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National Police spokesman Hector Ivan Mejia declined to comment on the videotape of the shootings because he said they are under investigation. He also said he knew nothing about Carranza's case, though he noted that Honduras is in the grip of gang warfare, marked by groups of assassins acting on behalf of organized crime.
"We've detected a group of people carrying out these types of operations and we're working to resolve them," Mejia said. "I have no information indicating the state is acting in this manner. If police were involved in these types of crimes, they would be detained. Authorities cannot and should not combat crime in this manner."
As far back as 1988, the Inter-American Court on Human Rights condemned Honduras for failing to document the fate of detainees and for allowing police to obstruct judges investigating cases, "including threatening them and denying the disappearances."
Bonilla was appointed police chief last May after his predecessor, Gen. Ricardo Ramirez del Cid, was ousted amid charges that police were involved in the kidnapping and the killing of one of Honduras' best-known journalists, Alfredo Villatoro.
Less than a year later Ramirez's own son was killed. Ramirez called Bonilla the prime suspect in the Feb. 17 assassination of Ramirez's 17-year-old son, Oscar, killed in a shootout between his bodyguards and 10 hooded gunmen who entered a restaurant where they were eating.
Ramirez said Bonilla was nearby when it happened, though Bonilla has denied any involvement. President Porfirio Lobo has called Ramirez's comments imprudent.
Honduras made a failed attempt to purge its National Police of corrupt officers after some were implicated in the 2011 murder of the son of Julieta Castellanos, rector of the National Autonomous University of Honduras.
Between May and November, hundreds of police officers underwent background checks and polygraphs. By the end of the year, 33 of them were removed, but the Constitutional Court stopped the purge, ruling that it violated officers' rights.
One problem in Honduras is that the prosecuting arm of government, the Public Ministry, relies on the criminal investigations department to investigate crimes. But the members of that agency are police officers, which means in the case of death squads, police would be investigating themselves.
The Honduran police force "appears to be an institution that is absolutely beyond reform," said Victor Meza, president of the Commission to Reform Public Security.
Critics say the Carranza case is evidence of that.
Carranza and his girlfriend had only lived in the modest complex a month when they disappeared.
A neighbor agreed to tell the AP what happened the night of Jan. 9 on condition that his identity would not be made public. The neighbor said he heard noises around 9:30 or 10 p.m.
"They shouted that they were police. There were several, judging from the footprints they left in the flowers. They opened the gate, there was noise for a few minutes, like kicking, and then they left," he said. Neighbors said someone must have let them through the locked gate.
Gang lookouts alerted a fellow 18th Street gang member, who calls himself Jonathan Flores, a driver for Carranza. Flores said he was the first to arrive after the couple was taken. The door to Carranza's house was left open.
"The house was ransacked and the dog was alone," Flores said. "The neighbors told me it was quick, with no shouts or shots fired."
As he left he saw two Nissan SUVs without license plates, and six or seven masked men in civilian clothes with bullet-proof vests and large guns chatting with the neighbors. Carranza's mother said they came back to rob the house, taking a 50-inch plasma television, a home theater screen and speakers, cellphones, Carranza's collection of tennis shoes and about $500 in cash that gang members typically have on hand.
Flores said the police are the only explanation for Carranza's disappearance. He and others would know if Carranza had been taken by a rival gang.
"Look at the detention photo," he said. It shows the feet of the people surrounding the prone suspect. "A gang member doesn't work in officials' shoes."
Nor does Flores believe that Carranza fled.
"He didn't have a motive. Things were working well here," Flores said. "And he would have told his mom."
His mother, Alvarado, filed a complaint with the prosecutor's Office on Human Rights, using the newspaper photo as proof. The unidentified official close to the investigation said the duct tape over the face and marks on the body, including what appears to be a dislocated elbow, would constitute torture.
The human rights prosecutor waited the 48 hours required by law and visited the morgue in an unsuccessful search for a corpse. After that, he made a habeas corpus request with the Supreme Court. The law requires verification of a detention within 24 hours if the person hasn't appeared before a prosecutor or a judge, the official said.
The Supreme Court has yet to respond. But the official close to the investigation says police acknowledged the day after the disappearance that there was a detention order for Carranza and said he would be processed quickly. Police later denied any knowledge about Carranza.
"A police officer cannot do this on his own," the official said. "You need a network of information and collaboration to carry out the arrest and disappearance of people."
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I heard an interesting factoid the other day, or perhaps I read it. I probably read it. Sounds like something I would have picked up in Mental Floss magazine. Anyway, the article, or perhaps clever individual, said that adults, on average, have a mere 20 minute attention span. At first I was offended, thought it didn't give us enough credit, but then I decided it was probably accurate, and maybe even generous. The point is, sometimes I am too high strung or too busy to sit down and read a novel.
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We may be months away from Election Day, but in states fighting legal battles over newly minted voter-ID laws, time is short. These laws, which require residents to show government-issued identification to vote, have been shown to disenfranchise poor and minority voters in the first place. But as I've written before, the timeframe for implementing them poses another major problem; just look at Pennsylvania, where volunteers and activists are rushing to inform residents about a voter-ID law passed in March. The fact is, comprehensive voter-education efforts can hardly be conducted in two months. It is this basic issue—whether there is enough time to properly implement voter-ID laws before November 6—that has kept voter-ID from going into effect in many states.
But in Wisconsin, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is hoping there's still time for one last full-court press to rescue the state's strict voter-ID law. State courts in two different cases—one brought by the League of Women Voters, the other by the Milwaukee NAACP—have already ruled that it violated the state constitution. Normally, at this point the attorney general would file an appeal to the state Court of Appeals, which kicks off a lengthy process. Then, only after the appeals court had made its ruling would the case go to the state Supreme Court (assuming one side wanted to take the case further). Given that currently there are two separate challenges to the law, that would likely happen twice. In short, there's almost no way the state could fully and fairly implement the law by Election Day.
But Van Hollen has nonetheless asked the state Supreme Court to bypass the Court of Appeals and take the case directly. He also wants two different cases against the voter-ID law consolidated so that things can move more quickly. Finally, while court proceedings continue, the attorney general wants the Supreme Court to suspend the rulings from the lower courts and allow the law to go into effect immediately.
