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Logical Aspects of Computational Linguistics
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Logical Aspects of Computational Linguistics
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Full Title: Logical Aspects of Computational Linguistics
Short Title: LACL 2011
Date: 29-Jun-2011 - 01-Jul-2011
Location: Montpellier, France
Contact Person: Sylvain Pogodalla
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Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
Call Deadline: 06-Feb-2011
Meeting Description:
LACL'2011 is the 6th edition of a series of international conferences on
logical and formal methods in computational linguistics. It addresses in
particular the use of type theoretic, proof theoretic and model theoretic
methods for describing natural language syntax and semantics, as well as
the implementation of natural language processing software relying on such
Call For Papers
Computer scientists, linguists, mathematicians and philosophers are invited
to present their work on the use of logical methods in computational
linguistics and natural language processing, in natural language analysis,
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logical foundation of syntactic formalisms
-categorial grammars
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-model theoretic syntax
-formal language theory for natural language processing
-data-driven approaches
logic for semantics of lexical items, sentences, discourse and dialog
-discourse theories
-Montague semantics
-dynamic logics
-game semantics
-situation semantics
-generative lexicon
-categorical semantics
applications of these models to natural language processing
-software for natural language analysis
-software for acquiring linguistic resources
-software for natural language generation
-software for information extraction
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NLL Rookie Jones Loving His Time in Denver
by Neil Stevens | LaxMagazine.com
Adam Jones, the third overall pick in the NLL entry
draft last September out of Canisius, is second among rookies this
season in points. He's thriving after tearing his ACL in a Canisius
scrimmage about a year ago.
Players who move to Denver to join the Colorado Mammoth during the National Lacrosse League's January-to-May season wind up experiencing a Rocky Mountain high.
It's a great sports city with NLL fan support other teams can only dream of getting, the arena they play in has all the major-league amenities, and general manager Steve Govett runs a first-class operation for owners who count the NHL's Colorado Avalanche among their successful enterprises.
Rookie attacker Adam Jones is finding all this out, and he's thriving. It helps, of course, to have a league-best 8-2 record.
''We're living a dream out here,'' Jones says to a writer calling to check on his progress. ''The people are so friendly and the weather is unreal compared to back home.''
Back home would be Owen Sound, Ontario, which is a four-hour drive north of the Canada-U.S. border crossing at Buffalo, N.Y.
A lacrosse net made from steel pipes and fishing net has sat in the family backyard for the last 10 years. It's not getting much use right now because Adam is in Denver and his sister Amanda, who played lacrosse at Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina, is at Brock University in Ontario now. But the net signifies that lacrosse is a family tradition. A grandfather and uncles played. Their father, Brian Jones, was a defenseman on Canada's team that upset the United States to win the world field lacrosse championship in overtime in 1978, and he coached Adam through the minor box lacrosse ranks.
''My cousins all played lacrosse, too,'' says Jones. ''It was something I grew up with.''
Mammoth teammate Mat MacLeod is one of those cousins.
The lacrosse talent displayed by Jones was already evident by his teens and he kept getting better. A senior team in his home city picked him off the local junior side to play for a Canadian indoor championship when he was only 17. When he was 18, Adam helped Canada take silver at the world under-19 field tournament. The coaches were Gary Gait, Brodie Merrill and David Huntley.
''That was unbelievable,'' Jones recalls when asked about being around Gait, who played for the Mammoth before coaching them to the 2006 NLL title. ''He was pretty relaxed. First time I ever saw him shoot, he went top corner with a shot that must have been going 110 miles an hour. It was unreal.''
Jones helped the Orangeville Northmen win Canadian junior indoor championships in 2008 and in 2009 while being coached by current Toronto assistant Matt Sawyer. Jones was tournament MVP in '09. Orangeville teammates in the NLL today include, besides his cousin, Calgary's Jon Harnett and Greg Harnett, Toronto's Damon Edwards, Glen Bryan and Nick Rose, Minnesota captain Andrew Suitor and Philadelphia's Pat Saunders.
Meanwhile, Jones was earning All-America status playing field lacrosse for coach Randy Mearns, the former NLL player, at Canisius College in Buffalo, where Mammoth defenseman Dan Coates was a teammate.
One year ago, Jones was participating in a Canisius practice scrimmage. There were seven seconds left and his side was down by one goal. Jones made a quick cut to go to the net with the ball intent on tieing the score. He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and went down writhing in pain.
''My whole leg went numb,'' he recalls.
He had surgery three weeks later. He describes the rehab process as being dreadful.
''It took forever,'' he says. ''It took me eight months to get back into playing shape. It's still not 100 per cent. It's close to 100 per cent but it's not quite as strong as the other leg. I've just got to keep working on it.''
Colorado got him with the third overall pick in the NLL entry draft last September and he concentrated on getting himself ready to turn pro. He's been sensational -- so good that he was picked for the league all-star game. He has scored 19 goals and assisted on 30 for 49 points while playing with a brace on his left leg. The only rookie with more points is No. 1 draft pick Kevin Crowley of the Philadelphia Wings (29 goals, 23 assists for 52 points).
Jones loves working the left side of the attack formation with John Grant Jr.
''Playing with John Grant Jr. is like playing hockey with Wayne Gretzky or Sidney Crosby. I'm learning from the best."
-- Colorado Mammoth rookie Adam Jones
''It's important to find a role and my role has been pretty easy to find,'' he says. ''I knew from the moment I was drafted that I'd be playing with a guy who'd have the ball a lot and one of my main jobs is to set picks for him.
''Playing with John Grant Jr. is like playing hockey with Wayne Gretzky or Sidney Crosby. A lot of times when he gets the ball he'll be double teamed, which leaves me open. When Junior throws you a pass he isn't looking at you so you have to stay alert. I catch myself watching him sometimes when he has the ball. Playing alongside him is a great way to start off my career. I'm learning from the best. And all the team's veterans have taken us younger guys under their wings.''
Ed Comeau coaches the offense.
''Adam has been very good in many aspects for us,'' Comeau replies when asked to assess the rookie's play. ''He has worked hard on loose balls and creating additional possessions for us by his ability to press.
''He has adjusted well to the level of play in the NLL. Getting to play with one of the best to ever play has allowed Jonesy to get a glimpse of what it takes to be successful. He has worked well with Junior. It takes guys some time to figure out how to play with Junior but both Jones and Jamie Lincoln have done a great job for us.''
Jones, Coates, Derek Hopcroft, Creighton Reid, Rory Smith and Dan Lewis are Canadian players with the Mammoth who are living in the same Denver complex during the NLL season. NBA and Call To Duty video competitions rage on. Grant and Ilija Gajic also moved down from Canada to live in the city.
