Meanwhile, the Crossland X and the Opel Mokka X have similar dimensions. While the Mokka X is a thoroughbred crossover with optional all-wheel-drive, the Crossland X is available exclusively in front-wheel-drive, making it less capable offroad. As such, the Crossland X can be best described as a crossover-like MPV. As Opel puts it, the vehicle is “predestined for urban areas with its crisp exterior dimensions while also being perfectly suitable for a shopping spree at the organic farm shop or for a holiday trip to Tuscany.”
However, Opel Team Joest was in for a tough fight. Not only had Alfa Romeo not been sitting on their hands, Mercedes-Benz had finally found the time to build a proper Class 1 car. Although the C180 V6 DTM lacked four wheel drive and only produced 400 horsepower, it featured a 6-speed sequential transmission, F1-derived active suspension, an innovative active ballast system which counteracted the pitching and diving of the nose under acceleration and braking and an all-carbon bodyshell bringing weight down to 980 kg (2161 lbs).
That makes it a similar size and weight to the outgoing Corsa, at a whiff over four metres long and 1177kg. Beyond that, new means new. Every panel on the mildly Adam-ised, slightly more butch exterior is different. Every component forward of the A-pillars is new. Every suspension component, too, as are the pick-up points for the front MacPherson struts and the rear torsion beam.
Historically, Opel vehicles have also been sold at various times in the North American market as either heavily modified, or "badge-engineered" models under the Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Saturn, and Cadillac brands - for instance the J-body platform, which was largely developed by Opel - was the basis of North American models such as the Chevrolet Cavalier and Cadillac Cimarron. Below is a list of current or recent Opel models which are sold under GM's North American brands.
Opel also produced the first mass-production vehicle in Germany with a self-supporting ("unibody") all-steel body, closely following the 1934 Citroën Traction Avant. This was one of the most important innovations in automotive history. They called the car, launched in 1935, the Olympia. With its small weight and aerodynamics came an improvement in both performance and fuel consumption. Opel received a patent on this technology.
My father, who could well be this man (except for the Germanic house behind it), bought a new sickly-green Kadett A just like this in 1965, at the local Buick dealer in Towson. So, yes; I can speak for the Kadett’s ability to trounce all VWs in street-light races, thanks to my older brother’s repeated VW-baiting. And at seventy or so, the turbulence from the boxy body caused the tops of the thin little doors to actually move away from the body enough to see daylight between them. Lightweight construction indeed. Hopefully, someday I’ll miraculously find a Kadett A and do the full story of its colorful place in history, both the automotive world’s as well as the Niedermeyer’s. But this CC is about its successor.
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The Kadett C was introduced in Brazil as the Chevrolet Chevette. The three-door station wagon was called the Chevrolet Marajó, and a pick-up was named Chevy 500. Brazilian production commenced in 1973, with the Marajó being added in 1980 and the Chevy 500 in 1983, shortly after a significant facelift affected the entire line. Brazilian cars had engines in various combinations of size - 1.0 (1992-1993), 1.4 (1973-1982), or 1.6 (1982-1995) liters - and fuels (gasoline or ethanol), though not all combinations were available for all body configurations. The last Marajó was built in 1989, the last Chevette in 1993, and the last Chevy 500 in 1995.
The basic trim level was called just the Corsa, which was followed by the Corsa Luxus, Corsa Berlina and the sporty Corsa SR. The SR receives a spoiler which surrounds the rear window, alloy wheels, checkered sport seats, and a somewhat more powerful 70 PS (51 kW) engine. Six years later, the Corsa received a facelift, which included a new front fascia and some other minor changes. The models were called LS, GL, GLS and GT.
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The saloon model was built and sold in Latin America as the Chevrolet Corsa Classic until 2010, when it was replaced with the model previously released for China in 2005 as the Buick Sail. A budget version introduced for the Brazilian market, the Chevrolet Celta, has bodywork resembling the end of the 1990s Vectra and Astra. The Celta was sold in Argentina as the Suzuki Fun for a certain period.
It had some crazy mechanical issues. At one point it stumbled and stalled because the carburetor had come loose from the intake manifold and I had to tighten it back down! Another time, my brother was driving it and the brakes failed. Somehow the end of the brake shoe that meets the brake cylinder piston had become worn on one side, causing the piston to slip off the end of the shoe when the brakes were applied, losing braking and squirting fluid all over.
The 2006 release of the fourth Corsa generation translates as rebirth. The German producer offered further reasons for the car to virtually sell itself. The V-inspired shaping of the car was more accentuated with bulgy lines and headlights as if some of the styling elements have been mounted into specially designed sockets. Apart form the looks, the engine line-up was converted and enhanced to c...
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., and Charles Erwin Wilson ("Engine Charlie" Wilson), GM's president, were considering the options. Later in April, Sloan sought to resolve the differences of opinion with a position paper that he hoped would set up conditions for resuming control of Opel that would put at rest the doubts of GM's more conservative financial minds.
Depending on the model version, the Corsa is as suited to singles and couples as to whole families. So it comes as no surprise that more than 13.5 million units have been produced since 1982. “The Corsa remains one of our most important models across Europe”, says Xavier Duchemin, Managing Director Sales, Aftersales and Marketing. The bestseller therefore plays a leading role in this anniversary year. “Opel has been democratising mobility for 120 years”, added Duchemin. “In our cars we make pioneering technology and comfort features affordable for all. This is what we stand for and the best example of this is the Corsa! Our anniversary model line-up has the right car for everyone – with extensive equipment and at best prices.”
I join in the question: “Where did they all go?” These were pretty common in the upper midwest (as imports went) in the late 60s-mid 70s. I knew a Lutheran minister who owned one (maybe a 69 or so?) in the mid 70s, and got to ride in it once. He seemed pretty proud of the fact that he had put about 80K on it and it seemed to be running strongly. Although it was starting to look a little worn, it seemed to hold up a lot better than my Scoutmaster’s 69 Cortina.
The Opel Corsa is a supermini car engineered and produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel since 1982. It has been sold under a variety of other brands (most notably Vauxhall, Chevrolet, and Holden) and also spawned various derivatives in different markets. Its current fifth generation is built in Spain and in Germany. However, despite its global presence, it has never been sold in the United States or Canada.
Rüsselsheim. Opel will this year launch the sixth generation of the Corsa. Starting with the first model in 1982, the Corsa has now recorded sales of more than 13.5 million units. The next generation will bring a revolution in lighting to small cars: the multiple award-winning IntelliLux LED® matrix lighting technology. The newly developed Corsa will feature for the first time the adaptive, glare-free full-LED headlight system that has impressed experts and customers since its introduction on the current Opel Astra (European Car Of The Year 2016). Following their arrival in the compact class, matrix headlights (which are usually found only on expensive premium cars) will therefore appear for the first time in the very popular mainstream B market segment – the biggest in Europe. Another demonstration of the democratisation of technology from Opel – the exciting, approachable, German brand.
From 1986 to 2003, Opel models were produced by Delta Motor Corporation, a company created through a management buyout following of GM's divestment from apartheid South Africa. Delta assembled the Opel Kadett, with the sedan version called the Opel Monza. This was replaced by the Opel Astra, although the Kadett name was retained for the hatchback and considered a separate model. A version of the Rekord Series E remained in production after the model had been replaced by the Omega in Europe, as was a Commodore model unique to South Africa, combining the bodyshell of the Rekord with the front end of the revised Senator. The Opel Corsa was introduced in 1996, with kits of the Brazilian-designed sedan and pick-up (known in South African English as a bakkie) being locally assembled.
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The handling and ride are basically fine, but are all but invisible from the point of view of a keen driver. The Crossland is tidy through corners, with reasonable steering weight but no actual feedback, and the body tilts over only to a reasonable angle. The ride is a touch stiff in its damping, especially around town (which is disappointing, given that any Crossland will probably spend most of its life in town) but it does improve on the open road. Refinement is only average though with quite a bit of wind and road noise. There’s little point in having Opel’s phone-based OnStar concierge service fitted if you can’t hear what the operator is saying . . .
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The GSi's engine mapping had been carried out by Opel tuning specialists Irmscher. A model with the 82 PS (60 kW) 1.4 L multi point fuel injected engine, which was otherwise mechanically identical to the GSi, also became available as the Nova SRi in the United Kingdom. In January 1988, a turbocharged version of the Isuzu diesel engine was introduced, with power increased to 67 PS (49 kW).
The Kadett D was introduced in the middle of August 1979, with deliveries on the home market beginning early in September 1979. In November 1979, the car went on sale in the United Kingdom, some five months before the Vauxhall Astra Mark 1, the British version, was launched in April 1980. The cars were designed as three- or five-door hatchbacks and estates or station wagons. There were also two- and four-door sedans featuring separate boots/trunks, which shared the silhouettes of the hatchbacks: in the United Kingdom, the sedan versions were soon withdrawn, until the 1986 launch of the MKII-based Belmont. For the first time since 1965 there was no coupé-bodied Kadett in the range: the previous Kadett C coupé was indirectly replaced by the three-door 1.3 SR sports model.


