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The NHL and the Players Association reached a tentative agreement. While there are still details to hammer out, it looks like hockey fans will get a 48-50 game season starting in mid January. The deal comes after a 16 hour mediation session where the two sides finally came to terms on the core items. It is a ten year deal with a opt out option after eight.
Scott Burnside from ESPN has a great article on the damage done by the lockout. I am not sure the "Bad News Bears Breaking Training" philosophy of "Let them play" is the best course of action, but that does seem to be the logical marketing strategy for a league that cannot seem to get out of its own way. Fans are very upset, I am not sure you can just drop the puck and let it be. Will the hardcore fans flock back to the game? Of course. The NHL has a lot of work to do in the coming months and years.

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This recipe is another that is the result of the October Daring Baker challenge. At first when the challenge was announced and it mentioned that you can only flavour the meringue with dry ingredients, my head sort of went "but there's hardly anything to use then!" It's a good thing we have a fantastic community with people who are keen to give tips and advice!
Audax told us how he used flavoured teas to flavour the meringue. So simple. So brilliant.
I headed out on my stock-up-for-macarons shop and landed up in the tea aisle. Now. What to choose? There are so many flavours! Of course I could have tried quite a few teas, but I already had 8 other flavours on my list, so I thought I'd stick to just one to start with.
The Twinings Cranberry, Raspberry & Elderflower tea caught my eye and it was a fantastic choice. I must be honest, I was a little skeptical about how much flavour it would add, I've drunk fruit teas before and am always disapointed because they smell great, but taste like water. Maybe it's just me.
Anyway, I added the tea to the batter and kept sniffing to see if there would be a magical smell. Nothing. Hmmmm. And then I baked them. Oh wow! I couldn't believe how the smell came out during that time, it was incredible! And then I ate one. Why can't they taste like that when you drink them?! I could so clearly taste the cranberry and raspberry, it was amazing!
I decided to fill them with a swiss buttercream with tiny chunks of dried cranberries which was also so yummy. The buttercream is silky smooth and the little chunks a little chewy like the inside of the macaron shell. I'm hungry just thinking about it.
I'm definitely going to be trying more tea flavoured macarons in the future, but for now, give these a try.
90g Egg Whites, aged & at room temp
145g Confectioners/Icing Sugar
70g Granulated Sugar
115g Almond Meal/Ground Almonds
3 Cranberry Raspberry Teabags
1/4 tsp Candy Pink Powdered Colouring
- Process the confectioners sugar, almond meal & contents of the tea bags until the almond meal is fine then sift into a medium bowl to remove any large bits of tea or nuts.
- Tip: If you don't want to see the tea speckles in the shells, grind into a fine powder in a mortar and pestle
- Tip: If grinding your own nuts, combine nuts and a cup of confectioners' sugar in the bowl of a food processor and grind until nuts are very fine and powdery.
- Beat the egg whites in the clean dry bowl until foamy.
- Slowly add the granulated sugar and beat until the mixture is glossy and holds stiff peaks.
- Tip: If you turn the bowl upside down they should make no move to fall out
- Fold half of the almond flour mixture and powdered colouring into the meringue, starting quite vigorously then folding more carefully.
- Add the remaining almond meal mixture and fold in carefully. Do not overfold.
- Tip: A good way to tell if the batter is ready is when you fold it onto itself, it should blend back into itself in about 30seconds
- Spoon the mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a plain half-inch tip. You can also use a Ziploc bag with a corner cut off.
- Tip: It's easiest to fill your bag if you stand it up in a tall glass and fold the top down before spooning in the batter.
- Pipe 1 1/2 inch mounds of batter onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Tip: I don't recommend using a silicon mat, I had trouble taking the macarons off each time I used it. Once piped, bang the sheet down on a counter top a couple times to flatten any mounds and bring up air bubbles, also to settle the almond meal to the bottom giving smooth tops.
- Leave the unbaked macarons out to dry, between 30min - 1 1/2 hours.
- Tip: If you have a fan assisted oven you can dry them in less time by just having the fan turned on with the macarons in the oven.
- While the macarons are drying, preheat the oven to 140°C (120°C Fan Assisted)
- Once dry, bake for 15-22mins depending on their size
- Tip: They're ready when you push them and they move very slightly on their feet
- Cool on a rack before removing from the parchment, 15-30mins
- Pipe or spoon with filling and sandwich
Cranberry Chunk Swiss Buttercream
2 Egg Whites
100g Granulated Sugar
175g Unsalted Butter
1/2tsp Vanilla Extract
100g Dried Cranberries, finely chopped
- Combine the egg whites and sugar in a heatproof bowl
- Put the bowl over a pot of simmering water
- Whisk over heat until all the sugar is dissolved and it resembles marshmallow fluff, about 3 mins
- Pour the mixture into a large bowl and beat until the mixture is cool and you have a glossy meringue
- Beat in the butter a tablespoon at a time, making sure it's completely mixed in before adding more
- Tip: At some point it will look curdled, DON'T WORRY! Once you've added all of the butter, just keep beating and it will come together to form a smooth, creamy buttercream
- Beat in the vanilla extract and then fold in the chopped dried cranberry
This macaron recipe is adapted from Syrup And Tang
Other Tips:
You'll find that most serious macaron bakers swear by using aged egg whites, and I did notice a difference with the feet between using fresh & aged. Some say 3 days is best, some say up to 5 days is best. To age your egg whites, leave them in the fridge (or if in a cool climate) on the counter covered with a paper towel to stop anything from getting inside, and allow to stand between 3-5 days. If aged in the fridge, leave out until room temperature before using.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge but sit out for an hour or two before eating


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Why is predictive analytics important?
Organizations are turning to predictive analytics to help solve difficult problems and uncover new opportunities. Common uses include:
Detecting fraud. Combining multiple analytics methods can improve pattern detection and prevent criminal behavior. As cybersecurity becomes a growing concern, high-performance behavioral analytics examines all actions on a network in real time to spot abnormalities that may indicate fraud, zero-day vulnerabilities and advanced persistent threats.
Optimizing marketing campaigns. Predictive analytics are used to determine customer responses or purchases, as well as promote cross-sell opportunities. Predictive models help businesses attract, retain and grow their most profitable customers.
Improving operations. Many companies use predictive models to forecast inventory and manage resources. Airlines use predictive analytics to set ticket prices. Hotels try to predict the number of guests for any given night to maximize occupancy and increase revenue. Predictive analytics enables organizations to function more efficiently.
Reducing risk. Credit scores are used to assess a buyer's likelihood of default for purchases and are a well-known example of predictive analytics. A credit score is a number generated by a predictive model that incorporates all data relevant to a person's creditworthiness. Other risk-related uses include insurance claims and collections.


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Bandwidth describes the frequency range of an input signal that can pass through the analog front end with minimal amplitude loss - from the tip of the probe or test fixture to the input of the ADC. Bandwidth is specified as the frequency at which a sinusoidal input signal is attenuated to 70.7 percent of its original amplitude, also known as the -3 dB point.
