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Additive Manufacturing of Aerospace Composite Structures: Fabrication and Reliability introduces the reader to the current state of technologies involved in processing and design of polymer-reinforced fiber composites using additive manufacturing's automated fiber placement methods, through ten seminal SAE International papers. Currently, the material layup strategy in terms of process selection and manufacturability is usually not prioritized in the design phase. Engineers do not have a good way to see how their design choices can affect the manufacturing process beyond their initial structural-level considerations. The result is typically a large amount of experimental testing necessary to qualify the materials and structures typified in the classical building-block approach. Such an environment makes mistakes difficult to solve and, should redesign be required, obtaining reliable information is hard to piece together.
The Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS) Handbook is an accepted source for metallic material and fastener system allowables, recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), all departments and agencies of the Department of Defense (DoD), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), within the limitations of the certification requirements of the specific government agency. 2016 saw the release of MMPDS-11, superseding MMPDS-10 and prior editions of the MMPDS, as well as all editions of its' predecessor MIL-HDBK-5. The MMPDS Handbook is revised regularly to ensure that reliable, statistically-based design properties are available for as many mature materials and/or product forms as possible.
Fusing aluminum in a multi-material lightweight vehicle is presented via studies on joining dissimilar materials, joining methods, and the performance of the joined materials. The use of aluminum offers a material that embodies properties to meet new standards as the automotive industry continues to pursue improvements in fuel efficiency and emissions. Aluminum's strength, light weight, and corrosion resistance offers manufacturers a material alternative to steel and an additional material, which has long been known in the industry, to be employed in automotive construction. Topics of technical interest include: • Forming • Galvanic Corrosion • Welding, Fastening, Bonding • Maximizing Weight Benefits Production of strong, lightweight structures will contribute significantly to automobile manufacturers meeting mandated fuel economy standards, as well as customer preferences for utility, comfort, and safety.
This set is comprised of two titles, Advances in Aircraft Landing Gear and Advances in Aircraft Brakes and Tires both edited by Robert Kyle Schmidt, a mechanical engineer and known expert in this subject. Advances in Aircraft Landing Gear is a collection of eleven hand-picked technical papers focusing on the significant advancements that have occurred in this field concerning numeric modeling, electric actuation, and composite materials. Advances in Aircraft Brakes and Tires focuses on the aircraft's interface with the ground – through its wheels, tires and brakes – a critical part of a safe and reliable operation. It presents a selection of the most relevant papers published by SAE International on these matters in the past fifteen years.
Beginning with a description of the different types of composite damage, which differ fundamentally from the damage states encountered in metallic airframes, the book moves on to describe the SHM methods and sensors currently under consideration before giving application examples related to specific composites, SHM sensors, and detection methods. Expert author Victor Giurgiutiu closes with a valuable discussion of the advantages and limitations of various sensors and methods, helping you to make informed choices in your structure research and development.
The aircraft landing gear system is relatively unique on board an aircraft—it is both structure and machine, supporting the aircraft on the ground, yet providing functions such as energy absorption during landing, retraction, steering, and braking. Advances in Aircraft Landing Gear is a collection of eleven hand-picked technical papers focusing on the significant advancements that have occurred in this field concerning numeric modeling, electric actuation, and composite materials. Additionally, papers discussing self-powered landing gear and more electrical overall aircraft architectures have been included. The content of Advances in Aircraft Landing Gear is divided into two sections: Analysis and Design Methods; and Electric Actuation, Control, and Taxi.
The Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS) Handbook is an accepted source for metallic material and fastener system allowables, recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), all departments and agencies of the Department of Defense (DoD), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), within the limitations of the certification requirements of the specific government agency. MMPDS-10 supersedes MMPDS-09 and prior editions of the MMPDS, as well as all editions of MIL-HDBK-5, Metallic Materials and Elements for Aerospace Vehicle Structures that was maintained by the U.S. Air Force. The last edition, MIL-HDBK-5J was cancelled by the U.S. Air Force in March of 2006.
The new Bosch Automotive Handbook , now in its 9th English edition, has been completely revised and enhanced to include the most recent developments in automotive technology. About 200 specialist authors contributed to this new version of every engineer's must-have reference. The book's format has been revised: it is now 20 percent longer and wider, as this allows for a larger font size. This makes the texts and graphics easier to read. The index has been strongly expanded to make looking up technical terms easier. The Bosch Automotive Handbook is a best-seller, with a broad global readership. Students of engineering programs consult it, as do researchers and engineers in the automotive industry. Mechanics who are studying to become master craftsmen also use it as a reference work. Experts trust the well-founded and extensive expertise that can be found in the classic. The Bosch Automotive Handbook is widely regarded around the world as a standard work for automotive technology.
The art and science of glass engineering, specifically applied to automotive projects, are not at all commonplace. Although windshields, side and backlites seem to be obvious parts of any car, truck, or bus, designing, sourcing, and manufacturing them are unique challenges. From the business perspective, cost control makes the choice of the ideal supplier a vital decision, greatly impacting availability and production. From the technical standpoint, the most creative designs can be rendered impractical due to regulations, lack of economies of scale, or convoluted logistics. Glass Engineering: Design Solutions for Automotive Applications tackles all these variables using a no-nonsense, step-by-step approach. Written by Lyn R. Zbinden, a mechanical engineer and glass specialist, this book narrows the gap between the reader and a technical subject by using language that is easy to understand, a good variety of examples, and a series of invaluable reference design tables.
This book provides an introduction to ground vehicle aerodynamics and methodically guides the reader through the various aspects of the subject. Those needing specific information or a refresher can easily jump to the material of interest. There is a particular emphasis on various vehicle types (passenger cars, trucks, trains, motorcycles, race cars, etc.). However, the book is focused on cars and trucks, which are the most common vehicles in the speed range in which the study of ground vehicle aerodynamics is beneficial. Readers will gain a fundamental understanding of the topic, which will help them design vehicles that have improved aerodynamics; this will lead to better fuel efficiency, improved performance, and increased passenger comfort.
Commercial Airplane Design Principles is a succinct, focused text covering all the information required at the preliminary stage of aircraft design: initial sizing and weight estimation, fuselage design, engine selection, aerodynamic analysis, stability and control, drag estimation, performance analysis, and economic analysis. The text places emphasis on making informed choices from an array of competing options, and developing the confidence to do so. It also shows the use of standard, empirical, and classical methods in support of the design process and explains the preparation of a professional quality design report, including a sample outline.
The years following the Second World War saw Britain in the grip of shortages, rationing and recession. For those wanting a high-performance car there was little choice - either buy a pre-war model, or build your own. This led to the conversion of the most unlikely vehicles into genuine sports cars, and a whole industry grew up using the newly-developed fiberglass material to facilitate conversions. Operating from a tiny back-street woolen mill, Rochdale Motor Panels became a market leader, and made it possible to construct genuine 100mph+ vehicles at a fraction of market prices. The late 1950s were a boom time, and by 1960 Rochdale was ready for a huge leap forward. The exquisite Lotus Elite had proved it was possible to use the material for structural purposes: Rochdale cleverly avoided all the problems faced by that vehicle in their breathtakingly simple Olympic design.
