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This obesity primer consists of 10 booklets that address adult obesity in the primary care setting. It offers practical recommendations on evaluating patients for health risks related to weight, understanding medication and surgical options, improving communication and counseling, and making office environments more accommodating to obese patients.
American Medical Association (AMA)
This flipbook helps teach patients to identify ways to become more physically active. It provides color illustrations with two- to third- grade level text on the patient pages and simple teaching points on the corresponding instructor pages.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
This guide provides a set of generic principles that can be used as the basis for planning, delivering, and evaluating public health activities aimed at changing health-related behaviors.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
These validated patient survey tools work to assess patient and health care professional attitudes, wishes, and needs in diabetes management, a vital and valuable part of patient-centred quality of care improvement.
DAWN (Diabetes Attitutes, Wishes, and Needs) Study
This guide for health care professionals provides comprehensive diabetes information on prevention and control and cardiovascular disease.
California Medical Association Foundation
This website provides access to program models, tools, and resources to enable health care professionals to provide self-management support for adults with diabetes in real world clinical and community settings. En español
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
These handouts provide facilitators with tools to implement the DPP intervention using strategies to achieve nutrition, physical activity and weight loss goals. En español
Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
This guide provides evidence-based communication strategies for health care professionals to use in situations where patients need information to make sound choices.
Food and Drug Administration
The guide is designed for managers of diabetes self-management programs, diabetes educators, and others implementing self-management programs who are interested in how they can better incorporate strategies to address negative emotions and enhance healthy coping.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Living a Balanced Life with Diabetes: A Toolkit Addressing Psychosocial Issues for American Indian and Alaska Native PeoplesLiving a Balanced Life with Diabetes: A Toolkit Addressing Psychosocial Issues for American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples can help health care professionals address psychosocial issues with American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples. The toolkit contains a variety of culturally appropriate materials.
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
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...cheating on his wife. And he was caught on hidden camera.
That's rich.
Chris Hansen Caught Cheating On Wife By Hidden Camera: 'To Catch A Predator' Host Nailed: Report
Forever trying to find a cure for the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
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Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.
Thats funny as hell.
CyDude16's whole life is now crumbling around him.
haha wow.....
time to cue one of the best south park episodes ever
Cartman Takes a Seat (Season 11, Episode 8) - Video Clips - South Park Studios
This. Is. Awesome.
In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection.
Do you think he'll interview himself about what his intentions were when he decided to go to that apartment?
And I would not ruin my marriage for this...
Originally Posted by azepp
Do you think he'll interview himself about what his intentions were when he decided to go to that apartment?
And I would not ruin my marriage for this...
His wife might be worse?
Chris, why don't you go ahead and have a seat.
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Its even more funny when you see the mole on her lip...
Originally Posted by heitclone
Chris, why don't you go ahead and have a seat.
Who... me?
So, you brought a change of clothes because you were planning a long conversation?
What was the alcohol for, sir?
Kansas Must Be Destroyed
Sic Semper Jayhawks
To be fair, the story is being reported by the National Enquirer.
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You know the best place to get information about your sexual health is from your doctor, but for whatever reasonconvenience, privacy, or anxiety and urgencyyou may one day find yourself searching the Internet for answers to intimate and important questions.
It's great to learn more about your body and your choices, but explore those search results with caution: A recent Stanford University study on adolescent reproductive health found that health websites are often riddled with errors, omissions, and outdated advice, and that it's not always easy to find the truth about common myths believed by many teenagers (and probably many adults as well!).
We spoke with Dr. Sophia Yen, MD, lead researcher of the study and adolescent medicine specialist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., to get the facts behind these top sexual health misconceptions.


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Tallahassee, Florida - Hillsborough County is in line to land a huge jobs deal.
Online retailer Amazon is proposing to build a one million square-foot distribution warehouse in Ruskin that would create 1,000 jobs.
And that's just part of the blockbuster announcement from Amazon. The company wants to create a total of 3,000 jobs in Florida and spend $300 million to make it happen by 2016.
The Hillsborough County Commission will consider the proposal next week and decide whether to award Amazon more than $6 million in tax breaks to the company.
The commission's agenda reveals some details about the project.
The warehouse would be located near Interstate 75 and State Road 674. Amazon intends to spend $200 million to build what it calls a "state of the art facility." More than a third of the 1,000 jobs would pay about $47,000 a year.
But the project also means Amazon would start collecting sales taxes from Floridians on their purchases. The company does not currently collect sales tax in Florida, because it does not have a physical presence in the state.
The Amazon announcement is a surprise. Just last month Gov. Rick Scott announced negotiations with Amazon had broken down, apparently because he was concerned the proposal would result in new taxes for Floridians.
But Gov. Scott is focusing on the huge influx of jobs from the proposal.
"Amazon's commitment to create more than 3,000 new jobs in Florida is further proof that we've turned our economy around. Amazon will continue to work with Enterprise Florida on its ongoing projects which will include a return on any taxpayer investment, and we look forward to the company's announcements as it chooses locations and creates jobs in Florida."
The Florida Retail Federation welcomes the news. It has been fighting for years to force online retailers to collect sales taxes, because they can get a competitive advantage by not charging the tax. It's estimated Floridians are not paying as much as $800 million a year in sales taxes on Internet purchases.
Spokesman Rick McAllister says Florida retailers are relieved to hear Amazon will finally start collecting taxes.
"The question is how quickly can they get operating and how quickly can they start collecting the tax that has created a very unfair playing field for brick and mortar retailers for decades."
Now McAllister is calling on Gov. Rick Scott to encourage Florida's congressional delegation to support the Main Street Fairness Act. It would help states collect sales taxes from online retailers.
The legislation has already passed the U.S. Senate, but faces a tougher road in the House. McAllister hopes the measure gets through Congress and is signed by the president.
"When it does everybody -- not just Amazon, but everybody -- will be included in collecting the taxes legally owed by every consumer who purchases."


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And I don't even care. Had great friends by me at the game, the atmosphere was amazing, perfect weather, we played to win, never gave up, no picks by Jantz, won the game, and saw how pumped Rhoads was. I'm so proud to be a Cyclone and no matter what happens in the future of the Big 12, I will always be a Cyclone! Great job players and coaching staff! LOVE THIS SCHOOL! Now lets go out and beat UCONN!!! Who's with me?
I sat front row for the 2005 game and this game was a million times more fun. I hope we can keep the momentum going into Friday.
Originally Posted by johnnydugouts
MM and gesell are pretty much a wash. is niang a better player than woodbury? of course, but that doesnt mean its a good matchup for him, especially with a much more athletic defensive player backing up woodbury.
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Georges doesn't talk trash. He makes promises and then delivers on those promises.
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Jet fuel doesn't melt steel beams
Yeah, my head and neck are burnt as well.
Carrying the banner for ISU.
I'm burnt real bad. I'm also(still) wearing an Iowa State tattoo on my forehead. If I ever work up the courage to scrub it off I'm going to have a sweet white I State in my head.
I was already peeling last night too.
I believe the restaurant terminology for me is "well done."
I am also very well sunburnt.
The back of my neck is torched, my ankles hurt from standing on the hillside, and my voice/throat is toast. Well worth it.
2009 Insight Bowl Champions!
My neck is on fire.
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I'm burnt real bad. I'm also(still) wearing an Iowa State tattoo on my forehead. If I ever work up the courage to scrub it off I'm going to have a sweet white I State in my head.
i MUST see this. what an epic burn...well actually what would be worse is being a hawk fan with a head tattoo after losing. so you have that going going for u
Has nobody ever heard of sunscreen?
Aloe Vera should be in order now I would guess.
Just put on aloe, not helping.