In general, it is recommended that you use a digitizer with bandwidth at least two times the highest frequency component in your signal.
Oscilloscopes and digitizers are commonly used for measuring rise time of signals such as digital pulses or other signals with sharp edges. These signals are composed of high-frequency content. To capture the true shape of the signal, you need a high-bandwidth digitizer. For instance, a 10 MHz square wave is composed of a 10 MHz sine wave and an infinite number of its harmonics. To capture the true shape of this signal, you must use a digitizer with bandwidth large enough to capture several of these harmonics. Otherwise, the signal is distorted and your measurements incorrect.
5 MHz square wave acquired with the NI PXI-5152 digitizer's 20 MHz noise filter on.
5 MHz square wave acquired with the NI PXI-5152 digitizer's 300 MHz bandwidth
Figure 1: A high-bandwidth digitizer is important when capturing a waveform with high-frequency components
As a rule of thumb, use the following formula to figure out the bandwidth of your signal based on its rise time (defined as the time taken to transition from 10 to 90 percent of signal amplitude).
Rise Time = 0.35 / Bandwidth
Figure 2: Rise time defines the time a signal takes to go from 10 to 90 percent of its full-scale value. Rise time and bandwidth are directly related, and one can be calculated from the other using the equation above.
Ideally, you should use a digitizer with three to five times the bandwidth of your signal as calculated in the equation above. In other words, your digitizer's rise time should be 1/5 to 1/3 of your signal's rise time to acquire your signal with minimal error. You can always backtrack to determine your signal's real bandwidth based on the following formula:
= measured rise time, = actual signal rise time, = digitizer's rise time
In the previous section, you learned about bandwidth, which is one of the most important specifications of a digitizer or oscilloscope. However, high bandwidth can be much less useful if the sample rate is insufficient.
While bandwidth describes the highest frequency sine wave that can be digitized with minimal attenuation, sample rate is simply the rate at which the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in the digitizer or oscilloscope is clocked to digitize the incoming signal. Bear in mind that sample rate and bandwidth are not directly related. However, there is a rule of thumb for the desired relationship between these two important specifications:
Digitizer's real-time sample rate = 3 to 4 times digitizer's bandwidth
Nyquist theorem states that to avoid aliasing, the sample rate of a digitizer needs to be at least twice as fast as the highest frequency component in the signal being measured. However, sampling at just twice the highest frequency component is not enough to accurately reproduce time-domain signals. To accurately digitize the incoming signal, the digitizer's real-time sample rate should be at least three to four times the digitizer's bandwidth. To understand why, look at the figure below and think about which digitized signal you would rather see on your oscilloscope.
Figure 3: The figure on the right shows a digitizer with a sufficiently high sample rate to accurately reconstruct the signal, which will result in more accurate measurements.
Although the actual signal passed through the front-end analog circuitry is the same in both cases, the image on the left is under sampled, which distorts the digitized signal. On the other hand, the image on the right has enough sample points to accurately reconstruct the signal, which will result in a more accurate measurement. Since a clean representation of the signal is important for time domain applications such as rise time, overshoot, or other pulse measurements, a digitizer with a higher sample is beneficial for these applications.
There are two main sampling modes – real-time sampling and equivalent-time sampling (ETS).
Real-time sample rate is the one discussed above, which describes the clock rate of the ADC and indicates the maximum rate an incoming signal can be acquired in a single-shot acquisition. On the other hand, equivalent-time sampling is a method of reconstructing a signal based on a series of triggered waveforms that are each acquired in single-shot mode. The advantage of ETS is that it offers a higher effective sample rate. The downside, however, is that it takes more time and is applicable only for repetitive signals. Note that ETS does not increase the digitizer's analog bandwidth, and instead is only useful when you need to reconstruct the signal at a higher sample rate. A common implementation of ETS is random-interleaved sampling (RIS), which is available on most NI digitizers as listed in the table below.
As described above, digital oscilloscopes and digitizers both have ADCs that convert the signal from analog to digital. The number of bits returned by the ADC is the digitizer's resolution. For any given input range, the number of possible discrete levels used to represent the signal digitally is 2b, where b is the digitizer's resolution. The input range is divided into 2b steps and the smallest possible voltage that is detectable by the digitizer is denoted by (Input Range/2b). For example, an 8-bit digitizer divides a 10 Vpp input range into 28 = 256 levels of 39 mV each, while a 24-bit digitizer divides the same 10 Vpp input range into 224 = 16,777,216 levels of 596 nV (approximately 65,000 times smaller than in the 8-bit case).
One of the reasons for using a high-resolution digitizer is to measure small signals. The question is sometimes asked, why not just use a lower resolution instrument and a smaller range to "zoom in" on the signal to measure small voltages? However, many signals have both a small signal and a large signal component. Using a large range, you could measure the large signal but the tiny signal would be in the noise of the large signal. On the other hand, if you use a small range, then you'd clip the large signal and your measurement would be distorted and invalid. Thus, for applications that involve dynamic signals (signals with large and small voltage components), you need a high-resolution instrument, which has a large dynamic range (the ability of the digitizer to measure small signals in the presence of large ones).
Traditional oscilloscopes typically use ADCs with 8-bit resolution, which is not enough for many applications involving spectral analysis or dynamic signals such as modulated waveforms. Many applications are able to benefit from a higher performance oscilloscope. An example is the NI PXIe-5162 10-bit oscilloscope, which was awarded 2014 Test Product of the Year by Test and Measurement World.
Typically, oscilloscopes and digitizers are used to acquire a signal based on a certain event. The instrument's triggering capability allows you to isolate this event and capture the signal before and after the event. Most digitizers and oscilloscopes include analog edge, digital, and software triggering. Other triggering options include window, hysteresis, and video triggering.
High-end digitizers feature fast rearm times between triggers, which enables a multi-record capture mode, where the digitizer captures the specified number of points upon a given trigger, quickly rearms and waits for the next trigger. A fast rearm time ensures that the digitizer does not miss the event or trigger. Multi-record mode is very useful in capturing and storing only the data that you need, thereby optimizing the use of the onboard memory as well as limiting the activity of the PC bus.
Often times, data is transferred from the digitizer or oscilloscope to the PC for measurements and analysis. Although these instruments can sample at their maximum rate, which can be in the several GS/s range, the rate which the data can be transferred to the PC is limited by bandwidth of the connecting bus such as PCI, LAN, GPIB, etc. While today none of these buses are able to sustain multi-GS/s rates, this may become a non-issue as PCI Express and PXI Express evolve to allow several GB/s data rates.
If the interface bus can not sustain continuous data transfer at the sample rate of the acquisition, onboard memory on the instrument provides the ability to acquire the signals at the maximum rate and later fetch the data to the PC for processing.
Deep memory not only increases acquisition time, but also provides frequency-domain benefits. The most common frequency-domain measurement is the fast Fourier transform (FFT), which shows a signal's frequency content. If an FFT has finer frequency resolution, discrete frequencies are more easily detected.
