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Germany's crackdown on a Hezbollah-affiliated group shows that it may finally be wising up about the Lebanese paramilitary organization.
On April 8, German police officers raided the offices of the innocuously named Lebanon Orphan Children Project (Waisenkinderprojekt Libanon e.V.) across six states in the Federal Republic. They seized cash and files from its properties, and froze two bank accounts totaling $143,000. But this group wasn't a humanitarian organization -- the German government had come to accept that it was a Hezbollah front, and shut it down effective immediately.
The Lebanon Orphan Children Project was created in 1997, and funneled donations to the al-Shahid ("The Martyr") Association in Lebanon. Al-Shahid was "disguised as a humanitarian organization" and "promotes violence and terrorism in the Middle East using donations collected in Germany and elsewhere," according to a 2009 report by German security expert Alexander Ritzmann.
The al-Shahid Association, Ritzmann wrote, provides financial support to the families of fallen Hezbollah members. In other words, German donations were being used to support the families of suicide bombers who targeted Israelis, to support Hezbollah combatants in Syria, and to generate more recruits.
Five years later, Germany's Interior Ministry accepted Ritzmann's reasoning. "The name of this organization masks it real purpose," Emily Haber, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, said on Tuesday. "The group is not a humanitarian organization."
Germany has lagged behind much of Europe in designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization -- but it may be catching up. While the Netherlands outlawed the Lebanese paramilitary organization in 2004 and Britain designated the group's military wing as a terrorist organization in 2008, Berlin has been recalcitrant in clamping down on the Lebanese group. Until this week, Germany's main challenge to Hezbollah came when the state government in Lower Saxony -- where the Orphan Children Project website is registered -- revoked the tax subsidy it received as a non-profit organization in 2010.
With Berlin treating Hezbollah with kid gloves, the group's members flocked to Germany. Last year, a spokesman for Lower Saxony's intelligence agency told me that there were 130 active Hezbollah members in the state. Germany's federal domestic agency said there are 950 members spread across the Federal Republic, including 250 in Berlin.
Germany's unofficial policy of soft-pedaling Hezbollah's terrorism stretches back as far as the early 1990s. In 1992, a joint Iran-Hezbollah operation assassinated three members and one supporter of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, a political dissident organization opposed to the Iranian regime, in the West Berlin restaurant Mykonos. According to the German indictment in the case, two Hezbollah operatives and two Iranian intelligence officers carried out the plot.
Following the Mykonos attack, Germany's principal aim was to prevent further acts of terrorism on its soil. German security experts have long suggested that an unspoken agreement was reached between then Chancellor Helmut Kohl's administration and the Lebanese paramilitary organization: Germany would accept Hezbollah's activities -- including fundraising -- on its soil, in exchange for Hezbollah's promise to not carry out attacks.
The unwritten quid pro quo largely endured -- until this week. While Germany has not banned Hezbollah entirely, it issued an opening salvo in the crackdown on the organization. And this crackdown appears to be gaining steam across the continent.
The European Union put Hezbollah's military wing on its terrorism list last July because the Lebanese militia carried out a bombing attack on an Israeli tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, which killed five Israelis and their Bulgarian bus driver.
Israel submitted a thick legal dossier to Germany, which listed Hezbollah's terrorism and criminal activities in Germany, prior to the EU ban. According to German commentators, the dossier played a critical role in persuading German policymakers to support the EU ban on Hezbollah's armed wing.
The Orphan Project meets the criteria of the 2013 EU terror listing. All of this helps to explain why the Interior Ministry used the opportunity, as it said, to establish a "watertight case" against Hezbollah and so insulate the German government against legal challenge on the issue.
However, few of the 600-plus deputies in the Bundestag, Germany's parliament, have demonstrated a desire to completely evict Hezbollah from German territory. The most prominent advocate of a full ban is Deputy Philipp Missfelder, a foreign-policy spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. He has some support among his center-right colleagues: Thomas Feist, a CDU deputy from Leipzig, wrote last year, "We should no longer allow Hezbollah to take advantage of an [non-profit] association-friendly legal climate in Germany and Europe to collect money to conduct terrorist activities -- also in Europe."
