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Aftermarket clutch perch for lc4 Adventure?
I've got a 2002 ktm adventure that is on it's third clutch cable in 12K miles. Sure, they are easy to replace and I now ride with two cables zip tied next to each other but I find the poor design of the KTM clutch perch annoying and am considering replacing it. I don't want to go hydraulic and am wondering what aftermarket clutch perches people have tried. Looks like a Works Connection or ASV might add a bit of bling along with functionality.
Anybody using one of them?
Man, where is the cable failing? All of my LC4s have the original clutch cables on them. I'm assuming you have the stock Domino perch (with the concentrically located compression release)?
Are you greasing the barell where it goes into the lever? It wants to pivot there, not bend. If it's dry, it will bend the cable over and over at that point, eventually causing a failure.
I wonder if they changed suppliers. Mine are: 1996, 1997 and 1999.
That is odd. I've never had a cable fail inside the housing like that (on any bike). Now ya' got me worried about what to do when/if mine wear out. :huh
'02 640a, 18.5K miles.
Just changed the clutch cable. It was in perfect shape.
I oil it every 2K miles up at the perch and at the engine.
Let me ask this then. How much lateral (up and down) play is there in your clutch lever? I've got a good inch to inch and a half of lateral movement in the clutch lever which just makes the clutch feel sloppy and I always figured contributed to my clutch cable issues.
Is this normal or do I have a gravity customized clutch perch?
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I think you have got the ones from the bad lot.
Don't know whether I got a "Monday Morning" clutch perch or whether I just custom modified it by slamming it into things, but I think it needs to be rebuilt or replaced. I'd really like my clutch to feel precise rather than just being a blunt instrument I mash. I think it would be awesome to be able to two finger it while standing and that is nowhere near possible currently. I'm going to try shimming the pivot, but am still thinking seriously about replacing it.
So back to my original question. Has anybody out there put an aftermarket clutch perch on their Lc4 Adventure?
Well, the perch doesn't hold the lever from thrust on the sides but rather the fit of the center bushing to the lever. It sounds like the bushing and perhaps the lever have worn out. I just checked my '99 Adventure and it's sloppy as hell--just like yours.
But upon looking at it, I'm reminded of why it's hard to replace. It holds the compression release cable so you'll have to buy something that has a compatible lever. It's the mirror mount so you'll have to figure that out. It's also got your starter interlock wiring that you'll have to bypass.
With that out of the way, the first choice would be the ASV folding levers. I'd guess you could call them and tell them your desires. At best I think that would get you a clutch and compression release but you'd have to solve the mirror mount and interlock switch. You might be able to use their hotstart lever for your compression release.
An added bonus is they sell a matching lever for the Magura master cylinder so you could match it on the other side.
Has anybody tried to fit the ASV perch to an LC4 that can lend an opinion?
That's pretty much what I was thinking. I don't really care about the clutch interlock and I can figure out another mirror mount. It's the hotstart to compression release that I don't know about. I'm also not so sure about the hot start getting in the way of the the switch assemby. Think I'll send them an email.
Of course the other downside is it better well be the last brake lever I buy. If I do break it, I'm sure going to have a hard time finding spare parts other than through them.
hmmm. Looks like the Pro version clutch lever comes with it's own dust cover. The brake light problem may be more difficult.
Well I guess I was destined to get a new clutch perch. Look what I did on my way to work today.
And here's a picture of the previously shredded clutch cable that I've decided was likely due to a combination of lack of cable maintenance and a worn out pivot.
On the shopping list
1. New clutch perch and lever
2. Better bash guards:D
So, Does anybody know about adjustbale clutch lever for on pre 2003 adv?
I have hard time reaching clutch when it gets technical. My fingers are too short.
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Hello February moms!! I am a FTM from the March board and I was wondering if you could help shed some light since most of you have already gone thru this.
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Wednesday Patrick and I drove to West Yellowstone in search of some skiing. The drive was aggravatingly long (12 hours more or less straight). Despite eating on the road we were still able to eat relatively healthily, broccoli feels surprisingly kind of like an ice-cream cone in hand.
On arrival we found that there was as much snow as we had hoped and put in a solid day of skiing Thursday. For those of you at home packing your bags, it's definitely race ski conditions.
This was especially exciting for me, since I have been sitting on the bench for the last 4 weeks with a concussion. As much as it was painfully boring to sit around for the last month without training, I've been amazed how supportive the nordic community has been in helping with my recovery. In particular, Nina Winans of the Center for Health & Sports Performance helped me put together a plan to get back to training. Today I skied for 3 hours, which doubled my total training hours for November, and felt great.


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Henderson County men in custody on meth charge
CORRECTION: Due to incorrect information provided to The Gleaner, Zachary Bartley's name was reported incorrectly in the original version of this story.
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An investigation into trespassing led to the arrests of four Henderson County men late Friday night in connection with drug offenses.
