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Impostor scams — crooks pretending to be a friend, relative, business or government agency — are soaring, as we reported on Sunday.
Usually you can get rid of the threat simply by hanging up on the would-be thief who calls you, but, as Sonya Fitzmaurice of River Vale discovered, some are persistent.
"I received a call at home from a heavily accented Indian chap, asking for me by my full name," she said. "When I confirmed he was indeed speaking to Sonya Fitzmaurice, he proceeded to tell me that he was calling from Google service and that I needed to take care of an error with my account, referring to my computer.
"I replied, 'You are not from Google and this is a scam,' and abruptly hung up on him. The fella had the nerve to call back immediately and continued to convince me that he was legit.
"I told him I was not fooled and was going to report his number to the police. He hung up.
"Unfortunately, the caller ID was only a four-digit number.
"A week later, I received the same call. It sounded exactly like the same guy, but the caller ID was different. Same thing happened; I hung up on him the first time and he called me back a couple of seconds later.
"Again, I told him I was going to report the number, and luckily, the number was available on the caller ID this time. Is there a central agency (legitimate) where I can notify the authorities to this?
"These guys are really annoying and need to be stopped."
If you get a caller ID number, you should report the caller to the Federal Trade Commission. Go to consumer.ftc.gov and look for the "File a Complaint" button under "Take Action."
As happened with Fitzmaurice, caller ID may be blank, and even if you get a number, it may be a phony or have no connection to the caller. But a formal complaint alerts regulators and helps them track down these illegal activities.
Also, heed the advice of reader George Friedman, a former senior officer at FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, in response to Sunday's column:
"One ironclad rule your readers might adopt is this: 'Never, ever give out sensitive information or send money in response to a phone call you did not originate. Period.' Hang up, call the number listed on your credit card, bank statement, etc., and find out if the 'problem' is real."
And don't engage in a dialog with the caller, even to say you are reporting the call to authorities, because (a) he doesn't care what you say, (b) he knows that you probably can't identify him and (c) you let him know he has a live number and is more likely to call back.
Too many people still think it's not polite to simply hang up.
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... At the heart of "The Passage of Power," the latest installment of Robert A. Caro's magisterial biography of Johnson, is the story of how he was catapulted to the White House in the wake of Kennedy's assassination, how he steadied and reassured a shell-shocked nation, and how he used his potent political skills and the momentum generated by Kennedy's death to push through Congress his predecessor's stalled tax-cut bill and civil rights legislation and to lay the groundwork for his own revolutionary "war on poverty."
It's a breathtakingly dramatic story about a pivotal moment in United States history, and just as Johnson used his accumulated knowledge of the art of power to push the nation along the path he'd envisioned, so in these pages does Mr. Caro use the intimate knowledge of Johnson he's acquired over 36 years to tell that story with consummate artistry and ardor, demonstrating a tirelessness — in his interviewing and dissection of voluminous archives — that rivals his subject's.
This engrossing volume (spanning 1958 to 1964) is the fourth and presumably penultimate volume in a series that began with "The Path to Power," published back in 1982, and it showcases Mr. Caro's masterly gifts as a writer: his propulsive sense of narrative, his talent for enabling readers to see and feel history in the making and his ability to situate his subjects' actions within the context of their times. Of all the chapters in Johnson's life, this is the one most familiar to most readers, but Mr. Caro manages to lend even much-chronicled events, like the Cuban missile crisis and Kennedy's assassination, a punch of tactile immediacy.
The first and second installments of Mr. Caro's biography of Johnson could be gratingly Manichaean and moralistic, portraying him in judgmental and almost unremittingly negative terms as a ruthless, Machiavellian and power-hungry pol. This volume creates a more measured portrait. In these pages Johnson emerges as both a larger-than-life, Shakespearean personage — with epic ambition and epic flaws — and a more human-scale puzzle: needy, deceitful, brilliant, cruel, vulgar, idealistic, boastful, self-pitying and blessed with such titanic energy that Abe Fortas once remarked, "The guy's just got extra glands."
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MotoGP riders will be fined for 'offensive hand gestures' on the track
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- Domenick Yoney
- Aug 23, 2013
Last weekend, Gasoline Alley – the garage area at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – saw some race machines that were just a little bit different from those it's accommodated in the past: the electric motorcycles of the FIM eRoad Racing series. The North American championship saw its second and, apparently, final event of the 2013 season occur at the historic venue as part of the motorcycle Grand Prix weekend that also featured MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3 and AMA Pro Races featuring a field of H
Bostrom wins first FIM eRoad Racing round for Brammo *UPDATE
- Domenick Yoney
- Jul 23, 2013
After holding two separate electric motorcycle racing championships over the past three years, the FIM ePower and TTXGP championships have finally come together to create one high-level series – the eRoad Racing World Cup – and, it's already started racing. Two weeks ago, the European season first twisted its throttle in Valencia, Spain, while this past weekend saw the North American season kick off at the biggest and baddest motorcycle racing event of the year; MotoGP weekend at Maz
FIM announces 'first ever' electric motocross race, E-MX, forgets own previous event
- Domenick Yoney
- May 1, 2013
Institutional memory can be a funny thing. Sometimes short, sometimes selective, it always makes us wonder just how much effort was put in looking backwards before sending out press releases trumpeting a "first ever" product or event.
Highly modified Honda CBR1000RR hits 265 mph at Bonneville
- Jonathon Ramsey
- Oct 18, 2012
While James Hoegh was running his Confederate X132 Hellcat Combat prototype to a record-setting 172.211 miles per hour at the BUB Motorcycle Trials on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Honda moto tuner Al Lamb was preparing his own attempt on a very different bike. His 400-horsepower Honda CBR1000 is a sit-on – as opposed to lie-down or fully streamlined in which the rider is hidden – but otherwise is about as faired as Hoegh's Confederate is naked.
Michael Barnes wins joint TTXGP/FIM ePower round on solar power
- Domenick Yoney
- Aug 2, 2012
The eGrandPrix TTXGP and FIM ePower electric motorcycle racing series have, once again, held a joint round at California's fabulous Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in front of the huge crowds assembled for the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix. The result? A commanding win for Michael Barnes aboard the solar-powered Barracuda Lightning bike.
Münch Racing are TTXGP Euro, FIM ePower 2011 champions with Le Mans win *UPDATE
- Domenick Yoney
- Sep 29, 2011
Matthias Himmelmann of Münch Racing dominated the second joint event held by the TTXGP and FIM ePower electric motorcycle racing series to take the top spot on the podium. The win at the famed Le Mans circuit makes the German team both the TTXGP Euro and FIM ePower champions for 2011.
