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The New Anti-Muslim Wave, Eid al Fitr, and 9/11 – What Will YOU Do?
Crazy fact:
The Jewish Holy Days move from year to year, the Muslim Holy Days move, and 9/11, of course, stays right where it is.
This year:
Rosh Hashanah: September 9, 2010
Eid al Fitr (the three-day feast/celebration at the end of Ramadan): September 10, 2010
And, 9/11.
Interesting line-up.
And a very frightening one for the Muslim community in the US. Especially with the Park 51 situation being what it is.
For Muslims, the end of the holy month of Ramadan is typically cause for celebration, with three days of feasting and socializing after a month of daytime fasting.
This year, though, many American Muslims are greeting Ramadan's end with a measure of worry, as the holiday coincides with the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is doing what it can to counter the Park 51-inspired inspired wave of hatred, blame, and violence, it's not enough. As we stand idly by, American Muslims are once again* the target of hate crimes across the country.
The following is current – and furthermore, linked through out the article above, if you would choose to click through.
Four news stories from the CURRENT wave:
UPDATE: Holley teens charged with targeting mosque
CARLTON — A Holley teen-ager was charged with a felony count of criminal possession of a weapon after allegedly firing a shotgun outside a mosque in Waterport on Monday night.
Racial slur and profanity spray-painted on mosque
Abdus Miah, a member of the mosque, is also a city Alderman.
"I thought… maybe somebody hates us. I was thinking that way. Or something like that. I don't know. We never faced any kind of problem after 9-11. This is the first time," said Miah.
Opponents of the Murfreesboro mosque say it's not about religion. Their Muslim neighbors aren't buying it.
An excavating crew broke ground on the site Aug. 20, 12 days after the Rutherford County Planning Commission provided final clearance. Pre-construction here has already begun — or at least it had, before an arsonist (or -ists) doused four excavators in accelerant and lit one on fire on Aug. 28.
Muslims in America increasingly alienated as hatred grows in Bible belt
On the anniversary of 9/11, Chris McGreal reports from the Tennessee town where Muslims have lived in harmony with Christians for decades – but where they now feel under threat
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* From 2002, during the first post-9/11 wave of Islamophobia: On August 30, 2002 , an anti-Muslim hate-rape took place in California. An 18 year-old man raped a 15-year old girl inside a Palo Alto Longs Drugs store while making anti-Muslim comments, according to the Palo Alto Police Department.
— http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/01/BA140210.DTL
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32 Responses to "The New Anti-Muslim Wave, Eid al Fitr, and 9/11 – What Will YOU Do?"
Thank you, Lasara, for yet another great eye-opener! I'm an animist, and I personally am still petrified of what will happen at the Eid gatherings across the nation. I don't mean to sound like a downer, but I feel that someone is going to do something unthinking and hateful. I just have some …seriously paranoid vibes right now about this. It scares me so much for the Muslim community to be stereotyped as they have these past 9 years. This is a recipe for disaster, and too many ignorant people are already angry at Islam as a whole. My thoughts, prayers, and support go out to all the wonderful peaceful Muslims that help make this country what it is.
And a Church in America is having a Koran burning day – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-1122345…
"Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye." LUKE 6:41-42
I am writing, I am talking to people, and I am praying; doing what I can and believing that people are capable of great good when moved to it.
I've tried to track down further information on the alleged "wave of hatred, blame and violence" starting (and seemingly ending) with the rape referenced by the author above.
According to the website she linked, the incident occurred in 2002 — If it did occur, a single incident nearly a decade ago is a crime wave?
Unfortunately, the site she referenced is …less than trustworthy. It is certainly not referenceable in respectable publishing, without independent corroboration.
Nonetheless in good faith, I've attempted to verify the allegation in local, or national news sources. I cannot. Perhaps my google-fu is weak, or perhaps its a nonsense allegation.
At minimum, it would appear that this is a biased source presenting an unverifiable incident — barring further revalations to the contrary, the author should do FAR better work fact-checking before publishing. Or did she fact-check at all?
Further, IF that incident occurred, it does not suffice in the slightest to verify her allegation of a "crime wave".
Such inflammatory language deserve facts behind it — again, the author fails to deliver such in this article, and the publisher should reconsider the value or detriment she is bringing to the national debate with this quality of work.
My review: maybe llewellen material, but not ready for prime time. If this was the work of one of my graduate students, I'd send it back in a flash.
Elephant Journal: THIS is your best work?
What got me in all this discussion in the media was the very real fear that Americans would look at the Eid celebrations as being celebrations of 9/11; I am still having a difficult time wrapping my head around that one. We are nine years down the road, have American Muslims once demonstrated any kind of celebratory measures on 9/11? No they have not so why start now? It is not the date that is being celebrated but the time of year that just happened to fall on that particular date this year.
The beauty about America is that it is a land of diversity – some of the laws are a bit "strange" for me, but then I am not originally from this country, and many Americans may find the laws that I am accustomed to as being "weird" also (like strict gun control and NO right to "bear arms", as an example). But that aside, people who emigrated to America, did so for a new life, a life where they could live freely – under many of the laws of this land. And when they came here, they BECAME AMERICAN, and integrated their religion with their nationality, not to mention those who were born here and are American through and through, or the Americans who converted to Islam (which at current standing is about 20,000 a year).
I saw a report on CNN yesterday concerning 2 individuals, both lost a brother in 9/11. One was in favour of Park51 being built and the other not. What struck me was the discussion that ensued. The one who was not in favour was saying on the one hand that it was not about Muslims or being anti-Muslim, but rather it would be too painful a reminder. But isn't that also saying that it IS about Muslims and in other words, this person is associating Muslims with the death of her brother in 9/11? My immediate question was, what if the attacks were perpetrated by crazed Catholics or Protestants? Would there be such dissent on building a cathedral in the area? I think what is being irrationally associated is the religion with the fanatics who are fanatics first and foremost, and do NOT represent Islam or the true teachings of Islam.
