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|Date Recall Initiated:
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|Smith & Nephew, Inc. Radiofrequency Denervation Probes (for use only with the Smith & Nephew Inc. ELECTROTHERMAL™ 20S Spine System) for the part numbers and lot numbers listed in the table below.
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When you start the System Restore tool and view the "Select a Restore Point" page, some of your restore points may be missing.
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I've wept unmanly tears.
"I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here,
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
"If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand. In life
I didn't expect nor need too much,
So if you don't, I'll understand."
There was a silence all around the throne,
Where the saints had often trod,
As the warrior stood quietly.
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, my warrior,
You've born your burdens well,
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
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The "Fire Andy" chants were a bit more subdued Sunday, a product of approaching Hurricane Sandy rather than the product Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid put on the field in a 30-17 loss to the undefeated Atlanta Falcons. This storm will pass by midweek. Reid's future here has a bit more staying power, although ownership has forecasted a regime change after 14 seasons if this 3-4 Eagles team fails to make the playoffs. "At this point, we're not thinking about that," Eagles cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha said. "We're thinking about playing for the postseason. You can't say it's early in the year anymore. It's midway. We should be doing better at this point. . . . It's embarrassing." Reid also called this performance in what could have been a statement game for the Eagles "embarrassing." This was the debut of defensive coordinator Todd Bowles, who took over after Juan Castillo -- who had been with the Eagles for 18 years in various capacities -- was fired before the bye week. W...
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Sunday Night Football
Denver at Indianapolis
Peyton Manning finally returns to Lucas Oil Stadium, aka the House that Manning Built, to take on the franchise that he pulled out of the gutter after being drafted #1 overall in 1998. We all know the story of how the Colts dumped Manning and took Andrew Luck #1 overall last year after their season tanked and Manning wondered if he would ever recover from his 4th neck surgery. The move has worked out well for both sides, with Denver and Indianapolis both making the playoffs last year. Manning has returned to rare form and remained his quiet, classy self throughout the whole affair, but Colts owner Jim Irsay has recently issued some inflammatory comments about franchise's divorce from Manning. It's no secret that Irsay likes to party and likes to make his opinions known, often taking to social media outlet Twitter. He's generally been very respectful of Manning, but recently took a shot by saying the Colts "went in another direction" so that they could get more championships and focus less on individual stats. Peyton had no response to these comments, but you know it's not sitting well with him. I expect his response to Jim Irsay's comments to come in the form of a barrage of touchdown passes that falls on the Indy crowd like the rain that their dome protects them from… There's no dome that can keep this imminent storm of Denver points at bay.
The Denver Broncos have maintained their undefeated status through this week 7 matchup, but they have looked a little more vulnerable in the past couple of weeks. They narrowly won a shootout with Dallas in week 5 thanks to a classic Tony Romo 4th-quarter interception. They also struggled mightily against the lowly Jacksonville Jaguars last week, eventually taking care of business and finishing the game out 35-19. Manning has thrown one interception in each of the last two games, but they are the only interceptions he's thrown all year. He still has ridiculous stat line of 2,179 yards-22TD-2INT with a sweet rushing touchdown on a naked bootleg that the Broncos ran against Dallas. Manning's supporting cast has flourished this season. Denver's three-wide attack has generated big numbers (D.Thomas 37-528-4, W.Welker 37-378-8, E.Decker 34-477-2) as expected, but tight end Julius Thomas(31-381-7) has also emerged as a big-time receiving threat in his third year.This plethora of receiving options is allowing Manning's cerebral style of play to make a bigger impact than ever. He's always been the king of the pre-snap read, but has had poorly equipped supporting casts around him at times. With all these quality receiving options and a solid offensive line, Manning is able to exploit the many mismatches created by Thomas/Decker's speed and size on the outside, Welker's quickness and savvy route-running underneath, and J. Thomas's size and athleticism from the tight end position. Denver's offensive line has protected Manning well this year despite losing Pro Bowl tackle Ryan Clady and backup-turned-starter C Dan Koppen for the year. Manning has only been sacked a handful of times and has had a couple of balls stripped by pass-rushers, but he has been comfortable in the pocket most of the time.