Why? It's all "in a determined effort to ensure the law will be in place for the November 6, 2012, general election."
Van Hollen has asked the state Supreme Court to fast-track the cases before, when they were still being heard in the lower courts. The Supreme Court refused.
The lower-court judges wrote strongly worded opinions against the law. In the case brought by the League of Women Voters, the judge determined that the photo-ID requirement "impermissibly eliminate[d] the right of suffrage altogether for certain constitutionally qualified electors." In the NAACP case, the court found that more than 9 percent of registered voters in the state lacked the necessary ID—over 300,000 people statewide; the judge also pointed to the lack of fallback plans for those who could not obtain an ID, and noted that elderly and African American voters would be disproportionately affected. Both judges granted injunctions.
Besides those concerns, now there's an even more pressing reason to stop the law from going into effect: There's simply not enough time left to implement it.
"The time factor alone is reason for the Supreme Court to not put this thing back in limbo," says Denise Lieberman, a staff attorney with the Advancement Project, a voting-rights group. The Advancement Project and the ACLU have filed a federal lawsuit against the photo-ID law, but given that state courts have already suspended the law, they have put their challenge on hold. But if the Supreme Court decides to hear the case, Lieberman says the federal suit will move forward. But even at a breakneck pace, says Lieberman, it will take time for the both sides to collect the necessary evidence, and more time for the court to hear the case and write an opinion. She estimates there is little chance the Supreme Court could decide the case sooner than a month from now. That would leave scant time for voter outreach and education should the court rule the law can move forward.
The problem is compounded by the fact that voter outreach organizations will have to do an about face if the Supreme Court upholds the law. The law has been suspended since early March, when Judge David Flanagan ordered the state Government Accountability Board to "cease immediately any effort to enforce or implement the photo identification requirements" before the trial began. Dara Lindenbaum, associate counsel to the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, notes that for months, her group and others have told people that they do not need to bring an ID to the polls. If the lower court's decision gets reversed, they'll have little time to inform voters of the change. Furthermore, poll workers will have to learn the ins and outs of the new requirements in short time; Lindenbaum said some voters who called her organization's hotline reported being improperly asked for ID.
"Having this decided this close to the election is a terrible idea," says Lindenbaum. "This really needs to be put on hold."
The reason Republicans want to have the law in place before November has everything to do with gaining a partisan advantage. Since the requirements disproportionately have an impact on nonwhite and low-income voters—those more likely to vote Democratic—GOP lawmakers hope it will give them a boost at the polls. With close elections, every percentage point matters, and Wisconsin is already a battleground state in a tight presidential race.
Strict voter-ID laws are already laden with political implications—most people know that on the whole, Republicans like the laws and Democrats don't. But their partisan effects will only grow if there's not enough time to educate voters. Such politics are yet another reason for the Supreme Court to refuse to hear the case, says Lieberman. Any decision at such a late stage would look politically motivated. "The issue is too politicized in a state like Wisconsin to be able to pretend that the political implications are not there," she says. "There's no way the court is going to be able to shake the sort of political stench that's going to be attached to it."
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What I have found offensive from early on is that I don't believe the GOP has a conspiracy to suppress voters; they have an altogether Different form of Hypocrisy in play.
The prevailing attitude is that, although everyone is expected to pay taxes, tax dollars should Only be spent to benefit Republicans. There are entire demographics that they don't view as actual People (who could be convinced to vote conservative); they're seen as just brain-damaged drones that can't help but march into the polls in lock-step and mindlessly vote for anything (even household pets) if somebody puts a D-stamp on it.
Since their garbage-votes are defined as worthless from the very onset, the very idea of "wasting" tax dollars on anything that would protect those votes is best symbolized by the image of a group of smug GOP politicians singing the F-bomb over and over.
This is demonstrated right in my home town. The state of Tennessee passed a law requiring a picture ID to vote. On paper, they guaranteed free IDs to people who don't drive if they could prove they were legal citizens. In practice, the IDs have to be picked up on a special day and they have Hundreds of bureaucratic rules that serve one purpose: to send people and force them to come back on a Different day (when they can be Charged money some of them can't spare).
The local judges don't bother to let challenges onto the docket; they are probably delighted at all those worthless votes that won't be cast.
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Driving in New Jersey in the wake of Superstorm Sandy continues to be no easy feat, with persistent gas shortages, power outages and damage by flooding. So, the White House and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) turned to Waze, the Israeli app that offers real time traffic navigation updates, to help bring fuel to New Jersey residents suffering from the shortages.
"Using the crowdsourced information YOU provide, New Jersey Wazers can work together and direct each-other to stations that have fuel," the company wrote on its blog.
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I Chevy Ventured my way down to the mean streets of Emard City. I wanted to look in on Matha Park. As you'll recall the four tennis courts were padlocked last Wednesday at 4 pm by the St Jean de Matha Church on Allard and Dumas.
The church is in a financial hole and wants to sell off the adjacent land for around $2.5 million. The land contains a small ball field and four tennis courts.
The courts are the fulcrum of the Montreal South West Tennis Association (ATSOM) run by Norman Rothsching, who I've known for several years and is a stand up guy. They promote the sport in the Ville Emard, St. Henri and Cote St. Paul area. I think they dreamed of putting a roof on the courts to make them year-round, I think that would cost $400,000. Or maybe I thought of that.
The borough Mayor Benoit Dorais, who is a Harel Man, complete with a little Quebec flag lapel pin, mistakenly believed that the lease would be renewed automatically. This is how it has been working for many years but according to the church they had many meetings with the elected officials warning that this was going to come to a head, so it's hard to know who is right.
Voting a Harel candidate as borough mayor might not have been the greatest thing that Ville Emard ever did. It's a little hard to visualize Montreal coming up with the $2.5 million to buy the court that would in turn serve to make the oppositional Dorais shine.
Also, there's a housing shortage on the island and the tax revenues coming from condos are a lot more alluring than the continued existence of a tennis court.
