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January 14, 2010, 8:45 AM
By Tom Junod
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Now, I have no idea exactly how Obama disciplines or doesn't discipline Sasha and Malia, though the principles of positive discipline are virtually identical to the principles of community organization, which is what started him in politics positive discipline is community organization writ small. Indeed, I have heard the principles of positive discipline espoused from the pulpits of leftish churches and also at a support group I attended to learn how to deal with a relative who is mentally ill. They have currency everywhere, especially among the class of educated people who hand out dried fruit for Halloween instead of candy, as the Obamas did. We are in the middle of a profound social experiment in which our assumptions about power are being challenged in the most fundamental way that is, in our own families. Barack Obama, then, is not the agent of change; he's the fulfillment of a change that is already occurring culture-wide, in every place but politics. That's why the Republicans fear him so much; why, while waiting for him to fail, they just come off as the political party for people who want to hit their kids.
Nobody espouses philosophies anymore, and fewer and fewer people espouse their faith. We are, however, prepared to speak endlessly about our favored philosophy of parenting, and this takes the place of the other two. For centuries, parents believed their primary obligation to their children was to keep them from the fires of hell; short of that, any amount of corporal punishment was justified. As we have shifted away from religious belief toward rationalism, we have shifted our methods of punishment, until we have arrived at the prescription of no punishment at all. The belief behind the "time-in" essentially a hug is that children are not sinful beings but rather imperfectly rational ones, capable of empathy and enlightened self-interest. Obama, for all his professions of faith, represents the triumph of the secular movement of our society. Although his language is drawn from religion, his principles, like the principles of positive discipline and community organization, are drawn from therapy.
He is the first truly modern president, because he is the first president to govern as if there is no evil, only lost opportunities for good. He is the first post-evil president.
He clearly likes being president, and seems unburdened by it. The burden has been the burden of power, which is one of the reasons his presidency has been emotionally unsatisfying it is bereft of power's pleasures. Most Americans respond to strength and decisiveness in a president the same way they do in a father. It has been unsettling to have a president whose agenda for change includes changing our very notions of strength and weakness, and whose idea of decisiveness seems to involve mostly making good choices, which is not necessarily leadership. He has been able to lead by inspiration but unable to simply lean on people, and unwilling to try on the world stage. His uncertainty as an authority figure may or may not have encouraged our foreign enemies, but it has certainly emboldened his domestic ones, who seemed confused about whether to call him a tyrant or a weakling until they realized, like schoolboys, that they weren't going to be punished and started calling him whatever they damn well pleased. You could argue that he has outflanked them that by allowing the Republicans to make themselves over into a purely revanchist party, he has made them into American Baathists, who, after proving themselves unworthy to be in power, are now proving themselves unworthy even to be out of it. But the failure of his efforts at inclusion has been a failure of one of his central principles, and it prompts the question of whether the evolution in masculine authority represented by Barack Obama is simply a crisis by another name.
George Bush was not a post-evil president. He recognized evil and set himself up in opposition to it. He labeled it labeled, in fact, three countries as the "axis of evil" and was motivated by it; in the end, he countenanced it. Obama does not label, for labeling would deprive him of his ability to include, and inclusion, rather than isolation, is his goal for rogue nations. More than any other difference in policy, it is this difference that distinguishes one president from the other, to the extent that when Obama made his speech announcing that he was sending thirty thousand more Americans to Afghanistan announcing that he was going to try to finish, with the clock running, the war that George Bush began he never mentioned the word evil or evildoer. It was as though he were trying to conduct a war by the principles of positive discipline, and when, a few days later, he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with a defense of war and the surprising announcement that "evil does exist," it was clearly something he felt he had to say because he didn't quite make the sale in his earlier speech. In the end, it is awfully hard to make the case for war without making the case for evil.
The biggest difficulty with all nonauthoritative approaches to authority is that, even when they work, they often don't work right away. Spanking a child, threatening a child, taking a child's toys away they might not be the best thing for a child, but they generally get a child's attention. The positive parent is generally deprived of the pleasure is it a pleasure? of issuing an order and seeing it immediately and unquestioningly carried out. There are no orders in positive parenting, as there are no orders in the Obama administration. There are, instead, reasonable goals and clearly stated expectations. The approach is evolutionary, and on the most important domestic issue of his presidency health-care reform so is the Paleolithic progress of the debate. Indeed, Obama has been so nonassertive in the matter of health care that to the degree he has shown strength, he has shown strength by risking the appearance of weakness. And yet he has been utterly forthright and, in his retiring way, utterly relentless. And by the time this essay is published, he is likely to be the first president since Lyndon Johnson to appreciably change the way Americans get health care.
He has been the same with the war in Afghanistan. Is there another American president of the last thirty years who would not have felt the necessity to impose his will on General Stanley McChrystal, especially after McChrystal made an obvious public effort to box him in? But there's no punishment in the Obama administration, and the president has made it clear that he values McChrystal as a necessary source of counsel on his way to his ultimate decision.
Which, of course, was the decision to accede to three fourths of McChrystal's request for forty thousand extra troops in Afghanistan to escalate the war. The nonauthoritative approach to authority is intended to stop wars from starting. We have no idea if it can win one that's already begun.
