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America's fabric is pulling apart like a cheap sweater.
What would sew us back together?
Another 9/11 attack.
Is there any doubt they are planning to hit us again?
If it is to be, then let it be. It will take another attack on the homeland to quell the chattering of chipmunks and to restore America's righteous rage and singular purpose to prevail.
The unity brought by such an attack sadly won't last forever.
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This last 6-years has been a slow-motion train wreck. OBL is still on the loose. The Anthrax attackers are still on the loose. We're stuck in a quagmire in a war of choice in Iraq, losing a winnable war in Afghanistan, and then contemplating opening a third front of the Great War on Terror in Iran (and Pakistan).
I'm tired of staring into the abyss. In addition to the 3000 lives lost on 9/11 and the near 5000 (3600 military deaths, and an estimated 1000 contractor deaths) in Iraq and Afghanistan, we can chalk up threats to free speech, habeas corpus, our own privacy, and any semblance for advocacy for the middle class in Washington. We are distracted from true threats like class inequality, our aging infrastructure, precarious financial environment, and global warming with bright and shiny objects like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, and divisive social wedge issues like abortion, gay marriage, and evolution.
Although Bykofsky takes the easy way out and (correctly) states that another 9/11 would finally unite us, he's correct, but I hope he's thinking of the wrong outcome. He thinks that another 9/11 would would cause us to put aside our partisan differences to get "it" done – I'm assuming by "it" he means the War on Islamofacism. But there's danger in these thoughts. With the right proudly proclaiming that we are safer BECAUSE there have been no new attacks, another 9/11 might have the complete opposite consequences – reinforces the disgust and despair many of us are feeling towards our media and political institutions.
The next-9/11 will preceed one of two outcomes – either the police state, or the beginning of the American Renaissance, where we cast of the dead weight and corrupt institutions of the past and become the America we thought, hoped, and dreamed we were.
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To put a finer point on it than I would like, I think there is a tendency among structuralists and Austrians to complain that Keynesians only look at aggregate data and draw sweeping conclusions, but then the structuralists and Austrians fail to examine the disaggregated data.
I think there are a lot of things going on, but to put it in an Austrian frame, the ability to gather dispersed knowledge has increased many many with the introduction of the computer and the internet. Indeed, this is precisely why they are such a big deal. But, that's another story.
The point I want to make here, is that we no longer face a tradeoff between simple aggregate measures and thinking about how various parts of the macroeconomy interact.
If the sector level is of interest to you then we have lots of sector data at our finger tips. If that's not enough the Economic Census lets us dig down to a level of aggregation that is only roughly 3 firms deep.
We can't get lower than three firms because of privacy concerns – though of course the data does exist and there are probably some circumstances under which it could be accessed.
Right now there are questions about the jobs. Is there such a thing as "the labor market" or are there simply lots of markets in which labor is bought and sold.
I think there is a labor market. Here are a few more pictures that help explain why.
So here are two very different sectors and their job opening rates. Openings as a percentage of employment overtime.
Even though the difference between sectors is at least as big as the difference in sectors, the key is that they move together.
We can also take a much wider view and do all sectors together
Now layered over top of this is the growth rate real real retail and food service sales. So that is how much stuff consumers are buying.
There is not a perfect match but I suspect some of that is due to how I am measuring the data. What I really need is year-over-year change in openings compared to year-over-year change is sales.
I can do that for overall opening but it would take longer than I have right now to do it for each individual. I hope from the above we can see that the individuals move together.
Moreover, openings is a slightly right shifted version of sales. This would seem to indicate that sales moves first. Though, of course, expectations matter.


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Pyongyang said it would use the Yongbyon facility to generate "peaceful electricity" at the present stage". The five-megawatt Soviet-designed reactor is far too small to make any useful contribution to the creaking North Korean grid but it is capable of turning spent fuel rods into weapons-grade plutonium.
Warning that the crisis is worse than that of 1994, North Korea's foreign ministry spokesman called on Britain to use its influence with Washington to avert war. "The US says that after Iraq, we are next," said deputy director Ri Pyong-gap, "but we have our own countermeasures. Pre-emptive attacks are not the exclusive right of the US."
American spy satellites have recently identified the movement of trucks near fuel rods at the facility, prompting fears North Korea could be planning to make about six nuclear weapons.
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the North Korea situation "is a dangerous one".
He also warned of the ability of US forces to deal with North Korea, despite preparations for a possible war with Iraq. "Our forces are arranged around the world, not in a threatening way, but in a way that demonstrates that we already do in fact have the capability of dealing in more than one theatre at a time," Mr Rumsfeld said.
As the tension increased, the possibility of the involvement of Australia's armed forces emerged. The director of the Asia Pacific Security Program at the Australian National University, Alan Dupont, said if South Korea asked Canberra for military assistance in the event of a North Korean attack, it would be "extremely difficult for any government to refuse".