Another player who has really stepped up his game since Manning's arrival in Denver is running back Knowshon Moreno. Moreno was drafted in the top of the first round in 2009 but seemed to fall out of favor in Denver for a while. Upon Manning's arrival last year, Moreno was afforded an opportunity when workhorse back Willis McGahee went down with injury. He performed well, and despite the club drafting Ronnie Hillman in the 3rd round last year and Montee Ball in the 2nd this year, Moreno remains atop the depth chart. Although he's not the best in the league at any one thing, I'm truly inclined to believe that Moreno is one of the most well-rounded backs around. He might not be as effective in the confines of a more run-heavy offense, but this is a passing league, and his skills in pass protection and receiving are invaluable to Manning as he orchestrates the Broncos offense. Moreno's skill set is very similar to former Colts RB Joseph Addai, who played with Manning in Indy for years. Moreno excels at blitz pickups and he is always right across that magic yellow line for clutch third-down completions. If it's third-and-short, look for Moreno to run short out-routes out of the backfield. He is also a solid runner, and has scored multiple rushing touchdowns in games against the Giants(2) and Jaguars(3). In the week 5 shootout with the Dallas Cowboys, Moreno was instructed by Manning to convert a first down from the Dallas 2 without scoring, all in the name of proper clock management. Moreno somehow managed to get the yard necessary for the first without scoring, despite wading through the chaos of his offensive line clashing against Dallas's goal-line defense. He's just a clutch guy who seems to always be on the same page as Manning.
The Denver defense will get a big boost tonight from the return of Von Miller, last year's runner-up for defensive player of the year. Miller is a pass-rushing terror when he's at full speed, but he's missed the first six games of this season for a suspension. Miller has reportedly been working hard to be in "game-shape" when he returns, and he has been practicing fully with the team, so it's expected that he'll contribute a lot in his first game back. However, there's no substitute for the real thing, and we'll have to see Miller in action before we can truly know how well he's kept in shape. He has reportedly "packed on" 16 pounds of muscle, so hopefully the extra weight won't compromise the quickness and flexibility that makes Miller such a dominant pass-rusher. The Broncos will also benefit from having Champ Bailey back after he made his first start(injury) of the season. Bailey got some quality reps against the Jaguars last week and should be primed for a tough night against Andrew Luck and company.
The Indianapolis Colts are 4-2 this year behind second-year QB Andrew Luck, whose drafting last year prompted Indy's dismissal of Manning. Indianapolis fans will finally get to see the former 13-year face of their franchise face off against his successor, toe-to-toe. Luck is certainly capable of handling himself in a shootout, but he's a little more limited in the weapons at his disposal. WR Reggie Wayne is a talented veteran who played the majority of his career with Manning. His productivity hasn't slowed down at all since Luck's arrival, however. He's been a reliable target for Luck while his younger cohorts develop. T.Y. Hilton is the foremost of these young talents. Despite his small stature, he's an explosive playmaker who seems due for at least one long-yardage passing play a game. TE Coby Fleener, Luck's old Stanford teammate, shows flashes but hasn't produce at a consistent level yet. Fellow second year TE Dwayne Allen, a rising talent, is out with an injury. The Colts shocked the fanbases of both franchises when they traded a first round pick for Cleveland's Trent Richardson, who was drafted third overall last year, two spots behind Luck. Richardson has contributed minimally so far, scoring a couple of short yardage touchdowns and posting modest per-carry averages behind lackluster offensive line play. Richardson is still learning the ins and outs of the Colt's playbook, so there's no reason to think his contributions won't improve each week. Backup RB Donald Brown has also shown signs of life, after injuries have afforded him some opportunities. He has underwhelmed so far since being drafted in the first round a few years ago, but has given Richardson's fantasy owners fits the past few weeks by vulturing carries and touchdowns. The Colts offensive line will be the first in the NFL tasked with corralling Von Miller this season. Luck has taken his share of hits this season, and has bailed the O-line out sometimes with his mobility and strength.
The Colts defense is adjusting to their second year of transitioning to a 3-4 defense from the 4-3 that they traditionally ran during Manning's tenure. Robert Mathis and Antoine Bethea are two of the few holdovers from the Manning days who are still hanging around in Indy. Mathis has transitioned well from 4-3 defensive end to 3-4 outside linebacker, recording 9.5 sacks in just 6 games this season. Manning won't have that red practice jersey on anymore, and Mathis will finally get a shot at tackling the guy he chased around the practice field his first 9 years in the league. The Colts defense has been stingy so far this season, twice holding opponents to single-digit point totals. They haven'y allowed more than 28 points in any game this season, but the Broncos haven't scored less than 35 in any of their six contests, and have three times scored 49 or more. Something's got to give.