Germany's center-left parties, however, have tended to show sympathy for Hezbollah. In 2004, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation -- the in-house think tank of the Social Democrats, which currently serve in Merkel's coalition -- organized and funded a conference with Hezbollah in Beirut. The conference was titled, "The Islamic World and Europe: From Dialogue Towards Understanding," and featured speakers from Hezbollah and Hamas.
The Social Democrats aren't merely an outlier among the German left. Jürgen Trittin, the former head of the opposition Green Party who also currently serves as a deputy for the party in the Bundestag, sought enhanced political relations with Hezbollah after the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. He did so, he said, because Hezbollah played a "very positive" role in Lebanese politics. Meanwhile, a deputy and foreign-policy spokesman for the Left Party, which is currently the most powerful opposition party in the Bundestag, marched in a 2006 pro-Hezbollah rally in Berlin to chants of: "We are all Hezbollah."
Merkel's conservative party has bucked this leftist trend, attempting to align Germany closer to Europe's growing anti-Hezbollah consensus. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, a member of Merkel's party, even cited the "special relationship" between Germany and Israel as a justification for the ban on the Hezbollah-affiliated fundraising charity. As he put it: "Organizations which directly or indirectly work against Israel's right to exist from German soil cannot rely on the guaranteed right to freely organize."
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Kelsey Deveraux who thinks himself bound for officer candidate school is instead assigned by a whim of the bureaucracy to the destroyer USS Caron. Then he is sent to Guadalcanal where the Caron is hit and crippled. The Caron's engine's are knocked out and it is forced to ride the ocean current to Australia.Meanwhile Deveraux is put through a classic "coming of age aboard ship". He is bullied by one Chief (Ruddy), he is befriended by a mechanic Jesse Woodham. And he is taught by the distant but benevolent captain how to be a good sailor.This is a typical fifties teenage war-story of the type written by Robb White. It is well written and entertaining. It is probably more idealistic then cynic, but it is not so idealistic that one can quite accuse it of saying War Is Glorious . At least if it does it doesn't say "war is fun" in any case.
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Mariah Carey decided that instead of simply attending the Fresh Air Fund Salute to American Heroes Gala last night in New York City with her tits hanging out like she normally would, she'd make an adventure of journey to the event, and share it with everyone on Vine and Instagram. Her idea of humor seems to be sexually-transmitted from her husband, Nick Cannon, who is about as funny as a dozen babies in a wood-chipper, because she thought it would be a trip to put on her tit-revealing gown and take the subway and a cab to her big event. But along the way, to prove what a pair of huge tits of the people she is, she stopped to let normal people compliment her on her gown, because she's really just like the rest of us, except much wealthier and locked into a fake marriage that nobody believes is real.
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It's very possible that Mariah Carey is some kind of evil sorceress, the way that she seemingly can't age and somehow manages to be the mystical force that keeps Nick Cannon employed and successful despite the fact that he is horribly untalented. In fact, her love for posting photos that reveal the majority of her breasts is one of the only reasons I even know what Instagram is, and now she's using that magical power of hers to make us care about something called Wonderland magazine. Mariah is on the cover of the upcoming issue that will be released on Friday, and the way that the publication's art designer chose to capture her with a simple white background just artistically magnifies how precious and priceless her 45-year old body really is. Now if she could just remove the spell that she cast on Nick to stop sharks from tearing him limb from limb while we all watch, this world could be a truly beautiful place.
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Nick Cannon Is Still Bragging About Kim Kardashian
"Whiteface" pioneer Nick Cannon went on the Howard Stern show yesterday to talk about the nonstop shitstorm that he's been brewing for himself, starting with his idiotic whiteface routine and leading up to his list of famous sexual conquests. Despite being married to Mariah Carey and having children with her, Nick bragged last week that he slept with, among other C-listers, Kim Kardashian, and he thought that was cool because people already knew about them. Still, he ended up admitting that he regretted listing the famous desperate women, but that changed yesterday with Howard Stern, as he used the platform to brag about how awesome his sex life is with Mariah, whom he claims has no clue who Kim Kardashian is. This is all pretty remarkable considering the two things that people don't really give a shit about is where Nick Cannon puts his dick and his comedy.
