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Smallville - Season 8 Episodes
Smallville - Season 8
This modern retelling of the Superman mythology continues to blend realism, adventure and emotion into an exciting action series. Years ago, a meteor shower rained destruction on the unsuspecting citizens of Smallville, Kansas. From this tragedy grew Clark Kent (Tom Welling), whose transition from boyhood to manhood was particularly difficult as he came to grips with his emerging superpowers. In the eighth season of Smallville, after the death of his longtime nemesis Lex Luthor, Clark will be at a crossroads and closer than ever to becoming the superhero of legend. Spending more time in the big city of Metropolis, Clark will encounter new challenges and new faces friend and foe as he begins his career at the Daily Planet.
The Justice League, led by the Green Arrow (Justin Hartley), hits the Arctic in search of Clark (Tom Welling), who disappeared after the fortress collapsed. The team immediately has a confrontation with the new CEO of Luthorcorp, Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman).
Meanwhile, Chloe (Allison Mack) is being held prisoner by a suspicious group who has discovered she has a new power, and Clark has been stripped of his powers by Jor-El.
Erica Durance and Aaron Ashmore also star. Kevin Fair directed the episode with the story by Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders and teleplay by Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer.
Oliver (Justin Hartley) collapses at a charity event and reveals he only has 24 hours to live. Clark (Tom Welling) and Chloe (Allison Mack) call Davis (Sam Witwer) for help but his prognosis is grim.
Delirious, Oliver flashes back to when he was stranded on an island and first learned how to use a bow and arrow. He also recalls meeting Tess (Cassidy Freeman) for the first time on that island after she had been kidnapped by a drug runner.
Meanwhile, Chloe decides to use her new powers to help save Oliver, shocking Clark.
Mairzee Almas directed the episode written by Caroline Dries.
Tess (Cassidy Freeman) and her team perform tests on Clark's (Tom Welling) crystal that she had retrieved from the arctic, causing it to send a beam of light into the universe. This triggers the arrival of Maxima (guest star Charlotte Sullivan), a queen from the planet Almerac, who is searching for her soulmate, who she believes sent the signal.
Unfortunately, Maxima's power is too great for mortal men and her kiss kills them. The seductive Maxima arrives in Metropolis and begins her search, starting with Jimmy (Aaron Ashmore).
After they leave their engagement party, Chloe (Allison Mack) and Jimmy (Aaron Ashmore) are abducted by a psychotic jeweler (guest star David Lewis) who was emotionally scarred by his wife's infidelity and is now kidnapping couples and subjecting them to a kryptonite-enhanced lie detector that shocks them if they lie. The abductor asks Chloe if she is in love with anyone else. Meanwhile, in an effort to find Chloe and Jimmy, Clark (Tom Welling) and Lois (Erica Durance) pose as a couple and are kidnapped themselves then, asked how they feel about each other.
Clark (Tom Welling) looks into a recent attack in a theater that may be the work of a serial killer. Suspecting it could be someone who is meteor-infected, he demands that Chloe (Allison Mack) release the names of the people she is counseling at the Isis Foundation, which causes a rift between the friends.
Davis (Sam Witwer) fears that his blackouts could mean that he is the serial killer and collects evidence that may implicate him. Fearing the worst, he confesses his suspicions to Chloe.
Jimmy(Aaron Ashmore) naps a picture of Clark (Tom Welling) super-speeding to save Lois (Erica Durance) from a mugger and manages to catch a red and blue blur on film. Jimmy shows it to Tess (Cassidy Freeman) who decides to run it on the front page of the Daily Planet. Clark fears his identity will be discovered so he asks Chloe (Allison Mack) to run interference with Jimmy, but she refuses.
Clark (Tom Welling) receives an anonymous package containing the crystal that Tess (Cassidy Freeman) found in the Arctic. When he removes the crystal, it activates and sends him and a visiting Lois (Erica Durance) to the Phantom Zone where they run into Kara (guest star Laura Vandervoort). Kara opens a portal for Lois to return but Zod's wife Faora escapes with her and takes over Lois' body. A possessed Lois goes on a rampage in Metropolis.
Brainiac begins removing Chloe's (Allison Mack) memories one by one until the only person she remembers is Davis (Sam Witwer). Clark (Tom Welling) realizes the only way to stop Brainiac from taking over Chloe's mind is to rebuild the Fortress and ask Jor-El to heal her.
It's Chloe (Allison Mack) and Jimmy's (Aaron Ashmore) wedding day and the two prepare to walk down the aisle at the Kent farm.
Meanwhile, Oliver (Justin Hartley) tells Clark (Tom Welling) he thinks he's discovered where Lex is hiding and takes off to Cuba to confront him. However, when he arrives, Oliver is shocked to find Lana (Kristin Kreuk) instead.
Clark and Lois (Erica Durance) grow closer but chaos ensues when Doomsday crashes the wedding and tries to kidnap Chloe.
The aftermath of Doomsday's (Sam Witwer) attack on Chloe (Allison Mack) and Jimmy's (Aaron Ashmore) wedding leaves Clark (Tom Welling) in shock, but before he can search for the kidnapped Chloe, The Persuader (guest star Fraser Aithceson) appears and attacks him.
Rokk (guest star Ryan Kennedy), Imra (guest star Alexz Johnson) and Garth (guest star Calum Worthy), also known as The Legion, step in from the future to help vanquish the Persuader and the group realizes Brainiac has taken over Chloe once again.
Meanwhile, up at the Fortress, Chloe, as Brainiac, informs Davis he is Doomsday and was created to kill "the other Kryptonian" and destroy the world.
Clark (Tom Welling) discovers John Jones (guest star Phil Morris) was shot while working as a police officer, so Clark dons the uniform and goes undercover to find the culprit.
Meanwhile, Lana (Kristin Kreuk) confronts Tess (Cassidy Freeman) and tells her Lex isn't the man she thinks he is. Lana's shocking news forces Tess to reevaluate her position as the head of Luthorcorp.
Clark (Tom Welling) finds Tess (Cassidy Freeman) in Lana's (Kristin Kreuk) ransacked apartment and realizes Lana is missing. Tess tells him Lex is still alive and may have kidnapped Lana and finally reveals the truth about what happened to Lana after she awoke from her Brainiac-induced coma.
Meanwhile, Tess breaks into a secret LuthorCorp facility and is shocked at what she discovers.
Allison Mack directed the episode written by Darren Swimmer & Todd Slavkin.
