabhar 1121mBeinn Bheag 737mBeinn Iutharn Bheag 953mBeinn Iutharn Mhor 1045mBen Earb 802mBen Gulabin 806mBen Skievie 536mBen Vrackie 842mBen Vuirich 903mBenachally 487mBlackcraig Hill 481mBlar Achaidh 515mBlath Bhalg 641mBlath Bhalg West Top 637mBuachaille Breige 745mBuachaille Breige Far West Top 702mBuachaille Breige West Top 719mCapel Hill 510mCarn a'Bhutha 907mCarn a'Chlarsaich 871mCarn a'Gheoidh 975mCarn an Righ 1029mCarn Aosda 917mCarn Aosda North Top 860mCarn Bhac 946mCarn Bhac South Top 818mCarn Bhac SW Top 920mCarn Bhinnein 917mCarn Bhithir 573mCarn Creagach 894mCarn Cruinn 863mCarn Dallaig 858mCarn Dallaig South Top 764mCarn Dearg 786mCarn Dearg North Top 770mCarn Dubh 580mCarn Dubh 868mCarn Geal 776.3mCarn Liath 818mCarn Mor 876mCarn Mor 706mCarn na Drochaide 830mCarn na Moine 760mCarn nan Gabhar North Top 947mCarn nan Sac 920mCarn Torcaidh 806mCnoc a'Chaorainn 489mCnoc an Daimh 514mCnoc Dubh 545mCnoc Eirionnaich 431mCnoc Meadhon 518mCnoc Monzie 446mCnocan Oisinneach Mor 484mConlan Hill 403mCraig a Barns 360mCraig More 404mCraig Wood 525mCreag an Dubh Shluic 728mCreag an Fhuathais 853mCreag an Lair 499mCreag an t-Sithein 634.4mCreag Bhinnein 508mCreag Bhreac 827mCreag Bhreac 557mCreag Cam a'Choire 718mCreag Cam a'Choire North Top 668mCreag Chlacharnach 695mCreag Dhearg 717mCreag Dubh-leitir 520mCreag Eallaich 509mCreag Easgaidh 841mCreag Easgaidh East Top 785mCreag Gharbh 496mCreag Lamhaich 747mCreag Leacagach 726mCreag Liath 418mCreag na h-Iolaire 450mCreag nam Brataichean 538mCreag nam Mial 563mCreag nam Mial NW Top 512mCreag nam Mial West Top 509mCreag nan Ceard 432mCreag nan Gobhar 774mCreag nan Yailey 452mCreag Spardain 649.9mCreagan Ruathair 429mCreagan Uaine 580mCrochton 601mCrungie Clach 618mCrungie Dubh 589mDeuchary Hill 511mDeuchary Hill West Top 450mElrig 588mFaire Mhor 488mGarbh Chreag 413mGeal Charn 878mGeal Charn Far North Top 788mGeal Charn NE Top 797mGeal Charn North Top 801mGlas Tulaichean 1051mGlas Tulaichean North Top 858mGurlet 608.9mGurlet North Top 601.8mHill of Persie 447mKindrogan Hill 495mKnock of Balmyle 444mLamh Dhearg 575mMam nan Carn 986mMeall a'Choire Bhuidhe 868mMeall a'Mhuirich 898mMeall an Daimh 722mMeall Breac 675mMeall Breac 710.5mMeall Chrombaig 681mMeall Dail Min 536mMeall Daimheidh 539mMeall Dubh 545mMeall Duibhinidh 516mMeall Garbh 518mMeall Gharran 759mMeall Lochain Oisinneich 470mMeall Mor 512mMeall Mor 411mMeall na h-Aodainn Moire 633mMeall na h-Eilrig 708mMeall na Spionaig 763mMeall Odhar 686mMeall Reamhar 534mMeall Reamhar 647mMeall Ruigh Mor Thearlaich 815mMeall Tionail 712mMeall Uaine 627mMeall Uaine 794mMeall Uamhaidh 526mMenachban 448mMorrone 859mMorrone South Top 824mNewtyle Hill 317mRiemore Hill 418mRiemore Hill North Top 416mRuigh na Cuile 640mSgor Mor 887mSgor Mor North Top 792mSgorr Gorm 503mSpurn Hill 480mSpurn Hill South Top 416mSron an h-Innearach 639mStac nam Bodach 672mThe Cairnwell 933mThe Cairnwell North Top 873mTom Anthon 635mTop of the Battery [Carn Damhaireach] 784mWhitefield Hill 447m Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such. 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An 80-year-old old Massachusetts woman is willing to go to jail rather than quit feeding the ducks at a pond near her house. She says she worries about the health of her feathered friends — particularly during the winter when they have little to eat.
"Claire Butcher says she's only trying to make sure that a group of domestic ducks that made Flax Pond their home have enough to eat as the cold weather approaches," writes Jeff McMenemy in the Lynn Daily Item newspaper.
Claire Butcher
She says that's why she recently resumed feeding the birds — in violation of a city ordinance and a No Trespass Order she agreed to in 2009, according to City Attorney Vincent Phelan.
Police told ABC News that they intend to charge her with trespassing and violation of a city ordinance after a woman saw her feeding the birds recently, according to court documents.
"Here I am, an 80-year-old woman and they're treating me like a criminal," she told McMenemy while she feeding the ducks as well as some local geese at the pond.
She acknowledges being cited multiple times for violating the city's ordinance, which forbids people from feeding wild geese, ducks or "other wildlife that may congregate" on or about the local Sluice Pond, Flax Pond or Goldfish Pond.
The penalty is $100 per offense.
Asked if she's worried that she will be fined, Butcher laughed and said,
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text: When his father (Louis Gossett Jr.) suddenly dies, Clay Crosby (Robert Ri'chard) is devastated. It seems he'll never be able to get over the loss. But everything changes when the boy puts on a pair of his father's wingtip shoes, which magically bring him back in time to experience his father's early life. As Clay gets to know his dad in the past, he gains an improved outlook on his own life. And, by changing the past, he wonders if it might be possible to create a better future.


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Blocks of cement for a front lawn and a rooftop deck with a view for backyard entertaining are just two of the amenities that drew Patricia Brunetti from Washington to Baltimore.
Her dream home in Canton is among a group of townhouses that have been integrated with the decades-old houses and businesses around them, and where some of the best attractions are out of doors.
"I came here for the community," said Brunetti, who works in government sales and purchased the property from Ruppert Homes Urban Redevelopment.