This was because of the historical ties between South Korea and Australia and residual commitments from Australia's involvement in the UN armistice arrangements put in place at the end of the Korean War. While these were not legally binding, the nations involved in the defence of South Korea had declared their readiness to again defend the country.
"It is one of the scenarios that (the Department of) Defence looks at all the time, in which we would probably have to commit some forces on the South Korean side," Mr Dupont said.
In the past week there has been a significant increase in tension over the North Korean nuclear crisis, which began in October when Pyongyang admitted to a nuclear arms program. What began as an apparent game of brinkmanship by North Korea to win aid in exchange for halting the arms program has quickly developed into a security crisis.
In a warning to North Korea, the Pentagon is ready to deploy 24 long-range bombers to the US air base on Guam, south-east of the Korean peninsula. The bombers would back up US forces in South Korea and Japan, which include the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk.
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BP Plc (BP/) will buy back $8 billion of shares from investors after completing the sale of 50 percent of Russian oil producer TNK-BP.
BP's first buyback since 2008 will return the original amount invested in the venture 10 years ago, the London-based company said in a statement today. The sum is twice as much as Chief Financial Officer Brian Gilvary signaled last year would be enough to offset earnings per share lost from selling the stake in Russia's third-largest producer.
The deal to sell out of TNK-BP gives Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley a fresh start in Russia after a fractious 10- year partnership with a group of billionaires. BP shares have slumped since the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the company faces fines after a trial in New Orleans.
"This shows confidence for BP," said Iain Reid, an analyst at Jefferies & Co. in London. "It makes them more shareholder-friendly, but I don't think they'll recover their luster until the Macondo trial is over."
BP rose 1.9 percent to 457.7 pence in London, the highest since Feb. 12.
After selling its TNK-BP stake to OAO Rosneft (ROSN), BP will become the second-biggest investor in Russia's largest oil company with a 19.8 percent shareholding. Following the buyback, which will take eight to 12 months to complete, BP will retain $4.5 billion in cash from the deal.
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"We have released cash equivalent to six years of BP's anticipated future dividends from TNK-BP," Dudley said in the statement. "BP is moving on to the next phase of its business in Russia."
TNK-BP, which accounted for about a quarter of BP's output and a fifth of its reserves, paid the company $19 billion in dividends since it was formed in 2003. BP's initial investment in the venture was $8 billion.
Dudley said yesterday that BP and Rosneft are looking at offshore projects in Russia to work on together.
In the U.S., there's still a risk that BP could be found grossly negligent for the 2010 spill, which would bring maximum Clean Water Act fines of more than $17 billion. The trial over liability for the disaster began Feb. 25. Judge Carl Barbier will determine responsibility for the disaster and whether one or more of the companies involved acted with willful or wanton misconduct or reckless indifference -- the legal requirement for establishing gross negligence.
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I'm guessing we are looking at the frequency of data points along the route showing that the Garmin is recording about 58 data points compared to about 14 on Runkeeper on the iPhone and 12 on Runkeeper on the HTC.
I also guess the logical conclusion is that the more data points along the route the more accurate the plotting of the route and consequently the more accurate the measure of distance travelled.
Does that sound right or am I missing something and that logic is flawed ? It is interesting to see it so clearly represented on these images but not too surprising.
As a matter of interest what distance did each device record for the total run ?
I use a Garmin 405, and it seems to be very accurate against measured race distances. As Cougie says, that's what it's designed for.
I just like to know how far I've run on training runs, and I use it for speed sessions as it beeps to tell me when I have to speed up/can slow down
You can probably get an app for that, but then I don't have an iPhone
Yes, I've found the same, I now run only with the Garmin and then upload the data onto runkeeper.
It's up to the application to request current GPS position from the iPhone but the more requests you make the lower the battery life. When Runkeeper first launched the battery life was less than a couple of hours with it running so I imagine they've got some smart filtering that varies requests by current speed to get a trade off of accuracy vs battery life.
The Garmin GPS algorithm is tried and tested. I've used one of their Etrex units for years. It works out how fast you are moving and how often you change velocity and plots the points appropriately. ie if you speed up and slow down it is picking up your speed changes and if you are weaving side to side it is picking up your direction changes. If you run in a straight line quickly the points will be more spread out.
All GarminGPS does is plot points (and some heart rate stuff?).
The iPhone and the HTC are limited on memory and battery life and also have to do lots of other functions. I suspect that they limit the number of points appropriately.
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but the garmins are never 100% accurate .so you have to use common sense...................for a couple of races i have worn one on each arm and they do get out of sync.sometimes significantly.......at 1 20 miler recently my left arm ran .2 of a mile further than my right arm
Seren is quite right - my Squeeze and I run together sometimes, and his Garmin 305 would consistently record a longer distance than mine, and also on race distances (where mine is usually within 0.02 of a mile to the race distance).
He's just bought a new one (can't remember which number), so it'll be interesting to see if that is more accurate.