An explosion at LuthorCorp kills all the Board members and injures Oliver (Justin Hartley), who was there to announce the merger of his company with LutherCorp. Oliver believes that Lex is responsible for the blast, but Clark (Tom Welling) and Lana (Kristin Kreuk) learn that the bomber is Winslow Schott (guest star Chris Gauthier), a toymaker and former Queen Industries employee with a grudge against Oliver.
Linda Lake (guest star Tori Spelling) returns to Metropolis and threatens to expose Clark's (Tom Welling) secret unless he promises to give her exclusive information on the red-blue blur so she can become a star reporter again. Refusing to be blackmailed, Clark tells Lois (Erica Durance) his secret and asks her to write his story for The Daily Planet.
Tess (Cassidy Freeman) invites Clark (Tom Welling) to a press conference in New York but when an explosion rocks the private jet they are on, Clark must figure out how to save them without Tess learning his secret. Unbeknownst to Clark, Tess orchestrated the explosion to get Clark to reveal his powers. Meanwhile, Davis (Sam Witwer) discovers a surprising way to control the monster within.
At Chloe's (Allison Mack) birthday party, a mysterious magician named Zatanna (guest star Serinda Swan) grants Chloe's wish to be more like Lois (Erica Durance) and switches the two into each other's bodies. Zatanna searches for her father's book of spells so she can conjure up his spirit but not before also granting Clark (Tom Welling) his deepest wish.
Tess (Cassidy Freeman) tries to kill Davis (Sam Witwer) by blowing up his truck. However, after he escapes, she realizes she needs help to destroy him and turns to Clark (Tom Welling). Tess reveals Davis' secret childhood with the Luthors and hints that she knows Clark's true identity. Meanwhile, Davis runs to Chloe (Allison Mack) for help.
Lois (Erica Durance) believes that she needs a big story to secure her reputation as a star reporter but the red/blue blur continues to elude her. However, after Chloe (Allison Mack) is mugged, Lois steps in to fend off one of the attackers and uses the opportunity to pretend a new superhero, Stiletto, has come to town and is giving exclusives to Lois.
Clark (Tom Welling) is concerned Lois will hurt herself pretending to be a superhero but after he is captured by thugs with kryptonite, Lois steps in to save the day.
Clark (Tom Welling) discovers that Davis (Sam Witwer) is still alive and confronts Chloe (Allison Mack) about protecting him.
Oliver (Justin Hartley) discovers Jimmy (Aaron Ashmore) breaking into Chloe's apartment, but things get rapidly worse after Davis jumps from the shadows and attacks both of them.
Chloe (Allison Mack) returns and begs Clark (Tom Welling) to kill Davis (Sam Witwer), claiming he can no longer keep the beast under control. Tess (Cassidy Freeman) has assembled a team of meteor freaks, including Plastique (guest star Jessica Parker Kennedy), to track down Davis so Clark can kill him. However, things get out of hand once Tess' team discovers she is double-crossing them.
Oliver (Justin Hartley) tells Clark (Tom Welling) he must kill Davis (Sam Witwer), as Doomsday is a serious threat and must be stopped at all costs. However, Clark struggles with taking a human life, so the Green Arrow and his team decide to take matters into their own hands. Lois (Erica Durance) takes on Tess (Cassidy Freeman), but the fight takes a shocking turn. Meanwhile, Chloe (Allison Mack) gets caught in the middle of Oliver and Clark's battle over killing Davis.


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Such a disaster would trigger restrictions on travel and public gatherings, the closure of schools, commandeering of buildings and quarantining of suspected carriers, said Victoria's chief health officer Robert Hall.
Dr Hall said the death estimate was based on a virulent deadly flu that affects 20 per cent of the population and kills up to 20 per cent of those infected, all in a 12-week period. Victoria's population is about 5 million.
The World Health Organisation recently warned that the world is inadequately prepared for a flu pandemic, in which a contagious and new strain of flu would sweep the planet.
Three pandemics occurred last century, the most deadly causing about 40 million deaths in 1918-19.
Scientists regard another pandemic as inevitable.
Although the severity of the next pandemic is impossible to predict, WHO said it could affect 20 to 50 per cent of the world's population.
WHO is particularly concerned about "bird flu", which has killed hundreds of millions of birds in Asia, and jumped species to kill 47 humans. Attempts to wipe out the disease have failed, and WHO fears it will mix genetically with a human influenza to create a deadly new disease. So far there is no evidence of sustained person-to-person transmission of the virus.
Existing flu vaccines would offer no protection, and it would take six weeks to six months before a vaccine was available. Antiviral drugs - the only other effective defence - would be limited in Australia to "essential workers", such as police and medical workers.
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Reconceiving the good life : the key to sustainable globalisation
Sampford, Charles (2009) Reconceiving the good life : the key to sustainable globalisation. In The Good Life Conference, 12 February 2009, Griffith University, Brisbane, Qld. (Unpublished)
Resource-intensive, high-carbon, Western lifestyles are frequently criticised as unsustainable and deeply unsatisfying. However, these lifestyles are still attractive to the majority of Westerners and to a high proportion of the developing world's middle classes. This paper argues that the imminent threat of catastrophic climate change constitutes an immediate political, economic and ethical challenge for citizens of the developed world that cannot be tackled by appeals to asceticism or restraint. There can be no solution to climate change until sustainable conceptions of the good life are developed that those in the west want to live and which others might want to live. While the ultimate solution to climate change is the development of low carbon lifestyles, it is important that government initiatives, governance arrangements and economic incentives support rather than undermine that search. Like the global financial crisis, the climate change crisis also demonstrates what happens when weaknesses in national, corporate and professional governance are exacerbated by weaknesses in global governance. In tackling the latter, it is critical the mistakes now evidenced in the former are avoided – including a rethinking of carbon market and carbon tax alternatives. It is also critical that individuals must take responsibility for their actions as consumers, voters and investors.
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Alexander Vladimirsky
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Born in Odessa (USSR) in 1973.
Immigrated to USA in February 1991.
B.A. in Applied Mathematics from UC Berkeley in 1995.
Became a US citizen in August 1997.
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from UC Berkeley in 2001.
H.C.Wang Assistant Professor / NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell in 2001-2004.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Cornell in 2004-2010.
Associate Professor of Mathematics at Cornell in 2010-2016.
Member of graduate programs in
Applied Mathematics,
Theoretical & Applied Mechanics,
Computational Science & Engineering.
