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SEOUL (Reuters) – Pittsburgh Pirate infielder Kang Jung-ho was charged with driving while intoxicated and fleeing the scene of an accident after a car crash in the early hours of Friday morning, South Korean police have confirmed.
The South Korean was at the wheel when his car crashed into a guardrail in the Gangnam district of Seoul at around 2:45 a.m. local time (1745 GMT Thursday) but he fled the scene, a police official said by telephone.
The 29-year-old's blood alcohol level was 0.084 percent, above the 0.05 percent limit beyond which a driver will have their license suspended, the official said, asking not to be named.
Kang later turned himself in to the police for questioning at 5 a.m. and was charged without being taken into custody, the official said.
Pirates President Frank Coonelly, who was himself arrested for driving while over the limit in 2011, said in a statement the team were aware of the "serious charges" filed against Kang.
"We are extremely disappointed in Jung Ho and in his decision process during this matter," he said.
"I know first-hand how foolish and dangerous it is to drive under the influence and am most thankful that, as we understand it, no one was injured.
"We will have further comment once we have been able to gather all of the relevant facts and speak with the player."
Kang played for nine seasons in South Korea before signing for the Pirates in 2015.
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With 13,000 jobs and a capital investment of $10 billion, Foxconn's investment in southeastern Wisconsin is by far the state's largest economic development project and is the largest corporate attraction project in U.S. history as measured by jobs.
The project will be the largest greenfield investments by a foreign-based company in U.S. history as measured by jobs. With a floor area of 20 million sq. feet, the Foxconn campus will become one of the largest manufacturing campuses in the world — eclipsing the New Century Global Center in Chengdu, China, the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, and the Boeing facility in Everett, Washington.
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The Milwaukee 7 continues to assist Foxconn in a number of areas, including supply chain sourcing as the company compiles potential suppliers for its new manufacturing plant that it plans to build in southeastern Wisconsin. As we receive requests for assistance in sourcing specific commodities/services, our goal is to present as many local vendors as possible that meet their requests. If you are interested in being a potential vendor, we are requesting the following:
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I discovered Trampled by Turtles in the classic way one usually expects to come across a bluegrass band: perusing the character-specific curated playlists that some corporate marketer at Star Wars released on Spotify to promote their new film, Rogue One. Trampled by Turtles had been making music long before that, though. The band just released their 8th album, Life is Good on the Open Road, after an almost two year long hiatus that saw several band members (including frontman Dave Simonett) embarking on side projects like Dead Man Winter.
Time away from the studio and each other did not dull the band's potency, however. Over a decade into their careers, they're as strong as ever, releasing what is arguably one of the best bluegrass albums thus far in 2018.
Trampled by Turtles last album, Wild Animals, released in 2016, was atmospheric folk in the vein of Fleet Foxes. Life is Good on the Open Road has the band returning to their more traditional roots, diving right in with the fast paced "Kelly's Bar," the kind of song that will get audiences stomping their feet and clapping their hands. Lyrically, it's an interesting song. Considering that Trampled by Turtles had been on a two year hiatus, lines like "And maybe you're not where you thought you would be" set against the backdrop of a man who finds himself back home (stationary, in a local bar along train tracks, listening to the trains whiz by but never taking one himself) feels almost autobiographical. The second song on the album, "We All Get Lonely," then acts as the coming down of the good time described in "Kelly's Bar."
"Started out a big, bright city, now it's a small town, everyone you never wanted to run into again, is sitting at this bar next to each other," Simonett croons.
"The Middle," the third song on the album, is where Life is Good on the Open Road seems to really settle into itself. It's a bittersweet sounding song, both lyrically and musically, with some beautiful string work by Ryan Young on fiddle and Eamonn McLain on cello. The backing blend of banjo and mandolin add depth to Simonett's vocals – harmonized gorgeously, as they often are, by the other members of the band.
"Thank You, John Steinbeck" ambles through an homage to classic motifs of folk songs past like a modern day Woody Gutherie tune. It's the lone traveler out to find America, complete with a reference to Steinbeck's Travel's With Charley, a book exactly about that. It's slightly cliched, but one of my favorite songs on album despite it. Erik Berry's mandolin playing, for me, is the standout, playing sweetly off the strings.
The album picks up again with "Annihilate," a fun, fast paced song that gallops along with Dave Carroll's impressive banjo picking, leading into another toe-tapper, "Right Back Where We Started." The latter once again touches on the album's traveling theme, as well as the question of trying to figure out where one belongs that Simonett seems to be working though on this album.
"Life is Good on the Open Road" is worthy of being the title track, playing off the strengths of Trampled by Turtles' harmonies and their beautiful arrangements. "The light inside you comes and goes, but it never really goes out," Simonett opines of the open road, instilling hope in the listener that there are only good things to come from this band in the future. And indeed, the song that follows, "Blood in the Water," is a rowdy good time; you can tell that Trampled by Turtles had fun recording this one. Raw and raucous, it's sure to be a crowd pleaser at live shows.
"I Went to Hollywood" has the band again harkening back to the motif of travel as self-discovery with lines like "I cut my teeth in the Middle West but I was born to ramble, hit the brakes and I pull to the left, and every day is a battle." The song should feel a little cliched, a bluegrass/folk band talking about the disappointments of the "big city," but Trampled by Turtles gets away with it by being delightfully authentic in their brand of alternative meets bluegrass.
The album ends with two slowed down songs cut in half by a pretty instrumental. "I'm Not There Anymore" stands out with dulcet mandolin tones and harmonized vocals that are like honey to the listener's ears. Finally, "I Learn the Hard Way" has Simonett leaving the city that he's danced around for most of the album, leaving the listener with a sense that this band is in a better place than when they started recording this album, fresh off their shaky hiatus. All in all, Life is Good on the Open Road is a welcome return for Trampled by Turtles. Fourteen years after their debut, they haven't lost their spark.


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Lace up those hiking boots and come on down. The American Hiking Society is celebrating its 17th annual National Trails Day at the Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Lorton, on Saturday, June 6.
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For those who want to give back to the parks, there are several trail maintenance projects going on throughout the day — from invasive species removal to clearing of pathways. The activities at Mason Neck are part of some 1,200 events taking place across the U.S.
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Hosted with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/National Wildlife Refuge System, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Virginia State Parks and Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, the celebration kicks off at Mason Neck State Park, 7301 High Point Road, Lorton, at 9 a.m. with a welcoming ceremony, followed by activities throughout the day. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11) will be on hand.
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The following commentary is from Steve Leyton, president of Protection Design and Consulting:
I read your summary of the Geneva, Illinois, council action and Bill Webb's comments regarding homebuilder misrepresentations of costs. Please remember that although most conversations are definitely corrupted by misinformation by the National Association of Home Builders and others in opposition [of fire sprinkler requirements], we (the sprinkler industry and advocacy community) have also been understating costs for many years. It is imperative that the sprinkler industry "pull its head out" regarding pricing gouging but it's equally important that we look at the pricing formula holistically and describe it accurately.