"The people [in Canton] are welcoming, warm and friendly,"she said. "I also moved here for the harbor and [Patterson] Park, and my new house is halfway between them."
Brunetti was pleased that granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances were included as standard features in the house, which she bought for $359,000. Other upgrades were of her own choosing, such as wood flooring throughout the home, upgraded kitchen cabinets and crown molding in each room. She decided against a center island in the kitchen in favor of her cherry dining table and upholstered chairs, saying, "If you save the builder money, he passes it on to you."
Unlike many buyers who begin fresh in a newly built home by purchasing brand-new furniture to fill it, Brunetti brought her furnishings and artwork with her to Baltimore. Most of her pieces were either inherited or purchased in consignment shops throughout Washington.
Her first order of business was to find a decorator, whom she tracked down on Angie's List.
"I already had most of what's here now, so I was looking for help 'curating' my stuff and adding the right finishing touches," Brunetti said.
She enlisted local designer Mary Yeager to help her create a space with traditional, neutral decor.
Soft touches in the home, such as muted, Oriental-style carpeting find delightful niches in areas of the second-level kitchen and living room. Medium-stained oak cabinets and additional granite beyond the counter to the backsplash set the tone for a warm feel while complementing the beige tone paint on the walls.
Wide wooden blinds on the three front-facing living room windows are bookmarked with drapery panels of embroidered silk fabric. In the room is a large sleigh-style daybed built of walnut and covered in a quilt of peach and light blue geometric design. Sixteen throw pillows in various sizes, shapes and fabrics add splashes of color amid a pair of lamps with black shades over urn-shaped marble vases.
Brunetti's artwork includes some she has collected over the years and her own framed abstract multimedia pieces.
"I most value the art I'm lucky enough to have — both my own work and that of other artists I admire," she said. "I believe it is art that gives the interior of the home its soul. Being surrounded by wonderful, interesting work adds depth and meaning to any space — and to life, actually — so I'm grateful for what I can create myself and what I have by others."
An abstract above her daybed was painted by artist Afaf Zurayk, Brunetti's teacher at the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, who quickly became a friend and now is a creative collaborator.
"I have one or two of her works on every floor, so I always have a view into other the dimensions of life that art can take us to," she said.
A large bookcase of Dutch origin juts out from a wall, visually breaking up the length of the living room and creating two separate sitting areas.
"The main level … is the multipurpose heart of the house," Brunetti said. "It's great for relaxing, reading, working and entertaining, in addition to occasionally cooking and eating, so it gets the most use."
Still, she notes that each of the rooms is a favorite for different reasons and purposes
"I spend as much time as I can each day in the art studio on the first floor being creative, which is important to me. The guest room is getting more and more booked by my Virginia and D.C. friends and family who love Baltimore, too. Meanwhile, it's also my TV-watching room."
The second bedroom in the house is the third-floor master suite, decorated in what Brunetti calls "girlie style."
The rooftop deck is bare at the moment, but she plans a vegetable garden in pots, some plants and outdoor furniture come summer.
Looking beyond her deck, out at the park, the harbor, myriad rooftops and church steeples, Brunetti said happily, "This house is in the right place. Now that I'm here, there's so much I want to do."
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Blocks of cement for a front lawn and a rooftop deck with a view for backyard entertaining are just two of the amenities that drew Patricia Brunetti from Washington to Baltimore.


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It only took most of the season, but we're finally coming around to newcomer James Wolk, who plays Bob Benson on 'Mad Men.' Maybe it was those short-shorts he wore this week …
I swear, this is the last 'Mad Men' post for a while, you guys — I just can't help it! Have you seen the men on this show? Every season they just add more and more sexy men for us to swoon over.
One of the newcomers to season six is James Wolk, an actor you might recognize from his work on the short-lived show 'Lone Star,' from his sexy recurring role on Showtime's 'Shameless' as Adam, or maybe from a few episodes of 'Happy Endings.'
Now you can catch him on 'Mad Men' (almost) every week as Bob Benson, the mysterious guy who works in accounts on the newly-opened second floor of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. He just sort of appeared in the premiere episode — no one knew who he was or had ever spoken to him.
Maybe he's an investigative journalist undercover to report on the secrets of advertising! Maybe he's a ghost! Okay, he's probably real and it's just that no one ever noticed him before. (But what fun is that?)
Wolk's Bob Benson has been charming us hardcore with the way he seems to genuinely care about Joan, who's not an easy lady to win over. If he's good enough for Joan Holloway, he's good enough for us. And? He's amazingly cute.


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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Saturday expanding the number of U.N. cease-fire observers in Syria from 30 to 300 and demanding an immediate halt to the violence that has been escalating since the government and opposition agreed to end hostilities more than a week ago.
The resolution is the first authorizing unarmed U.N. military observers to go into a conflict area, and it gives Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon authority to decide when to deploy the additional monitors, based on developments on the ground including "the consolidation of the cease-fire."
Ban accused Syrian President Bashar Assad on Thursday of failing to honor the cease-fire, expressing dismay that increased violence is claiming more lives. In a statement Saturday from his spokesman welcoming adoption of the resolution, the U.N. chief again demanded that Syria end all violence and "the gross violations of the fundamental rights of the Syrian people," and send its troops and heavy weapons back to their barracks.
The resolution establishes a United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria, to be known as UNSMIS, "comprising an initial deployment of up to 300 unarmed military observers as well as an appropriate civilian component" for an initial period of 90 days to monitor the cessation of violence and the implementation of international envoy Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan.
The resolution merged rival Russian and European texts and dropped a European threat of non-military sanctions against Syria if it fails to withdraw troops and heavy weapons from towns and cities. Instead, it uses language from the resolution adopted last Saturday authorizing deployment of the 30-strong advance team of observers which expresses the council's intention to assess implementation of the new resolution "and to consider further steps."
Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, who pressed for speedy adoption of the resolution, told the council after Saturday's vote that the measure is "of fundamental importance to push forward the process of the peaceful settlement in Syria" and to support Annan's plan. Diplomats said Annan, the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy, is expected to brief the council on Tuesday.
Russia and China, who vetoed two previous resolutions on Syria, are vehemently opposed to sanctions, and Churkin warned against any "deviation" from the new resolution. He stressed that "the Libyan model" — where the council authorized military action to protect civilians during last year's uprising — "should always be something that remains in the past."
But U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice, in the toughest speech of the session, warned Assad that if Syria doesn't implement all its commitments or obstructs the work of the monitors, the United States would pursue other "measures," which in diplomatic language usually means sanctions.