Co-organizer (together with David Bindel) of the Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar.
Co-organizer of the Cornell Mathematical Contest in Modeling.
This Semester:
Math 6230, Differential Games, Optimal Control, Front Propogation, and Dynamic Programming, Fall 2016.
Recent Past:
Math 4250 / CS 4210, Numerical Analysis and Differential Equations, Fall 2015.
Math 3610, (The Art & Science of) Mathematical Modeling, Fall 2015.
Math 1340, Mathematics And Politics, Spring 2015.
Previously taught.
My work so far has been in Numerical Analysis,
Non-linear PDEs, and Dynamical Systems.
A brief description of several recent projects can be found here.
What follows is an unsorted list of my other mathematical interests:
* Control Theory & Differential Games * Front Propagation Problems * Anisotropy & Homogenization * Bifurcation Theory * Dimension Reduction * Pareto & multi-modular optimization * Elimination Theory * Computability & Complexity * Approximate & Probabilistic Algorithms * Computational Geometry * Error Analysis
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Pursuing a farm-to-table passion for local ingredients, chef Rick Boyer saw an opportunity in Wisconsin.
In April, Boyer joined the kitchens at the American Club Resort in Kohler, overseeing operations at all 11 restaurants, including the casual Craverie and Horse & Plow gastropub and the upscale Wisconsin Room and the resort's four-diamond showcase, the Immigrant Restaurant.
Boyer has worked at Eric Ripert's Le Bernardin and cooked with Julian Serrano. Big cities with big personalities are nice, but Boyer has found his stride working at resorts. His résumé includes the Arizona Biltmore Resort, the Phoenician and the Boca Raton Resort. Most recently, he was executive chef at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C.
A Massachusetts native, Boyer graduated from the New England Culinary Institute in 1993. He lives in Kohler with his wife and three children, ages 10, 6 and 3.
Look for Boyer and his team at the 12th annual Kohler Food & Wine Experience, featuring seminars, cooking demonstrations, wine tastings and more deliciousness Oct. 18 through 21 in the village of Kohler. Celebrity chefs on hand for the weekend include Anne Burrell, Christopher Kimball and members of the America's Test Kitchen team, Lidia Bastianich and Tony Mantuano. Event prices start at $21. For information, call (800) 344-2838 or go to kohlerfoodandwine.net.
Q.Who were your early influences in the kitchen?
A. Always with my grandparents, intrigued by the smell and what was going on and what they were doing. I always loved pulling up a stool and helping, whether it was a sauce, slice the pot roast or whatever. I've always enjoyed working with my hands. Creating something from scratch has always intrigued me. Whether it's instant gratification or the wow factor, I don't have to wait six months for a result.
Q. Tell me about your position in Kohler. What do you oversee?
A. I oversee all the restaurants, including Craverie and Kohler Original Recipe Chocolates, basically the culinary operations for the entire resort. That encompasses the golf resort.
Q. Do you have a favorite season for cooking?
A. Spring, definitely.
Q. What's your go-to menu item?
A. Pork belly wings in the Horse & Plow. Instead of regular chicken wings, they're pork belly with a buffalo sauce. Also, the pretzel bites in the Horse & Plow are handmade in house, mixed with salt and local mustard. More and more people want to know where their food is coming from, and it's our responsibility to help them identify that.
Q. What are you getting locally?
A. Right now we're buying local honey, different vegetables, sourcing meat from different farmers. And Black Earth Meats is currently sourcing either a wagyu or prime beef for us locally, but it's hard because sometimes the small farmers can't afford to get certified or (go through) the rigorous inspection process.
Q. You recently added new chefs, too?
A. We want to be best in class in everything we do. Chef Alex (Glass) in the Wisconsin Room has experience in sourcing local farms and injecting that talent. We want to turn the Horse & Plow into a fun kind of gastropub; Chef Loren (Rue)'s background in molecular gastronomy could give it a fun feel. Chef Dan Dries has been with us at Whistling Straits for a while.
I can write the most amazing menus you've ever seen, but if I don't have the team around me to implement the vision, then we'll never get there.
Q. Do you work with any local culinary programs?
A. We're currently revamping our culinary externship/internship program. Lakeshore Technical College is providing lots of opportunities, plus Milwaukee Area Technical College, and we'll work with the Culinary Institute of America, Johnson & Wales University, New England Culinary Institute, Kendall College out of Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Stout. We'll work with as many local colleges as we can, as well as nationally acclaimed culinary programs, so we're driving talent for the resort and developing future talent, whether they stay with the resort or not. Our job is not only to inject talent into the club, but for the community and the industry itself.
Q. How would you define your style?
A. My style is very simple. I guess you'd call it "refined American." It's sourcing the best products, a focus on simplicity, using the right techniques. Quality products, simplicity and execution. Those are the three things that define what we do.
Another thing we're working on, which is a highlight of my style, is lighter, fresher natural sauces, natural reductions.
We're working currently on sugar-free dessert options. Focusing on lighter, leaner and healthier across the resort is very important to us. We've been so focused so long that we're a golf destination, and we are, but we also have a world-class spa and want to make this a culinary destination. And in doing so, everything can't be full of butter, sodium and all that. Will we have the big cut of steak with potatoes? Absolutely, but also the options that are vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free.
Q. Do you golf?
A. I try to. I enjoy golf. Am I a good golfer? No.
Q. Memorable kitchen mishap?
A. That's a good question. I think my biggest learning moment came when I was in culinary school. How do I put this delicately? I was making beef bourguignon and I was searing the beef tips, and I thought I knew the definition of searing, and apparently I didn't. My chef made me eat everything in the bottom of the pan with a loaf of bread, and it didn't taste like it was supposed to. . . .
Q. Must-have kitchen tools?
A. The right pan, the right knife and a spoon are the three things we need. Gadgets are nice, but when it comes to the basic fundamentals of cooking, that's what we have to do first. With the Food Network these days, everybody wants to be the next superstar, but you have to execute the fundamentals first. If you make a burger, then it must be the best burger.
Q. Do you have a favorite ingredient?
A. Sure, whatever is in season. Right now, the tomatoes we're getting from Trusted Earth Farm are some of the best I've ever eaten.
Q. Anything we won't see on your menus?
A. I will put on a menu whatever's going to sell. Ultimately, we're in business to make money. . . . As far as things I don't like, but you may see on the menu: beets. Beets for me are just one of the few things that I don't enjoy eating.