Yesterday afternoon the four tennis courts were open, with an attendant there. I don't know what the new arrangement is that allows people to play without insurance coverage but the attendant was too busy on an urgent longlasting cell phone call to talk to me.
Initially, after the lock was put on someone had cut a hole in the fence to get on the courts but it was no longer necessary yesterday. The padlock was off and all playing was legit, except for two guys at the end who were just hitting non-stop two-handed backhands surely just to bug me. There's still a big sign on the court saying 'land for sale" with a phone number of the church on it.
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View your time in the gym as your own personal time, where you can have full control over everything you do without any interruptions. There's nothing more frustrating than trying to complete an exercise when your phone rings. Leave it in your locker! Also keep gossiping to a minimum. Without trying to appear rude, you're in the gym for a reason and regular unplanned breaks will diminish the effectiveness of any training.
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There's no point in lifting a ridiculous amount of weight if you have to develop your own technique to be able to do this! Not only will this ultimately result in injury, of which I'm almost certain, but the likelihood is that you won't be targeting the correct muscle groups in this altered state. Always follow good technique and never substitute good form for a little extra resistance. In the long term this could prove critical.
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Today, on the bridge across Capilano River just before it enters the ocean, I watched First Nations People catch fish. They had arranged the rocks in the river to direct the fish to shallows. The fish were trapped. They could not swim past the rock barriers. The Indians, clad in cheap clothes and rubber waders, plodded into the rock-traps and with nets captured the fish that thrashed in death-agony. The fish were thrown onto rocks, bludgeoned, and cut open to be laid out in rows to dry. (more…)
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The Coronation of Poppea. Do Not Crown Romney.
Posted in blogs, brandy, British Columbia, opera, People, tagged blogs, capilano, coronation poppea, First Nations, fish, monteverdi, opera, republicans, romney, ryan on September 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
EPA Report on Bristol Bay and Pebble Mine
Posted in About the news, acid mine drainage, consulting, environmental, feasibilty studies, First Nations, Gold, Investing & Finance, mining, North America, tagged Alaska, Anglo American, bristol bay, EPA, fish, Pebble Mine on May 19, 2012 | 15 Comments »
The draft report by the EPA on potential mining impacts on Bristol Bay by the Pebble Mine or any of the other seven potential mines in that part of Alaska is published. Here is a link to one report thereon—there are hundreds of news items, so maybe look for others as well if the topic interests you. (more…)
War, water, and BC mining. To fight on the fields of Mars or in the Courts of public opinion and lawyers
Posted in About the news, Copper, First Nations, Gold, Jobs and Salaries, Law (Mining), tagged BC, First Nation, fish, God, Kemess, mining, Northgate, war, Xeni Gwet'in on January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For two very different views of mining in British Columbia, see these links:
- Native band seeks to halt proposed mine in the Globe and Mail
- Mine Games in BC Business
The first tells of the proposed Prosperity Mine near Williams Lake. The open-pit, copper-gold operation would generate $5 billion in "economic activity" over a projected 20-year life. The Xeni Gwet'in First Nation opposes the mine because getting water for the mine would involve destruction of Fish Lake described as "a pristine fishing hole under the shadow of Anvil Mountain, the lake is home to a unique subspecies of rainbow trout."
Ballot Measure 4 fails; Pebble Mine succeeds?
Posted in About the news, acid mine drainage, Environment, Jobs and Salaries, North America, Reclamation, Waste Rock, tagged acid rock drainage, Alaska, Anglo American, Ballot Measure 4, fish, Pebble Mine, salmon, slimes dames, waste rocks on August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Alaska remains a mining state. And the salmon will have to rely on perpetual water treatment to keep 'em healthy.
Currently the news is that Ballot Measure 4 is failing. That is the ballot in Alaska that was designed to stop the Pebble Mine without naming the mine. That is the ballot so full of spelling mistakes and bad strategy, that everybody from the State Governor to the majority of Alaskans rejected it (thirty-eight thousand to thirty thousand votes?)
We will never know if they rejected the ballot because of confusion—people tend to vote no when they are confused. We will never know if they rejected the ballot because they believe their laws are good enough–who likes to admit your current laws are inadequate when you have used them for so long to your benefit. And we will never know if they rejected it because they actually do choose mining over salmon fishing.


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If you've got an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, one thing is for sure - you are not getting Flash. Not now, not ever. Smokescreen is a new open-source project that aims at getting Flash-based elements onto iDevices without using a plugin.
Smokescreen is a Flash player that is written in JavaScript and can currently convert small parts of Flash content such as banner ads and swf videos. It also supports some input capabilites for items such as games and other interactive elements. Smokescreen is currently in beta and they have some demos that you can view over on their website.
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Sounds like a right direction to go. I just hope the new more efficient engine is less noisy, and can supply more power to climb mountains on longer uphill trips.
It will be even better if it can run on biodiesel, or flex-fuel like some of other GM conventional vehicles. Meanwhile I will keep driving my Volt.
Chevy Volt To Get Smaller Engine, As Originally Intended
General Motors is once again planning to use a three-cylinder engine for its Chevrolet Volt and Cadillac ELR plug-in hybrids. The idea, which re-emerged based on comments from anonymous sources to Edmunds.com, would be to replace the current 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine in the Volt and ELR with either a 1.0- or 1.2-liter three-cylinder engine.
If approved, the three-cylinder engine would first appear in around 2015 or 2016. The design of the Chevy Volt is also expected to be updated around 2015.
This shift to a smaller engine is basically a return to the original concept of the Volt—to rely almost exclusively on an electric motor and a battery pack for propulsion—and to use the smallest, lightest and most efficient gas- or diesel-engine to extend the car's range. When the Chevy Volt was first introduced as a concept car in 2007, the plug-in hybrid featured a 1.0-liter, three-cylinder turbocharged flex-fuel capable engine. In July 2008 General Motors confirmed that a non-turbocharged, 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine would instead be used as the range extender—a move most observers pegged to cost reductions during tough financial times for the company.
