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John Boehner suggests tax plan previously proposed by Nancy Pelosi; 'Not a serious proposal' says… Pelosi
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In May, Nancy Pelosi wrote a letter to House Speaker John Boehner requesting an immediate extension of the Bush tax cuts for Americans earning less than a million dollars per year, and for the cuts to expire on those earning more than that amount:
Without further delay, the Majority Leadership should schedule a vote on extension of the middle-income tax cuts, as early as next week, to increase certainty for millions of American taxpayers and for the economy. We should not delay passing this legislation that will help afford all Americans the opportunity to reach their goals and realize the promise of the American Dream.
We must ask the very wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share. Democrats believe that tax cuts for those earning over a million dollars a year should expire and that we should use the resulting revenues to pay down the deficit.
This morning, John Boehner proposed the same thing, and the White House dismissed it:
Democrats from the White House and beyond panned the new "Plan B" proposal of House Speaker John Boehner avoid at least the tax portion of the fiscal cliff, but anti-tax GOP House members sounded cautiously optimistic about the idea of passing a measure that allows tax hikes only on income over $1 million.
White House spokesman Jay Carney later released a statement panning Plan B, saying that the sides should keep negotiating and that Plan B idea would not meet Obama's top priority of protecting middle-income earners.
"The Speaker's 'Plan B' approach doesn't meet this test because it can't pass the Senate [not true – DP] and therefore will not protect middle class families, and does little to address our fiscal challenges with zero spending cuts," Carney said.
Nancy Pelosi panned the Pelosi plan as well:
"It's a tactic, but it's not a serious proposal," she said.
I actually agree with her. No proposal that originated with Nancy Pelosi should be taken seriously. Celebrate bipartisanship!
Today Pelosi said she only made that proposal in May as a ploy to "smoke out the Republicans" on raising taxes on the wealthy:
Something just happened — though I'm not exactly sure what.
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GOP Commissioner Lorna Finman has now moved to introduce another proposed legislative district plan, this one drawn by GOP Commissioner Evan Frasure. Frasure said the new GOP map takes a bit of a different approach. "This one is a zero deviation - all 35 districts are within one person of being exact, within the one-person, one-vote concept," he said. That concept, from the U.S. Constitution, outweighs all other considerations in redistricting, he said, including keeping counties intact and having connecting roads within districts. Finman noted that the map would keep all of Clark Fork together in District 1. "We've had a lot of testimony to keep Clark Fork intact, and not keep splitting it," she said.
Frasure said the new GOP proposal keeps the Coeur d'Alene and Nez Perce reservations each within a single district, "keeping that community together rather than splitting it in half." This map creates a new District 1 that takes in just Boundary and part of Bonner counties; has districts 2, 3, and 4 in Kootenai County; and combines Shoshone, Benewah, most of Latah and part of Kootenai counties into a new District 5. It creates a new District 8 in Idaho, Adams, Washington and Payette counties that's similar to one created in one of the Democratic plans newly introduced today. The new GOP plan is L-65; it splits 15 counties. It does split precincts to reach the zero deviation, which would require a five-of-six-vote majority to approve it. Said Frasure, "It's certainly defensible, where it has zero deviation - it certainly honors the one-man, one-vote concept."
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A miasma of what might be described as ''low-intensity suspicion'' surrounds South Africa's deputy president and heir apparent, Thabo Mbeki.
There's no evidence of wrongdoing on Mr. Mbeki's part; instead, it's rather as if he was short of a spin doctor. But if the PR industry is failing South Africa's president-in-waiting, it must be said that he does seem to be an enigmatic character.Is he a father? One of the standard works of political biography says he is not. Another gives him two children.
He's the son of one of the country's best-known communists, but just about all that is known about his ideological stance is contained in the opening lines of a famous speech he made last year on the adoption of South Africa's new constitution: ''I am an African.''
Even his own father seems to find him something of a puzzle.
Govan Mbeki's famously austere intellect is undimmed by his 87 years, as is his gentle sense of humor. He is the third of the legendary trio - Mandela, Sisulu, Mbeki - seen as the liberators of South Africa. Part of the high price paid for the life of a revolutionary is a degree of alienation from close family. But Govan Mbeki offers at least a few of the many gaps in the jigsaw puzzle which is the life of his son.
Thabo's paternal grandfather was a tribal headman, a convert to Christianity. Govan Mbeki was the youngest of five children by a second marriage. He himself had four children, of whom Thabo was the second oldest. Thabo's older sister runs a liquor store, one brother is in business in Johannesburg and the other brother is dead.
Govan's main recollection of Thabo's boyhood is that he was a voracious reader. Having attended a Presbyterian-Methodist primary school, Thabo went on to Lovedale College in Alice, the alma mater of most black intellectuals from the region.
The ANC's biography says that he completed his studies at home after ''his schooling at Lovedale was interrupted by a strike in 1959.'' Govan Mbeki says bluntly that he was expelled, but - with the fine disdain of one who has spent his life thumbing his nose at authority - confesses that he doesn't know the details other than that it was ''student politics.''
He is equally vague as to exactly when his son joined the ANC and the South African Communist Party, observing that the boy ''grew up in them.''
Thabo went on to study at a private college in Johannesburg. It was at about this time that he fathered a son, Monwabisi - his only child. The boy vanished mysteriously 21 years later. According to his mother, Nokwanda Mpahlwa, he set out for Durban in 1981 in search of other members of his family and was never seen again.