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Based on the holiday photos that Mariah Carey posts on her Instagram account, we could probably make a case that the private greeting cards that she sends to friends and family are downright pornographic. Nick Cannon's 44-year old wife showed off her St. Patrick's Day spirit yesterday by posting a special green-tinted photo of her in a bikini on a yacht and another picture that looks like an advertisement for a really bad strip club. Mariah's mom was actually of Irish descent, so it was tits ahoy as the singer celebrated her heritage. That is, after all, what St. Patrick's Day is all about, as millions of people get drunk, fight and vomit on each other to celebrate the memory of St. Patrick chasing all the snakes out of a large-breasted woman's shirt.


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Both Reuters [2] and the Press Association [3] covered the launch of the campaign yesterday. Today the Telegraph draws attention to yet another economic analyst - Amit Kara from UBS - who says financial markets and investors have "nothing to fear" [4] if there is no clear clear winner after the General Election.
The Independent also carries a leader today: "The dividing lines are clear – and there's no reason to fear the prospect of a hung parliament" [5]
It raises the prospect that a national newspaper may at this election choose to endorse a hung Parliament rather than a political party.
One newspaper actually came close at the weekend. It's not one of the big ones, but The Sunday People [6] said this under the headline "Why you shouldn't be scared of a HUNG PARLIAMENT":
"What it COULD mean is a whole new way of conducting politics in this country.
"The big beasts of the political jungle put it about that a hung Parliament will lead to uncertainty and economic instability as investors desert us, plunging Britain into another recession.
"Yet it need not be so. International markets are comfortable with coalitions in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland and Turkey.
"It is true coalitions can collapse but usually only when too many political parties are involved as in Belgium. Or when there is fundamental disagreement as there was in Holland over Afghanistan.
"But that can happen with single-party governments too if there are enough rebels on the backbenches.
"And perhaps talk of a hung Parliament and the unfortunate image it conjures up is in itself misleading. Which is why Nick Clegg prefers to call it a balanced Parliament.
"So there should be nothing to fear from a balanced Parliament. And there may be much to gain as we face the greatest economic challenge in our history.
"The price the Liberal Democrats would demand of a coalition is Vince Cable as Chancellor. The price the British people would demand of the Liberal Democrats is that they lock themselves into the new government for at least two years.
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"They would need to learn the novel lesson of pulling together when all they have ever known is how to tear each other apart.
"It is not for The People - now a politically independent newspaper - to tell our readers how to vote."
It's not out of the question that in the next few weeks a bigger newspaper might make the step and suggest people vote for a hung Parliament come May 6th.
[Update: 20 April 22.21 Independent newspaper deputy editor @AdamLeigh confirmed on BBC's Campaign Show tonight that the newspaper is supporting a hung parliament]
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Any good sushi recommendations in KC area?
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- emakaroni1 Sep 1, 2007 08:22 PM
I moved from South Florida to Overland Park, Kansas over six months ago. Boy do I miss good diversity! Recommendations would be highly appreciated! Places I've tried so far and my thoughts:
(the quality of fish is definately not as good as where I am from, then again, there doesn't seem to be as many sushi places here, in Florida we actually have better quality fish at our sushi buffets :/ )
Sakura: They have this train that goes around and there are pieces of rolls and sushi on plates that you take off and they charge you according to the color of the plate. The fish quality is so/so, but doable,not much variety in rolls though. I have to say it satisfies a sushi craving, but not a place i'd rave about.
Sushi Gin: Better roll selection, and they have these $1 sushi specials, better than Sakura, but the food comes out pretty slow paced. The fish quality is pretty decent.
Sushi House: is one of the better sushi places i've been to so far. The fish quality better than the other 2 places I've gone to so far and have some different appetizers.
Someone recommended Jun's, went there on Sunday and they were closed, will try it next. Any other suggestions?
re: emakaroni1
That seems to be the correct location.
re: emakaroni1
Does Kaiyo have the sushi on little plates on the little conveyor belt? I have a family friend visiting who does not read English. He can identify the fish on the plates, bypassing the need to read the menu. Or does anyone know if Kaiyo have a menu in Chinese or Japanese? I am not too crazy about the idea of going all the way to Sakura just for so-so sushi on a conveyor belt.