G.M. announced in October 2011 it would create a family of three- and four-cylinder engines, ranging from 1.0- to 1.5-liters. One of these smaller engines would be well suited to the Volt. The production of smaller engines is part of the company's broader plan to reduce vehicle weight and fuel consumption across its entire lineup.
In June 2012, other rumors surfaced that the 2014 model will use a 2.0-liter turbo engine. At that time, a G.M. source (again anonymous) said that the current four-cylinder engine is "definitely not" going to make it to 2014. But a shift to a bigger thirstier engine made less sense than switching to one of the smaller more efficient engines in development.
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As early as March 2009, nearly two years before the first Volt sales, G.M. was already discussing going back to a smaller gas engine with the Volt. "All we need is 67 horsepower, enough to maintain the batteries' charge when the car is cruising at highway speed," said John Bereisa, a G.M. executive and engineer at the time, in an interview with The New York Times. "Since there wasn't time to design an engine from scratch, we looked for the smallest existing engine capable of supplying 67 horsepower, which turned out to be G.M.'s Family Zero design used in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East." Bringing the Chevy Volt to market absolutely as quickly as possible was a critical goal of the Volt program.
The needs of an engine for providing primary propulsion to the wheels is very different from what's needed in an extended-range electric car. "When you map an engine's power versus r.p.m. versus fuel consumption, the resulting chart looks like the Rocky Mountains," said Bereisa. "In conventional cars, you're driving all over that map. But in the Volt, we're able to keep the engine operating in what I call its happy valley, where it delivers the power that's required while consuming minimal fuel."
So, the latest news (possibly rumors) about a smaller Volt engine are less revelation, and more a return to the original concept. But just how small can G.M. go? As Bereisa said nearly four years ago to the day: "We'd select a smaller displacement engine for the future, probably less than 1 liter."
· Callajero · 2 years ago
Sounds like a right direction to go. I just hope the new more efficient engine is less noisy, and can supply more power to climb mountains on longer uphill trips.
· NeilBlanchard · 2 years ago
If they make it a true serial hybrid, the engine needs to be just powerful enough at it's peak efficiency RPM to *slightly exceed* the average load on the drivetrain. Then, they could still use the engine (on its own without the electric motor) to push the car on flat ground at highway speeds. I think a 600-800cc 2-3 cylinder engine would be fine for this.
They can also improve the aero drag and lower the weight - in addition to the large savings from the small engine and much simplified transmission, smaller fuel tank, and smaller cooling system. They can use an active damper in the grill to close it down when the engine is not in use, and this will lower drag by as much as 10% when running in pure electric mode; and it would speed up warm up time for the engine, too.
· NeilBlanchard · 2 years ago
The original styling was farcical - the drag is better driving it backward... It required highly complex curved glass for the side windows; and they could not be rolled down!
Talk about the styling-tail wagging the dog-car!
· Benjamin Nead · 2 years ago
This is good news, if this turns out to be true. Moving to a larger ICE for 2014 seemed to be a goofy idea.
Having borrowed a 2011 Volt from the local Chevy dealer for a couple weeks and generally finding the car to be excellent, my thoughts are for GM to install the Voltec drive train in a couple of different vehicles. One might be more of a sports car (small, lighter, 2-door) format and, while the current Volt 4-door is fine for a driver with three passengers with limited luggage, I know I'm not the only one to think that Voltec-powered minivan would be most welcome.
Also, since VW is now showing off the limited production ultra-aerodynamic/efficient 2-seat XL1, why can't GM do something along these lines?
· Teq · 2 years ago
@ Callajero
Forget diesel and biodiesel, this is the worst fuel for the environment.
Back here in Europe we're choking on the poisonous, cancer inducing dust that it produces.
You're much better off with gasoline, that can be modified to run on Ethanol or even better, natural gas.
Far less harmful fuels (when burned)
· Benjamin Nead · 2 years ago
The attractive idea regarding biodiesel, Teq, is that it can essentially run in millions of existing diesel engines with little or no mechanical modification. During the "Modern EV Dark Ages" (roughly 2003, when EV1s leases were expiring and those cars were being crushed, to about 2009, when it appeared that EVs like the Nissan Leaf were really on their way to the commercial market,) a lot of us were paying very close attention to biodiesel. It's not perfect (what is?) but it's pretty good.
First off, it's mostly plant oil of some sort that's cooked with methyl alcohol and lye. So, while not completely fossil fuel free (the methyl being mostly derived from coal, until viable bioethanol is really here) it's basically a non-petroleum product.
When burned, there is far less harmful particulates than when burning petrodiesel. It actually cleans and lubricates the interior components of the engine, which is exactly the opposite of the corrosive effect that petrodiesel is known for. I keep a gallon jug around the house and use it for cleaning rust off of old tools and lubing my bicycle chain. It's even a very good wood polish for non-finished pieces like teak, ebony and rosewood!
The down side is that most current biodiesel involves food stock plants (corn, soy, etc.,) so you've got the same "food for fuel" conundrum as you would with corn ethanol here in the US. Some biodiesel in Europe is produced with palm oil from the South Pacific, which means old growth in rain forest regions is often cleared to produce it. That's clearly the wrong way to go about it.
But next generation biodiesel is already being produced with algae. The amount of land involved is miniscule when compared to growing food stock and production facilities can be located in places that wouldn't accommodate agricultural production and can also utilized non-potable waste or brackish water.
So . . . when we're talking about small range extender engines that would mate with a battery motor for a long range PHEV, a tiny diesel that is sipping minute quantities of a liquid fuel like algae-based biodiesel sounds pretty appealing.
· Teq · 2 years ago
Granted, biodiesel is much better then the regular one, tho I still can't shake of the horrible feeling of diesel when I see a cloud of black smoke behind these cars nearly every day iIdrive. (not to mention trucks and buses)
Bit of a persnomal thing I guess :) I also can't stand the stench.
My car leaves around about 100g of co2 per km and neraly no NOx gasses and particles.
Still i get the energy density of diesel is very tempting to use in range extenders.
