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Doom: How to Upgrade Your Praetor Suit

DOOM, guide, how to, get, yellow access key, card

Your Praetor Suit is your first line of defense against the waves of demons desperate for your blood, so upgrading it is probably a good idea. Here’s how to upgrade it on your adventure into hell.

As you’re playing through Doom, you’ll notice a number of bodies lying around on the floor. You should take it upon yourself to go and check out all of these, as some of them have exactly what you need in order to upgrade your Praetor Suit.

The kind of bodies that you’re looking for are those clad in a suit that looks very similar to your own. When you spot one, walk over to it and hit R3 when you’re prompted to do so. Your character should then reach down and pull a card out of the front of the suit. You’ll then be informed that you’ve got a Praetor Suit Token which can then be used to upgrade your suit. Simply open up the in-game menus and go over to the Praetor Suit option at the top. Choose the upgrade you want and you’ll have successfully made your first upgrade to your Praetor Suit.

For more tips, tricks, and guides for Doom, check out our ever-expanding Wiki.

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One hot, sunny, saturday afternoon we went with our friend and Kylie’s doctor, Monica to Denver’s fancy-schmancy Cherry Creek North to have sushi among the elite.

And no one’s more elite than Kylie!

So of course she sat at the table, and of course they brought her her own water glass and of course she did eat some sushi.

She was very sophisticated when she wanted to be!

Kylie loves root beer! It’s just one of the things she has in common with Snoopy.

And she knew the difference.. if you tired to give her coke or pepsi she would take one drink and look at you like, “wth? something’s wrong with this root beer.” Then she’d have no more of it! And around here, it’s always Barq’s root beer, because Barq’s has bite! It also has caffeine – it’s the only root beer that does – and if there’s anything Kylie needed it was a caffeine buzz!

Speaking of a buzz.. if there was any beverage she liked more than root beer it was Bailey’s! OMG, she went crazy for that stuff! Once she knew you were drinking Bailey’s she was on you like a… like a terrier. We figured it was because as part jrt, she was part irish, therefore of course she likes Bailey’s, plus that stuff tastes like liquid candy! (cough, cough, bad parenting)

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You may have noticed the giant rawhide bone in the photo where Kylie was shredding one of her toys.. it’s hard to miss, its as big as her!

We bought it for her because we thought it would be funny to see her try to maneuver it, but the joke was on us.. she would carry it up and down the hall, banging it into furniture and the walls but not slowing down. And you’ll notice, one end is totally missing!

Kylie was never afraid of a challenge!

As hard as it was for us in the beginning to believe that Kylie was still a puppy, she was very determined to convince us. She was very destructive!

Kylie destroyed everything! Her favorites were electrical cords, she chewed through phone cords, fan cords, extension cords, and more cords. We tried putting tobasco sauce on the cords, that just made her more determined; we tried that bitter apple stuff which merely inconvenienced her but she would not be deterred. She threw up at some point (go figure) and there were bits of copper wire in the mix (sorry, that’s gross). Once we were even sitting in the living room, watching television in the evening when we heard a ZAP, a YELP, and the lights went out simultaneously. She had chewed through a lamp cord while it was plugged in and even that didn’t convince her to find a new hobby!

She also seemed to fancy unmentionables when she was looking for something to tear up – bras and boxer shorts, etc. Yeah… no idea what that was about.

Kylie got into the trash all the time, she knocked the christmas tree over that first year several times. It got to the point that when we were driving home we would start getting stressed out wondering.. what did Kylie destroy today.

Our solution was a little unique – we set up a Kylie rescue fund. Each week her three roomates would put money into Kylie’s piggy bank so that when she broke something the money to replace it came out of her savings. It worked out pretty well.. when she would destroy stuff, she had to pay to replace it out of her allowance!

When Kylie grew out of chewing things up finally, we kept putting the money in the piggy bank weekly and started calling it her allowance. Interestingly, even though Kylie would chew up almost anything, including paper and magazines, she would never destroy cash. And if you happen to miss a weekend payment, she would be sure to let you know!

Over the years she got the occasional raise and since she wasn’t having to pay to replace things, she built up a savings and eventually we opened an interest bearing bank account for her where she typically had a couple thousand dollars. Then Kylie was able to use her own money to buy christmas presents for family and friends and occasionally make a donation to an animal rescue.

I don’t know how we came up with it, but most every dog parent we’ve told about it has said it was a great idea and they wanted to try it. I guess we should have written a book about puppy parenting – we could have called it “what not to do.”

In 2002 we went on a trip back to NJ and wanted to spend a day in NYC. Kylie always enjoyed taking a bite out of the Big Apple and SoHo is very dog friendly so we went shopping!

Since it was early 2002 things there were still very tense there and it just so happened that we came out of a store and there was some sort of suspicious activity, and several law enforcement types had descended and rushed us across the street to avoid whatever “danger” was lurking. Of course instead of deciding to duck & cover, we stood around across the street with Kylie to try and figure out what was going on (more bad parenting).

So since there really wasn’t anything going on we decided to use it as a photo op! We were even trying to work up the nerve to ask one of new york’s finest to pose with her, but decided that until things were back to at least code orange it probably wasn’t a good idea. This photo later became very popular on Kylie’s website as the heading for KNN – Kylie’s News Network.

Hush Puppy was a hand puppet and one of Kylie’s first toys, who then became Kylie’s boyfriend or something. Many times we came home to something like this..

(Yes, we had a car seat in the living room as furniture.) Then at some point Kylie seemed to have moved on and Hush Puppy had been ignored for months. So while cleaning house we decided to make more room for the several other toys that had been accumulated since, so Hush Puppy went out with the trash.

Later that day a friend called and during the conversation he said, “I think Kylie’s upset about something.” He and Kylie had a very special relationship, they were like telepathic or something. And I could not deny it, she seemed despondent and quite dissatisfied.

I said, I didn’t know what was wrong with her, she had seemed fine earlier and it didn’t seem like she was sick or anything, but very not like herself. So then he asked, “Did you take something away from her.” And I said “No… Well I did get rid of Hush Puppy but she hasn’t played with him in forever.” He said emphatically, “That’s it! You better get him back!”

I briefly protested but soon found myself literally dumpster diving outside our apartment to fetch Hush Puppy from his odoriferous fate. Kylie greeted him warmly and her mood was instantly improved.

Needless to say, Hush Puppy’s residence was never again threatened, even when he had gone completely ignored and forgotten for years and Kylie had clearly outgrown him and moved on. Even when we would periodically go through all her toys with her and decide which toys could be donated to a local shelter, Hush Puppy stayed put.

We weren’t willing to take any chances!

This is the first of many posts that will simply feature a favorite photo of Kylie (of which there are thousands – literally), whether it’s a glamorous location or just plain funny, with a bit of information about where it was taken , etc. We will cleverly call this category “snapshots.”

I think these are actually her cousin’s Gracie’s Doggles because they look a little big for Kylie. But this was a long drive and Kylie was always great for some entertainment on the road!

We mentioned before that when the first girl first saw Kylie she thought that she was an old dog who had had a rough life and she wanted to bring her home so we could give her a big party for whatever life she had left. Then we found out Kylie was still a puppy! They said she was approximately eight months old and we totally didn’t believe them – until she started exhibiting some very puppy-like behavioral issues. For example, she peed everywhere!
So after about six days of potty-training with poor results, the first girl, who was Kylie’s official adopter, said she couldn’t take it and she was taking Kylie back. The shelter offered a seven day warranty of sorts so that if things didn’t go well you could take back your adopted pet with no questions asked, and she was prepared to send Kylie packing. So girl 2 stepped in and said she would accept all responsibility for the little pisser! This included cleaning up after all the “mistakes” that were made until Kylie was successfully housebroken as well as making sure that the housebreaking actually did happen. So the deal was done, there was even an official title transfer.
The truth was revealed by girl 1 much later, that it had nothing to do with the pee pee babykylie5problems. She had quickly begun to feel way to attached to the little bean head (another favorite nickname), and was feeling a very vulnerable sense of dread about eventually having to go through exactly what we’re going through now having lost our sunshine. 🙁 In retrospect, a very reasonable reaction. And in the end she wasn’t spared the devastation and despair of the loss of the little monster. But she got to share in every day of the wonderful insanity that was the Life of Kylie, which neither girl would trade for anything in the world.

