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We never ask the president how he's doing! President Obama said he'd love to have that beer with Rob, and also said he's doing great, thanks to his "amazing wife and unbelievably terrific daughters!"
"My wife still thinks I'm pretty cute, even with this gray hair," Obama said.
This is the third time the president has held a Google Hangout after the State of the Union address. Watch the entire exchange below.
Save the date, the French film festival is back in Palmerston North from 14th to 27th of March 2019! This year, we have a great selection of funny, romantic, historic and interesting movies from comedies to documentaries.
A lot of well-known names and faces such as Jean Dujardin, Catherine Deneuve or Audrey Tautou with a lot of emerging talents, actors and directors portray or directs ensembles of loving characters.
Don't miss this great opportunity only once a year! All 27 movies will be screened in French, with English subtitles, in Palmerston North Event Cinemas, 70 Broadway Avenue.
Three special events will be organised by your favourite team with a glass of wine, canapes and petits fours, and live entertainment on arrival included in the ticket. Don't miss the Opening Night (Thursday 14 March), the Girls Night Out (Friday 15 March) and the Closing Night (Wednesday 27 March), from 7.45pm at the cinema.
Stay tuned on the official festival website and on their social media channels for other screening dates. Don't forget that Alliance Française members get special discounts during the festival.
A très bientôt au cinéma!
Motorola has placed India amongst the four ‘top target markets’ along with the United States, China and Western Europe for setting up wireless broadband infrastructure for telecom operators according to the Indian web site Business Standard.
Motorola’s system can perform in high and low-density environments in the presence of external interference. Also, the sixty degree antennae beam delivers up to six plus Mbps of effective throughput with connectivity to a maximum of 200 subscribers per access point (AP), and it enables the delivery of broadband access to multiple locations from a single AP, Stipati said, adding that return of investment was possible in six to twelve months.
The company was offering the infrastructure to Indian operators at $8,000 per base tower and $250 per subscriber module, said Avinash Bector, regional channel manager, Asia Pacific Region, Motorola - canopy.
WiMAX growth seems better outside of the US. I worry about its future within this country. In order for the technology to take off the FCC will have to help make it feasible and inexpensive to provide service. Frequencies need allocatingand the regulatory environment needs to favor broadband competition. Right now the FCC has not fostered the competitive broadband environment we need in the DSL market but they have made it possible to provide broadband over power lines. Hopefully they will see WiMAX as an essential technology for the US to lead in and champion it like it has VoIP in the past. Om Malik just blogged a negative WiMAX piece as I wrote this andi thought it worth sharing.
Motorola has placed India amongst the four ‘top target markets’ along with the United States, China and Western Europe for setting up wireless broadband infrastructure for telecom operators according to the Indian web site Business Standard.\n\nAccording to the article:\n\n Motorola’s system can perform in high and low-density environments in the presence of external interference. Also, the sixty degree antennae beam delivers up to six plus Mbps of effective throughput with connectivity to a maximum of 200 subscribers per access point (AP), and it enables the delivery of broadband access to multiple locations from a single AP, Stipati said, adding that return of investment was possible in six to twelve months. \n \nThe company was offering the infrastructure to Indian operators at \$8,000 per base tower and \$250 per subscriber module, said Avinash Bector, regional channel manager, Asia Pacific Region, Motorola - canopy. \n\nWiMAX growth seems better outside of the US. I worry about its future within this country. In order for the technology to take off the FCC will have to help make it feasible and inexpensive to provide service. Frequencies need allocatingand the regulatory environment needs to favor broadband competition. Right now the FCC has not fostered the competitive broadband environment we need in the DSL market but they have made it possible to provide broadband over power lines. Hopefully they will see WiMAX as an essential technology for the US to lead in and champion it like it has VoIP in the past. Om Malik just blogged a negative WiMAX piece as I wrote this andi thought it worth sharing.
Originally Published: July 10, 2018 8:12 p.m.
The predictions of doom over the creation of super teams in the NBA is much ado about nothing. The wailing comes from people who aren’t old enough to remember the league’s early days or those who haven’t checked the history books.
Super teams have been the norm in the NBA since the league was created in 1949 by merging two existing leagues. The Minneapolis Lakers, who moved to Los Angeles in 1960, proceeded to win five of the first NBA Championships.