In my opinion, building something like Park51 is a perfect testament to peace and humbleness of the Muslim community. The center is also planned to be a place of information, so that people can venture in and learn about Islam and what it truly stands for. They can have their questions answered. It can be a place where understanding can be accomplished, fears put aside, and light shone. True experience and knowledge of peace in our world, will come when we open our hearts and minds to learning and understanding; because much of hatred is steeped in fear, fear of the unknown and the little known, remove the "curtain" that hides the truth, and illumination will proceed.
These people who continue to propagate hatred towards a religion or a culture, are in no ways better than the fanatics who bred the terrorists who carried out the atrocities of 9/11, and it does not matter what religion they belong to, what colour they are, or what race they are.
Every day I am alone…
…except for the good company such as my own personalized faith may keep me in,
and the chance occasional good company such as I may find myself in every once in while for no more than a couple hours at most.
Countless men and women have fought life-long or even lost their lives right here upon our own native soil throughout our nation's own quite blood-drenched, and STILL oppressively usurious history of struggling to establish and maintain civil rights of all kindness and sanity. However, as a '1st world' nation we're also still lagging far behind other civilized nations in basic mental health services. It is a very basic and 'fundamental' fact that so many of us in this country still struggling to overcome the on-going, quite commonplace daily horrors and interpersonal terrorism of domestic and work-place abuses perpetrated by hundreds of thousands of untreated alcoholics: "You cannot reason with the unreasonable!"
i.e. we either coordinate collaborate and carefully plan with others an intervention involving mental, emotional and PHYSICAL health treatment…or our ONLY OTHER CHOICE is 'let go and let god'.
People who perpetrate such horrendous violence or even the commonplace & WIDELY TOLERATED verbal abuses are not only violating civil rights–weather such 'rights' to human dignity are illegal or no–they are also behaving in an irrational manor which can ONLY quite reasonably be called what it is as aberrantly ignorant 'reactionism':
i.e. clinically 'socio-pathological'.
Such people are 'a danger to themselves and others'–regardless of their personally professed religious views.
Now, since no one defends me from even being socially shunned by a society which does not even generally have much a grasp upon even it's own prevalent religious moral convictions–let alone being able to place any such poorly educated notions into any more than the most rudimentary historical context??
NOT EVEN MY FELLOW 'Proud Pagans' who do shun me as well as the rest of those lesser mortals they're so self-satisfied they themselves are better than?????
I am alone, as I say.
What can I do?
Not much, personally, if no one will even listen to me because I'm such a "weirdo".
& there's my 'outta school special' . . . 'two bits' worth in the anti.
Thanks for asking, as always, LaSara
Goddess Bless you.
& long live in prosperity of heart+soul, the truely 'free' & 'brave' Americans.
Well, as you may well enough see from your own United States of disenfranchised 'self-service' cold-shoulders, since there is no help nor even respectful support of or even by my own faith(s) here for me,
there is therefore NO OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO PARTICIPATE IN ANYONE ELSE'S INTERVENTIONS of this kind nor too many others. So then as I am told week-in & week-out at Al-anon, ALL ONE CAN DO is what I am doing for the most part. "Let go and let [Thee Divine]", and maybe simply sit back and laugh at the pieces when I'm thoroughly sick and tired of being otherwise only merely disheartened and disgusted by the evil that 'good American people' do when as they likewise "…stand aside and do nothing." as the old axiom goes, while such evil flourishes owing to our own willful ignorance as an allegedly 'self governed' nation. For shame…eternally yours, until enough of us wake up and stop letting 40+hour work-weeks, 50 weeks a year be dictated to us by so-called equal-opportunity {to be a wage-slave indentured to corporate creditors?} employers RULE OUR LIVES, OUR PRECIOUS highly endangered 'FREE TIME' and get back to the very serious BUSINESS OF COMMUNITY BUILDING.
Yes we have the hard won rights to 'free expression' and that IS a GREAT GOOD.
Greater than too many other 'uncivilized' regions of the world, granted!
But that does not mean we should or even can take even THAT for 'granted'.
As most are well enough aware, even those rights have been severely endangered over the last decade since the September eleventh attacks. & I am very grateful for all those good men and women who fought against such 'big brother' police-state 'reforms'.
MEANWHILE, we are 'guaranteed' NO SUCH RIGHT TO 'FREEDOM OF ACCEPTANCE', when for the most part we can't even provide the reasonably humane incentives to our own police officers in the interest of REINFORCING 'tolerance'.
But can we really say that we're a civilized nation when our next 2 generations prevalently seem to disregard even the basic common decencies and dignity of their own and others' humanity on a routine–if not work-place mandated–basis of internet usage where almost everyone communicates in short, terse 'bits+bytes' devoid all but the most primitively mechanical and compulsively militaristically abbreviated jargon snipits? Their generations already seem to be all but completely lost out on the high-seas of 'social reform' insofar as they're utterly baffled or even indignant when anyone might suggest or even try to set an example of what should now only laughably be referred to as 'common' courtesy.
& who's to blame for this?
We are. Who else??
Maybe because our elder generations bought the whole 'work till you drop' 'ethics', as we allowed our job supervisors and bosses' bosses' 'company policy' dictate our 'livelihoods' to us as we just left it up to caretakers and school teachers to impart 'religious tolerance', let alone civil rights 'acceptance' to our (affectionately refereed to as?) 'kids'. Beh-heh-heh-heh-heh-hah!! MORE FOOL US.
–Ah, but it is rather striking that our rationalizations for all that have proved essentially no better than those of the Nazi soldiers of WWII Germany. We were only just following orders, ma'am!
& I do wish you all the best of 'good fortune' at 'all that'.
You're going to need it–by your faith & mine.
Someone's been hard at work "cleansing" the comments to this (heavily revised) article. …Interesting.
