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Crown Victoria Project Update - Building a Panther, Part 2Written by John McGann on May 25, 2011 Fixing stuff that broke
Last month we promised to document the cheap paintjob I gave my '03 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor shortly after buying it. Lies! We've got a major paint-themed issue coming soon, so you'll have to read about it there. In this installment, read about things breaking and things getting fixed.
Even though these cars are incredibly reliable, with more than 130,000 miles of police duty, stuff gets worn out, and I began experiencing some annoying symptoms of things not being quite right almost immediately. The throttle was sticky when the engine warmed up, there was a strange driveline thunk on takeoff, the horn didn't work, and it sounded like a coffee can of pennies under the floor mat under hard corners. Minor stuff mostly, well except for the thunk. That turned out to be a more expensive problem.
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The gravel pit under the floor mat was the easiest to fix, and I took care of it just after I finished painting the car. I took all the seats out and pulled up the mat. All kinds of interesting stuff had taken residence under there: sunflower seed shells, sheetmetal screws, electrical connectors, earplugs, loose change, broken glass, and one .40-cal round.The wiring to the horn had been cut to splice into the siren control. When Santa Barbara County removed all the police equipment, they left the horn wires disconnected. That was also an easy fix with some solderless connectors. The driveline thunk took a little more work to fix. After the engine had warmed up, the car would leap forward from a stop, almost as if I had a transbrake installed. The sticky throttle only exacerbated the problem. Pulling off the intake ducting, I discovered a big ridge of carbon in the throttle-body on the backside of the throttle blade, which prevented the blade from opening smoothly when the engine was at operating temperature. That was easily cleaned up with a liberal dose of carb cleaner, but I ultimately replaced it and the intake duct with a Lincoln Aviator throttle-body (right) and elbow and a Mercury Marauder intake box I purchased from ADTR.net, a company that specializes in Performance Parts for Panther Platform cars. See our Mar. '10 issue for the feature on Chris AdamsThrough some clever cross-referencing, guys have figured out the Aviator/Marauder intake parts are all larger than the stock Crown Victoria stuff, yet all the connectors and mounting tabs are in the correct locations. Check out the bigger Marauder airbox opening on the right. The Marauder intake tube also comes with a larger mass airflow sensor, which requires the ECM to be re-calibrated. I bought an SCT X3 Powerflash programmer preloaded with the correct program from Blue Oval Chips. The combination is rumored to be good for about 15 hp, and though the engine felt more responsive, dragstrip times remained the same: 10-flat in the eighth-mile, roughly 15.6s in the quarter-mile.The new, carbon-free throttle-body partially solved the neck-snapping launches, but the problem still remained, though to a lesser extent. In addition, the car would chug a little while backing up. This led me to suspect worn universal joints or a misalignment of driveline angles. With the car on our lift, I inspected the driveshaft and rear suspension. One of the lower trailing arms was caved in slightly, hopefully during some dramatic Code 3 car chase. I also measured the driveshaft runout, which was way out of spec at nearly 0.050 inch.Our local Pick-Your-Part junkyards provided the easy fix. It is impossible to not find a retired Crown Vic taxi in any of the ones we visit. I paid less than 60 bucks for a used driveshaft and trailing arm, cleaned them up, and plopped them in, reusing the universal joints from the donor prop shaft. This didn't fix my driveline problems, though. At least it didn't cost much to find that out.I also installed a shift kit because I hate lazy-shifting automatic transmissions. Known online as the J-Mod (named after Ford drivetrain engineer Jerry Wroblewski), it's not a shift kit per se. Rather, it involves replacing the stock valvebody separator plate with one from a Mercury Marauder. You also replace a couple of the accumulator springs. This is a fairly simple job and works for all 4R70W transmissions. A thorough write-up is available on the Thunderbird and Cougar Club of America's website: tccoa.com. Quicker shifts are the result because of bigger fluid passages and more line pressure. Rebuilding the transmission ultimately fixed my driveline problems. The clutch friction material was almost nonexistent, all the bearings were worn out, and there was a ton of endplay. Read about that in our Jan. '10 issue.With my tuned-up engine and fresh trans, I really began driving the car hard on the Malibu canyon roads. One Sunday morning in March 2009, I tossed a spark plug driving back from one of those outings. This picture shows some of the carnage. The spark plug had been backing out over time. Once it let go, the plug bounced like a pogo stick in its hole, destroying the boot and the threads in the cylinder head. I had to phone a friend for a ride home.After some research, I discovered that this is a common problem for the modular engine family. Look closely at the threads in this picture. I brushed antiseize onto them prior to screwing the plug into the cylinder head. Notice how only the bottom five threads have been exposed? The rest of the threads are untouched. There are only five threads holding the spark plugs into the heads, and I've seen early, non-power-improved heads with only three spark plug threads. Supposedly, the 2004 and later versions of the 4.6 and 5.4 SOHC engines have seven threads. There is some debate online about whether you should use antiseize on new plugs when installing them. I do and will continue to do so because of modern spark plugs' long change intervals. I'd rather have to retorque my spark plugs periodically than have them freeze up in the cylinder head. The spec in my factory service manual is 13 ft-lb.
Most shops will tell you to replace the cylinder head after a spark plug blowout, and you can imagine the outrageous price quotes I got from some of them. Ford has a service bulletin on this problem: the company's recommended solution is the Lock-N-Stitch thread insert. Lock-N-Stitch loaned me the repair kit, which was very cool of them, because it is expensive to buy and way more than I could afford.We won't document the entire process in this article for a couple of reasons: Most of our readers may not care about 4.6 Ford spark plug blowouts (though there is good information here about thread repair in general) and the Lock-N-Stitch kit comes with very thorough and easy to follow directions. I doubt we could do a better job than they did.For those who are interested, we'll hit the high points of the repair. Basically, you drill out the damaged threads, tap new threads for the insert, and install the insert and roll pin that holds it in place. I was able to do the entire job with the engine still in the car over a couple of days. This tool cuts a seat for the thread insert to rest on. The red stuff is TransJel transmission assembly lube I spread on to catch some of the aluminum shavings.The next tool drills out the stock spark plug threads. This kit is designed specifically for 4.6 and 5.4 SOHC engines—the dark collar around the cutter exactly fits the spark plug hole and prevents the cutter from wobbling or drilling off center.Put more grease or assembly lube on this tool as well. There will be an alarming amount of metal shavings in this process. Stop often to clean the cutter and add fresh grease.Next, I tapped the head to accept the thread insert. Again, I used TransJel to catch some of the aluminum chips.It is impossible to keep all the aluminum shavings out of the engine, but I fished nearly all the debris by winding a pipe cleaner around a bent-up piece of welding rod. Adding some TransJel to the tip, I swabbed the top of the piston and was able to clean out the junk that fell into the cylinder.The last few steps are to thread in the insert and drill one more hole for the roll pin that retains the insert in the head. The thread insert itself is hard-anodized aluminum rather than stainless steel. That's why it's the Ford-recommended repair. The aluminum insert has the same expansion and heat transfer properties as the cylinder head. The reasoning is that a stainless insert repair can cause overheating in that cylinder because it transfers less heat from the plug to the coolant than a repair with an aluminum insert does.