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but the garmins are never 100% accurate .so you have to use common sense...................for a couple of races i have worn one on each arm and they do get out of sync.sometimes significantly.......at 1 20 miler recently my left arm ran .2 of a mile further than my right armThe GPS is accurate to within 10m positional accuracy. I don't know how it measures the actual distance you have travelled. So the points you plot are accurate but it will depend on what you did between the points on your actual distance.


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- Kentucky's jobless rate drops to 5.1% in May 2016
- June 17, 2016
Kentucky's seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for May 2016 dropped to 5.1 percent from a revised 5.4 percent in April 2016, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
The preliminary May 2016 jobless rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the 5.3 percent rate recorded for the state in May 2015. The U.S. seasonally adjusted jobless rate for May 2016 was 4.7 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Read More
- Jobless rates up in 65 Kentucky counties in March 2016
- May 20, 2016
Unemployment rates rose in 65 Kentucky counties between March 2015 and March 2016, fell in 37 counties, and remained the same in 18, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Read More
- Stevens Named CEO for KAR
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The Kentucky Association of REALTORS® (KAR) has named Steve Stevens as its Chief Executive Officer, effective May 17, 2016.
Stevens had most recently been president and CEO of Greater Spokane Incorporated (GSI), the 1,200-member chamber of commerce and economic development agency for eastern Washington. In his role, Stevens' focus was on recruitment and expansion of business and industry, government relations, workforce development and member services. During his tenure, strong legislative advocacy by the organization helped secure over $1.7 billion in new funding for the region.
"We are excited to have Steve on board," stated Lamont Breland, president of KAR. "His diverse background in public policy and perspectives on business management issues at the local, state and federal levels will serve our Association well going forward."
Before joining GSI, Stevens served for eight years as president and CEO of the 2,000 member Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce located in Ft. Mitchell. Prior to that appointment, he was the Chamber's Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and spent more than 12 years advocating for the advancement of pro-business issues, community priorities and trade development, as well as serving as the Chamber's legislative agent in Frankfort. Stevens also served the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce as the Director of Government Affairs for three years.
"I am thrilled to be coming home to Kentucky to apply my expertise and years of experience to help support such an important segment of Kentucky's businesses. Working as a dedicated business advocate for most of my life, it's been my 'calling' and I am energized to be part of this team. Nearly 10,000 members count on KAR's strong advocacy to advance issues and provide important member services that help them grow and maintain strong businesses in Kentucky."
Stevens is a graduate of the University of Kentucky, the Institute for Organization Management, the Center for Creative Leadership and Leadership Kentucky. In a volunteer capacity, Stevens served as president of the state association of Chamber of Commerce Executives in Kentucky and has been an active member of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE). He earned the Certified Chamber Executive (CCE) designation from ACCE and was named Chamber Executive of Year in 2011 by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
Stevens and his wife, Marilyn, have two sons, Stewart, who is also a University of Kentucky graduate and Logan, who will soon graduate from Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Kentucky Association of REALTORS® is one of the largest and most influential associations in Kentucky.
Founded in 1923, KAR represents more than 9,600 REALTORS® who are involved in all aspects of real estate, including residential and commercial real estate brokers, sales agents, developers, builders, property managers, office managers, appraisers and auctioneers.
- 7 benefits of a home's outdoor space
- April 25, 2016
It's common today for backyard space to be used as an extension of a home's livable space. Creating an idyllic and cozy outdoor environment can also benefit when it comes time to sell. While there are many functional and financial benefits of maintaining a home's outdoor space, there are also many health benefits.
The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) recently shared seven reasons why it pays for owners to have an enjoyable backyard. Read More
- First-time buyers love these home features
- April 11, 2016
Mid-Atlantic real estate professionals are bullish on the housing market this spring, particularly due to the growing number of first-time home buyers entering the market.
In its 2016 Mid-Atlantic Housing Market Survey, MRIS – one of the nation's largest multiple listing services – found that 57 percent of nearly 750 real estate professionals recently surveyed expect this spring to be busier than last year. The majority of the respondents cited low mortgage rates as the main reason they believe buyers will act faster this year than last year. Read More
- 9 neighborhood features that hamper values
- April 11, 2016
Certain neighborhood features near a home – like cemeteries and power plants -- could drag down a home's price. Realtor.com® recently identified which of those features could have the biggest impact.
To calculate, realtor.com® analyzed home prices and appreciation rates in ZIP codes of the 100 largest metro areas across the country where a specific so-called "drag-me-down facility" – such as power plants or homeless shelter – was present. Read More
- Kentucky REALTOR selected as a finalist for NAR's 30 Under 30
- March 18, 2016
One of the 50 finalists named to the list of 30 Under 30 with NAR was a Kentucky REALTOR®. Rusty Underwood, with the Lexington Bluegrass Association, is eligible for the 30 Under 30 award, and is up for the Web Choice Award. Now through noon (CST) on March 25, REALTORS®, friends, family members and acquaintances can place daily online votes for Rusty in REALTOR® Magazine's 2016 "30 Under 30" Web Choice Award.