My face is the worst, but my neck is a close second. I don't think Aloe is going to help.
I wore sunglasses and didn't shave (was rocking like 3 day stubble.) terrible combo cuz I have a red forehead and nose, completely white around eyes and now that I shaved, white below my nose. So from top to bottom my face goes red, white, red, white. I look like an idiot and I couldn't care less. Anyone who asks about my sun/lack of on my face, I'll be happy to explain where and how I got it. Comletely worth it. WTG State!
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A lively mix of entertainment, human interest and lifestyle features with Miriam O'Callaghan.
A lively mix of entertainment, human interest and lifestyle features with Miriam O'Callaghan.
Miriam's first guests this morning are Brenda Fricker & Virginia Gilbert. Virgina, a young writer & film director as a busy autumn ahead of her as she is about to publish her debut novel & her first feature length film with Brenda & actor James Fox in the starring roles.
Virginia's Book 'Travelling Companion' published by Liberties Press
Her feature film 'A Long Way from Home' a story of a long married couple Joseph (Fox) & Brenda (Fricker) have retired to the French town of Nimes & live quiet routine lives.
We asked our listeners to tell us about new challenges they would love to take on, our the response was huge. Four listeners have been selected & we are now looking for other listeners to team up with these four people to help make their dreams come true.
The four people selected are Anne Kelleher - get up to speed with a MacBook Computer, Jenny Hill wants to learn how to surf, Geraldine O'Doherty really needs to pass her driving test & Ger Walsh wants to overcome her fear of flying.
As the Junior Cert results came out yesterday, towns around the country may have seen hoards of teenagers out for the night, girls in their skirts & heels & young lads in their best shirts & aftershave! In studio with Miriam is one man who is fascinated with the behaviour of teenagers, comedian Ger Carey. www.gercarey.com
Ger's one man show is called 'Observations from a Hedge'
It is probably the most important bicycle in Irish political history & after almost a century, Michael Collin's High Nelly has finally been found! Joining Miriam on the line is Marty Mannering, from www.HighNelly.ie to tell how & where it was found.
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Last year IBM acquired OpenPages as a strategic move into the area of Governance, Risk and Compliance. The lasest announcement to acquire Algorithmics (quantitative risk management) shows the continuous commitment of IBM in the GRC market. GRC software will integrate into the Business Analytics Software group, the area where the former acquisitions like Cognos, SPSS and Clarity systems already resides.
Now that Risk Management is evolving, more and more organizations are starting an enterprise approach to risk management. And this is where I see the need for Risk and Performance Management convergence.
In past Risk Management implementations I see that a major portion of time and budget was spent on Risk Reporting and Dashboarding. Especially the need for self service reporting, where users can ad hoc create their own risk reports, is growing. We do not want to wait in the queue waiting for our report to be created. 2 days later you missed the opportunity to respond and the loss is there.
With this self service capability the question automatically pops up 'can I trust my data'. And now we are back in the area of data governance. This is exactly where the area of Performance Management is today.
Apart from these reporting and dashboarding capabilities Enterprise Risk Management means alignment of risks and controls to the strategic initiatives of the organization. What will prevent me from reaching my business goals? Isn't this defined as a risk? And how will we prevent this from happening? Wasn't that defined as a control?
Even more interesting are questions like, 'What if I was able to perform risk scenario planning?', 'What if I could predict risks from happening?' or 'What is the correlation between the risks that have materialized?'.
And there is the proof that Risk Management and Performance Management have lots in common and should be integrated. Lets call it Business Analytics.
Erwin Boeren
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IBM Watson found a job as a risk expert!
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IBM Watson found a job as a risk expert!
IBM Watson goes to work in financial services as a risk expert. One of the largest Financial Services institutes and IBM now partner to enhance and simplify the consumer banking experience with faster, more accurate decisions, better risk assessment, and more targeted customer offers.
IBM Watson is transforming expectations for how technology can help individuals live and work in better ways. Its ability to make sense of vast quantities of unstructured information, communicate in natural human language, learn from experience, and offer confidence weighted responses is already a game changer in healthcare. Focusing these capabilities on financial services brings new possibilities for higher service levels to an expanded set of users.
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Now what will that bring to our Financial Service clients? Potentially as an assistant to client service professionals to help deliver evidence-based recommendations across multiple areas of the bank, including: credit card; private banking; wealth management; and call centers. Since IBM Watson can think faster than any human being it is able to make cross checks, prevent fraud, determine risk, etc. It is able to analyze data such as client information, online news reports, blogs, Twitter feeds, analyst reports, regulations, credit ratings, and government securities filings which can help to suggest options targeted to a consumers' individual circumstances.
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sorry for my mistake, my question is dose this computer can be d firmware by myself use the tusa usb cable for this computer ?
Can the IQ-950 Zen integrated Air/Nitrox hoseless computer dive watch be set to display depth in meters instead of feet?
What is the max depth of the dive watch? and does it come with 3 transmitter or 1 (I understand it can track up to 3)?
Dose the transmitter fit Atomic B2s 1ST stage? Need an adapter? It needs adapters for Tusa R-200 and R-600 1ST stages.
IQ-950 TUSA Zen Air
The IQ-950 Zen Air is TUSA's most advanced and full-featured wrist-top computer. Built on the stylish design and platform of the IQ-900 Zen, the Zen Air is even further enhanced by adding hoseless air-integration, several advanced user-adjustable settings and the ability to program up to 3 transmitters and 3 gas mixes from 21%-100%.
The Zen Air's large alphanumeric and backlit LCD screen clearly displays all the critical dive data including tank pressure(s), air-time and no-decompression time remaining, current/max depth, safety stop, deep stop and much more. Of course, the IQ-950 can be operated as a watch, Air computer, Nitrox (EANx) computer, digital depth gauge/timer or as a free dive depth gauge/timer and with or without a transmitter.
The IQ-950 is the ultimate dive instrument offering a set of robust features that can be adjusted for personal preference. The Zen Air is available in brushed metal finish or limited black chrome.
> Advanced air-integrated hoseless watch computer
> Air, Nitrox, Gauge, Free Dive and Watch Operating Modes
> 3 Gas Mix Feature: Mix 1 (Air, 21-50%), Mix 2 (21-100%), Mix 3 (21-100%)
> Wireless Switching Technology to monitor up to 3 transmitters
> On-screen tank pressure display (max 5000psi/345bar)
> Advanced user safety settings and Conservative Factor
> Variable Ascent Rate
> Manual or Water-Activation
> Audible and Flashing Icon Alarms - User Adjustable
> Deep Stop Feature and Safety Stop - User Adjustable
> 1 Touch Log Access - 24 dive log memory
> History Mode - Up to 9999 hours/dives stored
> Large alphanumeric and backlit display
> Automatic altitude adjustment from sea level to 14,000'
> No fly icon, residual nitrogen discharge time display
> PC download and upload settings/log data with TUSA Datalog Interface
> User-replaceable battery with hot-swap (CR2430, 3V and CR2)
> TUSA Algorithm based on Buhlmann ZHL-16c
> Included: One transmitter, Datalog USB Interface, CD, wetsuit extension
> Available in: Brushed Stainless (IQ-950) or Black Chrome/Polished (IQ-950-BK)
> TUSA CARE Product Notice IQ-950 and RS-670
Backlit Display
Several TUSA computer instruments feature a backlit display for night diving or low-light situations. The bright backlight is activated by a touch of a button and the duration can be set for up to 10 seconds in length enabling the diver to view critical dive data easily and quickly.
User Replaceable Battery
Convenience and ease-of-maintenance is imperative in the design of today's dive computer. Each of TUSA's computers offer a user-friendly replaceable battery that can be changed on a moment's notice using standard widely-distributed batteries.
