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Updated: 02/13/2014 7:12 PM
Created: 02/13/2014 7:21 AM WHEC.com
By: Berkeley Brean
Fear, outrage, confusion is what people in the Rochester area are feeling after they received a surprise letter in the mail. Those letters told homeowners the value of their home is going up by as much as $13,000. Their main concern is what is the increase is going to do to their property taxes?
State law says properties must be assessed at a full value and the state gives towns aid if they re-assess every four years. They're happening in 11 towns in Monroe County, from Wheatland to Penfield to Henrietta. This is affecting hundreds of thousands of people. But News10NBC is focusing on what's happening in Greece because that's where we've heard most of the complaints.
Part of the anger with these homeowners is that this increased assessment came as a complete surprise. A two page letter saying the cost of their home and the cost of their home and the cost of their living could be going up.
The increased home assessments are happening to all kinds of families, a family of 11, a family on the lake with kids in school, a widow who doesn't speak English, a single mother who rescues pets.
Sandy Shea lives in this Cape Cod in Greece. The letter from the Greece town assessor says her home assessment is going up $9,500, a 10 percent increase.
Sandy Shay-Cadwell says she doesn't remember anyone from the town inspecting her home. Neither do Stephanie and Greg Hubbel. The assessment on their colonial is going up $13,000 and their property taxes are based on the assessed value of their home. So this increase could increase the amount of property taxes they pay.
Stephanie Hubbel said, "We're not getting 9.5% raises every year in our income. Where does this property tax money come from for us?"
Greg Hubbel said, "If we had a chance at a vacation, I think it's going to go away."
News10NBC took this confusion and frustration to the source. Greece Town Assessor Leo Carroll
says his office assesses homes based on what they could sell for on the open market. He says re-assessments like the one going on right now balance the playing field.
Leo Carroll, Greece Town Assessor, said, "Basically that everyone is paying their fair share. Not too much. Not too less. Some homeowners will go up more than others. Some will actually go down if they're assessment is too high."
The office compiles home sale stats. It inspects homes from the street and analyzes permits filed with the town for home improvements. State law says every home and building must be fully assessed and the state gives towns money if they re-assess every four years.
News10NBC's Berkeley Brean asked, "A lot of the people I talked to don't think they could sell their house for the preliminary assessment that came in the mail."
Carroll said, "Well then they should come in a talk to us and we can go over the facts and figures with them."
Here are a couple of facts right now. Sandy Shea's new preliminary assessment is more than $99,000.
According to the assessor's office, the average Cape Cod in Greece sells for $95,000.
Sandy Shea-Cadwell said, "I had a realtor come in to give me his estimate on what he thinks the house is worth and it's not even worth what they had me assessed for."
She's worried this increase in assessment is going to increase her taxes. Her calculation is $400 a year.
On a fixed income, that's a lot of money.
Shea-Cadwell said, "And that's all I've got. If they don't reduce it, I guess I have to pay it. I won't like it very much and I might go see what Governor Cuomo has to say about it because it just doesn't seem fair."
There is a way to fight your re-assessment. In Greece, for instance, you have until March 1 to schedule an informal hearing at the assessor's office. If that doesn't get it lowered, you can have an official hearing in front of the assessment review board. That's in late May. If you're still unhappy, you can go to small claims and file a complaint there.
Who are these assessors? Where do they get their authority? Town assessors are appointed by your town boar, but they are independent of your board and town supervisor. In Greece, the assessor's term is six years. Leo Carroll's term ended last fall, but he's staying on through this re-assessment.
To contact your town assessor, click here.
Click here for important assessment information for homeowners in Greece.
Click here for to see when your town is getting reassessed.
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The Window Cleaner
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18/12/10 - improved obstacles for mission 2C, 3C and 5C.
17/12/10 - reduced mine collision area.
15/12/10 - slowed down the animation.
Line Runner is back! Race through different obstacles by drawing a path for your runner. Collect rings for speed while avoiding the purple mines.
In addition to new levels and bosses, I introduce "LR Designer" - a built-in software for creating and sharing your own levels. Each level you upload to Newgrounds is entitled a scoreboard of its very own.
MOUSE MOVE - draw path
LEFT CLICK - dodge up or down
SPACE - pause
ARROWS - volume adjust
I agree with Dibbs
The game is just too fast and while you can get a little better at it the game is still frustrating and there are parts that are impossible or screw you up completely, not to mention there is too much happening in the game at once, the graphics are nice and the music is nice though.
... Well... Sorta...
So... I'm playing the game and as I'm flying along at blazing speeds, suddenly I'm faced with a conundrum. How do I avoid this situation without getting smacked by a mine or some other weapon the enemy is firing at me? Occasional failure is understandable, if not necessary for a real challenge, but 9 out of 10 times i find there is no way around this predicament, get slowed just before the finish, and fail. The portals are particularly useless I believe. especially when you have a power-up, such as a shield (in reference to the 'Santa race') with said portals and just because a teeny bit of your head touches the top, or a single toe touches the bottom, you are flipped with no power-up. But all that aside, what REALLY bit me was you could be cruising at 1 kilo-per-min for at least 10 seconds while the enemy flies by you waiting to get an apple (which would direct you into a mine anyway and slow you down once more) or a ring which seemed to be shielded by several, inescapable mines. I also found it confusing that despite my best efforts I could not defeat the 5th boss. All the other bosses were defeat-able, but the 5th one... I don't know. It's abilities to not only pummel you while beneath it, fire rockets at you from behind with no ability to tell when it's coming and even if you DID avoid it, it destroyed the rings in front of you. What? Well that... sucks... It was quite amazing however, flying by at 60 kilos-per-min and having simple routes of rings, and, for the most part, a mild challenge for bosses. Maybe I'm just God-awful at this sort of gaming, but I find that it is quite impossible to go even remotely close to scotch-free in a level. If you go for a new one, I'd say try throwing in either an ability to speed yourself up (not equal to the ability the rings do) or a minor projectile of your own protecting you from others. I don't think that either one particularly lowers the difficulty all that much, as you'd have to aim the projectile, and the constant pushing of a key to increase your speed lacks the power of a ring. Hope this review was helpful. Overall, frustrating at points but mostly a joy.
It's not so bad
But the hitbos feels bigger than it should be, the screen is way too small for the speed of the game, and these spike locations sometimes doesn't make any sense.
Take A Ride And Run The Line!
It Took A Few Minuets To Get It It Down After That It Was Fun Nice Challenge,Original I Like The Concept Good Game. I Think A Lot Can
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Since 2000, the Arizona state budget has grown 94 percent. Over the same time, the state's population has increased just 24 percent. At the current annual growth rate of 9.9 percent, Arizona state government will be spending an estimated $50.5 billion dollars a year by 2014. This study examines the causes of Arizona's budget growth and the potential impact on the state economy.
The breakneck speed of spending growth means that the state government is consuming an increasing share of Arizonans' personal incomes. In 2007, the state will take 13.1 percent of personal income. If current trends continue, by 2014 the state government will take more than 16 percent of personal income, matching California levels. Such growth imperils Arizona's economic health. Academic literature indicates that, in general, a 10 percentage point increase in government spending is associated with a one percentage point decrease in the economy's growth rate.
Several components contribute to the recent budget increases. Inflation-adjusted K-12 education spending has risen 64 percent since 2000. Spending on Arizona's Medicaid system is 132 percent higher, and the states increasing dependence on debt financing has led to soaring annual interest payments, up 213 percent. Formula funding is driving annual spending increases of over $600 million. Meanwhile, old-fashioned government waste is costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars every year.
Policymakers should implement structural measures to ensure that state government is fiscally responsible. Suggested measures include:
1. Keeping spending increases proportionate to population and inflation growth
2. Enforcing the constitutional debt limit
3. Adjusting the constitutional appropriations limit
4. Revisiting funding formulas.
Over the next seven years, such measures could save taxpayers $42.7 billion, or nearly $15,000 per household by 2014, and help to drive new private investment and economic growth.