Written by an engineer with close to 20 years of design experience, General Aviation Aircraft Design: Applied Methods and Procedures provides the practicing engineer with a versatile handbook that serves as the first source for finding answers to realistic aircraft design questions. The book is structured in an "equation/derivation/solved example" format for easy access to content. Readers will find it a valuable guide to topics such as sizing of horizontal and vertical tails to minimize drag, sizing of lifting surfaces to ensure proper dynamic stability, numerical performance methods, and common faults and fixes in aircraft design. In most cases, numerical examples involve actual aircraft specs. Broad and deep in coverage, it is intended for practicing engineers, aerospace engineering students, mathematically astute amateur aircraft designers, and anyone interested in aircraft design. This title is organized by articles and numerical examples involve actual aircraft specs.
Modern aircraft manufacturing involves drilling and countersinking hundreds of thousands to millions of holes. Doing this work by hand accounts for 65% of the cost of airframe assembly, 85% of the quality issues, and 80% of the lost time due to injuries. Automated drilling and countersinking replaces traditional hand methods and involves using numeric control machinery to drill and countersink a finished hole "one shot" (drilling a finished hole without using pilot holes or tool changes). This is a proven cost reducing technology that improves quality where it has been applied successfully. The focus of this book is on automating the process of drilling and countersinking holes during airframe manufacturing.
The Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS) Handbook, is an accepted source for metallic material and fastener system allowables recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), all departments and agencies of the Department of Defense (DoD), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), within the limitations of the certification requirements of the specific government agency. MMPDS-08 supersedes MMPDS-07 and prior editions of the MMPDS as well as all editions of MIL-HDBK-5, Metallic Materials and Elements for Aerospace Vehicle Structures that was maintained by the U.S. Air Force. The last edition, MIL-HDBK-5J was cancelled by the U.S. Air Force in March of 2006.
The selection of automobile body materials is fundamental to the choice of fabrication method, and the characteristics and performance of the final vehicle or component. The factors behind these choices comprise some of the key technological and design issues facing automotive engineers today. Materials for Automobile Bodies brings together a wealth of information on automotive materials and material technologies to provide designers and vehicle body engineers with both a solid grounding and a quick reference to inform their material choices. Coverage includes materials processing, formability, welding and joining, anti-corrosion technologies, plus a comprehensive consideration of the implications of materials selection on these processes.
Based on the author's best-selling text Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students, this brief book covers the basics of structural analysis as applied to aircraft structures. Coverage of elasticity, energy methods and virtual work set the stage for discussions of airworthiness/airframe loads and stress analysis of aircraft components. Numerous worked examples, illustrations, and sample problems show how to apply the concepts to realistic situations. Self-contained, this value-priced book is an excellent resource for anyone learning the subject. • Covers the core concepts in about 200 fewer pages by removing some optional topics like structural vibrations and aero elasticity • Systematic step by step procedures in the worked examples • Self-contained, with complete derivations for key equations
Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students is the leading self- contained aircraft structures course text. It covers all fundamental subjects, including elasticity, structural analysis, airworthiness and aero-elasticity. Now in its fifth edition, the author has revised and updated the text throughout and added new examples and exercises using Matlab TM. Additional examples make the text even more accessible by showing application of concepts to airframe structures. Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students includes a Solutions Manual available to all adopting teachers and an extensive aircraft design project case study, which shows the application of the major techniques in the book.
Now in its 13th edition, The Automotive Aerodynamics Handbook, written by Douglas Cox Landa and Henry C. Landa, is a must-have reference text for those interested in understanding aerodynamics applied to automotive problems and streamlining goals. Using a simpler language than the typical engineering textbook, it presents the theory with its immediate use, allowing for classroom or self-study. Focusing on the importance of the fundamental engineering and mathematical concepts, The Automotive Aerodynamics Handbook explains both with a very practical approach, and includes a workbook with problems and solutions. As automotive engineering gears itself more and more towards weight reduction, fuel economy and pollution control, professionals working in this field are challenged everyday with how to make better vehicles that are lighter, efficient, safe and appealing to global mass markets.
Optimize plant asset safety and reliability while minimizing operating costs with this invaluable guide to the engineering, operation and maintenance of rotating equipment. Based upon his multi-volume Rotating Equipment Handbooks, Forsthoffer's Best Practice Handbook for Rotating Machinery summarizes, expands and updates the content from these previous books in a convenient all-in-one volume.
This book provides readers with a solid understanding of the principles of automobile body structural design, illustrating the effect of changing design parameters on the behavior of automobile body structural elements. Emphasizing simple models of the behavior of body structural systems rather than complex mathematical models, the book looks at the best way to shape a structural element to achieve a desired function, why structures behave in certain ways, and how to improve performance.
This review report gives an overview of how polymers are used in aerospace applications. Some of the topics covered are composites, including thermosets, thermoplastics and nanocomposites; fiber reinforcement of composites; and specialized applications. For each type of composite, the chemistry, cure methods, fabrication methods, mechanical properties, thermal properties and environmental degradation are considered. From the applications' perspective, the title discusses sealants, structural adhesives, foams, primer paint, shape memory alloys, electroactive devices, MEMS, vibration damping, NLO properties and ablative polymers. This review report is accompanied by approximately 400 abstracts compiled from the iSmithers Polymer Library, the largest dedicated resource of polymer information in the world, to facilitate further reading on this subject. A subject index and a company index are included.
This book is a one-stop reference for automotive engineers involved in vehicle and automotive technologies. The book provides essential information on each of the main automotive systems (engines, powertrain and chassis, bodies, electrical systems) plus critical external factors with which engineers need to engage, such as hybrid technologies, vehicle efficiency, emissions control, and performance optimization. This quick-reference sourcebook provides engineers with a complete resource for all the essential material needed on a day-to-day basis, including fundamentals, key techniques, and engineering best practice and rules of thumb. Topics include: o Engine Testing o Engine Emissions o Digital Engine Controls o Transmissions o Electric and Hybrid Vehicles o Suspensions and Steering o Tires, Brakes, and Handling o Aerodynamics and Noise o Instrumentation and Telematics o Safety o Materials
A one-stop desk reference, for engineers involved in all aspects of aerospace, this book will not gather dust on the shelf. It brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the field. Material covers a broad topic range from structural components of aircraft, design and airworthiness to aerodynamics and modeling.
This unique book gives chronicles the top Honda technical developments from April through September 2008. The 21 papers included give rare insight into Honda's worldwide R&D team, and cover automotive, motorcycle, power products, and other fundamental technologies. Full-color diagrams complement the text. Title highlights include: Mechanism of Occurrence of Ghost Noise in Helical Gears Resulting from Thread-type Tool Machining Development of Front Pillar for Visibility Enhancement Development of 5-speed Dual-clutch Transmission System for All-Terrain Vehicle Motorcycle Riding Simulator Enabling Experience of Honda's Advanced Brake Systems Running Gait Generation for Biped Robot This publication is available in both print and electronic format. The electronic format is also conveniently available for purchase in individual chapters.
