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" You Can" t Get Anywhere Without Coming to Ogden: Railroading in the American West" a commemorative panel discussion presented at the 2004 Utah Construction/ Utah International Symposium Making Tracks by Dr. Stan Layton Thursday, October 7 2 I was pleased to be assigned to reflect on the significance of the Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific and their impact on our local area. Those two railroads make a nifty tandem when you think about it. They both had a big impact on our area but they were partners actually, they came to be. One of them actually absorbed the other. The Southern Pacific absorbed the Central Pacific in 1885. There is also this interesting thought that occurred to me as I was pouring over the traditional literature of railroading in the west. It is quite unmistakable that the Central Pacific is a beloved railroad. It is easy to love, and I was glad to hear Dean Sadler actually use that word in one of his comments. But the Southern Pacific, say it out loud, I do not dare do it. I just did not want to use that other four letter word. The Southern Pacific has had such great image problems historiographically. It is easy to hate the Southern Pacific. We, here, in our area are fortunate because we see the Southern Pacific, actually, on its best behavior. Its great impact came after that terrible incident in 1880 that earned it the epithet " The Octopus." By the 20th Century, of course, it is very important to us isn" t it? To our economy. A lot of people, I will bet some of them in this room, could stand up and say, " Boy, I remember the pay check I got from the Southern Pacific and how important that was to me." The Central Pacific, as you know, was one of the first. It was authorized to build that first transcontinental railroad. I always tell my students in class to just abbreviate that to T. C. R. R. so do not be surprised if I do that in my reflections. It was to build eastward from Sacramento. You all know the story of 3 the difficulty with the laborers. Where do you find them? It is one thing to be able to find them closer to those, you know, Civil War battlefields and the activity in the east when that was over, but out in the west, most of the men that were out here were footloose, they were opportunistic, and even as late as the mid " 60s they were still oriented towards the gold fields. Their practice was to hitch on to the Central Pacific as laborers only long enough to get to the gold fields and then they deserted. It was in that time of frustration that Charles Crocker suggested to the supervisor, his kind of construction gang, " Strowbridge, what about the Chinese?" Strowbridge supposedly said, " No they are much too small. They are too frail. They cannot do this heavy work." I love that response from Crocker, I am sure you have all heard it many times as he challenged Strowbridge on that point of view and reminded him, as he put it, " After all they had built the Great Wall of China." Strowbridge reconsidered and here they came in large numbers, you know, ten to twelve thousand people. They quickly won the heart of Crocker and Strowbridge, coming to be referred to as Crocker" s pets. They even had a labor agent there in Southern China to recruit more. I think it is important that we take cognizance of this facet to the Central Pacific" s history. I was pleased to see President Millner here today. I recall a couple of years ago when Dean Sadler first called me and asked if I would want to come on up and join the faculty in history full- time. Being new, I was honored to be invited to participate with President Millner in these small discussion groups she had for new faculty to get to know them better. I did feel a little bit funny because 4 there I was with all the twenty- five year old new faculty members. I felt obliged to explain to her how it happened that she got a sixty year old freshman instructor. In the course of that discussion, much of it turned to the challenge of diversity, trying to enlarge our activity in that sphere, and how important it is to a good university and to a good society that we do have diversity. So as I look out in the audience and I see my old friends Kent Powell and Bill Mulder and others who have done so much to promote our understanding of the history of ethnic groups in Utah, I appreciate even more the role played by the Central Pacific in bringing those tens of thousands of Chinese to Utah. Most of them did not stay long, but some of them did. Some of them stayed after the driving of the Golden Spike. Isn" t it interesting that you can look at photo after photo of that memorable event at Promontory? How many Chinese do you see there? They are nowhere to be seen. They are in the background. They did make their presence felt not only in Box Elder County but in Weber County. We know that in 1880 there were thirty- three of them still here. So that is, what, eleven years after the driving of the Golden Spike? In 1890 there were one hundred and six of them here. They had several businesses. We know that there were five Chinese owned laundries in downtown Ogden at the turn of the century. Three of them were on 25th Street and two of them on Grant Street. They brought their distinctive lifestyles and cultural traditions and those are still with us today. The Chinese, of course, went wherever railroads were and particularly mining in Utah so we see some down in Salt Lake County, in the western part of the county and up in Park City and elsewhere. 5 Within a year after the driving of the Golden Spike some eighty thousand tons of freight were coming into the territory and all that tonnage came through Ogden in Junction City because, you know, it was that year, 1870, that the Utah Central was completed. And, of course, Brigham Young was ever so eager to get that completed and to make sure that junction was at Ogden, not Corinne in Box Elder County. We compare that with some twelve thousand tons that were coming in annually before the completion of that spur line. So that is an increase of seven fold. By 1880, that figure had reached one hundred and twenty- five thousand tons. Most of that, a whole lot of that, the majority of it was that heavy equipment that was used for mining. It was not until the railroads came that mining those rich silver mines coming out of Little Cottonwood Canyon was able to find commercial value. Ogden people were conspicuous there at that occasion, the driving of the Golden Spike. Lauren Farr was there, John C. West, Franklin D. Richards, who was assigned as a probate court judge here, T. B. H. Stewhouse, we ordinarily do not think of his association so much with Weber County, but he was up here to get a newspaper going and he was there too. The Southern Pacific spent a little less time with that, maybe we can come back to it. But, yes, much less prepossessing, a delicate way to say that, than the Central Pacific. Wherever you find Jay Gould and Collis P. Huntington working together you want to grab the ear plugs because it was Huntington, wasn" t it, who said, in all seriousness he said, " if it is necessary to bribe people to do the right thing then it is only fair and just to do so." So how is that for a nice 6 flexible, ethical philosophy? They teamed up to build that transcontinental railroad, you know, along the southern route, the Southern T. C. R. R. along the 32nd parallel. The Southern Pacific did take over the Central Pacific in 1885. By 1910, the SP, it is often times referred to affectionately as the SP, was Weber County" s largest employer. Professor Sadler and Roberts tell us that in the year 1910 they were employing one thousand people here in Weber County. The other railroad serving Ogden pumped four million dollars into the local economy by 1910. By 1924, with nearly seventeen hundred employees alone, the SP was pouring two and a half million dollars annually into Weber County with their payrolls. Our city here, our county, our territory, and our region were all greatly impacted by these two railroads. Thank you.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi zico2000. Ally's November base lease rate and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 Chevrolet Volt with 15,000 miles per year are 1.05% and 57%. This is for a model without navigation.