"Let there be no doubt, we, our allies and others in this body are planning and preparing for those actions that will be required of all of us if the Assad regime persists in the slaughter of the Syrian people," she said, adding that the U.S. will not wait 90 days to take these measures if Syria keeps flouting its obligations.
Britain's U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said the expanded observer mission and Annan's proposal "represents the last opportunity to secure a solution to the crisis in Syria."
"It is an unprecedented step to deploy unarmed U.N. personnel into such a dangerous environment," Lyall Grant said. "It is fraught with risk. The mission will fail in its task if the regime continues to violate its commitments and obstructs the work of the mission."
The key difference between the original Russian and European texts was whether there should be any conditions for deployment of the expanded force.
The Europeans wanted the secretary-general to determine "to his satisfaction" that Syria has implemented its pledge to send troops and heavy weapons back to their barracks. The Russian draft had no conditions. The Europeans succeeded in inserting language in the compromise version leaving the final decision to the secretary-general.
The Russians had also called for a limited civilian component, while the Europeans wanted to spell out the skills required of the civilians, including political, human rights, civil affairs and public security. The resolution also leaves the decision on the number of civilians and their expertise to Ban.
The resolution also called on the Syrian government to implement its commitment to pull its troops and heavy weapons out of towns and cities and return them to their barracks.
Syria's U.N. ambassador, Bashar Ja'afari, told the Security Council that his government had informed Annan on Saturday that it has withdrawn troops and heavy weapons from urban centers, but he did not make clear when the purported pullback took place. He said police and other security forces will maintain law and order and "exercise the utmost degree of restraint" but will respond to attacks by "armed terrorist groups."
Ja'afari said Syria has "demonstrated considerable cooperation" with Annan and his plan, noting that the government has granted visas "to more than 600 mass media." He accused the council of making no demands on the opposition and warned that there can be no peace unless international countries, especially in the Arab region, stop arming and training opposition groups.
Rice, the U.S. ambassador, said the opposition welcomes the prospect of an expanded U.N. observer force because "they will be impartial eyes and ears" and hopefully will have a restraining effect on the violence.
But she stressed that the United States is "sober about the risks, all the more so given the Assad regime's long record of broken promises, deceit and disregard for the most basic standards of humanity."
"The Syrian people, like us, know that the deployment of 300, or even 3,000 unarmed observers cannot on its own stop the Assad regime from waging its barbaric campaign of violence against the Syrian people," she said. "What can bring a halt to this murderous rampage is continued and intensified external pressure on the Assad regime."
Unlike most resolutions that call for reports to the Security Council in 30 days, the resolution adopted Saturday calls for reports every 15 days which France's U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud said will enable members to react "if things are going bad."
Araud stressed that the deployment of the first seven observers "has not changed the murderous behavior of the regime."
The U.N. and Syria have already reached a preliminary agreement on the operation of the expanded force but the issue of the use of helicopters and aircraft by the U.N. mission will likely dominate discussions in the coming days.
The secretary-general has pressed the need for independent air assets but Syria has resisted. The resolution calls for a rapid agreement on the helicopter issue.
The preliminary agreement says the observers will have freedom to go anywhere in the country, take pictures, and use technical equipment to monitor compliance with the cease-fire.
The observers, who report to Annan daily, will also have freedom to install temporary observation posts in cities and towns to monitor military convoys and be granted access to detention centers and medical facilities.


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Matt Kenseth at the finish line (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
Las Vegas deja vu: Matt Kenseth dominated Sunday's Kansas 400 but again had to hold off a fast-closing Kasey Kahne on a warm, sunny afternoon in this Midwestern heartland.
Kenseth, as at Las Vegas, was untouchable in the three-hour race.
But a late yellow shook up drivers in the end game. A yellow for debris off Brad Keselowski's car with 75 miles to go, just as teams were starting the final round of scheduled pit stops, took Ford challengers Ricky Stenhouse, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle out of the game, and Chevy teams filled the void.
Kenseth's three teammates, Kyle Busch, Brian Vickers (subbing for injured Denny Hamlin) and Elliott Sadler, all struggled. Busch spun out twice by himself, on the lightning fast track, and the second time he hit the wall and then got clobbered by Joey Logano.
Jimmie Johnson conceded he didn't have enough speed to run with Kenseth. Still, Johnson finished third and came out of this town with a solid 37-point lead in the Sprint Cup standings, heading this week to Richmond. Johnson had his second straight mediocre run, though he did lead nine laps.
Kenseth was remarkably strong, leading 163 laps. Yes, he won here last October, then driving a Jack Roush Ford. But this time no one could stick with him.
However Kenseth had to fight through some obstinate traffic the final miles, and that brought Kahne back in the game.
Only eight races into his new gig with Toyota's Joe Gibbs and already Matt Kenseth has wins at Las Vegas and Kansas (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
"Felt like Vegas all over again -- I could catch him but I couldn't do anything with him," Kahne said.
"With 40 to go on that restart, I knew I had to get up close to the front as I could," Kahne said of his charge. "But by the time I got to Kenseth, he was gone. I was sliding around and it would have been tough to pass. This new surface is really nice, but it's really fast."
Kenseth, like at Vegas last month, had to use all his wiles to hold off Kahne.
"I really thought he had me," Kenseth said. "I got really loose in turn three with three to go."
But the cars prepared by crew chief Jason Ratcliffe have been amazing all spring.
"Man, it's a dream come true to drive this stuff. It's awesome," Kenseth said. "We don't have all the finishes to show for it, but this car has been fast all year."
Brad Keselowski, who has had a topsy-turvy week, with a White House visit with President Obama and a crushing NASCAR penalty that would sideline his crew chief and engineers for six weeks, had a remarkable Sunday. Just about anything that could do wrong did, and yet he managed to finish sixth.
"Usually you're not happy if you don't win, but after all the problems we had today a sixth feels like one," Keselowski said.
Ironically Keselowski inadvertently brought out a key caution that took Ricky Stenhouse, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle out of contention, when a piece of badly battered car flew off and landed as debris on the track. If NASCAR had called Keselowski to the pits earlier for repairs, the Ford trio might have been able to do something with Kenseth.
Or maybe not, as strong as Kenseth was.
Jimmie Johnson finished third, taking a commanding lead in the Sprint Cup championship standings. But he just didn't seem to have that usual zip (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
The most savage incident of the race came when Joey Logano slammed into Kyle Busch's spinning car 150 miles into the 400.
"He was spinning out, and I saw it the whole time," Logano said. "I saw he got loose and thought 'Okay, he's going to come back across.'
"And he didn't.
