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Cuban exiles denounce Bahamian Gov.'s Human-Rights abuses against their compatriots
Courageous Castro-opponents (many who suffeed years in Castroite prisons and violent Actos de Repudio by Castroite mobs) help focus a distracted world's attention on the plight of their compatriots. Yet these folks, amazingly, get nothing but insults from many of their lazy, loud-mouthed, envious and fractitious "compatriots!"
(Video of demonstration here.)
Let's remember, amigos: "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
And yet many Cuban-exiles blockheadedly persist in "eating their own."
Their congresswoman denounced the Bahamian gov's action: "Appalling that the Government of The Bahamas is Considering Repatriating Cuban Refugees"
But we search in utter vain for any other group among the Congresswoman's constituents who took upon themselves the thankless task of taking her lead and calling-out Castroism's Bahamian accomplices in repression.
None of the "proper" social and media sectors in the "Capitol of the Cuban Exile" took note of this forceful (but completely legal and orderly) denunciation of Castroism's long arm--but the Bahamian government sure did.


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A satisfyingly succinct one act piece, The Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer requires the audience to tune in its multi-lingual ears as it's performed in the notoriously challenging Glaswegian accent in this English premiere of a new play by award-winning Iain Heggie.
Callum Cuthbertson's technical skill and ability to deliver a good punch line as the local, Enoch Dalmellington, however, cannot be faulted. Despite a few stumbled lines, he is engaging and entertaining, playing the bumbling yet philosophical Dalmellington effortlessly and drawing the audience into the story. Set in a very different Merchant City to the one that stands there now, the script paints a lush picture of the streets of 1775 Glasgow, and the rich characters that walked populated them.
The detailed but simplistic set is ideal and Dalmellington's luxuriant costume exemplifies the 18th century affluence of the successful port town. Unfortunately, the plot of this piece is decidedly thin, a disappointing outcome from one of Scotland's most revered playwrights of recent times. A tale of Dalmellington's issues with marrying off a dour daughter and trying to keep hold of all floors of his house in troubling times, much of the comedy relies on fortune teller Mistress Zapata's 'remarkably' accurate prophecies for a 21st century Glasgow. You might need a Glaswegian in tow lest these tidbits be lost on you. Some audience members admit to being decidedly confused for the first few giggles that arise from the predominantly Scottish audience.
Though an enjoyable and gently amusing production, we're inclined to think that perhaps this play will never quite be received as well as it is in its glorious home town.
By Caroline Hall
The Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer is at the Finborough Theatre until 29 October. All seats £9 on Tuesdays, £13 on other days. Book online.

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A RISE in the price of synthetic fertilisers and the boom in organic foods have renewed interest in guano, a traditional, sustainable fertiliser that is abundant here on Isla Guañape Norte - and many more islands off the coast of Peru. The dry climate preserves the phosphate and nitrate-rich droppings of seabirds such as the guanay cormorant, Peruvian pelican and booby, which feed on the local sea life, notably anchoveta.
In 1802, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt studied guano and its fertilising properties at Callao in Peru. His writings on the subject led to the start of commercial shipments of guano to Europe. Peru saw a huge surge in the trade between the 1840s and the 1870s, known as the Guano Age, when the proceeds of the industry accounted for most of the country's income. It all came to an end with the war of the Pacific (1879-1884), which was linked in part to a dispute with Chile over access to the commodity.
Award-winning Chilean photographer Tomás Munita recently returned to the islands to record how labourers are collecting guano once again, under a drizzle of droppings.
"Peru is the only place in the world that is exploited commercially in this way, marking a comeback for small farmers and organic agriculture," says Rodolfo Beltran, head of the EcoArki network in Lima and former director of AgroRural, Peru's rural development agency. The government has taken measures to prevent overfishing and to protect the island ecosystems, he adds. "It's a treasure."
However, the population of guano-producing seabirds has fallen from 20 million in the 1950s, before there was industrial fishing in the region, to around 4 million today. To work out exactly how bird life has been affected by the fishery, climate variability and other factors, Sophie Bertrand, a fisheries ecologist from the Institute of Research for Development in Marseille, France, began a field trip this month to tag guano seabirds with GPS and dive sensors. "Guano exploitation is not incompatible with seabird conservation," she says, "but strict measures may need to be observed so that it does not overlap with the breeding period."
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Can I use Push through MIDI and use my cherished synthesizer?
Yes, please use the External Instrument/Effect devices to send audio to an external synthesizer/effect and bring audio back into Live.
With Max for Live, you can do a lot more, e.g. control synth parameters from Push. You can even convert MIDI to CV with Max for Live if you have an audio interface that supports CV.
Is Push's browsing only limited to Ableton devices? Or will it be possible to enter 3rd-party plug-ins (VST, AU) and presets into the library so that they can be browsed and loaded from Push?
Push is primarily focused to work with Ableton devices, it's what we have the most control over and the most knowledge of. With Ableton devices, we try to have the 8 Macros laid out in a consistent way - so you almost always know which encoder to grab for a specific parameter.
With plug-ins, we currently can't access parameters in an automatic and consistent way, so you would be left with a way to load a plug-in, but not control it automatically. The workaround for the moment is to save a plug-in within an Instrument or Effect Rack, with parameters laid out as you'd like. Push both sees these presets in it's browser and automatically maps to the device controls.
I've saved a plug-in (VST, AU) or even an Ableton Instrument (like Sampler) to a Rack to which I have configured e.g. 32 of its parameters and I reopen this Rack via Push. Will it automatically populate 4 banks of 8 encoders each on Push, or will there be some additional manual assignment involved?
Push will automatically populate 4 banks of encoders (you need to press "In" to get to them from the top level).
Will it be possible to rename said controls on the Rack or will they only display those names sent from the plug-in (VST, AU)? The same with the banks - let's say instead of Bank 1, 2, 3… it should say Filter, LFOs, Envelopes….
You can only rename Ableton device parameters, not the parameters of plug-ins.
If I load one of those Racks into a track and another instance of it into a different track, will Push be able to control each instance independently of the other?
I always wanted more than 8 Macros to use with my APC and Ableton devices. Will this be possible with Push?
Yes, you press "In" to access all parameters of an Ableton device.
How do I select parallel chains in Instrument Racks?
You press the "In" button to dive into an Instrument Rack, and move between parallel chains.
How easy is it to get to different banks of parameters? The worst was when there were only next/previous buttons for banks - I really hope Push has a way to directly select the bank I want to control.
You press "In" on a device, and you can directly select different banks of parameters.
Can the encoders automatically move start/end points for samples or the loop brace for clips?
In Clip Mode, you can set start/end/length of loops, and move the position of the loop brace. For drums (i.e. in step sequencing mode), you also a have a loop selector to quickly select and loop sections of a clip.
What can I do with the touch strip?
The touch strip can currently be used as a Pitch Bend controller. On drum tracks, you can also select Drum Rack banks with it.
How do you control Drum Rack sends from Push? Is it a quick button combo? And how to control the return devices?
Currently, you can't access sends of a Drum Rack. You can control returns in general by selecting a return track and sends by going to Pan/Send Mode or Track Mode.
I'm not sure if you are talking about Macros or Configuration Mode in conjunction with plug-ins (VST, AU).
It's kind of a combination - Configuration Mode lets you set up parameters in a way that Push can access them, and grouping a plug-in to a Rack lets the browser see it.
E.g. with some plug-in, use Configuration Mode to map 16 parameters. Once you've done this, you automatically see the first 8 parameters on Push's screen. If you press the "In" button, you can get to different banks (16 parameters will give you bank 1 and bank 2 to choose from). If you group the plug-in and save it as a Rack, it shows up in Push's browser as a preset, too.


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The Problem Isn't Salaita; It's Tenure
Jonathan Marks has written well on the current controversy over whether the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, was within its rights to revoke an offer of tenure—an offer which was not formally finalized—to Steven Salaita, an academic whose says he supposedly specializes in indigenous Native American and Palestinian studies.