This unique book chronicles the top Honda technical developments from October 2007 through March 2008. The 25 papers included give rare insight into the Honda's worldwide R&D team, and cover automotive, motorcycle, power products, and other fundamental technologies. Full-color diagrams complement the text. Title highlights include: Development of i-VTEC Gasoline Engine for 2008 Model Year Honda FIT Removal of Grounding Cable from Hydrogen Fueling Process 2007 Model CBR1000RRW for Suzuka 8 hours World Endurance Championship Race Study of "LONG" Lighting System for Enhanced Motorcycle Conspicuity Development of High-strength Structural Steel for Welding This publication is available in both print and electronic format. The electronic format is also conveniently available for purchase in individual chapters.
This straightforward text, primer and reference introduces the theoretical, testing and control aspects of structural dynamics and vibration, as practiced in industry today. The book's key features: • Worked example based makes it a thoroughly practical resource • Aimed at those studying to enter, and already working in industry • Presents an applied practice and testing based approach while remaining grounded in the theory of the topic • Makes the topic as easy to read as possible, omitting no steps in the development of the subject • Includes the use of computer based modeling techniques and finite elements • Covers theory, modeling testing and control in practice Written with the needs of engineers of a wide range of backgrounds in mind, this book will be a key resource for those studying structural dynamics and vibration at undergraduate level for the first time in aeronautical, mechanical, civil and automotive engineering.
In recent years, an unprecedented interest in novel and revolutionary space missions has risen out of the advanced NASA and ESA programs. Astrophysicists, astronomers, space systems engineers, mathematicians and scientists have been cooperating to implement novel and ground-breaking space missions. Recent progress in mathematical dynamics has enabled development of specialized spacecraft orbits and propulsion systems. Recently, the concept of flying spacecraft in formation has gained a lot of interest within the community. These progresses constitute the background to a significant renaissance of research dealing with astrodynamics and its applications. "Modern Astrodynamics" is designed as a stepping stone for the exposition of modern astrodynamics to students, researchers, engineers and scientists. This volume will present the main constituents of the astrodynamical science in an elaborate, comprehensive and rigorous manner.
Updated and expanded to include the most recent related information, the second edition of the Fleet Manager's Guide to Vehicle Specification and Procurement is an essential resource for all managers and supervisors involved in these functional areas. Written in concise, simple language, this publication offers a wealth of practical approaches for both saving money and yielding higher profits. Contents include: Vehicle Utilization and Cost Strategies Vehicle Life-Cycle Costing Specification Preparation Economics of Vehicle Replacement and more
This book is written as an introduction to rotor-bearing dynamics for practicing engineers and students who are involved in rotor dynamics and bearing designs. The goal is to provide a step-by-step approach to the understanding of fundamentals of rotor-bearing dynamics. Therefore, the emphasis is on the basic principles, phenomena, modeling, theory, and interpretations of the results. Introduction to Dynamics of Rotor-bearing Systems includes numerous examples, from a single-degree-of-freedom system to complicated industrial rotating machinery, which serve to illustrate fundamental dynamic behaviors. The concepts in the text are reinforced by parametric studies and numerous illustrative examples and figures.
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I've defied all my mother's efforts over the years to civilize me. I still roll my eyes like a grumpy teen whenever etiquette comes up as a topic (don't ask me about fork placement or present buying. My birthday card to you will arrive several days after your birthday.)
So it wasn't a real shock that I pretty much failed a CBS News quiz on "recession etiquette."
It did, however, get me thinking about how we navigate those uncomfortable conversations about job loss ("Hey, Steve, How's the unemployment going!?), coming up short in paying for college or telling your pals you won't be able to take that ski trip with them this year.
How hard is that?
We've talked on MinnEcon about having the recession conversation with your kids. But what about our discussions with colleagues and casual friends?
Do we all end up pretending in those conversations that we're all doing OK? Do we admit to people outside our family that things aren't going great? What do you say when you're on the receiving end of that comment?
I'd love to hear how people deal with all this. Post something below or click here and tell us a story about how you succeeded — or failed — in your recession etiquette. We'll post the best ones we get. Be nice!

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Jan 31, 2012 - By Bruce Tippets Sports EditorCentral Wyoming College this week sets out this week on a pivotal two-game basketball trip in the Region IX North men's conference.
The trip opens at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday vs. Northwest College in Powell and ends at 7:30 p.m. Saturday when the Rustlers take on Casper College at Thunderbird Gym.
"These games are huge," CWC men's basketball coach Curtis Condie said. "We are playing two of the better teams in the conference."
Easy win
The Rustlers finished the first half of the conference season pounding Little Big Horn College 87-44 Saturday night at Rustler Gym.
The key to the victory was CWC's aggressive man-to-man defense. The Rustlers allowed 19 points in the first half and 25 in the second half for the victory.
"The student athletes did a great job of executing the game plan," Condie said.
Little Big Horn had 27 turnovers in 40 minutes.
CWC had six double figure players in the game. Malachi Roberts paced the Rustlers with 14 points. Davion Pearson and Ali Sabra had 12 points apiece. James Johnson and Preston Eaton finished with 11 points each. Armani Flannigan contributed at 10.
Pearson and Flannigan were on the floor for 27 minutes each.
Road trip
CWC hopes to even its regular season series with Northwest after dropping a 72-66 decision Dec. 7 at Rustler Gym in Riverton.
Northwest College comes into the region game with a solid 17-5 record. The Trappers are 5-3 in league play.
"They are so much better," said Condie about how Northwest is playing.
Dawson Community College knocked off Northwest 68-64 Saturday night.
"We can't let them physically beat us up like they did here," Condie said. "Northwest is deep in every position."
Chris Hansen is No. 1 in scoring for Northwest at 20.4 points per game. Jeffrey Solarin (14.8 points per game) and Junior Coleman (13.6) also are scoring in double figures.
Miles Community College is first in the Region IX North division after the first eight games with a 6-2 record.
Gillette College and Western Wyoming Community College are both 4-4 on the season. Dawson Community College is 2-6, and Little Big Horn College is winless at 0-8.
The winner of the Region IX South division hosts the Region IX men's tournament at the end of the season.
CWC 87, Little Big Horn 44
CWC -- Davion Pearson 4 (1) 1-4 12, Malachi Roberts 3 (1) 5-6 14, Armani Flannigan 4 2-2 10, Preston Eaton 1 (3) 0-0 11, James Johnson 5 1-2 11, Ali Sabra 2 (2) 2-2 12, Jordan Phouthavong 0 2-2 2, Braden Wright 1 2-2 4, Benjamin Davis 2 1-2 5, Dax Upton 3 0-0 6. Totals 25 (7) 16-22 87.
Little Big Horn -- Marlow 6 (2) 2-4 20, Clark 1 (1) 3-6 8, Tolbert 2 3-6 7, Jackson (3) 0-0 9. Totals 9 (6) 8-16 44.
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The Abominable Man (1971)
by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
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When I wrote in my post on Sjöwall's & Wahlöö's Murder at the Savoy that the authors were taking the whole of Swedish society into their analytical focus, I was not entirely correct – with all the harsh criticism there remained at least one area where things still seemed to be for the most part as they should be, namely the Swedish police. Certainly, there was the occasional incompetent cop, the occasional bureaucrat who cared only for his own career, but overall the novels gave the impression that police was filled with people like Martin Beck or Lennart Kollberg – far from perfect, but hard-working and well-meaning people.