The repair was successful and here is that same cylinder two years and at least 10,000 miles later. The heads were off the engine recently for a performance upgrade (rather than a failure), and I was happy to see that there was no damage to the piston or cylinder walls either. You'll read about the cylinder head swap in a later update.


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Dear All,
I have setup my Galaxy Note to receive email from zimbra but i can only manage to receive but when i try to send it fail.
Is there anything am doing wrong?
I've open port 993(imap over ssl), 995 (pop over ssl), 587 (Mail submission over tls) and 25 (incoming mail to postfix).
The structure is like this:-
Zimbra -> SMTP Marshall(mail scanner) -> Firewall
so all mails from zimbra are going to SMTP Marshall then are sent to the outside world. The same route for incoming mails from outside.
Internally(within LAN), clients connect directly to zimbra.
The only thing i did for the opened ports in the firewall is that i've mapped those ports to zimbra. So users can access emails from outside, but when they try to send it fails.
Any idea??

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I'm happy to report that the IBM Sametime Meetings app for Android is available for download at the Google Play Store. This is a full-fledged meetings client that includes support for IBM SmartCloud for Social Business which, by the way, is now powered by IBM Sametime too.
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As with all Sametime Mobile apps, it works with IBM Sametime 8.5.2 IFR 1. If you don't have it installed you can connect to IBM SmartCloud for Social Business or to IBM Greenhouse--it actually comes with predefined connectivity to both environments; all you need to do is provide your user ID and password.
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LEESBURG, Va. (WUSA) -- The Confederate war memorial has stood outside the the courthouse here for more than a century.
But a Leesburg lawyer says it is now way past time for it to go.
"You are approaching a person with an outstretched rifle..." says John Flannery. "What kind of symbol does that send to you if you are a person of color in the South?"
Symbols can be important. Especially outside a courthouse, where the state has the power to take your freedom. "What it says to me is that you can't expect equal justice under law," says Flannery.
Flannery says a tribute to the Confederate dead sends exactly the wrong message. And he's far from alone. Johnny Chambers was about to go before a judge. "It's hard to get justice when you got people that live in this area, that run this country, that believe in this system," Chambers says, pointing at the statue.
Flannery says when he started practicing law in Leesburg, there was also an old whipping post and stockade outside the courthouse. But lots of people see it as history worth remembering. "This is just a memory of a Confederate soldier," says Burke Walker, who also practices law at the courthouse. "I think it should stay. I don't think it should be moved at all."
Supporters say there are similar statues outside courthouses all over the Commonwealth. "Doesn't make it right," says Flannery. "Racism was all over the South. Slavery was all over the South."
Take it down, he says, move it to a museum or a confederate cemetery.He's waiting to see how the Loudoun County leaders respond. But if nothing he's done, he's considering a lawsuit -- in federal court.
Loudoun County Board Chair Scott York said through an aide that he needs more time to think about Flannery's demand that the Confederate statue come down.


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For several years, Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc. has earned top rankings from various nationally known organizations for the commercial plans it offers companies in New York state. This year, the company has been lauded for the benefits it offers employees, too.
Benefits comprise 30 percent of employees' total compensation package at the Albany, New York-based health insurance plan company. Compare that to the national average of benefits comprising 11.8 percent of total compensation, according to a June U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report.
Nearly all of the 1,000 workers take advantage of the company 401(k) plan, have access to individual financial advisers each month, can take unlimited free fitness classes and can eat for free at work. Other benefits include concierge services, telecommuting and flex time.
"We are always rated highly on our customer service," said Scott Klenk, Capital District's senior vice president. "We know we wouldn't have that level of customer service if we didn't have that for our employees as well."
Capital District is one of a handful of companies nationwide to receive Principal Financial Group's 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security award for 2013. The winners, all small- to midsize companies with 1,000 or fewer workers, are from diverse industries but have a common belief about the value benefits, said Luke Vandermillen, a vice president at Principal Financial.
"The winners all believe that benefits are an investment in their employees' security, and that investment is great for the company," Vandermillen said.
Competitive salaries with specialty perks translate into low turnover rates. The average rate for Principal's winners is less than 5 percent compared with the 21.1 percent national average. Capital District Physicians' turnover is about 11 percent, but, for a company with multiple call centers, it is well below the 30 percent industry average, Klenk said.
"The cost of recruiting alone saves us significant dollars," Klenk said. "This shows that we have employees who like to work here."
Effective communication, but also listening to employee needs, is another common theme among the winners. Some of Principal's 10 Best have had to make significant changes in their benefits lineup. Consulting firm Integrated Project Management in Burr Ridge, Illinois, dropped its long-term-care insurance and expanded training and development programs. The Starr Conspiracy, an advertising agency in Fort Worth, Texas, decided its money would be better spent in allowing workers unlimited paid time off.
"Employees value it greatly when you listen to them and tailor a package that meets their needs," said Kevin Lynch, leadership executive-in-residence at Benedictine University's Center for Values-Driven Leadership, and one of Principal's judges for the 10 Best Companies list.
When times aren't good and certain benefits need to be eliminated, a track record of solid, two-way communication is key, Lynch said. In January 2014, for instance, Capital District Physicians will change up its health care package, where workers will pay 15 percent of their premiums or 5 percent if they see a doctor, sign a nonsmoker agreement and fill out a health assessment form. The company will no longer fully fund employee health reimbursement accounts as well. Previously, Capital District paid 100 percent of premiums.
The company surveyed employees and got input on what was important to them, Klenk said. Because most workers were using the company's high-deductible plan, Capital District eliminated its exclusive provider organization plan.
"This was a big change, but we didn't see it as risky," Klenk said. "We're pretty attuned to where the market is going. As an insurance organization, this is where we are moving our customer base."
Capital District's pullback on benefits is a great example of getting employee input to make the decision that is right for the worker and the company, Lynch said.
"There's no reason why you can't talk to your employees about limited resources available and ask them to help you prioritize a benefits package," Lynch said. "The more employees know what is going on, the better off the company will be when the hard decisions come.
Patty Kujawa is a writer based in Milwaukee. Comment below or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow Workforce on Twitter at @workforcenews.