It's a bet, like any worldview. You really don't know how it's going to turn out, though throughout history any bet on the prospect of human enlightenment has made the bookies rich. The difference with this bet is the faith that people have in it, based on the fact that it feels right, and I am talking here about both nonpunitive parenting and the Obama presidency. Hell, it's the same bet, because what you're really betting on, in both instances, is time. You're betting that you, as a parent, are going to have it, or that he, as a president, is going to get it, because you're betting on the process rather than the decisive moment. Given enough time, the process always wins. That's why children generally turn out all right. That's why politics generally doesn't.
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I am looking at the above Amana washer. I know it's the old style washer, but would be interested in hearing from anyone who has one. Also, I would be interested in hearing from those who have tried the HE top-load washers, as well as anyone who has had both a front-load and top-load, old style like the Amana above or new HE style who can give me an honest comparison of the performance of the various types of washers. Thank you in advance. |
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Going to vary from washer to washer, sometimes seems to vary even from the exact same washer. But "in general" your best bet from what I have read in hundreds of reviews lately is a Top Loader HE without the agitator. Front Loaders according to many reviewers and several class action lawsuits do not seem to be worth the money at all. I have never owned one, but for IMO good reason. Myself we chose a LG WT5101H washer 4.5cu.ft with the matching dryer LG DLEX5101. |
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One morning, during the summer of a year I can't remember, I recall my father walking into the house with a cardboard box full of wires and plastic. It's a vague memory, and surprisingly so considering the amount of change it brought to my life in both the short and long terms. My mother might argue the point, but I feel it's safe to say it was probably the biggest influence my father ever had on my future. Contained in that box was a used, bare-bones Commodore 64 computer that he'd found at a local yard sale while searching for valuable antiques to be resold at the family's flea market booth.
The Commodore 64 rapidly became a defining element in my everyday life. Beginning with a simple bare-bones computer connected to a black and white television my father let me keep in my room, I gradually expanded the capability of it with a cassette tape unit for loading software. When tape fell out of favor, I managed to get a floppy drive of my very own. The eight-pound wonder of the Commodore 1541 felt like magic at the time, despite its lack of capacity or speed. But to me, it was the most high-tech toy I could have wanted… until I got my very first modem.
Designed in 1981 as a successor to the Commodore VIC-20 computer, the Commodore 64 (Colloquially the C64) was released to the public in early 1982 for the then shockingly low retail price of $595. Thanks to Commodore's ownership of MOS Technologies, manufacturer of the CPU chip in the C64, production costs were incredibly low compared to other computers at the time. Selling a remarkable and record-setting 17 million units over its lifetime from 1982 until 1994, the system was a powerful direct competitor to the Apple II, and thanks to the estimated $135 cost of production it was able to drive many competing companies from the home computer market.
Technically, the Commodore 64 was highly advanced in comparison to many early computers of the day. Its 1Mhz processor, while slower than that in other computers such as the TI-99/4a, was still on par with the more common (and more expensive) Apple II series. Additionally, the C64 included advanced audio and graphics capabilities that could be displayed on a common black and white or color TV as opposed to the specialized displays most commonly seen in use with Apple computers.
My Commodore 64 really came into its own with the purchase of my first modem, the aptly and accurately named "64modem", which was a 300 baud device that utilized the household phone line whenever I was able to wrangle up permission to use it. With my modem, I was able to connect to local Bulletin Board System services and engage in messaging and gaming with other computer hobbyists in the community. Eventually, my 300 baud modem gave way to a more modern 1200 baud modem, that promised (and delivered!) far faster access to the BBS systems I connected to for software and messaging.
I'd like to take a moment to compare rough estimates of the difference in the speeds which I've been describing thus far, in particular the speeds related to communications VIA a modem. A single "baud" may eventually have been capable of transmitting multiple bits of data, but in the early days it was a direct 1:1 correlation and this is how most consumer systems in the 300/1200/2400 baud era were rated.
Using this method, my current internet connection is 838,860 times faster than that original 300 baud link between my computer and a single, dedicated machine sitting across town. This is just one aspect of the progress that has been made in my 36 years.


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He also denied three more charges from an unrelated incident in June operating a car without the owners consent, gross negligent operation and violating his conditions of release. Davis was ordered by the court not to contact or harass the girl, then was held for lack of $2,500 bail.
Last fall Davis pleaded innocent to three felony counts alleging he repeatedly sold heroin to police informants. He was accused of making deliveries on his bicycle or conducting sales from his bedroom in his parents house in Springfield.
It was at that house where police said Davis became irate Monday when he could not find some of his money and accused the teenage girl of not helping him to find it, according to a police affidavit. Family members and a friend who witnessed the incident told police that Davis flipped over a table and threw the telephone against a picture frame, breaking the phone, before pushing the girl onto a couch and choking her.MORE IN This Just InPolice: Man robbed Full StoryIllegal gun buy Full StoryPolice are looking for a hit-and-run driver. Full Story -
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WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 - Following the Marin County coast is an exercise in rejuvenation while rediscovering the joy of the unspoiled marvels that remain unchanged. It fulfils the desire to commune with and enjoy that which remains both genuine and timeless.
From the wonders of Muir and Stinson Beach through the charms of Bolinas, we continue on the road up the Marin County coast to the mystical and romantic Manka's Inverness Lodge.
Just past Stinson Beach is an estuary, Bolinas Lagoon Preserve. Changing with the tides, the lagoon becomes a swampy wetland at low tide and a glistening pond at high tide. The passing days are as dramatic as the scenery and abundant waterfowl around it.