Thabo did well enough at college to win a place at Sussex University, in England, taking a master's degree in economics, with a thesis on the location of industry in Ghana and Nigeria.
He had vanished from London, and the South African security forces assumed he had gone home, underground. In fact he had gone to the Soviet Union for military training and a grounding in Marxism at the Lenin Institute.
Thabo Mbeki's relationship with the Communist Party is a confusing one. None of the official biographies acknowledge his membership of the SACP, but he is believed to have been a member - elected to the Politburo in 1979 and again in the mid-1980s - until his return to South Africa in 1990.
Govan Mbeki offers no more detail, but attributes his son's resignation from the party to ''pragmatism'' in anticipation that he would be assuming a leadership position in a democratic South Africa.
Certainly, pragmatism would seem to mark Thabo Mbeki's rise to the leadership of the ANC; first as political secretary to Oliver Tambo, then as head of the department of information of foreign affairs and finally as deputy president.
It could be credited with his early and seemingly whole-hearted involvement in the cloak-and-dagger meetings with agents of the apartheid regime which led to the constitutional settlement - meetings set in train by Mr. Mandela, but regarded with some initial suspicion from the likes of Govan Mbeki, who feared a ''sellout''.
If President Mandela is to be taken literally in his avowals that Thabo has been effectively running the country for some time, his pragmatism can even be credited with the ''realpolitik'' that has recently replaced the diplomacy of morality in South Africa's foreign policy.
In fact, the only departure from pragmatism which stands out where Thabo Mbeki is concerned is his vision of the ''African renaissance'' - an admirable vision of a weary continent rejuvenated by the miracle of the ''rainbow nation,'' which he expounds with near-religious fervor.
''Labels don't help us,'' reproaches Govan Mbeki. ''Thabo grew up in the ANC, and the policies of the ANC have been consistent, even before 1912, in regarding South Africa as one country and the people of South Africa as one people,'' he declares in the ringing tone of a party loyalist.
Pausing, he adds, ''He's a highly intelligent young man who I believe will not do anything stupid.''
It's the last word of comfort offered by the father of a man who would be president.


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We elders naturally turn to belittle children and hold they have no sense of direction; as a result, we are to direct and control their lives. Yes, parents are to direct their children's lives but the approach is what matters. It is their life and so should have a say too. We should equally listen to them and consider their views too before suggesting or proposing our own views or vise versa.
In our typical African background we limit children a lot in the name of inculcating the ethics of respect of elders in them. They are not to sit or talk where adults or their seniors are. They can't have a big piece of meat or fish; daddy is the one to have a large bowl with all the 'particulars' served by mummy. A parent would make two or more eggs for him or herself but expect two or three children to share an egg or two. As some would say giving a child meat or eggs the child would develop long throat.
As I once mentioned in my nutrition class of Nursing Aid students, children need protein to enable them grow but when adults instead eat more protein foods it causes health hazards. The child has limited protein which might impede their growth and the parents suffer a defect because they no longer grow as such their bodies do not have need or use for protein.
In the education sector we impose their course outline even if naturally they are not inclining to pursue such field. For instance, a friend of mine wants his all Arts daughter to become a Pharmacist. I have known many children who become academically frustrated because their parents insisted and compelled them to a line of education which they were not cut out for.
The point I am trying to make is that children should be given the chance to express themselves. It is not proper for parents to always detect and be authoritative. We certainly need to imbue in them respect and the best way is to respect them too. When we have a close and cordial relationship with our children it is easier to guide and protect them for they would have the tendency to open up.
For those children who are brutalized by their parents and guardian in the act of domestic violence, they become introverts and such children are scared to express themselves in effect they stray and eventually they are faced with the intricacies of the society. Children are vulnerable and due to their vulnerability suffer the impact from various adverse conditions in the society. These are some of the concerns that brought about the Convention of the Rights of the Children (CRC).
CRC is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. It sets forth a wide range of provisions that encompass civil rights and freedoms, family environment, basic health and welfare, education, leisure and cultural activities and special protection measures.
The Convention has several 'foundation principles' that underpin all other children's rights. These include: non- discrimination; best interests of the child; right to survival and development; and views of the child.
Non- discrimination means that all children have the same right to develop their potentials – all children, in all situations, all of the time, everywhere.
The best interest of the child must be 'a primary consideration' in all actions and decisions concerning her or him and must be used to resolve confusion between different rights.
The right to survival and development underscores the vital importance of ensuring access to basic services and to equity of opportunity for children to achieve their full development.
The views of the child mean that the voice of children must be heard and respected in all matters concerning their rights. Countries must therefore promote children's active, free and meaningful participation in decision- making that affects them.
The CRC has been ratified by over 190 countries since it was adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly in November 1989. Ratification commits countries to a code of binding obligations towards their children. Thanks to the CRC, child rights are now at the cutting edge of the global struggle for human rights, to be ensured by adult society as a matter of legal obligation, moral imperative and development priority. In the years since the CRC was adopted, the world has since seen dramatic gains for children.
However, children's rights are intimately tied to those of women. Realizing the rights and equality of women is not only a core development goal in itself, but it is also the key to the survival and development of children and to building healthy families, communities and nations. Discrimination against women hurts both women and the next generation of children, boys and girls alike. Starting even before birth, a child's health and development prospects are closely linked with the mother's health and socio-economic status. Women are, moreover, the primary caregivers for children. Resources put in the hands of women are more likely to be used to benefit children
The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) deals with countries' obligations to enact appropriate legislation, administration and other measures, with the aim of achieving equality between men and women in all spheres of public and private life, including the family.