Jonathan Marks has written well on the current controversy over whether the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, was within its rights to revoke an offer of tenure—an offer which was not formally finalized—to Steven Salaita, an academic whose says he supposedly specializes in indigenous Native American and Palestinian studies.
But let me chime in with a modest proposal. Whether the controversy is Salaita; Joseph Massad; or Ward Churchill, who famously called the victims of 9/11 "little Eichmanns," is beside the point. Rather, the question policymakers should ask is why give tenure to anyone?
Today's academic system is the last vestige of the medieval guild system, and reflects that system's strict hierarchy. Tenure was initially implemented in order to protect free speech and prevent administrations from arbitrarily firing those who might challenge the status quo, or ask tough but unsettling questions.
Nothing has done more to undercut free speech than tenure, however. Junior professors self-censor so as not to upset senior colleagues ahead of tenure decisions. The nature of scholarship often involves utilizing new or more complete sources to reconsider problems or revise current understandings. That means, in some cases, revising the work of those who have become petty dictators in their fields who would prefer to seek unquestioned affirmation rather than revision of their own work.
At the same time, tenure has undercut productivity. Too many senior faculty look at tenure as retirement in all but name: Rather than provide them the safety to really dig deep into problems in their field, they do the bare minimum required. They will show up for class, but put little effort into it. Forget any path-breaking research; that's too much trouble. There are exceptions to that, of course: Bernard Lewis, Paul Kennedy, Michael Mandelbaum, or the late Fouad Ajami. But for every productive faculty member out there are scores who contribute little to anything post-tenure. The idea that anyone, at age 40, should receive a free ride is noxious, especially if their free ride prevents younger scholars willing to work harder and outperform from having a chance to do so.
Certainly, professors deserve job security; but lifelong tenure is a bit much. Perhaps it would be more productive to create a series of contracts which increase in length so long as the requirements for each are met. Professors might start out with a two-year contract replete with teaching and article publishing requirements, to be replaced upon completion with a four-year-contract during which they must complete their book if in the humanities or social sciences, or corollary papers if in the sciences. Perhaps then they might receive a series of eight- or ten-year contracts that will continue until their retirement so long as they continue to teach and pursue relevant research.
A side note about freedom of speech: There was a joke that circulated in Iraq soon after liberation in which a looter, asked to explain himself, said he was embracing democracy which he interpreted as doing whatever the heck he pleased. Too often, professors have a juvenile understanding of freedom of speech. While I am an absolutist when it comes to freedom of speech and would agree that every professor should enjoy it without qualification, freedom of speech was never meant to supplant or substitute for quality of work or accountability for actions beyond the scope of their research.
Do professors want to pontificate on politics? No problem. Should they be worried about offending? No. Should campuses have speech codes? Absolutely not.
But does that mean that any political polemic should count as academic work? Or that professors should use for their political whims the time for which they are paid to pursue work outside the field for which they are hired? If a neurologist decided to dispense with the work for which he was hired and instead dedicated himself to alchemy, administrations should be free to fire, even if his lengthy blog posts or 140-character tweets about alchemy were just manifestations of his free speech.
Now make no mistake, within their fields, professors should have absolute freedom to pursue the unpopular regardless of the complaints of donors. But they should also have to adhere to rigorous standards of scholarship. Professors can whine all they want that they cannot do what they want 24 hours per day on the public dime, but let's hope those whines fall on deaf ears: the academy was never meant to be a free ride.
Diane Ravitch's Sexist and Tendentious Attack on an Education Reformer
In the past I've had my differences with Jonathan Chait, but he does a splendid job of eviscerating Diane Ravitch, an education historian who has become among the most prominent defenders of teacher unions.
In the past I've had my differences with Jonathan Chait, but he does a splendid job of eviscerating Diane Ravitch, an education historian who has become among the most prominent defenders of teacher unions.
Ms. Ravitch has undergone a radical change in her views. She was once a vocal advocate for reforms; she's now among the fiercest public critics of reform. More on that in a moment, but let me begin by setting the context.
The Washington Post's Paul Farhi did a profile of Campbell Brown, a former CNN anchor turned education-reform activist. One of Ms. Brown's concerns is teacher tenure, which she (rightly) believes protects terrible teachers from accountability and creates the wrong metric by which to judge teachers. Apparently this was too much for Ms. Ravitch, who said this:
"I have trouble with this issue because it's so totally illogical," says Diane Ravitch, an education historian. "It's hard to understand why anyone thinks taking away teachers' due-process rights will lead to great teachers in every classroom."
As for Brown, Ravitch is dismissive: "She is a good media figure because of her looks, but she doesn't seem to know or understand anything about teaching and why tenure matters. . . . I know it sounds sexist to say that she is pretty, but that makes her telegenic, even if what she has to say is total nonsense."
To which Chait responds, "Why, yes, that does sound rather sexist." He goes on to explain why the elimination of our current system of teacher tenure would help attract better teachers, including pointing out that last-in, first-out hiring rules lead to teachers being let go regardless of quality. "The basic problem is that some proportion of American teachers is terrible at their job and immune to improvement, yet removing them is a practical impossibility," Chait writes. (He supplies an overview of the research here.)
"In most fields," Chait adds, "your pay is based on your perceived value rather than on the number of years you have spent on the job." He goes on to say of various reforms, "nearly all of them work better than paying people on the basis of how long they've held a job and making it functionally impossible to fire them for being terrible at their job."
Some final thoughts, the first of which is that it's a shame that Ravitch has become such an angry and embittered critic of those arguing for many of the reforms she once favored. In a devastating COMMENTARY magazine review of Ravitch's book The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Liam Julian of the Hoover Institution wrote her book was "nothing less than an act of emotional and ideological capitulation to those who fought her tooth and nail all along the way." Changing one's mind is not in principle wrong, of course, but in Ms. Ravitch's case her complete shift on education reminds me of the words of Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons: "Listen, Roper. Two years ago you were a passionate Churchman; now you're a passionate — Lutheran. We must just pray that when your head's finished turning, your face is to the front again."
In the course of her volte-face, Ms. Ravitch hasn't simply shifted her views; she's gone from being a serious scholar to an intemperate polemicist. (See Sol Stern's Autumn 2013 essay in City Journal, "The Closing of Diane Ravitch's Mind," for more.) Her sexist attack on Campbell Brown, while ludicrous, was entirely in keeping with her corrosive and dyspeptic rhetoric these days.
As for Ms. Brown, she put things rather well in the profile by Farhi:
I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children? In a situation where it's the child or the adult, I'm going with the child…. Tenure is permanent lifetime employment. There's no reason why anyone's job should become untouchable for the rest of their life.
To be an advocate for the education and wellbeing of children is a rather high calling, even if the advocate happens to be attractive as well.


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Lady Gaga Sings a Haunting New Song in Australia: "Princess Die"
Got suicide on the mind, Lady Gaga?
In what is surely a nod to the gay teen suicides that are still occurring, Lady G debuted a somber new ballad while on tour in Melbourne this week, prefacing it by saying "This song is a little sad. But it's about some of the most deep and personal thoughts I've ever had. It's called 'Princess Die,' D-I-E."
With lyrics like "I wish that I was strong/I wish that I was wrong/I wish that I could cope, but I took pills and left a note" and "I'll do it in the swimming pool so everybody sees" you can bet that people were pretty moved at the show.
Gaga is famous for talking a lot in between songs and really connecting with her fans. She mentioned that she isn't yet sure whether "Princess DIE" will be on her next CD, but the song is definitely statement-making. Just like everything else the Gaga does!
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Loggers Field Repairs Delayed by Weather
First it was a lot of rain. And then a flooded roadway. And then, this week, it was several inches of snow that delayed construction at La Crosse's Copeland Park ball park. Workers had started to work on repairs to a dugout and bleachers burned by vandals last fall. La Crosse Loggers GM Chris Goodell says the weather delays have pushed back the project completion date a little. Originally the dugout was to be completed by May first. Goodell thinks that deadline looks a little improbable now. But getting everything done by the end of May doesn't seem out of the question.


