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SEC Said To Depose SAC's Cohen In Insider-Trading Probe (Bloomberg)
Cohen, 56, was recently deposed by Securities and Exchange Commission investigators in New York about trades made close to news such as mergers and earnings that generated profits at his hedge fund, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the investigation isn't public. Neither Cohen nor SAC Capital, which oversees about $14 billion, has been accused of wrongdoing.
Four-Week Jobless Claims Average Reaches 2012 High (Reuters)
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 387,000, the Labor Department said. The prior week's figure was revised up to 389,000 from the previously reported 386,000.
Lawmakers Call For IPO Overhaul (WSJ)
A bipartisan group of lawmakers called on regulators to overhaul the way initial public offerings are conducted, concerned that last month's flubbed stock sale by Facebook shows the current system unfairly punishes small investors. In a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) prodded the agency to revamp rules for pricing and disclosure in IPOs. Mr. Issa, who wrote the letter on behalf of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said the social-networking company's steep share-price decline since its May 18 offering is a sign that investment banks are able to "dictate pricing while only indirectly considering market supply-and-demand." Separately, the Democratic chairman of a subcommittee of the Senate Banking Committee said regulatory changes are needed to bolster investor confidence sapped by Facebook's botched debut.
Facebook's 22% Rally Helps Stock Avoid Worst IPO Return In U.S. (Bloomberg)
So that's something!
Riskier Bets Pitched To Asia's Rising Rich (WSJ)
In Japan, brokers are dangling what they claim is a tasty product in front of wealthy investors: a "triple-decker" that uses options to squeeze higher returns from stocks, "junk" bonds or other assets. If a triple-decker doesn't suit an investor's fancy, there is the increasingly popular—and slightly less complex—"double-decker." Elsewhere in Asia, so-called hybrid bonds and other high-yield varieties can be had. Investors in Singapore recently could buy so-called perpetual bonds through ATMs. Across Asia, brokers are pushing to sell increasingly complex products to the region's expanding ranks of investors, especially wealthy ones. These types of products appeal to those hungry for yield who normally focus on stocks and real estate but are worried about falling equity markets and the sudden shortage of initial public offerings.
BlueMountain Said To Help Unwind JPMorgan's Whale Trades (Bloomberg)
A hedge fund run by a former JPMorgan Chase executive who helped create the credit- derivatives market is aiding the lender as it unwinds trades in an index at the heart of a loss of more than $2 billion. BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, co-founded by Andrew Feldstein, has been compiling trades in Series 9 of the Markit CDX North America Investment Grade Index in recent weeks, then selling the positions to the New York-based bank, according to three people outside the firms who are familiar with the strategy. JPMorgan tapped BlueMountain as a middleman after trades in its London chief investment office grew so large that the bank was creating price distortions that hedge funds sought to exploit, said the market participants, who asked not to be identified because they weren't authorized to discuss the trades. BlueMountain was one of the funds that benefited from the price dislocations, the people said.
US Olympic committee send cease and desist letter to knitting Olympics (TNT)
The US Olympic committee has sent a cease and desist letter to the social networking group Ravelry, who had organised a Ravelympics in which contestants would compete in events such as 'scarf hockey' while watching the actual Games on TV…The US Olympic Committee has said that "the athletes of Team USA have spent the better part of the entire lives training for the opportunity to compete at the Olympic Games and represent their country in a sport that means everything to them" and that "using the name 'Ravelympics' for a competition that involves an afghan marathon and sweater triathlon tends to denigrate the true nature of the Olympic Games".
Romney Campaign Said To Ask Scott To Downplay Job Gains (Bloomberg)
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign asked Florida Governor Rick Scott to tone down his statements heralding improvements in the state's economy because they clash with the presumptive Republican nominee's message that the nation is suffering under President Barack Obama, according to two people familiar with the matter. Scott, a Republican, was asked to say that the state's jobless rate could improve faster under a Romney presidency, according to the people, who asked not to be named.
Lonely Hedge Fund Bullish On Greece Tries To Woo Investors (Bloomberg)
In March, Elliott met with the investment chief of a family office in London who said within seconds of sitting down that the firm had no interest in giving money to a hedge fund wagering on Greece. The executive merely wanted to hear his story, Elliott, the founder of Naftilia Asset Management Ltd., said in a telephone interview from his office in Athens. Elliott, 39, responded by asking a few questions of his own, including whether the executive had invested in Russia after its 1998 currency crisis, in Argentina 10 years ago after the nation defaulted on its debt or in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (SPX) in March 2009, when the benchmark plunged to its lowest point in 13 years. Finally, Elliott questioned whether the family office's investment chief had ever bought shares of Apple. In all cases, the answer was no. "Then you are not qualified to be discussing Greece with me because you have missed the best investment opportunities over the past 20 years," Elliott retorted.
National Bank Of Greece To Sell Luxury Resort As Slump Bites (Bloomberg)
If you know anyone who's interested: The 3.3 million-square-foot (307,000 square-meter) Astir Palace complex has already drawn investors' interest, according to Aristotelis Karytinos, general manager of real estate at the lender. The Athens-based bank and Greece's privatization fund, which owns part of the property, will put out a public tender in coming months, he said.
Fed Warns Of Risk To Economy (WSJ)
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke made clear in a news conference after the policy makers' meeting that he is prepared to take further action if he doesn't see progress on bringing down unemployment, which was 8.2% in May. "I wouldn't accept the proposition though that the Fed has no more ammunition," Mr. Bernanke said. He added, "if we don't see continued improvement in the labor market we'll be prepared to take additional steps."
Australian mega-brothel gets go-ahead (AP)
A Sydney brothel has received the green light for a multi-million-dollar expansion which will see it become Australia's largest sex premises, with rooms featuring multiple beds and pool tables. Plans to double the number of rooms at inner Sydney's "Stiletto" into a mega-brothel complex were knocked back late last year by the city council on the grounds that it was too big. But the owners won an appeal to the Land and Environment Court this week, with Commissioner Susan O'Neill ruling the Aus$12 million ($12.2 million) development, including a wing for group bookings, should go ahead…Stiletto promotes itself as "the world's finest short-stay boutique hotel and Sydney brothel". Its standard hourly rate of Aus$370 includes room, lady of choice and beverages.
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Things are looking up – fb rebound and I'm well hedged with the mega-brothel in Oz.
Under that definition, is the back seat of my Daewoo also a "short stay boutique hotel?"
Olympic Committee, we feel your pain…
– Watergate & Lollapalooza
one-way ticket to sydney please!
-elliot s., new york, ny
Regarding the hourly rate, is it pro rated if you only need 10 minutes?
– Curious in NYC -
1. Pass JOBS Act, weakening disclosure requirements and putting small investors at an even larger disadvantage.
2. ????*
3. Demand regulatory overhaul of IPO process to protect small investors
4. Profit!***See an opportunity to appear as if you care about the public
**But probably still not for small investors -
Am I the only one who found a piece on Double-Deckers & Triple-Deckers; followed by a story about the world' s biggest brothel somewhat tantalizing?
Japan, brokers are dangling what they claim is a tasty product in front of wealthy investors: a "triple-decker"
– Japanese are really messed up. I wish I was there.
SEC Investigator #1: "We've tried everything, he's as slippery as an eel"
Mary Shapiro: "What about of sending him some smallpox infested Loro Piana zip top sweaters?"
SEC Investigator #2.: "It's summer."
Mary Shapiro: "Goddamit" -
The Whale helped us with a monumental "upper decker".
Furthermore, using the name "Special Olympics" for a bunch of retards at a picnic is tasteless.
— US Olympic Committee
" . . . using the name 'Ravelympics' for a competition that involves an afghan marathon and sweater triathlon tends to denigrate the true nature of the Olympic Games."
I would say that any competition that fails to offer sacrifices to Zeus, that has athletes who wear clothes, and that incorporates table tennis and synchronized swimming denigrates the true nature of the Olympic Games, but maybe I'm just old-fashioned that way.
These are clown questions, bro!
You forgot "re-instate wide spreads for small and mid-caps under the guise of looking out for small investors"
Hey breh: We call bros "brah" now
I lived through the great bro-brah reallignment of the 90s. The cyclicality of bro, brah, brutha, or even the carribean variants "bred'ren" and "bro'da," is well documented.
