Q&A with Aisha Turner ’09, Executive Producer, “Into America” Podcast
In this interview with the alumni network DukeJournos, StudioDuke mentor Aisha Turner '09 shares how she built a career in journalism by working at numerous news organizations including PBS News Hour, Al Jazeera America, 371 Productions, and Milwaukee Public Radio.
As a senior producer for the MSNBC podcast “Into America” — a weekly narrative show about Black politics and culture hosted by Trymaine Lee — you lead episodes from conception to completion. You are the point person for the editors, producers and associate producers, and host. In August 2021, you also became the show’s Executive Producer, adding responsibilities to your plate like editing episodes, planning long-term projects, and managing relationships between your team and the rest of the company. What are your favorite and least favorite parts of this balancing act?
My favorite part is that I get to be an advocate for our show. I love the show and like being in a position to fight for it. Same with my team — I am pretty protective and like being able to advocate for what’s best for them. Editorially, I also love holding the big-picture vision of the show. I really miss producing — having relationships with guests, writing, playing with tape, etc. — but I like that I get to guide other people through these things while keeping an eye on how things will fit together overall. The worst part of the job is probably that my inbox is constantly blowing up! I am terrible at email maintenance so some of the logistical things I have to deal with now can feel a little tedious.
Prior to your work at MSNBC, you were at StoryCorps where you recorded interviews and produced them into short-form audio narratives that were aired on NPR’s Morning Edition. Do you have a favorite interview or two you worked on for StoryCorps?
So many! I loved so much of the work I did at StoryCorps! But the story that has probably stuck with me the most is about these sisters named Jennifer Mack & Glennette Roselle. As kids their mom killed her abusive husband (Jennifer’s step-dad/Glennette’s dad), and it was something they never spoke about again until their mom died. The story I did with them was about how the shooting and the secrecy around it impacted their lives & their relationships. And then I also did a podcast episode where we spoke to Jennifer’s daughter about the generational impact of all of this. I think about this family a lot — their pain, their healing, their strength… working with them to tell their story felt so important and special. I’m really grateful they let me in.
What is the main motivation behind your work? What do you think you do best?
Almost everything for me comes down to connection. I want to do work that connects current events to historical context, or helps our audience feel emotionally connected to the characters in a piece. Connection, connection, connection… I kind of want to say more here, but honestly it feels like this is all that matters!
At the start of your career, you worked at a number of news organizations including PBS News Hour, Al Jazeera America, 371 Productions, and Milwaukee Public Radio. Do you have any advice from those experiences that you would give to young DukeJournos looking to make their own way in the business?
I think one of the things that has served me well has been a willingness to try different things. I wasn’t planning to make the switch from TV to audio but an opportunity came up and I was like, Okay, why not?! Then I loved it! So I’d say to definitely be open to unexpected opportunities. I would also advise people to raise your hand and make a case for yourself as much as possible — especially when starting out. When I was at the NewsHour, a lot of the opportunities I got like writing news copy, video editing, and field production came from asking for the chance, and making it clear to my supervisors that training me in these different ways would be mutually beneficial. At the same time, don’t feel like you’re “above” any task. If the copier needs paper, fill it! If shelves need to be restocked, do it! Especially when starting out, if you find ways to make yourself useful in small ways, then people will start trusting you with the bigger things.