The last time my mom visited KC, she was CONVINCED that I took her to a buffet type restaurant with some kind of all you can eat sushi bar in the back. I have no idea what restaurant she is talking. The only restaurant I can think of that might come close is one in Lawrence, some kind of BD Mongolian BBQ. Could this be the one? I can't imagine going all the way to Lawrence to take my mom to a place like that. Does anyone have any ideas for all you can eat sushi?
re: vsoy
At Kaiyo, I believe Karen Ming speaks some dialect of Chinese, not sure which one. Give them a call (913-663-1663) and inquire, because if they don't have a Chinese or Japanese language menu, I bet they can make some accomodation. Ask for Karen or David when you call.
I've not seen all you can eat sushi in the metro, and I've not been to Lawrence for sushi except once years ago at the place on Mass (was underwhelmed), so I can't help on that one. I hope your mom has a good trip!
re: jm054
I've been to Kaiyo several times, and really like the sashimi.
Yesterday, I had the sashimi lunch, and I thought it was a steal at $13
I also like Jun's, but, find it a little pricey.
I've been to Kyoto a few times. It seems decent enough - good bang for the buck. I'm not always in the mood for the loud teppanyaki shows.
I would reccomend Nara in the Crossroads, I had some last week that was pretty good. http://narakc.com/
Question about Sushi Gin. I've looked at their roll menu a couple of times and have noticed that something called a 'crab stick' is commonly used. What is a crab stick? Is it deep fried imitation crab? I've thought about take out a couple of times from Sushi Gin, but the term crab stick has always turned me off.
I'm still new to KC so I'm far from comprehensive in my knowledge of the local Sushi, but I've found Friends Sushi and Bentos on West 39th to be decent. I'm at the med center so it's the obvious choice for lunch or a quick bite after work.
re: pollymerase
Crab stick should be imitation crab meat made from fish.
re: emakaroni1
Exactly what I feared. Bummer. Thanks for the tip.
I used to frequent Sakura (I'm pregnant now, so I don't get my sushi fix at all!) I agree w/ your review. Although, I found it to be one of the better estab's in the Shawnee/ Lenexa area for sushi. I have also tried Sushi Gin. Not overly-impressed, but would definitely return if the opportunity presented itself. I am a huge fan though of KYOTO. Located at 135th/ Metcalf. They serve up some of the best sushi I have tried in the KC area. I visited San Fran over the summer, and nothing will compare to We B Sushi located in the Spanish district. Very fresh. In Kansas City, I would give my best recommendation to Kyoto. They have an excellent steakhouse as well.
re: FergMePleez
When I was also of the pregnant persuasion I did some serious sushi research. Turns out you *can* eat cooked sushi (california rolls, Unagi, Ebi, Soft shell crab roll, etc...) if you are so inclined.
And Kaiyo has a grill just for the Unagi. It's amazing!!!
I went to Sushi Haru from recommendations from other ppl. They have different types of rolls compared to other places. I like their crispy rice, which is under sushi, it is spicy tuna on top of crispy rice, nice contrast, something to try if you like spicy tuna.
re: jdl98
Went to Domo this week for the first time. Service was painfully slow - an hour and a half for two people on a Wednesday night. Sushi was fine. Nothing amazing, in my opinion. I will go back.
I've been to the Kona Grill in Chicago. I had the pad thai , not the sushi. Honestly, it was okay, but it was about $14, I think and there are better pad thais out there. Not my thing, personally.
re: stellamystar
Too bad about Domo - I haven't been yet but have hear mixed reviews. Nothing terrible but some love it and some are like you and can live w/out. I'll have to try it and see.
Kona's sushi is pretty good albeit pricey.
Best sushi I've ever had is at Wa in Lawrence. It's at 8th & Mass in downtown Lawrence next door to Tellers.
I moved back here from NOLA not too long ago, I know how you feel about missing really fresh fish. I've tried a few (well, several) sushi restaurants here and in lawrence and this is what i've got for you:
Wa (lawrence) - pretty good, almost everything is cooked however
Sushi House- mediocre, pretty standard and never tastes as fresh as it should
Kyoto - Had a good sashimi salad here, but it was topped with an acidic dressing which would have masked any "fishiness", most of the menu consisted of cooked items
Domo- good sushi, unpredictable service, somewhat overpriced
Jun's- easily the best sushi in town, without question, always the freshest fish, order off the white board, the rolls could be more creative i suppose
Kona- reasonably priced, good atmosphere, seriously lacking in good raw fish, or good raw rolls in general (tuna, salmon, BORING) but the volcano roll more than makes up for it.