Be careful not to miss the turnoff to legendary Bolinas, a hamlet barely as big as a postage stamp, a town so discreet the locals take down the highway sign to discourage all but the discerning from finding it.
But Bolinas is as real as the illusion of its past, a hippie hideaway that remains unchanged in many ways for more than 40 years.
Stop by Smileys Schooner Saloon, established in the whaling and gold rush days of 1851, is where bands still play every weekend to have a beer or two. Walk the three blocks through the town, browse its shops and boutiques, its waterfront houses. It is a marvel how timeless it remains.
It may be a little ragged around the edges, but Bolinas will evoke smiles.
Heading back out to Hwy 1, the journey continues up the coast. Passing thru farmland and national forest, through the town of Olema and its namesake restaurant and inn. Here it is genuinely little more than a crossroads. It is also the entrance to Pt. Reyes National Park and the tiny village of Inverness.
Pt. Reyes is a wonder all its own, a towering spit of land that holds dozens of dairy farms, an epic lighthouse set at the top of a genuinely scary cliff, a herd of wild bison on its far pastureland, and a hidden beach that is as remote as it is serene.
Manka's Inverness Lodge is a former hunting lodge built at the turn of the 20th century that today remains one of the most romantic getaways in all of the United States.
Manka's suffered a tragedy when the main lodge and dining room burned down in a fire several years ago, taking most of its storied wine collection with it. Three of the original cabins remained, along with a converted waterside boat house. Manka's continued to operate and welcome guests while the main lodge and dining room are eventually rebuilt, operating their offices out of sleek Silver Stream trailers.
Our cabin is a step back in time, hand hewn from 100 years ago, with a grand stone fireplace, and the air of a genuine hunting lodge. At Manka's, one simply relaxes and enjoys the ambiance. It's the little touches, the sumptuous bed, the outdoor shower stall, the impeccable fixtures in the bathroom, that take Manka's to the next level of uniqueness.
Light a fire in the large stone fireplace and settle in for an evening of extremely welcome cabin fever. The atmosphere is absolutely magical.
Our hosts, owners Margaret Grade and Daniel DeLong, are more like welcoming relatives than inn owners, and lodge guests receive a wonderful hand cooked meal brought to their cabin and served in front of the fireplace on a steamer trunk with a selection of impeccable wines.
Enjoy a roast confit of duck, au gratin potatoes with fresh asparagus and a rich organic Greek salad served with an aged Sonoma Pinot Noir. It sets the mood for a night of fine romance in the cabin of our wildest dreams.
Manka's Inverness Lodge exemplifies an exquisite retreat for the soul.
From the Golden Gate to the shores of Pt. Reyes, the whole of the Marin County coast is the very definition of paradise, a setting both beautiful and remote, all the more remarkable for the fact that it is literally minutes from San Francisco. It remains a treasure trove of unspoiled beauty, a wonderland waiting to be explored, so close to civilization, and yet a world away
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For the LGBT community and allies, nightOUT! is a fun way to spark a conversation - and maybe more - at CPH! Get to know a whole new rainbow of downtown places, friendly faces, and Northeast Ohio's best professional contemporary theatre, all at a special price.
A nightOUT! ticket gets you in to the performance of One Night With Janis Joplin, PLUS the pre-show Summer of Love happy hour - featuring free appetizers and groovy drink specials – and a special post-show Rock Talk Q&A with the cast and creative team!
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Why Are People Still Lying About Their Number Of Sex Partners?
By Tom Miller
My favorite gender double standard is probably the one where a guy who's "allergic" to condoms is a liar and a creep, and a chick with the same terrible latex malady is a keeper. The rest of y'all seem to be hung up on the "number" game.
We celebrate the dude with lots of partners. I believe Wilt Chamberlain had several parades to commemorate his boudoir efforts (because it couldn't have been his basketball success against smaller and athletically inferior opponents). But we deride women who do likewise. You can practically taste the stomach bile foaming as Madeline Cahn sings "I've Been With Thousands Of Men" in Blazing Saddles. You can rattle off the rationale for this attitude: risk of disease, children of dubious/unknown patronage, lack of appreciation for female sexuality, Peter Cetera.* Technology and an untold amount of poking, rubbing and prodding have begun to relieve some of those issues, but our double standard persists.
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A recent study found that men and women are still lying about their "numbers," despite the fact that the sexual revolution happened more than 60 years ago. Jealousy and the reality of sexual currency partly flavor this recalcitrance. And while sexual competency is generally gleaned from experience, men generally fancy ourselves Jacques Cousteau when it comes to plumbing unseen depths. However, the best reason I've heard for this dichotomy's persistence is that it's really, really easy for women to have sex with someone new. We laud a man who manages to worm his way into dozens of different Spanx because you know how difficult it is to get those things off. Keep reading...
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I kept waiting for the track to change so it'd miss us, like Earl last year, but it looks more and more likely that here in coastal Maine we're going to see at least tropical storm force winds. So in addition to getting my sailboat to a safe "hurricane hole" I guess I should think about the vegetable garden.
Since this sort of thing is so rare here, I don't know what to do. The tomatoes are full of fruit: do I really have to pick it all? What does everyone else do in these situations? Thank you!