All of this changes with The Abominable Man. This seventh novel in the series opens with an aged policeman being murdered in his hospital room, and the ensuing investigation into his death not only reveals him to be incompetent, narrow-minded, reactionary and prone to use violence, but also makes it clear that everyone knew about this, that in fact he trained many young policemen (with rather questionable methods) to his way of thinking, and that the only reason his career in the police came to a sudden standstill is the arrival of a more liberal climate in Swedish society during the sixties – a climate which by the end of that decade (when I presume the novel takes place) has already begun to fade again. And the farther the investigations proceeds, the more heinous the things uncovered about the current state of the Swedish police service – civilians being harassed, arrested on a whim, beaten up in police cars or cells, even left to die – and all of it without the least recriminations, complaints being squished by blind solidarity among police officers or swallowed up without a trace by the labyrinthine bureaucracy of the legal system.
At the same time, this is probably the most fast-paced and action-packed volume of the series so far, taking place within a single day and ending with an extended edge-of-your-seat-tension finale (and a rather high body count). A finale that also is highly symbolic – the Swedish police is so rotten to the core that it is beyond redemption and impossible to reason with, and anyone who attempts it is in mortal danger. It is hard to pick favourites here, but this might just the be the best installment in what has been a consistently excellent series (but of course there are still three more novels to go).
This 7th book in the Martin Beck series is a tad more crime fiction rather than mystery but still a great read. The look at how police corruption begins and spreads is fascinating & terrifying. Much of this could have been written recently, so it kept surprising me to remember that this book was first published in 1972.
Strano libro, bisogna tener presente che ha quarant'anni. Mio marito l'ha definito "una scemenza", io sono più possibilista. C'è una parte buona, che è il quadro della società svedese e di una polizia non esattamente santificabile e santificata. Ci sono dei personaggi molto realistici. Quello che lascia perplessi è come l'indagine viene svolta, francamente sembra che facciano a indovinare, e le informazioni vengono esclusivamente dai testimoni. E' mai possibile che, se stanno indagando su un ex collega, non sappiano che proprio quella settimana il tribunale dei minori gli ha tolto la custodia della figlia? Ed è possibile salire su un tetto dove c'è uno che spara con un arsenale militare senza nemmeno un banale giubbotto antiproiettile?
Riguardo alla scrittura, è educata e semplice.
In a ten-part detective series characterized by its social critiques it's inevitable that one volume must address the police force itself. Who will protect society from those charged with protecting society? If the police force is corrupt, what is the citizenry to do?
This questions is unfortunatley as relevant today as it was in 1972 when The Abominable Man was first published, at least in the United States. There is a very good chance that the state of Georgia has just executed an innocent man after the Supreme Court refused to issue a stay last Wednesday and President Obama refused to intervene in any way. Meanwhile, in Fullerton, California bystanders recently filmed police officers beating a homeless man so severely that he later died.
As bad as both these examples are, the current situation is much better than it was in 1972 when police officers, at least in Sweden as it's depicted in Sjowall and Wahloo's novels, did not have to account for their actions to anyone. Anyone that mattered at least.
This is the setting for The Abominable Man, volume seven in The Story of Crime, the Martin Beck mysteries.
The story opens with the murder of a police officer who lays dying in a hospital bed. Now retired, former Chief Inspector Nyman was never a beloved police officer. Few of his coworkers knew anything about his private life; his family knew nothing of his police work. It's not until he is found knifed to death that anyone takes a serious look at his career. The detectives working the case have no evidence to go on. (This has been the case at the start of every Martin Beck novel so far.) All they know is that Nyman used to be a police, when they force themselves to face facts they know that Nyman was a bad police officer.
They soon determine their prime suspect to be former detective, Ericksson, who long held a grudge against Nyman. Ten years ago, Nyman arrested Ericksson's wife thinking she was under the influence of narcotics and left her chained in a cell unattended. She later died, a result of her diabeties and the officers who failed to get her the medical attention she needed. What they carelessly mistook for narcotic intoxication was actually the need for insulin. Ericksson, forced to continue working alongside the officers who caused his wife's death, along with many others, eventually lost his job as his life spiraled out of control. He goes on a killing spree once he finally loses custody of his daughter to the state.
Even with the presence of Sjowall and Wahloo's cast of good police officers, Martin Beck is far from the only one, The Abominable Man is a stinging indictment of a system that left the public unprotected from bad police officers as it encouraged good ones to turn a blind eye whenever they saw a colleague violating the law even in the most extreme circumstances. It's unfortunate that this story is still so pertinent, but it drives home the point that detective novels need not go to extremes to find subject matter. There is plenty to be dealt with in the work and lives of the detectives themselves. Real police work, done in the real world, is fascinating stuff. Something great mystery writers have always known.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable read. It both analyses what makes people commit horrendous crimes, and what constitutes good policing.
We learn early on that the high ranking police officer killed was not a good policeman. Martin Beck's colleague Kollberg says "he was a barbaric son of a bitch of the very worst sort." His name was never discredited, and complaints against him never got past the submission stage. And many of the current personnel in the Stockholm Police force were incredibly loyal to him because he had trained them.
As the blurb indicates, there is no shortage of people who would be glad to see this person dead, but just one has reached the point of no return, deprived of both his wife and his daughter by this man.
The authors also make some interesting commentary on what happened to the city of Stockholm in the 1960s when 90% of the old city was demolished to make way for "modern" development.
This series follows the changes in Martin Beck's personal life as he rises in the force. He is now the chief of the National Murder Squad, his marriage has collapsed and he unashamedly lives for his work.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of these novels is the amount of descriptive detail included, and small nuances in relationships between the men who make up Beck's team. Beck is very demanding, but he does not demand any more from them than he does of himself.
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"Seventh novel in the Martin Beck mystery series," together known as "The story of crime." "The gruesome murder of a police captain in his hospital room reveals the unsavory history of a man who spent forty years practicing a horrible blend of strongarm police work and sheer brutality. Martin Beck and his colleagues feverishly comb Stockholm for the murderer, a demented and deadly rifleman, who has plans for even more chaos. As the tension builds and a feeling of imminent danger grips Bec, his investigation unearths evidence of police corruption."… (more)
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When Sister Is Your Business Partner
As sisters growing up in Rochester, Mich., Brenda and Mary Maher shared a bedroom and a Hasbro (HAS) Easy-Bake oven. As college students, they shared a passion for baking elaborately decorated cakes. And since 2000, the Maher sisters, now 37 and 39 respectively, have shared a thriving Chicago-based business, Cakegirls, which sells some $300,000 worth of specialty cakes a year. Though they have perfected their ability to craft scale replicas of such cultural artifacts as Wrigley Field and the Sony (SNE) PlayStation—sold to celebrity clients, including Bono and Jim Carrey—and they appear on WE tv's Amazing Wedding Cakes and the Food Network's Last Cake Standing, their biggest business accomplishment to date is their nine-year-old partnership.
While every partnership is fraught with risk, those between siblings are even dicier because of the preexisting personal dynamic that almost always characterizes ties between close family members. Bill Alexander, a professor at the Wharton School who specializes in family businesses, explains that "lifelong relationships unconsciously get carried into these partnerships." At the same time, defining business roles and putting them into practice is tricky. And resolving disagreements—or trying to—can be tinged by decades-old family patterns. Wayne Rivers, president of Family Business Institute in Raleigh, N.C., an advisory firm for family-owned companies, says: "Siblings are more hesitant to sign documents. Siblings often go in with blind trust; you're my sister I trust you"—often thinking family ties will bind their business relationship.