The Colts have only played one team this year that fielded a veteran quarterback with more than 2 year's starting experience. That team, the Chargers, beat the Colts. Phillip Rivers is playing his arse off this year, but he's nowhere near Manning's level. The other quarterbacks that the Colts have faced this year (Pryor, Tannehill, Kaepernick, Wilson, Gabbert) are young and still inconsistent in their performances. Manning has as many years experience as those last five guys combined. Also, the majority of teams that Indy has played this year do not have nearly the talent in the receiving core that the Broncos do(Oakland, San Diego, San Fran, Jacksonville sans-Blackmon). It's going to be a long night at home for the Indy defense. Luck can certainly hold his own in a shootout, but this is Peyton Manning we're talking about here, returning to the franchise that cast him aside for a young replacement. Manning keeps his personal feelings to himself, but you know this game means as much to him as any has since his return to football.
Prediction Denver 49 Indianapolis 34
Fantasy Heroes
Peyton Manning, Wes Welker, Eric Decker, Andrew Luck, Reggie Wayne… expect this to be a shootout, so there's going to be lots of opportunities for fantasy points.
Fantasy Zeros
Either defense. Coby Fleener. Knowshon Moreno- He'll get his fair share of touches, but Manning gave Moreno three rushing touchdowns last week so that he can unload on the Colts with the passing game this week.
Fantasy Sleeper
Jacob Tamme is a former Colt who followed Manning to Denver in free agency after Indianapolis's huge roster shakeup at the end of Manning's tenure. Julius Thomas has seized the role of starting tight end, and last year's starter Joel Dreesen is recently back from injury, but Tamme is still a viable receiving option. Maybe Manning gets Tamme in there for a touchdown to honor their Indy days.
I have no idea why Irsay wasn't cast as Kenny Powers dad in the third season of Eastbound and Down, they favor each other quite a bit.


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Charu lives a lonely and idle life in 1870s India. Although her husband Bhupati devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage, he sees her loneliness and asks his brother-in-law,Umapada to keep her company. At the same time Bhupati's own brother, Amal, a would-be writer comes home finishing his college education. However, after several months, Charu and Amal's feelings for each other move beyond literary friendship.- Written by Erik Gregersen <email@example.com>
Set in British India in the 19th century, the film revolves around Charulata, the beautiful wife of a learned Calcutta intellectual. She sits at home alone while her wealthy husband Bhupati runs his English language newspaper. Upon recognizing her profound loneliness, Bhupati invites his brother-in-law Umapada and wife Mandakini as house guests. Amal, his handsome younger cousin also comes for a visit following his graduation from college. Charu and Amal spend hours reminiscing over literature, poetry and the arts while Bhupati works on his paper. For a short time everyone is content. Then, a tragedy occurs. Umapada absconds with Bhupati's savings, leaving the entrepreneur in terrible debt. But the betrayed man soon realizes that something much more precious than his money is lost.- Written by alfiehitchie and Arun K Barua
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'The Lair's' David Moretti says goodbye to 'My Big Gay Italian Wedding'
David Moretti, who you may remember as the star of Here!TV's gay vampire soap opera, "The Lair," performs in his final night in the off-Broadway musical, "My Big Gay Italian Wedding," Saturday (Jan. 8). It was the TV and film actor's first time on stage and he almost turned it down from stage fright, but now he walks away feeling enriched by the experience.
"I feel like I can go back to L.A.," Moretti tells Zap2it. "And be a much more well-rounded actor and bring much more to the table. When you get on stage and you know you can't mess up, there's really nothing you can't do in film or TV."
Moretti will be ending his run as Andrew, who is Polish (though the actor is actually full Italian) and will do anything he can to prove his love for his Italian boyfriend among the crazy challenges of his beau's family.
Both Moretti's role and the play itself have gotten some notoriety from reality TV. "The A-List: New York's" Reichen Lehmkuhl previously played Andrew while the former star of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," Dina Manzo, is an executive producer on the show.
"Half the time people come thinking Reichen's in it and the other half think Dina's in it," Moretti jokes. "It's funny, because all the mistakes in the show's press keep people coming, so I think that worked."