Head coach Bob Hamley seems to be pulling all the right strings.
''We've got a good mix of new guys and veterans,'' says Jones. ''We go into games fired up. We're having a lot of fun and when you're having fun you're successful.''
Jones will be a strong candidate for NLL rookie of the year. He is articulate, smart and has a winner's mentality. He's a big part of the Mammoth revival, and he's lovin' it in Denver.
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"Life's ultimate statistic is the same for all people: One out of one dies. "
Delta AirElite's Michael Green
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BIG AIRLINE tries running a business jet charter and management subsidiary? In the case of Delta AirElite, what might at first seem like a prescription for disaster turns out to be a near-perfect elixir of airline value blended with the exceptional service and efficiency of private jet travel.
Much of the credit for Delta AirElite's success belongs to Michael Green, a former regional airline and corporate pilot, who oversees the operation as executive chairman from the company's base at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Boone County, Ky. The business started out in 1984 as a small charter outfit with a local customer base and a single Learjet. Green came on board in 1988, shortly after regional airline Comair bought the company and added a second Learjet. The service operated as Comair Jet Express until 2000, when Delta Air Lines scooped up the fast-growing regional carrier and rebranded the business jet subsidiary under its own banner.
In the decade since, Green has overseen a steady expansion into business jet management services and jet cards. Today Delta AirElite boasts 43 airplanes and helicopters on its charter operating certificate and has access to hundreds more through an affiliate network of approved charter operators. Through its Fleet Membership card program, customers can buy flight time in increments of 10 or 25 hours, while receiving Medallion benefits through Delta's Sky Miles program.
Many of our readers became involved in business aviation because of their frustration flying on the airlines. In your mind, what are the advantages to being part of an airline?
Delta is the largest, most respected airline in the world. When we start talking to a customer, we quickly get past all the questions they might have when evaluating other providers. They know we're going to be here next year and that we pay attention to safety.
What makes Delta AirElite different from other charter and fractional providers that also have exceptional safety records and offer top service?
I don't really view us as competing against the fractionals because it's a different product. As far as aircraft go, the fractionals are type specific and we're not. We're size specific. One thing we do have in common is that the customer pays for occupied flight time. Charter providers have a much larger pool of aircraft to draw on than the fractional providers. That means our cost is lower and we can afford to charge customers less.
We are probably the largest charter operator, or close to it, in terms of customer base in the U.S. We have charter operators who we do business with who we've grown familiar with over the years. We know they'll treat our customers well, and that gives us tremendous flexibility.
What are your thoughts about the state of the fractional market?
There is always going to be a place for the fractional providers. There is a group of customers who want that product and are willing to pay for it. Whether all of the current fractional providers can survive, I don't know.
To drill down into the essence of this, you need to look at how the customer thinks about private aviation. When I started my career, if a customer wanted to become seriously involved in business aviation he had to buy an airplane. It wasn't too long afterward that the fractionals started. It opened up a whole new customer base-people who didn't want a whole airplane but certainly could use a quarter of an airplane.
It wasn't too many years after this that the share sizes started to decrease. The psychology of the customer was, "I want the benefits of business aviation but I want less of a commitment." So it went from 100 percent to 25 percent ownership, then to a sixteenth share.
What about jet cards?
There, the customer makes no commitment. You just buy hours. You don't take residual-value risk.
We started [in the card business] in 2003 with the 25-hour Fleet Membership card. In 2005 we introduced the Perfect 10 card, which gave you 10 hours. Each time you step down the level of commitment, more customers can afford it. The Perfect 10 card was meant to be an introductory product. What we found was there was this whole other subset of the population who didn't fly privately all that often who thought a 10-hour commitment was pretty good. Others bought it to supplement a fractional share or an airplane they owned.
We also found there were a fair amount of people who were willing to buy that card as insurance. When you look at a $45,000 card and consider that in a savings account you can get 2 percent, that's $900 a year [that you're sacrificing by tying up money with the card]. We had people deciding they could spend $900 to get that sort of insurance.
In my mind, the next thing you're going to see is the ability to tap into a fleet like ours on a trip-by-trip basis. We're already there. On our Web site you can book a trip with guaranteed availability without buying any hours. Again, you keep lowering the commitment and increasing the number of customers you can reach.
How has the economic downturn affected your business?
Our renewal rate has remained the same, but it's taking people longer to burn through their cards. That has been extended out, in some cases, by 40 percent. Interestingly enough, we've seen over the past few months a big increase in international travel. I attribute that partly to some parts of the economy starting to see a glimmer of hope, but I also think there has been a fundamental change in the way we view our international business. We are willing to take more risk right now to book an international trip. That means we're able to furnish one-way pricing on international trips, which is not something we would have done two years ago.
We're also seeing a large increase in inquiries from people who want us to manage their aircraft. Those numbers are higher than I've seen them in 20 years. Because of the downturn in the economy, companies are trying to reduce their expenses. I think most of these companies are deciding that it would be more cost effective to put the airplane on a charter certificate with a management company to generate revenue when they're not flying. Also, by being part of a larger fleet, you can reduce your operating expenses.
But adding more airplanes to charter certificates at a time when flying hours are down means less revenue for the aircraft owners, correct?
Yes, but we are very careful about which airplanes we bring on the certificate. And as we bring more airplanes in house, we reduce the number of hours we rely on to be flown by other operators. It's not that we have to go find more business to put on these airplanes. It's just that we're redirecting current business.
But we have to be very careful. We never want to make a commitment to a customer and not live up to it. If the customer's expectation is to put 600 revenue hours a year on an airplane, there's a whole series of questions that go with that. How often are they going to fly? How much flexibility do they have in scheduling? And then is it the right type of airplane [to attract charter revenue]? Large-cabin flying, except for international, has been down. Conversely, if you take a new Hawker or Learjet 60 in a major metropolitan market we can easily find charter customers.
So being careful about aircraft type means you will turn customers away?
We turn down more opportunities than we accept. But we think it's the right thing to do for the customer.
Why do you sell flight time on your Fleet Member card by the hour rather than sell a card with a dollar value?
We talked about this at great length. The answer in my mind always comes back to transparency to the customer.
Think about price increases. If we sell 100 hours and the customer doesn't use the card at all and we have a 2 percent price increase the next year, we actually have to debit two hours off of the card. There's no way that a customer cannot be aware of that.
I look at that transparency as the basis for a long-term relationship with a customer. We tell you what we're going to charge and that's it.
