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Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) are a way of testing lung health. It helps your CF Team get a better picture of how you or your child is doing. It is important to remember, however, that it is only one piece of the picture; other pieces include your medical history (the description of any symptoms and any illnesses you may have had recently), your physical examination, and other tests (such as cultures, x-rays, or labs). Depending upon how you or your child is doing, the history, physical examination, PFTs, or other tests may carry different levels of importance. This section will help you understand how your CF team looks at you or your child's PFTs.
First, there are the testing techniques. For any PFT to be useful, the person with CF must be able to perform the test properly. The testing is usually done with coaching by RTs (Respiratory Therapists), and by looking at the tests, they can tell if it was done right. Not only does the test need to be done correctly, but also the person doing the test should be able to do the test the same way again, and again.
The most common PFT is called 'spirometry', and we usually start asking children with CF to attempt the test around 5 years of age. Some might be able to do it younger; many are still learning how to do it properly for two or three more years. All breathing tests are done through a tube. The RT will ask the person with CF to hold the tube in their mouth, with their lips around the tube. The RT coach you or your child in how to breathe. The key to doing spirometry testing is to take as big a breath in as you can, and then to breathe it out 'explosively', as hard and fast as possible, AND keeping exhaling until you can't breathe out any more; until there's no more air left inside anymore; then you take as big a breath in as you can, and you're done your first test. As mentioned above, we need to be sure that the testing is consistent, so you or your child will be asked to do the test at least 3 times to be sure there is little variation. The computer compares the value of these tests done by the person with CF, with similarly aged persons of the same size (one reason you are weighed and measured) and gender without CF, and gives the 'percent predicted value'. Thus if you are normal, you would get 100%, if you were 10% better you would get 110%, and if you were 10% worse, you would be 90%.
Spirometry testing has several components to it. FVC or Forced Vital Capacity is the size of the biggest breath someone can blow out. FEV1 is the Forced Expired Volume after 1 second of blowing out. FEF25-75 is the Forced Expiratory Flow between the 25th to 75th percent of your breathing out. FVC and FEV1 (as well as their ratio, FEV1/FVC) mostly reflect a person's larger airways. Forced expiratory flows (FEFs) are usually thought to be more related to smaller airways. FEFs often are more 'sensitive', changing up or down more easily, but are less specific, meaning when they change it may not necessarily reflect anything significant. There has to be a bigger drop in FEFs before we say they are abnormal.
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One of the most important things about PFTs is that we can look at how a PFT changes over time, between two clinic visits, or over any period of time, revealing in some ways how a person's CF is changing. PFTs can only be compared, however, if the person doing the PFT is able to do them correctly. If the person's technique varies, the results vary, and we are not able to compare. Assuming we can compare tests, what constitutes something important? It is common for a person, with or without CF to have some minor changes, up or down, in their PFTs. If a person's FEV1 goes up or down 5%, is that significant? The American Thoracic Society has established certain changes as being "clinically" significant, meaning a person might feel a change in their breathing (e.g. some degree of one or more of the following: less tolerance of exercise, more tired, shortness of breath, cough, wheeze, chest tightness, or other symptoms). We also use these numbers to determine whether a person has a significant response to a breathing treatment or other medications.
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Hi, Im newly certified. I want to buy regulator but already in set (since im newly certified). Im thinking of mares abyss 22 this product as main regulator. Is this including 2nd stage & lp hose? If i buy this abyss 22, a gauge, and an octopus. Will it be complete set, or i anything else i missed? What gauge & octopus do you recommend? For gauge & octopus, i dont plan to spend lots of money (since i plan to buy a good wrist dive computer). Thanks a lot
Hello Angelina, this item comes with the 1st stage LP hose and the 2nd stage. As for the other items you would need would be the Octo, pressure gauge, then you will also need a BCD power inflator hose, but that hose should come when you buy your BCD. If you rent gear then the dive shop[ you are renting from should be able to install the power inflator hose into your 1st stage at time of rental.
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Hi if I purchase a regulator set, 1st & 2nd stage plus an octo and gauges, can you install it for us? or we still have to install it by ourselves? thanks
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I am looking for a Mares Abyss 22 Navy II Regulator. The picture you have is of a Mares Abyss 22 Navy II Regulator If i purchase now am i going to get a Mares Abyss 22 Navy II Regulator? You are advertising as a black Friday special "Retail price $660 pay only $372.95 Save $287.05." Retail: $660.00 You Pay: $372.95 You Save: $287.05 I would like to Purchase Your advertised Deal.
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The DFC system is an exclusive system, unique on the market, that operates in relation to the diver's actual air demand, independent of depth and tank pressure.
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Some people believe a person's writing style says a lot about him or her. If you dot i's with a heart, for example, people might consider you dreamy or perhaps immature. If you regularly misuse punctuation or choose words that aren't appropriate for the intended meaning, it might indicate a lack of education.
The Enquirer's sole remaining editorial writer is among the employees who will be departing the newspaper as part of a round of "early retirement" buyouts.
Executives accepted the buyout application submitted by Ray Cooklis, the newspaper's editorial page editor, multiple sources have confirmed. Cooklis assumed control of The Enquirer's Op/Ed pages in July 2009 when his predecessor, David Wells, was laid off.
Cooklis, who also is a classically trained pianist and previously served as a music critic, didn't respond to an email this morning seeking comment.
In recent months, the daily newspaper has been criticized in journalism circles and on some blogs for only publishing one original, locally produced editorial a week, so it's unclear what impact Cooklis' departure will have.
Sources say others who are leaving The Enquirer include Features Editor Dave Caudill; photographer Glenn Hartong; reporter Steve Kemme, who covers eastern Hamilton County; Copy Desk Chief Sue Lancaster; Bill Thompson, a sports copy editor and occasional music critic; and Copy Editor Tim Vondebrink.
CityBeat confirmed Tuesday that political columnist Howard Wilkinson and longtime photographer Michael Keating also were leaving the newspaper.
The Gannett Co., The Enquirer's corporate owner, announced the buyout offer Feb. 9 and gave employees 45 days to decide whether to apply for the deal.
Under the deal, newspaper employees who are age 56 or older and have at least 20 years of service with Gannett as of March 31 are eligible. The Enquirer's goal is to eliminate 26 positions through the buyouts, sources said.
As part of reductions mandated by Gannett, The Enquirer has laid off about 150 workers during the past two years. Also, employees have had to take five unpaid furloughs during the past three years.
Of the departures announced so far, Cooklis' resignation could have the most immediate impact for readers.
Some progressive voices in Cincinnati dislike Cooklis because he is ardently right-wing in his opinions; they believe he too frequently blasted Democratic politicians, while turning a blind eye to excesses by their Republican counterparts and local corporations. Further, Cooklis lacked the courage to criticize some of the people and institutions that are among The Enquirer's many sacred cows, they added.
Still, Cooklis' departure is a bad omen for local news, with some media observers worried that it means The Enquirer has abandoned its First Amendment duty to hold powerful people accountable for their deeds.
Virginia-based Gannett also owns USA Today, more than 100 newspapers nationwide and 23 TV stations.