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Nothing could be further from the hubbub of western festive excess than a silent Vipassana retreat in Java
A clique of Australian restaurateurs are riding a tourist wave to riches in Indonesia – but business in Bali is not for the faint-hearted
GrrlScientist: Indonesia is home to a tiny breed of chickens that are kept and bred purely for ornamental reasons. So of course, that means their human caregivers must hold a beauty pageant where these diminutive birds can strut their stuff.
The world's best beach hotels and accommodation on a budget Top 10 budget beach hotels, villas and bungalows in Bali and LombokSurf and diver pads, yoga retreats and stylish cabanas on deserted beaches … there are plenty of ways to get away from it all on Bali and neighbouring Lombok
How do you make 260 million people on 6,000 islands feel like they are all the same nation? Elizabeth Pisani takes a look at post-independence Indonesia, writes Misha Glenny
Frontline workers say advertising campaigns needed to raise risk awareness among young travellers
There are still more Aussies holidaying overseas than tourists visiting our shores, but declining consumer confidence may be impacting our jet-setting ways
Once known only to divers, a group of islands on the edge of Komodo national park, Indonesia, feel much like Bali did back in the day – with world-class diving, says Johnny Langenheim
If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air … and want beautiful sunsets, Asia is the perfect place to kick back in a beach house
Detective Adnan Pandibu wants to continue investigation after finding 29 types of medication in the Bischoffs' hotel room
Travel writing competition 2013 Messing about in boats in India: readers' travel writing competition 2013
A boat trip in Udaipur, India, goes wrong – but, luckily, Edward Tew, winner of the history category, is neither shaken or stirred by the experience
Fancy snacking on fertilised duck eggs, roasted grasshoppers and coffee made from defecated beans? We look at some global 'treats' that may make you feel queasy
Local tour companies know their countries better than anyone else. Readers pick their favourites in south-east Asia
Tony Abbott made his first visit to Indonesia as PM this week. But studies show Australians know very little about their close neighbour. So how do you rate? Take this quiz to find out
Photographer James Morgan captures the excitement of a ritualistic battle held every year on a remote Indonesian island. By Hannah Booth
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A small chic hotel chain in Bali offers luxurious villas and adventurous tours to remote corners of the island. It's a winning combination, says Nell Card
Honeymoon hotspot has seen growing trade in crystal meth, with trafficking rates in Indonesia up more than 300% in the past year
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The Dani, Yali and Lani tribes gather at this annual festival dressed in distinctive attire to stage mock battles, perform traditional music and dance, and celebrate with a pig roast
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Adrienne was born in Tynemouth in 1947. Adrienne is second generation English on her father's side and 3rd generation English on her mother's. She did her degree in Leeds, trained as a teacher and then taught in Liverpool before returning to Newcastle. She was Headteacher of the Jewish Day School, later called the King David School, in Jesmond and then in Gosforth for twelve years. She played a key role in running Maccabi for over 30 years.
Adrienne was interviewed by Anita Wan on 16 June 2006. The interview took place in the participant's home and lasted for 44 minutes.
Yeah, it's shrunk! One, it's shrunk like mad, two, the age range has gotten much much older. You know, there's load of people, I think, well over two thirds, are over sixty. You know, it's a very aging community. There's no school anymore. The Hebrew classes, I mean, there is somewhere along the line in Louis Alsover's book which you've probably got somewhere, the photograph of us, when we had two heders, Hebrew classes at that stage. And I was at Gosforth and Kenton and there must have been about one hundred and fifty kids in that picture. Now there's only the one set of Hebrew classes and there's about fourteen kids.
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A biodegradable coating for asthma drugs may mean sufferers won't have to use their inhalers so often. The polymer coating, which dissolves in hours, covers inhaled glucocorticoids, which reduce the inflammation that can trigger lung spasms during an attack. While asthmatics use drugs such as Ventolin to rapidly open up their airways, glucocorticoids must be taken for days to weeks before their effects kick in. In experiments on rats, Guenther Hochhaus and his colleagues at the University of Florida found that coated glucocorticoids stayed in the lungs much longer so the drug kept on working. And as less of the drug leaked into the bloodstream, there were fewer side effects.
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UTSA to observe Constitution Day Sept. 17 with events and voter registration
(Sept. 13, 2012) -- Constitution Day will be celebrated Monday, Sept. 17 at the UTSA Main Campus. The nationally observed event centers on the history of the U.S. Constitution and the role it plays today in the lives of U.S. citizens. The events are free and open to the public.
At the Main Campus, Constitution Bingo will be hosted by the Inclusion and Community Engagement Center and the Special Events Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the University Center Pecan Room (2.01.26). Test your knowledge about the Constitution with the chance to win prizes. Pizza and pocket-sized copies of the Constitution will be available to all participants.
Additionally, the Student Government Association and the Black Student Union will register UTSA community members to vote beginning Monday, Sept. 17 through Friday, Sept. 21 at various locations at the Main Campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. The first 25 individuals to register to vote each day will receive a pocket-sized copy of the Constitution.
Constitution Day is co-sponsored by the UTSA Inclusion and Community Engagement Center and UTSA Special Events Center. For more information, e-mail Charlin Jones or call 210-458-6110.
Constitution Day was established by law in 2004. Before the law was enacted, the holiday was known as Citizenship Day. In addition to renaming the holiday, the act mandated that all publicly funded educational institutions provide educational programming on the history of the U.S. Constitution on that day. For more resources, visit the UTSA Libraries website.


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Pugh Painting In La Crosse
If you could paint a picture representing the La Crosse area, what would you
put in that picture?
The bluffs, the river, the blue bridges...maybe beer. Those are all ideas being suggested to artist John Pugh of California, who's been hired to create a 'trompe l'oeil' mural for the outside wall of a building somewhere in La Crosse. Pugh specializes in wall paintings that appear to be lifelike:
This week, Pugh has met with members of the public and community groups in La Crosse to get ideas for his mural. He'll submit a design to a local arts board, which will decide what building will be used for the artwork.


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Is The Bachelorette's Jef Holm the Next JP Rosenbaum?
There's no "Cupcake" love story to reference later, but maybe Emily Maynard and Jef Holm can always look back fondly on that skateboard.
Em said she wants a funny/cute guy who doesn't take himself too seriously. (Sounds like Jef.) The Bachelor 15's Keltie Colleen said Em likes grungy, hipster type guys. (Looks like Jef with his hipster high hair, skateboard and sunglasses.) And who wouldn't be impressed by Jef's job as CEO of a bottled water company that helps people who lack access to clean water?
So is Jef Holm on the path to be the next JP Rosenbaum?
Ashley Hebert didn't give JP the first impression rose on The Bachelorette Season 7 premiere — that went to Ryan "Mr. Sunshine" Park — so we're not reading too much into the idea that single dad Doug Clerget got Emily's first rose of Season 8.
JP's Episode 3 date was really the clincher that set Jash on a path to love. In Season 8, Episode 5, Emily turns to Jef after dramatically telling Kalon off — much like how Ashley turned to JP after Bentley. We have a good feeling about Em and Jef, despite Jef's baby face and unnecessarily high hair. Jef could be a slow-burn sleeper who wins the day with humility, quiet strength, cute smiles and support of Emily after others disappoint her — kind of like a (much sexier, we have to say) guy who spent his premiere talking about how much he hated being called "Cupcake." (Never shoulda told us, man!)
Ashley herself re-tweeted a note connecting the two bachelors: "This Jef dude *might* be my new @JP_Rosenbaum. We'll see. #bachelorette."