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Hayley Berg - Wed Jun 22 2022
This fourth of July weekend will be the most expensive in the last five years, with domestic airfare averaging $437 per round trip ticket, up 45% compared to 2019. Travelers planning to leave the country can expect to pay closer to $1,200 per round trip ticket, up 31% compared to 2019.
Hotels in the US will average $206 per night, a 20% increase in price compared to prices over the same long weekend in 2021. Rising demand for stays, inflation and staffing challenges have all put upward pressure on nightly rates this year compared to previous summers.
This 4th of July weekend car rentals will cost about $66/day, with most travelers looking to keep the car for a three day weekend. Top cities for rental cars include Orlando, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
Most booked domestic destinations for July 4th: 1.) Las Vegas, Nevada; 2.) Atlanta, Georgia; 3.) Denver, Colorado; 4.) Los Angeles, California); 5.) Miami, Florida ($363 round-trip)
Most booked international destinations for July 4th: 1.) Cancun, Mexico; 2.) San Juan, Puerto Rico; 3.) Vancouver, Canada; 4.) Mexico City, Mexico; 5.) Toronto, Canada
The busy summer travel season is upon us, and with Independence Day falling on a Monday this year many travelers are planning to getaway over the long weekend! This year more than 11 million travelers are scheduled to depart from US airports between Thursday, June 30th and Monday, July 4th averaging 2.6 million travelers departing each day.
This Fourth of July weekend will be the most expensive in the last five years, with domestic airfare averaging $437 per round trip ticket, up 45% compared to 2019. Travelers planning to leave the country can expect to pay closer to $1,200 per round trip ticket, up 31% compared to 2019. Factors driving up airfare over this weekend include higher than normal demand, rising jet fuel prices (+134% vs 2019) and lower seat capacity as airlines continue to rebuild their networks following two years of reduced capacity. Most travelers booked their flights for the long weekend 5-6 weeks in advance, in late May and early June.
When to Fly
Despite higher prices, travelers can find good deals on long weekend airfare. For the best prices on domestic trips, fly on Saturday of the long weekend and return on Monday, July 4th. Departing on Saturday instead of Thursday can save travelers $70 per ticket off peak prices. International travelers should also depart on Friday or Saturday to save an average of $160 off peak prices, and will pay more the later in the week they return.
A little more than half of travelers are searching for trips to cities in the United States over the long weekend, though more travelers are interested in international trips this year than in the last 3 years.
These destinations are currently the most booked for the long weekend ahead on the Hopper app. Big cities like Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Miami top the list, alongside destinations offering sun and fun like Denver, Phoenix and Chicago. For those travelers heading across borders, Mexico, the Caribbean and Canada are the top destinations for long weekend trips.
The hottest up and coming destinations for 4th of July getaways in the US include (#1) Salt Lake City, (#2) Indianapolis and (#3) Honolulu. Internationally, (#1) Santo Domingo, DR, (#2) Paris, FR and (#3) San Jose del Cabo, MX top the list of most trending cities for this upcoming holiday weekend.
Last Minute Deals
Haven’t booked your 4th of July getaway but hoping to find a last minute deal? You’re in luck! Hopper rounded up the top 10 deal destinations you can still book ahead of the long weekend.
With over 3,000 flights canceled and 25,000 more delayed over Memorial Day weekend, Americans are gearing up for potential delays and cancellations over the upcoming Fourth of July weekend. Hopper customers who booked 4th of July travel were 11% more likely to include a Flight Disruption product like Missed Connection and Delay Plans when they booked. Overall, 31% more Hopper customers are including these products with their booking compared to just a month ago, signaling increasing concern over summer travel disruption.
Currently about 27% of flights departing from US airports are delayed, and almost half of those delays are for one hour or longer, putting travelers with connecting flights at risk of becoming stranded. Delays have risen by 22% in June compared to May.
Almost 3% of scheduled flights in June have been canceled, a 63% increase from May, and cancellation rates continue to rise. Many airlines have proactively canceled flights previously scheduled for this summer in an attempt to reduce overall delays and disruptions for summer travelers. Airlines have struggled to rebuild their networks as quickly as demand for travel has returned, and are facing rising fuel costs, labor cost and staffing challenges.
With more than 11 million passengers expected to depart from US airports over the long weekend, airports will be packed with eager travelers. Travelers departing from major cities across the country this summer can expect to see a high volume of delays and an increase in cancellations, especially from these major airports already seeing more than 40% of scheduled departures disrupted. Travelers headed abroad or returning from international trips are also expected to face disruptions, with more than 50% of flights disrupted at many major international hubs and connecting airports.
How to avoid trip disruptions over July 4th?
Consumers concerned about long delays or missing connections over the July 4th weekend can leverage Hopper’s Flight Disruption Guarantee to instantly rebook themselves on the next available flight, regardless of the airline at no additional cost to them. This product is available for travelers who booked on the Hopper app, or booked elsewhere!
Travelers seeking more flexibility with their travel plans can also leverage Hopper’s Cancel for Any Reason or Change for Any Reason plans. There is no additional cost for the consumer if they use their change or cancel plan, Hopper pays the difference to the airline/supplier.
With millions of Americans getting away this summer, hotels and rental homes are in high demand over the 4th of July weekend! Hotels in the US will average $206 per night, a 20% increase in price compared to prices over the same long weekend in 2021. Rising demand for stays, inflation and staffing challenges have all put upward pressure on nightly rates this year compared to previous summers.
Many Americans are getting away over the long 4th of July weekend, and 2X as many travelers will be making it a long weekend compared to the previous weekend in June. Travelers also booked further in advance for this 4th of July, booking an average of 6 weeks in advance of their stay, compared to 3 weeks in advance in 2019. The long weekend attracts travelers looking for larger hotel properties offering more amenities, with all inclusive resorts 9% more popular. Getaways to smaller, local accommodations are also popular over the long weekend, with Bed and Breakfasts 10% more popular among Hopper bookers compared to the previous weekend.
Popular Destinations for Stays
These cities top Hopper’s ranking of trending cities for hotel stays over the long weekend ahead. In the US, major cities like New York, Las Vegas and Orlando top the list of highest demand cities. Cancun, London and Mexico City are in high demand for travelers looking to fly internationally over the long weekend.
With domestic airfare rising 45% compared to 2019 and prices at the pump over $5/gallon across the US, many travelers can save bigtime with a local staycation instead of a big trip this 4th of July weekend. Travelers close to these American cities can get great deals for getaways close to home!
With many Americans flying to new destinations for 4th of July weekend, rental cars are in high demand throughout the long weekend. This 4th of July weekend car rentals will cost about $66/day, with most travelers looking to keep the car for a three day weekend. Top cities for rental cars include Orlando, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
With rising prices across travel and fuel over $5/gallon, many Americans are looking to save on their vacations. Here are Hopper’s top 3 tips for saving money when you rent a car this 4th of July weekend!
Book an electric vehicle - With gas prices surging, think about booking an electric vehicle to save more on your rental. Many rental car providers offer hybrid or electric vehicles when you book!
Never prepay for gas - When you prepay for gas, you’re paying for the full tank. If you don’t use every last drop, you’re paying for gas you didn’t use. Skip the prepaid gas option and find the cheapest gas station close to your drop off location to save more on your trip. If you’re dropping off at a different location - gas might be cheaper where you’re dropping off!
Get access to exclusive rates - Try a booking app like Hopper! Since Hopper is app-only, car rental companies send Hopper exclusive rates that are cheaper than travel websites. We can help you get a deal on your trip!
You could save up to 40% on your next flight!

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Piles of blackberries rest on cool clouds of mint whipped cream. Say It With Cake makes a refreshing fruit-filled cake suitable for summer's end.
Though not as decadent as some other Say It With Cake creations, the clever combination of blackberries and mint is cool and refreshing, and doesn't take a whole lot of effort to whip up.
Tips & Tweaks: The last step says to carefully peel the mint off of chocolate-coated mint leaves and then to sprinkle on the cake. You don't have to peel every leaf off, as mint leaves are totally edible.
Reprinted with permission by Edd Kimber. Copyright © 2013. Published by Kyle Books. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
- Yield:serves 12
- Active time: 45 minutes
- Total time:2 hours
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature, plus extra for greasing
- 1 3/4 cups self-rising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup plus 2 tbsp superfine sugar
- 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1–2 tablespoon milk, if needed
- 3 tablespoon blackberry or blackcurrant liqueur (optional)
- 1 1/4 cups blackberries
- Mint Frosting
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 3 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
- a pinch of salt
- 1/4–1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- green food coloring (optional)
- 3 1/2oz dark chocolate (about 70% cocoa solids), finely chopped
- leaves from 1 bunch of mint
- 1/4 cup blackberry jam
- 1 1/4 cups blackberries
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and line two 8in cake pans with parchment paper, greasing the parchment too. In a medium bowl whisk the flour and baking powder together, then set aside.
Put the butter and sugar in a large bowl and, using an electric mixer, beat together until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs, a little at a time, beating until fully combined. With the mixer on low, sift in the flour mixture in three additions, mixing until just combined.
The cake batter should be a “dropping consistency,” which means that if you take a spoonful of batter out of the bowl it should be soft enough to fall easily from the spoon. If the batter is sticking to the spoon for too long, mix in 1–2 tablespoons milk to soften the batter. Add the liqueur and blackberries and gently mix into the batter.
Divide the cake batter evenly between the two prepared cake pans and gently level out. Bake for 25–30 minutes or until golden brown and coming away from the edge of the pan; a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake should come out clean. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.
While the cakes are cooling, make the frosting. Put the butter in a large bowl and, using an electric mixer, beat until light and creamy, about 3 minutes. Slowly incorporate the cream and beat until fully combined. Add the confectioners' sugar, a little at a time, and once fully combined add the salt. Beat on high speed until the frosting is light and fluffy. Add the peppermint extract and coloring, if using, and beat to combine.
To make the decoration, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of gently simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water. Put the mint leaves on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Using a pastry brush, paint one side of each leaf with the melted chocolate. Put the tray in the fridge until the chocolate is set.
To assemble the cake, put one of the cake layers on a cardboard cake round or a serving plate. Top with half the frosting and spread evenly across the cake. Top with a thin layer of blackberry jam and then put the second cake layer on top. Spread the remaining buttercream over the top of the cake and sprinkle with the blackberries. Remove the mint leaves from the fridge and carefully peel off the leaves, leaving you with chocolate mint leaves. Put these randomly over the top of the cake.

