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By Ron Jackson
Macbute Sinyabi had to survive a determined attack from challenger Luyanda Mruwali in the middle rounds before retaining his SA junior featherweight title on a tenth round technical knockout at the Orient Theatre in East London on Friday night. The champion, who had to go beyond the fifth round for the first time in his career of 12 wins and one defeat with all 12 wins inside the distance, had to face a determined attack from Mruwali (55.10kg) who came back from a second round knockdown to possibly win rounds three to six. This was Sinyabi's second defence of the title.
The 22-year-old Sinyabi (54.70kg) regained control from the seventh round as he began to box from behind the jab and jolted Mrawuli's head back on occasions.
A cut above the left eye which his corner was unable to control contributed to Mrawuli's defeat after a gutsy performance. He showed the champion no respect despite his devastating knockout record and appeared to be taking control of the fight at times.
An overhand right followed by another right to the head put the challenger down midway through the second, but he did well to recover and take the fight to the champion.
However, from round nine Mruwali showed signs of tiring and in round ten a clubbing overhand right to the jaw sent him crashing to the canvas where he remained for several minutes.
Referee Siya Vabaza realising that Mruwali was in serious trouble did not pick up the count and waved the fight off at 1 minute 16 seconds into the round.
The judges were Andile Matika, Lulama Mtya and Alan Matakane.
Mruwali, 27, record was announced as (10-3-2, 8 KOs) from the ring before the fight.
On the undercard in a featherweight bout Sabelo Jubatha (56.75kg) scored a six round points decision over Wonga Ntoyakhe (56.75kg).
The tournament was presented by Sipho Handi of Mamali Promotions.


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The Eureka PROMETHEUS Project (PROgraMme for a European Traffic of Highest Efficiency and Unprecedented Safety, 1987-1995) was the largest R&D project ever in the field of driverless cars. It received €749,000,000 in funding from the EUREKA member states,[1] and defined the state of the art of autonomous vehicles. Numerous universities and car manufacturers participated in this Pan-European project.
The project culminated in a 'Board Members Meeting' (BMM) on 18–20 October 1994 in Paris.[2] Projects demonstrated ('Common European Demonstrators') were:
CED 1 : Vision Enhancement
CED 2-1 : Friction Monitoring and Vehicle Dynamics
CED 2-2 : Lane Keeping Support
CED 2-3 : Visibility Range Monitoring
CED 2-4 : Driver Status Monitoring
CED 3 : Collision Avoidance
CED 4 : Cooperative Driving
CED 5 : Autonomous Intelligent Cruise Control
CED 6 : Automatic Emergency Call
CED 7 : Fleet Management
CED 9 : Dual Mode Route Guidance
CED 10: Travel and Traffic Information Systems
PROMETHEUS profited from the participation of Ernst Dickmanns, the 1980s pioneer of driverless cars, and his team at Bundeswehr Universität München, collaborating with Daimler-Benz. A first culmination point was achieved in 1994, when their twin robot vehicles VaMP and VITA-2 drove more than one thousand kilometers on a Paris multi-lane highway in standard heavy traffic at speeds up to 130 km/h. They demonstrated autonomous driving in free lanes, convoy driving, automatic tracking of other vehicles, and lane changes left and right with autonomous passing of other cars.[citation needed]
The next culmination point was achieved in 1995, when Dickmanns´ re-engineered autonomous S-Class Mercedes-Benz took a 1000-mile trip from Munich in Bavaria to Copenhagen in Denmark and back, using saccadic computer vision and transputers to react in real time. The robot achieved speeds exceeding 175 km/h on the German Autobahn, with a mean time between human interventions of 9 km. In traffic it executed manoeuvres to pass other cars. Despite being a research system without emphasis on long distance reliability, it drove up to 158 km without any human intervention.[3]
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- Ernst Dickmanns and team of Bundeswehr University of Munich
- Daimler-Benz
- Jaguar Cars
- Numerous others (to be completed)
See also[edit]
- Driverless car
- DARPA Grand Challenge
- ARGO Project on autonomous cars
- ELROB trials
- Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge 2011, International Competition
- ^ "EUREKA Project E!45 PROMETHEUS". EUREKA website. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
- ^ Board Member Meeting Event Guide. PROMETHEUS. 1994.
- ^ "Long distance drive VaMP 1995 (Munich − Odense, Denmark)". Ernst D. Dickmanns. Retrieved 2016-02-13.


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Gilgamesh, part 5
Continuing the puppet-animation based (loosely) on the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh.
Determined to teach Gilgamesh and Enkidu a lesson, the Goddess Aruru has come to earth in the form of a monster. Against the advice of Samhat the Harlot, they prepare themselves to do battle. Episode 5 of 10.
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But the violence experienced by women is different in terms of what form the violence takes, its severity and its impact; and that it is most often committed by a current or former male partner.
Men are more likely to experience violence from other men in public places, but the vast majority of domestic or family violence and sexual assault is perpetrated by men against women.
Some people believe that this sort of violence is none of their business because it happens in private, or think that there's nothing they can do to help.
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Violence against women is serious and prevalent. It is primarily driven by gender inequality, and reinforced or exacerbated by a number of other factors.
Gender inequality is a situation in which women and men do not have equal power, resources or opportunities, and that their voices, ideas and work are not valued equally by society.
Gender inequality provides the underlying social conditions for violence against women. It operates at many levels – from social and cultural norms (the dominant ideas about men and women in a society), to economic structures (such as the pay gap between men and women), to organisational, community, family and relationship practices.