Im yet to see a natural gas range extender powered by the gas scraped out of atmosphere using renewable energy (kind of a substitute for baterries, since the gas is esentialy made by using electricity)
· ModernMarvelFan · 2 years ago
"They can use an active damper in the grill to close it down when the engine is not in use,"
Volt already has a "fake grill"...
Volt can improve efficiency by going the "dumb" hybrid route. But I would certainly hope NOT. Putting a pair of skinny tires on them will help a lot too but it will make Volt worse to drive.
The last thing we need is another "incompetent" plugin...
· Bill Howland · 2 years ago
I had heard through the grape vine that, with all of GM Europe's labor troubles due to overcapacity, they changed their mind to use the Austrian Engine to give those people something to do and quiet them down.
· Priusmaniac · 2 years ago
Isn't there some room for engine flexibility? Most conventional cars give the choice between at least 3 engines. There is no fundamental reason why the Volt could not offer the same.
The same is true for the battery pack. When we look at it closer we see clearly that it is the middle section of the pack that prevents a full size back seat for 3 persons. It must be possible to propose a pack without that middle section. It would imply less energy in the pack but perhaps that could be exactly compensated by switching in advance to higher efficiency cells in those particular packs.
· Benjamin Nead · 2 years ago
Neil's comments regarding "the drag is better driving it backward" jogged my memory this morning and took me back to the 1959 Chevrolet Impala, a styling atrocity that had batwing tailfins so large it was alleged that it would lift the rear end off the ground at high speeds
(that urban legend has been debunk, but it doesn't take anything away from the timeless excess of the venerable '59.)
But it doesn't stop there. As a clever joke, some 10 years later, a group ambitious high school shop class students took a '59 and placed the body on the frame backwards and drove the car around "tail first" for some time. I remember reading about it in one of the car mags back in the early '70s, but I couldn't tell you which one. Thankfully, someone has preserved the story on a witty web page . . .
We now return you to the sober discussion of electric cars with state-of-the-art batteries and hyper-efficient range extenders in sleek (at least sleeker than a backwards '59 Chevy's) clothing.
· mustang_sallad · 2 years ago
@Neil - it's fun to get excited about really small engines, but when sizing it, GM will have to consider long hill climbs with 4 people on board. I've done some long hill climbs in the Volt and the engine was working overtime to keep up with the rate of traffic, even when I engaged mountain mode in advance. I'm sure there is plenty of room to optimize the Volt's range extender, but just to say that the optimization will be limited due to the extremes they have to design for.
· NeilBlanchard · 2 years ago
The battery can be used as a buffer - if the genset is started when the battery gets down to say to 30% charge, and the genset can charge it at a rate higher than the average consumption rate, then it wouldn't get behind.
A 30kW genset could recharge the Volt battery in about half an hour, even while driving. It then can be shut down, and the cooling intake grill can be closed up, and the car can go along in EV mode again, until it gets down to that 30% level.
· mustang_sallad · 2 years ago
Yes, I agree that the battery acts as a buffer in a system like this. My point is just that when you have a very long hill, your buffer won't necessarily last all the way to the top, especially if you were already in charge sustaining mode by the time that you started the climb. The engine needs to be sized to provide enough power to climb this hill without any assistance from energy stored in the battery because the automaker can't guarantee that the battery will always have energy to contribute. I don't remember exactly what kind of hill climbing performance metrics automakers are held to, but I'm certain 30kW would not cut it in a vehicle the size of the Volt.
· Bill Howland · 2 years ago
Apparently GM DID do sufficient hill climbing with the Volt prototype to allocate up to 30% of the battery to drain, along with the engine, for spirited driving in hill country. They certainly didn't want any early reviews saying "This Car is a Dog".
Those of us on here campagning for a smaller engine, either as an option (or if that's unreasonable due to the volt's relatively low production numbers), then a very small engine for everyone and use 100% of the battery capacity for hill climbing, in addition to whatever engine power there is. Right now, there is a warning to switch to mountain mode several minutes before approaching one. Assumedly, this would have to increase to 25 minutes or some such thing with a very small engine. Since almost all vehicles have Navigation systems, this could be an additional reminder to the driver to "Switch it to Mountain Mode".
The Volt is a pretty good try just as it is, and I'm probably its biggest critic. I'd give it a Fair to Good, but then I'm a Hard Marker. At least 95% of other owners rate it Excellent, and its the most loved car ever for 2 years in a row ever since manufacturers bothered to start caring about public acceptance of their products.
· Bill Howland · 2 years ago
@Benjamin Nead
Speaking of Red 1959 Biscayne's, my parents went out and bought a brand new Red one in late 1958 (as a very very young child its the very first car I remember), with the only option being a push-buttonless AM Hybrid Delco Radio,(the pushbuttons added another $25 and my dad wouldn't spring for it); it was the latest thing, two transistors I think, one Audio frequency preamp, and the other the Class "A" power output. The radio had the most current draw at no volume (a bit less than 1 1/3 amps) (the way class A works). I think it had about 3 watts audio output to a decently sized center mounted dashboard speaker. It also had in it the very latest 12 volt tubes, running the signal section (I believe 4 tubes) of the radio on only 12 volts rather than 250-300 as the previous "Vibrator Supply" radios had. So, it was now possible engine off to listen to the radio for hours and hours and hours without worrying whether the car would start. (Who knew that 1950's and earlier bugaboo would reappear in the 2011 volt - I ran the battery dead in 3 hours by listening to the car radio in my garage the first week I owned the car). You could always know you were hearing a "Delco HyBrid", since the speaker would 'thump' immediately on turn on, but no music until 9 seconds later after the small signal tubes warmed up.
The '59 Biscayne had other attractive features, most notably "Rocket Ship" styled speedometer and Fuel/warning light housings, in keeping with what some have called, the "Populuxe Era" , think George Jetson.
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Las Vegas Getaway
Just got back from Las Vegas.
I had business there (not as cool as it sounds) and I brought my wife with me. So glad I did. She makes things so much more fun!!!
We had an absolute blast. Did not lose much money. Ate at some cool places, including Barristas hole in the wall.
We even made a video - typical toursist thing but had so much fun.