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Flint Hills Trio of Kansas will perform a recital 4 p.m. Sunday February 2 in the Tabor College Chapel-Auditorium as a part of their four-show spring tour.
The trio, composed of Amanda Arrington, piano; Janie Brokenicky, soprano; and Dr. David Littrell, cello, are all professional musicians from central Kansas. Special guests Karen Large and Laurel Littrell will also perform, playing flute and percussion.
The ensemble will perform a variety of works from Baroque to 20th Century, including the premier performance of "Into the Garden," composed by Littrell of Manhattan.
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31st Mar 2000, 02:07 PM | #1 |
Zero Ping INF, good idea or spawn of satan?
Wouldnt ZP INF be a really good idea?. I mean, almost all the weapons would benefit from the mod, so weapon balences will not be effected at all. What do ya think?
31st Mar 2000, 03:43 PM | #2 |
Re: Zero Ping INF, good idea or spawn of satan?
as far as I know it wouldn't work. Since the inf weapons are (this is where the as far as I know part comes in) projectiles, and I make this assumption because there is ballistics in the game, and doing ballistics is alot easier with a projectile rather than actually coding a parabolic arc-almost-kinda-hitscan, and even then it wouldn't even be a hitscan, and since zp only works with hitscan, there's no way this could work. If the team adapted the network code of the client (say made an inf stand-alone console and client using the primary functions of the engine but acting as a universal datagram protocol client instead... hint hint hint) that might help to effectively reduce ping. So far an OC12 server running from my own city (That's Ottawa, btw, some guy was running a game on a government backbone =) has clocked in at 90 ms. I'm on a 1meg cable modem with a 10/100 ethernet set at 10-full-duplex. That is not very good. It should clock at about 20ms, which it would with UDP (as seen in the Quake engines - the absolute only thing they did right.)
Yak yak yak, I talk to much. Change the entire client structure, yiah its unfeasible, so what? =) |
31st Mar 2000, 10:15 PM | #3 |
Re: Zero Ping INF, good idea or spawn of satan?
1st Apr 2000, 05:26 AM | #4 |
Re: Zero Ping INF, good idea or spawn of satan?
Actually, if you go to PlanetUnreal's main page, ignore their ASCII-based april fools joke, and poke around for some sort of archive, the zeroping guys actually posted the whole technology of how zeroping works, if you're interested. If you guy to zeroping.com, all you get is "its all about the ping, bitch... our servers are up" whereas it once had all this cool info and stuff.
1st Apr 2000, 02:55 PM | #5 |
Re: Zero Ping INF, good idea or spawn of satan?
yeah, and also if you go to the planetunreal you find a trillion things on why zero ping is a blessing for some and a hindrance for others.
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1st Apr 2000, 07:16 PM | #6 |
Re: Zero Ping INF, good idea or spawn of satan?
Its not actually as bad as they make it out to be.
The way it works is like this. If player A has a line of sight on player B, and fires (with a hitscan weapon only [those are the "instant hit" weapons, btw]) then when the signal to fire actually gets to the server, it counts as a hit. Basically it takes the server's ability to register a hit, and puts it in the hands of the client. Alot of people think this is cheap because "you can just unplug your ethernet card or telephone line, fire, and plug it back in to shoot around corners", but this is not so. First of all, if you are killed before the shot is registered, you die, and the spawning cancels the shot. Second off, you need to has a clear LOS to the target you shot at the time the signal goes through, meaning if they duck behind a wall or something while you're lagging, you do not get the kill. All it really does is say "okay, you were actually fast enough to hit this guy, but your modem wasn't, so what I'll do is since he moved n paces this way, I'll turn you n degrees this way, so that your hit registers". Its perfectly fair, and legit, and it makes perfect sense. Its just a way for hitscan weapons to hit as if they were fired normally, but if your lagging pretty bad because higher band-width players are taking up the server's juice, and you start dropping a bit, well... it makes it a little bit more fair. This way not only does the guy who shells out $35 bucks a month for cable get a decent score, but so do you, because you were always fast enough, its just that damn telephone line that wasn't. I said that already though. But it is a really fair, decent way to play. Doesn't work with projectiles for obvious reasons, and it of course doesn't work if you break LOS. Anybody who tells you its unfair is full of ****, and they're only saying that because their mad amounts of money every month for broad-band access are no longer making them look as good as it used to. Server Nazis. |
2nd Apr 2000, 06:48 AM | #7 |
Re: Zero Ping INF, good idea or spawn of satan?
ZeroPing still has the possibility that it could be exploited, so we wouldn't use it, and besides most of our weapons use projectiles for the ballistics simulation [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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2nd Apr 2000, 08:31 AM | #8 |
Re: Zero Ping INF, good idea or spawn of satan?
Its true that zp could be exploited, but so can UT. For example: I take the invisible skin, and change the whitish-marking to darker so I'm effectively invisible. I then brute-force my way into the server admin settings, and force everybody to download and cache the skin. Only a little bit of pretty easy hacking, and I'm effectively invisible. To top it off, if I got really creative, I could set myself to be incredible thin, utterly small, have total air control, and anti-grav physics and jump to height ratios, as well as full armour and 200 health.
Its alot more effective than just taking advantage of zp. Course you need to be alot more creative to do it, too... but hey. =) |
3rd Apr 2000, 01:37 AM | #9 |
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Re: Zero Ping INF, good idea or spawn of satan?
I'm not going to play on any servers with Mojo. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
3rd Apr 2000, 04:54 AM | #10 |
Re: Zero Ping INF, good idea or spawn of satan?
j00 f34r myy l33t h4xX0r sk1llz.... LOLOLoLOLOLOLLO!!@!@@!!11!!@1
Man, AOL K1DZ are the best. |
3rd Apr 2000, 08:51 PM | #11 |
Re: Zero Ping INF, good idea or spawn of satan?
it can be exploited on the player side, not just the server side, also.
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cute-a-pult is the best game since Angry Squirrels and Tiny Corns!
Actually cute-a-pult is a very simple game that came out of a tutorial on Ray Wenderlich's site last year and that was now used as an example on how to go from nothing to submitting an app to the app store (coming soon).
If you want to check out the code that started this project visit Ray's site following this short link: http://bit.ly/cuteapult
Let us know if you like the game so that we can release another version with actual game features, like scores and stuff.


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The people behind the classic GameCube horror/thriller, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, are working on a "spiritual successor" titled Shadow of the Eternals.
A teaser trailer posted by IGN - embedded below - reveals the first glimpse of the game in action, with characters wandering demonic environments with scenes that will conjure sensations of déjà vu in Eternal Darkness fans.
The game's accredited to new studio, Precursor Games, while the trailer says that "the creators of Eternal Darkness" are involved, along with its original producer, Dennis Dyack.
IGN teases a full reveal on Monday, May 6 - the same day on which a crowd funding campaign for the title will begin.
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Locked and Loaded, and Almost Ready to Go...
Posted by Grahame,They're almost here...
LEGOshop.com has listed as currently "not available" about forty-five new releases including City, Castle, Agents, Racers, Space Police and several Duplo sets for customers in Europe, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand.
I see 8169 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 is amongst the new releases but the three Power Miners sets are missing although they are available already in the shops here (NZ). I think June is going to be an expensive month!
UPDATE: The City and Castle sets, and the Lamborghini are now available for ordering!
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Well, I'm glad they're available here in America!
Hope you guys get them available soon!
Does anyone know anything about 7747's (Wind Turbine Transport) availability? That's the one City set I want to get from the summer line-up but I've not received any reports of people finding it in shops.
@Huw: It's not available on Lego Shop@Home, and it's not avaliable at Toys R Us. Those are the two places I would think would have it first, so I don't think it's avaliable yet.
@Huw-It might be an exclusive to TRU, like squidman's pitstop, meaning it will come later.
I really hope we get some SPIII. Bought the impulses today, they're amazing sets. Still nothing on Indiana Jones?
THE LAMBORGHINI IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been waiting sooooo long!