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text: Danbury officials are still awaiting approval of a state grant for the $99-million Career Academy project. City officials haven't heard back yet on the application to receive 80-percent reimbursement on the project, but Danbury and the Board of Education are starting to develop academic and construction plans by purchasing the property at the Summit on the City's westside. The man in charge of school construction projects is on paid leave from the state due to a personal issue. A Director for the Academy would be charged with developing partnerships in the area to give students relevant experiences outside of school. The facility is set to open for the start of the 2024 academic year and will serve 1400 middle and high school students, in 6 academies with 24 pathways. The curriculum ill include internships, job shadowing, early college and other similar experiences.

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Larry Fitzgerald: Saturday HoF festivities a top-five experience
Aug 6, 2017, 2:21 PM | Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 4:48 pm
(AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Sunday morning following his team’s walk-through, Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said he had not had a chance to watch Kurt Warner’s Hall of Fame speech.
“We were in meetings,” he said.
Larry Fitzgerald, on the other hand, was in Canton for the ceremony, being on hand to support a quarterback whom he played with from 2005 to 2009 and together helped change what it meant to be an Arizona Cardinal.
The receiver stayed in Ohio following Thursday’s Hall of Fame Game, missing practice Saturday so he could be present for Warner’s induction.
“It was great to be there and be able to support a good friend and mentor,” Fitzgerald said Sunday. “And the overall experience I had yesterday was top-five I’ve ever had.”
Fitzgerald said the chance to rub shoulders with other Hall of Famers, people who helped pave the way for today’s players, as well as get a more in-depth look at some of the game’s history was special.
Asked if there was any player he was hoping to meet, he said former Steelers great John Stallworth.
“Going to the University of Pittsburgh and hearing about him, the kind of man he is, getting a chance to finally meet him was really cool,” he said, noting he had previous opportunities to meet most of the rest of the greats who were in attendance.
Of course, Fitzgerald was there for a different reason, and that was to celebrate Warner, who was joined in induction by Jason Taylor, LaDanian Tomlinson, Terrell Davis, Morten Anderson, Kenny Easley and Jerry Jones.
Warner, whose 39 touchdown passes to Fitzgerald are the most of any quarterback to the receiver in franchise history, is someone Fitzgerald credits for helping him become the player he is today.
Fitzgerald said he did not spend too much time with Warner Saturday, though, because the quarterback had plenty going on and he did not want to get in the way. He did get a chance to catch up with him at a party Thursday night after the preseason game, and there had a chance to not only catch up with Warner, but his wife, Brenda, as well as many other family members he hadn’t seen in a while.
It was all courtesy of a story Fitzgerald said has never been seen before.
“His story is, I would say, one of the more unique I’ve ever heard, football players, anything in general,” he said of Warner’s bumpy road to Canton. “His road to get to where he was at was unbelievable.”
After graduating from Northern Iowa in 1994 Warner’s path saw him struggle to stick in the NFL, which led to him bagging groceries before heading to the Arena Football League and NFL Europe before finally lasting the 1998 campaign with the St. Louis Rams as their third quarterback.
He was slated to be the backup to free agent pickup Trent Green in 1999, but a knee injury suffered by Green in the preseason opened the door for Warner, with the rest being history.
Three trips to the Super Bowl, one Super Bowl title, two league MVPs and a host of other accomplishments later, Warner was immortalized Sunday as one of the best football players of all time.
His career just needed a bit more time than usual to get going.
“I remember asking the guys on the podium with him, the Hall of Famers, ‘Who never started in four years?’ and I remember them guys looking around like, ‘I started all four’ so I got a good kick out of that,” Fitzgerald said.
A self-proclaimed historian of the game, Fitzgerald said he has a great affinity for what the Hall of Fame represents. It’s not just about the NFL, remember, but rather professional football as a whole.
He is unsure of whether or not his understanding of the game’s history has helped him in his career, other than that he believes it probably gives him a greater appreciation of what he and his peers have accomplished.
“Because I know how difficult it is and how lucky you have to be to not only make it to the NFL, but to be able to stick,” he said. “A lot of things have to go your way and especially to be immortalized as one of the greatest to ever do it.”
In time, Fitzgerald will join the players he saw on stage Saturday.
At this point in his career, Fitzgerald is a virtual lock for Canton, with the only question being when his bust will be unveiled. He is about to enter his 14th NFL season and is already third all-time in receptions, ninth in history for receiving yards and eighth in receiving touchdowns.
Fitzgerald will first become eligible for the Hall of Fame five years after he retires, though he said Sunday even while watching others get inducted, he never really thought about what it would be like for him.
“I don’t ever think about that,” he said. “Obviously you hope and dream if the opportunity presents itself at some point, but it was more so just happy for the guys that you know.
“T.D. waited a long time, and obviously I’ve known LaDanian for a really long time and Jason Taylor and guys like that I’ve gotten to know over the years; so you’re just happy for them and their families. To be recognized as one of the greatest to ever do it is something special.”

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Desk has taken various characters from Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2012 for a new combo video. Take a look at the damage inside.
Another combo video has come from the fighting game community leader known as Desk. This is CMV 6 to the uploader's Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2012 work. The video features a bevy of characters.

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First Posted: 9/2/2009
The Abington Heights High School Forensic team traveled to Albany, New York, to compete in the National Forensic League Grand National Speech and Debate Tournament. The entire tournament hosted over 2000 students from across the country. The Abington Heights High School team qualified six students. Shown from left: Alicia Donahoe, Laura Poulson-Houser, Ashley Novak, Jeremy Adelman, Cindy Bi, Devin Scanlon and Teacher/Coach Mrs. Sarah Scranta.


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NASA has shown the world what could happen if an asteroid of apparently small size would crash into our planet.
The asteroid which allegedly hit Earth and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago, was thought to be approximately 16 kilometers (10 miles) in diameter. Earlier studies from the University of California, Berkeley, suggest that there is evidence of the fact that non-avian dinosaurs survived about 30,000 years after the impact, and they ultimately disappeared because of the severe climate change the collision caused. However, other scientists believe the beasts went extinct in a few months after the impact.
Paleontologist Ken Lacovara said: “They died suddenly and were buried quickly. It tells us this is a moment in geological time. That’s days, weeks, maybe months.”
Even so, NASA has now revealed that a much smaller space rock can very easily cause complete chaos on Earth. According to the report, an asteroid of just a kilometer (0.6 miles) has the ability to destroy the planet immensely.
NASA said: “An individual’s chance of being killed by a meteorite is small, but the risk increases with the size of the impacting comet or asteroid, with the greatest risk associated with global catastrophes resulting from impacts of objects larger than 1 kilometer.”
There is no Risk of Being Hit… Yet
The space agency continues reassuring scared minds, stating it is not predicting a destructive asteroid impact of that size for at least a few centuries from now.
“NASA knows of no asteroid or comet currently on a collision course with Earth, so the probability of a major collision is quite small. In fact, as best as we can tell, no large object is likely to strike the Earth any time in the next several hundred years,” space eggheads said.
The American space agency boasts great breakthroughs in finding near-Earth objects that are more than one kilometer in size, with 90 percent now under observations. However, there is still 10 percent of hazardous asteroids that have not been detected yet. Even though the possibility of a massive space rock to hit Earth is little, NASA suggests there is a one-in-300,000 chance every year that an asteroid that could cause local damage will crash; therefore, the destructive possibility is pretty much conceivable.
This is the reason why there are now projects in the make which could help protect Earth from space rocks. NASA is at the moment observing the asteroid Bennu, using its OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft.
The probe is collecting data about the asteroid, which is 500 meters (1640 feet) in diameter. The mission will gather crucial information on how to divert space rocks from their trajectory that approaches Earth at a very close distance.


