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Wheel Adventures: Chilly start on Rome trip changes to fascination
First in a series on cycling through Italy's Tuscany region Early summer is the perfect time to visit Italy. The average daily temperature in metropolitan Rome is 26C, with little rain.
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1 / 1 Rome, a city of three million, rests on ruins dating back thousands of years.
First in a series on cycling through Italy's Tuscany region
Early summer is the perfect time to visit Italy. The average daily temperature in metropolitan Rome is 26C, with little rain.
It's when the Eternal City enjoys gentle Mediterranean breezes under bright blue skies, right up until the moment when it doesn't anymore. For example, the moment when our plane bumps and grinds its way through the turbulence of a sleet storm and skids to a stop on the tarmac at Leonardo da Vinci International.
Outside, the ground crew is wearing what looks to be several layers of fashionable parkas, and for a moment I wonder if our pilot made a navigation error involving Finland, or perhaps one of the ice moons circling the planet Neptune.
My phone, still set to Victoria time, unhelpfully says the forecast is for sunshine and 27C back home.
A quick mental inventory of the contents of my suitcase makes me realize that a) I did not pack enough clothes to cycle across a cold, wet Italy; b) I may not even own enough clothes; and c) this existential dread isprobably how the rest of Canada feels every spring when Victoria posts flower photos. But never mind! No worries! Stiff upper thingy!
Rain and cold may not be what we wanted, but as my wife reminds me, it is better to be wet and freezing in Italy than to something or other I wasn't really listening through the sobs and bitter recriminations.
It may surprise you to learn that Rome, crammed with so much art, architecture and history, is a lot like Victoria, British Columbia! Said no one. Ever. And for good reason: our wee Victoria is a young, unspoiled garden compared with Rome, which is heavy on the marble and light on the field and forest.
Like other very old cities around the world, Rome is really more of a giant archeological site with cars, cats and cash machines on top.
Modern Rome rests on the detritus of ancient cities that occupied the surrounding seven hills for almost 3,000 years.
It's common for marble columns and stone blocks from previous civilizations to make their way into the modern, because it's way easier to steal old-but-perfectly-good-with-a-nick-of-paint building materials than it is to make new ones (I'm looking at you, Vatican City).
On average, 20-30 feet of crap and debris separates modern Rome from ancient Rome beneath. Seriously, you can't swing a dead cat here without hitting another, older dead cat. This is why Rome, a city of almost three million people, still has only two short subway lines. Not because of cats, of which there are many, but because it's not safe to dig.
A developer laying the foundations of a new building might easily unearth precious Etruscan artefacts, and that means a lot of paperwork, which, if our Airbnb host is anything to judge by, Italians have to do a lot of already.
Rome was founded in 753 BC by twin brothers Romulus and Remus (né Anderson).
It's not exactly a Disney story: a vestal virgin gets it on with Mars, the god of war; twins are born, sentenced to death and set adrift on the Tiber River; the boys are saved by a she-wolf; and in the very end, Romulus kills Remus.
The story is helpful in explaining a) why there are so many weird statues of she-wolves suckling baby boys; and b) why the city is called Rome instead of Reme.
Rome did not actually become the capital of a unified Italy for another 2,600 years, when in 1870 the city took the title away from Florence, which everybody knows is a girl's name and not suitable for a capital city.
I considered renting a Vespa scooter and tooling around Rome with my wife, à la Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in the 1953 movie Roman Holiday. I considered this for about, oh, a quarter of a second, while observing typical Italian drivers doing their level best to kill everyone else on the roads, sidewalks and balconies.
No, the scooter is out, as is taking an Italian taxi, which sometimes also use the roads.
Fortunately, walking Rome is doable. All you need is a good map and rudimentary sense of direction/willingness to argue with your wife in order to navigate the labyrinth of narrow streets that is old town.
Also, feet. Remember to bring feet. I nearly forgot mine at home, which would have been a disaster because they are very expensive in Europe.
Anyway, once you're actually in Rome, you can start living la dolce vita, which is Italian for "gelato," or possibly another delicious frozen dessert.
The point is, Rome is absolutely packed with artistic riches and historical legacies, which many, many, many tour companies want to show you for outrageous fees and generally terrible service.
Where to begin? Well, after three long, fulfilling days exploring monuments and museums, I can confidently tell you that I have no idea.
It depends on how much time you have, and your personal tolerance for crowds and generally terrible service. All I can tell you is what we saw and did, apart from certain, possibly naughty, things I may have done in the Sistine Chapel when no one was looking.
Uncle Dave's Top-Five Roman Must-dos
1. The Colosseum
Nothing could have prepared me — or the six million other annual visitors — for my first peek at this beautiful, iconic amphitheatre, first commissioned in 72 AD by Emperor Vespasian. His son Titus finished it in 80 AD (not personally, of course; that was done by Hebrew slaves after the sacking of Jerusalem eight years earlier) and inaugurated the 50,000-seat arena with games that lasted 100 days and featured the violent deaths of some 5,000 animals. Over the centuries, more than 500,000 people and one million animals were killed (the last documented gladiator fight took place in 435 AD). Depending on your feelings about people and animals, that's either a feature or a bug.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Colosseum sat around doing little. It was used as a fortress by the Frangipani family in the 12th century, became a Blockbuster video outlet for a while, and was later plundered for building materials. It recently had a €25 million facelift to address the last hundred years of pollution and vibrations from Italian traffic.
Pros: Gladiators; one of the world's iconic buildings; "skip the line" tickets are available, which make you feel like a total boss
Cons: difficult to spell; too many tourists doing Russell Crowe impressions
2. St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museums
Rome has more than 900 churches, and regardless of your faith, its ecclesiastical buildings are architectural marvels, full of breathtaking artwork by the likes of Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Raphael and many others I can neither remember nor spell correctly. A day or two taking in the sublime paintings, sculptures and architecture leaves you stunned with an existential mix of awe and regret at not having done anything of value with your own life. St. Peter's Basilica, in particular, both opens and shuts your mouth. It contains three of Italy's most celebrated masterpieces: Michelangelo's Pietà, his massive dome above the building, and Bernini's 29-metre baldachin over the papal altar. The Vatican Museums contain the world's greatest art collection, with about seven kilometres of exhibitions. If that all sounds overwhelming, it is. Most visitors come as part of a third-party tour group pushed through the galleries at a breakneck pace aimed to satisfy those with a tick-the-I-visited-the-Vatican-box mindset, but leaves the rest of us depressed over what we missed. The tours invariably end at the Sistine Chapel, which contains Michelangelo's painted ceiling and several bored guards whose main job is to yell at people for whispering and taking photos.
Pros: a lot of artwork; fancy-pants Swiss guards; "skip the line" tickets are available, which make you feel like a total boss
Cons: too much artwork; too many tourists; I'm not complaining but does it seem a little Catholicy?