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Last year StorTown Cares supported the Siyajabula Creche in the Embo Valley by collecting items for Christmas boxes as well as gathering stationary, chairs and tables from the public to help better the living environment for these children. All the donations we received where put to good use and the smile on the children’s faces made the whole experience so worthwhile!
On the 6th of March Anthony Gibbs and Jennifer van Deventer on behalf of StorTown Cares supported the CANSA Shavathon hosted by Chilli Source Design in Kloof. Anthony bravely shaved his hair and Jennifer sprayed her hair in honour of all cancer fighters and survivors. It was a great day with great company!
Recently StorTown Cares shared the love by collecting unused goods that were in great condition and donated them to children in need. A big thank you to everyone who hopped on board and got involved in this great initiative all your efforts are greatly appreciated.

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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang was recently at the World Government Summit in Dubai, where he called for all countries to build their own "sovereign AI."
Huang said: "This is the beginning of a new industrial revolution, is about the production -- not of energy, not of food -- but the production of intelligence, and every country needs to own the production of their own intelligence, which is the reason why there's this idea called"sovereign AI".
He continued: "You own your own data. nobody owns it. Your country owns the data; it codifies your culture, your society's intelligence, your common sense, your history. You own your own data. You, therefore, must take that data, refine that data, and own your own national intelligence. You cannot allow that to be done by other people".
"That is a realization; now we've democratized the computation of AI, the infrastructure of AI... the rest of it is really up to you to take the initiative, and activate your industry. Build the infrastructure as fast as you can, so that the researchers, the companies, your governments can take advantage of this infrastructure to go and create your own AI".
Jensen sounds like he wants to sell billions of dollars of the most advanced AI hardware on the planet, which his company -- NVIDIA -- sells. It's current roster of H100 "Hopper" AI GPUs dominate the AI market, with its beefed-up H200 AI GPUs right around the corner, and its next-gen B100 "Blackwell" AI GPUs to be revealed and released later this year.

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Elon Musk’s first order of business after completing the acquisition of Twitter appears to be an increase in the cost of the social media platform’s premium subscription package known as Twitter Blue, which will reportedly change from $4.99 to $19.99 a month.
In addition, paying for a Twitter Blue subscription will be mandatory to maintain a “verified” status on the platform. According to a report from The Verge that cited multiple internal documents, the developing team that is working on this update has been given a deadline of next Sunday to make this happen or otherwise they will be fired.
Verified users will reportedly have 90 days to subscribe to Twitter Blue or they will lose their valuable blue check mark – a token that has always been considered a sign of being an elite member of the platform.
Celebrities and Influencers Appear to Disagree with Musk’s Mandatory Subscription
In a tweet published a couple of days ago, Musk asserted that the team is working on revamping the entire verification process, which may include a new procedure to obtain a blue badge.
The founder of SpaceX reportedly brought engineers from Tesla (TSLA) to advise him and the Twitter product team on the updates and changes that need to be made on the platform.
Musk has repeatedly stated that he aims to improve Twitter’s financial performance by increasing subscription revenues.
Some detractors of the measure state that those who opt not to subscribe to Twitter Blue to keep their blue check mark may be impersonated by impostors who would attempt to confuse the community and use the accounts to commit fraud and scam people.
In addition, some top influencers and prominent artists and personalities have disagreed publicly with Musk’s intentions to charge them for staying verified. Stephen King, the writer of some of the world’s most popular horror stories, stated that he will leave the platform if he is forced to pay $20 a month.
$20 a month to keep my blue check? Fuck that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 31, 2022
Musk replied to King by stating that the company needs to pay the bills somehow and asked the writer if he would agree with paying at least $8 a month. However, King replied to a user that the issue at hand was not the money. “It’s the principal of the thing”, the artist commented.
Massive Layoffs at Twitter Could Soon Make the Headlines
Before Musk’s arrival, Twitter discretionally assigned blue badges to characters and organizations when their accounts were considered “of public interest”. The typical candidates to receive a blue check market included government agencies, well-established media outlets, celebrities, and top brands.
Users can submit a request to be verified as long as they belonged to any of these groups. Moreover, Twitter also demanded that the account must be considered authentic, notable, and active.
Apart from this first relevant change, Musk is reportedly looking to lay off a significant portion of the firm’s staff. Rumors initially pointed to a reduction of 75% in Twitter’s personnel. However, Musk discredited the reports but only their magnitude, not the fact itself.
As a result of Twitter’s takeover, the social media company will be onboarding a significant amount of debt that was used to finance the deal. The figure could be around $13 billion and the resulting annual interest charges could range from $400 to 800 million depending on the interest rate Musk managed to secure.
Meanwhile, during the first six months of 2022, the company produced operating losses of $471.6 million. Personnel costs are among the highest at Twitter and that could be the reason why Musk is aiming to reduce the company’s staff to make ends meet.
By the end of 2021, Twitter had 7,500 full-time employees. If Musk moves forward with a plan to lay off half of the firm’s workforce that could cause significant disruptions in the work environment as it will result in more than 3,000 people being laid off at once.
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Genkai Koe No Tenpu wa, Tensei-sha ni Shika Atsukaenai - Overlimit Skill Holders -Genkaigoe no Skill wa, Tenseisha ni Shika Atsukaenai - Over Limit Skill Holder; 限界超えの天賦は、転生者にしか扱えない ― オーバーリミット・スキルホルダー; Over Limit Skill Holder: Only the Reincarnated can Conquer the "Over Limited Skill Orb"; 轉生者才能駕馭的極限天賦 —Over Limit Skill Holder—
Comicalize the different world fantasy of bonds and adventures that won the 1st place (*) in both the monthly and quarterly overall rankings in "Let's become a novelist" with super beautiful drawing !!
――Everyone has 8 frames of "Skills" A world with a "holder".
People who live there take in "strengthening their strength ★" and [fire magic ★★] and other "skill orbs" in their holders, and gain the ability to survive.
The main character, Rage, was still a 10-year-old child, but was working as a slave in a mine where natural gems are produced.
He was spending harsh days of mining with his sister's slave, L'Arc.・ Ruler >>] is obtained.
Rage has become a talented person who has surpassed human intelligence from a helpless slave, but in the midst of a riot, he broke up with L'Arc, who was the only one who could forgive his heart.
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I want to regain the bond with her and become a true sibling-with a heartfelt wish, Rage's far-reaching adventure begins !!