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TTXGP and FIM may hold "joint rounds" and a "unifying" final
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- Mar 17, 2011
The TTXGP and FIM ePower electric motorcycle racing series have both announced their 2011 calenders. Along with an amazing assortment of venues comes news the two organizations may be holding "joint rounds," including a "unifying" season-ending final. This means teams from both series will be competing together on the same track while earning points towards their respective championships. We believe the end goal is to combine the two and form a single super-electric series in 2012.
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FIM e-Power Laguna Seca line up announced
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- Jul 22, 2010
The third installment of the Federation Internationale De Motocyclisme (FIM) e-Power road racing series arrives this weekend at Laguna Seca with the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix. The starting grid is only about eleven deep – there were hopes for a field of 15 – but it promises to be more entertaining than the first e-Power event with the inclusion of a number of "home teams" to root for. In addition to a trio of American efforts that we have previously seen compete in the rival TTXGP ser
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- Dec 14, 2009
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- Dec 7, 2009
As most of you probably know, the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) is kicking off in Copenhagen this week to tackle our planet-size environmental problem. With the stakes literally sky high and a tone as serious as a myocardial infarction, what better time and place to hold a multi-day Enduro motocross racing event? None apparently, as the FIM Ride Green Eco Enduro gets geared up to add some life to the proceedings and demonstrate that reducing CO2 emissions doesn't mean th
FIM to launch a new electric motorcycle racing series in 2010
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- Jun 24, 2009
Team Agni Motors at TTXGP - Click above for high-res image gallery
FIM to launch a new electric motorcycle racing series in 2010
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> I think you should run for office there Pam.... might get them moving in the correct direction:)
> although I attempt to stay out of politics completely, this little town
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Sure, it sounds easy enough bag, sand, candle but multiply by 8,000 and youve got Las Noches de las Luminarias at Desert Botanical Garden. The thought of lighting and extinguishing 8,000 candles for 16 nights would make anyone want to throw herself on the nearest cholla cactus. Not with Marcia Flynn running the show. Shes the Gardens director of event services and Las Noches chairwoman.
It used to be back-breaking work, Flynn says, but the best story is how weve made it as efficient as possible.
Shes talking about the lumi-lighter and the lumi-snuffer. Made from household items like butane lighters and turkey basters, these lum-inventions are the brainchildren of the Gardens staff and volunteers and make the process quicker and a lot less painful.
This year, youll find the 8,000 luminarias, along with food and music, lighting the way for the Gardens newest attractions: the Berlin Agava Yucca Forest, an exhibit of bronze sculptures by Native American artist Allan Houser, and a 900-square-foot synthetic ice-skating rink (skates included with admission).
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We discuss the age old question... what can you tell your wife to her to leave you alone on Sunday's in the Fall? No honey, I don't want to go apple picking, the Pats are ON!
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I'm excited about tomorrow and over the top excited about Sunday at one would have Sunday lots of Sunday when we come to games we don't -- 1 o'clock instrument trim 1 o'clock games Sunday when somebody at one that should be after that holiday that's that's sacred. I wish you -- Ager what is the holy household look like -- won't let you have -- do you have a thing like you do you have do you have. Like. Each. Tradition we're -- and the kids somewhere. Other work maps. They NAFTA Napster and they don't want caps like a mandatory nap now they have that forced him to but here -- it goes right -- times it's for example for them destroy them. -- -- -- -- and editors and watching the majors this year you're going to be -- babysit her every Sunday but now sometimes they're they're ready for naps around 12301240. I don't know happens from buffalo thirty until 430 well. And now it's changed. Because Robinson who's almost five -- five and Karen. Kidnapped and then not so much anymore that he's really worn out and NASA what are you gonna do is he -- lazy and not really watch what -- only watch football that are. That's -- -- as if he's not. You know going crazy you watch football. So that's that's part of it it was nap time can I can count on that but you know you're you're passes were kids who knows what they're going to be into. Sometimes it was really cold and chilly. The misses will make chill Schilling yeah that's yet your football food on him. You put do you put those -- goes in the chilling nine. 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That what PBR. Even if they get to the point if they're talking appears -- playing with their toys in the middle important sequence or. I didn't hear exactly what was said go back to watch it watch it a couple of times report. How we come back on the air on Monday anyway so that's fine. I'm I'm glad you're excited to watch -- text message here so between your hogs and your football party with the chilly wife stocks open for Brees. During the winter months is that part of part of the way you go South America once again into football -- -- are discussed those tests all what is wrong with the what are we what is wrong with me when I do wrong. Dynamite at that are weird that I wanna semis that like I -- watch the game are much at all family affair to treating it yet it will be all but it's not pictures make it's you don't know you can't just decide okay now. 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For me a father to -- air force on on the first the first time his first college football game I think it's a big moment. And at the jets are gonna fire me in the aren't gonna fire them. Hey it's inevitable you can always you can always get another job he can always beat -- -- coordinator down the road. He can't get these memories back do you think you'll ever be head coaching in probably I don't have a probably did not a problem he. He was in New York on Saturday he was on in Clemson. Four Saturday night game and that he's back at work. I would say it's only a problem because of what's going on elsewhere -- with -- -- team. It's another thing to attack on. Went in and of itself not a big deal but when you're already in the death spiral that Rex Ryan is him with the jets is just another thing that gets tacked on top of let's face it he's not go to the Packers the patriots. Or in the giants where some of the cuts were actually interest things on the guys were good players -- They he probably -- three weeks ago. Ask Africa you don't think you're not effective it's really great and apple Roy deserve up face to face meeting with -- Rex Ryan Robin said it's the so we we have to have that could. I can't come up with 53 good players on this -- Tom Brady we'll take the field with his Patriots offense for the first time in a regular season game on Sunday how would you be watching that team will get into the next rockaholic W via.


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Is Bravo — once upon a time the network of Romeo and Juliet but now the home of Real Housewives of Fill In The Blank — taking a page from its past with one of its new scripted series projects? Fortune, a one-hour drama series script in development, from playwright Theresa Rebeck and exec producers John Wells and Andrew Stearn at Warner Horizon, is inspired by Charles Dickens' 19th century classic Bleak House. Fortune is set in the present and follows a prominent New York family and the battle over an inheritance after the patriarch dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances. The original Bleak House details the impact of the endless litigation that results from a case in which a testator made several conflicting wills.
Bravo Develops Drama Script Inspired by Charles Dickens 'Bleak House'
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If Bravo knew what was right for them, they would order 22 Birthdays to series. That script was HYSTERICAL!
Rebeck? Nope, sorry but after Smash I won't waste another hour of her wrong minded poorly paced storytelling.
I can't wait! Smash was amazing until they fired her. This is going to be awesome.
Finally. Hoping Bravo let's her do her thing, unlike NBC. I really love the way she writes characters.