3. Trevi Fountain
The Fontana di Trevi ("tre vie" refers to the three roads that converge at the fountain) is an over-the-top baroque extravaganza that almost completely fills an entire piazza (Italian for "pizza"). Designed in 1732 by Nicola Salvi (also Italian for "pizza"), this 20-metre wide by 26-metre high marble monstrosity depicts the sea god Oceanus' chariot being led by two Tritons on sea horses: a wild one, and a docile one, representing the two moods of pizza vendors. The 1954 movie Three Coins in the Fountain established a tradition of tossing a coin into the fountain to ensure your return to Rome. Today, 700,000 euros of coins are tossed into the Trevi Fountain every year, which is handy to know if, say, you need change to make a phone call or do some laundry.
Pro: free coins in the fountain
Con: too many tourists
4. Piazza di Spagna and the Spanish Steps, Museo e Galleria Borghese, Pantheon, Roman Forum, and everything else in Rome
OK, OK, including "everything else" as a top five entry is a bit of a cop-out, but my point is that you can't go wrong in Rome. Everything is amazing all the time, and visiting any site of historical and artistic significance is worth doing. Go with a good guide book and a heart ready to be delighted, rather than a bucket list agenda, so you can spend as much time as you like rather than worrying you've missed something important elsewhere. You have missed something else — many things — but don't sweat it.
Pro: no end of mind-blowing experiences for the rest of your life
5. Eat like pro
Twentieth-century food writer M.F.K. Fisher was fond of saying: "First we eat, then we do everything else." This strikes me as a pretty solid approach to life, and also suggests she was familiar with Italian cooking. The Italians really know what they are doing in the kitchen, and despite the caloric catastrophe that is pasta, none of the locals I met were fat. I have no explanation for this, save for the following bon mot from Italian actress, and undeniable tomato, Sophia Loren: "Everything you see I owe to pasta."
Breakfast in Rome is typically a small affair on the way to work, involving high-octane cappuccino taken quickly while standing at the counter, perhaps with a small pastry. Lunch is the main meal of the day, which includes several courses, each with wine. Dinner is usually a smaller meal, eaten after 8 p.m. when the tourists have gone to bed. You can't see this, but I am drooling all over my keyboard just thinking about the food. My point is that food needs to be part of your daily sightseeing plans, and the farther away from the touristy sites the better (and cheaper).
Pros: pasta, Chianti, gelato, etc. etc. etc.
Cons: food in the touristy parts of Rome is too expensive; French people will violently disagree with you about how amazing Italian food is; you will probably get very fat, very fast
Next week: All those roads that lead to Rome also leave it. And thus we visit Florence, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, and wonder what exactly people mean by, "under the Tuscan sun."
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I've had so many rejections over the years that I occasionally get one that I call, "good rejection." I got one recently, well, it wasn't all that good but I pretended it was when I called the agent back. She was so f...... arrogant that I wish I had told her what a big "B" she was.
But, not to feel too badly, I recently read that Ann Frank's diary was deemed by some publisher as dull. OK! Another turned down Pearl Buck's Good Earth while an agent put the bad mouth on one of my favorite authors, Tony Hillerman. She told him to get rid of all that Indian stuff. You've got to be kidding me. Funny as all get out.
One interesting story is the rejections of Jack Kerouac. We have almost made him a saint as of late but before, On The Road, hit it, he was about to be put on the slush file of history for his "frenetic and scrambling" writing. That aside, I was intrigue to hear that when he did score with On The Road, he was in Florida and had to borrow $25 to get to New York. Now that will make us wannabe strugglers grin.


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A Comparative Study of Religions (DM9011Y)
Postgraduate, 24.0 points
The unit provides an empathetic understanding of the different religions practiced in Australia including the Aboriginal religions and the New Religious Movements (NRMs) in their historic settings. The unit will begin with a description of religions itself and will conclude with an emphasis on comparative theology and inter-religious dialogue.
Unit code: DM9011Y (Approved)
Points: 24.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Elective
Unit discipline: Missiology
Proposing College: Yarra Theological Union
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encapsulate the main tenets of at least three religions in Australia
analyse the common aspects of Islam and Christianity
illustrate an empathetic understanding of Australian Aboriginal religions
compare prayer in Christianity and the primal religions
assess the claims of uniqueness by any one religion
appraise the significance of inter-religious relation in the Australian context
Weekly face-to-face lectures and tutorials or online forums with online learning materials.
Indicative Bibliography
Antoun, Richard T. Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic and Jewish Movements. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 2001.
Bagir, Zainal Abidin, ed. Science and Religion in a Post-Colonial World: Interfaith Perspectives. Adelaide: ATF Press, 2005.
Charlesworth, Max, et al eds. Aboriginal Religions in Australia: an Anthology of Recent Writings. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2005.
Cherry, Stephen M., and Helen R. Ebaugh, eds. Global Religious Movements Across Borders: Sacred Service. Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2014.
Clooney, Francis, ed. The New Comparative Theology: Interreligious Insights from the Next Generation. London: T & T Clark, 2010.
Hill, Brennan R. World Religions and Contemporary Issues: How Evolving Views on Ecology, Peace, and Women are Impacting Faith Today. New London, CT: Twenty Third Publications, 2013.
Lassner, Jacob. Jews, Christians and The Abode of Islam: Modern Scholarship, Medieval Realities. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Poceski, Mario. Introducing Chinese Religions. London: Routledge, 2009.
Reynolds, Gabriel Said. The Emergence of Islam: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2012.
Yandell, Keith, and Harold Netland. Buddhism: A Christian Exploration and Appraisal. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009.
Tutorial Paper/Seminar Paper
In-class/online oral presentation and discussion of an aspect of Australian Aboriginal religions. Submit the same as a written essay of 3000 words.
5000 word essay demonstrating the need for an understanding and collaboration between religions for a better human society.
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Maggie Kappelhoff on 23 Sep, 2020
Unit record last updated: 2020-09-23 18:19:45 +1000

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'A change in direction': Kerry Stokes on the decision to replace Tim Worner with James Warburton
By Jennifer Duke
August 17, 2019 — 12.00am
When the end of Tim Worner's run at Seven West Media came, it came fast. During a long conversation with Mr Worner on Thursday night Kerry Stokes made the long-rumoured decision and the next morning announced James Warburton would be the network's new chief executive.
The change, investors were told, would be effective immediately.
Tim Worner. Credit:Louise Kennerley
"I guess when we sat down this week and started to talk about some of the issues it crystallised to where last night, in our discussions over some hours, it became clear the best course for Tim and for us was for him to retire," the billionaire media and mining mogul told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on Friday.
The Seven chairman had famously and controversially stuck by his media lieutenant after his office fling and expensive legal battle with Amber Harrison became public in 2016. But with Seven's share price languishing at record lows something had to be done.
"Obviously it is about a change. A change in direction," Mr Stokes said. "[We've] arrived at this position where – as with other companies – we needed to question the future going forward. And we need to take a different approach if we're going to be successful."
The decision to remove Mr Worner surprised some observers given Mr Stokes' refusal to remove him when the Harrison scandal was at its peak. Regardless, the choice of his replacement came as a genuine shock.
Kerry Stokes with newly appointed CEO James Warburton at the Network's Everliegh studios, Sydney. Credit:James Alcock
Warburton's return
Seven had spent a year suing Mr Warburton when he defected after eight years at the broadcaster to rival Network Ten in 2011, with then-chief executive David Leckie disputing his version of events in court about how he came to leave the broadcaster.