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According to NAR, anyone can vote daily for their choice. The finalist with the most votes after one week will get a spot in 30 Under 30. Once online voting ends, the remaining 29 honorees for this year will be selected by a panel of judges and announced on March 28. For more information on Rusty and all the other finalists from other states, read the REALTOR® Mag story.
- 5 things a home owner should do when moving into a home
- March 11, 2016
Before a home owner gets settled in, there are 5 things to do immediately to the home, according to Bankrate.
1. Change the locks. Who knows how many people have keys to the home. But it's recommended you don't just re-key the locks. Go ahead and replace the hardware, too. You get a nice update and peace of mind. Read More
- Special election results for Kentucky
- March 9, 2016
Democrats won three of four House seats up for grabs in Tuesday's special election, increasing their majority status in the House chamber by one for the rest of the 2016 General Assembly, including the all-important process of writing the next state budget.
The House will have 53 Democrats and 47 Republicans through the fall elections. It is the final state legislative chamber in the South to remain in Democratic control, and it is the last bastion of Democratic Party power in Kentucky, which otherwise has been trending Republican in state and federal elections.
Democrats won elections in Western Kentucky's 8th District (Jeffrey R. Taylor of Hopkinsville), Central Kentucky's 62nd District (Chuck Tackett of Georgetown) and northeastern Kentucky's 98th District (Lew Nicholls of Greenup). The sole Republican won race in Central Kentucky's 54th District (Daniel B. Elliott of Danville). Read More
- Kentucky's annual unemployment rate was lowest since 2007
- March 8, 2016
Kentucky's annual unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent in 2015 from 6.5 percent in 2014, while nonfarm employment gained 27,700 jobs, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
It was the lowest annual jobless rate for the state since 2007 when it was also 5.4 percent.
"At 5.4 percent, Kentucky's unemployment rate has reached the pre-recession low last seen in 2007," said economist Manoj Shanker of OET. "The job market hit a historical high in 2015 with nonfarm employment rising to almost 1.9 million.
"In spite of these gains, there is undoubtedly room for improvement," he added. "Kentucky has a low labor force participation rate, which at 53.7 percent, ranks us at 47th in the nation." Read More


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Marking actual resumption of private trade with Japan, the first shipment of Japanese merchandise has arrived in this country and will be followed by other shipments in the near future. Initial consignments comprised Christmas tree ornaments, toys, binoculars, hat bodies, porcelain and china, paper, leaf aluminum and goldleaf, it was reported in trade circles here last week.
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Not sure what shocks us more. That Steve Martin is 67 or that he's played the dad in the Cheaper by the Dozen movies and Parenthood, but never had kids of his own! But now he and his wife Anne Stringfield have welcomed their first child. And here's the real shocker, the couple was able to conceal the pregnancy and the birth, which happened in December! A source says, "They've had a baby, and how they kept it a secret nobody knows. Steve's very private. They are thrilled. They worked hard to have the baby."
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Location: Hillspring, Alberta (coordinates: 49.262778, -113.691111 [49° 15' 46" N, 113° 41' 28" W])
Address: Box 58, Hillspring, AB T0K 1E0
Phone: 403-626-3456
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By Byron Dubow, Special for USA TODAY
Christine Reus is a self-professed stalker — a "Facebook stalker," that is.
"I meet new people, and that's the worst, because I've seen them on Facebook. I know all about their life and who they're dating, but I have to pretend I know nothing about them," says Reus, 21, a Vanderbilt student from Birmingham, Ala.
She logs on to Facebook about 25 times a day and gets annoyed when her roommate doesn't comment on her new photo album. She says she doesn't worry if casual acquaintances know everything about her; her online profile shows her cellphone number, e-mail address, screen name, campus post-office box and 153 pictures of her with friends and a boyfriend. She would list her dorm's suite number, too, she says, but that's against sorority rules designed to protect her personal safety.
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In this age of ubiquitous social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, casual "stalking" of friends and acquaintances is typical, if not implicitly encouraged. Young Internet users can access more personal information on friends and acquaintances than past generations could ever imagine. But just because people know intimate details about acquaintances' lives does not necessarily make it OK to mention it when they see each other in person.
Users are expected to abide by an unwritten code of conduct that applies both online and offline. Problem is, these rules of etiquette are, well, unwritten.
Though Facebook isn't the largest social networking site, it is one of the most popular on college campuses. In the three years since Facebook launched, it has grown to more than 15 million users; half of those are in college, says Facebook's Melanie Deitch. (MySpace, by comparison, has more than 90 million monthly visitors, says comScore Media Metrix, which tracks Web traffic.)
Lisa Shichijo, 23, a recent Harvard grad living in Cambridge, Mass., says learning etiquette comes through experience and word of mouth.
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It's important to "remember that these are real relationships that you have with other people, whether you see them face to face or not, and to behave accordingly," says Anna Post, an etiquette expert at the Emily Post Institute in Burlington, Vt.