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Hello staceyneil, I am on the southern coast of Maine and I am thinking of the same thing. I was just admiring my bumper crop of tomatoes. THe FIRST time I ever had a bumper crop of tomatoes! And I have been trying to figure out someway to protect them from the wind and rain but I can't think of anything short of building a shed around them that would be strong enough. SO I guess my only solution is to pick all the tomtoes even the green ones and say goodbye to all the tomatoes plants. If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear what has worked for you in saving your tomatoe plants during a hurricane. Blake |
I figure the tomatoes are my most vulnerable crop so I'll pick everything that is almost ripe. Then figure out what to do with any that end up on the ground. We don't have corn but I suspect that will suffer from wind damage. I better have DH put the fabric covered low tunnel in the barn. Not a good time to be an apple farmer. |
Like defrost, I'm going to pick anything that is almost ripe. And then I will figure out what to do after the fact. Green tomato salsa??? I'm just outside 128 in the Boston area, and my veggie garden borders our woods, so 1) I don't expect to get the same amount of wind and rain as the coastal areas, and 2) my veggies are a bit protected from Eastern winds. Personally I'm a bit more concerned about the amount of rain we get and ending up with water in my basement. |
The farmer at my local farmer's market last week recommended green tomato pie. I'd already bought some white nectarines for a pie so I passed on that, but it sounded good. This farmer's market is on Friday so I imagine he'll be picking a lot of fruit and vegetables ahead of the hurricane. His farm is in Dighton, MA in Bristol County near the RI border. Claire |
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Hi Falcon
Hi Falcon
Hi Bendy and Falcon
"I want to sleep with you in the desert tonight, with a million stars all around."
Hey guys, just playing a few games here and checking out the Amateur forum for any new hot cock, lol
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Hey Seth, is that avatar of you? It's a new one isn't it?
Falcon, anything good there in the Amateur forum?
"I want to sleep with you in the desert tonight, with a million stars all around."
Hi Seth and Falcon
I'm doing good thanks, how are you?
Hi alphaxxx
Just stopping by while I'm on break before my next class.
"I want to sleep with you in the desert tonight, with a million stars all around."
Hi desertboi
didn't see you there, are you at uni? What do you do?
Doing fine Owain, just relaxing, been out shopping most of the day.
You've been looking for my Christmas present?
Hi desertboi I'm Falcon, real name Bill
Very good looking, just like you Seth. I like your hair better though, I love bangs.
An open goal!
I've been in uni most of the day, had a disaster at the library
Standard shopping or have you started xmas stuff?
A lot of waving going on......hi boys.
A big wave "hi" to you too Jason!!
Big wave to everyone!
Oh hey Seth, guess I do lose now that you're wooing other guys...
You snooze, you lose.
Off to get my tea, see you all later
Hi Jason
No I didn't lol Sounds like something you'd do lol
I was there for hours typing up some work and every single printer didn't work. I got a bit upset so I came home and ate a load of chocolate.
Ok Seth.
I'll always love you though.
Hey fellas just stopping in ftw
Hi ShyTwink, how's it going?
Good thanks Falcon how about you?
Good too. Thanks. About ready to cut out for awhile though.
We miss you at the amateur forum,
Awww well thanks I'll try to post something soon
Looks like I am winning
Where did you leave your spectacles?
Don't need them any more
Did someone say Minogue???
Er, no!
Paul is this the clip you were telling me about the other day? It's your totes fav right?
I prefer this version:
But......there's no Kylie.
That must be why it's so much better.
Paul you can't fool me, I found your tribute on youtube.
You Brits sure like being in drag.
^ Sadly blocked on copyright grounds!
I think drag does have something of a tradition over here.
Right Paul.
You guys find that hilarious huh?
When done in the best possible taste.
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State of the Union: optimistic call to invest in young people
We have a healthy birth rate but without a strong education system, we won't compete internationally.
Presidents are required to be optimistic.The American people expect it — and reward those politicians who know their lines. President Barack Obama's State of the Union Tuesday night followed The Script (so much so that Republicans released a video dismissing the president's consistent rhetoric as more of the same).
"The state of our Union is getting stronger. And we've come too far to turn back now," the president said. He promised "to fight obstruction with action, and I will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place."
The president said the "defining issue of our time is how to keep that promise alive ... no debate is more important."
That is the rub. That is where the president's optimism hits the side wall in a country divided. One side of our body politic is consumed by a deep distrust of anything that smacks of government, even when government actions are in our best interest.
We need to make the case for government investment. Putting money into programs and policies that will reward society. I would put education at the top of that list.
We have, as a nation, a demographic advantage over many other nations. The United States has a higher fertility rate than that of Russia, Germany, Japan and well above that of China, Italy, Singapore and most of eastern Europe. We have a young, growing working population.
But to execute that advantage we need to do improve higher education.
At the very moment we need a better educated work force, we are making it more difficult for young people to succeed in college. As the president put it: "When kids do graduate, the most daunting challenge can be the cost of college. At a time when Americans owe more in tuition debt than credit card debt."
This is a crippling problem for young people. Just over a year ago when I was on my Kaiser Family Foundation fellowship I talked to medical professionals — doctors, dentists and nurses — who said the type of practice they were planning was dictated my their debt load. I heard many young doctors talk about what it was like to owe hundreds of thousands of dollars. I'd like to see more loan forgiveness programs, focusing on the areas of health need such as rural medicine.
The president called on Congress to limit interest rates on student loans, increase student aid and work-study. He also asked states to make education a higher priority in their budgets. I love that idea ... but it shows the complexity of these problems. States cannot add more money into education until the country reduces its health care spending.