Several senior media figures privately said they believed Mr Warburton was still "at odds" with some senior executives at Seven. Mr Stokes and Mr Warburton both said they'd "cleared the past" several years ago.
Mr Leckie also said that "popular opinion we had fallen out over the court case is a myth ... we've managed to catch up a lot over the last couple of years".
"James Warburton is an unstoppable salesman and he will be terrific," he said.
Fixing Seven
Questions about the future of Seven have been brewing for months. The network has had a string of reality-TV flops and has had difficulty attracting a younger demographic to its shows and, in the year to date, has lost the title of the country's most-watched broadcaster for the first time in over a decade to rival Nine Entertainment Co. Nine is the owner of this masthead.
Seven has also failed to break into the growing subscription video service space since joint venture with News Corp, Presto, was shut down in 2017.
It's not yet clear what the new strategy will be, but Mr Stokes is up front about what he doesn't want.
"One thing that won't continue to work is a continual focus on cost cutting because at the end of the day we need to grow revenue and grow the business," he said.
Mr Warburton wants to focus on the "core" TV business and its sports content, including the cricket, Olympics and AFL.
"It's a content-led growth strategy and it's about growing the company with more platforms," he said.
"The next phase of the company doesn't take away any of the importance of those areas but you can't cost cut your way to growth," he said. "So it's about growing the topline and it's about transforming the company."
What this transformation looks like is far from certain and could involve traditional media sectors or growth industries.
"You can transform things in a lot of ways and you can't flick a switch and transform something," he said.
"Nothing is on the table and nothing is off the table."
The first hurdle
Mr Warburton wouldn't reveal anything more about how he wants to change the business but the market responded warmly to his appointment with the share price jumping 8 per cent to 40 cents on Friday.
But his first week on the job will be a difficult one with Seven's 2019 financial year results due to be released on Tuesday.
The past 12 months have been a rough year for advertising-reliant media companies and small shareholders will be listening closely for a concrete plan to turn the business around.
"He's got a very clear mandate from the board to take us forward and bring to us what he recommends the company should be doing and we've placed no restrictions on him and what he might bring to us," Mr Stokes said.
"Nothing's in, nothing's out."
While Mr Worner did not respond to requests for an interview he thanked the board and Mr Stokes in a statement for "ongoing support and counsel" and said he resigned with mixed emotions.
Mr Stokes is hopeful he takes a business risk and "comes to me about some great investment we can support".
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Jennifer Duke is an economics correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House in Canberra.Connect via Twitter or email.
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The bamboo gathering circle was planted in 2009 to create a circle of protection from the wind, rain, and sun. We hold meetings, classes, and events here. Bamboo is the largest of the grasses and regrowing readily it is lauded as a sustainable resource. It is used to build homes, design window shades, make musical instruments, manufacture kitchen utensils, create wind blocks, and you can even eat it. If you've ever had bamboo shoots in Asian cooking, you have experienced eating young bamboo shoots. New canes are harvested when they are a week or two old and under a foot tall. Just look around the bamboo plants for young shoots and break them off at ground level. Like some varieties of casava (tapioca), bamboo contains cyanide and needs to be boiled sufficiently before eating and is never eaten raw.
The garden used to be a eucalyptus forest. When it was cleared in 2006, three trees were left. Later, two of them were providing too much shade to grow vegetables and were removed to allow more sun to shine through. After removal, they were milled and converted into giant picnic tables built on the stumps to create picnic areas. The tables are so big that your feet don't reach the ground when sitting on the bench. It brings back the feeling of being a small child sitting at the adults table, legs swinging freely. The picnic area pictured here is a special spot for most gardeners. Many have said there is a special energy that flows through this area when the trade winds blow from the gulch towards this table. Indeed, there is!
The green house is available for starting seeds and features an automatic mister. With shelving all around there is plenty of room for gardeners to start seeds. Many of the shelves are filled with young aloe vera, surinam cherry, papapa, avocado, and mango trees that we give away during open house events held twice a year.
One corner of the greenhouse is the happy home of a rather large population of worms that are fun and educational for all ages. The worms eat garden scraps and provide a rich compost in the form of worm castings for gardeners to add back to their soil and worm casting tea which can be sprayed on plants to boost beneficial microbiological activity.
The composting toilet is an environmentally friendly solution that saves water at the garden. The Sunmar non-electric model composting drum collects human waste. The drum is turned weekly to aerate and when the compost is ready, the drum is turned the opposite direction to collect fresh compost in the drawer. The compost is then removed and can be buried or used on ornamental plants. Human waste is never used in food growing areas. It is interesting to note that the manures used on food crops comes from vegetarian animals (cow, horse, steer, chicken). The outhouse also has a sink with biodegradable soap and water to wash hands that drains back into the garden to water plants.
Our program directly addressing food insecurity is the Goodwill Garden, a dedicated space where produce is grown specifically to feed the hungry. Many hands make light work of providing fresher, more nutritious food to those in the community that need it most. Two partner organizations, Hale Kau Kau and the Maui Foodbank, receive weekly donations of fresh produce for distribution to agencies and recipients who are hungry and/or homeless. Hale Kau Kau benefits from fresh, flavorful salad fixings and fruits full of much needed vitamins and nutrients for their recipients, while the Maui Foodbank's agencies benefit from popular varieties of squash and other fresh produce that make tasty hot meals for the hungry they feed. Agencies interested in becoming a partner in the Goodwill Garden program are encouraged to contact us.
The garden is maintained 100% through volunteers who work with garden leadership to make a meaningful contribution to improve and maintain the common areas of the garden to keep it a beautiful place to come to. As an established garden, common farm/garden maintenance includes tilling plots for replanting, weed whacking, rebuilding compost bin walls as they deteriorate, trimming, composting, loading mulch and/or manure into wheelbarrows and pushing it to a location to spread, carrying and laying materials to solarize plots in preparation for new gardeners, cleaning and maintaining the tool shed, power tools, and compost toilet, and general pruning, trimming, weeding and irrigating of community plots. Mahalo nui loa to the many community members and visitors to the island who help to keep the garden growing!
The garden is located in a beautiful, secluded portion of a gated agricultural area that is well hidden from street visibility. A gathering space called the bamboo circle serves as a place to come together throughout the year for education, socializing, and holding open house. We offer several opportunities to visit us during open house tours, classes, and community events. The semi-annual Open House with tours, giveaways, and potluck festivities is held twice a year in June and December. Check our Calendar on the events menu or Contact Us for the open house and/or education class schedules for more information.


The following is based on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City cut content and has not been verified by canon sources. Reader discretion is advised.
Please do not add unverified or speculative content to this article unless confirmed by Rockstar Games or in-game data.
Rendering of the Steyr Aug.
The Steyr AUG was a beta weapon in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
It appears to be an assault rifle, which means that it would have taken the assault rifle slot. Its model (steyr.dff) and textures (steyr.txd) still remain on the PS2 disc. These files were removed from all other ports of the game.
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, a Steyr AUG can be seen among weapons on the shelves/racks inside Ammu-Nation.