Just because he's leaving the show doesn't mean Moretti won't be busy. He just shot the pilot for "Here! at the Movies," a film review show for Here!TV. And he'll soon start shooting the film, "Finding Mr. Wright," a romantic comedy costarring the star of the "Eating Out" trilogy, comedienne and actress Rebekah Kochan.
"Theatre, TV and film. So, basically I have every gay base covered in the new year," Moretti jokes. "If there's something gay, call me."
Moretti came out at the beginning of his acting career despite knowing the challenges it would create for him. "I'm not going to sacrifice my personal sanity for the fact that I'm not going to be James Bond," he says. "Or not be Superman, or not be the Ryan Reynolds in a movie with Jennifer Aniston. There's so many fun, colorful roles where sexuality is not a factor."
That doesn't mean that Moretti doesn't have goals of reaching beyond productions aimed at just gay audiences.
"Gay films and series tend to be limited by budget and a smaller audience," he says. "The goal in the coming year for me is to be myself on a much larger context, so there's more people watching what I'm doing. And hopefully I can inspire younger kids to come out and not worry about sexuality and be more comfortable with who they are if they can see someone on TV who is comfortable."
But right now, he's facing one specific challenge: saying goodbye to a role he has come to love.
"I'm totally going to have an emotional meltdown," Moretti predicts. "I know I will. That's how I'm wired. I get really emotional about things I'm passionate about. I'll be a mess, but it will be a good performance, let's put it that way."
For more information on David Moretti, visit his website.
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Cranberry Cinnamon & Ginger Spritz
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- 50 milliliters Crème de cassis (1/5 cup)
- 1 large lemon
- chilled ginger ale
- Pour the cranberry juice into a shallow tray and place in freezer until ice crystals form around the edge.
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- Bring the apple juice and cinnamon quill to a boil. Take off heat and cool. Reserve the cinnamon quill.
- Transfer the apple juice, crème de cassis, raspberry puree and cranberry ice to a processor and process till a slushy texture is achieved.
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A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America
Second thoughts on working in the Middle East
What's the mood in the Arabian peninsula toward Western researchers?
I was in Oman last summer before the war, and everything seemed pretty cool, but Oman has a tight rein over its people through a centralized government. But even when I used to walk around the souk I didn't feel particularly good about it. I mean, everyone was very hospitable. But you had this feeling in the back of your head, that things weren't right. And that was before the invasion of Iraq.
Is the Yemeni government discouraging research?
No. We were there doing work when the USS Cole was bombed. The government got kinda uptight about it but they didn't kick us out. It's more from the American end.
Are you talking about when you're organizing American-led expeditions to the region?
You just mention the word Yemen and American university administrators dive for cover. Yes, the country has a problem with tribalism and tribal kidnappings, but that's been going on for a decade and has nothing to do with recent events. The invasion of Iraq and 9/11, however, have just made the situation worse.
What makes Yemen such a spectacular place to do archaeology?
First of all, eastern Yemen has never been explored. When we worked in Oman and moved on into eastern Yemen we were dealing with the same set of people, the Modern South Arabic Language speakers. A very unique group of people: they're not Arabs but another Semitic group of people who have a very interesting way of life. [Through them] we can investigate the frankincense and myrrh trade. I'm also working with other researchers to get a grant to look at relationships between Yemen and the Horn of Africa. Africa is very close--less than 15, 20 miles away in some cases--and no one's really worked that research area up very well. Everything from the emergence of modern humans to the origins of agriculture linking Africa and Arabia can be done right there. It's a spectacular thing. Plus a lot of people want to look at DNA, did Semitic people come out of Africa into Arabia or vice versa. All of these issues can be linked with Yemen, because Saudi Arabia is kind of a closed book.
What do you mean by that?
Saudi Arabia doesn't allow foreign expeditions. The only window of opportunity was between 1974 and 1986, when the national archaeological survey took place. Foreign archaeologists were all allowed to come in and work for them directly, which we did. Since then, only very few have come in and done odds and ends. They have their own people who do the work, but unfortunately it doesn't get publicized internationally.
So if you were invited back to the Arabian peninsula next week, would you go?
I already have an invite from the Yemenis. If I had the money, I could leave tomorrow. But the better side of valor is, well, you think about this, you think about that. And all it takes is a couple of crazy people with guns. These are the problems you face.


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Money: Facebook's Final Frontier. Why Payments, Not Virtual Reality, Are Its Next Holy Grail
Facebook is back in the payments lab trying to figure out a way to get users to share their most intimate information.