Toro Y Moi's Chazwick Bundick continues his prolific 2011 output with the announcement of Freaking Out- the band's latest EP scheduled for release on September 13. Here is the album's first single "Saturday Love", an Alexander O'Neal and Cherelle cover.
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The Army started concepts for its "Abrams Replacement" in 2017. Officially the 1st generation M1A1 are planned to remain in service at least until 2021 and 2040 for the M1A2/A3. The Army’s Future Combat Systems XM1202 Mounted Combat System was not funded, and the M1A3 program was delayed due to budget restrictions. The Abrams is four decades old, and is in the process of being replaced as the design is tapped out on how much it can be modernized. Germany and France are already designing a new MBT. According to Mark Milley, the Army's Chief of Staff, the NGCV will eventually replace the Bradley, Stryker, and Abrams in U.S. service.
Kris Osborn, reported in Scout Warrior on March 2, 2017 that "The Army is now performing concept modeling and early design work for a new mobile, lethal, high-tech future lightweight tank platform able to detect and destroy a wider range of targets from farther distances, cross bridges, incinerate drones with lasers and destroy incoming enemy artillery fire – all for the 2030s and beyond. The new vehicle, now emerging purely in the concept phase, is based upon the reality that the current M1A2 SEP Abrams main battle tank can only be upgraded to a certain limited extent."
Other Abrams users like Australia, Egypt, Morroco, Iraq, the USMC, Saudi-Arabia, etc. all simply wait for the US Army to develop upgrades and then adopt parts of them. Only Kuwait (and that only last year) decided to fund a separate upgrade.
The M1A2 SEP v3 that is currently entering service uses last generation's sensors, despite current third generation thermal imaging technology being available for a decade and used in current tanks from China, Germany, France, Russia, Ukraine, Japan and South Korea. The M256 gun is nowadays only mediocre, the turbine always was a weakness, and armor protection is not ideal.
In August 2018 Army Contracting Command conducted "Abrams SEPv4 Market Survey" Solicitation Number: W56HZV17C0188-P000XX for the Abrams SEPv4 Program. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This was not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor was it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list.
The purpose of this market survey questionnaire was to obtain information on industry capability to satisfy U.S. Army requirements for support of modernizing the Abrams Main Battle Tank. Support requirements include engineering, logistics, project management services, and total supply chain management to support integration of identified capabilities within the Tank. Other requirements include shipping, travel, hardware, and contractor manpower reporting.
PdM Abrams was considering integrating additional capabilities to those currently in progress under the ECP 1A effort. Technology such as target acquisition sensor enhancements, color camera sight, survivability improvements, and lethality improvements may be included in future upgrades. The office was seeking experience in designing/upgrading fire control systems for ground combat vehicles including but not limited to design/integration of primary sights, secondary sights, direct fire weapons, turret stabilization, weapon stabilization, laser technologies, fire control software, and electronic control boxes.
It was also interested in examples of experience with replacing or augmenting hard Direct View Optics (DVO) with a digital sight system, including but not limited to how you handle issues like video latency, resolution matching of existing DVO, and digital sight stabilization.
The Army is performing concept modeling and early design work for a new mobile, lethal, high-tech future lightweight tank platform able to detect and destroy a wider range of targets from farther distances, cross bridges, incinerate drones with lasers and destroy incoming enemy artillery fire – all for the 2030s and beyond. The new vehicle, now emerging purely in the concept phase, is based upon the reality that the current M1A2 SEP Abrams main battle tank can only be upgraded to a certain limited extent, senior Army officials explained.
The Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, or TARDEC, is immersed in the development of design concepts for various tank platforms. The extensive conceptual work, simulation and design modeling will be needed before there is any opportunity to “bend metal” and produce a new tank. The new tank will emerge after the Army first fields its M1A2 SEP v4 upgraded Abrams tank in the 2020s, a more lethal Abrams variant with 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared Sensors for greater targeting range and resolution and more lethal Advanced Multi-Purpose, or AMP ammunition combining many rounds into a single 120mm round. The AMP round will replace four tank rounds now in use. The first two are the M830, High Explosive Anti-Tank, or HEAT, round and the M830A1, Multi-Purpose Anti -Tank, or MPAT, round.
The SEP v4 variant, slated to being testing in 2021, will also include new laser rangefinder technology, color cameras, integrated on-board networks, new slip-rings, advanced meteorological sensors, ammunition data links and laser warning receivers.
A lighter weight, more high-tech tank will allow for greater mobility in the future, including an ability to deploy more quickly, handle extremely rigorous terrain, integrate new weapons, cross bridges inaccessible to current Abrams tanks and maximize on-board networking along with new size-weight-and-power configurations. Although initial requirements for the future tank have yet to emerge, the next-generation platform will use advanced sensors and light-weight composite armor materials able to achieve equal or greater protection at much lighter weights.
Some immediate changes and manufacturing techniques could easily save at least 20-percent of the weight of a current 80-ton Abrams. The idea is to engineer a tank that is not only much more advanced than the Abrams in terms of sensors, networking technology, force tracking systems, an ability to control nearby drones and vastly increased fire-power – but to build a vehicle with open-architecture such that it can quickly accommodate new technologies as they emerge.
For instance, the Abrams was first fielded with a 105mm cannon – yet built with a mind to potential future upgrades such that it could be configured to fire a 120mm gun. The vehicle needs to have physical adaptability and change and growth ability for alterations as one of its premises – so it can learn things about energy and power and armor. The Army needs to think about growth as an operational need. Humvees were not built for the growth necessary to respond to the fast-emerging and deadly threat of roadside bombs in Iraq.
The new tank will be specifically engineered with additional space for automotive systems, people and ammunition. As computer algorithms rapidly advance to allow for greater levels of autonomy, the Abrams tank will be able to control nearby drones using its own on-board command and control networking. Unmanned “wing-man” type drones could fortify attacking ground forces by firing weapons, testing enemy defenses, carrying suppliers or performing forward reconnaissance and reconnaissance missions while manned-crews remained back at safer distances.
Active protection systems are another instance of emerging technologies which will go on the latest state-of-the-art Abrams tanks and also quite likely be used for the new tank. Using computer algorithms, fire control technology, sensors and an interceptor of some kind, Active Protection Systems are engineered to detect, track and destroy incoming enemy fire in a matter of milliseconds. The Army is currently fast-tracking an effort to explore a number of different APS systems for the Abrams. General Dynamics Land Systems is, as part of the effort, using its own innovation to engineer an APS system which is not a “bolt-on” type of applique but something integrated more fully into the tank itself.
The use of space in the new vehicle, drawing upon a better allocation of size-weight-and-electrical power will enable the new tank to accommodate better weapons, be more fuel efficient and provide greater protection to the crew.
While advanced Abrams tanks will be using a mobile Auxiliary Power Unit to bring more on-board electrical power to the platform for increased targeting, command-and-control technologies and weapons support, mobile power is needed to sustain future systems such as laser weapons.
The Army cancelled its plans for a future Ground Combat Vehicle, largely for budget reasons, some of the innovations, technologies and weapons systems are informing this effort to engineer a new tank for the future. Design specs, engineering, weapons and other innovations envisioned for the GCV were analyzed for the new tank.
In particular, the new tank may use an emerging 30mm cannon weapon planned for the GCV – the ATK-built XM813. The XM813, according to Army developmental papers, is able to fire both armor-piercing rounds and air-burst rounds which detonate in the air in proximity to an enemy in defilade, hiding behind a rock or tree, for example. The computer-controlled and electronically driven weapon can fire up to 200 rounds per minute, uses a dual-recoil firing system and a semi-closed bolt firing mode, Army information says.
The new tank may use a lightweight 120mm cannon first developed years ago for the Army’s now-cancelled Future Combat Systems, or FCS; FCS worked on a series of “leap-ahead” technologies which, in many instances, continue to inform current Army modernization efforts. The FCS program developed next-generation sensors, networking, robots and a series of mobile, high-tech 27-ton Manned-Ground Vehicles, or MGVs.
The MGVs included a Non-Line-of-Sight artillery variant, Reconnaissance and Surveillance, Infantry, Medical and Command-and-Control variants, among others. One of the key vehicles in this planned future fleet was the Mounted Combat System, or MCS.
The overall MGV effort was cancelled by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates in 2009 because Gates felt that the 27-ton common chassis was not sufficiently survivable enough in a modern IED-filled threat environment.
Although the MGVs were engineered with a so-called “survivability onion” of networked sensors and active protection systems to identify and destroy approaching enemy fire at great distances, many critics of FCS felt that the vehicles were not sufficient to withstand a wide range of enemy attacks should incoming fire penetrate sensors or hit targets in the event that the sensor malfunctioned or were jammed.
The Army’s MCS program developed and test-fired a super lightweight 120mm cannon, called the XM360, able to fire existing and emerging next-generation tank rounds. The lightweight weapon being developed for the MCS was two-tons, roughly one-half the weight of the existing Abrams 120mm cannon. The MCS was to have had a crew of two, a .50 caliber machine gun, and a 40mm automatic grenade launcher.
The Army’s Combat Vehicle Modernization Strategy specifically mentions the value of adapting the XM360 for future use. “Next-Generation Large Caliber Cannon Technology. The XM360 next-generation 120mm tank cannon integrated with the AAHS will provide the M1 Abrams a capability to fire the next generation of high-energy and smart-tank ammunition at beyond line-of-sight (LOS) ranges. The XM360 could also incorporate remote control operation technologies to allow its integration on autonomous vehicles and vehicles with reduced crew size. For lighter weight vehicles, recoil limitations are overcome by incorporating the larger caliber rarefaction wave gun technology while providing guided, stabilized LOS, course-corrected LOS, and beyond LOS accuracy”.
The MCS was test-fired at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., in 2009. The platform used an aluminum turret and three-man crew using an automatic loading system. Also, the MCS was engineered to fire 120mm rounds up to 10 kilometers, what’s called Beyond-Line-of-Sight using advanced fire control and targeting sensors, General Dynamics developers explained at the time. Special new technology was needed for the XM360 in order to allow a lighter-weight cannon and muzzle to accommodate the blast from a powerful 120mm tank round.
Elements of the XM360 include a combined thermal and environmental shroud, blast deflector, a composite-built overwrapped gun, tube-modular gun-mount, independent recoil brakes, gas-charged recuperators, and a multi-slug slide block breech with an electric actuator, Army MCS developmental documents describe.
A lighter-weight, more mobile and lethal tank platform will be necessary to adjust to a fast-changing modern threat environment including attacking RPGs, Anti-Tank-Guided Missiles and armor-piercing enemy tank rounds. Increased speed can be used as a survivability combat-enhancing tactic, adding that there are likely to be continued urban threats in the future as more populations migrates into cities.
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| Dude chapter 10 . 3/22/2013
Great story, although I think it would be cool to see what happened in the other worlds, and also if they tried to get back to somewhere like 'home'.
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Very good story. I've read all the Ordernaries stories so far and they're all wonderful. All the added-on characters are really good. Even more impressive because it isn't a crossover fanfic. Great character development, consistency, storytelling, dialogue, and plot. I can't wait to see more!

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The JAMES JOYCE BROADSHEET is a specialist Joycean review published three times a year - since 1980 - featuring:
ESSAYS on selected aspects of Joyce.
BOOK REVIEWS of new publications concerned directly or indirectly with Joyce, as well as RETROSPECTIVE reassessments of selected areas of Joycean studies.
NEWS OF JOYCEAN EVENTS: films, performances, exhibitions, lectures, conferences and collections.
NOTES & QUERIES and LETTERS sections, allowing for debate and exchange of information among readers, researchers and teachers of Joyce's works.

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Kolkata: The Basirhat sub-divisional court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Thursday extended the CBI custody of Sheikh Shahjahan, the accused mastermind behind the attack on ED and CAPF teams on January 5, by another eight days.
The CBI counsel on Thursday also moved a plea seeking the custody of seven other individuals, who were earlier arrested by the district police in connection with the same case. The judge of the sub-divisional court approved the plea and remanded the seven persons to five-day CBI custody.
Opposing the bail plea moved by Shahjahan’s counsel, the CBI counsel argued that if granted bail, the accused can influence the investigation, which will hurt the case.
However, the counsel for the accused argued that the CBI cannot seek an extension of Shahjahan’s custody since he has already spent over 14 days in custody, first under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the state police, and subsequently under the CBI.
After hearing the arguments, the judge of the district court extended Sahjahan’s custody by eight days, instead of the 14 days sought by the CBI.