The president talked about restoring a manufacturing sector in this country. I suppose that could happen, only on a limited scale. But I don't think we are ever going to have the type of factories and jobs that once built our middle class. But we can have a nation that, on the whole, is more creative, better educated and prepared for the challenges ahead.
But before any of this happens, we have to get over this notion that all government spending is bad. It's time to invest in young people.
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A member of one of our internal "sovereign nations" lamenting a "country divided". Priceless. We have met the enemy and they are... YOU.
Posted Wed, Jan 25, 12:38 p.m.
Why can't the US move toward the model that many European nations use: A high school student going on to college attends school through the 13th grade, and graduates with the equivalent of an associate's degree. All that's needed at that point is two years in college to get a bachelor's. That would cut the cost of a college education almost in half, and only modestly add to the cost of running the public schools.
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One of the comments here takes a completely uninformed view of tribal sovereignty to imply that members of tribes are not part of this country. Of course, the idea that people have different loyalties has always been a bit challenging in U.S. history: Witness the history of people being concerned that a Roman Catholic president would answer to the pope, or more basically, that Catholics didn't belong in this country. As most Americans will gratefully recognize, our freedoms have been protected by, among others, members of the military from tribes all over this great land: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-1.htm
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Last night, U.S. PIRG and the AFL-CIO joined Americans for Financial Reform in a detailed comment letter urging issuance of a strong Volcker rule by the financial regulators. It's a 72-page pdf comment letter that basically comes down to one simple thing. We tell the financial regulators: don't let big banks make taxpayer-backed bets. The rule implements Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as proposed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and implemented into law by the consumer and investor champions, Senators Jeff Merkley (OR) and Carl Levin (MI).
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There are significant positive elements in this proposed rule. But it still falls well short of fully implementing the statute. It is clear from both the legislative history and the text of the statute that in passing the Volcker Rule Congress sought fundamental change in the American financial system by restoring basic firewalls between the banking system and the capital markets. In the proposed rule, the regulators have not placed the statutorily required limitations on permitted capital market activities. Instead, they have gone to some effort to preserve business as usual in important areas. This includes practices at the center of the financial crisis, such as dealing in illiquid and customized products for which no market exists and bank participation in securitizations. The metrics-based oversight regime favored by the regulators here, while positive in many respects, simply will not work unless it is accompanied by clear restrictions on the scope of permitted activities.
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It's not many things that cause me to burst out laughing - but here's one:
The headline reads: LED light bulb to last more than 20 years
, there being 3 on offer, each retailing at about £30 a pop ...
Then - almost lost in the small print, it reads:
"All three bulbs are meant to last more than 20 years, if used about three hours per day."
Why not say they'll last for 100 years, if used for around half-an-hour a day ?
In fact, I've got some light bulbs that will last forever, if I never use 'em at all.
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Three hours per day is probably about average for a light bulb - actually its probably an overestimate for most bulbs installed in boats.
Sure there are bulbs in living areas that are on for five or six hours most winter days, but how about the bulb in your bathroom at home or heads on the boat? Bedrooms? An hour or two each day.
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Sure - it's just the blatant dishonesty of such a claim, in order to get an attractive 'sound-bite'.
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As a supplier of LEDs an inportant point that is always overlooked is the light output at 20 years. In my experiance a lot of LEDs lose as much as 50% output after 1-2 years making many of the claims nonsense.


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John Phillips was only looking for a villa. That he wound up with a village says something about the scale of his enthusiasms, his impetuous streak, and the curious state of the Italian countryside at the beginning of the 21st century. But really, he insists: he never intended to buy the whole town.
For two years, Phillips, a prominent Washington, D.C., lawyer, had been scouting for a house in Tuscany. He'd begun his search in Chianti, but found little that suited his needs. Finally he turned his sights to the Val d'Orcia, 40 miles south of Siena. And there, in August 2000—on seven overlooked and overgrown acres that one might call the middle of nowhere, were not the famed wine town of Montalcino just 15 minutes away—Phillips came upon the tiny medieval hamlet of Finocchieto.
For two generations the hilltop farming village (whose name means "fennel fields") had lain abandoned and forlorn. At its pre–World War II peak Finocchieto counted 60 residents, mostly sharecroppers who worked the fields along the hillside. But postwar industrialization, coupled with agriculture's decline, led to a rural exodus across Italy, as farmers sought new work in larger towns and cities. Finocchieto's last holdouts moved away in the 1960's.
What they left behind looked not so different from what their ancestors had known seven centuries earlier: a cluster of tiled-roof houses and farming sheds, connected by meandering footpaths, with a modest green and a courtyard at its heart. From the edge of the green the views stretched out for miles, across cypress-fringed pastures and vineyards and undulating hills. Finocchieto was, in short, an archetypal Tuscan village, or borgo, albeit in severe disrepair. By 2000 the footpaths were choked with weeds, the green turned to mud. Roofs had collapsed; trees were uprooted; the chapel was filled with rotting hay. Starlings nested in the 500-year-old communal brick oven where residents once gathered to bake the daily bread.
Phillips was undeterred. "The whole place was dilapidated, but there was such tranquillity," he says. "I'd never heard quiet like that. You could see it had amazing potential."
As was often the arrangement in rural villages, the former residents of Finocchieto did not own their property but rented from a landlord. The current owner was a wealthy signor who still lived in a castle just up the hill. Phillips made inquiries and learned that the man was prepared to sell—but he refused to break up the village. It was the whole borgo or nothing.