(**UPDATE: Glenn Hartong is not taking the buyout. Despite some sources at The Enquirer saying that he was, Hartong is only 51 years old and, thus, ineligible.)
Cincinnati's only remaining daily newspaper is considering moving its printing operation to Columbus and reducing the size of its print publication.
The corporate owners of The Enquirer and The Columbus Dispatch have signed a letter of intent to have the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky editions of the local paper printed at The Dispatch's production facility. If the deal is finalized, the switch would occur in the final quarter of 2012.
Jailing juveniles as a form of "rehabilitation" comes with an expensive price tag. More than money, the criminal justice system costs kids their rights and that state seems to be OK with that.
Western & Southern in a press release today announced an agreement with Cincinnati Union Bethel (CUB) that will sell the Anna Louise Inn in Lytle Park to W&S for $4 million, ending years of entanglements between the two entities over what should be done with the property in need of millions of dollars in renovations.As part of the deal, ALI will move to a new location in Mount Auburn at the corner of Reading Road and Kinsey Avenue, in the same vicinity as the United Way of Greater Cincinnati and The Talbert House. The settlement also provides CUB time to construct the new Inn, so none of the current residents will be displaced. CUB will still retain its $13 million in funding to develop the new property.
The Anna Louise Inn, which provides safe and affordable housing for low-income women, has called the Lytle Park location home since 1909. The new agreement will dissolve all ongoing litigation; most recently, W&S accused ALI of potentially discriminating against men.
In 2009, W&S passed up on an opportunity to purchase the Inn for $3 million, before CUB obtained city- and state-distributed federal funding to renovate the building and stay in the neighborhood, a decision Western & Southern admitted it regretted. Since then, the Fortune 500 company has been battling with the ALI in hopes of getting another chance to purchase the property.
According to the CUB website, the settlement came about for several reasons, including concern that ongoing litigation with W&S would have caused it to lose tax credits earned through the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, which were due to expire at the end of 2013 and cannot be used during ongoing litigation.
Now W&S plans to renovate the building into an upscale new hotel, which will essentially give the company a monopoly on real estate in the Lytle Park neighborhood.
It's a bittersweet change for the women and staff at the Inn, explains CUB President and CEO Steve MacConnell, but "ultimately, it's the right decision," he says. MacConnell says CUB learned about the plot of land just three to four weeks ago, when they started seriously considering a move. "After two years of litigation, the women — and us — we were all feeling so much uncertainty," he says, "and ultimately what's best for the women is what we've always had in mind."
As part of a realignment of its facilities in the urban core, the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati will close the Williams branch in East Walnut Hills in August. Also, although the YMCA will continue some programs at the Melrose branch in Walnut Hills, it also will end general membership services there.
Both changes are effective Aug. 22, YMCA officials said.
Here's a little more on the layoffs being announced today at The Cincinnati Enquirer.
It's not quite as bad as a pink slip from an unexpected layoff, but the latest action at the troubled Cincinnati Enquirer certainly isn't good news for its workers.
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Royals acquire pitcher Kevin Pucetas from Giants to complete Jose Guillen trade
The Royals announced today the club has acquired right-handed pitcher Kevin Pucetas as the player to be named to complete the trade that sent outfielder Jose Guillen to the San Francisco Giants on August 13. Pucetas was added to the Royals' 40-man roster.
The 25-year old Pucetas (puh-SEH-tahs) is 47-20 with a 3.73 ERA in 120 career minor league outings, including 116 starts, in five seasons in the Giants system. San Francisco's 17th-round pick in 2006 out of Limestone College was 5-7 for Triple-A Fresno in 2010, posting a 5.69 ERA in 26 starts. Born and raised in Spartanburg, S.C., Pucetas was named Minor League Baseball's Most Spectacular Pitcher in 2007 after compiling a 15-4 record with a 1.87 ERA in 27 games (23 starts) for Class A Augusta before capturing California League Pitcher of the Year honors with San Jose in 2008 (10-2, 3.02 ERA in 23 starts). A three-time minor league All-Star and 2008 Futures Game participant, the six-foot-four, 225-pound right-hander has finished either first or second in his league in ERA in three of his five minor league campaigns.


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Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Tyler Chatwood had a career-high 11 strikeouts
over seven innings and added a two-run double to lead the Colorado Rockies to
an 8-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-game set at
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Colorado has won nine of the last 11 versus Milwaukee.
Wily Peralta (7-10) surrendered seven hits and eight runs -- five earned --
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Vive la France
Francophiles Unite
I recently finished reading Lunch in Paris: A Love Story with Recipes by Elizabeth Bard. It combines two of my favorite things, food and Paris. The author recounts how she met the love of her life in Paris, over lunch one weekend, turned her world upside down by moving there, and regales the reader with stories of her growing appreciation of the art of French cooking (and eating), in this delightful, fun book. Some of the mouth watering recipes include ratatouille, chocolate soufflé cake, mussels with white wine and fennel, and a host of other (not entirely French) dishes.
Another memoir I read was Petite Anglaise: A True Story by Catherine Sanderson. A longtime Francophile, this young British woman finds a job, love, and motherhood in the City of Lights, but all has not turned out as she'd hoped. She finds an outlet to voice her experiences and frustrations, and starts blogging about her life as "Petite Anglaise." Before she knew what was happening, her blog takes off, and takes her life in an entirely new direction.
More Love in the City
Yet another love struck woman moves to Paris, in Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull. A young journalist from Sydney travels on a whim to visit a man she met in her travels to Bucharest. Like many others, she soon falls under the spell of the charming city, and made her home there with her (now) husband.
A Little Bit of Paris in Atherton
At the Atherton Library, we currently have an art exhibit up through August 15th, entitled "Paris Window Shopping" by Susan Payne-Trutna. Paintings of Paris shop windows reveal all kinds of fineries and confections, and beckon the viewer to travel. Stop by the library and sign the artist's guest book. It's the next best thing to traveling to France. There is even a small version of the Eiffel Tower on display.
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DeAnn O. has been a children's librarian for over 15 years; she is a long time bibliophile, and fell in love with Paris and all things French when she vacationed there years ago.


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I have a server with Zimbra 7.2 network edition, this is a purchased copy.
This is on an esxi server, for some reason the whole Zimbra server disappeared from the esxi volume looks like disk failure , which became blank, I decided the best thing is to go to the backups.
I had made a full server copy of the esxi virtual machine two months ago and this started up fine.
I looked on the NFS store for the backups and this looks as though there are a number of full backups in place including one for the night before the full system loss.
I have asked it to restore the data and then told it to do all accounts.
Nothing seems to come back from the backup.
If I look in the backup double click on each of the backups that have been completed (Something I had not thought to do in the past) then its says not started by each mail box.
This means that 50 users have lost two months of mail and their calendars, so of course I look like a fool.
I have restored a system from the ground up with a zimbra backup before, painful process, I think a simple /opt/zimbra rsync is better but only did that a couple of months back.
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You don't seem to get it. Your local affiliate couldn't have used their subchannel to show House or Alcatraz because FOX didn't broadcast them. FOX doesn't own the subchannels so they can't force your local affiliate to do it either.
I think you missed this part of my post,
I forgot that FOX was sending NASCAR down the pipe and the affiliate couldn't pick up house to show it on a sub channel.