This broad social context of gender inequality produces a number of specific gendered drivers of violence against women. The strongest of these are:
While the broad social context of gender inequality provides the underlying conditions and drivers of violence against women, a number of reinforcing factors can contribute to or exacerbate this violence. These include:
Violence against women is preventable, but such a significant social problem needs a large scale response, and we must all work together to achieve the social transformation required.
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These organisations offer 24/7 telephone support and counselling services, and online chat, for specific community groups and for people in specific situations.
The national sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service. 24/7 phone and online services.
Kids Helpline is a counselling service for Australian children and young people aged between 5 and 25 years. 24/7 phone and online services.
Professional support and information service for Australian men. 24/7 phone and online services.
MRS provides anonymous and confidential telephone counselling, information and referrals to men to help them take action to stop using violent and controlling behaviour.
1300 766 491
Go to the Urgent Help section of the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) website for contact details of agencies which assist with reporting child abuse and neglect.
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I like how you train. Keep it up.
I like to get in close and use my size and training to my advantage. My off-lining will generally put me closer to the BG and I also like to trap the arm with the weapon, for leverage and or disarms.
My question to all (most have heard it before) Have you put your training and practice to the test of FOF? If not you don't know it a chance of working in real life.
GeorgiaShooter, while your training look good and you are what most would call fast. I question your not taking hits against 2 BG with guns in hand and a 3rd would be bad.
you MUST get that gun out of the fight; throw it and use your own which you know will work. Theirs might be a piece
of junk and jam-o-matic that will do you no good. Also keep in mind that the disarm engages both of your
hands keeping you from going for your own weapon.
Having done FOF with Air Soft, the first thing is Get off the X, while moving off the X drawing the gun and blade toward the other person (put your side toward them which reduces the target size for them) and then you are point shooting strong hand only and not aiming. With practice you can do this and hit the target while moving while the other guy's OODA loop is going crazy. I do not ever want to get into contact range of another person or fight on the ground as they may have more physical strength than me as I just turned 65 and I am not getting any stronger but I can shoot the bad guy to the ground in a hurry.
risk in trying to draw against the drop. Everyone able (and maybe even those disabled especially) need some sort
of FOF techniques training. I wasn't trying to sell Krav or anything else. I was merely pointing out that just getting a CHL for 25 bucks or just taking the required range test is not preparation for meeting force with a gun. So, we are on the same page actually.
will probably break something important as we hit the concrete. That said, with some training you can put the other dude
on the ground and then run off. Seriously, there are NO 100% answers. Young, old, trained, untrained, armed, unarmed,
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molding a fiberglass cowl to a steel hood
I used to have a '73 Challenger that had a fiberglass cowl flawlessly molded to the factory hood. I was wondering how they did it.
I was thinking of getting a 4" Harwood scoop. Would constuction adhesive keep it down and survive the elements? I can use bondo to float out theedges so it looks like one piece.
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There are many ways to do this, here is how I would do it.
Once the opening is cut to size I would place the hood in position. Mark and drill holes equally spaced all around it for pop rivets through the scoop and steel hood. Rough up both mating surfaces with 40 grit sandpaper. Get some Evercoat Vette panel adhesive and spread it on the hood and scoop where they meet. Place the scoop on the hood and pop rivet it down. You will have to work fast as the Vette panel adhesive kicks pretty quickly. Test it before so you can get an idea of how fast it is. You can slow it a bit by cutting back on the activator. Once the scoop and hood bond has cured sand the excess Vette panel adhesive away. I would not use Bondo to fill in the areas, I would use fiberglass mat and cloth. Use Bondo like materials only to fill in low spots after the majority is filled with fiberglass mat and resin.
Harwood can give you some tips on what they have found works for them also.
If I remember correctly the factory glass hood scoops were placed so the mounting flange was under the hood instead of on top of it. An opening was cut so the glass scoop could be inserted up through the opening.
Will the rivets still show up when I am finished?
I countersunk my rivets and left them in place.
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Impact on Health - How the environment affects us
The 2004 Urban League's "State of Black America" report highlights the increasing and glaring disparities between the health of Black and white Americans. These health disparities continue to affect the economic and educational progress and success of our communities. In order to adequately address the health issues African-Americans face, we must begin to understand the environmental factors negatively impacting our health.
It's time for our community to face the facts:
- 71 percent of African-Americans live in counties that violate federal air pollution standards, compared with 58 percent of the white population.
- 25 percent, or one in four, children in Harlem suffer from asthma. This is the highest rate of asthma ever documented in an American neighborhood.
- Asthma attacks send African-Americans to the emergency room at three times the rate of whites. The death rate from asthma for African-Americans is twice that of whites.
- 72 years is the life expectancy of African-Americans compared with 78 years for whites.
More than two million people of color in the New York area of African, Caribbean and Latino descent live in neighborhoods where there is an overrepresentation of facilities that produce air pollution. Our children and seniors already suffer unfairly from poor air quality because of the toxic by-products from waste treatment facilities, transfer stations, tractor trailers on our streets and fossil fuel burning electric plants in our neighborhoods. Neighborhoods in Brooklyn and the South Bronx are not far behind in the alarming rates of asthma among children in our country. The pollutants mentioned above show a direct link to increased health problems, especially for people with asthma, other respiratory illnesses and heart and lung disease.