Next up were the Boston Celtics, who won an astounding 11 titles between 1957 and 1969. The next decade was the only one in league history that smacked of parity. Eight teams won titles in the 70s, including the Celtics twice. The relocated Lakers dominated the 80s, the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls the 90s, and the Lakers and San Antonio Spurs won three championships each in the 2000s.
The Golden State Warriors have won three of the last four titles, all played against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The difference between today’s super teams and those of yore is that league executives used to construct teams, where now the players determine where they play.
Basketball is more prone to dominant teams than other sports because the best players have more influence on the outcome of games. NFL teams play 11 per side and in baseball the best player on a team is only one hitter out of nine. Even in hockey, which most closely resembles the NBA in the number of players per side, 6 to 5, the best players are on the ice for only one-third of the game, whereas NBA players can be on the court for 70-80 percent of the contest.
The key question isn’t whether only a few NBA teams have a chance to win championships, but whether that hurts the league. The answer is clearly no. The league has never been more popular. Revenue has doubled in a mere five years. Why? As ESPN has tried to convince us since it was founded almost 40 years ago, sports is first and foremost about entertainment, and no league does it better than the NBA. People pay money for tickets or watch from afar to be entertained.
Instead of thinking of the NBA as a sport, think of it as you would a concert. The band Phish plays dozens of sold-out concerts a year all around the country. The songs are the same, yet the audience — many of whom follow the band from city to city, year after year — never tires of hearing them. Unlike a sporting event where the outcome is uncertain, fans attending a concert know the script and the outcome — songs and words — in advance, yet they keep coming back. They come for the entertainment, which is why the NBA — with its super teams — is so popular.
While some people lament the lack of competition for titles, NBA owners and players, who receive 50 percent of league revenues, are laughing all the way to the bank.
Column: Do taxes affect winning in professional sports?
The ouroboros of pop culture has finally caught its own tail: the niche ’90s animated series ReBoot is being rebooted for a new generation. The original show, which ran from 1994 to 2001, was the first ever fully computer animated television series. ReBoot is set in a computer world called the Mainframe, where the characters Bob, Dot, and Enzo fought the virus Megabyte and his henchmen. The heroes also faced off against Megabyte’s sister, Hexadecimal, who to this day is still the scariest thing anyone has ever seen.
Created by Michael Hefferon, the new series will be called ReBoot: The Guardian Code and will mix live-action footage and CG sequences. The story will focus on four teens who realize that they are next-generation Guardians of the Mainframe (the mantle of the characters in the original series) who must save the real world by defending it in cyberspace. The series once again will be produced by the Mainframe subsidiary of Rainmaker Entertainment. Corus Entertainment has ordered 26 episodes thus far.
It will interesting to see if kids latch on to this show the way they did in the mid-’90s, when the inner workings of computers were a complete mystery to most adolescents and the allure of a mainframe world burned bright for those whose parents wouldn’t let them watch The Lawnmower Man (because it was “for adults” with terrible taste). Anyway, ReBoot is getting a reboot, the circle is complete, and the only thing left to reboot at this point is ourselves—and The Lawnmower Man.
MADISON, Wi. The Michigan Tech hockey team was defeated 6-2 at No. 14 Wisconsin Saturday (Oct. 27) at the Kohl Center. The Huskies had a 2-1 lead in the first period before surrendering five straight goals.
"We gave them an awful lot of room that we didn't give them last night," Tech coach Joe Shawhan said. "I think Wisconsin's a pretty good team, but I don't think they're a high-end team at this point of the season, and tonight was a little disappointing. It's frustrating that we can play with anybody on a Friday night but turnaround and struggle on Saturday."
Tech (1-3-0) got down 1-0 2:25 into the game but responded with a pair of first period goals to take the lead.
Greyson Reitmeier buried his first of the season at the 8:29 mark, ripping a wrist shot past UW goaltender Daniel Lebedeff. Brian Halonen and Seamus Donohue assisted on the play.
Halonen then buried a one-timer on the power play from Colin Swoyer 4:08 later for his first career tally. Trenton Bliss added the secondary assist as all three freshmen got points for the second night in a row. Halonen extended his point streak to three games with the goal.
UW (3-2-0) evened it up at two 1:46 before the first intermission when Wyatt Kalynuk found the back of the net.
Roman Ahcan scored shorthanded 25 seconds into the second period, as the Badgers took the lead for the second time in the game.