Hoseless Transmitter
Hoseless transmitter technology combines the accuracy of air integration with wireless data transmission resulting in a next generation ultra-compact wrist-top dive computer – the Zen Air.
Air Integration
TUSA's Zen Air Integration technology allows a diver to monitor depth, dive time and up to 3 tank pressures accurately and safely in a single glance. The need for bulky analog gauge consoles is gone. TUSA's alphanumeric digital display conveys air data efficiently each updated second.
PC Downloadable
TUSA's PCLogbook and TUSA DataLog PC interfaces allow the diver to transfer complete log and profile history from the dive computer to a personal computer or upload user settings to the computer. A PC interface unit is sold separately.
Audible Alarm
TUSA's computers feature audible and visual alarms for the most important dive data warnings. Ascent rate, maximum depth, no decompression limits, safety stop and several other key data can be set to alert the diver.
3 Gas Mix
This advanced feature allows the diver to preset three individual gas mixtures (Mix 1, Mix 2, Mix 3) from 21-100% for easy switching during the dive as necessary.
Service and Repair (Instruments)
Q: Who can service my dive instrument?
Your TUSA authorized retailer can conduct a basic service on your computer such as battery change or strap replacement. For other service or warranty issues, please contact email@example.com or 800-521-8872 or the TUSA Agent/Distributor in your region.
Q: Where can I find available Firmware Updates?
Available firmware updates for IQ instruments can be found under the Support section and Firmware Updates page of the TUSA.com website.
Q: Where can I find PC Download Software Programs?
Available PC download software programs for IQ instruments can be found under the Support section and Software page of the TUSA.com website.
Q: Is Mac Download Software Available?
Unfortunately, not at this time. PC software programs are only supported. A 3rd party vendor offers a logbook software program for the IQ-750/900/950, visit Mac-Dive.com.
Q: Can I change the battery on my dive instrument?
All current IQ series instruments have user changeable batteries. TUSA approved battery kits are available through your local authorized retailer.
Q: How Do I Erase the History Log or Dive Log on my instrument?
The unit would need to be sent to TUSA for a factory reset, please contact email@example.com or 800-521-8872 or the TUSA Agent/Distributor in your region.
Q: Do you have a Trade-In or Upgrade Program for older dive instruments?
No. There are no trade-in or upgrade programs available at this time.


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The white stuff that fell on us earlier this week was certainly welcomed, once you get past the slipping and sliding on our roads and highways and look at the big picture.
It seems like each winter gets warmer and drier than the one before it, especially compared to when I was younger.
I remember the winter of 1983, my first one in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys. I couldn't believe Glenwood Springs would actually plow all their snow into the middle of Grand Avenue. It was so high, you couldn't see the oncoming traffic, except at traffic lights.
This fall, I drove to the Front Range and back for Thanksgiving and could not believe how low the water was in Lake Dillon. Wow! And that seems to be the case for too many years here lately.
Whether or not you believe in climate change, global warming or whatever you want to call it, the earth is changing. All you have to do is look around. And you don't have to look very far. Check out the Colorado River as it flows through Rifle. That's pretty darn low for the start of winter, I think.
Check out how dry the ground is, recent snow notwithstanding. The entire state is in a serious, serious drought.
Then think back a few months. Remember how hot and dry it got? And how fast? We didn't really have a spring. (It seems to me we never do, but that may be because I like spring so much and it never lasts very long.)
Recall all those wildfires on the Front Range, where all the homes, and even some lives, were lost. I don't recall a summer like that, except for maybe 2002, a decade ago.
Then you hear about floods, earthquakes and all sorts of natural disasters. Our pine trees and aspen trees are disease infested and dying by the day. Makes me wonder.
We are the only species on earth that uses its resources in such finite ways. We burn its fossil fuels, which in turn pollutes its air, trapping the sun's heat and causing changes in our weather, helping to lead back to hotter summers and drier winters.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we're totally to blame. The earth has gone through ice ages and climate change before we started messing around. But it seems like common sense to me that we're aggravating things. I'm guilty, too, but I try my best to lessen my impact. The problem is we need several billion more people across the globe to try their best.
I'm usually not a believer in doomsday theories and such, like the end of the world on Dec. 22, according to some hotly disputed interpretations of the Mayan calendar. But I like to think I'm also an open minded, common sense type of guy. And when I look around and see things like I've mentioned, it gives me pause.
I hope for all us on this green globe that, someday soon, enough people will pause and realize we have to work together to help our earth, our only real home, instead of use and abuse it. Or, someday - maybe a long time after you and I are gone from the earth - we'll lose it.
But we will all have still lost in the end.
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50s Hemi Engine Build With 21st Century Technology - A Contemporary Chrysler - TechWritten by on September 9, 2010 Building A '50s Hemi Using 21st Century Technology
Without a doubt, one of the most impressive looking engines of all time is the Chrysler Hemi. But before you get carried away with images of black wrinkle-finish valve covers installed on bright orange blocks and heads, there's something we need to remind you. The Hemi was around 13 years before all these muscle car guys came in and stole the Fire Power's thunder. Most of us are aware of the origins of the early Hemi and the fact that not only did Chrysler use them to power some of their passenger cars, among other things, but so did Chrysler's Mopar sibling companies: DeSoto and Dodge. And by the time those bright orange engines were running NASCAR, the older Hemis had already been proving themselves on the streets, at the drags, and at the lakes for years. Just ask Don Garlits, the Chrisman brothers, or Fred Larson and Don Cummins, all of which had very successful early Hemi-powered race cars in the '50s and on. When Chrysler pulled the plug in 1958, the Hemi's reputation had already been firmly established as the motor to beat.
This would be all fine and good if this were 1958 and there were piles of engines in the junkyard or available at the local Mopar dealer. Problem is, it ain't 1958, it's 2010 and 59 years have passed since the first-gen block rolled off the assembly line. But while the engines themselves are slightly more elusive than they were 50 years ago, there exists today a booming aftermarket industry that supports vintage engine builds such as the early Hemi, perhaps in a more progressive way today than ever before. A number of the weak spots in those old engines have been addressed, such as the water pumps, which companies like Hot Heads offers adapters to run readily available small-block Chevy pumps in their place, as well as adapters for more transmissions than you can shake a stick at. And internal items such as pistons, bearings, seals, gaskets, rings, cranks, and camshafts, and even CNC'd aluminum heads are all readily available.
The point is, it's easier today to build up a reliable vintage engine such as the Hemi than it's ever been. And with every John, Dick, and Harry running small-block Chevy crate engines, dropping a vintage mill in your truck ensures that it will standout from the crowd and separate you from the cookie-cutter guys. In a hobby where it's nearly impossible for the average guy to build a truck in his garage that competes with what the pros are doing, dropping in a vintage engine ups the ante that little bit that just may set it head and shoulders above the rest.
That was exactly my mentality when it came time to pick a mill for my '52 F-1 pickup. Sure I could have ordered up a crate engine from any of the suppliers across the country and I probably could have had my project on the road months ago, but who wants to take the easy way out? Always up for a challenge and wanting to do something different, I set out hunting for a good candidate to power my truck. As luck would have it, I found one locally in a barn that looked pretty clean and didn't appear to be too worse for wear. The price was right, a deal was struck and soon I was heading over to Speed-O-Motive with the engine in the back of my parts hauler to give those guys a thorough headache with my vintage "gem."