"It looked like he was going to stay up next to the wall. So I'm like 'I'm going to gun it and get by him.'
"But as soon as I committed, I saw him start coming back down. At that point you're just lined up to him, and hit him a ton."
With drivers running record speeds here, the track itself seemed narrower, Logano said. "This track is just so narrow right now. You can't move around."
Busch was not a bit pleased with his second crash of the weekend. He wiped his Truck in Saturday's race. And he was forced to a backup for the 400 after slapping the wall in Friday Cup practice.
"Spun out twice on our own," Busch grumbled. "Just don't know what to do with Kansas.
"It had absolutely no grip for me. We're running third and doing fine...and you spin out. Then we're back in traffic, and traffic is way worse. Just trying to get back to the front....but the car just snaps out from under you every corner."
Busch was not the only man with that complaint.
A few miles later Vickers had a similar issue, in turn two. He finished 10 laps down, 31st.
Not a good day for Matt Kenseth's teammates. Here Kyle Busch has troubles (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
And not long after the restart Marcos Ambrose got loose in the same spot, and triggered another crash, taking out Sam Hornish, Casey Mears, and David Gilliland.
Hornish bit his tongue and broke the dashboard tach with his knees, and said he would talk with his crew about fixing that issue.
"I saw Marcos sitting sideways right at the exit of the corner, and I lifted and turned down....which made my hit to the inside wall harder," Hornish said.
Why were so many drivers so loose in the race? Even Jeff Gordon said it was a surprise, "because the track had good grip Saturday."
Gordon had crashed hard Friday in qualifying and had to go to a backup, and started dead last. He finished 13th.
Hornish said the track and tires didn't really work well together:
"There was a point we were really good on the restart and could go for 10 laps... and then the car would get really free in and off the corners. And then after about 20 laps it would be fine for about the next 15... and then it would start doing it again.
"It's just a weird way the car and the tires and everything were reacting together.
"The exit of turn two is pretty tough for a lot of people -- just sliding, and getting off the corner, because if you run high, you're already a little bit loose, and if you try to run low, you just can't keep the rear under you to put the power down."
Brad Keselowski has had a very up and down week....and felt relieved to pull out a sixth in Sunday's Kansas 400 (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Who do you think will win the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway?
i'd reckon kyle busch, in a romp. but keep an eye on kasey kahne; he's looking like championship material this season, with cc kenny francis.
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Firefighters did not enter the building due to fears that there were propane gas bottles inside that could explode, but stayed on the scene battling the fire until 1.15am.
No one was injured but timber, hay and furniture stored in the barn was destroyed.
Gary East, who owns the property, which is part of a smallholding, said: "It's a real shame. I built this with my dad Geoff 30 years ago, back when we had livestock here. Thankfully there are no animals any more so nothing was hurt."
The maintenance worker said: "I was called by one of my dad's neighbours who was just driving past and noticed it. I stood and watched it burn down for hours."
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Curia Minutes for January 9, 2000
Curia Clerk: Genovefra Boulanger, Chronicler of the Barony of Madrone
Meeting called to order.
New officers introduced:
Mikill Olafr Bjarnarson (Kingdom Seneschal)
HRM Sven (King of An Tir)
Seneschal's Report (Lord Mikill Olafr Bjarnarson)
Not much to report since job just started yesterday. Would like to foster officer communication and cooperation, especially pre-event. Will not be interfering, except for obvious problems.
Exchequer's Report (HL Alanus of Bunghea, Fundraising Deputy - Master Jean-Louis de Chambertin)
A meeting was held yesterday with all exchequers. The large to-do list from September Crown has been whittled down, and modifications to current procedures are forthcoming.
A corporate audit took place in December 1999, favorable report. There is still some problem with getting bank statements sent to the right person. However, up-to-date access is available electronically.
The office of Exchequer has been split into Accounting & Reporting Exchequer, A&R Deputy, and Administrative Exchequer. Fundraising Deputy position will be rolled into other deputy position.
There are current licensing difficulties with opening a corporate checking account in WA (regarding business license). Also, accounts need to be approved by corporate resolution (BoD). Paperwork is being filed for 501(c)(3) status (not-for-profit). Countess Elizabeth has volunteered to be the registered agent of the SCA in WA (mundane function only; no other kingdom duties implied by this title).
Budgets are legal and binding documents. Recommend not spending entire allotment in order to keep same level of funding for next year.
Proposed: to change the fiscal year ending to July.
Officer expenses can be tax-deductible.
Financial policy committee wants to move current cash assets into higher interest rate CDs. The plan is to overlap CDs at 48-month intervals. Future possibilities: mutual funds, etc. The benefits would include generating extra income, removing a portion of assets from easy accessibility, and ensuring funds for fiscal recovery (should it be needed). Policy will be created soon and reviewed by BoD. E-mail Jean-Louis to be on policy mailing list. The plan is to stabilize An Tir finances and financial policy.
Chamberlain's Report (Lady Aoife)
Recently acquired file cabinet for papers. Will be replacing missing regalia and reconditioning equipment in poor condition. Jean-Louis is working on liability insurance for all trailers.
Black Lion Herald's Report (Countess Elizabeth de Rossignol)
Received Crown warrant through May 2001. Now on Known Worlde principal heralds mailing list; receiving good ideas from other heralds. No problems in starting up (except for opening bank account).
Some shires do not have heralds; working on coverage. Working on staff for regional herald. Other staff positions currently filled with good people. Looking for voice heraldry teachers. Have financial deputy for Black Lion account. Duplicate reference materials have been passed to principality heralds.
The pavilion donated for Black Lion use is also available for the use of other great officers.
A kingdom heraldic symposium will be held in Seagirt, on April 8, 2000. Will be traveling to Summits and Avacal, also Ansteorra in June (heraldic symposium).
There is a need for better herald-scribe communication (scribe is Black Lion deputy); work is being done on this. Also, improvement is needed on the Order of Precedence; making a process checklist and setting up review checkpoints. The review process for submissions is going very well (side note: Countess Elizabeth noted for the written record that Madame Rafaella d'Allemtejo can have a pint of her blood at any time).
If there is a problem with a herald or with a heraldic process, please let Black Lion know (that's the only way problems can be fixed).
Query: does the corpora requirement change for branch heralds (every branch must have a herald) affect kingdom requirements? Not certain yet, but preliminary answer is no (until kingdom rules change specifically).
Earl Marshall's Report (Countess Aryana Silknfyre)
Due to robbery of previous Earl Marshall, some current marshal files are missing. All other files have been turned over.