I cannot wait, for the new sets to be in retail stores and for Lego Indiana Jones 3-1
(Space police III rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
That wind turbine transport set actually does look pretty cool.
Oh, and sorry about the Indy incident Republic Commando Sev :(
Four people claim they own the wind turbine transport set. I wonder where they got them from?
I found the wind turbine transport at TRU here in Las Vegas, along with the other CITY sets. There was only one on the shelf behind the helicopter transport sets. I haven't seen it anywhere else, I really don't think it was supposed to be out but TRU sometimes will do that.
They don't catch it like Wal-Mart does. I always see new sets at Wal-Mart early, but when I go to get them, they tell me they're not for sale, then they rush it off to the back. Got lucky this time I guess.
Why doesn't my nickname ever get mentioned in these articles? I discovered it after all! Oh well... you could say "Thanks to everyone who reported it!"! Anyways, I hope we can order those sets soon...
P.S. Sorry if I'm bothering you, I just feel as if I deserve some credit!
@ Alemas: I thought the same thing about the chrome vader in the UK early, but I suppose I reported it first in a thread and not striaght to the MODs as Dr.Sinister would have done.
It's odd that the UK gets most of the Star Wars sets (considering they're licensed) but no Indy and also no Power Miners. That's odd. Still, I hope that TLG update their site on Monday or Tuesday for me to place some orders. Besides, if those sets aren't up soon, I'll be buying lots of PS3 game add-ons. :) (I still love Lego more)
@Comm.-Cody: Yeah, let's keep our fingers crossed;)...
@Alemas & @Commander-Cody - we get lots of emails from readers, and it can take a while to go through them all; many of them are about things we have already reported (for example we've had a couple of emails in the last few days to say that SP3 is now listed on the US LEGO Shop; yes, we know, it was reported here over a week ago !). We also get a lot of 'trivial' reports, that, honestly, are not news worthy. We aren't constantly on-line, updating the site, so there is often a delay between the info being sent & us posting it, which may make it look like you got in first.
Having said that, we really do appreciate any info you send us, even if we don't always reply directly; however, *please* quote where you got the info from. We often get posts from people claiming they have 'discovered' some info, when all they have done is copy it from some other website & claimed it as their own. Thanks.
Oh, while I remember - please, no more links to very poor quality pictures of "squidman's pitstop"; that image has been around for months & it does not meet Brickset's image quality standards- it's way too small & way too poor quality.
However, if you find a nice big, high quality picture of the set, please let us know :-)
@bluemoose: Ah, I see. I cannot contact you though! I'm too young! Get it?
@Alemas: When did you find out about the sets being listed on the Lego website? I ask because I also contacted them about that.
I remember I got my Wind Turbine set from some special event happening at Copenhagen's Tivoli. Some sponsor thing. Why I even bought it, I don't know, I already own the motorized one!
@capnrex: Good question, I can't remember! I think... 28th of May, something like that!
I agree, june is a expensive month. But maybe it will be worth it as this sets are great.
7747 behind helicopter transporter????.... UH OH, I might have to go back to TRU and start digging!!!
Question! Is the lambo a full blown out model like the VW Beetle, or is it like a tiny turbos thing because I'd really to know what that set looks like.
I saw the 7747 wind turbine transporter on Brickshelf. Someone by the name of Vlada owns one. Heres the
link http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=380806 (I hope that worked)
Just phoned lego, trying to order new sets by phone, after holding for ages, was told "not available to buy in uk, dont know when". I said they were available in their shops which confussed her. So dont knwo when we will be able to buy them online :-(
Nath8888, where do you see the Lamborghini? I checked the Lego USA site and I don't see it. I also checked out some of the European pages and didn't see it either (UK, NZ).
edit: nevermind guys, I see it on some of the European pages under Hard to Find (I was looking under Racers, where it should be in my opinion).
edit: Thanks Dentarthurdent for your tip, you can see it under Hard to Find (not for US though) as well.
Vroom Vroom everyone! haha
YEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! GALLARDO!!! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT!!! YESSS!! and it looks better than the preliminary photos!!! YAAYYYYY!!!! :):):):):):):)
@FiletOFish67: You can see the Lamborghini through the Lego racers product link, not through the Lego Shop, here: http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=8169
Space police 3 has been added to lego shop UK! Shame that none of the sets are available :( :( :(
@Zwing: Yep, you are right! They've added it as a theme now!
I excpect the rest of SPIII will be available by mid June in the UK (online, that is).
@legoguysw: I agree with you!
I think that the countdown has started! Ithink they should be one tommorow,as the SPIII is on,so it should be on tommorow!!!!!
WAHOOOO, WE CAN ORDER THEM! FINALLY! Although I can't order them now...
I hope the indiana sets are here soon. I checked lego shop UK again today and there was no sign of them coming soon
the indiania jones sets are here in store, New Zealand.
you are lucky, here in the UK indiana jones sets are nowhere to be found
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Uninsured and partially insured patients with diabetes are less likely to be screened at Federally Qualified Health Centers
Research Activities, September 2009
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) provide medical care to more than 15 million patients each year regardless of their insurance status. A new study nevertheless points to some gaps in center care for partially insured and uninsured patients with diabetes. Jennifer DeVoe, M.D., D.Phil., of Oregon Health & Science University, and colleagues reviewed practice management data obtained from more than 100 FQHCs in Oregon. They focused on whether or not patients with diabetes received four evidence-based preventive care services: screenings for high cholesterol and kidney problems (a complication of diabetes); getting the flu vaccine; and getting a blood test for hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c, average blood-sugar level), an indicator of diabetes.
One-third (32 percent) of all patients with diabetes were vaccinated against the flu. A little over a third (36 percent) were screened for LDL cholesterol and only 21 percent were screened for kidney problems. Compared with insured patients, those who were uninsured were 19 percent less likely to undergo LDL screening, 27 percent less likely to get a flu shot, and 22 percent less likely to be screened for kidney problems, but just as likely to get tested for HbA1c. Partially insured patients were 21 percent less likely to get a flu shot, 25 percent less likely to have at least one HbA1c test, and 23 percent less likely to be screened for LDL cholesterol. Even those patients insured for 3 quarters had no better screening rates than those insured for just 1 month. The study was supported in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS16181).
See "Insurance continuity and receipt of diabetes preventive care in a network of Federally Qualified Health Centers," by Rachel Gold, Ph.D., M.P.H., Dr. DeVoe, Amit Shah, M.D., and Susan Chauvie, R.N., M.P.A.-H.A., in the April 2009 Medical Care 47, pp. 431-439.


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Take Back The Night in Belgium past and present
Women unite, violence to women, violence by men… we can't talk about it anymore, we're not allowed to speak the words. At least not in some of the anti-capitalist and queer activist communities in Gent (Belgium), so it seems. What has happened ? Who's making up these new rules ? And why is our feminist activism censored and silenced ?


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Hope your February is off to a terrific start!!! If you live in Atlanta, I have a show tomorrow night at Steve's Live Music in Sandy Springs. It is an "In The Round" with Brian Wiltsey and Josh Hardy from 8-10. I've never done one of these so I am really excited.
I've been crazy busy. I've been invited to open for this really great band in Atlanta called The Rockaholics, and it has been just so much fun. As you know I have focused mostly on originals, and this has motivated me to learn more covers. I get so excited when I get one down!!! :0) I also have been doing some solo shows of my originals, and been running an Open Mic in Sandy Springs for Steve's Live Music. Steve has been doing some really incredible things for music and musicians in Atlanta, and it has just been a REAL honor to work for him. The talent has been mind blowing and just last night we had some musicians arrive that you have heard on the radio all over the world. They just showed up and sang a few songs, and we all just sat there in shock. My goal was to make it a place for people to come practice there songs and craft before they perform..... or if you are a newer songwriter...... to get a chance to really learn from some artists that are more established...... I think it is happening.... YAAAYYY!!!