According to the Family Firm Institute, a research group in Boston, only 30% of family-owned businesses make it to the second generation, 10% to the third generation, and 3% to the fourth. While Rivers notes that there are no reliable statistics on the number of business partnerships comprised of siblings, he says it is rising among the businesses he works with. "Ten years ago, 25% of family businesses were partnerships. I would say [the number] is substantially larger today."
After three years of toil, a break
Unlike their genre-busting cakes, the Mahers started off cautiously, holding down day jobs while they figured out their fledgling business concept. In 1998, Brenda moved to Chicago by herself and worked as an administrative assistant for a staffing company with the goal of gaining business skills and locating a viable market. "I don't like to be one-dimensional. It allowed me to get my feet wet in Chicago and learn a variety of skills," she says. By the time Mary came to Chicago (with a full set of professional baking and kitchen equipment) two years later—she had been working at an upscale Detroit-area bakery&—a sense of the business and the roles they would play had emerged. Brenda took the lead role in business and Mary focused on the creative side of cake baking and decorating. The Cakegirls got the word out themselves, telling friends and co-workers about their "night job" in the kitchen.
In the beginning, the sisters lived and worked in the same apartment. They gave prospective customers the impression they had a much bigger operation by using voice mail and posting their catalog online. They also opened a business bank account with $500 and deposited any money they earned from baking into it. Within three years, the Mahers had saved $15,000 from sales, having continued to survived on the income from their day jobs.
"I think it is a mistake people make when they blend their expenses together," says Brenda. "We wanted to get a sense over time how much money we could save just on making the cakes out of the apartment." Word spread about their sculptural confections. When Chicago magazine ran a feature on them in 2003, orders flooded in, prompting Brenda to buy a minivan for deliveries. The Mahers felt they were at a crucial point: The business needed a full-time commitment to take advantage of the momentum and sustain itself.
Again, Brenda moved first, cutting back her hours as an administrative assistant. "It was scary. We couldn't get a loan. But I knew if I had more time to devote to the business, we could grow it," she says. The sisters worked out an arrangement in which Brenda worked during the days doing the administrative details and baking. When Mary arrived in the evening, after putting in time as a nanny and as a bookseller at Barnes & Noble (BKS), she did the decorating.
full-time, professional commitments
Although Brenda enjoyed decorating, she was pragmatic. "Mary is 100 times a better decorator than I am and I knew that if I didn't answer the phones and create a structure for the business, it wasn't going to happen."
Their personalities influenced the evolution of the business, too. "I'm more of the mind, if it flops it flops, and Mary is more get-your-ducks-in-a-row," says Brenda. She pushed for a professional space instead of their apartment. Mary waffled at first but the pair eventually signed a six-month lease on a former bakery close to Wrigley Field. It cost an initial $5,000 for the security deposit—a third of what they had saved in three years. Convinced that the business needed her to devote more time to it to succeed, Mary also quit her day jobs. The sisters say the gamble gave Mary the opportunity to experiment with cakes and decorating techniques that would bring the business acclaim.
Until the sisters signed the lease, they had nothing in writing that signaled a formal business partnership. But shortly after signing the lease, they incorporated the business to protect themselves from liability. Like many sibling partnerships, the Mahers consider themselves equal partners and earn identical salaries. Staying true to character, they maintained a sense of humor when assigning their titles. When elder sister Mary filled out the paperwork, she listed herself as president and made Brenda secretary. "Just to get under her skin," jokes Mary.
"The baby of the family" says "no"
The pair say their biggest arguments and struggles often reflect the pecking order established in their childhoods. "I tend to be more black-and-white," says Brenda, "and she is more grey." Brenda says that Mary is very literal and spends a huge amount of time making sure each cake is done to perfection. Says Brenda: "What we fight about most is probably about her saying I charge too much and me saying she takes too long. I say she's adding too many details and she says that's a lot of money."
For instance, not long ago, Brenda decided to stop taking on projects she deemed unprofitable. "We were saying yes to everything and Brenda stopped that," says Mary. "She said: 'Now we have to learn to say no in order to improve the business.' I think that has to do with her being the baby of the family. She wants to prove herself."
Their relationship as sisters does lead to a bit of bickering. "To some degree when we fight, we resort back to who we are as siblings, even though we are talking about business-related things," says Mary. At the same time, they watch out for each other. "We're more like two squirrels," says Brenda. "Neither of us wants to leave early and leave the other one there. We look out for each other. If I see she's getting burnt-out, I say take a day off, and she does the same."
Family business experts Alexander and Rivers agree that one of the biggest challenges in making a sibling business partnership last involves delineating the business relationship and family relationship—both of which tend to overlap. The Mahers say one lesson from their early years—when they both lived and worked together—is the need for space. The pair say they rarely spend time together outside of work these days. (Mary is married, with a young son; Brenda is single).
In the end, the Mahers say that what makes their partnership risky also instills a sense of commitment that's lacking among most business partners. "There is a big difference about working with siblings," says Mary. "I've watched friends who ran small businesses build up a lot of animosity. [Then] they have some disagreement and they sue the other. That is shocking to me. We have a silent agreement. If I don't want to be part of this business, I can't screw over my sister in the process no matter how ugly it gets."


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On this beautiful Sunday, I'd like to thank the universe & God and everyone else who have been helping and praying for Jingle. We brought her for a review at the hospital today and we're so glad that Jingle's wounds are all healing well! But she has to wear sock/shoe for that wounded paw to provide cushion and protection as her pads are mostly gone due to the earlier infection that led to gangrene. Dr said she's amazing because she is willing to put her foot down and uses it all by herself. So kudos to her for being brave albeit being traumatized! /throws confetti everywhere!!!
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$737 million in green-tech loan to company connected to Pelosi family?
posted at 8:45 am on September 29, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
As Tina wrote yesterday, Americans still favor government subsidies to companies unable to otherwise compete in the green-tech industry. That may be especially true of Nancy Pelosi and her family, but not exactly for reasons of environmental improvement. Let's start with this report from The Hill, via Gateway Pundit and Instapundit, on the latest approved green-tech loan from the Department of Energy:
DOE announced a $737 million loan guarantee to help finance construction of the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, a 110-megawatt solar-power-generating facility in Nye County, Nev. The project is sponsored by Tonopah Solar, a subsidiary of California-based SolarReserve.
The Energy Department said the project will result in 600 construction jobs and 45 permanent jobs.
Forty-five permanent jobs? That puts the cost per permanent job at over $16 million, a figure that could employ perhaps a hundred people had the capital remained in the hands of the private sector that produced it. Whatever else these green-tech loans are, they certainly are not job-creation stimulus.
But that's not the best part. As both Gateway Pundit and American Glob discover, one of SolarReserve's "investment partners" is Pacific Corporate Group, through its Clean Energy and Technology Fund. And PCG's executive director is Ron Pelosi — brother of Nancy Pelosi's husband. Suddenly, this deal makes a lot more sense than spending $737 million for forty-five jobs.