I do understand, I just messed up on the coming across part.


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|McConnell's team snatches biggest catfish in tourney
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It was another successful catfish tournament Saturday, April 20 for the Izaak Walton League (IKEs). Twenty teams, from as far east as Bellevue, Neb. and west as Summit County, fished for catfish at Enders Reservoir in Nebraska.
Two-person teams could each weigh in five fish. The winning team was Brian Hattendorf and Lou Visser, both of Imperial, Neb., with a total of 14 pounds, 11 ounces.
Second place went to the team of Calvin Clermont of Enders, Neb. and Ernie Turpin of Madrid, Neb., with a total of 11 pounds, 15 ounces.
The third-place team of Brian Callahan and Troy Mannis, both of Goodland, Kan. had a total weight of 9 pounds, 12 ounces.
A total of 24 fish were weighed. The largest was caught by Houston McConnell of Holyoke and Shayna Perry of Greeley, weighing in at 4 pounds, 3 ounces.
Spokesman Tom Elder said people waited to see what the weather was going to do before signing up, but there were about the same numbers as in past years.
"It was a little colder than anticipated," he said, especially at the 7 a.m. start when it was 32 degrees. "We had a good day."
The tournament is a fundraiser for IKEs, mainly for the kids fishing day coming up May 18. It's also a way to get the IKEs name out to the public, Elder explained.
Holyoke Enterprise May 9, 2013


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This restaurant and beer bar is a treat after a day of business or sightseeing in Cape Town. Apart from the awesome brews that are their signature trademark, they serve good hearty food in sizable portions and at competitive prices.
Here you can enjoy charcuterie boards that is bound to satisfy, delicious sandwiches and their smoky beef prego, straight from the barbecue.
Big, filling breakfasts are also on offer and offers a great start to any day. For the more refined diner, the salmon is a definite winner.
But it's not just beer. There is an extensive wine list that will not disappoint.
This laid-back beer bar and eatery, complete with ping pong table for entertainment, offers a 'real' experience in the midst of city madness.
This contemporary, stylish and vibey restaurant is situated in the popular Gardens Centre in Cape Town. The interior is sleek but warm and the ambience bustling. The restaurant has an inside and patio section and can seat up to 120 guests. The quirky 'cat' theme adds to the individuality and uniqueness of this trendy spot.
The menu offers something for everyone, good food and sizable portions at affordable rates. Late risers can enjoy the popular all-day breakfasts. The gourmet burgers and fresh seafood will also not disappoint. For the sweet tooth there is a variety of muffins and freshly baked homemade cakes on offer.
Blue Cat Cafe has become a popular meeting place for people from all walks of life and this flexibility and variety shines through in the atmosphere, service, detail and food.
In the midst of the bustling Grand West Casino Complex you will find this gem of a restaurant and music venue, a calm respite from the outside hustle.
Jackson Hall is beautifully decorated and exudes a warm, casual, yet upmarket ambience. The leather couches invite you to relax and the fittings and finishes are a great mix between the modern and days gone by.
Jackson Hall serves light meals, but the simple menu does not disappoint. Try the delicious calamari crumbed in herbs and spices. For the hungrier diner there are burgers and awesome Italian-style pastas on offer. Dishes are very well priced and a light meal here is almost sure to suit the pocket.
Jackson Hall offers a variety of cocktails, perfect companions to the beautiful, ye olde jazz music constantly filling the background (or foreground for that matter).
*Distances are shown as the crow flies and are not necessarily the actual travelling
Located in Muizenberg, along Beach Road, Bombay Chilli boasts delicious fragrant and spicy Indian dishes made with quality ingredients and the freshest naan bread with which to mop up the juices.
Starters delight with chilli bite sand samoosas and an impressive selection of vegetarian offerings like potato Bombay aloo and spinach-studded palak paneer.
Try the delicious coriander and coconut milk-laced kadal chicken with a good bottle of wine (bring your own).
Open for lunch and dinner only, Bombay Chilli is your friendly, laid back Indian bistro in the heart of Muizenberg.
Located in the middle of Palmer Road in Muizenberg, Closer is a purely vegan restaurant and welcome addition to Muizenberg Village. Its fresh and artistic modern interiors speaks of their attitude towards their food, which uses only meat, egg, refined sugar and dairy free ingredients yet bursts with flavour.
Cow's milk is replaced with oat, soya and rice milk, making Closer's smoothies all the more delectable. Daily specials are written on a chalkboard, enticing customers in with their organic ingredients and interesting flavour combinations.
Satisfy your need for food and shopping in one fowl swoop when visiting The Bluebird Garage and Food Market.
The vibrant setting housed in side a character-converted warehouse is a heartwarming neighbourhood hangout.
Browse the aisles of vintage clothing, antiques and local crafts before feasting on freshly made delights and sinfully delicious baked goods.
Open from 10am to 10pm on Fridays, The Bluebird Garage and Food Market is a must see venue in the heart of Muizenberg.
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STEVENSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) - A man fishing on a pier in Kent Island finds a body in the water near the shore.
Now Maryland State Police are trying to determine if it's Robin Pope.
Rochelle Ritchie has more.
The body has not been identified, but it was seen in the area of 51-year-old robin Pope, who is the woman who suddenly went missing. Pope's dental records are now being used to see if they match that of the woman found.
An intense investigation is underway at this hour in Queen Anne's County to determine the identity of a body found floating along the Kent Island shoreline, just a mile and a half from the home of Robin Pope, who is still missing.
"There was no immediate positive identification of the body. Investigators believe the body is that of an adult female," said Greg Shipley, Maryland State Police.
The lifeless body, spotted by a man fishing off the pier who immediately called 911.
"Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office responded, they contacted state police homicide investigators because of the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Robin Pope," Shipley said.
51-year-old Robin Pope was reported missing March 2. Queen Anne's County sheriff deputies conducted multiple land and water searches for her that turned up nothing.
Her daughters spoke to WJZ two weeks ago.
"It's just just bizarre because she contacts us so much. It's unusual, it's not like her," said Rachael Pope.
Police have notified Pope's family about the body found, but say it could be awhile before there is a positive ID.
"There was some decomposition on the body, but again we will await a determination from the medical examiner as far as length of time the body was in the water and deceased," said Shipley.
Pope's dental records are being used to determine if they match those of the unidentified woman.
Pope was reported missing by her estranged husband, who was the last to see her alive.
Crime scene technicians are collecting evidence in hopes of figuring out how the woman ended up in the water and most importantly, who she is.
Again, the body found has not been identified as Robin Pope. Investigators have no determined how or why Pope went missing.
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Traditional Hot Rod Event - It's A RevolutionWritten by on January 7, 2008 Traditional Hot Rodding In The Park
It all got started in 2006 when Keith Tardel at Rex Rods & Chassis in Santa Rosa, California, decided to create a totally traditional hot rod event. The first gathering saw about 120 all-pre-'48 traditional cars, and the location was a little park in Penngrove close to Santa Rosa. Both Keith and his father, Vern, are well-known for building neat traditional Flathead-powered hot rods. Both have plenty of friends and customers in the area, many of whom are diehard hot rodders who will get in their hot rods even if the weather is not so great. This turned out to be a good thing, as that Saturday morning in late September was colder than normal and raining.