Take a 2,000-square-foot-house with a 500-square-foot attached garage in California. Our state has by far the largest residential sprinkler market in the world and it's highly competitive. Our pricing is likely the lowest in the nation. Most tract product and lower-cost multifamily products can be fire protected for $1.50-$1.75 per square foot in the dwelling units, but let's use a conservative $2 per square foot for this equation. In California, the garage will be sprinklered, so $2 x 2,500 = $5,000. Two. Dollars. Per. Square. Foot. Right? Except it's not because the builder is describing that house as a 2,000-square-foot house, not 2,500-square-foot home. The price immediately jumps to $2.50 per square foot. That's a 25 percent price increase based on semantics. Many (too many, in my opinion) authorities having jurisdiction require audible alarms, so that's another $350-$500. Now we're approaching $2.75. And the water district may mandate a one-inch meter over a three-quarter-inch one because it's a sprinklered home, then possibly charge a $7,500 uptick in the service and capacity fees for that larger service. That's an increase of $3.75 per square foot, bringing the total cost to $13,000, or $6.50 per square foot, an increase of 2.6 times the very generous starting budget quoted by the sprinkler industry. And those fees are often higher.
I serve as chair of NFPA 14, Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems. I've been using and contributing to NFPA 13D and NFPA 13R since 1988. I have spoken to fire officials, building officials, city councils, homebuilders, contractors, water agencies, and just about any other stakeholder you can name in this conversation over the course of many years. I've met with the Association of California Water Agencies and others about meter pricing. I'm a new member of the American Water Works Association Fire Protection Committee, where I hope we can generate new energy to get the water works community on board with residential sprinkler advocacy and sane policy making.
I would love to be part of any effort that is being undertaken to push back on exaggerated claims such as those cited, but it's important to acknowledge that in many cases the high cost of residential fire protection is due to archaic standards and associated fees that are incurred as direct costs by homebuilders that drive their seemingly institutionalized opposition.
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CALiGeR190 wrote:Orks are already being addressed by the mod I'm helping to develop.
Full list of changes will be posted once agreed on but one primary change was to half the damage of all Ork weapons but double the rate of fire. Effectively increasing hit chances across the board. There also plans to add a few new ships to the Ork roster that use new or different weapon systems, details still not determined.
I thought that piston miner didnt have time and their were issues with it like chaos ships and what not?
At the end of the day though
we the playerbase should not have to rely on mods for viable factions/game balance


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Small Business
Write your way to storm relief
Small businesses in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have until June 23 to try to persuade Office Depot to give their establishments a hurricane makeover. To enter the contest, write a brief essay on why your buiness -- or one you know of -- needs an overhaul for the coming storm season. One winner from each county will receive a $5,000 gift certificate for Office Depot and an on-site consultation with a business continuity expert.
All entrants will receive a coupon to use at the office supply store, the company said. Businesses with one to 99 employees are eligible. For more information or to enter the contest visit: www.office depot.com/hurricanecontest.


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There have been a couple different rumors floating around with Samsung at the center today. We already talked about the Samsung Galaxy Tab that was outted on Twitter of all places. A Korean paper called Korea Herald has another interesting rumor about Samsung tablets.
The first time in the rumor is dubbed the sPad. However, a quick look at the meager specs offered on the sPad including a 7-inch screen and the Android OS means this is likely just another confirmation of the Galaxy Tab.
However, another level of the rumor was offered via the Korean publication with a claim of two more tablets coming from Samsung this year. An 8-inch tablet is said to be coming in October and a 10-inch version in December. Have a look and our article on Android vs iPhone to see which smartphone and mobile platform is best for you.
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Teachers, healthcare staff, clergy, and social workers are doing the kind of work that most people could not imagine doing or wouldn't do. At Fix My 403b, we are teachers who have careers and dedicate time to help fix broken 403b accounts.
You need help fixing your 403b plan. Even if you think your plan doesn't need fixing, or if you think you can do it yourself, you are going to want us by your side.
You will face hurdles specifically designed to make you give up trying.
It is not going to be easy but we will walk with you every step of the way.
We have identified the procedures and action steps essential to get you better results from your 403b savings. Don't be fooled by the sales rep or financial advisor who assures you, when asked, that his plan has low or no fees. They might have you believe them. And while you might think that 1% is a low fee on the surface, it's far from it. Far, far from it. One of the most important driving factors in your bottom line besides your savings rate and rate of return is the effect of fees.
Ready to rid your 403b investment of unnecessary fees and expensive costs? You are not unique and you are not the first one to ask for help. In fact, because there are so many like us, Fix My 403b was born.


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Sherwani Shopping Tips for Dummies
First time shopping Sherwanis? Here are the few things that you need to keep in mind while buying your first pair of these. These are a versatile Indian outfit that can make you look the best if you know how to go about shopping it.
There are five different styles of Sherwani for you to look fabulous in but you need to pick the right one depending on the look you wish to go for. If you are going for the classy look go for some Classic Sherwanis. Made of the materials Art Silk, Velvet, and Jute, Classic Sherwanis are what a lot of people prefer when they want to look a little put together for classic never go wrong. If you are going for the royal look go for an Achkan, Chipkan or Angarkha Sherwani. If you wish to flaunt a trendy one try the latest type of Sherwanis called Indo-western Sherwanis.
Colors are one that things that can make or break your look. If you are into dark colors then go for colors like tangerine, citrine, aqua blue or tomato red as these are some of the trending colors of 2018. If you are into light colors go for pista green, peach, beige and grey.
Work/ Embellishment
Works and embellishments are one of the important factors you need to look into when you are picking a Sherwani. If you are going to be flaunting your Sherwani at a wedding then go for embellishments like embroidery, Jacquard, Brocade, and Benarasi. If it is for the party and pre-wedding ceremony sport a stone, printed or zardosi worked Sherwani.
The most preferred fabric for Sherwanis are art silk, velvet, and jute but if you can afford to spend more go for pure silk Sherwanis. Always remember that if the fabric you buy is of great quality so that you can wear this outfit for long hours without any discomfort.
The other thing you need to keep in mind when you grab on to a pair of Sherwani is that you get the perfect Bottoms for it. The Breech style bottoms are what is doing the trend right now so if you can get a hold on this style of bottoms. If you love comfort more than anything go for a pair of Dhoti Style, Churidar Style or Patiala Style Bottoms.


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October Pastor's Column
"The gifts of God for the people of God, for the world." This is the theme that the Stewardship Committee has chosen for this fall. The first part of the theme "the gifts of God for the people of God" comes from the communion liturgy. After the breaking of the bread and pouring the cup, the minister holds up the elements and says that these are the gifts of God for the people of God and then welcomes all to the Table. The words are ancient and profoundly true: when we come to the Lord's Table, we are receiving God's most precious gift – God's own self in the presence of Jesus Christ who gives himself for our lives and for the life of the world. More broadly, these words remind us that everything we are is a gift from God: the fact that we are alive is not of our own doing. It is God's free and gracious gift!