This surely is just a coincidence … in the same way that the push by the Obama administration to approve a loan to a failing Solyndra backed by one of his big campaign bundlers was just a coincidence. Recall Reason TV's excellent video yesterday on the urban-renewal movement, in which governments seized property ostensibly to improve neighborhoods but parsed out the spoils to the politically connected ? That's exactly what's going on with this program, and with Barack Obama's demands for more blank checks for stimulus. The only thing Obama's stimulating is the pockets of his cronies.
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I am trying to merge 2 datasets.
But everytime, I get different results
(_m==3 has 83 observations in the
first time, 97 in the second, 100 in the
third and 96 in the fourth, and so on).
I tried to set seed and made my sort, stable.
With no success. I also tried to recast double
my merging identifier. No success. I tried to
tostring it. No success either.
Any hints why I obtain these various results?
I verified in both Stata and Excel.
I do not understand why Stata marked 3 to some
observations that belonged to both datasets in the
first trial and not in the second time.
Best regards.
PS: When I work interractivelly, I do not have that problem.
I have 96 observations that matched. So what I am doing
wrong in my stata do file?
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"During the year in which Michigan's speech code was enforced, more than twenty blacks were charged - by whites - with racist speech. As Trossen notes, not a single instance of white racist speech was punished." And: "What you don't hear from the hate speech theorists is that the first casualty of the MacKinnonite anti-obscenity ruling was a gay and lesbian bookshop in Toronto, which was raided by the police because of a lesbian magazine it carried."
From "Critical Race Theory and Freedom of Speech" in The Future of Academic Freedom, edited by Louis Menard, University of Chicago Press, 1996.


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Aussies can't fight Taliban on Dutch food
- By James DownieJames Downie is an editorial researcher at FP.
Australian troops on the front lines in Afghanistan have seen their fair share of the horrors of war. But if there's one thing they won't put up with, it's European cuisine:
Troops [in the Oruzgan province] had passed on complaints about the "lousy" food, Senator Johnson says, to both Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon on recent visits.
Food is mainly supplied by the Dutch, which commands the provincial reconstruction taskforce in the province.
Australian Defence Force chief Angus Houston defended the soldiers' diet.
"Our soldiers all the way through have had the required amount of calories and the food has been of a very high standard," he said.
"I think the issue is, it's not Aussie food, it's European food and it's pre-prepared.
Worse, getting a taste of home seems to be a status symbol in the Aussie army:
A major issue seems to be that while general troops are taking their supplies from the Dutch, their colleagues in the elite special forces have their own cooks dishing up the grub.
"Essentially, special forces have been eating Aussie food," Air Chief Marshal Houston said.
Top brass insist that the soldiers are getting good food, but "in total, 10 cooks will eventually be deployed to vary the diet of the soldiers." Whether they will be followed by an elite "Grandma's pies" batallion is at this point unconfirmed.
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Well, hi there! I'm La-La! How goes it?!
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I'm a drinking, smoking, bird flipping punk rock mom that's been doing this whole modeling scene for about ten years now (Holy hell...*phew*). Happened by accident and haven't walked away since.
I have a big personality and am lots of fun. I really enjoy others that share those same qualities.
I play roller derby for various teams in my area and it's pretty neato.
I'm afraid of very little and tend to skew the line between bold and crazy.
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I live in a tiny ass town that's amazingly centralized. What's that mean? Well, I literally can shoot anywhere from the tippy top of NY to the very bottom of PA (and on occasion I do find myself in the State of Lovers [Virginia, for those that are confused as hell now]... ask me to shoot and I probably will go ahead and make the drive. I like mini vacations) and I am most certainly not opposed to driving to the north eastern parts of Ohio, all of Maryland, Delaware, DC and New Jersey. Neato burrito, huh?!
My rates are incredibly reasonable and I will travel anywhere as long as accommodations are made for me. Also, while it is incredibly hospitable of your offer to allow me to stay in your home while you shoot with me; that is something I will politely decline. If I do not have a friend or family member in your area I will require a hotel room for my safety and comfort.
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I want to even out the tone of my skin--I have a lot of sun damage and precancerous lesions. Not considering downtime or cost, would you recommened one over the other?
TCA Vs. Laser for Sun Damaged Skin?
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Either one would be an excellent choice.
Thanks for your very good question.
This is a question that gets posed quite a bit, and the answer is always a good one. Both TCA and IPL are excellent choices for reversing signs of sun damage and evening out skin tone. The combination of the two will give even better results. I will explain:
TCA is an optimal choice for patients with lentigos or mottled hyperpigmentation due to chronic sun exposure. It will work extremely well in renewing the skin and delivering a porcelain white, fresh, new appearance that patients generally love. The downtime is considerable, and the pain with the peel can be quite uncomfortable, although only for a couple minutes. It will not do anything for vessels, so if there is a reddish hue underlying the photodamage, that may remain. A TCA should be redone every 3-4 months for continuing optimal benefit.
IPL will target both redness and hyperpigmenation and is an excellent choice to even out the skin. It will take multiple treatments with very minimal downtime. The results can be augmented by doing a TCA to improve texture and acheive an even greater reduction in hyperpigmentation.
To specifically answer your question, you can't go wrong with either. But, if redness is a predominant feature of your sundamage, do the IPL and follow later with a TCA. If the dark spots are the primary concern, you can do either first, but a TCA should give you immediate results that, if done right, you should love.
Good luck!
Tca peel vs laser
I believe that you can get a lot more accuracy of depth of treatment with the laser. with sun damage and wrinkles, a deeper treatment is necessary, and lasers are more accurate.
TCA vs. laser for sun damaged skin would depend on the individual
Of course, this choice between TCA and laser would have to be individualized to specifically suit your skin type and skin issues. Generally, a TCA peel is often considered adequate to improve skin tone and address uneven pigmentation or even actinic keratoses (precancerous, sun-damaged skin). Patients are very pleased with the results of this much simpler treatment which generally has a quicker recovery time than laser resurfacing. On the other hand, the more significant the sun damage and the more aggressive the treatment goals, the greater would be my tendency to lean towards laser resurfacing as the more appropriate treatment.
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TCA vs. laser for sun-damaged skin
For sun-damaged skin and pre-cancers, you have several options. One of the best treatments for this is application of aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a chemical sensitizing agent followed by activation of this chemical with blue light, red light or intense pulsed light (IPL). Two treatments with a 1 month interval between treatments can give you considerable improvement. TCA peels can also work, but the more effective medium-depth peel has a few more days of recovery time than the ALA-activation treatment. TCA peels on the other hand can also produce a bit of skin tightening and improvement in fine wrinkles. For your concerns, I would probably recommend the ALA treatment.
Both great for discoloration from the sun
While TCA peeling and numerous lasers improve the discoloration from sun damage, only ablative treatments that are more aggressive like fractional CO2, dermabrasion, and fully ablative laser treatments help eliminate pre-cancers. These mean downtime of at least 7 days.