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US can try be aggressive but Iran can detect many types of modern stealth aircraft
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By Paul Antonopoulos	 Last updated Jul 30, 2019
TEHRAN – Iran's Chief of Air Defense says the country is self-sufficient in developing radar systems capable of locating US stealth aircraft.
Iranian Air Defense Commander Alireza Sabahi Fard said he was confident in his country's defense capabilities against the most advanced western technologies, in particular the detection of "invisible" aircraft.
"Iran can now detect various types of stealth aircraft, and that is only part of our capabilities. We are self-sufficient in developing radar systems and can detect different modern US aircraft," said Sabahi Fard.
In conversation with Iranian Air Defense veterans, the commander warned those trying to prove otherwise.
"Our defense power has made our enemies aware that if they conflict with us, they will be seriously damaged, " he said.
Last Wednesday, amid tensions with the US, Tehran carried out the testing of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, stating that it flew 1,000 km.
In June of this year, Iran introduced a new nationally produced air defense system, called the Khordad 15. According to the country's military, the equipment could bring down planes and drones at a distance of 120 km and a maximum altitude of 27 km, tracking "invisible objects" and intercepting them 45 km away.
The country's army assures that such tests are defensive and are not directed against any country, Mehr reported.
This comes as on the night of July 24-25, Iran conducted tests of a mid-range ballistic missile that flew 1,000 kilometers away. Iranian officials have not even announced the tests.
According to the media, the missile was launched in the south of the country and traveled about 1,000 kilometers to the north of the country.
Iran's missile program remains subject to disagreement , in particular, with respect to UN Resolution 2231. The United States says this resolution prohibits Iran from launching missiles. However, the Iranian Ministry of Defense underlines that the releases do not violate the resolution.
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DMCTalk Forum - A DeLorean Community > MAIN FORUMS > Open Discussion > Videos > Worlds fastest Delorean test drive and interview with Don Steger.
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You know, I panted and drooled over that car when I saw the for sale ad on the webpage. Forget about the break down, that car looked rough close up. I would have had that car detailed to a tee if I knew someone was coming with a camera to make a video of it..and 6 month old gas does not gum up like that. Probably had a lot of old melted rubber mixed in with it, or sludge from the bottom of the pickup.
I think that car would be a lot of constant wrenching for whomever buys it.
That car still the Renault transmission, which I'm sure has issues due to all that power being forced into a stock Delorean transmission. I will not buy a Delorean with a different engine like that. I'll stick with the PRV motor. I prefer usefulness over performance.
Lotus had the same problems when they put the V8 with a Renault transmission. The engine had to downtuned so it wouldn't wear out the clutch.
Who knows maybe the next owner will make this Delorean work better and bring it to some events!
I agree, BS on the fuel. I've had my car sit with the K-Jet for more than 6 months and start right up with no issues. Something else is going on there. Also, I actually spoke to the guy at McLeod Racing who worked with Don on the clutch flywheel setup. It is NOT a stock clutch, its one that McLeod made specially for the car.
This is worrisome, How would Don let somebody drive that car knowing it had old fuel in it, on a heavily boosted engine no less! Starving a engine like that of fuel is the last thing you want to do.
Especially for a TV show lol. If it were me, I'd have pulled the car out as soon as I heard they wanted to see it, cleaned it up, and drove it around for a week to make sure everything was perfect. I mean, a video about the worlds fastest DeLorean with footage of dissecting the fuel tank on the side of the road?? Sure it was a cool video and all, but not necessarily the best publicity for "the only certified DeLorean mechanic" I'm sad to say. To me, it kind of just furthers the "DeLoreans always leave their drivers stranded" rumors.
"You need to solidify it... you need to loosen it up"
There was a magazine article about this car in the late 80s. Run DMC. I'd imagine someone has it posted online somewhere.
yeah.... that is not a positive video, for all involved. Many things should have been done differently there.
...To me, it kind of just furthers the "DeLoreans always leave their drivers stranded" rumors.
I really wanted to see that car move, 570hp should rip that guys head off.
"the only certified DeLorean mechanic"
I know for a fact that this statement is incorrect. The town where I live has a guy that is a factory trained DeLorean mechanic. I'm sure that there are others out there still working as mechanics.
Even though things didn't work out well, it was still a pretty sympathetic piece towards Deloreans. In the end, the interviewer still gushed over the car's looks, and stated that he wanted to buy one in stock-ish form.
Is "Tuned" a TV show, or just on the internet? This piece may have been set up really quickly, which might explain why the car wasn't in tip-top shape.
That article states that only 2000 DeLoreans were ever sold.
I'd really like to know some other info about this car. The article says it uses the original renault transmission. I feel like I know a lot about that transmission but there is no way that it can hold up to 575hp, even with Toby's coupler. Heck the upgraded input/output shaft set is only rated for 500 and it's only been around for the last few years.
Tuned is hosted by the same presenter as the smoking tire. He is mainly youtube and site based. He works with Ford alot behind the scenes currently.
A lot of us know that changing and adapting another engine in the delorean is not an easy task, but still lot of guy come here and speak about changin engine, putting this or that... and lot of time this ends in nothing or even ruining something.
When the video said 'worlds fastest delorean- TUNED', I thought they had tuned it up and I was going to see an awesome example of this car's stated potential.
Was a disappointment. Was also expecting them to stuff the doors to fly off. Never thought I would try to drive and open the doors.
This is what happens when you don't drive a Delorean for a good while, (although to be fair this is a one of a kind custom job). Finding someone to fix a one of kind engine job must be difficult. This is a Delorean for someone who really knows how to fix cars.
Any Delorean is worth saving and I'm sure that after they chase the "old car" bugs out it will be awesome! They are probably waiting for someone to buy it before they put any money into it.
They are probably waiting for someone to buy it before they put any money into it.
Well that's comforting. Exactly what someone buying a 30k Delorean wants to hear.
I honestly think that if they offer a car up for a vid shoot like this, rule 1 may be to... oh, i dunno.... clean the fuel system out.
I'd love to work on that car. It's just a GN motor. There are PLENTY of amazing GN tuners out there.
Finally sat down to watch this and what a disappointment!
Though to be fair, the host was very accommodating in his presentation and explanation of the problem.


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© M. Bellini – R. Ricciotti / Musée du Louvre; © 2012 Musée du Louvre / Antoine Mongodin
The Louvre's new clothes
by SOPHIE LORENZO • November 2012
You often hear of a museum opening a new wing, but rarely does it actually look like something that's about to take flight. That's the case with the newly expanded Department of Islamic Art, which recently opened at the Louvre in Paris. The new structure, which was described by architect Mario Bellini as "a headscarf blowing in the wind," is the first to be added to the 16th-century palace since I.M. Pei's once-controversial pyramid opened 24 years ago. The design by Bellini and Rudy Ricciotti manages to mingle the flow and shimmer of Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao, while echoing the grid of Pei's pyramid. The self-supporting roof, clad in silver and gold mesh, has only a few pillars around the edges, so it seems to levitate. The result is classical, with a touch of whimsy. More than 3000 artworks spanning three continents are displayed for the first time, some dating back to the first millennium. Admission $15; youth under 18 free. louvre.fr. [SL]


Located just 10 min outside Ohope, New Zealand is Rawhiti Mountain Bike Park. It has a current trail network of 15 km. With a range of the kitty loops, jump trails, one pump track, and a few downhill / root covered trails for the more adventurous.