The actual bill called “Assault Weapons Ban of 2103” Senate Bill S150 has more bans in it. pistol grips, for example but here is a List of Firearms Prohibited by Name. Every word of the Feinstein “Citizens Disarmament Proposal” infringes and thereby violates the Second Amendment. She exceeds her power under the Constitution. Her bill is a material breach of the Enumerated Powers of the Constitution. It violates the Rights of every American and the people who sponsored the bill should be impeached for disobeying their oath of office for sponsoring a bill that violates the Constitution.
RIFLES: All AK types, including the following: AK, AK47, AK47S, AK–74, AKM, AKS, ARM, MAK90, MISR, NHM90, NHM91, Rock River Arms LAR–47, SA85, SA93, Vector Arms AK–47, VEPR, WASR–10, and WUM, IZHMASH Saiga AK, MAADI AK47 and ARM, Norinco 56S, 56S2, 84S, and 86S, Poly Technologies AK47 and AKS; All AR types, including the following: AR–10, AR–15, Armalite M15 22LR Carbine, Armalite M15–T, Barrett REC7, Beretta AR–70, Bushmaster ACR, Bushmaster Carbon 15, Bushmaster MOE series, Bushmaster XM15, Colt Match Target Rifles, DoubleStar AR rifles, DPMS Tactical Rifles, Heckler & Koch MR556, Olympic Arms, Remington R–15 rifles, Rock River Arms LAR–15, Sig Sauer SIG516 rifles, Smith & Wesson M&P15 Rifles, Stag Arms AR rifles, Sturm, Ruger & Co. SR556 rifles; Barrett M107A1; Barrett M82A1; Beretta CX4 Storm; Calico Liberty Series; CETME Sporter; Daewoo K–1, K–2, Max 1, Max 2, AR 100, and AR 110C; Fabrique Nationale/FN Herstal FAL, LAR, 22 FNC, 308 Match, L1A1 Sporter, PS90, SCAR, and FS2000; Feather Industries AT–9; Galil Model AR and Model ARM; Hi-Point Carbine; HK–91, HK–93, HK–94, HK–PSG–1 and HK USC; Kel-Tec Sub–2000, SU–16, and RFB; SIG AMT, SIG PE–57, Sig Sauer SG 550, and Sig Sauer SG 551; Springfield Armory SAR–48; Steyr AUG; Sturm, Ruger Mini-14 Tactical Rife M–14/20CF; All Thompson rifles, including the following: Thompson M1SB, Thompson T1100D, Thompson T150D, Thompson T1B, Thompson T1B100D, Thompson T1B50D, Thompson T1BSB, Thompson T1–C, Thompson T1D, Thompson T1SB, Thompson T5, Thompson T5100D, Thompson TM1, Thompson TM1C; UMAREX UZI Rifle; UZI Mini Carbine, UZI Model A Carbine, and UZI Model B Carbine; Valmet M62S, M71S, and M78; Vector Arms UZI Type; Weaver Arms Nighthawk; Wilkinson Arms Linda Carbine.
PISTOLS: All AK–47 types, including the following: Centurion 39 AK pistol, Draco AK–47 pistol, HCR AK–47 pistol, IO Inc. Hellpup AK–47 pistol, Krinkov pistol, Mini Draco AK–47 pistol, Yugo Krebs Krink pistol; All AR–15 types, including the following: American Spirit AR–15 pistol, Bushmaster Carbon 15 pistol, DoubleStar Corporation AR pistol, DPMS AR–15 pistol, Olympic Arms AR–15 pistol, Rock River Arms LAR 15 pistol; Calico Liberty pistols; DSA SA58 PKP FAL pistol; Encom MP–9 and MP–45; Heckler & Koch model SP-89 pistol; Intratec AB–10, TEC–22 Scorpion, TEC–9, and TEC–DC9; Kel-Tec PLR 16 pistol; The following MAC types: MAC–10, MAC–11; Masterpiece Arms MPA A930 Mini Pistol, MPA460 Pistol, MPA Tactical Pistol, and MPA Mini Tactical Pistol; Military Armament Corp. Ingram M–11, Velocity Arms VMAC; Sig Sauer P556 pistol; Sites Spectre; All Thompson types, including the following: Thompson TA510D, Thompson TA5; All UZI types, including: Micro-UZI.
SHOTGUNS: Franchi LAW–12 and SPAS 12; All IZHMASH Saiga 12 types, including the following: IZHMASH Saiga 12, IZHMASH Saiga 12S, IZHMASH Saiga 12S EXP–01, IZHMASH Saiga 12K, IZHMASH Saiga 12K–030, IZHMASH Saiga 12K–040 Taktika; Streetsweeper; Striker 12.
Belt-fed semiautomatic firearms: All belt-fed semiautomatic firearms including TNW M2HB.