Another near miss came a few months later when Kylie, seemed to have forgotten that she had been successfully potty trained not long after that first week. All it took in the end was a few days of putting diapers on her end (actual human baby diapers), and the humiliation did the trick. Boy would she be pissed, no pun intended, about us telling the entire internet about that! Anyway, Kylie had started peeing everywhere again – her favorite target was comforters! And she was getting threatened.. “cut it out or you’re back on the streets!” (We know, more bad parenting.) But we decided maybe there’s something wrong, maybe we should have her checked out, maybe she’s got some sort of kidney or bladder disorder. But what did the vet find? Heartworms!!
Holy crap! Do heartworms cause a dog to pee on the floor? No, they don’t, it was completely unrelated – but thank god Kylie had started peeing on the floor or we never would have found them. And she never should have had them but again, we were VERY BAD parents! We let a vet convince us that since she was going to be an indoor dog she didn’t need a preventative. Hello! It’s hawaii! Mosquitoes are present everywhere and anywhere all year round! Much like louisianna, pretty much any dog not treated for heartworms will end up with heartworms. So Kylie had to undergo heartworm treatment which is basically like chemo, which is literally poisoning your dog in order to kill the worms. It’s very dangerous and we were so scared we were going to lose her.
Obviously, Kylie came out fine but man those first few months were rough for all of us! It’s amazing to think of what almost never was, how much we would have missed.
We were so lucky!

Sometimes while driving we see someone with their dog riding in the passenger seat or worse, sitting on their lap, and start ranting about how terrible and dangerous and irresponsible that is. Shame on them for being such bad pet parents! But in all honesty this is a small case of the pot saying “hello, kettle. this is the pot calling to say you’re black too.”

As mentioned before, we really were terrible parents, at least when Kylie was younger. We didn’t just let her ride in the front… we let her drive!

That’s right, I was like Britney with my baby on my lap, but I don’t think even Miss Spears let Shawn Preston put his little paws on the wheel. But we did! Not on a regular basis or anything, just a few times around Honolulu.

What’s worse is Kylie was a terrible driver!riding1

She wasn’t much for keeping her big bulgy eyes on the road, she was pretty much looking everywhere else in fact. Then she would accidentally honk the horn and be looking all over to figure out who was honking at her.

So after a few attempts to turn her into Toonces we suspended the driving lessons, and Kylie learned to truly appreciate being chauffeured in comfort and style. And fortunately we gradually learned to be more responsible guardians.

People don’t believe us when we say it now, but we were really bad parents for at least Kylie’s first 7 years or so. A primary example is that when we adopted her from the Hawaiian Humane Society we signed paperwork that assured them that we had a suitable living space including a yard for her.

In actuality, we had just rented an apartment where we had to sign paperwork that clearly stated No Pets Allowed. (In our defense, Kylie was never our “pet.”) And since that apartment was on the 14th floor (technically the 13th), obviously no yard was included.

But Kylie was so good! She never ever barked back then – a skill she perfected later. And she did her business in a designated section of the fire escape and we just had to clean up every few days.

So Kylie didn’t go out a lot, but sometimes she had a party to attend, and of course it was Hawaii so she went to the beach a couple times too. And you know sometimes a dog just wants to go for a drive – literally, we let Kylie drive (more of the bad parenting I mentioned).

In order to get her out of the building undetected required a little stealthiness,burrito1 so we used this big green bag and had her jump in and hide. The code word for this operation.. “In Burrito.”

And now we’re forced to admit that’s a Beavis & Butthead reference (hey, it was the early 90’s). They meant INCOGNITO but Beavis said in burrito, so there you have it. We would open the bag and say, “Kylie, get in burrito,” and she would hop in! She would stand in it with her head poking out until we got out the door then she would hide until we got in the car and out of the parking lot.

It was actually like a game, and she really liked it, plus she knew it meant she got to GO and Kylie loved to GO!

Years later, when the bag was no longer part of her regular routine you could open a bag and tell her to get In Burrito and she would climb in so that we could sneak her into the hotel in Vegas or where ever. And Kylie Loved Vegas!

But I guess that’s a story for another time…

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The elephant Type artwork was part of the India throught Type Project aiming to bring out some unique and interesting aspects of India through various type experiments. Niteesh Yadav is travelling across the country to witness the rich culture, art/crafts and daily practices from which he draws inspiration for these pieces. This is inspired from the decorations done on the elephants during various Indian festivals and auspicious occasions in the country. Jaipur being one of the major cities which is known for its elephants and royal connections. One of the best thing about Jaipur is that it has a dedicated village setup by the government to provide proper care and facilities for the elephants.

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UC Berkeley Faculty Association

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BFA Divestment Talking Points

Fossil Fuel Divestment

This document addresses fossil fuel divestment from several perspectives. The background for such a proposal includes three important general facts[1]: (1) A net increase of average global temperatures above 2° C will have severe catastrophic environmental, economic and social consequences; (2) Emitting more than 565 Gigatons of CO2 will lead to a net increase above 2° C; and (3) Current fossil fuel reserves held by the 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies amount to more than 2,795 Gigatons of potential CO2 (see diagram to the right).

Arguments in Favor

  1. Ethical Transitivity Cannot Be Ignored. If it is wrong to wreck the climate, it is wrong to fund and profit from that wreckage. By holding investments that sanction and legitimate the behavior that leads to such catastrophic climate change, we are subsequently endorsing the very business model that makes climate change education necessary in the first place. Universities are the primary sources of data and policy guidance for scientific and social matters, and should therefore align their portfolios with their mission statements and formal declarations.
  2. Fossil Fuel Companies Attempt to Undermine Research from the UC and other Academic Institutions. It is well known that fossil fuel companies have attempted to conflate scientific uncertainty with colloquial uncertainty. Leaked internal memos point to information distortion and the promotion of minority skeptics, undermining the science, much of which has been led by UC researchers. Other memos point to attempts to undermine policy decisions in addressing climate change.[2] Such companies have displayed no real interest in the large consensus on climate change and the need to manage the problem,[3] even when their own internal scientific assessments have concluded that climate change represents a severe threat.[4] An additional moral corollary is that it is wrong (or at least befuddling) to profit by undermining one’s own conclusions.
  3. Research Suggests Divestment Has No (or Even a Positive) Long-Term Impact on Endowments. A recent study from a financial consulting agency, the Aperio Group, found there is minimal risk (0.0001 increase) and no appreciable effect on returns by comparing the standard Russell 3000 index fund and the same fund excluding the top 200 fossil fuel companies.[5] Another recent study by S&P Capital IQ using the S&P 500 index shows that, had divestment occurred ten years ago, a $1 billion endowment would have yielded $119 million more than the index than without divestment.[6] Fossil fuel companies are no longer the profitable assets they once were, and are instead increasingly risky bets.
  4. Policy Impacts from Divestment May Benefit UC Investments. Recent analysis suggests that fossil fuel companies may be overvalued.[7] According to research from HSBC Global, if any policy actions are taken regarding climate change, the returns on fossil fuel investments may decrease and the risks increase, leading up to a 40-60% loss of current market capitalization.[8],[9] Policy implementation may be expedited by large-scale, unified divestment across many campuses. If the UC begins a five-year divestment strategy sooner than climate policy implementation, then it will be well-positioned to handle such market reactions. Not divesting could have the opposite effect.
  5. The University of California should Display Leadership. The UC system was a leader in divestment from South Africa, helping to end apartheid. Many other universities are facing the same divestment issue, and ours could be the first large public institution to take this important step. UC researchers already are top in the field of climate science, mitigation, and adaptiation,[10] and have created a vision of a sustainable future in which the students can implement the knowledge they have received whilst at UC.

Rebutting Arguments Against Divestment

What follows are arguments we’ve heard about divestment and our responses to them. It is important to bear in mind that none of the arguments below actually engage the ethical arguments for divestment (arguments 1 & 2 above), and we are yet to encountered a rebuttal to the ethical arguments, nor have we found substantive positive ethical arguments to remain invested. What follows are responses to practical objections.