Thanks for this exploratory journal, this should be printed and handed out freely to Nigerians, children have no rights here, we make decisions for them, when it comes to issue CEDAW it is a strange word in Nigeria, you can still try to expantiate on the acronym, they do not mind, do not forget that Nigeria signed it 20 years ago, to ratify this is another story for another day, so sorry I talk so much about Nigeria, the problems here need attention.
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This is exactly what happens in Cameroon;parents do not listen to their children talk .Childen are made to understand that they are too young sohave little to say so far as their lives are concern
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Ace The town will never be the same. After the Tangiers, the big corporations took it all over. Today it looks like Disneyland. And while the kids play cardboard pirates, Mommy and Daddy drop the house payments and Junior's college money on the poker slots. In the old days, dealers knew your name, what you drank, what you played. Today, it's like checkin' into an airport. And if you order room service, you're lucky if you get it by Thursday. Today, it's all gone. You get a whale show up with four million in a suitcase, and some twenty-five-year-old hotel school kid is gonna want his Social Security Number. After the Teamsters got knocked out of the box, the corporations tore down practically every one of the old casinos. And where did the money come from to rebuild the pyramids Junk bonds. But in the end, I wound up right back where I started. I could still pick winners, and I could still make money for all kinds of people back home. And why mess up a good thing
i don't like having friends, i would rather have brothers. because friends, once you get into a fight with them, you wouldn't mind if you guys ever spoke again or not. But brothers, its different, if something happens, nobody's gonna be standing next to you in every good or bad situation, its kinda the same thing for a girlfriend, i'll get upset if we fight ... because she won't be here to make me laugh and smile, but the love between a girl and a guy isn't the same as the love between two brothers - Zen
Principal Any attempt to cheat, especially with my wife, who is a dirty, dirty, tramp, and I am just gonna snap.
Tough girls come from New York. Sweet girls, they're from Georgia. But us Kentucky girls, we have fire and ice in our blood. We can ride horses, be a debutante, throw left hooks, and drink with the boys, all the while making sweet tea, darlin'. And if we have an opinion, you know you're gonna hear it.
Tony Montana What you lookin' at You all a bunch of f***ing assholes. You know why You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your f***ing fingers and say, That's the bad guy. So... what that make you Good You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say good night to the bad guy Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Come on. Make way for the bad guy. There's a bad guy comin' through Better get outta his way
Nicky A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. But you gotta do it right. I mean, you gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise, you're talking about a half-hour to forty-five minutes worth of digging. And who knows who's gonna come along in that time Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all f***in' night.
Ferris Cameron has never been in love -- at least, nobody's ever been in love with him. If things don't change for him, he's gonna marry the first girl he lays, and she's gonna treat him like shit, because she will have given him what he has built up in his mind as the end-all, be-all of human existence. She won't respect him, 'cause you can't respect somebody who kisses your ass. It just doesn't work.
Danny Noonan I haven't even told my father I'm not gonna get that scholarship. I'm gonna end up working in a lumberyard the rest of my life. Ty Webb What's wrong with lumber I own two lumberyards. Danny Noonan I notice you don't spend too much time there. Ty Webb I'm not quite sure where they are.
A great NOW will be a great WAS A bad NOW will always be a bad WAS, and all you can hope for is a Great GONNA BE
I was gonna get a candy bar; the button I was supposed to push was "HH", so I went to the side, I found the "H" button, I pushed it twice. Fuckin'...potato chips came out man, 'cause they had a "HH" button, for Christ's sakes! You need to let me know. I'm not familiar with the concept of "HH". I did not learn my AA-BB-CC's. God god dammit dammit.
I'm gonna become a civil engineer. I'm gonna design septic tanks for playgrounds. Little kids can take shits!
If one more blog or statement is made people will know the entire truth. I will release emails, texts, depositions and audio tapes that will prove everything I have been saying all along. If Sam wants to play, I am ready. But she better be ready too!"PerezHilton.com: Poppa Lohan vs. saMAN: It's Gonna Get Uglier! (December 27, 2008)8
Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.
Mike Look, we're gonna spend half the night driving around the Hills looking for this one party and you're going to say it sucks and we're all gonna leave and then we're gonna go look for this other party. But all the parties and all the bars, they all suck. I spend half the night talking to some girl who's looking around the room to see if there's somebody else who's more important she should be talking to. And it's like I'm supposed to be all happy 'cause she's wearing a backpack, you know
Now, listen. My old man's coming back any minute, and if SHE catches you here, she's gonna wanna kick your ass!
Pat Healy Really, it's only a side thing for my true passion. Mary And what's that Pat Healy I work with retards. Mary Isn't that a little politically incorrect Pat Healy Yeah, maybe, but hell, no one's gonna tell me who I can and can't work with.
Ricky Here's what I'm gonna ask of you... We're going to be spending the night in New York, so it worked out well for all of us. I want you to take it back to the business class, I want you to round up a couple of honeys... At our hotel room we're gonna have kind of a pool party. California gangster-style, you know what I mean Kick ass pool party thing.
Right now he's desperate. He should be talking about me, not Eminem and Dre and everybody else. He'll lose, he knows that. The route that he has to take is the 'I'm a mad gangsta' hardcore route, and ain't nobody gonna believe him."--On his feud with bubblegum rapper Ja Rule.