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New Implementation Phase for REWARD Programme
After a first preliminary phase of about one year in the West & Central Asia and North Africa region, REWARD will enter end of this year a new and challenging phase of innovation and development. The Regional Water Programme is actually funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGCS) with a contribution of 2.4 million Euros for 3 years. …
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World Conservation Union welcomes 33 new members
The 68th IUCN Council meeting has admitted 33 new members to the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The new members include four government agencies: two of them are working on protected areas in Guinea Bissau and Korea; one is a government agency representing the Flemish Ministry of Environment, Nature and Energy; and the fourth one is the Environmental Department of the Alava Government in Spain. The new members bring local knowledge, expertise, and the will to influence the international agenda. …
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Global delegation led by Valli Moosa meets Nelson Mandela
The governing body of the world's leading authority on biodiversity, the Council of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), met yesterday with President Nelson R. Mandela at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg. …
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Biodiversidad y Ciudades: el papel de los municipios para lograr el Objetivo 2010 del CDB
Municipios también están cumpliendo un papel clave en la conservación y la lucha contra el cambio climático …
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Thank you for making the 68th Council Meeting possible
IUCN Would like to thank the following organizations for their generous contributions, both financially and in-kind: …
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The World Conservation Union - IUCN
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is the world's leading authority and democratic platform in conservation and sustainability. …
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IUCN Council at the hard face of Conservation in southern Africa
World renowned conservation area sets the scene for first stand-alone meeting of Council away from IUCN Headquarters in Switzerland in 60 Years. …
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ELC hosts CEL Law Papers Award winner
Tran Thi Huong Trang from Vietnam, one of the winners of this year's Alexandre Kiss Environmental Law Papers Award, sponsored by the Commission on Environmental Law, was visiting the Environmental Law Centre in Bonn in early November. …
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Bridging science, policy and the implementation of environmental flows
The IUCN Water Programme ran a key session on environmental flows at the CAIWA (International Conference on Adaptive and Integrated Water Management) in Basel on Thursday 15 November. The session addressed the issues of bridging science and policy, and how to move towards implementation of environmental flows. …
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When did they hire a pay driver may I ask?
Yes, Perez has big money behind him, but he, without a doubt, has the talent! Got a Sauber on the podium twice, caught and almost passed Alonso... Please, grow up children, stop hating just to hate...
Whitmarsh has a very valid point, it is getting to the stage where pay drivers can put a lot of people off this sport... Like Karthikeyan...


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STEUBENVILLE - The third quarter was the difference Wednesday night as Steubenville's unbeaten girls clipped Steubenville Catholic 39-29 in Round 1 of their annual city championship series.
Clinging to a 20-14 halftime lead, Phil Casinelli's crew caught fire inside The Crimson Center, reeling off 13 straight points, hitting six of its first nine shots to take a commanding lead (33-19). Steubenville Catholic, on the other hand, misfired on seven straight tries and didn't dent the scoreboard until the final minute of the stanza.
Mytia Barker led the third-quarter Big Red assault, scoring six of the 13. Brittany Bodo accounted for three.
''We really didn't make too many adjustments at the half,'' Casinelli said. ''We did want to get out some more in transition and push the ball. We talked about that and we were able to score in transition to start the quarter.''
The victory moves Big Red to 6-0 while the Crusaders stand at 2-4.
''It was the third quarter,'' Steubenville Catholic coach Tom Winland noted. ''We went dry for more than six minutes. That happens in games, teams go on runs back and forth. ''
To their credit, the Crusaders came on strong during the final quarter, outscoring the hosts 10-6. Micca Mirabella, who was saddled by early foul troubles, had two straight hoops to slice the Big Red lead to 11.
''I was proud of their effort,'' Winland continued. ''I was proud of the way they battled back. They could have quit when they were down 15 but they didn't.''
While it didn't have a great offensive evening, Casinelli pointed out his Big Red club was ''solid'' on the defensive end.
''We held them to 29 (Big Red also forced Central to commit 25 turnovers),'' he said. ''Our defense played well except for a few spurts in the second half. We lost them on a couple of switches and they were able to get some uncontested shots.''
Emiley Masloski again led Big Red in scoring with 16. Barker finished with nine to go with her team-high six rebounds. Masloski also dished out five assists. As a team, Big Red was 13 of 50 from the floor. The winners did, however, knock down 11 of 16 free-throw attempts.
''We would have liked to score more,'' Casinelli added. ''We had some good looks tonight but we didn't knock them down. Had we done that, we could have a more comfortable lead.''
Tori Knight and Rachel Irvin both scored six to pace the Crusaders, who had 34 field-goal tries and made 14. Winland's crew only went to the line four times and missed them all. Rachel Rigaud and Miranda Parkinson both hauled nine rebounds for Steubenville Catholic.
''We actually shot the ball well overall except for the third quarter,'' Winland said. ''I told the girls this game can define who we are. We can go two ways with this - it could build our character or it could break us. I don't think the girls will allow it to break us.''


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I wouldn't say CC:DA should "solicit" such questions, but we can certainly consider them when they are brought to us. That seems to be within the charge of the committee. The judgment of the chair and the collective wisdom of the committee can decide which questions are worthy of its attention. --John Hostage (talk) 07:20, 26 February 2013 (PST)
I agree with John - we should consider questions on RIMMF RDA issues if they fit the committee's charge. Larisa Walsh (CC:DA)February 27, 2013, 9.00
Did CC:DA receive such questions when the cataloging standard was AACR2? In principle, I don't mind considering such questions. However, I am afraid that if we do so, CC:DA might become the place where people go when they have interpretation issues that might be better discussed elsewhere such as listservs — Dominique Bourassa, CC:DA, Feb. 28, 2013
I share Dominique's concern that we might become the first place people go when their issues might better be discussed on a listserv. However, I think that John's requirement that the chair and the committee decide on which questions are worthy of our attention would help this problem. If we get a question that should have gone to a listserv, we could direct them there. If they get no response (as happened to Deborah), and we think their issue is worth considering, we could take it for discussion. So, I vote in favor of accepting questions like Deborah's, but only on a cases by case basis, as determined by the chair and committee. -- Steve Kelly, CC:DA, Feb. 28, 2013


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The sun just set and the moon is rising and we're sailing along at a comfortable 4 knots over smooth seas. We should sight land tomorrow sometime as we pass the northern islands in the Galapagos and we should be anchored in the bay on San Cristobal (where we are required to check in), on Sunday. Since that is Easter we don't know how soon we'll actually get to check in because Easter Monday is also a big holiday in Central and South American countries as it is in Mexico. So we'll get there and see what happens! We're very excited!
After we dried out from the rain we were becalmed in the doldrums for most of the morning yesterday -- bobbed around for hours waiting for the predicted light winds to come up.
We felt the first breath at about 1 o'clock and it gradually filled in and we got moving and have been sailing along comfortably ever since. Some of the nicest off shore sailing we've ever done and on a perfect point of sail to take us to the Galapagos! And with the big nearly full moon last night you could see for miles -- it was simply beautiful.
This morning I watched the moon set on the starboard side of the boat, then turned to see the sunrise off the port side. Magical.
We have less wind this morning but its far from becalmed and we're still moving toward our destination -- which is now only 189 miles away!
I can't believe we're almost to the Galapagos!
Well it rained and rained and rained yesterday so we had a pretty wet cockpit for our night watch, but today everythings hanging out on the rails to dry. And though it is still gray and Pacific Northwest looking these things will dry out -- not like back home.
After the rains quit we were sailing along quite comfortably when all of a sudden I saw a big cell coming our way -- it was big and dark but this one didn't pack any rain, but lots of wind. So we enjoyed a brisk sail until it blew itself out about an hour later. And on it goes.
Today, so far, is the flat calm of the doldrums but we're hoping the forecast is right and we'll get a bit of wind later to push us on to the Galapagos!
