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16 y/r son blew engine/step dad says his RPM way too high....
Ok here goes. Blonde mom here that has a 16 year old son and we bought him a 93 Eagle Talon, 5 sp. My husband is a mechanic and swears that my son had to be have reved up the RPM's too much and even possible missed a gear to do what happened. My main question is, if a car had been driven and abused by a previous young owner can thing wear and just go?
My son said he was leaving school and about 1/4 mile down the road he heard a strange grinding, bogging noise so he pulled the car to the side of the road and it died. He said he tried to start it and it would turn over but not start. We had it hauled to the house.
My husband pulls it apart and (Mitsubishi motor and about 150,000 miles on it) all the rocker arms were off on the side closest to the dash, three were broken and some of the pin bearings must be down in the oil holes at the corners of the engine. Also the right thing that pushes up and down on the back side and the left side is stuck, won't move.
My husband says that this kind of thing doesn't happen unless your racing, revving up really high, etc. I asked him, if this was something that could have been coming down the line to happen due to abuse, he said no.
My son swears that he wasn't racing, speeding, laying drag or anything at the time this happened.
Help - mom that doesn't know squat and Dad that thinks he know everything..... Ha!
It was overrevved. Maybe not that day but it was someday. Maybe yesterday.
Start calling him lead foot!
I do appreciate the info. I hear two side and I trust my husband with his knowledge, but I also feel that sometime things can happen over time and then it just goes. He tore the crap out if and now we either re-build or buy a whole new engine. My husband is going to put a Rev-limiter on it. I said, sure. I don't know these things. Thanks a bunch! Any others are very appreciated!
With 150K miles on the engine it could partially be attributed to collective wear and tear. Nothing lasts forever especially under the foot of a teenager.
Pick up a new/used engine and have the boy help put it in. He will then appreciate the effort and keep the pedal AWAY from the metal afterwards.
Thank you.
Great advice. I'll mention that to my husband. My son has no clue, nor do I as to what it takes. I may get in there with them.
timing belt
Those engine have zero clearence between the pistons and valves, when the timing belt jumps a few teeth the pistons and valves smash together causing lots of damage. I would say its not the kids fault.
1935 chevy,masters
The timing belt is still in great shape and the teeth look fine. My husband guessed that it may be the timing belt until the he took the top off (heads?) Could that still be the case if it all looks fine? Thanks
The timing belt could look perfect, it can just jump a tooth or two which causes the valve to open when it shoudn't ie. when the piston is at the top and that would push the valve up and knock the rocker arms off of their supports and possible break a valve nor somthing else, and yes the heads are the top off the engine ( not the very top but its the last piece before you can see the pistons) I'm not sure about the rev limiter becaus somtimes you need topunch it to stay ot of danger, i was 16 about three years ago and know how "we" drive, i knew that if my car broke i was walking, maybe that is a better detterent!
Good Luck
Hey whats done is done.Son helps dad put another engine in and if he doesn't have a part time job then he gets one and pays mom and dad back at so much a week. Two great things could happen out of this. He learns financial responsibility and gets to do some quality time with the step dad. As long as dad teaches and doesn't tell. Turns a neg. into a pos. Been there a few times. 2 kids of my own and 6 step kids. Good luck
I am not familiar with this car.I think most the fuel injection engines have a rev limiter.Again I am not sure with this one.
If someone was to miss a shift down shifting it will over rev even if it has a rev limiter.
If they meant to go to third and went to first for example.
Like is already said.What is done is done.Let your son help your husband work on it.It sounds like no one was hurt or anything.It is just a car,Life goes on.
I agree sounds like it missed a shift or was abused by the previous owner, either way your son will learn some automotive knowledge now
Lead Foot
Having raised my kids and taught them to drive, bought their "first" vehicles, I can attest to the fact that "Lead Foot" is the single most predominate reason engines blow up. ( it's all their "mothers" fault, btw)
I am now working on teaching three grandkids how to drive and two of them are girls, one of which has the "Lead Foot" syndrome, which she inherited from her dad, while another has "Brake Itus and Frozen Steering Wheel".
The boy , I'm fearing, is a lost cause as all he can see is tire smoke and hearing the RPM's approaching galactic proportions as he tries to launch himself into hyperspace. (We have him on a short chain)
My advice is to get a "used" engine to replace the blown one and have junior do the work with supervision.
As said above, he'll appreciate the vehicle more and hopefully take a different approach to driving than the one I'd be willing to bet he's been on.
what do you expect a 16yr old to say ? plus a inexperienced 16yr old had no clue what was gona happen, when over tacking. plus 16yrs olds don't hear the things we do, and if they do they don't get it.
I know when I was 16, I took a fresh 389 my uncle and I just built in my 67 GTO and it had maybe 50mi on it and I went out that nite and got challenged to a race ant took the challenge, it was a fresh 389 4 speed with a new detroit locker 373s i wasn't used to, plus I knew everything I won the 1st race, but the 2nd race it spun a rod bearing from being over tacked, and it blew all the oil out. we dumped 3+qts of oil or so back in it, and drove it back home knocking. when home, my uncle listened to it & said shut it off, he ask us what happened, we said we were cruising the main drag and it just started knocking, he pulled the dip stick and said why did you put oil in it ? we said we didn't, he said BS he could tell the oil was just dumped in by the color. he was like my dad and said pull it up by the garage till you can tell me what happened, I fessed up, it was hard, cause all the time work and money lasted maybe 60mi. (he said well at least the new rear held up) 3 weeks later he helped me build a 400 that was a bullet proof bottom end, it was a 5 month build, as money was an issue. and he made sure it had a scatter shield b4 the 400 was done. its one of those life time lessons. i'm sure your son learned something. he needs to help money wise and with his blood sweet & tears to get it fixed.
Great story Saly! All of us were kids once, and did stupid tings, and most us learned from it. Mom, I agree with both you and step dad. The 150K didn't help a thing, if it had less wear and tear it would have been less likely to go now. But he's correct -- it was over revved. A newer engine would have taken more before the damage was done is all. But don't tell son that!! Most EFI engines have a rev limiter, but it's up around the max rpm of a relatively new engine. For the little Mitsu four that's going to be around 7,000-7,500 rpm. He likely missed a shift or was revving it up and dumping the clutch (assuming it's a stick) to spin the tires, or could have been doing "neutral drops" if it's an auto (push into drive after revving the engine up in neutral to spin the tires -- hard on trans and engine!). Any engine will start making a lot of noise before a rod comes out. If he wasn't doing something at the time the engine would have started knocking before doing all that damage. He may have ignored the noise, or it started a bit gradually. But I've NEVER heard of an engine that threw a rod and tore everything up inside at idle! And I've NEVER had one throw a rod without sounding like someone was inside beating it with a hammer.