In the equation above, there are two ways to improve the frequency resolution – reduce the sample rate or increase the number of points in the FFT. Reducing the sample rate often is not the ideal solution because this will also reduce your frequency span. In this case, the only solution is to acquire more points for the FFT, which requires deeper onboard memory.
An important factor in an oscilloscope or digitizer purchasing decision is the number of channels on the instrument or the ability to add channels by synchronizing multiple instruments. Most oscilloscopes have two to four channels, each simultaneously sampled at a certain rate. It is important to be wary of how sample rate is affected when using all the digitizer channels. This is because of a commonly used technique called time-interleaved sampling, which interleaves multiple channels to achieve a higher sample rate. If the digitizer or oscilloscope uses this method and you are using all the channels, you may not be able to acquire at the maximum acquisition rate.
The number of channels required entirely depends on your particular application. Frequently the traditional two to four channels may not be sufficient for a given application, in which case there are two options. The first one is to use a higher channel density product such as the eight-channel (simultaneous) NI PXI-5105 12-bit, 60 MS/s, 60 MHz digitizer. If you are unable to find an instrument that matches your resolution, speed, and bandwidth requirements, you should consider using a platform that lets you scale your test system by providing tight synchronization and allows triggers and clocks to be shared. While it's practically impossible to synchronize multiple boxed oscilloscopes over GPIB or LAN due to high latency, limited throughput and need for external cabling, PXI provides a superior solution. PXI is an industry standard that adds world-class synchronization technology to existing higher speed busses such as PCI and PCI Express.
Synchronization of multiple devices is a key requirement of many applications, which can often add to software development time. NI digitizers that are built on the Synchronization and Memory Core (SMC) architecture, however, can make use of NI-TClk to achieve precise synchronization with minimal development effort. NI-TClk provides a high-level interface for programming the synchronization of multiple NI digitizers, arbitrary waveform generators, and high-speed digital I/O devices. Furthermore, there are a variety of prewritten examples for performing this type of synchronization, which makes getting up and running even easier. Shown below are the three functions (niTClk Configure for Homogeneous Triggers, niTClk Synchronize, niTClk Initiate) needed to perform homogenous synchronization on multiple PXI digitizers as programmed in the LabVIEW environment:
Almost all automated test and many benchtop applications involve multiple types of instruments such as digitizers, signal generators, digital waveform analyzers, digital waveform generators, and switches.
The inherent timing and synchronization capability of PXI and NI modular instruments allows you to synchronize all these types of instruments without the need for external cabling. For instance, you can integrate a digitizer (such as the NI PXI-5122) and an arbitrary waveform generator (such as the NI PXI-5421) for performing parameter sweeps, which is useful for characterizing the frequency and phase response of the device under test. The entire sweep can be automated, which obviates the need for manual setting of parameters on the scope and generator followed by offline analysis. A modular approach with PXI results in orders of magnitude improvement in speed and improves your efficiency by letting you focus on the results rather than the cumbersome steps needed to get those results.
The same T-Clk technology that enables creating systems with up to 136 synchronized channels in a single PXI chassis or up to 5000 channels using multiple chassis (as described in the section above) also allows for synchronization of instruments of different types. For instance, an NI digitizer can be T-Clk synchronized with signal generators, digital waveform generators, and digital waveform analyzers for building mixed signal systems.
Rather than settle for a mixed-signal oscilloscope with limited digital functionality, you can use a modular PXI digitizer with arbitrary waveform generators and digital waveform generator/analyzers to build a complete mixed-signal application with the benefits of both an oscilloscope and a logic analyzer.
Determining software and analysis capabilities is very important when choosing a modular digitizer or a stand-alone oscilloscope for your application, and this factor may help you choose between the two instruments.
Stand-alone oscilloscopes are vendor-defined while digitizers are user-defined and flexible in the applications they can solve. A boxed oscilloscope provides many of the standard functions that are common to the needs of many engineers. As you can imagine, these standard functions will not solve every application, especially for automated test applications. If you need to define the measurements your oscilloscope makes, you might select a modular digitizer, which leverages the PC architecture while letting you customize an application to your requirements, instead of the fixed functionality of a stand-alone oscilloscope.
NI digitizers are all programmed using the free NI-SCOPE driver software. This driver comes with more than 50 prewritten example programs that highlight the full functionality of any NI digitizer, and the included NI-SCOPE Soft Front Panel provides a familiar interface similar to an oscilloscope. The same hardware can also be programmed for both common and custom measurements in a broad range of applications using programming languages including NI LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Visual Basic, and .NET. The driver also supports express configuration-based functions within LabVIEW.
Although modular digitizers and stand-alone oscilloscopes are both used to acquire voltages, the instruments offer different benefits. However, the considerations discussed above are important when purchasing either instrument. Thinking ahead about application requirements, cost constraints, performance, and future expandability can help you choose the instrument that best meets all your needs.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- The No. 24 men's tennis team continued its quest for an Ivy League title as is it recorded its fourth conference victory, downing Yale, 5-2, at the Beren Tennis Center on Friday afternoon. Harvard went 2-1 doubles competition and 4-2 during singles play, to improve to 20-2 (4-1) on the season.
Harvard stole the doubles point as sophomore Casey MacMaster and Senior Alistair Felton fell to Hoffman and Powers 9-8 (8) while the teams of senior Jon Pearlman and sophomore Christo Schultz and Denis Nguyen and Andy Nguyen both tallied wins. Pearlman and Schultz downed Huang and Chase, 8-6 while "team Nguyen" defeated Blumenkranz and Samaha, 8-1.
In singles action Harvard got production out of its No. 3 through No. 6 positions as Schultz, Steinroeder and Andy Nguyen all earned victories. Also getting on the board with a singles win was Pearlman out of the No. 1 spot. Pearlman defeated John Huang, 6-2, 6-3, handing Huang his first singles loss in conference play. Meanwhile Schultz won against Erik Blumenkranz, 6-2, 6-3, while freshman Alex Steinroeder won against Kyle Dawson, 6-3, 6-7, 1-0. Nguyen added a victory of his own from the No. 6 spot defeating Joel Samaha, 6-3, 6-1, helping Harvard to a 4-2 victory in singles play.
Harvard will next play at Brown on Sunday afternoon looking to get even closer to clinching an Ivy League title. The match is slated for 2 p.m.
MacMaster/Felton lost to Hoffman/Powers 9-8 (8)
Pearlman/Schultz def. Huang/Chase 8-6
D. Nguyen/A. Nguyen def. Blumenkranz/Samaha 8-1
Pearlman def. Huang 6-2, 6-3
D. Nguyen lost to D. Hoffman 1-6, 7-5, 1-0
S. Chaudhuri lost to M. Powers 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
C. Schultz def. Blumenkranz 6-2, 6-3
A. Steinroeder def. Dawson 6-3, 6-7, 1-0
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Photo Challenge: An Ever Changing  World
The world is ever changing and in many cases, change is happening faster than we can keep up.
This week's theme, suggested by JPG member Michael Asaro, calls for photos portraying the ever changing world. Images of change - for the worst or for the best.