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“Did you know?” a talk by Jane Reiman
January 21, 2016
Our 2016 program series kicks off with a talk by Carmel’s former mayor, Jane Reiman on February 11th. Jane was elected to Carmel’s first city council in 1975 and served two terms as mayor from 1980 to 1987. She was integral to keeping the parimutuel out of Hamilton County, improving Carmel’s infrastructure to accommodate the population boom of the 80s, and developing Carmel’s Civic Square.
You’ll hear these stories and more from one of Carmel’s most interesting public figures. Join us in the Library’s Program Room to learn about Jane’s tenure in Carmel politics!
February 11th, 7-8 pm: “Did you know?” Jane Reiman
We bet there’s a lot you didn’t know about Carmel’s former mayor, Jane Reiman. And she’s here to tell it all! From the challenging, to the innovative, to the downright funny, Jane has seen it all. Don’t miss your chance to listen in on this personal and unique experience to hear it all straight from Carmel’s first female mayor: a cornerstone of local politics.


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TOKYO, Japan – Former Olympic icon turned transgender heroine Caitlyn Jenner has triggered debate about whether there could be a “third gender,” American portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz said Wednesday, February 17.
The former decathlon gold medalist is featured alongside the likes of pop diva Adele, Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in a new exhibition by Leibovitz currently on show in Tokyo.
An out-take from last year’s Vanity Fair cover photoshoot features Jenner in a white corset, a shot Leibovitz described as a “tongue-in-cheek” nod to the magazine’s arty style. (READ: Caitlyn Jenner on the cover of ‘Vanity Fair’)
“Maybe it’s a little more complicated than we were thinking. There are many parts to gender.
“She had everything money could buy, including the breasts – she had beautiful breasts.”
Photographing the queen
Leibovitz recalled that shooting the queen had been like photographing an elderly relative, praising the 89-year-old monarch’s energy.
“The queen was like everything you would want to imagine,” Leibovitz told Agence France Presse.
“She didn’t get up until I said, ‘Thank you, we’re done.’ Everything I had heard about her wonderful sense of duty was true.
“It was sort of like photographing your great-aunt,” she added.
“She was walking up the hall mumbling: ‘This is the last time I wear this cape!’ It was like 75 pounds (34 kilos), really heavy.
“Of course, I stuck my foot in my mouth by saying ‘can you take your crown off?’ and she said: ‘Can I do what?’ She was incredible.”
Leibovitz’s “Women: New Portraits” opened in London last month and continues a project she began more than 15 years ago.
The 66-year-old unveiled portraits of Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and American Olympic swimming champion Katie Ledecky for the Tokyo leg of the exhibition.
She also talked of wanting to photograph Japan’s Empress Michiko, who she described as “quite extraordinary, very modern”.
Leibovitz’s collection documents women of outstanding achievement and also features photos of Misty Copeland, the first black American prima ballerina, US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and tennis pioneers Venus and Serena Williams.
“Being a fighter is part of being a woman,” said Leibovitz. “Some of us managed to survive.”
The former Rolling Stone magazine photographer is arguably best known for her iconic portrait of a naked John Lennon curled up next to Yoko Ono, kissing his wife on the cheek.
The Beatle was shot dead outside his New York apartment building just hours after posing for the photo.
“I was expressly told (by the magazine) not to take that photograph with Yoko,” said Leibovitz of the Rolling Stone cover shot.
“But John wanted Yoko in the picture. At the last minute, Yoko didn’t want to take her clothes off. John acted pretty normal, but I always felt I didn’t really ‘get’ Yoko at all until after John passed.” – Alastair Himmer, AFP/Rappler.com


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White House Announces Its Intent to Nominate MADD CEO to Head NHTSA; Debbie Weir Will Serve as Acting CEO.
Wednesday, the Obama Administration announced its intention to nominate MADD CEO Chuck Hurley as the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The MADD National Board of Directors will name Chief Operating Officer Debbie Weir as acting CEO upon Chuck’s appointment.
Upon his confirmation by the U.S. Senate, as NHTSA Administrator, Chuck will be responsible for leading all highway safety programs in the U.S., promulgating highway safety standards and helping to administer fuel economy regulations.
Chuck joined MADD as CEO in March 2005. He previously served as the Vice President of the Transportation Safety Group for the National Safety Council and as the Executive Director of the Council’s Air Bag and Seat Belt Safety Campaign.
A longtime volunteer for MADD, Chuck has been involved in the organization since the very beginning. He attended MADD’s first national press conference in Washington, D.C. in 1980, and strongly supported and assisted in MADD’s efforts to pass the National 21 Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984. From 1993 to 1998, Chuck served on MADD’s National Board of Directors.
“As CEO, Chuck brought focus to MADD,” said Paul Folkemer, chairman of MADD’s Board of Directors. “Under Chuck’s leadership, MADD developed and launched its boldest initiative ever: the Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving. The Campaign has brought renewed focus, passion and vigor to the organization.”
Bringing 14 years of nonprofit management experience from the healthcare industry, Debbie joined MADD in 2002 as the Vice President of Victim Services. Under her leadership, MADD increased the number of victims served for three consecutive years by 20 percent. In December 2005, Debbie was promoted to Chief Operating Officer for MADD, responsible for building capacity at the field level and providing strategic leadership in the areas of communication, field relations, public policy, programs, and victim advocacy. In 2007, MADD served more than 50,000 victims of drunk driving crashes.
“The Board has complete confidence in Debbie’s ability to lead the organization during this transition,” said Folkemer. “With her experience as Chief Operating Officer, commitment to victim/survivors and extensive knowledge of MADD’s field, Debbie will lead MADD to success as we pursue our mission to eliminate drunk driving, serve more victims and prevent underage drinking.”
The White House nomination may go to the U.S. Senate in early May with a Senate confirmation hearing to follow thereafter.
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Whether you have been injured in an accident caused by someone else’s negligence, or suffered injuries after a work-related incident, you may be entitled to compensation for your losses. If you’re thinking about filing a personal injury lawsuit, it’s important to choose a firm that specialises in this area. This type of law firm is more likely to have the experience and expertise needed to get you the results you want, while also saving you time by reducing the amount of research and paperwork you will need to deal with.
Choosing the right lawyer is the first step in getting top dollar for your case. It is very common for specialist lawyers to only take on a limited number of cases, so that they can give each one their full attention. In this way, they can guarantee that their clients will get the best service. Taking on too many cases can dilute a lawyer’s reputation and lead to less than ideal outcomes for their clients.
The next thing to consider when hiring a specialist law firm is their track record. You will need to look at the amount of successful verdicts and settlements that they have achieved. It is also worth looking at the reviews and recommendations that other clients have made. By doing this, you can be sure that you are selecting a specialist law firm that has the right reputation in your local area.
Most personal injury cases will end in a settlement. The monetary compensation that is awarded will cover a range of costs, from medical bills and transportation to appointments to physical therapy and lost wages. Some of these costs can be easily quantified, but others are not as straightforward, such as pain and suffering.
A specialist law firm will know how to negotiate with insurance companies. They will be able to advise you on how much your case is worth, and what you should expect to receive in terms of a settlement. They will also be prepared to take your case to trial if the insurer doesn’t offer enough money to cover all of your losses.
Another reason to choose a specialist Trustworthy attorney for personal injuries in your area firm is that they are less likely to charge you more than necessary for their services. Some non-specialist lawyers will charge an upfront retainer to begin representing you, and then take out third-party loans to fund the cost of their legal representation. This often leads to high interest rates, which will be passed on to the client in the form of additional legal fees. Specialist attorneys will usually only take on a retainer when they feel it is in the best interests of their client.
If you’ve been injured in an accident caused by someone else’s wrongful actions, it’s important to act quickly to protect your rights. Contact a specialist law firm today to discuss your claim. They can handle the deadlines, legal paperwork, and negotiations for you, leaving you free to focus on regaining your health.

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A linen cupboard or press is a closet or standalone cabinet for storing linens like towels, sheets, and tablecloths. The design protects fabric from dirt, moisture in the air, and other hazards, keeping it in crisp condition so it will be ready for use whenever people have a need. The practice of storing linen in a covered area to keep it in good condition is ancient, and it is possible to see examples of historic and antique linen cupboards on display in museums as well as for sale at antique shops.
The typical linen cupboard has a series of shelves to create usable compartments for different kinds of linens. The shelves may be adjustable and sometimes there may be a drawer for smaller items like napkins and pillowcases. The shelves may have drawer liners or paint to keep them neat and clean. Rough wood cannot be present because this could leave splinters or snags in the fabric. Some cupboards use cedar paneling to resist insects.
In the airing cupboard variation on the design, the linen cupboard is built around a water heater with slats for ventilation. Warm air circulates through to prevent dampness and limit the chances of mold and mildew. This can be a concern when people have a large store of linens that may not all be in regular circulation. Resting in a dark, warm spot can result in molding, and the airing cupboard will prevent this problem.
The basic design allows for flexible uses, and people may use a linen cupboard to store a variety of things. With closets and built-in cupboards and cabinets, this flexibility can be very useful in remodels. People can use a linen cupboard as a closet in a bedroom, pantry in a kitchen, or general storage closet for things like games, cleaning supplies, and so forth. It may be necessary to adjust the shelving or make other small modifications to make it more usable.
Freestanding cupboards for linens can be useful for people who want design flexibility, or want to be able to take their linen cupboards with them to accommodate houses with limited storage space. It is also possible to repurpose antiques for other purposes, like storing and displaying antique fabrics or other precious objects. With freestanding cabinets, it is important to make sure the cabinet is on level ground and not top-heavy, as it can fall, especially in an earthquake, and may injure people or cause damage.