It wasn't a good day for a hot rod event, but the rain was gone by 11 a.m. when they opened the gates. Cars rolled in, and as expected, more than half were Flathead-powered. Keith stood at the gate welcoming everyone and sharing a few words with the hot rodders as they rolled in. A live band called Little Sister entertained all afternoon, and food was also available, but the main purpose was to meet people and check out all the traditional cars.
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Vern Tardel has been driving his red roadster to many hot rod events the last few years, including Bonneville and some West Coast events. This time it was a short ride from Santa Rosa to the park in Penngrove. The Flathead sounded just puurfect.Talk about chopped and channeled. This Chevy pickup was built with a new chassis and slammed on the ground.A few channeled Model As turned up, like this goodlooking roadster with an Offenhauser-headed Flathead.One of the wildest rods at the event was Aaron Von Minden's Model A coupe. The bare-metal body, blown small-block topped with six Strombergs, E&J headlights, and 12-spoke Americans without brakes scream hot rod.George Solimine's rusto-rod '32 Tudor still has the original interior and unrestored body, but it did get an update in the chassis from a small-block with six 97s.1928-29 Ford highboy phaetons are a rare sight at any show. Joe Fazio brought out his bright red one sitting on a Deuce frame with a tuned Flathead, Halibrand quick-change, and Ford juice brakes all around.Geary and Dan Schwantz's '32 five-window looks like it just had the fenders and hood pulled to go racing. The Offfenhauser-equipped bored-andstroked Flathead might just back up that story.
A small-block under the hood provided plenty of power for John Barnes to cruise his maximumchopped '32 three-window up from Orange in SoCal.This '34 roadster with a Flathead under the hood was one of the best-looking rods of the day. The owner kept it spotless and took some kids for a spin around the park during the afternoon.Verna Camara owns this '18 Ford roadster, which sports a little V8-60 Flathead plus a Halibrand quick-change under the turtledeck. The skinny motorcycle tires in the front make the Ford brakes look real big.A chopped and fenderless '33-34 five-window coupe with a Flathead can never be wrong. R. Cannarossi owns this '33. You can see that some of the patina is man-made when you get close to it, but it is still a fun, traditional car.


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City Mulls Closing Public Restrooms
October 8, 2013
A trash fire that occurred inside a Heritage Port restroom early Monday afternoon is one of a string of incidents that have occurred at the public facility that may prompt its partial closure,......
how much rights do a non biological father have over anchor kids ?
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if a anchor baby ain't got no daddy, should a non daddy get green card status to stay and take care of the non relative anchor kid ?
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Round up all of these vagrants, split their skulls open and drop them off the nearest high bridge. Problem solved.
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Couldnt they just put cameras outside the stalls . It just seems silly to have them closed when they are there for the public. More big crime in Wheeling I guess, calls for drastic measures. There are laws against urinating in public, sure there are for pooping too.
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You know, this is always the solution to the city's issues. Instead of patrolling the area, having the officers actually get out of their cars and walk around every couple of hours in those areas and check them out, we will just close it down. Out of sight, out of mind. The perverts, drug addicts and prostitutes all hang out down there and know when patrols come through and know where to hide. Instead of closing up the restrooms for legitimate patrons of the trail, lets beef up patrols and keep these losers away. I used to love walking down there in the evenings but I got tired of being pestered by the hookers, the men hooking up with each other in the bushes and flashing you to get your business and the potheads and crackwh*res lighting up. They have trashed the playground and hide around the bridge by Wesbanco like trolls waiting for toll. Make the police do their jobs!!!!! Instead of pulling people over for burnt out license plate lights, clean the trail up!!!!
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Fewer services for your tax dollars! The citizens should be outraged! It was your tax dollars that paid for those restrooms. You wanted to be able to visit the port area and at least be able to have somewhere to pee out that $ 7.00 Lemonade! Take the trash cans outside! Get rid of paper towels. Install a keycard system and issue keycards to taxpayers only!
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It just mixes in with the goose sh*t that's everywhere.
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Lock them up...then what? Poop on the sidewalk.
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Need to clean up the vagrants that hang around in that area. The city knows who they are.
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Just wondering how many people from the UK are registered with this forum? I haven't come across anyone else yet.
Andy UK
Just wondering how many people from the UK are registered with this forum? I haven't come across anyone else yet.
Andy UK
There are quite a few. Just hang around for a while and you'll "meet" them.
I am from the UK originally
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I'm living in London and almost get mushed on a daily basis. Where are u.?
I'm from portsmouth UK, when i went to London a couple of weeks ago i couldn't believe the number of cyclists which is great. Where are you from Andyuk?Originally Posted by hockeygoon
Hi all, I'm in the wilds of Oxfordshire, and excited about getting back on the bike (tourer) after a long break.
I'm from NW London.
Yes, it seems that the congestion charging has increased our numbers. When I first came to the UK and started riding to work I seemed there was not as many people. Now I get stuck in bike jams at intersections and pathway bottle necks. But I'm not complaining. Rather more bikes than cars anyday.Originally Posted by j.foster
I'd love to see that. When I lived there, I used to commute to London occasionally (I lived in Horsham). I hated it, one of the most unnerving cities I've ever ridden in, on account of those narrow roads and all the "pedestrial barriers" at all the intersections that cram me up against busses and taxis. Ugh. I just can't imagine something as odd as cycle traffic jams in london! I haven't been in London since the congestion charge started. Hope it's better now than I remember it. Enjoy!Originally Posted by hockeygoon
As for the original question: Just hang around and you'll find Brits and ex-pats lurking around. Watch for odd language clues as well.
Just cuz my location says Paris doesn't mean I'm a Frenchie Zut alors, un rosbif en France? Mais oui!
I'm from Leicestershire and on the Veloriders site
I am for NW London, Edgware and riding in London is not really that bad. There are plenty of back street to avoid heavy traffic. Suppose since I haved taxied in London and know it like the back of my hand it helps.
Hi, I'm from Lichfield in Staffordshire, originally from Hertfordshire, via many different places.
I just couldn't be without my bike
Prerace, I use a misplaced faith in my innate ability, with a dose of needless optimism. For recovery, I use self-delusional techniques.
How's the riding in the English countryside?
"You handle it like you handle a bicycle" - Jacques Rosay, Airbus A380 test pilot
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Generally quiet, lots of little lanes to use whilst the cars use the main roads
Prerace, I use a misplaced faith in my innate ability, with a dose of needless optimism. For recovery, I use self-delusional techniques.
i'm in blackpool, lancs. there used to be quite a few brits but, as with everything, people come and go!
I'm newly registered here (I have been lurking for around 1 year though). I'm from the Wirral, Merseyside.
Hey, I'm from just outside Glasgow. Anyone else from up here?
No, sorry. Originally from Manchester, but stuck in Berlin.
Hey Cabledonut, long time no hear!! Still in Blackpool?
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If you want spectacular results, you have to know how to treat your bike badly.
i'm from south london, now living in the north up near holloway road commuting to soho on my new singlespeed.
all my mates and colleagues think i'm mad talking about bikes all the time so if any londoners are interested in a beer and a bike around let me know.