Speed-O-Motive has been known as the stroker experts since 1946, so there was no doubt in my mind that they would be the perfect choice to handle the machining chores. Another name synonymous with vintage engines is Egge Machine Company, who supplied all the internals for the Hemi, save the camshaft, crank, rods, and springs. They run a first-class business that cast pistons for everything from, well, Flatheads to Hemis, and also stock every internal part you can think of for vintage engines from 1900 to 1980. A camshaft was ordered up from legendary Mooneyes, ground by the master himself, Bill Jenks. With a spec sheet with that much history, I was sure to be in good hands!
With the 331ci Chrysler Hemi receiving the green flag from Speed-O-Motive, it was back in my hands to start assembling the rotating assembly, heads, and valvetrain. Being a greenhorn to a full-on engine rebuild, I was slightly hesitant to jump right into the assembly as I thought it would be quite a shame to ruin all the hard work that the machine shop had done. Suffice it to say, I learned a lot along the way, with many thanks to those who had to suffer with my constant pestering. I can't say enough kind things about those involved, namely the crew at Speed-O-Motive, Egge, Hot Heads, and Mooneyes for dealing with my "newby" questions. If there were ever any reluctance in getting your hands dirty building a vintage engine, sleep easy knowing that there's a number of people in our industry who are not only knowledgeable enough to provide you with the know-how to tackle such a project, but that they're more than willing to explain things and walk you through some of those head scratching problems that you may come across.
Building a vintage engine can be shrouded by old time voodoo secrets, ancient magic, and must-do speed tips, but be forewarned that a knowledgeable machine shop coupled with a competent parts supplier can take that ancient relic of Detroit's past and dumb it down to a tractor motor. The internal combustion engine is going on 100-plus years and while a great many innovations have been made, it all boils down to a simple few points. Get the gas in the cylinder, make it explode, expel the burn, and create power to get you down the road. There have been leaps and bounds in technology, but the general idea has been the same since Henry Ford first took the Model T coast to coast.
That said, I was able to convince myself to act as the guinea pig for those who wanted to build a vintage engine and do it in the confines of their home shop. I've worked on the Mooneyes dragster and even moonlighted on a Bonneville race car that made it into the 200 mph Club in 2004 (Todd Haas' So Cal Speed Shop-sponsored '34 roadster), but that hardly means I knew what I was doing. I was simply a bystander at the feet of bigger and better tuners, fabricators, and racers. But I had the itch and that's all that matters.
With this 331ci Chrysler build however, I was convinced that I could bring a down-home, do-it-yourself perspective to show that you don't need 40 years experience to assemble a reliable, vintage powerplant. Armed with fellow staffer Ron Ceridono's priceless Chrysler Hemi Engine Manual and the support of the named aftermarket companies, assembling the early Hemi has been both a labor of love and a fruitful provider of frustration. But as it came together, I've been exceptionally pleased with not only the fact that I did it, but that it will work and provide me with years of satisfaction as I'm driving the F-1 that it will eventually see life in. Sure a crate motor may have been the easy way out, but do you think that Michelangelo would have ordered up templates to paint the Sistine Chapel over the internet had he been given the opportunity 500 hundred years ago? I think not!
While building a vintage engine can have its ups and downs, today's vast aftermarket industry makes it easier than ever to build a bulletproof vintage engine that is as reliable as any crate motor out there. Just remember that if you can't find something that applies to your particular project, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist, but sometimes it is necessary to think outside the box.
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With the block, heads, and crank back from the machine shop, everything got a thorough cleaning with warm water and dish washing detergent. Extra care is taken to ensure any grit or debris from the machining process is removed.Replacing the freeze plugs is the first step on our long list of reassembly. Hot Heads offers two options, both of which are removable if the need arises. On the left is a brass assembly and on the right is a trick stainless kit.Here's the two different styles installed to give you an idea of their aesthetics. I chose to use the stainless style for my Hemi.There's also a cam plug and two threaded plugs that need to be installed in the back of the block. The cam plug is installed just like a normal freeze plug; set it against the ridge of the block and dimple the center to expand it firmly in place.I'm lazy and like to start with the easiest item first. Therefore, I decided to drive in the bronze oil pump driveshaft bushing. A large drift and a hammer makes the job a snap.
Since the motor is going back together for the first time since being machined, it's important to check all the clearances. This can be done by either measuring them with a snap gauge and an outside micrometer with the bearings installed and the main cap torqued to spec......or by installing the crank with all the mains torqued to spec and Plastigaging the surfaces. Main bearing clearances should be between 0.0005-0.0015-inch.The rear main bearings are block and cap specific, mix them up and you'll starve the rear main for oil. Also notice the locating ring for the rear main cap, this aligns the cap to prevent the oil pump driveshaft from rubbing against the block.Originally, the rear main cap featured a rope seal to prevent oil from leaking out into to the bellhousing. A seal from a 440 Mopar is now a common replacement. The rear main cap also has a provision to drain oil back to the pan between the bearing and the seal.Originally, the rear main cap featured a rope seal to prevent oil from leaking out into to the bellhousing. A seal from a 440 Mopar is now a common replacement. The rear main cap also has a provision to drain oil back to the pan between the bearing and the seal.With the clearances checking out and the bearings bathed in a healthy dose of engine assembly lube, the mains are torqued to 85 ft-lb. Note the adapter on the rear main cap that accepts a high-volume, small-block Mopar oil pump from Hot Heads.Here's the small-block Mopar oil pump installed on the adapter. These are commonly available and provide more volume than the original Hemi item.The pump registers on the main cap and requires another adapter to align the pump driveshaft with the block.Moving onto the rest of the rotating assembly, the first thing to check is the piston ring endgap. The ring is installed an inch or two into the bore and the gap is measured using a feeler gauge. Ring gap minimum is 0.015 inch and shouldn't be over 0.025 inch. If the gap is below tolerance, it needs to be filed using a ring jig tool.
The ring endgap checked out so the compression and oil rings are installed on a new set of 0.040-over cast pistons from Egge Machine. A set of Grant rings will handle the compression chores in the 331. The expander-spacer oil ring is color-coded so it's easy to tell if it's installed correctly. The two colors should be visible and land directly above the wristpin. Two steel rails hold it in place, with the gap on either side of the wristpin (arrows). The compression rings should be perpendicular to the wristpin on opposite sides of the piston.New rod bolts are highly recommended as the original units can stretch and not give an accurate torque reading. ARP fasteners are the best in the biz, so it was only natural that Hot Heads recommended them for our 331 build.The rotating assembly for the 331 was completely balanced at Speed-O-Motive and the stock rods were reamed with new bushings to accept the "palm push" fit, full floating wristpins. They're retained by a pair of snap rings that should be located with the opening vertically and not to the side where the reciprocating motion of the piston may cause them to move. The 0.020-inch under rod bearings have also been installed as reference.A ring compressor was picked up from the local parts house and the well lubricated piston is installed in the block with a few light blows from the handle of a dead blow mallet. Care is used to not hook the rings on the deck of the block.With the pistons and rods installed, note the mark on the top of the pistons that point to the front of the block as the valve reliefs on the piston are relative to the intake and exhaust valves. The rods are torqued to 45-50 ft-lb.Early Hemi head gaskets are top and bottom specific and should be coated with a copper sealant before being installed. Permatex Copper Spray-A-Gasket works great but don't get it on anything but the gaskets.With the heads in place on the stepped dowels provided by Hot Heads, new head bolts are lubricated prior to installation. Like the rod bolts, the original head bolts can also succumb to stress and stretch over time, resulting in faulty torque readings. New, lubricated bolts will remedy this.