General Motors is providing a $2,420 cash incentive on leases of this car through Ally.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515General Motors is providing a $2,420 cash incentive on leases of the 2013 Volt through Ally. This incentive is slightly lower, $2,300, on leases through US Bank. The US Bank lease program is probably still more attractive though.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi travispete. I just posted the Ally lease program a couple of messages ago. The residual value for a lease with 10,000 miles per year is 3% higher than the 15,000 mile per year residual.
I haven't seen the US Bank lease program for this car, but I've heard that it's a little better than Ally's. I'll see what I can find out about it for you.
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jbro3 Posts: 2So I'm reading this to try and figure out what kind of deal I should negotiate on leasing a 2012 or 2013 chevy volt tonight and tommrow. The ally deals that are listed (for 5045 for 2012, and 2424 for 2013) seemed to have expired at the end of october?
What should I expect to pay for a 2012 premium without nav leased for 30-36 months at 12000 miles per year?
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indoliya Posts: 3I got my lease in CA today. Can't say whether it is a good deal or not but I got a loaded 2013 Volt minus the sensors and the new rim design (everything else included). I paid $3250 down and $399 per month for 12k miles and 36 months. I think it may be possible for you to get the same deal for $3000 down. But you may have to be more adamant than I was!
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joebruin77 Posts: 4I am looking to lease a new 2013 "fully loaded" Volt. This particular Volt has every available option except no special metallic paint and no special polished wheels. But it has Bose sound, nav, safety 1 and 2, etc. The MSRP is $44,120 . I was offered a 36 month lease, 12K miles per year with $1,500 due at drive off (includes first payment) and then 35 payments of $379 per month plus tax (which comes to just over $414 per month including tax). Since I live in California, I would get the state rebate of $1,500, so my net drive off cost is zero. So is 35 payments of $414 for a 36 month lease on this particular Volt a good deal? I live in the Los Angeles area. I welcome all feedback and suggestions. Thank you!
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jbro3 Posts: 2Ok- So I got my new 2013 Volt yesterday. Went with the base model since they are kind of hard to find around here and I didn't want to pay extra to have one delivered ect. Sticker price of 39,995- Paid 37,900. 5420.01$ in reductions (includes 2420 rebate, 1850 trade in, and 1150 down). 36 months, 12,000 miles per year. No security deposit, 1st payment taken out of reductions. Total with license, registration, lease fee's, and doc fee's = 38,575. Residual 23,597.05. Base payment of 320.44 plus tax= 346.88$.
What does everyone think? I haggled all day- took in the consumer review showing what they paid. I'm sure I could have gotten it a little lower but after 4 hours I just didn't have it in me anymore to argue. I'm happy with it :shades: -
joebruin77 Posts: 4Hi, Bromion,
I got the offer from Keyes Chevy in Van Nuys, CA. I actually picked up a new Volt yesterday. It is fully loaded, including the metallic paint and black rims, and has an MSRP of just over $45,000. They wouldn't go any lower than their original offer (the one I originally quoted in my first post), but no other dealer would match their offer. So I took what they offered me. I paid $1,500 in total drive off at time of signing. This included the first month's payment. It is a 36 month lease, 12K per year. So I have 35 payments of $379 plus tax per month. And in CA, I will get the $1,500 back from the CA state rebate.
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bromion Posts: 17Amazing. I was also dealing with Keyes. I went in this weekend and tried to lease the identical car. We negotiated around and got to $457 per month (inc tax) with $2100 drive-off, 15kmi, 36 months. 12kmi makes a difference, but I don't think a $50/month difference.