If it just messed up the head and valves (yes, the TOP of the engine), and the pistons and rods are fine, the timing belt could have slipped as already suggested. Belt driven engines usually have a spring belt tensioner (some have an oil pressure tensioner, but that's mostly with chain drives -- oil pressure has to fall for those to slip). You have to really have that belt spinning to pull the tension off the spring enough to skip a few teeth without damaging the belt. In other words, way to many revs. Unless the tensioner is broke or weak, which brings the age/mileage into the picture. An older tensioner may have lost some pressure, but would still take a good bit or rpm to let the belt get loose enough to slip teeth.
How you handle it us up to you. You may never get the truth. I don't think I'd personally push it. Just make sure he's involved in building/replacing the engine. Would be a real big plus if he had to call around and find prices on the used engines, and even replacement costs himself. And more importantly ride the bus/bum a ride/walk to school until it's done. If you loan/buy him another ride, it's not a good lesson. He's gonna do things like this, but knowing the cost/trouble and consequences will at least make him think a bit more first!
P.S. -- I did something similar with a Toyota I'd rebuilt. Ran it to hard after the rebuild and ran it a little low on oil. Not enough to hurt bearings, just enough for the pressure to drop a bit in hard turns. It was a 18R engine with chain driven OHC and oil pressure tensioner! Luckily the valves didn't hit the pistons when it skipped over about 4-5 teeth -- just enough it would barely run. I got lucky! I was on a trip at the time, and the mechanic at the station I stopped at felt sorry for a kid traveling with his girl friend! If she hadn't been with me they'd have probably laughed at me! Instead of tearing the whole front of the engine off (old Corona w/rear wheel drive!), they popped the valve cover and managed to pry the chain up and move the sprocket over close enough to get it running right. I was 21 at the time, GF 20. We had to call our parents and stay overnight because we were about 5-6 hours from home. GFs parents weren't happy, and wanted to talk to the station mechanic, who was nice enough to explain the problem convincingly!!
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If you or your son would like to learn more about what the nice folks on here are talking about, visit www.howstuffworks.com and check out their section on automobiles. The one you're looking for specifically is "Automobile Engines" They have animations that I think will help you a lot. you can see the pistons and valves moving, and you'll realize how easy it would be for them to smash into each other.
I have heard lot's of good things about those Talons. Is it all-wheel drive? Anyway, parts are readily available b/c there are lots of people who love them. Search google, and you will probably find websites similar to this one, that deal with those cars specifically. Check the classifieds on those sites, and you might find the engine you need.
Also, bear in mind that that Talon is mechanically identical to the Mitsubishi eclipse.
good luck on that car.
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Hello and thanks for trusting me to help you today. I am a tax adviser with over 15 years of experience.The one thing that jumped out as your explained your situation, how can you pay $84,000 in Alimony if you have no income or assets?
The IRS could ask that question very easily.
Well, for the next 2 years, that was the money that came from the cash advance on the credit cards.
Where are you keeping that money? Again a n IRS question?
Well, that money was deposited in my wife's foreign account. But again, she is a foreign national. I do not have signatory privileges on that account.
Thanks for your assistance. I want to know if I am violating any laws by what I am doing.
Violating laws. "I reopened the business in my girlfriend's name". Attempting to hide income is against the law. If you disposed of your business or even gave it away that is reportable.
The business was basically an account. Just an affiliate account. And I suppose if someone was inside my head, they would know what I did.
But on paper, the account stopped receiving income.
So you did not file as a business for tax purposes?
It would seem that my wife's business, whatever it might be, would not be the IRS's business because she is not a U.S. citizen. Is that correct?
The income was filed under a schedule C. There were no assets to the business. Just income and advertising expense.
If her business is doing business in the US then it is their business. Based on the structure of the business the filing for the business income would be relevant.
This year, no income, no advertising expense.
So the Schedule C income just ceased.
When she opened her business, she filled out I think a W-8, but only with the company that actually sends her the money.
What is the business structure, sole prop as well?
Liek you had?
Like* sorry
She established a foreign corporation.
So she does marketing for a US company but has a foreign corp
She does nothing in the US itself?
No, she has never set foot in the U.S.
She just receives commission, paid to the foreign corporation. The internet makes all this kind of cool stuff possible.
I guess the big question is, if I am married to a foreign national, and she gives me money to pay my alimony from her business, what are the tax consequences for me?
Then her foreign corp would not be "doing business in the US" if the service provided is not in the US. This would mean she would have no tax responsibility to the US
If she gives you money that is a gift
If a spouse gives a husband money that is a gift? And I should be paying gift tax?
I must check on the gifts from nonresident alien spouse
You may have to report but I have to check on that. Normally gifts from foreign individuals are reportable (not taxable)
One sec...............................
If she gives you $100,000 or more in one year you must report the gift (form 3520). You would not be taxed unless the IRS questioned the validity of the gift vs compensation. As this would be from your spouse they most likely woudl not question.
Cool, okay, so since the alimony is never more than $84,000, I skirted this one.
So, then, it appears that receiving the alimony from my spouse explains where I got the money from.
But if filing a return with 0 income and $84,000 alimony sets off red flags, perhaps it is better not to file. Since my income is 0, I am not required to file at all going forward, right?
If you have no income then you are not required to file a tax return.
But getting back to my real initial question, regarding the $150,000 in cash advances and a potential 1099-C that I may not receive. First, what is the likelihood of me being audited in a situation with no return filed and then the 1099-C comes in showing $150,000. I am figuring that if I were audited, I could simply show that I had never received the 1099-C, didn't know the write-off had occurred, but show that I was insolvent at the time of the write off and so that no taxes would be owed.
It would not be an audit it would be a notice requesting to know why you did not file. Then another then an assessment fo your return which would mean the IRS would prepare a return for you and request the tax.
An audit happens to a filed return.
And if that happened, would I simply need to file I think it is a 982?? that would show me being insolvent?
That is correct
Normally, a taxpayer is not required to include forgiven debts in income to the extent that the taxpayer is insolvent.
And since I had no income, I was not required to file taxes, so I'm basically in the clear and just have to answer if the IRS sends me a request for tax?