Submit images of people receiving food or getting pink slips; closed businesses; the erratic unemployment rate; the fall or rise of the housing market. What changes have had the most impact on you and your world?
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Like concept cars, you either love a concept phone or hate it. Pantech's four designs are probably have a win ratio of 2-1-1, which isn't too bad. The first is Incense, which is long and has no screen. Maybe it folds out? It looks like an incense holder had a drunken night with an iPod and its glossy surface and gave the result up for adoption.
More after the jump.
The Wavelength looks like some kind of sea creature with its wavy base and pod-like peripherals. We can't even venture a guess as to how this one works.
The Shadow has the design of a Motorola PEBL, but more glossy than matted. We're guessing the smaller Shadow is some kind of speakerphone?
The Bamboo looks like a standard
slider swiveler with a thin-waist. It's more traditionally-designed than the first two units, so it and the Shadow are probably the most likely ones to get to market.
Pantech reveals four concept phones [Smartfone]
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Yamashita Keigo 9P has won the 66th Honinbo in Japan, after a hard-fought seven game match with Hane Naoki 9P. Yamashita won the first three games in the final, but Hane fought back to win the next three. This took the Honinbo to a 7th game decider. Hane (playing black) seemed to have the advantage after the first 100 moves and it looked as though he would win the title. However, Yamashita met Hane's move 115 with strong resistance and the game quickly became complicated. As the dust settled it was clear that white was ahead, and Yamashita won the game by 4.5 points. This is Yamashita's first successful defense of the Honinbo, which he won from Hane Naoki in 2010.
E-Journal readers may also be interested in An Younggil's commentary of the Honinbo game.
– David Ormerod; based on his original report: Yamashita Keigo defends his title in 66th Honinbo at Go Game Guru. Photo: Hane Naoki (left) and Yamashita Keigo count the final score. Match referee Rin Kaiho 9P sits in the background (center).


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Opinion Extra
Crangle: Public financing needed to avoid A.G. conflicts
The controversy over Attorney General Henry McMaster's acceptance and later return of $32,000 of campaign contributions from lawyers he hired to represent the state of South Carolina in a lawsuit against drug companies is yet another episode in a continuing chronicle of attorneys general taking campaign money from lawyers and parties having legal business with the state.
The problem arose when Attorney General Travis Medlock was running for governor, when Attorney General Charlie Condon was running for governor and U.S. Senate and now with McMaster running for governor.
The danger of conflict of interest, favoritism, abuse of office and corruption ia very real for attorneys general, who have in their jurisdiction great discretionary power. The attorney general can decide which lawyers are retained to represent the state in multimillion-dollar lawsuits, which in some cases produce huge attorney fees. Furthermore, the attorney general is in a position to file civil suits and to favorably settle suits benefiting an adverse party. In criminal matters, the attorney general has the power to decide whether to seek an indictment, whether to prosecute, whether to plead a case down or even dismiss.
All of these decisions can have catastrophic or highly beneficial consequences to the lawyers and parties involved. Many lawyers and clients would pay dearly for favored treatment by the attorney general in such cases.
It is all too easy for campaign contributions to influence the decision-making of attorneys general, especially in close cases where great civil or prosecutorial discretion is in play. Given the extensive history of public corruption in South Carolina over the years, it is not far-fetched to envision a future attorney general trading favors for campaign contributions.
Public financing of races for attorney general would be the best cure for the problem of corrupting campaign contributions. As a member of Gov. Jim Hodges' Commission on Campaign Finance Reform in 2000-01, I argued that the danger of pay-to-play corruption was most acute in the office of attorney general due to the great discretionary power of the office and the enormous stakes involved in major civil and criminal cases. It also seemed that the cost of public financing for the attorney general race would be modest since at the time candidates were spending relatively small sums
The big objection to public financing is always that the taxpayers should not have to pay for the cost of election campaigns. Of course, the taxpayers already pay many costs of elections, including the expense of the S.C Election Commission, the county election commissions and all of the related costs of providing polling places, buying multimillion-dollar voting equipment and hiring poll workers. In case of election appeals and litigation, the taxpayers pay much of these costs too.
My proposal is to have an unprecedented public financing system for attorneys general whereby the ordinary taxpayers pay nothing, but the necessary money would be raised by a tax on campaign contributions to political candidates. As candidates for state and local office raise well over $20 million every four years, a tax of 10 percent would generate enough money to provide candidates for attorney general with public funds sufficient to communicate their positions and qualifications to the voters.
Supreme Court rulings give candidates the right to raise money for their own campaigns, so the state can only offer to give them public financing in exchange for voluntarily not raising money. So public financing alone wouldn't accomplish our goals. But if we retain the existing laws that limit campaign contributions by source, amount and use, ban contributions from special counsel as suggested in a recent editorial column by Cindi Ross Scoppe and also add my proposal for public financing, we could deter conflicts of interest and abuse of office and inhibit corruption in the position of attorney general.
Finally, an especially and difficult manifestation of the problem is incumbent attorneys general raising funds for another office such as Congress or governor. Although we can't prohibit an attorney general from raising money, for re-election or election to another office, we can prohibit an incumbent from transferring funds from an attorney general account to a campaign for another office. And we should.
Public financing for the attorney general's race can serve as a pilot project. If voters and legislators conclude after a trial run that public financing has worked well for attorney general candidates, then public financing could next be tried for another office, such as governor or treasurer.


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How much do renewable energy standards cost customers? Not so much
Does the push for renewable energy boost the family electricity bill?
A concern voiced by renewable energy critics is that these more expensive forms of energy – solar is more than twice as expensive as natural gas – end up boosting the monthly electricity bill.
A review by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Renewable Portfolio Standards in the United States – finds for most of the 29 states with renewable energy standards the rate impact has been less than 10 percent and in 13 states it has been less than 5 percent.
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Dear Rebecca:
I am Somali and I have been struggling with my hair for ages, trying to comb it out, brushing it and braiding it. All in all, I haven't been embracing my curly hair. When I finally read about the no-poo method, I was all for it. It's GREAT!
My problem: while my hair looks significantly better than it ever did, my hair still remains frizzy. My curls do not stay defined and I can find tiny hairs sticking out all over the place. I attached a picture of myself. That is a picture of my hair semi-wet, and you can still see the frizz.
Here's what I do when I wash my hair:
The next day: Refresh with water and conditioner.
I wash my hair every four to five days. By the end of the process, my hair feels as if there is so much product in it and very greasy. My hair is really not pleasant to the touch. And with all that product, I end up with frizzy hair. What am I doing wrong? What can I do to better define my curls and keep them frizz free with out so much product?
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First, I have to say you have lovely curls!
Now as far as my recommendations, based upon what you told me, I would start first with cutting down the number of days you shampoo your hair. Clean hair is notorious for being frizzy because it doesn't have any weight to help control the frizz.
Second, I think I would suggest that you pick from either the coconut milk or the Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine. Ultimately, too many products are going to cause the hair to feel weighty, and not pleasant. I think if you cut down the number of days you wash your hair, and add fewer products to your hair, you will find that the natural oils from your hair will aid in the definition and separation of the curls. Then whatever styling product you decide to use will only help the natural oils do the work to control the frizz.