Résumé: Michael Green
POSITION: Executive chairman, Delta AirElite Business Jets
PREVIOUS POSITIONS: Pilot, Comair Airlines, and director of operations for Comair Jet Express
EDUCATION: University of Cincinnati
PERSONAL: Age 53, married with three children
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The Philadelphia Phillies change starting pitchers for Sunday's game
The Phillies have decided to go with lefty J.A. Happ instead of Pedro Martinez in this game. Happ pitched in 35 games (23 starts) for the Phillies this season and he was 12-4 with a 2.93 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP. He has been kryptonite to Rockies' hitters this season. He has pitched in 2 games (1 start) against them and he is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and a 0.62 WHIP. He has only allowed 5 hits to the Rockies in 11 innings while whiffing 11 batters and walking only 2. Rockies' hitters have a .139 batting average against Happ this season. It appears that the Rockies will have their work cut out for them today.


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The Berkshire football team competes in the Colonial League (Class B), arguably one of the most competitive leagues in all of New England. The rigorous schedule provides our players with an opportunity to constantly test themselves. Success requires focus and determination, and the hard work required of our football players goes hand in hand with the mission of Berkshire School as a whole.
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Climbing increases balance and body awareness.
"Climbing can be very delicate," says Houghton. "You're constantly using your body as a counterweight to balance yourself." In short, you have to learn to trust foot placement, grip small holds and effectively use your body weight to maneuver up a wall. Says Jeff Jackson, editor of Rock and Ice magazine, "If your balance wavers for a microsecond, you're falling." Learning to focus on balance development will no doubt make you a stronger trail runner, especially when it comes to uneven, technical terrain.
Jackson continues, saying that more than just balance, "poise" is also crucial. "Height and its inevitable corollary, the perception of danger, can mentally rattle you and shut down your physical systems, effectively freezing you and bringing on a dangerous rush that flushes fatigue through your muscles," says Jackson. "The mental disposition of balance in the midst of tension is also a key aspect of climbing and is something that feeds your life in all kinds of positive ways."
How does this translate to the trail? Think about a particularly difficult run, when your muscles were fatigued and you found yourself stumbling over rocks and roots, losing form and slowing down. Utilizing balance and poise in moments like these will keep you from ending up at the finish line, bloody-kneed.
Climbing is fun and social.
And while this last point isn't going to improve your running form, it does provide a bonus fun factor. If you have climber friends, you've probably heard them all talk about "hanging at the crag." Indeed, climbing offers ample opportunity to socialize and just hang out. Says Alison Osius, a Rock and Ice editor and columns editor for Trail Runner, "In climbing, you really have dialogue: on the ground or at belays in roped climbing, and a lot of times in bouldering, except when you are hard at work on a problem. But you rest in between, and spot each other."
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That we are, that we are.
My boy's words, echoed by my good self soon afterwards.
He does not like losing, I have yet to find a toddler that does, but I am trying to teach him to be gracious in defeat, yet, not fear it.
His development is coming on nicely.
And he is adapting his philosophy to suit himself, a very active mind, I think.
Tonight in the swimming baths we were playing Marvel Superheroes, Ben 10 and similar.
We had to choose characters from the good sides of these respective works of fiction, and then collaborate together to save the Universe, or more accurately, the swimming baths we were in.
There was to be no racing, because as my son so eloquently and accurately put it, we are both winners, and therefore contests of speed within water were completely unnecessary.
So we stuck to bomb disposal, ridding caves of monsters, and jumping in off the side – not quite sure how that was saving anyone though.
Then later on this evening, after a naughty chip shop tea, it was time for a bath.
I used one of my regular tactics, of losing a race up the stairs to get him to the top of them.
And tonight I tried a new tactic for getting him into the tub.
We have been wrestling a bit, while the taps run, passing the time, and attempting to use up whatever energy the little one has left.
Mind, even the Duracell Bunny has nothing on most four-year-olds.
But seeing as I have a three foot advantage, and a *cough* 13 stone *cough* weight differential, I have been rather on top in the grappling stakes.
I suggested whoever won our next bout, got to put the other, head first, into the bath.
My giggling little treasure agreed, and duly lost, after a valiant effort I must type.
However, before I got to dangle him into our, or his, bath, he talked me into one final battle.
Yet this time, he was setting the prize.
As I am currently undefeated in about 50 rounds, the odds were stacked a bit in my favour.
I thought this was brave, but also a bit dim, but then I had not given him enough credit.
"Daddy, this time, whoever loses gets a chocolate biscuit when we go downstairs."
Well played son, well played.
Shame we did not have any chocolate biscuits.
Friday, 23 January 2009
We Are Both Winners
That we are, that we are.
Posted by Ian Newbold at 10:00
Labels: Children, Competition, Don't you just love them, Highs and Lows, Living, Single Parenting
15 comments:
- Not a soccer mom said...
You seem to be such a wonderful father. So few fathers (in my experience) realize the importance of just being available and 'at thier level'. Kudos to you.
What a lucky guy.
- 23 January 2009 at 15:48
- Zoeyjane said...
Did the cookies go missing into the 13 stone? (damn conversion, I thought 'that can't be much difference, why is he ahemming?' then I figured it out.
He's got an awesome bartering future coming...
- 23 January 2009 at 16:16
- Penelope said...
Ha! A proper chip off the old block huh?
- 23 January 2009 at 17:08
- Coding Mamma (Tasha) said...
That's one smart boy.
- 23 January 2009 at 21:45
- Laura said...
You make parenting sound like such fun!
Got me thinking if it is more fun with a dad than with a mom?
Do moms stress more about things dads seem to let go?
- 24 January 2009 at 05:14
- Tismee2 said...
Winners and swimmers eh?
So what Ben 10 monster were you?
- 24 January 2009 at 17:53
- Mama Nabi said...
Hm. There should be a do-over if the requested prize isn't available. What kind of a household has no chocolate biscuits?
- 24 January 2009 at 19:00
- Single Parent Dad said...
Not a soccer mom - Thanks for your kind words. I know a fair few dads that 'get it' but I sadly know an, at least equal number, that don't.
Zoeyjane - They sure did. And he sure has.
Penelope - It's a shame isn't it?
Coding Mamma - Too sharp.
Laura - Parenting is fun, when your kids are healthy. I don't know I can get stressed and worry, just like those of the opposite sex.
Tismee - Well, I think I was Heatblast, but I could be wrong, will check with Junior.
Mama Nabi - We're more of a ginger nut family, not sure where his chocolate biscuit prize came from
- 24 January 2009 at 20:56
- Expat mum said...
Lovely. You need kitchen stuff to get him into the bath. For some reason, kids love to mix and pour etc. so I always let my little one choose from the jugs, wooden spoons and funnels, whatever he wants to have in the bath. Failing that, we have a row of little plastic penguins just waiting to dive in, just like he sees on Animal Planet!