If you had no income or income that is below the requirement to file a tax return then you are not required to file.
Now based on everything I have said, it seems my only liability relates to what I did with closing my business and then having my wife re-open hers.
Clearly, this is the kind of thing that doesn't show up anywhere, not like the two businesses had the same name or anything, and because it was a Schedule C for me, no requirement to file in this year when I have made no income.
Is the idea that I should have sold it to my wife for some kind of fair market value and then reported that as income?
Not necessarily. The real idea would be that if you are not in this new endeavor then her business is her business. Did you give her assets or property from the business?
Actually, there were never any assets of property.
No assets or property.
It's all about the idea of the advertising.
No computer for online work?
She brought her own computer into the marriage.
Like I said, internet businesses open up a whole different world.
I guess the real issue is, because by doing what I did I am able to skirt U.S. taxes, is it de facto illegal?
If you are trying to receive income and not pay tax on it by assigning income to someone else, that is illegal.
It would be up to the US treasury department to investigate and decide
But if I gave my spouse the idea, and she is the one doing the work of executing the idea on a daily basis, then the income if rightfully hers, or not?
I already said if it is her business it is her business but if you are doing the work ................
That's the point, she is doing the work.
Using my million dollar idea.
The "work" involves setting up a few ads and monitoring them for a few minutes a day,
Then you would not have to even ask the questions. You already know that you are taxed on your worldwide income
She is not if she is not a US person nor doing business in teh US
Well, I guess the question is, if I am married, under U.S. law, is her income also mine?
Even if she is not a citizen?
Only half could potentially be if you were in a community property state
Are you in a country that sees income as community property?
Does the US have a tax treaty with your new home?
But I am living permanently outside the U.S., and no, it does not see income as community property here.
Then no, not even half her income is yours.
for US tax purposes
But if I understand you correctly, it sounds as though there is an element of subjectivity to the law. In other words, if the IRS were to look at my situation and decide that I had done everything I had done for the purpose of evading taxes, that would be enough for them to say I owe them the money, right?
Meaning, it really comes down to what was in my head, more than anything, or more importantly, what the IRS says was in my head.
That would be enough for them to turn it over to the criminal investigators.
Well, thanks for your help. My main concern was about the 1099-C issue.
But it sounds like it is a better idea not to file returns just to show the alimony payments, right? That doing so would look funny and since I don't have to file, better not to?
The 1099C if issued would need to be reported especially if you wish to claim insolvent.
If you have no or very little income you are not required to file a tax return
I am saying that because paying the alimony without income looked funny to you right off the bat, it might also look funny to the IRS. And my best strategy with everything I am doing is to stay under the radar as much as possible.
I in all good conscience can not use the term "stay under the radar". I can only advise on the tax requirements to file and how your income is reported.
If you have no income you are not required. If I saw the return that would be my question.
That much payment with no income would raise thoughts. Maybe they can be explained but they are still there
You realize of course that your ex has to report the alimony anyway as payment to them?
They have to report the amount and who gave it to them
Okay, so my ex reports the alimony paid. But from an IRS standpoint, I would think they would be more concerned with me deducting the alimony and her not reporting it, not the other way around.
It was just a point I felt worth noting.
I appreciate that, but my general understanding of how audits and things work is that the IRS goes looking for where the money is.
Yes they do
That's what I meant about them being more concerned with me reporting the deduction and then her not showing the income.
If nothing tells the IRS I am making any money (no 1099s, no W-2s) no lavish lifestyle, I am not a good candidate to examine, would seem to me.
That's why I was worrying about the 1099-C -- the only thing that might cause the IRS to come looking for tax money from me.
I understand.
Thanks very much for your help. I appreciate it.
You are most welcome. Your positive rating is always thanks enough.

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Focus on Economic Data: U.S. Gross Domestic Product - April 27, 2007
Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period.
Consumers, Economic Growth, Exports, Government Expenditures, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Imports, Investing, Nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Per Capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Current Key Economic Indicatorsas of November 30, -0001
Goals of Case Study
The goals of the GDP case studies are to provide teachers and students:
- access to easily understood, timely interpretations of monthly announcements of rates of change in real GDP and the accompanying related data in the U.S. economy;
- descriptions of major issues surrounding the data announcements;
- brief analyses of historical perspectives;
- questions and activities to use to reinforce and develop understanding of relevant concepts; and
- a list of publications and resources that may benefit classroom teachers and students interested in exploring inflation.
Attention Teachers
Material that appears in italics is included in the teacher version only. All other material appears in the student version. Throughout the semester, the GDP cases will become progressively more comprehensive and advanced.
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Original U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Announcement and Data:
Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the first quarter (January through March) of 2007 increased at an annual rate of 1.3 percent. This is the first estimate of the rate of change in the first quarter of 2007.
Have students click the start button below for an interactive activity.
This compares to annual rates of increase of 5.6, 2.6, 2.0, and 2.5 percent in the previous four quarters and yearly increases of 3.2 and 3.3 in 2005 and 2006.
Definition of Gross Domestic Product
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is one measure of economic activity, the total amount of goods and services produced in the United States in a year. It is calculated by adding together the market values of all of the final goods and services produced in a year.
• It is a gross measurement because it includes the total amount of goods and services produced, some of which are simply replacing goods that have depreciated or have worn out.
• It is domestic production because it includes only goods and services produced within the U.S.
• It measures current production because it includes only what was produced during the year.
• It is a measurement of the final goods produced because it does not include the value of a good when sold by a producer, again when sold by the distributor, and once more when sold by the retailer to the final customer. We count only the final sale.
Changes in GDP from one year to the next reflect changes in the output of goods and services and changes in their prices. To provide a better understanding of what actually is occurring in the economy, real GDP is also calculated. In fact, these changes are more meaningful, as the changes in real GDP show what has actually happened to the quantities of goods and services, independent of changes in prices.
Why are Changes in Real Gross Domestic Product Important?
The measurement of the production of goods and services produced each year permits us to evaluate our monetary and fiscal policies, our investment and saving patterns, the quality of our technological advances, and our material well-being. Changes in real GDP per capita provide our best measures of changes in our material standards of living.
While rates of inflation and unemployment and changes in our income distribution provide us additional measures of the successes and weaknesses of our economy, none is a more important indicator of our economy's health than rates of change in real GDP.
Changes in real GDP are discussed in the press and on the nightly news after every monthly announcement of the latest quarter's data or revision. This current increase in real GDP will be discussed in news reports as a positive sign of the strength of the current economy.