Actually, I was close to getting around $430/month inc tax, which was in the range of reasonable for me, but then they tanked my trade-in. So that killed the deal. -
joebruin77 Posts: 4Actually, I may have a good option for you that can save your deal. There is a Carmax used car dealership in Burbank. You can take the car you wanted to trade in to Carmax. They will buy it off you, even if you do not buy a car from them. When I sold my wife's Subaru, the guy buying it didn't know how to get rid of his old car. A dealer offered him about $3,500 for his car. He went to Carmax and they offered him $8,000. He actually gave me an extra $500 just to thank me for suggesting Carmax.
BTW, I eventually sold my wife's Subaru for $21,500. Carmax had offered me $20,000 for it, so what they offer is actually pretty fair. It's definitely a lot better than what the dealer will offer you on a trade in. -
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icemanbryan Posts: 16Not trying to take anything away.
Here in SO CA (Costa Mesa, CA)
I had a great leasing experience with Connell Chevrolet.
I dealt with Eddie and his son Joey.
Eddie has been there for years 20+.
His son maybe 6 years.
Anyway, we have bought from them several times, always a good experience.
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mochacina Posts: 6Check out George Chevrolet in Bellflower. Ask for Alejandro.
I got my 2013 Chevy Volt leased in September.
$44k msrp without navigation. Don't need navigation when you get 3 years Onstar with turn-by-turn navigation download to your vehicle.
$1200 drive off including 1st month.
$325/month for 35 months....12,000 miles per year. ($325 is the total monthly payment with tax and everything.)
I got $1500 rebate for the clean air incentive program.
I used to pay more than $300 for gas every month. Now, i pay around $40-$50 a month to charge my car. So far, i only used up 3 gallons of gas from the same tank when i leased the car. Don't see myself filling up any time soon. -
mochacina Posts: 6The residual is $28,248. I had told a few of my friends and they got exactly the same deal, but that was in October. Doesn't hurt to try.
I had a good experience. Negotiated the price over the phone the day before, went in the next day to test drive, pick the color i wanted then completed the paperwork....all in about an hour.
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I don´t know if this is been posted already, but I found models of new characters who are going to be in game. They are: Tim, Kelsey, Cindy, Nerissa and olivia. Here is the link:http://tf3dm.com/user/dragon_child/models/2
I don´t know if this is been posted already, but I found models of new characters who are going to be in game. They are: Tim, Kelsey, Cindy, Nerissa and olivia. Here is the link:http://tf3dm.com/user/dragon_child/models/2
Good find. Well, Cindy is obviously Cinderella. I thought that I had caught a glimpse of her trademark black and white checkered coat in the preview for episode 2. :) Thanks for sharing.
It also has a model that says Bigby3 (3rd form) is that real? I hope so because it looks cool.
I just realize that tim guy was in line with gren and red head guy is listed as cryer so boy who cried wolf confirmed?
Also is cindy supposed to be cinderalla? Seems like Red head guy(Cryer) Will be in episode 2
Yes, Cindy is Cinderella and she's a total badass in the comics. Can't wait to see her in the game. :)
Hell yeah. I wonder if we'll be questioning tim about the red head guy since he was in line with him and gren
Judging from the title card of episode 2 Nerissa is probably one of Georgie Porgie's hookers.
I'm really surprised I just saw any of that what with Telltale keeping everything under wraps. It's looking pretty good though!
If you click on the pic for the model, it says "Tiny Tim," like from A Christmas Carol, I suppose. :D
And the name "Cryer" does seem to support the Boy Who Cried Wolf theory.
Cool so im guessing we'll be questioning tim about something and maybe we'll find out why cryer is following us
well technically he IS in the comic: at least he is mentioned once "Bigby: You're lying now, because you always lie. Jack: Not this time! Snow White: Jack, did you ever hear about the boy who cried wolf? Jack: Sure, he lives up on the seventh floor. So what? Snow White: Never mind."
so yeah would be cool to see him xD
Well telling from his name, his leg brace and his hat, i'm gonna put my money on him being Tiny Tim from the story of Scrooge, i know it seems unlikely but hey ho, we'll have to wait and see!
That Tiny Tim is from the story of scrooge.AIso I noticed this after I wroted this thread, but He already appears n episode 1.
You can see him standing next to cryer outside crane´s office.
After seeing the Cindy model, wasn't she the one walking across the crosswalk for a brief second when Bigby and Snow were in the cab?
Yeah. And She was in the preview for Chapter 2 as well. If I remember right, it was the scene where the pimp is talking to Bigby. She's leaning against the wall or something.