We must educate ourselves and our communities regarding new and alternative energy sources. One such alternative is nuclear power. Recently, a group of concerned citizens and New York residents committed to improving the health of our community and keeping energy affordable launched the Campaign for Afford-able Energy, Environ-mental & Economic Justice. There are environmental organizations that believe we have a fundamental right to have input into environmental decisions that directly or indirectly impact our community. As the need for energy increases in the New York area and the asthma rates continue to rise, CAEEEJ is a vehicle to explore how those energy needs will be met without compromising the health of communities of color. Where health and environmental policies are concerned, there are many organizations like CAEEEJ that want direct input, participation and ongoing dialogue with representation from all communities potentially affected.
The New York Urban League strives for the institutionalization of practices and policies that reduce the disparate impact of environmental burdens on the health of New Yorkers. It has a special interest in African-Americans and other communities of color. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, the organization hosted its annual MLK Symposium this year on Jan. 12 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (www.nypl.org/research/ sc/sc.html) in Harlem. This year's focus was health. The symposium brought together health and environmental experts in the New York area, including Norris McDonald, of the African American Environmentalist Association, health advocates, politicians, civic leaders and the community to discuss health concerns, our environment and solutions. In order for us to live King's dream, we must first be healthy.
For more than 85 years, the New York Urban League has addressed quality of life issues for African-Americans. Our environment and our health are central to improving the quality of life for communities of color in New York.
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Fedor Emelianenko, arguably the greatest heavyweight in mixed martial arts history, was stopped by Matt Mitrione in the first round.Main event a letdown »
A U.S. official denied reports that Trump was considering pulling out of peace negotiations between Israel and Palestinians after a rift opened up in the first meeting between Trump aide and son-in-law Jared Kushner and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat reported Saturday that the meeting between Kushner and Abbas had been "tense." Abbas was allegedly furious when Kushner relayed a set of demands from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a translation of the report by the Jerusalem Post. Israeli daily Haaretz reported that Palestinian officials were "greatly disappointed" following their Wednesday meeting with Kushner and Jonathan
According to the April statistical snapshot from the Social Security Administration (SSA), nearly 61.4 million people were receiving a monthly benefit check. A whopping 68% of these individuals are retired workers. More than 60% of these retired workers, per the SSA, count on their monthly benefit check to comprise at least half of their monthly income. Social Security simply is that important to the financial well-being of our nation's seniors. Social Security is less than two decades away from a big problem Unfortunately, Social Security itself isn't in great shape. To begin with, the ongoing retirement of baby boomers from the workforce is pushing the worker-to-beneficiary ratio ever lower.
California will no longer pay for its employees to travel to eight different states with laws it says discriminate against LGBTQ people.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana's 11-year marriage was fraught with scandals, affairs, and, well, the fact that they weren't really all that in love to begin with. But after the birth of Prince Harry in 1984, Diana experienced what she called "some of the happiest years of her life" as a wife and mother - sadly, it didn't last too long. In 1986, Prince Charles rekindled his pre-Diana romance with Camilla Parker Bowles, a relationship that first started back in the early '70s. According to interviews and conversations with friends, Diana never believed that Charles and Camilla had fully broken things off; she even alleged to have found photos of Camilla in Charles's journal during their honeymoon
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DEAR ABBY: I'm a single 38-year-old woman. I haven't been in a relationship in more than 10 years because of school, work and kids. Lately, since I graduated, I have been on a string of blind dates. Men seem to want to hold my hand, touch my hair, stroke my arm, etc. right away. When I say I don't like it, they say they are "just being affectionate" because they like me. I'm a cerebral person. I have fallen in love with men who are not conventionally attractive because they appealed to me intellectually. I have rejected handsome men because we weren't intellectually compatible. Until I feel some sort of rapport, I might as well be asexual. I am not turned on, and I do NOT want to be touched.
The following story, "No, White Friend - You Weren't 'Embarrassed' by Barack Obama," was originally published on JohnPavlovitz.com. I remember the day after the Election, a friend of mine who happens to be white, remarked on social media that he "finally wasn't embarrassed of America and our President."


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Huerta opponent named!
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As reported earlier on Fightnews, boxing is returning to the Club Nokia and the main event is now officially set. Oscar De La Hoya´s Golden Boy Promotions hot prospect Charles Huerta (11-0, 7 KOs) will look to remain unbeaten, as will his opponent Derrick Wilson (4-0-1, 1 KO), when the two square off in a six round featherweight main event July 30th. The bout will be televised on the Versus network from the Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California.
Huerta is fresh off of his impressive 3rd round TKO of then unbeaten Noe Lopez Jr. last month at the very same Club Nokia where he will battle Wilson. Wilson, himself, is no stranger to the Versus network. In September of 2008 Wilson delivered an electrifying performance as he defeated then unbeaten Emiliano Mendoza by way of 1st round TKO in a televised bout.
Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Robert Diaz who matched the two fighters knows it's a tough bout for Huerta but is very much looking forward to the bout and the rest of the fight card.
"I'm excited for one about the show at Club Nokia, they are fun, exciting and bringing a new concept to boxing. We are looking to make fun and exciting fights. Proof is that we have two undefeated prospects in Huerta vs Wilson, which is unheard of in today's game. It's the second undefeated opponent Huerta has faced back to back and that just shows the confidence we have in Huerta and also the commitment we have to the fans," said Diaz.
Also featured on the undercard will be lightweight prospect Luis Ramos (11-0, 6 KOs), National Golden Gloves and two-time U.S. amateur champion Ronnie Rios (5-0, 2 KOs)and former National amateur champion, Carlos Molina (7-0, 3 KOs) against opponents to be announced.