Where is the RITA pilot which was the best script and stars Anna Gunn?
Anna Gunn was just nominated for An Emmy for Breaking Bad


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Comments as content: The medium hinders the message
When articles were published in hard-copy newspapers, reader response was left to the ultimate in asynchronous communication: letters to the editor for differences of opinion, and corrections when a mistake was discovered. As brick-and-mortar newspapers moved into the digital realm, the static publishing model initially stuck, albeit with an easier method for correcting mistakes.
When we digest a story published by a large newspaper, be it in digital or dead tree form, we assign the strongest signal to the content of the article. In exchange for giving the journalist our full attention, we expect that the news organization has put significant effort to researching, writing, and editing the story. Newspapers rarely put uncurated content front-and-center because they trust their own vetted content more, and in part to justify the expense that went into their refined content.
Along the path from single-source hard copies of stories to the everyone-gets-a-voice world of microblogging, we got comments. Blogs frequently display discussion threads following each entry, and sites such as Digg, Reddit, and Hacker News provide us with another forum to chat with the community about articles we find interesting.
Many blogging outfits, including those run by organizations as large as the New York Times, now employ comment systems beyond their purpose as a meta-article discussion medium. One often finds blog entries that end with prompts such as "What has your experience been? Let us know in the comments!" Or "If you know more about this late-breaking story, leave a comment below!" In the same way that live-blogging has taken blog entries from static entities to up-to-the-minute documents, comments sometimes become a necessary part of the stories which they adjoin. Slashdot sometimes takes this one step further: when a topic of wide interest appears, the editors open an essentially content-free story with the express purpose of leaving a place for comments.
If comments can sometimes be the content of a story, then why are they always relegated to the bottom of the story? What is the user interface for displaying articles where readers are assigned a reporter's role? How do we assign prominence to the most informative fragments of story and user-generated content? Flickr and Facebook have figured this out to some extent—you can annotate photos and witness the result in situ. Youtube lets users embed annotations in videos. How do we apply this concept to text media? What tools already do this, and what ideas do you have for improvement? Leave your comment below!
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I think the authors would rather their article precede the unregulated comments that mark the discussion of such journalistic recount. With the movement towards Facebook and the like button, comments generally agreed upon or displayed with higher prominence.
One option for comments on text media could be credibility, is the person leaving the remark more informed than others? Just not sure how you would go about tracking who knows what.
As an online marketer, comments ad free content to my sites, which search engines love. As long as it is a legitimate comment, you can usually tell when the commenter actually read the post. Blog Marketing is a great, but time consuming method of getting links back to your site. Every site I visit and post comments on, I take the time to read the post and understand the message. When people leave comments on my sites I really appreciate the time and effort they took to read my posts. I'll approve most links posted to my comments section as long as their not to a direct competitor or adult type of site. Since I've started doing Blog Marketing it has really opened my eyes to never ending points of view out there.
As for relegating comments to the bottom, that can be changed by modifying the blog program or by commands that the moderator can use in the post or future posts. Several times I have quoted comments in future posts that I (the moderator) thought were very well done.


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Drywalling over raised pipes/electrical
In my garage the walls are just studs with insulation in between but without any drywalling. It would be nice to clean up the appearance by installing the drywall, but the problem is there are quite a few pipes and flexible electrical conduit attached over the studs. I certainly don't want to attempt to reroute all this inside the studs, so the question is it practical or advisible to drywall in this situation? I was thinking I would have to install additional 2x4s (to provide clearance over the pipes and electrical) on the studs to provide a flat continuous surface to mount the drywall, but that would also leave a gap between the back of the drywall and insulation.
what you are proposing will be just fine. Just fur out the walls with whatever thickness you need and drywall it...done!:)
ok, thanks for the reply!
What you are proposing is what would be called a 'sleeper' wall.
It is actually quite common to build such walls in the commercial field. We do this in steel framing in buildings where there are larger plumbing lines, conduits, access outlets. It is basically sandwiching the larger sized utility lines between 2 narrow (2x3) steel walls. In your case you could use 2x3 wood studs.
We also just did this last week on a 'bump-out' bathroom addition to an older home. The existing exterior wall was extremely wavy, so we built a sleeper wall in front of it using 2x3's.
FWIW: By code, you should be using Pressure treated lumber as your bottom plate. These only come in 2x4's. You can still do this by just setting your 2x3's toward the outside edge (usable space). Or you could just 'rip' down some dry PT 2x4's to 2x3 dimensions. Also, when you build your sleeper wall, there is no need to insulate the new wall cavities since you have that existing outer wall insulated already...
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS): Current price $23.62
Knowledgeable sources say that Morgan Stanley is in advanced negotiations with Gary Kaminsky for him to become the vice chairman of its brokerage department, which is a crucial position created to advance coordination between brokers and investment bankers at the firm. Kaminsky is a former high-profile money manager and currently the capital markets editor for CNBC. He is expected to be officially offered the job at any time by brokerage chief Greg Fleming. It is thought that the deal has yet to be closed, but the company might make the announcement Tuesday morning.
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Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC): Current price $12.58
After about five years at BofA as the chief of creating derivative investments for extremely affluent clients at Merrill Lynch, Raphael Zagury has announced his resignation. Zagury joined the company from Goldman Sachs, employed by Safra National Bank of New York prior to that. At Merrill Lynch, he was charged with creating customized derivatives for the firm's ultra high-net-worth clients, which usually means those with in excess of $10 million to invest, according to its website. Zagury confirmed his departure but declined to comment upon the circumstances.
According to a knowledgeable source on Thursday, BofA Merrill Lynch has recruited Nomura Holdings Australian chief of mergers and acquisitions Grant Chamberlain, who is based in Sydney. Chamberlain will join the firm as its head of mergers and acquisitions following a period of gardening leave. Before joining Nomura in 2010, Chamberlain spent 12 years at Deutsche Bank, where he rose to managing director.
A proposal originating in the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas to place a limit on government support for banks could force BofA and JPMorgan to reduce their domestic consumer and commercial-lending divisions by more than half, according to Bloomberg.
Bank of America announced it will buy back as much as $5 billion in common stock and redeem around $5.5 billion in preferred stock, subsequent to winning Federal Reserve approval on Thursday for its capital plan. However, the Charlotte bank said that its quarterly dividend will remain at one cent, at which level it has been since the aftermath of the financial crisis. The Fed decision permits Bank of America to return capital to shareholders and was part of a wider examination of the capital plans of 18 of the nation's biggest banks. The Fed approved the plans of 14 of them, including Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC).