Digital advertising is a booming business, with the market expected to approach $200 billion annually by 2017. But you know what makes it look like pocket change? Banking. McKinsey reports that banks pulled in $1.3 trillion in payment fees two years ago. Facebook is extremely tight-lipped about its interest in this market. COO Sheryl Sandberg snapped off a crisp "Nothing new to announce," when the question came up during April's earnings conference call, and company representatives expressed confusion as to our interest. But even JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon and American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault expect Facebook (and Google) to be a future rival of their mega-banks.
The source of the hubbub is a Financial Times report this spring that Facebook is close to securing a license in Ireland to market e-payment services in Europe and developing economics. With the license in hand, Facebook could facilitate users sending money to loved ones; conduct foreign exchange; or store money digitally or on a plastic card. In theory, it could even open the way to a crypto currency like Bitcoin.
Payments have historically been a boulevard of broken dreams for Facebook. Gifts, peddling Bacon of the Month Club-style presents, bombed. The "Want" shopping button never made it out of beta. And Facebook Credits, virtual currency for its games, which some tech observers believed could rival PayPal and overtake advertising as the company's No. 1 source of revenue, never achieved liftoff because it was both confusing and too restrictive. In the first quarter of 2014, payments and fees accounted for less than 10% of revenue, down from 15% just two years ago, and all of it from the company's credit card-based system for its waning desktop gaming business.
Even as Facebook foes Google and Amazon also stumble in their pursuit of payments, their lure remains strong. First, they could shore up Facebook's anemic average revenue per user numbers around the world. North Americans generate $5.85 each to Facebook's balance sheet, mostly through advertising. In Europe, that number sinks to $2.44; in Asia, it dips further to $.93, before bottoming out in the rest of the world at 70 cents. As that number trails off, so too does those users' appetite for advertising. "If somebody is paying for something, that validates what their interests are," says Manu Sporny, chairman of the web payments community group at the World Wide Web Consortium, which is trying to create a universal standard for web transactions. In addition, Facebook "gets to charge the person for that information as well. It helps them advance on two fronts at same time."
Although the company once considered offering peer-to-peer payments, now that it has more resources, it has a greater interest in diversifying its revenue stream. For example, remittances—money transfers by a foreign worker to family back in her home country—might potentially be "more lucrative than a pure payment play," says a former senior manager on Facebook's payments team. In the realm of peer-to-peer payments, Facebook has a huge edge because it knows both the payers and the receivers, which is critical in complying with complex financial regulations. Plus, it could take advantage of less competition (in addition to the banks and Facebook's rival tech giants, there are 667 mobile payments startups on AngelList) and the margins are higher. Western Union, for example, takes up to a 15% cut of remittances. "Facebook is well positioned to take advantage of its user base and provide value," the former manager says, "not only in India, but also in Mexico or Indonesia."
Change won't come, though, until the products are "not just a little bit better but five times better," says Kristo Käärmann, cofounder of the foreign exchange disrupter TransferWise, one of the startups Facebook tried to partner with on its e-money product. One five-times-better possibility? WhatsApp, the drop-dead simple messaging service that's already used by more than 500 million people around the world. Facebook is looking for a way to make money from its expensive purchase, one that ideally wouldn't force Facebook to trample upon the startup's anti-advertising pledge. "WhatsApp is potentially a massive m-payment system," says Lou Kerner, a venture capitalist and founder of the Social Internet Fund. "If you look at WeChat [a competing messaging platform], it's already a payment system." Or perhaps Messenger will become Facebook's payments play. After all, its new chief, David Marcus, is best known as the guy who reenergized PayPal in the last couple of years.
Facebook payments would be just another way for the company to continue on its path of building an additional piece of the new mobile fabric. Much like Parse apps, at some point, users might not even know when they are using a Facebook product. And the company wins either way.
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0% chance of success. Why? Two reasons:
1) It's a "how do we grow revenue" strategy, not a "THIS is a customer need" strategy. Consumers already have Venmo, PayPal, and a dozen other P2P payment options -- and remittance is just international P2P, riskier but not a unique challenge. App developers already have Google Wallet, PayPal, Amazon, Stripe, Boku, WePay or tens of dozens other payment options.