The park is privately owned forest with a small fee of $5 for two weeks of entry. The tracks are mostly pine forests with well draining pumice soil, which brings quality riding majority all year long. You can ride from nearly sea level have access to the Summit at 300m. Gaining access to the local cell tower and the start of Jeff's DH track. This is the highest spot in the area and can give you a excellent view on a clear day.
The tracks aren't maintained often but the quality of the build and few riders makes for a quit and comfortable ride in the woods.


If you happen to be injured in a plane accident in Los Angeles, how will you recover claims for your injuries?
First, you need to have basic knowledge of some laws and regulation governing aviation accidents. Accident laws involving private planes are different from those applied in public transportation like jet planes and special aircraft, such as those used by the military.
In general, plane accidents are governed by aviation laws. General aviation law covers all aircraft other than those operated by commercial airlines and the military. There are also state and federal laws governing air travel.
The main federal agencies concerned with aviation regulations and laws are the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
The FAA is the main regulatory body for aviation safety and standards. It has enforcement powers, as well as the ability to issue and revise regulations related to all aspects of air travel safety research, manufacture, and navigation.
On the other hand, the NTSB investigates aviation accidents and offers proposals to enhance future air safety. Another duty of the Board is to function as a "court of appeals" for cases involving pilots or other aviation workers against the FAA. The NTSB has neither regulatory nor enforcement powers.
Liability in general aviation accidents vary depending on the cause of the accident.
o Faulty Equipment- Faulty equipment or even poorly maintained equipment can fail and cause an airplane to crash.
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Every weekend I dread look forward to Sundays and the prospect of keeping my 3 1/2 year old quiet during three hours of church. I usually resort to snacks, threats and bribery to keep her quiet, but most recently I let her play with the Book of Mormon Touch app. I love going to church now because I can actually sit and listen to the speakers without worrying that my little girl isn't paying attention, making too much noise, etc. I like it so much, I had to share it with all of you.
For those of you who aren't familiar with The Book of Mormon or the LDS Church, click HERE for more information.
Book of Mormon Touch is a kid-friendly app that covers four different stories in the Book of Mormon (more content and stories is coming soon). You can choose from three different ways to enjoy the scriptures: Story Mode, Sticker Story or Build-a-Scene.
In Story Mode, the reader is led through each story with fun graphics and easy-to-read content. My daughter's favorite part was clicking on each character to find surprise word bubbles. If your child isn't old enough to read, you will need to read it to them (narration coming soon). We read the stories at home before church so E knew the stories and could scroll through them silently at church.
Once you know the stories, you can switch to Sticker Mode. In Sticker Mode, the user can drag each character's "sticker" and place it onto the story board. This was E's favorite game. She loved matching the sticker shapes to the people and seeing them click into place. Once you've complete the scene, the story line pops open below.
The last option is Build-a-Scene where the user can create their own stories with all of the different Book of Mormon characters and a TON of other images and backgrounds. When your child is done creating a scene you can share it on Facebook or via email. The above image is one that my little E created. Apparently even Book of Mormon characters like to have fiestas...in space!
You can download the first story for free on Book of Mormon Touch's website.
Want to win a free copy of the app? Head to Book of Mormon Touch's Facebook page, "like" the page and leave a comment saying The How-To Gal sent you! Winner will be chosen April 3rd.
Looks so cool! Hope I win!!


NMR references: 1H, 13C - Duan, H., Takaishi, Y., Jia, Y., Li, D. (1999) Sesquiterpene alkaloids from extracts of Tripterygium wilfordii. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 47, 1664-1667.
Species: Tripterygium wilfordii - Duan, H., Takaishi, Y., Jia, Y., Li, D. (1999) Sesquiterpene alkaloids from extracts of Tripterygium wilfordii. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 47, 1664-1667.


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If you've never heard of the practice known as 'horse soring,' there are a lot of horses who wish they never had, either.
Soring is the practice of applying caustic, blistering substances, chains, and other forms of pain, often severe, to get Tennessee Walking Horses to lift their legs up high when moving. This gait is known as "The Big Lick," and it's popular in the show ring.
Right now, two bills are before Congress — one known as PAST, or "Prevent All Soring Tactics" and supported by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and many other veterinarians, and one supported by those in the walking horse industry itself.
The Veterinary Information Network has written a great overview of the two bills, which you can read here.


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In 2009 the US Navy announced they identified two Russian submarines beyond the US EEZ.
NATO Name: Akula aka Project 971 "Щука-Б"
Unknown photo credit
The Russian Navy submarine hysteria being propagated from questionable sources and whisper campaigns over social media are out of control. The latest tactic I've noticed isn't a new one, but it's being spun a new way. Here are the original, reputable, reports of the incident from 2009, which is presently being hyped by unknown anonymous actors, clearly in bad faith, as something that's happened in the recent past, and evidence of the resurgent Russian Navy's hostility, or something.
(Apologies to the authors, highlighted bits to draw your eye and make this quicker for everyone, this is not a criticism of the NYT, WaPo, Reuters, or CNSNews):
Russian Subs Patrolling Off East Coast of U.S.
By MARK MAZZETTI and THOM SHANKER (New York Times) 2009-08-04
https://nyti.ms/2kTXJcn
WASHINGTON — A pair of nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines has been patrolling off the eastern seaboard of the United States in recent days, a rare mission that has raised concerns inside the Pentagon and intelligence agencies about a more assertive stance by the Russian military.
The episode has echoes of the cold war era, when the United States and the Soviet Union regularly parked submarines off each other's coasts to steal military secrets, track the movements of their underwater fleets — and be poised for war.
But the collapse of the Soviet Union all but eliminated the ability of the Russian Navy to operate far from home ports, making the current submarine patrols thousands of miles from Russia more surprising for military officials and defense policy experts.
"I don't think they've put two first-line nuclear subs off the U.S. coast in about 15 years," said Norman Polmar, a naval historian and submarine warfare expert.
The submarines are of the Akula class, a counterpart to the Los Angeles class attack subs of the United States Navy, and not one of the larger submarines that can launch intercontinental nuclear missiles.According to Defense Department officials, one of the Russian submarines remained in international waters on Tuesday about 200 miles off the coast of the United States. The location of the second remained unclear. One senior official said the second submarine traveled south in recent days toward Cuba, while another senior official with access to reports on the surveillance mission said it had sailed away in a northerly direction.
The Pentagon and intelligence officials spoke anonymously to describe the effort to track the Russian submarines, which has not been publicly announced.
President Obama spoke by telephone with President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia on Tuesday, but it was not clear whether the subject of the submarines came up, although another source of friction between the two countries did. Mr. Medvedev called Mr. Obama to wish him a happy birthday and the White House said the president used the opportunity to urge Russia to work through diplomatic channels to resolve rising tensions with Georgia.
The submarine patrols come as Moscow tries to shake off the embarrassment of the latest failed test of the Bulava missile, a long-range weapon that was test fired from a submarine in the Arctic on July 15. The failed missile test was the sixth since 2005, and some experts see Russia's assertiveness elsewhere as a gambit by the military to prove its continued relevance.