Real GDP trends are prominently included in discussions of potential slowdowns and economic booms. They are featured in many discussions of trends in stock prices. Economic commentators use decreases in real GDP as indicators of recessions. The most popular (although inaccurate) definition of a recession is at least two consecutive quarters of declining real GDP. (See below for a discussion of the latest recession.)
Data Trends
The increase at an annual rate of 1.3 percent during the first quarter is slower than we experienced in most of the recent quarters and is slower increase since the first quarter of 2003. While the rate is just for a single quarter, the slowing is not surprising given the steady increases in interest rates over the last two years and the eventual effects on the housing market. (See the latest Federal Open Market Committee case for more background.)
The rate of increase in real GDP in the last part of the 1990s was higher than in the first half of the 1990s and when compared with much of the 1970s and 1980s. Economic growth, as measured by average annual changes in real GDP, was 4.4 percent in the 1960s. Average rates of growth decreased during the 1970s (3.3%), the 1980s (3.0%), and the first half of the 1990s (2.2%). In the last five years of the 1990s, the rate of growth in real GDP increased to 3.8 percent, with the last three years of the 1990s being at or over 4.1 percent per year.
A recession in 2001 slowed growth to less than one percent during that year and 1.6 the next. In the last three years, economic growth has returned to an above three percent rate.
The upward trend in economic growth in the late 1990s and since 2002 has been accompanied by increases in the rates of growth of consumption spending, investment spending, and exports. Productivity increases, expansions in the labor force, decreases in unemployment, and increases in the amount of capital have allowed real GDP to grow at the faster rates. Figure 2 also shows the average annual rate of growth of 3.1 percent since 1970.
The price index for GDP increased at a rate of 4.0 percent during the first quarter of 2007, compared to an increase of 1.7 percent during the last quarter of 2007. It increased at an annual rate of 2.9 percent for all of 2006. The rapid rise during the first quarter was largely due to increases in energy and food prices. One of the reasons for the changes in policies of the Federal Reserve is to slow the rate of growth in spending and to lower the possibility of increasing inflation.
Details of the First-Quarter Changes in Real GDP
The rate of growth in real GDP fell from an annual rate 2.5 in the fourth quarter of 2007 to an annual rate 1.3 percent in the first quarter of 2007. The major contributing factor to the slower growth was a continued decrease in investment spending, which in turn was caused by a slowdown in residential construction. (Investment spending fell at an annual rate of 6.5 percent. Housing investment fell at an annual rate of 17 percent.) Consumption continued to increase (at 3.8 percent) and government spending continued to rise (.9 percent), both at a slower pace than the fourth quarter of 2006. Exports fell by 1.2 percent and imports rose by 2.3 percent, exactly in the opposite direction of the fourth quarter. The combined effect caused the change in net exports to have a negative effect on the growth in spending.
In November 2001, the National Bureau of Economic Research announced though its Business Cycle Dating Committee that it had determined that a peak in business activity occurred in March of 2001. That signaled the official beginning of a recession. In July 2003, the committee reported its determination of the end of the recession as of November 2001.
The NBER defines a recession as a "significant decline in activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, visible in industrial production, employment, real income, and wholesale-retail trade." The current data show a decline in employment, but not as large as in the previous recession. Real income growth slowed but did not decline. Manufacturing and trade sales and industrial production both declined and had been doing so for some time.
The previous recession began in July of 1990 and ended in March of 1991, a period of eight months. However, the beginning of the recession was not announced until April of 1991. The end of the recession was announced in December of 1992, almost 21 months later. One of the reasons the end of the recession was so difficult to determine was the economy did not grow very rapidly even after it came out a period of falling output and income, very similar conditions to those of the current economy.
For the full press release from the National Bureau of Economic Research see:
A Hint about News Reports
Many news reports simply use "gross domestic product" as a term to describe this announcement. The actual announcement focuses on the REAL gross domestic product, and that is the meaningful part of the report. In addition, newspapers will often refer to the rate of growth during the most recent quarter and will not always refer to the fact that it is reported at annual rates of change. This is contrasted to the reports of the consumer price index, which are reported at actual percentage changes in the index for a single month, and not at annual rates.
Explanations of GDP and its Components
Gross domestic product consists of goods and services produced for consumption, for investment, for government, and for export. The GDP accounts are broken down into consumption spending, investment spending, government spending, and spending on U.S. exports. To arrive at the amount actually produced (that is, GDP) our spending on imports is subtracted from those other amounts of spending. Thus,
GDP = Consumption spending + investment spending + government spending + export spending – import spending
Consumption spending consists of consumer spending on goods and services. It is often divided into spending on durable goods, non-durable goods, and services. These purchases currently account for 70 percent of GDP.
- Durable goods are items such as cars, furniture, and appliances, which are used for several years.
- Non-durable goods are items such as food, clothing, and disposable products, which are used for only a short time period.
- Services include rent paid on apartments (or estimated values for owner-occupied housing), airplane tickets, legal and medical advice or treatment, electricity and other utilities. Services are the fastest growing part of consumption spending.
Investment spending consists of non-residential fixed investment, residential investment, and inventory changes. Investment spending accounts for 17 percent of GDP, but varies significantly from year to year.
- Non-residential fixed investment is the creation of tools and equipment to use in the production of other goods and services. Examples are the building of factories, the production of new machines, and the manufacturing of computers for business use.
- Residential investment is the building of a new homes or apartments.
- Inventory changes consist of changes in the level of stocks of goods necessary for production and finished goods ready to be sold.
Government spending consists of federal, state, and local government spending on goods and services such as research, roads, defense, schools, and police and fire departments. This spending (19 percent) does not include transfer payments such as Social Security, unemployment compensation, and welfare payments, which do not represent production of goods and services. Federal defense spending now accounts for approximately 5 percent of GDP. State and local spending on goods and services accounts for 12 percent of GDP, while federal spending is 7 percent of GDP.
Exports are goods and services produced in the U.S. and purchased by foreigners – currently about 11 percent of GDP.
Imports are items produced by foreigners and purchased by U.S. consumers are equal to 17 percent of GDP. Net exports (exports minus imports) are negative and are about 6 percent of the GDP.
GDP as a Measure of Well-Being
Changes in real GDP are a more accurate representation of meaningful economic growth than changes in nominal GDP, because changes in real GDP represent changes in quantities produced, while prices are held constant. Real GDP per capita is even more relevant because it measures goods and services produced per person and thus approximates the amount of goods and services each person can enjoy. If real GDP grows, but the population grows faster, then each person, on average, is actually worse off than the change in real GDP would indicate.