Deputy needed. No other position changes, except possibly the listmistress.
New authorization forms are available. Copies have been distributed to regional marshals. The Crown should also keep a supply handy while touring.
The current emphasis is on teaching and rule awareness. New heavy minimum rules still upcoming.
Confirmed continuation of rule that knights need not present authorization card.
No other changes. Current with Known Worlde Marshall.
Constable's Report (Melissa Kendall, report made by deputy Asi O'Riain)
Major problems being taken care of.
Minor problems - reports are not being turned in. A suggestion was made to send out mail 10-15 days before next report cycle, including past reports from other branches. Will increase compliance considerably.
Minister of Arts & Sciences' Report (Mistress Tegan de Ravelly)
The Kingdom A&S Championship will be held in Glymm Mere in March. Every entrant (single or full entry) must pre-register, so that space may be made available and the appropriate judges found. Judges needed. Submission guidelines available.
Stepping down in March; incumbent deputy may take over position. Also, there are deputy positions available, especially a Web deputy, and more support staff is needed. The Kingdom Chronicler may be able to help with Web needs.
Location needed for A&S 2001.
Subguilds should not get money from local branches.
Chronicler's Report (Lord Christophe de Lascaux)
New officers, please sent change information to the Crier soon (including changes to warrants).
The new Crier editor is Adelheid von Katzenellenbogen. New postal, layout deputies are needed. Also looking for deputies for Grete Boke, Web page compliance, list monitoring.
Publications guidelines are available.
Would like to increase publication of A&S information and ideas.
Would like to decrease paperwork as much as possible. Will be putting more information and forms (including waivers) on the Web for easy access.
The role of the regional chronicler will be changing to a more advisory position.
Chiurgeon's Report (Baron Leif Moonshadow Dalesson)
For this reporting period, there were three major accidents, three minor accidents, and lots of booboos. Lots of dog bites this year.
Minor waiver can be filled out yearly, instead of per event (laminating is a good idea).
A principal chiurgeon for Avacal has been found (reigning prince); however, he must wait to the end of his reign to take office. The Rivers Region needs a new chiurgeon. Kingdom Chiurgeon needs replacement by Twelfth Night 2001 (will have been in office for 5 years).
The Chirugeon symposium was good. There is a new Master Chiurgeon.
Royal Consul's Report (Dux Darius Corvinus Equis)
The proposal for the non-armored combat peerage is being sent to the BoD.
The interkingdom advisory committee is not being used much currently. Plan to "light fires."
New proposed light combat rules (archers to be heavy minimum).
Finally receiving BoD minutes and seneschal summary. Also, Web page getting better. Proposal: work with Kingdom Chronicler to put forms on Web page. Get public feedback on issues. Publish Crier column twice yearly.
July Coronation 2000: Shittemwoode's bid is approved.
May Crown 2000: Bids incoming.
September Crown 2000: Aquaterra has placed a bid.
Twelfth Night 2002: Madrone will place a bid.
Crown Council: No decision yet. Shittemwoode volunteers.
Note: Shittemwoode volunteers its site for use by other branches.
Note: A suggestion was made to set up a rotating branch schedule for Crown events. Branches could trade off with each other, but there would be no anxiety about locations. Also, branches could prepare more in advance.
Old Business
Clark County is dropping matter from July Coronation 1999.
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President Obama wants to concentrate his time in 2011 on job creation and economic expansion at home. But an extraordinary array of challenges abroad may keep his phone ringing during the wee hours of the night.
The explosion of pro-democracy forces in Tunisia, and the dramatic turn of events in Egypt has changed the political landscape in the Arab world and set a-jangle the nerves of tyrants and dictators from Algeria to Libya, Syria to Yemen, and even the Muslim north of Sudan. Nobody can be sure of the outcome, how it will affect the lives of millions of Muslims, the peace process with Israel, or the strategic interests of the United States.
Dramatic reaction
Nobody could have anticipated such a speedily dramatic reaction to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's prescient warning in Qatar earlier this month that Arab states risked "sinking into the sand" if they did not clean up corruption and quicken their glacial pace of political and economic reform. Now the Obama administration must wrestle with cataclysmic changes of a pace it may not have foreseen, balancing the desire for the advance of democratic principles against concern lest the forces of Islamist extremism prosper.
It is one of America's grandest tenets that the freedoms that are the cornerstone of the American reason for being are not quixotic meanderings but basic rights for all mankind. Mr. Obama, a Nobel Peace Prize winner himself, echoed this when he reasoned with visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao, who has locked up Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner. Mr Hu conceded that "a lot still needs to be done in China in terms of human rights," a position made abundantly clear by the deletion of these remarks in Chinese media. When China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, visiting the United States last year, supported the concept of free speech in a CNN interview, his remarks were similarly censored in Chinese media.
Doomed regimes and ideologies
Though repressive regimes and ideologies may not tumble like falling dominoes in the Arab world or lingering communist-run states like China, history suggests that they are doomed. The explosion of modern technology, whereby protesters in the millions can coordinate through cellphones, e-mail, andTwitter and Facebook, guarantees it. What succeeds such yet-to-be-liberated states may not be democracy as Americans know it, but it will be the freedom to which all men and women aspire – even if they have never known it.
Apocalyptic changes could confront Obama in the Arab world or China (which could undergo serious inflationary economic problems in the face of rising workers' expectations, let alone a change in communist leadership).
Governments are shaky in Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Lebanon is in political flux.
Poverty-stricken southern Sudan, freed of its Khartoum yoke, enters nationhood in an area of Africa that Al Qaeda seeks to exploit.
North Korea must be persuaded of the benefits of becoming a civil and non-threatening nation. Iran, which seeks dominance over the Arab region, and questions Israel's right to exist, must be deterred from developing nuclear weaponry.
Cuba appears on the brink of post-Castro transition, the ultimate character of which is yet unclear.
Deft diplomacy
In short, 2011 could be a year of substantial global change.
China may have become a major economic power, and is an emerging military power, with the ability to project power far beyond its borders, but US leadership, reaction, and involvement in such global change remains paramount.
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Deft diplomacy will be required of Obama and Secretary Clinton.
After the upheaval in Tunisia, President Obama issued a message of support for the protesting demonstrators. In the case of Egypt, his phone call to President Mubarak was probably more nuanced between the need for reform and concern lest Islamist extremist forces take advantage of the situation.
Domestic politics may be engrossing for Obama in this preelection campaign year. But he had better be ready for those nighttime calls from capitals around the globe.
John Hughes, a former editor of the Monitor, writes a biweekly column.