2) It's just not in their DNA. David Marcus is one guy amongst 7000. If/when he says "We need to be PCI compliant, handle customer service phone calls 24x7, manage transaction and seller risk and develop a payment network compliant payment disbursement strategy." he's going to get 6,999 disconcerting looks. Just look at how tenuous the work between eBay and PayPal really is (they practically ignore one another as you can see by any of the duplicated service streams) and they've been PB&J for 12 years. VERY different DNA in these bizs.
Great insight. I know nothing of this, so I'm just gonna bow out... Haha!
But kidding aside, the article did say Facebook wasn't near ready for this. It could be just a market that they wanted to penetrate since it's among the biggest money earners.
But is Facebook really looking to enter all markets? What are the indicators when they can actually start thinking about it?
who's facebook. (joke) why don't they stick with what their core product is instead of chasing more money with little , if any , added value.


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I just did over 2000km on the last 4 day ride and the bike DID get faster.
Today I installed the Malossi Multivar CVT, and it made some difference.
Let's say it made as much difference as going from stock to 10% lighter
Dr Pulleys did.
Definately not worth almost $300.
I'll try fine tuning the multivar with dr pulley sliders too and see what I get,
but from what I see now, I could have went 1gr lighter on the stock CVT
and get 90% of the multivar improvement.
It's hard to keep the revs low now, and the bike is running at too high
revs at speeds over 65-70mph for any (IMHO) long rides.
Again, nothing that Dr Pulley won't fix.
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Gday Cortez.
So the DP sliders were equivalent to about 90% of the Multivar's performance?
Did you get around to trying heavier DP sliders in the Multivar to sort out the revs?
Did you ever try HEAVIER than stock DP sliders in the standard variator to keep the same accel but trying to gain some top speed?
All leading questions of course! I would normally throw in some lighter DP sliders and a thicker Kevlar belt on any ride and call the transmission done, but with the new little toy I'm specifically after an increased top cruising speed, and couldn't care less about how long it takes to get there. At the moment the choices are a Polini 9-roller (supposed to gain a few more kph on most tests) or slightly heavier-than-stock DP sliders with the Kevlar belt.
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That's simplifying things a bit, but from 0-60mph, yes.
The difference in 30-50mph, 40-60mph and similar real world
accelerations is always better with the multivar, even the way it's
setup now (0-60 time same as with stock cvt and sliders).
Punching out the rear and powersliding was almost never possible
with the stock CVT, but even with as heavy rollers as possible in the
multivar, it'll pick up the revs so fast that traction on crappy city roads
is an issue (we got some roads here that are like bathroom ceramic
The Multivar comes with a set od 20gr rollers which made the bike
rev out to 8000 at WOT. I replaced them with 23gr Dr Pulley sliders
which resulted in 7500 revs at WOT, still a bit higher then I hoped.
Just recently, I bought a set of cheapo 25gr rollers and that did the
trick. Now at WOT it's usually around 7000, but sometimes it will
still shoot past that mark. What I CAN do now, but couldn't do before
is cruise around town at 4500-5000 revs.. with 23gr sliders it was
impossible to get revs below 5500, and they were usually above
6000. Add 500 revs for the 20gr rollers.
The only issue that I have now is high speed cruising, since I don't
have Dr Pulley sliders now but regular rollers.
With the 23gr sliders the revs at 85MPH were lower then what I
have now with 25gr rollers.
At 75mph for example, I've got 6800-7000 revs at the tach now,
which is about the same as the stock setup would run at (that's
stock cvt and 15.5gr weights). The whole idea behind tuning was
trying to get a faster 0-60 time and lower revs at speeds above
Stock bike would have done 0-60mph in 11 seconds, and now it's
sometimes even under 9 seconds with the 25gr weights in multivar.
It was about the same with 23gr sliders, and revs at 75MPH were
also the same.
Just near the top speed the revs would drop a tiny bit with 23gr sliders
compared to the 25gr rollers.
The top speed with all of these setups is virtually the same - 90mph.
20gr rollers = 8700revs bouncing of the limiter.
23gr sliders = 8000revs, won't go over without wind or downhill slope
25gr rollers = 8500revs - still too high.
The fastest I've seen this scoot go was with the stock CVT setup,
around 95mph at 8500-8600.
For high speed cruising the stock CVT + 14gr sliders was the best
setup (that's 10% lighter then stock rollers at 15.5gr).