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I'm not sitting here trying to make excuses, as even if this touchdown counted, the Bears would've had to recover an onside kick, and then get into field goal range in 51 seconds with no timeouts left. It's quite unlikely that they would've tied the game, but still, it's possible.
Anyway, the holding penalty was called on Bears defensive back Corey Graham(#21), who is an elite special teamer that rarely screws up.
The only possible place where a flag could be thrown from everything I've seen takes place in the first three seconds of the above video, on the left side. You can see Graham touching the shoulder of the Packers' gunner, but it's really difficult to see if there's anything there that would warrant a holding penalty.
Twitter user @cfaris09(give him a follow) sent me a screencap of it:
Maybe he pulled the Packers player down a little bit there(it's difficult to tell), but if it's just based on that little shoulder touch that we can see, it's quite a ticky-tacky call(especially with a minute to go in the game).
Whatever the case, it's a shame that such a brilliant playcall from the Bears' terrific special teams coach, Dave Toub, was ruined over this.
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Cambridge Christian is looking for a new boys basketball coach and athletic director after the Lancers and Jay Bowen parted ways this week.
"We decided to go in a different route," head of school Tim Euler said Thursday afternoon.
The Lancers' basketball team finished 17-9 this winter and reached the Class 2A region quarterfinals.
The school posted advertisements for both positions yesterday. Euler said he's already received about 40 resumes for the AD position and another 30 for the basketball job.
Euler said the school hopes to finish hiring one or two people by the first week of May.


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Market yourself like a product to get employers' attention
For the past decade, Larry Chiagouris has watched college seniors troop into his office every spring at Pace University in New York, seeking his advice on how to get a job.
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As a professor he has tried to share his advice throughout their college years, but not until many of his students are preparing to graduate do they start to gear up for a job search. So he repeats much of what he has told these students for years, telling them to market themselves like a product, promoting their unique qualifications to attract employers.
Because he was beginning to feel like a broken record repeating the same advice, Chiagouris says he decided to write a book called The Secret to Getting a Job After College (Brand New World Publishing, $14.99).
Still, he says he knew from his years of teaching that he needed something else to hammer the message home.
Enter "Timid."
"Timid" is the rap name of Jaylon Carter. His video Inferno attracted Chiagouris' attention, because he thought Carter was delivering a message that spoke to the fire-in-the-belly attitude students need to develop if they want to find a job.
"The message I had was more than about the book," Chiagouris says. "Young people or anyone has to know their value and be proud of it. No one else is going to know your value unless you market it. And if you can't sell yourself, what can you sell?"
Carter was receptive to the idea of helping others to find a job through his music.
"I know the mainstream message of rappers and hip-hop artists is not a great one," he says. "But I know from being in the culture that's not completely the case. Not everyone fits that negative image.
"I don't think anything since the civil-rights movement has done more for intercultural communications than hip-hop."
Carter says he was further attracted to the get-a-job message because he also is a college student. Enrolled at Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, N.J., Carter expects to graduate in February with a degree in communications.
He knows firsthand the challenges of the current job market but believes, as Chiagouris does, that young people can't become hopeless and believe they won't be able to get a job.
His rap video, also featuring students from Pace University, addresses the difficult economy and job market.
"Truth be told you have to be sort of a salesman, with the product of you packaged ready to sell to them on display," Carter raps for a student audience.
Chiagouris hopes the video will help college students better grasp his message. For those will soon be entering the job market, he also offers this advice:
• Think broadly. Students should list what they're good at and what they like to do.
Then they should take that list and apply it to a career direction.
"Zone in on a couple of occupations," he says. If you write well or are good at public speaking, don't just think about a job in journalism. Every company needs good writers and people with good verbal skills to persuade others, he says.
• Prepare a marketing spin. Chiagouris suggests students complete this sentence: "I'm one of the few graduating seniors who can …"
Maybe you have volunteered consistently, had three internships or have done four or five projects on a particular topic.
"Look hard in the mirror at what makes you, you," he says. "Think about how you can position yourself to stand out."
• Look at your resume with a fresh eye. "Does your resume scream the things you've just learned about yourself?" Chiagouris asks.
He counsels students to think about effective print ads when structuring their resume.
"You will rarely see a lot of copy in these ads, but the main points are made," he says. "Less is more on a resume. Don't try to cram in too much. Put in those things that you like and you're good at."
• Forget the objective statement. Busy hiring managers don't have time to read — and don't care about — objective statements. Instead, summarize what makes you unique.
Go back to the "I'm one of the few graduating seniors who …" he suggests. "You want that statement to be an attention grabber, like a headline."
• Be ready. "The phone is going to ring when you least expect it with someone wanting an interview," he says.
"Be ready to answer questions like, 'Tell me about yourself' and 'What are you good at?' any time you pick up the phone."
Anita Bruzzese is author of "45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy ... and How to Avoid Them," www.45things.com. Find an index of On the Job columns . Write to her in care of Gannett ContentOne, 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22107. For a reply, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
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With Apple's New iPad 3 sporting a Retina Display and most developers updating their apps to accommodate the higher resolution screen, it was only a matter of time before major apps such as the Netflix app and Apple's own apps got the upgrade to Retina Display quality. Apple has approved the update for the Netflix application which will now utilize … Read More
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Modern Combat: Sandstorm Gameloft today posted trailer of their highly anticipated FPS for iPhone/iPod touch. The controls look similar to Hero of Sparta, Brothers in Arms, Assassin's Creed and other similar games where you move using the virtual analogue stick and perform attack, aim or change weapons by tapping the onscreen controls. 3D graphics look outstanding, which is quite common … Read More
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One of the event's highlights was a chance to get to grips with the game of Peter Jackson's Christmas blockbuster. Four portions were playable; three showcasing the FPS sections, where plucky hero Jack Driscoll fights off dinosaurs and tries to save the girl, and one allowing the great ape himself to do his thing.