I'm originally from the UK (cheshire), for the last 4 years have been living in Michigan USA, near Detroit. Great biking area for both road and trail. Pontiac Lake trail is best ever!
Hi, I'm from Reading, Berks. UK and am starting to do more cycling again - off road and touring. Would love to meet up with new people for new ideas, new trips, new drinking partners I've just signed up to this forum, the members look great and enthusiastic!
Keep pedaling!
im from ipswich in suffolk. You have to look REALLY hard to find and good trails and paths, coz most of them are just through fields and have huge tractor ruts wich bust ur arse!!
sunny girvan by the sea
Living near Middlesbrough
I'm from east london, spent most of my adult life in either Slough or Stafford and now living in sunny california. I almost miss the rain


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Riding the rapids
Grand Canyon rocks challenge Christian colleges' divergent stands on evolution
IN THE GRAND CANYON- "How do you teach about evolution and creation?" That's one of the questions thoughtful parents most frequently ask when visiting Christian colleges with their high-school students.
Some colleges give straightforward answers that might startle some Christians. The biology department of Calvin College in Michigan issued a statement on May 7: "We teach evolutionary theory as the best scientific explanation for the dynamic diversity of life on Earth. . . . We teach biology from an evolutionary paradigm."
Across the border in Ohio, Cedarville University has an equally forthright statement from the other end of the spectrum: "We believe in the literal six-day account of creation, that the creation of man lies in the special, immediate, and formative acts of God and not from previously existing forms of life."
Those two positions suggest the spectrum at Christian colleges: Calvin on the left, Cedarville on the right. Many colleges are in what today comprises the center: They state not how long the process took but see God creating the different kinds of life and specially creating man. Biola's centrist doctrinal statement notes that "the existence and nature of the creation is due to the direct miraculous power of God. The origin of the universe, the origin of life, the origin of kinds of living things, and the origin of humans cannot be explained adequately apart from reference to that intelligent exercise of power."
Biola University stipulates that "creation models which seek to harmonize science and the Bible should maintain at least the following: (a) God providentially directs His creation, (b) He specially intervened in at least the above-mentioned points in the creation process, and (c) God specially created Adam and Eve (Adam's body from non-living material, and his spiritual nature immediately from God)."
Many colleges emphasize the special creation of Adam and Eve. The Wheaton College statement of faith specifies "that God directly created Adam and Eve, the historical parents of the entire human race; and that they were created in His own image, distinct from all other living creatures, and in a state of original righteousness." Biola condemns "inadequate origin models" within which "(a) God never directly intervened in creating nature and/or (b) humans share a common physical ancestry with earlier life forms."
That's clear, but what should we make of the following "Statement on Origins" from the Messiah College Department of Biological Sciences? "Families considering Messiah College sometimes ask whether it has an official policy defining our position on origins, governing what is taught in our science classes and elsewhere. We recognize the significance of this issue to many Christians and appreciate being asked about it. Few things are more important than choosing a college that will respect a family's beliefs."
True, so what is Messiah's position? "At Messiah we affirm a Christian world-view as we guide our students in the difficult process of forming their own beliefs, a process that we hope will include thoughtful reflection on various ways in which our faith interacts with other aspects of our lives, including science and other branches of knowledge." Clear? Clear as mud. Prospective students and their parents should understand that teaching is not neutral: The way colleges "guide our students" often determines where those students end up. Students and parents should understand the spectrum of creation/evolution positions.
In covering the debate over the years, WORLD has tended to come from the position that asserts God's sovereignty in creation and His special creation of the universe, life, the diversity of life, and man. Our 2009 Daniel of the Year was Steve Meyer of the Discovery Institute, who, as a leader in the Intelligent Design movement, has with rigorous scientific discipline made the case for a Creator.
We have not covered sufficiently the right and left parts of the spectrum, so this fall we're making up for it. This article will look at some young-earth creationist thinking as compared with conventional theories, and suggest how Christian colleges should react. We'll come back later this fall with an examination of theistic evolutionary beliefs.
Reporting for WORLD has taken me to some places extraordinarily different from the United States-northwest Cambodia, eastern Turkey, central Zambia, to name just three-yet the strangest place I've visited lies within our borders but deep below the surface: the Grand Canyon. In July I spent a week rafting with 25 creationists, most of whom think that God created everything not in billions of years but in six days. For nearly 200 miles we headed down the Colorado River through rapids that contain the fastest-flowing water in North America.
Young-earth creationists are frequently the butt of jokes among sophisticated evangelicals. Terry Mortensen, a Ph.D. historian of science who has eight children ("I'm a real creationist"), mentioned between rapids that even some Christians think of young-earthers as snake-handling flat-earthers. But the Colorado River reality was not that at all. The free-flowing discussions featured people with strong intellects and strong life experiences such as:
• Peter Siebsma, a Dutch scholar who knows six European languages and 20-30 ancient Middle Eastern languages like Chaldean and Aramaic. (Siebsma cannot give an exact number because he asks, "Does Moabite count as a language?")
• Andrew Snelling, an Australian Ph.D. geologist scorned by other geologists for doubting conventional understandings of radiometric dating. He points out, though, that God created plants, not seeds; people, not embryos; and wine at the wedding in Cana that had been water minutes before-but tasted like it was perfectly aged.
• Gordon Pennington, who did marketing for companies like Tommy Hilfiger and spent six years ingesting huge amounts of cocaine and alcohol. He had a spiritual awakening 13 years ago and immediately lost the desire for drugs and drink. He still works in marketing and notes that "science is also a fashion industry, with theories changing regularly, although not as often as hemlines. There is tremendous pressure to be academically respectable."
Others in the group did not go through radical changes but experienced pressure to be respectable. For example, Mark Thornton grew up in Arkansas and teaches at a seminary in his home state, so it's easy to see his life as sheltered-but he recalls his fourth-grade teacher talking about evolution and asking the class, "Who doesn't believe we all came from monkeys?" Thornton was the only one to raise his hand: The teacher then told every child to "turn around and look at Mark."
Ridicule of that sort sounds like child abuse, but isn't mockery sensible when addressed to adults who hold to bizarre notions and should know better? This notion of the Grand Canyon formed by Noah's flood a few thousand years ago: Isn't it absurd? After all, when I visited the south rim of the Canyon 18 years ago, about a mile above the river, I read the handy Park Service info that gave a long-ago date when the Canyon formed and explained the process. Game, set, match, right?
Maybe not. Geologist Wayne Ranney's new book, Carving Grand Canyon, has the imprimatur of the Grand Canyon Association, keeper of the official story. But Ranney is also honest enough to admit that mainstream scientists fight about the age of the Canyon, with current estimates ranging from 6 million to 80 million years. Ranney acknowledges that the "Grand Canyon is a puzzle, a mystery, an enigma. It appears to have been carved through an uplifted plateau, ignores fault lines, may have been born by a river that once flowed the other way, is possibly quite old or quite young, or both."