Sonny Hey, whataya gonna do, nice college boy, eh Didn't want to get mixed up in the Family business, huh Now you wanna gun down a police captain. Why Because he slapped ya in the face a little bit Hah What do you think this is the Army, where you shoot 'em a mile away You've gotta get up close like this and bada-bing. you blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit.
The day is coming, and it ain't going to be long, when you ain't even gonna have to leave your living room. No more schools, nor more bodegas, no more tabernacles, no more cinneplexes. You're going to snuggle up to your fiber optics baby and bliss out.


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I just had a few quick questions on this bike. Are all the shifters grip shifters and do they work good? Also, anything else I should look out for on this bike? The reviews on this site seem very high and people seem to really like this bike. The one I would be buying is a Small but that should be ok since I'm 5' 8". I'm hoping to go take it for a ride soon. Also he wants $800 for it so I guess that's pretty good since the picture shows it being in good shape. Any info would be good. Thanks!
One thing people mentioned as a negative is it doesn't have a replacable rear hanger
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Technology is a double-edged sword. It has enabled the government to become more intrusive than ever with its online spying capabilities. However, cheap and discreet recording devices make it much more feasible to hold cops on the street accountable.
Police State USA encourages holding government officials accountable but advises everyone to research the laws in their own states regarding secretly recording audio conversations (Read more: The Reporter's Recording Guide). Encounters with police officers in public generally do not fall under such restrictions, particularly after the recent court decision in Illinois.
Here, we intend to look at the technologies that facilitate that recording.
Streaming App for Cellphone
Ustream is a cell phone application that allows a user to begin recording video and audio — and simultaneously stream the data to an online account — at the click of a button.
If you are in a tense situation with the police, click the app button and the rest is done automatically. While running, it doesn't look like a streaming app.
The video files will then be available online when viewing the user's Ustream account.
Pros: Easy to use. Preserves video even if cell phone is confiscated. Does not give obvious clues that the app is streaming.
Cons: Police may assume that cell phones are recording. Depends on having a sufficient phone signal.


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For those with an interest in the findings of the commission on the UC Davis pepper-spray incident of November 18, 2011, the report is now available.
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Treat your child to a unique birthday party experience that they will never forget at The Snow Centre. Parties are available Monday and Thursday evenings during the winter and at the Weekend until 26th October and throughout the summer from Saturday 4th April 2015.
Choose from SLEDGING, SNOW SCOOTERS or take the plunge and enjoy your children's party on the ARCTIC ALLEY EXTREME SLEDGING RUN.
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- Up to 4 adults can go out and join the party
Sledging & Snowscooter Parties are available at the weekend until 26th October and Monday & Thursday Evenings from Monday 3rd November. The last day for Arctic Alley is Sunday 28th September. Arctic Alley will be back from Saturday 2nd May. Availability is limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. Please call us to check availability for your childs party on 0844 770 7227.
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Parties are available for 10 - 18 children for sledging and 10 children for Snow Scooters, no experience required!
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- Hot Buffet: £20.95 per child midweek, £22.95 per child at weekends
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Voxengo updates Soniformer to v3.2
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Voxengo has updated Soniformer, the spectral mastering dynamics processor plug-in, to version 3.2.
This update includes the following changes:
- Oversampling filter type "Min-phase/Lin-phase" switch added.
- Global "Auto Oversampling Level" 1X (off) option added.
- Graphics drawing performance improved.
- Level meter's "density mode" look improved.
- Control point on underlay envelope deletion bug fixed.
- Control surface crosshair option added (can be switched off in the global options).
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Tom Clancy's badass CIA superagent Jack Ryan returns this weekend in "Shadow Recruit," the new film by Kenneth Branagh, whose career has taken an odd turn from Shakespeare to big-budget action thrillers. In select cities arrive the moving "Like Father, Like Son," warm teen comedy "G.B.F." and "Big B...Read More »
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"It is not in the interests of the shipping industry to make information about crew mistreatment generally available because of the level of mutinies which would take place," Andrew Palmer, chief executive officer of Idarat Maritime Ltd., which advises owners and governments, said today at a conference in London.
The pirates are intensifying the use of torture against crews on ships seized off east Africa to get higher ransom payments from shipowners more quickly, Louisville, Colorado- based One Earth Future Foundation said June 2. Attacks added between $7 billion and $12 billion in extra transportation costs as ships altered course, paid for extra insurance premiums and employed armed security guards to protect their vessels, One Earth said in January.
Information about how hostages are treated is closely held and sometimes classified by the military, according to Kaija Hurlburt, lead researcher on a One Earth report into the human cost of piracy released today. A third of the 1,090 crew held hostage in 2010 were tortured or abused, the foundation said.
There are more than 100,000 seafarers at any one time preparing for, or transiting through, the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden region where pirates are active, according to Bill Box, secretary of the industry group Save Our Seafarers.
"Unless we have this part of the piracy picture provided to the world, we are missing something," Pottengal Mukundan, director of the London-based International Maritime Bureau, told the conference. The event was organized by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, which is also known as Chatham House.
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Poormina: This code does (should) produce single undirected edge between nodes.
As a note: If you don't care about multiple edges and self loops there is a much simpler algorithm: pick d/2 permutations at random.
The reason this code is complicated is because it avoids multiple edges and self loops.
You can add weights by multiplying the output with a random matrix
A_W = A.*rand(size(A,1), size(A,2))
Not sure what do you mean by 'one edge'. If you want to edges to be directed the nice property of d-regularity will be lost.