Consider the table below. While the mainland part of China has a GDP of $2.2 trillion, its GDP per capita is only $1,716. Hong Kong has a much smaller GDP of $178 billion. However, its GDP per capita is much higher at $25,757. Other nations, such as France and Germany , may have quite different GDPs, but GDPs per capita that are very close.
GDP (Billions)
Per Capita GDP
|China (Mainland)
$ 2,225
$ 1,716
|China (Hong Kong)
$ 178
$ 25,757
$ 2,106
$ 34,865
$ 2,797
$ 33,907
|United States
$ 12,486
$ 42,512
GDP per capita is not a perfect estimate of well-being. When individuals grow their own food, build their own houses and sew their own clothes, they are not producing goods and services to be sold in a marketplace and therefore GDP does not change. As a result, many countries South America and Africa have a low GDP per capita that underestimates their well-being.
(The comparisons in the above table are of nominal GDP per capita, not real GDP per capita. As we are comparing per capita figures for the same year there is no need to deflate the nominal figures into real figures.)
Revisions in GDP Announcements
Real GDP for each quarter is announced three times. The month following the end of the quarter is described as the advance real GDP; the second announcement or revision is described as the preliminary announcement; and the third month is the final. While labeled as the final version, even it will eventually be revised after the final data for the year are published. Since 1978, the advance estimates of the rate of growth in real GDP have been revised an average of 0.5 percent in the next month's preliminary estimate. The preliminary estimates have been revised by an average of an additional 0.3 percent.
Revisions in inventory investment and the international trade data are often the causes of changes in the GDP figures. Those data for the last month of the quarter are not available when the advance estimate of GDP is announced.
Interactive Activity
Given the following data (in billions of current dollars):
a. What is the level of government spending in the calculation of GDP?
b. What is the level of investment?
c. What is the level of net exports?
d. Calculate the level of gross domestic product.
|Social security payments
|Income tax receipts
|Consumption spending
Federal government spending on goods and services
|Construction of new homes
State and local spending on
goods and services
|Changes in inventories
Business purchases of new factoriesand equipment
Answers to interactive activity..
a. Government spending equals $2,000 ($750 plus $1,250).
Government spending is equal to the sum of federal spending on goods and services and state and local spending on goods and services. Social security payments are transfers of income from tax payers to social security recipients and do not represent the production of goods and services.
b. Investment equals $1,900 ($2,000 + 400 - 500).
New factories and equipment and construction of new homes are included in investment. However, since business inventories fell, we subtract $500 billion from investment in structures, equipment, and residential housing to get the investment portion of GDP.
c. Net exports equal a minus $500 ($2,000 - 2,500).
Net exports are exports minus imports. In this case, the economy has a balance of trade deficit.
d. GDP equals $10,150 billion ($7,000 + 1,850 + 1,700 - 400).
GDP equals consumption spending plus government spending on goods and services plus investment spending plus net exports.
Exercise Questions
1. If GDP has increased by 4 percent and inflation is 3 percent, what has happened to real GDP?
2. If GDP increases by 5 percent and real GDP increased by 4 percent, what has happened to the average price level?
3. If GDP increased by 4 percent, inflation is 3 percent, and population growth is 1 percent, what has happened to real GDP per capita?
4. If productivity rise by less than real GDP, what is likely to have happened to employment?
5. If real GDP increased by 4 percent and employment increased by 3 percent, what is likely to have happened to productivity?
Answers to Exercise Questions
1. If nominal GDP has increased by 4 percent and inflation was 3 percent, the amount of output has increased by 1 percent. The remaining (after inflation) increase in nominal GDP must be due to real output increases.
2. If nominal GDP increases by 5 percent and the amount of output increases by 4 percent, then prices must have increased by 1 percent.
3. Real GDP has not changed. Nominal GDP increased by 4 percent. Real GDP increased by 1 percent. So if population grew by 1 percent, per capita real GDP did not change.
4. Employment must have increased. Because output increased by more than the output per worker, it must take more workers to produce the increased output.
5. Productivity must have increased. If real GDP increases by more than the rate of increase in the number of workers, than output per worker must have increased.
Other Questions for Students
1. If gross domestic product increases by 10 percent over a year, are we better off? Why or why not?
2. If consumers begin to purchase automobiles manufactured abroad instead of those manufactured in the U.S., what will happen to real GDP? Will the answer be different if consumers are simply increasing their spending and those purchases are of automobiles manufactured abroad?
Sample Answers for Additional Questions
1. Perhaps we are better off. Part of the answer depends upon what is happening to prices and what is happening to population. If prices and population together are rising by more than 10 percent per year, than we, on average, are worse off. We have fewer goods and services per person.
2. Consumption spending will remain the same; however, imports will increase. Real GDP in the U.S. will decrease. In the second instance, consumption spending increased, but imports increased by an equal amount. Real GDP does not change. The components do change.


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Oscar Goes Under the Knife
Pet owners, like everyone else, are being squeezed in this down economy and looking for ways to save. In Bushwick, Brooklyn recently, about 25 cats and dogs lined up for low-cost vet care. The mobile clinic, run by The ASPCA, charges $75 to spay or neuter a pet and the same services are free if you are on public assistance.
Oscar and his owner Caesar wait to take advantage of low-cost spay/neuter services in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Pit bulls make up a disproportionate number of dogs that enter the shelter system in the city. Joel Lopez of the ASPCA says he started drooling when he saw the two pit bulls come to get spayed.
Mika and Kia (in the back of the truck) have appointments to be spayed. An ASPCA vet technician discusses the procedure with the dogs' owners.
ASPCA's Joel Lopez, Outreach Manager, Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinics
Barbie's owner Lynette is out of work and on Medicaide so getting surgery and vaccinations for Barbie are free.
Enzo (short for Lorenzo) is going to be neutered.
Misty and her owner Selena in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Selena talks about her cat, Misty.
To take advantage of the ASPCA's mobile spay/neuter clinics, call 1 (877) SPAY-NYC or visit ASPCA.org


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Advice and Information factsheets for grandparents and family members bringing up a child who is not their own and legal guardians of a child.
If you thinking about taking on the care of a relative's or friend's child in the future and need information and advice on welfare benefits or what other support is available to you, call our confidential advice line on 0300 123 7015. Lines are open Monday to Friday 10am – 3pm or you can email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or complete the enquiry form here.