Q. Will you be out front or behind the scenes at the upcoming Food & Wine weekend?
A. A little of both. Meeting and greeting, helping chefs with what they need. I'll actually be preparing a first course for the "Feast of Talent." But since it's such a large event, I will be the conductor for the event.
We also have a Kohler Chef's Challenge. . . . Six Kohler chefs competing "Iron Chef" style with a secret ingredient. Then they auction off those plates, and the money goes to charity.
Q. Prior to Kohler, you worked at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C. What draws you to working at a resort?
A. I like resorts because it gives me a much bigger dynamic. I'm overseeing 11 restaurant operations, from simple burgers to five-star dining. That gives me the variety to interact with different levels of chefs and operations. Being committed to one restaurant is great, but as chefs we tend to get bored easily. In a resort, I'm surrounded by multiple talents and operations, grow my skills and learn, too.


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Few top businesspeople in this country think social networks such as Twitter and Facebook place their firms' reputations at risk, new research suggests.
The public relations company that helped carry out the research says the results are a concern.
But a social media consultant says the study simply highlights the fact that many companies have moved on from being afraid of having their "brands trashed" by users of the technology.
A survey of 80 chairmen, chief executives and top managers undertaken by the Institute of Directors in New Zealand and communications agency SenateSHJ found only 7 per cent of respondents thought social networks put their companies at risk of reputational damage.
More than 40 per cent of respondents viewed such websites as an opportunity to develop a viewpoint, while a further 40 per cent said they were neutral about the risks or benefits of social media.
SenateSHJ chief executive Neil Green said the results of the survey were concerning.
"Too many respondents only see social media as a channel for positive outreach, thereby disregarding it as a channel that could create reputational risk and harm," Green said.
"Reputational storms are hitting harder and faster than ever before. Directors and CEOs need to understand that how their companies engage in social media will have a disproportionate impact on corporate reputation."
But social media consultant Michael Carney said the survey was reflective of the "more enlightened view" companies now had of websites like Facebook and Twitter.
"I think we've moved on from the days when we were paranoid about getting our brands trashed in social media," Carney said. "It's far more of an opportunity than it is a problem."


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Cowboys 22
Knights 14
Wayne Bennett will be a finals spectator for the first time in 21 years after a Matt Bowen-inspired Cowboys terminated Newcastle's slim play-off hopes last night at Dairy Farmers Stadium.
North Queensland kept their top four hopes alive with a gutsy 22-14 triumph but just as significant were the repercussions for former Broncos mentor Bennett, as he watched his Knights' season officially flatline in Townsville.
Not since 1991, when his star-studded Broncos suffered a late fade, has master coach Bennett been consigned to spectator status for the business end of the season. But the seven-time title-winning coach will wake today with his remarkable finals streak over.
Cowboys counterpart Neil Henry is bracing for more important days after his side overcame a stirring Knights fightback to record their third consecutive win.
The victory saw the Cowboys temporarily move into the top four, although they will finish the weekend fifth if Souths beat lowly Parramatta as expected today.
It wasn't the Cowboys' most clinical display. The hosts bolted to an 18-4 lead after 27 minutes but were forced to hang on grimly after the Knights reduced the deficit to 18-14 by halftime.
The red-hot Bowen has been magnificent this season and he was the architect of one of the tries of the season last night. Defusing a bomb on his line, Bowen stepped his way through and linked with Anthony Mitchell, who positioned Brent Tate superbly for the Maroons winger to finish a breathtaking 95-metre movement and kick the Cowboys clear at 18-4.
Two Johnathan Thurston second-half penalties then got the Cowboys home to deliver the bullet to Bennett and his Knights' finals dream.
The second half was laced with spite, with Knights forward Alex McKinnon put on report for punching Kane Linnett in the 50th minute.
Playing for their season, the Knights stunned the home side by opening the scoring in the fourth minute. Winger James McManus leapt for a Jarrod Mullen cross kick and the Knights showed slick hands, with back-rower Robbie Rochow flicking the ball to halfback Tyrone Roberts, who batted it on brilliantly for Timana Tahu to cross in the corner.
But the Cowboys needed just five minutes to hit back, the talismanic Thurston taking an Anthony Mitchell pass and slicing through before converting his own try to give the hosts a 6-4 lead. The unheralded Mitchell was at it again in the 20th minute, taking on the Knights line and holding up a superb pass long enough to create a gap for the lethal Bowen to make it 12-4.
The punch-drunk Knights were awaiting the knockout blow. Instead, Cowboys forward Ashton Sims gave them a lifeline, dropping the ball from the kick restart. The blunder turned the tempo and the Knights were back in business with two tries in five minutes.
Within seconds of Sims' error, Tahu had his second try and when centre partner Dane Gagai crashed over on the Cowboys' left edge, Newcastle had whittled the deficit to 18-14 by halftime. But the Cowboys hung on after the break to prove they have the self-belief to be there when the whips are cracking.
Cowboys 22 (M. Bowen, B. Tate, J. Thurston tries; Thurston 5 goals) Knights 14 (T. Tahu 2, D. Gagai tries; T. Roberts goal). Halftime: 18-14. Sunday Mail


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Top receptical not working
In one room, the TOP plug on 3 recepticals just quit working. The bottom plug has power and working.
any suggestions?
Sounds like a wall switch is off or bad.
Wall switch?...does a wall switch control the TOP recepticle?
Many, (if not all), wall outlets have a small tab that connects the two "hot" terminals together. This tab is designed so that you can put a flat-blade screwdriver into it and break it off so that the two outlets can be isolated. (So one can be controlled by a light switch.)
Its possible that the "tab" has broken free from age or . . . something.
Especially if it's a newer house and these receptacles are under or close to a window, they do this for Christmas lights.
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Companies that ferry people and supplies to offshore oil rigs are asking a judge to overturn a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman heard two hours of arguments in a lawsuit filed by Hornbeck Offshore, a Covington, Louisiana-based oilfield service company. Feldman says he'll rule by Wednesday. The moratorium was ordered by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It affects 33 projects that were under way when the BP-operated rig Deepwater Horizon exploded April 20th, killing 11 workers, and sank two days later. Hornbeck, which operates offshore vessels, was joined in the suit by other companies that service offshore rigs. The suit claims the Interior Department did not have proof that the projects pose a threat.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has sworn in a former federal prosecutor as director of a new government agency to oversee offshore drilling and other oil and gas development. A former assistant U.S. Attorney and Justice Department inspector general, Michael R. Bromwich will lead a reorganization of the agency formerly known as the Minerals Management Service. Bromwich's arrival coincides with a secretarial order signed by Salazar renaming the agency the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement. The previous agency was criticized for a cozy relationship with oil companies and lax oversight. The Obama administration plans to break up the agency into three separate entities to eliminate conflicts of interest.
