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As of June 2007, American Tru-Spinners concluded and settled the first in a series of litigation against the first 12 of several illegal spinner pirating manufacturers, importers and retailers. The outcome within the United States Federal Courts of the Southern District of California were that the American Tru-Spinners patents were indeed valid and therefore validated and enforced by the Federal Courts and the plaintiffs, American Tru-Spinners, prevailed in an unprecedented 100% of its legal actions. American Tru-Spinners won Federal Summary Judgments against all 12 of the defendants for Patent Infringement and Permanent Injunctions were also issued against all the defendants. 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Talk to me now Car DVD Players > Car DVD Player with 4" Digital Screen Car DVD Player with 4" Digital Screen Model No.: JZY-DL0701 Product Origin: China Brand Name: JZY Price Terms: FOB Payment Terms: T/T Supply Ability: 20,000pcs/month Minimum Order: 300pcs See the most recent posting for this Car DVD Player with 4" Digital Screen (Jun 29, 2007) Detailed Product Description Features: Motorized control panel 4.0-Inch wide digital touch screen Electronic Anti-shock DVD / DVD-R / MP3 / VCD / CD / CD-R / CD-RW compatible NTSC / PAL compatible Picture control: Brightness / Contrast / Color / Tint / Reflection size Screen angle / Position memory TV tuner Repeat / Program / Random / Intro play AM / FM / MPX stereo receiver 30 preset stations Auto memory store / Preset scan Preset EQ (Pop / Rock / Classic) Parking Detector interface DVD / VCD / Changer control interface 4*45W h <br />NASCAR Hot Pass is a complementary television package available exclusively on DirecTV in the United States and on various cable & satellite providers in Canada. It debuted at the 2007 Daytona 500, which aired on February 18 of that year. In 2007 and 2008, it was a pay-per-view subscription package. However, starting in 2009, it is now free for all DirecTV subscribers, and the features were noticeably downgraded.<br />Contents<br />1 History <br />1.1 2007-2008 <br />1.2 Pay-per-view Features <br />1.3 Format <br />1.3.1 2007-2008 <br />1.3.2 2009: Change from pay-per-view to free <br />1.4 Driver appearances and performances <br />2 Announcers in 2007 and 2008 <br />3 Nascar iN Car <br />4 Availability <br />5 See also <br />6 References <br />7 External links <br />// <br />History<br />NASCAR Hot Pass debuted at the 2007 Daytona 500 on February 18. Harvick, who was seen on channel 796, was the race winner. Five channels, 795 to 799, featured different drivers, while a "mix" channel, 794, was a miniature version of each of the driver channels and links to their full screens. On the day after each race, channel 793 was used for "shortcuts," 30-minute excerpts of the previous day's (or night's) coverage. Both options have since been eliminated.<br />The in-car audio option was added at the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 on March 11.<br />2007-2008<br />Pay-per-view Features<br />NASCAR Hot Pass includes a view of the race from a driver's in-car camera, unedited communications between the driver, crew chief, and spotter, and telemetry showing the car's speed and horsepower. Part of the screen also includes the live nationwide race broadcast.<br />The annual price was $99 per year, paid in two monthly installments of $49.50 each. As with all other DirecTV PPV sports packages, there is expected to be an annual renewal discount for subscribers with an account in good standing.<br />In mid-May 2007, DirecTV began offering a discounted rate of $79 for the remaining races of the season. In July, the price was slashed again, this time to $59. In each case, there are again two installments. From late August through the end of the season, the price was $19.95 for up to the final 11 races, the same price as each individual race up to that time.<br />In 2008, DirecTV offered a special rate of $40 for the entire season for new subscribers.<br />Format<br />2007-2008<br />In 2007 and 2008, Hot Pass consisted of 10 channels between 790 and 799. The first four channels, 790 through 793, showed drivers selected by the producers and DirecTV. The drivers varied from race to race and will depend on a number of factors, including driver popularity and past performance on a given track. In addition, for some races, one driver was selected based on an online vote. For example, the 2008 Daytona 500 free preview had Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, and Tony Stewart.<br />During the race, viewers had the option of the live official telecast audio, the separate broadcast dedicated to the driver, and in-car communications between the driver and his team. During commercials, only the broadcast audio and in-car channel are available. Also during the breaks, race action is still available, but on a much smaller screen than at other times.<br />The fifth channel (794) simulcasted the main broadcast and provided subscribers a choice of 12 other audio channels from the drivers not chosen otherwise. Kurt Busch, Michael Waltrip, and Carl Edwards were among the options at the free preview.<br />Channels 795 through 799, the original Hot Pass channels, had the same features, only with high-definition video and enhanced-quality audio. HD equipment is required to access these channels.<br />If a driver already chosen has been eliminated from the race before its conclusion, other drivers were substituted. For example, Jimmie Johnson replaced Gordon at the 2008 Daytona 500, and Denny Hamlin filled in for Stewart at the same race the year before. Also, two substitutions were made on the same channel at the 2007 Pepsi 400, also a free preview, as J.J. Yeley filled in for Harvick, who in turn substituted for Stewart.<br />2009: Change from pay-per-view to free<br />On December 10, 2008, NASCAR and DirecTV mutually agreed to end Hot Pass as a pay-per-view package. For 2009, the package will be free to all DirecTV subscribers. The 4 driver channels (795-798) will still be available and in HD, however all other features were removed. <br />The free version consists of a split screen shot of the featured drivers' in-car cameras on one side and a simulcast of the official race coverage on the other. 