  1. [Shareholder engagement]This argument would potentially be effective for companies that have less egregious practices, or for companies that were more responsive to shareholder engagement. However, the fossil fuel industry has time and time again ignored shareholder resolutions that call for any large-scale shifts. For instance, the organization As You Sow has helped author numerous fossil fuel resolutions, with minimal success or change on the part of the companies. The organization also notes that divestment can bolster shareholder advocacy that remains, as companies may actually listen once large institutional investors make a bold move.[11]
  2. The UC system could be more effective by more actively engaging the companies in which it is invested. Divesting means we would no longer have a say in the companies. This would mean we would have no right to, say, sponsor shareholder resolutions.
  3. [Carbon Tax] Legislation that would push for a carbon tax is frozen due to a number of factors, chief among them is the vast, undue political influence of fossil fuel companies. Although there are fewer registered lobbyists in Washington (it is currently down to 8,823; about 17 per member of the legislative branch[12]), more and more lobbying is done behind the scenes in an unregistered fashion.[13] Divestment strips these corporations of their credibility, and legitimates the claim that these companies can no longer be seen as beneficial to society, despite their best public relations efforts to the contrary. This change in attitude clears the table for an unbiased discussion of a carbon tax and other policy mechanisms, while sending a clear message to politicians as to the position of the nation’s leading academic institutions on the need for bold and swift climate action.
  4. The UC system should try to offer broader solutions rather than divest. For instance, we could vigorously pursue a policy such as a carbon tax, which many economists agree is the most simple and straightforward way to manage the carbon problem within a market system.
  5. [Fossil Fuel Companies Invest a lot in Renewables]The fossil fuel industry has generally avoided renewable energy in favor of more extraction of carbon-based energy. For instance, although the American Petroleum Institute points to $71 billion invested in energy improvements in the last decade, only $9 billion of that was actually invested in renewable energy. [14] By contrast, the petroleum industry has dedicated $341 billion in developing tar sands technology during that same period.[15] Furthermore, global energy investment in renewables for year 2011 alone topped $257 billion.[16] These numbers show that the fossil industry is only concerned with extraction, not viable alternatives to extraction. If a fossil fuel company aligns its business model with the IPCC’s low-carbon standard, they would be removed from the list of negatively screened fossil fuel companies.
  6. Fossil fuel companies generally see themselves as energy companies, and have invested a great deal in renewable energy. To divest from them is to discourage them from cleaning up their energy sources.
  7. [No Politics] Investing is in itself a political statement, especially once it is made well-known that an institution is actively and highly invested in an industry associated with large-scale environmental and social injustices. Although it is not the direct intention of the investments committee to exacerbate climate change, the declarations of our own institution of the dramatic consequences of policy inaction and complicity are taught to students time and time again in almost every department of our University. We do not want to be a “do as I say, not as I do” institution on such an important issue. Additionally, climate change is not a partisan issue, as both sides have not engaged the issue enough (hence the problem), and solutions have been offered by minority figures in both, so divestment is much less political than one might think. What’s more, the UC has been involved in political matters, including lobbying.[17] The UC has also politically engaged on Sudan, South Africa, and tobacco, regarding genocide, apartheid, and public health, respectively. Although each were important matters, climate change is clearly much more dangerous in terms of severity of its global impact and effect on human populations.
  8. It is not the UC’s role to get involved in political matters. This proposal steps over the bounds of being a research and educational institution.
  9. [Divestment is too risky] Divesting from one industry is not in itself fundamentally risky. While it is possible that long term profits could be affected, the arguments presented in favor of divestment (see arguments 3 & 4 above) show that the negative perspective is at best contentious, and that reallocating assets away from fossil fuels could just as well yield higher returns. Moreover, as argument 4 points out, the risk of remaining invested in the fossil fuel industry could prove greater than that of divesting, given that the industry’s share valuation is based on assets that cannot be realized if the internationally agreed upon 2 degree global warming limit is to be honored.
  10. There is a high amount of risk associated with pulling out from a single industry. This could affect long term profits.
  11. [Green our Campuses First]
  12. There are better, more relevant things to do on our campuses that show our commitment to mitigating climate change. For instance, we would have stronger green building standards, source our energy from clean sources, and encourage faculty, staff and students to drive less.

The UC system has a very strong policy on sustainable practices that includes things such as local organic food, green purchasing, and green building standards.[18] However, at this point, improving such standards will yield diminishing returns. We certainly should look to additional opportunities in these areas, but we cannot ignore the broader implications of investment in industries actively and consciously engaged in exacerbating climate change. Small-scale actions do not preclude actions targeting large-scale, systemic shifts.

[1] Although subject to debate and tweaking under various scenarios, these numbers generally hold true. See McKibben, Bill, “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math”, Rolling Stone, 19 Jul 2012. Available at: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719?print=true

[2] Union of Concerned Scientists. “Smoke, Mirrors and Hot Air”, January 2007. Available at: http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/UCSexxon_report.pdf

[3] Cook, John, et al. “Quantifying the Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming in the Scientific Literature”, Environmental Research Letters 8, 15 May 2013. Available at: http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/2/024024/article

[4] Revkin, Andrew. “Industry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate”, The New York Times, 23 Apr 2009. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/science/earth/24deny.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[5] Gardner, Ken. “Divesting From Fossil-Fuel Companies Is Unlikely to Harm Endowments, Report Says”, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 29 Jan 2013. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogs/bottomline/divesting-in-fossil-fuels-shouldnt-harm-endowments-report-finds/

[6] Begos, Kevin, and Joan Loviglo. “College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds”, Associated Press, 22 May 2013. Available at: http://news.yahoo.com/college-fossil-fuel-divestment-movement-builds-173849305.html

[7] “Unburnable Fuel”, The Economist, 4 May 2013. Available at: http://www.economist.com/news/business/21577097-either-governments-are-not-serious-about-climate-change-or-fossil-fuel-firms-are

[8] HSBC Global Research, “Oil and Carbon Revisited”, 25 January 2013. Available online at: http://gofossilfree.org/files/2013/02/HSBCOilJan13.pdf

[9] Former Security and Exchange Commissioner Bevis Longstreth has helped to clarify the HSBC Report. See his “The Case for Cool: Student Engagement to Save the Planet”, The Huffington Post, 3 May 2013. Available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bevis-longstreth/the-case-for-cool-student_b_3211186.html

[10] UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara are in the top 20 research institutions, including government laboratories and agencies. See “Climate Change: Top 20 Overall Institutions by Citations”, Thomson Reuters Science Watch, Nov 2009. Available at: http://archive.sciencewatch.com/ana/st/climate/institution/

[11] “Carbon Divestment”, As You Sow. Available at: http://www.asyousow.org/health_safety/carbon-divestment.shtml

[12] “Lobbying Database”, Open Secrets.org. Accessed 24 May 2013 at: http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/

[13] Overby, Peter. “Why Lobbying is Now Increasingly in the Shadows”, NPR Morning Edition, 3 May 2013. Available at: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/05/03/180582381/why-lobbying-is-now-increasingly-in-the-shadows

[14] Wells, Ken. “Big Oil’s Big in Biofuels”, Businessweek, 10 May 2012. Available at: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-10/big-oils-big-in-biofuels

[15] Wells, Ken. “Big Oil’s Big in Biofuels”.

[16] “Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2012”, Frankfurt School UNEP Collaborating Centre. Available at: http://fs-unep-centre.org/publications/global-trends-renewable-energy-investment-2012

[17] “University of California Lobbying”, Opensecrets.org. http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000406

[18] http://sustainability.universityofcalifornia.edu/policy.html

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Friday, 23 October 2015

LearnUCS Direct Access Issues

The issues affecting the logging in to LearnUCS have now been resolved.

If you are still experiencing issues, please contact the IT Helpdesk on 01473 338222 or

Once again, apologies for any inconvenience caused.

We have been made aware by IT Services that there are currently access issues for staff and partners trying to access LearnUCS via, student accounts are currently unaffected.