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China Life Insurance Company Limited (NYSE:LFC): Current price $42.53
Shares resumed trading in Hong Kong on Monday after a halt earlier in the day resulting from comments made by ChairmanYang Mingsheng, concerning the likelihood that his firm's profits would improve in 2013. Afterwards, China Life responding in a filing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that Yang's remarks were strictly his own opinion and should not be construed as an earnings forecast.
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Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS): Current price $154.99
In 2o12, Wall Street commodity revenues dropped to their lowest levels on record, while tighter regulation and limited price swings pressed the once dominant traders Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), and Morgan Stanley. All three posted double-digit percentage declines in revenues for oil, grains, and copper trading last year, according to Reuters.
Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein is once again aiming at rival Morgan Stanley's prized talent, after the latter deferred pay, including their cash bonuses, over three years for its senior bankers. Goldman recently recruited the 13-year Morgan Stanley veteran Kate Richdale to be chief of its Asia Pacific investment banking division, and sources say that the game is ongoing, as the Wall Street bank is presently in selective talks with other Morgan Stanley bankers and has also enticed a handful of traders from that bank.
For the first time ever outside of the New York metropolitan area, Goldman Sachs will hold its annual meeting in Salt Lake City this year. Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein said in a statement to Reuters, "We're delighted to hold our annual shareholder meeting in what has become our second-largest office in the U.S." Goldman's Utah operation is one of its biggest, with 1,500 employees. Also, it is also one of the few locations where the company has kept on hiring employees during broader staff cuts in the past few years, in part due to an agreement with the state to push job growth in return for tax cuts.
The firm's metals trader, David Freeland, has exited the investment bank just over a year after being employed to build its physical copper book in London, according to market sources, who said that his departure is the surest sign thus far that the bank is struggling to move into the capital-intensive and highly risky business that was perfected by commodity merchants Glencore and Trafigura. A Goldman spokeswoman in London would not comment on Freedland's exit.
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Going to the McCord Museum these days means travelling much further than Sherbrooke Street. It means feeling the heat and the atmosphere of Haiti, thanks to Montreal photographer Benoit Aquin and his beautiful latest project…
Uniting 39 large-scale colour photos taken on various trips to Haiti starting mere days after the shattering earthquake of 2010, Benoit Aquin's exhibition, Haiti: Chaos and Daily Life, at the McCord Museum gives a poetic perspective you didn't see in news photography. "That was very important to me," says Aquin. "I didn't want our collective memory to stick on images of the catastrophe. This project is an homage to Haiti, an extraordinary place – a hard but fascinating culture I've known since I was 4 years old."
"I've never experienced such a frightening atmosphere as on that first trip, days after the earthquake. It felt like the world had ended, but as if it could end all over again any minute. Everything was destroyed, everywhere was chaos. There were thousands of people without food, water, shelter. Downtown was a desert at night, except for the looters in certain areas – it was as if you could feel the 100,000 dead share the night with you. I was there with the relief organization CECI, and we were staying in an abandoned restaurant. We slept on the floor."
"This photo was taken that same trip, at the bus terminal – I was hanging out of a bus when I took it. It's a shot I never could have planned. I imagine the man had a mask on because of the smell of death; some people would stick cigarettes up their noses while other smeared toothpaste under their noses. While I was there, I thought I was maintaining an emotional distance from the situation, but after I came back to Montreal after that first trip I felt like crying every day for two weeks."
"This was taken a few months after the earthquake, and already life had regained its regular course to a certain extent. This was a small carnival, it was very voodoo – they did a ceremony in the middle of the street, and the man painted in black was in a complete trance. I just stood with everyone and watched. It transported me into another world. In all of my work there's the relationship between man and the universe. I think existential questions always find their way into my creative process."
Haiti: Chaos and Daily Life by Benoit Aquin, Until May 12, 2013
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New Flat Fender Jeep Build
Hello My Fellow Jeep Friends, :)
I'm kicking around the idea of building a Jeep at home. My skills are limited & I realize I can't do everything. Thats why I'm thinking a Jeep build vs a Street Rod. Living in Florida I just want a weekend good weather toy. Not a Rock Crawler or Mudder jeep. I really like the old Flat Fender CJ3A's, I'm thinking a GM powertrain 4.3 V6 Auto & transfercase. Other than the Frame just about everything else can be purchased new...Body, seats, electrical, steering & suspension, brakes, Diff's, cooling & heating system, Ect..Ect. So...what do ya think..? has any one here done this..? whats a reasonable number for a budget..? Pro's/Con's...Comments & Opinions wanted. Thanks, Steve
that's a great idea...a CJ3A would be a great weekend toy for around town....a CJ2A would be my pick though (just prefer the less high hood and closer MB resemblance).
i am starting a CJ5 build myself working with a frame and tub only and building from there. i am planning the same drivetrain combo. i had a blazer with the 4.3L and loved that engine. when i got the CJ5, i immediately knew that was the engine i wanted to run in it. i was originally planning to restore it to stock-like specs because it was about 99% complete and stock when i got it. however, i realized that while i have always wanted to restore an old jeep, the CJ5 was never that jeep. so i will be building it for wheeling instead.
as far as a project from scratch goes, while i have not actually completed one yet, a Jeep seems like it would be about the easiest to do (or perhaps a VW Bug).
you can make something like this as cheap (within reason) or expensive as you want. certain things will play as factors in overall cost...new vs. old/original. sometimes with these old jeeps, it's easist to start with brand new reproduction than trying to repair something old and original. on the other hand, just as easily, you may be able to find an original tub in good enough condition to repair. replacement body panels are made for most body parts of these older jeeps. it seems there are certain areas that are prone to rust and rot, so there is an aftermarket for these areas.
i'm kind of in the same boat as far as skills with these things go. i can't weld and i don't have the tools to fab my own metal stuff so a lot of things will need to be 'hired out' or i will need to find a local jeeper willing to lend a hand. when it comes to things like that, the cost of a build goes up. so in the case of say, repairing an original body, for the less skilled or tooled of us, a new tub may be worth an added expense. yada yada...you get the point.
for a build like you're talking, i would expect to spend no less than $10k. you may be able to cut some corners here and there, but it could easily go way over that without the flinch of an eye.
for the build that i have planned, using mostly non-stock parts (only the frame and tub will be original), i am looking at about $15k for the build. that is a reasonable estimate i think, but i know it could easily go higher depending on how much i end up having to 'hire out' vs getting friends to help with.