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Little Lunch brings out chocolate soup
The "Lion's Den" start-up Little Lunch is launching a limited edition chocolate soup.
If you can trust the reviews in the online shop, this strange product must taste almost incredible. For example, one user comments, "I'm in 7th heaven." But can it really be that delicious? The start-up company Little Lunch, which many may know from the TV show "The Lion's Den", now offers a strictly limited chocolate soup. The still young company wants 2.99 euros for it and 20,000 glasses to sell.
The idea was initially an April Fool's joke, based on Dr. Oetker's soon-to-be-released chocolate pizza. But because the fans of the Augsburg company were so vehemently demanding a chocolate soup, the start-up company gave in and now gave its customers a small, probably not quite serious, pre-Christmas present. The company's first sweet soup can now be found in the online shop alongside pea stew and cheese delicacies.
According to the company, 70 percent of the chocolate soup consists of whole milk, the rest is thickener and sugar. Little Lunch also advertises that the chocolate soup can be used universally: as a dessert sauce, drinking chocolate or simply for spooning.
The start-up's campaign is reminiscent of Dr. Oetker's chocolate pizza, which the company introduced three years ago. What many fans wanted, however, apparently didn't sell well, the demand was not high enough. 2019 then came the end of the "Pizza Dolce al Cioccolato".
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My Steam Hammer as thus first sketched, consisted of, first, a massive anvil on which to rest the work; second, a block of iron constituting the hammer or blow-giving portion; and, third, an inverted steam cylinder to whose piston-rod the hammer-block was attached. All that was then required to produce a most effective hammer was simply to admit steam of sufficient pressure into the cylinder, so as to act on the under-side of the piston, and thus to raise the hammer-block attached to the end of the piston rod. By a very simple arrangement of a slide valve, under the control of all attendant, the steam was allowed to escape and thus permit the massive block of iron rapidly to descend by its own gravity upon the work then upon the anvil.
Thus, by the more or less rapid manner in which the attendant allowed the steam to enter or escape from the cylinder, any required number or any intensity of blows could be delivered. Their succession might be modified in an instant. The hammer might be arrested and suspended according to the requirements of the work. The workman might thus, as it were, think in blows. He might deal them out on to the ponderous glowing mass, and mould or knead it into the desired form as if it were a lump of clay; or pat it with gentle taps according to his will, or at the desire of the forgeman.
Rude and rapidly sketched out as it was, this, my first delineation of the steam hammer, will be found to comprise all the essential elements of the invention. Every detail of the drawing retains to this day the form and arrangement which I gave to it forty-three years ago. I believed that the steam hammer would prove practically successful; and I looked forward to its general employment in the forging of heavy masses of iron. It is no small gratification to me now, when I look over my rude and hasty first sketch, to find that I hit the mark so exactly, not only in the general structure but in the details; and that the invention as I then conceived it and put it into shape, still retains its form and arrangements intact in the thousands of steam hammers that are now doing good service in the mechanical arts throughout the civilised world.
But to return to my correspondence with the Great Western Steamship Company. I wrote at once to Mr. Humphries, and sent him a sketch of my proposed steam hammer. I told him that I felt assured he would now be able to overcome his difficulty, and that the paddle-shaft of the Great Britain might now be forged. Mr. Humphries was delighted with my design. He submitted it to Mr. Brunel, engineer-in-chief of the steamship: to Mr. Guppy, the managing director; and to other persons interested in the undertaking,--by all of whom it was heartily approved. I accordingly gave the Company permission to communicate my design to such forge proprietors as might feel disposed to erect the steam hammer, the only condition that I made being, that in the event of its being adopted I was to be allowed to supply it in accordance with my design.
But the paddle-shaft of the Great Britain was never forged. About that time the substitution of the Screw for the paddle-wheel as a means of propulsion was attracting much attention. The performances of the Archimedes, as arranged by Mr. Francis P. Smith, were so satisfactory that Mr. Brunel, after he had made an excursion in that vessel, recommended the directors to adopt the new propelling power. After much discussion, they yielded to his strongly-urged advice. The consequence was, that the great engines which Mr. Humphries had so elaborately designed, and which were far advanced in construction, were given up, to his inexpressible regret and mortification, as he had pinned his highest hopes as a practical engineer on the results of their performance. And, to crown his distress, he was ordered to produce fresh designs of engines specially suited for screw propulsion. Mr. Humphries was a man of the most sensitive and sanguine constitution of mind. The labour and the anxiety which he had already undergone, and perhaps the disappointment of his hopes, proved too much for him; and a brain fever carried him off after a few days' illness. There was thus, for a time, an end of the steam hammer required for forging the paddle-shaft of the Great Britain.
Very bad times for the iron-trade, and for all mechanical undertakings, set in about this time. A wide-spread depression affected all conditions of industry Although I wrote to the heads of all the great firms, urging the importance of my invention, and forwarding designs of my steam hammer, I was unable to obtain a single order. It is true, they cordially approved of my plan, and were greatly struck by its simplicity, unity, and apparent power.* [footnote... Among the heads of firms who sent me cordial congratulations on my design, were Benjamin Hick, of the Soho Ironworks, Bolton, a man, whose judgment in all matters connected with engineering and mechanical construction was held in the very highest regard; Messrs. Rushton and Eckersley, Bolton Ironworks; Messrs. Howard and Ravenhill, Rotherhithe Ironworks, London; Messrs. Hawkes, Crashaw, and Company, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; George Thorneycroft, Wolverhampton; and others. ...]
But the substance of their replies was, that they had not sufficient orders to keep the forge hammers they already possessed in work. They promised, however, that in the event of trade recovering from its depression, they would probably adopt the new power.
In the meantime my invention was taken up in an entirely new and unexpected quarter. I had for some years been supplying foreign customers with self-acting machine tools. The principals of continental manufacturing establishments were accustomed to make frequent visits to England for the purpose of purchasing various machine tools required for the production of the ponderous as well as the lighter parts of their machinery. We gave our foreign visitors every facility and opportunity for seeing our own tools at work, and they were often so much pleased that, when they came to order one special tool, they ended by ordering many,--the machine tools in full activity thus acting as their most effective advertisements. In like manner I freely opened my Scheme Book to any foreign visitors.* [footnote... Some establishments in the same line of business were jealous of the visit of foreigners; but to our views, restriction in the communication of new ideas on mechanical subjects to foreigners of intelligence and enterprising spirit served no good purpose, as the foreign engineer was certain to obtain all the information he was in quest of from the drawings in the Patent Office, or from the admirable engravings contained in the engineering publications of the day. It was better to derive the advantage of supplying them with the machines they were in quest of, than to wait until the demand was supplied by foreigners themselves. ...]