I was just seeking this information for some time. After 6 hours of continuous Googleing, at last I got it in your web site. I wonder what's the lack of Google strategy that don't rank this kind of informative websites in top of the list. Normally the top sites are full of garbage.
Lasara, I have it in writing (as do you, copied on the email) from the journal that my comment above was "a fair point made in a respectful manner." …I couldn't agree more.
Thus, it was not personal, or slander. You'll find not the first word about you personally, only about a legitimate concern with the quality of an article you admit was published too hastily.
Meanwhile, the comment seems to have helped: your current version is a great improvement to your argument (a plus) and seems to have taken virtually no effort at all (double plus). That's a great outcome for all of us.
Your defensive, unprofessional response to legitimate public comment on this and previous columns is …unecessary and unhelpful. You can be a good writer when you want to be.
I very much look forward to your next piece, and telling you how much I enjoyed reading it. Let's make that happen!
That's a misperception on your part. That sentence, which I stand behind fully, is about the article – specifically, and solely. It has absolutely nothing to do with you as a person. Now, you may *take* it personally, but that's not in my control.
This link doesn't seem to work. Still not able to verify this item.
At barest minimum, the link you're using for that item should be switched to one from a reputable site. Just a matter of how much professionalism and polish is going into the work.
"The article you are asking for verification for can be verified here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c…. "
It works! "An 18-year-old Hindu man working at a Palo Alto Longs Drug Store has been arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old Muslim co-worker while uttering racial and religious slurs."
For folks in the Bay Area, I think an article from SFGate would be considered a step-up in trustworthiness – definitely helpful, and I'm glad I got to read more details about that incident than the other link provided.
Now that I've read it, it seems like an odd choice for your argument: in a pile of articles focusing on what could be described as a "growing neoconservative backlash", this was a young Hindu kid, who knew the alleged victim personally. For some, that may not ring as from the same demographic as say, a christian attack on a muslim whose motive is anti-islamic in general. I could be wrong though – your article didn't discuss why that particular incident was an example of your point.
But in the end its no longer relevant – the revisions you added provide plenty of examples that could be described as fitting your allegation of a "crime wave of hate, blame and violence".
From my perspective, I'd need to be made aware that those selected incidents were significantly different from the "background noise" of such incidents that always happen — i.e. pre-9-11, or at least increasing from 2002. Because in a country this size 'hate crimes' pretty much constantly occur (there are whackos all over), an argument for a "crime wave" is backed up better by a cogent discussion of the change, not simply listing data points. But then, that's me — you know your audience better I'm sure.
This was discussed on NPR yesterday: the crime expert from the FBI being reported said that your argument was mistaken: crime in general is surprisingly down overall, and doesnt *begin* to approach levels of anti-german and anti-japanese activity during WWII, or anti-asian during Vietnam. In fact, he reported on the record that such a "crime wave" was media driven.
But then again, what would an FBI crime expert know? He could be wrong or under pressure to spin it as well.


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During a recent chat, Andy Cohen asked Tamar which "RHOA" star she thought was fake. After taking a moment to consider the question (and briefly catching the Holy Ghost), the "Braxton Family Values" diva pegged Cynthia!
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Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. that an oral complaint could fall within the purview of FLSA's anti-retaliation provision. The Court expressly declined to address the issue of whether the oral complaint had to be made to a government agency or whether an internal, intra-company complaint would be covered under the anti-retaliation provision. Interestingly, the complaints at issue in Kasten were, in fact, oral complaints made internally to a private employer. However, the Court found that the employer failed to raise the issue on appeal and declined to address it, leaving a split among circuit courts on the matter.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes North and South Carolina, recently joined the majority of other circuits by holding, in the case of Minor v. Bostwick Laboratories, that an internal complaint can be protected under the FLSA's anti-retaliation provision.
Minor Voices An Internal Complaint and is Subsequently Terminated
The plaintiff, Kathy Minor, was employed as a medical technologist with the defendant, Bostwick Laboratories, from December 2007 through May 2008. About one week prior to her termination, a group of Bostwick employees (including Minor) met with the company's chief operating officer to report alleged violations of the FLSA. During the meeting, Minor reported to the COO that her supervisor was altering employee timesheets to remove overtime hours. The COO reportedly responded that he would look into the allegations raised during the meeting.
Six days later, Minor's employment was terminated. Bostwick's HR manager stated that she was fired because there was "too much conflict between Minor and the supervisor." Moreover, the COO and HR manager stated that they had met with Minor's co-workers and "had determined that [Minor] was the problem." Minor contended that she never had any conflict with her supervisors and that she had never been written up or reprimanded by Bostwick.
Minor Files a Lawsuit Against Bostwick That is Dismissed
Following her termination, Minor filed a lawsuit against Bostwick in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, alleging a violation of the FLSA. Minor contended that her complaint to the Bostwick COO regarding alleged alterations of employee timesheets constituted a "protected activity" under the FLSA. By extension, Minor argued that her employment was terminated in violation of the FLSA's "anti-retaliation" provision because she engaged in that "protected activity."
In response, Bostwick argued that an internal complaint was not covered as a "protected activity" under the FLSA's "anti-retaliation" provision. The company filed a motion to dismiss Minor's complaint, which was decided by the district court before the Supreme Court's opinion in Kasten was issued.
Evaluating the text of the FLSA's "anti-retaliation provision" without the guidance of Kasten, the district court reasoned that in order to constitute a "protected activity," an act was required to be more akin to a formal, official proceeding to invoke the protections of the statute. The court went on to find that Minor's internal complaint did not rise to the level of a "protected activity," and dismissed her lawsuit. Minor appealed to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Although the Fourth Circuit did not find the Supreme Court decision in Kasten to be controlling, it adopted much of the high court's reasoning in its opinion.
In the text of its opinion, the three-judge panel engaged in a detailed examination of the FLSA and its remedial purpose. Moreover, the court noted that both the Secretary of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission take the position that oral complaints constitute a "protected activity" under the circumstances. Ultimately, the court concluded that internal complaints, such as the one asserted by Minor, could be covered under the FLSA's "anti-retaliation" provision.