No pizza this trip. But we made up for it when we came home!!!
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Very cool! You picked a good time of year - triple digits...
Unfortunately we are required to wear helmets. :-(
I'm glad you had a good time - the next trip needs to be up here. Lake Tahoe is an awesome experience - and the rocks are not melting...
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Bellagio fountains were really fun, too.
I'd seen pictures before but so cool close up.
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Very Cool.... Would love to see it in person
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Sound like a blast!
Funny video too. Didn' reallize you and the wife were such reblels.
About the time you think you know a person...
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RITFLMAO -- OMG that is freaking halarious !!!!
For all in Vegas look around and Find Sammy's wood fired Pizza - Off the strip and a place the locals go... Not a tourist spot.
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Man I love that video ... still laughing !!!
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Ok, I finally watched it yesterday... with my whole family, too. :D
It looks really fun, and you're both obviously enjoying it so much... grinning like fiends in the expression that springs to mind.
My kids now want to know what you did with the loot and my husband really really wants to know exactly where in Las Vegas you can do that.
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We put all the loot into building a pizza oven!
It was a place right on the strip not too far from Beliagio fountains, just across the street.
We did have a blast. Kelly urged me to do this with her. I'm so glad she did!
I should post the indoor skydiing pics - it's so much fun to float in the air of a 180 mph fan! (except my good friend Becky keeps singing the spider pig song everytime my flight comes up on the video)
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(Updated below 15th January) The general agreement is that events in the financial world today (13th January 2012) have brought the euro closer to crisis. It is being openly said tonight that unless the Eurozone achieves fiscal consolidation soon, the break up of the euro could come in 12-18 months time.
Talks were mothballed today between the Greek government and the private investors of the Institute of International Finance, designed to write down the value of Greek bonds by 50%, taking €100 billion off the Greek debt burden and bringing its debt to 120% of GDP by 2020. With no restart date for the talks and Greece in need of money, the possibility of Greece defaulting on its debt is now mush closer.
At the same time, credit agency Standard and Poor's did what it had warned it might. It reduced the credit ratings of 9 EU countries – France, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Malta, Slovenia and Cyprus – because the eurozone leaders have not been seen to introduce policies to address adequately its financial crisis.
Austria and France were dropped a point from their AAA rating – with France shocked by the loss of a valued rating it has held since 1975.
The loss of France's triple A will shortly cause a loss of the same rating for the EU bail out fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). This has held a triple A on the back of the triple A of its two main contributors, France and Germany (which holds its triple A). But with one of the two losing its triple A, the EFSF will not retain its own. This will make it harder for the EFSF to borrow – which it will be looking to do. Before today's downgradings, the EFSF was said to have no more than €250bn in hand to build a firewall to protect Italy and Spain.
Four EU countries have had their ratings dropped by two points – Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus – indicating the seriousness of the doubts about their investability. Italy is now a BBB+.
The overall situation is cause for concern. Currency markets saw the euro fall to a 17-month low as early reports of the news filtered through. Worldwide stock market values also fell.
The UK and Germany may benefit from the ratings drop in the other EU states. With each retaining their triple rating they may be seen as safe houses by investors looking for shelter.
However, if the EU falls back into recession and if the euro fails, the UK economy will not escape the fall out.
Update 15th January:
France may face a second drop in its credit rating within the year. Standard and Poor's, in dropping it form its triple A status, gave it a 'negative outlook' prognostication – indicating a 30%+likelihood of a further downgrade in the next 12 months..


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Judge OK's SD beef plant's credit requestA federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved an idled South Dakota beef packing plant's request for $2.25 million in credit so it can employ an investment banking firm to pursue a sale.
By: Dirk Lammers, Associated Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved an idled South Dakota beef packing plant's request for $2.25 million in credit so it can employ an investment banking firm to pursue a sale.
Judge Charles Nail during a hearing in Pierre approved Northern Beef Packers' request to borrow the money from White Oak Global Advisors so it can hire investment banking firm Lincoln International to market and sell the 420,000-square-foot facility in Aberdeen.
Lincoln International plans to seek a "stalking horse" bid in which one potential buyer makes an initial offer to set the floor for an auction. Northern Beef wants the auction held by Dec. 3 with the sale to close by Dec. 27.
On Monday, Assistant U.S. trustee James Snyder withdrew his August motion to change the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation to protect the interests of creditors and the estate and to prevent further delay and default. Snyder in his initial motion had said that White Oak was the only party offering financing terms that will allow the case to remain under Chapter 11 protection.
Northern Beef Packers opened its $109 million state-of-the-art facility on a limited basis in 2012 after years of delays. But its owners filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection less than a year later, saying they didn't have enough money to buy cattle for slaughter.
Now, with $138.8 million in liabilities and just $79.3 million in assets, according to court documents, the plant has laid off most of its employees.
Once locally owned, Northern Beef Packers is 41 percent owned by businessman Oshik Song with 69 other Korean investors who each gave at least $500,000 under the federal EB-5 program that encourages foreign investment in exchange for qualifications to secure permanent residency.
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Variations on this hot sauce appear all over Africa, with the key
This recipe and others can be found in the 12-part illustrated series "A World of Curries". You can read all about this unique Indian flavor here.
Pancakes as a side dish for dinner? If made from potatoes, they can be served as a crisp accent to a meal in place of bland mashed potatoes. This is another of those basic recipes that can be altered by changing the ingredients added to the potatoes to vary the taste and to complement the entrée with which they are being served. We've added horseradish, chiles, cheese, and other seasonings.
This is one of the more unusual vegetarian African appetizers. Note the combination of bananas, chiles, and ginger which make for a sweet and spicy taste.
This is a simple, hearty salad that is often served as an entree at our house. With a cup of chilled soup and a piece of hearty bread, it makes a great summer meal on a hot day. Use only the freshest of spinach—be sure the leaves are chilled before pouring the dressing hot over the top. This is a salad I finish at the table for a dramatic effect when it crackles and wilts.