The man President Barack Obama picked to administer the $20 billion oil spill damage fund says no one should underestimate "the frustration and the anger" of people along the Gulf Coast. Attorney Kenneth Feinberg tells a nationally broadcast audience the resentment is real, saying "I witnessed it firsthand last week." Feinberg told ABC's Good Morning Americathat "we want to get these claims out quicker." Feinberg said many individuals and businesses in the area are in "desperate financial straits." And he said that officials will watch carefully for any fraudulent claims, but that he didn't think that would be a big problem. Feinberg ran the Victims Claim Fund set up after the September 11th terror attacks.
Imagine a target the size of a salad plate three miles away. That illustrates the difficulty for the teams drilling the relief wells to stop the oil. None of them have done it before because deep sea interventions are rare. If the workers miss or move too slowly, oil will keep pouring into the sea. Workers aboard Transocean's development driller ii say they're confident of success just the same. A second ship is drilling another relief well. Once one of the two relief wells intersects the damaged line, BP plans to pump heavy drilling mud in to stop the oil flow and plug the blown-out well with cement. It's tricky and it's not guaranteed to work. A pair of relief wells took months to stop an undersea gusher in Mexico that started in the summer of 1979.
BP says it has now spent $2 billion responding to the oil spill and with no end in sight, that sum will continue to rise. BP last week agreed to set up a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the disaster on the U.S. southern coast. BP says that it has so far paid out $105 million to 32,000 claimants.
Public health officials and scientists will be gathering in New Orleans this week to talk about whether any health problems could be caused by the spill. The group will also talk about the best way to watch for any potential medical issues. The meeting is being organized by the Institute of Medicine at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services. The government has already set aside $10 million for research. Health officials say there seems to be little reason to worry at this point. But they're more uncertain about the long-term, particularly for workers cleaning up oil from the spill.
Texas oystermen are concerned the oil spill will focus more harvesting on oyster beds in Texas coastal waters that have only begun to recover from Hurricane Ike in 2008. Ike deposited enough sediment on the Texas coastal beds to kill half of the 16,000 acres of public oyster reefs. State figures show that, along with changes in salinity from a recent drought, cut the $60 million industry to $27 million. Texas and Louisiana usually both have summer seasons. However, the oil spill about 50 miles off extreme southeastern Louisiana closed many of the oyster beds there, dramatically increasing oystering on Texas beds. The Austin American-Statesman reports some oyster distributors believe that'll leave few oysters when the Texas coastal waters reopen to oystering this fall.
Newly released internal documents show BP estimated 4.2 million gallons of oil a day could gush from the damaged well if all equipment restricting the flow was removed and company models were wrong. Democratic Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey released the documents Sunday showing BP said in a worst-case scenario the leak could gush between 2.3 million and 4.2 million gallons of oil per day. The current worst-case estimate of what's leaking is 2.5 million gallons a day. The documents anticipate a scenario where the blowout preventer and other equipment on the sea floor were removed, which was never done. BP provided the documents to federal officials in May, and company officials say they have no plans to remove the blowout preventer.
A little mathematical context to the spill size can put the environmental catastrophe in perspective. Viewing it through some lenses, it isn't that huge. The Mississippi River pours as much water into the Gulf in 38 seconds as the BP oil leak has done in two months. Since the rig exploded on April 20th, about 125 million gallons of oil has gushed into the Gulf. That calculation is based on the higher end of the government's range of barrels leaked per day and the oil company BP's calculations for the amount of oil siphoned off.
A Houston company wants to ship North Dakota oil through a proposed pipeline that would carry Canadian crude to the Gulf of Mexico. Quintana Capital Group says it wants to build a $250 million, 300-mile-long pipeline system from western North Dakota to eastern Montana, where it would meet Transcanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Transcanada spokesman Terry Cunha says no agreement has been reached with Quintana or any other company wanting to ship domestic crude in the Canadian company's pipeline. But discussions are under way. Quintana says its pipeline would initially carry 100,000 barrels of crude from the Watford City area to Montana's Fallon County, where it also could be linked with pipelines that carry Montana crude.
Governor Rick Perry says his first trip to China has led to increased exposure for Texas in Asia. Perry, in a conference call from Taiwan, told reporters that he held talks with two Chinese companies that are interested in making investments in Houston and in Corpus Christi. Specifics were not released. Perry also says he took part in conversations that could result in direct flights from Texas to Shanghai and Beijing, with routes including Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston. Perry, who arrived in China on June 13th, led the Texas economic mission to Shanghai World Expo 2010.
Mercury astronaut John Glenn wants NASA's space shuttles to keep flying until their replacement is ready. Glenn joined the national debate over America's future in space. He issued a nine-page statement in which he questioned the decision to retire the shuttle fleet after two or three more missions. The first American to orbit earth–now 88–says the shuttles are working extremely well right now. He says little if any money will be saved by canceling the shuttle program, considering all the millions being paid to Russia to ferry U.S. astronauts to and from the International Space Station. He wonders what will happen if a Russian Soyuz rocket fails. He also worries scientific research in orbit will take a hit.
The nearly $16 million dredging of the Brownsville Ship Channel is finished. Port of Brownsville spokesman Manuel Ortiz says the dredging, which took about four months, is meant to clear the way for larger vessels to use the port. The Brownsville Herald reports that the channel had not been dredged since the mid-1990s. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was in charge of the dredging, funded by federal stimulus money. Ortiz says sediment and other dredging material, of higher quality, were used to support beaches. Levees also were built to hold the removed material. Ortiz says the port is now capable of accepting vessels with a draft up to 39 feet when fully loaded.
A new survey says people who buy their own health insurance have been hit lately with premium hikes that top increases seen in employer-sponsored coverage. The Kaiser Family Foundation says 77 percent of individual insurance customers questioned this spring in a national survey recently faced a premium increase. They reported an average hike of 20 percent. But some switched plans and bought less-expensive policies, so people who faced increases wound up paying 13 percent more on average. Those hikes surpass recent single-digit increases seen in employer-sponsored health insurance, which is where most insured Americans get coverage. About 14 million people under age 65 receive health insurance through the individual market.