Requirements For Internal Complaints To Constitute a "Protected Activity" Under the FLSA
Notably, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals observed that although an internal complaint could constitute a "protected activity" under the FLSA, not every instance of an employee "letting off steam" would qualify. The court noted that "some degree of formality" is required to constitute a "protected activity," rising to the level where the employer receives "fair notice that a grievance has been lodged and does, or should, reasonably understand that matter as part of its business concerns."
Applying the test articulated by the Supreme Court in Kasten, the appeals court held that the proper standard to be applied to determine whether an internal complaint constitutes a "protected activity" is whether the complaint was:
It remains to be seen in the Fourth Circuit how broadly the foregoing test will be applied.
What Can Employers Do?
The Fourth Circuit's opinion in Minor emphasizes the importance for employers to be on the lookout and "keep their ears peeled" for internal complaints. Given the potential consequences of failing to identify or otherwise mishandling such complaints, employers should review their internal grievance policies (including checking for anti-retaliation language), and update them as needed.
Moreover, once employee complaints related to the FLSA are identified, it is important that they be processed through a company's grievance policy. To that end, employers should consider reviewing these issues with supervisory personnel to enable them to recognize and refer any such complaints to appropriate personnel.
Once a complaint has been processed through a company's grievance policy, it is of paramount importance that it be directed to and administered by appropriate members of company management. Ideally, trained personnel should make the determination as to whether an internal complaint constitutes a "protected activity." Consider documenting the results of grievances processed through the company's policy, especially if those grievances have the potential for subsequent litigation.
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Helena Public Art Videos
A new mural in the Memorial Park Bandshell was celebrated on September 27, 2010.
Artist Carol Poppenga painted three Helena icons: The Fire Tower, The State Capitol Building, The St. Helena Cathedral representing Helena's political, cultural, and aesthetic history.
Videos feature Carol's talk about the project and the celebration ceremony.
Two new paintings by Bob Morgan were dedicated at the Helena Regional Airport on June 22, 2011: "Carroll College - Morrison Flying Service WWII Flight Training Programs" and "''As They Round the Far Turn."
"Carroll College - Morrison Flying Service WWII Flight Training Programs"
Between 1940 and 1945, Carroll College and Morrison Flying Service collaborated on various Army and Navy flight training programs. Through the Civilian Pilot Training and Navy V-12, many young men were trained to be officers and pilots in the Army Air Corps and Navy Aviation.
Carroll provided the classroom instruction and Morrison the flight training. The aircraft maintenance was performed by the Helena School of Aeronautics (now UM-Helena). Some 30+ aircraft and 20+ flight instructors were utilized for this effort. After WWII, many of these graduates went on to careers with the military or commercial airlines.
This successful partnership was the result of the vigorous efforts of Carroll President FR. Emmet Riley and R.E. "Red" and Elizabeth "Bitty" Morrison. The program contributed to the war-time financial survival of both Carroll College and Morrison Flying Service.
''As They Round the Far Turn"
This 2011 Robert F. Morgan painting depicts a challenge race between an aircraft and racecars. The race was held at the Montana State Fairgrounds in Helena Montana in 1921.
The Curtiss JN-4D "Jenny" was flown by Helena aviation pioneer and auto repair shop owner Ed Follensby.
The lead car is a Cadillac Roadster owned by Eddie's Cafe owner Eddie Gallivan.
Helena Regional Airport Director Ron Mercer opens the dedication ceremony for two new paintings by Robert F. Morgan: on June 22, 2011: "Carroll College - Morrison Flying Service WWII Flight Training Programs" and "''As They Round the Far Turn." These two paintings are on loan from Jeff and Jeannie Morrison and family.
Other paintings at the Airport by Robert F. Morgan include:
the original Airport terminal;
a mural of Cromwell Dixon's historic landing near Blossberg after being the first aviator to cross the Continental Divide in 1911;
Charles Lindberg's 1927 visit to Helena;
and the portrayal of Amelia Earhart's 1933 visit to Helena.
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By: Peter Prowse
Patent attorneys have welcomed a further step in the new framework for the Patents County Court. A new law comes into force today (14 June), limiting damages which can be recovered in a claim in the PCC, in patent and design matters.
This was part of the original proposals made by the Working Group on the new PCC procedures. It clearly flags the main focus of the Court: to give smaller businesses easier access to justice to protect their patent and design rights, on the smaller, lower-value claims which are most common for them. It remains open to parties to agree that higher damages can be awarded in the PCC. However, this new rule will ensure that more complex, high-value claims do not crowd out those claims which the Court was designed to hear.
Alasdair Poore represented the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) on the group that made recommendations to government – a Working Group of the Intellectual Property Court User' Committee. In his view,
'this change in law shows that the Government and the Courts are serious about providing access to justice for SMEs in order to enforce their intellectual property rights. This is critically important for SMEs to play their part in making innovation the engine for the future of the UK economy.'
The change reflects recommendations approved by many small businesses and their patent attorneys.
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The Patents County Court (Financial Limit) Order 2011 becomes law through section 288(5) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and has been implemented following a report by Lord Justice Jackson on his review of Civil Litigation Costs on 14 January 2010. One of the proposals was to reform the Patents County Court. An order to introduce the damages cap for cases involving patents and designs was debated in the House of Lords on 28 March 2011 and in the House of Commons on 3 May 2011. The order becomes law on 14 June 2011.
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Several Kansas communities are being pushed by "LGBT" activists to add homosexuals and transvestites to protected classes in anti-discrimination laws.
Kansas appears to be the latest target of "gay" activists determined to force society to embrace their sundry sexual inclinations. According to the Kansas Family Policy Council (KFPC), a conservative pro-family organization, four communities — Hutchinson, Pittsburg, Salina, and Wichita — are being pushed by a state LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) group to add sexual orientation and gender identity to their local non-discrimination ordinances.