If you want to be part of the linguistic vanguard, start calling your bros "dred." It is the new "brah."
– Term of Endearment Quant
Furthermore, using the name "Special Olympics" for a bunch of retards at a picnic is retarded
Fixed it for you.
I always thought of a triple decker was a hamburger with a grilled cheese and bacon in between to doughnuts
-Michael Moore
One word: Curling.
Thanks, chief.
I'd settle for a Brooklyn Decker.
It's like "Se7en," only it's Gasparino's "4our," the four, high profile convictions by the SEC for Obama.
1- Gupta
2- Cohen
Look Bodhi, people are dead, the ride is over.
did you guys hear that turtles have huge cocks?
Blue Mountain said to help JPM unwind trades? Not anymore now that everyone on the Street will see them coming….
Huh, I thought my brothers name was Jeff.
So VS,
1) Where'd you ski bum in the 90's?
B) Where do you stand on telemarkers?
Ba) How about white dudes with dreads?
If olympians aren't able to knit, the terrorists have won.
I'm not your chief, whitey.
Making love
Making love for
Makin love for two
Making love for two minutes -
I'm an idiot
Watch your mouth about the hallowed sport of table tennis!
I know
Any thoughts on correlations between fifty year storms and whale tail risk?
go on…
-Stamford sightseer
I have a strange urge to upper deck the office bathrooms now
'THE developer planning Australia's largest brothel has been granted the right to proceed, but a court has curbed its ambitions by imposing a limit of 1.5 patrons to every sex worker.'
1.5 johns per prostie? Math, how does it fcking work?
Do you think walruses sit around all day and are like why the fuck do I look like Michael Moore
Not sure why this is voted down. It's true, brah is the new bro.
Stevie, the Mobile Skate Sharpening Van outside your manse may not have been exactly what it said it was. Looks like the Feds had the traps set all along:
From a £5m Georgian pile to a prison cell, the downfall of greedy husband and wife insider traders: Secret tips from sister in the U.S. helped them to pocket a fortune
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2162174/J…INSIGHT-Ex-Orioles player Eddie Murray is part of insider trading inquiry http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/20/usa-cri…
I'm surprised the Australians of all people would be anti-teamwork
"Investors in Singapore recently could buy so-called perpetual bonds through ATMs."
Will vids of this be on redtube soon?
You forgot *** (just because footnotes are the NKI!)
1) All over Europe
b) Used to be a hater. However, in my decrepitude, I've come to appreciate the glutes of titanium t-mark requires.
Gamma) Only if you're Bob Marley's cracker grandson. -
Furiously charting and maniacally graphing the solution!**
*Exercise for the reader: does the beverage selection likely include Margs? If so how manyer John?
**I hope the rooms have Bloomberg terminals too!
I just use "mon frère".
– P.S. Anybody runs into some guy named "Hermano", let me know, I really need to have a chat with him.
Why don't we just pay female workers in finance in shoes instead of dollars?
-Guy who just tripped over his coworkers cubicloset.
We need a chart to understand.
We can afford to do that?
– UBS Diversity Comp Quant
makes sense to me.
-macquarie glory hole quant
Happy to discuss my work in this area. Meet me at Bell's Beach. I'll be wearing the Nixon mask. Strangle Warchild with your leash so I know it's you.
TMs just look so gay though.
Is she barefoot right now?
–Rex Ryan
No, but I am.
-Guy under your desk giving you a foot job.
Ackerman: What's the difference, briefly, between gambling and investing?
Dimon: When you gamble, on average, you lose. The house wins.
Ackerman: That been my experience in investing.
Dimon offers to find him a better investment advisor and Ackerman looks amused.
Ackerman: I would tend to agree with you. But we seem to be treating them quite the same. I used to think all of Wall Street was on the level, that it facilitated investing, that it allowed people and institutions to put their money into something they believed in and believed would be helpful and beneficial and would grow and make money and especially good for the economy and on the side create a lot of jobs good for our country and good for America
Now a lot of what we are doing with this "hedging," and you can call it protecting your investment or whatever, but it's basically gambling. You're just betting that you might have been wrong. It doesn't help anything succeed any more or encourage anything any more. It creates the possibility that people say "Do these guys really know what they are doing if they are now betting against their initial bet?" And then if you go and hedge against your hedge, which means you're betting against your first bet, it seems to me that you are throwing darts at a dart board and putting a lot of money at risk just in case you were wrong the first time. I don't see how that creates one job in America, I don't see how it helps the American economy, I don't see how it helps the housing market or the building market or the "let's make steel" or widget market one tenth of a zillionth of a percent. What it helps is if you are right a majority of the time, then it makes a bunch of money for the guys who did it, and doesn't help the company or the industry, the economy, or the country at all. And if you are wrong, it puts systemically everything at risk. And when I mean everything, I mean the confidence the American people, the investing community, and everybody else has in the system. And that's a loss you can't hedge against.
Is that it?
Aww yeah. That's it. -
and your point is?
I pay my female interns in fingerbang units.
And your IQ is?
More than "The Street" has seen me coming for years, and yet I'm still doing quite well.
-Peter North
Should have been 2 Johns per prostie as "Australians are the most receptive to the idea of having a threesome, 28% of the claim to have tried it".
-LEH Quant
This point is essential. Dimon started his remarks by claiming that the US had the best capital markets in the world. Nothing like an appeal to American exceptionalism in DC. But he tried to present himself as aligned with their. In fact, the success of the US financial markets rests on the size of the American economy and on the fact that in the wake of the Great Depression, we created the best investor safeguards in the world, including regular, audited financial reports and prohibitions against insider trading, front running, and misleading or incomplete disclosures. Dimon and his peers are unabashedly out for what is best for banks, and argue that it is somehow good for the rest of us, when the evidence is overwhelming that the industry is more and more a cancer on the real economy.
The US capital markets are running on brand fumes, the global economy is likely to have at best a faltering recovery, with a lot of people ground into penury by protracted joblessness and loss of savings and asset value. When the histories of this period are written, the top bankers like Dimon and their refusal to cede ground to the good of the public will be seen as a primary cause of persistent economic and social distress.
High enough to have secured a position that compensates me for spending my time doing things other than reading tl;dr comments on DB*
*does not necessarily mean I wouldn't be interested in seeing matt jump into the comment section.
Poking fun and making up witty quotes is awesome and harmless but as a respectable and responsible financial blog there should some voice for criticism for the predatory capitalism the this blog's heroes employ and practice.
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What's more impressive, the upper decker or the AC Slater?
Turtles all the way down, indeed!
Run Forest, run.
– J. Curran
Hahahahahahahahahahahaahaha……….you're hilarious(:
Jobless Dartmouth Grad, is that you?
You're such sensitive wimp . Too long? perhaps for one liner pompous morons who think they got some golden material to dispense. didn't read? you always comment on stuff you don't bother read? what does that make you?
Step off brah, the torch has been passed.
Pretend to be a plumber and doing your mom. that's me.
His mom is in a coma.
I think the market was expecting QE and not just OT.
Or as she calls it: under my spell.
Tough but fair.
Names like Ross are the reason we're down 200 points today.
Do you seriously vote up all your comments yourself?
I fixed that for you :)
Traders ross a lot of money in Japan.
No but you seem like someone who's insecure enough to do so.
Now go stick both your hands a garbage disposal, you're really bad at that comment thing.
And you keep replying him because you have other things then reading tldr comments which is commenting on tldr comments.
Still cooler than snowboarding…
Freeski>Downhill>t-mark>Cross Country>Snowboarding>Snowshoeing
– S. DuMont
kindly explain: '…Dimon ..refusal to cede ground to the good of the public'
not sure if serious or someone from reddit found this site
I don't don't 'kindly'.
Australia: The land of men so lacking in sexual stamina the courts had to impose a "1.5 Johns per hour" speed limit on their whores. Sad…
– Crocodile Humper
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Thread: Guilty pleasure names for girls?
October 1st, 2012 02:16 AM #31Senior Member
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Studio Ghibli fan? I see Arrietty in your guilty pleasures list and Calcifer as your kitty name...