Seamus Malone made it 4-2 Wisconsin 9:22 into the second. Linus Weissbach added a power-play tally before the middle period was over. Max Zimmer closed out scoring 16:22 into the third for his second of the night after potting the game's first goal.
"It's within this team to play better," added Shawhan. "Our forwards are our strength right now, and they need to help our young defense. It's up to the group to play better, and it's my job to get that out of them."
The Badgers outshot the Huskies 40-26. Tech goaltender Matt Jurusik made 34 saves. Tech's first shot of the night by Reitmeier got by Lebedeff but he finished with 24 saves.
The teams combined for 17 penalties, totaling 53 minutes. Tech was 1-for-4 on the power play and 3-for-6 on the penalty kill.
The Huskies continue their eight-game road trip next weekend at Alabama Huntsville to begin WCHA play.
Military Times Forums > Military Service > Air Force > Anybody here serve in Afghanistan outside of Bagram or Qandahar?
View Full Version : Anybody here serve in Afghanistan outside of Bagram or Qandahar?
Wanted to see how many served in the "real" Afghanistan in a place where the Army were the majority and the Air Force had to live under their rules and hooah's, LOL.
I served on FOB Mehtarlam in Laghman Province for a year, but also been to Jalalabad airfield, Asadabad, Naray, and Morales-Frazier. Naray was by far the scariest of those places. We had some of our guys assigned to Kamdesh the latter half of our 1 year tour, all of which were Army, and it turned out that place was overrun with Taliban in 2009. Kalagush was the better deal.
I deployed to Kabul where all the real warfighters went. Everybody else had a gravy train compared to us.
Which one had a three drink minimum?
I've been all over Afghanistan. Pissed in some of the finest dirt that country has to offer. So what?
You just described Camp Eggers in Kabul when I was there seven years ago. Is that the "real" Afghanistan by your standards?
I never would have guessed you've served in Afghanistan . . or with the Army . . weird how you've never mentioned it.
I'm catching up on older threads and I see that he does seem to mention this quite often.
Bagram was ran by the Army during my stay.
So sorry; I forgot all about Kabul! Some friends of mine that were Air Force served at Camp Eggers or Phoenix and I knew a few that were Army serving at the main airport.
Interesting note: 2 of the people I served with died in a suicide bomb explosion in September of 2008, both of which were Army. It happened near the American Embassy and one of the people was a SFC Meredith Howard, who was the oldest woman to ever die in combatEVER? How the hell did anyone make that determination? Mankind has been warring since before we were cavemen.
Just googled Meridith Howard, Wowzers, tough gal.
Kia's UVO voice controller uses some of the same code as Ford's SYNC system--both have Microsoft roots--but it has a more limited set of functions. It's still a better idea than steering your iPod with your hands and a distracted pair of eyes, in our opinion.
Small SUVs sometimes earn the nickname "cute-utes," and it's never been more true. Trucky imitation is so 2005; crossovers like the Kia Sportage are sleek little gym shoes, packing the same convenience in much more stylish duds. It's grown up and out, in size and price and performance, and that means the latest Sportage is now in the thick of things, alongside best sellers like the Ford Escape and Honda CR-V, its kin Hyundai Tucson, and the grassroots favorite Subaru Forester.
Priced from below $20,000 in base form to more than $30,000 as a turbo SX, the Sportage overlaps a lot of larger vehicles now, but it does it with a confident look. We think it's one of the best-looking compact utes, with its deft mashup of SUV and hatchback lines. The tipped-back stance shares some sass with the Soul, and a few well-chosen details lighten up thick body sides. It's chunky, but not at all clunky--we think, what the Jeep Compass could have been. The cockpit relates to the sheetmetal in a way most cars and utes gloss over. Big gauges are framed by a rectangular dash that's toned down significantly versus the one in the Tucson, though if you look hard, you can see how the two share some common hard points. It's workmanlike in the best way possible--it looks substantial, and feels authentic.
All Sportages offer a four-cylinder engines, and in most models the 2.4-liter four makes 176 horsepower. Direct injection is new this year; it hasn't changed the measured acceleration the engine and a six-speed automatic dole out (a manual's available), but pokey, the Sportage is not. It's fairly refined in motion, too, and the automatic's unstressed and reasonably quick to shift when you move the lever to manual mode.