I'm def. looking for good raw sushi nearer to corporate woods, 1-435/ US 69 or in Lenexa near 87th... I get tired of driving 30 minutes to Jun's
I'm originally from OC, California and was so sad when I moved here because I didn't think there was going to be good sushi. I found Kato in KC, North of the River. Let me just say, I'm a bit apprehensive when people give recommendations because I end up finding out sushi to people sushi means cooked rolls. I mean REAL sushi. Kato is the BOMB! Fresh, great sashimi! The owner, John, is great. Sushi chef is Jimmy. They are always open to making customized dishes. I now go in there and have him make my favs like: asparagus & cucumber rolled in salmon, on a bed of daikon, topped off with ponzu sauce, onions, bonito flakes and some spicy radish. Divine! Also, the toro there is absolutely to die for. Better than CA on the days the have it. Uni is always fresh, my fiance is big on the shooters with quail egg. I myself love Monkfish liver, and they have it here. They buy from Chicago and have it shipped twice a week. For those who are looking for cooked stuff, they have a really good extensive menu.
Cooked: ask Jimmy to make you the "shrimp boat".
Raw: Toro, Uni, Monkfish liver, Hamachi belly, cevichi (call in ahead of time for this)
Price is a bit up there compared to what I used to pay in CA, but since it's authentic, I'm willing to pay that to get good fish in the Midwest.
Kato Japanese Cuisine
6340 NW Barry Road
Kansas City, MO 64154
Mon-Thur 11:30am-2:30pm and 5:00pm-10:00pm
Fri 11:30am-2:30pm and 5:00pm-10:00pm
Sat 11:30am-10:00pm
Sun. 11:30am-9:30pm
re: Sushi4life
Thanks for your recommendation for Kato might try it out tonight since I am picking someone up from the airport and will be in the area! Lately, I've been ordering sashimi grade fish from online and making sushi and ceviche at home.
I've heard good things about Domo in Brookside. Haven't tried it yet but want to get there some day.
I'm an Asian from Southern California who moved here 10 years ago this month... one of the first things I did when I moved here was scope out all the best sushi spots. It's an ongoing quest, but here are my top recommendations in no particular order:
1. Izumi - Not on most people's lists, I know... but it's a hidden gem!
2. Kyoto - it's a bit of drive for most, but worth it. Saw a couple KC Cheifs eating there on more than one occassion. LOL
3. Sushi House - it's pricey, but again worth it. They got some creative sushi chefs there with an eye towards edible art.
4. Jun's - Fresh sushi and it's a family-friendly atmosphere. The service might be slow on weekends, but weekdays are no problem.
Honorable Mentions:
1. KC Sushi - I like their AYCE deal on Sundays... but still, it's not fantastic sushi in any regard, just a lot of decent sushi for one reasonable price on Sundays.
2. Kona Grill - I like the vibe and ambiance more than the sushi b/c it's on the Plaza and it's a fun atmosphere for 20-30 somethings, but I have to say some of the specialty rolls and their sashimi (esp. the yellowtail with the jalapeno slivers... just heaven).
3. Mr. Le's - Sushi here is above average, but it's a hole in the wall. I prefer my sushi with some eye-pleasing decor... this place is seriously no frills, but if that's what you're into, by all means check it out and you'll be satisfied with the quality of the food.
If you're in the mood for buffet-sushi... you're not going to find a "Todai's quality sushi buffet" here in KC. The closest thing to a decent sushi buffet is Legend of Asia in Blue Springs.
1. Harus - TERRIBLE. There just aren't any words for this place.
2. Matsu - Sad how this place used to be OK... it's gone downhill bigtime.
That's my 2-cents... ENJOY! There are plenty of places to check out and KC has a wide variety of sushi joints to dine at.
re: debbie421
Closest to downtown would be Nara
Next would probably be Friends Sushi & Bento in Westport which is really popular.
re: debbie421
I haven't tried it, but here is a new place downtown in the Power & Light district:
I do highly recommend Bristol in the P&L. They have a couple sushi items and they have a great happy hour deal. I like the blue point oysters. http://www.bristolseafoodgrill.com/me...
