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Knott's Berry Farm will add six new haunted mazes for Halloween Haunt 2013 and bring back Elvira Mistress of the Dark for her first show at the Buena Park theme park in more than a decade.
The 41st annual Knott's Scary Farm will start Sept. 26 and run on select nights through Nov. 2.
The granddaddy of Halloween events will feature 12 mazes, six shows and four scare zones scattered throughout the theme park.
Knott's has made the wise decision to trim the quantity of its mazes in favor of quality as Halloween Haunt continues to compete with Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, which has delivered an increasingly superior haunted event in recent years.
PHOTOS: Halloween Haunt 2013 at Knott's Berry Farm
Gone are the woeful Dia de los Muertos and Uncle Bobo's Big Top of the Bizarre mazes dating back to 2009 that came to define the low-water mark in Haunt quality. The influx of six new mazes for Haunt 2013 represents the largest year-to-year makeover in recent Scary Farm history. Since 2010, Knott's has made a consistent effort to focus more attention on richly detailed mazes with fully envisioned back stories while shying away from paint-on-plywood mazes with rubber-masked monsters.
Knott's has boasted 13 mazes for the last few years, a marketing gimmick that did the park a disservice. By emphasizing quantity, quality at Knott's suffered -- especially compared with Universal's Horror Nights. The drop in the 2013 maze count will give the Haunt creative team more time to focus on delivering a better product without leaving visitors feeling they're getting less for their money.
New Knott's mazes for 2013:
Forevermore -- A serial killer conjures up a Gothic horror maze inspired by the blood-soaked and terror-filled tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Forevermore replaces Terror of London, one of my favorite mazes from the past few Haunts. (Behind the Mystery Lodge)
Black Magic -- Demonic illusionists led by Harry Houdini demonstrate terribly twisted magic tricks in a burned out Art Deco theater. (Under the Xcelerator coaster)
The Gunslinger's Grave -- At the behest of a corrupt mayor, the Red Hand Gang tries but fails to kill a legendary gunslinger, who rises from the dead to seek revenge on an 1883 Old West town. (Near Reflection Lake)
Mirror Mirror -- Visitors are sucked into a mechanical Steam Punk world whenever they look into a mirror cursed by the Green Witch. The funhouse-like mirror maze will travel along a nonlinear path guaranteed to get visitors lost. (Near the Peanuts play area)
Trapped: The New Experiment -- Last year, Knott's introduced an up-charge VIP maze that challenged visitors to puzzle their way out of a series of locked rooms. Haunt 2013 promises a completely revamped Trapped with all-new phobias to face, a longer maze to navigate and harder puzzles to solve. I found Trapped to be an amazing maze well worth the up-charge fee if you and your friends are up for a terrifying one-of-a-kind experience. At $60 for up to six people, the reservation-only maze sold out every night during Haunt 2012. At least one member of the party must be 17 or older. Visitors will be issued a specific start time for the maze and access to a VIP waiting area. (In Boardwalk Ballroom)
Dominion of the Damned -- Last year, Knott's brought back a revamped version of a late 1990s vampire maze called Dominion of the Dead that explored the shadowy world of the undead. This year the maze returns with a slightly different name and a more gothic horror story line. In 2012, the maze was a creepy but sleepy trip through a museum where off-kilter portraits and statues came to life. I wasn't sure how to respond to classical musician monsters playing violin and cello. Should I be afraid or inspired? In the end, I found Dominion of the Dead to be a well-executed attempt at a bad idea for a maze. Hopefully, the reboot turns out to be a truly new maze and not a cosmetic makeover. (Backstage near Ghostrider)
Reviews of returning mazes from best to worst:
Endgames: Warriors of the Apocalypse (new in 2011) -- A post-apocalyptic arena where gladiators battle to the death for the entertainment of the rich and powerful. The best new maze of 2011 returned to form in 2012 with a bloody and gory trek through a dystopia with inspired costumes, excellent sets and a death metal soundtrack. The best traditional Haunt maze I've ever seen and the new standard for quality at Knott's. (Backstage near Ghostrider)
Pinocchio Unstrung (2012) -- An army of murderous marionettes seeks the flesh of maze visitors to cover Pinocchio's twisted, wooden body. In 2012, there were plenty of well-dressed sets and good scares in this twisted take on the puppet who embarks on a wild killing spree after the Blue Fairy denies him his final wish. I loved the long-nosed masks on the revenge-minded marionettes. The highlight: An obstacle course of hinge-jointed mannequins hanging by strings from the ceiling with a bungee-bouncing puppet as the payoff. (Inside Wilderness Dance Hall)
Trick-Or-Treat (2012) -- The terror-filled maze takes visitors inside a witch's house on Halloween night. In 2012, the well-decorated witch's house was notable for its abundance of missed opportunities. You'd expect something to be happening in the kitchen, bedroom, dining room and bathroom. But nothing. The weakest scare of the night: A ghost in a sheet who said, "Boo." The best effect of the night: The wicked witch flying on a broomstick through the maze's final room. (Backstage near Ghostrider)
The Witch's Keep (2012) -- This atmospheric journey on the Calico Mine Ride was an unadvertised 14th maze last year. The back story centered on a magical energy harnessed by the Green Witch, the icon of Haunt 2012. (Calico Mine Ride)
Delirium (2011) -- A wasteland along the blurry line between nightmare and insanity takes visitors through an ambiguous and hazy drug trip dreamscape. In 2012, the great-looking maze was spoiled by an incoherent story line and monsters that stared more than scared. My favorite part remains the inflatable walls you have to squeeze between. (Ghostrider warehouse)
Uncle Willy's Slaughterhouse (2008) -- A deranged butcher runs a barbecue restaurant. Haunt's creative team dressed up this old relic a little bit in 2012, but nothing kills a maze experience more than monsters twiddling their thumbs until their next break. I've been lobbying for years to put Uncle Willy's on the chopping block. (Near the main gate)
Haunt 2013 will see the addition of the Village of the Damned scare zone in Fiesta Village that will serve as an atmospheric Day of the Dead party area. Three other scare zones -- Ghost Town, Carnevil and Necropolis -- will return for 2013.
Three new shows will debut at Haunt 2013: "Carny Trash" (magician/comedian), "Possessed" murder mystery and "Elvira's Sinema Seance" featuring singing, dancing and comedy by the Mistress of the Dark. Three other shows -- "Cursed," "Blood Drums" and "The Hanging" -- will return for another season.
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PETALING JAYA: A sex video of a man resembling Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in a compromising position with another man has been uploaded in a pro-Umno blogger's site.
Blogger Syed Akbar Ali, who runs the blog site – syedoutsidethebox – uploaded a single photo of the video under the heading Saturday Sunrise.
"Any resemblances to any living person or dead person, real person or imaginary person are purely coincidental. All characters appearing in this work are fictitiously not straight. They are also infamously infamous," he said as a precaution just above the photo.
However, he provided links to another blog page entitled 'Aksi si Raja Goyang', which carried 13 other photographs, taken from the video.
>Link Info >General Issues >Politics >Malaysia
Although Syed Akbar posted the photo in his blog today, the 'Aksi si Raja Goyang' photos was posted on Thursday. The second blogsite does not have a name of the blogger. The photos in the 'Aksi si Raja Goyang' website has garnered 119 comments so far.
The site can be accessed at http://rajagoyang360.blogspot.com/2013/03/3-2-1-action-part-1.html.
Last year, another video was released by former Malacca chief minister Rahim Thamby Chik, businessman Shazryl Eskay and Perkasa's Shuib Lazim.
That video showed a man resembling the opposition leader having sex with presumably a woman of Chinese features. Anwar has since denied that he was the one in the video.
The opposition leader has also been cleared of a sodomy charge brought against him by his former personal assistant Saiful Bukhari Azlan, mid last year.
Although the High Court has cleared Anwar of the charge, the case in now pending appeal, which would be heard in June, this year.
The release of this video could be related to the looming 13th General Election which is expected to be called anytime soon.
Najib should stop dirty tactics
In an immediate response, PKR strategy director, Rafizi Ramli, said it is part and parcel of the dirty politics played by Umno in tarnishing the image of the opposition's leader.
"It is definitely Umno's modus operandi. These dirty tactics will be intensified as the general elections gets closer.
"As Shaiful's father has came forward to delcare Anwar's innocence in Sodomy 2, it is timely that they manufacture the next set of porn materials to accuse him further," said Rafizi.
Rafizi added that the nation is well aware of Umno's tactics and they are no longer interested in such allegations.
"The opposition leader has been branded a homosexual, Jewish supporter and serial rapist time and again and Malaysians know that these are the work of the ruling coalition."
"In fact Pakatan Rakyat has grown from strength to strength and such allegations will only serve to further strengthen the party," said Rafizi.
"The public is more interested in the party's manifesto and policies, which will benefit the them. These photos and videos will only lead to BN's destruction.
"Pornography is in Umno's daily lives, they are uneducated and sex is the only thing in their minds. That's why they resort to such cheap tactics.
"The ruling coalition is also bankrupt of ideas. It is time for the Prime Minister to a stop to such dirty tactics as he has been condoning them for a long time," said Rafizi.
Earlier this month, Anwar was asked about his sexuality in an interview with online radio station BFM, to which he said he had been a victim of vicious Umno propaganda.

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Need for Speed Carbon – Tuner Class Walkthrough
PlayStation 3
Tuner Class Walkthrough by Sno Dragon
Version: 1.21 | Updated: 01/31/07
_| Need For Speed: Carbon _|
_| Career Mode Walkthrough (Tuner Class) _|
_| Version 1.21 _|
_| Sno Dragon _|
Version History
v1.21 Added a list of wingmen, submitted update
v1.11 Added a list of races
v1.01 Fixed some minor typos and added a version history
v1.00 Upload version
Table of Contents
1) Back story
2) Cars
3) Race Types
4) Wingmen
5) General Tips
6) Walkthrough
6.1) Prologue
6.2) Bushido
6.3) 21st Street Crew
6.5) Stacked Deck
7) List of Races
8) Disclaimer
9) Final Word
* 1) Back story *
NSF: Carbon is the sequel to NSF: Most Wanted. After escaping Rockport, you
return to Palmont City in your BMW M3 GTR. Your return is not a happy one, as
it seems you were believed to have fled Palmont with a large sum of cash stolen
after a race that the cops broke up. However, you never stole the money.