Lastly, I have been painting. I am about to hybernate starting Thursday and create some serious masterpieces... at least that's the plan :0). Truly praying the painting moves through me in a grand way!!! I'm going to attach some of my latest ones. I use animals to represent people, and next month I plan on writing a blog to explain why!!! If you live in Atlanta, I hope to see you tomorrow night at Steve's....... And for everyone who is getting this.......... I hope your year is off to a terrific start!!! Thank you for reading my updates and supporting me. Seriously can't tell you how much that means to me. Last month I got some messages back after my update with such positive, kind, uplifting words and it honestly made me cry some GIANT HAPPY tears. The older I get, the more I just can't believe the beautiful spirits that live on this planet, and I am just so grateful for all that touch my heart!!!
Alexis Vear
This goes with a song called "The Voice Within"
This goes with a song called "Take Your Guns"
This goes with a song called "This One Thing Remains The Same".... That funny chicken in the middle is called a Polish Chicken. So darn cute!!!


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Red Clover (Trifolium Pratense) is a sweet herb and is considered a blood purifier and may be used for ; acne , bladder infections, blood cleanser, boils, bronchitis, cancer, leukemia, liver disorders, nervous conditions, psoriasis, skin ailments and tumors.
Red Clover has a delicate flavor that can be brewed and served hot or cold and sweetened with honey. Many enjoy Red Clover tea mixed with Chamomile tea.
Red clover (aerial part).
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Schiff Joins Lineup of Government Officials, Successful Entrepreneurs and Legal Experts Available to Assist Inventors
WASHINGTON – Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) will be the opening speaker at the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) California Regional Inventor Conference in Pasadena, California on August 12, 2011. Schiff, who serves as a Co-Chair of the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, was a member of the House Judiciary committee which oversees issues related to intellectual property protection and currently sits on the House Appropriations subcommittee committee which oversees funding for USPTO.
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China Further Tightens Rules for Domain Name Owners
Web site owners in China will have to start submitting personal photos to register their sites with the government under new trial regulations.
Google Search Share Slips in China, Bing Tiny in 2009
Google lost some search share in China to rival Baidu.com last year, as Yahoo also slipped and Bing proved unpopular in the country, a consultancy says.
China's President Skips Twitter, Opens State-tied Microblog
Chinese president Hu Jintao has opened a microblog, adopting the technology despite his government's work to stifle free speech by microblog users in China.
Chinese Schools Deny Role in Google Hack
Two schools in China where computers were reportedly linked to cyberattacks on Google denied involvement in the hack, Chinese state media said.
Google Closes On2 Acquisition for $124.6 Million
Google has finished its acquisition of video compression technology vendor On2 Technologies, boosting its efforts in online video.
Windows 7 Anti-piracy Update Coming to China Late
Chinese users will receive the latest update to Windows 7 activation technology months later than users elsewhere.
China's .cn Cleanup Shows Politics Behind Web Rules
China's Web domain agency has hired 600 temporary workers to help it vet all domain names ending in .cn for pornographic content and inaccurate records.
Chinese Artist-dissident Lauds Google Plan to Stop Censoring
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei supported Google's plan to stop censoring results on its China-based search engine in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece.
Baidu Sees Confidence Boost After Google's China Threat
After Google's threat last month to exit China, advertisers have become more confident in the search engine's main local rival Baidu.com, Baidu said.
Microsoft E-health Research Taps Xbox, Mobile Phones
Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company's Xbox 360, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care.
China Closes Hacker Training Site, Arrests Three Members
Chinese police have shut down what they called the country's biggest hacker training Web site and arrested three people linked to the site, local media said.
World of Warcraft Seeks Reapproval in China Gov't Tangle
The China operator of World of Warcraft will seek new government approval for the game, dragging it further into a turf war between Chinese regulatory agencies.
IT Services Vendor Takes China Internet Quirks in Stride
ChinaNetCloud, a fledgling IT services company in Shanghai, aims to tap rising demand for back-end IT services in China, a complex Internet environment.
Lenovo Adds Mobile Phone Details, Posts Profit Rise
Lenovo's work on mobile phones with Google's Android OS is focused on its Lephone handset, but the company also wants to reach other price points, it said.
Web Addiction Soars Among China's Youth, Survey Says
China's number of young people addicted to the Internet leaped to 24 million last year, nearly double the figure from 2005.
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Synchronic SB001 BOV Install on R35 GT-R
I still like the BOV delete. They won't leak if you get rid of them entirely.
Carbon Fiber Hood Ducts (Sold in pairs):
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Matte: $729.00 Shipped
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We have been doing R&D on the GTR transmission for several months now. We have developed a upgraded Kevlar clutch pack with heavy duty internal springs. This will allow the car to put up more power down to the ground.
We have also come out with some new internal hardened gears for harder launches. The transmission is our main focus on the GTR. We are also working on some external issues with the transmission casings breaking on a few of our customers cars. We will post all the new goodies for the transmission and how they perform on our dyno.
The aftermarket will fix Nissans problem for them ? The car that was destined to remain stock, at least according to Nissan.
It seems that some guys in Australia have already developed a gearoil and are currently testing it in their car. They were not able to purchase the factory GR6 gearoil, so they had the factory fluid analyzed and had their own oil blended.
First up, Nissan are not joking when they ask you service the transmission oil in 1800 miles of hard use. The light green fluid that we sampled from the transmission had a distinct burnt smell (like burned auto transmission fluid) and had visible grey metallic infusion in its makeup. This is probably to be expected from a new transmission, but taking no chances we sent the sample off to a laboratory that specialises in oil analysis for a complete inspection. The first report was a conventional Spectrograph which showed that there could be a potential lack of lubrication in the transmission with 200 micron sized particles of gear material in the sample.The GR6 uses a dry sump oiling setup. Maybe the fluid they are using just is not able to stay where its needed to cool and lubricate the gears under high loads.
R35 transmission oil is a specialist product, not an off the shelf D-Matic or Transmax ATF. A conventional ATF will in fact - from our knowledge of the chemistry - cause problems with the dual wet clutches. This is the 'key' to R35 transmission oil, keeping the clutches happy and healthy with a nice slick action, which is why Nissan have sacrificed lubricity and metal protection in the quest for the very best shift action and 'driver comfortable' clutch engagement.
Another 1800 miles have been completed with our new lubricant in place, and so far we have some interesting yet expected test results. The initial feedback was one of markedly reduced transmission noise particularly in first and second gear where you normally hear some light whine. The solid boundary lubricant does this, it also reduced internal gearbox friction to the point where the shifts (particularly second gear - which needs it!) feel a little softer. Noteably less ratcheting and banging sounds come out of the transmission - put a 'Chassis Ear' on the gearbox and drive sometime you will be amazed at the mechanical symphony going on in there! Another benefit of using a Solid Boundary lubricant is that it gives a margin for shock absorbtion in the transmission....no guarantees it will make any LC gearbox problems go away, but using this kind of lubricant is accepted in industry as being a gear protectant in high shear conditions
15 years of Turbo - from 2000 Turbo Magazine RIP. Publication title: Turbo and High Tech Performance
Extent and nature of circulation
Average number the preceding 12 months:
Paid subscriptions : 6,846
Sales though vendors and carriers : 13,128
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Outside country: 392
Free distribution: 447
Total distribution: 20,420
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This GT-R sports 21 inch HRE wheels. The car is slated to be at the 2008 SEMA show in Las Vegas next week.
They look good. Not sure about the whole handling or weight side of it, but +1 inch isn't usually too huge of a deal.
similar to a 75W250 grade, while providing the same low fluid friction as an SAE 75W90.Lightweight
Similar to a 75W140 gear oil, but with the lower internal friction of an SAE 30 motor oil.Superlight
A unique product with the viscosity of 75W90 gear oil but lower internal friction similar to that of an ATFThe side benefit could be the clutches might be able to hold a little bit of a higher load without slipping.
0-60 times :
GT-R not surprisingly more than made up for its power disadvantage, blitzing from 0 to 60 mph (using its catapult-like launch-control system) in just 3.2 seconds -- tying the mighty, 612-horsepower V-12 Ferrari and leaving our test team shaking their heads in disbelief.