Kokoro Maki House in Waldo - also not open on Sunday. And Domo in Brookside. Give those a shot. We like Jun's too.


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"Las Aparicio" recap: Episodes 67-69
Speaking of which, Julia decides to stop by Mariana's to demand why she dropped off the money in an envelope instead of handing it to her directly. What does it all meeeean?!
Mariana: It doesn't mean anything.
Julia: What do you mean it doesn't mean anything? I've known you your entire life. Don't act dumb.
Mariana: I have a lot of stuff to do. Why don't we talk about this another day?
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Mariana: Like what, Julia? Like I couldn't or wouldn't want to see you? Think about it.
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Julia demands that Mariana confirm what Armando said and she does.
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Mariana starts to answer because she looks totally freaked out by this entire conversation, but Armando interrupts her.
Armando: No I think it's too early for that, isn't it, Marianita?
Julia starts to say she doesn't believe any of it because Mariana is gay. Mariana pipes in to say that she's always believed that love is fluid and transcends gender. Armando tells Julia that now her V-shaped relationship turned into a closed triangle and that she needs to learn to control her jealousy and possessiveness.
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My 'mission', if I chose to accept it, contained words about security, keeping things top secret and some other stealth lingo. After reading its entirety, I fully expected my email to self-destruct. I was off to test ride the all new 2015 Victory Gunner.
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The Gunner offered drag style bars. The bars were wide and ideal for those sweeping turns and touring comfort yet for those tighter corners, it was a bit of a stretch. Riding without a shield was surprisingly effortless perhaps due in part to the low seating position of 25". The controls were forward enough to accommodate the longer legged but not so far forward as to tilt the pelvis off the sit bones. With only four inches of ground clearance, it is no wonder that the pegs come standard with scrape bars.
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The skyline was barely shrinking in my side mirrors when my phone in my pocket began to light up. Considering I was away from home and riding an unfamiliar U.S. freeway, I initially ignored the constant vibration against my torso. After the fourth or fifth attempt from the caller I peeled off the next exit ramp and pulled over as clearly, something was up. Apparently the Gunner was late for a beauty pagent. A photo shoot had been scheduled and the mission was being recalled.
Back at the hangar, quite a crowd had formed. Models, stylists, photographers, assistants, a few custom motorcycles and several individuals who appeared to have a vested interest in the goings on. Difficult to remain "Quiet on the Set!" with that many people, we were ushered out to the tarmac where I engaged a fellow rider in conversation about the Gunner. In our discussion, he offered up his ride for comparison. His custom bike seemed enormous. After accepting his invitation to try on his ride, I thought I should introduce myself as I was seated on the saddle of his bike. "I'm Marissa from B.C." to which I received, "Hi, I'm Arlen." "Nice to met you Arlen. Wait! Arlen as in Arlen Ness?"
I am such an idiot sometimes. Of course it was Arlen Ness. It was all snapping into place. The custom rides. The models. The photo shoot. Why that guy was named Cory and that other guy was Zach. Wow! Nothing slips past me! Arlen laughed at my 'Ah Ha' moment and indulged me with a photograph of the two of us while I was seated on his ride. To think I had been disappointed to have to return the Gunner. I would have missed meeting Arlen Ness.
Back in B.C., I found another Gunner at the local Victory dealership and they agreed to let me take it for the afternoon to finish my review. Opening up the throttle on Hwy 97, I immediately noticed the roar of the pipes. I didn't remember the Gunner having that aggressive attitude. This sound was so distinct and exuded power that I had to take a closer look at the first stop light.
This Gunner had Cobra two-into-one pipes in place of the stock staggered slash cut dual exhaust. What a difference.
Returning my Gunner, I raised a concern that I was unable to stop the bike completely without using both front and rear brakes. The cause, possibly my feminine grip paired with stiff levers but the bike would be looked at just in case.
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Why won't my hard drives spin down after idle period?