The issue is down to changes on the domain controllers, it is hoped the issue will be resolved quickly this morning.

To access LearnUCS for those affected please follow the steps below:

  1. Login to
  2. Click "LearnUCS" top left of the screen
Accessing via MyUCS allows the network to single sign-on the users account, bypassing the requirement of the domain controller.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused and will update via this blog once we know more.

Friday, 2 October 2015

New 'clickers' booking system

We have today launched our new staff booking system for the audience response system (clickers).

This new system is much more user-friendly for those booking and for our Learning Services staff managing the bookings.

The short URL ( ) used previously auto forwards to the new site, instructions are on the page on how to book.  It is simply a matter of choosing the day, then selecting the time slots you require, then your contact details.

Clickers are to be collecting from the Learning Services helpdesk in the Library Building.  We are currently down to one large set as one of the receivers has failed to be returned from a previous booking.

If you require help and support from the Digital Learning Team with the use of clickers, or other technologies please email


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George Will: Putin’s Post-Factual Politics

National Review – Documents inconvenient to the regime went into the Ministry of Truth’s slits and down to “enormous furnaces.” Modern tyrannies depend on state control of national memories — retroactive truths established by government fiat. Which is why Russia’s Supreme Court recently upheld the conviction of a blogger for violating Article 354.1 of Russia’s criminal code.

This May 2014 provision criminalizes the “Rehabilitation of Nazism.” The blogger’s crime was to write: “The communists and Germany jointly invaded Poland, sparking off the Second World War.” The secret protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact have gone down one of Vladimir Putin’s memory holes…


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Friday, February 3, 2017

Birth Dates of Notable Kentuckians: February 3, 1819 - Amelia B. (Coppuck) Welby

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From The Kentucky Encyclopedia –
Amelia B. (Coppuck) Welby, poet, daughter of William and Mary Coppuck, was born in St. Michael's, Maryland, on February 3, 1819. She went to school in Baltimore, where her family had moved shortly after her birth. In 1833 they moved to Lexington, Kentucky, and in 1834 to Louisville. Her poetry was published in the Louisville Journal in 1837, and under the tutelage of the paper's editor, George D. Prentice , her popularity grew. In 1845 Poems By Amelia was published, and by 1860 it had reached its seventeenth edition. This collection touched on a variety of topics: love, death, children, nature, religion, and brides. Her best-known poem was " The Rainbow." In June 1838 Amelia Coppuck married George Welby, a Louisville businessman, and in March 1852 she gave birth to a son. She died on May 3, 1852, and was buried in Louisville's Cave Hill Cemetery.

William Ward, A Literary History of Kentucky (Knoxville, Tenn.,1988).

Selected Sources from UK Libraries:

Amelia. Poems. Boston: A. Tompkins, 1845. Print.
PS3158.W3 P6 1845, Special Collections Research Center

Amelia. Poems. 2d Ed., Enl.. ed. New-York, Philadelphia: D. Appleton ; G. S. Appleton, 1846. Print.
PS3158.W3 P6 1846, Special Collections Research Center

Amelia. Poems. A New Enl. Ed. Illus. with Original Designs by Robert W. Weir.. ed. New York: D. Appleton &, 1850. Print.
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If a Car Is Going to Self-Drive, It Might as Well Self-Park, Too

As reported by NDTV: Technology may soon render another skill superfluous: parking a car. Sensors and software promise to free owners from parking angst, turning vehicles into robotic chauffeurs, dropping off drivers and then parking themselves, no human intervention required.
BMW demonstrated such technical prowess this month with a specially equipped BMW i3 at the International CES event. At a multilevel garage of the SLS Las Vegas hotel, a BMW engineer spoke into a Samsung Gear S smartwatch.

"BMW, go park yourself," and off the electric vehicle scurried to an empty parking spot, turning and backing itself perfectly into the open space. To retrieve the car, a tap on the watch and another command, "BMW, pick me up," returned the car to the engineer.

The i3 was equipped with laser scanners, including two mounted in the front right and left quarter panels. No GPS was used. Instead, the car relied on a map of the parking garage and an onboard cellular data connection.

No smartphone was needed. The Samsung watch includes its own cellular connection, so commands are sent to a BMW server, which then relays the instructions to the car, said Yves Pilat, one of BMW's engineers developing the feature. BMW calls it fully automated remote valet parking.

Several other companies have demonstrated similar self-parking cars, including Toyota, Valeo and Volkswagen. In many ways, the development is an extension of existing parallel parking assist technologies. In such systems, the driver remains behind the wheel, but with a push of a button, the vehicle measures the parking space and then swings backs into it without any input from the human operator.

"Now, the concept is you can do any kind of parking spot," Pilat said, and without a driver.
Aside from preventing Ferris Bueller-like joy rides by garage attendants, the advantage of introducing autonomous car features to handle parking has several benefits, foremost being to win over skeptical consumers.

Parallel parking was "the first step in getting drivers to understand that there are some tasks the car might be able to do better than you," said John Hanson, Toyota Motor Sales USA's national manager for advanced technology and business communication.

Letting the company's electronic park assist do the tricky maneuvering can eliminate dings, wrinkled fenders and embarrassing scrapes. But cars that park themselves without a driver in the front seat are still research projects, which may face more regulatory than technological hurdles.

Valeo says consumers will see its self-parking technology introduced in a production vehicle within the next 12 months. To overcome possible regulatory objections, Valeo includes one additional piece of technology: a 360-degree, bird's-eye view video camera.

The live video view is displayed on the owner's smartphone, and the user must keep a finger on the screen until the car is finished parking. If the finger is lifted, the car will stop automatically.

"So the driver remains in control of the operation to conform to current regulations," said Guillaume Devauchelle, Valeo's vice president for innovation and scientific development.

The camera is also used to recognize blue lines demarcating handicapped zones and other restricted parking spots.

That sense of control may seem like a mere technicality when standing 100 feet away from the car. But not being behind the wheel does have one distinct advantage: There is no trepidation about being trapped inside a robotic car that might crash.

Then there is the matter of simply finding an available spot.

Several companies, like Parkopedia and ParkMe, have been working for the past couple of years to collect that information in real time. There are smartphone apps to help drivers find a spot, and last year Volvo began offering a feature that enables drivers to find the closest available space and pay for it.

Parkopedia has parking information including real-time availability and prices for 6,000 cities in 52 countries, said the company's chief executive, Eugene Tsyrklevich. He said that drivers could even set preferences, like selecting the nearest available spot or least expensive space.

Gathering the information has presented some challenges. Garage owners were initially reluctant to share their pricing information online, but more operators are realizing that if they are not included in apps or on dashboards, they may lose business.

"Right now we have close to 15 percent of all parking lots across the nation with refreshed information," said Mark Pendergrast, director of product management at the traffic firm Inrix. "Two years ago that number was zero."

Inrix uses information from Parkopedia and ParkMe and says that in metropolitan areas the percentage of garages covered is closer to 30 to 40 percent. But there is still the issue of including available street parking. Several municipalities, like San Francisco and Washington, have worked on trying to solve the problem using sensors and networked payment systems to deliver real-time information on availability.

Simply tracking payment information is not enough to guarantee accuracy, however, because some drivers will park illegally or exceed their allotted time. So cameras with software intended to recognize open spaces may have to be used.

Even the cars themselves, peppered with sensors and connected to the Internet, could report on available spots near them, Pendergrast said, much in the way that cars can automatically report their location and speed to provide information about traffic conditions.

Indeed, BMW is working with another company, Parkmobile, and is considering integrating parking location and payment features with its robotic valet in the future. It would mean that drivers would never have to worry about finding a spot or learning how to parallel park.

Such parking nirvana may still be years away, however, said Devauchelle of Valeo. The reason: The real challenge for autonomous car technology isn't pulling into an empty spot in a garage; it's pulling out of a space on the street into traffic.

"And the difficulty is to do it 100 percent of the time," he said. "It would be a disaster to put something on the market that works 95 percent of the time."


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The Sargasso Sea, Tuesday With banks around the world collapsing and investments going bust on a daily basis, more and more money is being stuffed into huge wooden chests and buried.