But, before you do all of this, I suggest beginning with a completely clean pallet of hair by shampooing the hair with a deep cleansing shampoo. Try Design Essentials Organic Cleanse Deep Cleansing Shampoo which will remove impurities from the hair and the scalp while leaving your hair's natural moisture content intact. Now, I know I said above to minimize the number of days that you wash your hair, but starting a new product regimen off with a fresh clean head will allow for you to really see true results.
Now, once you've washed the hair, follow by conditioning with an extremely moisturizing conditioner. You can try Design Essentials Stimulations Moisturizing Conditioner which is designed to replenish moisture from root to end. Apply this to damp, towel dried hair and comb through using a wide tooth comb to ensure maximum saturation. Leave this in the hair for up to ten minutes, then rinse with cool water to lock in all additional moisture.
Then follow with your regular styling regimen and finish as usual. If you find that this does not work for you, try adding a smoothing styling gel which will cut down on frizzy hair, but add much needed hold. Good luck and please update me on your results!
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This cinematic portrayal of Zach Braff atypically kicking ass in a barroom brawl was for the March 2006 issue of Giant. Gavin used 4 lights (and a large imagination) to make it happen.
Camera: Canon 1Ds Mark II with 35mm lens, position on a tripod 8 feet back from Zach. Shot at 1/100, f11, ISO 100.
Lighting: Although Gavin uses both HMIs and strobes in his photography, I'm guessing this image was all strobe (if you look closely, you can see hints in the reflections on the back wall and in the TV). The key light is a 72" octabank at f11 positioned 8 feet to camera left and 8 feet high. A medium octabank at f8 1/2 (- .5 stops) with the top third flagged is placed out of frame to camera left, near the man on the bar stool. A standard reflector with a full CT orange gel at f8 1/2 (-.5 stops) is behind the wall, near the cigarette machine, bounced straight into the ceiling. A 7" grid reflector with a 30 degree grid at f16 (+1 stop) and a full CT orange gel is out of frame to camera right, shoulder-height to Zach and nearer to the back wall.
Comments: When Gavin floated this last man standing idea past Zach's publicist, she was worried it might damage his "nice guy" image. Zach immediately jumped in, saying firmly, "no, we're doing this, please." He later apologized for such a dramatic outburst and bought her a Tiffany charm bracelet and a year subscription to an orchid of the month club. Hopefully smoothing things over.


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The United Soybean Board is providing a group of soybean farmers an inside look at how their checkoff dollars are being used. The road from the typical U.S. soybean farm to a major poultry, pork and dairy operation in western Mexico may not seem clear at first, but, as 10 U.S. soybean farmers are about to find out in the United Soybean Board's "See for Yourself" program, it's more direct than they may think.
The soybean checkoff selected the 10 farmers, who raise soybeans and other crops on farms from the Dakotas to Ohio, to take part in the fourth annual "See for Yourself" program to see their checkoff dollars in action, says Rick Stern, USB Audit & Evaluation program chair and a soybean farmer from Cream Ridge, N.J.
"There's no better way to show someone the value of their investment than to show them the results firsthand," Stern says. The program will be held from July 25-30.
Participants will learn about the use of soy biodiesel at Lambert Field - the St. Louis International Airport, travel on a barge that transports U.S. soy and visit a company that makes soy ink, before heading to the number one market for U.S. soybean meal – Mexico – to get a firsthand look at the massive PROAN farm in the western Mexican state of Jalisco. They will visit the state-of-the-art facility and hear why PROAN chooses to source soybean meal from the United States over other countries. They will also visit an aquaculture farm and a refinery that produces soy and palm oil.
The U.S. soybean farmers that will participate in the 2011 "See for Yourself" program are Britt Anderson, Nebraska; Gary Berg, Illinois; Drew DeSutter, Illinois; Timothy Dunn, Michigan; Tim Even, South Dakota; Mark Huseth, Minnesota; Crystal Martodam, North Dakota; Trent Profit, Ohio; Fred Paul Robinson, North Carolina; Jeffrey Sorenson, Minnesota.
USB is made up of 69 farmer-directors who oversee the investments of the soybean checkoff on behalf of all U.S. soybean farmers. Checkoff funds are invested in the areas of animal utilization, human utilization, industrial utilization, industry relations, market access and supply. As stipulated in the Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act, USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service has oversight responsibilities for USB and the soybean checkoff.
For more information on the United Soybean Board, visit www.unitedsoybean.org.


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jayluoma necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 131 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, & Training Center
We are an outpatient mental health clinic that provides therapy and also conducts research and trains other clinicians. We are psychologists that emphasize empirically-based treatments, often based on mindfulness principles. Our work is strongly rooted in science while at the same time emphasizing our compassion for the people that we serve. Some of the main themes in our therapy have to do with values (not morality, please), mindfulness, acceptance, vitality, and meaning, in case any of those words give you inspiration. While we utilize mindfulness principles, we are not associated with Buddhism and don't want to give that impression (so please, no lotus blossoms-- besides, every therapist in Portland has a lotus blossom on their business cards). If the logo emphasize the "Portland Psychotherapy Clinic" and the "Research & Training Center" was less prominent that would be fine.
We serve a wide variety of client from diverse background. We are located in Portland, Oregon, which has a fairly young, computer-savvy culture that is often fairly liberal. We often get many of our referrals from the internet. We also want to reach out to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer community.
1-3 colors (color, not simply black and white, but black might be good to be one of the colors). The logo will be used primarily on our website, but also on some print advertising, so black and one other color might be best.
We like the concept of the logo we are currently using (see our website at http://www.portlandpsychotherapyclinic.com), which we came up with ourselves and is based on a Maori symbol meaning "The ability to change in an everchanging world" as that seems to fit with what we help our clients do. Something that plays on that concept might be interesting but that's not a necessity by any means. We tend to like designs that are more organic in nature, that are more fluid and suggestive of shapes found in nature rather than linear and geometric.We are looking for your creativity and help!
A logo is our primary interest, but if it could also be incorporated into a banner for the website, that would be a bonus.
I use Macromedia Fireworks 8 for simple graphics design and manipulation, so something that was in vector graphics and editable in that program would be what I'd want. Photoshop files are usually importable into png files, but I'd want to make sure that it retained its appearance when it was exported to a png file. I think photoshop has the capability to export to png.
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Suddenly (2002)
Directed by Diego LermanGenres - Comedy Drama | Sub-Genres - Road Movie, Gay & Lesbian Films | Release Date - Aug 27, 2003 (USA - Limited) | Run Time - 115 min. | Countries - Argentina | MPAA Rating - NR
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A young, naive clerk at a lingerie store learns about love and her own identity in Diego Lerman's 2002 film Suddenly. Marcia (Tatiana Saphir) leads a very banal and stagnant existence, especially since her boyfriend recently dumped her. While walking on the street one day, she catches the eye of a thuggish woman named Mao (Carla Crespo) who immediately decides to have sex with Marcia solely for the sport of it. Recruiting the aid of her friend Lenin (Veronica Hassan), Mao manages to talk Marcia into getting into a cab that the two women promptly hijack. They take Marcia to the coast to see the ocean -- which she has never seen before -- before ending up at Lenin's aunt Blanca's house. Blanca (Beatriz Thibaudin) proves to be much more fascinating than Lenin remembers her to be and the two begin redeveloping a connection. Marcia, Mao, Lenin, and Blanca all affect each other in a number of unexpected ways, thereby developing new, complex relationships that each of the women had lacked in their lives. Suddenly was in competition at the 2002 Locarno International Film Festival.