I have two Windows 7 Pro x64 machines configured very similarly. One has four hard drives (1 SATA for OS and 3 U320 SCSI on Adaptec 39320 adapter in PCI slot) and one has five hard drives (2 SATA and 3 U320 SCSI on 39320 adapter in PCI-X slot). Two different motherboards (ASUS P5Q3 and Supermicro C2SBX). SATA and SCSI drives are all running as individual drives, not RAID. Hard drive Partitions on both machines provide drive letters C-O (with interspersed CD and USB drive letters as well, on both machines).
For some reason, under Windows 7 none of these hard drives on either machine ever spins down for me as I believe they should, after the 15-minute idle period I have specified in the Advanced Options of the "Balanced Power" plan I'm using.
I used to be all-SCSI before Windows 7, and used Adaptec's EZ-SCSI software under Win98 in order to support the same idle-period based automatic spin-down/spin-up (when subsequently accessed) functionality since Win98 itself did not support this feature. It worked perfectly.
In WinXP the feature was first supported by the OS (plus EZ-SCSI was not usable on WinXP), and it also worked perfectly... exactly as it had under Win98. I had assumed this was a combination of both OS and Adaptec driver capability, but whoever was responsible the function worked as expected.
However in Windows 7 automatic spin-down after the specified idle period is NOT working. I don't know if it's because I now have a mix of SATA and SCSI drives or if it's something else completely unrelated. Whatever the cause, they don't spin down.
WHY NOT? There are no active tasks that are scanning the drives. I do not use Windows 7 indexing. I've updated the SCSI drivers to use the latest Windows 7 official version from Adaptec that was released a few months back.
Now, just today I discovered that there is a wonderful utility named HDDScan that provides all kinds of very nice tests and functions for all kinds of hard drives. In particular, there is the ability to manually spin-down and manually spin-up hard drives of all kinds (both SATA/IDE and SCSI). The product documentation says it works through Vista, but the 3.2 program version I downloaded today actually seems to work perfectly under Windows 7 x64 as well!
Anyway, as an experiment I used it to spin down my three SCSI drives on one machine one at a time, and of course I could hear each drive go quiet as I did.
Then, to see if the drives would spin back up automatically when accessed, I accessed the idled drives sequentially using Explorer and sure enough the Explorer tree view for each drive took a moment to populate as I heard the drive spin back up.
In other words, if I could only get the drives to spin down when not accessed for 15 minutes as I want they would then spin back up automatically the next time they're accessed. This is, of course, EXACTLY how this whole functionality is supposed to work... as it first did via EZ-SCSI on Win98 and then by the OS/drivers under WinXP. And at least the automatic spin-up part seems to work as well under Windows 7... assuming I can get the drives spun down.
Normally, I manually place either or both machines into HIBERNATION when I'm going to be away from them for a while (e.g. overnight). However I would certainly like unused and unaccessed drives to be spun down during the day when I'm using the machine but not that drive. Less noise, less heat, less electricity used.
But coming up, I'm converting one machine to an HTPC with the installation of a new 4-tuner Ceton Cablecard-enabled card. In doing so the machine will now pretty much be on 24/7, which means spinning down idle drives is now really something I want to have work properly.
I suppose I could also set up an auto-hibernate idle period, as one way of putting the machine to sleep completely if no TV recordings are scheduled, as I know that WMC will wake the machine from hibernation a few minutes early in order to make an upcoming scheduled TV recording. However if these recordings go on for hours, I still wouldn't want the unused drives to be spinning needlessly during that time.
So it seems that using HDDScan to manually put idle drives into spin-down state myself (if Windows 7 will not do it for me automatically, as it currently seems not to do) and leaving the HTPC on 24/7 (rather than hibernating) is perhaps my best compromise approach.
Anyway, I'm looking for ideas from others. What could be the explanation (and solution) for why none of my hard drives are spinning down automatically when the idle-period specified in the power plan is reached?
Note that while I experimented today with manual spin-down using HDDScan, I went quite a while without the drives spontaneously spinning back up. Only when I manually spun them back up did they do that. So it's clear there is nothing "periodic" that is accessing them regularly under normal operation and which would explain why they are not spinning down as they should.
Thanks in advance.
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Now, just today I discovered that there is a wonderful utility named HDDScan that provides all kinds of very nice tests and functions for all kinds of hard drives. In particular, there is the ability to manually spin-down and manually spin-up hard drives of all kinds (both SATA/IDE and SCSI).