0-100 mph
The 480-horse GT-R is trailing in last place, needing 8.0 seconds to reach 100 mph, versus just 7.3 for the GT2, 7.1 for the 599, and a mere 6.9 seconds for the power-ruling ZR1.1/4 mile
While the Nissan is formidable indeed (11.6 sec at 120.0 mph), the others are unearthly. The GT2 trips the lights in just 11.4 sec at 127.9 mph, the 599 in 11.3 sec at 126.4 mph, and the mighty ZR1 in a blazing 11.2 sec at 130.5 mph.
Vmax: GT-R 195 mph and they lost a tire on the oval. The 599 201.5 mph and the Ferrari also lost a tire.
Lap Times: Las Vegas Motor Speedway. ZR1 56.9 seconds , GT2 57.5 mph , 599 58.0 seconds , GT-R 58.1 seconds.
Would Godzilla vanquish the titans? Post-laps, Theys had this to say: "With the other cars you can control understeer with the throttle. But in the GT-R, more throttle means more understeer. When you reach the limit, though, it suddenly goes into snap oversteer. Engine response is very nice. Linear torque. Steering and braking feel are quite good. But mostly it understeers like a pig."
The GT-R finished a mere tick behind the Ferrari, but well off the pace of the Porsche and the ZR1. And while Theys had mostly good things to say about the handling of the top three, in general he was critical of the Nissan. "Lack of power is a reasonable excuse," he said, "but lack of handling is not."
Race car drivers don't seem to like the GT-R much, but street car guys seem to be able to be quicker in it. Understeer is safter for most drivers at the limit. Oversteer puts them backwards into thing.
The dyno results:
After several very consistent pulls, the GT-R generates 406 hp at 6,000 rpm and 399 lb-ft of torque at 3,800 rpm. The power curves are a little bumpy as the output fluctuates slightly, but they're impressive otherwise.
Like the GT-R, the ZR1's engine pulls very consistently over several runs. The final numbers are 505 hp at 6,200 rpm and 494 lb-ft at 6,200 rpm and the power curves are nearly perfect. No bumps, no dips, nothing.
The numbers:
zero to 60 mph is 3.8 seconds (3.5 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip). The quarter-mile goes by in 11.8 seconds at 118.6 mph
0-60-mph time of 3.8 seconds (3.5 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip) and a quarter-mile time of 11.5 seconds at 128.3 mph.
Slalom :
slalom cones the ZR1 shocks again, with an average speed of 74.7 mph. Not only is this fractionally faster than the all-wheel-drive GT-R's 74 mph, it smokes the GT2's 71.6 mph by a long shot and leaves the last Corvette Z06's 69.2 mph feeling a bit slow.
Streets of Willow Springs :
Our test driver hops in the GT-R, quickly gets up to speed and lays down some solid laps right out of the gate, the quickest clocking in at 1:25.09. He then moves to the Corvette, which takes a little more time to sort out. The lap times drop quickly, though, and the ZR1 finally posts a fastest lap of 1:23.87.
There's very little brake fade and the grip from the Bridgestone Potenza RE070s is considerable. If your driving skills slot anywhere below that of an SCCA road-racing champion, you'll probably go faster in the GT-R.
The GT-R would have been quicker on the Dunlop Sport tires. Might have given the ZR1 a run for its money.
So far, the ZR1 is mighty comfortable and massively powerful, but there are problems, too. The steering column shudders so much that we actually think there might be a flat tire at one point (a faulty tire-pressure warning sensor isn't helping), while the driver seat is a shapeless blob of leather and foam better suited to watching 12 straight hours of Saturday college football than a 200-mph supercar.
After three dyno runs, power peaks of 505 hp at 6,200 rpm and 494 lb-ft of torque at 4,200-4,300 rpm were recorded. That's right, it makes over 500 hp at the wheels.
I would have actually thought it would have been more to the tires. 0-60 in 3.8 seconds , and quarter mile in 11.5 seconds @ 128.3 mph. The car is fast no doubt. 1.06 G on the skidpad, and 74 mph though the slalom. One problem is that the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 just doesn't feel special inside. Sure, the dash and doors are dressed up with leather, and they do look better than the standard Corvette's pieces. But the seats and steering wheel are the same pieces you'll find in a base Vette. And for nearly $120 grand that's not OK.
For what it's worth, our tester also leaked oil out of the gasket of its right cylinder bank and dripped it directly onto the exhaust manifold, periodically allowing the unmistakable stink of burning oil inside the cockpit. At highway velocities its steering wheel shook and shimmied like Shakira on speed. Then its left front tire pressure sensor failed.
Koichi Kondo, a new V10 engine has been confirmed for the 2011 Acura NSX, which has been boasted to be faster than Nissan's new GT-R. To retain the exclusivity and image of the future Japanese supercar, only 1,000 units are scheduled to be sold a year in the U.S. market,
V10 Supercar.
Is a four door , V-8 powered car, built on a similar but stretched chassis a four door GT-R or is it a replacement for the Q45 ? Competitor to the $50k M45 ? They do already produce a M45x all wheel drive starting at around $52k.
initially rumored to get a slightly downtuned version of the GT-R's 476-horsepower twin-turbo V6, but one source close to Nissan says the company is now leaning towards a slightly tuned-up version of the 5.0-liter V8 that powers the Infiniti FX50. In that guise, the four-door GT-R should develop around 420 hp. The seven-speed automatic gearbox mated to the FX's V8 will almost certainly migrate together with the 5.0-liter engine.
The four-door GT-R is expected to weigh around 4,080 pounds and cost in the neighborhood of $100,000. It's slated for a late-2010 debut.
GT-R or Q45 replacement ?
On the website they have a GT-R customizer that is fun to play with, but I don't think you get to get your diecast in that configuration ,yet.
1/18th Scale Diecast
One of the members from Nagtroc posted up his results from a standing mile. 165 mph seems to be about what a GT-R will do in a standing mile. I thought that a stock car would only do about 170 mph in a standing mile. Pretty close. Texas Mile Website
165 mph is pretty fast in a standing mile. The current record is 229.6 mph by SW in a Supra
Animal House Racing took their GT-R to the track with a few more modifications and ran a great time with no launch control.
60' 2.111 Their mods: Animal House Racing ceramic wheel bearings Animal House also says they are working on some transmission and clutch upgrades.
330 5.111
1/8 7.557
1000 9.663
1/4 11.44
Animal House Racing ceramic pulley bearings
Animal House Racing Thermal intake gasket kit
K&N Filters
Cobb custom stage 2 flash
Still running the stock exhaust lol
Mr Visual Homage aka Bonzelite is offering a few of his drawings as posters.
Frame 14
12.5" X 24" poster with matte finish
One more... Some great posters. No movie influences there at all. Frame 5&6 --sold as a set of 2 only
12.5" X 24" each frame--dual poster set with matte finish
...owner of the totaled GTR from 9/6/08. It is totaled. I understand the speculation that has come about from this accident and yes it was my GTR. I suffered minor injuries, while my best friend who I have known for 17yrs was the passenger and suffered a broken left leg and broken right ankle. I wish every day since that the injuries were vice versa. He is on the road to recovery and is doing much better since, and its quite possible he may be able to use crutches in a couple of weeks.
I was not even close to 100mph. No one and I seriously mean no one survives a 100+mph crash hitting a rock wall. I have detailed pictures of the totaled vehicle including a pic of the speedometer which is frozen just under 60mph.
60 mph when it hit at least.
email@example.com mph is about all you have to know. Thats fast enough to not be able to run at any dragstrip. Fast enough to need a roll bar in a stock car. Huge mph.