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I am looking for a composting toilet for a low-use weekend cabin in the woods. It can be chemical or natural, as long as it is not expensive and works. Any suggestions? asked May 24 '11 at 23:42 Kevin Kelly |
(This answer was provided by Petter) The best design out there is called a Treebog, designed by Jay Abrahams. Its simple, doesn't smell, not necessary to clean out, you can pee in it, and it promotes the quick growth of coppice-able wood. Here is a how to guide to build your own. Some more info on it here. You can also find a guide in the Summer 2011 issue of Permaculture magazine. Good luck! linkanswered May 26 '11 at 12:38 oliver |
While I haven't used any of the commercial composters, I was amazed at the ease and lack of smell of a very simple system that I replicated in a cabin I have, and it has proven to be a great approach. It's so easy you can give it a shot, and if it doesn't meet your needs, you can upgrade to a multi-hundred-dollar setup. Take one five-gallon bucket. Put toilet seat on top, or better, build a simple box with a hinged lid, on which the toilet seat can be attached, said box sized so the hole in the lid fits closely around the lid of the bucket (the toilet seat will sit atop the lid). Put a few inches of peat moss in the bottom and leave the peat moss bag nearby. Yup, that's it. just cover each bowel movement with a layer of peat moss. It seems to work OK too if you pee in it, though probably ideal if you don't. Still, we've made no real effort to avoid pee and all is still odor-free. We built a little room for it, but it was in a large bathroom in the farmhouse where I first saw it, and there was no smell in the room. This system does require an outdoor humanure compost pile, separate from other compost, and it's recommended that you let that sit two years before putting on non-food plants (eg trees). linkanswered May 27 '11 at 12:48 JimCummings |
I'll second and expand on Jim's suggestion. It's basically the solution described here: http://humanurehandbook.com . It's very simple, doesn't smell, costs very little, and works well. The difference between the humanure solution and commercial composting toilets is the cover materials; a full humanure bucket is mostly sawdust or peat moss, and the humanure compost bin is mostly straw. The cover materials provide space for air, add nutrients, and act as a filter that prevents odors and keeps out pests. The commercial systems or self-contained home-built systems I've seen only use extra materials to balance out the nutrients in the compost. These systems are mostly filled with waste, and, in my experience, smell like it. By the way, in the humanure system, you can pee right into the same bucket; the large amount of additional materials makes the presence of urine a positive thing, rather than a hinderance to the system. linkanswered Jul 27 '11 at 17:39 Tom Sackett |
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BRUSSELS - With Germany pushing for a change to the EU treaty in order to
toughen up economic governance, an EU resolution agreed Monday (14
November) by Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party gives an idea of
Berlin's thinking on the matter.
The 23-page resolution says an EU convention - a multi-layered body
required for profound treaty change - with a "clearly defined mandate"
should be called.
The "goals" of treaty change discussion should be "automatic sanctions"
within the stability and growth pact, with misbehaving member states
liable to be taken to the European Court of Justice.
Meanwhile eurozone countries that are "permanently unwillingly or unable"
to hold to the rules of the single currency should "voluntarily" be able
to exit the eurozone.
Currently there are no rules on exiting the eurozone - an option first
publicly aired when Greece threatened to have a referendum on its second
bailout package - only for leaving the EU itself.
But before it comes to this step, however, the resolution suggests that
states that get themselves into debt would be assigned a "budget
commissioner" who would oversee public spending and restructuring
measures. This person should have "powers to act" if the state failed to
fulfil it duties.
Direct election of commission president
German centre-right politicians also suggest that the European Commission
President should in future be directly elected by EU voters so that
"political union gets a face."
Current rules say the president must be chosen in light of the European
elections, meaning the person should come from the political family that
gets the most votes.
But several have argued that agreeing a candidate beforehand would
politicise a process that has long been seen as hollow democracy, with
disinterested and ever fewer voters traipsing to European urns every five
This same political union, says the non-binding CDU resolution, should
have a "democratic bicameral" parliamentary system, with the European
Parliament representing citizens and the council of minister representing
member states. Both chambers should have the right to initiate
Meanwhile, seats in the EU assembly should be distributed in a way that
more strongly reflects national populations, with Germany the most
populous EU member state.
Although the resolution is not binding, its gives a clear indication of
the European path favoured by Germany's ruling party.
This is likely to strongly influence the debate in Brussels with EU
council president Herman Van Rompuy due to president ideas on further EU
economic integration - including those that involve treaty change - in
early December.
On 11/14/11 9:20 AM, Benjamin Preisler wrote:
Germany's Merkel may seek to change constitution to boost EU powers -
Text of report in English by independent German Spiegel Online website
on 14 November
[Report by Christoph Hickmann, Peter Mueller, Rene Pfister, and
Christoph Schwennicke: "A German referendum on Europe? Merkel eyes
constitution revamp to boost EU powers"]
Germany's constitution is highly respected, but it also obstructs the
transfer of power from Berlin to Brussels - a fact that has hindered the
rescue of Europe's common currency. At the CDU's [Christian Democratic
Union] party conference this week, Angela Merkel may push for an
overhaul of the Basic Law in order to hasten euro bailout efforts.
Virtually nothing is more sacred to Germans than their constitution,
which is known as the Basic Law. It was originally planned as a stopgap
measure, but it has seen the Federal Republic of Germany through the
past 62 years. During the Cold War, political parties may have squabbled
over conservative Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's political commitment to
Western Europe and the United States - and they had their differences
over left-leaning Chancellor Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik policy of
normalizing relations with communist Eastern Europe, particularly with
East Germany - but they immediately and unanimously praised the Basic
Law. "We have one of the best constitutions in the world," German
Chancellor Angela Merkel once said.