I love Cj-3A's my goal in life is to restore one haha
I say go for it!!
hmm, after looking at some pics, i think i was thinking of the 3B with the higher hood. i guess the 3A looks similar to the 2A as far as the hood goes.
in that case...good choice on the 3A. continue with your build!
useing the new tub would be a lot cleaner, since this is a at home project vs the old being sandblasted & body work. I wouldn't do the Body paint work at home either
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The causative agent of African sleeping sickness, annually responsible for several thousands of deaths in Africa and South America, is a motile cell: it propels itself through its host's bloodstream until – in the last stage of the disease – it overcomes the blood-brain-barrier and penetrates its victim's brain. In order to fight this deadly disease, scientists are trying to understand the parasite's exact patterns of movement. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPIDS) in Germany as well as from the Universities of Würzburg, Göttingen and Basel have now succeeded in identifying three different swimming modes. In addition, they were able to show for the first time, that these swimming modes correspond to the shape and stiffness of the parasite.
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The Personality of American Cities HTML version
This book has been in preparation for nearly four years. In that
time the author has been in each of the cities that he has set forth to
describe herein. With the exception of Charleston, New Orleans
and the three cities of the North Pacific, he has been in each city
two or three or even four or five times.
The task that he has essayed—placing in a single chapter even
something of the flavor and personality of a typical American
town—has not been an easy one, but he hopes that he has given it a
measure of fidelity and accuracy if nothing more. Of course, he
does not believe that he has included within these covers all of the
American cities of distinctive personality. Such a list would
include necessarily such clear-cut New England towns as Portland,
Worcester, Springfield, Hartford and New Haven; it would give
heed to the solid Dutch manors of Albany; the wonderful
development of Detroit, builded into a great city by the
development of the motor car; the distinctive features of
Milwaukee; the southern charm of Indianapolis and Cincinnati and
Louisville; the breezy western atmosphere of Omaha and of
Kansas City. And in Canada, Winnipeg, already proclaiming
herself as the "Chicago of the Dominion," Vancouver and Victoria
demand attention. The author regrets that the lack of personal
acquaintance with the charms of some of these cities, as well as the
pressure of space, serves to prevent their being included within the
pages of his book. It is quite possible, however, that some or all of
them may be included within subsequent editions.
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articles from their pages. He wishes particularly to thank for their
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Are there any tutorials for
FluentMigrator? Some "Getting Started..." tutorial would be just awesome. All I was able to find was FluentMigrator.Tests (unit tests), inside
FluentMigrator source, which are not as helpful as "Getting Started..." would be.
Posted: May 1, 2010 at 8:02 PM by: Paja
Since fluent migrator is a fork of Migrator .NET you might find the getting started for Migrator .net helpful
On May 1, 2010 at 8:10 PM by: Mike Two
I cribbed this from their source code...
using (IAnnouncer announcer = new TextWriterAnnouncer(Console.Out))
IRunnerContext migrationContext = new RunnerContext(announcer)
Connection = "Data Source=test.db;Version=3",
Database = "sqlite",
Target = "migrations"
TaskExecutor executor = new TaskExecutor(migrationContext);
I use code similar to this in a custom action class in WiX. Target is the name of the assembly you want to execute. In your case, it would be whatever assembly is produced by your migration project. There are other options on the IRunnerContext you can set. Like Namespace, PreviewOnly, etc. Unfortunately, it isn't documented so you'll have to dig into the code to figure it out. The project that generates the Migrate.exe assembly is where I found most of this.
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Sam Lewis was my friend, my boss and my teacher through some tough and turbulent times, and taught me more about diplomacy than almost anyone.
Sam, who died in his home in Virginia on March 10 at 83, was not just another career diplomat, especially when it came to Israel. After serving eight years as one of America's most influential ambassadors to Israel, from 1977 to 1985, Sam, who was not Jewish, returned to the country more than 50 times. During his service later as director of policy and planning at the State Department from 1993 to 1994, he played a crucial role in the early days of the Middle East peace process. And in between those two government posts, Sam was the founding president of the United States Institute of Peace, an independent, congressionally chartered institution involved in analyzing and advising on conflict resolution around the world.
But beneath the formalities and veneer of serialized accomplishments that typify the formal résumé of a successful diplomat, Sam had unique qualities that made that formal résumé possible. These traits made him a special — if at times tough — person to work for and with.
There was, to begin with, Sam's directness and toughness. It's a quality I know something about. My father, Sam Miller, a prominent Cleveland developer and World War II vet, is himself one tough guy. He threw out of his office a Japanese industrialist who was an hour late for a meeting by telling his flabbergasted visitor that he wasn't late for Pearl Harbor. So when my father called about a guy named Sam Lewis who had come to see him about donating funds for USIP, I feared the worst. But my father was calling to give Sam his hekhsher. "This guy's tougher than me," he said. "For a State Department guy, he's really okay. In fact, I really like him."
Directness can be a perilous quality in diplomacy, which is, by and large, a get-along business. But Sam deployed his directness strategically with a gracious but steely Texas manner.
There were traces of James Baker, a fellow Texan, in that direct no-nonsense style. While it was hardly a conventional Foreign Service officer's attribute, it worked for Sam.
A natural analyst and voracious consumer of intelligence, Sam was also determined to see the world the way it was, and not to try to make policy based only on the way we wanted it to be. He believed that to fix the world, you first have to understand it. It was Sam who, from his unique vantage point in Tel Aviv, urged President Carter to try to understand Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and not give in easily to the overwhelming inclination to confront him. As demonstrated at Carter's 1978 Camp David summit meetings, where he brokered peace between Israel and Egypt, Sam was right.
Finally, Sam Lewis was a wise man. He had the experience, the judgment and the intuitive sense of prudence that leads to wisdom. When Sam spoke, people listened. He had a rare authority and a tendency to weigh matters carefully, to find the balance — if there was one to be found — between doing too much and not enough. He knew Israel well, strived to understand the region in all its complexity and was realistic about Washington, which he regarded as a key force in producing good outcomes — even solutions in the Middle East — assuming that the parties and the president were willing to make tough choices. You'll need to apply both honey and vinegar on everyone to make Middle East peace, he'd always say.
I'm going to miss Sam Lewis. We all should. America has lost a man of uncommon judgment and authenticity at a moment when we desperately need his qualities.
Aaron David Miller, a vice president at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, worked at the State Department for 24 years, where he was a senior Middle East advisor to Democratic and Republican secretaries of state.
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Mascarpone (Italian cream cheese) is blended with drained nonfat yogurt for a smooth, creamy cake filling.
Nutrition Profile:
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Serves 12
Prep Time 60 min
Total Time 150 min.
Step 1
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Step 2
In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Cook, swirling the pan, until the butter turns a nutty brown, about 30 seconds. Pour the butter into a small bowl. Whisk in oil, then buttermilk; set aside. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a small bowl; set aside.
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In a mixing bowl, combine eggs and sugar. Beat with an electric mixer on high speed until the mixture is thick and pale and falls in a ribbon when the beaters are lifted, about 5 minutes. Beat in vanilla.