In the debate over whether doctors may be ordering too many medical tests, the hospital emergency room is a focal point for the question, is it overkill or good care? The fear of missing something always weighs heavily but the stakes are highest in the ER, often leading to extra blood tests and imaging scans for what may be harmless aches, pains and bumps. Many ER doctors say the top reason is fear of malpractice lawsuits. ER physicians are among the top 10 specialists most likely to be sued for malpractice, according to leading doctor and insurers groups. The fast ER pace plays a role, too. It's much quicker to order a test than to ask patients lots of questions. And many patients think every ache and pain deserves a high-tech test. National data suggest there are more than 116 million ER visits each year nationwide, and rising.
Farmers hailed the weed killer Roundup when it was introduced in the 1970s because it could kill nearly any plant and allowed them to give up harsher chemicals and reduce tilling. But now some Roundup-resistant varieties of weeds have emerged, and some farmers are being forced to turn to less environmentally friendly herbicides. Penn State University weed scientist David Mortensen estimates that in three or four years, farmers' use of Dicamba and 2,4-D, a weed killer developed during World War II and used in Agent Orange, will increase by 55.1 million pounds a year because of resistance to roundup. Mortensen says that unlike Roundup, these older herbicides easily drift beyond the spots where they're sprayed and threaten neighboring crops and wild plants.
This week will bring more economic data and signals for economists and investors to ponder. Among them will be a report tomorrow on existing home sales for May from the National Association of Realtors. Also, the Federal Housing Finance Agency releases its April home price index. Later in the week, the Federal Reserve announces its decision on interest rates, the Commerce Department releases May figures on new home sales and durable goods, and the Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims. At the end of the week, the Commerce Department will provide an update on the overall economy when it reports the first-quarter gross domestic product.


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Hey all. I have a question on a shed foundation that I need help on. 8x12 shed on sloping ground about 15-18" drop, front to back. The front (12 foot side) is sitting on 3 4x8x16 blocks and the back (12 foot side) is on 3 4x4 posts on pre-cast blocks (dek-blok). All flooring is 2x8 framing, with the 12 foot sides doubled. My question is how could I pour concrete footers on the back side to aid in stabilization/strength? This is an existing shed and tear down/move is not possible. My plan was to dig 3 42" holes along the back side (one at a time), fill with concrete, attached a post base and then place a 6x6 under the back side of the shed. Will this work? The shed hasnt moved, settled and is still square but I want to make sure it doesnt move, settle or go out of square. Thank you.
temporary support bracing underneath of the structure to hold up its weight while you do the work to pour the new footings. Take all of the support bracing down when you have the footings poured and can put the weight down onto them...
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Car Colors: White is the New Silver
When it comes to car colors, North Americans now prefer white.
According to data released Wednesday by paint maker PPG Industries, white has edged out silver and black as the most popular color of choice for 2011 model vehicles. Silver had been the favorite of North American car buyers for a decade.
In North America, 20 percent of cars were white. Silver came in second, at 19 percent, with black and gray close behind (18 percent and 15 percent, respectively). Colors such as red, blue, green, yellow, and brown all came in at less than 10 percent.
Other color facts revealed by PPG, which held its Automotive Color Trend Show today: Europeans prefer black cars, Asians prefer silver, and green seems roundly disliked by all three regions, accounting for only 2 percent of car color choices.
But white is the global winner, accounting for 21 percent of 2011 model year cars.
The company said their surveys indicated 77 percent of car buyers said that exterior color was a factor in their purchase, and 31 percent said they'd be willing to pay extra for a color that "expresses their personality."
White will have new competition for the top spot in the future. PPG unveiled 70 shades for the 2014-2015 model years including: "Goldeluxe, a silver with an influence of a gold; White Nougat, a soft creamy white with a highlight sparkle; Muddy Waters, a tone of brown with a pearl luster effect; Grape Spritz, a blue fused with a purple highlight; and Pot O'Gold, a light green with a hint of gold."


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Margaux McDonald graduated in 2008 with a master of theological studies degree from HDS and a master of public administration degree from Harvard Kennedy School.
She is currently on leave from her position as a financial analyst in Harvard's Office of Financial Strategy and Planning to complete a summer internship under Martha Hall Findlay, member of the Canadian Parliament.
Can you briefly describe the experience of studying religion and policy at HDS and HKS? Were you able to take something you learned at one School and apply it to the other?
People are often surprised to hear about the combination of studying at both HDS and HKS; it's not necessarily intuitive. But when I explain what I studied—mainly religious extremism and its influence as a salient force on domestic and foreign policy—then the two degrees at the different Schools suddenly makes a lot of sense.
Fortunately, the two programs complemented each other and provided incredibly diverse and rich learning opportunities in their own right; however, each has a distinctly unique culture and ethos.
In my opinion, HDS provided me with a strong base in intellectual and philosophical thinking. My work there involved heavy research and writing on often challenging social and ethical issues. At HKS, the focus was on tangible, hands-on policy creation, with an emphasis on quantitative reasoning, statistical inference, and understanding the economic and social realities of an issue.
When combined into a dual-degree program, I had the best of both worlds of what proved to be an exceptionally well-paired and holistic approach to my areas of passion: religion and politics.
Why did you switch gears and accept a fellowship in financial planning?
The fellowship in financial strategy and planning was definitely a switch of gears. Even though I was quite convinced that any field involving numbers was not my forte, to my surprise, I discovered that I really enjoyed my quantitative classes at HKS on statistics and budgeting.
In the interest of strengthening these skills, I was encouraged by my budgeting professor, Linda Bilmes, to apply to the Harvard Management Fellowship Program and to a position in the Office of Financial Strategy and Planning. I was offered the position, and it couldn't have come at a better "learning" time.
A few months after I started, the economy began its decline and our office was catapulted into the center of a whirlwind experience where we had to act in real-time to deal with new financial realities that Harvard and its hefty endowment had never before seen.
I was challenged on a daily basis and, after a year there, I found myself energized at the thought of doing more of it. A couple of months ago, I accepted a permanent position with the office, so although the fellowship is over, I will be returning to Cambridge after all!
How did you secure the summer internship with Canadian Parliament member Martha Hall Findlay? What kind of work are you doing in her office and what do you hope to learn?
I was extremely fortunate this year to have been given the flexibility from the director of financial strategy and planning, Jesse Souweine, to participate in a Harvard program run through the Center for Women and Public Policy. The program, From Harvard Square to the Oval Office, accepts 40 women from across the Harvard community who are interested in running for public office.