- 25 January 2009 at 00:26
- Susanna said...
Fast learner, a chip of the old block?!
- 25 January 2009 at 14:17
- Single Parent Dad said...
Expat Mum - Top tips there, but I don't think I could stomach any more bath time toys, we have the lot. Watering can, wind-up fish, Marvel Super Heroes squirters, crabs, shark, captain, diver, various boats. Max loves the bath, but he also loves the 'game' of getting him in it!
Susanna - Not for me to say, but, maybe ;-)
- 25 January 2009 at 16:36
- Kevin Spencer said...
I have some bloody great memories of swimming with my Dad when I was a wee nipper. I remember every time we went on holiday he used to take us out into the sea and we'd go quite far out.
Actually looking back on it, what the hell was he thinking taking us out that far? What if the current caught us? ;-)
- 26 January 2009 at 23:39
- Jo Beaufoix said...
Oh he's good. Heh heh.
- 27 January 2009 at 20:00
- Leah said...
That story is glorious! I have just recently found your blog and love it. I am a single mum of 3 (plus one in heaven) and although are circumstances are different, I can see so much of my daily life in yours :0). I am always Four Arms cause I tickle so quickly ;0)
- 27 January 2009 at 23:49
- Single Parent Dad said...
Kevin - Maybe he wasn't thinking. It is overrated.
Jo - Not that good, have you seen his latest attempt?
Leah - Thank you. I hope you hang around, and yes. Four arms does make tickling easier!
- 28 January 2009 at 13:48


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A married woman has an exciting man on the side: Mr. Peanut. She wants all of his fans to convene here.
By ANNE LINDBERG
Published September 10, 2006
PINELLAS PARK - Anne Ruben has heard all the nut jokes many times over, but she still laughs.
Would you expect any less of a woman nutty for Mr. Peanut? So nutty, in fact, that Ruben has collected 500 - "give or take a hundred" - pieces of the monocled advertising icon's memorabilia.
"Most everybody collects something," Ruben said. "They tell me I'm nuts. I'm okay with that."
She began collecting several years ago when she spotted a Mr. Peanut bank and thought it was cute. She decided to collect the banks but soon expanded to ceramics, cutlery and glasses.
But other collectors can be ruthless. There are dry spells when few things are on the market. Antique shop owners also can have a hard time understanding exactly what it is that she seeks. To solve that problem, Ruben now has a T-shirt picturing Mr. Peanut so she can simply point to his face to show dealers what she wants.
"Anne has dragged me through every antique store in the state," said her husband, Jeff. "The woman has no shame."
One thing led to another and soon she joined the goober's fan club, the Peanut Pals, a nationwide group of collectors.
"When I first heard about it, I thought, 'Peanut Pals. Hmm, sounds a little weird,' " Ruben confessed.
But she attended a Peanut Pals festival in Winter Haven and was hooked.
"The people are great," she said. "They're nice. They're friendly. They obviously have good taste."
Jeff Ruben is a bit more dubious.
"Their enthusiasm for their collections embarrasses me at times," he said.
One picture from a convention shows the Rubens with a giant Mr. Peanut. Mrs. Ruben is smiling with her arm around Mr. Peanut. Jeff Ruben seems to be trying to slide of out camera range.
Mrs. Ruben wants to host a Peanut Pals convention in Pinellas Park in 2008. The festival would feature collectibles dealers and, if everything goes right, a "Mr. Peanut on parade kind of thing" in which members of the Pals dress up in their Mr. Peanut costumes and, well, march around.
The parade does not happen at every Peanut Pals convention, she explained. The giant costumes are difficult to pack because of their hard shells. But generally at least one person manages to get a costume to the event, because what's a Mr. Peanut festival without Mr. Peanut?
"I have my costume," she said. "I bought my costume for New Orleans."
Another coveted feature is the Peanutmobile.
"It's far, far better than the wienermobile," Ruben said, referring to the Oscar Mayer frankfurter advertising campaign.
Because the Rubens live in Pinellas Park, they figured, what better place for a Mr. Peanut festival.
But, like collecting, the request did not go smoothly at first.
Jeff Ruben called the city and left a message that was forwarded to Tim Caddell, the city spokesman who also oversees city entertainment.
"The message that was relayed to me ... was that they had called and they were interested in having a peanut convention in Pinellas Park," Caddell said. "I immediately called because we're a small community and we have to worry about Hillsborough stealing the big conventions from us. They're greedy. They go after the Olympics, the Republican convention. I thought they'd go after the peanut festival."
When Caddell finally spoke with Jeff Ruben, he thought there was something a little strange about the conversation. The two seemed to be talking at cross purposes.
"I was talking on the premise that this was a peanut convention," Caddell said. "I thought Jimmy Carter would come. It'd be kind of cool."
Finally, Caddell said he asked for more details and Jeff Ruben said, "'Oh, no, it's Mr. Peanut collectibles,' which actually made it a lot clearer."
While there may be some logistical problems, such as hotel space for hundreds of Mr. Peanut nuts, Caddell said he hopes the city can work something out.
"I think we would welcome the Mr. Peanut mobile," he said. "In fact, I think it would be great if we coordinate it so they would be in town when we do the children's festival. ... It would be a fun thing to have."
Caddell has a small personal interest in Mr. Peanut.
"I have to confess to you, I am the owner of a Mr. Peanut collectible," he said.
When Home Shopping Network first began, it was on the radio. Caddell used to listen and order quirky-sounding items as long as they cost less than $5.
"They had this Mr. Peanut peanut butter maker. Now how can you resist that?" he asked.
It works by putting peanuts in Mr. Peanut's plastic head and turning a crank on the back. The peanut butter comes out of the front of the machine.
"I've never actually made peanut butter with it," he said. "It's Mr. Peanut in all his monocled glory, with his hand on his hip, spewing out peanut butter."
Caddell plans to ask his wife to get to work on a Mr. Peanut costume for him.
Mr. Peanut "would be right at home here. I think he'd enjoy a stay in Pinellas Park," Caddell said. "Just don't tell Hillsborough, those greedy so-and-sos."
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Skip to comments.SWAT team's shooting of Marine causes outrage [Jose Guerena Ortiz]
Posted on 11/27/2011 2:17:58 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Jose Guerena Ortiz was sleeping after an exhausting 12-hour night shift at a copper mine. His wife, Vanessa, had begun breakfast. Their 4-year-old son, Joel, asked to watch cartoons.
An ordinary morning was unfolding in the middle-class Tucson neighborhood until an armored vehicle pulled into the family's driveway and men wearing heavy body armor and helmets climbed out, weapons ready.