Someone set you up. Now the city's broken up into territories, each controlled
by a different race crew. You have to conquered all four territories to win
the game.
* 2) Cars *
Cars are broken up into tiers and classes. Tier 1 is available at the
beginning of the game. Tier 2 is available after you conquer your first
territory. Tier 3 opens up after you unlock Silverton. Muscle cars have good
acceleration. Tuners have good handling. Exotics have good top speed. The
cars available in the game are as follows.
Tier 1
Mazda RX-8 (Tuner)
Chevrolet Camaro SS (Muscle)
Mazdaspeed 3 (Tuner)
Chrystler 300C (Muscle)
Alfa Romero Brera (Exotic)
Mercedes-Benz CLK 500 (Exotic)
Tier 2
Mitsubishi Eclipse GT (Tuner)
Volkswagon Golf R32 (Tuner)
Vauxhall Monaro VXR (Muscle)
Lotus Elise (Exotic)
Renault Clio v6 (Tuner)
Ford Mustang GT (Muscle)
Mazda RX-7 (Tuner)
Dodge Charger SRT (Muscle)
Porsche Cayman S (Exotic)
Dodge Charger R/T
Aston Martin DB9
Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG (Exotic)
Tier 3
Nissan 350Z (Tuner)
Subaru Impreza WRX-STI (Tuner)
Toyota Supra (Tuner)
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR (Tuner)
Shelby Mustang GT 500 (Muscle)
Nissan Skyline R34 (Tuner)
Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda (Muscle)
Dodge Challenger Concept (Muscle)
Dodge Viper SRT/10 (Muscle)
Lamborghini Gallardo (Exotic)
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (Muscle)
Ford GT (Exotic)
Lamborghini Murcielago (Exotic)
Porsche Carrera GT (Exotic)
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren (Exotic)
* 3) Race types *
- Circuit
Race around the track for two laps. Winner takes all.
Sprints are point A to point B races.
(>_<) Welcome to hell. Drifts are two lap circuit races where whoever has the
most points wins. The object of a drift race is to get your car sideways for
as long as you can while going around corners as fast as you can. You score
more points the longer you stay sideways and for linking drifts.
Speedtraps are point A to point B races. Either 5 or 6 speedtrap cameras will
be set up along the course, and the idea is to go through them as fast as you
can. Whoever has the highest combined speed at the end of the races wins. The
fun thing is, if you cross the finish line first, it drops everyone else's
score until they finish the race. Thus, you don't always have to have the
highest total when you finish. This also works vice versa, too.
Checkpoints are point A to B to C etcetera, etcetera races. You race alone and
only have a limited amount of time to pass through each checkpoint.
-Canyon Drift
Point A to B drift race done in one of the canyons.
-Canyon Sprint
Sprint race done in one of the canyons. You're on your own.
-Canyon Checkpoint
Checkpoint race that takes place in the canyon.
-Canyon Duel
These are the second part of all the crew chief duels. All canyon duels are
two part races. For the first part, you chase the crew chief and gain points
for how close you stay on their tail. For the second part, they chase you and
take your points based on how close they tail you. You win if you have points
left over after both stages, overtake the crew chief for 10 seconds in the
first stage, loss them for ten seconds in the second stage, or force the crew
chief off the cliff. You lose if the crew chief takes all your points in the
second stage, looses you for ten seconds in the first stage, passes you for
ten seconds in the second stage, or forces you off the cliff.
* 4) Wingmen *
Wingmen are members of you crew. You can have up to three on your race team.
Each have a special function both in race and out. Blockers ram other cars.
Scouts find the shortest route around the track. Drafters, uh... let you
draft them. Fabricators allow you to modify Autosculpt parts. Fixers modify
your heat levels and get you more money in races. Mechanics make your nitrous
more effective and get you discounts on parts and cars.
Neville (Blocker/Fixer)
In Race Bonus: Zone Heat doesn't increase.
Career Bonus: Extra $200 per win.
Joins: At the beginning of the game.
Colin (Drafter/Fabricator)
In Race Bounus: Larger Area for drafting.
Career Bonus: Unlocks Autosculpt wheels, spoilers, exhausts, and chop tops.
Joins: After you beat Wolf
Sal (Scout/Fabricator)
In Race Bonus: Winning races detracts attention from the police.
Career Bonus: Unlock Autosculpt bodykits, hoods, and roof scoops.
Joins: After you aquire a couple sections of Downtown.
Sampson (Blocker/Fixer)
In Race Bonus: Extra 10% cash per win.
Career Bonus: Your zones get less attention from the police.
Joins: After you beat Angie.
Yumi (Scout/Mechanic)
In Race Bonus: 25% boost to nitrous.
Career Bonus: 10% discount on parts.
Joins: After you defeat Kenji.
Nikki (Drafter/Mechanic)
In Race Bonus: 50% boost to speedbreaker and nitrous.
Career Bonus: 10% discount on car purchases.
Joins: Before you take on Stacked Deck.
* 5) General Tips *
- Slow in, fast out
Basically, this means that you brake before going into a corner, then
accelerate as soon as you can while still turning.
- 90 degree turns
Before you go into a turn, smash the buttons for the brake, the handbrake,
and the direction you want to turn. The car should end up sideway facing the
direction you want to go. Now release all three and punch the throttle.
The Corvette makes this look goooood!
- Drafting is when you get as close as you can to another racer and stay inside
their slipstream. Let's say two cars are going 150 mph. The car in front of
the draft needs to hold the accelerator to the floor to maintain his speed.
The second driver only needs to hold his accelerator three quarters of the
way to the floor. Thus, the second driver has power "in reserve" that he can
use to slingshot around the first driver. Draft rival cars whenever you can.
- Not all shortcuts are a good idea. Some may actually take more time than
just staying on the main path.
- Likewise, a perfect launch is not always a perfect launch.
- With the exception of the races in Bushido and Stacked Deck's territory,
drift races don't unlock upgrades for your car. Unless you need the cash or
want the visuals, don't waste your time, breath, or sanity.
- As for wingmen, all have their drawbacks, but drafters are essentially
worthless. You can draft anything that moves.
- The following cars are worthless in this game: Anything made by Ford. =)
* 6) Walkthrough *
Palmont City has been divided into four territories, one controlled by each
race team. Your job is to take over all four territories and find out what
happened the night you left after that race went bad.
6.1) Prologue
A cutscene sets up the game. Your driving through one of the canyons, happy as
a lark, when an ominous black and white Corvette rams you from behind. Cross
is back, stripped of his badge after you escaped Rockport, and in a really bad
mood. You take over, and you're supposed to escape from Cross. You drive
into a construction zone, and end up totaling your Beemer. (And after all you
went through to get it back, too.) Cross is about to arrest you when Darius
comes to your aid. Cross leaves, and your ex, Nikki, shows up and she's not at
all pleased with you. Darius offers you a chance to drive for him in order to
clear your name, and you take it.
Nikki takes you to a car lot and gives you a choice of three cars. A Mazda
RX-8, an Alfa Romero Brera, and a Chevy Camero SS circa 1960s. Pick the
Mazda and head out. Nikki then runs you through a tutorial on the different
kinds of wingmen. After that, she introduces you to Neville. Neville will
how you your safe house, then you two go out for a ride. Unfortunately, the
cops show up. Fortunately, they're clueless. Evade them and get ready for the
real game.
When I mention upgrades in the game, I use the following format: Txy-z
Tx is the car's tier, y is the level of upgrade, and z is the actual part.
i.e., T3R- Transmission is the Tier 3 Racing Transmission.
Also, I would strongly advise skipping drift races until you win Angie's
6.2) Bushido
Crew Chief: Kenji
Kenji's Car: Mazda RX-7
Class: Tuner
Territory Controlled: Downtown Palmont City
Crew Emblem: A pair of glaring eyes.
Crew Car Markings: Acid green paint with black vinyls and white Japanese
Your first task is to conquer Downtown Palmont. This'll be a cakewalk, trust
me. The only territory you can take right now is the Mason District. Have at
it. The three races are a speedtrap (T1S - Nitrous and Tires), a circuit race
(T1S - Brakes), and a sprint race (Body kits package one). The only race you
might not be able to win on your own is the speedtrap. Fortunately, Neville
usually finishes with the highest speed. All you have to do is finish first.
After you take over Downtown, You'll unlock the T1S - Transmission upgrade.
Now Historic Chinatown will open up for you. Out of a possible four races, win
two and all the available races will open up. If you want to soop your Mazda
up, win the follow races and acquire the following territories. In King's
Park; Drift (T1P- Suspension), Sprint (T1R- Nitrous), and winning the territory
will give you the T1P- Engine. In the Billings district; Speedtrap (T1P-
Nitrous and Tires), Sprint (T1S- Turbo). Winning the territory will give you
T1P- Brakes. Now go conquer all the territories to face Kenji.
Your first race against Kenji is a circuit. The second is the canyon duel.
Kenji's RX-7 is a tier 2 car, and despite this, he's not a challenge. He can
be beaten with the T1S- transmission, brake, nitrous, and tires upgrades. In
the circuit race, ignore the shortcut in Old Chinatown. It takes more time to
adequately brake, accelerate through it, brake again, then rejoin the main
trackthen it does to just follow the main track. As for the canyon, just run a
clean race and you'll win. It'll be close, but you'll win. You won't get
close enough to Kenji to pass him. When you win both races, you unlock the
Mazda RX-7 and the T1P- Turbo. MAKE SURE YOU GET THE PINK SLIP FOR KENJI'S
CAR! If you don't, re-run the races until you do.
Now go meet Yumi at the Plaza and she'll join your crew. She'll reveal more
about the night you took off. Onto your next conquest!
6.3) 21st Street Crew
Crew Chief: Angie
Angie's Car: Dodge Charger R/T
Class: Muscle
Territory Controlled: Kempton
Crew Emblem: A 21st in a shield with wings
Crew Car Markings: Silver with orange/red vinyls.