The program is fantastic and provides summer internship support to selected participants. Hailing from Canada, I thought that a summer internship on Parliament Hill in Ottawa would be a great opportunity to re-engage with Canadian political system after four years of living in Cambridge.
I contacted a really dynamic female Member of Parliament, Martha Hall Findlay, and we agreed that I would spend my summer working with her on a book project on women and politics in Canada. It has been a great experience. I have met and interviewed a former Prime Minister, a cabinet minister, and many prominent members of the Canadian Parliament and the media. It has been a wonderfully enlightening opportunity!
Read the full article on the Harvard Divinity School's Web site.
McDonald on Parliament Hill with her favorite mode of transoprtation. Photo courtesy Margaux McDonald.
"In my opinion, HDS provided me with a strong base in intellectual and philosophical thinking. My work there involved heavy research and writing on often challenging social and ethical issues. At HKS, the focus was on tangible, hands-on policy creation, with an emphasis on quantitative reasoning, statistical inference, and understanding the economic and social realities of an issue." - Margaux McDonald.
McDonald with Member of Parliament, Martha Hall Findlay, at the Ottawa news desk of CTV (Canadian Television Corporation). Photo courtesy Margaux McDonald.


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What nitrogen compounds can bacteria make?
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The Nitrogen cycle is basically a nutrient cycle that describes that how nitrogen is made and stored.
The nitrogen compounds that bacteria can make are called Nitrates.
The nitrates are taken by plants through their roots. Where as other bacteria in the soil take in the nitrates and release nitrogen back into the air.
The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into inorganic or organic usable forms through the agency of living organism is called biological nitrogen fixation. Soil contains a number of free living nitrogen fixing organisms. These include a number of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and blue green algae.
Biological nitrogen fixation occurs when atmospheric nitrogen is converted to ammonia by an enzyme called nitrogenase. The process is coupled to the hydrolysis of 16 equivalents of ATP and is accompanied by the co-formation of one molecule of H2. In free-living diazotrophs, the nitrogenase-generated ammonium is assimilated into glutamate through the glutamine synthetase/glutamate synthase pathway.
Enzymes responsible for nitrogenase action are very susceptible to destruction by oxygen. (In fact, many bacteria cease production of the enzyme in the presence of oxygen). Many nitrogen-fixing organisms exist only in anaerobic conditions, respiring to draw down oxygen levels, or binding the oxygen with a protein such as Leghemoglobin.
Plants that contribute to nitrogen fixation include the legume family –Fabaceae. They contain symbiotic bacteria called Rhizobia within nodules in their root system, producing nitrogen compounds that help the plant to grow and compete with other plants. When the plant dies, the fixed nitrogen is released; making it available to other plants and this helps to fertilize the soil.
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Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA, the Italian phone company owned by Russia's VimpelCom Ltd. (VIP), will spend 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in the coming five years to build a high-speed mobile network.
Italy's third-largest mobile provider, based in Rome, has hired Shenzhen, China-based Huawei Technologies Co. and Milan- based Sirti SpA to supply equipment and infrastructure services, the companies said yesterday in a joint statement.
"This is certainly one of our biggest contracts in Europe," Roberto Loiola, Huawei's head of Western Europe, said in a conference call. Half of the revenue from Wind's contract will go to Huawei, Loiola said.
Like other European carriers, Wind is betting that faster wireless service will help attract clients who are willing to spend more on their monthly subscription. EE in the U.K. and France Telecom SA (FTE) have adopted similar strategies. Wind, which has a 23.2 percent market share according to data compiled by Italian regulator Agcom, has been refocusing its phone packages to include more services to raise prices, shifting away from a low-cost strategy.
Huawei, China's largest maker of network gear, has predicted an increase in spending this year from carriers building out faster networks using a technology called long-term evolution. Ryan Ding, head of Huawei's Carrier Network Business Group, forecast in February that the unit's sales will increase by 9 percent this year to about $28 billion.
While business for Huawei has been flowing at home from the likes of China Mobile Ltd. (941), the company is fighting concerns over cyber-security abroad in some markets, including the U.S., as American intelligence agencies and security companies traced Web attacks to China.
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Roadfood web site "Old Timer" bad attitudes...
Why do *some* folks get so damn condescending IF a newer person does not KNOW EVERYTHING THAT THEY KNOW...???
I made a comment in another area about a place that I had a poor experience at...
One person with well over 6,000 posts from Arizona was actually chiding me for not knowing about the place in question. He said it was on just about every TV network, food show, and magazine ever published...he went on to add a few insults ... saying I must live in a cave with no contact with the outside world ...
I was just told about the place in question while on a train, had no computer, no online access while on said train...so I had no time or ability to research a place that I "
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What a bunch of condescending food snob BS...I'm a vet, Saigon class of '69, 101st Airborne...and some of the things that have been said to me here are things they'd dare not say directly to me face to face...yet they make very snide remarks while hiding behind a keyboard like a smug pussy(cat)...
I'm amazed at the attitudes of some of the "old timers" here towards those without as much knowledge or exposure...and THIS has been mentioned periodically in various sections of this webby site, so this appears to be an ongoing issue here ...
The newer folks are here because we WANT TO LEARN & SHARE, not be insulted by an "old timer" because we don't know as much as they do...
I guess the following web site rules no longer apply, huh...???
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It does no good to add various smile icons to the end of a snide post...you're still being a total jerk no matter how many smile icons you use...
This web site has lots of potential to share information, but when some people act like jerks it negates any positive exchange of ideas...and it also drives away people that came here because they had an interest...
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The Google Nexus 7 is already available for purchase on Google Play for the low price of $199. Though it's not as accessible for in-store test runs as the iPad and other iDevices are, SiliconANGLE's Alton Wahlman believes that it is a better buy than Amazon's Kindle Fire, which comes in at the same price. To read more about his review on the Nexus 7, see here.
Should you decide to go with the Nexus 7, here's some early and very cool accessories to make your experience even better.
This is a Kickstarter project that aims to give people the option of concealing their precious Nexus 7 when needed, but look really cool when in use. The project will produce covers/casing for various tablets that looks like a hardbound book. So this is pretty useful when travelling or using your tablet in public spaces, blending in with other print-book readers of yore.
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"Crash for cash" incidents where fraudsters commit staged accidents to claim on other motorist's insurance are at an all-time high.