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Sift half of the reserved dry ingredients over the egg mixture; fold in with a rubber spatula until blended. Fold in half of the reserved buttermilk mixture. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients and buttermilk mixture.
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Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then turn out of the pan and place right-side up on the rack to cool completely.
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To make filling and syrup and assemble cake: In a bowl, whisk drained yogurt, mascarpone, confectioners' sugar and orange zest until smooth.
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In a small saucepan over low heat, dissolve sugar in 1/2 cup water. Simmer gently for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in orange juice and liqueur.
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With a long serrated knife, cut the cake horizontally into 2 layers using a gentle sawing motion. With a pastry brush, brush all of the syrup on the cut sides of the cake. Place the bottom layer on a cake plate, cut-side up. Spread half of the orange-mascarpone filling over the bottom layer. Arrange about one-third of the sliced strawberries in an even layer on top. Spread with the remaining filling. Place the second cake layer on top, cut-side down.
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Brush the top of the cake lightly with about 2 tablespoons of the melted jelly. Arrange the remaining sliced strawberries in straight rows on top. Overlap the slices and reverse the direction of the slices in each row. Cover the cake with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill for at least 1 hour.
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Just before serving, remelt the remaining currant jelly and brush it over the strawberries on top of the cake.
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Justin Bieber & Usher Sued Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
Legal woes in the entertainment industry seem to be what comes with the territory, and now Justin Bieber and Usher are the latest celebs to find themselves under the white hot spotlight.
On Thursday (May 2), performer Devin Copeland, who is also known as De Rico, and songwriter Mareio Overton filed a lawsuit against the Biebs and his mentor for $10 million.
In the documents, Copeland and Overton claim that Usher and Justin violated copyright on the Biebs' hit song, "Somebody To Love," with their same-titled song from 2008.
The suit claims that there are a number of close comparisons between the Copeland/Overton version and the teen superstar's version including chorus hook, use of chords and time signature.
According to The Wrap, the pair are seeking $10 million in damages for contributory infringement, vicarious infringement, and copyright infringement.
Check out Usher and Bieber's remix of "Somebody To Love" along with De Rico's version and sound off with your comments and thoughts below!


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Is he...?
Is he a bed/pillow/blanket hog?
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Just a bed hog. We have our own pillows. He is pretty good sharing the blankies lol. In his defense our bed is way too small for 2 adults though :(
Nope; he's attached to me all night, so he can't really hog the bed or the blanket. Sometimes he pushes me off my pillow, but that's okay because we have 6.
No, we have our own pillows and own comforter so we don't have to share. We stay under the same sheet to be close though!
No, we have our own pillows, a King size bed, and I am the blanket hog! LOL
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Oh yes!! & The kiddos take after him in that also. .lol.
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The Patriots announced Tuesday that they have released defensive back Phillip Adams. Adams, 23, was originally signed by the Patriots on Sept. 21 before being released on Oct. 8, signed on Oct. 13 and released on Oct. 14. Adams, 5-foot-11, 192 pounds, was re-signed on Oct. 18. He has played in six games for the Patriots and registered eight total tackles. He was originally drafted in 2010 by San Francisco in the seventh round (224 overall) out of South Carolina State. For more Patriots news, check out weei.com/patriots [1].
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Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's key aide Brajesh Mishra on Wednesday told CNN-IBN in an interview that there was no chance of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi becoming the prime minister unless the BJP secured an absolute majority, which seemed impossible.
His statement came at a time when Bihar CM Nitish Kumar created a flutter by saying on record that the NDA's prime ministerial candidate should be "secular and liberal".
"Narendra Modi becoming the PM entirely depends on the BJP getting majority on its own. Otherwise, there are allies which would say no," Mishra said. "First of all, the BJP is not going to get majority on its own. It's impossible. We have to find someone else. Or they will have to agree to a third front which they can support from outside."
Endorsing statements emanating from the JD (U) against Modi, Mishra said there was no comparison between Modi and Vajpayee, the BJP's and NDA's only PM who could manage a large coalition. "Nitish Kumar knows that there is no comparison between Vajpayee and Modi. There is no other statesman in this country today other than Vajpayee though he is bed-ridden," he said.
Mishra recalled that Vajpayee was not in favour of Modi continuing as Gujarat CM in the wake of the 2002 riots, "In Goa, there was vociferous demand that Modi should continue as CM. He (Vajpayee) was not in favour. So (Vajpayee said) he should follow 'Raj dharma'. It was a kind of advice given to him. But there was no question of Atalji overruling the party."
Though Mishra said there were many factors in the NDA's loss in 2004, he did not rule out the Gujarat riots as a cause.
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Porsche Panamera Models and Panamera History
Introduced as a performance sedan in 2010, the luxurious Panamera by Porsche made its debut, flaunting a beefy 4.8-liter eight-cylinder engine that could crank out 500 horsepower. In 2011, two new models were added that offered a toned down V6 engine with an optional turbo kit. A Turbo S was added to the fleet in 2012, marking the only changes for that year. A new GTS model was included for 2013, alongside the Platinum trim level for V6 models. In 2014, a long-wheelbase Executive body style was unveiled as was the S E-Hybrid plug-in. A new twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 engine replaced the 4.8-liter V8 engine, and variable-ratio steering was added as a standard feature.Read more Read less
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The Porsche Panamera is highlighted by a gorgeous cabin, capable engine, unmatched interior amenities and a delightfully smooth-handling ride.
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Updated with a new plug-in hybrid trim level, the 2014 Porsche Panamera is a luxury sport sedan with a trim to fit any driver.
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Now featuring a GTS model with revamped styling, the 2013 Porsche Panamera is a luxury sport sedan powered by a 3.6-liter V6 engine that produces 300 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque.
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A luxury sport sedan, the 2012 Porsche Panamera comes in a hybrid variant and offers multiple trims with power ranging from 300 hp to 550 hp.
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A luxury sports sedan, the 2011 Panamera is a blend of blistering performance and four door convenience.
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|Zalman ZM-NC3000U Notebook Cooler
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Notebook | Compact PC
|Written by Steven Iglesias-Hearst
|Thursday, 15 July 2010
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Testing & Results
Testing Methodology
During the test procedure temperatures were monitored by CPUID Hardware Monitor 1.16. No specific stress test programs were used to raise temperatures as the laptop gets hot enough on its own, instead I decided upon running a popular MMORPG (Fly For Fun) to raise temperatures. For the first test the game was loaded and once the laptop was sufficiently warmed up the game was turned off and it was allowed to cool without any assistance to give a reference temperature, then the laptop was cooled with the Zalman ZM-NC3000U cooler on it's lowest fan speed setting until temperatures stabilized and finally cooled further by the Zalman ZM-NC3000U on it's highest fan speed setting. Tests were replicated three times for accuracy and an average result is represented in the first graph below.