In other words, the conventional wisdom has the Colorado River flowing sharply uphill at one point rather than taking lines of least resistance as rivers normally do. Disagreements over the river's age have led to disconnects in the official story: Ranney asks, "How can a river be 20 million years old in one location but no more than 6 million years old downstream?"
Ranney explicitly critiques scientific research based on "the belief that the Bible is the true word of God," but he also has trouble with the standard idea of Canyon formation through "the slow and inexorable wearing away of the bedrock. . . . Very little deepening can be accomplished in this way." He argues that "rivers like the Colorado actually deepen their channels only during relatively large and intermitted large-scale floods, when huge amounts of large, rocky debris are in motion. . . . Most canyons are carved only during relatively rare flood events."
Ranney concludes that "the many geologists who have devoted their careers to studying the canyon cannot resolve its age. . . . They still debate whether it was formed rather catastrophically or over a much more extended period of time." Ranney himself writes about catastrophe: "Spectacular lava flows within the last 630,000 years. . . . The lava erupted so voluminously that huge dams were created within the Grand Canyon. One of those dams was over 2,000 feet high! Another was over 84 miles long."
Those comments get to the heart of the issue. Charles Lyell (1797-1875) argued that only present-day processes of geological change at current rates of intensity and magnitude should be used to interpret the rock record of past geological activity. This "uniformitarian" position-what we see today is the result of very long, very slow processes-has dominated geology since the 19th century. But British geologist Derek Ager (1923-1993), an atheist, challenged Lyell's assumptions and gradually picked up support for his counter-theory of catastrophic change.
Secular "neocatastrophists" are anti-uniformitarian: They see super-tsunamis or their equivalent abruptly transforming the lay of the land in radical ways. If radical changes are possible within relatively short periods of time, then ecosystems and geological strata can be born again. If not, the uniformitarian faith-that mountains can only be thrown in the sea over tens of millions of years-is true.
Carving the Canyon does not pledge allegiance to either camp, but Ranney speculates about the role of multiple floods. He also writes, "Imagine the view from the rim at the moment when a lava dam catastrophically failed and a tremendous outburst flood roared through the Grand Canyon with rubble-filled water 600 feet deep." He sees the limits of uniformitarian explanations.
We entered the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry, Ariz. We 28 argonauts on two rubber rafts headed gently down the stream for 11 miles as canyon walls began to loom above us. Then we hit Soap Creed Rapid with its 16-foot drop and felt for the first time 46-degree water surging over us. "Hold onto the ropes," came the cry of river veteran Tom Vail. Then came other rapids with evocative names and drops of 9-12 feet: Sheer Wall, Horse Rock, North Canyon . . .
Between rapids Siebsma talked with me in one of his 20-30 languages: Happily, he chose English. Even though the Hebrew word yom usually in the Bible means "day," it can in some contexts mean a long period of time, but Siebsma is a young-earther because he believes the sentence construction in chapter 1 of Genesis (numerical modifiers, "evening and morning," etc.) requires "day" to be 24 hours or so, with light and darkness alternating.
We camped by a rapid on the sand of Shinumo Wash so we could be lulled to sleep by the sound of rushing waters. I woke up during the night and counted 250 stars overhead before falling back to sleep. The next morning at Nautiloid Canyon we peered at the fossil remains of nautiloids, 18-inch-long squid-like creatures with tapered external shells. Fossilization normally occurs when subjects are buried catastrophically and thus protected from decay; it would seem that the layer of the canyon walls containing these nautiloids had to be laid down quickly, and not-as uniformitarians say-at the bottom of a placid sea. (Exceptions occur when organisms become frozen or desiccated.)
We had a lot of time on Day 2 to talk, as the rapids were so easy that I wondered out loud why the injunction to hold onto ropes frequently came. ("Wait until Lava Falls," came the reply.) We discussed the "unconformities," contact points between different layers of rock: If one was put down millions of years after another, why are there no signs of physical or chemical erosion between the layers?
Day 3 brought major rapids: Hance (with a 30-foot drop in a half-mile), Sockdolager (my favorite name), Grapevine, and Horn Creek. I sat at the prow, held onto the ropes, and enjoyed incoming water that was over my head at times-but we didn't capsize. Between rapids British theologian Greg Haslam talked about the importance of seeing early Genesis as history. He argued that non-literal interpretations of Genesis mythologize the first three chapters and run into the stone wall of Romans 5:12-21, but that's not all: Jesus and the New Testament writers cited the first 11 chapters of Genesis 107 times, and if they were naïve . . .
And there was evening and there was morning. The fourth day brought more great rapids-Horn Creek, Granite, Hermit, Crystal-with ratings from 7 to 10 on the Grand Canyon's 1-10 scale. Blacktail Canyon brought a great view of the Great Unconformity, the contact point between the Canyon's bottom formations (largely granite) and the first sedimentary layer, which uniformitarians say was laid down nearly a billion years later.
Geologist Snelling disagrees. He talked about rock layers traced across continents, with physical features in those strata indicating they were deposited rapidly. He spoke of fast-moving water transporting sediment over long distances. He noted that rocks do not normally bend-because they are hard and brittle, they break-but pointed out rock layers that were bent without fracturing, indicating their rapid deposit and folding while still wet and pliable, before final hardening.
Day 5 brought more rapids, although not the big one: "Wait for Lava Falls." We discussed whether biblical interpretation can ever legitimately change because of scientific discoveries. We all knew of one time when it did. Many Christian leaders prior to Galileo were geocentric, thinking (as some passages from the Bible might suggest, and as Aristotle stipulated) that the sun moves around the earth, which was thought to stand still. Galileo's discoveries pointed to heliocentrism, with the earth revolving around the sun. That was an unusual situation where the Bible was unclear and the science became clear.
With evolution, the opposite is true: The Bible is clear and current science, contrary to some evolutionist claims, is muddled. We could all agree that when there's a conflict between what the Bible clearly states and what a contemporary scientific theory stipulates, we go with the Bible. The Bible clearly states that God created everything according to its kind, and specially created Adam and Eve.
But those discussions came to an end on the afternoon of the sixth day as we ran Lava Falls: During a harrowing quarter-mile the Colorado drops 37 feet over an ancient lava flow. We gripped the ropes and plunged down as the water poured over us. Then we soared, bounced many times, and were through. One final night under the firmament, a helicopter ride up and out the next morning, and we were back on what those a mile below call "rimworld," where we live by wristwatches instead of watching the sun.
What to make of young-earth creationists? As former fashion marketer Pennington observed, they have been out of fashion for a century-but that's not entirely bad when we review the frequently changing hermeneutics of science. Some producers within Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) have garnered some dollars but much sarcasm by trying to find a baptized singer who "sounds like" whatever is hot in secular pop. Contemporary Christian Science should not imitate that.
We should also recognize what philosopher Alvin Plantinga points out: Untested assumptions lie behind all knowledge claims. This is particularly true about historical science, which is different from operational science. Scientists can observe laboratory experiments, but the only eyewitness to creation was God. The rest of us are detectives, scrutinizing sticks and stones and interpreting data based on beliefs that are outside of science. Calling a theory a "fact" does not make it so.