That setup would give a consistent 500 revs lower reading at anything
over 65mph, read: 6500 at 75mph.
I'll just throw this out one more time, the stock bike at WOT would do
5500 revs, and with 10% lighter sliders it would run at 6500 revs
(huge subjective difference in acceleration, no surprise considering that
the bike has 4hp more here and 6500e is also the torque peak).
24.5 or 25gr sliders in the multivar will be my last attempt, and I'm
confident it'll do what I need (probably a bit snappier off the line then
25gr rollers, and I'll be happy with 200-300 revs less at 75mph).
speed. Don't even have to try it to be sure of this.
What makes the CVT "pick" it's revs is the weight of the rollers or
sliders. The sliders just engage a bit faster, but 15.5 grams (that's stock)
will do 5500 revs at WOT, be it rollers or sliders.
The top speed thing - the idea behind dr pulley sliders is that you get
lower revs at the last third of how fast your scoot will go. Considering
that 14gr sliders in stock CVT (again, 10% LIGHTER then stock) already
has the result of loosing about 3-4mph at the top, going heavier would
drop it by a lot more.
Again, with the stock weights at 75mph, you're at 7000 revs.
The power tops out at 8000. With the stock setup, you can usually
reach 8000, sometimes above. With 14gr sliders, 7000 revs is
80mph, and that's a lot of wind resistance there already, and what
happens with my huge windscreen and huge topcase is that sometimes
that's all she's got.
I did manage to hit 95mph once going downhill and that was around 8000
revs. It DID keep that speed at level ground after that though.
Scoots with more torque might respond differently, the kymco g5 300 is
specific here because of it's lower displacement and rather high revving
nature so it's probably reacting a lot more to these CVT changes then
a 400cc/30hp scooter would.
Even going the same weight will most likely drop a few mph from the top.
If low revs is what you're after forget all those performance CVTs too,
they all make the bikes rev a lot more and it's very hard to tame them
down, but I'm getting there.
In the end, I'll probably end up with a setup that will return 0-60 and top
speed just like the stock CVT with 10% lighter sliders had, and just a
couple % more performance in between, and that certainly not worth
the asking price for the malossi multivar (and 3-4 sets of weights that
I had to buy in the process).
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thanks Cortez, good testing as always, much appreciated.
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D.C. area fire, police chiefs have higher salaries than Md., Va. governors
- D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier is paid more than all other area police and fire chiefs--and governors. (Photo: Jay Westcott)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The salaries of many of the police and fire chiefs in the Washington region outpace the earnings of their states' governors.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier is the region's highest-paid top cop with a $253,000 annual salary. Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger's $216,600 salary comes in second.
Montgomery County Fire Chief Richard Bowers is the region's highest-paid firefighter, with $190,000. He makes just $3,000 more than D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe and $15,000 more than Fairfax County's Fire Chief Ronald Mastin.
By comparison, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley makes $150,000 - less than all but one top public safety official in the area. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell earns $175,000 annually.
While some criticize such high salaries, some officials say they are key to attracting top candidates for tough posts.
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Many of the people who came of age in the 60's lived by the motto "Try anything once. If it feels good, do it again." They demonstrated their disregard for traditional morality at events like Woodstock.
Redd Foxx commented on the practitioners of free love by saying "The stuff's no good but the price is right." To me, Hillary Clinton always exemplified that comment by Redd Foxx.
Bill and Hillary Clinton were typical of the 60's liberals and while in the White House they acted little from the people who attended Woodstock. It might be necessary to read books like "The Secret Life of Bill Clinton" by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard and "The Murder of Vince Foster" by Michael Kellett to realize that.
Publicly, the Clintons tried to hide their immorality but they made it clear they were not fans of Christianity.
Barack Obama has made it even clearer that he is not a fan of Christianity. He has spoken of bitter clingers who cling to their religion and their guns.
It is obvious that Barack Obama does not believe that the American people have inalienable rights that come from God. Obama believes that the American people have whatever rights the government chooses to give them. That is what gun control is all about.
If American citizens are unarmed, they cannot resist whatever the government wishes to do to them.


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Joel Salatin: Leading the Charge Against Industrial Agriculture
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Thanks to the success of the locavore movement and media attention from films like Food, Inc. and books like Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, more people than ever are paying attention to where their food comes from and how it was raised.