"My retirement fund was wiped out in November." said Nebraska based orthodontist Bill Maynard, "So since then, I've been investing in a little nest-egg at Skeleton Cove."

Investment consultant William "Billy" Bones-Hamilton recomends a diversified portfolio of dubloons, silver necklaces, rubies and the gold of the Indies.

"Treasure based investments - or 'booty' as we call it in the business - has long been the underdog of the finance sector, ye scurvy dog," he said. "With the abundance of cheap credit previously available and the rise of the hedge funds, people just didn't want to put their money in a hole in the ground at 0% interest, arrr. Today, that do be looking like a good deal, it be.

"Arr, it do be the black spot, Jim, lad." he added.

"Yarr, I've been waiting years, but now it be me turn, says I," said Captain Edward "Blackbeard" Teach VII. "I started 'Blackbeard and Co. Robbery, Murder, Rape and No Interest Investments' ten years ago, and business had been as vile as a Spaniard's caress. For some reason people didn't want to look me in the evil, leering eye give me their money. Now, every day thousands more people who aren't Rick James are now investing in booty. Business is doing so well, I've been taking on extra bury-ers. I've had to import extra Senegalese slaves with skin as black as me own foul heart."

Critics of the "parchment funds" (so called because they are accessed via a crudely drawn map on yellowed parchment) say that investing money fourteen paces nor-north west of Snake Mountain is a dangerous practice.

"By burying their traysure, these swabs do be taking more money out of yon global economy, me matey," said Peter "Pierre la Morte" Brown, a former Wall Street analyst currently residing in a dumpster. "This can only deepen the recession in all sectors except gold-smithing, Aztec-fighting, chest-construction and parrot-breeding.

"It's just like Adam Smith said:"

Fifteen economists on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Indicates that demand for space on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Outstrips supply by a rate of fifteen-to-one
Yo ho ho, and it's getting pretty boring
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

1989 WB Batman Catalog Brochure

This is a small fold-out catalog from 1989. I believe these were handed out at some of the first showings of the 1989 Batman film but don't quote me on that. For the life of me, I can't remember where I got this one. This catalog advertises some interesting things from the merchandising blitz that accompanied the 1989 film. Enjoy it in all its late 80's cheesy glory.

I remember being fascinated that Toybiz was using repainted Super Powers figures to promote their forthcoming Batman toys. I was surprised when they finally showed up on store shelves and were all-new sculpts. Part of me wished they had just used the Super Powers molds. I still need to track down one of those Batcaves, someday.

Here's Bob Kane, the creator of Batman, modeling some Bat-duds. I've read that Bob was on "cloud nine" during this time when his creation became a world-wide phenomenon once again.

These two statues were produced in very limited numbers... only 50 pairs. These are insanely rare Batman collectibles. I remember thinking how odd it was to see Batman all dressed in black. Now, the black costume is an ingrained part of pop culture.

This kid is WAY too happy to be a part of this catalog. Just sayin.'

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The Adventures of Batman and Robin, C5

Mr. Freeze wants to stay with his wife.

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Corgi 1/24 Scale 1940s Batmobile

This is Corgi's 1940s Batmobile in 1/24 scale, I believe. The car, itself, is about 7 and a half inches long. For those of you keeping score, it was released in 2005.

Corgi is known for producing beautiful scale models of Batmobiles and this one is no exception. Heavy and well-built, this diecast model also comes pre-built and pre-painted.

I'm a huge fan of this iteration of the Batmobile. Since the look of Batman's world tends to be timeless, yet set in a pseudo 1940s timeframe (I'm thinking of things like Burton's first Batman film and Batman: The Animated Series), this car fits in very well with that general vibe.

I really like the black and red color scheme on this car. It really adds to the menacing look that the giant fin and battering ram mask give this vehicle.

I'd love to see a version of this car brought back for a film or animated Batman project. Am I crazy, or do I remember seeing a version of this car in the Brave and Bold series, at some point? Maybe just as a cameo appearance?

Looks like Alfred's been slacking. Look at all that dust. Shame.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Did you get one of these in the nineties for your birthday?

I did and my son did too.
I don't know where mine went but I did find one of my sons that I kept.

Here is a side view of the card.

These were great.
They had amazing detail in the die cut and I count 12 levels of depth in the card.

They had all kinds of them but Batman was the best.

Seems like I remember two different Batman cards but I can't remember for sure.

You can see a bigger version HERE.

Brian B

Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Adventures of Batman and Robin, C3

"Flee from Oceana. It will be destroyed!"

It seems that most Batman collectors choose the Joker as their favorite Bat-villain to collect.
I have Jokers in my collection.
Caesar Romeo terrified me as a kid while watching the Adam West series on television but it was a good kind of terror.
His laugh is what did it. His laugh and the way his hair shook when he moved his head.

I have many villains in my collection.
Catwoman, Two Face and Scarecrow to name a few but my favorite villain to collect is Mr. Freeze.

I think it is the domed helmet and back pack that make his figures stand out to me.
I also like his story line.
The movie Subzero gives us a detailed insight behind his life of crime. Love for his wife and his desperate actions he takes to save her.

I like most every version of the how he is costumed.
Although the movie Batman and Robin tried to ruin everything Batman related, I think he still had a cool suit.

I am sure I will share my Mr. Freeze collection with you soon.

Brian B


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A Fight for Survival: Yeonmi Park’s Journey

Yeonmi Park is the kind of person who would never assume to speak too loudly. Born and raised in North Korea, Park was beholden to the horrors that only an oppressive regime could rain down upon you. Park’s escape from North Korea and eventual journey West has captivated audiences around the world and now the young woman is becoming a global icon in the fight against human rights violations. Park recently dropped on Amazon.com a new book, “In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom” and inside of those pages she details every step of her harrowing journey.
Park’s life on its surface was as different from yours and mine as could be. She was born into a country where the idea of freedom was considered treason and the concept of ‘eating until full’ was downright unheard of. Park blames the fall of the Soviet Union and the instability in the area as a primary cause for North Korea’s disastrous descent but more pointedly she blames the current political regime.

Yeonmi’s father made one of those ‘wrong moves’ when he tried to make extra money for the family by smuggling supplies to China. He was hauled off to a forced labor camp where he would eventually die of untreated cancer. Park and her mother knew that their time was up in North Korea and so the pair fled with the help of a Chinese smuggler. The smuggler would end up turning on them and selling the pair into slavery once they crossed the border into China. The rest of their journey can be read in Park’s new book which according to the New York Times, “Is a must read!”.

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    North Korea is ran by the most dangerous political party in the world, and also one of the most oppressive. Simply trying to live in North Korea can be hard when any wrong move could send you to be executed. It could be regarded as a means of making them pay for papers they buy as quickly as possible.

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So I'll tell you a story. At the bright age of 12 I was allowed to start wearing makeup. It didn't take long for me to discover that even mascara could not change my straight straight straight eyelashses into model-long curls. Thus began a decade long struggle with curlers, smudges, types of mascara, and a general loathing of my eyelashes.

So about 6 months ago I noticed that my chosen brand of super-curling-waterproof-blackest-black mascara by Maybelline was disappearing off the shelves. It was getting harder and harder to find. I realized too late that it was being discontinued -- couldn't find it ANYWHERE and couldn't buy it online straight from the manufacturer either -- so late was my discovery of the discontinuation. I mean, was I being an idiot? Yes, I was in denial.

So now I have this horrible dilemma where I'm absolutely out of MY mascara. And that begins my search for an alternative. I do extensive mascara research (Googling "mascara curling Asians" hoping for a tried-and-true Asian-approved mascara). I try every kind of curling mascara at Sephora. They all suck. Within hours, nay, minutes(!) my eyelashes are failing to look skyward but droop like Snuffleupagus. Hideous.

So I now begin researching eyelash extensions. I investigate eyelash salons. Look into eyelash types of curls, lengths, brands, etc. I post on FB, asking for my lady friends' opinions and get a slew of "NO!" and "YES!" and "My friend does them for $1!"      <-- not exactly but you get the idea.