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Have You Overlooked Grocery Retailers?
Investing in retail companies can be a volatile ride. Most retailers rely heavily on the holiday shopping season, and factors like weather and slips in the economy can wreak havoc on a retailer's bottom line. However, at some point, everyone needs to go to a grocery store. But with increasing competition from Internet retailers, is there room for bricks-and-mortar grocery retailers in your portfolio?
Groceries at your doorstep
Kroger is the largest supermarket chain in America. In fact, with nearly $94 billion in annual sales, Kroger is the second largest retailer of any kind, just behind Wal-Mart . With 2,642 supermarkets and over 700 convenience stores nationwide, chances are you've bought something from a Kroger store. With its share price hovering near its all-time high, a P/E of 15.2, and a dividend yield of 1.33%, Kroger appears to be a great addition to any portfolio.
A concern for some has been the threat of large Internet retailers like Amazon.com, who have entered the grocery delivery industry -- a valid concern since Kroger's online sales are currently limited to its King Soopers stores in Denver and 154 Harris Teeter stores in the Southeast. However, just before the long Independence Day weekend, Kroger showed Wall Street that it is serious about strengthening its online presence when it announced plans to buy Vitacost.com for $280 million in cash. Compared to Kroger or Amazon, Vitacost.com is a small company, but it offers some 45,000 products and reported sales of $383 million last year. More importantly, Vitacost provides Kroger with a tested Internet sales model to build on, helping Kroger stay in step with larger, more established online retailers.
Groceries in your neighborhood
You can buy just about anything at Wal-Mart, and that includes groceries. But when all you need is a gallon of milk and some bread, the idea of wandering through a gigantic Wal-Mart store is not appealing. Wal-Mart has addressed this issue by opening several smaller stores under the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market name. These markets are about a quarter the size of a typical Wal-Mart and offer all of the groceries and personal care items you're likely to find at traditional supermarkets, like those operated by Kroger. At present, Wal-Mart operates just over 400 of these smaller stores.
Wal-Mart has had a strong online presence for years, and consumers have always liked Wal-Mart for its competitive prices. Many customers also know Wal-Mart will match the advertised prices of its competitors. So, where does Wal-Mart go from here? Well, it is launching a digital savings program it calls Savings Catcher, which is rolling out nationally this summer. With Savings Catcher, customers simply scan receipts into their smartphones (or they can enter a code on Wal-Mart's website), and if an independent tracking company finds that a local competitor offers the same items at lower prices, customers automatically receive a refund. The refunded money is loaded onto a gift card that customers can use online or in stores. Savings Catcher should help Wal-Mart attract even more bargain-minded customers, and it will aid the company in capturing data from customers, similar to loyalty card programs offered by other retailers.
Groceries in bulk
Sometimes, the best savings come from buying in bulk. Through its Sam's Club warehouse stores, Wal-Mart has a good foothold in this market, but perhaps arguably, Costco is an even bigger name in the wholesale niche of the industry. Costco operates 464 locations in 43 U.S. states and its customers tend to be very loyal. Since Costco's customers must pay for a membership in order to shop in a Costco store, the company has a built-in data collection system without a loyalty card program. The membership dues add to the company's bottom line, too. Costco tends to operate with small margins in order to offer customers low prices, but it still reported $25.23 billion in net sales for Q3, with a net income of $473 million.
While Costco shows strong sales in its stores, it lacks an online presence, something that makes Amazon a strong threat to Costco. With its Amazon Prime membership option, customers pay an annual fee that entitles them to free two-day shipping on anything Amazon stocks in its warehouses, including groceries.
Bottom line
Like most industries, the Internet and the ubiquity of smartphones have changed the way people buy groceries. While Kroger and Wal-Mart are keeping in step with new technologies, Costco has stuck with its bricks-and-mortar roots. So far, this strategy is working, but as Amazon and other online retailers find new ways to deliver products to customers' doorsteps at even lower prices, traditional grocery retailers will need to reinvent themselves.
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A defendant in a family dispute was being held without bail on a murder charge after police say he fatally shot an elderly woman as she tried to run inside a Texas courthouse, setting off a shootout with law enforcement officers that briefly became a hostage situation.
Bartholomew Granger, 41, was also accused of wounding three other people, including a daughter authorities said he ran over with a pickup truck while he tried to escape. He was being held at a jail after being treated at a hospital following his arrest.
The woman killed, Minnie Ray Seabolt, 79, of Deweyville, Texas, appeared to be an innocent bystander, Jefferson County Sheriff Mitch Woods said. Granger's daughter remained hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said. The daughter's mother and the third person injured were treated at the hospital and released.
Granger was outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont on Wednesday before the continuation of his trial, grabbed a gun from his truck and began shooting, authorities said. The woman was fatally struck as she tried to run into the courthouse, while Granger's daughter and another bystander fell to the ground.
Several law enforcement officers returned fire as the courthouse about 80 miles east of Houston went on lockdown.
"It was crazy," said Beaumont Police Chief Jimmy Singletary. "He was shooting. Our guys were shooting."
Police say Granger was firing from his truck and then ran over his daughter as he drove away. He went about three blocks before abandoning his truck in the middle of the street then taking hostages in a nearby construction business, police said.
Once inside, Granger spoke by phone to police and told them he was wounded. He eventually surrendered and was taken to the hospital.
Granger's attorney, Rife Kimler, said Granger's trial had begun this week and his daughter, 20, had testified against him Tuesday afternoon. She had been scheduled to be cross-examined by Kimler on Wednesday afternoon, the attorney said.
Kimler said the ongoing case was emotional, but he thought the trial had been going reasonably well.
"I didn't have him on my list of dangerous ones," Kimler said of Granger. "I've been doing this 21 years, and the ones I think are dangerous are in a file in my head. He wasn't in that file."
In separate court filings, Granger hinted at the emotional strain of his ongoing court battle. Two years ago, Granger sued the cities of Beaumont and Houston, their police departments and the two surrounding counties. Granger and three other family members sought compensation for the mental anguish caused by the allegations.
Granger complained in one filing of an "unprovoked brutal attack" against his family.
"This insurrection has caused heavy financial burden and hardship upon our family and extreme psychological damage to the Granger family," he said. "We may never (trust) the police again."
A federal judge dismissed the civil suit in December.
A pickup truck riddled with at least a dozen bullet holes remained in the middle of the street Wednesday afternoon.