With all our weather predictions we knew we'd be getting into a squally area soon, and just as predicted yesterday afternoon we started seeing squalls on the horizon and it's been like playing a video game on the radar trying to dodge the active cells. We had lightening in the distance most of the night and this morning we were greeted by gray sky and seas and cooler temps -- it looks just like we're in the Pacific Northwest!
This afternoon we were swallowed up by a big cell that dumped lots of rain on us, and I made the best of it by having a squall shower -- getting my daily shower in without using our fresh water supply! Cetus hasn't had this good of a wash down in 3 years.
We've been lucky with the squalls that have caught us -- they just had rain and no high winds -- or lightening. Squalls are like a box of chocolates -- you never know what you're going to get.
So we're sailing along enjoying the cooler temps and bit of wind after the last two hot windless days. That's the thing about ocean sailing -- everything around you is constantly changing.
The weather forecast looks like it will be another spinnaker day today! We had a great 12 hour run yesterday with a top speed of 7.2 -- but our moving average is still down to about 4.6 -- which is good enough for us because we always just hope for 100 miles a day.
On every long passage we celebrate small accomplishments and today is a good one -- we're half way to our destination: The Galapagos! When our daughter Carly was young and traveling with us we always made up special "Passage Calendars" that would extend for the duration of the trip and we'd mark it each day with something special that happened such as a whale sighting, catching a fish etc and we'd also mark down our guesses for everyone as to when we'd first see land or cross the equator -- all the milestones. It was fun for all of us and gave us a special memento of the trip when we were done.
This time, since we're traveling with another boat, we revived the tradition and both boats have calendars on board with our predictions and goals. Gives us all something to look forward to seeing who will get the most right -- because this time there's money on it! Terry won the Half Way Day but there's plenty of miles and categories to go.
A real highlight yesterday was running with the spinnakers up nearly all day! What a nice smooth ride. It was especially nice for Vicky on Inspiration at Sea since it was the first time she's flown it on an ocean passage!
We're currently motoring along waiting for the light winds to pick up so we can get the big colorful spinnaker out again today.
What do you do when the winds are light to dead and you need to conserve your fuel? You fly the Spinnaker! Hurray!
Just had a helicopter circle over our boats -- what the heck is he doing way out here? We're 400 miles from the closest land. We figure he must be off a tuna boat scouting for fish.
We've been blessed with smooth seas so far on this voyage, but unfortunately a lack of wind. But today shortly after dawn the 3 - 5 knots of wind we'd been having picked up to 8 - 11 and we're sailing again! With the forecast we've been seeing this may be the only good wind we get for a few more days, but we're enjoying it while it lasts.
I began checking into the Pacific Seafarer's Net 2 nights ago, and I believe they still post positions for all the boats checking in on a website -- Google Yotreps or Pacific Seafarer's and you can find a link to the page to view the boats out sailing in the Pacific.
We've been averaging around 111 miles per day -- we could motor faster but we are keeping the rpms down to conserve fuel as much as possible since it looks like we'll be doing a lot of motoring. So all's well on Cetus and we're looking forward to another 100+ miles under our keel by tomorrow morning.
Before we set out on any long passage I try to get a few meals prepared ahead of time so that in those first few days as you adjust to the motion of the boat you can have a nice hot meal just by throwing it in the oven for 15 or 20 minutes. Even with calm seas there's a lot of movement going on and it makes it hard to do a lot of food preparation. Easy favorites are egg burritos for breakfast, beef burritos for dinner or just chicken with rice and vegetables. Whatever I put together I wrap in foil in individual servings so all I have to do is turn on the oven and take them out of the fridge.
On this trip we had a special treat thanks to Tyson and CostCo -- chicken Cordon Blue. I bought a bag of the already cooked, stuffed and breaded chicken breasts and just wrapped them individually in foil just like my home prepared meals and there you go -- gourmet meals out at sea!
The other decadent treat I prepared for us was mixing up a batch of chocolate chip cookie dough before we left port. I put it in a zip lock in the fridge and whenever I have the oven on to cook something, I bake a few cookies as well. Nothing like a homemade Toll House cookie on a night watch!
Now that we're in our 3rd day at sea our bodies have adjusted to the motion of the boat and its easier to move around and do normal tasks like cooking, so I'll be making different meals every day. I do still have some of the quick handy meals ready in the freezer, though, in case we hit some days with rougher weather than we've experienced so far.
Lots of turtle sightings yesterday as we motored along the smooth seas -- they are always such a funny sight as they look like someone just through them in the water and they're flailing about trying to stay afloat -- very awkward looking swimmers that's for sure!
But the funniest sight we've seen was actually a week ago as we approached Huatulco in the early morning over glassy seas. We kept seeing birds that looked like they were standing on water! I thought it might be an optical illusion at first, but on closer inspection they were standing on the backs of turtles! What a sight -- wished I'd gotten a picture.
Our first night at sea went smoothly, though we did have to motor all night. We need to keep our speed up for the first few hundred miles till we pass through the area that can be affected by the Tehuantepec winds and seas should something crop up. There's nothing in the forecast, but its not something you want to take a chance with so we're motoring on over smooth seas and light breezes.
1 day down, 9 to go!
Left Marina Chahua in Huatulco at 1030 this morning for our long awaited trip to the Galapagps! We had our last visit from Mexican authorities at shortly after 6 am this morning to put the final stamp on our paperwork.
It's a little over 1000 miles so we're hoping for about a 10 day passage - and it's gotten off to a good start with light winds and smooth seas. Perfect conditions for getting acclimated to life at sea.
We've already had dolphin playing off the bow leading us on our way. Unfortunately I won't be able to post any pictures to the blog until we make landfall and find WiFi again, but I will be able to do these posts through the HAM radio.
So Cetus and Inspiration at Sea are going to the Galapagos!
I've uploaded some of our recent pics to a new album in our gallery called Zihuatanejo to Acapulco and Huatulco. Enjoy!
Here's the cute little marina we're at preparing for our crossing to the Galapagos.
I seem to have an English speaking computer now, so I was able to install the drivers to connect the cables from the ham radio to the computer!
That means I'll be able to send for weather, email and do remote blog posts while at sea! Infact, this post is being remotely posted through the ham radio as my first test of the system. If this works we'll be good to go.
Our planned departure date is Wed. March 28th and so far the weather forecast looks good for us.
Galapagos here we come!
This computer dilema has been a series of dead ends and catch 22s but we are making progress ever so slowly......
The first problem I tackeled was to get Windows speaking English because my Spanish is good for shopping, dining and that sort of thing, but not for computer lingo. I have picked up a few things in the last couple days, but not enough to really understand all the messages its giving me.
I learned that the language cannot be changed in Windows 7 Basic, which is what was installed on this computer. I would have to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate to do that, but at first I was told they couldn't do that digitally and I would have to purchase the disks. Well, there isn't exactly a store to do that here and who knows how long getting something sent here would take so I decided I would try to muddle through with the Spanish and get the Winlink Airmail program up and running with the computer so we would have our onboard weather and email and I could worry about the upgrade later.