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Dean Kamen, the engineer who invented the Segway, has invented two new devices, each about the size of a washing machine, that can provide much-needed power and clean water in rural villages.
The water purifier makes 1,000 liters of clean water a day from any water source, even sewage. The power generator makes a kilowatt off of anything that burns.
The prototypes cost about $100,000 but eventually he hopes to mass produce them for about $1000 to $2000 which he will lease to local entrepreneurs, who will resell the power and water to local rural villagers in third world countries. The market potential is huge – about 1.1 billion people in the world don't have access to clean drinking water, and another 1.6 billion don't have electricity.
Last year, prototypes of Kamen's power machines were installed in two villages in Bangladesh for a six-month field trial Using cow dung as the power source, each machine can continuously output a kilowatt of electricity- enough to light 70 energy-efficient bulbs.
The business model is interesting too-- village entrepreneurs (mostly women) will be given micro-loans to purchase the power generator and water filter systems. The women, in turn, charge other villagers for power and water. During the field trial, Kamen's power machines created three entrepreneurs in each village: one to run the machine and sell the electricity, one to collect dung from local farmers and sell it to the first entrepreneur, and a third to lease out light bulbs (and presumably, in the future, other appliances) to the villagers.
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Kamen thinks the same approach can work with his water-cleaning machine, which he calls the Slingshot. The Slingshot works by taking in contaminated water – even raw sewage -- and separating out the clean water by vaporizing it. It then shoots the remaining sludge back out a plastic tube. Kamen thinks it could be paired with the power machine and run off the other machine's waste heat.
Compared to building big power and water plants, Kamen's approach has the virtue of simplicity. He even created an instruction sheet to go with each Slingshot. It contains one step: Just add water, any water. Step two might be: add an entrepreneur.
"Not required are engineers, pipelines, epidemiologists, or microbiologists," says Kamen. "You don't need any -ologists. You don't need any building permits, bribery, or bureaucracies.
Sounds like a good plan for community self sufficiency in the first world too.
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t's mid-August, the time of year where news is few and far between and when schools beckon their students back to class. So how about some history? language arts? business? international relations? Sound too much like school? Well, that's where we are.
We take a look back to the 1970's and the earliest Net-Knick rivalry when ABA and NBA teams played each other in pre-season games. Little known among Knick fans, the Nets dominated just as they dominated the ABA back then. We also update and revise our agent listings showing a shift in the Nets most favored agents. We also note that the Nets have quietly updated their Russian language site. And finally, we note how the Nets are engaged in diplomacy through sports.
Every Sunday, we’ll be updating the Nets’ off-season with bits and pieces of information, gossip, etc. to help take the edge off missing the playoffs, relying on the Nets’ beat reporters and others who have slipped interesting stuff into larger stories, blogs, tweets...plus our own reporting.
ABA vs NBA
It's a common refrain among Knicks fans when Nets fans point out that the Dolan crew hasn't won an NBA championship in 40 years. Yeah, the response goes, he Nets have never won an NBA championship. ABA championships in 1974 and 1976 don't count. And so the argument goes nowhere.
It's too bad that the Nets and Knicks didn't play each other during the two teams' heydays back in the early 70's.
Oh wait, they did! As the ABA and NBA merger talks ebbed and flowed back then, teams from the rival leagues often played exhibition games in the pre-season, recalls Remember the ABA, a great ABA fan site.
During the first few years of the rivalry, most of the interleague games were played in ABA arenas. The NBA simply did not want to showcase (and legitimize) the ABA in front of NBA fans. On the other hand, ABA cities were happy to host well-known NBA teams. The games attracted extra fans, made money, and painted the ABA as "major league." Results from the first few years were not highly publicized by either league. Again, the NBA did not want to promote the fact that its teams were competing against ABA teams. And the ABA was red-faced because its teams lost most of the early games.
However, in the later years of the rivalry, the tide began to turn. Buoyed by younger, better talent and (in many cases) the home court advantage, ABA teams began winning most of the games. Over the last three seasons of the rivalry, the ABA steadily pulled ahead: 15-10 (in 1973), 16-7 (in 1974), and 31-17 (in 1975). The ABA won the overall interleague rivalry, 79 games to 76.
So how did the Nets do against the Knicks those years? About the same as the ABA did against the NBA. In five games, the Nets won three -- the last three before the merger.
As with the ABA, things started slowly for the Nets. In the pre-season prior to the Knicks last championship season of 1972-73, the city guys beat the suburbanites twice, the first time in a blowout. Of course, the Nets didn't yet have Julius Erving in red, white and blue.
Then from 1973 until the 1976 merger, things changed. Dr. J was by then a Net and the Nets dominated the ABA .. and the Knicks. In pre-season exhibitions in 1973 and 1975, prior to the Nets last two ABA championship seasons, the Nets beat the Knicks all three times the two teams played. Was that the reason that the Knicks demanded a $4.8 million "entry fee" from the Nets on top of the $3.2 million the league required? Did they know the fee would strangle the Nets, require them to undertake a massive cost-cutting, which ulitmately included the sale of Dr. Jr. to the 76ers? Ya think?
Here, thanks to Remember the ABA, are thumbnail descriptions of what went down in each of the five games
October 5, 1972
Knicks 117 - Nets 88
at New Haven, CT
Leaders: John Roche 26 points; Jerry Lucas 25 points; DeBusschere 15 points
October 6, 1972
Knicks 100 - Nets 91
at Uniondale, NY
Leaders: DeBusschere 19 points; Frazier 19 points; Johnny. Baum 19 points; Billy Melchionni 18 points
October 2, 1973
Nets 97 - Knicks 87
at New York, NY (Madison Square Garden)
Attendance at MSG 17,226;
Leaders: Julius Erving 27 points (12 in 3rd quarter); Frazier 25 points
October 8, 1975
Nets 110 - Knicks 104
at Uniondale, NY
October 18, 1975
Nets 103 - Knicks 101
at New York, NY (Madison Square Garden)
Leaders: Erving 33 pts & jump shot at buzzer to win game; Frazier 22 points
Should the Nets ABA championship banners count as much as the Knicks NBA banners from that era? The Nets were willing to see. As Remember the ABA notes, after the 1975-76 season, the ABA Champion Nets offered to play the NBA Champion Celtics in a winner-take-all game, with the proceeds going to benefit the 1976 United States Olympic team. Predictably, the Celtics declined to participate. So we'll never know.
It wasn't that long ago that Dan Fegan could have fielded a starting five of Nets players he represented. Fegan had a great relationship with Kiki Vandeweghe which helped him get clients like Jarvis Hayes and Eduardo Najera gigs with New Jersey. He also pushed Yi Jianlian's career.
That's changed now. As often happens, new management leads to new relationships with agents. It's about trust. Jeff Schwartz is Deron Williams agent. He liked the idea of his client playing in a big market. So it shouldn't be a surprise that some of his guys show up on the Nets...four of them actually plus one of the Nets European draft picks. Same is likely to be true with Arn Tellem, who doesn't have as many clients as Schwartz but he has two max players on the roster, Joe Johnson and Brook Lopez.
We recently updated and revised our agent listings for the Nets. Here's the list by agent.
Jeff Schwartz, Excel Sports Management
--Deron Williams, Jerry Stackhouse, Mirza Teletovic, Tyshawn Taylor.
Notes: The Nets have a great relationshiip with Schwartz who represents four Nets as well as their 2012 second round pick, Ilkan Karaman. Schwartz also reps the two point guards who preceded D-Will in New Jersey, Jason Kidd and Devin Harris as well as Paul Pierce, Blake Griffin, Tyson Chandler and Lamar Odom. .
Arn Tellem, Wasserman Media Group.
--Joe Johnson, Brook Lopez
Notes: Bob Myers was Brook and Robin's agent then joined the Warriors' front office. Wasserman and Excel are the two biggest NBA agencies. The agency also represents the Collins twins. Tellem's son, Matt, works in the Nets' front office.
Rob Pelinka, Landmark Sports Agency
Notes: Pelinka represents four members of Team USA: Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala and James Harden. Formerly represented Jordan Farmar.
Dan Fegan, Lagardere
Notes: At one point last season, Dan Fegan had no Nets clients, an oddity for him. Then, he regained Humphries as a client after Hump had dropped him a year or so before for Marc Cornstein. Keith Bogans is also represented by Fegan's office. He famously represents Dwight Howard. 'Nuff said. At one point or another in 2009-11, Fegan represented nine Nets: Stephen Graham, Rafer Alston, Yi Jianlian, Courtney Lee, Eduardo Najera, Jarvis Hayes, Quinton Ross, Troy Murphy and Humphries. He also represents Ricky Rubio.
Notes: Miller's biggest client is Kevin Garnett. There are no clients bigger. Garnett's latest contact will bring his total NBA earnings to $328.6 million. Miller once worked for the Nets in the their press office.
Seth Cohen, Original Creative Representation
Notes: Brooks is one of Cohen's two NBA clients, Hollis Thompson of the Thunder is the other. Brooks is very loyal to Cohen and has said he and Cohen just clicked. He credits Cohen with arranging for match-ups against top shooting guard prospects like Klay Thompson and Alec Burks and getting him into Tim Grover's camp.
Jared Karnes, Allegiant Athletics Agency
Notes: Watson and Ramon Sessions are Karnes' NBA clients. He also has several European clients. It was Karnes who said Watson had other more lucrative offers, but he like his client thought the Nets were a better fit.
Guy Zucker, Zucker International
Notes: Zucker convinced the Nets to let Shengelia play in the Orlando Summer League which led to his signing a two-year deal with the Nets. He has two other NBA clients, Thabo Sefolosha and Marcin Gortat, and a host of Euroleague players.
Marc Cornstein, Pinnacle Hoops.
Notes: Cornstein had previously represented Nenad Krstic, Zoran Planinic, Mile Ilic and Boki Nachbar when they played for the Nets. Bogdanovic joins a long line of players from the former Yugoslavia who have trusted Cornstein.
Mark Bartelstein, Priority Sports & Entertainment
Notes: In 2010, Bartelstein counted Net players Bobby Simmons, Trenton Hassell and Chris Quinn among his clients. We're leaving him in here just in case James comes back to the Nets.
NetsRussia Site Upgraded
Quietly, the Nets have upgraded their NetsRussia site, the Russian variation of the Nets official site. Last year, the Russian translation of the official site was limited. Not anymore. The home page now links to Russian translations of all the major news breaks in free agency, from Deron Williams to Brook Lopez as well as the Nets roster, Avery Johnson's bio, the Barclays Center seating chart. Beyond that, there's Mikhail Prokhorov's (mostly political) Twitter feed, a Russian magazine feature on Irina Pavlova, and a couple of stories about Jay-Z.
With more than 100,000 Russian emigres living in Brooklyn, the site has value locally as well as internationally.
We like it when the Nets do good deeds, particularly overseas. As we noted last weekend, Brook Lopez and assistant coach Doug Overton recently spent time in Northern Ireland and Cyprus trying to improve relations among often warring communities through sport. Both were part of Peace Players International. Also on hand in Belfast was Matt Tellem, who works in the Nets front office and whose agent father (see above) has done pioneering work through his Seeds of Peace program.
The Nets will be participating in another Peace Players International program in the Middle East later this summer, the team reported on its website this week. And in fact the whole program is a Nets priority. Mikhail Prokhorov made what was described as a "significant" contribution to the program earlier this year and now, Irina Pavlova has joined the progam's board of directors, and honor she described to us as "humbling."