They're sick of government-subsidized industrial agriculture that has no respect for animals, workers, consumers, or the soil. "Cheap" food carries hidden environmental, social, and health costs that more and more people are unwilling to pay.
Food-activist and sustainable agriculture pioneer Joel Salatingoes "beyond organic" in his farming methods by observing and mimicking natural systems on his 500-acre Polyface Farm. Salatin isn't afraid to passionately denounce the existing system—and he shows that you don't need pesticides, cruelty, or genetic engineering to be successful.
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Joel Salatin is fighting against America's genetically-modified foods and for local subsistence farming.
Leading his crusade from the heart of the Shenandoah Valley in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, this anti-globalization messenger who dubs himself a "Christian Libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer" has become the face of healthy eating and agriculture.
"The desire from consumers to eat this kind of food is exploding," Salatin said at his 500-acre (200-hectare) farm [1] in Swoope, Virginia.
Small farmers' markets — still scarce just a few years ago — are now in full swing in the United States.
The online Farmers' Market Directory lists 5,274 markets across the country, a 13 percent rise from 4,685 a year ago. The number has grown by nearly 4,000 nationwide since 1994.
"Nobody trusts the industrial food system to give them good food," said Salatin, surrounded by the many cows, pigs, turkeys, rabbits and chickens he raises in methods that remain unconventional in the highly-industrialized US agricultural sector.
"The distrust is very real."
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|Criminal Procedure: Under ORS 811.370, a state police trooper has probable cause to believe an infraction has been committed when a motorist crosses a road's white fog line with his or her vehicle's tire.
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CALIFORNIAN: New Music for July 5-11, 2012
Reviews of the latest releases in music.
Three stars
Mom & Pop
Think of a band like Fleetwood Mac, which had a semicareer's worth of blues-rock behind them ---- and then unveiled a poppy blockbuster like "Rumours." That's the size of the jump the band Metric makes in "Synthetica," an album both new and full, in effect, of greatest hits; it trumps the band's entire career up to this point.
Only "Gimme Sympathy" off their 2009 album "Fantasies" hinted at this entire record of nervy songwriting perfection. Emily Haines has never before lined up hooks this way, one after another, like the Gary Glitter stomp of "Youth Without Youth," girl-group pop of "The Void," sly bounce of "Lost Kitten," and atmospheric-anthemic "Breathing Underwater."
"Clone" is a dead-on Death Cab rip followed by "The Wanderlust," which is aided (literally) by Lou Reed. Indie is rarely this imaginatively encyclopedic and slickly pop at the same time.
---- Scripps-McClatchy
Two stars
Chris Brown
RCA Records
One of the best songs on Chris Brown's new album is a soft number, "Don't Judge Me," that finds him asking a girlfriend to look past his mistakes.
"So please don't judge me, because it can get ugly, before it gets beautiful," he sings in his signature semi-high pitch.
For another singer, such a tune might come off as just another relationship plea. But coming from the bad-boy singer whose career is nearly restored after his attack on Rihanna three years ago, it seems like a cry for understanding to the whole world and makes him sound vulnerable and appealing.
When Brown opens up, he's the best version of himself. Unfortunately, there aren't enough of those songs to make "Fortune," the 23-year-old's fifth album, a must have (it's the follow up to last year's Grammy-winning "F.A.M.E.").
The album veers from hip-hop-flavored party jams to electronic, pulsating tracks meant for laser light shows to more emotional fare. The album suffers from Brown's cocky rap-talk and the computerized noises that drown out today's dance songs.
One of the highlights is "4 Years Old." Like "Don't Judge Me," it is soft and slow, with Brown recalling his childhood, singing: "Feels like I'm 4 years old all over again, because I'm just running fast, I should be walking, saying when I grow up you gon' see, I'm gon' be comfortable and happy."
But most of the other tracks are mediocre, and those that standout ---- like "Biggest Fan" and "2012" ---- suffer from the album's lack of flow and patchy feel. But production may also be the blame: The 14-track set is overloaded with too many producers and songwriters. Sometimes "Fortune" feels like a mixtape.
---- Associated Press
"Wild Ones"
Two stars
Flo Rida
Atlantic Records
Flo Rida has never been the main attraction on his own records: He's best known for his collaborations with other artists. His first hit, "Low," co-starred T-Pain, and subsequent ones like "In the Ayer" featuring will.i.am and "Right Round" with Ke$ha should have been an indication of the extent of his range, which is pretty limited.