Well...... the next thing I learned is the Airmail program isn't written for Windows 7 ........ my old computer ran Windows XP. So with a little more research I learned that you can run programs that aren't set up for Windows 7 ....... if you have the Windows 7 Ultimate!
Back to square 1. I'm frustrated trying to contact Microsoft for help because they only have 800 numbers which I can't call from Mexico and all the online contacts I try to make tell me they can't help me because I have a Mexican IP address and they only help people in the States. I even tried the Mexican Microsoft website, but my Spanish wasn't good enough to navigate through it.
I finally contacted my brother in law, Doug, who saved the day! He called Microsoft and convinced them to call me! I was able to purchase the download and thought I was all set, until it wouldn't accept the Upgrade Key they sent me. Unable to call the tech support 800 number, I again called Doug who convinced them they could call me too..... they were very reluctant.... so they called and remotely hooked up to my computer found the glitch and got it downloaded. Hurray!
We're not done yet .... the language program change still has to download, but we're getting there.......
The hard drive on our on board computer crashed March 17th the day before we left Zihuatanejo! Yikes!
So today I went to CostCo in Acapulco and I picked up a new computer but it is a spanish computer so I am struggling through, but hope to be back on line soon.
The most important part of the onboard computer is for use with our ham radio for email at sea and getting weather reports underway, so once we reach Huatulco we will get everything all set to go for our trip to the Galapagos!
We left Acapulco for the 2 day trip to Huatulco today at noon right after I got back from CostCo.
Having some time on my hands and a good internet connection, I decided to upload the pictures we've been taking the past couple months (yes, we left La Paz over 2 months ago!).
I've added albums for Carly & Ryan's Visit, Assorted pics from Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa and one of my favorites: The Cocodrilario at Playa Linda (near Ixtapa). That crocodile sanctuary was like looking at a hidden picture page in a Highlights magazine! At first glance you would just see jungle and swamp, but then all of a sudden you'd see iguanas, birds, turtles, and of course, crocodiles!
To take a look just click the little photo gallery link under our picture to the right.
Terry woke up feeling great this morning -- well, at least way better than anytime in the past few days. Temperature was down to almost normal and no headache.
So we went in to the Port Captain's off office to check out -- on mainland Mexico you need to get a paper from the port captain that you're leaving because they want to see it when you arrive at the next port. We wanted to check out today (Friday) so we'd be all set to go this weekend.
Shortly after we got back to the boat he started feeling bad again and his temp shot up, so we decided to go in to the Dr. that we'd gotten a reference for in town. It was a short visit because it was an easy diagnosis -- he's got an intestinal bug that his body is fighting causing the fever and headache. We didn't suspect that because he didn't seem to be having any of the usual GI problems (like diarrhea ;( ) But the doctor -- who speaks excellent English -- felt his abdomen and didn't have any doubt that it was a result of some bad water or unclean vegetables.
We don't really know where or when he picked it up but the prescription should take care of it within a couple days -- we hope.
So we've checked out of Zihuatanejo, but don't know yet when we'll be able to leave.......
Once we start on our longer passages -- the first one being Hualtulco to the Galapagos -- we will also start checking in to SSB and Ham nets daily. It is a nice way to stay connected to our fellow travelers, get weather info and even let people back home know where you are.
We plan to participate in 2 formal nets on that passage. First will be the Pacific Seafarer's Net on 14300 LSB at 0330 UTC. That's one we've joined before while doing long passages and it's a great group of land based ham operators that run the net and even post your positions on the internet for anyone who wants to follow your progress.
The second one is the Pacific Puddle Jumper's Net on at 0200 UTC starting on SSB channel 8A but if there is a problem with propagation they will switch to 8B then 6A. This is a net set up for and run by participants in this years Pacific Puddle Jump Rally. We listened in last night and heard the few boats that have already started on their way to the Marquesas.
One safety feature of joining a net is that if you don't check in one day they get concerned and if you miss a second day they will initiate search and rescue procedures for you. That is great if you really are in dire straights, but it's also a bit worrisome if it's just a problem with your radio or electrical system -- which is much more likely to be the problem.
Our time at the marina is coming to an end -- tomorrow we'll go back into the anchorage in Zihuatanejo where we'll spend a few days with final preparations for our trip south.
We plan to make a stop in an anchorage just south of Acapulco (so we can hit the nearby CostCo!) before we head on to Huatulco, Mexico. There we will wait for our friend Vicky on her "Inspiration at Sea" (she's waiting for crew to fly in here on the 17th) and also look for a good weather window to set off for the Galapagos! We hope to begin that leg anytime between the 23rd and the 28th of March.


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The carotid artery carries blood through the neck to the brain. Blockage of this artery can lead to brain damage called a stroke.
A carotid artery endarterectomy is a surgery to remove the deposits from this artery. Deposits in arteries result in plaque. This can slow and even stop blood from flowing through the artery.
This procedure helps to restore proper blood flow to the brain. This will help to prevent
transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). TIAs are considered a warning sign of a stroke.
If you are planning to have an endarterectomy, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
Factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
Your doctor may do the following:
Talk to your doctor about your medicines. You may be asked to stop taking some medicines up to one week before the procedure, like:
The night before, eat a light meal. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight.
You and your doctor will discuss using either:
You will lie flat on a table. A roll will be placed under your shoulder. Your head will be turned to the side. A cut in the skin will be made along the side of the neck. The cut will run from just behind the ear to a point above the breastbone. Clamps will be placed above and below the plaque on the carotid artery. In some cases, a temporary bypass tube will be used to maintain blood flow around the area that is being operated on.
The artery will be opened and cleaned of plaque. The artery will then be sewn back together. The clamps, and bypass tube, if used, will then be removed. A section of the carotid artery may need to be removed. In this case, an artificial graft or a segment of vein will be sewn in to replace it. The neck incision will be closed with stitches.
arteriogram may be done to ensure that there are no complications, such as blood clots or narrowing. You may be given medicine to help prevent blood clotting.
2-4 hours
Anesthesia will prevent pain during the procedure. You will be given medicine to help manage any pain.
The usual length of stay is 1-3 days. Your doctor may choose to keep you longer if complications occur.
The average recovery time is two weeks. When you return home, do the following to help ensure a smooth recovery:
After you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:
In case of an emergency, call for medical help right away.
American Heart Association
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Stroke treatments. American Heart Association website. Available at:
http://www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/AboutStroke/Treatment/Stroke-Treatments_UCM_310892_Article.jsp. Updated November 21, 2012. Accessed May 6, 2013
Carotid Endarterectomy. Cleveland Clinic website. Available at:
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/endarterectomy/vs_carotid_endarterectomy_overview.aspx. Updated June 2011. Accessed May 6, 2013.
Ederle J, Brown MM. Managing carotid stenosis: carotid endarterectomy and stenting.
Minerva Med.
2008 Oct;99(5):483-8.
Questions and answers about carotid endarterectomy. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website. Available at:
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/carotid_endarterectomy_backgrounder.htm. Updated July 5, 2012. Accessed May 6, 2013.