This is a style of smoking that hails from China's Sichuan (formerly Szechuan) region, which is known for its hot, spicy cuisine. Serious Chinese food geeks may be familiar with Zhangcha duck—a tea-smoked Sichuan delicacy that's tough to make but impressive as hell to anyone who's never had it before. This is the recipe Mark Masker used for his experiment. Read the entire article on the Burn! Blog here.


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Although it's impossible to prevent all falls, you can help keep yourself safe as you grow older by improving your balance and employing "fall-proofing" behaviors in and around your home.
According to the CDC, 1 out of 3 adults age 65 and older falls each year. The CDC estimates that up to 30% of adults who fall injure themselves seriously enough to impair their independence and increase their risk for premature death.
To help prevent falls in your home:
Remove unstable furniture, such as wobbly chairs.
Eliminate slippery rugs. Only use firmly attached or nonskid flooring.
Arrange furniture and other objects so they don't interfere with walking.
Firmly attach grab bars by tubs, showers, and toilets.
Make sure handrails on staircases, porches, and front walkways are tightly fastened.
Instead of wearing heels, slick soles, or slippers when walking, wear shoes with traction or grip. But, be aware that traction on shoes can cause tripping, especially when moving from linoleum to carpet.
Install adequate lighting in stairwells, hallways, bedrooms, and bathrooms. Make sure light switches are easily accessible. Use night lights.
Remove electrical cords and telephone wires from walkways.
Have couches and chairs at a proper height for effortless standing up and sitting down.
Do not cover stairs with rugs or cloth protectors that may slip when you walk on them.
Getting regular exercise will improve your overall physical condition, making it less likely that you will fall. Your fitness routine should include activities that strengthen your muscles and make your balance better.
Avoiding certain behaviors, which can lead to falls, also is important:
Avoid taking chances, such as walking on a freshly washed floor or a patch of ice.
Instead of standing on a chair or table to reach something, ask for help or use a reaching tool to do the work.
Try not to carry something while climbing stairs. If you must do so, try to have one hand on the object and the other on a sturdy handrail.
Avoid talking while walking in unfamiliar territory. Curbs and sidewalk cracks can be hazardous when you're not paying full attention.
Don't get up too quickly after eating, lying down, or resting. Rapid changes may cause dizziness. Report any dizziness to your doctor.
Simplify activities. Multi-tasking can lead to carelessness or less awareness.
If you own pets, make certain you always know their location so you don't trip over them.
For more information on preventing falls, visit the CDC website.
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Austin, Texas (PRWEB) March 27, 2013
Transverse, the company behind the TRACT activity-based billing and subscription management platform, today announced that Corecon Technologies, Inc. a provider of a web-based suite of construction estimating and project management software, will use TRACT to drive additional revenue, improve key performance indicators and reporting, and progress their business model to more advanced pricing scenarios like activity-based billing.
The TRACT billing platform will support billing automation for Corecon's flagship product, Corecon v7, a SaaS-based software solution that enables contracting firms to manage their leads and projects more efficiently from preconstruction through project closeout. Expecting rapid adoption for the new Corecon v7 offering, the company saw an opportunity to streamline its billing process by adopting the TRACT cloud-based automated billing platform.
"After evaluating several billing solutions, we selected Transverse because of their billing expertise and activity-based billing philosophy," said Norman Wendl, founder and president of Corecon Technologies. "TRACT will give us enormous flexibility to change our pricing plans and billing process as Corecon grows and evolves."
Once configuration is complete, Corecon will use the TRACT Billing system to:
"Corecon Technologies is a recognized software leader in the construction industry with explosive growth that can now be sustained thanks to back office process automation," said James Messer, co-founder, president, and CEO at Transverse. "Recognizing the value that a flexible, activity-based billing system can deliver is a testament to their leadership. We are excited to partner with them and contribute to their success."
Transverse was founded in 2008 by billing veterans who saw an opportunity to make sophisticated billing available to more businesses. Transverse empowers companies to engage with customers and rapidly monetize the launch of new products and services. TRACT Billing from Transverse is the only all-in-one activity-based billing platform that can meter, rate, and bill based on customer behavior. Unlike basic subscription or expensive legacy billing systems, TRACT provides a simple solution to complex billing challenges. Learn how TRACT can help your business at http://www.gotransverse.com.


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Burger time!
Long time reader of the site but never posted before, saw this watch on another site and thought it would go down well here!
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Police Investigating ISU Fan Death Threat
The reactions of some Iowa State fans to the Cyclones' hard-fought OT loss to Kansas on Monday night are some of the ugliest we've seen in a long time. If you thought that the middle-aged ISU fan charging at Bill Self was bad, trust us – there's a whole lot worse.
Two other Cyclones fans, Stephen Koithan and Jordan Sitzmann, took to Twitter to drop n-bombs in reference to the Jayhawks' Elijah Johnson — who scored 39 points on Monday — and issue a death threat to the Kansas team. Below is that string of tweets in all its infamy.
Both Koithan's and Sitzmann's accounts have been deactivated, and now ISU police are investigating the threat they made.
"It's unfortunate but we know it certainly doesn't represent the Iowa State community and its fans," KU associate athletic director Jim Marchiony told The Wichita Eagle on Wednesday. "We're sure Iowa State is handling it appropriately."
Now the onus is on Cyclones fans to handle losses more appropriately.
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New venue for First Crush this year!
The 2015 First Crush Charity Gala will be held at the Four Peaks Tasting Room located at 2401 S Wilson Street Tempe, AZ 85282.
I remember my first Crush. She was fun, elegant, had great taste in food and always looked to give back to others. Thankfully, that has never changed. If you've never been to the First Crush Charity Gala in Tempe, you really are missing out.
Surround yourself with hundreds of great people, enjoy great food and drink, a super-fun charity auction and awesome entertainment while helping some of the least fortunate people in our communities. This is truly a wonderful event that Lori and I look forward to attending each year.
You can get more information about Tempe's First Crush Charity Gala by clicking the button below.
Better yet, BUY tickets to First Crush and come see for yourself how awesome the event is.
Great Food and a Great Cause: Give Back by attending the First Crush Charity Gala!