Drive a 600-horsepower Dodge Viper SRT-10? Better move out of the way, bub. Launched well (and that means enough revs to keep the blown 6.2L V-8 from bogging but not so many revs that you simply whirl the rear tires into black jam), the 638-horse ZR1 blitzes from 0 to 60 miles per hour in a scalding 3.3 sec (versus 3.7 for the Dodge). Once those huge rear 335/25ZR-20 Michelin Sport PS2s are well and truly hooked up, though, the ZR1 really gets down and dirty. The quarter-mile flashes by in just 11.2 seconds at a trap speed of 130.5 mph (at that point the Viper is doing 124.4 mph). By the second half of the quarter-mile, the ZR1 is running away from almost every other automobile we've ever tested.
ZR1 is pretty fast. 638 hp will do that. Put a tire on it, and it runs 10's. Probably not even that good of a tire.
December 2008 Issue - Go Out and Buy it. This year there were 9 cars. I am not going to give out all the results or the story, just the R35 GT-R results.
Base Price 9th. Car Show 6th . The Girlfriend Test 3rd. Engineering Panel 9th. Driveability 3rd. Dyno 5th . Emissions 1st. Fuel Economy 7th. Acceleration 1/4 mile 3rd. Accleration 20-100 mph 3rd. Braking 4th. Skidpad 4th(tie). Road Course 3rd(tie). Gross Display of Horsepower 7th(tie) Overall the car didn't do bad. Even though it only finished 1st in Emissions.
Now, call us cynical skeptics, but so far we have not seen evidence that satisfies us one way or the other about the GT-R and other cars it has been compared to. "Godzilla the Giantkiller"is just too good a magazine selling headline not to be taken with a grain of salt. There have been many tests but none have had the level of detail or transparency to convince us fully.Theres the challenge. Now why are they picking the GT2 Porsche vs the 911 ? Why pick the rear wheel drive - $190,000 car vs the $70,000 GT-R ? Unbiased ?
So here is what we propose: Axis of Oversteer will supply a Porsche GT2 and we make an open call to curious owners of a Nissan GT-R to provide Godzilla for head-to-head testing.
So how would this work? Obviously this would be in consultation with with the GT-R owner but the main goal is to eliminate as many variables as possible.
Here are the basic points:
1. Cars will be tested on the same day, under the same conditions.
2. Cars should be stock (disclaimer: CG installed rear seats in his GT2).
3. Both cars will carry data loggers and video cameras.
4. All results will be made available on our site.
5. We are based in NYC so testing would be at one of our local tracks, to be determined.
Instructors from Silverstone International have entered the final stages of a Pan-European driving programme to introduce the Nissan GT-R to more than 1,300 pre-sold customers.
The 19-date run at Germany's Nurburgring follows the successful debut of the experience at the home of the British Grand Prix in August, where more than 500 owners got to grips with the super saloon car for the first time.
Under the logistical arm of Silverstone International, the initial two stages of the ground-breaking 'Best in Class' Nissan Academy allowed customers to experience the phenomenal performance of the GT-R as well as learn important advanced driving techniques.
"Half of those who attended had been on other drive experiences, but 98 per cent of them were unanimous that the Academy was their best one yet," explained Jonathan Tait, Sales & Marketing Director, Silverstone International.
Darren Cox, European Brand Promotion Manager for Nissan Europe, added: "This is not your average car and this is not your average driving experience. Nissan has set its sights high with this breakthrough customer focused launch; in partnership with Silverstone those ambitions are being delivered in spades."
Further sessions, including the opportunity to take a full race licence test, will be held during 2009. Nissan and Silverstone are working on an even bigger offering of driving experiences for Passionate Sports car driver's that will be rolled out in 2009.
European deliveries of the GT-R supercar will start in April 2009. Currently the waiting list is 18 months in the UK.
Just a few more months for the UK guys.
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NG Insider: Supercar-- The Nissan GT-R Story
Video has been having some issues. GT-R's
Dubai, For one Kuwaiti Sony PlayStation gamer, a dream has come true. Earlier this week, 27-year old Ahmad El Azmi from Kuwait City flew to Japan and got behind the wheel of the real Nissan GT-R. All courtesy of Nissan Middle East and PlayStation.
Back in July Ahmad 'raced' the virtual Nissan GT-R against regional finalists at Dubai Festival City to become the inaugural winner of the Gran Turismo™5 Prologue Middle East Challenge, staged by PlayStation in association with Nissan Middle East The event saw over 10,000 competitors 'race' in nine regional cities across the Middle East during June and July 2008.
Race virtually and win in real life. Although virtual racing, does not equal real life racing.
In addition to the hardware, Nissan and PlayStation arranged for Ahmad and a friend to fly to Japan and attend a major gaming show in Tokyo and then travel on the Nissan's Oppama manufacturing plant and test track, to drive the real Nissan GT-R super car.
This year is different, however, because of the impact of the Nissan GT-R, an iconic sports car that has seen 170 parallel imported units sold since it was first introduced here in January 2008.
Strong third-quarter sales of this cult car with a 3.8-litre turbocharged V6 engine accounted for almost half of the total sales so far this year. And despite being a premium model, the GT-R made up two-thirds of all Nissan PI models registered this year.
The sports model is not cheap. It has a list price that ranges from $245,000 to $265,000, depending on the trim level. It used to be higher, but the original $260,000 to $280,000 price range when the car was first introduced here has since been forced down by competition.
The popularity of the non-authorised GT-R is due to the fact that official distributor Tan Chong will only launch a homologated GT-R in the second quarter of 2009.
The listed company brought in one unit for a preview at the recently concluded Singapore Motorshow 2008, though.
170 cars in Singapore. Thats a good number.
Not too sure how much if anything lighter than the stock plastic bumper. It does however give you some options on leaving some parts unpainted, to get that GT-R Proto look
Zele Carbon Bumper
Lamborghini Reventon. $2.5 million is asking a lot for a car that was "MSRP" at $1.5 million. Nothing to do with GT-R's, but a $2.5 million dollar car is interesting. .
Stock - 426HP/446TQ
Dyno video can be seen here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI8sSkgQISo
All pulls were done on 91 CA Pump Gas, and we reprogrammed the EVC with the HKS Easy Writer software.
$8900 + labor. Not too bad
There are seven different possible items that could set this P0729 code.A-F under the P0729 code
Without the Consult III you can run some of the self-diagnosis. After the jump Troubleshooting to come later
firstname.lastname@example.com mph. Thats pretty fast. I just did a 7.29 at Iwindale last week in an R32 GT-R that has a couple things done to it.
Mods to the R35 GT-R are : Harman Motive Mid Pipe, HM Intercooler Charge Pipes, Cobb AP Stage 2 Map V 1.06 and HKS Boost Controller I forgot to take any video of my passes. R35 GT-R on the street.
Harman Motive Tuned GT-R
The new 2009 Nissan 370Z is scheduled to make its first public appearance at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show, November 21-30, 2008. But when a prototype of the new Z-car came to town in early October, we were fortunate to be invited by Nissan to take a look at it.
I wonder where that shot is from ?
Sprung hub, carbon driveshaft, and still breaking gears.
From Nissan on LC and VDC.
"Switching VDC off doesn't void the warranty nor does running the Launch Control on the car. However, if someone switches off VDC, enables Launch Control and then breaks something while doing this, we wouldn't pay (under warranty) for the specific parts that break during this action"
At least one person is calling for a class action lawsuit, great way to make lawyers rich. I am not sure what people are going to sue for. Are they going to sue because they haven't broken a transmission yet and are afraid of breaking one ? Are they going to sue because they say the 0-60 time was with LC on ? Are they going to sue because of the blackbox ? Sue because they abused the car, and they want someone else to pay for it ?
Now onto the clutch. Again from NAGTROC
From CanadaI spoke to Nissan Canada today regarding the question of warranty on the clutches. The clutches are internal on the GT-R and as of now are not serviceable therefore they are covered as a major component along with the transmission ( 5 years/100'000km). The only thing that would change that is if it has been found that the damage was a result of abuse. So far I have not heard of any transmission failures that were not directly related to the use of launch control. As we all know the use of launch control would most certainly void the warranty on parts that would be affected by its use. Just one more thing to add, The clutches in the GT-R are a wet clutch. What this means is that the clutches are actually submersed in transmission oil and are similar to the clutch packs in an automatic transmission. Being that they are lubricated and cooled by the fluid it makes them allot less susceptible to wear. I hope this answers your questions and feel free to contact me if you have anymore.