"What shall I return to the Lord for all God's bounty to me?" asks the psalmist (Ps. 116:12). The simple answer is: we respond by how we live our lives. As we grow in faith, we respond to God's generosity to us by growing generosity. This has both spiritual and material implications. Generosity of spirit is seen in how we love others, how ready we are to forgive, to welcome, to share. Generosity of material possessions follows. Sharing what we have is also a spiritual discipline.
People often ask: how much should I give? The biblical model is the "tithe" or 10% of one's income. Deuteronomy 26 describes the people of Israel coming together at the harvest time each year and bringing the "first fruits" of the harvest as an offering of thanksgiving to God. How does this model work for us today? As you plan your household budget, you might begin by asking what percentage of your annual income are you now dedicating to philanthropy: the church, school or college or seminary, arts organizations, other charities? If you are not yet at 10%, what steps might you take to move toward that goal?
"The gifts of God … for the world." Our gifts to Highland Presbyterian Church touch the world in many, many ways. As being part of this church shapes you (through worship, fellowship, and study), so you influence others outside the congregation by the way you live. Our church property is home to two institutions (Highland Nursery and Weekday School and Kentucky Refugee Ministries) and multiple support groups that shape and support the lives of hundreds of people every year. Our care of this property makes these other ministries possible. Our direct gifts serve families and children in Louisville who are in need, and they support the ministries of the Presbyterian Church regionally and around the world.
I feel privileged to respond to God's generosity by supporting the ministry of this congregation. I hope and pray that you do as well.
Cynthia Campbell, Pastor


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The Uhrichsville rolling mill historically known as "The Newport Rolling Mill" receives molten aluminum recovered from a wide variety of aluminum scrap sources and converts it into flat rolled sheet using the twin-belt continuous casting process. This Aleris facility is 100% supported by the recycling facility adjacent to the rolling mill. The rolling mill cold rolls aluminum to a desired gauge, anneals to temper, levels, and slits the rolled sheet to size. This manufacturing facility is known as an industry leader in the manufacture of low-cost, high-quality, scrap-based alloys for the building and construction market. We also supply sheet for automotive, distribution and consumer durable applications from this facility.
- Legal Entity Name: Aleris Rolled Products, Inc.
- Year Founded:1964
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Meet The Writers: Samantha Ducloux Waltz
One of the great joys of compiling our book, The Ultimate Runner, was the joy of connecting with other runners who are also writers - whether professionally or as a way to express their adventures in running. We found the stories seemed to jump off the page and grab us even more when we also knew something about the person writing it.
Over the next few weeks we will be introducing you to the writers and photographers who are responsible for putting in the stories and content. Our first stop is with Samantha Ducloux Waltz from Portland OR. She took some time to record a podcast with us as well as answer written questions. She is a runner, and has a passion and career with writing. But what makes her an Ultimate Runner in my book is that she loves running and is determined to get back to the distances she loves. She is rehabilitating knee injuries, but hasn't given up hope.
What else makes her interesting to us? It could be her cat running partner from her story "My Running Partners". Say...I have a cat who loves to run with me. That's weird. We wonder out loud in the podcast if we have the only two running cats on the planet.
Or it could be her perfect expression of her running, "wildly enthusiastic but not well informed". Wow. That pretty well describes my weakness with my running which has caused all kinds of injuries. Add "stubborn" to the end of the phrase and you have it.
Or it could be that she is looking for other runners, like her, who want to run, love to run, run for health, run for enjoyment, and wish running was less painful. We love that she wants to connect with other runners to make her running more enjoyable!
Enjoy the podcast with Samantha - take her along on your next run. And for more interesting ways to connect with Samantha, read the tidbits below.
Podcast: Download Samantha waltz
Why did you start running?
A friend and I thought it would be fun. And "cool." (I
loved the T-Shirts.) Looking back I realize I was also desperate for a
stress reliever. We could run from the house early in the morning while
our husbands watched our young children.
Best running advice you ever received?Train on the hills and the distance will take care of itself. (To a point.)
Running wisdom you wished you learned earlier in your running?
I wish I'd known more about the importance of stretching and of warming up before running hills. In my eagerness to be a "runner" I didn't inform myself enough and damaged my knees within a year.Favorite tip you pass along to runners?
Be thoroughly trained for the runs you take on. Stretch well before and after. That's your best strategy for preventing injuries.
Most read/used running book?
Women's Running
Favorite running memory, run or race?The Hood to Coast. I was in a van of coworkers who were so funny I laughed until my stomach hurt and tears ran down my face. (The school psychologist, drama teacher, a counselor and several teachers at the high school where I taught made up our van. The other van for our team held one of our vide-principals, another counselor, and several more teachers.) Punchy with lack of sleep, we revealed sides of ourselves no one at our school had seen. The school psychologist and drama teacher became a comedy team creating the best "improv" I'd ever seen. We created the rule "What's said in the van stays in the van" so we would have at least a bit of dignity when we returned to school the following Monday. It was magical. To top it all off, my leg out of Mist, Oregon, I was running literally in the pre-dawn mist and another runner came along and started chatting. We loped along, talking and laughing, and I picked up at least two minutes a mile in my time. More magic. (He must have lost time but he was running a fourth leg for a sick van mate so he claimed to not mind.) I was high for at least three days after laughing that much and running so well.
Your running dream?
my knees to recover enough for me to run distance.
What keeps you running?
Addiction. Nothing gives
the same high, and the same bright spin on life.
Contact? Samantha: Website is www.pathsofthought.com and email at email@example.com


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Ground Zero for Political Action in Myanmar
Amid new openness in Myanmar, the headquarters of the National League for Democracy, led by pro-democracy dissident Aung San Suu Kyi, has become ground zero for political action. WSJ's Patrick Barta reports from Yangon.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... for years the building behind me was pretty much off limits sensible people in Utah ... is the headquarters of the National League for democracy which is the main opposition party ... we also assume she was held under house arrest for fifteen of the last twenty years ... and maybe that other members that are in jail as well ... people use a drive by here with top because they were afraid to be observed anywhere near the building ... and are always plainclothes police observing people going in and out ... he really couldn't do very much here in terms of political activity ... no wonder that the changes that we've seen him EMR up unless you're suddenly this office is becoming ground zero ... for political action in this country ... it's becoming almost like a spectacle ... bans on some sushi ... political activists ... even tourists from around the world are all the standing up on this site ... gathering to talk about the changes going on Imeem art and plotting for the future ... if you go inside you'll see campaign promises on the wall ... and organizes singing songs and getting ready for elections coming up on it or why ... they're hoping along songs and she wore herself be elected into Parliament ... of course the big question is what happens after that election ... on some sixteen might be common member parliaments ... and go on to bigger better things ... if that happens ... we might see more activities in this building ... and also many other similar branches across the country ... becoming much more active in a much more democratic system ... it's not certain that's going to happen ... most people don't expect a return to the old ways in this country ... but given the history of me and MAR ... there are still people who are skeptical ... I can tell you this building right here behind us will be one place to watch in the next year ... to see ... if they continue to be the center of activism for me and MAR ... for me and on this is Patrick Barta for The Wall Street Journal ...