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office charged Joshua Yates, 32, 2300 section of Old Corydon Road, Robert A. Hains, 33, 600 block of Atkinson Street, Zachary L. Bartley, 23, 17000 section of Kentucky 136-East in Robards, and Josiah J. Dee, 19, 1100 block of Loeb Street, each with manufacturing methamphetamine.
Authorities said Dee was additionally charged with tampering with physical evidence.
The sheriff's office said the four were arrested around 11 p.m. Friday while deputies were conducting surveillance of a farm located near Green River Road No. 2 due to trespassing complaints.
During the investigation, authorities said they located the four men in a blue Ford Escape which was parked in a wooded area off the road. Also found in the vehicle were items used to make meth, officials said.
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LETTERS: Shooting editorial splits community
Bettye J. Burlisonn, Evansville
Shooting editorial splits community
I don't know who wrote the Courier & Press editorial on the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida, but that person decided to become both judge and jury to try the case in his own words.
The writer related the story of how Zimmerman chased down, then beat up, and shot Martin. Are you kidding me? Is this our newspaper? Do we become judge and jury in an ongoing case?
I don't think so. It has come out, both on television and in newspapers that there were witnesses, both to the fight and the fact that Zimmerman was beaten up and thrown to the ground. There was a witness that Zimmerman was the person calling for help on the audio tape that has been played. Yes, it has been reported that Zimmerman had made calls before this, reporting suspicious people.
Also there are records that there were some arrests on a couple of those calls.
It has also come out that the young man was on suspension from school at the time of the incident and this was not the first time. This time was for having marijuana in his possession.
As for the uproar in the country, that is the media's fault, stirring and separating people. Everybody should settle down and quit jumping to conclusions. The facts of the case have not come out yet, nor will they until a grand jury decides. When it does, it will be with all the facts.
It is editorials like this that have caused some of this dividing of the people.
It is people like the black leaders who seem to show up when things like this happen, although they don't come around when it is black-on-black or black-on-white crime.
It is not for me to decide, but then it is not for the Courier & Press or them to decide, either.
Ron Volkman, Evansville
Left wingers take country far afield
President Obama, his administration and his far-left liberal base are destructive to this country.
Their goal is to change our citizen relationship to the federal government at home. Their goal abroad is to weaken our relationship with other countries. Their vision reflects a strong federal government that controls and dictates to its people, yet displays compliance on the world stage. This is not America.
Obama's national health care plan is all about control. Control over Americans and our health and welfare.
Uncivil discourse, divisiveness, disregard for our Constitution and being debt-subserviant are the tactics used to convince us that we Americans and the free market system are no longer capable. Thus, the federal government must control and operationally manage this vital service.
This is wrong. Look what government-ran Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have done to the housing market and our economy.
The feds are poised to botch health care, also. Minimal regulations and effective oversight should be its role, not operating the system.
If the U.S. Supreme Court allows "Obamacare" to stand and President Obama is re-elected, this country will change for generations to come. We will grow into a socialist state, far from the republic for which we were founded.
We cannot allow the far-left socialists, who represent about 20 percent of our country and make up about half the Democratic Party, to destroy our country, our individual freedom, our opportunity, and our innovation and resourcefulness.
We must change to more conservative leadership in November before it is too late.
Job creation, energy independence, debt-reduction and an effective health care system will not be realized under our current president and administration.
Slick, combative rhetoric and massive spending have failed.
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Hunger stalks the Hoosier state
In honor of National Nutrition Month, an education and information campaign promoting nutrition sponsored annually by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, we urge Hoosiers to reflect on hunger in our communities.
Right now, 1 in 6 Hoosiers is at risk of hunger. For children, the number is just one in four. Though we cannot tell who is hungry from the clothes people wear, the jobs they work, or the color of their skin, an apple a day is out of reach for nearly 49 million Americans. At times, 13 percent of Hoosier households lack access to enough food for an active, healthy life.
Every year, food banks across the country serve millions of Americans unable to afford enough food to feed their families. Last year alone, the member food banks of Feeding Indiana's Hungry distributed 66.4 million pounds of food and grocery products to Hoosiers in need. Our goal is not to just fill people up with food, but with nutritious food.
Those at risk of hunger often cannot afford preventive and follow-up health care services. For this vulnerable population, access to nutritious foods is vital in maintaining good health. Studies show that growing children need a balance of vitamins and minerals for cognitive and behavioral development.
We would not be able to continue this critical work and provide nutritious foods without the support of Hoosier communities. Your food and fund donations to the member food banks of Feeding Indiana's Hungry are leading our efforts in creating a hunger-free Indiana.
Together, we can provide hope to Hoosiers in need for a better tomorrow.
Virgil Messel, Evansville
Smoking ban only a double standard
I hate to beat a dead horse, but I work for an employer who does not allow smoking on his business property.
If I filed a discrimination charge against him to allow me to smoke on his property, I am sure the judge would rule in his favor as he has the right to say what is and isn't done on his property as an owner.
Isn't the Evansville City Council saying the owner does not have a choice and must follow the smoking ban in Evansville? If it is on their property or in their building, what is the difference?