They were a sheriff's department SWAT team who had come to execute a search warrant. But Vanessa Guerena insisted she had no idea, when she heard a "boom" and saw a dark-suited man pass by a window, that it was police outside her home. She shook her husband awake and told him someone was firing a gun outside.
A U.S. Marine veteran of the Iraq war, he was only trying to defend his family, she said, when he grabbed his own gun an AR-15 assault rifle.
What happened next was captured on video after a member of the SWAT team activated a helmet-mounted camera.
The officers four of whom carried .40-caliber handguns while another had an AR-15 moved to the door, briefly sounding a siren, then shouting "Police!" in English and Spanish. With a thrust of a battering ram, they broke the door open. Eight seconds passed before they opened fire into the house.
And 10 seconds later, Guerena lay dying in a hallway 20-feet from the front door. The SWAT team fired 71 rounds, riddling his body 22 times, while his wife and child cowered in a closet.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Why arrest him in his home? Why not at work, with a couple of detectives and handcuffs?
This is misuse of SWAT.
I have a solution to misuse of SWAT:
Each time it happens, fire the Chief of Police (or County Sheriff, whichever applies) and start over.
See how many times that's done before they start using SWAT "only when really necessary".
And BTW, I know it doesn't apply in this case, but add this to the "misuse clause": Got the wrong house.
Got the wrong house? — Fire the top man.
Used SWAT when a simple arrest would do? — Fire the top man.
Any other misuse of SWAT? — Fire the top man.
Heads had better roll for this s**t.....but of course they won't.
He "met with" someone who had just dropped off drugs in another location. I don't know about the rest of y'all on FR, but I can't absolutely vouch for every friend, acquaintance, and relative I have. It's possible that if I "meet with" them someplace, they have just left someplace else where they were participating in an illegal activity. If I accept a ride with one of them, I might also be, unknowingly, in the presence of contraband.
I'm betting there is still more to this story than they're telling.
Horrible business. And Dupnik is a corrupt liberal idiot, as we saw with the Gabrielle Giffords business. But he comes from a corrupt, liberal city, where he has been repeatedly re-elected for some 35 years.
If this article is accurate, then they found absolutely no evidence at all of drug smuggling in the home. And they have no evidence whatever that Ortiz was involved with marijuana.
His cousin was evidently a user, and POSSIBLY his brother is a smuggler. Or possibly not, given who is making this case. So, why didn't they go after his brother, if they have information against him?
Even if Ortiz was everything they said he was, because he had a regular job, the man had a schedule. It would have been easy to figure out when they could have picked him up with a carload of drugs or when he was with his homies.
It was obvious to me, by the lack of evidence, that the man was not using his home as a dropoff point, therefore there was nothing to gain from invading his home.
Even if Ortiz was everything they said he was, because he had a regular job, the man had a schedule. It would have been easy to figure out when they could have picked him up with a carload of drugs or when he was with his homies.
It was obvious to me, by the lack of evidence, that the man was not using his home as a dropoff point, therefore there was nothing to gain from invading his home.
Even if Ortiz was everything they said he was, because he had a regular job, the man had a schedule. It would have been easy to figure out when they could have picked him up with a carload of drugs or when he was with his homies.
It was obvious to me, by the lack of evidence, that the man was not using his home as a dropoff point, therefore there was nothing to gain from invading his home.
Even if Ortiz was everything they said he was, because he had a regular job, the man had a schedule. It would have been easy to figure out when they could have picked him up with a carload of drugs or when he was with his homies.
It was obvious to me, by the lack of evidence, that the man was not using his home as a dropoff point, therefore there was nothing to gain from invading his home.
You can say that again x 4!
I kept getting a service unavailable on my Blackberry.
When it finally posted, four times!
Yep, and I like the paragraph that read..."Sheriff's Capt. Chris Nanos...said that high-powered rifles and bulletproof vests that were found in Guerena's home after the shooting back up investigators' belief that Guerena was involved in drug trafficking."
That's a dead giveaway, fer sure. No doubt, that would make a lot of Freepers "drug traffikers, too...".
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And cut off all federal funding to the local agency for five years.
You can say that again! :-)
For starters a place at least at minimum a two minute required knock {5 at night} with a loud speaker announcement every 30 seconds after the first minute before forced entry EXCEPT where there is obvious life endangerment inside such as hostages, someone being beat, shot, etc. ALL cops who are not detectives or undercover should wear their departments uniform and I include that uniform should be worn carrying out raids also. Uniform should not be a Black Tee Shirt or Ninja type garb but a traditional recognizable police uniform with badge visible. All cars making routine traffic stops should be marked, have light bar on top, and be driven by a uniformed officer. Civilian Law Enforcement except for Border Patrol needs to be demilitarized. That includes not using military type uniforms in typical duties.
Any officer obtaining a search warrant should also be required to execute it in person. No Exceptions. In event of wanted person officers should make efforts to arrest a suspect away from home. There was no sense in raiding the mans home when they could have served warrant much safer elsewhere. These type of bust in John Wayne tactics need to end NOW except in emergency.
Too any Cops reading this. I support LEO's. I realize they have a difficult and often thankless job. I also have a job and a GOD GIVEN RIGHT which is self and family protection. My home should be considered safe for my family and myself. I should have the right to believe someone knocking down my door is coming too shoot or kill me or family members and I should have a right too respond accordingly too that threat. If I busted down your door a zero dark thirty yelling and screaming like a junkie hyped on PCP you would shoot if you did not recognize me. It was zero dark thirty to the man who was killed BTW. He was a day sleeper.
I have a door in which to knock on, a phone which too call me on {BTW most LEA's have landline numbers too all homes via 911 system data}, and like you I sleep close to immediate protection. Simple changes in allowed search warrant procedures would save many lives including other innocents as well as officers.
If as a LEO you feel it is too dangerous too do your job in the safer for all more traditional up till the last couple of decades manner listed above perhaps you need too change careers. Yes I know some drugs or other evidence may get flushed etc. BIG DEAL!!! and I am not pro-legalization of such BTW. Law enforcement needs to reestablish some creditable distance between property forfeitures {the driving force behind many raids of today} and the money it rakes in for the local government and work too regain public trust.
If that was their basis for arrest then likely half the USA is suspect after their activities of association with other family members during the past four days. LOA's are doing sloppy police work because they know they can get by with it. Biigest punishment is usually job termination. Big Deal another agency job is just a county or election away.
"During this investigation, extremely little evidence, if any, was found to raise even a suspicion that Jose Guerena was involved in any possible drug trafficking ring," the notice says.
Scileppi said the fact that Guerena had been fired at 71 times and hit 22 times was "grotesque," and "almost a caricature of an overly excited group of poorly trained law enforcement agents."