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The staged accident scam appears to be moving south. Birmingham was the UK's top fraud hot spot area, but now incidents have risen in parts of London, the industry-funded body said. Until recently the claims were mostly confined to North-West England and the other four top spots for insurance fraud of this sort were filled by Liverpool, Blackburn, Manchester and Leeds. Parts of London are in the top 10 for the first time. East London takes sixth position and North London is in ninth position.
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January 5, 2009 - 12:51 pm ET
Ford Motor Co. posted a 32 percent decline in December sales as the U.S. auto industry capped its worst year since the early 1990s.
Ford's drop was its 23rd in the past 24 months. The Volkswagen brand was down 14.4 percent, and Daimler AG plunged 23.5 percent. Subaru of America, the only other automaker to report by midday, slipped 7.7 percent.
Ford's results bolster analysts' forecasts for an industrywide fall of more than one-third. That would be the fourth straight monthly tumble of more than 25 percent, amid the longest U.S. recession since the early 1980s and a national debate over whether the federal government should rescue Chrysler LLC and General Motors.
"No one wants to buy anything," Jesse Toprak, Edmunds.com's executive director of industry analysis, said in an interview before today's figures were released.
A December decline would be the 18th for the industry in the past 19 months .
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Analysts forecast that December demand would plunge to a new low for the year, to about 10 million units on a seasonally adjusted basis. The annual sales rate, which dropped to 10.3 million in November, has not fallen below 10 million since August 1982.
A December sales decline of 35 percent will put total 2008 light-vehicle sales at 13.2 million in the United States, analysts said. That total would be the lowest since 1992. The 2007 total was 16.2 million.
Sales dropped during the month as President George W. Bush approved $17.4 billion in federal loans on Dec. 19 to GM and Chrysler. The automakers lost their bid to receive the loans from new legislation when the bill died a week earlier in the U.S. Senate.
Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department also allocated $6 billion to GM's affiliated lender, GMAC Financial Services. That move spurred GM and GMAC to expand auto lending and incentive programs for the last sales days of the month.
GM and Chrysler will report larger declines than Ford, since Ford did not seek immediate federal aid, said Toprak. Ford, which borrowed more than $23 billion in 2006, still seeks a $9 billion credit line if the economic downturn lasts longer than it expects.
"If you wanted to buy a new car in December, Ford seemed to be a safer choice than GM and Chrysler," Toprak said.
The only other time the U.S. auto industry has seen a similar 3 million unit plunge over a single year was during 1974 in the wake of the first oil shock, Ford's chief sales analyst, George Pipas, told reporters Friday, Jan. 2.
"The sales rates have declined like a lead balloon," Pipas said. "We're not looking for the first quarter to be much different from what we saw in the fourth quarter." Ford's sales for the year dropped 20.7 percent.
Subaru's 7.7 percent December drop allowed it to finish just ahead of its 2007 total. Through November, Subaru and Daimler were the only two major automakers to be ahead of the previous year's sales pace. Daimler wasn't able to hold on; its Smart and Mercedes brands finished the year down 1.5 percent."


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Hope everything works out and you get the right part, if any from Sears.
I got more or less the same story. The parts person on the phone put a hold on 1 of the 4 they had in stock at their parts warehouse, which was open for another 2 hours. So I rented a car and ran up to get it. Well not only did they not have any in stock that's when the counter rep showed me that it actually says "not to be sold to customer's for installation by Sears technician only". So not only was I out about 3 hours of time, I also had a car rental to pay. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper at this point.
It might be worthwhile to call your contact again before you go, to make sure he has the part and that he will sell it to you.
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Finally: The climate scientist rap
My God. That was stupid.
john1schn on May 14, 2011 at 11:09 PM
This is enough to make me want to intentionally cause global warming.
cynccook on May 14, 2011 at 11:16 PM
The climate scientist rap
Twenty-five to life seems about right.
OldEnglish on May 14, 2011 at 11:25 PM
This is aimed at directly at our children. They fill our children's head with this marxist self-hating lie, using other people's confiscated wealth, yet we are chastised and threatened with statist power for buying our own kids a happy meal with our own money.
It INFURIATES me that our tax dollars are spent on this suicidal bovine excrement. Who benefits the most from AGW propaganda? Answer: The so called Climate Scientist, through the awarding of obscenely expensive research grants.
DeathB4Tyranny on May 14, 2011 at 11:43 PM
"We're scientists, what we say is true"?
Real scientists don't make appeals to authority, especially to their own. Epic logic fail.
Bill Ramey on May 15, 2011 at 12:56 AM
These people aren't as smart as they think they are.
theperfecteconomist on May 15, 2011 at 1:12 AM
I'm so sick of this cliche.
Boring white people "raping".
It's not funny,cute,or original.
It's idiotic, pathetic, and overdone.
Machiavelli Hobbes on May 15, 2011 at 3:16 AM
Rejoice! Such a lame, yet highly produced attempt to sell the climate change lie is a sign of their desperation. The average American does not believe the meme. And even the kids this is aimed at will see this a contrived and laughable.
JeffB. on May 15, 2011 at 7:44 AM
How embarrassing.
surrounded on May 15, 2011 at 8:22 AM
Aptly suggested by one commenter there:
AGW is to reality like rap is to music.
Wow, my eyes hurt from the whiteness. Was that a Klan rally?
The production value was actually pretty good though. Who paid for that?
Just like everything else that proponents of man-made climate change say, there was no scientific support of their theory in that rap.
InterestedObserver on May 15, 2011 at 10:57 AM
In addition to being hack scientists, they are untalented… uh…just untalented.
mchristian on May 15, 2011 at 11:03 AM
It's not the science that has failed – it's their proposed cap-and-trade wealth transfer solution. The prospect of higher taxes has made many people reject the science as fraudulent. AGW is a hoax, a scam and a fraud.
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A Disney Channel rep has confirmed that both Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel have signed on to star in a series based on their former characters, called "Girl Meets World."
Disney released the following statement. "We can confirm that Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel will reprise their hugely popular roles of Cory Matthews and Topanga Lawrence, this time as a happily married couple and parents to 13-year-old Riley, from whose point of view the story is told. The pilot is still in the very early stages of development with creator and executive producer Michael Jacobs, Emmy Award-winning creator/producer behind 'Boy Meets World,' 'My Two Dads' and 'Charles In Charge,' among others. A nationwide casting search is underway for the starring role of Riley Matthews."
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