I have also considered using Arrietty, but my husband and I have conflicting opinions on how it should be pronounced. I prefer "Arr-ietty" and he likes "Air-rietty"
October 1st, 2012 09:08 AM #33
I pronounced it like in the movie, Air-ee-et-tee, and yes I love Studio Ghibli.
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I love names that end in -ia (and to a lesser extent, -ina) sounds for girls.
I love the sounds in those names - they just seem so romantic. Impractical, and kind of unusable (and Cordelia is a total stripper name where I live, despite being my fave). I guess the kid inside me still likes names that sound like Princess names - when I was very young, I named my kittens Araminta and Raoul.
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I probably have more guilty pleasure names for boys than girls but here goes.
Autumn - it's my favorite season but I doubt I'd ever use it, even if I had a baby in the fall.
Gigi - it's such a cute nickname but couldn't do that to a child
Poppy - from Penelope but those dang Kardashians took that one off the table.What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
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Hi Everyone, I am new to the forum but I wanted to ask if anyone knows of any locations that may still have organic materials from the fall? Yes, this is January but I was going to do a large sheet mulching project on a piece of my property and while i have plenty of cardboard, I really could use leaves and grass clippings. I may just need to wait until next fall to do this project, however, who knows! -Chris |
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If I were to do a sheet mulch at this time of year I'd go buy hay or straw and then pickup wood chips from the city recycle lot. |
Hi Karcpr, I think you're probably right that you'll need to wait till next summer/fall to find grass clippings or fallen leaves. If you really want to test the theory out you could try posting on FreeCycle that you're looking for leaves and see if anybody happens to have any bags of them sitting around that they'd still like to get rid of--but I'd be surprised if you got any--but you never know! I, too, thought of the possibility of a wood mulch that you could probably find free. If your municipality doesn't have any to give away you can check with some of the tree trimming companies which will often be glad to get rid of some of their chipped tree trimmings. Something else I just thought of! I'm in Thornton and in about a week they have their Xmas tree pickup and then they run those thru a shredder and I believe the result is available for folks to pick up if they want any. Possibly your municipality has something similar! I agree that hay/straw would be a good alternative to leaves/grass, and if you were able to find somebody who has some that's been sitting around in the weather too long (that it's ruined for feed or other purposes) maybe they'd just be glad to get rid of it and you could get it REALLY cheap. But if you're gonna go with hay/straw, be careful that you don't get something that's half weed seeds which could make a real mess in your yard--especially if you're planning to plant in the area where you're putting the mulch now. And, while a wood mulch would be great for mashing down and helping to kill whatever is in there now, if you are planning to turn it over and plant in it this coming summer, if you mix a lot of un-decomposed stuff in it, especially a lot of wood which takes a pretty long time to decompose, it'll bind the nitrogen for most or all of next summer and it'll be really hard to successfully grow anything there. By the following summer everything should be decomposed enough that the nitrogen will be back in the soil and you'd have a better growing area than before you did it. So plan ahead for whatever you're eventually gonna do in the area you're gonna mulch. Something else I just thought of! Somebody around here once mentioned that sometimes ranches/farms/people who have horses will be looking for a way to get rid of the used "bedding" (and such!) from the horses/animals, and whoever it was said they were picking up as much as they wanted--free! Have no idea how you'd go about finding such a place! Depending on where you live you might just happen to know of something near you that you could check! But the same caveat with that! Watch out for stuff with weed seeds if it's gonna make a difference! [Just thought of this! There's a place around here somewhere called the Colorado Horse Rescue. Possibly they'd be glad to have you haul off some of their "used stuff," especially if you were willing to make a contribution to their cause!] Welcome to RMG, |
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Canadian Comedy Award nominee, Second City Alumna, co-star and co-writer of Mill's/ Mirvish's and Just For Laugh's hit Spank! and star of her own comedy special on CTV/ The Comedy Network, Anne Marie Scheffler is back with her 7th one person show!
Suddenly Mommy! is a comedy about a self-confessed bad mom. Our ill-prepared heroine falls for a single dad; they get pregnant, they get married and before you know it, she is a step-mom, a mom of two little boys of her own, and a very desperate housewife. She is the people pleaser who worked for decades to come into her own, only to lose herself to her children. Overtired but inspired by role models such as Celine Dion and her own mother, Anne Marie redefines the role of motherhood, in order to have it all, whatever that means!
"Anne Marie Scheffler didn't think motherhood would be this hard. She thought she could be the sexy showbiz mom, with a baby in one arm, a movie script in the other. Her jarring realization otherwise makes for a humorous and entertaining show. Scheffler is a charismatic, sparkling performer." - CBC
"Poignant, hilarious, heart-breaking, and an all-together amazing journey."- Hadley Kay
"The show was wonderful- we laughed so much it hurt!" Richmond Hill Audience Member
Performances Friday September 27th & Saturday September 28th at 8:30pm only.
Tickets are $15 - available in advance by calling 416.340.7270 or at the door (cash only at the door)
John Candy Box Theatre - 70 Peter Street, Lower Level (inside The Second City Training Centre)


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I am in NY but we are going to Mass. next weekend and I was so excited to see an NXR in 'person'. Just found out that they don't have one:( I was so dorkily excited to go see it, too!
I guess Jersey is next? I don't want to go into the city; we are upstate. |
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See if Yale Electric has one on the floor. They have a lot of stuff and a good reputation. The drive is kind of a PITA--it's not far, just a pain. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Yale Electric
- Posted by PAINTEDPEGGIES (My Page) on Fri, Jul 13, 12 at 9:45
can you believe Yale doesnt have them either? I;m so disappointed! Maybe the universe is saying not to get it;) Connecticut? Jersey? |
Is there a reason you want one so bad? I don't ever see them mentioned... |
- Posted by PAINTEDPEGGIES (My Page) on Fri, Jul 13, 12 at 20:28
They are mentioned a lot on here, actually...I have been researching ranges and that's the one I like. I don't want to buy it sight unseen, though. |
Yeah I did not see one in person before I ordered it through Costco. I would have liked to but I would also not go very far out of my way to do so. For me it was pretty much what I expected. The stove works great and I have no regrets. Darn good deal for $1800 I think. Getting used to a nice gas range is one of the easiest adjustments I have ever made. |
You can check with Karls (Passaic Ave), Renos,(Route 46) and Barry's (Bridgewater) in NJ. I know I saw the NXR on one of their floors. Renos and Karls are a 10 minute drive apart. Barry's is family owned and very service orientated. I work with Ryan at Barry's. He is off on Tuesday. I believe all the stores are open 7 days a week. |
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In his powerful new book, Hainey investigates the sudden and hazily explained loss of his father, an incident that gripped him since his childhood. Excerpted from After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story.
The author (center), age 4, sitting on his mother's lap.
Maybe my father knew he would never return. Never walk through the kitchen door again, hang his suit coat over a kitchen chair, make a pot, listen to the percolation, watch the sun rise, wait for us to wake to find him.
At some point, doesn't every man think of not returning?
The pack of smokes? The carton of milk? The errant errand?
And if he did return, what would be the same?
Summer of '72, an F2 tornado hits in the night, tears a hole in our roof. Rain pours in. A deluge. Water runs down the walls, seeps into the floors. We spend the next two days, the three of us, ripping up gray, soggy carpeting and the padding underneath, dumping it in the alley.
"We have to get to the floorboards," my mother tells us.
A day or two later, men come in. They break holes in the walls. They're looking for rot, they say. "Before you can go on," one of the men tells me, "you gotta make sure your walls are strong."
Come the fall, the house is different. Each room, remade. Fresh paint and carpeting everywhere. Wall-to-wall is my mother's mantra. And the shades of the '70s, shades of earth and canned vegetables, now rule. The thin gray carpet in the living room is replaced by thick pile, the color of an Idaho potato. If my father were to enter their bedroom, only the bed remains unchanged. Cherry. Four-poster. The carpeting shag now, pistachio green. If he walks in the back door, into the kitchen, slipping in like he always did—the walls, once white, now papered over in a print of avocado and lemon. Carpet—something my mother tells me is "indoor-outdoor"—covers the linoleum. Everything reskinned. Only the clock, built into the wall above the sink, goes untouched. Slim black hands circling a tin face.