Kastigar sharply disputed that, calling the Pima County SWAT team one of the best of its kind in the nation. "We're not a bunch of country bumpkins in southern Arizona with big bellies and cowboy hats," he said.
The shooting was justified, he said, because Guerena pointed his AR-15 at the SWAT officers and said, "I've got something for you," before they opened fire.
The five SWAT team members who shot Guerena believed that he had fired his weapon first, he said. Subsequent investigation revealed that the gun's safety was on and hadn't been fired.
They sound pretty incompetent to me — big bellies or not.
It Stinks! They could have served him as he pulled into his driveway. We have way too many agencies running around in military type gear and tactics looking for any reason and chance to use it.
Is it too late to change my recommendation?
I want prison time for the top management.
Dupnik. That about tells me everything I need to know. The man is the perfect amalgam of arrogance and incompetence.
You are 100% right.
:O( i think 6 is a record...yikes..
I'm not a techie, but I think that John Robinson must have set up some kind of barrier to deflect some of the hits on the site while some of the servers were down, being fixed, to prevent the site from being overloaded and going down.
I finally figured out that if you tried to post, and instantly were denied access, then you could try again. But if you tried to post, and access was cut off after some delay, then probably the post got through, but not the second stage, the return to the thread where you could see the post.
Interesting to know, although I haven't seen this happen very often.
And before any of you chime in with but...but....but:
1)It was a search warrant not an arrest warrant.
2) They had the right house. It was not a wrong address.
3)SWAT had been briefed that Guerena was potentially armed and dangerous.
4) It was not a no-knock warrant. They were in marked, lit, vehicles with siren. All officers had POLICE stenciled on their vests.
5)The affidavit used to get the search warrant suggested an elaborate ongoing criminal enterprise possibly tied to one or more murders.
It's unfortunate an ex-marine had to die this way but all indications are he was a criminal and made very poor choices.
Oh some person will post it latter.
No arrests as of yet. Just a dead Marine who was not the target of the warrant. And some fatherless little boys and a widow. What a shameful day May 5, 2011 was in Tucson, AZ.
In the same spirit as the "innocent until proven guilty" doctrine we depend upon -- even though some guilty people will get away -- I believe it's far better to wait and get the bad guy later, in some other way, than to allow police officers to gun down the people they have sworn to protect EVER AGAIN.
I agree 100%. Also it makes NO SENSE to serve a search warrant on someone while inside their home. Serve warrants where the persons are visable outside or at another location.
I agree.
When I first posted "fire", I then changed it to "prison time".
And you're right, if anyone dies in a botched SWAT raid, the Chief of Police and any other high-ranking officials who signed off on it should get the death penalty.
That's for sure. A bumpkin sheriff with a big belly and cowboy hat would have probably handled this competently.
Okay then. How bout the cops are lying PsOS, and you're no better for your selective recitation of circumstances.
That any better?
BTW, Ayoob's blog entry is a joke.
I've seen better writing and balance come out of MSNBC.
Twenty seconds into the raid, they've got one suspect down in the living room and haven't cleared the ret of the house yet. There may or may not be more suspects in the house (maybe even in the next room), who may or may not be armed - and they're all standing there holding empty weapons.
How about you're an ignorant a-hole whose hatred for the cops won't let you deal with fact and reality?
It's either that, or your just another cop sucker.
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They lit a fire along a road that denied the wildfire the fuel it might have used to get across the road and into the subdivision. Clark says the combination of the road and the strip deliberately set afire created a large barrier, so authorities lifted the evacuation order.
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Receiving Skills- "Limited in this area. Lack of athleticism hinders and limits overall routes. Hands do not appear natural and can fight the ball. Often allows ball into body. Can bounce off of initial contact but not much of a threat after the catch."
Running skills- "Limited experience carrying the ball but has shown the vision and lateral mobility to locate seams between the tackles in limited looks. While doesn't show great power, runs downhill, lowers shoulder into defenders and drives legs after contact. Ball carriage is solid in traffic."
Blocking- "Makes up for lack of ideal athletic ability with sound angles. Keeps feet moving upon contact and can cover up linebackers in phone booth situations. However, doesn't show elite initial power at the point of attack and may have issues rooting bigger linebackers out of the hole. When under control does a sound job of covering up targets at the second level or downfield. Can leave feet in the open field and whiff on occasion."
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"If the term "team-oriented" ever became part of Webster's Dictionary, a picture of ******* should be placed right next to that description. ****** is one of the most versatile players in all of college football. He has good speed, solid blocking ability and natural hands; thus, he's a threat at tailback, fullback and receiver (and so was born his position moniker:V-Back)."
"Hard worker and well-conditioned player who has the room to add more bulk and strength to his developing frame … Builds to top speed efficiently and runs at a low pad level, keeping his shoulders square and legs churning while showing good urgency protecting the ball to move the piles and rush up the seams … Has vision to locate cutback lanes and the strength to prevent defenders from walking him back when forced to bounce to the outside rush lanes … Has good route-running skills, coming out his breaks with no wasted motion … Shows the loose hips to elude some level two defenders after the catch and good hand extension to reach and pluck for the high passes … Determined cut blocker who takes good angles to engage and neutralize the defender … Has the power to run over defenders on cutback runs through the zone … Adds to his assets by his quickness getting downfield to cover on punt and kickoff returns (one of the best gunners in college)."


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Larry Cobb reported for work and fit right in.
He dressed in business-casual attire, sometimes wearing an ID badge around his neck. When following employees through a controlled-access outside door, he might even play the gentleman.
"He steps in there and says, 'Let me hold that for you,'" Warren County Prosecutor David P. Fornshell said.
Cobb was polite and friendly, as cool as the lunchroom refrigerator. For him, it was just another day at the office.
Your office.
Investigators from across Ohio say Cobb was a top-notch "office creeper," a brazen thief who strolled the halls and stalked the cubicles of the massive office buildings in which so many Ohioans spend their working days.
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After Cobb rooted through purses, stole credit cards and slipped away, his partners in crime rushed to retail stores and racked up thousands of dollars in charges, typically buying harder-to-trace gift cards, according to an indictment filed last fall by Fornshell and special prosecutors with Attorney General Mike DeWine's office.
When a credit-card company flagged and froze one card, they moved on to the next, often in the self-scan checkout lines that didn't draw as much scrutiny.
Police and security experts say that office creepers rely on their own bravado and the sometimes-impersonal nature of large corporate settings.
They also count on the reluctance of victims to question and possibly falsely accuse someone they fear could be a legitimate co-worker. But doing precisely that is the best way to protect yourself and your colleagues, the experts say.