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3:07 p.m. Karst: Are you involved with administration of the Market Access Program export promotion funds now?
3:07 p.m. Bedwell: Only from a supportive role. We understand in terms of both fresh table grapes and tree fruit, the Market Access Program has been very important to expanding those markets, and this is something we have to take a look at and what is the best way to utilize resources to assist these growers. That's really what it comes down to; how we best assist these growers.
3:08 p.m. Karst: This is just one added dimension for your organization right now; what else are you working on right now?
3:08 p.m. Bedwell: We always go back to list of priorities, our top ten list. It has been relatively consistent over the past few year. Certainly labor issues are the top priority. A major concern for our membership is legislation seemingly introduced every year in California having to do with card check. Card check was again introduced by the president pro tempore in the Senate Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and this version seems to go out of its way, quite frankly, I think in taking away the rights of the farm employees to a secret ballot. It is amazingly intrusive in our view. One of the things were are facing in California is that the governor has been very clear and very much focused on the budget issue and said he would not address these other public policy issues until afterwards.
The other thing at the federal level that is very concerning to our members is that their seems to be this attention on E-verify and employer enforcement sanctions. We have made it very clear while we support border security and making sure that we have the right documentation, to do so before there is some type of way to make sure our workforce is legal, is simply not going to work. In a state like California, given our labor needs, H-2A under its current form is simply not an alternative.
The other things we are very concerned with that during a time of reduced resources at the state and federal level, we seem to be dealing with more and more invasive species. More of the treatment protocol is falling on the growers themselves. Just last year, we had European grape vine moth, light brown apple moth, melon fruit fly, all of these things came about at a time when markets were challenging enough but when you become potentially restricted by quarantines it becomes very very concerning. In California, the whole invasive species goes hand in hand with a growing public reluctance to treat in any large scale fashion some of these pests. Our ability to treat as we have done in the past has been restricted, although we have a governor who lived through the days of the Mediterranean fruit fly in the 1980s and understands the potential damage. It is going to be more of a resource issue now, so we try to prevent the introduction of these pests in our ports of entry. These are always, always big concerns for us.


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It's still too early. This pick could still very easily end up getting moved for a proven piece. (Obviously it will be a defensive player if the Patriots keep it, but which one?) Come back closer to the draft, I'll have my highly anticipated prediction then.
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School a fool well, you feel it like Braille,
from Nas – It Ain't Hard to Tell Lyrics on Genius
"Schooling" someone means to educate them about something, in this case Nas is teaching his competition how to rap. And because he does such a good job schooling them, his audience will "feel" (appreciate) his work, like a blind man that is literally feeling for the Braille bumps in order to read.
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2 Dicks, 1 Hole
There's not a whole lot of boys out there that can handle two big dicks at the same time… Luckily, Shane is one of them! When I first approached him about doing this scene, it took him about .3 seconds to process the whole thing and give me a very enthusiastic.
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Miami Heat superstar LeBron James accidentally hit a photographer in the face with a bad pass during the third quarter of Wednesday night's NBA game against the Dallas Mavericks.
It happened as LeBron tried to connect with Dwyane Wade for the backdoor pass underneath the basket, but Wade was not ready for it, and the pass went out of bounds. The photographer was sitting in the front row underneath the basket preparing to take a picture when he was hit.
The photographer appeared to suffer a cut on his face and was immediately treated by a Mavericks trainer. LeBron came over to the photographer to check on him, and they shook hands before he ran back to play defense.
LeBron finished the game with 32 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Heat to a 119-109 overtime win over the Mavs.
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MANILA, Philippines – An Anglo-Italian firm was the lone bidder for the P3.4-billion project involving the purchase of eight Air Force attack helicopters.
AugustaWestland, a company owned by Italy's Finmeccanica, was the only one that joined the bidding for the helicopter acquisition project held last Wednesday.
Three other firms bought bid documents for the project but did not participate in the bidding.
The companies that bought bid documents but did not submit offers were Boeing, Eurocopter and MD Helicopters Inc.
Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo told The STAR the bid submitted by AugustaWestland would be subject to discussions by the bids and awards committee. Read more: Philstar.com (source)


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"Not looking" at security and privacy seems to be the posture of people implementing Hadoop, based on recent data Gartner has collected. This is troubling, and paradoxical. In an era when the privacy of data, from government surveillance to medical record-keeping to "creepy" marketing initiatives and password breaches, has been in the news regularly, it is hard to understand why professionals implementing Hadoop are not paying attention.
The data here comes from a recent webinar I conducted with my colleague Nick Heudecker. We had over 600 attendees, and during the discussion we offered several polling questions. One had to do with barriers to Hadoop adoption. We had 213 responses to that question.
You can see the results below and two things leap out: only 2% of the respondents see lack of robust security as a barrier, and half of the respondents feel that they do not have a sufficiently defined value proposition. More on the latter in another post.
For me, the nearly non-existent response to the security issue is shocking. Can it be that people believe Hadoop is secure? Because it certainly is not. At every layer of the stack, vulnerabilities exist, and at the level of the data itself there numerous concerns. These include the use of external unveiled data and of data in file systems that lack any protection, and the separation of Hadoop initiatives in most organizations from IT governance. Add to that the kinds of use cases Hadoop is being pointed at: sensitive health care information personal data in retail systems; telephone usage; social media connection and sentiment analytics – all of them give us pause.
I've pointed to security as a key issue facing the Hadoop community in 2014 for some time now. The fact that awareness of the problem is not getting attention only reinforces my belief that we will see major problems as Hadoop goes mainstream.
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What factors or variables do you need to know, to know the speed of sinking?
This is a difficult question to answer because the "speed" at which a body sinks depends upon its shape. For example, a ball bearing sinks very fast, but a "boat" of the same mass may well float (like ships do). The medium on which the body is placed. For example, a feather will float on water but not very well on air. The Archimedian principle is that an object experiences a buoyant force equal to the mass of the fluid displaced.
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Are you referring the speed at which you sink in water -- or how fast a boat sinks?
For both situations: One would need to know if the water was fresh, like that in a lake, or salty like that in the ocean or Dead Sea. The more salt dissolved in the water, the easier it is for things to float.
For you: We would need to know your flotation potential -- are you fat or skinny? Fat people are more buoyant and can sometimes float without treading water -- skinny folks will sink if they do not swim or tread water.
For a boat: One would need to know the buoyancy of the boat materials. Some foam boats will still float even if they have a hole in them. Assuming we're talking about a boat that wouldn't float if it had a hole in it, one would need to know the number and size of the holes in the boat as well as the weight of the boat and all its contents. You would also want to know whether or not the boat was sinking in calm waters so that all water entered through the hole/s and did not splash in over the sides..
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That's right. What I have to say is so important, I am going to do it in three installments. This? Is number one.
Here is a short post on how to not write like a douche.
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Its is possessive. The book is torn and its page is wrinkled.
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About a week ago, I decided to join Weight Watchers. I've posted a lot of my weight loss struggle here, and as it turns out, I'm still at the exact.same.weight I was after having losing the Man Child's pregnancy weight.
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- Apr 21:
- Boston Marathon: Meb Keflezighi first American winner since 1985
- Boston Marathon is ready to be run again
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- Boston Marathon survivor who lost leg wants to enjoy life
- Marin runners prep for Boston Marathon, reflect on tragedy
- 3,300 mile race for Boston Marathon victims ends
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EVEN BEFORE SHE headed to the airport for her flight home, Sue Kreusch knew she would return to Boston.
The San Rafael woman had just completed last year's Boston Marathon — having crossed the finish line minutes before two homemade bombs exploded in the crowd and killed three spectators while injuring 264 others — when she made the decision.