It's a good sign that Jef got Emily to crack a mini joke after he threw away the skateboard he rode in on. "I was gonna ride that later!" Emily quipped. When Em finally sat down for a chat with Jef, she said she had been looking for him inside. That's a good sign. She told the cameras Jef made a great first impression and made her feel like a "nerd." "He is super cool and I hope that he thinks I'm cool too." Interesting that she went for that giggling schoolgirl angle since, back on The Bachelor Season 15, Brad Womack said he felt like a lovestruck high school sophomore around his Chosen One — and we know that turned out to be Emily.
Jef looks funny and cute; he doesn't take himself too seriously but has a serious, responsible side; he seems good with kids; and he does inspiring work that Emily probably admires. Plus, he lives in the Salt Lake City area, so if Em and Ricki move there, Em could be close to her Bachelor 15 buddy Michelle Money and Michelle's daughter, Brielle.
It's way too early to be sure what Em will do, but Jef is looking like a dark horse to go far and slowly win America over. He said he likes to be underestimated because if people give him a chance they are usually pleasantly surprised. Are you willing to give Jef a chance or do you think Em was crazy to keep him over some of the guys she let go?
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US warplanes struck Iraq on Friday for the first time since American troops pulled out in 2011, attacking Islamist fighters advancing towards the Kurdish region after President Barack Obama said Washington must act to prevent "genocide".
The fighters had advanced to within a half hour's drive of Erbil, capital of Iraq's Kurdish region and a hub for U.S. oil companies. A Pentagon spokesman said two F/A-18 aircraft dropped laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece used by Islamic State fighters to shell Kurdish forces defending Erbil.
Obama authorised air strikes after tens of thousands of Christians fled for their lives from Islamic State fighters who have crucified and beheaded captives.
The United States also started to drop relief supplies to members of the ancient Yazidi sect massed on a desert mountaintop seeking shelter from the fighters who had ordered them to convert or die.
In Baghdad, where politicians have been paralysed by infighting while the state falls apart, the top Shi'ite cleric all but demanded Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to quit, a bold intervention that could bring the veteran ruler down.
Sunni fighters from the Islamic State, an al-Qaeda offshoot bent on establishing a caliphate and eradicating unbelievers, have swept through northern Iraq since June. Their advance has dramatically accelerated in the past week when they routed Kurdish troops near the Kurdish autonomous region in the north.
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Christians and other minorities have fled from Islamic State fighters who have broadcast their killings of captives on the Internet.
The retreat of the Kurds has brought the Islamists to within a short drive of Erbil, the prosperous capital of the Kurdish autonomous region. US and European oil companies there ordered emergency evacuations of their staff.
"Earlier this week, one Iraqi in the area cried to the world, 'There is no one coming to help'," said Obama in a late night television address to the nation on Thursday. "Well, today America is coming to help."
"We can act carefully and responsibly to prevent a potential act of genocide," he said.
While the relentless advance of Islamic State fighters has threatened to destroy Iraq as a state, bickering politicians in Baghdad have failed to agree on a new government since an inconclusive election in April.
Maliki, a Shi'ite Islamist whose foes accuse him of fuelling the Sunni revolt by running an authoritarian sectarian state, has refused to step aside for a less polarising figure, defying pressure from Washington and Tehran.
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Warrington overturn deficit to reach Challenge Cup quarter-finals
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Warrington Wolves struck a purple patch either side of half-time to secure a safe passage into the quarter-finals of the Carnegie Challenge Cup with a 32-16 victory over Bradford Bulls.
The Bulls were clinging to a 6-4 lead four minutes before half-time but the Wolves, back-to-back Wembley winners in 2009 and 2010, found their scoring touch to run in four tries in 14 minutes and establish a 26-6 lead.
Australian winger Joel Monaghan scored two of them on his way to completing a hat-trick to settle the fifth-round tie.
Bradford finished a well-beaten side, but they had the better of the first half, with former London Broncos half-back Luke Gale having a big influence on his return from two months out with an ankle injury.
Centre Adrian Purtell, who was ruled out with a hamstring injury earlier in the week but reinstated in the team on the morning of the match after making a rapid recovery, was denied an early try when video referee Steve Ganson ruled a knock-on over the line.
But he made amends on 12 minutes when picking up a loose ball to race over from 20 metres out for the opening score following an audacious ball steal by co-centre Keith Lulia.
Gale added the difficult conversion to give the Bulls a deserved 6-0 lead, but Warrington gradually clawed their way into the game, aided by a succession of penalties, and put the visitors' line under increasing pressure.
They pulled a try back through Monaghan after 22 minutes, although Lee Briers' final pass looked suspiciously forward, and England second rower Ben Westwood would have added a second but, instead of touching down, he placed the ball on the foot of defender Jamie Langley.
Just when it seemed Bradford might hang on to their lead until the break, the Wolves struck two ultimately decisive blows in the last four minutes of the half.
Full-back Brett Hodgson caught the Bradford defence flat-footed after scooping up a stray pass to cross for a try and, in the last action of the half, winger Chris Riley swooped on a fumble by Bulls prop Bryn Hargreaves to sprint 50 metres for a gift score.
Instead of leading 6-4, the Yorkshiremen suddenly found themselves trailing 16-6 after both conversions were landed by Hodgson, and the game slipped beyond them when they conceded two further tries within 10 minutes of the re-start.
Monaghan grabbed his second, touching down Hodgson's grubber kick, and former Bradford centre Ryan Atkins scored straight from a scrum, awarded after a knock-on by prop Tom Burgess.
Hodgson kicked his third goal to make it 26-6, but the Bulls responded with the best try of the match from Lulia, who finished off a six-man handling move.
Bradford continued to play with spirit and might have got back into contention had front rowers Heath L'Estrange and Craig Kopczak been able to ground the ball but both were held up over the line.
Briers then regathered his own kick but his try was disallowed for a knock-on by Monaghan as the game petered out towards an inevitable conclusion.
The Wolves were reduced to 12 men on 65 minutes when prop Chris Hill was sin-binned for interference, just moments after referee James Child had issued a general warning to the home side, and the Bulls took advantage by scoring a try through French forward Oliver Elima.
Gale kicked his second goal but Warrington had the final say when Monaghan crossed at the corner a minute from the end to complete his hat-trick, with Hodgson taking his goal tally to four from seven attempts.
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EDIT: just got the tach working. resoldered two resistors and it works fine. I must have had an ugly joint, but all works now!!
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EDIT: just got the tach working. resoldered two resistors and it works fine. I must have had an ugly joint, but all works now!!
Here are some pics of the pre-install:
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Update: Intake valve on #3 is stuck open.
I'm going to try to free it tomorrow, but I feel like I'm shooting in the dark.
Anyone have any advice for how to get it back in order if it's just sticking from deposits?
Got the stuck valve closed, it moved so freely. I have no idea what is causing this huge problem. Then it just got stuck open again when i went to compression test it.
So the car will be babied to my new place where I'll throw on one of my two good heads. Maybe time for an upgrade in cams or something...
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Towed it very painfully to it's new home (Townhome garage).
I'm going to do a head swap with a spare head I have. 3 angle valve job, OEM composite HG
Changes in part plans:
Die Hard Platinum Battery
Greddy HeadgasketGenuine Toyota Head Gasket
ARP Studs <-- Still debating this one. The motor already has ARP bolts. The $125 bucks for studs might be better spent elsewhere...
Car has been running with a fully refreshed head for a few weeks now. Went with ARP studs and OEM Headgasket. I figure since the transmission and clutch are going to hold ~350 rwhp max, I can get by with a composite HG. If it blows down the road I'll do it right and pull everything and do a MHG. For now, ~10 psi should be ok on the stocker.
I have a strange dead spot from ~1-10% throttle, then it kicks to life. Almost as if the TPS doesn't know i'm off idle until 10%. I can see the vacuum change so I know the throttle is opening. I'll have to investigate the tps soon.
I hope to be purchasing a Land Cruiser (80 series) soon so the Supra won't see winter if all goes as planned. Progress will be slower with the added expense, but I wont have to worry about getting stuck or plowed into.