Returning to my old stomping ground, I coaxed Bill Jenks at Mooneyes to grind me a cam for the 331. Using a 354-style blank, Bill ground a 0.461-inch lift 280-degree solid lifter cam that'll make the old Chrysler run like a watch with power to spare. A set of solid lifters from a 318 Chrysler was provided from Egge to fit the Hemi.Speed-O-Motive recommended using CMW Entech assembly lube for the entire assembly, including the cam and lifters. Rotella heavy-duty oil has been used as well and will be used in the engine to help break in the assembly as many modern motor oils lack the appropriate properties necessary for the old flat tappet motors.I made a cam installation tool by welding a bolt to a piece of tubing. Care must be taken when installing the cam to not knick the bearing surfaces.This ring faces with the chamfer pointed towards the back of the block and supports the cam timing gear.A thrust plate bolts to the front of the block and controls fore and aft cam movement behind the timing chain assembly. The cam retaining bolt and washer are indexed to fit over the keyway of the cam. Note the relationship of the dots on the crank and cam timing gears. While some engine builders recommend degreeing the cam, Bill Jenks mentioned that since the cam was reground on a machine that registered everything off the keyway, there's no chance of the lobes being off time. Fifty years experience can't be wrong.With the cam installed, the lifters and pushrods were dropped in and it was time to start adjusting the valves. The 331 is running adjustable pushrods from Hot Heads to set the valve lash.A timely and frustrating dance to say the least, the valves need to be properly adjusted with the recommended 0.015-inch valve lash, measured here with a feeler gauge.With the head installed, torqued, and the No. 1 cylinder valves adjusted, everything was pulled apart to measure piston to valve clearance. A tedious procedure, it's easier than finding out too late that the clearance isn't within the recommended 0.100-inch. Modeling clay was applied to the valve area of the piston and the depth measured with a caliper after the engine was turned over a few revolutions.
The last piece of internal hardware to be installed before the engine really starts to take shape is the intermediate driveshaft. This couples the oil pump with the cam and distributor.Before the Hot Heads timing cover is slid into place, the modified oil slinger and keyway are installed on the crank snout. The stock oil slinger is slightly different than the modified version Hot Heads provides and will not work with their timing cover without modifications.Here's the Bill's Hot Rod Company brackets installed on the Chevy water pump as they come shipped, ready to bolt on from Speedway Motors.Note the difference between where the Bill's brackets bolt to the small-block Chevy front intake bolts and where the Hemi intake bolts are. The intake bolt portion of the bracket supports the backside of the assembly and needs to be tied into something.The 331 heads each have a tapped hole in the front side and we used this as our mounting point for the backside of the bracket assembly instead of the intake bolt. Here, a cardboard template is made up ...With the brackets dialed in, the accessories are installed and everything checked to make sure all the pulleys are going to line up. It all looks good, so it's disassembled and the timing cover and water pump are painted to match the block.
Hot Heads offers a Street Performance harmonic balancer to replace the stock style balancer and crank hub. These are based off a late-model Mopar unit and are marked to correspond with their timing cover pointer.Hot Heads also offers a high-rise, dual-plane 4bbl intake manifold with an rpm range from idle to 5,500. Combined with a Holley Street Avenger 570-cfm carb, this combo should provide plenty of torque on the low end. Since the 331 series heads do not have a water outlet in the front like the later 354 and 392 heads, the outlets in the front of the intake will be used, along with a remote thermostat housing.A vintage Vertex mag will provide the spark for the Chrysler. We took ours to Don Zig Magnetos where they put 14-degrees initial advance in it to make it a little more street friendly.Another upgrade available from Hot Heads is this vertical spin-on oil filter adapter that uses a modern oil filter to replace that messy stock canister type.A pair of tuned, block hugging headers courtesy of Doug's Headers tuck neatly against the sides of the block, which will ease installing the Hemi in our F-1. These feature a metallic ceramic thermal barrier coating to significantly lower underhood temperatures and extend the life of the headers.Speedway Motors provided the aluminum double upper pulley, while the lower is a Hot Heads unit that is designed to mate to their harmonic balancer. Also note the Bill's bracket that attaches to the upper water pump bolts.Here's our accessories installed on the modified Bill's brackets from Speedway Motors. That's a Vintage Air A/C compressor on the left and a Powermaster PowerGEN alternator on the right.


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Using EVO 4G - with Cyanogen ROM I can get activesync to setup and work with zimbra 7. Calendar, contacts, and email.
Using EVO 4G with default ROM and HTC Sense - Activesync will not setup and I get a failed message, try again later...
Using EVO 4G with touchdown for android 2.0 devices - it acts like it is setup and syncing, however no information is pulled in and available on the phone in touchdown. Sending messages does work however and they go out the server and are received on the other side.
Touchdown worked fine with 6.0.10 - and i've tried setting it up now on two seperate phones with both an existing account in zimbra, and creating a fresh / new one.. No luck..
Anyone else having issues? Can anyone confirm they are able to setup a new account within android w/ activesync and get it to work? with touchdown?
Any help or info would be great - I would really love to have my account re-setup and my contacts, email, calendar back on the phone..
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (KUSA) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was caught on tape threatening to hit a Colorado Springs Gazette reporter who questioned him about a government program while Salazar was at a campaign event for President Obama.
"You know what, you can never do that. This is the Obama... you know what, if you do that again, I'm going to punch you out," Salazar is heard telling reporter Dave Philipps in an audio recording released by the Gazette Tuesday.
The exchange, recorded following an Election Day appearance by Salazar, was first made public Tuesday by the Cloud Foundation, a wild horse advocacy organization, and the website Politico. Philipps had attempted to ask Salazar about the federal government's controversial wild horse management program and Salazar's ties to a wild horse buyer.
According to the Gazette, Philipps had been stymied for months in his attempts to reach Salazar through his press secretary to discuss the issue prior to approaching Salazar at a campaign event in Fountain.
Salazar, a Democrat, served as a United States Senator from Colorado before joining the Obama administration.
"The secretary... pushed the Gazette's video camera out of the way, and got within inches of the reporter's face," the Gazette wrote in an article published Tuesday.
Gazette managing editor Carmen Boles said the incident was not captured on video.
"We do not have video of the threatening remarks as Salazar moved the camera away," Boles told 9NEWS in an email.
"Holding our public officials accountable is the cornerstone of journalism," Boles was quoted in a Gazette article. "We are dismayed that anyone would respond to legitimate questions in such a fashion."
Interior spokesman Blake Androff responded to a 9NEWS inquiry with a single sentence: "The Secretary regrets the exchange."
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The Great Houses are the most powerful of the noble houses of the Seven Kingdoms. They exercise immense authority and power over their vassals and territories and are answerable only to the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, King of the Andals and the First Men.
Before the Targaryen Conquest, each of the Seven Kingdoms was ruled independently by a powerful royal family. During the Conquest these families were either destroyed and replaced, or defeated and forced to swear allegiance to King Aegon, reigning from the Iron Throne in King's Landing.
The Gardeners, Hoares, and Durrendons were slain and replaced by the Tyrells, Greyjoys, and Baratheons respectively, while the Lannisters, Arryns, and Starks surrendered peacefully and were allowed to remain in control of their lands. In addition, Aegon raised up the Tullys to rule over the Riverlands, which had been under ironborn occupation prior to his arrival. Only House Martell of Dorne resisted his armies, but was later brought into the fold through a peaceful marriage-alliance some two centuries later.
Each Great House has a large number of vassal houses serving it, most of whom in turn have smaller vassals under them, extending all the way down to farmers and landed knights. Each Great House rules over its territory and is responsible for collecting taxes and, in times of war, raising troops to fight for the king. Otherwise they are largely left to operate autonomously to simplify the bureaucracy and governance of the realm.
Robert's Rebellion ended in the exile of the last Targaryens, with House Baratheon replacing them on the Iron Throne.