So I end up getting eyelash extensions. After 2 hours and 15 minutes in the chair, I know -- without a doubt -- they are the most wonderful things to ever happen to my eyes. I love love love them. I look wide awake and glamorous all.the.time! The only downside is ... wait for it ... they hit my glasses. They flutter up and down so beautifully and then snag on my glasses. This is as annoying as shit.

So yesterday I went to the optometrist and got contacts. Victory! I managed to overcome my fear of things near/in my eye and put the gooey orb in and out of my eyeball. As Tom says, "I'm becoming a grown up."

Why am I telling you this story? So you can see how one small change brings about big change, brings growth, opens you up to new possibilities and new experiences you never thought you'd embark on.

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Episode #82

November 22, 2015

 As I was munching on Peanut M & M's at the Radio Station last Wednesday night, I just had a feeling. :-) HTF Motorsports photo

As I was munching on Peanut M & M’s at the Radio Station (WFST AM 600) last Wednesday night, I just had a feeling.  HTF Motorsports photo

Comeback Story of the Year in Sports?

As my brother and I were watching the rain delayed Ford Eco-Boost 400 on TV,  we debated the chances of Kyle Busch pulling off a Sprint Cup Championship. Could he win at a track where he hasn’t experienced a great deal of success?

Wouldn’t it be nice for Jeff Gordon to finish on a championship note? The underdog, Martin Truex, had a story book possibility should he take the Championship. A Kevin Harvick win would mean Oxford native Mike Morneau would own three championship rings.

Four hundred laps later we got our answer as Busch passed Brad Keselowski for the lead after a “debris” caution near the end of the race. Busch is establishing himself as the king of restarts as he made a great move which ultimately netted him the 2015 Sprint Cup Championship.

The crowd cheered as he took his time doing a burnout and circling the track proudly displaying the Champion’s flag. The crowd acknowledged the fact that he had to work extremely hard to put himself into position to drive this year, let alone win.

I remember the sickening pounding he took at Daytona in February which broke bones. I figured he might get into a race car late this year, yet he proved me wrong when after 11 races he was back in the Joe Gibbs #18.

My take on the whole thing is that Kyle Busch received a wake up call. His wife delivered their first child May 18th after Kyle ran the Sprint All Star Race at Charlotte May 16. This was only four months after his broken right leg and left foot.

Having suffered a severed Achilles tendon one year ago, I know how long it takes to heal. I know, I know, “You’re an old man and it takes a long time for the ‘elderly’ to heal”.

What I noticed is that the break from the normal hub-bub that I had while healing allowed me to read, watch cooking shows, and reflect on my relationships with family and God. I am thankful for the injury and what it forced me to do.

I believe I am a better person for the experience. It is also my feeling that Kyle Busch had time to reflect on his family, friends, and God.

People have noticed something different about Busch when he came back. Yes he was still super competitive. At this level one must be to survive. Busch now exhibited new appreciation for his wife Samantha and son Brexton. When something went wrong he was frustrated yet did not blow up like the old Kyle Busch.

Am I the only one who noticed this change? Did you notice? The fans at Miami-Homestead acknowledged the change and celebrated with the “Candy Man”.

The Championship was Busch’s first as well as Toyota’s. It was Joe Gibbs Racing’s number four. I believe that somewhere in Busch’s mind he wanted to win this for J.D. Gibbs who suffered a terrible sickness this year.

University of Northern Ohio , Motorsports graduate Lauren Koshiba with Kyle Busch at Lucas Oil Raceway in 2014. Photo courtesy Lauren Koshiba

University of Northern Ohio , Motorsports graduate Lauren Kosiba with Kyle Busch at Lucas Oil Raceway, Claremont, Indiana in 2014. Photo courtesy Lauren Kosiba

Up and Coming Motorsports Crew-Member Weighs in on Busch

I first met Lauren at the Oxford 250 when she was working with the Wyatt Alexander Racing (WAR) team in their attempt to qualify. From a previous episode you may recall that she was a University of Northwestern University (UNOH) Motorsports graduate who also worked with the pit crew group honing her skills as a crew-member.

Lauren has experience in several series including the NASCAR K & N Series, Sunoco Modifieds, and local race teams. She currently resides in Milbury, Massachusetts. Her 2016 plans include working with John Studley with his Sunoco Modified at Thompson Motor Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut. She also will be getting her NASCAR crew member card and hopes to assist the WAR team when she can.

Kosiba is a Kyle Busch fan with a desire to work at some level as a crew member on the Kyle Busch Late Model or Camping World Truck Series. I contacted her after Busch won the championship.

“Kyle is an awesome race car driver’, said Kosiba. “He can wheel any type of car he gets in.”

“He treats his fans with respect as I have seen in person. He came back after a broken foot and broken leg and won the championship. I am beyond excited as a fan of his.”

Brad Winters’ Reaction

Some of you may recall my motorsports writer friend, Brad Winters, from Columbus, Indiana.  I used several of his quotes since he was familiar with Tony Stewart who I wrote about in an earlier episode. Brad is a human interest writer who looks beyond the hype and noise. He looks for the true character of men and women he writes about.

Winters had this to say about Busch and Coach Joe Gibbs, “I am not a fan of his (Busch) personality but that does not affect the way that I appreciate his talent.”

“It is amazing how he came back this year from his accident. He has consistently proven over the years that he has considerable talent and determination. I believe he was the most talented driver not to win a championship until today.”

“I am happy for him and also for Joe Gibbs. No one deserves another championship more than Gibbs.”

Winters also noticed that it was a different Kyle Busch who won this championship than the one from previous seasons.

Busch Not the Only Comeback Kid; How About Fort Kent’s Austin Theriault?

As remarkable as Busch’s championship drive was, I believe Austin Theriault’s return was huge for the Maine racer. When I saw him hit the wall at Las Vegas in October I feared the worst. I held my breath when I saw him slumped forward as he slide into the infield grass where medical attendants were quick on the scene.

I was concerned when I saw him slump to the ground after being removed from his #29 truck. The report of compressive fracture of his vertebrae was not good news.

Theriault also had several weeks of recovery undergoing intense physical therapy and exercise. He had time to reflect on where he was and where he wanted to go.

The injury forced him to the sidelines where he could only watch as Brian Keselowski and Austin Cindric drove the #29 in three races with okay finishes. Theriault removed any doubt about his abilities when he drove 134 laps in the Ford Eco-Boost 200.

After the race he said,”Homestead is such a challenging track because the tires wear out so much and the track loses a lot of grip throughout a run. It’s difficult to make up any lost positions.”

“We had some good battles throughout the night. I found the wall a couple times trying to find the limits.”

“Overall I was a little disappointed with the finish because I think we definitely had a top 10 truck. I was just happy to return to the driver’s seat of the Cooper Standard Ford F-150 before the end of the year.”

“I owe a big thanks to all the medical personnel who helped me get back to competition. I was pleasantly surprised by how I felt after the race.”

I would love to see Theriault in the Eric Jones Kyle Busch Motorsports Camping World Truck in 2016. Jones will be spending his time in the Xfinity and Sprint Cup Series. Might as well dream big I say!

My nephew Isaiah John (IJ) Smith's 2015 Rabbit GTI seems to be talking to my 1983 GTI. What do you think they are saying? Photo courtesy IJ Smith

My nephew, Isaiah John (IJ) Smith’s, 2015 Rabbit GTI seems to be talking to my 1983 GTI. What do you think they are saying? Photo courtesy IJ Smith

Should I Get My Rabbit Ready to Play?

After sinking over three thousand dollars and two years into restoring my 1983 VW Rabbit GTI I let it sit for the past two summers. I am sure it has fuel pump issues. A fuel pump is about $275 new (if that is the problem).

All my discretionary funds the last two years have gone into my Senior Champ Kart which I race at Spud Speedway. So my question to you readers is should I spend the money and time to bring it back to the street in 2016?