Shitty cell phone pics:
Perfectly good, unblown Greddy headgasket. I guess I'll use it as a wall ornament after I clean it up?
looks good man, and good idea with the winter driver....we don'[t have to worry about things like that down here in Florida lol.
86.5 Toyota Supra Maroon - SOLD
89 Toyota Supra Pearl White - Current Build http://www.supramania.com/forums/sho...New-7M-Install
Got a bosch 710 bpv (Same as 110 bosch) and it sounds a lot less ricey than my stock toyota bpv that was fluttering like crazy.
Still stock exhaust, only "power" mod is an apexi intake. Boost is at 6 psi. Fun, but not nearly enough. I want closer to ~10psi, but it'll have to wait until I can afford a nice 3" exhaust turbo back. Still planning on Raptor Racing cat back, metallic cat and BIC Recirc DDP.
Really need to sell my red 88 turbo so that is my project for now. The black car runs smoothly so I think I can just enjoy it for a while.
Congrats, it seems like u have done a lot of research before the swap and were ready for any problems. Im glad it went well. Time for more boost!!!!
yea congrats glad to see everything is working out for the most part.
Now it's time to tackle the finer things. I.E. More power mods, tuning, getting the car much cleaner, newer looking and feeling.
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Switched over to GC 0w30 w/ PureONE filter recently. Over 313,500 miles. Fully broken in. Really need new exhaust, right now it's rusted in half at the resonator and basically straight piped. AKA loud, obnoxious and not any faster...
Can't wait to order exhaust. Still looking at Raptor Racing catback and BIC divorced downpipe.
...and the gf sitting next to me says she wishes I weren't so obsessed...


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January 7, 2014
(Columbia, MD) – Howard Community College will host a site visit by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) on Wednesday, March 5, and Thursday, March 6, 2014.
The general public, as well as communities of interest – including faculty, students, program administrators, specialty and dental related organizations, patients, and consumers – have 90 days prior to the proposed site visit to solicit third-party comments. Commentators have 60 days after the site visit until the receipt of third-party comments is due to CODA. All comments must be signed when sent to the Commission for review. Signatures will be removed from comments that are made prior to forwarding them to the program.
Only signed comments that pertain to the standards relative to the particular program being reviewed or policies and procedures used in the Commission's accreditation process will be considered. Comments will be screened by the Commission for relevancy and comments received that are not relevant, the individual will be notified that the comment is not related to the accreditation and, where appropriate, referred to the appropriate agency.
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He is alone among the major characters in being essentially described, rather than shown to be what the author wishes him to be. By description he is handsome, witty, and a powerful personality. However, he appears as a bit of a fop, a fine young gentleman who will be of account through his father's fortune, if at all. Stephen suffers from having to be the chosen object of the love of the main character in the novel. He cannot be developed at the expense of that character, and consequently he tends to be underdone.
He never quite measures up to Maggie's love. Stephen loves Maggie against his will and his judgment. There can be no doubt of the reality of his love, but he has not the self-sacrificing nature of Maggie and Philip. By contrast with them he appears selfish. Yet he cannot be considered a cad, for his love brings him real suffering.
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The islands, composed mainly of limestone and coral, rise from a vast submarine plateau. Most are generally low and flat, riverless, with many mangrove swamps, brackish lakes (connected with the ocean by underground passages), and coral reefs and shoals. Fresh water is obtained from rainfall and from desalinization. Navigation is hazardous, and many of the outer islands are uninhabited and undeveloped, although steps have been taken to improve transportation facilities. Hurricanes occasionally cause severe damage, but the climate is generally excellent. In addition to New Providence, other main islands are Grand Bahama, Great and Little Abaco (see Abaco and Cays), the Biminis, Andros, Eleuthera, Cat Island, San Salvador, Great and Little Exuma (Exuma and Cays), Long Island, Crooked Island, Acklins Island, Mayaguana, and Great and Little Inagua (see Inagua).
The population is primarily of African and mixed African and European descent; some 12% is of European heritage, with small minorities of Asian and Hispanic descent. More than three quarters of the people belong to one of several Protestant denominations and nearly 15% are Roman Catholic. English is the official language. The Bahamas have a relatively low illiteracy rate. The government provides free education through the secondary level; the College of the Bahamas was established in 1974, although most Bahamians who seek a higher education study in Jamaica or elsewhere.
The islands' vivid subtropical atmosphere—brilliant sky and sea, lush vegetation, flocks of bright-feathered birds, and submarine gardens where multicolored fish swim among white, rose, yellow, and purple coral—as well as rich local color and folklore, has made the Bahamas one of the most popular resorts in the hemisphere. The islands' many casinos are an additional attraction, and tourism is by far the country's most important industry, providing 60% of the gross domestic product and employing about half of the workforce. Financial services are the nation's other economic mainstay, although many international businesses left after new government regulations on the financial sector were imposed in late 2000. Salt, rum, aragonite, and pharmaceuticals are produced, and these, along with animal products and chemicals, are the chief exports. The Bahamas also possess facilities for the transshipment of petroleum. The country's main trading partners are the United States and Spain. Since the 1960s, the transport of illegal narcotic drugs has been a problem, as has the flow of illegal refugees from other islands.
The Bahamas are governed under the constitution of 1973 and have a parliamentary form of government. There is a bicameral legislature consisting of a 16-seat Senate and a 40-seat House of Assembly. The prime minister is the head of government, and the monarch of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by an appointed governor-general, is the titular head of state. The nation is divided into 21 administrative districts.
Before the arrival of Europeans, the Bahamas were inhabited by the Lucayos, a group of Arawaks. Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World in the Bahamas (1492), presumably at San Salvador, and claimed the islands for Spain. Although the Lucayos were not hostile, they were soon exterminated by the Spanish, who did not in fact colonize the islands.
The first settlements were made in the mid-17th cent. by the English. In 1670 the islands were granted to the lords proprietors of Carolina, who did not relinquish their claim until 1787, although Woodes Rogers, the first royal governor, was appointed in 1717. Under Rogers the pirates and buccaneers, notably Blackbeard, who frequented the Bahama waters, were driven off. The Spanish attacked the islands several times, and an American force held Nassau for a short time in 1776. In 1781 the Spanish captured Nassau and took possession of the whole colony, but under the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1783) the islands were ceded to Great Britain.
After the American Revolution many Loyalists settled in the Bahamas, bringing with them black slaves to labor on cotton plantations. Plantation life gradually died out after the emancipation of slaves in 1834. Blockade-running into Southern ports in the U.S. Civil War enriched some of the islanders, and during the prohibition era in the United States the Bahamas became a base for rum-running.
The United States leased areas for bases in the Bahamas in World War II and in 1950 signed an agreement with Great Britain for the establishment of a proving ground and a tracking station for guided missiles. In 1955 a free trade area was established at the town of Freeport. It proved enormously successful in stimulating tourism and has attracted offshore banking.
In the 1950s black Bahamians, through the Progressive Liberal party (PLP), began to oppose successfully the ruling white-controlled United Bahamian party; but it was not until the 1967 elections that they were able to win control of the government. The Bahamas were granted limited self-government as a British crown colony in 1964, broadened (1969) through the efforts of Prime Minister Lynden O. Pindling. The PLP, campaigning on a platform of immediate independence, won an overwhelming victory in the 1972 elections and negotiations with Britain were begun.
On July 10, 1973, the Bahamas became a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations. In 1992, after 25 years as prime minister and facing recurrent charges of corruption and ties to drug traffickers, Pindling was defeated by Hubert Ingraham of the Free National Movement (FNM). A feeble economy, mostly due to a decrease in tourism and the poor management of state-owned industries, was Ingraham's main policy concern. Ingraham was returned to office in 1997 with an ironclad majority, but lost power in 2002 when the PLP triumphed at the polls and PLP leader Perry Christie replaced Ingraham as prime minister. Concern over the government's readiness to accommodate the tourist industry contributed to the PLP's losses in the 2007 elections, and Ingraham and the FNM regained power.