Kong looks good on any platform, but on Xbox 360 the game looks simply spectacular. The FPS scenes showed some stunning jungle detail and an excess of misty atmosphere, with rain effects that could easily tempt you to pull on a cagoule. The Kong scenes, meanwhile, felt imbued with tangible weight and power. There's something genuinely brutal about the Kong v Dino combat, and a real sense of momentum in the jungle-swinging scenes. If this doesn't sell 360, nothing will.


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Well, I finished my drivers' side injector install this evening. This wasn't the first time that I have worked on my car at night, but it was a little intimidating considering what people "say" about injector installation. I started at 9:40 PM, so it was already dark when I started the install.
Intercooler, battery, and washer fluid reservoir out (routine for me):
DS GBOD and cylinder head vent:
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GBOD and cylinder head vent out!!
Stock Injectors are now visible:
Removing the bolts on the fuel rail:
Injectors are out!!
DW 750cc Injectors are in
I finished the install at approx. 10:45 P.M., so the installation wasn't as bad as I expected!
The GBOD and stock injectors:


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The presence of meconium either when your waters break or at some point during the birth process is something that often causes alarm as it tends to be seen as a red flag that your baby is not coping well with labour. Meconium on its own is just one possible factor and when other factors are not present it may be less of a concern.
Meconium is present when a baby has opened it's bowels. In a well-gestated baby, past 40 weeks, the likelihood of its presence increases. This is because a baby's bowel will naturally mature and discharge it's contents at some point and that may unfortunately be before or during labour.
Depending on local policy, if you are birthing with NHS midwives and meconium is present they will almost certainly suggest transferring to hospital as a precaution. They may suggest this even when all other signs are that mother and baby are well and that its presence is not a clear indication of distress. The meconium may be 'old' or well diluted indicating that the baby discharged their bowels some time ago. The main concern with meconium is that the baby may inhale it during the birth process and this can cause rare but serious complications and is generally associated with thick meconium. While the presence of meconium is not uncommon and seen in 15-20% of babies, Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS) is an extremely rare complication. Around 2-5% of the 15-20% of babies who will have meconium stained liquor will develop MAS (Unsworth & Vause 2010). Of the 2-5% of babies with meconium present, 3-5% will die. In short it is very rare but can be fatal.
It's important to remember that as with everything it is your decision if you feel transfer is the best option. Some families choose to continue with their plans to birth at home even when there is meconium present depending on the type of mecomium, how the baby is coping and the stage of labour.
If you have had a previous longer pregnancy where your baby passed meconium and feel that this alone would not be sufficient reason to transfer in your current pregnancy, as per local policy, you can ask to see a Supervisor of Midwives to inform them of your position. This can be helpful in avoiding you and birth partners having to explain your informed choice when you are in active labour. If you choose not to, ensure your birth partner/s are well informed of your wishes and confident in advocating for you.
The main thing to remember is that meconium alone is not a firm indicator of distress. The type of meconium – old, fresh, thick, grade 1/2/3 etc – can be helpful in your decision making so do ask your midwives and birth partners to help you consider the whole picture. Also take into account that a 'well cooked' baby is more likely to have naturally discharged their bowel.
Further information on meconium can be found in the links below.
Midwife Thinking – The Curse of Meconium Stained Liquor
Midwife Archives – Meconium
AIMS: Troubled Waters? Sarah Davies


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Besides the presence of Microsoft at the recent LinuxWorld Expo, the
most unexpected sight was that of Sun Microsystem's Chairman Scot
McNealy actually working his own booth. As described by a Sun product
manager, "this just shows how committed we are to Linux as a strategic
platform." When I then asked to have that strategy explained I received
a message that can best be described as inconsistent.
Sun is attacking the market on the desktop with a new version of
StarOffice, operating systems components with an excellent port of Gnome
tools, and developers with a new LAMP bundle (Linux, Apache, MySQL and
PHP). Yes, Sun does have a significant commitment to Linux ... but is it
the right solution set? The jury will remain out for some time to come.
I have to believe that the potential erosion Linux represents to its
Solaris and proprietary hardware sales motivates Sun's efforts. The Sun
logic is by embracing open source developers and administrators with Sun
labeled Linux solutions, this will some how translate to larger system
Solaris enterprise sales. This logic could be seriously flawed and could
backfire if not properly executed. Two cases in point are StarOffice and
The latest version of StarOffice is vastly improved but is still playing
catch up with Microsoft Office XP. The sea change that a very low priced
alternative to Office will transform desktops does not appear to be
taking place. The company realizes virtually no economic benefit from
this office suite, but it does have bragging rights for the
anti-Microsoft crowd. Is this a justified strategy?
The LAMP initiative offers an environment for small applications. It is
interesting to note that Sun is now positioning this bundle as
entry-level environment and Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) for complex
and distributed application. The two environments are largely discrete
and interoperability could be a real issue. While Linux developers might
eagerly use the open source LAMP bundle, the lack of a clearly defined
road map to J2EE will hurt application integration.