- Thinking of giving up work or reducing your hours?
Grandparents or other family members stepping in to bring up a child often feel they have to give up work or reduce their hours. This factsheet is intended to help you explore the options available to you, and some of the benefits you may be entitled to claim if you do stop working or reduce your hours.
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This factsheet has kindly been written for Grandparents Plus by Family Law Barristers at 4 Brick Court Chambers. It explains the main features of Special Guardianship Orders and Child Arrangements Order and the procedures for applying for a Special Guardianship Order.
- Benefits for people bringing up a relative's or friend's child
Are you a grandparent raising your grandchild, or a friend or relative bringing up a child who is not your own? If so, you are likely to be entitled to certain benefits. This factsheet includes information on Child Benefit, Child Tax Credit, Guardian's Allowance and Other sources of financial help.
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If you're living on a low income, you may be able to get help with your living costs, your rent and your Council Tax. You may also be entitled to help with other costs and one-off expenses. This factsheet includes information on the following benefits: Income Support, Pension Credit, Jobseeker's Allowance, Working Tax Credit, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Reduction, Universal Credit and other help if you are living on a low income.
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Afterlife and Salvation
Written by: Cynthia Stewart
In Catholic Christian understanding, all of human history is geared toward salvation. Humans are trapped by their own sinfulness in bondage to death, but God became incarnate in Jesus and broke the bondage, allowing those who believe in Christ to be saved from their fate of death. Salvation is a gift from God, given not as payment for good actions but as freely given grace.
Unlike some Christian groups who focus on individual election, the idea that God chose in the beginning of time those persons who would be granted salvation, Catholics believe in corporate salvation. This refers to the belief that God grants salvation through the medium of the Church to all who participate in it. Catholics have long affirmed that there is no salvation outside the Church and traditionally this has been understood to mean that all those who are not in communion with the Catholic Church cannot be saved. More recently, though, the understanding of what is means to be outside the Church has shifted: Catholics believe that the Church is the sign of God's presence in the world, that all those who come to God do so through the medium of the Church even when they themselves do not recognize the Catholic Church's role in their salvation.
Catholics see a close connection between salvation and atonement, which is the way that God comes to forgive human sin through the actions of Jesus the Christ. Many theories have been proposed about how this happens, but the two most influential in Catholic understanding are that Christ paid a ransom to Satan and that Christ offered himself as a substitute to God. A number of writers in the early Church, especially Origen (185-254), talked about the atonement as a ransom; they believed that humans were in bondage to Satan, deserving death because of their sins. Since Jesus lived a perfect and sinless life, he owed nothing to Satan but allowed himself to suffer death anyway, ransoming the souls of all of humanity by breaking Satan's claim to own them due to sinfulness. St. Anselm (1033-1109) gave the classic formulation of the substitution theory. He said that humans owe God a perfect life but are unable to deliver it because of their sinfulness. God became incarnate in Jesus and lived a perfect life, meaning that he owed nothing more to God, but he freely chose to accept death. With this action he created such a surplus of obedience and honor that he repaid to God all that humans had been or would be unable to pay. Thus he substituted his obedience for their sinfulness.
Atonement allows God to grant salvation to humans who are not in themselves worthy of it. Salvation is experienced in this life as a reweaving of the human-divine relationship that was broken with sin, and beyond death as a new life lived in communion with God in heaven.
In traditional Catholic understanding, the human retains individuality beyond death and goes on to experience one of three states of being: heaven, purgatory, or hell. Heaven is the place of perfect peace and joy, a place where humans join the angels in having direct knowledge of God and praising God through eternity. It is the hope and desire of all Catholics to reach heaven and exist in this perfection, but they generally believe that most souls are not cleansed enough of sin in this lifetime to be ready for heaven and instead will enter an interim state called purgatory.


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First up, is a look at the next in the Indiana Jones series, The Temple of Doom, officially licensed for Acme Archives Dark Ink.
12"x36" 6-color screenprint on Cougar Natural 100C
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Here's some from Gallery 1988's Crazy 4 Cult and Fairy Tales shows…
12"x18" 3-color screenprint on Cougar Natural
Signed and Numbered edition of 50
12"x18" 5-color screenprint on Cougar Natural 100C
Signed and Numbered edition of 50
Next up is a ocean themed ABC limited edition screenprint I designed for Fifty-Five Hi's. Had a lot of fun working on this, love drawing all these sea critters…
18"x24" 4-color screenprint on extra thick turquoise colored paper
Numbered Edition of 500
I also had the opportunity to again design this years SF Sketchfest poster, which starts this Thursday, January 23rd. Screenprints will be available at the shows and eventually on the Sketchfest site.
18"x24" 3-color screenprint on Frenchpaper Berrylicious 100C
Numbered edition of 100
And last but not least is a photo I found floating around the world wide inter webs of the Well Fed Artist Gallery sign I designed probably over 10 years ago for a sadly now defunct artist co-op gallery in Philly. It was a great place to sell art and hang out with other Philly art folks for First Friday events, back in the day when I would do original little acrylic paintings…


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What happens when a renowned river guide teams up with the CEO of one of the largest - and least Earth-friendly - corporations in the world? Nothing less than a green business revolution reveals Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Edward Humes in his arresting new book, Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution.
Humes, author of Eco Barons, tells the inside story of the little-known and unlikely partnership between former Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott and white water expert-turned Blu Skye sustainability consultant Jib Ellison, and their struggle to redefine what it means to be green in the world of big business. Their efforts transformed a small project initially intended to insulate Wal-Mart from environmental criticism into a massive sustainability makeover, which now has snowballed beyond the retailer to influence whole industries, from apparel to dairy to banking.
Now their fresh take on sustainability is empowering a virtual second industrial revolution based on a simple truth: that the clean, green, efficient, less-wasteful, less polluting way of doing business can also be the most profitable way of doing business.
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Acrylic abstract painting art on the canvas. This home decor is textured , painting has layers (palette knife technique and brush ) on the deep canvas . Signed on the front . Artwork is unique, original painting and not prints, signed and dated by the artist. Come with certificate of authenticity signed by artist.