After stomping Kenji into the ground, two more territories open up. One in
Kempton, and one in Fortuna. Take over Kenji's RX-7 and truss it up however you
want. Now, travel on down to Morgan Beach in Kempton and win the circuit race
(T2S- Nitrous and Tires). You'll meet Angie. Ain't she sweet? After you win
your first race, two more sections open up in both Kempton and Fortuna.
Now we're going to take a little detour. Head over to South Fortuna and take
over the territory. Make sure you run the circuit (T2S- Suspension). You've
unlocked the Lotus Elise. GO BUY THIS CAR. The Elise has the best handling
in it's class and arguably the best in the game. It's acceleration is pretty
good, too. This will be your main car until you unlock Silverton. Now and win
the following races; Sprint in Fortuna Heights (T2S- Turbo) and Speetrap in
Kempton Holdings (T2S- Tires).
After that little side trip, head back to Kempton and win a second race in
Morgan Beach. Now the rest of Kempton and Fortuna open up. At this point,
it's up to you whether you want to face down Angie or upgrade your car with
Pro/Racing Parts. I'm going to continue on the quest for Angie. Head over to
the checkpoint in Eskuri Plaza (T2S- Transmission). Now conquer the rest of
the sections, watching the cutscense for more clues about what happened the
night you left, and take on Angie.
Before taking on Angie, mak sure you equip the engine and nitrous upgrades you
got. (Eskuri Plaza and Newport Industrial Park Speedtrap, respectively.) But
what of the suspension upgrade you got? DO NOT bother equipping it. It'll
make the car too tight and unresponsive in corners. The first race against
Angie is a circuit. Right off the bat, there's a shortcut off to your right.
Take it. Now just relax. Her Charger is a monster on straights, but it can't
corner at all. This race'll be over before you know it. Angie's done for in
the canyon. Depending on how your car's tuned (pure acceleration), you might
pass her. Otherwise, just have a clean run. After beating Angie, you'll
receive T2P- Turbo and unlock the Dodge Charger R/T. Once again, MAKE SURE YOU
Now go meet Sampson at Footy's Diner. Like Yumi, he was there the night you
left Palmont. (Jeez, how convenient...) Time to down Wolf.
Crew Chief: Wolf
Wolf's Car: Aston Martin DB9
Class: Exotic
Territory Controlled: Fortuna
Crew Emblem: T.F.K written in white inside a blue circle.
Crew Car Markings: Silver with dark gray vinyls.
If you got Angie's Dodge, you've got a drift car. Go back and complete all the
drift races you skipped. You can also use her car in the boss duel against
Wolf. Any who, Fortuna will be short and sweet. Go to the speedtrap race in
Ocean View (T2P- Nitrous and Tires). T2P- Brakes is unlocked by taking over
Ocean View. T2P- Transmission can be had by conquering Palmont University.
Now conquer every section of Fortuna. Before the showdown with Wolf, you need
to retune you Lotus. Set the sliders for the turbo and the transmission to the
far left. Set the tuner for the engine to the middle right. Now, head out to
meet Wolf.
As always, the first race is a circuit, and Jeebus Christ, does Wolf love his
shortcuts. There are three on this track. One after the first turn on your
left, one in about the middle of the track on the left and one right before the
finish line on the left. I strongly suggest you spend one lap tailing him and
use the second to smoke him. Okay, on to the canyon. This'll be fun.
Remember how I told you to retune your car? Tail Wolf as close as possible.
Then, after the first turn with the breakaway guardrails, steer to the right,
getting as close to the wall as you can. Hold the lead for ten seconds and
Wolf is retired. After beating Wolf, you unlock the Aston Martian DB9 and the
T2P- Engine. It doesn't matter whether or not you get Wolf's Aston Martian.
You'll be getting a Corvette soon enough...
Colin wants in on your crew. Go meet him at the University. Like your other
wingmen, he was there the night you fled Fortuna. (These people need a life.)
After Colin joins your crew, Darius calls you and tells you to meet him at the
courthouse. Enjoy the cutscene. Daruis stole the cash, accused you of it, and
Cross helped. Nikki double crosses Darius and leaves Stacked Deck for your
crew. Angie, Kenji, and Wolf, embarrassed by their losses, disband their own
crews and join Stacked Deck. Let the fun and games begin.
6.5) Stacked Deck
Crew Chief: Darius
Wolf's Car: Audi Le Mans Quattro
Class: Mixed
Territory Controlled: Silverton
Crew Emblem: A viper coiled around an ace of spades.
Crew Car Markings: Red with black vinyls.
When you get to Silverton, 3 sections will be unlocked. Head straight for the
Neon Mile and win both races (T3P- Nitrous and Tires). After you take over the
Neon Mile, Canmor Downs opens up. Head over to the checkpoint race. After you
win, go to the dealership and pick up your Corvette ^_^. After you get your
Vette, win the canyon duel in Canmor Downs. It's easy pickings with the Vette.
You should be able to pass your opponent. Next up is Infinity Park. Win the
Sprint (T3P- Engine) and the checkpoint (T3R- Brakes and Suspension).
Now mosey on over to Shady Pine. Run the circuit (T3R- Nitrous and Tires) and
the sprint (T3R- Turbo). After you take over three sections, the Silverton
Refinery is unlocked. Go there and win the drift (T3R- Transmission) and the
circuit (T3R- Engine). The drift race holds the distinction of being the
easiest "race" in the game. Your opponents score somewhere between 20,000 and
26,000. You can get double that, easy. Use your Vette. After that, you've
got all the racing upgrades for your Vette. Take the last two sections and go
face Darius.
You finally control all of Palmont. Kenji, Angie, and Wolf send you a
challenge. They've got new rides, courtesy of Darius, and want to exact their
revenge. Kenji now drives a Mitsubishi Evo IX MR. Angie has a Dodge
Challenge Concept. Wolf runs with a Lamborghini Murcielago. Their race
tactics remain the same. Kenji runs a technical race and avoids making
mistakes. Angie runs bat-out-of-hell style. Wolf still looks for the
The first race is a canyon sprint. No problems. Wolf will give you the most
problems in the second race. His Murcielago handles a little better than the
Vette, but it has a lower top speed and much worse acceleration. In spite of
this, Wolf can be very hard to pass once he gets the lead. About all you can
hope for is for him to make a mistake, and that won't happen often. There's a
shortcut on your left after the start. Take it. Wolf does. When you hit the
freeway tunnel, make sure you're on the right hand side. Directly after the
tunnel, there's a sharp 90 degree turn. One last shortcut in the refinery
after the hairpin turn. Other than that, just make sure you run clean.
Just make sure you watch your map.
Now it's time for Darius. His driving style is all the best of the three
previous bosses. Rub some prayer beads. The first race is a circuit. About a
quarter of the way through, there's a shortcut on the right hand side. You'll
need to hit this both times. Look for other shortcuts, but don't kill yourself
trying to get them. Just run a sound race and you'll win. As for the canyon,
draft Darius until the first hairpin, then slingshot around him. Hang on for
ten seconds and he's done for.
Congratulations are in order. You've beat the game. Watch the final cutscene,
and then go out and play the game again with a different starting class.
* 7) Race List *
Here's a list of what each race and section unlocks.
Downtown Palmont
Historic Chinatown (T1S- Engine)
Circuit (Spoilers- Package 2)
Drift (Wheels- Package 1)
Sprint (T1S- Suspension)
Old Quarter (Misubishi Eclipse GT)
Sprint (Roof Scoops)
Checkpoint (Hoods- Package 1)
Boss Race (Kenji)
Mason District (T1S- Transmission)
Speedtrap (T1S- Nitrous and Tires)
Circuit (T1S- Brakes)
Sprint (Body Kits- Package 1)
Billings District (T1P- Brakes)
Drift (Flame Vinyls)
Sprint (T1S- Turbo)
Speedtrap (T1P- Nitrous and Tires)
Kings Park (T1P- Engine)
Drift (T1P- Suspension)
Sprint (T1R- Nitrous)
Circuit (T1P- Transmission)
Morgan Beach (Volkswagon Golf R32)
Checkpoint (Stripe Vinyls)
Circuit (T2S- Nitrous and Tires)
Sprint (Metallic Paint)
Kempton Holdings (Vauxhall Monaro VXR)
Sprint (Wheels- Package 2)
Speedtrap (T2S- Brakes)
Boss Race (Angie)
Newport Industrial Park (T2S- Engine)
Drift (Iridescent Paint)
Speedtrap (T2R- Nitrous)
Sprint (Wheels- Package 4)
Eskuri Plaza (T2P- Suspension)
Drift (Hoods- Package 3)
Checkpoint (T2S- Transmission)
Speedtrap (Candy Paint)
The Projects (Ford Mustang GT)
Circuit (Chrome Paint)
Sprint (Spoilers- Package 2)
Speedtrap (Exhaust Tips)
Fortuna Heights (Renault Clio v6)
Circuit (Body Kits- Package 1)
Sprint (T2S- Turbo)
Checkpoint (Tribal Vinyls)
South Fortuna (Lotus Elise)
Sprint (Window Tint)
Checkpoint (Hoods- Package 2)
Circuit (T2S- Suspension)
Ocean View (T2P-Brakes)
Speedtrap (T2P- Nitrous and Tires)
Sprint (Body Kits- Package 3)
Boss Race (Wolf)
Palmont University (T2P- Transmission)
Checkpoint (Matte Paint)
Drift- (Spoilers- Package 3)
Circuit (Package 4 Body Kits)
Hills Borough (Porsche Cayman S)
Sprint (Wheels- Package 3)
Sprint (Body Vinyls- Package 1)
Drift (Body Vinyls- Package 2)
Canmor Downs (Nissan Skyline GT-R 34)
Speedtrap (T3P- Turbo)
Canyon Duel (Lamboghini Murceilago)
Checkpoint (Chevrolet Corvette Z06)
Neon Mile (Toyota Supra)
Speedtrap (T3P- Nitrous and Tires)
Checkpoint (T3S- Transmission)
Boss Race (Darius)
Diamond Hills (Nissan 350Z)
Sprint (T3P- Transmission)
Sprint (T3S- Nitrous and Tires)
Circuit (T3S- Brakes and Suspension)
Starlight Strip (Subaru Impreza WRX-STI)
Sprint (T3S- Turbo)
Circuit (Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda)
Checkpoint (T3S- Engine)
Shady Pine (Dodge Viper SRT/10)
Speedtrap (Lamborghini Gallardo)
Circuit (T3R- Nitrous and Tires)
Sprint (T3R- Turbo)
Silverton Refinery (Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren)
Drift (T3R- Transmission)
Canyon Duel (Dodge Challenger Concept)
Circuit (T3R- Engine)
Infinity Park (Ford GT)
Canyon Duel (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR)
Sprint (T3P- Engine)
Checkpoint (T3R- Brakes and Suspension)
* 8. Disclaimer/Legal *
Need For Speed Carbon and all characters mention in this FAQ are the property
of Electronic Arts. All cars are the property of their respective makers.