We should be particularly skeptical about science hype. Just 10 years ago the Human Genome Project declared gene sequencing victory and prophesied that individuals would soon be able to get medical treatment based on their genetic makeup. Now, biologist/entrepreneur J. Craig Venter calls that "one of these silly naïve notions" and Fortune describes "the great DNA letdown."
This is not to say that we should readily accept young-earth theories, which even young-earth scientists acknowledge need much work. Young-earthers argue that the accepted radiometric ages of rock samples are wrong. They argue that radioactive decay rates were different in the past-but they acknowledge that they don't yet fully understand how that could be so. Critics of young-earth Grand Canyon geology contend that caverns and sinkholes in some layers indicate their formation over long periods of time, that the limestone and Coconino sandstone layers took a long time to develop, etc.
And yet, conventional theories have numerous holes as well, as author Ranney and others admit. Besides, the difference between operational science that concerns present-day processes, and historical science that attempts to figure out the past, is huge: Scientists collect data but the data do not interpret themselves, and presuppositions play a huge role.
Ranney's Carving Grand Canyon, from its secular perspective, takes issue with some 80-million-year estimates and exults, "The Grand Canyon has certainly been an exciting place in the last 630,000 years!" Could it have been that exciting a place in the last 6,300 years, with Noah's flood propelling huge amounts of water at 100 miles per hour against rock walls that would come tumbling down? And if so, could the world really be only thousands of years old?
My bottom line: We need investigation, not arbitrary exclusion of what is scientifically unfashionable. In particular, Christian colleges, funding sources, and fellow scientists should not excommunicate young-earthers. We should encourage debate among all those who see the Bible as God's Word but have differences in interpretation. We should criticize those who make Science their god.
Creation and evolution at home
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Larry Farris takes a forensic approach to his "Broken Science" class for homeschool high-school students: "Let's 'convict' God of the crime of committing the flood. What's the evidence?" The high-school students sitting in his living room engage their observational powers and also hunt for hidden evidence in peer-reviewed journals and magazines like Discover.
The irreligious are a minority among the nation's 1.5 million homeschoolers. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 83 percent of homeschooling parents say they homeschool to provide moral or religious instruction-up from 72 percent in 2003. Homeschooling lends itself to an interdisciplinary approach, so moms and dads often intertwine science and religion with the story of the earth's beginning. Here's how three homeschooling parents do it:
Farris, who manages renewable energy investments, blends logic and evidence. He describes paleontologists finding a pile of dinosaur bones, all laid in the same direction with no small bones among them and no signs of attack, and asks: How could this happen? He suggests that the Genesis flood's enormous waves came, picked up this herd of dinosaurs, and laid the medium-sized bones in the direction of the water's flow while sweeping the smaller bones away. Students give presentations using sources non-Christians would recognize as reliable. One student, a senior who hopes to teach high-school math or science one day, gave a presentation arguing that the process of piezoelectricity-a charge that accumulates in response to pressure-could have created rocks during the Flood. Farris has invited a mining geologist to speak to the class, and he takes the students to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show where they look at fossils and quartz.
English professor Marian Anders says she and her family are Episcopalians who believe in evolution. When her daughter was young, Anders taught her the Genesis creation story along with Greek and Native American creation myths. When her daughter got older, Anders taught evolution. She uses a pedagogical method that teaches the imaginative and scientific together, calling them two different ways to look at the same thing. Her daughter learned that a star is a burning ball of fire as she learned Greek mythology concerning constellations. Anders taught insect anatomy but also hatched butterflies out of cocoons to impart a sense of wonder at creation.
Circus performer and comedian Pat Davison takes his daughter Mabelle to his performances at school assemblies across the country-and he says he wouldn't trust most with his daughter's education. He calls his daughter's Calvert School curriculum balanced but not Christian, so he integrates scientific conversations with the rest of Mabelle's education instead of teaching a class on creationism. They last discussed it while watching the Ben Stein documentary, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. He said Mabelle found the film-about the academic world suppressing critics of evolution-a little dry, but, "She's 14. Her mind is on the Jonas brothers more than anything else." God creating the world makes sense to her: "She doesn't have any problems believing what the Bible says about these things."


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"We can't let this happen. We should march on Washington and stop this travesty. Our nation is totally divided!" Trump tweeted. He went on to call the result "a total sham and a travesty."
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-Tables are included for now, but will probably be removed for printing -- I intend this to be the setting for a massive zombie-esque swarming, so I think we'll use miniatures/markers for the tables and chairs, since their position (and movement) may be of tactical importance.
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Stereo-Less Audio - InstallationWritten by on May 1, 2010 Cruisin' Tunes ...Without A Tuner?
The world of car audio equipment sure has come quite a long way since the days of the fold-down 45-rpm record players. These days, thanks to the futuristic advancements of all things iPod (or any number of handheld MP3 players), you can listen to your favorite music in your hot rod or custom without the use of a traditional head unit (stereo). That's right-no bulky radio that you'd normally have to cram in your glovebox or hide beneath the seat facing backward.
But while new developments in mobile electronics continue at a pace almost as quick as the speed of sound, it seems one facet of the automotive industry has struggled to keep tempo-ours! Sadly, car audio is usually last on the list when it comes to a new project build, or as part of a hot rod or custom at all for that matter. With the exception of the serious audiophiles among us, sound systems often end up becoming an afterthought-typically, a cheap head unit put wherever requires the least amount of effort, and an even cheaper pair of speakers. For all it's worth (literally), if this sounds like your MO, you're better off foregoing the stereo system altogether.
Aside from the budget aspect, what a lot of us can't afford when it comes to a sound system is "space". With a smaller hot rod, there's simply not enough room for all the equipment-at least not if you want a decent setup that is capable of making the quality of noise necessary to compete with your engine's audible output. (That's the thing, most of the cars we drive are not really built to separate driver from exterior noise quite like new automobiles are-so in order to actually hear music, it has to come from a rather powerful source, otherwise, it'll be all distorted.) Still, no matter how well you insulate and sound-deaden your car, you've got a battle with locating stereo equipment.
Well, as the iPod has matured, so too has the ability to incorporate it with the automobile-including hot rods and customs. Nowadays, things have become so advanced and simplified, that you don't even need a traditional stereo (head unit) in order to enjoy quality music while driving, thanks to a little pre-amp device from V8Audio-their VC1 four-channel audio controller-combined with an iPod interface such as SoundGate's Core integration device and a compact yet powerful multi-channel amplifier like Kicker's ZX550.3 420-watt unit (coupled with their QS60.2 component speaker system). With the exception of the speakers (and maybe the VC1 controller, depending on your accessibility preferences), you can literally put all of the above beneath your seat, making it a perfect setup for even the smallest hot rod with cramped quarters. For a larger interior compartment, however, you'll have the room to branch out if need be-but the bottom line is, you'll get top-of-the-line audio performance with a minimal amount of componentry to install ... namely the head unit!
In a nutshell, the SoundGate kit allows you to operate your iPod through most any factory/aftermarket stereo and charge it at the same time; the V8Audio VC1 eliminates the need for aforementioned stereo, plus boosts the frequency of your iPod, thus providing the quality stereo sound; and the Kicker amplifier does just what its name implies: amplifies. All together, they provide the perfect means to equipping any old car with modern tunes, plain ... and simple!