What: 11th annual First Crush Charity Gala & Silent Auction
When: Friday, October 23, 2015 from 6:00-9:00PM
Where: Four Peaks Tasting Room – 2401 S Wilson Street Tempe, AZ 85282
Dress for the event is casual.
The First Crush Charity Gala supports the mission of Tempe Community Action Agency, a nonprofit leader in providing human services to East Valley residents since 1966. The event, presented by Jenny Norton & Bob Ramsey, includes one of the best silent auctions around a delicious array of menu items from Santa Barbara Catering Company, spirits from Action Wine and Four Peaks Brewing, and some great musical entertainment . Did I mention the pie bar? Yeah, there's a pie bar! Proceeds support the programs and services of TCAA, a nonprofit leader in providing human services to East Valley residents since 1966.
For more information, please visit www.tempeaction.org or contact them at 480-858-6525.
Tempe Community Action Agency (TCAA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that serves low-income families, children, seniors and the homeless for more than 40 years in the East Valley. The mission is to improve the quality of life for the underserved in our community.
Check out the TCAA on Facebook.
I look forward to seeing all of you there!
A very special thanks also goes out to all of our friends at the TCAA for all of the work they put in to this great event.


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Senators, Experts to Watch for DOD Contract Reforms
October 19, 2011
A member of the Wartime Contracting Commission asked senators to question the depth of support that defense officials have for major reforms in contracting operations during wartime or emergency situations -- what are technically called "contingency operations."
"Policies are easy to make. Implementation is really what counts," Dov Zakheim, a commissioner and former comptroller of the Defense Department, told the Senate Armed Services Committee's Readiness and Management Subcommittee.
However, Frank Kendall, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics, said the department has already gone further than policies. Officials are reorganizing their operations, training a deployable cadre of acquisition workers and improving means for gathering contractor performance data, he said.


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Below is a screen shot from my 'My Style' Collection. I was given a $100 certificate in exchange for being an advisor on Collections and with it I bought a few things including the striped French Connection top below.
with nude patent pumps by Steve Madden and a Louis Vuitton Alma bag.
I'll be getting a lot of wear out of this top and I have several other things in my Collections I am itching to purchase like this, this and this.
I love Amazon's fast shipping, free returns and great customer service. Collections make online shopping fun and easy!
Log into your Amazon account to see my Collections and then create your own.
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Substance misuse among college students has been extensively researched. There is also limited research addressing the issue of substance (legal and illegal) misuse in college students with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But identifying which substances are most commonly abused by college students who have high levels of conduct problems that co-occur with ADHD is something that few studies have examined. To address this concern, Kathryn Van Eck of the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina led a study that looked at the rates of substance abuse among young adults with conduct problems (CP), antisocial personalities (APD), sensation seeking (SS) behaviors, and ADHD.
For her study, Van Eck evaluated self-reports from 660 college students ranging in age between 18 and 25 years old. The students reported on their use of over-the-counter (OTC) stimulants, such as caffeine pills, illegal drug use, and prescription stimulants. They were assessed for CP, APD, SS, and ADHD. The results confirmed previous research that shows a link between ADHD and OTC and prescription stimulant misuse. Additionally, the participants with SS behaviors also reported increased misuse of stimulants. Van Eck believes that many people with ADHD derive immediate benefits from caffeine stimulants, such as increased concentration, organization, and focus. But she points out that these benefits are usually short term and are far outweighed by the negative consequences that can result from this type of abuse, such as addiction, sleep deprivation, and mood swings.
The study also showed that the students who had symptoms of CP and ADHD had the highest rates of prescription stimulant abuse. This finding shows that individuals who have CP, with or without ADHD, are at increased risk for substance dependency, and those with comorbid ADHD are especially vulnerable. Because many college students are prescribed stimulants, the opportunity to obtain them illegally on college campuses is abundant. Clinicians prescribing stimulants to students with a history of drug misuse may consider using other approaches to help them manage their symptoms of inattention, memory problems and disorganization. Van Eck added, "These students may benefit from psychotherapy oriented toward improving management of these symptoms."
Van Eck, K., Markle, R. S., Flory, K. (2012). Do Conduct Problems and Sensation Seeking Moderate the Association Between ADHD and Three Types of Stimulant Use in a College Population? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0027431
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Yes, they may benefit from therapy and intervention but how many of the do you think are going to actively seek this out or who are going to have friends who try to stage something like this? They are far too concerned with their academics and social lives to think of this as a problem.
Hey, and haven't we all heard stories of the selling their own meds for money and other kids are taking them and getting high?
I have friends who use stimulants to get by in college- there is never enough time to get the sleep that you need, so they use these to keep them up and moving when the rest of us are dead to the world. I get kind of scared sometimes thinking of what's gonna happen to them when they finally crash and burn, but most of them have just shrugged it off and said that they couldn't manage to get through the classes and the load of work if they didn't have that little bit of help on the side. I don't know, because I manage to do ok without it, but it has been in the back of my mind to wonder if I could do even better with it though. I just don't want to get hooked on something that I had to depend on to keep going the way that most of them do.
guess that the adhd diagnosis is driving them to seek anything that will help them to cope. unfortunately many of the students then develop a dependency on the drugs that they will later in life outside of the college setting find difficult to shed
I would have thought those with ADHD would find no real interest in drugs and the addiction factor would be minimized for them. But it seems like those with such disorders are at a great risk with substances.
If a counselor knows that this has been a problem in the past, then why go and make it worse by prescribing them all over again? There are some kids who can handle this and some who can't- why throw fuel on the fire and harm those for whom this could obviously be a problem?
For many college students this is going to be their way of breaking the mold of who they were in high school and a way to reinvent themselves into something different than they have ever been. Maybe they think this will make them more outgoing, friendlier, open to new experiences, popular, whatever they are wanting. I know that this is not the answer, but for an 18 year old looking to break out of the box, this can on the surface seem to be the answer. There definitely needs to be more intervention and prevention on college campuses, but i think that ultimately it all begins before that. Giving young people the self esteem that they need to be able to turn away from this and not rely on drugs has to be the solution in the end.
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