This FAQ is (c) 2007 Sno Dragon. Any plagiarism will result in, but is by no
means limited to, threatening e-mails, threatening phone calls, baseball bat
related violence, ninja attacks, pirate attacks, dinosaur attacks, flying
saucer invasions, and, in rare cases, death by kittens. Just don't steal from
me. =)
* 9. Final Word *
Thanks to:
- CJayC for having the time and sanity to not only create but also maintain
- You, for obvious reasons.
- Electronic Arts. They've brought the NFS series a long way. This game is
the best one yet.
- The car makers who allowed their cars to be used in this game. Except, of
course, for Ford. Learn how to build a car. Please?
Copyright 2007 "Sno Dragon"
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One thing I've been thinking about lately is a perceived rise of a boutique ethos among certain bars and bartenders.
It seems like a lot of the controversy or discussion started with this article in the LA Times:
The age of the cocktail parlor — the modern speak-easy — is here, and patrons are requested, nay, required, to behave accordingly. Bartenders are going to the trouble of making their own bitters, sourcing obscure vermouths, hand-chipping ice, precision-stirring and wearing dapper vests, and in return, they're asking that their customers show some manners, in appreciation of a great cocktail. To enforce etiquette, they've made rules. And these rules, more and more common in New York, are starting to show up in Los Angeles.
With the advocates on one side starting to sound like cranky old "Mr. Wilsons" and the advocates on the other sounding like young party animals.
I can see the points on both side of the divide. Heck, I like to go to real taverns like Toronado and Zeitgeist. And I like to go to places like PDT or Death & Company. I just don't expect to get a quality drink at Zeitgeist and realize I'm going to have to make a reservation or stand in line at PDT.
The best places, to me, are the ones that straddle both. Somewhere you feel OK going after work and you aren't going to have to make a reservation or stand behind a velvet rope. Where the staff will treat you OK no matter who you are or how you are dressed.
To be perfectly honest, I'm kind of a shy person. Not particularly social. While I think it is cool that bartenders and drinky people think my obsession with cocktails and drink is interesting, if I have to be recognized or say, "Hey, I'm that guy with a blog," to get good service, I think that's kind of crap.
And that is my concern. That some of these venues are turning into private clubs for the cocktail cognoscenti.
I was out in one place recently, where it seemed like everyone in the bar was either in the Food and Drink business or a cocktail geek. I mean that's kind of cool, and all. That we have somewhere to meet. But, still, to me, it gets away from the point of going to a bar.
I mean, I know in the food world, that there are places that serve practically no one but a certain sort of customer. Places like El Bulli, where there is a lottery or something, every year to get one of the reservations during the season they are open. So basically, they are only serving foodies and industry people. And I guess they are doing things that might not be interesting to the general public. Sardines in cotton candy and such like. And someone has to do that stuff. Get out there and do new things, so the rest of us can learn from it. And I guess these new bars can be seen in that light.
Again, to be honest, that's a bit above the plane of my concern.
In an ideal world, I'd like to see:
More respect for the craft of bartending and bartenders. Not just for making drinks well, but providing the social experience in a bar. I don't know if it is a relic of prohibition or of puritanism that the women and men who work behind the mahogany in restaurants and bars aren't viewed as people in a "serious" career.
More bars and restaurants taking executing a drink program seriously. Too often, especially in restaurants, it seems like the bar program is viewed as nothing more than a cash register. They pay some celebrity bartender to create a drink list and then promote a girl or guy from the wait staff to execute it. In San Francisco, I can probably count on one hand the restaurants where I would order a drink.
Better ice in bars. If you don't realize this already, I will point out that about a third of that cocktail you just ordered is melted water from the ice. Crappy ice makes for crappy drinks.
More fresh juices and ingredients. Death to pre-packaged sour mix and other bottled mixers.
A bottle of Angostura Bitters and a bottle of Regan's Orange Bitters No. 6 on every bar. And bartenders that know when to use them.
Really, these are just selfish things. In an ideal world, I'd like to be able to order a Manhattan from a friendly and courteous bartender and get a good drink and good service. I don't really even care if it is made with Bourbon or Rye. I just know, right now, over half the time Manhattans aren't very good. But maybe if we work together and ask for the right things, one day it will be possible.
And then we can start working on more exotic things, like incorporating modern food science behind the bar.


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Italian Police have arrested Giuseppe Orsi, Finmeccanica's chief executive and chairman who was previously CEO of AgustaWestland, over allegations of bribery concerning an Indian helicopter contract. He denies any wrongdoing.
The case being investigated involves the sale of 12 AW101s to the Indian Air Force for VVIP transportation. The contract for the aircraft, valued at around €560 million (approximately $750 million), included five years of logistics support together with initial crew and technician training.
Guiseppe Orsi in a corporate bio photo from Finmeccanica.
AgustaWestland has delivered three of the helicopters already with the full order expected for completion by the end of 2013. This breaking news follows Finmeccanica's participation in the Aero India airshow in Bangalore, India, last week.
Current AgustaWestland chief Bruno Spagnolini and two others are reported to be under house arrest.
A statement issued today by Italian organization read: "Finmeccanica expresses support for its Chairman and CEO, with the hope that clarity is established quickly, whilst reaffirming its confidence in the Judges."
In September last year, the organization issued a statement following media stories connecting the company with an investigation: "Finmeccanica and AgustaWestland, while highlighting that the notification of investigation is a deed usually sent during any inquiry, declare that they are not involved in the alleged charges."
Current AgustaWestland CEO Spagnolini (left) with Geoff Hoon, former UK Secretary of Defense and current head of international business development at AgustaWestland, at the company's Farnborough 2012 press conference.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, in an interview with RAI state television, stated that the Italian government would be addressing management issues at the company: "There is a problem with the governance of Finmeccanica at the moment and we will face up to it."
Finmeccanica is 30.2 percent owned by the Italian government, with the remaining 46 percent of shares owned by Italian and international institutional investors, with a smaller 23.8 percent shares owned by private investors.
Reports state that the Indian defense ministry has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to examine the allegations.
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Dante spends a horrific night, the eve of Good Friday 1300, in a forest. The date is significant because the chronology of Dante's journey through Hell mirrors Christ's decent into Hell after his crucifixion. In the morning, he tries to scale a mountain but is impeded by a lion, a wolf, and a leopard. The spirit of the poet Virgil appears and offers to take him by another path to the top of the mountain. The way leads first through Hell but ends in Paradise. Dante accepts this journey to enlightenment in spite of self-doubt and fear.
As they approach the entrance to Hell, Virgil and Dante see a crowd of people hurrying along the banks of the river Asheron. Wasps torment them continually. Virgil tells Dante these are the souls who neither sinned nor worshipped God, and so are rejected by both Heaven and Hell. They are ferried across the river by Charon and meet the noble heathen in a castle on the first ring of the inverted subterranean cone, which is Hell. These souls are not punished except by exclusion from Paradise. This is Virgil's eternal home. The second ring is guarded by Minos and is the first ring of four in which souls are punished for indulgence of natural desires. In the second ring, the souls of the lustful are blown about by ceaseless winds, as in life they were buffeted unreasoningly by passion. In the third circle, the poets find the gluttons soaked by heavy rain and clawed by the three-head dog Cerberus. They encounter a soul from Dante's city, Florence, who predicts that one of the two warring factions in that city will conquer the other. Continuing downwards, the poets meet Pluto, the Greek god of wealth, at the entrance to the fourth ring, which holds both the squanders of wealth and the greedy. These souls are condemned to roll heavy weights back and forth for eternity. The fourth ring is the prison of the wrathful, those who indulged their anger, and the sullen, those who indulged their ill humor. The wrathful fight in the mud of the marsh called the Styx and the sullen gurgle completely covered in the mud. Dante and Virgil are ferried across the fifth circle to the entrance of the walled City of Dis, but a group of fallen angels deny them entry. A messenger from heaven arrives and opens the door for them, but not before the Furies threaten to turn Dante into stone with the head of Medusa. Within the city walls is a plain filled with flaming open tombs. The souls of heretics, Christians who denied certain doctrines of the Church, are stacked within these tombs. Dante converses with the soul of a political rival of his family, and is disturbed by his prediction that Dante will be exiled from his city, but Virgil reassures him that he shall hear the whole of his future when he reached Paradise.
The pilgrims pause at the cliff that divides the sixth circle from those below, and Virgil gives an overview of the classes of sinners held in the three final rings below. The first circle is reserved for the violent and divided into three rounds: violence toward God, towards one's self, and towards one's neighbor. The second circle nests hypocrisy, flattery, sorcerers, cheating, theft, simony, and pandering. The third and last circle of the City of Dis holds traitors. After this introduction, they proceed down into the seventh circle. Passing the Minotaur, they view a river of blood in which men, who committed acts of violence towards their fellowmen, are sunk at varying depths according to their guilt. Centaurs armed with arrows guard them, one of which guides the poets to a ford in the river. They cross and find themselves in a mystical wood. Here men who committed suicide are transformed into trees and tormented by Harpies who tear their leaves. At the edge of the wood lies a great plain of fiery sand. Blasphemers, sodomites, and usurers are punished here by the blistering heat. The poets meet a reptilian monster with a human face, called Geryon, guarding the usurers and have to ride upon its back down a watery vortex in order to reach the eighth circle that holds the fraudulent.