This sounds like a double standard to me.
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Toward Greater Portability: A Quixotic View
Don Quixote: Ahhh, Sancho, think of it! A single GUI interface that would allow me to write my application once and then run it on Windows, OS2 Warp and Linux boxes without changing one line! Maybe even on Alpha and Sun boxes too.
Sancho: But Master, no one can agree on anything. Especially the big embarcaderos. And if they did agree on something like that, it would only be after a hundred years. Or maybe longer. Then I sleep in the earth. May I rest in peace.
[Sancho sometimes transmogrifies vocables when he speaks. It is not clear exactly what he means by "embarcaderos". The meaning probably lies somewhere within the semantic turf demarcated by the concepts "entrepreneurs", "big guys in business", "movers and shakers", or the concept of your choice that denotes mercantile power, grandeur and a touch of narcissism.]
Don Quixote: Have you forgotten the great examples of cooperation? The ones that made computing easier? What about the LIM memory specification? Three giants—your embarcaderos—created one method of accessing memory above one megabyte so that programs could be bigger, faster.
Sancho: Careful, Master. One of the last giants was a windmill.
Don Quixote: Sancho, it was a giant. And remember: I am your master.
Sancho: But Master, just one example. Once is an exception. Proves nada! Twice is a coincidence. Also proves nada. Three times is a pattern. Give a second example!
Don Quixote: You doubter! You miss the best in life because you look down, not up. You overlook great things to discover only the pebbles in your own shoes.
Sancho: Please, Master, the example. A poor man like me does not go far on words and ideas. Please, something concrete!
Don Quixote: Sancho, Sancho! What about STL, the standard template library? Now we all have containers that can be used with almost any ANSI compiler! We cooperated on that! What about the committee that drafted standards for C++? Knights from all over the industry came together. These are great achievements.
Sancho: All right, Master! STL and ANSI standards are both C++. You get credit for one example only. Nothing more. That's number two. So now you have a coincidence.
Don Quixote: Have I made my point?
Sancho: No!! You give three good examples, or I believe in nothing! Nada! Nada!
Don Quixote: Sancho, Sancho, so pedestrian, so little imagination. I fear for your salvation.
Sancho: Master, the example, please!
Don Quixote: Think of Java. Here we have something like the ideal I am thinking of. We write once, we run many. Why? Java is interpreted code. And the interpreter is written for the platform. The application is written for the interpreter. So we run on all platforms.
Sancho: Oh, Master! If Java is interpreted, Java is slower! Slower is not good. Faster is good.
Don Quixote: Exactly! For once you have something right. We need performance and portability.
Sancho: But Master! Where is the cooperation? Sun Microsystems created Java.
Don Quixote: You miss the point. Sun did cooperate. They licensed Java to anyone who agreed not to provincialize the language by creating non-portable, local extensions. Most people respected this agreement. Java was not theirs to take over anyway. So Java is portable, mainly.
Sancho: Master, Master! What is this ahead?
[Sancho and Don Quixote have just reached the crest of a hill, and looking down the other side, they spy a bridge over a small brook. Next to it stands a sign: "Bridge to Cross". Just as they approach the crossing, a Proprietary Troll jumps up from below the bridge onto the road, barring their way.]
Proprietary Troll: I control this bridge, and you must pay toll, or you may not cross.
Don Quixote: Sir, I am a Knight, champion of Dulcinea del Toboso and future keeper of the universal GUI interface. Let us pass, sir!
Proprietary Troll: I control this bridge, and you must pay toll. Heed my words, or you will fare badly.
Don Quixote: Indeed! What will I lose?
Proprietary Troll: Market Share, my Knight, market share!
Don Quixote: [suddenly thoughtful] I see. And what toll do you desire?
Proprietary Troll: Control!
Don Quixote: Of what? You mean the GUI interface? You want to control that too?
Proprietary Troll: That most of all. That is your toll. Give it up, turn it over to me, or you will not pass. I control the bridge, I control the interface and I control you.
Don Quixote: Not so fast, you runt!
Sancho: Master, Master! You forget yourself!
Don Quixote: You forget your bridge is just one miserable, narrow crossing, that your brook is just a tributary of one great, massive stream whose power sweeps us all along, that you can simply be washed away if you fail to meet the needs of travelers who come this way. You overreach yourself! Say, aren't you a little far from Scandinavia?
Proprietary Troll: [puffing himself up and then expelling a lot of hot air] Try to cross without my help. Lose market share. We will see who is swept away!
Don Quixote: Canis culum in tuo naso! We will find another bridge and cross elsewhere. We do not need you to provide a crossing. If need be, we build a bridge of our own.
["Canis culum in tuo naso" is a Latin curse which first occurs in writing in the Old High German period (ca. 850-1050) in a phrase book for travelers which gives Latin phrases and their German equivalents. The Old High German equivalent is: "hundes ars in dine nas".]