See H. P. Mitchell, Caribbean Patterns (2d ed. 1970); J. E. Moore, Pelican Guide to the Bahamas (1988).
The first European settlers were Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution, who arrived in 1783. The island may have been named after Arthur Catt, a pirate, or the name may refer to its one-time large population of feral cats.
Historically, the island gained wealth from cotton plantations, but slash and burn farming is now the main way of life for Cat Islanders. An economic crop is cascarilla bark, which is gathered and shipped to Italy where it becomes a main ingredient in medicines, scents and Campari.
The population of Cat Island is 1,647 (2000 census). The main settlements are Arthur's Town (childhood home of Sidney Poitier), Orange Creek, and Port Howe. Cat Island was also the birthplace of famed Bahamian musician Tony McKay, better known as Exuma.
Until written accounts were found, Cat Island was thought to be Guanahani or San Salvador, the first island Christopher Columbus reached when he discovered the Americas.
New Bight Airport and Arthur's Town Airport serve the island.
At the top of 206ft Como Hill is Mt. Alvernia Hermitage on Mount Alvernia, the highest point in The Bahamas. This small stone monastery built by hand by the architect hermit, Father Jerome, is at the peak and is worth the trek up this steep rocking incline, as well as the awe inspiring view.
Just south of the Hermitage are the ruins of Armbrister Plantation.
Armbrister Creek flows into a clear lake called "Boiling Point" or "Boiling Hole" whose tidal conditions cause bubbles and burps, the conditions which lead to folklore of a sea monster below its surface. Today, this is a great spot to spy rays and baby sharks and numerous birds that nest along its mangrove fringe.
Located in Bain Town is another lake. This 65ft wide 10 ft deep lake called Mermaid Hole is where many believe a Mermaid lives amongst the 4 bed holes within that lead to underground caverns and passageways.
The monster said to live in Big Blue Hole located near Orange Creek, just off of Dickies Road is said to devour horses. This deep blue hole has strong undersea currents that flow through its caverns linking to the sea, where many objects like dead farm animals tossed into the lake ended up. This folklore still scares local fisherman from venturing too far in this freshwater lake.
Dickie's Road goes east to Griffin Bat Cave, once a hideout for slaves.
Sitting atop a ridge along side the road in the settlement of Old Bight is St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church another beautifully crafted legacy built by Father Jerome, with amazing frescos, engravings and sculptures.
In the Port Howe area of Cat Island, are the ruins of an 18th-century plantation at Deveaux House mansion. In its glory days it was given to Colonel Andrew Deveaux in 1783 for protecting Nassau from Spanish invasion and occupation.
Learn about the island's history at Columbus World Centre Museum in Knowles, or visit the childhood home of Sir Sidney Poitier, Academy Award winner, in South Bight.


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SGI-USA Student Club Hosts Symposium on Humanitarian Competition at University of Pennsylvania, USA
On April 4, 2009, the SGI-USA student club at the University of Pennsylvania hosted a symposium on SGI President Daisaku Ikeda's 27th annual peace proposal, "Toward Humanitarian Competition: A New Current in History." Some 30 participants gathered at Jon M. Huntsman Hall on the university campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, to hear a presentation on the annual proposal, which is circulated among opinion leaders, including UN officials.
University of Pennsylvania students Nobu Hiroi, Amy Vittor and Anthony Leem, Temple University undergraduate Lisa Howe and Jefferson Medical College student Isamu Yoshioka presented an overview of the proposal, which questions humanity's abstract love of money, calls for a focus on the real needs of real people and emphasizes strengthening social safety nets.
To resolve the crisis of capitalism, Mr. Ikeda, in his peace proposal, calls for a paradigm shift to humanitarian competition--a concept first proposed by founding Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, in which nations and individuals compete to contribute the most to global society.
This introduction set the framework for guest speakers Karen Lewis, Sondheimer Professor in International Economics and Finance and co-director of the Weiss Center for International Financial Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Stephen Glassman, chairperson of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
Mr. Glassman said that implementing an idea is far different from embracing one. To implement the peace proposal, he said, people need to better understand how they can engage in sharing ideas. Toward that end, Mr. Glassman said that his personal hope is to help individuals appreciate who they are in the context of a larger humanity.
Dr. Lewis posed the question, "How do we move forward?" Mr. Ikeda, she said, asserts that competition in and of itself is fine, but it needs to be motivated by humanitarian results. Dr. Lewis also commented that she's encountered both students and teachers who are looking at new career options, particularly in the nonprofit sector, as they rethink their impact on the world. She said she herself will take a research sabbatical next year to investigate the World Bank's role in creating microfinance sectors in developing markets. Dr. Lewis also stated she was inspired to discover how economics and her role as an economist can better serve the world, based on her reading of Mr. Ikeda's 2009 peace proposal.
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The reasons why cancer develops are complex and varied. Medical scientists are beginning to unravel the molecular basis for this common disease with a view to eventually controlling it
IMAGINE the Earth as a single "body", in which the people form the individual working parts. Each person would have a function that contributed both to the running of the constituent "organs" (the countries) and to the day-to-day operation of the body as a whole.
Such global cooperation would require intricate coordination between each and every individual. Detailed regulations would control each person's activities. Close supervision of reproduction would be necessary, to ensure that everyone would be replaced when they died, at the correct rate and in the correct proportions.
This Orwellian picture of the world may seem far-fetched, not least because of the enormously complex organisation it would require. Yet every one of the billions of cells in our bodies ...
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Joint Friendship Meeting with Participants in International Festival Held
| Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) -- A joint friendship meeting with the participants in the international festival for celebrating the centenary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung was held at the gymnasium of Kim Il Sung University on April 16.
Present there were Former Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria Ibrahim Mantu who is chairman of the Nigeria-Korea Friendship Association, Yousfe Al Amiri, chairman of the Kuwait-DPRK Friendship Association, and Socorro Gomes, president of the World Peace Council, who are co-chairmen of the international preparatory committee, delegations and delegates of foreign countries and regions and international bodies, Kim Jong Suk, chairperson of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who is vice-chairperson of the Korean preparatory committee and teachers and students of Kim Il Sung University.
An art performance was given by the students of the university.
They played colorful amusement games such as dribbling balls into rings.
There was a dancing party of the participants.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, AR -- A Prairie Grove woman will serve life in prison for her role in the beating death of a man. The sentence was handed down Thursday morning.
Jurors found Heather Swain guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday afternoon in circuit court, just hours after the trial wrapped. Jury selection began Monday morning in the case against her.
Swain was charged as an accomplice in the December 2012 death of Ronnie Lee Bradley near Prairie Grove. Bradley's body was was found in the driveway of a home in southwest Washington County. Police later determined Swain along with three others had driven him around, beating him up earlier that night before leaving him in the driveway.
Two others accused in the murder, Timothy and Anthony Swinford, pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty.


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In 2002, 835 homes were destroyed by wildfire in the United States. Some insurance companies are now requiring homes to have a defensible space. Spring is a good time to clear away dead brush and create a fire-free space around the home.
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- Keep lawns trimmed, leaves raked, and the roof and rain-gutters free of debris such as dead limbs and leaves.
- Create a defensible space by thinning trees and brush within 30 feet around your home.
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- Post home address signs that are clearly visible from the road.
- Provide emergency vehicle access with properly constructed driveways and roadways, at least 12 feet wide for adequate turnaround space.
- Make sure water resources, such as hydrants and ponds, are accessible to the fire department.
- Burning your yard waste is a fire hazard. Check with the local fire agency for fire permit requirements and restricted burning times.
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- Know how to contact fire emergency services in your area.
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- Install smoke alarms on every level of your home. Test them monthly and change the batteries at least once a year.
- Invite the local fire department to inspect your property and offer advise on other things you might do to create a fire-free space around your home.
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Despite years of public education efforts, campfires are still a major cause of wildfires.
- Check with local agencies for campfire restrictions in your area before you leave.