Now, it looks as if Merkel herself may order an overhaul of the German
constitution. At the party conference of the chancellor's conservative
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) which commenced on Monday morning, Nov.
14, it is expected to approve a plan that could change the face of
Europe - and perhaps make it necessary for the Germans to rewrite their
This operation to amend the constitution has already become one of the
government's most delicate political initiatives. If it succeeds, it
would remove one of the euro's biggest problems: The 17 euro-zone
countries have a common currency but do not have a common finance
policy, a fact which partly explains why the euro is teetering at the
edge of an abyss. This is tackled in the key sentence of the new paper.
"We need more Europe in key policy areas," it says.
Merkel hesitated for a long time before making such a statement in
public. It was three quarters of a year ago that German Finance Minister
Wolfgang Schaeuble reportedly took the chancellor aside and explained to
her that the euro crisis could not be resolved with spur-of-the-moment
policies. He told the chancellor that he was in favour of using the
crisis to advance Europe's political unity.
Avoiding U-Turns
At the time, Merkel rejected the idea. A reform of the European Union
treaties would never meet the approval of French President Nicolas
Sarkozy, she reportedly said - but that was only half the story. Merkel
was also afraid of the German Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe: In its
ruling on the Lisbon Treaty, the court made it clear that the German
constitution allows for practically no further transfers of power to
Consequently, Germany's policy on Europe stagnated for months. The
chancellor managed to put out the fires sparked by the currency crisis,
but she still needed to convey a fundamental vision of the future of the
monetary union. As the grumbling about her aimless policy on Europe grew
louder, she changed course. After the CDU had shed its political skin so
many times, she didn't want to reap criticism for allegedly abandoning
the party's legacy on European policy.
She convinced Sarkozy that there could only be one effective response to
the tottering euro project: The monetary union had to be revamped. And
she yielded to Schaeuble and gave the CDU party conference a new focus:
European policy.
The resolutions made at the party conference will not be empty words.
Instead, Merkel and Schaeuble want them to serve as a foundation of a
two-stage plan to reform the EU. As a first step, they want to amend EU
treaties to allow notorious debtors in the euro zone to be placed under
mandatory supervision by Brussels.
Offenders on a Short-Leash
They aim to make the Stability Pact more binding in the future. That
would mean the European Court of Justice could take action ag ainst
budget offenders. If necessary, even a Brussels cost-cutting
commissioner would be able to keep budget offenders on a short leash.
According to the plan, this individual would have the power to draw up
guidelines for a debtor country's budget - without, however, being able
to influence details such as tax law and social policy.
The Chancellery wants this aspect of the EU reform approved as quickly
as possible. Merkel wants to show the financial markets that Europe has
the strength to push through sweeping changes. Internally, Merkel's
staff expect that the EU reform convention will complete its work by the
end of next year, a view shared by CDU parliamentary floor leader Volker
As a second step, Merkel and Schaeuble want the EU to move towards
becoming a political union. This entails transferring more sovereign
rights to the EU - and it would mean amending Germany's constitution.
This could either be accomplished under Article 23, requiring a
two-thirds majority in Germany's federal parliament, the Bundestag, as
well as the Bundesrat, the upper legislative chamber that represents the
states. A more challenging alternative would be to change Article 146 of
the constitution via the direct participation of the population.
According to this scenario, the Germans would drop the Basic Law and
embrace a totally new constitution.
Power for Brussels
This may all seem somewhat far-fetched, but there are members of the
German government who are openly speculating this may happen. Schaeuble
believes that a national referendum on the German constitution would be
an essential step in reforming the EU - and with good reason, since the
constitutional judges in Karlsruhe have now made it clear on a number of
occasions that the constitution leaves little leeway to relinquish more
power to Brussels.
This is precisely the point where opinions diverge sharply within the
ranks of the government. The Foreign Ministry believes that the CDU's
ambitious plans would, at best, be suitable for an introductory seminar
on European politics - but not in practice. Ministry officials would be
happy if the EU states could agree on a few instruments to bring the
euro crisis under control.
In a six-page paper published by the Foreign Ministry ("Required
Integration Policy Improvements for the Creation of a Stability Union"),
they write that to amend the EU treaties "a ('small') convention that is
precisely limited in terms of content should be called quickly," which
would then "rapidly" present proposals.
The Bavarian sister party to the CDU, the Christian Social Union (CSU) -
which also shares power in the federal government coalition with the CDU
- flatly rejects a complete reorganization of EU bodies. EU opponents
currently call the shots in Bavaria, such as German Interior Minister
Hans-Peter Friedrich, who even voted against the Constitutional Treaty,
which was never ratified and was eventually superseded by the Lisbon
Treaty. "Every disempowerment of national parliaments leads us further
away from democratic processes," he says.
Future European Integration?