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LANSDALE — It’s been five years since Backyard Beans Coffee Company opened its downtown Lansdale coffee shop, but co-owners Matt and Laura Adams say they’re just getting started.
“I want to use Backyard Beans as a way to help develop Main Street Lansdale,” Matt said.
The Adams’ have dominated the local coffee scene in the borough, bringing a variety of new blends to town since starting the business in their Lansdale backyard in 2013.
Four years later, the couple’s downtown coffee shop, located at 408 W. Main St., offers patrons beverages from a full espresso bar as well as breakfast and lunch foods from the kitchen.
“There’s just a feeling of togetherness that you have when you walk in the door,” Laura said.
Along with the coffee shop, Backyard Beans Coffee Company has a wholesale operation, where bags and cold brew cans are sold in a variety of independent establishments and grocery stores in the Greater Philadelphia and Mid Atlantic regions.
When asked how it felt to reach this milestone, Matt laughed.
“It feels great,” he said. “I laugh because it doesn’t feel like five years because the last two years just feel like a blur.”
Pandemic changed things
Like many others, Matt and Laura’s business was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While many businesses were closed during the pandemic’s early days, others were forced to change in order to operate in a restricted fashion.
That didn’t come without challenge. Fourteen employees were laid off, Matt said. The Lansdale cafe implemented a drive-thru and contactless takeout models to accommodate customers.
In the midst of the global public health crisis, Backyard Beans managed to open a second, thriving location in nearby Ambler, located at 22 E. Butler Ave.
“It has been overwhelmingly successful in terms of the growth that we’ve seen at both cafes, but in Ambler in particular, opening it up a year-and-five-months-ago during the fall after lockdowns, it has been very encouraging to see how the community in Ambler has reacted to the opening of that shop and supported us,” Matt said.
Throughout the many waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and the variants that came along with them, they learned to adapt as restrictions eased once more. Matt and Laura said that the customer base has “increased substantially” from both new and repeat patrons.
“I want customers who want to support us here because they live in town, or they live in the community; they see the impact that we’re trying to make with our business locally,” he said. “It’s … important to keep that in focus, and the pandemic, I think really played a lot into that.”
All about community
That sense of community is entrenched in the fabric of Backyard Beans. The business participates in “Make a Difference Monday,” in which a portion of proceeds are gifted to a local organization. They work “a lot with groups, organizations (and) volunteers,”emphasizing the value in community partnerships.
“(We) put down roots as a hub in the community where we want to support the people in our community, and also see how they’ve supported us,” Laura said.
Five years, two coffee shops, a bakery expansion and a wholesale business later, Backyard Beans Coffee Company now has around 35 employees, Laura said. The shop officially opened on April 10, 2017. Next April will mark 10 years in business for the coffee company’s beginnings as a wholesale business.
“We couldn’t be more grateful for where this path has led us. It is our customers who have made this a success,” Laura said in a statement.
With the Lansdale location well established, Matt has turned his attention to thoughts of revitalization.
“Seeing how Lansdale transforms, just being a part of that, is definitely something that I get a lot of energy from,” he said.
Matt stressed the importance of brainstorming ways to make Lansdale the best version of itself with future development of the downtown borough.
“As a business owner, and a homeowner, and a resident of Lansdale, it kind of bugs me when you hear people on Facebook forums, or just chatter being like, ‘Well Lansdale should be more like Ambler, or Doylestown, or Phoenixville,’ and it makes me cringe because Lansdale should be Lansdale,” he said. “Our identity as a community is going to be inherently different than the surrounding towns.”
Matt and Laura also seek to pay it forward, taking their own experience to help other local emerging businesses. Matt offered to be a “sounding board for ideas” and give insight on various processes, including zoning.
“Helping other business owners in Lansdale, or in the area, that are really looking to put down roots in their community, and establish a brand, and open up a retail store, or just operate out of a warehouse. Just everything (we) learned, (to) just help anywhere we can because ultimately, that’s what’s going to revitalize the Main Street,” he said. “We don’t just need businesses, we need businesses that are going to be here for the long term.”


July 5th, 2019:
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Big Ten, Boise in line to reap what they've sown (cont.)
Last Week: 13
Virginia Tech Hokies (5-3)The Hokies had 10 days to get over a loss to Georgia Tech and get ready for North Carolina, and they laid an egg on their home field anyway. They'll need to rebound at East Carolina, or this season could take an ugly turn.
Last game: Lost to North Carolina, 20-17
Next game: Thursday at East Carolina
Last Week: 16
Oklahoma State Cowboys (6-2)Barring a successful appeal of his NCAA penalty, Dez Bryant is done. So too are the Cowboys' Big 12 title chances. So what happens now? Do the Pokes pack it in, or do they play their way into a nice bowl trip?
Last game: Lost to Texas, 41-14
Next game: Saturday at Iowa State
Last Week: 18
Last game: Lost to South Florida, 30-19
Next game: Saturday vs. Louisville
Last Week: 24
Brigham Young Cougars (6-2)The Cougars take the field for the first time since getting pounded by TCU. BYU still could sneak into a three-way tie for the Mountain West title, so don't expect the Cougars to lose focus.
Last game: Lost to TCU, 38-7
Next game: Saturday at Wyoming
Last Week: 25
Oklahoma Sooners (5-3)If the Sooners can get past Ndamukong Suh and the Cornhuskers, a 9-3 regular season remains a distinct possibility. Oklahoma didn't begin 2009 with dreams of playing in the Cotton Bowl, but after a disastrous start, a return to JerryWorld -- where the nightmare began -- could provide closure for a weird season.
Last game: Beat Kansas State, 42-30
Next game: Saturday at Nebraska
Next five: Cal, South Florida, Texas Tech, Auburn, Clemson
Andy Staples' Power Rankings also serve as his ballot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.


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The success and popularity of online retailers had dealt a major blow to traditional storefront retailers. Dozens of major brands have gone out of business or closed some stores in recent years.
Now, another retailer is joining the list after it was just announced they are going to close hundreds of locations. According to reports, GNC is closing 200 stores in 2018. GNC sells an assortment of health and wellness items, like performance and weight management supplements, vitamins and health and beauty products, according to Simple Most.
GNC has not yet released the exact story they plan to close. Reports say they will be closing stores across North America, including U.S. and Canadian locations. The news comes amid reports that GNC is not doing as well as other fitness and health-related businesses.
"The company’s revenue has been down over the past two years, from $2.6 billion in 2015 to $2.4 billion as of 2017. And while that’s certainly not chump change, it also doesn’t reflect the boom that the overall vitamin and supplement market is currently enjoying," reported Racked.
Some customers reached out on Twitter to offer their reason for the closures. Multiple comments said the retailer was too expensive, especially compared to other brands.
What do you think about this? Let us know! Be sure to read our breaking news article about the horrible news that was just reported about Barron Trump. He could really use some prayers right now.