Also, these older U320 10Krpm SCSI drives are less energy efficient than the newer SATA drives. So just spinning down 3 of them on one machine reduced my power consumption by almost 40 watts (as measured by my UPS).
What a pleasure. Even if I never figure out why Windows 7 itself is not doing what it's supposed to do, this HDDScan tool is my new solution.
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|30 May 2010
May have discovered what's been keeping my drives spun up: Windows Search.
Although I didn't actually enable indexing on any folders or drives, it looks like Windows Search is automatically enabled.
I really don't use "search" all that often, and if I do I'm completely willing to just let it take as long as it takes (which is never that long). I'd rather do that occasionally than have the system constantly chugging along using 10% of my CPU plus who knows how much disk I/O to create indexes I'm never going to use. I know exactly where things are on my five hard drives and don't need the assistance of Windows Search and indexes to make my occasional search "lightning fast".
Anyway, I have now disabled the Windows Search service (not just stopped it, but disabled it from starting again).
Tonight, when I launched a program on one machine that triggered Explorer-like file open browsing, I had to wait for a while... presumably while a drive spun back up! I couldn't quite hear it spinning up because of some other ambient noise, but I'm going to pay close attention on my second machine which is in a much quieter environment and has quieter fans, as well as having older and somewhat noisier drives,. I can absolutely hear drives spin down (and up) on that second machine.
So I'm not yet 100% convinced that this is the total explanation for why my drives have not previously been spinning down after 15-minutes of idle like I want, but it looks quite promising.
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After reading this I've performed a little experiment:
If you use Windows Media Center (as I do in a second machine) for TV/DVR functionality, then you MUST have Windows Search enabled. It is Windows Search which supports the "search" function within the Onscreen Guide for WMC. If you disable Windows Search then the "search" function within WMC simply always returns "not found".
So if you don't use (and don't HAVE TO use) Windows Search, this technique will work. I use "Everything Search" exclusively for my "simple file name" searches, and "Search My Files" for more sophisticated searches. Never use Windows Search.
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My Western Digital caviar 'blacks' require you to jumper pins 3+4 on the drive for power down/resume. (easily missed on install!)
They do NOT come with a jumper (as oem anyway)
Might help someone who views this thread!
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My Western Digital caviar 'blacks' require you to jumper pins 3+4 on the drive for power down/resume. (easily missed on install!)
They do NOT come with a jumper (as oem anyway)
Might help someone who views this thread!
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Early 1980''s Odays (like Pearsons of this same era)are hard to classify. In many ways these were nice middle of the road boats. They do not offer especially good performance, build quality, or seaworthiness but they were inexpensive, and were better than many others in their price range built during that era. They were built in the day of the extensive option list and so hardware can vary widely in quantity and quality on these boats. They offered simple workable interior layouts with moderately good workmanship but without some of the niceties and closer fit found on better boats of that era. They were a little behind the curve when it came to engineering (which was taking a big step forward in terms of intenal framing systems during that era, a big step that Oday never took.) I have some exposure to a 30 of that era and to 28''s of that era. Deck core problems seem to be a little more common on Oday''s of that era than on some of thier peers, and this is also an era when blistering was very common.
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Jamie Moyer, (44 years, 145 days) and Tom Glavine (41, 18) have the oldest combined age of any opposing left-handed starting pitchers in major league history, according to Elias Sports Bureau.
Summary: The Phillies are trying for their first series win tonight. Mets starter Oliver Perez helped them pull even yesterday by issuing a career-high seven walks in helping guide them to a 5-2 victory. Adam Eaton earned his first win in a Phillies uniform by tossing seven strong. Moyer (1-0, 2.70 ERA) pitched in the Phillies first win Friday, scattering two runs and seven hits over 6 2-3 innings with three strikeouts. Glavine (1-1, 2.38 ERA) is making his third start of the season and took the loss Saturday against Atlanta.
The high 70s fastballs sail tonight at 7:10 EST.
Best of the press notes: Through eight games, the Phillies lead the majors in walks with 51. The Phils' .363 on-base percentage is 3rd-highest in the majors.
Follow the minors live: MiLB.com has a couple new innovations this season, including Gameday box scores and audio. This afternoon, Ottawa visits Buffalo. Follow Chris Coste and company here.


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