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• Faction Staff •
Paul Reisman – Producing Artistic Director
Paul Reisman is a professional actor, director and educator. For Faction of Fools, he has directed, produced, and adapted many productions, including The Merchant of VenicePinocchio! (HHA nominated, Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences), A Commedia Romeo & Juliet, Fool for Alls 4-8; Plays on the American Mask at the Intersections Festival; and Classics Made Foolish and The Three Musketeers Workshop as part of the Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage festival. Onstage, he has performed in Our Town, A Commedia Christmas Carol, A Commedia Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Made Foolish, and Tales of Marriage and Mozzarella where he officiated a real wedding during the show! His work has also been seen on stage at the Kennedy Center, Shakespeare Theatre Company, dog & pony, Flying V, Spooky Action Theatre, We Happy Few, Taffety Punk and regionally, at venues including the American Shakespeare Center, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, 12 Miles West, Luna Stage, TheatreFest, and the American Globe Theatre. As an educator, he teaches a wide array of subjects, including Commedia dell'Arte, Physical Comedy, Improv, Shakespeare, and Clown for Faction of Fools, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Imagination Stage, Traveling Players Ensemble, and the Smithsonian among others. Paul is a proud member of Actor's Equity Association. He received his MFA at the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University. BFA, Montclair State University. www.PaulReisman.com
Dr. Lindsey D. Snyder – Director of Education
Lindsey is an independent scholar, educator, performer, and certified ASL interpreter. She completed her PhD in theatre and performance studies at the University of Maryland, College Park with her dissertation "Sawing the Air Thus: American Sign Language Translations of Shakespeare and the Echoes of Rhetorical Gesture." She is currently working as a freelance interpreter in Washington, DC with a specialty in performing arts. Theatrical interpreting includes: Folger Theatre, Olney Theatre, Imagination Stage, Kennedy Center, VSA Arts, and the American Shakespeare Center. Lindsey also travels nationally and internationally, presenting papers and workshops on rhetorical gesture, Elizabethan acting techniques, Deaf culture, and Interpreting skills. As an actor, Lindsey received her BFA at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and an MA in text and performance at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts - King's College, London. www.LindseyDSnyder.com
Sarah Conte – Production Manager
Sarah Conte has acted as a stage manager, properties designer, and theatrical artisan at such theatres as Round House Theatre, Imagination Stage, The Hub Theatre, No Rules Theatre, and American Century Theatre. She has worked with Faction of Fools on a myriad of projects, beginning with A Commedia Romeo and Juliet in 2012. Sarah was a Production Apprentice at Imagination Stage, where she began her theatre career in DC and had many opportunities to develop all of her technical skills. She received a BA from SUNY New Paltz in Theatre Technology and Design. Sarah is currently working as a freelance stage manager, artisan, and technician around DC.
Gwen Grastorf – Social Media Coordinator
Gwen Grastorf has been working as an actor and performer in the DC-metro area since graduating with a B.A. in Theatre Performance from the University of Maryland, College Park. Raised in Frederick, Maryland, she has a strong background in dance and music and is happiest when working on physical, ensemble-based shows. Gwen has performed with many local companies, including Constellation Theatre (where she is an Associate Artist), as well as Faction of Fools, Forum Theatre, Taffety Punk, Rorschach Theatre, WSC-Avant Bard, Solas Nua, Bright Alchemy Theatre, Doorway Arts Ensemble, the Source Festival, and the Capital Fringe Festival. www.gwengrastorf.com
Krystin Balzerini – Access Coordinator
Krystin Balzerini is an American Sign Language interpreter in the Washington, DC area. She received a BS in Deaf Studies from Boston University and an MA in Interpretation from Gallaudet University. It was in Boston that she discovered her passion for theatrical interpreting and in DC that she began developing her craft. FoF theatrical interpreting credits include: A Commedia Romeo and Juliet, A Commedia Christmas Carol, The Lady Becomes Him, and Don Juan. Other theatrical interpreting and voice acting credits include: HandSpeak (Kennedy Center), West Side Story (Broadway Across America), A Commedy of Errors (Shakespeare on the Commons), Hamlet, Charlotte's Web, Noises Off (Gallaudet University). She is honored and excited to be part of the amazing and talented artists in this foolish faction!
Tyler Herman – Associate Producer
Tyler Herman, a Washington native, has worn many hats serving theatres throughout the years. He has worked as an actor, director, producer, playwright, administrator, technician, and others. With over ten years of experience working front of house, Tyler seeks to engage audiences long before the show starts, and to blend the aesthetic experiences of any production with the time spent in the lobby. He has been seen onstage with Shakespeare Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre-MTC, the Fools, and many others. He is also currently the Treasurer of the Actors' Center, a service organization in DC that serves actors and area theatres. Education: BA, Cornell University.
Daniel Flint – Associate Producer
Daniel Flint is an actor, writer, producer, and designer. A recent transplant to the DC area, he has worked in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. For Faction of Fools, Daniel performed in the 2010 Fool for All at Capital Fringe. He has worked at Studio Theatre, Signature Theatre, Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, and Shakespeare Theatre Company, and he is a Company Member of Taffety Punk Theatre Company. Daniel has always been drawn to classical art forms and physical comedy, so Commedia is a perfect fit for him. MFA, The Shakespeare Theatre's Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University.
Matthew R. Wilson – Founder & Former Artistic Director
Matthew R. Wilson is a professional director, actor, choreographer, and writer, as well as one of American's leading experts in Commedia dell'Arte, which he studied, taught, and performed with Antonio Fava in Italy for eight years before founding Faction of Fools. He is the International Coordinator of SAT's worldwide Commedia dell'Arte Day every February 25th, and his published writings include two chapters on theatre history in the The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell'Arte (Routledge, 2014) as well as the play A Commedia Christmas Carol (Playscripts, Inc., 2013). Matt has toured Europe and North America with his own The Great One-Man Commedia Epic and has collaborated internationally on countless Commedia dell'Arte productions. For Faction of Fools, he has directed/adapted Our Town, Titus Andronicus, Don Juan (HHA nomination), A Commedia Christmas Carol (HHA nomination), Hamlecchino, A Commedia Romeo & Juliet, The Mandrake, The Sandbox, Tales of Love and Sausages, Tales of Courage and Poultry, and The House with Two Doors. Matt is an Adjunct Professor of Acting at George Washington University and George Mason University and has been a guest artist/lecturer at NYU, Columbia, and Northwestern, as well as numerous colleges, schools, and festivals across the country. His work has also been seen on stage at the Kennedy Center, Folger Theatre, 1st Stage, Hub Theatre, dog & pony, Taffety Punk, No Rules, Constellation, Capital Fringe Festival, Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, New England Shakespeare Festival, Clarence Brown Theatre, Cherry Lane, Tribeca Playhouse, LaMaMa ETC, 45 Bleecker, and New York Comedy, among others, and in various screen projects, including appearing opposite Kevin Spacey in the Netflix original series House of Cards. Matt is a proud member of the professional labor unions for stage and screen: Actor's Equity Association, SAG–AFTRA, and the Stage Directors and Choreographers' Society, as well as the Society of American Fight Directors and various scholarly associations. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Columbia University and an MFA from the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University and is currently completing a PhD in Theatre & Performance Studies at the University of Maryland, where his dissertation focuses on Commedia dell'Arte–based pantomimes of the Faust story in 18th–century London. www.MatthewRWilson.com
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If there were any doubt Android is not only gaining momentum, but also becoming the potential saviour for struggling handset manufacturers then this should remove it.