For many young users, Facebook is the preferred way to update friends on developments in their love lives. While studying abroad in Spain during the fall semester, Reus began dating a fellow study-abroad participant from Vanderbilt. "As soon as we decided that we were official, we posted it on Facebook," she says. "It's another step in the relationship when it's 'Facebook official.' "
But it can be complicated — like when "you're actually seeing someone in real life, but you don't want to define your relationship for Facebook yet," Shichijo says. "You have to be careful not to hurt anyone's feelings, so a lot of people post fake relationships to avoid the problem altogether." That, she says, is why her profile states that she is married to her best girlfriend from high school.
Women in particular should pay attention when a girlfriend changes her relationship status, Reus says. Whether it's good news or bad, your friend almost certainly expects a phone call.
With so much personal information online, it can be hard to separate what you've assimilated through face-to-face interaction from what you've gleaned online. The secret lies in not slipping up when you see real people.
Reus says the formula is simple: With close friends, it is always OK to comment on their profiles; they expect it and might even be upset if you don't. With distant acquaintances, it is almost never OK. It's those in the middle that are tricky; it's OK to bring up their profiles only if there is a reasonable explanation for why you were looking at it in the first place.
Mutual friends are a good excuse; it is perfectly plausible that you were looking at your friend's pictures — which this other person just happened to be in and which link to his or her profile. In any case, it's always possible to extricate yourself from an awkward situation by joking about how creepy Facebook stalking really is.
Still, Susan Lipkins, a psychologist in Port Washington, N.Y., says all this online snooping is tantamount to voyeurism. Social networking sites "train people to be voyeurs and to check their own social status and that of others as well," she says.
Gavin Driskill, 20, a Vanderbilt student from Knoxville, Tenn., echoes this after sitting quietly while his girlfriend, Reus, is interviewed.
"You're in the background looking at these people, looking at their lives," he says. "You're just sitting there, and there's no direct interaction. So in one sense you feel safe because you can get this information without sharing anything about you."
"Though they could be Facebook-stalking you."
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The Denver Broncos selected Miami of Ohio quarterback Zac Dysert in the seventh round with the 234th overall pick in Saturday's NFL Draft.
Three days before the 2013 NFL Draft began, Broncos executive vice president John Elway said Denver wasn't in the market for drafting a quarterback. In the seventh round of the draft on Saturday, Elway changed his mind -- or maybe he just smoke-screened himself because with the 234th overall pick, the Broncos selected Miami of Ohio quarterback Zac Dysert.
Dysert was the ninth quarterback taken in the draft and second of the seventh round.
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LWB has held numerous medical trips, providing cleft and other surgeries to orphaned and impoverished children. Additionally we have had wonderful doctors and organizations donate their services to help heal children in hospitals outside of their home countries.
One of the most common special needs we see in orphanages is cleft lip and palate, which has the highest incidence in Asia. Since the greatest threat to a child born with cleft is difficulty feeding, LWB's Cleft Initiative was established in an effort to get educational pamphlets and soft, squeezable bottles into maternity hospitals and orphanages throughout China. The pamphlets help new parents and caregivers understand the best feeding techniques for a child born with cleft as well as offering contact information for reduced fee surgeries.
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Property Location
When you stay at Carmel Forest Spa Resort - Adults Only in Carmel Forest, you'll be close to Mount Carmel. This 5-star hotel is within the vicinity of Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve and Le Destroit.
Make yourself at home in one of the 126 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and minibars. Your bed comes with down comforters, and all rooms are furnished with sofa beds. LCD televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature designer toiletries and hair dryers.
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Hotel Facilities
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ISLAMORADA -- The Village Council is promising to beef up Islamorada's noise ordinance following a particularly loud Nov. 4 event at the Smugglers Cove complex on Windley Key.
"I'm going to bring up the noise ordinance with the council and see if we can reach a happy medium for the business owners and the residents," Councilman Dave Purdo said at a meeting last Thursday, four days after the incident.
Speaking before the council that night, Venetian Shores Homeowners Association board member Doug Rabe called the noise level during the Sunday evening event at Smugglers "excruciating."
"[F]or several hours, our houses, windows and doors were shaking," Rabe said.
Smugglers operator Michael Miller didn't take issue with the description in his own comments before the council.
"The incident last weekend was totally unnecessary, too loud, should have never happened," he said contritely.
Miller went on to explain that Smugglers had leased out the bar that night, which was why it was powerless to have the noise level reduced once complaints began coming in.
Rabe said that Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to Smugglers that evening, but they explained to him that they were also unable to act because the village's noise ordinance doesn't set a maximum decibel level.
The ordinance instead states that the means of measuring whether a noise disturbance is occurring "shall be by ordinary, auditory senses of a reasonable person with normal sensitivities." The law also makes an exception for bands and stereo music at bars likes Smugglers until 10 p.m. weeknights and 11 p.m. weekends.
The Nov. 4 complaints weren't the first to be lodged against Smugglers Cove recently. On Oct. 19, a Friday night, Venetian Shores resident Cheryl Culberson sent a complaint to the entire Village Council.