James Gibson, one of the owners of Richard Construction, said about 50 to 60 employees were inside when the gunman entered. An assault rifle believed to belong to the gunman remained in the building, Gibson said.
Authorities said workers trapped inside the building helped to disarm Granger and let SWAT team officers inside.
"We understand hostages took advantage of the individual when he was semiconscious," Singletary said. "They refused to be victims."
Judge Larry Gist, whose office is across the street from the main courthouse building, said there was "pandemonium" as law enforcement flooded the scene as soon as the shots rang out.
Ricky Gandy said he went to the window of his office at LJA Engineering, which overlooks the parking lot next to the Beaumont Police department, after hearing a "pop, pop, pop."
He saw police shooting at a pickup truck as it came out of the parking lot, but the driver "never really got in a hurry."
"Once it started, it was kind of like the Fourth of July," Gandy added. "Several shots, I imagine, I'm guessing at least 30 shots all together."


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Gordon Bishop's 2,100hp Rambler
We've purchased parts for cars we don't own, and we've built cars starting with little more than a frame and a chalk outline on the floor. Gordon Bishop beat us all when he built this 2,100hp '65 AMC Rambler American around a carb hat and a set of float bowls.
The point Gordon was trying to make had to do with the rebellious nature of the blow-through supercharger community. They're accustomed to people telling them the idea won't work and that you can't make power with a carb hat, so Gordon started looking for a radical car to make a 7-second statement and showcase his company's Extreme Velocity blow-through parts. That's when he bought Rick Dyer's abandoned Rambler roller.
Gordon immediately made some changes to the car. He moved the trunk hinges inboard so he could raise the tubs in the body, and he added an S/C Rambler-style scoop. Once he got all the plumbing worked out for the turbos, exhaust, and intercooler, he sent the car to his friend Bob Turski at Motor City Collision. Bob skim-coated the entire body and blocked it, taking the car to a level Gordon never expected.
When Gordon started this project he thought he would like to run mid-8s during the first year. The Rambler ran 8.37 at 164 mph the second trip to the track. With a little more tuning, 7s are on the way. Gordon's Rambler is a car you'll never forget. And that's the point.
Tech Notes
Who: Gordon Bishop
What: '65 AMC Rambler American
Where: Sterling Heights, MI, a suburb outside Detroit.
Body: The car was a project owned by Rick Dyer who had back-halved it and installed the rollcage. When Gordon bought the roller, he moved some stuff around to lower the rear of the car. The hoodscoop is a PR-47 from UP22.com that resembles the scoop that came from the factory on S/C Ramblers. The rear wing was built by Gary Oldenburg.
The car's body was a bit rough at first. "I thought some little kid had been jumping up and down on the trunk lid, and looking down the side of the car gave you the feeling that the surf was up," Gordon says. Bob Turski block-sanded it for 10 months before Gordon broke the news that the car would be raced. "He was doing such a nice job, I just could not take it away from him. When he got done he asked if I was going to race it; I told him he'd better believe it. He just shook his head."
Interior: Nestled on the inside of the 'cage are a set of Ultra-Shield Race Products Pro Drag seats with Stroud five-point harnesses and modular padding. The seats have a lower thigh bolster and rib support that allow more clearance for shifting. The tach is a giant Auto Meter Pro-Comp mounted up in your face with a full set of Auto Meter Pro-Comp gauges. The AMS 1000 boost controller works with the CO2 tank behind the passenger seat to control the dual 60mm wastegates in the fenders. Gordon fabricated all the turbo plumbing that runs throughout the car and goes back to the Chiseled Performance 3,000hp air-to-water intercooler in the back-seat area. The Hurst Pistol Grip Quarter Stick shifter is tucked up next to the plumbing that runs between the two seats.
Engine: The twin-turbo 509ci Chevy big-block was built by Steve Morris at New Era Racecraft. The Extreme Velocity Pro Series carb hat and dual needle-and-seat fuel bowls that got this project started are products of Gordon's company, Superior Airflow. The big Chevy makes 2,101 hp and 1,780 lb-ft of torque at 26 pounds of boost, so far. The block is a Dart Big M 9.8 with a Lunati 4.00-inch stroke crank and Lunati Pro Mod rods. The 4.500 slugs are a special design made for Steve Morris by Diamond Pistons. The heads are Dart 335s with Jesel shaft rockers and Inconel exhaust valves to handle the extreme exhaust temps. Because this is a race car, no one would divulge the cam specs, but they did tell us the turbos are 80mm BorgWarner S480s prepped by Bullseye Power in Muskegon, Michigan. The carb is a custom-built, 900-cfm billet blow-through built by Roger at C&S specialties. The trick, dual needle-and-seat fuel bowls are required for gasoline applications over 1,300 hp and E85 or methanol applications. The carb is mounted on an Edelbrock Victor 454 R manifold that was ported by Steve Morris. An Aeromotive beltdrive fuel pump moves the copious amounts of C-16 from the cell. An MSD Digital 7 handles the spark plug firing duties.
Transmission: The Dedenbear Powerglide was built by Joel's on Joy in Detroit to take 1,800 hp, so Gordon's motor is giving it a pretty good workout. It has a straight-cut gearset and a ringless hardened input shaft with a transbrake and an Ultimate Converter Concepts 10.5-inch converter. The shifter is a Hurst Pistol Grip Quarter Stick.
Rearend: To take the abuse, the Rambler has a Fab 9 housing built by Ring & Pinion Shop of Clinton Township, Michigan, using Strange 40-spline axles with 3.40:1 gears plugged in to a spool.
Suspension: Gordon's Rambler has the stock front suspension with Strange double-adjustable shocks. The rear of the car is back-halved with Chassis Engineering ladder bars, Strange double-adjustable shocks, and a Chassis Engineering antiroll bar.
Brakes: The brakes are Strange Pro Race four-piston billet calipers and slotted-steel rotors in the front and rear. Gordon used a Strange master cylinder to complete the system.
Wheels/Tires: The 15×3.5-inch Weld Alumastar front wheels have Mickey Thompson 26/4.5-15 ET Fronts. The 15×10-inch Weld Alumastar rear wheels wear 31.0/10.5-15W Mickey Thompson ET Drags delivering the hurt to a set of Chassis Engineering 84-inch Pro Mod wheelie bars made from 1 1/4 x 0.095-inch chrome-moly and shortened to 60 inches.


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Obama talks gun control in Chicago
CHICAGO — For four years, President Barack Obama avoided talking about guns.
Then the Newtown shooting forced gun control legislation to the top of his agenda — but he still avoided talking about gun violence that has racked his hometown of Chicago.
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But the killing of Hadiya Pendleton drew him back here in a way he could no longer avoid.
Friday afternoon, Obama will return to the area he used to represent in the state Senate, and the neighborhood where the 15-year-old was gunned down by gun violence just a week after performing at his Inauguration. Even though his speech will focus on some of the policies aimed at helping the middle class and poor that he laid out in his State of the Union address Tuesday, according to a White House official said, he'll use the chance to acknowledge violence here and across the country.