Opt for the turbocharged SX and the Sportage's output rises to a breathy 260 hp, enough to spin the front wheels a little before traction control mellows out the party, and the automatic gets shift paddles for less distracted driving and better response. All-wheel drive is an option across the board, and comes with a differential lock that splits power 50:50 at speeds up to 25 mph. Gas mileage ranges from 21/30 mpg with the front-drive four-cylinder, to 20/27 mpg with the SX AWD.
Mashing up hatchback and cute-ute cues, the 2012 Kia Sportage manages a trend-setting look without becoming a fashion victim.
We think the 2012 Kia Sportage is one of the best-looking compact utes, with its deft mashup of SUV and hatchback lines.
The tipped-back stance shares some sass with the Soul, and a few well-chosen details lighten up thick body sides. It's chunky, but not at all clunky--we think, what the Jeep Compass could have been. The front end is particularly crisp, with a sort of elegant simplicity in the way the headlights and spoiler play with the reverse-bowtie blacked-out grille. The light sculpturing down its flanks makes the Sportage’s straight lines look even better in relief, too.
The cockpit of the 2012 Sportage relates to the sheetmetal in a way most cars and utes gloss over. Big gauges are framed by a rectangular dash that's toned down significantly versus the one in the Tucson, though if you look hard, you can see how the two share some common hard points. It's workmanlike in the best way possible--it looks substantial, and feels authentic. But it’s handsome, too—something you’d never say of high-utility crossovers like the outgoing Ford Escape or Honda CR-V.
Powertrains are strong and satisfying, but a jittery ride and steering that feels too hefty make the Sportage less confidence-inspiring in the corners.
You won't find a V-6 here; four-cylinder engines have been installed across the 2012 Sportage lineup. And in most models the Sportage gets a 2.4-liter four, making 176 horsepower. it delivers adequate and measured acceleration through the six-speed automatic (a manual's available, but we haven't driven it). The automatic feels unstressed and reasonably quick to shift when you move the lever to manual mode.
Opt for the turbocharged SX and the Sportage's output rises to a breathy 260 hp, enough to spin the front wheels a little before traction control mellows out the party, and the automatic gets shift paddles for less distracted driving and better response.
In either front- or all-wheel-drive guise, the Sportage falls a little shy of the ride and handling delights of, say, a Subaru Forester. The ride’s a touch rumbly, especially on the big 18-inch wheels offered on top trims. Kia’s tuning of the electric power steering it shares with Hyundai is a bit better, with more dialed-in heft that muted some of the wandering you’d feel in a Tucson on the highway. Like the brakes, it gives up a touch of the controlled feel Subaru’s delivered in the nimble Forester.
For its size, the 2012 Kia Sportage offers a roomy interior, although a stiff ride and road noise make it far from luxurious.
With its wider footprint, the 2012 Sportage delivers more interior space than its ancestors, but it's still on the smaller side of compact crossovers.
The front seats benefit from the relatively high dash, and have good leg and shoulder room. As usual, add a sunroof, subtract headroom. The seats themselves are well-shaped and can be air-cooled on high-line Sportages.
The back seat's like that in the Tucson--bigger adults will slouch a bit to find a good seating position perched on the otherwise nicely angled cushions. Cargo space measures 26.1 cubic feet, more than some luxury utes, and the rear-end styling means more of the cargo space is hidden behind sheetmetal--great for valuables, not so great if you carry pets often.
Ride quality tends to be a little stiff and jarring, compared to other crossovers this size; another downside is road noise, which can reach an ever-present rumble on coarse surfaces.
Rearward visibility is the only blemish on the 2012 Sportage's very solid set of safety credentials.
The 2012 Kia Sportage has plenty going for it with respect to safety. Its feature list is stocked with items that safety-minded folks in northern climates will appreciate--and so far, it's achieved an excellent set of safety ratings.
Dual front, side and curtain airbags; anti-lock brakes; and stability control are standard in all Sportage models. In addition, they have standard hill-start assist and downhill brake assist, which aid and abet all-traction capability. Rear parking sensors and a rearview camera are available in option packages on some but not in all models. We recommend them, as there are some big blind spots and rearward visibility is s weakness.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) gives the Sportage high crash-test scores: the front-drive model earns four stars overall, while the all-wheel-drive models get five stars overall. The compact ute gets top 'good' ratings across the board from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)—and it's earned the Top Safety Pick designation as a result.
The 2012 Kia Sportage comes with more standard features than rival models in the same price range, but it's not a value standout in all respects.