The eighth circle, Malebolge (evil pouches), is divided into ten rounds, which are like ten fortified trenches of a fortress. The poets pass through the circle along footpaths that bridge the chasms. In the first chasm, former seducers are lashed while marching. In the second, flatterers covered in excrement and enveloped in vile vapors gasp and beat themselves. The third round holds those who sold spiritual things. Here Dante meets a former Pope, imprisoned upside-down in a stone cylinder with flames licking the soles of his feet. The fourth round holds magicians who attempted to see the future. They weep and march backwards because their heads have been twisted around backwards. The fifth chasm holds those who used their public office or authority to make money. They boil in pitch and are attached by hook wielding demons when they rise above the surface. One of the demons informs Virgil that the next bridge is in ruins and outfits the pilgrims with an escort of unruly demons to take them to the next bridge further along the chasm wall. Along the way the demons are distracted by a wily soul and end up fighting among themselves while the poets continue. Easily angered the demons pursue the pair who deem it wise to plunge into the sixth chasm rather than await their escort. There they get an up-close view of the hypocrites trudging along in leaden cloaks gilded on the outside. Climbing out of the chasm they reach the seventh chasm, which holds thieves. The thieves are enveloped in serpents and some morph in between human and reptilian form. The eighth chasm holds evil counselors, including Ulysses, who are individually enveloped in flames. The ninth chasm holds those who willingly created division among other people. They are mutilated in various ways symbolic of their particular sins. The tenth and final chasm of the eighth circle holds the falsifiers, who are afflicted by various diseases.
The ninth circle of Hell is a well surrounded by giants embedded to the waist in its wall. Nimrod who led the building of the tower of Babylon is the first they encounter. The mythological giant, Antæus, lifts the two poets and sets them down in the frozen marsh at the center of the well. The circle of the traitors is divided into three rounds: betrayal of one's family, betrayal of one's country, betrayal of hospitality, and betrayal of lords or benefactors. All are frozen into the marsh. They meet various infamous Italians who Dante treats mercilessly, and finally they arrive face to face with Satan, who is a massive three-faced, winged monster frozen breast deep in the center of Hell. In each of his three hideous mouths he chews an archetypal betrayer of Church or the Empire. Judas, Brutus, and Cassius hold these places of honor in Hell. After a brief but memorable pause, Virgil takes Dante in his arms and climbs down Satan's back emerging on the other side of the center of the earth, which marks their exit from Hell. It is now the dawn of Holy Saturday. To reach the surface of the earth the two poets follow the path of the river Lethe, which at the end offers a view of the beauties of Heaven.


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- 2 ALCTS Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries DG LOCATION CHANGE
- 3 ALCTS CCS: Cataloging and Classification Section
- 4 ALCTS SS: Serials Section
- 5 ALCTS Scholarly Communication DG
- 6 ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services DG
- 7 ALCTS Automated Acquisitions/In Process Control Systems DG
Alliances for New Directions in Teaching/Learning
Monday, June 25, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Topic: Alliances: What have they been good for???
Australian – Canadian – New Zealand Studies
Sunday, June 24, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Consumer and Family Studies
Sunday, June 24, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Electronic Reserves
Sunday, June 24, 8:00-10:00 a.m.
Combined meeting with LAMA SASS Circulation/Access Services
Fee-Based Information Service Centers in Academic Libraries
Saturday, June 23, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Heads of Public Services
Saturday, June 23, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Topic: Web 2.0: Keeping up with the Jones' kids!
Information Commons
Saturday, June 23, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Topic: Exploring and Forging Collaborative Relationships Between an Information Commons and Others on Campus
Librarianship in For-Profit Educational Institutions
Saturday, June 23, from 4-5:30 p.m.
Location: Washington Convention Center, Room 208 A/B
Library and Information Science Collections
Sunday, June 24, 8:00-10:00 a.m.
LIS Collections and Services: Sharing Stories, Problems and Solutions
Library Development
Saturday, June 23, 8:00-10:00 a.m.
Topic: Campus Fundraising Campaigns: Strategies for Library Involvement
Media Resources
Sunday, June 24, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Topic: The Integration of Media (film, video, audio, and visual materials) into Library Instruction
MLA International Bibliography in Academic Libraries
Saturday, June 23, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Topic: Use of the Bibliography and vendor updates
New Members
Saturday, June 23, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Topic: Too Shy or Too Shameless? Finding a Balance in Personal PR
Partnership Libraries
Sunday, June 24, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Topic: Assessment of Partnership Libraries: How Do We Measure Success?
Personnel Administrators & Staff Development Officers
Saturday, June 23, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; Sunday, June 24, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Philosophical, Religious, and Theological Studies
Sunday, June 24, 4:00- 6:00 p.m.
Topic: Bibliographic Databases for Philosophy and Religious Studies: Comparison Shopping
Popular Cultures
Sunday, June 24, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Topic: Gaming and Libraries: Video games, interactive text games and other role playing games require players to immerse themselves in the game's universe. How can libraries make use of gaming?
Regional Campus Libraries
Sunday, June 24, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Topic: The Regional/Branch Campus Library and the Changing Educational Landscape
Scholarly Communication
Sunday, June 24, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Senior Administrators
Saturday, June 23, 4-5:30 p.m.
Location: Washington Convention Center, Room 209 C
Sports and Recreation
Saturday, June 23, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Topic: International Issues in Sport Research
Team-Based Organization
Saturday, June 23, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Undergraduate Libraries
Monday, June 25, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Topic: Current topics affecting Undergraduate Libraries including public service, outreach, technology, and the latest innovations in delivering services to undergraduate students.
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ALCTS Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries Discussion Group
The ALCTS Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries Discussion Group,
also referred to as Big Heads, will meet from 9:30 to 12:30, June 22, 2007 at the
Library of Congress in the Montpelier Room. This is a change of venue from that published
in the ALA conference guide.
ALCTS CCS: Cataloging and Classification Section
Authority Control Interest Group (LITA/ALCTS CCS)
Sunday, June 24, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Renaissance Washington, Grand Ballroom North
Business meeting and program: "Authority Control Meets Faceted Browse"
Be introduced to facet theory, view implementations that use faceted approaches with online catalogs, and discuss the relationship between structured authority data and this type of navigation. Speakers will be Kathryn La Barre, Charley Pennell, Mary Charles Lasater, and Casey Bisson.
Catalog Management
Saturday, June 23, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Hotel Washington, Parkview Room
Cataloging and Classification Research
Saturday, June 23, 1-:30 a.m.-12:00 noon Description of program: [1]
Cataloging Norms
Saturday, June 23, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Description of program: [http://wikis.ala.org/annual2007/index.php/Calendar_of_Events#ALCTS.2FCCS_Cataloging_Norms_Discussion_Group ]
CCS/MAGERT Cartographic Resources Cataloging
Sunday, June 24, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel --New Hampshire Room
This meeting will offer an open forum for questions and answers on various topics relating to cartographic materials cataloging.
We look forward to your attendance and the opportunity to share resources that the meeting offers.
All are welcome to attend.
Copy Cataloging
Monday, June 25, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Marriott at Metro Center, Salon E
Business meeting and program: "Changing Workflows in Copy Cataloging Operations," with presentations by Magda El-Sherbini and Bruce Evans. LC Update with Judith Mansfield.
Heads of Cataloging
Monday, June 25, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Description of program: [2]
ALCTS SS: Serials Section
Journal Costs in Libraries
Saturday, June 23, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Washington Convention Center, room 156
Topic: EContent Pricing 2.0
ALCTS Scholarly Communication DG
Time: Monday, June 25, 2007 1:30- 3:30 Place: Washington Convention Center, Room 142
Discussion of author rights, author addendums and library programs on copyright assistance with Peter Hirtle, Intellectual Property Officer, from Cornell University Library and Brent Allison, Director, Social Sciences and Professional Programs, from the University of Minnesota.
ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services DG
Time: Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:30-3:30 Place: Madison Hotel, Hamilton Room
Roundtable discussion topics include: Creating a new catalog front end; best practices for incorporating projects into the cataloging workflow; making a case for expanding the technical services dept.; management/employee supervision and motivation issues; coordination of collection development and technical services; The RLIN/OCLC transition; how to get and use staff production statistics; staffing and workflow changes as a result of the move from print to e-journals; use of form/genre terms in MARC records; incorporating vendor order and/or cataloging records into your workflow.
We need volunteers to facilitate or record the discussions for each topic. If you are willing to volunteer as a facilitator or recorder, please send your information to Linda Lomker (email to firstname.lastname@example.com) by June 19.
ALCTS Automated Acquisitions/In Process Control Systems DG
Time: Sunday, June 24 10:30 - noon
Place: New York Room of the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
The topic of the discussion will be "Are there benefits to managing e-books in ERMs and, if so, how would managing e-books in ERMs change library receiving workflows?". Helping lead a discussion of the issues will be a panel that includes:
Ted Fons, Senior Acquisitions Product Manager, Innovative Interfaces Inc.
Peter McCracken, Co-founder and Director of Electronic Content Management, Serials Solutions
Kari Paulson, President, Ebook Library (EBL)
Christopher Warnock, CEO and CTO, ebrary
Angela Riggio, Head, Digital Collection Management, Digital Collection Services, UCLA Library, and member of the DLF ERMI Steering Group
Come hear and contribute to the discussion.
LAMA Diversity Officers Discussion Group
Saturday, June 23, 2007, 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Grand Hyatt, Lafayette Park
All with an interest in diversity -- whether or not you are a diversity officer -- are welcome to join the discussion. We will be identifying libraries with minority/diversity librarians and exploring such topics as the varying position responsibilities of library diversity officers, recruitment and retention, and residency programs. As always, you are welcome to bring up topics and questions at the meeting. Please join us for a lively and informative discussion!