Complicating things further as he approaches the topic: The explosion of gun violence has come under the mayoralty of Rahm Emanuel, Obama's former chief of staff. And that's despite tough gun laws in the city — a contrast that's fed arguments from gun control opponents that none of the laws the president's pushing on a national level would do much to solve the problem.
Gun violence is a familiar topic to Obama — he launched his career as a community organizer and spent seven years as a local elected official representing some of the toughest neighborhoods of Chicago. And though he hasn't spent much time back here since moving to the White House, the city is still home for the president. But conscious of upsetting pro-gun groups and of appearing to undermine Emanuel, he's made only a few passing mentions over the past year about Chicago street violence — which included 506 murders last year.
Unlike former presidents, Obama can't deny that he has a deep understanding of the cycle of poverty, drugs and guns that plagues neighborhoods of cities like Chicago, said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who had been calling for Obama to return home since soon after Pendleton was killed on Jan. 29.
"He knows the problems; he's seen them; and this perfect storm of events means he's coming home to talk about them," Jackson said. "Because he knows, he can help illuminate the urban crisis and call out for real action."
Emanuel discussed the visit in similar terms earlier in the week.
"Given that the lion's share of both the perpetrators and the victims are young African-American men," Emanuel asked, "who better to have that discussion than the president of the United States, who has repeatedly talked about fathering and the role of fathering?"
Obama's most forceful moment of his State of the Union address Tuesday was when he implored Congress to vote on gun legislation. The victims "deserve a vote," he said in a refrain that drew a standing ovation as he mentioned Pendleton, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and other victims of gun violence. Pendleton's parents joined first lady Michelle Obama in the chamber for the speech a few days after she had traveled to Chicago with Education Secretary Arne Duncan and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett for the 15-year-old's memorial service.


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Reports posted Friday, Feb. 14:
Jan, 30, 10:30 p.m.
Location: 21st Street Lot 108
Driver and vehicle:
Benedict, Lyle E., 52;
1988 Chevrolet Conventional Cab 4x2
Damage to personal property belonging to Bonnie
M. Little (house)
Contributing factors: weather and exceeding
safe speed for conditions
Feb. 9, 10:15 a.m.
Location: South Logan Street at Pulaski Street
Drivers and vehicles:
Miller, Wilma I., 76;
2013 Honda Civic
Smith, Elizabeth A., 22;
2005 Cadillac DeVille owned by James E. Brown
Contributing factors: failure to yield right of
way, disregarding stop sign
Citation issued to: Miller
Feb. 11, 8:13 a.m.
Location: Seventh Street at South Union Street
Pollock, Gary L., 67;
2013 International owned by Sovereign Leasing LLC
Henrichsmeyer, Patricia K., 67;
2009 Dodge Journey
Contributing factor: improper backing
Citation issued to: none
Feb. 12, 8:04 a.m.
Location: Third Street at Maple Street
Kesner, Mary K., 64;
2010 Ford Fusion
Damage to sign support, property of the city of
Contributing factors: exceeding safe speed for
Feb. 12, 11:50 a.m.
Location: Wyatt Avenue at Ladue Street
Maxey, Hanna Noel, 19;
2002 Mitsubishi Galant
Howard,, Cathy Lynn, 55;
1995 Ford Crown Victoria LX
Contributing factors: road engineering, surface, marking, defects and
failure to yield right of way
Citation issued to: Maxey
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Feb. 12, 2:25 p.m.
Location: Woodlawn Road at Taylor Court
Lynn, Dean A., 83;
1985 General Motors 2 Door Conventional Cab
Stepp, Charles L., 64;
2002 Chevrolet S10 4x2
Contributing factor: failure to reduce speed to
avoid accident
Citation issued to: Lynn
Feb. 13, 8:47 p.m.
Location: Ottawa Street
Williams, Brad Odell, 24;
1999 Kia Motors Corp Sportage owned by Bruce Williams
Downs, Dakota Andrew, 18;
1995 Chevrolet Conventional Cab 4x4
Citation issued to: Williams, for leaving the scene of an accident
with vehicle damage
Illinois State Police
Smith, Anthony L., 49, of Pontiac, arrested
Feb. 13 on Interstate 55 on charge of driving with a suspended license.
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No arrest reports.
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It's hammer time; seriously, it is
At first, the union of Shakespearean actor and director Kenneth Branagh and a Marvel comic book hero seems like a mismatch of thunderous proportion. Just think back to Ang Lee and "Hulk" and what a colossal mistake that was. But the mythical gods were with us on this one, and Branagh brings just the right balance to what could have been just another beefcake-in-a-cape caper.
For the first big summer entry, "Thor" sets the bar pretty high for those who will follow. It embraces the first rule of comic book hero features — don't take it all too seriously —and it has some jaw-dropping visuals in an age when we've become all too cynical about special effects.
Aussie hunk Chris Hemsworth stars as the arrogant young Norse deity who is set to ascend to the throne of the celestial Asgard when his elderly father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), deems him ready, which is to be soon. But in a childish fit of pique, Thor launches an attack on their sworn enemies, the Frost Giants of Jutenheim. This rash act brings down the wrath of his father, who banishes him to Midgard, or Earth, to learn humility and robs him of his powerful hammer, Mjoinir (pronounced, uh, mumble, mumble).
Through the Bitfrost portal Thor must go, and the giant swirling wormhole plops him down in the New Mexico desert, where comely astrophysicist Jane Foster (Natalie Portman doing her best to look bookish) is studying strange atmospheric phenomena with her assistant Darcy (Kat Dennings playing the comic relief) and her mentor Dr. Erik Selvig (Skellan Skarsgard), whose Norse heritage will come in handy later.
Doubling up on the action, Branagh juggles the earthly story, which plays off the fish-out-of-water set up as the once mighty Thor learns the modern ways of his new home, and what's going on back on his home planet where Thor's brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is wreaking havoc. And those gnarly Frost Giants are still a little peeved.If there is anything to fault here is that there is too much crammed into one movie, probably as a result of Marvel trying to jumpstart this secondary superhero before his next appearance in "The Avengers" next summer. This "Thor" could easily be two movies with the Asgard/Jutenheim story propelling the sequel of Thor falling to Earth. But as one who finds the monotonous action of summer action movies tedious, I have no quibble.
Thor's final showdown with a giant metal, fire-breathing creature named the Destroyer is just long enough. If anything suffers in this jam-packed story it's the underdeveloped love story between Jane and Thor. In an instant it seems he's used his otherworldly charm and old school ways to woo her, only to lose her when he's called back to Asgard. But there is always a Part II to handle that one.
Under the direction of Bo Welch, the production values are first-rate with Asgard portrayed as a gleaming golden city on high that projects its superpower status in the realm. The eye-catcher is the portal and the sparkling walkway that connects it to the city. Even Thor's red cape pops off the screen. Other things to look for include Jeremy Renner's cameo as Hawkeye, another Marvel character who will probably return in "The Avengers," and the Stan Lee cameo — always a fun moment.
Offered in 3D or the plain vanilla 2D, either way you can't lose. Go. Have fun. The god of thunder commands you.