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Royals Prepare for Baseball 'N Blues Party
Friday was a busy day as anumber of individuals were getting ready for the Royals Charities Baseball 'N
Blues party on Monday. The entire team will join co-chairs Dan & Penny
Glass for the sold-out event here at Kauffman Stadium. We will have dinner and entertainment,
along with silent and live auctions. Plus, we are really excited to be raising
money to help build the Kansas City YMCA Challenger Division Baseball Park.
This baseball park will house
the first public field of its kind in Kansas City. It will allow kids with physical or mental
disabilities the opportunity to play baseball on a special field designed to
overcome the barriers that normally keep them off the baseball field.
The Challenger league
officially got under way earlier this year. Kids from all over the metro area get to play baseball with kids and
families in similar situations. Penny Glass joined us for one of their games on
Saturday. It was very rewarding to see the kids out hitting, running around the
bases (pictured) and giving high-fives when they ran home. For many kids, it
was their first chance to get a real 'baseball jersey' and be around others playing
the same game. We saw how badly a new field, with a specialized artificial
surface is needed. The kids in wheelchairs and walkers had a tough time getting
through the grass and the dirt (especially after all the rain the night before).
The Challenger Baseball Park will allow hese
kids to focus on the game and not the obstacles that come from playing on
uneven surfaces.
Seeing those kids' smiles as they played made all the work that we have done
for the Baseball 'N Blues well worth it. Friday the Royals set up the silent
auction room which includes over 100 sports, entertainment and luxury items
that will be up for bid. We wanted to
give you an insider's view of some of the items.
Here's a photo of the
silent auction room. Some of the highlights of the auction include a Pepsi
Vending Machine, football signed by NFL Hall of Famer Roger Staubach, NASCAR
racing helmet signed by all the drivers in the 1996 Martinsville Speedway Winston
Cup Series Race (even the late Dale Earnhardt, Sr), gift certificates to
several KC restaurants everything from Frondizi's to Chipotle, plus, a guitar
signed by all the members of U2!
Dodge is sponsoring the
event, with help from Teva Neuroscience & Pyramid Contractors/Pridemaker
Apparel, plus a ton of other supporters. Fox 4's Toby Cook is emceeing the event. All proceeds will benefit the Challenger Baseball Park. We are looking forward to helping these special kids, play ball!
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This type of PR, unfortunately for the glASSes, won't balance out the HORRIFIC PR that is running rampant through this town currently.
Giving these special children hope is a great thing. Kudos for that… but too bad everyone else who loves this town doesnt know what that word HOPE means anymore. We are Glassed out.
What a great program! Way to go Royals!
I am not finding the "Post a comment" part on the credentials portion of this blog.Have the Royals cut off debate here too? Whats the matter….did we not have the right "tone? Too "abrupt" for them? Not the proper "decorum?"
Mr Glass…develop some thickness to your hide, or it is going to be a very short, unsuccessful run as an owner of a major league sports team. If you cannot take the heat, go back to Wal Mart, where you sit in your ivort tower and noone questions you.
Saddlesore the post is there over 120 people have found it and replied both ways. Check it out.
wow they didn't waste any time getting the credential article off the top of the page. what a disaster–these guys are so transparent.
it looks like royals charities is the best run department in the franchise.
This event is a step in the right direction for Royals PR, but Penny Glass? Is that for real or just an appropriate nickname that fits the family?
I am assuming Bob Fessco and Rhonda Moss were not invited to cover the event…
When will Toby Cook get slimed by the Glass family?
Hey Glass,
Sell the Freaking team already. You are no good as a professional baseball owner. You bought a losing franchise and made them worse. Sell. Sell. Sell.
Hey Glass,
Do you still own the team? Too bad for the rest of us.
Pathetic attempt at PR, who gives a ****
To email@example.com: This is a blog, so most recent posts always go to the top. Feel free to start your own MLBlog here and see how it all works!
So when do you think David Glass will start pulling messages off this? HEY GLASS FAMILY…SELL THE TEAM TO SOMEONE WHO CARES!!!
Unfortunately this is not a first for the KC area. A wheelchair softball field currently exists at Swope Park (east side, main entrance). Though it isn't a "challenger" division, there have been adult and kid softball teams in KC for a very long time. I am curious how those individuals will get across the "special" artificial turf. I've always found these things softer and much slower than ashpalt or concrete. Good luck!!!!!
beware! this blog is being edited. anything that isnt nicely nice will get deleted. between the fake posts and the paid posts there isnt much of substance you'll read here. sell the royals. trade mike's weenie. pave over the stadium. which just shows again the absolute low class, no glass organization that the royals are. and what more derogatory can we say about the glASSES???
the glasses are *****
the glasses are clASSES
hahahahahahahaha. sell the team. leave town. never, ever come back!!!!!
Why does everyone want glass to sell the team. I just like you want a winner and a commitment from the glass family to winning. Everyone is so **** bent on glass selling the team. Maybe if we give him time we will have a winner on our hands. I think we all can agree Dayton Moore is a first step in the right direction. Maybe glass pulled his head out of his $ss and we only have a bright future.
Glass dont sell just please spend some money on the team.


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You don't have to be a billionaire -- nor a jolly, white-bearded figure out of folklore -- to make the holiday season remarkably sweeter for a stranger. Or a lot of strangers. Over the past few years, ordinary people across the country have been taking up the calling of Larry Stewart, the original Secret Santa.


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After convincing a client to migrate from Exchange to Zimbra, it now seems to be a problem.
In Exchange/Outlook, a shared calendar/appointment can be colour coded to show status or other info of the appointment. The only similar feature I can see in Zimbra is a small coloured icon, but that only display on the 'owner' of the calendar and cannot be viewed or changed from another user that is sharing that calendar.
This is a major deal-breaker as the primary function they use the shared calendar for is for different users to be able to see the status of booked 'jobs' via the colour-coding.
Is there some way of emulating this behaviour? I saw a post about creating tags in the same order with the same names, but still users cannot see or change tags if they are using a shared calendar!?


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As we move towards the festive break there's a big focus on food, especially here at the Old Quay House where our head chef Ben Bass will be busy in the kitchen. Here's a Q Restaurant favourite and a recipe that Ben swears by. It involves a bit of preparation, but pig's cheeks are an often overlooked part of meat and are very tender when cooked for a long time. They can be purchased from most local butchers and are […]more »
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|Perfect Grilled Zucchini, something I make as a side dish all summer long!
For most of my life I was kind of lukewarm about zucchini. When I was a kid, my mom would dip it in egg and fry it, something I liked ok, but didn't love. It wasn't until I discovered how great grilled zucchini can taste (and my mom started making "creamed" zucchini") that I really started appreciating the zucchini that sprout up overnight in the garden.
If you're making this recipe to be Paleo, Vegan, or Gluten-Free, be sure to choose a salad dressing that works with that eating plan.
Grilled Zucchini - Perfect Every Time!