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Relaunch? We have had an API for a long time, in fact, since day 1 all our apps have been built on top of APIs of some sort. In fact the APIs that have been documented on the previous version of our developer portal for the past few years are the very same APIs that Intralinks uses to build our applications. Admittedly there are a number of APIs that are not public, for the most part, users of our current API are using the same set of functions that Intralinks developers use.
So what is this relaunch all about? While it's all well and good that we have some APIs and they are perfectly suited for doing all the things you might need them to do, they really have not kept up with the times in terms of modern interfaces. Developers today demand much much more from companies that offer APIs - and we agree.
So that brings us to today. We are incredibly excited to announce the (re)launch of the Intralinks Developer Program. We also recognize that APIs alone do not a program make. What is really needed is to support the entire process around the use of the APIs. This includes making documentation available and keeping it up-to-date, creating better developer support channels like user forums, better app life cycle support from getting your API key and moving from our test environment to production, all then keeping the communication channel active with blogs, webinars, and even regular newsletters. We have all of those things planned in the coming weeks and months and this blog post marks the beginning of that journey!
Some of the new stuff we are rolling out today include a fresh look and feel (ya, you probably already noticed that) and a new set of APIs that put a truly restful interface on top of many of our existing Intralinks Platform APIs (ILP). To go along with the new API set we also setup a brand new interactive playground where you can give the APIs a test run without writing a single line of code. Not all of the existing API set has been given the interface just yet, but we are busily adding new APIs all the time. In fact the ability to quickly release new APIs is another huge benefit of all the back end work we have been toiling on behind the scenes for the past 6 months. So while we don't have everything ready to go just yet, we have got all the ground work in place to really take off.
So have a look around and if you have any questions, suggestions or just curious what the weather is like here in Boston drop us a line at email@example.com
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The Toronto Blue Jays announced on Monday that they won't give pitcher Josh Johnson a qualifying offer, which means Johnson is now an unrestricted free agent.
This may well be an opportunity for the San Diego Padres.
The Padres finished 11th in the National League in team ERA this year, at 3.98, with only starters Andrew Cashner (3.09) and Eric Stults (3.93), along with swing-man Tyson Ross (3.17), pitching to ERAs below the team average.
That makes a reclamation project like Johnson an interesting prospect.
Johnson's season with the Blue Jays was terrible by any standard.
He missed half the season due to injury, and when he was on the mound, he was getting lit up. His 6.20 ERA over 81.1 innings was his worst since 2007 when he only pitched in four games. His 1.660 WHIP was likewise the second-worst of his career, and his 1.7 HR surrendered per nine innings was almost triple his career average.
The six-foot-seven righty was especially bad with runners on base, where he surrendered a .392 batting average and a 1.055 OPS, throwing even more gas on the fire.
Taken all in all, the Jays were pretty smart to let Johnson walk, as offering him another $14.1 million for that kind of performance would have been a spectacularly bad decision.
And this is where the opportunity for the Padres opens up.
Assuming Johnson is healthy in 2014, he would make an excellent acquisition to bolster the rotation at a discounted price.
Historically, Johnson is a quality starter. His years in the Miami Marlins organization showed him to be a front-line pitcher whose 2.30 ERA led the NL in 2010. In eight years with the Marlins he had a 3.15 ERA and a 1.233 WHIP, both excellent numbers.
Perhaps a return to the National League and moving back to a warmer climate in a small market would do Johnson some good. If the Padres could land him for $8-10 million per year, it could pan out into a season-changing move for 2014 and beyond.
On the other hand, he could turn into another Edinson Volquez, not living up to the expectations and finding himself traded before the end of his second year. Except a Johnson flame-out would be for a lot more money than Volquez was.
But if San Diego wants to turn their fortunes around in a division which features the big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers, a perennially strong team in the San Francisco Giants and the quickly improving Arizona Diamondbacks, they're going to have to take a couple of chances on some potential bargains.
If Johnson can even come close to his historical performance, he'd be an asset to the Padres pitching staff. And that's a gamble worth taking.
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Title: Oral History, 1979-2008
Predominant Dates:1979-2008
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Date Acquired: 00/00/1979
The Oral History Collection is comprised of ten separate oral history projects. Some of the oral history projects are quite large, such as Town-Gown Relations in DeKalb (OH-2, containing 43 interviews) and Farming and Farm Families in DeKalb County (OH-3, containing 34 interviews). Two collections, NIU Biographies (OH-4) and Regional Histories (OH-9), contain only one interview each, as of 2009.
In most cases the original oral history cassette interviews are available for listening. In other cases, such as the Burlington Railroad Strike Collection (OH-7), only the transcripts are available [and these are located in RC 217]. Many of the other oral history interviews have only abstracts which highlight and summarize the questions and answers. A reference assistant will aid researchers who wish to listen to the interviews on the tape recorder.
In some instances the researcher can find supplemental materials included with the collections. Addition information may also be found in other University Archives and Regional History Collections – please ask a staff member for assistance.
Repository: Northern Illinois University
Access Restrictions: There are no restrictions on access to the collection.
Use Restrictions: The Regional History Center holds all property rights; literary rights are dedicated to the public.
Acquisition Source: Glen Gildemeister
Acquisition Method: Glen Gildemeister began the acquisition of the oral histories in this collection during his tenure as University Archivist, 1979-2007.