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Have you ever wondered piece of which chick lit clip art best describes your body? Today's Today featured a segment with "world-renowned style expert" Jacqui Stafford, who has come up with a set of new body type descriptors—and rules for how to dress them to make them less hideous—that are very girlie and nonsensical. "Fragrance bottles" are women with big asses (ex: Beyoncé); "heart-shaped pendants" are women with big tits (ex: Halle Berry); "cocktail rings" are big everywhere (ex: Lena Dunham); and "lipsticks" are skinny bitches (ex: Taylor Swift). (All examples are Stafford's, not mine.) According to Stafford women with bodies like Taylor Swift can be "very hard to dress." I guess because it's so difficult to have every single sartorial option available to you? Please. If I have to hear one more bitch complain about how hard it is to be so skinny, I am going to eat her.
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2014 Outdoor: Participated in the 400m run for the Retrievers during the spring season… Posted a top time of 54.16 at the Mason Spring Invitational… Named to the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2013-14 Indoor: Competed in both the 400m and 500m events during the winter season… Posted a top season time of 52.25 in the 400m competition at the Patriot Games meet at George Mason, while his best 500m time of 1:11.31 came at the Navy Invitational.
2011-12 Indoor: Set season-best marks in the 60m dash (7.49) and 200m (23.77) at the Penn State Indoor Relays... Recorded a season-best time in the 400m (53.66) at the Patriot Games at George Mason.
2011 Outdoor: Recorded a personal best time, 23.74, in the 200m dash at the MSU Legacy competition... Helped lead the men's 4x400m relay team to a fourth place overall finish at the Maryland Invitational.
2010-11 Indoor: Helped lead the Retrievers to a second-place finish in the 1,600m sprint medley team race at the 10th Annual Gulden Relays.
Background: Helped lead Eleanor Roosevelt to the Maryland Indoor and Outdoor State Championships in 2007-08… Was a part of the National Academy of Finance in high school.
Personal: Son of Kathleen McLendon… Majoring in business technology administration…Born Jan. 28, 1991.


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I mentioned this in the earlier Syria post but it's worth repeating in light of WaPo's bombshell this afternoon. A quote from this weekend's NYT: "Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of."
President Obama is preparing to send lethal weaponry to the Syrian opposition and has taken steps to assert more aggressive U.S. leadership among allies and partners seeking the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, according to senior administration officials.
The officials emphasized that political negotiation remains the preferred option. To that end, the administration has launched a new effort to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin that the probable use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government — and the more direct outside intervention that could provoke — should lead him to reconsider his support of Assad…
[T]he senior official, one of several who discussed internal administration deliberations on the condition of anonymity, said Obama has "not closed the door to other military actions," in response to calls from the opposition, and some members of Congress, for protection against Syrian ballistic missiles and air attacks…
Disputes among [allied] countries, particularly between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, over which rebel military faction to back has led to rising U.S. concern that sophisticated weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, are being sent directly to Islamist extremist groups. The administration is not prepared to send missiles itself, but believes it can gain more control over others' supplies if it puts what an official called "more skin in the game" by sending its own lethal equipment.
We're going to limit the supply of weapons by adding our own weapons? I.e. because we're sending antitank munitions, say, the Saudis are going to stop sending them SAMs? I'm … highly skeptical that that's true since Sunni powers in the region are now jockeying for influence over whatever degenerate Islamist faction ultimately ends up on top after Assad is gone. The best way to increase their leverage is to give the rebels the weapons they ask for. If they want SAMs, it's SAMs they'll get. And if America's kicking in too, so much the better for the Saudis et al. — it means the final rebel victory and the ascendance of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood is that much closer to happening.
Explain something to me. How did we get from "Assad's chemical weapons must be confiscated" to "we must arm Assad's opponents"? The big takeaway from today's presser was that Obama himself wouldn't commit to the idea that it was Assad rather than the rebels who are responsible for the previous chemical incidents in Syria. The only way to get from point A, i.e. WMD disarmament, to point B, i.e. regime change, is if the Pentagon's concluded that there's no way to confiscate Assad's chemical arsenal with U.S. or Jordanian troops. The only way is to make a deal with the rebels that we'll give them conventional weapons now in return for them giving us Assad's chemical weapons later once they've taken over. You trust them to honor a deal like that, don't you? Meanwhile, with the U.S. finally wading in against him, there's arguably less deterring Assad from going full chemical now than there was yesterday. This is obviously punishment for him having allegedly crossed the "red line." No reason not to cross it again, at least on a small scale.
At least the Libyan intervention is working out okay, though.


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Toronto, Canada (May 6, 2014) – Members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) and its 29 local RASC Centres will celebrate International Astronomy Day this Saturday, May 10, 2014. Be on the lookout for telescopes and astronomers to pop up unexpectedly on street corners, in shopping malls and other public places, ready and eager to bring the universe down to Earth for everyone!
Observing the night sky comes in two flavours. The first is the spur of the moment feeling of grabbing binoculars or a small scope as we fly out the door. Here we spend about 20 minutes looking at our favourite Messier or NGC objects as well as the moon or planets thus satisfying our need to observe photons. The other more involved task is planning a lengthily observing session either in the backyard or an out of town expedition. Lunar and planetary observing and photography do not need dark country skies.
Read the CBC interview with the RASC 1st Vice President, Colin Haig
The mighty lion makes itself visible as it climbs the sky on these April nights. The outline of the familiar beast is quite recognizable as related to the Big Dipper. The Dipper stars form a pot with a handle and if you were to drill a hole in the celestial pot, water would pour onto the back of Leo. The Lion's front half is portrayed by a sickle or backwards question mark starting from the bright star Regulus. This star is about five times the size of our sun and about 160 times brighter.
Join the RASC Victoria Centre this June 26th – June 29th, as we host the 2014 General Assembly.
The General Assembly is an exciting once-a-year event that brings together RASC members from coast-to-coast to participate in the Society's annual general meeting and discuss some of the world's great astronomical activities.
Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an exciting line-up of events including:
- wide-ranging scientific and cultural programs for your entire family;
In 2013, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada made major changes to its governance structure to come into line with the provisions of the Canada Not for Profit Corporations Act. As of the Thunder Bay General Assembly in 2013, a board of directors is responsible for the running of the RASC, replacing the National Council.