I highlighted the important bits; and to paraphrase, there were two Russian submarines, in the Atlantic ocean, outside US territorial waters, and beyond the EEZ, exactly where they wanted them to be.
Another source, the Wall Street Journal:
Russian Subs Seen Off U.S. East Coast
By Peter Spiegel Updated 2009-08-05 11:59 p.m. ET (Wall Street Journal)
WASHINGTON -- Two Russian attack submarines were detected patrolling the waters off the East Coast of the U.S. in recent days, including one that came as close as 200 miles offshore, according to U.S. military officials.
Although Pentagon officials monitoring the subs' movements didn't consider them threatening, one senior military official said the patrols were unusual, given the weakened state of the Russian navy and the failure of Moscow to conduct such missions in years.
"Is it unusual? Yes, but we don't view it as provocative at all," the official said, adding that both subs remained in international waters at all times. The patrols were reported on the Web site of the New York Times.
During the Cold War, subs from both the U.S. and the Soviet Union regularly patrolled the North Atlantic in an elaborate game of naval brinkmanship intended to track rival fleets and position themselves strategically in case of war.
The senior military official said the two Russian vessels were nuclear-powered Akula class submarines, which were used during the Cold War to track North Atlantic Treaty Organization vessels and, in the event of war, attack enemy subs and ships with torpedoes and missiles. Only larger ballistic-missile subs are used for nuclear-weapons launches.
The Times reported that one of the subs had recently made port in Cuba, but the official said the U.S. has no confirmation of that move and that the second sub is believed instead to have remained close to Greenland.
The submarine patrols are the latest series of recent military operations by the Russians -- many of which Moscow dropped in the years following the Cold War -- which analysts believe are an attempt to reassert the stature of its military.
Last year, a Russian long-range strategic bomber buzzed the U.S. aircraft carrier Nimitz and its accompanying flotilla as the Pearl Harbor-based strike group was patrolling the Pacific.
Two years ago, the Royal Air Force scrambled fighters to intercept Russian strategic "Bear" bombers that were flying patrols close to British airspace.
Reuters had the story too:
Russian general shrugs off U.S. submarine worries
Dmitry Solovyov - 2009-08-05 8:05 AM
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior Russian general on Wednesday shrugged off Washington's concern about Cold War-style patrols of Russian nuclear submarines off the U.S. coast, saying it was business as usual for Moscow to keep its navy in shape.
"I don't know if it's news to anyone," Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Russia's deputy chief of general staff, told a news conference. "The navy should not stay idle at its moorings."
He was commenting on a report in the New York Times on Tuesday which said two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines had been patrolling off the Eastern seaboard of the United States in a mission that was rare for post-Cold War times.
The newspaper said the submarines had not taken any provocative action beyond their presence outside U.S. territorial waters, but Pentagon officials voiced wariness over Russia's motivation for ordering such an unusual mission.
Nogovitsyn said: "As for their statements, we can also talk about them (U.S. submarines), where they occur from time to time.
"So this (Russian patrols) is a normal process, and those making such statements understand this pretty well."
Russia, keen to play a more assertive role on the world stage, relies heavily on its still formidable nuclear triad of land-based missiles, nuclear submarines and strategic bombers.
In 2007 it resumed Cold War-style flights of nuclear-capable bombers across the Atlantic.
"This is our right — we felt bored making circles along our internal routes," Nogovitsyn, a military pilot, said of the decision to resume flights of strategic bombers along NATO borders.
"And you remember how much clamor this caused at the time — just because we started going out on combat patrols," he said. "But I must tell you that the battle potential of our strategic aviation has only seriously risen since then."
Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Patrick Graham
CNSNews managed to compile the most complete picture, because their article was three days after the story broke, but I think it still provides a very good view, from the time.
U.S. Unconcerned About Russian Subs off East Coast; Moscow Says Patrol Is Routine
By Patrick Goodenough | August 6, 2009 | 5:03 AM EDT
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/us-unconcerned-about-russian-subs-east-coast-moscow-says-patrol-routine
(CNSNews.com) – The Russian and United States militaries both played down the significance of two Russian attack submarines patrolling in international waters off the East Coast of the U.S., although the Pentagon confirmed Wednesday that it had been years since Russian subs had extended their reach into the region.
"It is the first time … in roughly a decade that we've seen this kind of behavior," Defense Department Press Secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters.
The New York Times reported that a pair of nuclear-powered submarines – an Akula-class attack boat and a newer Akula-II variant – had been patrolling off the eastern seaboard in recent days.
Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement the submarines were being monitored during transit.
Morrell made it clear the Defense Department was not worried by the incident.
"While it is interesting and noteworthy that they are in this part of the world, it doesn't pose any threat and it doesn't cause any concern. So we watch it, we're mindful of it, but it doesn't necessitate anything more than that."
Morrell said as long as the Russian vessels remained in international waters and behaved in a responsible way, they were free to do so.
"Have we had our submarines, our ships off the Russian coast from time to time? Sure. We operate in international waters freely, and they are entitled to do so as well."
U.S. territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles from the shore.
Morrell noted President Obama's desire to "re-set" relations with Moscow and his comments stressing that the days of Cold War rivalry were past. The U.S. military did not "automatically see threatening motives" in the Russian action, the spokesman added.
In Moscow, the RIA Novosti news agency quoted an unnamed "high-ranking Russian Navy source" as disputing the notion that the presence of the subs so far from home was particularly unusual.
"Even during the fleet's most difficult times in the mid-1990s, Russian submarines put to sea on active alert for patrols," the official said. "This practice continues to this day."
A former top Russian Navy officer told Interfax that the presence of submarines from both countries near each other's waters was routine.
"U.S. submarines nearly enter our territorial waters near the Kola Peninsula [near Murmansk in Russia's far north-west] when they receive such a task, and we always detect this," said Admiral Igor Kasatonov, former first deputy commander of the Navy.
A senior military official told a news conference that the submarine patrol was "normal" part of training to improve crews' skills.
"Our navy should not be idling its time away, and it is not only about fighting piracy or other international campaigns," said Gen. Anatoly Nagovitsyn, deputy chief of the General Staff.
"Two Russian Nuclear Submarines Make USA Shake With Fear," ran the headline on Pravda.ru, a tabloid-style news Web site run by former employees of the newspaper that was the Communist Party mouthpiece during the Soviet era.
Assertive
The Akula II class submarine, called Shchuka-B (Shchuka means Pike) by the Russians, is designed to deploy both torpedoes and nuclear-capable cruise missiles. Only three or four are believed to have been built.
After a period of decline following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country's military has become active in recent years, a development driven by former president – now prime minister – Vladimir Putin in a bid to reassert Russia's global influence amid tensions with the West over NATO expansion and missile defense.
In 2007, Putin announced the resumption of Cold War-style long-range flights of strategic bombers that had been halted in the early 1990s.
Last year, two Tupolev Tu-95 bombers buzzed the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean on two occasions, and in September, two Tu-160s landed in Venezuela for military drills.