The CSU intends to resist further transfers of power to Brussels. The
answer to the currency crisis is not more Europe, but rather less,
argues CSU General Secretary Alexander Dobrindt. "When it comes to
talking some sense into debtor countries that are unwilling to reform,"
he says, "this won't be achieved by (EU Commission President Jose
Manuel) Barroso or (EU Council President Herman) Van Rompuy, but rather
it can only be accomplished by Merkel and Sarkozy." Dobrindt contends:
"It would be grossly incorrect, especially now during the crisis, to
weaken the stability of the nation states and delegate the struggle to
resolve the crisis to the relatively unsuccessful eurocrats in
Now, the members of Merkel's governing coalition of the CDU/CSU and the
business-friendly Free Democratic Party (FDP) are racking their brains
in Berlin to find a way to meet the demands of t he judges in Karlsruhe.
The conservatives' parliamentary secretary Peter Altmaier, for instance,
recently went to Karlsruhe to find out how the judges view the prospect
of future European integration with regard to constitutional law.
Ultimately, the conservatives calculate that the judges won't dare to
stand in the way of European unity.
By contrast, some members of the opposition Social Democratic Party
(SPD) would like to see a national referendum held as quickly as
possible. "The next amendment to the European treaties should be linked
to a national referendum," a paper written by Michael Roth, the European
policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group, proposes.
The Social Democrats appear to be hoping that, in the run-up to the next
parliamentary election, Germany's current centre-right coalition will
become mired in a dispute over fundamental principles on Europe.
Thomas Oppermann, the SPD's parliamentary secretary even envisages
holding a national referendum on the day of the Bundestag election in
the fall of 2013. "That would have a certain appeal because then all
political parties would have to put their cards on the table on the
issue of Europe."
Source: Spiegel Online website, Hamburg, in English 14 Nov 11
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This report provides an overview of diaspora advocacy by looking at five issues: who participates in diaspora advocacy, who or what are the "targets" in these efforts, what means are used to advance these causes, what are the issues on which they focus, and the effectiveness of the efforts.
This report examines the diaspora entrepreneurs who are often motivated to contribute to job creation and economic growth in their native lands, and offers some key findings and policy options.
This report explores how nostalgia trade and heritage tourism can involve diaspora populations in transactions that ease the integration of their homeland economies, while helping maintain their ties to their countries of origin or ancestry.
This report analyzes the evolving role of diaspora philanthropy in countries of origin, and examines the emergence of nongovernmental development actors and new trends in global philanthropy, such as strategic giving and use of online platforms to harness small donations.
Nearly 1 million U.S. residents spend time volunteering abroad each year, including nearly 200,000 first- and second-generation immigrants. As skilled migration and the number of U.S. youth with ancestors in the developing world grow, this report shows the potential for diaspora service volunteers to assist with development in a number of countries.
A growing body of evidence suggests that diasporas play a critical role in supporting sustainable development by transferring resources, knowledge, and ideas back to their home countries, and in integrating their countries of origin into the global economy.
Breakfast briefing with T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, and Kathleen Newland.
This book explores how developing-country governments have institutionalized ties with emigrants and their descendents. It offers an unprecedented taxonomy of 45 diaspora-engaging institutions found in 30 developing countries, exploring their activities and objectives. It also provides important practitioner insights from Mali, Mexico, and the Philippines.


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Learn about the latest research and discoveries happening at the ROM and mark your calendars for the 33rd annual ROM Research Colloquium coming up on February 3, 2012.
Ryan Dodge is the Acquisitions Technician in the Library as well an active member of the ROM's Social Media team. Here, he tells us a little bit more about his upcoming colloquium presentation, Mobile Interpretation in Museums.
Contributed by Brendt C. Hyde and Ian Nicklin.
By Kenneth R. Lister
Kenneth R. Lister is the Assistant Curator of Anthropology in the Department of World Cultures. Read on for a preview of what he'll be talking about on February 3, 2012 at the 33rd Annual ROM Research Colloquium.
Dr. Sarah Fee, Associate Curator, Eastern Hemisphere Textiles & Costumes, is the first-ever recipient of the YPC Research Fund. This November 2011, YPC supported Sarah's trip to Oman to research ancient forms of pitloom weaving and the trade routes of the Muscat cloth, which will inform part of a future ROM exhibition.
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Want to find out more about the latest research and discoveries happening at the ROM? Mark your calendars for the 33rd annual ROM Research Colloquium coming up on February 3, 2012.
Karin Ruehrdanz, Curator of Islamic Arts in the ROM's Department of World Cultures tells us a little bit about her upcoming colloquium presentation, Shahnama: The Persian "Book of Kings"
It seems that Maya: Secrets of Their Ancient World has inspired some really interesting holiday activities. Meet the Futterer Family! Inspired by Maya, they built the temple at Chichen Itza out of gingerbread as their traditional gingerbread house this Christmas.
The idea was suggested by 25-year-old Allie Futterer, designed by 28-year-old Max Futterer, and baked and executed by both of them and Max's girlfriend Jennifer Funk, age 28.
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"Basically" if you mix up which coax goes where, you can/will burn up the receiver.Can someone explain this post to me? http://forums.solids...-Power-Inserter
Sure, but you shouldn't have any "empty ports".I'd like to remove the wire from the "Signal to IRD" on the power inserter and pop it up on the splitter. My HR34 is on that port and it is constantly having issues (while my HR24 works just fine).
Can I just plug it into any of the empty ports?