Sancho: [to himself] Such nonsense! For windmills he sees giants. Trolls bigger than life. Oh, Lord, give me something small again, a pebble for my shoe!
Don Quixote: Sancho, forget your pebbles! Let us hie ourselves hence and find another crossing.
[Sancho and the Don turn about to find a crossing on another tributary of the great stream. Their thoughts return to the interface.]
Sancho: OK, you gave three examples. Tell me more about your universal gooey face.
Don Quixote: [grimaces at Sancho] Sancho, if I am no longer your master, how will you fill your belly? I said Universal GUI interface, not gooey face. Sometimes I don't think you take me seriously.
Sancho: Sorry, Master! Tell me more about your gooey inter...face.
Don Quixote: That's better. First, the universal GUI interface should be a standard that remains the same from platform to platform just like STL or ANSI C++. The details of the implementation should be hidden from the client because they're platform dependent. This interface means that ideally programs can run on multiple platforms without change.
Sancho: What is the gooey interface supposed to do?
Don Quixote: That's easy. The interface should provide a complete set of tools which perform routine window management tasks and offer all the functionality of the provincial GUI interfaces already in place. These tools should be general enough to be very flexible but powerful enough to compete head-on with the provincial GUI interfaces out there and provide programmers with a serious opportunity to write portable code.
Sancho: Great. But what language will you write this in? Spanish? Portuguese?
Don Quixote: C++ of course! It is object-oriented, supports inheritance, and the details of the implementation can easily be hidden from clients. It is also fast and allows access to the hardware.
Sancho: Can you be more specific? What procedures will your universal gooey interface include to manage a window?
Don Quixote: The details are best left to the Knights who convene to create the interface. All they need to do is decide what functionality the interface should include and then examine the provincial interfaces already in place to see if implementing that functionality is practical.
Sancho: Has anyone ever tried to write a universal gooey interface?
Don Quixote: Not that I know of. [Suddenly the Don is full of himself.] But there is rustling in the woods, voices from under the earth, whisperings in the breeze. A new age may be at hand. [The Don thumps his chest triumphantly as though the battle were already won.]
Sancho: [To himself] What nonsense! [To the Don] What do you mean? Your words are confused....uhhh...excuse, Sire, I mean confusing. Can you give an example?
Don Quixote: No one has tried to write what I speak of exactly but there are movements in that direction. The X Window System has been ported from Linux to OS/2 so that an OS/2 machine can be hooked to a Linux network and run its software. Also, a Windows emulator is being developed for Linux so that Windows applications will run inside Linux even though Linux is not a genuine Windows platform. Finally, programmers in Allemagne have created a conio.h and conio.c implementation that mimics the conio.h and conio.c files in Borland and Watcom C so that PC-DOS programs port more easily to Linux. And there is a PC-DOS emulator for Linux too. These achievements all attempt to allow someone to run a program on a platform it was not written for without changing code, and their common goal is portability.
Sancho: Do you think the knights will be able to do such a thing as the gooey face at all?
Don Quixote: I don't know, but I hope so.
Sancho: What stops them?
Don Quixote: Just a little cooperation.
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CAKE decorating competitions are an excellent avenue for people to showcase their talents and decorating flair. One such event held recently was Kuali's Cake Decorating Challenge at Tropicana City Mall in Petaling Jaya.
The contest, the first from The Star's food portal, Kuali.com, featured 14 talented finalists and each one came armed not only with their tools, but also some intriguing ideas.
Kuali.com portal head Yuhalini Poopalasingam said: "The art of cake decorating is not about baking but rather it's an art form of the finished cake. This form of art has been around for a long time and is not something new in Malaysia.
"Today, it is becoming very popular among Malaysian cake enthusiasts who simply pursue cake decorating as a hobby and for business. Kuali hopes that the challenge will be a platform for many cake enthusiasts to show off and nurture their creativity," she said.
Sponsors of the event were Pastry Pro, Cake Connection and Hotel Istana.
All participants were required to cover their seven-inch dummy cake with fondant and work with the icing given. They were also given a mystery box which contained decorative items and tools which they had to use.
The judges present at the competition were Nancy Tan of Cake Connection, chef Jess Chiam Ko Seen of Pastry Pro, chef Foo Hai May of Taylor's University and Joanne Fam, the founder of the Malaysian Cake Decorator's Club.
It was encouraging to see the many gorgeous cake creations, but the one that caught the judges' attention almost instantly was the one by Faith Lee.
The sleeping baby fondant figurine nestled comfortably in a leaf surrounded by greenery, shrubs and flowers captured the hearts of the judges.
Lee, who won first place for her cake design, said she drew inspiration from the Garden of Eden to portray the organiser's chosen theme "Celebrate Life".
"For me, the Garden of Eden is where it all started," explained the 48-year-old from Taman Melawati, Kuala Lumpur.
"This is where life began. I used the birth of a baby to symbolise life and all things to do with nature," she said.
Cake decorating has always been something that Lee found interesting. Initially, she was just fascinated with watching her mother bake cakes and make Nyonya kuih.