So it seems these are all problems of dynamically allocating memory and coping data. Here are 2 optimizations that can solve this:
1. Replace the sparse n*n matrix A by a preallocated n*d adjacency list, filled initially with -1.
2. Instead of recreating U (half edges), keep its size as a separate variable and only swap elements when updating it.
Maybe I'll get to it some day :)
Dear Golan
Thank you. That was really a valuable suggestion! :)
Well, When I meant 'one edge', I meant undirected edges.... or a single edge bw nodes.
A very nice script. Thank you.
Is it possible to display the graph with just one edge between the nodes and not two with this code? Also, is it possible add weights to the edges? Thanks in advance...
h = view(biograph(G,[],'ShowArrows','Off','ShowWeights','on'));
Overall, very nice.
But I'm afraid a bug may be lurking somewhere. Sometimes I call this function and get a zero matrix. Is this a bug or a feature?
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The police opened fire in the air to quell a mob, which pelted a police party with stones as violence broke out in Thangachimadam near Rameswaram on Sunday.
Trouble arose when a section of Christians waylaid boys of another Christian group from the same locality. They were on their way to play cricket after Easter celebrations. After a wordy duel, they assaulted the boys. The police arrested couple of people in this connection.
Protesting against this, their supporters staged a road roko agitation.
When police asked them to disperse, they hurled stones at them. Two policemen were injured. The protesters also damaged the windscreens of a police vehicle.
To quell the violence, the police opened two rounds of fire in the air on the orders of Deputy Superintendent of Police A. Manaivannan.
N.M. Mylvahanan, the Superintendent of Police, told The Hindu that the situation was now normal. "The police are on bandobust duty in troubled areas and the patrolling has been intensified." he said.
The police have so far secured five people and launched a search and combing operation, he added.
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7 Sneaky Ways to Trick Your Body into Staying Healthy
Avoid getting sick with these easy, unconventional tactics
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6. Breathe deeply to reduce high blood pressure.
Feeling frazzled and fried? When youre stressed out and in fight or flight mode your body releases epinephrine and norepinephrinehormones that instantly increase high blood pressure, explains Herbert Benson, MD, director of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. But slow, deep breathingor even the steady repetition of a single wordfor just 10 minutes a day, can lower it quickly. By how much? Experts at the University of Kentucky found that people who consistently practiced meditative exercises like this lowered their blood pressure by as many as four points in just a few months.


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Re: Product reivew: The Black Ice-Olater by VMax - Intake Phenolic Spacer
is that the 44K can?Chris Heath (RippyPartsDept) is an ASE Certified GM Parts Consultant at Rippy Automotive
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I think that it is no 211.
I also found an aerosol bottle from Wynns, any thoughts about that one?
Re: Product reivew: The Black Ice-Olater by VMax - Intake Phenolic Spacer
oh yeah, the 44K can is the fuel additive (like techron or something)Chris Heath (RippyPartsDept) is an ASE Certified GM Parts Consultant at Rippy Automotive
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Re: Product reivew: The Black Ice-Olater by VMax - Intake Phenolic Spacer
Hey all, the Iceolators and throttle bodies for most are in stock!!
Also, those running catchcans that are interested to see if their can is actually stopping the oil from ingesting, or just catching a small amount and allowing most to pass through here is a detailed test you can do: Also note: UPR has since released 2 additions to their can that will drastically improve the results of it...that test is in progress. If you have the UPR can (or similar the parts will fit several of the small billet cans) we highly recommend getting with UPR and purchasing them to improve your cans function.
5.0 UPR vs RX Catch Can Effectiveness Test
I've had a UPR catch can on my 5.0 since last summer. It catches a lot, especially in the cold months. But I'll get right to my test. I added an RX can inline after my UPR can to see if the UPR was missing anything. And if it was allowing some to pass through, was it enough for the RX to catch anything? I don't drive a lot of miles regularly since my F150 is not a daily driver, so my results will take some time. This thread is to document how I set it up and what I catch over time.
I installed the RX can just as the directions explained, but I routed the hoses differently. I left my UPR can right where it's been for months, but rerouted one hose. I left the hose from the passenger side of the engine to the inlet of the UPR can. Then a new hose from UPR can outlet, routed to the inlet of the RX can. The RX outlet hose goes back to the engine. The PCV exhaust now flows from the engine, through the UPR, then through the RX, and finally back up to the engine intake.
Before installing everything for the test, I cleaned the UPR can thoroughly. The bottom of the can (inside) was covered with a thin layer of stiff sludge that I could only clean out using gas. I'm glad that was caught, along with the ounces of oil, water, etc, over the months I've been emptying it. But I was surprised at the outlet hose from the UPR can. It was wet with oil. Obviously some was getting through the can and back to my intake. I've never let the can get close to half full before emptying it. Nearly every time I've emptied it, there was 1/4" or less in the bottom. I'm noting this in case someone thinks I left the UPR get overfilled and it flowed through. Nevertheless, I started this test after cleaning everything for a fresh start.
I plan to leave this setup on for a thousand miles or so, and report my findings from each can.
1st picture: UPR can as it was originally installed.
2nd: CleanUPR can.
3rd: RX can installed. The hose in the top center of the can is the inlet. The outlet hose on the right has a check valve.
4th: Engine outlet to UPR inlet on left of can. UPR outlet on right side of can routed around (smaller hose) to the RX inlet. You can also see the other smaller hose coming back up from the RX can and ending at the intake on the engine.