You may have unused ports with a termination, which can be removed and placed on the "Signal to IRD" port.
The HR24 & HR34 have the "connected home adapter" internal.Also, my HR34 has no "connected home adapter" on it like the other one does, will that be ok after moving it? I do have a spare I can put on there if needed. This is all how the installer hooked it up.


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Didn't you have a problem with a previous EURS?
Intermittent recognition of the external device by my HR24-500... it turned out to be the TT cable.
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Didn't you have a problem with a previous EURS?
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Posted 31 July 2011 - 12:47 PM
Agree with CCarncross...
I've got a WD10EURS in a TT dock that works flawlessly with an HR24-500 and also tested OK on an HR24-100 once I swapped the TT eSATA cable for a different one.
The WD10EURS is quiet.
Posted 31 July 2011 - 01:03 PM
OK, you made me order one. B+H had the best price due to free shipping, today at least!
Posted 31 July 2011 - 04:18 PM
Lots of out of date info too. If you want an HDD that's made specifically for DVRs, the EURS WD HDD is the latest one. Some folks have had problems getting the HRs to recognize them, tho. I have a couple of WD EADS HDDs in my owned 20-700s and they've been very reliable. They aren't built with DVRs in mind, just as the EARS aren't. For the price, you can't beat the EARS.
How reliable will they be in the long run? Only way to know that is to wait a couple years and see if they are still working properly. I know I have one EARS used externally and I might have one internally in one of my other owned 20-700s. Kinda lost track of what's in what. Should have marked them all.
Another really good HDD is the WD EVDS line. They are made for DVRs and really work quite well, but they have stopped production of them and the EURS has taken it's place. If you can find an EVDS at a decent price somewhere, you might consider buying it.
I'd recommend going for the larger 2TB HDDs, they don't cost a lot more than the 1TBs and will serve you better. Any HDD that passes 20-30% available capacity is probably gonna bog down your HR to some extent. The closer you get to full, the worse it gets. A Menu Restart will usually get the HR running quicker again, but you'll find yourself restarting it more frequently. I keep my 2TBs at 50-60% full and have no bogging down of my HRs. This week I'll get another 2TB EARS to replace a really noisy Seagate 1.5TB in an external device. That will give me 20TBs of capacity. I wouldn't recommend anything but a WD HDD at this time.
Posted 31 July 2011 - 05:02 PM
I carried the WD EARS back and got a WD 1.5TB EVDS. I'll let you know how it does when I have a chance to put it in my MX-1.
Posted 01 August 2011 - 05:48 AM
I carried the WD EARS back and got a WD 1.5TB EVDS. I'll let you know how it does when I have a chance to put it in my MX-1.
Posted 01 August 2011 - 01:44 PM
That's just a good HDD. It should work perfectly. Good choice. Did they have the 2TB version in stock? If so, how much?
Posted 01 August 2011 - 05:32 PM
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The 2TB was $109. (1.5TB=$89, 1TB= $65)I was tempted but trying to mind the budget so I took the middle ground. The 1.5TB on my HR24-100 and the 500mb on my HR22 should be enough. We had been getting by with 1.25 TB total storage for years and now we have 2TB total. But I'll keep your advice in mind about not retaining programs to the extent they bog the HRs down, that is good advice.
I got the EVDS up and running last night no problems so far. I'm researching a network problem I have been having since the storm that took out my HR20-700. I've narrowed it down to "IP address conflict with another system on network". I note that the HR22 has a static notation by the IP should it have a static address? Wrong thread for this I guess but any tips?
Posted 02 August 2011 - 11:54 AM
I have an HR20 and was looking at the Fantom 2tb drives that are available.
There were a few negative reviews on them awhile back but do we have any recent feedback of how they hold up?
I've searched the threads and though some of you have advised against them ~ I've only seen a couple people report failures.
I've had a 1tb Cavalry work great for me the past 2-3yrs.
Posted 02 August 2011 - 11:56 AM
If your store have grace period for return it - try and tell us how it working with latest version of FW
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OK. Will test them all ..
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 02:58 PM
Wow, that's a great price for the 2TB. But I understand and a 1.5 is still a pretty good sized HDD. Wonder how much shipping is from them? I'll have to check that out.
I had a lot of problems with IP address conflicts until VOS told me how to put a static IP address on each one of my Net devices. Now, every device that connects to my router has a static IP address and I have no problems at all, in that regard. Almost bought a new computer because of the conflicts.
I can't say enough about all the help that VOS has given me over the years and I've tried to pass that knowledge down to others whenever I can. Believe me, I don't have the knowledge or background to just pull these answers out of a hat.
If you don't know how to set up a static IP address, PM me and I'll explain how to do it. I'll send that same info to anyone who asks me for it.
Posted 02 August 2011 - 03:50 PM
I had a lot of problems with IP address conflicts until VOS told me how to put a static IP address on each one of my Net devices. Now, every device that connects to my router has a static IP address and I have no problems at all, in that regard. Almost bought a new computer because of the conflicts.