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Jolt Awards 2014: The Best Programmer Libraries, April 22, 2014 Astonishing collections of software bundled with superb design and coding tools
Jolt Award: DevExpress Universal 13.2
Given the completeness and maturity of the many components in this year's packages, the Libraries category was tough going for the judges. However, one vendor's component suite made a stunning impact with its leaps in forward-thinking and polished presentation. DevExpress has been in the running for the top slot in the Jolt Libraries award for some time, but this year they have captured lightning in a bottle and were deemed the winner by a large margin.
What made their suite so compelling was their full embrace of the latest Web and development framework standards, their refinement of existing components to work beautifully and predictably across multiple platforms, excellent documentation support, and their exciting new additions such as inline form editing, a spreadsheet component with nearly as much functionality as Microsoft Excel (including charts, mail-merge, and PDF export), flyout panels, Windows 8-style Tile Control (with nearly 50 templates to choose from),and Live Tile manager component, a WidgetView document manager, overlay task bar assistant, PDF viewer control, and app themes to name a few. They have also revisited the controls like the Date and Time pickers and toggle switches to make them more touch-friendly via expanded target spacing for easier selection on Microsoft Surface and other Windows tablet devices.
Also new are the control designer UI updates that provide a consistent look and usability across the design-time dialogs, a new WinForms data source wizard, a FormAssistant component to specify form types and skins…and that's just the additions to the WinForms compilation. The Universal package also includes significant updates and new ASP.NET controls (such as the Grid Batch Editing, Ribbon, and Spreadsheet controls), MVC themes and enhancements, WPF, Silverlight, and Windows 8 XAML updates. DevExpress Universal also includes a powerful reporting suite that makes document viewing (preprinted and form print preview) a breeze. But most notable, the suite includes a powerful document server that supports spreadsheets, a variety of document types (Word, PDF, XML, EPUB, etc.), a Snap Reports and Barcode generator, and even a compression/archive generator and unit converter.
You can view all these components in action via videos and browser-based live demonstrations by visiting the devexpress.com website. You're likely to find yourself as impressed as we were. That is, simply stunned by the vast amount of functionality delivered in this library packaged with remarkable polish and attention to details. As mentioned in the first slide, DevExpress won the Jolt Award this year hands-down. It is unquestionably the best package in this category. Mike Riley


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Camarines Sur, Philippines
The Philippines is composed of more than 7,000 islands. All of them are extraordinarily tropical. Some of them are simply pure and beautiful while most of these islands are awesomely attractive. One of them is known as a jewel of an islet located offshore. It is called the Gota Village Resort in Caramoan Peninsula. In reality, the entire peninsula of Caramoan is a virtual tourism Eden. It is filled with marine life, exotic islets, diving spots of diversified corals, pristine beaches, underground cave and rivers, lagoons, freshwater pools and rock formations. Due to these natural and unique features of Caramoan, it has become a favorite location site of the producers of the highly rated reality TV series "Survivor".
With Gota Village Resort as the main project of the provincial government of Caramoan, it was chosen by Top Resa Paris, the largest travel and tourism forum in Europe as the best tourism destination in the world in 2008. It was also during that year that Nature magazine chose CamSur as the best eco-tourism site of the world.
Furthermore, CamSur was known as a top player in this part of the world by Conde Nast Travellers Survey for Asian Islands Destinations. Other names included in the short list of fabulous islands and beaches in the Philippines are Pagudpud/Banguin in Ilocos Norte, El Nido in Palawan, Siargao Islands in Surigao del Norte, Boracay in Aklan, Great Sta. Cruz Island in Zamboanga, Bantayan Island in Cebu, Palaui Island in Cagayan Valley, Samal in Davao and Panglao in Bohol.
The Municipality of Caramoan
Caramoan is a 1st class type of municipality. It belongs to the province of Camarines Sur in Bicol region located in the Philippines. It is found at the tip of the Caramoan Peninsula which happens to be a rugged place of land. On the north and east, it extends into the waters of the Maqueda Channel while on the south to the Lagonoy Gulf. Based on the 2010 census, it consists of 44,945 people. On the north, its boundary is Garchitorena town and the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean. Caramoan's boundary in the northeast is the island province of Catanduanes. On the west, it is bounded by the Presentacion municipality, on the south by Lagonoy Gulf and on the east by the Maqueda Channel.
The municipality comprises of approximately 277.41 square kilometers or 107.11 square miles. About 71 kilometers or 44 miles of its irregular coastline is surrounded by vast swamps, bay, ocean and seas. It is about 500 kilometers or 310 miles from Metro Manila and 95 kilometers or 59 miles from Pili municipality. It is where the office of the provincial government as well as the Naga Domestic Airport are located. Caramoan is located 110 kilometers or 68 miles east from Naga City which is called the heart of Bicol.
Caramoan Islands
The secret paradise of the Philippines is no other than Caramoan. One of the well known tourism spots in the country today is the Caramoan Peninsula. It can be hard driving around the Caramoan Peninsula because of its terrain plus this peninsula is filled with hills. Not a lot of people have heard or know where Caramoan really is. Caramoan is sometimes neglected by tourists who prefer to go to nearby Boracay. If you are in search of a paradise you can enjoy without too much crowd sharing it then Caramoan is the place. Caramoan Resorts became popular only recently when it became the venue for the French Survivor show. The location for Israel's Survivor hit TV show was also Caramoan. The true natural beauty of Caramoan Islands is what made it popular for shooting TV shows, etc. Caramoan Islands is an almost untouched and wild type of paradise. The white sandy beaches of the many islands of Caramoan are really worth your visit. Caramoan Islands are surrounded with limestone cliffs apart from their beautiful white sand and crystal clear water. Going around Caramoan Islands entails you to ride the small boats with outboard motors. Paniman is where the island hopping experience begins. There are caramoan tour package which can cater to your requirements should you want to visit Caramoan.
Caramoan Beach
Gota beach is by far the most popular Caramoan beach. The location chosen for the French Survivor was Gota beach. From the Caramoan town you can head to Gota beach using public transportation. Beach and Cave Cabanas hostel in Caramoan is perfect for the budget watcher tourists to stay in. Ask for which islands in Caramoan that allows camping on the beach. If you plan to camp out at Caramoan beaches, take note that it can get a bit cold at night so wear proper outfit. Arriving at caramoan is really an accomplishment because it requires time and effort to get there. Going from Sabang to the port of Guijalo will take 2 or 3 hours on a boat. You start the island hoping from Paniman to Caramoan's Bikal. The Caramoan boat has a boat schedule but you may wait awhile for it to leave as it only leaves when it's full. You may want to visit Caramoan, an island paradise in the Philippines when you visit the country. You should visit Caramoan now when it is still not as popular as other great beaches.
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Oct. 27, 2017 – When Bobbie Jo Sparks was near her lowest, four words changed her life.
"Call Angie with BCAP," Sparks remembers being told.
BCAP* is the acronym for Breast Cancer Assistance Program, a 501(c)(3) charity that assists women affected by breast cancer. Sparks is a breast cancer survivor who in 2012 was diagnosed with cancer, then lost her mother and her job within a span of about two months.
Industry veteran will serve bank's Pryor, Okla. region.
PRYOR , Okla. – Arvest Bank is pleased to announce Brandon Tate has been promoted to community bank president.
Tate will serve as Arvest's community bank president for the bank's Pryor, Okla., region, which includes Pryor, Tahlequah and Wagoner. He will office at the Arvest branch at 1521 W. Highway 51 in Wagoner.
Having held various roles in his banking career, Tate most recently served Arvest as senior vice president and commercial relationship manager. In his role as community bank president, he will formulate a hierarchy of objectives, standards of performance, strategies, plans, and budgets, among other duties, for the Pryor region.
Tate earned a bachelor's degree in business administration at Northeastern State University, with a major in finance and minor in accounting.
Active in numerous civic organizations, Tate is chairman of the board of the Wagoner Lions Club, as well as vice president and board member of the Fort Gibson Lake Association. He's also an active member of the Wagoner and Coweta chambers of commerce, and the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa.
Tate lives in Wagoner with his wife, Heather, and their son.
We're proud to be the presenting sponsor of this shred event in Tulsa, Okla.
TULSA, Okla. – Tulsa Crime Stoppers will host the first annual Shred-To-Protect event on Saturday, May 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The free event aims to reduce financial fraud in Tulsa by safely destroying paperwork that leaves victims vulnerable to scams and identity theft. The event is made possible by presenting sponsor Arvest and through a partnership with event sponsor Green Country Shredding and Recycling, as well as, event host and sponsor Promenade Mall. Additional sponsors include QuikTrip and Reasor's.
Participants may drive in to the Promenade Mall Southwest parking lot (4107 S. Yale Avenue) between the former Macy's and next to McDonalds. Items will be gathered by volunteers from Arvest Bank, Tulsa County Sheriff's Department, Tulsa Police Department, and Tulsa Crime Stoppers to be shredded on-site.
Shred-To-Protect is not only a resource for the Tulsa community but also a fundraiser for Tulsa Crime Stoppers. Donations for the Tulsa Crime Stoppers program will be accepted at the site. The non-profit program supports local law enforcement agencies by offering anonymous cash rewards to individuals who can help solve felony crimes, including crimes of financial fraud and identity theft. Residents and businesses will be invited to unload up to two boxes or three paper bags of documents from their vehicle that will be shredded on-site with deputies and officers present. Those unable to donate are still encouraged to take advantage of this free service. Participants will also receive coupons for area businesses.
To anonymously report suspects involved in committing financial crime, tipsters may call Tulsa Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS (2677), log on to www.tulsacrimestoppers.org*, or submit a tip through the free Tulsa Tips app available in the iTunes Apple or Google Play stores. For more information about Shred-To-Protect event or to find out about sponsorship opportunities visit www.tulsacrimestoppers.org/event/shred-to-protect*.
Links marked with * go to a third-party site not operated or endorsed by Arvest Bank, an FDIC-insured institution.
Barnes, Fine, Rowe and Stafford given VP titles.
TULSA, Okla. – Arvest Bank is pleased to announce promotions for four of its branch sales managers in its Tulsa market.