Sun Solaris is industrial strength UNIX at its best. The recent
initiatives seem to pull attention away from Sun's core strengths. No
high tech company can afford to lose sight of its core. Keep you eye on
Sun as this story evolves.


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D.A. Bob Lee's Bigtop Felony Follies Stalls Into Summer
Five of the Santa Cruz Eleven had Preliminary Hearing dates set. I also checked in with the court clerk to find out what happened to the other 2 who were refiled against by D.A. Rebekah Young. Additionally, Brent Adams got a new attorney--Lisa K. McCamey. All this happened in Courtroom 6 with visiting Judge S. Sillman presiding. More details follow.
Gabriella Ripley-Phipps (whose attorney is Shaneen Porter) and Becky Johnson (attorney Dan Clymo) will be going into their Preliminary Hearing together in Dept. 6 Monday June 25th at 9 AM. Both were ordered to appear on Friday June 22nd at 9 AM (same courtroom) for a readiness hearing. As I understand it, both women are eager to put these cases behind us (as we all are) and don't want to wait until August 20th (prep on August 17th) when the judge scheduled Preliminary Hearings for me, Desiree Foster, and Brent Adams.
At the prior Preliminary Hearings, Judge Burdick, confronted with contradictory testimony by Detective Gunter, called what he said "not credible". And, of course, he dismissed 4 cases. Becky Johnson has long asserted that she was never in the building, indicating that the chief witness--the notorious Downtown anti-homeless officer Winston is either lying or mistaken.
Franklin ("Angel") Alcantara (attorney Rubin) goes to Preliminary Hearing on Monday July 2nd in Dept. 6--not sure but I think it's probably 9 AM
Cameron Laurendau was arraigned yesterday, and his records are not yet available--so I wasn't able to determine when his Preliminary Hearing is slated for--if it's been set at all.
D.A. Rebekah Young apparently tried to disqualify Judge Burdick in the Alcantara and Laurendau cases, sending the cases to Judge Salazar in Dept. 3,
I hope the defendants will have direct access to the long-promised 20 hours of video by next week.
These dates are subject to a motion to consolidate and all kinds of other uncertainties, such as the need for more discovery, witness and police availability, etc. But that's all the info I have at present.
A forum and support event for Desiree Foster of the SC-11 will be held Sunday July 1st 3-6 at India Joze restaurant.
Supporters of the Santa Cruz Eleven are also planning a rally and march on Friday July 6, details TBA.
Thanks to the dozen supporters who showed up for yet another "attorneys get paid, defendants get screwed" round.
J. Pasko has presented her take on the latest at http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_20814131/case-continues-those-still-charged-river-street-bank .
For more info go to http://www.santacruzeleven.org or review prior stories on this website.
As ever, the opinions and info on this site come from me and represent my take on things. Feel free to comment and correct.
Gabriella Ripley-Phipps, Robert Norse, Brent Adams, Becky Johnson and Desiree Foster on June 1st, 2012.
Photo by Marc Franklin.
According to Cameron's attorney Alexis Briggs, Preliminary Hearing courtdates for Franklin (Angel) Alcantara and Cameron Laurendeau are 7-23 in Judge Ariadne Symons courtroom 7 at 9 AM. Preliminary Hearing readiness is 7-20 at 9 AM in the same place.
So the prior courtdate that Angel had for a hearing on July 2nd has been "vacated", as the courtspeak goes...
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Friday Jun 8th, 2012 5:27 PM
"Charges were previously dismissed against Franklin Alcantara and Cameron Laurendeau, but the District Attorney's Office re-filed and a new preliminary hearing was set for July 23."
Friday Jun 8th, 2012 9:40 PM
Busy wage-slaving away today, but I hope everyone's spirits were up. See you next time. Free the SC-11!
Saturday Jun 9th, 2012 2:38 AM
There is a really good case to made that DA Bob Lee and Rebekah Young are violating First Amendment rights under color of law. I strongly urge the Santa Cruz 11 to take the effort to have the ACLU file color of law complaints with the FBI or Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez against DA Bob Lee and his assistant Rebekah Young.
If the U.S. Department of Justice comes down on Bob Lee and Rebekah Young for their abuses of power to persecute activists exercising their First Amendment rights, it will send a message to every dirty DA like Bob Lee across the nation that they can't persecute people without sanction.
Also you'l be compensated for your pain and suffering as well as taking pleasure in seeing Bob Lee and Rebekah Young removed from office.
Monday Jul 2nd, 2012 3:37 PM
Sorry to sound daft. I am sure this is answered here somewhere. But why are they re-filing charges after a dismissal? What specific reasons did the DA give for doing so? What an injustice and waste of time and taxpayers money. Not to mention the undue stress on the defendants. It is a witch hunt if I ever did see one.
Saturday Jul 14th, 2012 3:34 PM
...seems to be the real answer.
Rebekah Young, the make-it-up-as-you-go cub D.A. Young can't seem to get the evidence she's supposed to out to the defendants after repeated requests (in my case we had to go to court repeatedly to get it). Nor does she seem able to read the law about disqualifying judges (can't be done later than 10 days after the initial arraignment--which happened months ago, yet Young was dragging everyone to court little over a week ago without even filing the request legal papers).
The explicit reason seems she wants to drag in other cops and other witnesses against the same defendants so she can "try again" to get the case to trial. This can be done in felony cases, I'm told, three times. That is, if a case is dismissed by the judge, it can be refiled twice more.