The Ottawa Centre is extremely happy to announce a very special night. Join us online on Friday March 7 at 8 p.m. EST as our special guest speakers will be:
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Gift cards have become increasingly popular as they free a donor from choosing a particular gift. For example, if you make a gift to your loved one or friend, but are you afraid not to guess the size, color and other? Then Gift Card is the perfect solution for you. You can now buy a Gift Card in almost any store. You can also give a Gift Card for any amount you wish. Gift Cards come in two forms. This is either a plastic card that you purchase in a store, or an electronic card that serves only for purchases in online stores. She is sent by e-mail in the form of a letter. You can pay for the gift with a gift card either once or several times, until the money runs out on it. But many do not know how to check the food lion gift card balance and where to do it.
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Are you looking for a midsize sedan? These midsize sedans, ranked based on CarMax sales information from July 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018, offer choices of a comfortable ride, driving enjoyment and infotainment systems/onboard amenities.
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RelationTechnology is a website company that are focusing on simplicity and clean cut solutions. The purpose for this assignment is not to radically change it, but to upgrade it on specific elements.
It's important to keep the simple design and the elements we have already. You should focus on the small effects that make the difference.
See the 7 different subpages for the website here. The red numbers on the design screenshots are for you and our reference: http://misc.tokengroup.dk/all_relat…nology.jpg
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1 Blue menu buttons (three in the right upper corner)
Do you have any suggestions to make the three menu boxes better
2 The grey bar (see it for instance on pic 2 under the Mac screen)
Make the grey bar more nice and smooth
3 The references (picture 3)
Is there a more smooth and nice way to make this look good
4 The dotted line in the top
- Make the square dotted line in the top of the webpage even more dynamic and inspirational by reordering them but still with some sort of fading and keep them in the blue shades
5 The dotted line below the headlines
- Give the dotted line below the headline more space between them and experiment of what looks nice
6 The headline font
- Reevaluate the headline font, find a font which is light and slim
- Make a light blue stroke around each of the font letters.
Let's know the name of the font you use.
7 The running man (make two different color examples) (picture 1)
- Try making the running suit look like the metal color of a mac powerbook
- Then try the opposite to make the man's skin look like the metal color of a mac powerbook
- Remove the background around the man nicely
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- Make the arrows beside the mac more aligned with the square design
9 The Metal gears (picture 6)
- Remove the background behind the metal gears nicely
10 The logo
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Executive summary: Nokia stays in 1st place with a slightly reduced score of 7.3, losing a point for failing to do proactive lobbying for the revised RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances inelectronics) Directive to adopt a methodology for further restrictions of hazardous substances, and immediately ban chlorinated and brominated substances. As of this version ofthe Guide, Criterion C1 has been sharpened to require companies not only to have a chemicals policy underpinned by the precautionary principle, but also to support a revisionof the RoHS Directive that bans further harmful substances, specifically brominated flame retardants (BFRs),chlorinated flame retardants (CFRs) and PVC vinyl plastic.
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Your renters insurance policy may help pay to repair or replace electronics, including a laptop, smartphone, tablet or personal computer, if they are stolen or damaged by certain causes.
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It's been a long time coming, but Little Steven is finally back in the spotlight with his soulful new album and international tour.
You'd think at this point, Steven Van Zandt would be a man who needs no introduction.
After all, besides being Bruce Springsteen's right-hand man, Van Zandt has started his own record label (Wicked Cool Records), hosted the syndicated Underground Garage radio show, appeared in HBO's "The Sopranos" and starred in "Lilyhammer" on Netflix, and written and produced for numerous other artists -- notably a well-received comeback album for singer Darlene Love in 2015.
In short, the guitarist, songwriter, producer, actor and philanthropist, 66, has been everywhere and done pretty much everything. But to hear Van Zandt tell it, he thought now might be a good time to focus on just one thing for a change: himself as a solo artist. Hence the release of "Soulfire," his first album under his Little Steven moniker since 1999.
"I just said, you know, let me just use this as a reintroduction of myself, and even an introduction to myself in many ways," says Van Zandt, who noted the impetus for the album came from an impromptu appearance at a friend's blues festival in between Springsteen tours last year.
"You know, it just sort of happened very spontaneously," says Van Zandt, a Boston native who spent his earliest years growing up in Watertown. "I was very surprised as we started playing the songs for the first time in 20, 25 years -- it was like, wow, this stuff really holds up pretty well.
"And I said, maybe it's time to revisit Little Steven the artist here a little bit."
That's exactly what he did on "Soulfire," with its lyrics about love, commitment, persistence and salvation, paired with blaring horns and assured guitar riffs hearkening back to Van Zandt's very first album, 1982's "Men Without Women."
"It's about me as a songwriter and a singer, guitar player, arranger, producer," says Van Zandt of "Soulfire." "I was like, if I'm gonna make a record, who am I? Who should I be right now? So I just decided, let me go back to that (soul-meets-rock style), and this time I'm gonna stay with it."
Putting aside politics
What may surprise some longtime Van Zandt fans is the lack of political material on the album, which consists mostly of songs Van Zandt has written for other artists over the years, along with some well-chosen covers. That marks a departure from all of Van Zandt's records after "Men Without Women," which had a decidedly political bent.
"I made my first nonpolitical album with no guilt whatsoever," says Van Zandt, who explains he felt much more of a need to be a voice in the wilderness back in 1980s. "I felt there were a lot of issues that needed to be discussed, a lot of things that needed to have a light shining on them."
But now, he says, political commentary is inescapable. "I don't need to explain Donald Trump to anybody -- he explains himself every single day," Van Zandt says. "It was really quite a liberating experience to come out in this atmosphere that is so politicized and kind of take the opposite position."
But fans who see Van Zandt and his Disciples of Soul in concert this fall will get at least some taste of his socially aware lyrics, through performances of songs from "Voice of America" and his other albums.
"A lot of the old [political] songs, the lyrics still hold up very well," he says, adding with a rueful laugh, "very, very little has changed."
Getting the band back together
Bringing his show on the road -- which Van Zandt started doing earlier this year with dates in Europe -- has proven no simple undertaking.
"In order to reproduce this album live, man, I'm bringing 15 pieces!" explains Van Zandt with obvious excitement. "It's a big band. It's a killer band live."
And it includes some familiar faces from Van Zandt's original Disciples of Soul, not to mention the earliest iterations of Southside Johnny's Asbury Jukes, whose first three records Van Zandt produced.
"I got Eddie Manion who's been with me since the very beginning, and Stan Harrison -- they were actually back in the Jukes days," he says. "So we put together a five-piece horn section, which is a configuration I've been using ever since I started the Jukes. The biggest difference was adding the three background singers -- that's kind of a new wrinkle."