After the repairs are made, I cannot sleep. I ask my mother to put the kitchen back the way it was. I am convinced he will return and, opening a door on a home he no longer recognizes, he will believe he is in the wrong house and he will leave us, to go on searching for his home.
Read the GQ interview with Michael Hainey on writing After Visiting Friends.


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Opsview 3.5.0 with Improved Web User Interface
The British company Opsera has updated its community version of the software monitoring tool Opsview to 3.5.0.
Developers at Opsera have thoroughly revamped the monitoring suite's web interface, making it compatible with the Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 browsers. Support for Internet Explorer 6 has been dropped. Performance graphs are now provided by the Java script framework Flot.
Opsview contains the Nagios kern and Net-SNMP and RRDtool. The also included Nagvis has been updated to version 1.4.4.
Opsview 3.5.0 can be downloaded as tarball under GPLv2. Packages for Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL , Centos and Solaris 10 are also available. More information and links can be found in the release information.
An enterprise version of Opsview, complete with support, is also on offer.
Issue 171/2015
Buy this issue as a PDF
Intel Unveils Compute Stick
Four-inch-long computer on a stick lets you boot a full Linux system from any HDMI display device.
Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
TGXf Project Warns of File Transfer through Screen Pixels
Weird data transfer technique avoids all standard security measures.
Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.
Poll: Vote for the Best Open Source Software for Photographers
The Linux New Media Awards have honored the most significant products, projects, people, and organizations for open source/Linux every year since 2000.
Debian Gets Forked
Legendary Uber-distro splits over the systemd controversy.
Linux Mint Project Releases Mint 17.1
New LTS version offers many refinements for the Cinnamon and Mate desktops and significant improvement under the hood.
CeBIT Open Source Forum Call for Papers
One of CeBIT's most successful forums returns in 2015.
TOR Network Isn't So Anonymous
A new study says it is possible to unmask 81% of TOR users.
.NET Goes Open Source
Redmond joins the revolution by turning the .NET Core Runtime into a GitHub project.


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Primary articles
- Blood Pressure and Sexual Exhaustion
- Bone Density and Sexual Activity
- Chronic Anxiety and Sexual Activity
- Circumcision and Sexual Function
- Ear Ringing and Sexual Activity
- Ejaculation Frequency
- Enzymes associated with Sexual Exhaustion and Neuroplasticity
- Exercise and Sexual Function
- Fibromyalgia and Sexual Exhaustion
- Headaches and Sexual Activity
- Histamine and Sexual Exhaustion
- MDMA(Ecstasy) and Sexual Function
- Natural Penis Enlargement
- Negative Effects of Ejaculation
- Neurotransmitters and Sexual Activity
- Penile Injuries
- Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS)
- Physical Simulation of Sex Organs
- Pre-ejaculation Fluid, Semen Leakage, and Sexual Stimulation
- Premature Ejaculation
- Reduce Masturbation
- Repower your Nervous and Endocrine Functions
- Semen and Sexual Activity
- Sex and Masturbation Addiction
- Smoking and Sexual Activity
- Street drugs, Sex and Health
- Symptoms of Sexual Exhaustion
- Tachycardia, Hypertension, and Sexual Activitiy
- Vision Problems, Eye Floaters and Sexual Activity
- Wet Dreams and Sexual Exhaustion
- What is ED and Sexual Exhaustion
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Negative Effects of Ejaculation
Ejaculation won't affect androgen hormone levels in the bloodstream immediately, not until the existent ones are used to support brain and nervous functions, usually a few hours later. If prior to ejaculation high stress and inflammatory hormone levels are observed, along with partially or fully locked hipothalamic-pituitary-testicular function, the levels of androgen hormones may prove to be insufficient to effectively support the endocrine and nervous functioning. During sexual arousal, the cortisol will slightly drop but will sharply rise in response to the orgasm induced inflammation. When the modulation on inflammatory and stress hormonal releases fail, the cortisol will become high enough to suppress adrenal DHEA and androstenedione production, leading to additional prolactin release days after orgasm and delaying the orgasmic recovery time significantly - days or even weeks.
Frequent ejaculation will also deplete DHEA, oxytocin, androstenedione, phosphorylcholine, α-melanocyte, ß-endorphin levels, which won't be able to support testosterone production after ejaculation.
Androgen hormones, neurotransmitters, oxytocin, free amino acids, and minerals in the semen held by the seminal vesicles are supposed to aid the organism for the post-orgasm recovery by exciting and supporting the parasympathetic and sympathetic vagal and spinal nerves and the hipothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-testicular axis. That is why it is so harmful to go through multiple ejaculation sessions for a short amount of time. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis will become too exhausted to produce sufficient androstenedione, DHEA, oxytocin, α-melanocyte, and ß-endorphin to help your body restore proper body functioning and modulate additional inflammatory responses.
If the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-testicular axis is exhausted and/or locked, the body will mainly rely on the low efficient Cutaneous-Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal function to provide the needed for restoration hormones and neurotransmitters. Due to the low efficiency of the process it will take about 7 to 10 days for a sexually exhausted person to slightly recover and observe some improvement.


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ALA announced the winners of the $5,000 gaming grants. Drumroll please....
The winners, representing a broad spectrum of libraries – seven public, two school and one academic – will use the funds to develop and implement gaming and literacy programs that provide innovative gaming experiences for youths 10-18 years of age. The 10 libraries were selected out of 390 that applied for the grant.
Launching today in Paris, UNESCO's new library will become the world's third major digital library, behind Google's Book Search and the EU's Europeana.
The WDLwill function in seven primary languages - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
The library is the product of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and 32 partner institutions. Quelle collaboration!
LOC Director James Billington will co-chair the launch event alongside UNESCO director general Koichiro Matsuura on Monday.
OCLC announced today via e-mail and the relevant website a new service. In partnership with purported industry leader Boopsie, OCLC is launching a mobile-optimized platform for searching WorldCat.org. The service requires the download of a client package to your mobile phone or device for optimized searching. There is a list of supported devices available that appears to lack the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the G1 as the more recent Palm Centro devices as well as any tablets from Nokia or similar vendors.
With all the talk of Dewey or Don't We...
Gawd I'm getting tired of that phrase.
Anyway, with all the talk of whether or not libraries should use DDC, LCCN, BISAC, or something else for their collections and then the possibility of using open databases instead of OCLC, it seems like cataloguing is on everybody's mind.
It is over at LibraryThing too, where they've issued a call for the creation of OSC, or the Open Shelves Classification. They're looking for a few librarians who are of a mind to create a system that's free, "humble," modern, open source, and crowd sourced. Indeed, they want something that the library profession has needed for a long time - a modern system capable of changing, and changing easily.
So if you're of the cataloguing bent, check it out.
While other podcasts are talking about the aftermath of MacWorld and CES, LISTen capitalizes instead on how it couldn't be there. This episode brings an installment of Tech for Techies that goes hardcore looking at planning online media production. A commentary is also presented in the matter of the upcoming change in policy by OCLC relating to data ownership. In between those two pieces an audio news release from the National Institutes of Health is aired relating to the availability of genetic data sets.
A vodcast episode has additionally been released this week. This is its embedded player:
Such can be directly downloaded from this link.
First referenced microblog post by Leo Laporte
Second referenced microblog post by Leo Laporte
Code4Lib wiki page on the OCLC policy matter
Library Journal report on the policy matter
For those of you interested in the metadata production and use in web technologies:
Creative Commons will hold its second technology summit on December 12, 2008, in Cambridge, MA. The summit will focus on the application of Semantic Web technologies to Creative Commons', Science Commons' and ccLearn's missions. Topics covered will include ccREL/RDFa, the Neurocommons project and an update on the Universal Education Search (metadata-enhanced search) project.
Full program information and registration available here
"The Technology Summits are about connecting the larger developer and technical community that's sprung up around Creative Commons licenses and technology, so we want to provide a venue where people doing interesting work can share it." - Nathan Yergler, CTO -- Read More
Walt's Post reminded me it's never too early to start thinking about 10 Blogs To Read in 2009. Well, ok, so maybe there was a time it was too early, but that time has passed. Let's start thinking about our favorite blogs.