As a young girl, Lee would help her mother with the chores but never once imagined she would follow in her mother's footsteps.
When she gave up her job to become a full-time mum and homemaker, Lee decided to venture into the cake-making business and has not looked back since.
"However, I never expected to win," she smiled. "This is the first time I've joined a competition," she said, adding that a friend persuaded her to join the challenge.
Besides taking home the first prize — a KitchenAid mixer worth RM2,400 — Lee also won the Best Choice of Colours category.
"It's the passion for cake crafting that inspires me to work harder and achieve results. This has certainly been an exciting event and it inspires people to come forward and participate," she said.
The finalists were given only one hour to complete their cake and each of them was given a mystery box containing a stencil, bunch of decorative flowers and border frills.
Extra points were given to those who could incorporate all the items in the mystery box with their pre-made decorating items from home.
Although the finalists did come up with some wonderful creations, judge Tan said not everyone was able to use tools in the mystery box as some felt it did not stand out in their cakes.
"Lee did not use the stencil but her creativity, choice of colours and technique certainly made her cake stand out. It was very impressive" she said.
According to Tan, Lee had combined a variety of different skills and techniques to create an excellent cake.
Chef Chiam explained that besides creativity, judges were also looking for neatness and good visual impact.
"Cake decorating encompasses a great variety of skills and talent, including design, colour patterns and sculpture. So, we were looking for all these factors in the cake," he said.
He agreed that although many created beautifully crafted cakes, there were some who did not use all the items in the mystery box.
"I would say some were professional, but others were of normal standard," he said.
The second prize, a set of black ceramic knives worth RM1,400, went to Rosalind Lok, 35, from Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya. She mesmerised the crowd with her intriguing cake decoration of a large globe and a family travelling in a car, symbolising world peace.
"For me, family and world peace are important values so I wanted to incorporate that into my cake," she said, adding that creating outrageous cakes was something she often likes to do.
It is no wonder why Lok managed to also clinch the Most Elaborate Cake title in the competition.
"I was really surprised as I did not expect to win," said the joyous Lok who spends much of her time baking and cake decorating.
Third place went to Azlin Niza Ismail, 37, for her impressive creation of a cake mixer on her cake.
"There's no celebration without a cake so I was inspired to decorate my piece with a cake mixer to symbolise my idea of celebrating life with a cake," said the cake deco expert who works closely with her husband to design cakes.
"We have a common interest in cake-making so we pull our ideas and resources together to supply cakes to our friends and family," said Azlin who also walked away with a dinner voucher for two worth RM300.
Azlin is also a qualified WIM (Wilton Method Instructor) who has given classes to students in Bahrain.
Pushpa Natarajan, 31, won the special prize for Best Use of Mystery Box Items. Her cake design was equally charming with lots of words on family values to portray her interpretation of the theme "Celebrate Life".
"I believe we should celebrate each day with good values so I used words "Make Each Day Count" and other smaller words such as "forgive", "share", "hope", "health", "family" and "go green" on my cake.
An electrical engineering graduate, Pushpa left her job to focus on a family when her daughter arrived.
She took up Wilton cake courses and decided to follow her passion and start her own cake business, Simply Delicious Cakes.
All the winners were also invited to a cake decorating session with Hotel Istana's pastry chef.
Besides the challenge, there was also a cake decorating demo conducted by chef Jess.
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Long Beach Unveils Plan To Offset Police, Fire Cuts With Oil Cash
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Analysts: Tumbling Gas Prices Are A Sign Of Economic Woes
Gas prices are down across the Southland due to the falling cost of crude oil. While this may ease pain at the pump, financial analysts say the faltering prices are just another indication that the economy is struggling yet again.
Waste Oil Spills Onto Morongo Indian Reservation; No Evacuations Ordered
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The Coast Guard said they have been unable to locate the source of oil that spilled on at least four brown pelicans near Santa Barbara.
Crude Prices Force Whittier To Rethink Opposition To Oil Drilling
Residents are bitterly divided over the city's plans to drill for oil on land that had initially been purchased as a nature preserve to drive away potential drillers.
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The 13-year-old gang-rape victim, who had attempted suicide at her residence in Farsh Bazar here on Saturday, is stated to be in a stable condition. She is under treatment at Hedgewar Hospital.
While three of the eight accused were arrested earlier, the police nabbed four of the five other accused persons as well after the incident was widely reported in the media. The victim was kidnapped along with her brother from Farsh Bazar on March 15. They were taken to a house in Loni where eight persons allegedly raped her. After the victim's brother was released, her mother alleged that the police did not seriously follow the leads provided by him.
The girl managed to escape from the custody of the rapists from Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh and reached home on March 24. "We went to the police station along with her, but they discouraged us from pursuing the case further and also told us to get her married," alleged her mother.
According to the family, the girl called up the Police Control Room on Friday and sought details of the action taken in her case. The following day she allegedly consumed sleeping pills.