Manion, for one, is thrilled to be along for the ride. "When I first joined Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes in 1976 as a baritone sax player, we took great pride as a band in replicating the exact parts written, directed and arranged by Steve in playing his original music," says Manion. "When it comes to horns, nobody knows what Steve wants and expects more than I do. We work together well."
And Van Zandt knows he needs a good band behind him if he's going to get used to stepping back into center stage. "It's a lot of work being a frontman," Van Zant says. "You're in that spotlight the whole time and that's the biggest difference.
"Right now I'm looking at it like I'm just the band leader, and it's really all about the music," he says.
Song by song
Van Zandt knows that a big chunk of his live audience likely won't be familiar with his past solo work. "At least half the crowd is coming out of curiosity," he says. "We've got to win them over song by song, and that's what we're doing.
"It's all kind of being presented to people live for the first time and it's going over very well," says Van Zandt. "You know it's very satisfying to win people over who've never heard your stuff before."
"They may not walk in being familiar with my stuff or necessarily a big fan, but they're leaving with a whole different mindset."
Van Zandt credits that to the show's high energy level and the connection his music has to old-fashioned, high-octane rock 'n' roll and horn-driven soul. "It becomes this experience that is transporting people," he says. "For two hours you get to be transported to some place that I think is spiritually nourishing.
"People are really responding to [it] right now," he continues. "They need two hours to get away from all the confusion and frustration and re-energize, you know? I think people are leaving my show feeling a little bit of renewed energy, renewed focus -- it's just it's a little bit of a [pause] in life."
And as for Van Zandt, the man with so many successful careers no one would blame him for resting on his laurels as he inches his way toward his 70s? He's right where he wants to be.
"It's a whole new rebirth," he says. "Right now I'm just like, I'm the bandleader and here's my music. And I think that's enough. It seems to be enough right now."
Peter Chianca is the editor of Blogness on the Edge of Town, Gatehouse Media's Bruce Springsteen news blog.If you go
WHAT: Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Orpheum Theater, 1 Hamilton Place, Boston
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Inspired by conversations on the FOOD52 Hotline, we're sharing tips and tricks that make navigating all of our kitchens easier and more fun. Today, we walk you through the basics of bean cooking.
We've all heard the same tips for cooking dried beans: you must soak your beans. You must refrain from salting them until at least half-way through their cooking time. Neglect to follow these directions and you'll be left with undigestible, tough-skinned disappointment. All of this pressure is enough to drive the most dedicated of home cooks to the canned foods aisle.
But don't go there -- cooking beans isn't as high-maintenance as it might seem. Today, we're walking you through the basics of bean cooking.
First things first: the beans.
Quality ingredients will yield quality results; old, stale beans will result in tough skins and a lack of flavor. So choose your beans wisely. Buy from a store you know restocks frequently, or better yet, order some heirloom Rancho Gordo beans.
Once you've got your beans, be sure to pick through them and rinse them thoroughly. You don't want any pebbles in your Pasta e Fagioli.
To soak or not to soak?
Bean cooking is quite the divisive topic. As Steve Sando of Rancho Gordo explains, "It's like martini drinkers! They all insist their way is the best way!" Traditional wisdom tells us to soak beans overnight in order to reduce cooking time and increase digestibility. However, this means that if you want fresh beans on the table tonight, you need to start prepping them...yesterday.
Luckily for us, beans cooked without a pre-soak will turn out just fine. In fact, according to Russ Parsons of the LA Times, unsoaked beans yield a richer, more flavorful result. Soaking beans can actually draw nutrients and flavor out of the beans. So for reasons of taste and nutrition, throwing your dried beans in the pot may be your best bet.
A few words on salt:
If you choose to soak your beans, you'll want to add salt to the soaking water. The salt prevents magnesium and calcium from binding to -- and, subsequently hardening -- the cell walls. You have two options here. The first is to add about one teaspoon of salt for each pound of beans, and simply cook your beans in the soaking water. The second is to "brine" your beans, a la Cooks' Illustrated, with three tablespoons of salt for each gallon of water; just be sure to rinse your beans and change your water before cooking them.
If you don't choose to soak, feel free to add salt to your pot at the beginning with everything else. Adding salt will marginally toughen the skins, but not enough to make a difference when you use small quantities of salt.
The good news? Once you've made your decisions on whether or not to soak, cooking your beans is almost all hands-off. Cook your beans in a heavy-bottomed pot, with enough cold water to cover them by an inch. Add onions, garlic, a bay leaf, or a few sprigs of fresh herbs; the beauty of cooking your own beans lies in the ability to flavor them any way you wish. Bring everything to a boil for five to ten minutes, then reduce to a simmer; too much boiling will break the beans' skins. Check on them intermittently, and if you need to add some extra water, do so from a kettle, rather than the tap. Be sure not to stir them too much, lest they become mush.
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This is important: do not add tomatoes or other highly acidic ingredients to your beans while they are cooking. High acidity will keep your beans from softening and likely result in your yelling at a pot of beans, which nobody wants. Just wait to add the tomatoes until later. Your beans will thank you.
The safety test:
When you think your beans are done, test at least five of them to ensure they are fully cooked. One soft outlier can mask a pot full of undercooked beans.
No article on beans is complete without at least a side note on digestion. There are two issues at play here: first, beans contain oligosaccharides, a type of sugar that our bodies are incapable of digesting alone. Soaking beans reduces these sugars, so if digestion is a big concern for you, give your beans a good soak before cooking. However, another way to break down oligosaccharides is to add a strip of kombu to your beans as they cook. This dried sea vegetable contains the enzyme needed to properly digest oligosaccharides. It will also add vitamins, minerals, and a hint of umami to your pot of beans.
The second reason that beans can cause discomfort is their high fiber content. If your diet is low in fiber, high-fiber foods will cause what Russ Parsons calls a "shock and awe affect": your body isn't used to such a high dose, and therefore, well, it's going to protest. So while we want you to embrace bean cooking with reckless abandon, try gradually increasing your daily intake rather than immediately following the advice of that childhood rhyme inviting you to eat beans at every meal.
Beans may not be a fruit, but they truly are magical. With just some salt and a pot of simmering water, you'll be left with an end result so delicious that you'll find yourself picking them out of the pot. They're incredibly easy once you discover your preferred method, and a big batch cooked up on a Sunday will find endless iterations throughout the week: smashed in burritos for lunch, simmered in soups for dinner, and pureed into a dip for easy entertaining. Now go throw a pot of beans on your stove.
Do you have any bean-cooking tips or tricks you swear by?
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