"Tonight once again the music from the band playing at Smugglers Cove is so loud I can hear the singer taking a breath between words," she wrote. "The screaming and shrieking fools I hear do not make it better."
Culberson also recommended that the council "refer to numerous previous complaints."
That email led to a contentious response from Purdo, who after noting he had talked with Miller about keeping the noise down, went onto to take issue with criticisms Culberson made of the Sheriff's Office, Smugglers and the Village Council.
"When there are no violations of our ordinances, there is no action that this council or any council can take or make demands for enforcement," he wrote three days after the complaint.
Purdo also told Culberson that of the four complaints Capt. Corey Bryan told him the Sheriff's Office had received about noise at Smugglers since February, three were from her.
Purdo changed his tone last week when he called for a new look at the noise ordinance.
Other board members agreed.
"I think it needs to be on an agenda item as quickly as possible when the new council is seated," Mayor Ken Philipson said, referencing Deb Gillis and Mike Forster, who will be sworn in to replace councilmen Don Achenberg and Michael Reckwerdt on Nov. 29.
Village Manger Ed Koconis said his staff is already working on recommendations for the noise ordinance.
Miller assured the council he'd be amendable to changes in the law.
"We will work with the council to cooperate on any rules or new regulations relevant to noise," he said. "We do want to be a good neighbor."


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He trained as a cultural anthropologist with a focus on contemporary Latin America. Dr. Cahn started his career in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma in 2002, where he became Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies.
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Before coming to the IHP, Dr. Cahn served as Director of Faculty Development and Diversity in the Department of Medicine at Boston University. At BU, he designed a structured, longitudinal mentoring program for early career faculty as well as workshops on academic writing and grant proposals.
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Cahn PS. Direct Sales and Direct Faith in Latin America. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2011
Cahn PS. All Religions Are Good in Tzintzuntzan: Evangelicals in Catholic Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press. 2003
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September 19, 2010, 06:07:08 AM »
i know this isn't news to anyone, but my 8v92 leaks oil. it looked like it was getting worse, based on my tow vehicle setup, so i decided to get under the engine (yes it is a big deal becuase we no longer have a house and most campgrounds don't want any work done). what i found was that out of about 10 bolts on the oil pan, 6 were loose, 2 at least 2 turns loose on the ratchet.
also, i had a rebuilt starter put on in a Walmart lot last winter, and the small bolts holding the cylinder together were not tight.
i'm also going to look at tightening up some of the bolts on the front of the engine because i've got some small puddles collecting.
i guess i mention this in case some of you haven't checked and just assumed detroits leak always, or in case someone has some other suggestions. i'm also assuming they worked loose and were tight at one time.
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September 19, 2010, 06:49:21 AM »
Hi Tom,
I had two leaking pan bolts on our 8V92TA DDEC II. There are washers, consisting of a rubber washer sandwiched between two steel washers, between the head of the bolt and the pan. Do your pan bolts have that type washers? I removed the two bolts and washers, cleaned everything as best I could and put RTV silicone around the bolts and washers, and tightened them back up. That stopped the leaks. I also replaced the leaking oil pressure gauge in the engine compartment. I used 3 1/2 gallons of oil on the trip home from Arizona (about 2200 miles) last winter before I fixed the leaks. After changing from Shell Rotella 40 wt. oil to Exxon XD3 40 wt. oil and fixing the leaks I have added 1 1/2 qt. in about 3000 mi.
Good luck, Sam MC8
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Sam,you have the late model oil pan it has less bolts and uses a different gasket good setup the bolts should have a shoulder where you can not over tighten if you ever need a pan gasket for your engine set down before you get the bill DD is very proud of that gasket along with the 2 valve cover gaskets.
Glad to see the oil is working for you the 8v92 loves to leak and use that Rotella they think it is lemonade that Delvac (XD3) is tough to beat in a 2 stroke
good luck
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September 19, 2010, 08:54:46 AM »
Any engine can and do leak. A Detroit 2 stroke needs extra care when reassembling. I had 2 trucks-one with a 8V-92TA and the other with a 6V-92TA. I drove the 8V-92TA and it did not leak at all. I can't tell you how many times I had to tilt my cabover (back in the 80's when they were popular because of 55ft length laws) to prove my engine was clean.
I re gasketed my oil pan and used silicone gasket sealer (gray stuff) and it hasn't leaked since. Good Luck, TomC
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checking further, i've got oil in the front behind the water pump that looks like it could be running down alongside the cover area where the main belt wheel comes out at the base of the engine, or that area itself could be leaking down the side to the oil pan. fair amount of oil and dirt that looks maybe wet right there.
i guess i need to find a spot where i can spray some gunk cleaner on it, clean it good, and see where it shows up quickest.
i'd hate to find out i got a leak on the seal by the main crank area? all the bolts seem tight.
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September 19, 2010, 02:51:45 PM »
Tom, that water pump has a oil seal that goes bad and oil leaks out the cavity behind the pump,if the water pump seal goes bad it leaks antifreeze from the same spot clear huh.