- Locate your campfire a safe distance from tents, trees and buildings.
- Dig a pit 4-6 inches deep on level ground away from any overhanging vegetation. Scrape away grass and needles within a 10-foot diameter. Circle the pit with sizable rocks that will prevent embers and sparks from escaping.
- Store firewood upwind and at least 10 feet away from the pit.
- Keep a shovel and bucket of water near the pit.
- Dont stack fuel too high in the fire pit. Avoid disturbing the fire to prevent creation of sparks and floating embers.
- Be sure the campfire is out before going to bed or leaving the area. NEVER leave your fire unattended.
- Slowly add water to extinguish the flames. Mix in some dirt and break apart the remaining wood and coals with a shovel. Continue adding water until no more steam is produced. Leave your fire pit only when it is cool enough to touch the remains with your bare hand. (Courtesy Keep Idaho Green)
Tips For Fireworks Safety
The following are examples of injuries and fires from legal and illegal fireworks:
A 33-year-old man was setting off mortar style fireworks out of a black plastic pipe while in his backyard. As he leaned over one of the tubes and lit the fuse, the fireworks immediately went off striking him in the face. He was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead from head injuries.
A 6-inch fountain that shot colored fireballs injured a 4-year-old girl. When the fountain tipped over, the victim was struck in the chest by a fireball. She sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns to her chest and neck. She was hospitalized for three weeks for burn treatment and skin grafts.
A 15-year-old male tied together the wires of 10 sparklers. The sparklers ignited quickly and burned down very fast, finally exploding in his hand. The victim sustained a five-inch long laceration to his hand and forearm, exposing muscle. Also, debris from the explosion lodged in his hand and arm. The victim had plastic surgery and has recovered.
July 2003, On the evening of July 4th, a fire destroyed over 100 acres of sagebrush wildlife habitat north of Lake Lowell. The fire appeared to have started when illegal fireworks landed on a hillside thick with dry grasses.
The Black Rock Fire which destroyed 2,050 acres of deer habitat between Pocatello and Inkom was caused by fireworks.
- Fireworks should be used with extreme caution.
- Older children should be closely supervised, and younger children should not be allowed to play with fireworks.
- Be sure that other people are out of range before lighting fireworks.
- Read and follow all warnings and instructions before using fireworks.
- Light only fireworks that are legal in your area, and check with the local fire department for additional restrictions. In the Pocatello area, legal safe and sane fireworks may be discharged in the non-prohibited areas of the city only between June 28 and July 6 (some bench areas are subject to additional restrictions).
- Light only safe and sane fireworks on cleared, nonflammable surfaces (such as concrete or asphalt).
- Light fireworks away from buildings and vegetation.
- ALWAYS keep a bucket of water handy in case of malfunction or fire.
- NEVER take any type of fireworks on public lands. (Courtesy Consumer Products Safety Commission)
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When you see the orange road construction sign, do you automatically slow down, even if you dont actually see the start of the work zone? Many of us dont! In 2001, over 1,000 people were killed and 46,174 were injured as a result of work zone crashes. More than half of these crashes happened on roads with speed limits of 55 mph or greater. Clearly, work zones are a hazard, not only to drivers, but also to the workers. Local motorists present the biggest hazard for work-zone workers. Weve been driving the same route for years, and we drive from habit. Suddenly, the situation changes, and we often dont have the patience for the delays we encounter.
Be aware of the current road construction going on. You can visit the State's road site or call 1-888-432-7623 for current construction reports. Be patient and flexible when driving in construction zones. (Courtesy Utah Safety Council)
Click it or Ticket !
While national seat belt use stands at 79 percent, we know the remaining 21 percent who dont wear their seat belts are disproportionately teens and young men ages 18-34. And at 69 percent, safety belt use for teens and young adults ages 16-24 continues to lag behind the rest of the population. Its important to note that this is a daytime number. We know that nighttime belt use is much lower among teens and young adults.
If given a choice between notifying the family of someone killed in a crash where a seat belt could have saved their life, and writing a ticket, police officers will write the ticket every time. So, if you wont buckle up to save your life, buckle up to avoid a ticket.
Remember, its Click It or Ticket!
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Posted by Max on 10th Jul 2013
Hello your price seems too high. I can obtain the same from the original Oppo store. I expect some saving if I buy on Merimobiles.
The price we include the shipping fee. the phone we get from original oppo company . but they cant ship to your country.
Posted by Unknown on 5th Jun 2013
Does the Find 5 you sell work on 900Mhz UMTS? I really need 900Mhz UMTS as 2100Mhz is only available in the bigger cities in my country?
Thank you!
the Oppo Find 5 for 3G is WCDMA 850/1900/2100MHz, it should work in your country, thank you
Posted by Unknown on 5th May 2013
I had different iPhone models,Google Nexus 4, Motorola Atrix. This smartphone has a very good build quality. Its very speedy with a sharp display.You can install any widgets and apps that are available on the market.Great reception and great speakerphone. Not to mention that its design is outstanding. One of the best thinks is UNLOCKED from any carriers, it means no junk apps. This phone will give you the freedom of tethering.If you can get one, it will be one of a kind on American market with 100% freedom to do anything you want to do. I would recommend this phone to anyone who wants to have an exclusive high-end device.
thank you for taking the time to post a review on the OPPO Find 5 X909 its well appreciated, thanks
Posted by Unknown on 25th Apr 2013
Will you be selling the midnight (black) version of this phone?
Yes, we sell the phone OPPO Find 5 X909 in black color. Thank you.
Posted by Unknown on 25th Feb 2013
Will it be compatible with 4G?
the oppo find 5 is not compatible with 4G its compatible with 3G only, thank you
Posted by Unknown on 21st Feb 2013
It says in the tech description that this phone will take a Tf card up to 32Gb,but in your video review there is no such option for extra memory card,this is a little deceiving
The Oppo Find 5 does not have TF card slot, thank you
Posted by Sunay on 20th Feb 2013
Are you sending the this phone to Turkey? Is this phone work in Turkey? Can you write an invoice of $ 30?
Yes we ship the Oppo Find 5 to turkey, thank you
Posted by Viren Pandya on 19th Feb 2013
I am interested to purchase this mobile. I want to use it with my BSNL mobile number in Ahmedabad (pin code-380015) state, Gujarat India. Will it work on that? Second thing what is about service provision if required? Third thing will it be free shipping to me? Fourth thing is which type of display glass it is? Is it Gorilla glass or else? THANKS.
the OPPO Find 5 X909 will work in your country, it has Gorilla Glass 2 technology, Free Shipping applies to India, thank you
Posted by Hans on 18th Feb 2013
is the white 32GB Version in stock now? Do I need to choose Color: None !?
currently only thte 16GB version is in stock, thank you
Posted by Unknown on 18th Feb 2013
I'm interesting by this phone but i want to now if it's the international ROM on the phone and if google Play Store is on the phone ? thanks
We can install the International ROM for you however currently on the Chinese ROM there is more features on the software all you need is to root it and install the Gapps and your good to go, thanks
Posted by Unknown on 11th Feb 2013
Is this phone in stock? Will work on 3G 850 MHz and 900 MHz?
The Oppo Find 5 is now available and its an Amazing phone (my opinion atleast) works on 850MHz tested in Canada so far on this network and works good, thanks
Posted by Ack tach on 2nd Feb 2013
It's a nice phone. Does it have Unlocked Wi Fi hotspot? Is it available in white? If its in stock how long for processing the order? Thank you
The Oppo Find 5 is available, currently on Preorder , available only in black color for now, thank you
Posted by thanos on 2nd Feb 2013
Do you have the 32giga version in stock ready to ship?
If yes what is the price?
Do you ship during china holidays?
Yes the 32GB version is also available, we wish we could ship but what happens is that the shipping companies stop working during the holiday, thank you
Posted by Unknown on 1st Feb 2013
have in stock??