Report 2:
I thought I'd add a post to keep this thread alive since it is taking me awhile to get enough miles on the truck for valid results. Now that spring weather is finally arriving, I haven't been putting as many miles on it since I'm busy. But I have around 600 miles on the test set up so far. I emptied the cans recently and recorded the volumes to date. I'd like to wait until I get to 1000 miles before posting the results from the test, but I'll give some preliminary feedback.
- Emptying process -
First the UPR. I'm used to emptying the UPR can regularly, so it's not a big deal to unscrew, guide the can out from between the hoses, pour it out, guide it back in between the hoses, get it lined up carefully (so I don't cross thread the soft aluminum) and screw it back up snug. All that takes less than a few minutes so it's rather easy.
Now the RX can. Raise the hood, hold an empty water bottle under the drain tube, open the valve, close the valve, close the hood. I kid you not, it takes no more time than it took to read those steps. I knew it would be easy to empty, but it is ridiculously easy.
_ The weather so far -
During the first week of the test we had winter weather, with some snow. Since then we have had mild weather. Temperatures are in the 50's and 60's most days.
- What they caught so far -
I won't share the amounts yet, but I'll give some info. The UPR can has caught a 'mostly oil with a bit of water' mixture so far. The RX can (in line after the UPR) has had just the opposite. It's collected mostly water or fuel, with some oil mixed in.
I emptied the UPR first, and I would estimate it has collected the normal amount compared to what it usually does I empty it. I was pleased that my set up with 2 cans didn't seem to change the normal flow and collection I was used to seeing with just the UPR can. When I was about the turn the valve to empty the RX, I paused to a few seconds wondering if anything would come out. After all it was a new can that would need to get some oil/water coated on the inside before there would be enough to drip to the bottom (The UPR can had been in use for many months and although I cleaned the can I did not rinse off the filter material). Plus I wondered if the valve of the RX can protruded up into the can, and if it required some liquid to collect before there was enough to spill over that valve nipple and exit the can. Then I opened the valve and I had to smile when I had some liquid drain out. I thought all along that if it caught more than 10% of what the UPR was collecting, I would be surprised. It's still early in the test, and I would like to redo the test after reversing the order of the cans later, but I am surprised so far. I'm hoping to get more miles on the truck soon so I can wrap up this phase of the test.
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1000 Miles of Testing Results
- The Weather has been warmer lately. So the test began with sub freezing temperatures, and gradually increased through the 70's and topped off in the mid 80's yesterday. I couldn't have asked for a better range of temperatures for this test.
- What they caught was astounding to me. UPR was first in line, with the RX after it to catch anything the UPR might miss.
The UPR stayed on track with what it has been accumulating for many months. Each time I emptied them, it had about the same amount. It's contents were mostly oil which smelled like used oil. It caught 17cc total which is just under 3 1/2 tsp.
The RX had more than the UPR each time I emptied them. It's contents were an oil/fuel/water type mix that had a much stronger odor. Not a fuel smell, but a sharper chemical smell compared to the odor of used oil. It caught a total of 67cc which is just over 13 1/2 tsp.
- Final totals:
UPR - 17cc
RX - 67cc
The RX can caught 4 times the amount the UPR can caught, after the UPR can removed what it could. I said from the beginning I would be surprised if the RX can could pull 10% of what the UPR caught, since it was second in line. If someone told me it would catch an equal amount I would have said BS. For it to catch 4 times what the UPR can caught is unreal.
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The routing of cans has been reversed so the second phase of the test is underway. I cleaned the cans and hoses so neither has an advantage. I also checked the inside of the hoses as I disassembled everything. The exit hose from the UPR was dripping with oil and it made a mess as I took it apart. The exit hose from the UPR was clean and dry. It still looked new. That is what prompted me to clean all the hoses before starting this phase. Is the double can routing helping the second can that much, or is one can that much better. Time will tell again.
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And now back to our regularly scheduled programming…
Phase 2 is almost complete now, thanks to some extra mileage for work. I'll report on that soon and begin phase 3.
As I said above, UPR shipped parts for me to do phase 3 of the test. I bought my UPR can in June, and they changed the can slightly since then. The new diffuser/extension will only fit cans made after that, so they shipped a full new kit to test. Thank you UPR for helping with this, and for your input in this thread.
After shipping the kit, Joe@UPR asked me to remove the mesh from the exit side of my existing can for the remainder of phase 2, and to remove the mesh from the exit side of the new can before starting phase 3. I removed it from both (phase 2 was half way done when I removed it from the existing can). When I was removing the mesh from the short side of the new can (in preparation for phase 3), I realized the diffuser was assembled backwards. For our 5.0 F150's the long side of the diffuser must be on the passenger side of the can when installed. I disassembled, removed the mesh packed up in the can top on the exit/passenger side, and reassembled the can with diffuser. For anyone who might have received their cans assembled by UPR, you should check to see if it was assembled correctly before installing. (EDIT: Joe notes below they assemble the cans for shipping, and all cans should be assembled for your own installation needs) I also had a small piece of the stainless steel mesh (1/8") drop out when I was doing that. I wasn't thrilled with that so I unrolled, and lightly tapped the mesh in case there were any other loose pieces, but there weren't. A quick note on the UPR kit... it is much improved since I bought mine. The hoses are pre cut to the proper lengths, the elbow fittings are nickel rather than plastic, and they include Ford OEM snap on valve cover and intake fittings.