The Russian Navy has also begun extending its reach and late last year deployed warships to the Western Hemisphere for the first time since the Cold War ended. A taskforce led by a nuclear-powered missile cruiser visited Venezuela for joint exercises and one of the vessels traversed the Panama Canal.
Morrell acknowledged that the past year or two had seen "a greater projection of not just Russian naval power but air power … clearly there is an effort on their part to project force around the world, or at least to take excursions around the world."
Tug visit link?
The New York Times report cited a U.S. official saying that one of the submarines was believed to have sailed south towards Cuba.
A little-noticed RIA Novosti report said a salvage tug from Russia's Northern Fleet, the Altay, would visit Havana this week, in only the second visit by a Russian Navy ship since the end of the Cold War. (Last December's mission to Venezuela included a Havana port call.)
The visit by the Altay, described by Russian weapons researchers as 4,000-ton, 300 foot long vessel with more than 70 crew, may be linked to the submarine journey –a precautionary measure in case problems arise.
Since the Russian Navy began extending its international presence further from home ports, salvage tugs have routinely accompanied its ships.
A task force sent to the coast of Somalia in late June for an anti-piracy mission included a tug, as did a destroyer-led Northern Fleet group which visited Syria last January.
The flotilla that sailed to Venezuela and Cuba late last year was also accompanied by a tug – and the State Department suggested derisively that its presence suggested there were concerns about ships breaking down: "It was very interesting that they found some ships that could actually make it that far down to Venezuela," remarked spokesman Sean McCormack at the time.
The Russian Navy has struggled to jettison a reputation for badly-maintained, poorly-equipped ships.
Last November, a deadly accident occurred onboard an Akula II submarine undergoing sea trials in the Sea of Japan ahead of commissioning. Twenty people, sailors and civilian technicians, died after inhaling poisonous gas when the on-board fire suppression system of the Nerpa was activated. The vessel, which was built to be leased to the Indian Navy, sustained no structural damage, and began new trials late last month.
The Nerpa accident was the latest in a series that have dogged the Russian Navy over the past decade.
Nine crewmen perished when a decommissioned nuclear submarine sank in 2003 in the Barents Sea, and in 2006 two crew members aboard an attack submarine anchored in the same area died in a fire.
In the worst accident, an explosion sank the nuclear submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea in 2000, with all 118 sailors lost. The Altay, the tug reportedly visiting Cuba this week, was involved in the operation to salvage the Kursk.
Here we have an undated version of the same story, planted at "Alternet". Alternet positions itself as a alternative news site, where you get the *real* news.
Russian subs near US coast pose no threat: Pentagon
https://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/78858/russian_subs_near_us_coast_pose_no_threat%3A_pentagon
(no date, no author)
Russian submarines patrolling off the US east coast are not cause for concern and pose no threat to the United States, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
"A Russian Akula class nuclear submarine. Russian submarines patrolling off the US east coast are not cause for concern and pose no threat to the United States, the Pentagon said on Wednesday."
"So long as they are operating in international waters -- as, frankly, we do around the world -- and are behaving in a responsible way, they are certainly free to do so and it doesn't cause any alarm within this building," press secretary Geoff Morrell said at a Pentagon news conference.
US Northern Command issued a brief statement earlier that it was monitoring the submarines, which Morrell said were several hundred miles (kilometers) off the eastern coastline.
Morrell said he was unsure if Moscow gave Washington advance notice but the US military "had the means to derive where they were going."
Morrell played down the episode, saying: "While it is interesting and noteworthy that they are in this part of the world, it doesn't pose any threat and it doesn't cause any concern."
He acknowledged that US submarines have operated off the Russian coast "from time to time" as well, in international waters.
The New York Times first reported the presence of two Russian nuclear-powered, Akula class submarines off the American coast, the first such move in years that carried echoes of Cold War tensions.
The speedy Akula vessels, which can carry cruise missiles, are attack submarines used for spying, guarding warships and tracking nuclear bombers.
Russia neither confirmed or denied that its submarines were patrolling near US territory, but suggested there was undue "hysteria" in this case.
"Activities of Russian submarines in the world's oceans outside their own waters do not violate international maritime law and are within normal practice," a military-diplomatic source told ITAR-TASS news agency.
Russia regularly makes its position on international issues known through unnamed sources quoted by state media, and the country's three main news agencies ran nearly identical reactions to the report, quoting a military-diplomatic source.
"The Russian navy systematically pinpoints the location of NATO submarines, including US Navy submarines, in direct proximity to the territorial waters of the Russian Federation," Interfax news agency quoted the source as saying.
"This however has never been a reason to make a lot of noise in the press," the source said, adding: "Consequently, any hysteria in such a case is inappropriate."
During the Cold war, Moscow and Washington routinely sent submarines near each country's coastline to gather intelligence and track fleet movements.
The patrols near the US Atlantic coastline follow Moscow's symbolic shows of force in the past year, with Russian warships carrying out exercises with Venezuela and Russian bombers buzzing a US aircraft carrier in the Pacific.
President Barack Obama has sought to defuse tensions with Moscow over US plans for a missile defense system in Central Europe.
I ran into the above article being quoted by anonymous unidentified individuals on Twitter who were using it as "PROOF" that there were Russian submarines spotted very recently in American waters; recent, as in yesterday, last week, or last month - it was always in the immanent past, and the article, being undated, allowed that misinformation to trundle on. Were these people misinformed and continuing to pass on their misinformation? Were these malicious state sponsored actors trying to push disinformation? I have no idea, but it did come up several times, and nobody ever referenced the original 2009 articles - it was always a sketchy source, portrayed as recent.
Let me introduce you to disinformation-central; a web site named "Ask Deb", which portrays itself as a helpful how-to site, where you can get a recipe for a bundt cake, or commentary on claims of Russian submarines off the East Coast - you know, the usual.
Why Are Russian Submarines Patrolling the United States Coast?
Posted on March 16, 2018 by Deb in Bizarre, News
https://www.askdeb.com/news/why-are-russian-submarines-patrolling-the-united-states-coast/
If reading that headline gave you an 80s flashback, you're not alone. People are surprised to find out that two Russian attack submarines have been spotted this week within a stone's throw, submarine-wise, of the United States. (FALSE) The sighting of the two nuclear subs represents the first major sighting of Russian submarines since the days of the Cold War (FALSE)
The Pentagon has confirmed — two Russian attack submarines have been "patrolling the waters" off the East Coast of the United States in the past week (FALSE), including one submarine that came as close as 200 miles offshore. Although Pentagon officials (who have been monitoring the sub's movements) didn't consider the sub's presence as a threat, one senior military official said the patrols were "unusual". We have to remember that Russia today is not the same as it was twenty or thirty years ago. Their navy is weak, and there haven't been submarine missions like this in decades.
The Pentagon has determined that the sub's presence is not "provocative", and officials were quick to point out that both nuclear subs stayed in "international waters" during the entirety of their partrol.
This story "broke" early this week when the sightings were reported via an online edition of the New York Times. (FALSE)
For those with a short memory, or who were born after the Cold War, these patrols were once quite normal. In fact, during the course of the Cold War, submarines from both the U.S. and the Soviet Union made regular patrols in the North Atlantic. It was a kind of game — an elaborate burlesque show of naval capability in which both sides showed off their skills at tracking and targeting rival positions. The patrols in the North Atlantic were also meant to indicate to the other side that both sides would be ready in case of war.