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As SoundGate puts it, "Simple-Fi" with its Core interface device for iPods and you not only connect to most any factory or aftermarket stereo, but keep your iPod charged too. Take it a step further, though, and eliminate the stereo aspect altogether with the V8Audio controller. Run through a decent-powered amplifier and quality drivers (speakers), your car's audio will be amazingly crisp, clear, and LOUD!The SoundGate device can be powered by wiring directly to your car's fuse panel, as I'm about to do, or via a charging port, also known as a cigarette lighter in old car terminology. As for connecting to a car stereo, that can be achieved with either the single headphone jack plug or via RCA cable.While foregoing the traditional stereo, in order to adequately increase music output, a suitable power amplifier such as Kicker's ZX550.3 multi-channel amp (or equivalent) is required.To not only complement the ZX-series amp, but to handle its output (i.e. produce undistorted sound at the higher levels the music will be played at), Kicker's QS60.2 component speaker system will ultimately be used. The QS-series are capable of producing an amazing full range of crisp, clear sound.To facilitate all the components together, for about $20, I obtained a basic "amp install kit", which entails RCA cables, heavy-gauge power (with inline fuse) and ground, speaker wire, and brass connectors.The VC1 will require input from the iPod via the SoundGate Core (red/white RCAs), output to the amp (two sets of yellow RCAs), as well as power input/output (pre-wired). Keep in mind where you'll be mounting both the VC1 and your power amp, as that will determine the length of RCA cables you'll need.Since I've already centrally located the fuse panel and battery beneath the bench seat in my '39, I'll keep most of the audio components in close range to make installation and wiring easier. Both the VC1 and Core devices need constant and switched power, which fortunately the American Autowire panel provided.
For the amplifier's power supply and ground (wired directly to the battery), it's imperative to use the proper gauge wiring as well as provide an inline 60-amp fuse (mounted within 18 inches of the battery). The blue wire between the two is the remote turn-on from the VC1 unit.Kicker's ZX550.3 supports one pair of speakers, which is more than sufficient for a hot rod or smaller cabined vehicle; for applications with larger interiors, you'll want to consider a four-channel amp with sufficient outputs, such as the ZX700.5.No head unit means you'll have to control your iPod the old-fashioned way-through your iPod. But with the addition of the SoundGate Core and the V8Audio VC1, you can do so while keeping your iPod charged and increasing its output.I've yet to decide just "where" to mount the VC1 controller-either vertically on the seat pan or horizontally beneath the dash. While the latter is a bit more visible, it eliminates having to adjust the controls "blindly", thus presenting a deterrence most law enforcement are likely to pull you over for, if you know what I mean.


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Senior Will Fisher-Colbrie completed all six of his passes – three for scores – in St. Francis High's 49-15 rout of Riordan Saturday.
The transfer from Mountain View High finished with 145 yards passing. He tossed touchdown passes to Alex Andrighetto (24 yards), Trillion Hebert (3 yards) and Bryce Carbonel (67 yards) in the first half.
Landon Baty opened the game by returning Riordan's kickoff 85 yards for a score.
Running back Andrighetto totaled 92 yards of offense (59 rushing), helping the visiting Lancers to a 42-0 halftime lead.
"It was a great team effort," said coach Greg Calcagno, who played his reserves after halftime.
The win boosted St. Francis' record to 2-1 in the West Catholic Athletic League and 5-1 overall.
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Anthony Avery scored on a 1-yard keeper in the third quarter to deny Los Gatos the shutout Friday night at Foothill College.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ever urgent as the clock ran down, Barack Obama's and Mitt Romney's teams pressed voters Monday to get to the polls while thousands who were already there waited in long lines for their final chance to avoid the Election Day crush.
"I thought I'd come today to beat the rush tomorrow," 24-year-old Britnee Luke of Columbus said in a line where she had stood for more than an hour Monday morning. "Oh, well."
That line - more than 1,000 murmuring voters winding in a maze through a former department store on Columbus' west side - was just one of the many scenes where some of the 2012 presidential campaign's final acts were playing out across the country.
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A sign erected by a community group called Rebuild Rockaway shows voting locations in the Rockaway neighborhoods of the borough of Queens, New York, on Monday in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Election officials are ordering generators, moving voting locations and figuring out how to transport poll workers displaced from coastal areas for today's election.
For a race viewed as neck-and-neck nationally, that transition from a focus on early votes to the arduous final task of mobilizing millions for Election Day is meaningful. Although the campaigns have prepared for both phases of voting, Obama is viewed as having the early-vote edge overall while Romney's team is confident it will receive more Election Day votes.
Ohio is a particularly pivotal state for both candidates. Virginia, Florida and Iowa are crucial, too, and volunteers scoured neighborhoods and looked for stragglers they might convert.
The lines in the former Kohl's store moved at a healthy clip, although most voters who arrived by 9 a.m. didn't walk out into the traffic-snarled parking lot for at least an hour. John Laudeman shuffled along, looking up at the ceiling in boredom: "I'm trying not to think about it."
While it was all business in Columbus, in Cleveland the atmosphere was festive.
Music blared across the street from the county elections board office. Hot dog vendors, campaign button sellers, even the Rev. Jesse Jackson sought to woo the crowd. The line curled around the corner until the early voting deadline arrived at 2 p.m., when security turned away latecomers.
DeVonte Anthony, a student at Cuyahoga Community College, fought the traffic and a snarled parking lot near the elections board to vote early with five family members. "We all came out today so we don't have to wait in line tomorrow."
More than 30 million people had already voted in 34 states and the District of Columbia.
Both candidates were staging last-minute events in Ohio, urging voters to show up at the polls today.
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Kim Williams and Kristi Layer were among about 30 volunteers at a Republican phone bank in north Columbus leaving messages on home voicemails to encourage people to vote Tuesday.
"This is the first election I've felt it's so important for me to do something besides vote," said Layer, a mother of two who owns a residential construction contracting company with her husband. "I'm panicked."
A few miles away, Artie Rothenberg and Yonas Asfaw were heading out of the Obama campaign office on the edge of the Ohio State University campus, arms laden with information packets and leaflets designed to hang on doorknobs. Rothenberg, an OSU graduate student, voted last week and had the time to volunteer.
More than 700 miles away, Scott Giesecke was in Romney's Bedford, N.H., office by 9 a.m. for another shift of phone calls, as he's done for months. By 10 a.m. the place was hopping with volunteers.
Giesecke said people have become numbed to the intrusion. "They've just been hammered," the Manchester Republican said.
No one had slammed a door in his face during weeks of door-knocking. "You have the occasional hang-up with people who are frustrated ... but you can't take it personally."
In Enfield, N.H., Obama volunteer Sarah Ayres nervously drove down a dirt road, unsure if she would find the house on her list.
"There were no people home," she reported later. "But the goat was there. So I don't know if I should count that."
In St. Petersburg, Fla., Sheila Harris was eager to cast her ballot to finally end the campaign. "I'm sick of all the negative stuff," she said. "I'm sick of the big, glossy fliers. And the phone calls - I'm sick of the phone calls."
At that moment, a local candidate who was campaigning for last-minute votes nearby handed Harris one of his fliers.