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text: Rick Brewster 1,695 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Thanks to everyone who helped out with the extensive alpha and beta releases with all the bug reports, crash log submissions, and general feedback. It has all been a tremendous help in creating the best paint.net release ever! It's been a long time coming, but I think it's worth it. As usual, there are a few ways to get the new version: The preferred way: If you're using Paint.NET v3.5.x, go to the Utilities menu and click on "Check for Updates." If you're using a pre-release version of 4.0 (beta or release candidate), go to the Settings dialog, then to the Updates section, and then click "Check Now." You can also download it directly from the website,http://www.getpaint.net/ . There is no need to uninstall the old version: that will be taken care of automatically. Without further ado, here is the final list of changes, features, improvements, and fixes: System RequirementsWindows 7 SP1 or newer is now required. .NET Framework 4.5 is now required, and will be installed if needed. A dual-core (or more!) processor is highly recommended. Hardware acceleration (GPU) via Direct2D is now supported.Please disable this in the Settings dialog if you experience visual artifacts. PerformanceA brand new, asynchronous, fully multithreaded rendering engine allows performance to scale very well with respect to the number of CPU cores whether you have 2, 4, 6, or even 16 of them. The responsiveness of the user interface has been greatly improved, especially when working with large images. Memory usage is lower. Improved battery life impact due to fixing the way the floating windows manage their transparency. Startup performance when many plugins are installed is improved, thanks to the Multicore JIT feature introduced in .NET 4.5. SelectionsSelections are now antialiased, which greatly improves the quality around the edges of selected content. You can turn this on and off at any time from the toolbar. Everything related to selections now has much higher performance and greatly reduced CPU usage, especially if hardware acceleration (GPU) is enabled. The selection outline is now rendered using the "dancing ants" animation, which greatly improves the contrast between it and the image itself. GeneralThe functionality previously provided by the Utilities, Window, and Help menus has been simplified, consolidated, and moved to the top-right corner of the main window. The image thumbnail list has been moved up 1 row so that it no longer intrudes into the current Tool's toolbar space. This means it will no longer "jump around" when you switch between tools. This also means that it is aligned to the top of the monitor when the main window is maximized, making it easier to click on images (Fitt's Law) The image thumbnail list can now be reordered with drag-and-drop. The zoom slider and units selector have been moved from the toolbar to the bottom right corner of the window (into the status bar). Layers can now be reordered with drag-and-drop. Improved quality of Image->Resize. Copying to the clipboard now includes the "PNG" format, which allows transparency to survive from many popular applications (e.g. Office) Shift+Backspace will now fill the selection with the secondary color (Backspace, the shortcut key for Edit -> Fill Selection, still fills with primary color as usual). EXIF rotation metadata is now applied when opening images (e.g. JPG taken with a rotated camera). Crash logs are now stored in%LOCALAPPDATA%\paint.net\CrashLogs (e.g. C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\paint.net\CrashLogs) instead of on the desktop. ToolsDrawing tools (Pencil, Paintbrush, Eraser, Clone Stamp, Recolor) now have much smoother mouse input handling via GetMouseMovePointsEx. Brush tools (Paintbrush, Eraser, Clone Stamp, Recolor) now have soft brushes support via a "Hardness" setting in the toolbar. The Move tools (Move Selected Pixels, Move Selection) have a much better UI for scaling, moving, and (especially) rotation. The Move tools now support moving the rotation anchor, which changes the center of rotation. The new Shapes tool replaces the Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, and Freeform shape tools. 27 shapes are currently available. You may move, resize, and rotate a shape, as well as reconfigure any other properties from the toolbar (color, outline size, etc.) before committing it to the layer. Color Picker has a configurable sampling radius, and can sample from either the current layer or the whole image. Gradient tool now supports a new Spiral gradient type and allows configuration of the repeat mode (none, repeat, wrapped). Gradient tool has improved rendering quality via dithering and antialiasing. You can control both of these with the standard antialiasing toggle in the toolbar. Magic Wand and Paint Bucket now allow live adjustment of Tolerance and the Origin (click location) after clicking (press Enter to commit/finish). Magic Wand and Paint Bucket can now sample from either the current layer or the whole image. Paint Bucket tool now supports anti-aliasing. Recolor tool can now use the color of the pixel where you click as the color to be replaced. Or, as usual, it can use the secondary color. Text tool now supports multiple rendering modes: Smooth, Sharp (Modern), and Sharp (Classic). These correspond to DirectWrite rendering modes of Outline, ClearType Natural Symmetric, and GDI Classic, respectively. Text tool now supports colored fonts on Windows 8.1. Enjoy! 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Winston Smith
An act of violence against any innocent person eludes moral justification, disgraces the millions of Americans and people throughout the world who have united in peaceful protest against police brutality, and dishonors our proud inheritance of nonviolent resistance.
– Benjamin Crump
The constant struggle between the effective use of law enforcement and police brutality has come to a head in recent years with standout examples such as Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Freddie Gray. This is an issue that has roots in racial tensions, law enforcement techniques, and perceptions of police and minority groups. This issue area has also been the triggering event for large scale protests and the formations of groups such as Black Lives Matter, a movement that has become politically powerful across the nation. This issue is also, unfortunately, cyclical, with this topic returning the forefront of the nation's conscious after incidents of alleged police maleficence through racial profiling and undue use of force. However, as time continues, the issue of how to address this issue has and will become ever more important for our civil society to continue to flourish.
The history of this issue in its modern context truly started with an incident involving Rodney King in 1991. Rodney King, an African American male, began his infamous night by drinking alcohol with his friends at a local park. As the evening progressed, King proceeded to drive his car, under the influence of alcohol, while "King knew, as he later testified, that he was drunk and that if the police caught him speeding he'd soon be back in prison for violating parole." After first seeing police lights in his rear-view mirror, King started an eight mile car chase culminating in "a small army of cop cars…and a Los Angeles Police Department chopper." When finally stopped, four male officers tried to handcuff King and King was shot twice by a Taser. Following the second tasing, a bystander with a video camera "captured five officers pummeling Rodney King with batons more than 50 times as he struggled on the ground outside his car." Reactions to the footage were overwhelming disgusted, many believing that the officers were out of line in the way in which they exercised their use of force; even George Bush referred to the video as "revolting." This anger was amplified exponentially after the acquittal of all the police officers involved in the beating, when, after the announcement of the acquittal, "the worst American riot in this century began." The LA riots lasted three days, killing 53, injuring 2,300, and causing $1 billion in property damage.
As a result of these riots, there was a large push for policy reform within the Los Angeles Police Department. To achieve this goal, the city government formed the Christopher Commission. This commission found that "only forty-two of 2,152 allegations of excessive force from 1986 to 1990 were sustained – or less than 2 percent." However, "[t]he majority of investigations at that time were done by division staff, not IAD, and the commission found this seriously problematic because division investigators often failed even to interview or identify witnesses."
After Rodney King and the LA Riots, there have been many other instances of police brutality in many other places within the United States. One of the most gruesome was the assault of Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant to the United States. In 1997, Louima was "brought to the stationhouse of the 70th Precinct where New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers took Louima into the bathroom, beat him severely, and sodomized him with the handle of a plunger." While there was also a study released by Amnesty International which found that there was an "alarming pattern of excessive force by NYPD officers, local authorities predictably refused to recognize that the Louima incident might represent something more than an isolated occurrence." But what has been found to be true is that "[w]hile the Louima case is unique in its brutal detail, similar incidents involving excessive force occur with disturbing frequency across the nation."