More to come soon!
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Test Results
- I'll summarize the test to date. The first phase was to test the UPR vs the RX catch cans on a 5.0, both base models, with the UPR first in line and RX installed to catch anything the UPR missed. Those first phase results were: UPR - 17cc, RX - 67cc. The 'first in line' UPR caught 20% of the total volume. See post 37 in this thread for more details. The cans were cleaned and reinstalled in reverse order for phase 2, RX first and then UPR.
Phase 2 Test Results
- The Weather has been average northern Ohio spring weather. Some rain, fog, cool nights, warm and hot days.
- Driving has been about the same through both phases. I good mix of rural roads, some small towns, highways, and approximately 40% of the miles on interstates at 65 - 80mph. Mostly average style driving, with a few very heavy accelerations mixed in. A little heavy hauling, and no towing.
- What they caught this time might have been predicted by some (after the results of phase 1). RX was first in line, with the UPR after it to catch anything the RX might miss.
The combined volume of gunk was half of that caught in the first phase. The first phase had some cold weather which accounted for more water in the mix and the higher volume.
The contents from the RX can was mostly oil/fuel, and had a strong chemical/solvent smell again. It caught 35.5cc total which is approximately 7 1/8 tsp.
The UPR can caught about the same mix of oil/fuel, but didn't smell quite as strong. Halfway through this phase, Joe@UPR asked me to remove the mesh on the exit side of the UPR can. I did that, but noticed no difference in what it was catching. But since it was second in line, and there was little to catch, that's understandable. The UPR can caught 1.75cc total which is approximately 1/3 tsp. With so little collecting this time, I monitored the contents of the UPR can but didn't empty it until the end of the test.
- Phase 2 Totals:
RX - 35.5cc
UPR - 1.75cc
- Other tidbits include the 'first in line' RX can caught 95% of the total volume. The exit hoses were very clean from both cans. The last few tanks of gas have produced slightly higher than my normal MPGs, but it's too early to tell on that (more to follow after phase 3).
-Phase 3, using the UPR can extension and diffuser, is underway. Details will follow.RX Performance Products/RevXtreme.com 941-721-1826
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So I got my spacer today and I have a question for those that have already installed it. If the stock orange gasket goes under the spacer, it has 2 domes on it that fit into spots on the bottom of the intake. How does the spacer fit on top of that gasket with those domes in it? It wont sit flat
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Re: Product reivew: The Black Ice-Olater by VMax - Intake Phenolic Spacer
Excellent mod. One of the best for the $ hands down.
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So my engine blew and cadillac just came back saying they aren't paying for any of the repair because I had the Intake spacer installed. Fml
Re: Product reivew: The Black Ice-Olater by VMax - Intake Phenolic Spacer
Roar of ze bull. Any excuse to not pay. What was the cause of the failure? Certainly not an intake related cause.
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9/11...smh. sorry bout ur lost
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Let us know what happens. I have one, and a catch can waiting for a few minutes of spare time to install them.
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Any update on this denial?
Re: Product reivew: The Black Ice-Olater by VMax - Intake Phenolic Spacer
Take them to court...against Federal law to deny warranty unless a product can be proven to directly cause the failure, which is impossible with this spacer. I personally had Ford dealer void my warranty for having a K&N CAI several years ago on my new F350 6.0 diesel....brought it to another dealer and they honored it.
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I never open a profile over there, but from what I heard, it's a good site. I used it a lot for the wiki.
Wow, you watched a lot of shows. The one guy I know what is in the same league as you is @Donwun. That explains why you have a wealth of knowledge for the Implied Sex Scene project. I was looking and asking folks in the community before I discover TV Tropes.
I don't have nay website like that, so I'll just list here in basic order of which I watched them...
Not nearly as many compared to the rest of you, but that's my list. Plan to add Hellsing, Nadia: The Secrets of Blue Water, Cowboy Bebop and Kill La Kill to this list.
I usually keep track of my watching/watched anime here: anime-planet
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I used to use anime-planet but now I just use an Anime Vice list because I can write a little blurb about the stuff I'm watching as well.: Every anime I've seen to completion. I haven't updated it in a few seasons though.
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Prevailing government policies and practices render many charitable nonprofits less efficient and effective, according to findings presented in a new report by the National Council of Nonprofits. Investing for Impact: Indirect Costs are Essential for Success details how a combination of inconsistent terminology by governments, arbitrary application of those terms, and unrealistic expectations impair the ability of nonprofits to deliver services that governments at all levels contract with them to provide and weakens the viability of the entire sector to provide services to the public on behalf of governments. Among other findings, the report challenges outdated thinking and demonstrates that actual indirect costs range from 20 percent to 40 percent at charitable nonprofits.
Investing for Impact offers practical solutions that governments at all levels can adopt to strengthen the government-nonprofit contracting relationship while ensuring higher-performing partners and cost savings for taxpayers. Charitable nonprofits are invited to help ongoing contracting reform efforts by sharing your experiences and problems with contracting with local and state governments. For more on the report and on the Council of Nonprofits' government-nonprofit contracting reform initiative, go to www.govtcontracting.org.