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BATON ROUGE, La. - Attorneys for two black Baton Rouge residents say a system of electing three Baton Rouge City Court judges from a majority-white sub-district and two more from a predominantly black sub-district needs to be changed.
The residents are pursuing a federal court challenge of the election boundaries.
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A few days ago I got a Nexus 4, an excellent piece of mobile machinery. It’s got a big display, it’s light, thin and lightning fast. I think it’s the best mobile phone I’ve ever used. That said, there’s always a few things that I’d like to do that is not supported out of the box in Android 4.2.2, the mobile operating system the Nexus 4 is running. I’d mostly like to automate a few things, like turning on flight mode during the night, turning off Exchange synchronization outside of normal office hours and opening Spotify when I plug in a pair of headphones.
Here’s a list of applications that will help you to do all this and much, much more. Your imagination and the sensors in your phone are basically what limits you. Be aware that some of the applications listed below will not truly shine unless you root your phone. Rooting is a process that gives applications access to the inner workings of Android and thus enables you to control more or less every aspect of the operating system. It’s a fairly technical process to root your device and I would not recommend that you do it unless you really know your way around a computer. But if you’re interested in giving rooting a go, simply do a Google search and you should be able to find all the information you need to root your Android phone. If you have a Nexus 4, there’s a very good guide posted at XDA Developers that I used to root my own Nexus 4.
The applications listed will set you back a few bucks, but it’s totally worth it and by paying for the software you are supporting some very clever people and motivate them to create even better applications in the future. Without any further delay, here are the applications you need to supercharge your Android phone.
Tasker is the backbone of the automation tasks, and will orchestrate everything. All the other applications in this list are standalone applications but they can also be used as Tasker plugins. The list of what Tasker can do goes on and on and on even without any plugins installed, and it’s too long to list here. The UI is not exactly intuitive, but you’ll get the hang of it, and the creator is currently working on a beta version with a revamped user interface that conforms to the Android design guidelines. There are also a lot of good guides available that you can have a look at.
It’s possible both to buy the application directly from the creator and from Google Play. Personally, I would suggest the latter approach if you plan to use Tasker on more than one phone. It’s also a lot less hassle involved when you buy a new phone and want to use your license on that phone.
FolderSync is a great way to synchronize the files on your phone with online storage services. It currently supports multiple SkyDrive, Dropbox, SugarSync, Ubuntu One, Box.net, LiveDrive, HiDrive, Google Docs, NetDocuments, Amazon S3, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV and windows share (Samba/CIFS) accounts. In other words; if you want the files on your Android phone to be synchronized with a cloud service or your personal FTP server, FolderSync can do it for you. I’m currently using it to automatically synchronize all the pictures I take with my phone to Google Drive.
FolderSync is not the only application that can do just that, but the beauty of FolderSync is that it turns up as a plugin in Tasker. This means that I can, for instance, configure Tasker to listen for a specially crafted SMS that triggers the camera to silently take a picture with the front facing camera and then use FolderSync to send it to a private FTP server. Great for taking pictures of anyone who might get their hands on my phone without my permission.
For some reason, Google decided to make a couple of changes to which features applications can turn on and off in Android 4.2. It’s no longer possible to turn on and off flight mode, for instance. I don’t know why they decided to do it and it’s a pretty lame idea, but so they did. Lucky for us, applications like Secure Settings can help us get back features Google decided to remove. Secure Settings is both a stand alone applications and a Tasker plugin, but I recommend that you use it with Tasker as a lot more options are available that way. Among the many things Secure settings can do are airplane mode, airplane mode radios, toggle BT and enable/disable the keyguard.
Get Secure Settings from Google Play (the Pro version is purchased from the application)
Synker is an account synchronization widget and Tasker plugin, that allows you to synchronize all registered sync providers on-demand or “Force Sync/Sync All/Manual Sync/Sync Now”. I use this to stop my phone from synchronizing work related Exchange accounts outside of normal office hours. Not only will it prevent you from getting all stressed out about an e-mail from work that probably can wait until tomorrow, it will also save you a little battery to turn off the e-mail synchronization.
Get Synker from Google Play (the unlock key that enables it as a Tasker plugin is purchased from the application)
So there you have it, a couple of great applications to turn your great Android phone into an amazing phone.
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Narrative | 2018 | 19 min. 13 sec.
Suggested Rating | PG-13
Country | France, India, United Kingdom
Language | Hindi
Producers | Balthazar de Ganay, Thomas Bidegain
Director | Sandhya Suri
Writer | Sandhya Suri
Editor | Nicolas Chaudeurge
Cast | Mia Maelzer
[TIFF • Telluride Film Festival • BFI London Film Festival • Hamptons International Film Festival • Leeds International Film Festival • Sundance Film Festival • Bristol Encounters • BFI London Film Festival • PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights • Whistler Film Festival • Prague Short Film Festival • BAFTA • Seattle Film Festival • Hollyshorts • Melbourne International Film Festival • Odense International Film Festival]
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A graduate in Pure Mathematics and Languages, Sandhya Suri received a scholarship to study documentary at The National Film and Television school in England, where she directed 5 films screening at festivals including Cinema du Reel (Jury’s Honorable Mention), Munich International Documentary Film Festival, the BFI’s ‘Imagine Asia festival’ (Best Short Film).
Her feature documentary ‘I for India’ was commissioned by ZDF/ARTE and screened in World Competition at Sundance Film Festival. The film has screened at over twenty international film festivals, winning several awards internationally. The film was released theatrically in the U.K. and U.S. in 2008. Reviews and more information can be found at www.iforindiathemovie.com.
After ‘I for India’ Sandhya spent several years working in international development, traveling the world and filming across disaster zones from D.R. Congo to Bangladesh. She is currently based in London where she is a visiting tutor at The National Film and Television School and University College London.
This year Sandhya was selected for the prestigious Sundance Screenwriters’ Labs and Sundance Directors’ Lab with her first fiction feature script Santosh. Here in the UK she was selected for this year’s NET.WORK@LFF professional development program.
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“NO SQUABBLE OVER CHINA”
President Edgar Chagwa Lungu (centre) accompanied by Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Enhance Ronald Chitotela (appropriate) and Particular Assistant to the President for Venture,Implementation and Monitory Andrew Chella throughout the tour of the Lusaka roads on Saturday,September 15,2018. PICTURE BY SALIM HENRY/STATE HOUSE ©2018
President Edgar Lungu says Zambia might well no longer be dragged into pointless economic squabbles with China by the West.
President Lungu says Zambia will remain neutral and might continue to skills the economic ties with every China and the Western world.
The Head of Train says he will continue to raise countries on better agreed phrases of borrowing to develop the nation.
The President has also clarified that Zambia is no longer in a debt crisis as instant by some world media organisations.
He has extra known as on Zambians to ignore the negative propaganda geared against damaging the nation’s image.
President Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s passes on Huge North Road throughout the tour of the Lusaka roads on Saturday,September 15,2018. PICTURE BY SALIM HENRY/STATE HOUSE ©2018
The Head of Train modified into once talking when he inspected quite heaps of roads under constructing in Lusaka.
And President Lungu is happy with the glorious of roads being constructed under Lusaka four hundred challenge.
He acknowledged the roads is no longer going to utterly fortify express of the capital city nonetheless will attend to reduce congestion in the town.
Meanwhile Minister of Infrastructure Enhance Ronald Chitotela acknowledged 1.three billion greenbacks out of the 2.6 billion greenbacks borrowed from China has been channeled to constructing of roads.
Mr. Chitotela assured the Head of Train that the contractors engaged to fabricate the roads are heading in the suitable route.