Bringing the issue forward to the past couple of years, there have been many high-profile incidents involving excessive police force and racial bias in policing. The one that was a catalyst for much of the nation in recent history was the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Martin was a 17 year old African American male, who was fatally shot during a confrontation with George Zimmerman, a crime-watch volunteer. Before the confrontation with Martin, Zimmerman "called the cops to report a 'suspicious person' in the neighborhood." Zimmerman claimed that during the altercation, he "acted in self-defense" while others believe that "Trayvon was confronted – and ultimately shot to death – because he was black." This incident led to George Zimmerman being charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter of Trayvon Martin. The jury acquitted Zimmerman of all charges, which led to small Los Angeles riots, death threats made towards Zimmerman, and marches protesting the verdict.
Following this shooting death there would be more similar high-profile cases, such as the shooting of the unarmed African American teenager Michael Brown by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in 2014. This shooting also led to "protests that roiled the area for weeks", and after the announcement that Wilson was not to be indicted; there was another wave of protests. What is different from other similar cases, the "Justice Department called on Ferguson to overhaul its criminal justice system, declaring that the city had engaged in constitutional violations."
Only months before the shooting death of Michael Brown, there was also the death of Eric Garner during a confrontation with police in Staten Island, NY. During Garner's confrontation with the police, "[a]n amateur video taken during Garner's arrest shows a plainclothes police officer placing him in what appears be a chokehold, which is banned under NYPD policy." After his death, the city medical examiner ruled "the death of Eric Garner…a homicide, saying a chokehold killed him."
These incidents are not unusual, as mentioned previously, and statistics have shown that there are a large number of deaths caused by law enforcement. Between 1999 and 2013, there have been "between 279 (in 2000) to 507 (in 2012) people … killed each year by legal intervention or law enforcement, other than by legal execution." During the time period of this study, "there was a 45 percent increase in deaths from legal intervention" in which "96 percent of these deaths occurred among men, of which 78 percent occurred between the ages of 15 and 44 years." Within the age range of 15 to 44 years, the demographics that had the highest rates of death from legal intervention were American Indians or Alaska Natives, while "blacks and African Americans, and other white Hispanics or Latinos all had rates that were significantly higher than those experienced by non-Hispanic whites and Asians or Pacific Islanders." In 2016 there were 1092 United States citizens killed by the police. During another study, it was found that "[n]early two times a week in the United States, a white police officer killed a black person during a seven-year period ending in 2012, according to the most recent accounts of justifiable homicide reported to the FBI." What these numbers have shown is that "the shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, MO., last Saturday was not an isolated event in American policing." Within the report, the demographic breakdown showed that "18% of the blacks killed during those seven years were under age 21, compared to 8.7% of whites", showing that black individuals were killed at a rate double their white counterparts of the same age.
There is also a final aspect of this view point that is key: police prosecution. While there have been "thousands of fatal shootings at the hands of police since 2005" yet "only 54 officers have been charged." From those that have been charged, "[m]ost were cleared or acquitted in that cases that have been resolved." These facts point towards a lack of accountability through the courts of the police. Without a means of finding justice in the judicial system many feel that the police have been placed in a position that they are able to conduct themselves as they please.
This, then, continues the cycle of police brutality in communities as officers are not held accountable for their actions in the legal system.
Over the next few weeks, in our new series "Police Use of Force," I will explore the issue of police brutality. I will try to research and uncover policies that may be useful in drastically reducing the amount of incidents of unwarranted and inexcusable use of force. Please check back soon for the next installation in this series.
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Dreamy Bathroom Vanities and Countertops
Learn how leading designers create luxurious bathroom retreats with the perfect pairing of vanity and countertop.
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November 25, 2014
Photo By: Savio Firmino
Photo By: Savio Firmino
Sleek Sophisticate
With the clean lines and emphasis on wood grain of a midcentury Modern piece of furniture, this sleek vanity has cool written all over it. Topped with pricey Calacatta marble and fitted with square sinks and equally linear fixtures, this chic vanity offers function as well as form with a spacious interior that provides plenty of storage space.
Big City Style
Designer Vern Yip squeezes a lot of luxury into tight quarters in this Manhattan high-rise. To maximize the natural light streaming in from one lone window, Vern covered both the floor and main wall in Ann Sacks glass tile for its light-reflecting qualities. Because space is at a premium, the vanity features a slim, elliptical profile with 2 pivoting doors that swing out to provide plenty of storage for necessary toiletries. Check out more photos of this sleek HGTV Urban Oasis bathroom.
His-and-Hers Intimacy
Sometimes luxury simply means a sense of intimacy in a room. By placing this footed bath right in the middle of the his-and-hers vanities, we know this certainly isn't the guest bath. It's a romantic little reminder this space has been customized for the couple who owns it. Beautiful exposed plumbing looks stunning against the marble flooring that continues all the way up the walls, and soft romantic lighting casts a warm glow. Design by DeCesare Design Group. Photography by Christiaan Blok
Subdued Statement
Designer and host Sarah Richardson certainly knows a thing or two about creating luxurious spaces. Here, she uses a sophisticated smoky color palette to create a relaxing vibe. For the vanity, Sarah customizes the long, furniture-style vanity with antiqued mirrored panels for a touch of glitz.
Go Art Deco
With a timeless black-and-white palette and Art Deco-inspired touches, this newly remodeled bathroom has the look of a bygone era. To make it truly one-of-a-kind, designer Jamie Herzlinger topped the custom vanity with Carrara marble that she also used to frame the bathroom's soaring mirror.
Elaborate Details
The sign of a true luxury bath is an abundance of custom work, like this bathroom by DeCesare Design Group. From the cabinets and mirrors to the Turkish limestone tiles and moldings, every piece is created specifically for this expansive space. Perfectly placed sconces and chandeliers add an extra exquisite touch to top off this room. Photography by Dominique Vorillion
Playful Powder Room
One tip to follow when selecting a vanity — even in a powder room — is to match the vanity's style to the overarching style of the room. Here, the look is an updated take on traditional so designer Sarah Richardson chose a streamlined pedestal sink instead of a standard cabinet-style vanity to save space while keeping it classic.
Streamlined Yet Luxurious
For a dose of more modern luxury, this bath shows off clean lines and lofty ceilings punctuated by beautiful details like lighting layered over the mirror and unique hardware installed right into the backsplash. The polished-silver travertine counter sits on custom ash wood cabinetry, providing ample vanity space. Design by Alana Homesley for Rockefeller Architects. Photography by Eric Staudenmaier
Crisp and Clean Design
An excess of cool marble in the flooring, bath surround and countertops of this space provokes an instant feeling of luxury — as if you've entered a swanky little day spa that's all yours. On top of the beautiful vanity space punctuated by a statement-making antique mirror, the seating area lends an extra dose of glamour. Design by Bear-Hill Interiors
Elegant Powder Room
Who says size always matters? When it comes to luxury, the materials can make up for lack of space. In this case, a smaller powder room is done up in high style with a Kallista sink, Dornbracht faucet and Calcatta marble countertop. The combination of the textiles — even the fabric on the chandelier — with the custom cabinetry gives the whole room a rich sheen. Design by Pal + Smith
Old Is New Again
To provide plenty of storage in her farmhouse bathroom, designer Sarah Richardson repurposed a matched pair of antique dressers. Topped with Carrara marble countertops, the vintage pieces look right at home in this rustic-chic bathroom. Want to convert a piece of furniture for your home? Learn how to turn a vintage dresser into a bathroom vanity.