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... the Directv HD DVR would never allow for swapping HDDs back and forth. If you shelved a full HDD and swapped in a new one, if you went back to swap in the shelved one, it'd just reformat the drive as a new one. I'm saying this rhetorically because I'm sure everyone in here already knows that...
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 05:50 PM
BTW, what you mean by "MBHE" ?


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Distributed Switch
Feature Summary
VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™ (VDS) provides a centralized interface from which you can configure, monitor and administer virtual machine access switching for the entire data center. The VDS provides:
- Simplified virtual machine network configuration
- Enhanced network monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities
- Support for advanced VMware vSphere® networking features
Simplified Virtual Machine Network Configuration
Use these VDS features to streamline provisioning, administration and monitoring of virtual networking across multiple hosts:
- Central control of virtual switch port configuration, portgroup naming, filter settings, and others
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) that negotiates and automatically configures link aggregation between vSphere hosts and the access layer physical switch
- Network health-check capabilities to verify vSphere to physical network configuration
Enhanced Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting Capabilities
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Support for Advanced vSphere Networking Features
The VDS supplies the building blocks for many networking capabilities in the vSphere environment:
- Provides the core element for VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control (NIOC)
- Maintains network runtime state for virtual machines as they move across multiple hosts, enabling inline monitoring and centralized firewall services
- Supports third-party virtual switch extensions such as the Cisco Nexus 1000V and IBM 5000v virtual switches
- Supports Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) to enable low-latency and high-I/O workloads
- Contains a BPDU filter to prevent virtual machines from sending BPDUs to the physical switch
Technical Details
The VDS extends the features and capabilities of virtual networks while simplifying provisioning and the ongoing configuration, monitoring and management process.
vSphere network switches can be divided into two logical sections: the data plane and the management plane. The data plane implements the packet switching, filtering, tagging and so on. The management plane is the control structure used by the operator to configure data plane functionality. Each vSphere Standard Switch (VSS) contains both data and management planes, and the administrator configures and maintains each switch individually.
The VDS eases this management burden by treating the network as an aggregated resource. Individual host-level virtual switches are abstracted into one large VDS spanning multiple hosts at the data center-level. In this design, the data plane remains local to each VDS but the management plane is centralized.
Each VMware® vCenter Server™ instance can support up to 128 VDSs; each VDS can manage up to 500 hosts.
Additional Details:
- Distributed Virtual Port Groups (DV Port Groups) — Port groups that specify port configuration options for each member port
- Distributed Virtual Uplinks (dvUplinks) — dvUplinks provide a level of abstraction for the physical NICs (vmnics) on each host
- Private VLANs (PVLANs) — PVLAN support enables broader compatibility with existing networking environments using the technology
- Network vMotion — Simplifies monitoring and troubleshooting by tracking the networking state (such as counters and port statistics) of each virtual machine as it moves from host to host on a VDS
- Bi-directional Traffic Shaping — Applies traffic shaping policies on DV port group definitions, defined by average bandwidth, peak bandwidth and burst size
- Third-party Virtual Switch Support — Switch extensibility for integration of third-party control planes, data planes and user interfaces, including the Cisco Nexus 1000v and IBM 5000v
vSphere 5.5 VDS Enhancements:
- Network Health Check
- VDS Configuration Backup and Restore
- Management Network Rollback and Recovery
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol Support
- Single Root (SR) - I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
- Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Filter
- Scalability Improvements
- What's new in VMware vSphere 5.5 - Networking PDF
- Getting Started with the VMware vSphere Distributed Switch Part 1 VIDEO
- Getting Started with the VMware vSphere Distributed Switch Part 2 VIDEO
- VMware vSphere Distributed Switch, Traffic Filtering VIDEO
- VMware vSphere Distributed Switch, Health Check VIDEO
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Dee Family Group Portrait. This photograph was taken on the occasion of the blessing of Thomas D. Dee II by Patriarch James Taylor, who was Annie Taylor Dee's uncle. The site was the garden of the Dee residence at 806 Washington Avenue in Ogden. Included: Row 1, seated from left to right: Richard Barker, Thomas Barker, Alice Barker, Helen Townes, Margaret (Peg) Higginbotham, Dorothy Higginbotham, Maude Marian Barker, Annabelle Barker, Harold Mack. Row 2, seated from left to right: Helen Teller, Dee Mack, Mrs. Teller, Lawrence T. Dee, Janet Dee, Thomas D. Dee II, Annie T. Dee, James Taylor, Annie Dyer Taylor. Row 3, standing from left to right: Wade Mack, George Barker, Robert Barker, Ambrose Shaw, Mattie Taylor, Elizabeth Shaw, Elizabeth Dee Shaw, Rosabelle Barker, Edith Green, Richard Porter, Maude Dee Porter, Florence Dee Barker, Francis E. Higginbotham, Claude Green, Joseph Barker, Mary Barker.
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Shocking Blue Large Valandre
Shocking Blue Large Valandre: The Shocking Blue is designed to be in use in high altitude in combination with the Combi full suit.
Shocking Blue Large Valandre Specs:
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- Down Quality: Goose 850+ cu. in./Down Load: 27.5 oz. (781 g.)
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