"We faced difficulty in the hospital in getting her admitted to the ICU. But there was no arrangement for any psychologist at the hospital to counsel her. However, a clinical psychologist was sent on Sunday to check on her," said a person assisting the victim's family, adding that the Farsh Bazar SHO also visited the victim on Sunday.


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@Lorenz -- No, Bourbon is absolutely not Tennessee Whiskey, but the matter of whether Tennessee Whiskey is Bourbon is at least debatable (though I am not going to get into that right now). Why I am writing now is to correct another wrong impression you have. The charcoal filtering is not done to the aged whiskey, but to the fresh liquid made from the mixing of water and grain BEFORE the liquid is put into barrels for aging. I recommend -- to you and anybody else -- watching a 20.5-minute video on YouTube about how Jack Daniel''s whiskey is made. Just Google "YouTube Jack Daniel Manufacturing Process Jimmy Bedford." Both informative and entertaining.
Bourbon is Tennessee Whiskey and Tennessee Whiskey is Bourbon. It is all the same. Anyway, I prefer Old No 7. I think the whole idea of filtering aged whiskey through charcoal is wrong. Why keep spirit for 4.5 years in a barrel just to remove all those beatiful flavours later on through filtering? If I fancied pure spirit I would buy Vodka. JD get your act together! If you want you can come up with great products such as Silver Select or Single Barrel, otherwise you churn crap from your refinery, sorry, distillery.
Gentleman Jack is rather sweet and less flavoursome than the other black label Jack. But I don''t understand why Gentleman Jack as a single barrell whiskey is bottled at 80 proof? What us going on in whiskey industry? More water less whiskey!
Amazing taste
It's an improvement on No.7, however still a little harsh to be enjoyed on it's own. It would mix well, although I don't like to dilute. It's worth a try for sure if you like JD, but if you do i'd get a bottle of single barrel...that stuff's the **** :)
As a scotsman who likes bourbon(including tennessee whiskey,which aint proper bourbon) Have to admit i love this,worth it over old no.7 though? questionable Is it the water of life? Most certainley not.
As a reply to a previous comment. single barrel is pulled from only ONE barrel and not a mixture of several barrels. The difference is not just that it got a better place in the barrel house.
Best I have ever tasted
This is a superb Tennessee whisky and definitely feels a little smoother and a little less "rough" than No 7.The bottle is part of the experience - quite a mature, sensible size and shape and makes for slow, mellow drinking whereas ordinary Jack has the old rocker temptation to down in a shot glass. Gentleman just feels different.
Oli, bourbon can come from anywhere in the USA - there is no more specific geographical requirement than that.


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Turkey: PEN protests mass arrests of journalists and screenwriters15.12.2014 20:43 tarihinde nihat.ates tarafından gönderildi.
Archive Museum of Turkish Writers Union is to be Vacated20.04.2014 22:31 tarihinde nihat.ates tarafından gönderildi.
The Literary Archive Museum, which was opened by Turkish Writers' Union in 2002 under a protocol with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in order to protect and promote the unique values of our literature, is attempted to be vacated.
The protocol for our archive would be renewed every five years. The protocol was to be renewed for a second time when we submitted our "request of renewal" on April 21, 2011.
After this procedure, our Union continued the usual operation of the Archive Museum. However, with a statement dated the 30th of January, 2012, we were demanded to cancel the protocol and vacate the Archive Museum. Our Union's action for nullity was dismissed by the Administrative Court. The case is appealed.
Over the past decade, our Union has enriched the Archive with the first editions of the books, drafts of the poems and proses in original handwriting, photographs and writing utensils of many authors including Nâzım Hikmet, Şükran Kurdakul, Enver Gökçe, Aziz Nesin, Arif Damar, Melih Cevdet Anday, Cemal Süreya and Asım Bezirci.
We have negotiated the issue of protecting or assigning a new place for the Archive Museum with Ertuğrul Günay, the former Minister of Culture, and Ömer Çelik, the current Minister of Culture, but no answer could be received from the ministers.
World Theatre Day - Theater is under oppression -just like life is27.03.2014 02:28 tarihinde nihat.ates tarafından gönderildi.
Theatre is condensed life. In Turkey,theatre is under oppression just like life is. As PEN Turkey, we simply cannot accept this situation. The "new normal" is not a democratic normal. We are determined to insist on the goal of a secular and democratic Republic of Turkey.
27 March World Theatre Day is an invitation to liberation.
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Open Air Gas Chamber02.06.2013 01:41 tarihinde nihat.ates tarafından gönderildi.
We strongly protest the inhuman attacks.
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PEN Int'l condemns investigation against PEN Turkey11.01.2013 02:52 tarihinde nihat.ates tarafından gönderildi.
"As the Turkey Centre of the international writers association PEN, we strongly condemn and meet with consternation the [news] that our esteemed composer and pianist Fazıl Say has been called up to court. The international community has been put on alert in the face of fascist developments in Turkey."