IPL, which is a non-laser pulsed light treatment, is usually the gold standard for red and brown blotches from sun damage but not for skin cancers It has no downtime but requires 3-6 sessions. Pearl or other mid-range infrared lasers have about 5 days of downtime, but really help get rid of brown spots with just one treatment. Fractional non-ablative erbium-YAG laser devices require multiple treatments for discoloration and skin texture improvement, but also require at least 3 sessions. Your dermatologist can discuss these options, as well as the use of Aldara, Tazorac, sunscreen use, and the importance of regular skin cancer checks to watch for skin cancers. www.drmarylupo.com
Photodynamic Therapy with IPL is the most effective sun damage treatment
TCA peels unless done very deeply are not adequate to remove sun damage and pre cancerous lesions. Deeper TCA peels have a history of causing irregular pigmentation and scarring.
The most modern up to date technique is called Photo-dynamic therapy which is excellent and effective.
A cream called Levulan is applied to your face. After about an hour, the cream is selectively absorbed by the damaged skin cells.
The Levulon sensitizes the damaged cells to light. Several different lights such as blue light, red light or IPL can be used. The light is flashed on the skin. The damaged skin cells are damaged and removed by the combination of the light and the Levulon.
This is a very effective treatment and is widely accepted as the best treatment availble for sun damage and pre cancerous lesions.
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to Rosey Sue, my July partner - did you get my July block? I mailed it on the 19th.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
to Rosey Sue, my July partner - did you get my July block? I mailed it on the 19th.
Wow, what a week. I have been finishing up some extra swaps only I more to do, so here they are
1 Dotty - 2 oriental lanterns
2. Cnolan - 4 black and white with a little red
3. Oksewn - your 3 blocks, you already saw the Globe
4. Shnn - here is your fairy block and he pansy will be done tomorrow
5. Lvtosew - Here is one of your primitive angel the other is being done tomorrow.
6. Quiltmama - batik stars are cut and will be put together tomorrow.
hope ya'll like them.
Once again, please forgive the pics, colors still not good.
All the best
PS Dotty your angel block was totally Awesome girl.
Dotty Lantern in reds, aquas black and gol
Dotty's #2 Lantern
Cnolan's paper pieced star burst
CNolans mock catherdral window with flourish
Black and whtie sidewalk block wit Jazz trio embroidery
Cnolan - black and white 120 minute block
Oksewn Globe with fabrege egg embroidery
Oksew - Old world santa applique with embroidery
Shnn fairy block,e finished pansy to be finished tomorrow
Robert-- you have me down for fairy and pansy blocks -- I think you must mean someone else? I've got all my blocks from you. Although my son was asking for more of your black and flame blocks...
OH MY GOODNESS!!!! Robert, those blocks are amazing! I can hardly wait!!! My poor machine is still not working quite right, so it may be a few more days before I can get your blocks done. :(
The good news is I have picked out the fabrics for them! :wink:
No worries.
I know they will be great.
Wonderful to see your work. We all learn from each other! DKM
OK, I see what I did, 2 Flames blocks are cookin up for youOriginally Posted by shnnn
Robert, I just love that Angel, and your other blocks are awesome as well, I have your package sitting in the mail box as I type to be picked up, I missed the mail man this morning...LOL I am in no hurry, so take your time..
OH those are gorgeous Robert - thank you so much..
So you know I have one more that is your mystery block and i hope you like it.
Will be in the mail tomorrow.
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The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the interaction between unemployment insurance (UI) in the United States and the business cycle. In the first essay, I develop a search model to determine the optimal adjustment of UI benefits over the business cycle. The model strongly supports the notion that increasing the generosity of unemployment insurance for the long-term unemployed during recessions increases welfare. In the United States, the mechanism for triggering extensions to UI benefits is based on a state's unemployment rate reaching certain thresholds. This mechanism is poorly designed and causing extensions to be available in only handful of states in the prior two recessions. The second essay analyzes the ability of Markov Switching (MS) models to identify cyclical downturns in the labor market when extensions to UI benefits would be appropriate. Extending benefits during the downturns identified by a MS model of the average duration of unemployment more closely aligns extensions to periods of low job finding and high exhaustion rates than the current program and other proposed alternatives. In the last essay I focus on the effects of the U.S. automatic extension program on search behavior. Under this program there is a level of uncertainty regarding an individual's benefit entitlement because extensions are contingent on the level of state unemployment rates. I use a regression discontinuity approach to identify the effects of the program on the length of unemployment spells and county-level unemployment rates. While I find that benefit extensions have a significant impact on both of these measures, the uncertainty involved in this program may account for the small magnitude of its estimated effect on county-level unemployment rates. The conclusions of this dissertation can serve as a guide for policymakers in terms of designing an optimal UI system, determining when labor market downturns occur and understanding the effect of automatically increasing benefits during recessions on individual search behavior.
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By Nick Teale
Despite having seen Liverpool lose two of their opening three Premier League games, Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has refused to write off the Merseysiders' chances in the title race.
The Anfield side responded to a 2-1 defeat at Tottenham on the opening weekend with a 4-0 win against Stoke last week. However on Monday they suffered their first home League defeat since 2007 by going down 3-1 to Aston Villa.
In spite of their poor form, Wenger believes Rafael Benitez's side have had two tough early-season fixtures and should still be considered a threat in the battle for the Premier League title.
"They had two tricky opponents," said Wenger. "Tottenham are on a high at the moment, and when you play Aston Villa at home, you know they can be dangerous on the counter-attack.
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Date of Stay: December, 2009
Made reservations 8 months prior to stay. These greedy people did not want to honor it because of HUGE rate changes. Stayed 1 night after arriving late. When owners came in the next day, they tried to charge 4X what I had paid for in full in June. They left me in New Orleans on New Years Eve without a place to stay. Stay away at all costs, a reservation means nothing. Bayou Sagnette State Park is only 10 minutes away for only $18, not $200 per night like these scalpers charge for big events. You can cab it to the Algiers Ferry if you want to drink in the quarter. The ferry is free and let's you off right by the Hilton Riverside.
Date of Stay: August, 2009
Very nice park located right on the Styx River. The management was great. Very hospitable and friendly. With a pool and some shade, would definitely rate a 10. They'll give you a ride to tube the river and get off right at the campground. That's a great feature, as you don't want to leave your car unattended in the woods for 4-5 hours. Highly recommend and I will be back.
Date of Stay: July, 2009
There is some great pros for this park. It is a beautiful wooded park. The sites are the largest I've ever seen. You hardly knew you had neighbors. The lake is beautiful. I would suggest having a boat or other watercraft, or, the amenities for teenagers are limited. They have a nice water slide area, but, is more for the younger set mostly. My teenagers got a little bored with it. The town of Wiggins is very close, so, in case you need any supplies, it's an easy trek. The only major con is the ants. They've been mentioned in other reviews. Luckily, they are not fire ants and don't biter, but, they are everywhere. They're really a nuisance. Overall a very nice park and might consider going back.
Date of Stay: June, 2009
This park should be fantastic with it's location on the Styx River. It has recently been purchased by a company that is selling memberships. They are promising many improvements. The problem is there "sales" techniques sucker you into a 2 hour presentation with the promise of a free night's stay. They don't tell you that you have to buy the $7000 membership to get the free night. Personally, I had better things to do with my time off than listen to a bunch of promises. It's a typical scam, bait and switch operation that give the whole industry a bad name. There's quite a few other campgrounds in the immediate area. Don't fall for this old routine.


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Asuna, pwning vampires with shoes since 2007.
Whoops, my hand slipped.(PWNED!)