The War of the Five Kings has seen changes amongst the Great Houses. House Baratheon is divided into House Baratheon of King's Landing and House Baratheon of Dragonstone, both claiming the Iron Throne, while the defeat of the Starks and the Tullys has led to them to be replaced by former vassal houses Bolton and Frey, respectively.
The Great Houses
Current Great Houses
- House Arryn, rulers of the Vale of Arryn from the castle of the Eyrie.
- House Baratheon, the Seven Kingdoms royal house, currently divided into two main branches:
- House Baratheon of King's Landing, rulers of the Crownlands from the castle of the Red Keep in King's Landing, and the de facto royal house.
- House Baratheon of Dragonstone, rulers of the Stormlands from the castle of Dragonstone, claiming the Iron Throne.
- House Bolton, rulers of the North from the castle of the Dreadfort.
- House Frey, rulers of the Riverlands from the castle of Riverrun.
- House Greyjoy, rulers of the Iron Islands from the castle of Pyke.
- House Lannister, rulers of the Westerlands from the castle of Casterly Rock.
- House Martell, rulers of Dorne from the castle of Sunspear.
- House Tyrell, rulers of the Reach from the castle of Highgarden.
Exiled Great Houses
- House Stark, the former rulers of the North, ruling from the now sacked castle of Winterfell until the Red Wedding. The remaining Starks are scattered.
- House Targaryen, the former royal house, currently in exile following Robert's Rebellion.
- House Tully, the former rulers of the Riverlands, ruling from Riverrun, until the Red Wedding.
Extinct Great Houses
Only three Great Houses have ever gone extinct, all as a result of their defeat in the Targaryen Conquest three hundred years before the War of the Five Kings:
- House Durrandon - rulers of the Stormlands. Orys Baratheon, founder of House Baratheon, married the daughter of the last king of House Durrendon, thus House Baratheon descends from the Durrandons through the female line.
- House Gardener - rulers of the Reach. House Tyrell claims descent from House Gardener through the female line, and House Florent is actually a cadet branch of House Gardener, with a better claim to rule based on lineage than the Tyrells. Several other Houses from the Reach also descend from House Gardener.
- House Hoare - rulers of the Iron Islands and (through conquest) the Riverlands. After their defeat, Aegon Targaryen commanded the ironborn to select a new family from among their number to rule over the rest, under the Targaryens. They selected House Greyjoy.
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the term "great house" or "ruling house" is used informally. Author George R.R. Martin has said that in retrospect he should have used a formal senior rank to differentiate the ruling houses from their vassals.
Keeping in mind that Martin has said that Westeros is roughly the size of the continent of South America, the realm known as "the Seven Kingdoms" spans an area on the scale of the Roman Empire. Thus in terms of their populations and the size of the armies they can raise in wartime, each of the "Great Houses" is more comparable in scale to a real-life medieval kingship like England or France than a smaller dukedom. Provinces (in this case, constiutent regions) are in effect semi-autonomous with the local people regarding the local Great House as their rulers, and the King as perhaps an abstract and distant figure who has no bearing on their day-to-day lives.
The definition of a "Great House" in general can be summarized as any noble House that bends the knee directly to the Iron Throne and rules one of constituent regions of the realm. The royal family itself rules the Crownlands directly, loosely making it another Great House, though technically it ranks higher than all the others. At the start of the books this list comprises the Starks, Lannisters, Arryns, Greyjoys, Tullys, Tyrells, Baratheons of Storm's End, and Martells. This definition sometimes leads to oddities, for example, House Hightower of Oldtown commands a vastly populous city (second only to King's Landing and not by much) and an immense area of territory around it, including numerous smaller vassal houses. The Hightowers could theoretically be more powerful than the ruling Great House of less populous regions (such as the Greyjoys and perhaps even the Martells), but as they are vassals of the Tyrells, they are not counted as a Great House.
Few Great Houses have ever gone extinct. By the time the books begin, only three former Great Houses have ever been destroyed, all during the Targaryen Conquest, three hundred years before the War of the Five Kings:
- House Durrandon - rulers of the Stormlands.
- House Gardener - rulers of the Reach.
- House Hoare - rulers of the Iron Islands and (through conquest) the Riverlands.
After the Targaryen Conquest, House Baratheon replaced the Storm Kings of House Durrendon, House Tyrell replaced House Gardener, and House Greyjoy replaced House Hoare. Orys Baratheon, founder of House Baratheon, married the daughter of the last Storm King, so there was some continuity with the former House and its replacement. House Durrendon left no other known branches besides the Baratheons. House Gardener intermarried with many of the great noble families of the Reach, and House Florent is even a cadet branch of the main Gardener line. House Tyrell descends from House Gardener through the female line (much to the consternation of the Florents), so there is some continuity in the Reach as well. Thus, by the time of Robert's Rebellion, the Reach is the only region of Westeros which has noble Houses with rival claims to rule based on descent.
When Harren Hoare and all of his sons were roasted alive by Aegon the Conqueror's dragons, he had the ironborn choose one of their own Houses to rule over them (under the overall rule of the Targaryens), and they chose House Greyjoy. The Iron Islands are actually something of an odd case, in that for many centuries their kingship was not hereditary. When a king died, the powerful noble Houses of the Iron Islands would meet in an assembly known as a Kingsmoot to select a new king to rule over all of them. Five thousand years ago, House Greyiron killed all of the representatives at the last Kingsmoot, and ruled the Iron Islands as hereditary kings for a thousand years. The Greyirons were destroyed four thousand years ago during the Andal Invasion, when they were deposed by House Hoare. Whether the Greyirons should be considered a Great House that early in history is unclear.
House Hoare officially went extinct when Harren died, but it only went extinct in the male-line. House Volmark, an ironborn noble family from Harlaw, descends from House Hoare through the female line (much as House Tyrell descends from the officially extinct House Gardener through the female line). House Volmark never had particularly strong claim against House Greyjoy, however, due to a combination of that the ironborn are very misogynistic and don't place much value on female-line descent, and because of the unusual elected-kingship customs of the Iron Islands.
Nonetheless, no noble House from the Iron Islands can claim a better right to rule than House Grejoy based on descent: multiple houses from the Iron Islands, including House Greyjoy, possess ancestors who were kings, but during the time of the non-hereditary kingship based on elections in the kingsmoot. Moreover, the Greyjoys were at least briefly kings during the Greyjoy Rebellion, so by the time of the War of the Five Kings, they are still held in very high esteem by the ironborn. Thus the situation in the Reach is still unique, with other noble Houses besides the current Great House possessing claims to rule based on descent, and specifically House Florent actually has a better claim than House Tyrell based on descent.
In ancient times, other royal Houses included House Greyiron in the Iron Islands, House Mudd - whose domain was located along the Blue Fork of the Trident and ruled as Kings of the Rivers and the Hills, House Fisher - which also ruled the Riverlands as River Kings, House Teague also in the Riverlands, and House Casterly in the Westerlands. However, given that at that time almost every castle in Westeros commanded a kingdom and almost every lord (great or not) called himself a king, it is unclear whether or not these houses should truly be called "Great".
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Great Houses of Westeros
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Wimbledon, England (Sports Network) - It didn't take long for the first upset
to occur at Wimbledon, as Puerto Rico's Monica Puig ousted fifth-seeded Sara
Errani on the first day of play at the year's third Grand Slam event.
Puig claimed a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Errani, who has not had much success on
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WASHINGTON (WUSA 9) -- The Sistine Chapel at the Vatican is being closed Tuesday until further notice, reports WUSA 9's Bruce Johnson. 117 cardinal electors will select the next Pope.
The date for the conclave will be set Wednesday when the cardinal from China arrives --- he's the last elector, says Johnson.
Monday, Monsignor Bartholomew Smith of Saint Bernadette's Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Md. spoke to Johnson.