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Most high-net-worth individuals and families insured by mass-market carriers pay too much for insurance, while remaining exposed to serious financial risks, according to a new study.
The ACE Private Risk Services survey, Wealth at Risk: How High Net Worth Families Overpay to Be Underinsured, asked over 600 independent agents and brokers about their new affluent clients who were previously covered by mass-market insurers. The survey found that wealthy families and individuals who purchase insurance from carriers targeted primarily toward the average American household frequently lack adequate liability coverage. Clients who purchase middle-market policies also tend to be underinsured on their unique homes and valuable collectables.
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• Obtaining package discounts: 62% say the rich don’t take full advantage of reductions for purchasing multiple policies from a single carrier.
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LifeSouth is looking to collect plasma from COVID-19 patients who have recovered from the virus, hoping to give it to patients with COVID-19 to help with recovery.
Recovered COVID-19 patients who were tested and found positive can donate plasma if they have not had symptoms for at least 14 days and test negative by a lab, or after 28 days without symptoms, a news release from LifeSouth issued Friday said.
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Florida residents can anonymously answer questions that range from age and residency, to recent travel, to potential COVID-19 contact, a news release announcing the survey said.
The survey is designed to gather information to help health officials track and slow the spread of COVID-19 in Florida. It is not meant to assess symptoms or to dispense medical advice, the release said.
Schools give 70,056 meals
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The Alachua County Public Schools gave out 70,056 meals Friday — including meals for the weekend — bringing the total for the week to 133,222, a school system announcement Friday said.
Bus drivers and school food and nutrition staffers delivered the meals to more than 35 stops around the county.
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Victoria trailed 1-0, after 20 minutes, and 3-0 after 40, on goals by Sean Aschim, Tyler Alos (goal & assist), and Buffalo draft pick Colin Jacobs in his 2nd game of the season. The Royals capatalized on a major penalty taken by Justin Hickman and scored 3 straight power plays in a span of 2 minutes and 19 seconds to tie the game in the third. Goals were scored by Logan Nelson, Kade Pilton and Hayden Rintoul.
After out shooting the T-Birds 38-36 through overtime, Colin Jacobs scored the lone shoot out goal as the third shooter for Seattle. Missing for Victoria was Nelson who finished with a goal and assist, Sundher with 2 helpers and Jamie Crooks.
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Keith Hamilton made a spectacular glove save in the shoot out on the Thunderbirds leading scorer Blake Gallimore, and in the 2nd stoning Hickman on a 2 on 1. Hamilton made 33 saves, and is now to 2-2 in shoot outs. Calvin Pickard picks up his 12th win of the season on a 35 save performance. It was the final meeting of the season, Victoria’s record versus Seattle 1-1-0-2.
Victoria went 3 for 6 with the man advantage while Seattle went 1 for 8. The Royals wrap up 4 games in 5 nights, and with the extra point move one point past the Rockets for sole possesion of 3rd in the division. Kelowna has 3 in hand.
Now they’ll swing up to Edmonton Wednesday to avenge an 8-2 home ice loss back on November 8th. Then next Friday in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat Saturday before the breaking for Christmas.
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When I first saw the Triumph Scrambler in Shirlaws’ showroom in Aberdeen, it was love at first sight. Decked out in Tornado Red and White with lashings of chrome (can you imagine trying to keep it clean though?), even the lights and indicators looked stunning.
The trouble was that when Donald and I stepped outside to exchange keys the illusion faded a little.
He checked the petrol, showed me where reserve was and instructed me in the fine art of starting it up ‘turn the key, pull the choke out and thumb the starter’. A couple of seconds later the 865cc beast was breathing, but you wouldn’t know it to listen to it. Maybe it would sound better when it was warmed up.
Riding off into the busy Aberdeen traffic, the first mental note I made was a positive one; the balance of the machine was superb. The second note was how far away the tarmac seemed as I stopped at the traffic lights. With a seat height of 32.5-inches, it’s only roughly 1.5-inches taller than my MZ, but it felt much wider.
Further down the road I was cursing the heavy clutch and the fact that the mirrors were not securely bolted on. After a quick pit stop at my friend Davies house to tighten them up, I peeled off the dual carriageway and headed for some twisty back roads.
Things got better out in the country. With good handling like this and a lovely precise gearbox you don’t need first for long, second is for very tight hairpins, while third and fourth gear are ideal for squirting from corner to corner. Fifth is flexible, pulling from as low down as 35mph, should you forget to change down.
The 320mm front disc doesn’t quite live up to expectations and I can’t believe it’s smaller (or less powerful) than the MZ one. A firm application of both brakes provides adequate stopping power if you apply a little forethought as well, but a bit more bite from the front would be nice.
The dashboard, for want of a more technical description, looks quite funky with the speedo and rev counter one above the other, either side of the handlebar brace.
The only minor inconvenience is that the thick foam cover on the brace slightly obscures the rider’s view of their speed, honest Officer. The rest of the layout is minimal, with only four lights to guide you; indicators, oil, neutral and high beam.
The neutral light was quite difficult to see in the bright Scottish sun but it’s not a big problem as the gearbox is very user friendly.
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The naked style of the Scrambler means life is breezy at the best of times, but with the recent high winds we’ve had, I found myself hanging on for dear life. That doesn’t bother me though as I much prefer the look of unfaired motorcycles and am prepared to put up with sore shoulders.
Despite these gales and the forecast of rain, I opted to take the Trumpet to the Grampian Classic Club meeting later that night and received some good praise. Most of the dedicated old bike enthusiasts thought it looked the part but sounded a bit suppressed. Gentleman Steve voiced his opinions in no uncertain terms and I’m afraid I cannot repeat them, other than to say the best part of Triumph’s new concept is the tank badge!
On the issue of sound, or rather the lack of it, the faint rumble from those beautiful twin pipes has potential, and rumour has it a little bit of work with a drill would soon free the bikes true spirit. Not that I am condoning that sort of behaviour in any way*.
The wet roads and pitch black night should have conspired to make the journey home a nightmare but to be honest the knobbly Bridgestone Trailwings kept good grip while the headlight was fantastic on both main and dip beam, plus the idiot lights are much clearer at night.
By the time I returned the Trumpet to Shirlaws two days later, I was enjoying the upright riding position that allowed me to peek over garden walls and parked cars, those big wide bars that made for a kind of butch look, and most of all the comfy seat. The good news for Triumph is that it seems to appeal to their target market of youngsters, with a couple of people even saying they’d quite like one.
During my temporary ownership I must have clocked up somewhere in the region of 150 miles, which you might say is nowhere near enough to be able to give an accurate report, but its a lot longer than I usually get to test a bike. It’s also a lot longer than most try-before-you-buy demo rides.
There are a few niggling things that Triumph maybe should have consulted me about first, such as having a fuel gauge or light, although flicking to reserve really isn’t that hard. The wide tank prevents shorties from quite getting tiptoe to terra firma and the leg shields on the exhaust system that are in the wrong place both when standing and sitting. I’m not convinced the side-mounted ignition barrel is a good plan. For starters, I kept forgetting to remove the key, and what happens when it begins to wear?
Weight wise it’s a bit of a beast, clocking in at 32 stone, which makes it a tad hard to wheel around. However, on the move I was more than impressed with the handling, which at normal riding speeds is like any other machine, but where it excels is at low speeds. You can stand on the pegs and gad around off road or even in slow traffic if you need to see further ahead. Fuel consumption worked out at 48mpg which is a bit better than my Skorpion, considering I wasn’t trying to conserve petrol at all, just put the bike through its paces.
I like the idea of looking out of the window and seeing this great big sparkly new bike. I know it wouldn’t stay like that forever with all that chrome, but a girl can dream.
So the big question of any road test is: would I have one?
After ten minutes of riding I had decided the answer was no.
Now I’m thinking if I could wangle some after market silencers which Triumph state ‘do not conform to EPA noise standards’ then that would make a huge difference. Maybe I could put up with the heavy clutch, or perhaps it could be magically transformed.
Ultimately I think the answer is yes, as overall it seems a good package, giving that traditional Triumph ‘cool’ factor without the clichÃ© oil leaks.
A big thanks to Shirlaws in Aberdeen for the loan of the bike, and for having faith that my short legs would somehow grow longer.
*Nor are we! Punching holes in an exhaust pipe might make it sound louder for a while but is unlikely to enhance an otherwise standard bike’s performance…


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If you don’t know already, Japanese airline All Nippon’s ‘Star Wars Jet’, painted in R2D2 colours, will be visiting London Gatwick for the first time on Wednesday 16th at around 8am. The aircraft is a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, registration JA873A. Right now (Monday afternoon) it’s heading from Tokyo to Los Angeles, from where it will depart Tuesday pm UK time for Gatwick.