(Makes about 2 servings; easy recipe that Kalyn came up with and has used for years.)
one zucchini 12-14 inches long, sliced in slices 1/2 to 5/8 inch thick (or use 3-4 round 8-Ball zucchini)
1/2 cup of your favorite vinaigrette salad dressing
(for South Beach choose dressing with less than 2 grams of sugar per serving; I like Newman's Own Olive Oil and Vinegar dressing or Newman's Own Balsamic Vinaigrette for this)
1 tsp. garlic powder or garlic puree (optional, but good)
1-2 tsp. dried oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary, or a combination (optional)
Place zucchini on grill, having a spray bottle handy for taming any flames that shoot up from the oil in the marinade. After about 4 minute, check for grill marks, and rotate zucchini a quarter turn. Cook 3-4 more minutes on first side.
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More Summer Vegetables on the Grill:
(Recipes from other blogs not always South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
World's Easiest Grilled Vegetables from Kalyn's Kitchen
Grilled Sausage and Summer Squash with Herbs, Capers, and Kalamata Olives from Kalyn's Kitchen
Grilled Zucchini and Eggplant Parmesan from Cookin' Canuck
Grilled Yellow Squash with Fresh Dill Vinaigrette and Feta from Pinch My Salt
Grilled Eggplant with Sweet Miso Sauce from [No Recipes]
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Tubular Arms Installation - Fatman 'n' Robbin'Written by on March 17, 2008
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Now that we've shown you how to install an IFS kit, we'll touch on a possible problem some of you may have, as I can't be the only one. In fact, I know I'm not, as our own publisher had the exact same problem with his '41 woodie. This leads me to believe there are many more cars out there just like these with a transplanted front chassis clip that's just a tad too wide to allow the wheels to turn without fouling the sheetmetal.
In what seems like eons ago, I "clipped" my '47 Ford sedan-turned-pickup. Actually, I fabricated a complete chassis for it from box section steel, but used the front clip from an '81 Caprice. It seemed ideal at the time, as it provided independent suspension, power steering, and motor mounts in one fell swoop. Plus I did all this back in England, and there's not a huge selection of front clips to choose from for a car of this size. No Camaros turned up at the time, and I didn't want to use a Jaguar suspension since I wanted it left-hand drive. Sure, I knew it was slightly too wide but figured I'd sort that out later with heavily offset wheels.
However, even with such wheels, the tires still fouled the bodywork. I could raise the suspension, but that goes against the grain, especially as I designed this chassis to ride low yet retain plenty of suspension travel. Then Editor Kevin introduced me to Brent VanDervort of Fatman Fabrications last summer, and after a chat about my problems he offered to fabricate some narrowed arms for my application. The one depressing reason why I'd neglected completing the 80 percent-done project looked like it might actually be surmountable.
I sent Fatman the stock arms, and a couple of weeks later UPS dropped a large box at my door containing a pair of upper and a pair of lower tubular arms, complete with new shafts, bushings, and ball joints-the shafts featuring a 3/16-inch offset built in, which would come in handy later. The box also contained molded urethane spring seats and a pair of steel plates with which to replace them, as I'd mentioned to Brent that I might switch to airbags at a later date. Turns out once they had my Caprice arms, they noticed they were identical to front-steer Camaro arms (obviously no one had ever inquired after tubular arms for their Caprice!) and so they sent me a set of 1-inch narrowed Camaro arms. This explains why Fatman's new catalog now lists narrowed arms for '77-81 fullsize GM cars as well as the '75-79 Caddy Seville, in addition to the '70-81 Camaro and '75-79 Nova!
Fitting the new arms was a breeze, with even the antiroll bar locating perfectly on brackets on the new lower arms. In fact, the only modification necessary was to narrow the tie rods by 1 inch per side, but that was to be expected. All in all, the conversion was a snap, and I now can't wait to get it aligned and get the project completed. Seems I have a newfound enthusiasm for my dormant garage ornament!
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My personal favourite is "Best Lessons of a Chess Coach" by Sunil Weeramantry (I think that he's one of Nakamura's trainers).
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Sunil is a true genius and it was fortuitous that he married Nakamura's mom and then nurtured his talent through the GM category. I took a few lessons from him back in the 70s and he was everything you needed in a teacher; creative, enthusiastic and brilliant. It's just that the expense of quality teachers is not something everyone can afford.
The best teachers I have had over the years have been truly open minded and brilliant pointing toward classical sources for the subject matter. The worst have been peddlers of stereotypes and simple ideas.
I'm looking forward to reading this book! It will be in my hands in about 1 week. What can I expect to learn?
"Chess training for Budding Champions" by Jesper Hall. A complete guide on practical training to become a master.
I strongly recommend this book as this has almost all of what you should have learn. The book encompasses the:
Pawn-Structure, Mental Training, how to use the computer, how to analyze the games, how to play positional and basic positions and guidelines.
That sounds like a great book nyLsel, I will certainly check it out.
you can expect to learn about outposts, weak color complex, developing pieces, clearance sacrifices, taking advantage of lead in development, How to use 3 minor pieces to fight a queen, pawn chains, attack/defensive tactics, and a legit way to draw.
Sunil is an 1. e4 player (from what I see from his book), and he likes King's bishop fianchetto (or the "Indian style") when hes playing black.
The Complete Chess Course by Fred Reinfeld
That's an old book, but I cut my teeth on it decades ago. I'm going back through it right now, trying to get back into the swing. His game examples lack the source, and some are perhaps "created" for the purposes of illustration, but as a one book solution, I think it's a worthy candidate.
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Nearly 40 years on, his diary account The Prince, the Showgirl and Me was published, but one week was missing and this was published some years later as My Week with Marilyn this is the story of that week. When Arthur Miller leaves England, the coast is clear for Colin to introduce Marilyn to some of the pleasures of British life; an idyllic week in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to get away from her retinue of Hollywood hangers-on and the pressures of work.
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But I doubt the news came as a surprise to many who've lived here for any length of time. It's Dubai – it's Dubai Police – why wouldn't they have a Lamborghini? With hindsight, I wonder what took them so long.
Dubai Police, at the time, said they'd be using the supercar for high-profile patrols in tourist districts; that the car was more of a public relations tool – a gimmick to show tourists how "classy" Dubai is – rather than a car that would be used to hunt down criminals and haul them in to the police station.
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I was installing an old zimbra (5.0.19) on an old CentOS 4.7, when I got this error during installation:
this server is a vm freshly installed.Code:Install zimbra-convertd [Y] N Checking required space for zimbra-core checking space for zimbra-store df: `/opt/zimbra': No such file or directory ./util/utilfunc.sh: line 557: / 1048576: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "/ 1048576") Removing /opt/zimbra Removing zimbra crontab entry...done. done. Cleaning up zimbra init scripts...done. Cleaning up /etc/ld.so.conf...done. Cleaning up /etc/prelink.conf...done. Cleaning up /etc/security/limits.conf...done. Finished removing Zimbra Collaboration Suite. Installing packages ./util/utilfunc.sh: line 564: /opt/zimbra/.install_history: No such file or directory
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Mitt Romney won most of Ohio geographically, while President Barack Obama won the most populous areas to score the pivotal battleground state again.