You can buy a rebuild kit for around 100 bucks and you need to remove the pump to replace the oil seal the water pump seal can be replaced without removing the pump it not a hard job it just take a puller to remove the gear, a few drinks and some ugly words LOL.
No one ever does the PM on the water pump, DD recommends changing the seal at 200,000 miles
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clifford, i don't have a puller, nor a real great place to do the work. it does sound like the problem i have tho. i've got to go about 4 hours to cleveland, then 6 hours to my amazon job in ky. hopefully, this will last those runs and i can get some time maybe in dec at choo choos in chatanooga or get all the way to Jack's in arcadia. but those runs will add at least 10 hours of driving. as long as it only costs me a gallon of oil, that's ok. and i have been using just a wee bit more antifreeze. i attributed that to the change i did at ww williams in the spring.
speaking of that change: they put red stuff in and flushed it. today, i checked and added, but the color inside looked green, not red. the only change is that i probably opened the heat valve a couple weeks ago. could there be enough green in the front heater and heat pipes to turn the red to green? he should have flushed all that out, but who knows? should i take it back to them?
this engine, if the po told me the truth, only has about 150k on it.
thanks for the tip.
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Pressure Cooker Tortellini en Brodo
Sorry about the heavy rotation of pressure cooker recipes. The stomach flu flattened us. A simple broth and pasta soup is all I can handle right now.
When I make soup, more is better. Everything goes in the pot. What do I have in the refrigerator and pantry? Onions, celery, carrots, peppers, cabbage; noodles, rice, leftover chicken, beans, some sausage. Add it all to the soup pot. Throw in some herbs and spices for good measure. Simmer until the flavors mingle, taste for seasoning, then serve.
Tortellini en Brodo is minimalist soup. Clear broth and noodles stuffed with cheese, it is as simple as soup gets.
Simple doesn't leave any place to hide. The broth has to be good for this soup to have any chance. And homemade broth is so far from canned broth that you can see the curve of the horizon.
That's where my pressure cooker comes in. It gives me great brodo in about an hour. A mix of beef and chicken adds depth to the simple broth, and a parmesan rind gives it a hint of funk. The ground beef? It acts like the raft does in a consomme, clarifying the broth while it cooks.
For the tortellini, homemade would be best…but I've never learned rolling skills, and don't have an Italian grandmother to teach me.
So, next best is from your local Italian market. They'll have tortellini, probably homemade by someone's Nonna, frozen and ready for you.
If you're stuck, grocery store tortellini is acceptable. I like Barilla dried tortellini, or Butioni fresh tortellini. Homemade broth makes up for average tortellini.
No pressure cooker? No worries. See the notes section for stovetop and slow cooker broth instructions.
Recipe: Pressure Cooker Tortellini en Brodo
Adapted From: Fine Cooking Magazine, Tortellini en brodo
Cooking time: 75 minutes
- 6 quart or larger pressure cooker (I used my Cuisinart Electric PC).
- 1 pound chicken wings
- 1 pound oxtail (or beef shank)
- 8 ounces ground chuck (80% lean ground beef)
- 1 large onion, peeled and halved
- 1 large carrot, peeled and halved
- 1 stalk of celery, halved
- 1 parmesan rind (optional)
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt (1 teaspoon table salt)
- 2 quarts of water
- 12 ounces tortellini (frozen, fresh, or dried)
- freshly grated parmesan cheese
1. Make the brodo
Put all the brodo ingredients in the pressure cooker pot. Lock the lid, bring the pressure cooker up to high pressure, and cook for 45 minutes at high pressure (55 minutes in an electric pressure cooker). Let the pressure come down naturally for 15 minutes, then quick release any remaining pressure. Remove as much of the solids from the pot as possible using a slotted spoon, then strain the broth through a fine mesh strainer.
2. Cook the tortellini
Wipe the inside of the pressure cooker pot clean. Pour the broth back into the pressure cooker pot and bring to a simmer over high heat. Add the tortellini and cook according to pacakge instructions. Taste the broth, and season to taste, adding more salt if needed. Serve, sprinkling the grated parmesan cheese on top at the table.
- No pressure cooker? No worries – but make sure you have some time.
- On the stovetop, do step 1 in a large pot. Bring the broth to a simmer, then move the pot to a preheated 200°F oven and bake for four to six hours, uncovered. Remove from the oven, strain the broth, then pour the broth back into the pot and move to the stovetop to cook the tortellini.
- Or, do step 1 in a slow cooker – put everything in the crock, and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours. Strain the broth, then put it in a pot on the stove to cook the tortellini.
- Don't forget to season to taste! The broth will taste flat without enough salt. You'd be surprised how much salt you need to season two quarts of water. Add salt until the flavor of the broth changes, from flat and boring to a little sweet and full of body. I usually add another teaspoon or two of kosher salt (1/2 to 1 teaspoon of table salt) when I'm tasting. (Oh, and a splash of balsamic vinegar, while cheating, adds a nice touch of acid to the broth.)