The 2012 Kia Sportage comes with a generous list of standard features, no matter which model. And most of them include connectivity features like Bluetooth and a USB port.
Kia offers three versions of the Sportage. The base vehicle is priced at around $19,000 and brings with it air conditioning; power windows, locks and mirrors; and 16-inch wheels. Moving up to more expensive models adds features like keyless start; satellite radio; Bluetooth; steering-wheel audio and phone controls; and a USB port.
Top LX models get a cooled glove box; a power driver seat; 18-inch wheels; leather steering wheel and shifter trim; roof rails; and a rear spoiler. One disappointment--at least for those who choose EX models--is that you have to also step up to the LX to get telescopic steering adjustment.
Major options include leather upholstery; seat heaters; a cooled driver seat; and finally UVO, Kia's version of the Microsoft voice controller sold by Ford as SYNC. Kia's version has a more limited vocabulary and controls fewer functions, but it can search all your media to find the perfect soundtrack to your next drive, whether it lives on your iPod, an SD card, or HD Radio.
The 2012 Kia Sportage is nearly the best in class for gas mileage--if you don't opt for AWD.
The 2012 Kia Sportage offers pretty impressive fuel economy ratings--provided you stick with front-wheel drive. The available all-wheel drive (AWD) system that's available in the Sportage adds a couple hundred pounds and a lot of extra driveline drag, to knock up to 4 mpg off estimates.
Gas mileage ranges from 21/30 mpg with the front-drive four-cylinder, to 20/27 mpg with the SX AWD.
The 2012 Sportage is one of a set of vehicles found to have overstated fuel-economy numbers. Kia initially submitted figures of 22/32 mpg (25 combined) with the 2.4-liter engine and up to 22/29 (24 combined) with the 2.0-liter. On a confirmation check of several vehicles, the EPA found the Sportage's actual tested fuel economy to be lower, with those figures (along with all the rest in the lineup) corrected to 21/20 mpg (25 combined) and 21/28 (24 combined), respectively. See the model-year details for all the other numbers. Also, owners can register with Kia to receive reimbursement for the gas consumed above and beyond expected levels; more details are found at KiaMPGInfo.com.
JACKSON, MS (WDAM) - What the Mississippi Department of Corrections is calling a “statewide incident” has led to widespread lockdowns at correctional facilities and regional jails across the state.
MDOC said that means visitation, commissary and outside recreation are suspended for the time being.
The social media post does not elaborate on the “statewide incident,” only saying the investigation is ongoing.
We have reached out to the agency for more details.
Fifth-ranked N.C. State (4-0) edged Old Dominion 16-15 at Constant Center, though the Monarchs (0-2) won half of the 10 bouts and registered a notable victory at 157 pounds.
Larry Early, ranked ninth in the nation at 157, upended last year's NCAA runner-up, No. 2 Hayden Hidlay, 4-2.
Also winning for ODU were Michael McGee (ranked No. 16 nationally at 125 pounds), Kenan Carter (149), Seldon Wright (No. 19 at 174) and Will Hilliard (285). Wright beat 17th-ranked Daniel Bullard 4-2 in overtime.
Jay Aiello, a 197-pounder, paced the Virginia team at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Friday by advancing to the quarterfinals, and was one of four U.Va. wrestlers to advance to day two of the event.
Cam Coy (165), Sam Krivus (141) and Will Schany (184) will join Aiello in day two of competition Saturday.
The Atlantic Coast Conference has set a date to launch its television network and has lined up its first football game broadcast.
League officials said Friday that the ACC Network will begin broadcasting on Aug. 22, 2019, and will televise Georgia Tech’s visit to Clemson one week later. The network plans to air 1,300 live events each year from the league’s 15 schools and 27 sponsored sports.
ESPN President James Pitaro said “we are all systems go” with less than nine months before the network launches.
Just more than a minute before penalty kicks would have decided the match, Julia Ashley scored in the second overtime to lift North Carolina over previously unbeaten Georgetown 1-0 in their College Cup semifinal in Cary, N.C.
The Tar Heels will face Florida State at 1 p.m. Sunday for the crown in an all-ACC clash.
The Seminoles ousted Stanford 2-0, beating a team that hadn’t lost in 45 consecutive games. Sophomore defender Gabby Carle scored the first goal, and teammate Malia Berkely added another in the first half.
Florida State is heading back to the NCAA championship game for the first time since 2014, when it won the title against Virginia.