What blogs do you read every day? What blogs help you learn? What blogs keep you informed? What blogs make you laugh? Who's the best writer out there?
When building my list, I like to think of it this way: 'I read many others, but these are the LIS blogs that read even when time is short'
Your list doesn't need to be complete or fair. I'm looking for input from as many people as possible so the final list doesn't miss anyone new or overlooked. My goal again this year, 10 blogs that, when followed as a group, paint a complete picture of what's going on in our little world.
Before your nominate, take a look at past winners, they aren't eligible for 2009:
10 Blogs To Read in 2006
10 Blogs To Read In 2007
The LISNews 10 Blogs To Read In 2008
You can leave a comment below, hit the contact form, or send an email to btcarver at the lisnews.COM domain.
Last year, Information Today, the organizers of the Internet Librarian conference, held a contest to find a "retronym" for a non-Internet librarian.
Check out the list of finalists in reverse David Letterman style from HULIQ.
From Nexgenlib list comes this news:
Good afternoon colleagues,
I recently started a new position as a cataloging librarian for a library services and staffing company headquartered in Wilton, CT -- I am located in lovely Fort Wayne, IN. One of the benefits of the position is my ability to telecommute from home. One of my first actions in my new position was to look for resources for telecommuting librarians and a place to be able to network and have discussions with other telecommuters
on a regular and ongoing basis.Currently, there is no place for such exchanges to take place. I am pleased to announce the creation of TelecommutingLibrarians, a new electronic list that
I hope will help address this need.
This list is intended to provide a forum for discussion of ideas and issues related to telecommuting in libraries and for current or future telecommuters and the challenges faced by working in a non-traditional work environment.
We welcome subscription and participation by all. We believe that this list will be of particular interest to those already telecommuting but everyone is welcome.
If you would like to subscribe to the new list, please visit the list website:
The list is unmoderated.
We hope to see you there soon!
Hope this becomes a good list for all telecommuting librarians!
The well known Librarian's Internet Index (LII) has merged with IPL at Drexel. As many are aware of, and as mentioned in the notice below, LII has had their funding cut by 50% the last two years. The merger with Drexel allows ILL the opportunity to continue sharing of sites.
This notice appeared in their last weekly e-mail:
This week the editors received a press release announcing LII's merger with the Internet Public Library (IPL). IPL is a huge and wonderful Web portal hosted by Drexel University and maintained by a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science. It has solid funding and a paid staff augmented by graduate students in library and information studies programs, allowing it to maintain and improve the database's content and aesthetics with new skills and technical tools.
As you may know, in the last two years LII's funding was cut by 50%. Consequently, we had to reduce the number of sites we add each week, halt improvements to the browsing structure, and generally do less of everything. IPL will give LII's years of work continued life and value and we think they'll do a terrific job. The LII editorial staff and the newsletter will continue through April 30, 2009. We will share news with you as it becomes available; for more information, please contact IPL or Linda Crowe at
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He was born on Feb. 23, 1931, a son of the late Howard and Bertha Clowers.
He had made Cleveland his home for more than the 50 years.
He was a member of the North Cleveland Church of God and loved fishing, landscaping and gardening.
In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by five brothers: Paul, Raymond, Fred, George and Tim.
He leaves behind to cherish his memory his loving wife of 49 years, Loreta Clowers; his son, Bobby Clowers; one sister, Mary Swanson (George) of McDonald; one brother, Roy Clowers; and several nieces, nephews and other extended family members and friends.
A graveside service is planned for Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at noon at the Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., today in the parlor of Companion Funeral & Cremation Service.
You are encouraged to share a memory of Joseph and/or your personal condolences with his family by visiting his memorial web page and guest book at www.companionfunerals.com.


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Knightly swords, Viking axes, Cossack sabres, and swept-hilt rapiers; the edged weapons of Europe are as diverse and unique as the people of the continent. Hanwei brings this ancient way of life alive with our collection of European swords and edged weapons. |
Scottish Lowlander Sword SH2065
Wielded with untamed ferocity on many a Gaelic battlefield, the massive Lowlander sword vividly illustrates the might of the Scots of old. Known as "Slaughter-Swords" in the 16th century, these were the swords of choice for Scottish mercenaries of the period, and at close to six feet long the Lowlander faithfully replicates a surviving museum piece.Though by far the largest sword ever offered by Hanwei, despite its great size, Paul Chen has created a beautifully proportioned and balanced Lowlander sword. The typically Scottish quatrefoils in the ring guards attest to the heritage of this imposing piece. The grips of the Lowlander are leather-covered with an overlaid leather binding. A wall mount is provided to allow the transplanted Gael to display his sword with pride. See model SH2065N for the antique-finished version of this sword.
Mortuary Hilt Sword SH2004N
Replicated from an original in the collection of the Royal Armouries in England, our Mortuary Hilt Sword (SH2004) is a classic example of a cavalry or dragoon officer's sword of the 17th century English Civil War period. Deriving its name from the style of sword which memorialized King Charles I, who was executed in 1649, The Mortuary Hilt Sword's steel basket is decorated with scrolled foliage while an engraved head of Charles I appears on the pommel. The lozenge-section double-edged blade is partially fullered and bears the swordmaker's mark "1414", the derivation of which has been lost in time. The leather handle wrap terminates in silver wire "Turks Head" knots. The sword, like the original, is beautifully balanced.
Basket-Hilt Backsword (Antiqued) SH2003N
Early highland swords almost invariably carried the double-edged "broadsword" blade, but by the time of the Battle of Culloden (1746) the single-edged "backsword" was at least equal in popularity. Our Basket-Hilt Backsword, replicated from an original in the collection of the Royal Armouries in England that dates from about 1760, has an unusual basket with twin engraved "horned beastie" plaques and a blade with twin fullers running most of its length. The blade is German in origin, but the hilt and blade are contemporary. The hilt is crafted in stainless steel, to minimize maintenance, while the blade is forged by Hanwei in high-carbon steel. The grip is covered with wire-wrapped genuine rayskin and the basket liner, like the original, is crafted in fabric-covered leather. The scabbard is leather-covered.
Basket-Hilt Broadsword (Antiqued) SH2002N
Although Basket-Hilt swords appeared throughout Britain from the mid-sixteenth century on, their association with the seventeenth and eighteenth century Scottish highlander has become legendary. Our Paul Chen Basket-Hilt Broadsword, replicated from an original in the collection of the Royal Armouries in England, carries a typical Glasgow-style hilt from the mid-18th century. It is likely that the blade of the original sword, marked "Andrea Ferara", was made in Germany a century earlier and re-hilted as basket designs were refined. The hilt is crafted in stainless steel, to minimize maintenance, while the blade is forged in high-carbon steel. The grip is covered with wire-wrapped genuine rayskin and the basket liner, like the original, is crafted in fabric-covered sueded leather. The scabbard is leather-covered. See Hanwei model SH2002N for the antique-finished version of this sword.
Scottish Claymore SH2060N
Mainstay of the Highland warriors of the late 15th and 16th centuries, the Claymore sword had a uniquely styled hilt that sets it apart from other great swords of the period. Typically of longsword length, this versatile weapon could deliver great sweeping slashes or powerful thrusts. Replicated by Paul Chen from a surviving museum piece our Claymore sword is classic in its design, with distinctive sloping quillons terminating in quatrefoils and a high-collared quillon block with langets following the blade fuller. The leather-covered grip is topped by a globate pommel. The grip of the Claymore is leather-covered. See model SH2060N for the antique-finished version of this sword.


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Mobile Home Fire
By: Elizabeth MontePosted: Thursday, January 17, 2013
Jasper Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire right at eleven this morning near Jasper.
Jasper Mayor Shane Kilgore says the fire caused minimal damage to the mobile home.