- Make ahead: The broth will come out clearer if you make the broth the day before, refrigerate the broth overnight, and skim off the layer of fat that congeals on the surface. Bring the stock back to a boil before starting step 2.
- Extra finesse: If you want the clearest broth, combine making the stock ahead with blanching the chicken wings and oxtail. Put the wings and oxtail in a medium pot, barely cover them with cold water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Immediately drain the meat, rinse with cold water to remove any attached scum, and then continue with step 1. Then, use the "make ahead" option to skim the fat from the top of the broth.
What do you think? Questions? Other ideas? Leave them in the comments section below.
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Love the idea of this soup. Why do you need to use the mince beef?
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So the ground beef acts as an in-pot scum filter? Very interesting. I too thought this seemed high on sacrificial protein. Is any of it useful after the brodo is done or has the liquid extracted all the flavor out by the time it's done?
Unfortunately, it's not very good after the broth is done. But oh, the flavor in the broth, it is divine.
Thanks. Flavour. Hot here in Australia, will try when cooler
You're welcome, and you're right – save this for winter.
Our family pronounces this recipe a firm "10." We loved the Brodo – I added a little more chicken broth to balance the flavor for our taste. I used beef shank; I think oxtail or short rib meat would have had a little deeper flavor, but it was fine.
What I wonder is how you, Mike, and Fine Cooking, arrived at such a lovely golden-colored broth using these meats (my chicken wings were quite pale. Creative license for the camera? I had to add some turmeric to correct the color. I remember a time when the skin of chicken wings, parts, and whole chicken was actually golden-hued. Nevertheless, the soup was delicious and a big hit. A few drops of lemon juice at the end didn't hurt either. And once you've shopped for the ingredients, very quick and easy to make.
I served it with a tomato and cucumber salad.
Also, I agree that chilling the broth before removing the fat cap is the way to go. Thank you, Mike, for another winner!


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On Monday, the Christie administration withdrew its appeal to overturn a lower court ruling ordering the state to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples by October 21st.
The move to drop the appeal came after the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously denied a stay of the order. New Jersey was previously one of four states that allowed same-sex couples to enter into civil unions, but not legally wed.
In denying the stay, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner wrote that "the Court could not find a legitimate public need for an unequal legal scheme of benefits and privileges that disadvantaged committed same-sex couples."
In a press release Monday, Christie's office stated: "Although the Governor strongly disagrees with the Court substituting its judgment for the constitutional process of the elected branches or a vote of the people, the Court has now spoken clearly as to their view of the New Jersey Constitution and, therefore, same-sex marriage is the law. The Governor will do his constitutional duty and ensure his Administration enforces the law as dictated by the New Jersey Supreme Court."
During his 2009 gubernatorial campaign, Christie said he was against gay marriage, but would be in favor of putting the issue on the ballot. After the New Jersey legislature passed a bill enacting same-sex marriage last year, Christie vetoed it, even after several Republicans pledged to help override his veto.
So Christie's abrupt about-face has sparked reaction on both sides of the political spectrum.
Openly gay Democrat Assemblyman Tim Eustace, who represents parts of Bergen County in Northern New Jersey, told CNSNews.com that he believes "the governor sees the Supreme Court is in full support of this, so that seems to be the direction it's going….It's good; hopefully he sees that all citizens of New Jersey deserve the same rights."
Eustace added that while dropping the appeal was a victory for gay marriage supporters, it is not the number one issue for him or his constituents. "People that know me…are congratulating me, but marriage equality certainly isn't the big issue for people right now. The kitchen table issues are, of course, jobs and taxes."
Republican State Senator Michael Doherty, who represents Hunterdon and Warren Counties in northwestern New Jersey, told CNSNews.com that he is is "disappointed" that the govenor withdrew his appeal before opponents of same-sex marriage could make their case.
"We're supposed to have the opportunity for parties to be heard, to have their day in court, and that's not going to take place, so I am very disappointed," he said.
Referring to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll that found 61 percent of New Jerseyans in support of same-sex marriage, with just 27 percent opposed and 13 percent unsure, Doherty acknowledged that it would have likely been passed at the ballot box anyway, but said he still wanted the state to follow the correct process.
"I would have preferred to have it go on the ballot, and frankly, there would've been a good chance, even though I'm a strong supporter of traditional marriage, I think it may have passed… Really what this is, is just opening the door for future shenanigans. Every time there's a contentious issue, is it okay not to follow the process and do an end run around the constitution and the law? I don't think so. So everybody in New Jersey should be ticked off how this transpired."
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Sprigg added that Christie's decision not to appeal runs contrary to Republicans' desire to fight on other important key issues, such as Obamacare.
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Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, the former New Jersey Democratic Party chairman who represents parts of Central New Jersey, called the appeal withdrawal "pure political calculation" on Christie's part, and attributed the move to the governor's plan to run for president in 2016. "He saw the court was gonna go against him and he didn't wanna face an override and as a result, it was time to cash in his chips on the issue."
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