Few office creepers were as organized as Cobb, investigators said. His most-recent run, which began just months after his 2012 release from prison, lasted about a year and netted at least $100,000, the indictment said. He was suspected of hitting dozens of businesses, including some in Columbus and Dublin.
"These individuals were part of a large crime ring that stole credit cards out of the purses and wallets of unsuspecting employees in offices stretching from Cincinnati to Youngstown," DeWine said in a statement after Cobb was sentenced on Feb. 3 to seven years in prison.
"This was a way of life for this guy," Fornshell said.
Cobb had been in central Ohio before his latest crimes. He was sentenced in 2007 to six years in prison for a robbery in which he disguised himself as a deliveryman to get inside a Nationwide building Downtown. He stole from several employees and struggled with security when confronted.
He wrote to Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Pat Sheeran from prison in 2011, asking for early release because he was "truly remorseful," he said.
Assistant County Prosecutor David Zeyen didn't buy it, countering in court papers that Cobb had a record of theft-related convictions dating to 1974. "Larry Cobb is a lifelong thief who deserved every bit of the six years this court gave him," Zeyen said.
Sheeran granted judicial release on March 1, 2012. According to the indictment filed last fall, Cobb was back at office creeping two months later. He settled in Mansfield in Richland County and recruited at least three others to assist him.
By August, law-enforcement agencies across Ohio had noticed a rash of similar crimes and decided to team up with the state to stop them.
Investigators spent months building a case that Cobb ran a criminal organization that was engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, the state's version of racketeering.
"There were probably a hundred or more cases at least where they were suspected of being involved," Fornshell said.
"Those are just the ones we know about," said Dublin police detective Erik Gilleland, who investigated thefts at Fiserv Inc. on Perimeter Drive. "That's probably a quarter of what they've done."
Indictments of Cobb and three others were filed in Warren County on Oct. 28. His co-conspirators were given sentences ranging from probation to four years.
Rod Hale, operations director of Aegis Protective Services of Cincinnati and a retired police chief, said thieves such as Cobb are brazen. Secure doors and video surveillance often aren't enough to stop them.
He advises employees to lock their valuables in a desk drawer and trust their instincts. Many theft victims later tell police they thought something was off about a person they saw in the building, but they hesitated to say anything.
"It's the 'probably-nothing-to-it' philosophy," Hale said.
Fornshell said, "Everybody thinks maybe somebody else is going to confront them if they're out of place, and nobody ends up doing it."
Employees should tell security or a supervisor if they're uncomfortable confronting someone they suspect of being up to no good, he said.
"The worst-case scenario is, somebody gets their feelings hurt or gets upset," Hale said. "Most of the time, your senses are going to pay off."


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As you remember, the Spurs got fined in December because Coach Pop felt he needed to rest his guys. And looking at their schedule at that time, you could make a very reasonable argument to support Coach Pop.
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The Beacon catches up with Ken Lyle '60 and Scott Lyle '88, father and son members of the Mississippi College Hall of Fame.
Ken Lyle discovered Mississippi College in Anchorage, Alaska. A native of Texas, Lyle served in the military and was stationed in Anchorage in the mid-1950s. In the land of the Midnight Sun, he met several Mississippi College students who had come to Alaska to work for the summer. "My dream had been to attend Texas University and study drama, but there in Anchorage, God began talking to me about the ministry," Lyle recalls. "When I left the service, I moved to Mississippi and enrolled at MC."
Lyle's many honors at MC included being one of the original four inductees into the Hall of Fame. Following his graduation from MC and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. Lyle entered the ministry, serving with churches in Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, and New York. He also served as the Metro New York Baptist Association's director of missions and as the executive director-treasurer of the Baptist Convention of Maryland-Delaware before retiring as the executive director of the Baptist Convention of New England in 2000. Though he was never called overseas, Dr. Lyle's ministry was always geared toward missions.
"When we moved to New York City, there were fewer than 10 Southern Baptist churches in the area," Dr. Lyle recalls. "We focused our outreach on a diverse population of people, many of whom did not speak English. I've always had a passion for sharing God's message with people of different languages and cultures."
Today Dr. Lyle and his wife, Judy, live in Abilene, Texas, where both are active in First Baptist Church Abilene. Dr. Lyle is involved in the City Light Ministry, an outreach to the poor and homeless; is serving his final year as chair of the church's missions committee; and offers his considerable expertise on missions to another area church working to build a cross-cultural ministry.
"Looking back over my entire career, I'm overwhelmed with gratitude," Dr. Lyle says. "My family and I had the privilege of going places and serving, and we had as much or more exposure to the people of the world as anyone, anywhere because of where God put us. I've learned that no matter where you are, making a difference all comes down to living out the Christian faith and building relationships."
All of the Lyles' four children followed in their parents' footsteps and attended Mississippi College, but son Scott took things one step further when he followed his father into the MC Hall of Fame.
Gifted in helping others find their potential, Scott quickly found success in the business world. He was working as the manager of people and leadership development with Southwest Airlines when he felt the call to full-time ministry, and once again, followed in his father's footsteps. Today, Scott Lyle is pastor of leadership and missions at First Baptist Church Forney, Texas.
"In the earlier years of my career, I saw my calling as that of a corporate missionary. Teaching in a corporate environment gave me so many opportunities to influence people," Scott Lyle says. "Over time, God began to show me the importance of those relationships. I believe the call into ministry was a natural progression and all those experiences were preparing me to do the same work in a church environment.
"It's ironic since we're talking about the Hall of Fame, but I've realized life is not so much about the certificates and plaques and pictures on the wall," Scott Lyle continues. "Those things are great achievements, but what really matters is relationships."
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:21 pm
Post subject: Where can I get 112 octane gas for Vintage?
Sunoco? Avgas? Does Steve Roberts carry it?
Keep sticking vintage 2 stroke engines! c
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Dr Chip,
You can get av gas at the airport at the racea track on 19-41. It has a self serve pump that all you need is a credit card. Good luck.
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What engine are you running this in ? And what cc ? I'm sure its a two stoke, we tested a lot of fuels when we were racing two stroke GP bikes .
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Exit 222 off 75 south at the Chevron. They have vp racing fuel.{jodeco rd}
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Mike-Thanks! I'll be down there this week!
BB-it is TWIN 8.2 cubic engines (16.4 ci total) and about 300 cc total
I run them at about 9200 rpms max ( or let's say I should)
I have stuck 4 engines in the last 2 years, the last two together at Barnesville.
What brand/type oild should I run?
What ratio should I run?
all help is appreciated!
This kart will go to a triple engine after the Vintage event-why?-too much is just enough!
Watch old guys go crazy fast on hard, skinny tires!