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She's a 1999 model, oil, filter changes each year...gas with stabil...primarily used every other mowing for maybe 5000 sq ft...I use my toro wheelhorse for the rest. She's been a bit hard to start for a few years. The plug seems to foul out fast. This time, no luck...won't start...even changed the plug. Maybe I flooded it and I will try again tomorrow. Before I go get a new one, I was wondering if a carb service might help. I think I can handle that and doubt I can make matters worse. Ideas? its got a briggs engine. |
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When you say the plug fouls fast- are the deposits hard or soft? Is this an OHV model? In general either Briggs engine on a SR wouldn't normally be responsible for the fowling as they don't tend to run rich. Signs of fuel overflowing such as fuel in the media of the filter or oil would go back to the carb I'd guess. A plugged air filter perhaps? |
- Posted by andrelaplume2 usa (My Page) on Thu, Aug 1, 13 at 19:57
No, filter almost new. Plug is blackened around base after half a season. I pulled her out tonight and she started, smoke a little as usual but ran...maybe I flooded it yesterday. I pulled filter and sprayed in carb cleaner, let it sit, started, ran a while and repeated. We'll see if she starts better...who knows. Dealer tech said she might be leaking a little oil causing plug to foul and hard start... He said I could pop a new engine on ($300) or get a new PP for $500...or just live with it. I am fearfull of the new TORO engines...no idea if they are Chinese junk or what...they are not briggs.... |
Blackening itself is not horrible. Enough hard oil deposits will alter the spark. Could be you end up w/ that touch of oil in the cylinder after sitting creating your issues. Companies like Toro started to feel the effects of Hondas in the market place circa 1980 and shortly there after came out w/ Suzukis on select consumer mowers.The Hondas taking off in the US market gave us much better mower engines today. Enter the Honda knock offs that started to appear and now today the Chinese engine market has a firm stance in MTDs and now Toro. I've not heard of concerns with them, but I can tell you the times I look at the parts list, I would much rather own a Honda or Briggs due to individual parts availability and pricing. |
- Posted by andrelaplume2 usa (My Page) on Fri, Aug 2, 13 at 20:23
The Toro with Honda engine is $50 more. I can't help but wonder if either will last 15 years! I am weary of the no prime start too but I guess that's the way they are all going. The tech seemed a bit miffed at briggs...saying they are doing nothing in their engine design to accommodate for ethanol in gas...I noted my briggs was 14 years old! |
How strong is the spark? Also, I use a cap full of MMO in every fuel fill. Older engines like it. I also use the shutoff to run the carb dry after every use. This has taken the curse off using 87 E 10. No hard data, just a seat of the pants feel that the mowers start easier and that I have had way less carb troubles since I started doing these two easy things. |
Well, in my experience I have very little ethanol issues w/ conventional Briggs carbs. Not so much Honda either though more than the Briggs. That being said, I wouldn't ever buy a mower powered by a Briggs with a plastic bowl carburetor. The ones that I do see with ethanol issues regularly are the Kohler XT WPM engines and the knock offs. Granted the earlier Kohler XTs had metallurgy problems with the float valves that they have corrected- but so many of the carb bowls are filled w/ white gel and corroded by me it is unreal. I wonder if it is a metallurgy issue or?? I always push the ethanol treatment on these for their own good. |
In the 10 years of doing this, I've never seen a plastic bowl on a Briggs. What engines are they on? I am now seeing gelled jets on Hondas, which I've not seen before. Briggs, almost never, except for the ruined diaphragms on the low HP engines. Tecumseh is famous for the clogged jets. I always attributed this to poor maintenance, rather than fuel. Proper use of additives and draining fuel at the end of the season would go a long way towards preventing this stuff. |
- Posted by andrelaplume2 usa (My Page) on Thu, Aug 15, 13 at 21:41
Ok, update...I changed the plug after spraying the heck out of it with carb cleaner. It ran good for a few cuts, then it sat for 2 weeks. Colder weather now...won't start. Spark? Well, I pulled the plug, held it against the metal engine and had my son pull the cord. I saw no spark. Did we do it right...who knows! Nevertheless, I popped off the carb. The outside was covered in gunk. Carb Cleaned it and its surroundings. I popped off the bowl...it looked perfectly clean inside. I carb cleaned the inside anyway, paperclip cleaned all holes and sprayed compressed air here and there. I put it back together....probably should have picked up a new gasket. I pulled the rope...it started, blew some white smoke and died. I assume it was burning the carb cleaner sprayed everywhere. Question...if there is indeed no spark, would it have started at all? What do think I should try next...coil? thoughts...(other than buy a new one!) |
Yes, it would need spark to start. Could you post model numbers. Maybe the intake seal is shot, or the intake manifold is broken or loose. Andyma- the plastic bowl Briggs are on some of the entry level MTD equipment. It debuted ~ 2 years ago or so. |
The quantum series engine was very common on the Toro Super Recycler mower in 1999. This was a good engine and I see many that are older than yours. Most of the starting problems are related to the carburetor and the air filter base with the primer bulb. From your description, you did not install the parts from a new carburetor kit. Spraying carburetor cleaner into the needle seat area will cause the Viton seat to swell. While the needle valve will continue to close, the fuel level in the float bowl will be maintained at a lower level. This reduces the amount of fuel delivered during priming. To check, remove the carburetor and float bowl. Hold the carburetor in an inverted position. The float should be level with the carburetor body. Another issue is the bowl nut. Even spraying the main jet with carburetor spray may not clean residue from ethanol fuel. The bowl gasket must seal the bowl in order for the primer to work correctly. Your best bet is to renew the carburetor with a kit and new bowl nut or simply replace the carburetor. The air filter base contains the primer bulb. When depressing the primer bulb, a shot of air is routed to the float bowl forcing fuel to travel up the venture tube. With time, the gasket between the filter base and the carburetor deteriorates. Warping on the filter base is also common. As air leaks develop, the primer becomes ineffective and the engine will not start. If this is the case, replacing the gasket or installing two gaskets may help. The best solution may be to replace the air filter base. I noticed some discussion about replacing the engine or buying a new mower. This is of course your decision. In many cases, a few simple repairs could result in many more years of service. The carburetor and the filter base usually costs about $60 - $70. |
- Posted by andrelaplume2 usa (My Page) on Fri, Aug 16, 13 at 17:51
thanks, ill get a carb renew kit and try it.As far as a model...of the engine? I see nothing but briggs 6.0 gts...I see nothing in my manual either.Funny, before removing the sucker, the bulb was hard to press an took forever to pop back out...especially when cold. Now it goes real easy and can hear it...still I will get the kit. I also borrowed some sort of spark test thing that goes betweeen the plug and cap....suppose to be a light go on if spark . I will try it. |
- Posted by andrelaplume2 usa (My Page) on Fri, Aug 16, 13 at 18:28
ok, tried the spark tester thing. Yes there is spark...looks orange/yellow...I know it suppose to blue...truth be told this is a testor from Harbor Freight so who know how accurate it is. It took the carb off again...was about to head over for a renew kit. I looked at the nut that secures the bowl...I had forgot to blow that out. There was some gunk in it. I put the sucker on again...primed it a bunch of times and it started. It sounded rough though. I assume I should just go get the renew kit..$5 last time I bought one...and keep my fingers crossed. There is also a little black spring ...when I pull on it the engine revs higher and actually sounds better. Do these stretch ot...should I replace it too? |
the Toro model # at the Toro site will give you the model number of the engine. Or it is stamped in the valve cover or blower housing depending on which engine it is. Yes, governor springs can fatigue though you really should have the rpms adjusted w/ a tach. |
- Posted by andrelaplume2 usa (My Page) on Mon, Aug 19, 13 at 1:59
took the carb to the dealer. They convinced me to replace it and forgo the renew kit. Popped it one. It started on one easy pull! I used it for 35 minutes or so. I decided I'd do the whole lawn so I stopped to grab a tank top...it was hot out. The sucker would not restart. I called the dealer guy. He said hard start on a hot engine could be the coil or compression issues. He said since I just bought the carb, he'd sell me a used but good coil for $10 but before I wasted my time to see if I still saw spark when it was hot and not starting. If spark was there, it was not likely the coil but a compression issue...said I likely would not find an engine for 99 model either....so.... Well I checked..there was spark. I let it cool down. It then started on one pull. I repeated this check 3 or 4 times over 2 days. It seems to start on one pull when cold. If the engine is hot...no go. 99% of the time I start it, use and put it away with no stopping in between. For all I know this compression issue has been around for years. Is that possible? Can I count on it starting cold? Why would that be anyway? what is compression anyway? Thoughts.... |