IJ's VW Rabbit GTI seems to be encouraging my GTI to come out to play. HTF Motorsports photo

IJ’s VW Rabbit GTI seems to be encouraging my GTI to come out to play. HTF Motorsports photo

Let me know what you think. If you want to sponsor the project I will be glad to share ideas. Don’t forget it is still not too late to sponsor my airfare to the PRI Show at Indianapolis in a couple weeks. Email your comments to me at thale@reagan.com

Be sure to tune in next week when I interview a decorated female Marine hero from the County and her husband who is involved in professional motorsports. Until then…

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But as Californians know, the state feels more like three states — southern, central and northern — and while there’s a shared response from residents up and down the state, there are also significant differences in how the squeeze on water resources affects each region.

“There’s no difference in how each area is handling it. They are all trying to do the same thing, conserve water. The differences lie in each area’s water interest,” explained David Feldman, a professor at UC Irvine in the Department of Social Ecology and chair of Planning, Policy and Design.

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Terminator Salvation Assistant Director/Associate Producer Bruce Franklin, who can be heard trying to reason with Bale on the tape, has commented on the incident:

“If you are working in a very intense scene and someone takes you out of your groove…It was the most emotional scene in the movie,” said Franklin. “And for him to get stopped in the middle of it. He is very intensely involved in his character. He didn’t walk around like that all day long. It was just a moment and it passed.

“This was my second movie with Christian, and it has always been a good experience with him,” added Franklin, who also worked with the actor on 2000’s Shaft. “He is so dedicated to the craft. I think someone is begging to make some noise about this, but I don’t think it’s fair. The art of acting is not paint by numbers, it’s an art form. “ [E! via]

His on-set outburst occurred days before he was arrested in London for an alleged assault on his mother and sister in a London hotel room on the eve of The Dark Knight premiere. [Telegraph UK]

Okay, fine, so maybe he was dealing with some personal shit at the time (who am I kidding, I can’t be mad at those abs!).  But “someone begging to make some noise”?  The dude got caught on tape screaming at someone for four minutes straight.  And as far as an intense scene, let’s try to keep in mind he was making a movie about giant robots, not curing f-cking cancer.  Also: I think Tirade would be a good name for a drink that does the opposite of Gatorade.

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6 Projects (That Have Nothing To Do With Star Wars Or Indiana Jones) That Need To Happen Now That Disney Owns Lucasfilm

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So, Disney has bought Lucasfilm and everyone’s nattering on about what this means for Star Wars and Indiana Jones, but that’s not all Lucasfilm did! What about all the other random ephemera George Lucas produced? What about the Howard the Ducks and Redtails of the world? What’s to be done with all that stuff?
Here are six non-Star Wars, non-Indiana Jones projects Disney needs to get working on now that they own all of George’s old toys…

A New Willow Movie

This one’s absolutely essential. Bob Iger or Kathleen Kennedy or whoever needs to be getting Val Kilmer and Warwick Davis on the blower right now and offering them whatever they want. Buy Val all the bison he could ever want, just make it happen.

Howard The Duck Special Edition

It’s important that Disney carries on hallowed Lucasfilm traditions, and is any Lucas tradition more hallowed than needlessly going back and tampering with old films? But hey, instead of messing with Star Wars again, how about making changes to a movie that desperately needs some tampering? It’s not like anything they do is going to make Howard the Duck worse. Somehow use the power of computers to insert some new Lea Thompson nude scenes or something (and uh, remove the duck nude scenes).

I really don’t see what people have against this movie.

A Pixar ‘The Land Before Time’ Movie

If you were a kid during the 90s you love this movie. You just do. Let’s just forget the 12 (yes, 12) direct-to-video sequels and get Pixar to work on a new CGI version. Don’t complain about your precious artistic integrity Pixar — you made Cars 2, we know what you’re capable of.

A Labyrinth Reboot/Remake

We all liked last years Muppet remake/reboot/reimagining thing right? So let’s do some more Labyrinth. Throw some Judd Apatow hanger-on in the movie if you must. Toby can be grown up now and played by Jonah Hill or something.

A LucasArts Crossover Platformer/Adventure Game

So, Disney owns Warren Spector’s Junction Point studios and has them working away on the Epic Mickey games, which star all sorts of classic Disney cartoon characters. Frankly it’s kind of a waste of Warren Spector’s time — he’s a fine corporate mascot, but nobody really cares about Mickey Mouse. They certainly don’t care about even more obscure characters like Oswald the Rabbit.
I say get Spector working on a big, lavishly budgeted adventure game/platformer starring all the classic LucasArts characters from the Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Sam and Max and Grim Fandango series. Throw a few sheckles to Tim Schafer and Double Fine and get them to help out.

More Ewoks!

Okay, so I guess this is Star Wars related — but during the 80 and early 90s the Ewoks were freakin’ everywhere and it all only barely tied into the greater Star Wars universe. For the most part Ewoks stuff just pretended the Empire and Rebels and whatnot didn’t exist and focused on the Ewoks’ eternal struggle against space Yetis.
Personally as a kid I actually preferred the Ewok TV movies to the actual Star Wars movies. Don’t judge me! I was young, and Ewoks are cute and the movies weren’t that bad. So yeah, more Ewoks. More TV movies, another animated series — total Wicket overload!
Warwick Davis, you better be writing me a thank you letter now.
What about you folks? What do you want Disney to do with Lucas’ more obscure projects? Is it time for a big budget remake of the Star Wars Holiday Special? Let me know in the comments.

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Box Office: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ faces little competition from ‘The Watch’

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Studio executives are looking at this weekend’s box office to see if there will be any continuing effects on moviegoer attendance following the shooting at a “Dark Knight Rises” screening just over one week ago. While pollsters say there is still a segment who are staying away for now, Friday’s box office will also fall victim to big ratings expected for NBC’s broadcast of the London Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Easily holding on to the top spot is the aforementioned “Rises” which pulled in another $18 million for $243 million in just 10 days. That’s certainly behind the $261.4 million “The Dark Knight” had at the exact same juncture of its release in 2008, but Warner Bros. is obviously hoping the audience that was desperate to see it before the shooting will slowly return over the course of a relatively uncompetitive July and August release schedule. That being said, the studio is likely hoping to just clear $400 million domestic at this point and hit the $1 billion mark globally.

The first disappointing debut Friday is “Step Up Revolution.” The fourth film in the “Step Up” franchise grossed just $4.8 million for what should be a $12-13 million three-day. That would actually be the lowest opening in the series under “Step Up 3’s” $15.8 million just two years ago. “Step Up 3’s” performance was so discouraging, it actually convinced Summit Entertainment to take back domestic control of the franchise from Walt Disney Studios. Clearly, interest in the franchise is significantly less without the involvement of Channing Tatum who appeared in the first two installments.

Perhaps more shocking is the third place opening of 20th Century Fox’s “The Watch.” The R-rated comedy stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill, but grossed a paltry $4.5 million on Friday for what could be a $12-13 million weekend. “The Watch” looks like it will be the worst opening for Stiller since 2007’s “The Heartbreak Kid” and Vaughn’s second misfire since Ron Howard’s “The Dilemma” bombed last year. Fox clearly couldn’t communicate the alien subplot, the raunchy humor or just make it look legitimately funny to moviegoers.

Rounding out the top five were “Ice Age: Continental Drift” with $4 million and $105 million to date and Seth McFarlane’s “Ted” with another $2.2 million and $188 million to date.

Look for complete weekend estimates tomorrow on HitFix.

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Texas Man Shoots Escort For Refusing To Sleep With Him, Is Found Not Guilty

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A 30-year old Texas man named Ezekial Gilbert was acquitted of murder yesterday, after a Bexar County jury determined that he justifiably shot a 23-year old escort in 2009. According to his testimony, Gilbert agreed to pay the woman $150 to come over to his home and have sex with him, after he contacted her on Craigslist, and when she attempted to leave his home without making good on her end of the bargain, Gilbert shot her in the neck.

The woman, Lenora Ivie Frago, was paralyzed as the result of the shooting and she eventually died from the injury about seven months later. While Gilbert faced life in prison if he was convicted of murder, his attorneys were able to successfully argue that Frago and her pimp/driver were essentially committing an act of theft, and Gilbert was well within his Texas rights to shoot any criminal committing a “nighttime theft”, according to My San Antonio.

As for Gilbert, he claimed that even with this seemingly strange law and subsequent verdict in his favor, it hasn’t been a very pleasant time for him.