For the second test the temperatures were taken while the laptop was in use (load temperatures). Once again the laptop was warmed up by running Fly For Fun and temperatures were taken under the following conditions 1) Laptop under load with no cooler, 2) Laptop under load with ZM-NC3000U cooling with fan on it's lowest speed setting, 3) Laptop under load with ZM-NC3000U cooling with fan on its highest speed setting. Tests were replicated three times for accuracy and an average result is represented in the second graph below.
We have also Included the results from the previously tested Zalman ZM-NC2500Plus notebook cooler for comparison purposes.
Test System
During the test procedure the ambient room temperature was monitored and was between 27C and 28C for the entire duration of the tests. The temperatures in the graphs below are in degrees Celsius and represent the cooling capabilities of the Zalman ZM-NC3000U notebook cooler.
As you can see this particular laptop does get pretty hot while in use, after a session of gaming it was allowed to idle and the temperatures were monitored. The laptops internal cooling leaves a lot to be desired, the three temperature sensors on the CPU, Motherboard and HDD respectively were hovering at 56C ~ 57C. The Zalman ZM-NC3000U was Able to drop those temperatures quite considerably, knocking 22C off the CPU temperature, 15C off the Motherboard temperature and 13C off the HDD temperature. As was noticed before with the ZM-NC2500Plus, not much difference was seen between the high and low fan speed settings
In the second test the results are noticeably different, there is a clear difference between the results for high and low speed fan settings, and a definite improvement was seen with the use of the Zalman ZM-NC3000U notebook cooler. Temperatures were reduced by 12C on the CPU, 12C on the motherboard and 11C on the HDD, a nice even all round performance thanks to the location of the fan.
The Zalman ZM-NC3000U notebook cooler was able to reduce temperatures evenly across the range and has a slight edge 2 - 3 Degrees Celcius over its younger brother - the ZM-NC2500Plus, which wasn't able to cool the HDD as well as the other laptop components due to its rear intake design. The ZM-NC3000U is the clear winner here as its was not only able to cool more, but it was able to cool evenly too.
I just ordered this and can't wait to get it :-)
Thank you so much for this very useful test, guys.
Thank you!
So what I did, I bought a thin plexiglass plate and glued it underneath. So now I can use it on my lap, or while in bed under my cover and still use it and not blocking the fan!
Sure there are laptop cools that are built like I am asking, but they all have 2-3 small fans and thus resulting in high noise. Zalman is the only one I have found that uses one large fan!
I just placed my order on Amazon. Before clickin 'Buy', I did some background reading myself and saw/read many reviews. This by far is the most comprehensive and detailed review.
Excellent review. Thank you!
Can't wait for mine to arrive :)
Most 17" notebook users won't see as spectacular results as this review since the air is focused entirely on the centre of the notebook and there's a good chance that (like me) the intake fan(s) under the notebook are located towards the far sides next to or near a exhaust on the side/back of the notebook.
If anyone with a 17" notebook is in a similar situation I'd advise positioning the notebook so the rubber feet of the notebook sit on top of the rubber ridges on the surface of the cooler. The extra clearance should help the air being blown up to reach the intake fans more effectively (assuming they aren't right on top of the 220mm fan like the review notebook probably was).
Thanks again for this review, as Rhon said, it's a very professional article aside from the lack of 17" notebook as a comparison. My NC3000U should be arriving tomorrow so hopefully my theory to increase air flow to intake fans will bear fruit :)
I have tried others but nothing beats Zalaman when it comes to laptop cooling (cpu cooling, maybe; I don't own any cpu cooler from zalman). I wish the fan had higher rpm (you hardly hear it at full power) such as 1200rpm or so. I don't mind noise but that's me ^^
Zalman is a must even if it's more expensive.
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Cheap alcohol ban will hit 'heavy drinkers'
Charging a minimum price for alcohol in the UK would hit heavy drinkers but have little impact on moderate consumers with low incomes, a study has found.
Dr John Holmes, from the University of Sheffield, led research into the effects of introducing a minimum alcohol cost of 45p per unit, or £1.35 for a glass of wine, would be – the results of which were published in the Lancet medical journal.
He said: "Overall, the impact of a minimum unit price policy on moderate drinkers would be very small, irrespective of income.
"The policy would mainly affect harmful drinkers, and it is the low income harmful drinkers – who purchase more alcohol below the minimum unit price threshold than any other group – who would be most affected.
"Policy makers need to balance larger reductions in consumption by harmful drinkers on a low income against the large health gains that could be experienced in this group from reductions in alcohol-related illness and death."
The greatest impact would be upon 5% of the population whose drinking is categorised as "harmful" defined as men who consume more than 50 units of alcohol a week and women who consume more than 35.
Harmful drinkers in the bottom fifth of the income bracket were predicted to reduce their alcohol intake by almost 300 units per year with the introduction of minimum alcohol pricing.
This group spends on average just under £2,700 a year on alcohol, with around two fifths of the alcohol consumed bought for less than 45p per unit.
In contrast, moderate drinkers in the lowest income group were predicted to reduce their consumption by a mere 3.8 units per year – the equivalent of two pints of beer.
By setting a minimum alcohol cost of 45p per unit and £1.35 for a glass of wine, 860 alcohol-related deaths and 29,900 hospital admissions per year could be expected to be prevented.
Professor Petra Meier, co-author and director of the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, said: "Our study finds no evidence to support the concerns highlighted by Government and the alcohol industry that minimum unit pricing would penalise responsible drinkers on low incomes.
"Instead, minimum unit pricing is a policy that is targeted at those who consume large quantities of cheap alcohol.
"By significantly lowering rates of ill health and premature deaths in this group, it is likely to contribute to the reduction of health inequalities."
Sir Ian Gilmore, the Royal College of Physicians' special adviser on alcohol and chairman of the Alcohol Health Alliance, said: "It is excellent to have this important confirmation of what we have been telling UK Government – a minimum unit price for alcohol would not damage the pockets of moderate drinkers whatever their income, and is an evidence-based policy that is exquisitely targeted at those, and those around them, who are currently suffering harm."
"It is time for Government to stop listening to the vested interests of the drinks industry and act."
Earlier this month the UK Home Office announced new rules that would prevent the sale of cheap alcohol ahead of the World Cup by setting a minimum cost for alcoholic drinks.
The rules, which will come into force from April 6, will mean a 440ml can of 5% strength beer cannot be sold for less than 50p, a 75cl bottle of vodka for under £10.16 and a bottle of 12.5% wine for under £2.41.