The same senior military official quoted saying that the patrols are not an act of aggression released the following info on the Russian boats — both vessels are nuclear powered "Akula class" submarines. These are the same subs that were used during the hottest part of the Cold War to track NATO ships. "Akula class" subs would likely have been the first line of a Russian offensive had that war gone fully hot. "Akula class" boats have the ability to attack with both torpedoes and missiles. While we refer to them as "nuclear subs", don't be alarmed — this class of sub only relies of nuclear energy for its power. It takes much larger ballistic missile firing submarines to launch nuclear weapons.
There are a few unconfirmed aspects of the New York Times story — for instance, the Times reported that one of the pair of submarines most recent move was to put in port in Cuba. The Pentagon specifically mentioned that there is no confirmation of that fact, and that the US military instead believes that submarine hung back near the coast of Greenland.
So why are the Russians sending out nuclear submarines now? (FALSE) The fact that we're even asking that question may give us the answer. The Russian navy is the laughingstock of powerful navies — after the Cold War, Russia couldn't support the kind of military force they'd built up, and many programs were scrapped. The recent showy submarine patrols are just the latest in a series of military operations by the Russians designed to show that they're not dead in the water. (JFC)
Last year, for instance, a Russian long range strategic bomber came out of nowhere and "buzzed" the U.S. aircraft carrier Nimitz and its escorts while that particular strike group was making a regular patrol of the Pacific Ocean. (FALSE) Two years ago, the British Royal Air Force went so far as to scramble fighters in order to intercept Russian strategic bombers that were flying patrols a bit too close to UK territorial air space.
(TRUE, by accident - it happens yearly) An American naval expert quoted in the New York TImes article said it was "probably 15 years since Russia had put two nuclear subs in such proximity to their former Cold War rivals." (FALSE)This morning, the Russian military establishment finally responded to the news. (FALSE) An unnamed Russian official says patrols in international waters are "routine", and that there was no need for "hysteria". Another senior Russian general has shrugged off Washington's concerns, according to the New York Times, saying it was "business as usual" for Moscow to keep its navy in shape. The specific quote — "I don't know if it's news to anyone," Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Russia's deputy chief of general staff, said. "The navy should not stay idle at its moorings."
In 2007, Russia (which is ready to play a more serious role on the world stage) resumed Cold War era flights of nuclear ready bombers across the Atlantic Ocean. Consider this movement into the ocean part of the plan.(FALSE) Russia relies heavily on its so called "nuclear triad" — land based missiles, nuclear submarines and strategic bombers.
Before anyone panics, remember — the submarines have not taken any "provocative action" besides their mere presence, and that presence is in international waters.
The Tu-95 "buzzing" the Nimitz incident happened n 2007 (here) and frankly I don't think I need to review each point and debunk it; it's clearly ripped off the events of 2009, and frames the events as happening in 2018, claiming it's news, which it isn't. I could not find any valid contact information to get AskDeb to remove this twaddle, but their Twitter account has been permanently suspended, I suspect for pushing disinformation and propaganda.
By stealing whole sections of prior articles, and using a healthy dose of truisms and history to lend them credibility, is a good way to make a plausible article. I believe these are traits of an information operation to gain the reader's trust, and have them blend memories in their head. People may remember something about bombers, Alaska, submarines... this fills in those banks, originally sewn by reputable sources, and now filled with completely made up details that support a false narrative of things that didn't happen at all, or didn't happen as they have been portrayed in the correct time frame.
What can we do to stop this?
We have to all be critical thinkers, and use reputable sources. Despite the occasional hard time I give journalists working for the mainstream media, they are far more accurate at reporting the news than a random site such as "AskDeb". Listen to the mainstream media, even if they have their issues, they are more reputable and more accurate than most of the alternative sources. Really.
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Posted by Steffan Watkins at September 15, 2018
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Festive fun includes performances by the Marquis of Granby Ancient Fyfe and Drum Corps, a children's costume parade, reenactors, Old New-Gate stories with a spooky twist, face painting, and other activities. Fun for adults and kids alike! There may be no better place to find the spirit of Halloween than Connecticut's first prison. Located in beautiful East Granby, Connecticut, the site features picturesque ruins, beautiful views, and provides the perfect setting for a historically haunted holiday.
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Justice minister Aimee-Laurentine Kanyana attended a release ceremony in the prison at Gitega, the new official political capital of the small east African nation, for the first batch of released prisoners.
President Pierre Nkurunziza promised the prisoner releases in December 2018, the third time he has granted mass pardons to prisoners since the country spiralled into crisis in 2015, sparking mass arrests.
The government has said the releases are to promote "national reconciliation". But opposition and civil society groups in exile say no political prisoners are to be released and that the move is just to free up more space in jail.
Prisons are massively overcrowded. Burundi has 11 prisons with a capacity for some 4 000 prisoners, but are currently housing more than 11 000 people, according to the rights group Aprodeh.
Those earmarked for release are serving sentences for relatively petty crimes.
"This decree... unfortunately excludes some 4 000 political prisoners who languish in Burundian prisons," said Aprodeh director Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa.
Burundi has been in turmoil since Nkurunziza sought in April 2015 a fiercely-contested third term in office.
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Jacob Dominico Borg (ur. 2 maja 1991 w Wollongong) – maltański piłkarz urodzony w Australii grający na pozycji pomocnika. Obecnie jest zawodnikiem klubu Sliema Wanderers.

Kariera piłkarska
Borg zanim trafił na Maltę występował w australijskich klubach − juniorskich zespołach Gold Coast United i seniorach Dandaloo FC. W 2012 roku trafił do maltańskiej drużyny Balzan Youths, z której latem 2013 roku, po zaledwie jednym sezonie przeniósł się do Sliemy Wanderers.

Kariera reprezentacyjna
Bonello w reprezentacji Malty zadebiutował 14 sierpnia 2013 roku w towarzyskim meczu z Azerbejdżanem. Na boisku pojawił się w 46 minucie meczu.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Reprezentanci Malty w piłce nożnej
Piłkarze Sliema Wanderers F.C.
Urodzeni w 1991
Ludzie urodzeni w Wollongong
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
using CoolNameGenerator.Helper.Reflection;

namespace CoolNameGenerator.GA.Populations
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     Population service.
    /// </summary>
    public static class PopulationService
    {
        #region Methods

        /// <summary>
        ///     Gets available generation strategy types.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>All available generation strategy types.</returns>
        [SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Design", "CA1024:UsePropertiesWhereAppropriate")]
        public static IList<Type> GetGenerationStrategyTypes()
        {
            return TypeHelper.GetTypesByInterface<IGenerationStrategy>();
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Gets the available generation strategy names.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>The generation strategy names.</returns>
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        /// </summary>
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        /// <param name="name">The generation strategy name.</param>
        /// <param name="constructorArgs">Constructor arguments.</param>
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            return TypeHelper.CreateInstanceByName<IGenerationStrategy>(name, constructorArgs);
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        /// <summary>
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            return TypeHelper.GetTypeByName<IGenerationStrategy>(name);
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