Monsignor Smith, who worked in the Vatican for four years and was there when Benedict XVI was elected Pope, said the current group of cardinals who will select Benedict's successor will take their time and not rush into a decision on the new Pope.
He told Johnson that a March 15th start for the conclave would not surprise him: "They need to get to know one another." About 25 percent of the cardinals have been in office only a couple of years.
Monsignor Smith also believed there are several candidates for the top post, sharing, "I've seen a list with at least 16 names."
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Honolulu, HI (Sports Network) - Joe Southwick threw for 209 yards and three
touchdowns as the Boise State Broncos rolled over the Hawaii Warriors, 49-14,
in a Mountain West Conference matchup at Aloha Stadium.
Southwick completed 17-of-29 pass attempts in the game for Boise State (8-2,
6-1 MWC) which had a seven-game winning streak ended last week. Aaron Burks
brought in five passes for 107 yards and a touchdown. Jay Ajayi led the
Broncos with 54 yards and a touchdown on the ground.
Sean Schroeder started at quarterback for Hawaii (1-8, 0-6) and completed 10-
of-19 pass attempts for 100 yards and an interception. Jeremy Higgins came in
midway through the third quarter and threw for 154 yards and an interception
on 11-of-17 passing.
The Broncos got on the scoreboard first with a seven-yard touchdown run from
Shane Williams-Rhodes less than three minutes into the game. The score was set
up by a 37-yard punt return by Chris Potter.
Hawaii didn't wait long to strike back. On the ensuing kickoff Mike Edwards
took the ball 100 yards for a touchdown, evening the score at 7-7. From there
Boise State took control.
First Southwich connected with Matt Miller for a three-yard touchdown pass.
Southwich then hooked up with Burks for a 46-yard touchdown strike before the
end of the first quarter.
Ajayi added a 13-yard rushing touchdown midway through the second quarter for
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Southwick struck again, this time on a 10-yard touchdown pass to Holden Huff,
to give the Broncos a 35-7 lead going into halftime.
All five of Boise State's first half scoring drives lasted less than three
Boise State's defense put points up in the third quarter when Demarcus
Lawrence returned a fumble 25 yards for a touchdown. Jonathan Brown forced
the fumble when he sacked Hawaii quarterback Sean Schroeder.
Backup quarterback Grant Hedrick scored on a four-yard touchdown run in the
fourth quarter for the Broncos.
Hawaii put an end to the Bronco's unanswered scoring streak with a one-yard
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This Week in Fashion: An Exobiological Fashion Show, Decadestwo Flash Sale, Palo Alto's Citywide Yard Sale, Gangs Of SF Opens Shop + Designer Spring Sales
1. Nightlife on Other Planets Fashion Show at SF Unitarian Church (1187 Franklin St.), Friday Jun 3, 7:30pm-10pm, $10.
Local designer, Ilanio's new line debuts tonight with an exobiological fashion show, set to the dancey psych-rock of Jai Young Kim. Expect fetishy, synthetic materials, neon colors, and odd shapes. To get even crazier, the SF Unitarian Church will play runway.
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Informed Body is celebrating its 4th anniversary with a total wellness weekend. On Friday, shop the eco-bamboo activewear line, Omala, and sip on free cocktails. On Saturday, take in a pilates or yoga class ($30), and try a healthy food cleanse ($15) before more Omala shopping. Phone 415.626.1111 to RSVP.


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REGIONALREPORT TriangleMoney sets a new direction for growth of Carolina North
Plans call for Carolina North to cover an area about a third the size of the main campus.
Carolina North is expected to showcase the UNC Chapel Hills research, entrepreneurship and academic capabilities, but officials have struggled to get the 228-acre campus off the drawing board and under construction. Now its executive director says the first two buildings in the plans will be delayed indefinitely or scrapped.
Approved in 2007, Carolina North is intended as a counterpart to N.C. State Universitys Centennial Campus, which brings together university, government and private-industry researchers. Planners expected to build 2.5 million square feet within 15 years. Its first building was to be the Innovation Center, an 80,000-square-foot technology-transfer incubator. But its developer, Pasadena, Calif.-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., backed out this fall, citing difficulty financing the $22 million project. Jack Evans, Carolina Norths executive director, says it likely wont be built. That project, like a number of other development projects, was adversely affected by the change in the financial markets.
Another sticking point was how much space the university would occupy. Evans says it originally planned to use about a third. Discussions about increasing that commitment never produced results. By contrast, Wake Forest University Health Services recently agreed to occupy 85% of a research building at Piedmont Triad Research Park to secure a development deal. In these times, when a developer has to be concerned about cash flow to cover debt services, 85% occupancy seems to be a very attractive position, Evans says.
Financial woes also have delayed construction of a new $95 million home for Carolinas law school. Building it depends on getting funding from the General Assembly, which isnt likely with the state facing tight budgets. The UNC system recently identified more than $3.1 billion in renovation and repair needs that will compete for money with the law school.
Money is a problem for research parks across the country, says Eileen Walker, CEO of the Association of University Research Parks in Tucson, Ariz. Construction has been sporadic, though projects have begun this year in Texas and Arizona. All of these processes are long-term and go through ups and downs in the economy. There are times when things are easier to fund.
So is Carolina North dead? Evans insists it isnt, but its certainly dormant, and a newly elected Republican majority in the General Assembly has promised spending cuts to fill what could be a $3 billion budget hole next year. Evans says the first building now will likely be for research. Details are still being worked out, and construction is unlikely to begin before 2012, but hes optimistic. Were still an important part of the university mission. The role of Carolina North in the universitys future is still significant.
When software developer Red Hat Inc. moved to Centennial Campus of N.C. State University in Raleigh in 2002, it was young and still growing just 634 employees. Now, it boasts 3,400, about 600 in the Triangle alone, and needs more space. Red Hat leases 188,000 square feet at Centennial Campus and reportedly needs 300,000 more. Executives are vague about when it needs to happen the next couple of years, CEO Jim Whitehurst told one reporter and where, though Atlanta and Austin, Texas, have been mentioned. The company hasnt said if it is considering a move of its headquarters.
North American Financial Holdings Inc. agreed to invest $181 million in struggling Raleigh-based Capital Bank Corp., giving it an 85% stake. North American, which is run by former Bank of America executives and lists headquarters in Charlotte and Jacksonville, Fla., plans to merge Capital with four out-of-state banks it acquired this year and base the surviving company in Raleigh. That would expand Capital Bank into Florida and South Carolina and more than double its footprint to 84 branches. North American also wants a 50% discount on paying back $41.3 million in federal TARP money that Capital Bank received.
DURHAM BioCryst Pharmaceuticals plans to move its headquarters here from Birmingham, Ala., in mid-January. That will boost the drug developers local employment from 30 to 45.
RALEIGH First Citizens BancShares once again plans to merge its subsidiaries, First Citizens Bank and IronStone Bank. IronStone will become a division of First Citizens Bank but keep its own name. The company announced a similar action in 2008 but didnt follow through.
DURHAM Voyager Pharmaceutical renamed itself Curaxis Pharmaceutical after raising $25 million from Connecticut-based investment firm Southridge Partners. With it, the drug developer will restart clinical trials of a treatment for Alzheimers disease.
DURHAM Atlanta-based GE Aviation added 40 technicians at its local plant, which makes and repairs jet engines. That gives the company, part of Fairfield, Conn.-based General Electric, about 320 employees here.
MORRISVILLE Salix Pharmaceuticals paid $4 million to Norway-based Photocure for rights to an experimental drug that could help detect colon cancer. It will pay up to $126.5 million more if the drug wins U.S. regulatory approval and reaches sales milestones.