The Oppo find 5 is available, now, thank you
Posted by Unknown on 27th Jan 2013
I'm very interessted by this phone , i know it will be on stock the 29 january , it's the same time for your website?
Can you instal french on this phone?
You can install French on it, this week the OPPO Find 5 Android4.1 should become available, thank you
Posted by Boris on 24th Jan 2013
What is the Price for the 32GB version?
The Oppo Find 5 32GB version will be around 60$ more, thank you
Posted by loki on 18th Jan 2013
When is the 32 GB expected to be in stock as the price had already been announced for Chinese version.How much would it cost in Meri mobiles .Will you guys be stocking the Chinese version or the international version.Any expected date to have this phone in stock.
Thanks in advance.
The Magic Date is January 29th right before the chinese new year holiday, we will add the 32GB version, will be available in English, thanks
Posted by Cristian on 14th Jan 2013
Hola. Cuando sale a la venta???
Viene con case??
Tienen batería adicional??
Oppo Find 5 Hola, estará disponible en algún momento de este mes y si habrá algún caso para ella, gracias
Will be available this month, thanks
Posted by Boris on 12th Jan 2013
I have a big question. Have this smartphone a sd-card slot or not? Because i had read that ther is one but her in this shop is no one
The Oppo Find 5 will not have an external sd card slot, thanks
Posted by Unknown on 9th Jan 2013
Is it dual sim?
The OPPO Find 5 is single, sim, thank you
Posted by peter b. on 4th Jan 2013
teneis stock ya, y saber si podeis ponerlo en el idiomo español. gracias.
El Oppo Encontrar 5 estará disponible este mes y estará disponible en español, gracias
The Oppo Find 5 will be available this month and it will be available in spanish, thank you
Posted by luca on 29th Dec 2012
hiii... when you have in stock?? i want original product,, no root.. original rom.. ok?? when you have??
NO, we still have no in stock, we may have this one in Jan.2013. Thanks. AND, yes, you can have the original Rom.
Posted by david on 20th Dec 2012
i want to know how much for delivery to tijuana mexico 32gb white version
if you go with DHL to Mexico is around 30$
will know soon which version and models will be avaialble, thanks
Posted by Vivek on 19th Dec 2012
Hi. I gues itz an amazing phone, atleast the specs on paper say so. Wud love to know its price in terms of INR, including all the taxes and customs.. And yes, expandable memory wud surely be an added advantage.. :)
In India Rupee its about Rs32,912.09
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Posted by Stanislawsky on 17th Dec 2012
Can you root it and Install Czech Language?
For Czech yes , for root, since we do not have it yet we cannot confirm however sure enough once we get them we will find the rooting method, so yes in the soon future, thanks
Posted by Jali on 16th Dec 2012
The photos are different than older photos this it's the finaly look from phone?It's the original?
Can you install the Greek Lang on phone?
YEs this are the final photos, original and yes can install Greek in the phone, thanks
Posted by Timucin on 15th Dec 2012
hey thanks the phone looks awesome and it will have 35gb version!
so my question is can yu install the phone in german?
there should be a 32GB version available , German yes we can install, thanks
Posted by Rakesh on 13th Dec 2012
Still you people haven't updated the original picture of find 5 ? What will be the final price ? Will you ship to india? Will i have to pay the Duties when it arrives to india? pleas clarify mu doubts. Thank you.
Pictures have been updated
yes we ship to India
Should be available by end of this month or early January,, thanks
Posted by Pavel LOCKd on 13th Dec 2012
I was expecting this phone and really wanted to buy but I WON'T! Nowadays 16Gb is just nothing. By the way you will get for your own use no whole 16Bg but less. I am really disappointed.
Oppo, you have lost one of potential buyer! ))
We want 32GB+!!!
It is possible that the final version will be 32GB, as it s been announced now , we will find out soon, thanks lets keep the faith:)
Posted by Francesco on 12th Dec 2012
she confirms that this is SINGLE sim?
Single sim, thanks
Posted by Bong Roy on 12th Dec 2012
Todaythe oppo find 5 released so Can tell me 'bout real price coz In US it's 499.99$ ? N more info of it. OK, Thanks.
This we will know only once they are available for sale, thanks
Posted by Unknown on 12th Dec 2012
I do not understand their policy. No microsd card support+16gb rom only is a total fail. How can one appreciate a full hd screen when you do not have enough memory to store apps and movies that are full hd. Total fail, a device that could otherwirse be one of the biggest hits of the next 3-4 months will now not have success. I am very sad as I was looking forward to buy this because it was previously listed as having microsd card support. Not anymore...
Hi hopefully they will release the 32GB version fast enough that would be great, thanks
Posted by Unknown on 12th Dec 2012
Big FAIL!!! A full HD phone with just 16GB storage and NO expandable micro sd card slot!!! Why did they put all this amazing tech in and do that!? I was waiting MONTHS for this phone :(
I wanted this phone so badly - I was willing to forgive the non-removable battery but no micro sd card is also a security issue. I save all my personal stuff on my external micro sd storage so if the phone ever did conk out or something and I cannot turn it on, I can always manually remove the micro sd and drop it off for service with any unknown person in peace. This trend of no micro sd's is really shameful for the phone industry, especially when Sammy has shown us it's possible to have a slim profile and yet have removable micro sd and battery.
Hope Samsung's S4 adopts this design language (sharp edged corners that are more business like and not soft pansy pebble shaped round corners) with all the high end specs. That would be a kill-them-all S4
They are officially annoncing it today and I believe it will come with 32GB instead of 16GB , we will also find out for the memory card,thanks
Posted by Unknown on 11th Dec 2012
01. I understood that merimobiles would give a better pricing than most others. However the price directly from China ($599) is more than the price quoted on even the U.S. website($499)??!! Hope there will definitely be a price update cos this sounds too much.
02. And are there any actual REAL images of the actual handset available now, especially since we are on the brink of the release date (12th Dec)? All of these images are not consistent with each other and at this price obviously all customers would definitely want more to make a decision. Hope you will update the site with more specific details and actual images - maybe even a comparison to the S3 or something like that.
Hi it will be annonced tomorrow so we will find out for pricing and also final pictures will be updated and revealed, we plan on doing a video review VS the HTC Droid DNA with that same resolution, thank you
Posted by prasanna on 10th Dec 2012
the official price for US is 499$, But in your site its 599 ? is the price officially announced.
The price is fluctuate with Supply and demand.This one has not been released
Posted by Jackton on 10th Dec 2012
When it is available in stock?
This one has no exact released time,
Posted by vijay jaiswal on 10th Dec 2012
what is the price in india
its 599.99$ free shipping, thank you
Posted by Francesco on 8th Dec 2012
Oppo find 5 is dual sim?
Its single, sim, thanks


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The exterior angle theorem is a theorem in elementary geometry which states that the exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the two remote interior angles.
A triangle has three corners, called vertices. The sides of a triangle that come together at a vertex form an angle. This angle is called the interior angle. In the picture below, the angles a, b and c are the three interior angles of the triangle. An exterior angle is formed by extending one of the sides of the triangle; the angle between the extended side and the other side is the exterior angle. In the picture, angle d is an exterior angle.
The exterior angle theorem says that the size of an exterior angle at a vertex of a triangle equals the sum of the sizes of the interior angles at the other two vertices of the triangle. So, in the picture, the size of angle d equals the size of angle a plus the size of angle c.
Given: In ∆ABC, angle ACD is the exterior angle.
To prove: m'ACD = m'ABC + mBAC (here, mACD denotes the size of the angle ACD)
|In ∆ABC, m'a + m'b + m'c = 180°------[1]'''
|Sum of the measures of all the angles of a triangle is 180°
|Also, m'b + m'd = 180°-------[2]
|Linear pair axiom
|∴ m'a + m'c + m'b = m'b + md
|From [1] and [2]
| ∴ m'a + m'c +
|∴ m'd = m'a + mc
|i.e. m'ACD = m'ABC + mBAC
Hence, proved.


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