Chris Barnes, Katrina Fine and Johna Rowe have been promoted to vice president.
Barnes is the branch sales manager at Arvest's Vandalia branch in Tulsa. He earned a bachelor's degree in communications at the University of Oklahoma and lives in Tulsa with his wife, Stephanie, and their three children.
Fine is the branch sales manager at Arvest's Walmart Supercenter location in Muskogee and has 12 years of experience with the bank. During that time, she has managed three separate locations. Fine lives in Muskogee with her husband, Scott, and their two children, and volunteers with the Salvation Army.
Rowe has been with Arvest for 17 years and is branch sales manager at the bank's Sapulpa location. She is an active member of Sapulpa Main Street and the Sapulpa Chamber of Commerce. Rowe lives in Mounds with her husband, Cory, and their two children.
Josh Stafford, branch sales manager at the bank's branch at 1720 S. Muskogee Ave. in Tahlequah, has been promoted to assistant vice president. He has spent his entire career at this branch, holding numerous positions. He earned a degree in business administration at Northeastern State University and lives in Tahlequah with his wife, Mandi, and their daughter. Stafford is a Tahlequah Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador, a board member for NeoHealth, and active member of Junior Achievement of Oklahoma.
Donated items go to backpack program.
EUFAULA, Okla. – Arvest Bank is pleased to announce a collaboration with Eufaula Elementary School to benefit its backpack program that provides meals and snacks to students in need.
The Arvest branch at 110 S. 1st Street in Eufaula will sponsor a pizza party for the Eufaula Elementary School classroom that collects the most items for the backpack program from April 24-May 5.
Donated items that qualify for the contest are as follows:
- Individually packed instant oatmeal
- Granola bars
- Individual portions of chocolate or vanilla pudding (lunchbox-ready)
- 7.5-ounce cans of entrees such as SpaghettiOs
- Stew, soup, Vienna Sausage
- Easy mac & cheese
- Individual fruit cups or applesauce (lunchbox-ready)
- Beef sticks (mild)
- Individually packaged fruit snacks or Fruit Roll-ups
- Breakfast bars
- Beef or chicken ramen noodles
- Juice boxes
The contest is part of Arvest's seventh annual 1 Million Meals initiative, which aims to raise at least one million meals for those suffering from food-insecurity throughout its four-state footprint. To participate, customers and community members can donate nonperishable food items or make monetary donations at any Arvest branch or call (866) 952-9523. Arvest credit card customers also can donate Arvest Flex Rewards™ points by visiting arvestflexrewards.com and clicking on the 1 Million Meals banner. Every dollar raised through 1 Million Meals provides the equivalent of five meals for those in need.
For more information on 1 Million Meals or the Eufaula Elementary School contest, please contact Arvest branch sales manager Paula Freeman at (918) 689-5705 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Submitted questions will be answered by an Arvest banker and may appear on the Arvest Blog.
All Arvest banks are Equal Housing Lenders and Member FDIC.
Investment products and services are provided by Arvest Investments, Inc., doing business as Arvest Asset Management, member FINRA/SIPC, an SEC registered investment adviser and a subsidiary of Arvest Bank. Trust services are provided by Arvest Bank. Insurance products are made available through Arvest Insurance, Inc., which is registered as an insurance agency. Insurance products are marketed through Arvest Insurance, Inc., but are underwritten by insurance companies.
Securities and Insurance Products: Not Insured by FDIC or any Federal Government Agency, May Lose Value, Not a Deposit of or Guaranteed by a Bank or any Bank Affiliate.


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Academic Policies and Procedures
International Education
Information about educational opportunities in other countries, including study abroad, international internships, international research opportunities, and international scholarship programs, is available at the Office of International Education (OIE), Jonsson Building, 5th Floor, Room JO 5.504. Students are required to attend an advising session before seeking staff assistance in selecting obtain guidance from OIE advisors to select the program most appropriate to their individual needs and interests. Also, OIE advisors will provide guidance to satisfy the institutional protocol, including The advising sessions include University policies governing study abroad, program options, funding sources, international health insurance, liability issues, and application and selection procedures. Information is also disseminated through publications, study abroad fairs, special events, group meetings, individual appointments, reference materials and at the OIE website.
Affiliated Studies
Students register for affiliated studies study abroad courses (STAB Generic) after they complete the institutional protocol, which includes the academic approval of the Associate Deans. Study Abroad programs are offered when they participate in study abroad programs by organizations and institutions specialized in designing academic courses in foreign destinations for U.S. students with which the University has an affiliation. Students enrolled in affiliated studies study abroad programs are considered full-time students. Credits are awarded as transfer credit. Students are not assessed UT Dallas tuition and fees and are responsible for paying program fees directly to the affiliate program study abroad providers.
Undergraduates must have earned a minimum of 30 credit hours at The University of Texas at Dallas. Freshmen, first-semester transfer students, non-degree seeking students, and students who plan to graduate within one semester are not eligible to participate.
All students must have a minimum (semester or cumulative) GPA of 2.00. Students with less than a 2.53 GPA may not be eligible for some affiliate or exchange programs for study abroad. Study abroad is limited to two (2) semesters.
Exchange Programs
Students in exchange programs are registered for a block of coursework in study abroad (STAB ExchangeEXCM). Associate Deans in the appropriate academic departments review the student's work to determine equivalent UT Dallas credit upon completion. Students will earn resident credit. Students are assessed the normal UT Dallas tuition and fees for the number of semester credit hours they undertake for that particular semester. Students may apply their Academic Excellence Scholarships toward these programs.
Faculty-led Programs
Academic units may offer courses taught abroad as part of their regular curriculum. Students who take these courses follow normal registration procedures and are assessed normal tuition and fees for the number of semester credit hours they undertake. Additional fees are charged to cover program costs.
Financial Assistance
Students may apply for the UT Dallas International Education Fund Scholarship (IEFS) to obtain complementary financial support for study abroad programs. Information about the IEFS, including eligibility requirements and deadlines, is available at the OIE website.
Information about other funding opportunities for study abroad is available at The Office of Financial Aid. Students are eligible to use financial aid for those programs that are affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas. Programs outside of official affiliations are not eligible for financial aid. Students are strongly encouraged to have a declared major; otherwise there could be financial aid implications.
Credits earned in Exchange Programs will translate directly onto The University of Texas at Dallas transcript as an earned letter grade. All other program earned credits will be transcribed as Credit/No Credit. Grades of 2.00 on a 4.00 point scale will be reviewed by The Office of the Registrar and assigned credit. Course work will be reflected on the student's transcript but only courses taken on the UT Dallas campus are considered in the UT Dallas GPA.
No more than 20% or 12 hours (whichever is smaller) of upper-division credits taken as Credit/No Credit may be used toward graduation credits. Courses in a student's major that are designed as Credit/No Credit are not included in this limit.
Core Curriculum courses taken while studying abroad must be taken for a grade. A 2.00 on a 4.00 scale must be earned to transfer to UT Dallas.
It is the student's responsibility upon returning to the UT Dallas campus to provide The Office of the Registrar with the institution's published catalog description of the course and an official transcript.
Official Transcripts
Transcripts received from foreign institutions in a language other than English must be translated by a professional service for official posting of transfer credit. The use of a professional translation service will ensure the authenticity, consistency, and accuracy of transferring credits. It is the responsibility of the student to provide an English translation of the transcript and to pay any associated costs; transcript translation services are not provided by the University.
The Associate Deans in each school determine how general courses and Core Curriculum courses will be applied to The University of Texas at Dallas degree plan. Approval may be required by more than one Associate Dean for courses outside the student's major. All courses must be pre-approved by the Associate Dean.
Travel Warnings
The University of Texas at Dallas does not recommend or support study abroad programs in regions of the world for which the U.S. State Department has issued a "Travel Warning." Applications to study in regions affected by Travel Warnings will not be approved. UT Dallas students will not be eligible to apply their financial aid for such experiences. A Travel Warning is an official recommendation for travelers; it usually discourages non-essential travel in the specified region. Because Travel Warnings are issued in response to specific world events, however, they may have expiration dates.


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Though David Neal stood alone in front of Terrebonne's top educators, politicians and business people Saturday night, all his students were there in spirit.
Though David Neal stood alone in front of Terrebonne's top educators, politicians and business people Saturday night, all his students were there in spirit.
"It means a lot to me because my students — they deserve this a lot," said Neal who has taught for 45 years. "I feel like they made me."
Neal was named the Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence in Public Education's Inspirational Teacher of the Year.
He teaches special education at South Terrebonne High School and is a longtime basketball coach in the parish.
The award is considered the highest local honor teachers can receive. It recognizes public school educators who do outstanding work for their students.
"When I walk into the classroom, these kids give me a speech. I look into their eyes, they want to learn. I look into their heart, they love everyone. They are a utopia for teachers. They made me; I surely haven't made them," Neal said while accepting the award.
Neal was given the award at a banquet held to honor the hard work of the parish's teachers. Last year's Inspirational Teacher of the Year Award went to Geraldine Seymore Patterson of Greenwood Middle School.
"This honor can be given for anything, but it is to recognize those teachers who go above and beyond to educate their students," said Yolanda Trahan, the foundation's executive director.
Neal was one of five finalists for the award. All were nominated by current or former students and their parents. A panel of judges made up of local business and community leaders decide the winner by looking at nomination letters without knowing the name of the nominee, Trahan said.
The other finalists were Kathleen Benoit of East Houma Elementary, Sheri Ledet of Lisa Park Elementary, Evey Trosclair of Montegut Middle and Alison Seeber of Boudreaux Canal Elementary.
Though she missed out on the top spot, Seeber said it was an honor to have her hard work recognized.
"Anything like this is very special because all of us (teachers) should be recognized because we put a lot of ourselves and work into teaching the students," Seeber said.
The ceremony also honored a teacher of the year at each school.
"Recognizing teachers of the year is certainly a worthwhile endeavor," said Philip Martin, superintendent of Terrebonne Parish schools. "I continue to be in awe of our teachers when I go in classrooms, and what I see them doing is nothing short of magic."