The addition of these classifications would mean that homosexuals, along with transvestites and others whose dress and behavior reflect the opposite gender, would receive special protections in the areas of housing, employment, and public accommodations.
There are several elements of the measures that are of deep concern to pro-family leaders, including their potential impact on churches. For example, according to a fact sheet released by the Human Relations Commission of Hutchinson, which is set to vote on an updated non-discrimination code May 15, a church in that city which rents its parish hall or sanctuary to the general public for weddings or other events "could not discriminate against a gay couple who want to rent the building for a party."
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I was definitely born to solve problems.
As an industrial designer with a Master Degree in Innovation, ceramics and Advanced Materials, my role is to break stereotypes, change the perception of technology, bring it closer to people.
For me is essential to plan for both the personal well-being of individuals, and for the planet. Because each one influences and is a direct consequence of each other.
I think I belong to the most FEARED kind of problem solvers, the creative: nowadays every problem we face already has a solution.
And there's always a highway between problem and solution: a highway crossed by 99% of the people, called "safe zone", which represents the "common solution", the easy one.
My life, and luckily my job, is to explore the "error zone", the jungle of unthinkable solutions where no one is used to have its journey into. And as soon as a new idea is born into my mind, I always start making prototypes, touching the technology, feeling it.
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Red Bull Honda's Davi Millsaps delivered a "Big Treat" at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, where he took his first win of the season and leading the way for nearly the whole race. Millsaps capitalized on the misfortune of Ryan Dungey and Ryan Villopoto who both went down in the first turn.
The skies opened up just after the Lites main and put down enough water to make the first turn slick enough to see Dungey hit the ground. The Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider was off to a good start, but soon found himself in the mud with Monster Energy Kawasaki's Villopoto scrambling to get up. Dungey hit the ground a second time in the early going to set himself even further back.
It was Villopoto's teammate Nick Wey (who is filling in for the injured Chad Reed) who led the first two laps of the main before yielding to Millsaps. Fellow factory Honda rider Andrew Short followed suit soon after as did Valli Motorsports Yamaha rider Ivan Tedesco, who had been looking incredibly smooth all day. San Manuel Yamaha's Josh Hill was also quickly moving up to join the party.
Millsaps started to check out, leaving the rider train behind him to jockey for the last two podium positions. Fortunately Millsaps was able to stay out of trouble for the remaining laps and take his first win of 2010.
"Yeah it was a good night for me," said Millsaps. "I came out on top. American Honda is the best crew in world. The ttack was slick. You had to just be smooth, consistent and make no mistakes and that's what I did. It was such an amazing race and I can't explain how good it feels."
It looked as though the Red Bull Honda squad was headed for a one-two finish until a panic rev rang out on the last lap from Short's CRF450R. He ended up going down hard on a triple, landing in a mud-spattered heap. Hill capitalized, moving from fourth to second as he got around Tedesco just after Short's unfortunate night-ending crash.
Tedesco held on for third after an exciting last lap. At the finish, Millsaps, Hill and Tedesco all congratulated each other enthusiastically, but the next thing Millsaps did was cruise by his injured teammate who was still on the ground. The extent of Short's injuries are not yet known, but word came from the Honda camp that he was released from the Asterisk Mobile Medical Unit in stable condition and will follow up with his own doctor on Monday.
Villopoto was incredibly able to rally all the way back up to notch a fourth-place finish after sliding past a hard-charging Justin Brayton on the last lap. Brayton, of the JGR Yamaha squad, rounded out the top-five.
Dungey sliced his way through the pack up to sixth place, followed by Tommy Hahn, Grant Langston, Wey and Kyle Chisholm. Dungey's top-ten finish lets him hang on to his championship lead, though his safety cushion is now only four points, as Hill now sits at 101 points behind Dungey (105).
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Wordless Wednesday: Falling in Love
Miss Ailia Genevieve, being snuggled by big brother Kieran at one day old. They love each other already!
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Oh my word that smile!!! :D
My heart is melting into a big puddle of Grandma Love!!! Those two are so precious and you and Tom are so very blessed!!!
Oh, the hormones – I teared up over the sweetness. They are just breathtakingly beautiful, Dionna! What a precious bond they have already.
This was super cute and what a beautiful smile! Love it!!
Awww! And I recognize that blanket too! *grin*
Oh, melt my heart. This is so incredibly sweet. I hope you are recovering well and enjoying your babymoon!
Look at her smile! So sweet!
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Sooooo sweet! Thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful photo! Congratulations to all of you!
Oh, man, what a sweetheart! I could just eat her up!
So so beautiful!
Oh, so beautiful!
Love the pic. The bond between siblings is amazing. At 4 months, big brother is my baby's favorite person (other than when he's really hungry)
Oh my goodness. I can't stand it — whatever "it" is, something like sweetness, but deeper. How do you stand it?
Almost one week! Wow!
Sweetest picture EVER! so adorable!
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How precious! Looks like he adores her already, and she is a bundle of sweet.
Congratulations, Dionna! So so sweet. Siblings together are Everything Good. ENJOY!
So, so lovely! Congrats again Dionna, Tom, Kieran, and Ailia! :)
She's perfect! Congratulations!
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This scholarship is for students of Hispanic heritage who will be full-time sophomores, juniors, or seniors during the 2013-2014 academic year. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must have a minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA and be majoring in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, or petroleum engineering. Applicants must be US citizens or legal permanent residents a the time of application and must apply for federal aid by completing the FAFSA. Preference will be given to students at the following universities: Colorado School of Mines, Lamar University, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, Stanford University, Texas A&M - College Station, Texas Tech University, University of Florida, University of Houston - Main Campus, University of Oklahoma, University of Texas - Austin, University of Texas - El Paso, University of Texas - Pan American, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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16 U.S. Code § 962 - Reduction of bycatch in eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
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The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and acting through the United States Commissioners, shall seek, in cooperation with other nations whose vessel [1] fish for tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, to establish standards and measures for a bycatch reduction program for vessels fishing for yellowfin tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The bycatch reduction program shall include measures—
(1) to require, to the maximum extent practicable, that sea turtles and other threatened species and endangered species are released alive;
[1] So in original. Probably should be "vessels".