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Canada's Chief Vows $5 Billion for Weary Cities
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Published: February 3, 2004
TORONTO, Feb. 2— Canada's new prime minister, Paul Martin, announced on Monday that he would help the country's financially strained cities to chart a new course by granting up to $5 billion in the next decade for building housing and mass transportation and providing clean water.
The promise represented a potential turning point for Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and other cities that have been suffering growing homelessness and gang violence as well as deteriorating finances as a result of reductions in federal aid since the mid-1990's.
The government is committed to a new deal for municipalities that ''targets the infrastructure needed to support quality of life and sustainable growth,'' Governor General Adrienne Clarkson told Parliament in a speech written by Mr. Martin's aides as his policy blueprint.
As a down payment for the help, Mr. Martin pledged a full rebate to the cities of the national sales tax for goods and services paid by city residents, amounting to an estimated $400 million annually.
The speech offered few details, but promised that new aid would be focused on better integrating immigrants into urban centers, providing urban Native Canadians with better economic opportunities, tackling homelessness and improving preparedness to respond to emergencies like storms and epidemics.
City services deteriorated over the last decade as the federal government tried to come to grips with a ballooning fiscal deficit, which stood at more than $20 billion in 1994. To reduce that deficit and create surpluses in recent years, the federal government cut aid to cities, forcing them to become increasingly dependent on rising property taxes.
Meanwhile, urban populations are growing, with an influx of immigrants from around the developing world.
Promises of more aid to the cities will help Mr. Martin's Liberals to defend their left flank from challenges by Jack Layton, a former Toronto City Council member who is revitalizing the social democratic New Democratic Party for parliamentary elections expected in the spring. It may also help protect Liberal seats in the House of Commons from Ontario, where the newly united Conservative Party hopes to make gains. Currently, polls indicate that the Liberals are likely to win in a landslide against several opposition parties.
When Mr. Martin replaced Jean Chrétien as prime minister in December, he took over a government with deteriorating finances. The recent rise in the value of the Canadian dollar and outbreaks of mad cow disease and severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, have cut export earnings, economic growth and tax receipts.
Despite the promise of aid to the cities, in the speech read before Parliament, Mr. Martin signaled that he would not depart from the conservative fiscal policy he had pursued in recent years as finance minister, when he reduced the deficit to strengthen the government's finances and cut interest rates to a current overnight rate of 2.5 percent.
''The government of Canada is unalterably committed to fiscal prudence, as evidenced by annual balanced budgets and steady reduction in the debt relative to the size of the economy,'' the speech said. ''The government will not spend itself into deficit.''


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Japanese food in Singapore used to be just about sushi and udon, but in the past few years yakitori and teppanyaki have begun to establish a place on our dining palates. Now, with the arrival of Singapore’s first fully fledged robataya restaurant, we decided to find out exactly what’s the difference between these forms of Japanese dining where all the chefs are performing acrobatics with the food, some using a paddle, others serving their food on skewers and the rest carving it up at the grill.
Unlike its counterparts, yakitori’s focus is usually on chicken and vegetables, with high grade fish thrown in (yakitori actually means “grilled chicken”). But unlike teppanyaki, yakitori is cooked on a grill rather than a hotplate (in other words, an open flame) and is served on skewers (known as kushi). But if you think yakitori is just expensive barbeque, think again. Mishima Taoki, customer service officer of newcomer Torisho Taka by Aoki (#02-01 Gallery Hotel, 1 Nanson Rd., 6732-3343), insists yakitori is a finely honed skill. “Asking the difference between yakitori and barbeque is like asking the difference between sewing and tailoring. Everyone can do simple sewing but not everyone can tailor. Yakitori is a skill as compared to barbequing,” he says.
Because the artistry of the cooking is also an experience, Taoki suggests guests always request counter, rather than table dining, especially for small groups. “High end dining is more than a feast for the palate—it’s a multi-sensory feast: You take in the chargrilled smells and you see the chef’s deft handling of the grill. The yakitori counter is akin to a stage where the chef performs nightly.”
For instance, at Torisho Taka, the traditions of the craft are taken so seriously that only binjo charcoal from the Kochi prefecture is used as it is traditionally considered to give the best flavor to the yakitori grill.
For those of us not used to the yakitori concept, it can be difficult to comprehend just how it works. Unlike a Western meal, the food is shared, but unlike a Chinese meal, the portions tend to be bite-sized (literally two or three items on a skewer). Taoki says if you’re eating a full yakitori meal, then its best to start with the skewer items first. These are the equivalent of an amuse bouche. Follow these with cold and hot appetizers, then don (rice) or udon (noodles) as the mains. Finish with the freshest fruit the season has to offer.
However, if you’re having your yakitori more as an accompaniment to a long drinking session, then ordering a few dishes at a time over a prolonged period of time is better, as you get to see the chef at work and the food tastes better piping hot from the stove.
Robataya is the traditional blue collar form of dining in Roppongi, Japan, and Robataya Yoyogi (#01-04 The Pier, 80 Mohamed Sultan Rd., 6733-8711) is trying to emulate the tradition for Singaporeans. Unlike yakitori, robataya focuses on several different kinds of grilled items rather than predominantly chicken, and many of these are not served on yakitori skewers.
Indeed, robataya chefs in Japan serve their customers kneeling, so they place the food on large wooden paddles to better reach their diners. Here in Singapore the chefs are standing, but the large paddles are still used making the dining a visually interesting experience.
True to its working class roots, robataya as a communal form of eating is supposed to be noisier and more robust than the refined yakitori restaurant. According to Edwin Tan of Robataya Yoyogi, most patrons would sit around the counter, rather than at tables in a robataya restaurant. In fact, robataya restaurants are predominantly drinking establishments, where small amounts of food are consumed over several hours in company with the drinks. Tan says that at his restaurant customers often sit for hours at a time, chatting and drinking and ordering a few dishes and enjoying them, rather than dining quickly and leaving.
We all know that seats at the counter in a teppanyaki restaurant are coveted because it’s only here that you get the true teppanyaki experience: The chef slicing, dicing, tossing and throwing your food in all manner of crazy acrobatics. Indeed, the whole teppanyaki experience is largely about watching how your meal is constructed, so getting a seat at the counter is not just ideal—it’s a must.
Executive Chef Hiroshi Ishii of Keyaki (4/F, Pan Pacific Singapore, Marina Square, 7 Raffles Blvd., 6826-8335) points out that the major difference between teppanyaki and other types of dining is that the food is grilled on a hot plate or griddle, rather than on an open flame so the flavors are quite different. Common ingredients used in teppanyaki cooking include cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, shrimp, sausages and corn.


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