Relaxing Bathroom Retreat
What's more luxurious than having your bathroom feel like any other room in the house? Using furniture in place of traditional pieces makes this space one you'd want to linger in. The flokati rug topped by a stunning chandelier, a little sitting area and a vintage-style bath with a view (with a screen for privacy, of course) create a relaxing atmosphere. Design by Savio Firmino
Old Meets New
The modern sink contrasts with the rich marble countertop of a Florentine-style vanity designed in true antique style — with a floating mirror to match. Special touches like the extending towel bar make the piece as functional as it is beautiful. Design by Savio Firmino
Romantic Inspiration
This room was definitely created for the woman who likes to lounge her day away in the bath, using it for a dressing room as well as an escape from the world. The attention to detail and use of non-traditional materials (not a single tile in the room!) makes the space feel warm, even in an all-white palette. The dreamy curtains catching the light from the skylight only add to the effect. Design by Savio Firmino
Rich Materials
The true appeal of the previous room can be found in the details, worth this closer look. To keep the space feeling soft and rich, all of the hardware is in brass, copper or gold, bringing out the warm tones in the marble vanity. Even the detail in the carved mirror lends a softness and ties into detailing in the vanity and furniture, giving the space a cohesiveness and an appeal that invites touch. Design by Savio Firmino
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MOPPA is The Museum of Plumbing & Plumbing Art
We look at plumbing as art and the art of plumbing.
This exhibit features Antique Toilets and Commode Chairs.
These images are taken from the Internet.
MOPPA has no financial interest in these images:
we simply curate and display interesting images of plumbing art and artistic plumbing.
Antique Painted Ceramic Toilet
Drawing of Victorian-era Chain Flush Toilet
Gold-Plated Ceramic Antique Toilet
Steel Chain-Flush Tank
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Plies ft. Ne-Yo & Janet Jackson - Bust It Baby (Pt. 2) (Remix)
- Artist: Plies
- Track: Bust It Baby (Pt. 2) (Remix) ft. Ne-Yo & Janet Jackson
- Feat. Ne-Yo, Janet Jackson
- Producer: J.R. Rotem
- Album: Definition of Real
With his current single, Bust It Baby (Pt. 2), steadily taking over the charts, rapper Plies continues to attract new fans to his movement. As if Ne-Yo wasn't a large enough surprise collaborator on the original version of part two, an even bigger surprise guest has taken up residency on the remix. While producer J.R. Rotem's beat, Ne-Yo's refrain, and Plies' first verse remain unchanged, the Arkansas crooner's middle verse is pushed to the third slot, eliminating Plies' second verse. So, what does this all mean? Simple, that gap in the middle now belongs to seasoned veteran Janet Jackson, whose presence on the track adds a heightened sense of sensuality. For hardcore street music and smooth ladies' jams, pick up a copy of Plies' sophomore album, Definition of Real, in stores June 10.


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Building The Legend Limited, creators of the sublime Le Mans Prototype inspired by Jaguar's one-and-only XJ13, is proud to announce our extension of services to owners of classic Jaguars and our aim of matching their passion with our attention to detail and craftsmanship.
Based close to Jaguar's spiritual home in the heart of Coventry our fully-equipped and staffed new workshop opens its doors to fellow-enthusiasts and owners of Jaguar E-Types, Classic Saloons and race-cars – whether re-creations or original.
Building The Legend will collect and deliver vehicles for service, repair and rejuvenation from and to any location in the UK or, in the case of overseas customers, any UK airport or port.
The expert engineers at our Classic Workshop are ready to help preserve and rejuvenate classic Jaguar cars from around the world.
One of the many services we offer is comprehensive rebuilds of Jaguar's classic 6- and 12-cylinder engines – professionally built to the highest standards. We can rebuild your own matching-numbers engine, supply replacements on an exchange or outright basis. Engine removal and replacement service is also available at competitive rates.
Your "Building The Legend" Classic XK Engine
When your engine arrives it will be photographed and all serial numbers and components noted. This ensures that you will have your own unit and ancillary parts returned.
We can remove and replace your engine for you in our comprehensively-equipped workshop. We can also collect and deliver your car as required.
Your engine will be fully stripped and chemically cleaned, after which all components will be inspected by our Jaguar time-served senior engine builder – one of the UKs most experienced builders of classic Jaguar 6- and 12-cylinder engines. He is a Jaguar engine specialist. Specialising in the rebuilding and reconditioning of classic Jaguar engines. All Jaguar engines from 1948 -1979. XK120, XK140 and XK150. E-type engines 3.8/4.2 and Jaguar XJ6, XJ12 and XJS V12 engines. He has over 40 years specialist experience with rebuilds and reconditioning of Jaguar engines. He joined Jaguar as a works apprentice in 1971 and went on to work in the factory engine reconditioning department, working on all derivatives of the XK and V12 Jaguar engines.
He began his apprenticeship at Jaguar in 1971 and remained with Jaguar for the next ten years. His start at Jaguar coincided with the launch of their Series 3 V12-powered E-Type and he gained enormous experience assembling and rebuilding these legendary engines. As well as the V12, he has worked on the whole range of Jaguar power-units – from fighting-vehicle engines, through fire-truck engines to their production and race engines.
Crankshafts, conrods, blocks and heads will be inspected for cracks and suitability for overhaul. From here your engine components will pass through the machine shop. Crankshafts will have the journals ground and polished as required. The complete crank assembly will be balanced. Conrods will be balanced, bushed, sized and matched and have new bolts and nuts fitted.
Cylinder blocks will be checked for main bearing alignment and rectified by line boring if required. Where applicable, cylinder liners will be removed and internal waterways cleaned. Replacement liners will be fitted.
At every stage, you can specify any enhancements/modifications to improve the longevity and power of your engine.
The block will be rebored and honed to suit replacement pistons and rings. It will then be surface ground and cleaned and painted. New core plugs will be fitted. The bottom end of the engine will then be carefully assembled using top quality, heavy-duty bearings, gaskets and seals. All timing chains will be replaced along with the tensioner and chain dampers. Sprockets and bushes will be checked for damage and replaced as required.
Oil pumps are replaced with standard specification rotor pumps, or up-rated units fitted.
Cylinder heads are crack tested, waterways machined and welded as required. Valve guides are inspected replaced and/or linered and are compatible for lead free fuel. Exhaust valve seats are replaced for lead free use and cut to suit valves. Inlet seats are cut to suit valves. Bucket guides are inspected and sized. Larger buckets can be installed to cater for high-lift performance cams if desired. Loose or worn bucket guides are replaced. New valves, springs, stem seals, shims and followers are fitted.