In the official statement we submitted as the board, we outlined that the above words were an expression of thought and a criticism, that they were not intended as being aimed as an insult. We emphasised that the right to criticise, a constitutional and legal right, was being exercised. As a result, it was requested that a decision not to prosecute would be given.
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Statement by John Ralston Saul International President PEN International23.11.2012 03:13 tarihinde nihat.ates tarafından gönderildi.
November 15, 2012 Istanbul
Freedom of expression is never automatic. It is always about concrete actions. These actions are what make it function.
For several years, PEN witnessed the declining number of writers either in prison in Turkey or caught up in endless and personally destructive legal mazes. You cannot blame us for having been encouraged. We were not alone. This improving situation came with increased democratization, better civilian control over the military, and economic development.
Then, abruptly, a year ago, the arrests began again, the pre-trial detentions, the dragged-out trials, the cases suspended in order to leave writers in limbo.
Worse still, we have seen the Anti-Terror Law increasingly used with a lack of rigour. This in turn has led to writers and publishers - who in our carefully researched and considered opinions have nothing to do with terrorism - becoming the unwitting victims of myriad legal traps.
In other words, the law is being used to limit freedom of expression.
PEN Turkey thanks PEN Int'l Delegation for their solidarity and contributions22.11.2012 02:14 tarihinde nihat.ates tarafından gönderildi.
Dear PEN Int'l Delegation to Turkey on 12-19 November 2012 - i.e. Dear Friends John Ralston Saul, Hori Takeaki, Eric Lax, Haroon Siddiqui, Eugene Schoulgin, Adrianne Clarkson, Marian Botsford Fraser,Larry Siems, Hyam Yared, Heger Anders, Michael Guggenheimer, Michael A. Henry, Sara Whyatt, Jo Glanville, Elnaz Baghlanian, Negar Josephi, Alev Yaman, Erda Halisdemir and Izzy Finkel,
On behalf of PEN Turkey and all the writers, journalists, translators and publishers who are in trouble for struggling in favour of freedom of expression in Turkey, we cannot emphasize enough the importance of your solidarity and contributions.
We are also aware that the Delegation represented the whole PEN Int'l Board and the thousands of other colleagues all around the world who are with us in heart.
Message to Swedish PEN for Mehmed Uzun11.10.2012 02:06 tarihinde nihat.ates tarafından gönderildi.
We remember and miss our dear member Mehmed Uzun, who was (and is) not only an important master of Kurdish Literature but also of World Literature.
On behalf of PEN Turkey, hoping that the Kurdish Language and Literature will develop freely and be known better in the world, I extend my greetings to his dear wife Zozan Uzun and to all of you. I am grateful to our sister centre Swedish PEN -dear President Ola Larsmo and all the other members- for this activity. Swedish PEN has always been sensitive in terms of human rights.
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PEN Turkey Int'l Short Story Award goes to Aschalew Kebede of Ethiopia22.06.2012 01:36 tarihinde nihat.ates tarafından gönderildi.
Kebede has kindly accepted the award: "It is a great honour and pleasure for me to receive this award. In my culture there is a saying: 'A man would be most pleased when people passionately greet his child.' What good thing is there in the world other than this? Thank you PEN Turkey."
The decision was reached after the preliminary research by Turkish PEN Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee led by Chair Prof. Aysu Erden, and the subsequent cooperation of the Ethiopian PEN Board.
As all PEN members know, marketing priorities block a significant amount of good literature. So, in 2007, Turkish PEN decided to present international awards in three genres: Short Story (paying tribute to the 7th century story teller Dede Korkut), Novel (paying tribute to Halide Edip Adıvar, the woman novelist who was the first president of PEN Turkey in 1950), and Poetry (paying tribute to the 13th century humanist poet Yunus Emre). Our goal was (and is) to learn more about literary works in non-dominant languages and to promote them in Turkey in the spirit of PEN Charter.
Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık Become PEN WIPC Members08.04.2012 01:25 tarihinde nihat.ates tarafından gönderildi.
Nedim Şener's 8 year-old daughter Defne has begun to add a door and a window to the houses she draws –since her father's release. "During her father's imprisonment, for a year, the houses she drew had no doors or windows," her psychologist told Mr and Mrs Şener.
Members of PEN Turkey since last spring, both Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık have recently been chosen by Danish PEN Centre as Honorary Members. Both journalists have expressed gratitude to PEN International, PEN Turkey, Danish PEN and other sister centres for their solidarity.


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The Fast Five: Canceled games we're sad to never see
Posted on February 7, 2014 AT 12:45pm
Each week, the EGM Staff bring you The Fast Five—in which we choose a topic related in some way to the week's news, and five editors pick their top answer to the question.
The Setup
Earlier this week, a request for express abandonment of the Watch Dogs trademark was filed through the United States Patent and Trademark Office, leaving many briefly bewildered about the fate of Ubisoft's newest IP. As the story developed, the request documentation was proven to be fraudulent, and by the next day Ubisoft managed to get the Watch Dogs trademark reinstated.