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Sports game franchises stand as perennial pillars within the gaming industry, capturing the essence of athleticism, competition, and fanfare. Behind their enduring success lies a carefully crafted formula that intertwines innovation, authenticity, and a deep understanding of both sports and gaming culture. So, what components comprise this success formula for these iconic franchises
Authenticity and Realism:
At the core of any successful sports game franchise is the pursuit of authenticity. These games meticulously replicate the look, feel, and mechanics of their real-world counterparts. From player movements, stadium designs, to game physics, the quest for realism remains a cornerstone. This authenticity not only appeals to sports enthusiasts but also draws in gamers seeking an immersive experience that mirrors the excitement of actual sports events.
Innovation and Technological Advancements:
Successful sports game franchises continuously evolve through technological advancements. Each iteration introduces innovative features, leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance gameplay, graphics, and overall user experience. Whether it’s enhanced visuals, dynamic commentary, or intricate career modes, these franchises consistently push boundaries, captivating both new and existing audiences.
Community Engagement and Esports Integration:
Embracing the gaming community and the rise of esports has become a crucial element in the success of sports game franchises. These franchises foster engagement through online multiplayer modes, community-driven content, and esports integration. The competitive aspect, coupled with the ability to connect with other players globally, sustains interest and cultivates a dedicated fan base.
Longevity and Adaptability:
The ability to adapt and maintain relevance across generations is a hallmark of successful sports game franchises deciphering the success formula. They evolve alongside real-world sports, incorporating roster updates, rule changes, and new gameplay mechanics. Moreover, these franchises transcend platforms, seamlessly transitioning between console generations and embracing mobile gaming, ensuring their longevity and accessibility.
Sports game franchises stand as bastions of success within the gaming realm, masterfully blending the allure of sports with the interactive nature of gaming. At the crux of their triumph lies an intricate formula that intertwines authenticity, innovation, community engagement, and adaptability. Authenticity forms the bedrock, as these games meticulously replicate the nuances of real-world sports, from player movements to stadium ambiance, captivating enthusiasts seeking a lifelike sports experience.
Innovation remains the heartbeat of these franchises, driving continuous evolution through technological advancements. Each iteration introduces groundbreaking features that redefine gameplay mechanics and elevate visual fidelity, consistently raising the bar and enticing both seasoned gamers and newcomers. Moreover, community engagement plays a pivotal role, fostering connections through multiplayer modes, online interactions, and integration into the burgeoning world of esports. This engagement not only sustains interest but also nurtures a dedicated community that actively contributes to the franchise’s growth and evolution.
Conclusion: The Winning Strategy of Sports Game Franchises
The success formula behind sports game franchises intertwines authenticity, innovation, community engagement, and adaptability. It’s a delicate balance that harmonizes the thrill of real sports with the immersive experience of gaming. As these franchises continue to evolve and innovate, their enduring appeal lies in their ability to captivate audiences, offering an ever-evolving virtual playground that resonates with both sports aficionados and gaming enthusiasts alike.
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Illustrations and infographics made for Amnesty Sweden, for social media, website and campaigns.
A selection of illustrations, sorted into categories.
Uganda proposes in 2019 to punish homosexuality with death penalty.
Death penaltys in 2018 infographic.
2018: The countries with the most death penalties.
Vi kan inte vänta / We cannot wait:
Subject: Stop the burning of the Amazons Fire in the woods. (crossed over) Fire in the behind. We cannot wait. (Fire in the behind= to be in a hurry, a swedish idiom. In this context it is read as a challenge to Bolsonaro)
Subject: Release the swedish-iranian Ahmadreza Djalali from his death sentence and prison. Punished with death (crossed over) Scientist We cannot wait.
Subject: Release the blogger Ahmed Mansur who is currently in UAE prison for unfair charges. Criminal (crossed over) Blogger We cannot wait.
Subject: Stop treating refugees like criminals. Paperless (crossed over) Human We cannot wait.
Alabama passes the abortion law in 2019.
International abortions day: Only a third of the world’s population of fertile women has the right to perform abortion. The rest do not.
International day for abortion rights: Internationally, 90 million women in fertile age lives in countries where abortion is completely illegal.
International abortions day: Almost a fifth of the world’s fertile women are only allowed to do abortion if their lives are in danger.
Time to Change: difficulties within swedish justice system when it comes to rape
94%* of reported rapecases do not lead to trial. *this number is from BRÅ and has been changed.


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American Rock legend Lou Reed has died at the age of 71, according to a report in Rolling Stone magazine. There has not yet been any comment from spokespeople for Reed or his family.
In the 1960s, Reed’s Velvet Underground became one of the most influential in bands in rock – by fusing art and music in collaboration with artist Andy Warhol.
Reed went onto further success in his solo career – achieving his most commercial hit with 1972’s ‘Take a Walk on the Wild Side’, co-produced by David Bowie.
Rolling Stone writes that musical genres such as “glam, punk and alternative rock” would all have been “unthinkable” without Reed’s example.
Referring to his pared-back guitar style, Reed himself once said, “one chord is fine, two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz.”