Source(Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 907, § 15, as added Pub. L. 105–42, § 7(c),Aug. 15, 1997, 111 Stat. 1138.)
Section 7(c) ofPub. L. 105–42, which directed the addition of this section at the end of the Tuna Conventions Act, was executed by adding this section at the end of the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
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Section effective upon certification by Secretary of Commerce that sufficient funding is available to complete first year of study required by section 1414a (a) of this title and that study has commenced, and certification by Secretary of State to Congress that binding resolution of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission or other legally binding instrument establishing International Dolphin Conservation Program has been adopted and is in force, see section 8 ofPub. L. 105–42, set out as an Effective Date of 1997 Amendment note under section 1362 of this title.
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Extended Infant Post-exposure Prophylaxis With Antiretrovirals to Reduce Postnatal HIV Transmission
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|June 23, 2005
|Last Updated Date
|March 6, 2014
|Start Date ICMJE
|April 2004
|Primary Completion Date
|August 2007 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|A. Rate of HIV infection at 9 months and assess HIV infection rates at 6-8 & 14 weeks, and 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. B.Determine HIV survival rates at ages 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. C. Evaluate safety of oral NVP and ZDV for 14 weeks. [ Time Frame: 9 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Rate of HIV infection at 14 weeks.
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|To determine overall infant survival rates at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months. [ Time Frame: 6,12,18 & 24 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|Extended Infant Post-exposure Prophylaxis With Antiretrovirals to Reduce Postnatal HIV Transmission
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|Extended Infant Post-exposure Prophylaxis With Antiretrovirals to Reduce Postnatal HIV Transmission
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The purpose of this study is to determine if extended antiretroviral regimens given to the infant during the first 14 weeks of age would decrease breast milk transmission of HIV.
|Detailed Description
This is a three-arm randomized, open label, clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two extended regimens of antiretrovirals compared to infant single dose nevirapine plus AZT given twice daily for 1 week (comparison regimen). All infants receive the comparison regimen at birth and then randomized at birth to start either one of the two extended regimens after the first week. The extended regimens are nevirapine daily and nevirapine plus AZT daily - both regimens are given up to age 14 weeks.
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|Phase 3
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|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
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|HIV Infections
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|October 2009
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|August 2007 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|18 Years to 54 Years
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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|Michael Thigpen, Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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|Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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|Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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|March 2014
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Wine has never really taken off in Thailand thanks to high taxes and a feeling that the grain is better than the grape. Nevertheless, wine-lovers are catered for in many bars, such as the superb L'Opera, on Bangkok's Sukhumvit 39, which boasts more than 400 bottles, or nearby there's the Wine Loft, often has live jazz to listen to while you sample a bottle.
For a view with your glass, head up to Breeze, at the State Tower in Bangkok, where more than 3,000 varieties are available. If you have a glass too many, it's probably best avoiding the skybridge that's suspended here. Bacco Restaurant and Wine Bar, also in the capital, feels like a tavern and has a lively atmosphere on most nights.
Down in Phuket, the Boathouse has more than 800 labels of French and other international wines, while up in Chiang Mai the WOW (whisky and wine) bar sits inside the Shangri La Hotel and has a phenomenal range of drinks.
Opera Riserva Winebar opened on the 20th anniversary (2003), of the L'Opera Italian Restaurant to further complement the existing range of products...
Breeze was designed to revolutionize the Asian dining scene in Bangkok, taking it to a gourmet level. At Breeze, the open air restaurant on 52nd floor, it's not just the Asian...
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MIDWAY, TEXAS (Lubbock County). Midway is four miles north of Yellow House Canyon, two miles west of the Crosby county line, and ten miles northeast of Slaton in southeast Lubbock County. It grew near the McClung school, one of twenty-six county rural school districts in the mid-1920s. Early residents of the area included the Hancock, Neal, Winifred, Reynolds, and Reasoner families. In 1935 McClung school was consolidated with those of Acuff and Canyon to form the Roosevelt Rural School District. Although a store has intermittently operated in Midway in past years, the only business in 1984 was the McClung Co-Op Gin, which processed 7,500 bales of cotton that year.
Mary Louise McDonald, The History of Lubbock County (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1942).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Charles G. Davis, "MIDWAY, TX (LUBBOCK COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrm70), accessed October 10, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Modified on November 5, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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Stafford war veteran died days after hospital falls
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Ernie Yates, who braved freezing conditions and the threat of Nazi attack during his Second World War Navy service, died peacefully in Stafford Hospital on May 3.
The former Newsletter circulation manager, who lived in Anson Drive, was just four days from his 90th birthday when he died.
Cannock Coroner's Court heard on Thursday that Mr Yates had been healthy throughout most of his life but was diagnosed with a heart condition in 2013.
He underwent heart surgery at University Hospital of North Staffordshire in March, and was discharged.
Four days later he was admitted to Stafford Hospital and discharged again four days later.
On April 9 he was readmitted to Stafford Hospital suffering shortness of breath.
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He suffered a fall on April 20 and a second fall on April 26, the inquest heard. Three days after the second fall a CT scan revealed Mr Yates had suffered a pelvic fracture.
He was prescribed bed rest and pain relief, but died five days later.
Mr Yates' cause of death was given as congestive cardiac failure due to aortic valve dysfunction, with the pelvis fracture following a fall given as a contributing factor.
His son Tim told the inquest: "You could see the deterioration from his heart problem. I don't think the fall particularly speeded up his death."
South Staffordshire Coroner Andrew Haigh recorded a narrative verdict that Mr Yates was "a man with heart disease who fell on a hospital ward."