The Question
The potential premature cancelation of Watch Dogs got all of us here at EGM thinking—what games that have been really canceled are we most bummed about never getting to play?
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Once you've read our responses, let us know what canceled projects have left you blue in the comments below.
Phantasy Star Online taught me how much I loved the idea of a console-based MMO, but after the Dreamcast failed and Sega's online world was hacked, I needed something new. Then it was revealed: True Fantasy Live Online. A truly massive online RPG that was not only stylish and cel-shaded, but would let me be a cute witch flying around on a broom as my mount! I was so hyped that the game became one of the main reasons I bought an Xbox. Then the project was killed—along with my heart.
Two games came to mind when I heard this topic: the unreleased NES EarthBound and Mother 3 for the Game Boy Advance. In both cases, though, the games released in Japan. EarthBound 64, however, was scrapped pretty much entirely—and, in my mind, this cancellation ultimately kept the third entry in Shigesato Itoi's seminal RPG series away from Western shores. Itoi had worked on Mother 3 for what seemed like forever, starting with the Super NES, but the game finally seemed to be shaping up as reality on the N64, with Nintendo Power even referencing the game in one of its issues—usually a clear sign of an impending localization. While a reworked version of Mother 3 did eventually hit Japan on the Game Boy Advance late in that system's life cycle in 2006, that protracted delay meant that its localization simply wasn't a priority for Nintendo at that point. I still hold out hope that, someday, it'll get the official English-language release it rightly deserves.
OK, so maybe Star Wars 1313 was just going to be a next-gen Uncharted ripoff with Boba Fett playing the role of Nathan Drake and the seedy underbelly of Couruscant filling in for the jungle, but I would totally have been fine with that. Derivative Star Wars games (Battlefront, Episode I: Racer) have always fared better than innovative efforts (The Force Unleashed). I'm not sure if there's a heaven for cancelled videogames—in fact, everything I know about theology, science, and metaphysics tells me there isn't—but if there is, I bet the digital Mr. Fett is sitting on a cloud and looking down on us all, wondering why the prequels made him so stupid.
Okay, I know I'm in the minority here, but I really loved Kingdoms of Amalur: The Reckoning. It was my favorite RPG of 2012, and I was excited to see what 38 Studios would do with the MMORPG followup. From what I understand, it was a hot mess when it was canceled and 38 went bust (even owner Curt Schilling said it "wasn't fun"), but it wasn't finished yet.
If they could have somehow gotten everything sorted out, Project Copernicus could've been a worthy successor to the original. Of course, I'm likely deluding myself, but as it exists solely in my mind, I can imagine a fully realized world that satisfied on every level.
Mega Man fans are desperate for the Blue Bomber in any from they can get. So, when it was revealed that Armature Studio–a game developer founded by former Retro Studios staff who helped re-imagine Samus in the Metroid: Prime trilogy–had been working on a FPS take on Mega Man X, I experienced heartache the likes of which I never imagined. While some of the ideas, like the X-Buster being replaced by a machine gun that could shoot missiles when charged up, make me thankful this project was canned, a larger part of me continues to long for Mega Man in new and exciting adventures that I fear will never come at this rate.
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Dr. Binkley received her medical degree from Vanderbilt University Medical School. She completed an internship and residency at Pennsylvania Hospital, part of University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Her offices and contact numbers in San Francisco are 3838 California St. Suite 510, (415) 668-1560, and 909 Hyde St. Suite 303, (415) 673-6522. In Marin County, her office is located at 1350 South Eliseo Drive, Greenbrae, (415) 464-0411.
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Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation is a group of 240+ doctors who offer primary, specialty and complex medical care. Our physicians in San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Lake and Del Norte counties combine the latest in medical technology with personalized care. As part of the Sutter Health not-for-profit network, Sutter Pacific doctors are affiliated with some of the most respected hospitals in the region and provide care in local communities. Additionally, our San Francisco-based doctors are part of Brown & Toland Physicians. For more information or to find a doctor near you, visit www.sutterpacific.org or call 1-888-699-DOCS (3627).


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Bull Headed
A photographic exploration of the many faces of English Bulldogs
by C. L. Craven
This book is the end result of a year-long project I did, photographing as many Bulldogs as I could in order to raise money for a rescue that is very close to my heart. The book pricing is set so that the sale of each book will give a $15 profit to Chicago English Bulldog Rescue.
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Crowdfunding Faces Government Opposition In Washington State
Friday, May 09, 2014
Crowdfunding has become a popular way to finance start-up projects. But there's also financial risk when you kick-in money to get a music or art project off the ground: sometimes, the sponsor doesn't deliver.
Now, the attorney general in Washington has filed what's believed to be the first government action against a failed Kickstarter campaign.
From the Here & Now Contributor's Network, Austin Jenkins of the Northwest News Network reports.
- Austin Jenkins, Olympia correspondent for the Northwest News Network. He tweets @AustinJenkinsN3.
Source: NPR
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