Outside the courtroom, Gilbert thanked God, the Barrera family and the jury for being able to “see what wasn’t the truth” and for the “second chance.”

“I sincerely regret the loss of the life of Ms. Frago,” Gilbert said Wednesday. “I’ve been in a mental prison the past four years of my life. I have nightmares. If I see guns on TV where people are getting killed, I change the channel.” (Via My San Antonio, H/T to Gawker)

The prosecutors indeed argued that the law in question shouldn’t apply to a guy who initially gave the money to the woman in exchange for sex – an illegal act, of course – but the jury apparently didn’t think that was important enough.

And I guess since this story is already crappy enough, I’ll leave out the fact that the shooting occurred on Christmas Eve. Damn it, I meant to not type that.

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Since 2003, Urban Harvest has provided Youth Education garden and nutrition classes to explore healthy nutrition, food systems, native habitats and ecosystems at Houston-area schools. Some programs are funded by after school grants while others are supported by parent groups, community groups and even local business partners.

Youth Education Partner Sites, 2016 - 2017

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Every Tuesday, 8

SUMMER: June and July 2017
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This is a great volunteer activity for parents and their school-age children, teens looking for community service hours & neighbors who want to improve their "hands on" gardening skill!. Activities include cultivating, planting & harvesting. Individual volunteers are welcome to show up during hours listed. Gregory-Lincoln Education Center, 1101 Taft St.

To volunteer with groups of five or more, please email us or call 713.880.5540.


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Start the day in style with this classic dish, using smoked mackerel in place of smoked salmon

Ingredients (Serves 4)
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 smoked mackerel fillets, weighing 175g/6oz each
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 muffins, cut in half and toasted
  • Sprigs of fresh watercress
For the hollandaise sauce
  • 1-2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 100g/4oz Pure Organic, Soya or Sunflower spread, gently melted
  • Salt and freshly ground white pepper

First make the hollandaise. Whisk together the lemon juice, egg yolks and seasoning until smooth. Set the bowl over a pan of boiling water then pour in the melted Pure in a steady stream, a bit at a time, beating with a wooden spoon to make a creamy sauce. Taste and, if necessary, add a little more lemon juice.

Heat the oil in a pan, add the mackerel fillets and cook for 2 minutes on each side until warmed through.

Meanwhile, poach the eggs.

To serve, place a mackerel fillet to the side on a warm plate, put the toasted muffin alongside and top with a poached egg. Drizzle with hollandaise and garnish with a sprig of watercress.

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About Rohnert Park

Rohnert Park is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States, located approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of San Francisco. The estimated 2006 population was 41,083. It is an early planned city modeled directly after Levittown, New York and Levittown, Pennsylvania. Rohnert Park is the sister city of Hashimoto in Japan.

Rohnert Park is located at 38°20′50″N 122°41′43″W / 38.34722°N 122.69528°W / 38.34722; -122.69528 (38.347174, -122.695378). According to the United States Census Bureau, it has a total area of 6.43 square miles (16.7 km²).

Also, according to the Census Bureau, the city is entirely land. In actuality, there is a small reservoir called Roberts Lake at the north end of the city and a number of creeks. Important creeks include the Laguna de Santa Rosa (which forms part of the border with the City of Cotati), Copeland Creek, Hinebaugh Creek, Crane Creek and Five Creek.

All creeks within the city limits have been channelized. Spivock Creek, Coleman Creek, Wilfred Channel, and Labath Channel are artificial channels designed to convey runoff.

The Rodgers Creek Fault is an active fault influencing earthquake activity in the Rohnert Park area. The city also experiences earthquakes from the San Andreas Fault.

Riparian communities within the city are limited by channelization of creekbeds. Vegetation alongside the City's streams primarily consists of grass and sedge species. The Laguna de Santa Rosa contains bands of thick native riparian vegetation, including various willow (Salix spp.) and alder (Alnus spp.) trees.

Sudden oak death fungus risks are present in the Rohnert Park area. Research is ongoing at the nearby Fairfield Osborn Preserve.

As of the census of 2000, there were 42,236 people, 15,503 households, and 9,797 families residing in the city. The population density was 6,564.5 people per square mile (2,534.6/km²). There were 15,808 housing units at an average density of 2,457/sq mi (949/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 80.28% White, 1.97% African American, 0.78% Native American, 5.58% Asian, 0.42% Pacific Islander, 5.72% from other races, and 5.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.57% of the population.

There were 15,503 households out of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 24.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 14.8% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $51,942, and the median income for a family was $61,420. Males had a median income of $41,757 versus $31,149 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,035. About 3.2% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those over age 64.

In the state legislature Rohnert Park is located in the 3rd Senate District, represented by Democrat Mark Leno, and in the 6th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Jared Huffman. Federally, Rohnert Park is located in California's 6th congressional district.

Originally home of the Coast Miwok native people, the Mexican government granted Rancho Cotate to Captain Juan Castenada in July 1844 for his military services in the region. The grant encompassed present-day Penngrove, Cotati and Rohnert Park. "Cotate Rancho is a part of the Vallejo Township which is the plain between Sonoma Mountain and Petaluma Creek San Pablo Bay, and an east and west line dividing the tract from Santa Rosa Township."

Rancho Cotate was sold in 1849 to Dr. Thomas S. Page, of Cotati, and eventually broken up and sold off piecemeal to incoming settlers. The town of Rohnert Park was named after the Rohnert family who owned the Rohnert Seed Farm. In 1929, a successful businessman, Waldo Emerson Rohnert, (born 1869 - died 1933), a native of Detroit, Michigan, purchased a large ranch here and minimized flooding in the fields with a crude drainage system but died shortly after. His son, Fred Rohnert, a graduate of Stanford Law School took over the ranch and developed a seed growing business, the Rohnert Seed Farm, which turned into a major horticultural success for the county.

In the year 1956, only four adult residents lived within the district boundaries, but in 1957 with the 101 Freeway newly completed at the Cotati bypass, Rohnert Park began to be built and laid out as a planned city. In a summer election of 1962, Rohnert Park was incorporated, comprising 1,325 acres (536 ha), housing an estimated 2,775 persons, the first town in Sonoma County to incorporate since 1905. The historic neighboring town of Cotati, California voted to incorporate the following year.

The Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District serves the city, which is also home to Sonoma State University.

High schools

Rancho Cotate High School is the main comprehensive high school for both Rohnert Park and Cotati. Technology High School is a small public high school located on the Sonoma State University campus.

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Rohnert Park was the home of Brande Nicole Roderick (born June 13, 1974), who is an American model and actress. She is perhaps best known for her appearances in Baywatch and Playboy.

Jim Nielsen had a condo in Rohnert Park while he was a State Senator representing the area, though he primarily lived in his Woodland estate.

Pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. Attended *Rancho Cotate High School

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Applications to most optometry schools are coordinated through a central service (Optometry College Application Service or OptomCAS). Students should complete their applications to medical schools no later than October of the year before they expect to enter optometry school.

OAT (Optometry Admission Test) exam:
The Optometry Admission Test (OAT) is a standardized examination designed to measure general academic ability and comprehension of scientific information. The OAT is sponsored by the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) for applicants seeking admission to an optometry program. All schools and colleges of optometry in the United States and the University of Waterloo, Canada require the OAT.

The OAT exam consists of four sections:
1) Survey of the Natural Sciences (Biology, General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry)
2) Reading Comprehension
3) Physics
4) Quantitative Reasoning.

The minimum core of courses that are needed before the OAT is taken is:
English 101+102
Mathematics 141 (Calculus)
Mathematics 102 or Psychology 225 (Statistics)
Biology 101+102 (General Biology)
Biology 330 (Microbiology)
Biology 581 / Chemistry 581 (Biochemistry)
Chemistry 111+112 (General Chemistry)
Chemistry 331 (Organic Chemistry)
Physics 201+202 or Physics 211+212
Psychology 101

Additional coursework in biology, biochemistry, psychology and sociology are strongly recommended prior to taking the OAT.

Two schools (Southern College of Optometry and the University of Alabama-Birmingham) hold seats specifically for South Carolina residents.

More information on optometrists can be found at the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

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