The Democrat racked up votes in Ohio's major urban/industrial areas, and Republican Mitt Romney carried nearly everywhere else. Obama was able to take the 18 electoral votes he and Romney fought so hard for by winning its most populated areas.
He carried the six biggest counties in terms of votes, and eight of the top 10. He won two-thirds of the vote in the biggest cities, according to exit poll results.
That was enough to offset strong showings by Romney in GOP-leaning suburbs and rural areas. Romney won about five of every six counties statewide - 72 of 88 in all.
With all precincts reporting unofficial returns, Obama won by more than 107,000 votes, or nearly 50.2 percent, of 5.4 million votes cast, according to Ohio Secretary of State tallies. That was down from 2008, when he carried Ohio over John McCain with 51.5 percent of the vote, more than 262,000 votes ahead of the Republican.
Obama's support of federal help for an auto industry bailout was a game-changer, said the GOP state chairman, Bob Bennett.
"The biggest determining factor was that we couldn't handle the automobile bailout issue," Bennett said Wednesday. "That's where we significantly underperformed."
Voter samples indicated wide support for the Obama-backed auto bailout, helping an industry with plants and thousands of jobs in the state. The Romney campaign had made a late effort in Ohio to undercut Obama's support on that issue, with Romney emphasizing his long ties to the auto industry in Michigan and pro-Romney ads belittling the president's efforts as helpful to China.
Union voters who normally make up a bigger chunk of the presidential electorate in Ohio than in other swing states favored Obama 60 percent to 38 percent. Also, Ohioans whose families make less than $50,000 a year supported the president by a 3-to-5 margin, exit polls showed.
Bob Rockenfield, 70, of Cincinnati, voted for Romney, but said Wednesday he felt Republicans are "just not getting across to people."
He thinks Obama won Ohio because of his appeal to union workers and minorities, "and also playing up that Romney was this country club rich boy and he was for the middle class."
Frank Hocker, 67, a retiree who once worked at a truck manufacturing plant in Springfield, said he wasn't a single-issue voter, but Obama won his praise for helping the auto industry.
"When Obama stuck his neck out and did the right thing with General Motors, you know, that satisfied me," Hocker said.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande starts a visit to the United States on Monday with spats over U.S. eavesdropping and trade talks with the EU unlikely to chill a relationship now far warmer than before the 2003 U.S.-led war on Iraq.
Hollande, 59, who split from his partner last month after an affair with an actress, arrives solo for the first state visit hosted by President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle in nearly 2-1/2 years.
The United States and France, whose alliance dates to the founding of America in the late 18th century, are working together on Iran, Syria, North Africa and other trouble spots.
The collaboration is a far cry from the strains of a decade ago when France refused to join the Iraq war.
"France is a solid ally of the United States but always retains its independence," Hollande told Time magazine in an interview published last week.
He made clear that he shared European anger over National Security Agency practices that "should never have existed" and had caused "a difficult moment, not just between France and the United States but also between Europe and the United States".
On Monday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said talks to resolve the spying issue were under way.
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Washington's relations with the European Union have also been ruffled by a U.S. diplomat's secretly recorded expletive to disparage the EU's handling of the political crisis in Ukraine.
The United States and France have cooperated in diplomacy on Syria and Iran, but do not always agree on economic issues such as a U.S.-EU trade deal on which negotiations began in July.
France set down several preconditions before allowing the talks to start, insisting that the audio-visual sector, including cinema and books, be excluded from discussions.
French tax authorities have also put U.S. Internet giant Google under audit about accounting procedures which channel sales through Ireland. Google rejects suggestions that this is an attempt at tax-dodging.
Officials say Obama and Hollande have solid working ties.
"During the visit, they will discuss opportunities to further strengthen our shared security, grow our economic and commercial partnership, and partner on the environment, climate change, and development," the White House said.
Obama will showcase the old U.S.-French alliance by taking Hollande on a tour of the Monticello estate of Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president, who had been ambassador to France from 1785 to 1789, acquiring a taste for fine wine.
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CBS News Destroys Benghazi Scandal As GOP Fabrication (VIDEO)
May 16,2013
Wow this is great! Mainstream media is finally calling the so-called Benghazi Scandal for what it is a completely fabricated REPUBLICAN witch hunt. How much longer will they continue their campaign of lies and deception before the American public will wake up and demand that it stop? (VIDEO AT BOTTOM OF POST).
SCOTT PELLEY: Also at his news conference today the president called for tighter security for U.S. diplomatic facilities to prevent an attack like the one in Benghazi, Libya, last year that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Of course, Benghazi has become a political controversy. Republicans claim that the Administration watered down the facts in talking points that were given to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice for television appearances while Mr. Obama was running for reelection. Republicans on Capitol Hill claim that they had found proof of this in White House e-mails that they leaked to reporters last week. Well, it turns out some of the quotes in those e-mails were wrong. Major Garrett is at the White House for us tonight. Major?
MAJOR GARRETT: Scott, Republicans have claimed that the State Department under Hillary Clinton was trying to protect itself from criticism. The White House released the real e-mails late yesterday, and heres what we found when we compared them to the quotes that had been provided by Republicans. One e-mail was written by Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes. On Friday, Republicans leaked what they said was a quote from Rhodes. We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we dont want to undermine the FBI investigation. But it turns out, in the actual e-mail Rhodes did not mention the State Department. It read We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation. Republicans also provided what they said was a quote from an e-mail written by State Department Spokesman Victoria Nuland. The Republican version quotes Nuland discussing: The penultimate point is a paragraph talking about all the previous warnings provided by the Agency about al-Qaedas presence and activities of al-Qaeda. The actual e-mail from Nuland says: the penultimate point could be abused by Members to beat the State Department for not paying attention to Agency warnings The C.I.A. agreed with the concerns raised by the State Department and revised the talking points to make them less specific than the C.I.A.s original version, eliminating references to al-Qaeda and affiliates and earlier security warnings. There is no evidence, Scott, the White House orchestrated these changes.


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Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony are in the studio with ex-Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar, where the Red Rocker is working on a new album. The three musicians, of course, comprise three-fourths of the lineup of Chickenfoot, although they are apparently not making a new Chickenfoot record at the moment. Joining them on guitar is Neal Schon of Journey, who also played with Hagar in the early Eighties act HSAS.
In a clip posted online, Hagar calls the current group of musicians a "new and improved" version of HSAS.
The initials of the four musicians' last names also happen to spell out HSAS. The original lineup of that act, which issued one live album in 1984, featured Hagar, Schon, Kenny Aaronson on bass and Michael Shrieve on drums.
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Running ZCS Network Edition on 64bit Ubuntu 8.04 LTS install.
Accessing using Zimbra Desktop 2.0, (almost) all is happy.
I've configured my accounts and settings under the Social tab using the Social Zimlet, and they appear to function well! However, as soon as Zimbra Desktop is closed and re-opened, all the settings are lost and have to be reconfigured.
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I have ZSC 6.0.10 installed on Ubuntu. I install Zimlet d'n'd, but with russian name of files work with errors. When I trie to attach some file (russian name) in Zimbra, I see the "abracadabra". With files (eglish name) there is no problems!
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