"So on my final day in Tuscany, in a fit of irrational exuberance, I decided to buy the entire thing," Phillips says, sounding bemused by his decision still. His wife, Linda Douglass, did not share this exuberance. "When Linda first came to see the borgo, she began to cry," Phillips recalls. "Not tears of joy, but tears of 'What the hell were you thinking?' " Douglass now laughs at the memory. "It was as if my husband had gone to the store for milk, then came home to announce that he'd bought Safeway," she says.
But the deal was done, and now the question was what to do with the property. They certainly did not require an entire 300,000-square-foot village for a vacation home. Phillips began to conceive a different and grander role for Finocchieto: not quite a private retreat, not quite a hotel, but something in between.
The idea of transforming derelict towns into lodgings is not new in Italy. In fact it was pioneered here some 30 years ago, by a tourism marketing consultant named Giancarlo Dall'Ara, as a means of rehabilitating a struggling village in Friuli. Dall'Ara's notion was to convert the village's empty apartments and houses into B&B-style lodgings, independently owned but managed as a collective. Guests would eat their meals in town, interact with residents—for some villagers did remain—and play out the age-old traveler's fantasy of living like a local. Dall'Ara called the concept an albergo diffuso—a "diffuse" or "scattered" hotel. (His Friuli project, called Albergo Diffuso di Comeglians, is still in operation.)


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Commission paves the way for the better combination of EU Funds for 2014-2020
Following the Cohesion Policy proposals of 6th October, and to help Member States prepare for the next programming period, the Commission presented on 14 March 2012 the "Common Strategic Framework" (CSF). It is intended to help in setting strategic direction for the next financial planning period from 2014 to 2020 in Member States and their regions. It will enable a far better combining of various funds to maximise the impact of EU investments. National and regional authorities will use this framework as the basis for drafting their 'Partnership Contracts' with the Commission, committing themselves to meeting Europe's growth and jobs targets for 2020.
Comments on the CSF may be sent to the European Commission by e-mail (email@example.com).
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1 "Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either. | 1 If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother's breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me. |
2 "I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates. | 2 I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house-- she who has taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates. |
3 "Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me." | 3 His left arm is under my head and his right arm embraces me. |
4 "I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases." | 4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. |
5 "Who is this coming up from the wilderness Leaning on her beloved?" " Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother was in labor with you, There she was in labor and gave you birth. | 5 Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover? Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth. |
6 "Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the LORD . | 6 Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. |
7 "Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised." | 7 Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned. |
8 "We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for? | 8 We have a young sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken for? |
9 "If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We will barricade her with planks of cedar." | 9 If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar. |
10 "I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace. | 10 I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment. |
11 "Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. | 11 Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon; he let out his vineyard to tenants. Each was to bring for its fruit a thousand shekels of silver. |
12 "My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit." | 12 But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit. |
13 "O you who sit in the gardens, My companions are listening for your voice - Let me hear it!" | 13 You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice! |
14 "Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices." | 14 Come away, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains. |
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SummaryPeople First of Utah is part of a nationwide advocacy effort to support people with disabilities to advocate for the same basic rights as all citizens have. Population: Adults with disabilities age 18 and over People First Advocacy OrganizationPeople First is a group of people working together to help each other take charge of their own lives. This is being done in local areas throughout Utah. People gather and hold meetings to learn how to make decisions and choices in life in order for them to be more independent. They also learn about rights and responsibilities. People First is about people supporting each other so they gain confidence to speak out about what they believe in. It promotes Inclusion, Freedom and Respect for all. Members of People First believe that people with disabilities should be treated as equals. They should be given the right to make the same decisions and the same choices and have the same responsibilities as anyone else. They believe that people should be allowed to make new friends and renew old friendships and be as independent as they are able. They should be able to live with whom and where they like to live, and to work where they want to work. People First believes that everyone should be included in society and not be singled out as being different. People should be referred to as a person first before the disability label that describes what the person has or does not have. People First members are 18 years and older. Local groups meet monthly and provide opportunities for education, to share stories and voice their opinions and to let their voices be heard. And most importantly to meet others and have fun! People First is a great opportunity for transition-aged students to meet and get to know adult mentors that can support them as they transition into the adult world of work and responsibilities. People First focuses on the rights and responsibilities of ALL citizens and supports members to be good citizens and to contribute to their community. For information and to locate an active People First group in your area, please call the Utah Developmental Disabilities Council at 801-533-3965 or 800-333-8824 and ask to talk with a People First Trainer. People First LanguageLanguage is power. Our words have the power to inspire, motivate, and uplift people. They also have the power to hurt, isolate and oppress individuals or entire segments of society. Often times, throughout our history, it has become necessary to change our language and the way in which we refer to individuals and groups to avoid further oppressing those members of society. The time has come to reshape our language once again so that we may refer to people with disabilities and the disability community in a respectful and inclusive manner. Choosing to Use People First Language Generally, in choosing words about people with disabilities, the guiding principle is to refer to the person first, not the disability. In place of saying "the disabled," it is preferable to say "people with disabilities." This way, the emphasis is placed on the person, not the disability. It is only important to refer to the person?s disability if it is relevant to the conversation or situation. Disability should not be the primary, defining characteristic of an individual but merely one aspect of the whole person. People who have disabilities are present in every aspect of society. They are:
Examples of People First LanguageMany labels used for disabilities in our society have negative connotations or are misleading. Using labels contributes to negative stereotypes and devalues the person they attempt to describe. Avoid them when speaking to, or about, persons with disabilities. The following terms should be avoided when speaking to or about people with disabilities:
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We had the most disasterous lawn- chuck full of weeds and some areas had grubs. It was thin because there wasn't any topsoil under it (I don't think) when it had been seeded- then the house was empty for a month before we moved in. The grass never had a chance really.