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Christine Quinn Wants to Save the Streets From Themselves
Between 2009 and 2011, approximately 450 people died crossing the street in New York City. Whether to reckless driving, not looking both ways, or sheer confusion, the city lost 450 residents. And that's not counting bicycle fatalities. Needless to say, like subway deaths, it's become a problem that demands fixing ASAP, especially with the advent of CitiBike next weekend.
Enter Christine Quinn.
In a statement released yesterday, the City Council speaker and mayoral frontrunner laid out her platform on the issue of ground-level urban planning. Her goal is straightforward: By 2021, Quinn wants to cut New York City's street fatalities in half.
"Whether on four wheels, two wheels or none at all--we need to make sure New Yorkers can safely and easily get around the five boroughs. These proposals will make sure our streets, intersections and crosswalks are not a place where pedestrians and bicyclists lives are at risk and will make commuting by bicycle an easier option for any commuter who chooses it."
And what exactly are those "proposals"? You've heard them all before from Mayor Bloomberg: more speed cameras, coordination of NYPD resources for a heavier street presence, countdown clocks on troubled intersections, and a large focus on integrating the bicycle with the city's hustle and bustle via bike lanes and the like. It would be a continuation of a policy that the Bloomberg administration has heralded: the idea that the government can direct attention by playing an enormous role in the safety of our streets.
To perform all of these tasks, Quinn wants to set up something called the "Safe Streets Working Group," which will be a combined effort from the departments of Transportation, Urban Planning, and Health, and the NYPD, to make our streets more walkable. According to the plan, this interagency development would be given the foresight mentioned before--fatalities cut in half by 2021--and the funds to reach it.
Whether it's achievable is a different story. Regardless, a goal to make our streets safer is never too lofty.
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Why do banks charge ATM fees?
This week the federal NDP called for a cap on the fees that banks charge for the use of ATMs. They claim the banks are gouging consumers. But Maura Drew-Lytle of the Canadian Bankers Association says those fees are just the price of convenience.


text: Google Chromecast review (UK edition) TV and Home Cinema Reviews 02 April 14 by Katie Collins Google 7/10 Wired rating Wired Ease of setup, discreet design, no need for an extra remote, price Tired Poor selection of compatible apps Price £30 When Google first announced the Chromecast -- its answer to Apple TV -- last July, the internet went wild for it. It was cheap, compatible with iOS and Android, and offered really cool mirroring capabilities. Eight months later, the Chromecast is finally on sale in the UK, but a lot has happened in the world of TV accessories in that time.At £30 it's a heck of a lot cheaper than Apple's little black puck and the top-of-the-range Roku boxes, but when it comes to other products within its price band, it has a fight on its hands to prove its relevance.FeaturesChromecast at the moment is caught between a rock and a hard place -- the rock being Sky's NOW TV box, priced at £10; the hard place being Roku's Streaming Stick, which costs £50.To put it crudely, content is king here and at the moment Chromecast in the UK doesn't offer the goodies to make it the must-have budget device to transform your normal telly from dumb to smart. We won't list the extensive range of services compatible with the Chromecast in the US, but needless to say it provides a comprehensive and well-rounded collection of options for viewers over the pond.In the UK, there are currently only three apps that the majority of viewers will have any interest in using -- Netflix, BBC iPlayer and YouTube. The latter two are also available through Sky's NOW TV box, which provides access to Sky's pay-as-go movies, sports and entertainment services as well. Drawing a line in between the two at the moment is a simple matter of Netflix versus Sky. If you want both, your best bet is the Roku stick, which boasts a relatively well-developed ecosystem that also gives you access to a whole library of compatible apps including 4oD and Demand 5.All this may well change, and fast -- Google has released an Android SDK for the Chromecast and for most companies it shouldn't be too difficult to build Chromecast compatibility into their existing apps. Until it does though, we're left cold by the Chromecast's range of content.We do like the option of being able to mirror your Chrome browser screen to your TV though. This obviously gives you access to browser-based content as well, even if it's rather a clunky way of watching video on your TV.Design and interfaceThe arrival of the Chromecast inevitably marks the beginning of a slow death for the set-top box. Its discreet dongle design clearly inspired Roku to rethink its approach, and no doubt other box makers will follow. The Chromecast looks a little like an oversized USB stick that plugs into one of your TV's HDMI ports.It needs a source of power to operate, and can be used with a power cable provided in the box, but we really appreciated the option to use the USB cable that allows you to power the dongle from the TV itself. If your TV does have a USB port, this is by far the neatest option. Look, ma -- no pokey-outy wires! Google Whereas the Roku stick comes with an RF remote, much like the Roku boxes, the Chromecast will only take instructions from your phone or tablet. Extra remotes are often seen as annoyance, and you're less likely to let your phone or tablets slip into the folds of the sofa for an extended period of time, but there are some who will mourn the loss of the remote.There is no interface to speak of with the Chromecast. All that's required once your device is paired with Chromecast is to beam whatever you want to watch from your phone or tablet to your screen from within the relevant app.Setup and performanceThe Chromecast was a doddle to set up -- much less fiddly than NOW TV or the Roku boxes. Plug in the dongle, download the app, follow the syncing instructions and you're good to go.In our tests, performance was hard to fault and using the system felt seamless -- although to an extent this will rely on the strength of the Wi-Fi signal in your home. A little button within the relevant apps allow you to ping the content to your TV, and as long as the right HDMI source is selected it works automatically -- it's as simple as that. You can continue to use your phone or tablet as normal, too.Unlike the NOW TV box, the Chromecast does support Full HD content (as does the Roku stick) and Google told us at the official UK launch that it is looking to incorporate 4K in the future. This is going to be increasingly important as 4K content becomes more prevalent and services like Netflix start to offer it as an option.ConclusionThe Chromecast is a very promising device, but it doesn't quite tick all our boxes at the moment. If all you need is a cheap way to watch Netflix on your TV, this is undoubtedly the device for you, but those who require anything more will likely be disappointed right now. If all you need is BBC iPlayer, plus the option of watching Sky occasionally, the NOW TV box is for you.The Chromecast may have beat the Roku Stick to market by a whisker, but right now in the UK, the Roku Stick is well worth splashing out an extra £20 on. Depending on how aggressively Google pushes to make services Chromecast-compatible though, this could easily all change in the not-too-distant future. Watch this space. Comments Latest on wired.co.uk


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Ransom Eli Olds and the supercharged two-stroke diesel
As truck manufacturers in the United States began to adopt diesel engines in the early to mid-1930s, partly thanks to the popularization efforts of Clessie Cummins, so did they also begin to realize their limitations, particularly their colossal weight and their need for efficient scavenging. Proposed fixes for those issues came from all quadrants, but few of them as illustrious as one of the pioneers of the automobile, Ransom E. Olds.