When the federal government shut down on October 1 due to the failure of politicians to reach agreement on a bill to fund federal programs, many people presumed that the government would be closed for only a few days and the impact would be relatively light. However, the widening chasm between the political parties suggest that the shutdown could continue for weeks, perhaps even spilling over to and beyond the October 17 date when the federal government will hit the statutory debt limit. Every day of shutdown increases the tally of adverse effects for nonprofits and the people they serve. Many federally funded, community-based programs that provide food for infants, children, veterans, and seniors, such as Meals on Wheels and WIC (Women, Infant, and Children Supplemental Nutrition), report having only enough resources to continue operating for a few more days. At least 23 Head Start programs in 11 states have already run out of money, leaving children without access to vital educational programs and their parents scrambling for options. People who could be applying for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, veterans' benefits, or other essential programs -- all of which have been idled during the shutdown -- turn to charities for help. Members of the VISTA national service program continue to accrue their stipends during the shutdown, but they won't be paid until government operations resume, according to the Corporation for National and Community Service; yet, VISTA participants reportedly are prohibited from taking second jobs to earn other income while they wait to be paid.
Government shutdowns – just like arbitrary sequestration cuts – may stop funding, but they do not stop human needs. Indeed, they actually increase needs. When people are in need, they turn to charitable nonprofits for help – yet nonprofits have been stretched beyond capacity the last several years since the Great Recession due to higher demands for help and reduced revenues.
The National Governors Association has made clear that state governors oppose the federal government shutdown and are concerned about whether and how the states will backfill reduced federal support, especially if the political impasse goes on for long. "We will not be acting as the federal government's bank," said Michigan Budget Director John Nixon, suggesting that individuals will have to turn elsewhere for help. Arizona took it a step further, cutting off welfare assistance to the very poor. To avert additional pressures on nonprofits and their communities, State Associations across the country are working to prepare nonprofits for the range of effects the government shutdown could have on their work and the people they serve:
Tax reform discussions for the 2014 legislative sessions are already underway across the country. Last week New York Governor Cuomo announced the creation of a new tax reform committee tasked with reducing sales taxes for individuals and businesses. The new tax committee must submit its report to the Governor by December 6, 2013. The Nebraska Legislature's Tax Modernization Committee kicked off a series of tax reform hearings in September that seek to gather input from the public on tax reform topics. The Committee has until December 15 to submit its recommendations to the Legislature. The Nonprofit Association of the Midlands is working to engage local nonprofits in the state tax reform dialogue to ensure the organizations have a seat at the table on tax changes that could negatively affect their work in communities. Vermont policymakers during their 2014 session are also expected to discuss a tax reform proposal that would cap all itemized deductions, including the charitable giving incentive, at 2.5 times the standard deduction. Common Good Vermont and several other nonprofits in the state have already voiced concerns about the proposed change.
Illinois taxpayers, individuals receiving vital services, and nonprofit service providers are the beneficiaries of ongoing contracting reform efforts. Key areas of progress include creation of an electronic document repository, reduction of nonprofit monitoring from annual reviews to once every three-to-five years, and adoption of a common contract agreement template that five separate state agencies can use, according to a report to the Illinois General Assembly from the Management Improvement Initiative Committee (MIIC). The Centralized Repository Vault (CRV) is generating savings by allowing nonprofits to electronically upload standard documents like an organization's articles of incorporation and IRS Form 990 only once, when previously they were required to submit as hard copies to each state agency multiple times – thus saving taxpayers the costs of storage and retrieval. The MIIC is also working on a process for accepting deemed status of service providers to reduce regulatory burdens on nonprofits and a new standardized billing system and reporting format. MIIC was created in 2011 by the General Assembly to improve government-nonprofit contracting practices and procedures across Illinois' five human services agencies
Nonprofits in Denver are seeing positive results from the City's efforts to improve contracting and partnerships. The Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships (DOSP), which serves as a liaison between the City and local charitable nonprofit service providers, last week began posting a listing of funding opportunities on DOSP's website and expanding its newsletter to highlight City funding opportunities for their nonprofit partners. The Office also released a guide for City agencies on the selection process for nonprofit funding streams to support efforts to structure a clear and transparent selection process, and is providing training to City employees on working effectively with nonprofits. Denver's commitment to streamlining contracting processes is demonstrated by DOSP Executive Director, Dace West: "As a City, we elect to work with the nonprofit community to complement and support services already provided by City agencies or to meet needs that the City does not have the capacity, resources or expertise to address. As a result, the City is able to more effectively and efficiently execute its vision of creating a world-class city where everyone matters."
Nonprofits nationwide are actively engaging with policymakers in efforts to prevent a second round of sequestration cuts from taking effect in January of 2014. The Maine Association of Nonprofits is hosting a discussion with Senator Angus King to end sequestration and demonstrate how the arbitrary and across-the-board cuts are limiting the ability of nonprofits to serve their communities. Similarly, the National Head Start Association held a rally on October 2nd at the US Capitol to demonstrate the adverse effects of current and future sequester cuts. Those cuts have already forced Head Start programs nationally to drop 57,000 children from their early education programs in addition to firing teachers, cutting schedules and reducing transportation for low-income families. The advocacy efforts of nonprofits like these are essential for ensuring that policymakers and the public see the true cost of these arbitrary cuts and recognize the impact they have on charitable nonprofits and the communities they serve. Readers can share stories about how sequestration has affected their communities and read others, from every state, at www.GiveVoice.org.
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"When Government Shuts Down, the Nonprofit Community Pays," by Tim Delaney, Foundation Center, October 4, 2013.
"Charitable Giving Tied to State Tax Deduction Decisions," Stateline, September 24, 2013, analyzing the consequences of actions by legislatures to reconsider and largely to retain charitable giving incentives in Hawai'i, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Vermont.
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