"I was coming back to make the point that I'm coming back," Kreusch said. "You can't scare me off from running the race."
Kreusch was one of the marathon's 44 entrants from Marin County, many of whom returned to Boston carrying memories of last year's tragedy. Whether they had heard the explosions first-hand last year or were running the event for the first time this year, they couldn't help but feel the energy of a city intent on overcoming the tragedy.
"I have run seven road marathons, and this is by far and away the best crowd support, the best experience I've ever had at a marathon," said Matt Laye, 33, of Sausalito. "It was loud. The crowds just lined the course for 26 miles. You're hearing the support the entire time, and in some places it's four or five people deep."
When some local marathoners gathered two Sundays ago for a short run to rally support for locals heading to Boston, some of them were overcome with emotion, as they revisited the disturbing memories from a year ago.
But when runners arrived in Boston for this year's marathon, any residual sadness or haunting memories quickly gave way to the city's infectious energy.
"I was expecting that when I got there, it would be a very emotional experience," Kreusch said. "It was emotional coming to Boston, but once I got here, everyone was so positive. It was more a feeling of camaraderie than emotional."
The high spirits prevailed throughout the city, not just on race day, but in the days leading up to the race.
"A lot of people in stores or on the streets were saying, 'thanks for coming back out,' and 'thanks for returning to our city,'" said Kiley Lucan, 27, wife of Novato Mayor Eric Lucan. "You could just tell how proud they were of their city and that they wanted to make sure the world knew their city was resilient."
The words "incredible" and "overwhelming" were used by just about every local marathoner to describe the crowd cheering the runners.
Of the 44 Marin residents who signed up for the marathon, Laye finished with the fastest time: 2 hours 23 minutes and 32 seconds.
At 20 years old, Jessica Kelly of San Rafael was the youngest Marin resident to run the marathon. Richard Canady of Tiburon was Marin's oldest entrant — and one of the event's oldest finishers. He was one of three 79-year-olds to complete the course. The only older finishers were an 80-year-old and five 81-year-olds.
Of this select group of advanced-age marathoners, Canady was one of three from the greater Bay Area, including 81-year-olds Katherine Beiers of Santa Cruz and Thomas Marrin of Fremont.
Alex Varner, 28, of Mill Valley finished the race in 2 hours 32 minutes and 5 seconds. Varner finished 26th overall in last year's Boston Marathon, but dropped more than 100 places this year.
"I did a 50-mile race last weekend, so I knew going into this one my body would be a little tired," Varner said, "and it definitely showed it."
Regardless of the slide in the standings and the tired legs, Varner said that being part of this Boston Marathon was unlike any sporting event he had ever witnessed.
"The crowds were phenomenal," he said. "On the course, I was in a dark place a couple times. You put your head down, you realize you're tired, and then you realize there's all this support on the course. I couldn't help but smile."
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers used a heated House hearing to confront State Department officials about security at the U.S. consulate in Libya and assail the Obama administration's early response to the killing of the ambassador and three other Americans there.
Republicanss refused to accept the department's explanation Wednesday that protection judged adequate for the threat was overwhelmed by an unprecedented assault in Benghazi on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
They also rejected Under Secretary of State Patrick Kennedy's explanation that officials were relying on the best intelligence available in characterizing the attack afterward as stemming from a protest over an anti-Islam Internet video rather than a deliberate, planned act of terrorism.
A top State official acknowledged she had declined to approve more U.S. security as violence in Benghazi spiked, saying the department wanted to train Libyans to protect the consulate.
"I made the best decisions I could with the information I had," said Charlene R. Lamb, a deputy assistant secretary for diplomatic security.
Regardless of allegations of blame, there is no dispute over the tragic result. U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans - including two former Navy SEALs - were killed in what administration officials now describe as an act of terrorism.
In statements immediately after the attack, neither President Barack Obama nor Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton mentioned terrorism. And both gave credence to the notion that the attack was related to protests about the privately made anti-Islam video.
"Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet," Clinton said on the night of the attack. "The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind."
Five days later, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice said her best information at the time was that the attack stemmed from a protest that became violent.
White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Wednesday that in hindsight "there is no question that the security was not enough to prevent that tragedy from happening. There were four Americans killed."
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee tried to blame Republicans for cutting more than $300 million in diplomatic security funds worldwide.


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04/23/2012, Dominica Tour
This roadside stop was very special. The man had built his house up on the cliff, and he's working on a store up there as well. He sold sugarcane bark, freshly cut flowers, had a pot of soup cooking on rocks and fresh spring water pouring out of the rocks.
04/23/2012, Trafalgar Falls, Dominica
It truly doesn't get much better than this. Maybe a rum punch in my hand would eek it up a notch or two, but then I'd probably slip on the rocks even more than I did while making my way to the cold springs after this one.
04/23/2012, Trafalgar Falls, Dominica
And the one on the right.
04/23/2012, Trafalgar Falls, Dominica
There were two magnificent falls next to each other but without a wide-angle lens on our camera, we had to take two shots. This is the one of the left. Ed hiked a long way up to an upper pool while Tyson and I lounged in the hot springs and Judith went who-knows-where to meet foreigners from all around the world. That Judith!


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The SRHC is the regional organization for the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), and is the professional association of undergraduate honors programs and colleges. Representing Limestone at the conference were: Fitness in the Workplace
The title for Rydzik's research was "Fitness in the Workplace," and was centered upon the relationship between exercise and improved reaction time and accuracy in the workplace. The results may lead credence to the notion that a body in motion increases productivity. Forty-one participants, all working-age adults, took part in the study. "Various fitness measures were taken, and participants performed two thinking tasks before and after the simulated exercise," Rydzik explained. "The results demonstrated that accuracy and reaction time improved between the tasks. These results may lead to the implementation of fitness interventions in the workplace to decrease employee accident and injury, and increase worker productivity." A Growing Trend in the Fight on School Crime
Tanner Hamrick leveraged his studies in criminal justice at Limestone to examine the growing use of resource officers in schools. "In today's world, school safety is a growing concern among parents, students, educators, and law enforcement personnel. Faced with the task of dealing with challenges like drug abuse and violence in our schools, many states are looking for new solutions, with most placing full time law enforcement officers in schools," said Hamrick. "The purpose of my research was to examine the this growing use of school resource officers and the roles they play as opposed to those of normal law enforcement officers or school administrators, and the effects such programs have on school crime and community relations." Two Sonnets Share the Same Closing
Brian Kaylor explored how two sonnets, John Milton's "On the Late Massacre in Piedmont" and William Shakespeare's "Sonnet XII" shared the same outcome finale. "Both of the sonnets share the theme of finding closure or solution to an event or problem that has caused passionate unhappiness or resentment," said Kaylor. "Although these sonnets share a common finality, they vary in concept, form, and the use of symbolism and imagery. Accordingly, these dissimilarities cause the sonnets to reach their respective closure or solution in strikingly different ways." |


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Glen Scotia is one of only three distilleries remaining in Campbeltown.
Glen Scotia Distillery was built in 1832, and has been operating for approximately one hundred and eighty years. Situated in Campbeltown (the Victorian Whisky Capital of the World) the distillery has a formidable pedigree. Campbeltown is a small town on the Kintyre peninsular on the west coast of Scotland, affectionately known as the "Wee Toon", and, remarkably for a town of its size, still has 3 operating distilleries; Glen Scotia, Springbank, Glengyle. These distilleries give a remarkable insight in to the history of making whisky in this remote, once prolific, whisky making region of Scotland.
Glen Scotia was acquired by Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Ltd and in 2000 Loch Lomond distillery took over, providing staff and running the operations. Today, the Glen Scotia produces 100,000 litres annually - substantially lower than its three quarter million capacity. The distillery now has a staff of just two; James Grogan, the long time stillman, and Hector Gatt of Springbank fame. There have been several official releases and a few independent bottlings.
For more information on Glen Scotia, please visit the website: www.glenscotia-distillery.co.uk View website here