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Being John Malkovich (1999)
42 mistakes
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Cusack, John Malkovich
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Continuity mistake: When Craig first discovers the portal door his crouching position changes slightly between the camera shot inside the tunnel and that from the office, and again when he closes the office door and goes back to the portal door.
Continuity mistake: Towards the end after Malkovich gets off the phone with Lester, who threatens him, he has hair over his eyes. In the shot through his eyes however there is no hair seen. When it shows his face again there is still hair.
Continuity mistake: When Craig and Maxine are speaking with their first client (the "Fatman"), Maxine has a clipboard with paper on top on the desk in front of her. When the shot changes, the blue clipboard is now at the top, neither Maxine nor Craig removed the paper.
Continuity mistake: Before JM goes through his own portal, he puts on his baseball cap with the strap in the back open. Next he is seen crawling and the strap is closed.
Revealing mistake: At the end when Charlie Sheen is balding you see the edge of the silicone wig in the middle of his forehead.
Revealing mistake: When Lotte and Maxine are hugging by the side of the New Jersey Turnpike at the end, the camera pans around them and you can see shadows of the cover and poles holding it to protect them from the rain.Also at one point a large amount of water falls down which obviously pours off the cover.
Continuity mistake: When Malkovich is in the bar at the end he puts his glass on his lap.In the next shot it's on the counter.Then in the next shot it's switched from his left hand to his right.
Continuity mistake: When Malkovich is in the bar at the end he has a glass full of black liquid. When the shot changes to through his eyes he has a very shallow amount of reddish liquid. In the next shot he has a half full glass of black liquid.
Continuity mistake: Before, during and shortly after his dance JM has a very visible lipstick mark on his cheek. At the end of the scene the mark disappears, then comes back, and then goes again.
Plot hole: The timing in the film is way off. Given the hours when JM Inc is open, most of the people there would only get to be Malkovich while he was asleep (yes, films have late-night shootings, but not every night); and Craig and Maxine stay up the whole time, then mess with Malkovich afterwards, then get in for work the following morning without showing any sign of fatigue even though there are less than 2 hours left for sleep.
Continuity mistake: The comforter changes patterns in the first scene as the camera switches back and forth to Craig in bed.
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the chase through JM's subconscious when Maxine enters the portal her hands are tied. When she lands in someone's bedroom her hands are free.
Revealing mistake: When Craig (in John) is doing his dance of 'Despair and Disillusion' you can see the stunt double several times. The most blatant are when he jumps to the wall and lands in a press-up, when he does a forward roll, when he backflips and also when he slides against the wall at the end of the dance.
Continuity mistake: When Craig makes JM dance for Maxine look at the big white lamp in the background. It changes between standing up and lying on the floor several times.
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, when Craig plays with his puppet, the puppet hits a glass into a mirror. The mirror breaks and you see big pieces falling down, but in the next shot the glass is back in completely and just cracked.
Visible crew/equipment: When Catherine Keener is being chased by Cameron Diaz, crawling through the cat flap and into the bus, a hand pokes through the flap and helps her through.
Continuity mistake: When Cameron Diaz is in the portal and Maxine is on top of John Malkovich on the couch, they keep on switching shots. One shot shows Maxine and John Malkovich and the couch, while the other is Diaz's view from inside Malkovich. The straps on Maxine's top are over her shoulder from Diaz's view, but they have slid down her arm from the other camera shot.
Factual error: Eight months after Craig has taken over JM and made him into a puppeteer JM's hair is much, much longer than it could have grown within that period.
Audio problem: During the Subcon Chase when Lotte and Maxine go through Malkovich and his date says 'You're creepy' she just nods and her lips don't move.


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Jan 052016
By julie
Cohle KAL.
Whoa. There's some serious dust on my blog… A few quick words before I launch into the KAL details.
One of these days, I will pick up where I left off on the "build a house" conversation. Let's just say it's been quite a process which is STILL on-going. (I may need therapy.)
For now, I'm happy to report that I'm finding new energy and time to focus on my work. A couple main things contributing that that are:
1) I have an amazing studio space in my house now.
2) I've passed on the BT pattern layout torch.
3) It's the beginning of a new year and I'm feeling optimistic.
So… Look out, I'm hoping many of the things I put on the back burner are now going to catch on fire!
Alright. So, Let's talk KAL.
Cohle is one of the designs I published in 2014 when I became obsessed with Shibui Pebble. (I'm still obsessed, by the way.) My sample ended up in the "Friends of Shibui" trunk show circuit and even though I had planned to knit another sample immediately, it didn't happen.
I'm about to launch into some serious pleasure knitting and I'm hoping some of you will join along with me!
There will be no pressure with this. I've never "hosted" a KAL like this before, but I think it will be fun. A few people have already expressed interest, and I'm hoping a lot more will either join in or cheer us on. The pattern, materials list, etc. is available here.
Just one rule:
Post your process/progress on Instagram (@jgourmet to follow me) with the hashtag #CohleKAL. That's it.
Leave a comment here or on my Instagram post and let me know if you're joining in.
I will be paying attention!!


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If you're a believer in the Larry Kudlow creed, that "free-market capitalism is the best path to prosperity," then look out, because George Soros is going to make you cringe.
A May 13 USA Today article by David J. Lynch profiled the Hungarian billionaire who said he sees traditional free market theory as "flawed."
"Of course, real life never matches up exactly with the theory's assumptions. But they represent, economists say, a useful way of making sense of a complex world," Lynch wrote.