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Their docile nature, reluctance to bite, moderate adult size 1.2 to 1.8 metres (3.9 to 5.9ft), attractive pattern, and comparatively simple care make them popular pet snakes. In the wild, they usually live around 15-20 years, but may live as long as 23 years in captivity. Like all rat snakes, corn snakes are non-venomous.<br />Contents<br />1 Subspecies <br />2 Natural habitat <br />3 Diet <br />4 Reproduction <br />5 As pets <br />6 Handling <br />7 Variations <br />7.1 Color morphs <br />7.2 Pattern morphs <br />7.3 Compound morphs <br />7.4 Intergrades <br />7.5 Hybrids <br />8 References <br />9 External links <br />// <br />Subspecies<br />There are two subspecies of Elaphe guttata:<br />The Common Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata guttata) lives in the southeastern United States, and is distinguished by having brownish-orange skin with orange/red saddles, the saddles having black borders, and usually a black and white underbelly. <br />The Great Plains Rat Snake or Emory's Rat Snake (Elaphe guttata emoryi) is found in the United States from Nebraska to Texas, and into northern Mexico. <br />Natural habitat<br />Wild Corn Snakes prefer habitats such as overgrown fields, forest openings, trees, and abandoned or seldom-used buildings and farms, from sea level to as high as 6,000 feet. They can be found in the southeastern United States ranging from New Jersey to the Florida keys and as far west as Texas.<br />In colder regions, snakes hibernate during winter. However, in the more temperate climate along the coast they shelter in rock crevices and logs during cold weather, and come out on warm days to soak up the heat of the sun, a process known as brumation. During cold weather, snakes are less active and therefore hunt less.<br />Diet<br /><br />A Corn Snake swallowing a small mouse<br />Corn Snakes have a diet primarily consisting of rodents, mostly mice and rats, which they kill via constriction. They are proficient climbers and may scale trees in search of birds and bats. As litters of infant mice are difficult to find in nature, many neonate Corn Snakes are known to eat small lizards as their first meals, and anoles are the preferred choice.[citation needed] Some individuals retain these dietary tendencies well into adulthood.<br />Pet Corn Snakes are usually fed by their owners on a diet of commercially available rodents, predominantly mice, while younger and smaller specimens may eat live or dead rat or mouse pups of various sizes. Frozen mice are usually preferable, as live prey can possibly carry disease or injure the snake if it has not been raised on live prey.<br />Reproduction<br /><br />Corn Snakes hatching from their eggs<br />Corn snakes usually breed shortly after the winter cooling. The male courts the female primarily with tactile and chemical cues, then everts one of his hemipenes, inserts it into the female, and ejaculates his sperm. 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Production began in May, 2005. The "CK" name stands for "Freedom Ship" or "Free Cruiser". It is sold as Geely Otaka on Russian market.<br />The CK holds the distinction of being the first Chinese automobile ever displayed at an American auto show, although it was only shown to the press and not the general public. Geely had planned to begin selling the model in Puerto Rico in 2007 on the way to beginning sales in America the next year. The CK was also shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2005 along with four other Geely models.<br />The CK is based on a South Korean design by Daewoo, Tower Metal, Wooshin Systems, and CES, which Geely licensed. Its 1.5L engine is a Toyota Motor Corporation design, also licensed. It produces 94hp (70kW) at 6000 rpm. The automatic transmission is built in China, the first to be manufactured there.<br />Recently, it has been shown that the vehicles are extremely unsafe in collisions . 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It is written and directed by Dan Reed, who made his directorial dut.<br />The film features Gillian Anderson as Alice Comfort and Danny Dyer as Adam.<br />Contents<br />1 Synopsis <br />2 Plot <br />3 Cast <br />3.1 Cast Notes <br />4 Trivia <br />5 Music <br />6 DVD Release <br />7 References <br />8 External links <br />// <br />Synopsis<br />After leaving a party, a couple are brutally attacked by a group of men. After the police fail in finding their assailants, the couple decide to go after the men. The film examines the emotional and sexual issues caused by both the original attack and the decision to seek revenge.<br />Plot<br />Adam, a 23-year-old self-employed security technician, is hired by a businesswoman, Alice Comfort, to set up a security system in her house. After finishing the work, Adam falls asleep on a lawnchair in her backyard. When Alice arrives home and finds him there, she impulsively asks him to accompany her to a housewarming party for her boss. 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Several men get out, beat Adam into submission, and then gang-rape Alice.<br />A month passes, during which Adam and Alice physically heal - the only reminder of the attack being an eyepatch that Adam must wear to protect an eye wound he received during the beating - but both remain emotionally wounded. Upon returning to work, Alice receives notification that, while she was hospitalized following her rape, her father died. Alice drives out to his country estate to put his affairs in order, where she discovers a locked chest that she recognizes from her childhood. On the way home, she passes by a group of men on horseback, one of which she recognizes as having raped her. She gets his name - Heffer - from one of the other men.<br />Alice then contacts Adam, and he makes his way to Alice's father's house where she tells him that she's found one of the men responsible for attacking them. 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