Oh man, this episode really makes me realise the appropriateness of the "*Negima?!*" title, mostly the '?!' part.
* Asuna, pwning Eva with shoes and boats.
* Fucking. Awesome. Magical fights.
* Secchan.
* Eva arc finished so fast?
* Asuna's mahou shoujo transformation (please go Nanoha style for the rest of the series.)
* Negi never showing off his magical battle powers. Seriously. Eva was finally pwned by Kamo-kun, like.. "LAWL".
* 4:3 raws.
Well, it seems that SHAFT is wrapping up the Eva Arc fast so they can go in to the thick of the action, which is the Kyoto Arc, that I heard XEBEC butchered and which I luckily never watched so that I will be traumatized. Waiting for 16:9 to come out and rewatch. Asuna pwning Eva was damn awesome.


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Do any of you guys know how much a bowtie gen4 502 weighs i dont have a scale big enought to weigh it we are trying to figure out how much it will cost to ship the block, a callies crank and a new set of eagle h beam rods
Do any of you guys know how much a bowtie gen4 502 weighs i dont have a scale big enought to weigh it we are trying to figure out how much it will cost to ship the block, a callies crank and a new set of eagle h beam rods
Last edited by gn7; 02-09-2012 at 08:42 PM.
Is there such a thing as a Gen 4? I thought they were Mark V. I thought the Gen 4 was in with the new generation of small blocks.
By the way, as long as we are being anal, there is no Mark V!
GENs don't use roman numerals, they use standard numbering. Roman numerals look stupid when not used with a MK or Mark. But not as stupid a MK4.
So you can certainly understand how Matt could make the mistake now can't you?
So how is that for an anal answer?
Last edited by gn7; 02-14-2012 at 07:27 PM.
Thats a good one Barry. They can't even get their own damn designations correct. The funny thing about that is that the reason they went to the GEN designation was that Ford had the MK V and VI tied up and GM didn't what to get into a legal tug a war with them. Then they use in the casting. Thats priceless. You notice under that it does have G-6. I have seen them with MK in the timing chain area, but never with a VI with it.
I never had any doubts as to why GM went bankrupt. That is a a perfect example that the left hand has nmo idea what the right is doing, and NEITHER pay any attention to the mouth and brain.
Sorry guys to many different blocks out there mine is a older style 502,two piece rear man seal it doesn't have those stupid looking water jackets, and damn sure doesn't have that bolt pattern timing cover, i will get a casting number so you guys can clear this up for me. thanks might be easier to sell not sounding stupid
Cool i knew they keep you around here for a reason, what are these blocks going for in good shape barry was interested in it but i dont really know what its worth i gave a 1000.00 for it probably got screwed around but whatever.
Ask Barry what I paid for the MK IV I bought from him.
Is it worth more than i paid or less
Thats exactly what I paid for a MK IV bowtie with head studs, main studs, all 5 steel caps, and a small 4.44 bore.


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JUNIOR (2007): Dan Williams broke out at the plate in the later part of the 2007 season...ended the year with an eight-game hitting streak that included five multi-hit games and eight RBI...started 23 games at second base, 16 at third base and six at shortstop while appearing in a total of 48...earned third-highest batting average and slugging percentage for the Panthers with marks of .301 and .468, respectively...had an impressive team-high on-base percentage of .427...tallied 24 RBI on 47 hits including 11 doubles and five homeruns...showed patience at the plate while drawing a team-high 30 walks...recorded second-most assists for the Panthers with 89 while fielding nine double plays...notched 11 multi-hit and three multi-RBI games...led Pitt to a close 16-15 win over Cleveland State on May 15, driving in three runs and scoring one...blasted first homerun of the season in a 5-0 victory over reigning conference champions Notre Dame on March 31...sparked the Panthers' 11-6 win over Villanova on April 20, going 2-4 with two RBI...fueled Pitt's 5-4 comeback victory over Akron on May 1 with a two-run homerun and perfect 2-2 day at the plate...batted .500 during the Big East Championship series to close out the season.
SOPHOMORE (2006): Williams started and appeared in all but three games for the Panthers at third base...batted .273 with 47 hits, including seven doubles, two triples and one homerun, while compiling 29 RBI and nine stolen bases...led the team in walks (28) and was hit by a pitch a team-high ten times...was among team-leaders in on-base percentage (.401)...recorded 25 putouts and 87 assists with 10 double plays... helped Pitt to its first win of the season with a team-leading three hits and three RBI vs. Coastal Carolina...blasted a three-run homer in a 14-7 win over Belmont...contributed two hits and two RBI in 16-6 victory over Sacred Heart...went 3-4 with a career-high four RBI while stealing two bases in a 10-5 win over Sacred Heart...had Pitt's only two RBI in a 6-2 loss to WVU...had game-tying RBI-triple vs. Villanova in an eventual 9-5 win...helped the Panthers to a 12-11 win over Rutgers with three hits and three RBI, including an RBI-triple...had a team-high and career-high 12-game hitting streak that ran from March 9 to March 31...tallied multiple hits in 12 games.
FRESHMAN (2005): Williams was Pitt's starting third baseman in 43 games and made a total of 45 appearances...scored 29 times and drove in 18 runs...drove in two clutch runs in the upset of No. 23 and top-seeded St. John's in the Big East Tournament...belted his first home run in Pitt's 9-5 win over Georgetown...scored three runs and stole a base in the win over Akron...also scored three times with two hits and an RBI in the win over Youngstown State...hit safely in all three games vs. Notre Dame in the regular season, finishing 4-8 with one run scored and one RBI...had a total of eight multi-hit games on the year.
HIGH SCHOOL: Williams was a four-year letterwinner...garnered first-team All-League, All-Main Line Life and All-Main Line Times honors as a senior...team co-captain...Carpenter Cup Team Selection...recorded a batting average of .444 with 32 RBI and nine stolen bases.
PERSONAL: Born on April 24, 1986...son of Craig and Cindy Williams...has one brother, Scott (14) and one sister, Christine (17)...a marketing major.
Amos Lands on ACC All-Freshman Team
No. 20 Wake Forest Defeats Pitt in Finale
Ninth Inning Comeback Lifts Pitt over No. 20 Wake Forest
No. 20 Wake Forest Outlasts Pitt, 7-4
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We hired PSL Moving and Storage to do a local move for us from a storage facility to a new home. One of their contracted "helpers" was supposed to show up on a Sunday at 8:00 am to do the move. He never showed up, which wasnt a real surprise since he called numerous times the day before trying to reschedule the time. When we called the owner of the company, Linda Sneed, and advised her of the situation, she assured us she would have her company take care of it ASAP. At 10:15, her 'assistant manager' Jerry showed up with another helper. Apparently, they didnt check the delivery truck as it was full of dirt, garbage and filthy mattresses and box springs.
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After telling the owner we needed to go back to the hotel, she said she would pay for it, and attempted to get us to go to a roach motel. We declined and went back to where we just checked out of. The following day after several phone calls and texts, the truck FINALLY shows up at 12:30 pm. Glad we were first on their list...During the unload, the assistant manager was told to be careful with a moirror box that contained a beveled glass table top that goes to our living room set. What does he do? Pick it up from the wrong side with one hand. Three guesses as to what happened next...yep, the top slid out and busted all over the driveway.
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