The ceremony also honored three district teachers of the year — one for each school level.
Elementary School Teacher of the Year was Natalie Pittman-Lirette, who teaches fourth-grade at Point-aux-Chenes Elementary.
"It is really quite astonishing to see all the leaders of the parish here tonight to recognize teachers," Pittman-Lirette said after being recognized. "It really shows Terrebonne cares a lot about education."
Middle School Teacher of the Year was Tamara Melancon, who teaches eighth-grade at Montegut Middle.
"It really does help and to notice and see what it takes to do the work we (teachers) do," Melancon said after being recognized.
The High School Teacher of the Year was Tricia Corbin of South Terrebonne High School, who now serves as the educational technology facilitator for the district. After being recognized, Corbin said her mother was on her mind.
"She was a teacher for 30 years, and I remember her always putting her students first," Corbin said. "(She is) a role model in teaching and in everything."
The event also recognized the Terrebonne Parish School District's Principals of the Year — Mary Aucoin of Mulberry Elementary School and Sharon Henry of Village East Middle School.
Bayou Blue Elementary Teacher of the Year Krista Pertuit emphasized that teaching is a team effort.
"My principal, she pushes me really hard and keeps our standards high," Pertuit said of her secret to success.
The banquet also recognized Clifford Smith, chairman of the board at T. Baker Smith, with the James J. Buquet Jr. Award of Distinction. The award is given annually to recognize an outstanding graduate of a Terrebonne Parish public high school.
The Courier and Whitney Bank sponsored the banquet.


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Lindsay Lohan is under investigation for allegedly assaulting a worker at the Betty Ford Center, where the troubled star is just days away from finishing a court-ordered rehab stint.
Cops in Palm Desert, Calif., were called to the facility about 1 a.m. on Dec. 12 to investigate claims by a female worker that she was assaulted by Lohan, according to People magazine.
"The victim desired prosecution," Sgt. Joe Borja of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department told the mag. "The incident is being investigated as a misdemeanor."
Lohan denies pushing the woman first, according to a People source.
The employee, chemical technician Dawn Holland, had admonished the 24-year-old "Mean Girls" actress for returning past curfew after spending the evening at a local bar, according to TMZ.
Holland told the gossip site Tuesday she was now out on workers' comp because Lohan had pulled a phone from her hand as she was calling 911, spraining it.
Holland added that she could smell alcohol on Lindsay's breath during the alleged confrontation and the actress refused a Breathalyzer test.
In a twist, RadarOnline reported Tuesday that Holland acknowledged to them that TMZ had paid her at least $10,000 for her interview and photos of her injuries.
Sgt. Borja told People no arrest was made because the incident didn't occur in front of an officer.
Lohan's lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, said in a statement to the AP late Tuesday that Lohan was the one who called 911. The actress would wait for cops to complete their investigation before commenting further, she said.
But Lohan's father, Michael, wasted no time Tuesday in hitting back at any suggestion his daughter may have been in the wrong.
"She had it in for Lindsay the whole time," he said in an interview with E! News, referring to the Betty Ford employee.
"As soon as Lindsay walked in the door the woman grabbed Lindsay by the arm, and not the other two girls [she was with], and said, 'You are going to take a urine test,'" Lohan said. "Lindsay just brushed her off. That is what she told me: 'Dad, I just brushed her off.' "
Lindsay Lohan has been at the Rancho Mirage facility since Sept. 28. She was sent there by a Beverly Hills judge after she violated probation for a DUI and tested positive for alcohol. She is scheduled to remain at the Ford Center until at least Jan. 3.
Lohan, who also starred in "The Parent Trap" and "Freaky Friday," was first busted May 26, 2007, when she drove a Mercedes-Benz into a hedge along Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.Two months later, she was arrested again in Santa Monica on suspicion of DUI and possession of cocaine.
She agreed to plead no contest and was sentenced to a day in jail and three years' probation. That term was extended by a year for not completing alcohol-education classes on schedule.
In July, she missing a required probation hearing before Beverly Hills Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel, saying her passport was stolen while she was at the Cannes Film Festival, and the judge sentenced her to 90 days in jail. She spent 13 days behind bars before being released again. As part of her sentence, she was ordered to spend 90 days in an inpatient addiction treatment program.


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Located in the heart of Cardiff's stylish Mermaid Quay and directly opposite the stunning Wales Millennium Centre these spectacular apartments offer all the comforts of home in a superb modern environment. Perfect as a base for anyone wishing to visit the exciting and dynamic city of Cardiff. Relax on chic furniture in beautifully designed apartments or go exploring with Cardiff's many diverse attractions being just a short stroll away.
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Old Answers to the New Atheism: An Interview with Peter Hitchens
Many Christians are aware of the hostile atheism of Christopher Hitchens. However, few Christians are aware that his brother, Peter, was also for many years antagonistic toward Christianity and a self-avowed atheist like his brother. Unlike Christopher, however, Peter is …Read More
Making Atheism Enchanting
The old atheists maintained that belief in God is not true. The new atheists maintain that belief in God is not good. The atheists' problem, though, is that however much they attack belief in God, their own worldview lacks all …Read More
Be Prepared
Make no mistake: there is an aggressive new atheism in America. The new unbelievers are eager to win people to their cause. Not content simply to disbelieve in God for themselves, they want to persuade other people not to believe in …Read More
The True Face of Evil
Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, it takes religion." So writes the Nobel …Read More
Faith and Reason
In this postmodern culture we have witnessed a fascinating revival of ancient Gnosticism. The Gnostics of antiquity were called by that name because they asserted that they had a superior type of knowledge that surpassed the insights found even in the …Read More
New Dog, Old Tricks
Since hearing about the supposedly "new" atheism I have been trying to figure out what's so new about it. Its proponents are not saying anything different than their atheist ancestors have said throughout history. In truth, they are simply …Read More


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Greenpeace has thrown down the gauntlet. In November, the environmental nonprofit presented 15 Italian and French fashion houses, including Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, and Prada, with 25 "uncomfortable" questions about their supply chains. Its goal? To determine where the luxury sector stands in terms of toxic water pollution and deforestation. The results, released on Thursday on a new "Fashion Duel" website, was a mixed bag. Valentino topped the ranking for its "ambitious and binding commitment" to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its supply chain and products, while brands like Salvatore Ferragamo and Louis Vuitton received a poor to unsatisfactory grade for their "partial commitments" and "real lack of ambition," says Greenpeace.
At the bottom of the list were Alberta Ferretti, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Hermès, Prada, and Trussardi ranked at the bottom of the list for refusing to disclose information for the survey, which examined the differing policies of high-end fashion brands on environmental issues.
"Brands at the bottom of the rank, such as Louis Vuitton, are global fashion trendsetters, but they also now have an opportunity to become environmental leaders," says Chiara Campione, a campaigner at Greenpeace Italy. "They must take urgent and transparent action to eliminate the release of hazardous chemicals throughout their supply chain and products and put in place concrete measures to avoid contamination of their supply chain from forest destruction."
A piece of the Amazon rainforest is destroyed every day to clear the way for cattle ranching and leather production.
A piece of the Amazon rainforest is destroyed every day to clear the way for cattle ranching and leather production.
A piece of the Amazon rainforest is destroyed every day to clear the way for cattle ranching and leather production for shoes, bags, and belts, she adds. A similar chain of events occurs in Indonesia, where the habitat of the last Sumatran tigers is being threatened to make low-cost paper packaging. In China, Mexico, and other places, hazardous chemicals used by the textile industry are polluting waterways.
Campione praises Valentino for pledging not only to phase out all hazardous chemicals from the entire life cycle of its products by 2020 but also for outlining a new zero-deforestation policy on leather and packaging procurement.
"Since the launch of Greenpeace's Detox campaign in 2011, 15 major fashion brands have already committed to eliminating all releases of hazardous chemicals along their supply chain and products," Campione says. "If these major companies, and today Valentino, have taken the step, why should we expect less from all luxury fashion brands?"


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The Carver and the Artist: Māori Art in the Twentieth Century
Auckland University Press, 2008 - Art - 224 pages
This investigation into modernist Maori art examines the key artists of the period, such as Arnold Wilson, Para Matchitt, and Selwyn Muru, and others who helped establish a visual response to theĀrapid urbanizationĀof Maori lands and culture throughout the mid-20th century. Additional research offers insight into the Maori renaissance of the 1970s and how their art served as a means to refocus and preserve their cultural traditions in the face of modern expansion. Art lovers and collectors alike will enjoy this accessible look into an exciting period of Indigenous and Oceanic art. Beautiful photographs of the rarely seen carved artworks, many of which have not yet been published, complement the research.
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Local nonprofit Special Kids was presented with a $25,000 check from State Farm on Wednesday, July 24, at the Camp Ability of Special Kids Luncheon held at North Boulevard Church of Christ in Murfreesboro.
Special Kids won the grant through online facebook voting in State Farm's Neighborhood Assist program. The giving initiative distributed $25,000 to the top 40 causes from 200 finalists selected by the State Farm Youth Advisory Board. Special Kids garnered over 52,500 votes and placed sixth in the top 40 grant winners nationwide. The organization also won the grant in 2012 and was one out of only three groups from the United States and Canada to win the funding for a second year.
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Special Kids won the grant to expand its family services department. The department focuses on serving and educating families who have children with special needs in order to help them better function in the community. The grant will go to further educate the staff, hire additional staff, and implement an intensive case management process.
State Farm Neighborhood Assist is a crowd-sourced philanthropic initiative that lets communities determine where grant funding is awarded, exclusively through Facebook. The initiative utilizes the State Farm Youth Advisory Board to vet submissions for causes and allows Facebook users who download the free State Farm Neighborhood Assist application to vote for the final 40 grant winners. The program has been inspired by the incredible number of neighborhoods that are coming together to solve a problem or improve their community.
Special Kids is a Christian nonprofit providing rehabilitation and nursing services to children with special needs. The Murfreesboro-based ministry started with one child in 1998 and has grown to serve over 2,300 children from 11 counties in middle Tennessee. For more information on Special Kids, please visit specialkidstn.com or call 615.893.4892.