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Hi, I've been on the Simplefit routine for a couple of months now and managed to get to L6 with towel vertical rows. With this new year, I decided to move up on it and start doing L1 with normal bodyrows. During my first 6 levels I used to do D3 in parts, for example: If I had to do 48 towels rows, I split them in 16x3; or if I had to do 32 push ups, I made 16x2 (sit ups were never a problem). And thus, I managed to move on level after level.
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Isn't subaru running a 2.9 financing special?
This is a discussion on New WRX Owner! within the New Member Hangout forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; Isn't subaru running a 2.9 financing special?...
Isn't subaru running a 2.9 financing special?
Not that i was aware of. Finance guy said if my credit was just a little better I would have had an APR of 4.5%.
Yeah you probably have to have an 850 credit score. I'm at 695.
Nope. I got the 2.9 with a 735 but I didnt take it cause i got 0.9 through my credit union. You should see if you can go to a credit union and have them buy out the loan for a better interest rate. Cuase that is such a high rate!
I will do that! Thanks
Getting 3.49% thru USAA, best I can get. That is way better than over 5%. Thanks for the advice.
About a month ago I got 2.69%. The dealership put together the financing for me but I send my payments to Regions. Glad to see OP is refinancing.
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I think you need to have at least a 700 or 725 credit score (through Experian I think) to qualify for the 2.9%. The catch is that the financing at 2.9% is through Chase, and they are a nightmare to deal with.
My previous Impreza was a lease and it was through Chase, it was the biggest hassle to get anything accomplished and I had to fight with them on numerous occasions to get anything done.
When I financed my WRX, I qualified for the 2.9%, but when I found out it was from Chase I turned it down and got financing through another bank. Going through the other bank bumped my interest rate to 3.4%, but that only amounted to an extra few dollars a month, and it's well worth it to not have to deal with Chase again.
OP is much better off at 3.49% and avoiding Chase.
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I have 2 Subarus financed by Subaru(at 2 different dealerships) through Chase. I got 0.9% on 1 car & 1.9% on the other. Never had any issues. Just signed the papers when I picked up the cars. Make payments & that is it.
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Chase also had difficulty updating their records for my address and I would have to tell them several times of the new address before they would properly update it. This would result in bills and other documents going to the wrong address.
I never missed a payment with them either, but their customer service was just horrendous.
And after my lease expired and I returned the car, I received a bill two months later for two month's lease payments (a month over due plus late fees). I called them and told them the car was already returned two months ago, and they said "oh we're behind on paperwork" and that the bills were automated. At this point the account showed as unpaid for 27 days. I specified that my credit report better not get hit for non-payment since Chase reports to the credit bureaus on the 31st day of a late payment and the error was on their side. And Chase told me it wouldn't happen unless their systems weren't updated by then.
To me, that type of logic and operating procedure is completely unacceptable. A person's credit report influences many things, and we have very little control over incomplete or inaccurate information on those reports. I found it completely unacceptable that Chase would be so careless about it.
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I got my WRB STI HATCH for 35,300k, three hundred dollar you could've gotten a STI!! and my dealer was offering limited wrx for 29k and the Premium for 26.5k!! ugh.. which dealer in california
AV Subaru in Lancaster, CA.
That really doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy... ;(
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If you like to camp under high-canopied trees in a well-maintained RV park, this is the place for you. Although some interior roads are on the narrow side, we navigated in a 40 foot motorhome without problem. Very friendly staff made us feel welcome. Park is close enough to Wisconsin Dells to make a day trip, but far enough away to avoid crowds. Montello is a very enjoyable, small town: so no need to drive to the Dells!
Date of Stay: May, 2011
70 foot pull through sites! No grass for dogs, but plenty of sand/gravel areas. Dinner prepared on-site and delivered is a great idea for those without toads. Quiet park run by very friendly and helpful staff.
Date of Stay: July, 2009
This is a great RV park! They are planting numerous trees and bushes, so the place will look even better next year. Very friendly management. We never pass up the opportunity to stay here.
Date of Stay: July, 2008
The hosts were very friendly and helpful. The park is an older park but has taken out every other site so that there is plenty of room between sites. We had a wonderful experience here and would recommend.
Date of Stay: July, 2008
This campground is an older park so it is almost totally shaded by very tall native cottonwood trees. It is big rig friendly in that the trees are pruned up, but the spaces were apparently designed before RV's had slide-outs so that you may be able to hear your neighbor cough if you are in "adjoining" slide-outs!
Date of Stay: July, 2008
This is an excellent park for new RV'ers because the roads and spaces are wide with the majority of spaces being pull-throughs. Have never seen nicer, cleaner restrooms and showers. The laundry rooms have wonderful Maytag machines that are kept clean. The people are friendly and helpful. The park is located far enough from the interstate that there is no possibility of road noise but still has easy access. I would recommend this park highly.


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Moventas reintroduces Santasalo brand and rebrands Group - Moventas remains renewable energy brand
Moventas has today reintroduced its legacy brand Santasalo® as the brand for its industrial gears business. The Moventas Group, now renamed Santasalo Moventas, has two brands and business areas; Santasalo for industry and Moventas for new energy.
Santasalo Moventas now reintroduces its long-standing brand Santasalo as the brand for its industrial gears business, industrial gearboxes and related after sales service: Santasalo – Geared for Industry and Santasalo Moventas – Geared for Service.
Santasalo is a major part of Santasalo Moventas' history since the 1940's and a trademark that the company owns. Moventas – Geared for New Energy, a recognised brand in the renewables industry, will remain as the brand for renewable energy technology, such as wind gearboxes, and related service.
While reintroducing Santasalo, Moventas has also changed its group identity to Santasalo Moventas, to better reflect the two equally strong brands under its umbrella. Santasalo Moventas' legal structure remains, but its operational structure will be divided over this winter, to enable more flexibility in fulfilling customer needs on a global scale for both businesses.
Santasalo now has a new visual identity, strongly relating to the industrial audiences it serves. Both Santasalo and Moventas have today launched new websites. New, separate brand sites enable a more user friendly and customer-focused approach than before, offering targeted, high-quality information for different customer industries.
A new Santasalo Moventas group website has also been launched and can be accessed from either www.santasalo.com or www.moventas.com, or directly at www.santasalomoventas.com.
Gerwin Klaner Arto Lahtela
Senior Vice President Senior Vice President
Santasalo Business Moventas Business
www.santasalo.com www.moventas.com
Santasalo Moventas is a dynamic company with a long heritage, technical expertise and innovative solutions for industrial power transmission and related service. Santasalo Moventas gearboxes stand for constant motion – moving energy reliably in wind turbines, power plants, pulp and paper mills, and industry processes.
Read more on our new websites by visiting www.santasalomoventas.com.