Barnesville Vintage March 14, 15 and 16, 2013
Sat is the best day with kart show in the am, practice next, then the final heats.
See two time IFK world champ go kart and NASCAR racer Lake Speed and our own Dickey Wilson go at it at or under our Barnesville track record!
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Austin18 wrote:
Exit 222 off 75 south at the BP. They have vp racing fuel.{jodeco rd}
Austin18-Thankmyou much! c
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If you want to play it safe. Use 8oz/gallon Burris Caster or use 4oz Burris Caster with 4oz of Burris Blend.
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Octane isn't your problem high speed fuel mixture or choice of oil is. Those 820's should need no more than 93 if even that much. At least 8oz. to a gallon and a rich HS setting just below 4 cycle (missing) Some where around 2 turns out. All 110-118 does is take power away from those engines. Doubt that they have more than 9-1 compression. I was an expert at sticking a Mac with ether av gas and methanol. Guess that is why I like clones. They will keep coming back even if lean or over heated. 2 strokes don't like either one of those.
I assume you have tillotson carbs. I know the Yamaha and the Tillotsons from EC contradict what I wrote. They set them up not to idle and run off of the low speed side but Vintage is about longevity and ease of maintenance. If you have a temp gauge watch the temperature because a lean condition will rise quickly. 350 is meltdown for most of the old 2 smokers where as a Clone is just getting into its element.
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THIS WHAT I BELIEVE IN RUNNING DUAL 820s
Michael-I am getting conflicting information, including from my engine man who had 3 mid-west enduro championships buiilding and running West Bend 820s (only) and his son doing the driving.
Oil reduces octane rating of gasoline, so I have been told to increase octane ratings to offset this and preventing detonation. Also high octane av fuel hads a high lead content for lubrication. so go for av fuel?!
The more oil contained in the fuel (fuel/oil ratio), the less cooing effect on the engine since gasoline cools better than oil. 8oz of oil to 1 gal of gasoline is a good ratio.
Castro oil lubricates best. Run some acetone with it so it mixes with the gas well. and have the fuel and oil "warm" before mixing
Run the engine as rich as it can take: The jets out til it just starts to 4 cycle at the fastest point on the trac: i agree with this
do not run over 4-425 degrees-keep track of temp with temp gauges (you had mentioned 320 which seems low
do not run over 9200, or 8700 rpms! keep track of the rpms with tachs
run alcohol, it really helps with the cooling
Even Darrin and Steve Roberts got into a discussion about this yesterday at Steve's shop, with the two having different opinions!
and yest, I run a clone during regular season and have since 2008 c
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Dr chip. Not to get in an Argument but how is it that a Yamaha Pipe turning 15,000 rpm or a TAG turning 17,000 rpm or an ICA turning 20,000 rpm run perfectly fine on 98-110 octane with 8oz of Castor oil per gallon with no seizures of course provided you have it jetted properly. The main factors of why u will stick a motor are: Carb Settings, Ignition Timing and quality of Oil. Also on a pipe if the flex is too short it will suck the motor dry. You can also cold stick the motor if it is not warmed up properly and or the piston to wall clearance are not set correctly.
What oil have you been running and how many oz to the gallon?
Also I have always been told never run AV gas due to the additives.
Also you do not need to add additives to castor to have it mix properly. When it is cold, make sure you shake the fuel jug and the tank on your kart well. When it's cold it can separate.
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text: LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE CURRICULAR GUIDE Medical Assistant Certificate of Achievement Curriculum Code: 0248 (Effective Fall 1999 - Summer 2000) Program prepares a person to assist the physician in patient care management. The role of the medical assistant is administrative and clinical. Duties include admitting patients, appointment scheduling, telephone and written communication, managing the patient records, obtaining patient histories, and assisting the physician in office procedures. Medical assistants work in clinics, medical offices, medical centers, medical insurance companies and various other health-related industries. The medical assistant may become certified through a national exam offered by the American Association of Medical Assistants. This is a selective admission program. In order to be considered as a candidate for this program, students must meet basic admission requirements beyond those required for admission to the college. Many of the courses for this program are open only to students officially admitted to the Medical Assistant Program. PREREQUISITES Students should see the "Course Descriptions" section of this catalog or the Course Schedule for course prerequisite information. Basic skills assessment and advising information may be found on page 8 of this catalog. INFORMATION The admission and/or graduation requirements for this program may change each academic year. The program requirements below apply only to those students who have been admitted to the program for the 1999/2000 academic year. For the most recent and complete information, interested students should contact the Admissions Office, Gannon Vocational-Technical Center, Room 232, telephone number (517) 483-1254. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO THE MEDICAL ASSISTANT PROGRAM For current information about admission requirements, students must contact the Admissions Office, Gannon Vocational-Technical Center, Room 232, telephone number (517) 483-1254. REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 36 CREDITS CODE TITLE CREDIT HOURS AHCC 110 Pharmacology-Allied Health (See Note 1) 2 AHCC 112 Health Law and Ethics (See Note 1) 2 ANAT 145 Introductory Anat & Physiology 4 CHSE 121 Medical Term Allied Health I (See Note 1) 2.5 CHSE 122 Medical Term Allied Health II (See Note 1) 2.5 CHSE 123 Medical Insurance Billing I (See Note 1) 3 MEDA 100 MA Administrative/Communicat 3 MEDA 131 Clinical Skills I 3 MEDA 132 Clinical Skills II 3 MEDA 141 Basic Medical Laboratory Proc 2 MEDA 142 Adv Medical Laboratory Proc 2 MEDA 181 Administrative Practicum 2 MEDA 182 Clinical Practicum 2 OADM 207 Medical Transcription (See Note 1) 3 LIMITED CHOICE REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 2 CREDITS Complete the indicated number of credits from each CHOICE listed below. CHOICE 1: Computer 2 Credits CABS 102 Microcomputers for Non-Majors 2 CABS 119 Word for Windows 2 MINIMUM TOTAL 38 NOTES: 1. This course may be taken prior to admission to the program. 2. Complete the courses required for program with a minimum 2.5 grade or better. SUGGESTED COURSE SEQUENCE Students should see course descriptions to find out when departments plan to offer courses. Students who for any reason are unable to follow the course sequence suggested below (for example, those who are part-time, have transferred in courses from another school, or have prerequisites to fulfill) should contact an academic advisor or counselor for help with adjustments. I II III IV ANAT 145 AHCC 112 AHCC 110 MEDA 181 CHSE 121 CHSE 122 MEDA 132 MEDA 182 Lim.Ch. CHSE 123 MEDA 142 MEDA 100 OADM 207 MEDA 131 MEDA 141