RALEIGH Software company rPath will add 20 employees by the end of the year after raising $7 million in venture capital. That will bring employment to 90. Its products allow companies to access and manage their software more easily.
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AES 491W Independent Study in American Ethnic Studies (1)
This course provides an opportunity for students to engage an area or topic of their choice in American Ethnic Studies, through a program of directed reading, research and writing, discussion and peer review. It involves developing and presenting a major research paper under the close supervision of an AES faculty member, sometimes in consultation with faculty teaching senior seminars outside of the AES program. This process is intended to deepen students' insight into the perspectives, theory and methods of AES; hone their skills of critical thinking; sharpen their abilities to analyze theory and test ideas through research; and ensure that their research designs and methodologies are effective and appropriate.
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Is it possible to make the sharepoint online allowed to be viewed by anonymous users who are not logged in? I just want something like a quick site with the domain name so people can view only.
Thanks for the feedback.
SharePoint will provide a web presence through anonymous access. This is a planned feature, but it is not is currently implemented in the Office365 Beta environment.
Thank you,
How did this user make his site accessible anonymously?
I believe the public facing website is currently available in the Office365 Small Business Beta, but not the Enterprise Beta.
Looking for confirmation on this.
Do you have some news about anonymous access ?
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+1 - it's crippling not to be able to give teamsite access to anonymous users. The plain homesite is too lame to consider as a real site IMHO.
Yes. I have the Office365 Small business beta and I can configure a public site with Anonymous Access.
Could you please provide guidance how I can make the 'My Sites' publicly accessible through anonymous (read only) access?
This is for O365 Enterprise.
Enabling anonymous access is the only thing keeping me from upgrading to a paying account. The public website is too simple. Concretely, I need to create a blog that should be accesible for everyone on Internet. I can't create a blog on the public website, and the beautiful one I can create on a team site cannot be shared with anonymous users...
Well it's out of beta, still no anonymous access as far as I can see. Any updates? Its insane that that we have to use the limited interface for public access... Can't believe it.
From MS support:
" Your public facing site is defined in the Office 365 P1 Service
Description as an included basic site, customizable by out-of-the-box
templates through the built-in Site Designer tool. A Blog subsite is
not a part of your options for a public facing site.
If you create a subsite directly under the Public Facing site, that
anonymous access is still there, being inherited from the parent. There
is no management option at all for anonymous access by design, even if
inheritence is broken on the subsite. The anonymous access permission
granted to your public facing site are limited read, just enough to
browse your simple, template driven, public facing site. This anonymous
access is not meant to be used to circumvent license restrictions for
custom and Team Site content.
You cannot change anonymous access permissions. Anonymous access is granted to the Public Facing site, which is the root of the site collection. Your Team Site, which is actually a subsite of the Public Facing site, automatically has its permissions inheritance broken from the parent, to remove Anonymous access."
So you can use the SP templates (like a blog) to create a public page but by design, the connected lists (comments/categories etc) remain part of the team site environment and can't be given anonymous access. This is the biggest weakness of 365 and needs to be complained about long and loud.
"So you can use the SP templates (like a blog) to create a public page but by design, the connected lists (comments/categories etc) remain part of the team site environment and can't be given anonymous access. This is the biggest weakness of 365 and needs to be complained about long and loud. "
I'm complaining :)
I have finally realeased a solution for anoynmous blogs: www.fiechter.eu/.../Post.aspx
Including comments moderation, automatic anonymous access and limited mobile phone support.
:-) I have seen it, but my solution includes moderated comments (Working, not just enable moderation on the list), then it adds mobile support and finally it disables the ribbon. This should make the blog also usable with comments.


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django CMS has a sophisticated multilingual capability. It is able to serve content in multiple languages, with fallbacks into other languages where translations have not been provided. It also has the facility for the user to set the preferred language and so on.
django CMS determines the user's language based on (in order of priority):
Once it has identified a user's language, it will try to accommodate it using the languages set in CMS_LANGUAGES.
If CMS_LANGUAGE_FALLBACK is True, and if the user's preferred language is not available for that content, it will use the fallbacks specified for the language in CMS_LANGUAGE_CONF.
It helps to understand how the system behaves by stepping through some actual examples.
As soon as you visit any page with a /en prefix in the path, the system sets a django_language cookie (which will expire when the browser is quit) with content "en".
From now on, the system thinks that you want English content.
Note that this could have happened:
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Pick your under the radar team who you think will do the most damage in the tourney.
My pick is Florida. These guys look very good. I expect them to be an Elite 8 team, depending on their seeding of course.
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I just haven't paid enough attention to college basketball this season (outside of Iowa State) to pick a darkhorse.
UCLA has steadily improved this season.
Sweet 16 sleeper is West Virginia.
Final Four sleeper is Vanderbilt.
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Pick your under the radar team who you think will do the most damage in the tourney.
My pick is Florida. These guys look very good. I expect them to be an Elite 8 team, depending on their seeding of course.
Florida "under the radar?" OK. They'll be a 4 seed at worst, maybe a 3. For real darkhorses that may advance a bit, I pick Florida State and Illinois.
Kansas State.
Florida is the top team in the SEC, so not a darkhorse...
any of the last Big East teams getting in would be a good darkhorse choice, they are all very dangerous. Missouri should advance far because of their style of play, at least all the announcers say so.
I think Utah State has a chance to win a few games this year, of course only if Wild Bill is in attendance.
Louisville has been a fun team to watch this year. Knowles, Siva and Kuric are pretty good.
If we're talking darkhorse title contenders, which was the vibe I got. If you're thinking darkhorse teams to win a few games, then I think Michigan has enough talent to beat a 5 and a 4 seed to get to the sweet 16 if they get the right matchup. If they run into a bigger, longer more athletic lineup, they might not do so hot.
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UTEP, if they can get there. Not a dark horse to win it all, but I'll take Tim Floyd for the upset in the first round or two.
My dark horse(s) are St. John's, UConn, and UNC
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Utah State, they are a very sound team. Not a lot of flaws, they can suprise some people.
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Hexagon Metrology will exhibit metrology solutions with a spotlight on the Cognitens WLS400A for automated measurement applications and PC-DMIS 2012 inspection software.
The Cognitens WLS400A is a 3D optical measurement solution that can transform a robot into a high accuracy metrology device. Suitable for the motor vehicle or aerospace industries, the white-light-based system can accurately measure large components, analyze early root causes of potential assembly issues and lower scrap costs during assembly ramp-up. The manual version of the system, the Cognitens WLS400M, can also be used for rapid prototype part development and to certify holding fixtures and assembly tools.
The solution uses digital stereo vision technology to generate accurate 3D data in vibration-prone shop floor environments. According to the company, the system's fast data acquisition rate (less than 10 milliseconds) means that vibration in frequencies as much as hundreds of Hz will not affect the results. The device's performance is not impaired by variable lighting or temperature changes, making it a suitable troubleshooting tool for complex engineering issues during product development or for automated measurement tasks. The measurement solution can also be used to standardize quality criteria across global production facilities and with suppliers.
The company will also feature PC-DMIS 2012, its CMM software developed for the collection, evaluation, management and presentation of manufacturing data. The software is standard on all Hexagon Metrology measurement devices, and also available on non-Hexagon equipment. The product line includes PC-DMIS CMM, PC-DMIS NC, PC-DMIS Planner, PC-DMIS Portable, PC-DMIS Vision, PC-DMIS Reshaper, PC-DMIS Gear, PC-DMIS Blade, PC-DMIS Retrofits and DataPage.
The company will also demonstrate recently released products including Romer portable arms, Optiv Vision 321, Sheffield and Brown & Sharpe 4.5.4 SF CMMs, and PC-DMIS software.
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