I say had because last fall we had a bobcat come in and rip it all out and we started over. New top-of-the-line irrigation system. A minimum of 2" of new topsoil has been spread and finely raked across all turfgrass areas. I've gone to a lot of work and expense to get us back to this point and tommorrow evening and the next day, we'll be laying the sod! Finally! I have purchased the fertilizer the turfgrass company requires you to put down in order to have the sod warranteed for the first year and we will apply that as directed. My question is- do we put down some sort of slow-release grub preventer at this time too? Did the grubs go away with the ripped out sod? I know that in general you are supposed to treat for grubs in the late summer/ fall but I wondered if there is anything I could/should do now? Oh- we have done two rounds of round up on weeds prior to the new topsoil coming so hopefully we've cut back the amount of weed seed in the yard- though I'm sure the new soil probably has plenty of that. Anything else we should know/do before we lay the sod? I've gotten a lot of help here previously and wanted you to know that I have implemented suggestions made here in the past (which is partly why we've spent so much money redoing the mess)! |
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I'm not sure where you heard/read about treating grubs in the late summer. They are dormant by then. They are active in the mid to late spring (NOW). But they are not going to be in your soil because you have not had any roots for them to feed on. I would not worry about grubs this year, but in preparation for the future, you might look into using milky spore. Milky spore is a disease that kills grubs but doesn't affect most other creatures. Your soil needs a booster shot of it every year. Roundup doesn't do anything to seed. It only works on the green part of the plant. I'm curious as to what fertilizer the company has you buying??? |
- Posted by bindersbee 6a UT (My Page) on Wed, May 16, 07 at 22:39
I'll check on what the fertilizer is when it gets here. It's some sort of slow release thing I think because it's applied to the soil before laying the sod on top. The company I'm getting the sod from works with our local Ag university on developing KBG blends that will be more drought resistant in our climate and has a good reputation. I am getting 'contractor price' on the sod (5 cents less per sq. ft.) so I guess if I have to spend $50 on some fertilizer it's still a bargain. It is a bit of a pain though that you only get the warrantee if you buy the fertilizer. Thanks for the advice on the grubs. I won't worry for this year. Like everyone here, I just want a beautiful lawn. We've cut back the total square footage of sod (had about 8,500 sq.ft. now I'll have 3,500 sq.ft.) to be more waterwise given our climate so I want to pull out all the stops to make the lawn I have as beautiful as possible. |
- Posted by bindersbee 6a UT (My Page) on Thu, May 17, 07 at 14:38
By way of follow up- the fertilizer they are having me put down is a 4-6-4 root starter fertilizer. They package it as their own brand but the numbers are pretty low so it shouldn't be too much for a new lawn I wouldn't think. I can't wait to post photos of my beautiful lawn! I've been dreaming about it for 8 years and we're finally getting all the expensive bones in place to create a beautiful landscape. Sigh. This is going to feel great AFTER the pain of laying the sod! My sod should be here any minute. |
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Hi, i drive a 93 plymouth sundance with only 114,000 km's, nice little car. Noticed one day a little puddle of coolant, checked it out and only leaked after the car was parked, not while driving. It is not coming from the weeping hole(and no screeching sound) I believe it's coming from the water pump gasket, is this common? Is there a simpler way to the repair without removing the pump? If I do remove it, might as well replace it.
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Jim, I very rarely see a water pump gasket being the cause of a coolant leak. Almost always it's either the shaft seal or the vent hole(s). I am assuming that this is the 4cyl. and not the 3.0L v6 version because you couldn't easily see the pump on a v6 model w/o removing the timing cover. The timing belt must be removed to access the pump, so if the belt hasn't been changed in a while, that would be a good time to do it all. Good luck, |
Thanx Mark, it is the 4 cylinder 2.2 litre engine. Are you saying the timing belt has to be removed for the 4 cylinder or the 6 cylinder? I can easily see the pump when i removed a plastic shrode right under the pump( and all the belts). I would lay under the car and my wife would start the car and nothing would leak from the pump itself, but after it sat for a while there was coolant on the 2 lower bolts(of the pump) and the seam of the gasket looked wet, and maybe a teaspoon of fluid on the ground. thanx again jim p.s. is it a belt or chain? |
**I would lay under the car and my wife would start the car and nothing would leak from the pump itself, but after it sat for a while there was coolant on the 2 lower bolts(of the pump) and the seam of the gasket looked wet, and maybe a teaspoon of fluid on the ground.** Sounds like you've already identified the problem. The way I'd try to repair it would be to first check those bolts to see how tight they are. If they're loose, tighten them a little and see if it improves. If not, remove the bolts and put some thread sealer on them and reinstall. If the bolts actually screw into the water jacket you might have to drain the coolant first. The cleaner you can get the threads both on the cap screw and in the block, the better luck you'll have. In addition to that, you can put in some alumaseal or other coolant stop leak. It works pretty well on minor leaks. Some claim use of such products plugs the heater core or radiator. IMO, those claims are baseless. jmo |
"Are you saying the timing belt has to be removed for the 4 cylinder or the 6 cylinder?" Yes, that's what I'm saying! :-) Seriously though, BOTH engines require timing belt removal to access the pump but the good news is that the task on the 4 cylinder is a MUCH easier proposition than it's v6 counterpart. The 3.0L engines of that genre had a crazy setup with a crosspipe going from the back of the engine all the way into the back of the waterpump. Fun stuff in a masochistic kinda way! On the 2.2 & 2.5L engine, it appears that the water pump is right there for the taking but the Mopar folks are teasing you! What you see is most of the pump. The rest of it is behind the timing belt cover. This is a very straightforward job so even if the pump does need replacement, it is not a big deal. If you do tackle the job yourself, just pay close attention to your timing marks (including the balance shaft which controls distributor indexing). This is NOT an interference engine so you wouldn't risk damaging the engine even if the timing marks were set incorrectly. But needless to say, the engine would not run correctly (if at all) if the valve timing was off. Best wishes, |