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Part of my resolutions this year have included bettering myself; digging deep, uprooting those problems and fears that have taken home in the pits of my stomach and starving them of their fuel. Along with the more standard resolutions (reading more books, spending less time on my phone, working out consistently and trying to eat healthier), I made it a point at the turn of the decade to find a therapist that actually worked for me.
I was always turned off by the idea of therapy. Ashamed by it in a way like I think many of us are. It’s human nature to want to be perfect, to compare ourselves to those around us. With the influence of social media, it’s almost impossible not to see other people’s lives, seemingly so happy, and wonder, what’s the trick? There isn’t a trick. It’s staged because we want people to think we are perfect.
Maybe if they think we’re perfect, we’ll start to think we’re perfect, too.
It’s true what they say about getting help. It doesn’t happen unless you want it to happen. People can vouch for you, push you, do all of the background work to set you up for success but if you’re not ready, it’s a waste of everyone’s time. I refused it for years.
When my parents were getting divorced, my mom found a few therapists for me to talk to. I remember refusing to even look at them, surrounding myself with toys and crayons on the floor until the hour was up. Jump ahead to high school, I apparently had sessions with a few different therapists and none of them were helpful. I had severe anxiety at the time and don’t remember much of these appointments, just their different colored doors, scented waiting rooms and prescriptions from psychiatrists. College came and went and I filtered through the system of provided care because it was “free” and maybe this would be the right time for me. It never was.
But this year, and whether it’s the turn of the decade or finally feeling like I’m ready to heal, I decided it was my time. The first, and really only thing, we have talked about is vulnerability. More specifically, my problems with being vulnerable. When I reached out to the therapist I see now, I told her I needed help with relationships. It is very hard for me to open up to people and maintain relationships, both familial, romantic and platonic. It’s always been hard for me to keep people around because I get to this point where I throw my walls up and it’s damn near impossible to break them down. If you’re someone who knows me personally, think about it; I’m sure there’s very little that you truly know about me.
It’s instinctive by nature that I am the way that I am. We dove in head first during the first session and I want to use this post to reflect and share what I have learned throughout this process so far in terms of my own fear of being vulnerable.
Before I get into this discussion, I want to preface that I have forgiven my past and those involved in my trauma. I have forgiven myself for those I hurt while I was hurting and in no way do I write this with a vengeful heart. My trauma is my trauma. It can be downplayed and denied by those involved, but it will never change the way I was made to feel about myself and the severity of what I endured. I have forgiven but I have not forgotten and part of this process for me, unfortunately, involves digging up everything I have buried in my heart that my mind refused to remember and accept it as the trauma it genuinely was.
When I told my therapist about what I went through in high school, she explained it as a trauma. She told me, the body holds on to trauma in a way your mind doesn’t. Basically, the defense I put up is a product of how I was treated and the way I reacted in those moments that has been forever ingrained in me. Undoing that is one of the harder things I have done in my life.
I asked her, how can it be a trauma when I wasn’t physically hurt? And she validated what I went through by telling me that I wasn’t sensitive, I didn’t overreact and it was real. My emotions were real. My sadness was real. My suicidal thoughts were real. My pain was real. My experience was real.
I won’t bore you with the details. Simply put, I was badly bullied by a group of guys and girls that I considered my friends. When you think of the popular kids in high school, you think of the jocks and the cheerleaders who are nice to everyone and super inclusive. When I think of the popular kids at my high school, we were partiers and we were mean. I say “we” because collectively, this was the group I fell into by circumstance and the group that I couldn’t escape. And trust me, I had my mean streaks as well, I can’t excuse that, but it undoubtedly was a product of the way I was treated. I became conditioned to think I was inherently mean. There were a lot of people in our friend group that didn’t have a mean bone in their body but they got clumped into this awful perception in my head because although they didn’t do anything to harm me, they didn’t do anything to help me either.
Despite this being a group of maybe 20 people, there are really only three or four names in my head that stand out the most and I link them to a few specific situations that I remember more vividly than my first kiss or even graduation. These are the memories that come rushing towards me at full speed when I think of high school or even when I am walking through the stop & shop in my home town. These are the people I will never forgive and the people I have made myself forget because they don’t deserve the space in my head.
For years, I was made to question myself. I was called sensitive if I overreacted to something someone said to me. I was brought into situations just to be made fun of. I was targeted and tricked and used as a pawn, thrown back and forth across a chess board in an attempt to win the affections of the queen until I became a shell of myself.
My breaking point came one February during my senior year of high school. My ex and I had just broken up and I was devastated beyond comprehension. To think I felt like a shell of myself when we were together, I felt even more unfamiliar in my own skin after we had broken up. My friends knew how I felt and I had isolated myself so much in an attempt to heal. Their words ricocheted off of me like bullets against armor yet their lack of compassion never wavered. I was invited out one night to a party down the street and although against my better judgement, I decided to go.
You need this, they told me. You need to be surrounded by friends and get him off your mind.
I told myself I’d try but they had to promise they wouldn’t invite him or any of his friends. They agreed and I reluctantly trudged down my driveway into the awaiting car. We made our way through the silent streets, listening to music and passing drinks back and forth until we pulled up to my friends house.
It started out as a decent night. Music, dancing, drinking games. I was planning on sleeping over but by 10 p.m., right as more people started to arrive, I hit a wall. I wanted to go home but my ride was drunk. The girl whose house it was told me I could sleep in her bed. I thanked her and apologized for the turn in my mood. She gave me a hug and told me I tried my best, next time would be easier.
I climbed into her bed and cried myself to sleep only to wake up to the sound of shouting. A couple in my friend group had found me asleep in her bed and they weren’t happy. Clearly drunk, they told me they were sleeping there, they had already asked and how dare I be in the bed that they were going to share. I had no idea. The last thing on my mind were everyone’s sleeping arrangements. I was just happy to be asleep and away from my thoughts.
I told them I had permission to sleep in here and they would have to find somewhere else. To my absolute shock, they started spitting on me until I left the room. I have never felt so disrespected by another person in my entire life, I couldn’t even process what was happening. Had I not been half asleep, I probably would have done some serious damage to the girls’ face but lucky for them both, I broke down and locked myself in the bathroom, hysterical. It was midnight by now, I couldn’t call my mom without worrying her and one by one, each drunken person I mistakenly had called a friend knocked on the door, trying to coax me out or at least, begging me to let them in.
I had bottled up so much anger and sadness at this point, it poured out of me like the liquor they dumped down their throats. I was enraged. Word after word tumbled out of my mouth, a swear here, an insult there. You’re not my friends, I shouted at them. You only want to know what happened. You don’t care about me.
I don’t remember who got through to me but the only memory I have after my breakdown was sitting in the passengers seat of someone’s car. I don’t know who drove me home. I don’t know what time it was. But I swore to myself in that moment that no matter how alone I would feel, I would never go back to them.
I held steady on this promise, reminding myself that I graduated in a few months. If I could hold out for a few more months, this would all be over. I would never have to see them again.
Weeks turned into months. People reached out here and there saying they missed me, asking me to join them at parties and sit with them at lunch, apologizing for “whatever we did to hurt you,” as if they had no idea what they had done.
I was lucky enough to befriend a teacher who took me under her wing. She created an independent study for me my senior year that was really just yearbook. I designed the entire yearbook myself, collected photos from my peers, put together articles. She gave me my own office and a key. Whenever I was feeling overwhelmed, she’d let me work through lunch and other periods, as long as I kept the door open and unlocked. It became my safe haven. A few friends knew I was there, they’d join me for lunch occasionally but I had found my place and my creativity and I threw my emotions into creating a masterpiece for my class and myself. I made no effort to reconnect but I also made no effort to make new friends.
I was still in the group message but back then, you couldn’t take yourself out of groups like you can now. I’m sure they had other groups without me but they still kept up in this one occasionally. I barely engaged and one night, when I wasn’t responding despite their direct messages to me, it started to get bad again. Taunting and low blows, personal insecurities and jokes about my feelings. Anything to draw a response out of me.
I remember sitting in my moms bed watching a new episode of Grey’s Anatomy, my dog curled at my feet and all I could think was that this was never going to stop. I have never wanted to die like I did in that moment. And it’s unfortunate that the only way I was able to get them to stop harassing me was by threatening suicide. Not reminding them that I was a human being, not asking them politely to leave me alone, not begging them with whatever energy I had left to stop.
It was with the words, “If you message me one more time, I will kill myself,” that finally produced the response I had been looking for. They pondered back and forth, wondering if I was serious and in that moment, I was. But I looked at my mom half asleep next to me, laughing at a joke on the television and my dog snoring by my feet and told myself that I had to live for them.
When I shared these experiences with my therapist, she asked me how I survived. I don’t normally cry in front of strangers, or anyone for that matter, but this simple sentence produced such an emotional response in me that I broke down. I couldn’t muster a single word for at least five minutes of internal agony. And when I finally looked up at her, I told her that without the encouragement of my mom and the way my dog seemed to know when I was sad, I wouldn’t be here.
When I finally went to college, I had trouble making friends at all. In fact, there are only a handful of people from my time at Roger Williams that I truly consider friends and I don’t think I ever shared this part of myself with them. I didn’t really speak much to anyone from high school after that. I made it a point to block everyone from my social media because any insight into my new life felt like a threat or something they could use against me.
I was made to believe I wasn’t a victim. Years have passed and still, I am conditioned to think I am a bad person, that I deserved what happened to me. I was said to be victimizing myself which is when someone basically thinks they’re a victim of a situation because they can’t take responsibility for their actions.
My therapist asked me, well why do you think they treated you like that? To which I responded, I don’t know, I must have done something and she said, do you think there could be no reason at all?
Validation is a drug in itself. Reliving and trying to understand this trauma, I have learned that I was a victim and I was a target. I learned that I wasn’t any more sensitive than the next person. I learned that my reactions – my extreme upset, resistance and attempt at standing up for myself – were what drove their meanness. I learned that I am not inherently mean and that my sharp tongue and short temper were my only protection.
Those short four years have affected me more than I care to admit. To admit that this had an impact on me at all, let alone a lingering one, would be admitting they won. It’s hard for me to think that people have good intentions and it’s even harder to open up to those that I consider the closest to me. I have walls up that I am so desperately trying to scale from the other side in an attempt to let go of all of this tension and distrust but it has been hard and painful.
Part of my recovery process is recognizing what happened to me and recognizing that it was as severe as I remember it. Vulnerability is something that I have continued to struggle with but it’s something I want to feel. I know it’ll take time but I am finally in a place where I feel like I can dedicate these sessions to breaking down those mental barriers and relearning that people can be good.
If you can take anything away from this, I hope it’s the knowledge that despite the obstacles in your past, time will wait for your recovery. You are not defined by your trauma. But your trauma will not subside if you don’t face it.
Thank you for reading, I know it was a long one.


By MICHAEL ROGERS
NEPTUNE CITY – Three Neptune City police officers were promoted this week at the Borough Council meeting.
The three were Matthew Quagliato, Bradley Hindes and Michael Kepler.
Quagliato was promoted to lieutenant on the force. Hindes and Kepler were promoted to sergeant.
Kepler’s nephew, Sean Robert Kepler, said he was proud of his uncle.
“It’s exciting to see and I want to become a policeman someday when I grow up,” he said.
Kepler’s wife, Rosanna was just as proud of her husband and was on hand with their daughters Mia and Micayla. She said “My husband had worked very hard for this and we are all very proud of him.”
Hindes’ wife, Kimberly Misner Hindes, was on hand with family and friends.
“I am excited for my husband and he has worked very hard for this,” she said. “We are all glad that this day finally came.”
Mayor Bob Brown said, ” We are lucky to have such dedicated officers on our force and we all thank them for all of their hard work.”


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A couple.The other day, I transcribed and learned Good Girls Don't by The Knack. It's a fun song, but other than for my own entertainment and maybe my wife's, I can't think of anywhere else I'd ever play it. Family gatherings? Nah. Church picnic? Unlikely. Class reunion? Maaaaayyyybe, but only because we'd all have listened to it.
So what songs have you learned that aren't likely to be played in front of other people?

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CHESTER TRIBUTE FESTIVAL: ALL ABOUT INDIE
Saturday 25th May
Get ready for a bank holiday weekend of incredible performances as the Chester Tribute Festival comes to Carriage Shed for the first time on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May.
Presented by Open Air, this eagerly anticipated weekend will feature an impressive line-up of tribute acts, celebrating the best of indie music on Saturday and paying homage to 70s legends on Sunday.
Saturday’s All About Indie promises to transport audiences back to the indie music scene of the 90s, with an unforgettable array of tribute acts, including: The Oasis Experience, Resurrection, Kasabian’t, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Carpets and the Appy Mundaze.
Early bird tickets will be available on the link below on Friday 8th March at 10am.


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News from Authorities
Grammy-winners Los Texmaniacs to bring conjunto music to Vologda Oblast.
Russian - American festival featuring traditional American music is to be held in Vologda Oblast on July 19 - 20, 2013.
The festival is arranged with an active backing of the US Consulate General in St.Petersburg and the Vologda Oblast Government. Bluegrass Music Festivals were held in the Vologda Oblast three times.
This time the American musicians will introduce a genre of music known as Conjunto music that was born out of south Texas at the end of the 19th Century. The event will take place on the territory of the Vologda Kremlin and the Manshion of the Galskiys in the city of Cherepovets.
The quartet, founded in 1997, are rooted in conjunto, the jalapeno-spiced polka music featuring the 12-string bajo sexto and the button accordion — a legacy of 19th-century German immigrants to the Lone Star State.
Max Baca, the leader of Los Texmaniacs, is a legend on the bajo sexto, a 12-string guitar-like instrument which customarily provides rhythm accompaniment for the button accordion, thus creating the core of the conjunto sound.
Baca has participated on 11 Grammy winning projects including the double-platinum CD for the Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge (Virgin 96).
The free concerts will be held in Vologda and Cherepovets.


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The District will be installing pipeline on Benson Ave. as part of a water treatment project. Traffic may be impacted.