Camshafts are reprofiled as required. Chamber sizes are checked and the head face surfaced. The head casting is refurbished as per original. (Painted and polished to correct original specification). The head is carefully assembled and shimmed and vacuum tested. New manifold studs are fitted.
The head is then reunited with the block, using new cylinder head studs, chrome nuts and composite head gasket. Cam covers are either polished or repainted as applicable, fitted with new chrome nuts and copper washers. New spark plugs are fitted and installation gaskets supplied.
The finished engine unit is then either refitted with the customers own ancillaries (carbs, manifolds, water pump, distributor, filter head, flywheel, crank damper, etc) and hot tested under its own power in our test cell or basic units without customers own ancillaries can be tested under power using our ancillaries.
We offer a reconditioning service for carbs, distributors, filter heads, flywheels and crank dampers 'in house' at very competitive prices. We are also able to supply, from stock, clutch kits, cooler kits, coils, leads, engine mounts etc.
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The words Jaguar, Jaguar XJ13, XJ13 are used in a historical/descriptive context and in no way suggest our recreations/replicas are approved by Jaguar. It is widely known that there was only ever one Jaguar XJ13 and any others can only ever be replicas, facsimilies, tributes, recreations, toolroom copies or similar.


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Do you have free outdoor spaces and plan to turn it out into a wonderful outdoor kitchen design? If yes, then we guess you will need an effective outdoor kitchen design plans for this big project. Just like another part of home, outdoor area should be designed carefully so that it looks like the real extension from the main house. You might start drawing the layout first so that all your needs can be covered well.
When you plan for outdoor kitchen design, the first thing to do is taking a measure. This basic step will help you to get the real measurement of the space so through this you can define how large the cooking spot, how width the entertaining spots, where to place the cabinets, and the like. Once you have done with the first step, now start to visualize the outdoor kitchen design plans. It means you draw the layout, the shapes, and the like. The popular layouts are triangular and rounded as it promotes the easy to access for anyone there.
Having finished, now you might think about the things to put on its top! Take into account about the important aspects such as barbeque grill, cabinet counter, chairs, islands, and namely. If you have a large outdoor kitchen design plans, then it seems you can stack everything there without being worry to eat much space. On contrast, if the space you have just come in small footage, be wise in selecting all furnishings! Choose dual job furniture as cabinet counter as table and place to store kitchen wares.
Last, think about the flexibility in your outdoor kitchen concept! Go with open space design as it eases you to entertain the guest while at the same time grill or roast sausages. Stack also the furnishing in simple way such as placing the cabinet up and down, group the bar stools in certain side only, and the like. The simple the arrangement, the better access it will be. Till this point, I guess that you have understood how to deal with outdoor kitchen design plans.outdoor kitchen building plans.


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Snow Brings Me Closer to Your Lips
The Freshness
When it's cold and raining,
you are more beautiful.
And the snow brings me
even closer to your lips.
The inner secret, that which was never born,
you are that freshness, and I am with you now.
I can't explain the goings,
or the comings. You enter suddenly,
and I am nowhere again.
Inside the majesty. ~Rumi
Becoming Free
When your chest is free of your limiting ego,
Then you will see the ageless Beloved.
You can not see yourself without a mirror;
Look at the Beloved, He is the brightest mirror. ~Shahram Shiva
The line that stood out the most to me is "When your chest is free of your limiting ego". How can your ego hold down your freedom? "Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside." ~Sri Ramana Maharshi. Maybe happiness and freedom is within us in this exact moment. Maybe all we need to do is clear away the clouds to see the brilliant sun.
Here is what Sri Ramana goes on to say about happiness – "All beings desire happiness always, happiness without a tinge of sorrow. At the same time everybody loves himself best. The cause for this love is only happiness. So, that happiness must lie in one self. Further, that happiness is daily experienced by everyone in sleep, when there is no mind. To attain that natural happiness one must know oneself. For that, Self-Enquiry 'Who am I?' is the chief means."
Sri Ramana Maharshi
Sri Ramana Maharshi, born Venkataraman Iyer, was a spiritual master. He was born to a Tamil-speaking Brahmin family in Tiruchuzhi, Tamil Nadu. After experiencing at age 16 what he later described as liberation, he left home for the sacred mountain Arunachala. He lived at the mountain for the rest of his life. Although born a Brahmin, he declared himself an "Atiasrami", a Sastraic state of non-attachment to anything in life and beyond all caste restrictions.[1] The ashram that grew around him, Sri Ramana Ashram, is situated at the foothill of Arunchala, to the west to the pilgrimage town of Tiruvannamalai.
Sri Ramana Maharshi maintained that the purest form of his teachings was the powerful silence which radiated from his presence and quieted the minds of those attuned to it. He gave verbal teachings for the benefit of those who could not understand his silence. His verbal teachings were said to flow from his direct experience of Atman as the only existing reality.When asked for advice, he recommended self-enquiry as the fastest path to liberation. Though his primary teaching is associated with Non-dualism, Advaita Vedanta, and Jnana yoga, he recommended Bhakti to those he saw were fit for it, and gave his approval to a variety of paths and practices.
Philosophy: Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta is a philosophical concept where followers seek liberation/release by recognizing identity of the Self (Atman) and the Whole (Brahman) through long preparation and training, usually under the guidance of a guru, that involves efforts such as knowledge of scriptures, renunciation of worldy activities, and inducement of direct identity experiences.
The key source texts for all schools of Vedānta are the Prasthanatrayi—the canonical texts consisting of the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras. The first person to explicitly consolidate the principles of Advaita Vedanta was Shankara Bhagavadpada, while the first historical proponent was Gaudapada, the guru of Shankara's guru Govinda Bhagavatpada.
Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilization and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.[10] Four world religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here, whereas Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also helped shape the region's diverse culture.
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International Society of Arboriculture
Updated 7/25/2014
Welcome to the New England Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture website. Thank you for stopping by to visit. Our purpose is to support and provide education in the art of perennial plants and science of Arboriculture, to improve the practice of tree preservation, to stimulate a greater appreciation of shade trees for useful and aesthetic purpose, to encourage and stimulate active participation with organizations and/or individuals having arboriculture interests, and to provide the public with up to date information on shade and ornamental trees.New England Chapter at a glance:Members as of 6/1/2004: 742Chapter Annual Dues: $35.00Activities:
Multi-Day Annual ConferenceTree Climbing CompetitionTraining WorkshopsPublicationsQuarterly News LetterScholarshipsFarm LoansTree Research Fund Raising
To contact us: PHONE: 978-266-8990FAX: 978-266-8990E-MAIL: firstname.lastname@example.com Charter81 Charter RoadActon, MA 01720-3001