Please explain exactly how you are attempting to restart. How long after the shutdown did you attempt to restart? |
- Posted by andrelaplume2 usa (My Page) on Tue, Aug 20, 13 at 0:03
go out...hit prime once or twice, starts on first pull. Run 15+ minutes....stop...wait a coupe of minutes...pull cord...wont start...prime once or twice...won't start...wait 30 minutes or so..prime once...starts on first pull... |
Compression is the secret of the internal combustion engine. The fuel/air mixture in the cylinder must be compressed to be powerful when ignited. Compression occurs when the piston rises against the closed intake and exhaust valves. It's measured in psi and every engine has a normal range in it's specs that can be measured. The problem with measuring it on lawn mower engines is they all have a compression release mechanism for easier pulling of the starter cord which obviously would give a false, lower reading. I actually don't know how the mechanics get around this to find the true compression. Anyway, engines can lose compression from wear and faulty valve timing. Usually a lawn mower engine with low compression would indicate a new mower needed, but in a few cases low compression can be caused by hard carbon in the piston rings which doesn't allow them to expand and seal the cylinder. There are several brands of solvents for internal engine cleaning. The best in my opinion is 'KREEN' by Kano Labs, the makers of 'KROIL', a well-liked penetrant. I would use 'KREEN' as-directed in any engine I suspected of low compression. If it doesn't help, repair/replacement is indicated, because lawn mowers are basically cheap, and you can't justify spending hundreds on engine repair or replacement. The exception would be if you had a premium mower with a good deck and drive system that you really like. An aluminum-deck Super Recycler could be in this category - it all depends on how much you want to spend on it. I think your mower should have lasted longer. Cutting only a tad over one tenth acre every other time would constitute light use in my book, and most any mower should last almost indefinitely under those conditions WITH THE PROPER CARE. However, you can't overlook the possibility of a bad engine from the factory that may have a problem that just took some time to show up. |
- Posted by andrelaplume2 usa (My Page) on Tue, Aug 20, 13 at 23:47
to be fair the mower was used more often in its earlier years..the past 5 or so, less than 30 minutes every other time. I'll look for the KREEN. Is it possible this compression issue has been around a while and I never noticed it because I seldom try to restart when warm? How long can it go on like this...ie how long will it start easy cold...hell I'll just make sure I finish up with it before I shut it! |
your techniques in restarting the engine are ok. I suspect you are missing some clue. the ignition has been checked. check the compression with a compression tester. First check the engine cold , then check the engine hot. you still have not supplied the engine numbers. Is this the flat head engine or the ohv engine. The early ohv engines suffered hot restart problems. Some problems were related to vavle adjustments. In some cases, the throttle plate wjould stick in the closed position. Briggs issued a service bulletin to change the spark plug gap to .020. if this is a flathead, there may be a problem with sticking valves due to ethanol fuel, or there may be inadequate valve clearance. You may need to take to a shop for evaluation. |
- Posted by andrelaplume2 usa (My Page) on Wed, Aug 21, 13 at 20:52
ITs ohv I think...still have not found model number. Valves or compression..what are we talking as far as cost goes? I can regap the plug. |
It could be a bad plug, try a new one. Try hot starting without a prime. You prolly could check the compression and go from there.costs should be minimal, A few bucks for gaskets, maybe. |
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The server is a Bull Novascale T840. Bull specified the components on request: an Intel Xeon E5130 dual core (2 GHz), 2 GByte Fully Buffered RAM, two 250GB SATA hard disks with hot-swap support, redundant power supply, floppy and DVD drive. Without the package, the server would cost 3,046 euros with three years' on-site service, according to the Bull price list.
Xandros Linux for servers costs around 535 euros without support, and one year's standard support around 1070 euros, both including VAT. O3spaces is a document management extension for Open Office which is commercially licensed for business use. The costs for five to 100 users are around 70 euros per seat including VAT. Support includes five calls, a customer forum and email support.
The collaboration package adds value on top of individual purchases thanks to ready-to-run hardware and software installation and single source support for the hardware, the operating system and the collaboration software, said Bull's marketing manager for Intel products in Europe talking to Linux Magazine, adding that Bull will be supplying the server either with or without the package with an Intel Xeon E5310 (1,6 GHz) Quadcore for the same price starting in November.
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Poll For The Day: Which class does Blizzard hate the most? {WoW}
Apr 19th 2009 1:18PM I forget the exact number but there's a total of about 3 patches where warriors received buffs. In every other patch we have been consistently nerfed or forgotten. Not QQing just giving some perspective, we all have ups and downs. Imagine if balance had been the same for the entire length of the game. PVP would have died about 2 years ago and nothing would be half as interesting as it is due to classes and combos becoming more and less effective.
WoW Moviewatch: Ninja Looter {WoW}
Mar 30th 2009 1:01PM Yeah it could definitely use some technical work...
Ready Check: Ulduar and Burnout {WoW}
Mar 30th 2009 3:26AM First of all I'm not a hardcore raider. Quite the opposite in fact. But here in my opinion are the problems. Accessibility and homogenization.
A big part of raiding, for me anyway, as a tank/dps was min maxing everything. It made things more fun to succeed when I could actually, and sometimes did, fail. I had to fight for my tps. I had to run swing timers and debuff bars just to earn my place in the raid. Nowadays through a few points in prot and bam you're hundreds of tps against anyone else. Grab some epics and spam 3 keys and be amazed by your 3k dps. That's not fun. That's me being amazed by how well I'm doing because I'm comparing it to my old (BC) standards.
And then there's homogenization. It's ironic that it was partly introduced to stop shaman stacking and that's the only class I care to make sure I have any more for bloodlust. Everyone has everyone else's buffs. I don't even have to think about raid composition beyond 6 healers 2 tanks 17 dps. Bring the role, not the class, and a shaman.
Remember when you had to do regulars to do heroics to do ten mans to do easy 25s to do the hard 25s? That's how it should be. Oh, I just dinged 80, brb 25 man naxx. That's not accessibility, that's redundancy. That should have been more of a 2.4-esque move, open content up for those who haven't yet seen it, not open the floodgates as soon as it;s released.
Raiding doesn't require thinking anymore and arena is grossly unbalanced, so what is left for the thinking player? Recycled content 'hard modes'? How about you cater to those of us that don't want to just breeze through everything in mediocrity.
Let me excel.
Breakfast Topic: What is WoW's biggest mistake? {WoW}
Mar 25th 2009 3:58PM PVE is too easy and relies too much on optional stress to make it harder. Sarth xD is the equivalent of hey let's just run through some trash to the boss. That's not content. That's akin to the lazy recoloring philosophy at Blizzard.
Too much homogenization, in gear as well as class abilities. I don't want half the raid to be able to overwrite my buffs. I don't want to feel that if I just logged out now nothing would be missing other than some dps. Everyone should have at least one unique buff. In BC i was arms dps. My dps wasn't the best and my spec was relatively uncommon but I brought a unique buff that allowed me to play the way I wanted while contributing. My class now has a single useful (HP) buff.
PVP with the exception of wintergrasp is just a waste of time. Bgs have been the same since vanilla, with the exception of the unenjoyable and gimmicky EOTS and SOTA. Some acknowledgment of the death knight's overpowered state would be nice.
With the introduction of DKs and the absolute failure of balancing warriors I really feel my class just is not cared for currently. There was nothing wrong with having classes be different. Right now it wouldn't matter anyway since everything is so easy. You don't need to min/max any more, so how about some individuality?
Warrior changes in Patch 3.1 PTR build 9722 {WoW}
Mar 24th 2009 1:35AM Am I the only one who feels we've fallen somewhat by the wayside in recent times in WOTLK? Seems like prot especially got a lot of love for 3.0, and since then things have been homogenized, removed, nerfed, etc etc.
Call it QQ if you will, but imo there is plenty of reason to bring someone else to tank, dps or pvp over us in pretty much any setting you want to push boundaries. I really feel that a lot of what is keeping us around right now is convention and social ties. I feel like the forgotten older sibling with the parents constantly attending to little brother death knight.
I wonder if blizzard really considered the zerker stance move much, when this patch has focused on homogenization of gear and now they are telling us to use unique gear, requiring not only regearing if this goes live, but re-itemization or creation of items for some slots on their part to avoid this becoming a nerf.