- Posted by archebald23 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 7, 10 at 21:56
yes i agree, most probably it will have to do with the selector shaft seal, i once had a similar problem and what semper is saying did all the trick. |
Your engine: 1993, 2.2 L, 4cy, 114,000 KM (70,836 Miles) Wow! That is low mileage for year 1993. At one time, my wife had a 1989 Plymouth Sundance (US version). I've got a repair manual for the '89 2.2 and 2.5 L 4cy, plus the 3.0 L V6 engines. I believe that the layout of the 2.2 and 2.5 L engines remained about the same up through '93. I'll be quoting from the '89 manual. Drive belt: From what I see, the water pump is driven by an accessory belt, not the timing belt. (The water pump on the 3.0 L V6 is driven by the timing belt.) There are 2 to 3 accessory belts on the 2.2 and 2.5 L engines; 3 belts when equipped with an air conditioner compressor. However, the water pump housing is behind the timing belt so that will likely have to come off. The water pump on this engine is unusual in that it has a 2 piece housing. The book labels the back part, "Housing" and the front part, "Body assembly". These two halves are held together with 9 screws; a gasket is between the halves. Here is a potential for a leak. The tigntening torque specified for these 9 screws is 12 Nm (105 in-lb). The water pump assembly is fastened to the engine with 3 screws at the top and one screw much lower down. [Torque for the top 3 screws is 30 Nm (250 in-lb) and the bottom, 68 Nm (50 ft-lb)] You could try checking those 9 screws for tightness if you can get at those without disturbing the timing belt and sprockets. However, the drawing in my book doesn't look promising. I think the intermediate sprocket (associated with the timing belt) covers 2 of the 9 screws. |
i have an 04 chrysler sebring convertable 2.7l i have coolent pouring out from the pump and i have mogi they say they wont pay for it if its not the impeller shaft,bearings,brushings or housing they were trying to tell my mechanic they dont cover leaks only the above and he said its impossible to take it apart to tell because it requires special tools and the person he was talking to is not even a mechanic more or less someone just there to tell u that they wont pay can someone tell me what then may be the cause of this coolent flow?? |
Mogi, first I heard of that one but an quick internet search came up with a few hits. http://www.bbb.org/stlouis/business-reviews/auto-service-contract-companies/mogi-in-saint-charles-mo-310241530 Too many to link them all so that's the BBB's take on them and you can find more here. They don't pay for leaks? The seals fail in that water pump just like any other one. They know that too. |
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my car is a chevy malibu 05 classic and today we left to the store and when we had got there and turned the car off i saw a huge leak coming from my car i saw that the fluid in my resevoir was empty can someone please tell me what probably is the problem thankyou............and i dont here no noises coming from engine at all........ |
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The finalists for the 25th annual Lambda Literary Awards were recently announced. The Lammys celebrate GLBT literature and are given in many categories, including fiction, romance, biography/memoir, children's/young adult, and sf/fantasy/horror.
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The finalists for the 24th annual Lambda Literary Awards were recently announced, celebrating the best in GLBTQ literature in 24 categories. Winners will be announced on June 4.
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Sam Patrick of Glendale protests the possibility of war in Syria alongside the Landau family, Peter and his daughter Ada. Ada Landau
Last night, President Obama made the case once again the need to address the situation in Syria:
"Why should we get involved at all in a place that's so complicated and where, as one person wrote to me, those who come after Assad may be enemies of human rights? It's true that some of Assad's opponents are extremists. But al-Qaida will only draw strength in a more chaotic Syria if people there see the world doing nothing to prevent innocent civilians from being gassed to death."
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There's some controversy right now surrounding a local non-profit organization.
It involves an event scheduled for this weekend, and why a big-time movie star will not be making an appearance in east Texas.
You may have seen the sign on billboards around town claiming Halle Berry is coming to town.
For month's, local non-profit "Sisters in Christ" has claimed Berry was making a trip for a charity event at The Cascades in Tyler.
But the problem is there are media reports from Halle's "people," denying she's making such an appearance.
Calls to Berry's publicist were not returned.
Another problem: Sisters in Christ founder and CEO Michelle Johnson has a record of writing hot checks.
The reports also claim Smith County District Attorney Matt Bingham is recommending Johnson face jail time.
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"My history with the law is like everybody else," Johnson said. "I have a background. Somebody somewhere ... we all have fallen short."
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