"To Soros, the conventional approach is rubbish. Instead of a world of near-identical actors, coolly assessing their economic interests and acting with clear-eyed precision, he sees a world (and markets) governed by passion, bias and self-reinforcing errors," Lynch wrote. "Because fallible human beings are both involved in, and trying to make sense of, this world, they inevitably make mistakes. Those mistakes then feed on themselves in 'reflexive' ways that, when taken to extremes, result in situations such as the now-deflating U.S. housing bubble."
Soros' claim demonstrates he has little confidence in free markets to be self-correcting. He wrote in The New Republic on Sept. 2, 2002, in an article "Busted; Why the markets can't fix themselves," that "stronger government intervention" is required in the marketplace.
However, according to Business & Media Institute advisor Don Luskin, Soros' "Theory of Reflexivity" could be better explained as an effort manipulate economic and political events. He referred to Soros short-selling the British pound in 1992 after England was pressured to devalue its currency. Soros made $1 billion in one day, which caused the pound to suffer even more.
"Simply, 'reflexivity' says that financial markets can have impacts on the real world," Luskin wrote. "So if you want to move the world, just move the markets."
The story also stated Soros is a target of Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly and conservative Web sites such as freerepublic.com, which "routinely assail him as 'anti-American.'" However, Soros brings a lot of that on himself for engaging radical left-wing causes
According to a 2003 Cybercast News Service story, Soros has donated to America Coming Together, MoveOn.org and the Center for American Progress. But, the Lynch article described these endeavors as a concentration on "philanthropy."


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I think for what it was the XLR was way too expensive the first time around. If they want to take business away from european roadsters they have to drop the price. Value luxury/performance is the niche cadillac must carve.
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I think for what it was the XLR was way too expensive the first time around. If they want to take business away from european roadsters they have to drop the price. Value luxury/performance is the niche cadillac must carve.
The XLR-V was indeed way overrpriced. But they are a steal now on the second hand market.
Something like that. Gizmo picked his up for less than $30k. I have seen a few other people post they got theirs around that price.
It was $100G on the nose. Crazy overpriced, like the STS-V...
I find it hard to say it was overpriced, when it was significantly cheaper then its class leader, the SL. IMO, it was under spec'd, under qualified. I think the price point was where it needed to be. To me it doesnt feel any more expensive inside then the 2nd gen CTS and derivatives. It didnt feel special.
You crazy.
So.....back on topic.
If I were to get an ATS-V, it would probably be a daily driver. That being said I would like to see 20/30 for fuel economy. I would be fine with a twin turbo V6. 6 speed manual with launch control, oil, trans, and diff cooler. I'd also like to see the 5 stability/traction control settings that the Corvette ZR1 and Camaro ZL1 have. CUE would also be a must have.
Light Weight, Manual Trans, Smooth High Revving 470HP NA V8, Gigantic Brakes.
Anything less and they should not even bother with a V model.
I'm sure a V6TT would sell just fine (probably better) without a V badge on it.
Would the cooling package (at least for the transmission and differential) be preferred as standard equipment (think ZL1) or as an option for buyers who would track their vehicle on a regular basis? I would like to drive my ATS-V on a track, but it wouldn't be a dedicated track car. So I'm thinking manufacture these components to be track capable at least.
^ I agree with that.
The car should have availability of factory designed trans/diff/brake cooling for track use.
It should be standard on a V, considering the price premium.
If they are going to claim Nurburgring development then the car should be equipped to be able to run at least 3 consecutive 'ring laps without overheating it's fluids.
Time wise, that is a good benchmark to assure survival of a typical track session.
I dont think all the coolers need to be standard. I think they should be part of a track package that includes Recaro's, track tires, a stiffer MRC setup, maybe stiffer sway bars, a brake upgrade if the standard ATS-V wont get the brake upgrade that was promised for the 2G CTS-V, more aggressive gearing, maybe even some Aero tweaks over the standard V, a more aggressive exhaust and intake for a slight power bump, and maybe some interior detailing. They could call it the MPG package...Milford Proving Grounds ;)
The lack of a diff cooler on the V is very frustrating. Especially since the ZL1 gets it. If its a warm day and you're really going at it, you will not be able to complete your sessions before overheating the diff...
The V is supposed to be the Track Package & it should have it all.
Since the ATS is a lower priced car (even within Cadillac), these features can be included in an ATS-V and still keep it affordable, compared to past V models and the cars it competes with.


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|I. Agree.....I'm currently working my ass off to afford a quality trainer. I guess in the meantime do my * best* to avoid other kids. Thanks
|Mary Beth
|I think the most important issue right now is to prevent him from having any contact with children other than your own. Next, is to contact a trainer for an evaluation, training, and classes.
aggression towards strange children
My 14 month old male ( recently neutered) is extremely fond, patient, and protective towards my own children. My 2 year old can feed him, put him in his crate and all the basic commands. He's a great companion to my own children. Except strange kids. Every time a child comes into view, my male will crouch and observe and if the child gets too close, his hackles go up, he lunges and barks like a killing machine. He does this to dogs who engage him as well. He will do this with adults but once I calmly ignore him and focus on the adult he calms down and just gets excited and will eventually go to his 'place'. He still keeps an eye on them but is well mannered. Except for other children. He doesn't give them a chance and was extremley close to snapping at a child that got too close to me and my toddler. He's amazing with my own but Dow right atrocious to other children. I socialized him to the wazoo when he was younger at playgrounds with kids and he was fine till he was 5 months old. I purchased him from a reputable breeder and he is purebred.
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