Olds, as we all know, tinkered with steam cars and gasoline cars in the 1890s, eventually leading to the formation of Oldsmobile in 1897. His time with Olds, however, proved shorter than his time with Reo, which he founded in 1904 to build cars and, later, trucks ranging in size from 1/2 ton to 4 tons and even buses. By the late 1930s, Reo's truck competition moved toward diesels, but Reo staunchly remained committed to gasoline engines through this time, which is not to say that Reo – or, at least, Olds himself – didn't at least toss around some ideas about diesel engines.
The first such idea, as we can see from Olds's patent (2099371), filed in August 1934, sought to address the weight of diesel engines by radically changing their configuration. Rather than the traditional vertical single-piston-per-cylinder configuration, Olds conceived a horizontal two-piston-per-cylinder single-crankshaft two-stroke direct-injection diesel engine that used hefty rocker arms to transfer the motion of the pistons to the crankshaft. The fuel injector would be located in the center of the cylinder, intake and exhaust ports would be located at opposite ends of the cylinders, and each pair of opposed pistons in a cylinder would be timed 15 degrees apart to keep the exhaust and intake ports opening at different times. The advantage of such a configuration, Olds argued, comes in its compactness, reduced weight, and reduced cost of manufacture:
A further advantageous feature of this invention which contributes materially to reducing the weight of the engine without sacrificing rigidity resides in the novel means provided for relieving the cylinder block and associated parts of the engine from the stresses resulting from the relatively high compression pressures developed in the cylinders.
Olds didn't assign his patent to Reo, as one would expect. Instead, he assigned it to Hill Diesel Engine Company of Lansing, a company that he bought in 1924 that built diesels for marine and generator applications. And if the opposed-piston single-crankshaft diesel configuration looks familiar, that's because it apparently originated with Sulzer Brothers, a Swiss diesel engine manufacturer that seems to have licensed the engine design (ZG9) to Hill. The same Sulzer ZG9 also apparently provided inspiration (whether licensed or not, we have yet to determine) to British firm Tilling-Stevens, which designed its own opposed-piston diesel that Rootes put into production as the TS-3, commonly known as the "Knocker," powering Commer trucks during the 1950s and 1960s.
Hill reportedly put its opposed-piston diesel into production powering generators and in other stationary applications, though whether it was purely Sulzer's design or Olds's design (and how much the two differed) we also have yet to determine.
Olds was granted his opposed-piston diesel patent in November 1937, and though he was a year retired from Reo by that time, he apparently continued to remain involved with Hill, as we see from what appears to be the last of Olds's dozens of patents. Filed in January 1939, US Patent 2230308 also depicts a diesel-type engine, but this time Olds set about improving how diesels breathe.
Instead of using an auxiliary engine pump, supercharger, or turbocharger to fill the pistons of a two-stroke diesel engine, as Olds, Sulzer and Commer specified for the opposed-piston engine, Olds believed that he could piggyback on the motion of the crankshaft with two-stage stepped pistons – one stage for normal power production, the other for compressing incoming air for a neighboring cylinder. That is, he essentially designed a built-in supercharger. "The construction is simple, avoiding the necessity of a separate supercharger and doing away with cam shaft gears, cam shafts, and cams," he wrote.
Olds, who was granted the patent in February 1941, assigned this one to himself, so presumably he had disassociated himself from Hill by this time. Despite his claimed advantages, we have yet to see any evidence of stepped-piston engines put into production.
Ransom E. Olds died in August 1950. Though it had experimented with diesel engines during Olds's time with the company, Reo didn't install diesel engines in its production trucks until the late 1950s.


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Watch Australian winemaker Mark Lane as he goes through his healthy weight loss program – Ideal Weight – at Kamalaya Koh Samui in Thailand. After a move that took him across the country from Western Australia's Margaret River wine region to the Victorian town of Bendigo and following a busy and stressful vintage, Mark had gotten off-track with his diet and exercise program. During his 7-day program, which included Traditional Chinese Medicine, personal fitness training, nutrition advice, Far-infrared saunas, regular Chi Nei Tsang (Taoist abdominal massage) and healthy and nutritious meals, Mark lost weight, gained vitality and took home a host of healthy lifestyle advice to incorporate into his regular routine. On his departure, Mark said, "I feel fitter and great. I've lost just over 2 kg. That's good, 2 kilos is good. I probably need to lose 8, but that's going to take a bit more work over a longer period of time. While I've been here definitely learnt a lot of new things, I've got a take-away list of things I have to change in diet. Not too major, some of them. Some of them significant for a period of time."More about Mark Lane:Mark is keen foodie and technology junkie. A career in electronics and software development gave way eventually to pursue his passion for wine & food. The winemaking journey has taken Mark to The Yarra Valley, Margaret River & Bali. In 2008 Mark was awarded Winestate Winemaker of the Year. Having been a part of the resurgence of wine in Margaret River, Western Australia for over 10 years he has returned to Victoria to head up Balgownie Estate in Bendigo as Winemaker.www.balgownieestate.com.au
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