Much of what has been changed recently feels very band-aid to me. Am I the only one?
If you don't play a warrior or play one with mostly/all BiS please stop typing those Q's now :)
Breakfast Topic: Old school {WoW}
May 16th 2008 1:50PM I remember the end of beta. Being a 16 pally facing off against a ?? elite demon force in stormwind keep.
No battlegrounds.
Stacking str for more threat.
Prot being an arguably bad tree for tanking. It was ms or nothing.


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Hundreds of people gathered Saturday on Scottsdale Civic Center Mall to dedicate the newly installed sculpture of Winfield Scott.
The statue of Scottsdale's founder by artist George-Ann Tognoni marks one of the most recent projects by the city's Public Art Program.
Since its start in 1985, the program has completed about 70 projects.
The plan in the next five years is to almost double that, with 64 pieces in the works.
Many will spring up in new developments in downtown Scottsdale and improvements to streetscapes.
"We are proud of our public art program, which is growing by leaps and bounds," said Mayor Mary Manross, who cut the ribbon during Saturday's dedication. "It shows that we understand the value of arts in our life."
The Public Art Program also will be presented as a model during this year's American for the Arts Conference in Las Vegas in June.
The program has grown much in the last 20 years, when it started with a skeleton staff.
Now, it uses a range of volunteers and paid and unpaid interns to manage the collection.
"The community has responded to a range of projects," said associate director Margaret Bruning. "People love the LOVE sculpture. The response from Maya was overwhelming. This will be the year of placemaking and community building."
The LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana sits on Civic Center Mall.
Maya II, a pyramid of toys by Jarvis Rockwell, was installed as a temporary exhibit in the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.
In addition to more sculptures and other public art, program director Valerie Vadala Homer plans more temporary pieces for the community to inject a little excitement.
"Jarvis and Jell-O will be hard to beat," she said, referring also to the "Scottsdale in Jell-O" piece that was on display for five days. "We're always looking for the next thing."
Homer said one option for the next year is a project by Anissa Mack, an artist known for "Pies for a Passerby."
That project brought a little house to the plaza of the Brooklyn Public Library, where Mack baked pies from scratch and encouraged people to take a piece from the window.
Mack also organized "Something Borrowed, Something New," a project featuring a daily bouquet toss by a bride in full veil and dress, open to the public in New York.
Homer said she also has contemplated holding a photo contest for the community, wherein residents take a photo with their favorite piece of public art.
Homer said public art is different from museums because it extends beyond walls.
"When it's on a street, right there, you lose that intimidation factor," she said.


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Last week I was looking up info about black cherry trees
being poisonous to cattle. I found what I was looking for. But I also found this. According to the page below, Johnson Grass is poisonous to cattle until it is well cured. I asked my friend/neighbor that raises cows about this and he told me cows love Johnson Grass and it was wrong. Can someone explain the descreptancy between
Leaves and stems possess cyanide. The young shoots are the most toxic, and when wilted or frost-damaged, cyanide becomes readily available in the leaves. Nitrates can also accumulate in johnsongrass. Well-cured hay is relatively safe for animal consumption as mature plants have much lower toxicity. University of Missouri Extension - Plants Poisonous to Livestock. And what about the Polk Salad it mentions.
Common pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
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- Posted by dibbit z7b SC (email@example.com) on Mon, May 7, 07 at 15:09
What was written about Jonson grass is true. I think I might be inclined to keep cattle off a pasture if that is the principle grass growing in it, after a frost gets the young grass, for at least a week, maybe longer. As written, I don't think hay, if well cured, would be a problem. I think it is more toxic for horses than for cattle, but can also affect cattle, if eaten at the wrong times. It is one of the grasses that, in general, is not a problem, but which can become one. I think, because it's only sometimes a problem, people get complacent and start to disbelieve. And, once it gets into a field, it's hard to get out, due to its growth habits, and can crowd out other grasses. It is also a fast growing grass, so offers a lot of feed value quickly - if you discount the toxicity. Red maple leaves, when wilted, are toxic to horses because of the cyanide they develop. I think a couple of the other maples can be toxic as well. I don't knw about their affect on cattle, but imagine it affects them as well. Fresh are fine, it's only as they wilt... Wilted wild cherries are also known to be toxic to horses. I believe that the "abortion storm" that hit the Tb breeding farms in KY a few years ago was caused by broodmares ingesting tent caterpillars that had been eating wild cherry, but may be misremembering - it was a couple of years ago, and I don't have brodmares, so only noted it in passing, so to speak. Most grazing animals won't eat pokeweed, as far as I know, although birds love the berries. If there was little else to eat in a field, then it might become a problem. I think I would do what I could to limit its presence in any fields I had access to. |
As I recall Poke becomes much more toxic after frost. There is wide variation between opinions on poke. Some folk say that one should never eat it (human consumption). Others counter with statements like "Grandma had to have her poke salad every spring and she lived to 102!" Our neighbors have it growing all over their fields and I've seen them graze horses over there for months at a time, with almost no attention. They've never lost a horse. But we do try to eliminate it in our fields. George |
- Posted by poohbear2767 Dunlap Tn USA (My Page) on Mon, May 7, 07 at 22:24
I wouldn't know young Johnson Grass if I saw it. I know when it gets tall the tops get seedy. Never seen a cow eat poke weed. They ignore the stuff. Pooh Bear |
- Posted by kydaylilylady z6 KY (My Page) on Tue, May 8, 07 at 8:52
Johnson grass is a warm season grass and usually doesn't start to make an appearance until after frost in the spring. It's just now starting to show itself on bare ground in Central KY. There is no problem in letting your stock graze this grass until frost, early to middle October here. Johnson grass makes excellent summer pasture and hay. It should be good for something since it's rather noxious in row crops and gardens.... Just before frost my husband goes out and anywhere there's a stand of Johnson Grass he cuts with the disc mower or haybine. That way you cut before the frost and there's no chance of the prussic acid forming. Sorghums also develop this acid upon frosts so if you are raising any for hay or grazing you want to take the same precautions. Just a reminder too, Taxus shrubs are deadly to cattle. Be extra careful where you dispose of this shrubs trimmings. Janet |
- Posted by marquisella z4 NY (My Page) on Tue, May 8, 07 at 9:45
Dibbit is right about the eastern tent catepillar.. We had a day long seminar just a month ago about it, and the reason the horses died from the catepillars is because of the spines on the catepillar. Something about they got stuck in the intestines, I should have paid more attention, but they were the cause of death & abortion. Somehow they could either pass to the fetus or affected it in some way. Last year we had an epidemic with these catepillars, and in some areas were so numerous they covered roads, & cars slid off the roads due to the slime, yuck. I heard that some farms were covered with them. I didn't have a problem, but now have Guineas so I am hoping they will eat everything that moves... M |
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The U.S. Labor Department says New York private industry employers reported about 146,000 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2012.
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Among state and local government workers in New York, about 69,000 injury and illness cases were reported in 2012. That's a rate of 7 cases per 100 full-time workers. Nationally, the rate was 5.6.
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On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 02:26, Steve Barnhart wrote: > I particularly disagree with that on some parts. I like gentoo's install > right now, its fast and so well documented its not really hard at all. That is correct it is not hard really, but i would use the word 'intimidating' for the current install. People scare away from a lengthy installation manual, I think we should be aiming to accommodate those users. Creating a GUI installer that is as powerful as the current install process makes such a GUI installer most likely complicated and as scary as the current process. > On > the other hand I like good looking things :-). I like a nice look and brand > every once in a while and I think a good gui installer would look nice. The > look is sometimes what attracts me to a distribution or one software choice > over another (I know this sounds stupid). I mean if one piece of software > sucks really badbut has a nice gui then I won't use it but if 2 r equal I'll > choose the better looking one. Isn't a simple GUI installer more attractive than a complicated one? I'd rather go for the '5 steps to install Y' than the '27 and a 1/2 steps to install Y' software. We're not aiming at our power users here, we're aiming at the ones that make decisions based on looks alright. - foser -- email@example.com mailing list
Updated Jun 17, 2009
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