Both Samsung and Motorola have this week seen new Android handsets make an appearance on the Web and while the two firms currently have vastly differing fortunes, the new models each show considerable promise.
Samsung first and it has gotten official with the 'Spica', a more affordable version of the Galaxy. Specs are good with a rocket sled 800MHz CPU, 3.2in AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display, WiFi, GPS, 3G, microSD, a large 1500 mAh battery, 3.5mm headphone jack, micro USB charging and wide codec support. The camera does drop down to 3.2MP, but given that megapixels have virtually nothing to do with image quality - certainly on mobile phone sensors - that really doesn't matter.
We're awaiting info on UK pricing and availability, but Russia will get it next month for roughly £290 sim free. Should it translate similarly on these shores then the Spica may well have just undercut its bigger brother.
Meanwhile Motorola is trying to build momentum following the Dext with its second Android handset, the 'Droid' (see what it did there?). The Droid hasn't been officially announced, but its product page was 'accidentally' published (read: viral marketing) on the Motorola site and BGR managed to take an image grab.
What we learn is the Droid will be a slim Qwerty slider with a huge 3.7in touchscreen display that sports a strange 854 x 480 resolution, 3G, WiFi, GPS, a 5MP camera, 1400mAh battery, 550MHz CPU, full HTML5 browser, micro USB charging and again wide codec support.
Could Android 2.0 also have its debut on these models? If so, hubba hubba...
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Mine Magnate Blinds School Children to the "Truth"
Ross Gelbspan | October 30, 2007
By Ross Gelbspan • Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 11:10
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The lives of salmon and bears in B.C. are inextricably linked and new research by scientists at Raincoast Conservation and the University of Victoria underlines the...
The Mayor of London and the London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) have agreed a strategy to "divest" assets worth around £10 billion from fossil fuel companies, DeSmog...
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Richard Littlemore | October 15, 2007
By Richard Littlemore • Monday, October 15, 2007 - 19:13
Dimmock, Durward, et al, are disrobed.
For a background on the issue, check our earlier posts here and here.
And here's further background on the "Scientific Alliance" and Robert Duward…
Richard Littlemore | October 15, 2007
By Richard Littlemore • Monday, October 15, 2007 - 14:52
There has been a flurry of coverage in the last few days of a High Court decision in the U.K that, the deniers would have us believe, condemns Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, as "exaggerated" and "alarmist.
Read fairly, however, the judgment endorses the film for its general accuracy, exonerates school officials for their decision to show it in U.K. classrooms and approves of its continued distribution with a slightly amended "Guidance Note."
James Hoggan | October 14, 2007
By James Hoggan • Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 17:36
The fading National Post chose sides today: in a snarling attack on the Nobel Committee decision to award a Peace Prize to Al Gore, The Post went on to condemn other Nobel recipients, dismissing the work of Mother Teresa, the goals of nuclear disarmament and the heroism of UN peacekeepers - among whom Canadian soldiers have always played a major role.
The Post also badly misrepresented the judgment from a U.K. judge who has endorsed the continued showing of Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth, in U.K. schools.
What the Post has apparently failed to grasp is that, in any contest with Post business editor Terence Corcoran on one side and Mother Teresa and Al Gore on the other, Al Gore wins.
Kevin Grandia | October 11, 2007
By Kevin Grandia • Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 17:10
Update: This latest attack on Al Gore is at the hands of the "Scientific Alliance" - a group well-known to DeSmogBlog.
Busted? Looks like something fishy is going on with the funding behind the UK high court challenge against The Inconvenient Truth being viewed in schools.
The court case was brought forward by a "concerned parent" and "New Party" member Stewart Dimmock.
In a BBC Radio interview last night, Dimmock refused to divulge who fronted the 60,000 quid in court costs.


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Don't let your trailer stand outside Naked! The newly redesigned Kendon Motorcycle Trailer Covers will help keep your motorycle trailer looking like new. What's new with these custom fit motorcycle trailer covers? Keep reading to find out...
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The Armstrong Bible Chapel began in 1976 when Hank and Alice Wiebe purchased a vacant church building. In August of that year, four families began holding Sunday school classes, and shortly after, Sunday morning services. They brought in guest speakers and had local men provide pulpit ministry as well until Jake Balzer was appointed to be their first pastor. The Balzer family began their ministry at the church in August 1977. The church became affiliated with the BC Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches in June 1979.
Around this time, the Chapel's sanctuary seated approximately 100 people, but it was not long before church leaders recognized the need for expansion. In spring of 1978, with the help of the British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, the Chapel purchased additional land and began plans for construction. The new building did not come soon enough. In February of 1980, the original church building was so crowded that the group moved into a local school gym, which was used until construction of the new building was complete. By around 1985, the congregation consisted of 30 family units with Sunday morning attendance ranging from 95 to 110 people.
In 2015 the congregation had an average attendance of 43, down from 60 in 2010.
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Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies. "Armstrong Bible Chapel." Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches: Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies. http://www.mbconf.ca/home/products_and_services/resources/published_genealogies/mb_provincial_conferences_and_church_congregation_records/british_columbia_archives/armstrong_bible_chapel_archives/ (accessed 15 March 2009).
Mennonite Brethren Herald (27 May 1988): 31.
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Address: 2145 Rosedale Avenue, Armstrong, BC V0E 1B1
Phone: 250- 546-9696
Website: Armstrong Bible Chapel
Denominational Affiliations:
British Columbia Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches (1979-present)
Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1979-present)
General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1979-2002)
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|Richard D Thiessen
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Thiessen, Richard D. "Armstrong Bible Chapel (Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. November 2010. Web. 28 Jun 2017. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Armstrong_Bible_Chapel_(Armstrong,_British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=142873.
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Thiessen, Richard D. (November 2010). Armstrong Bible Chapel (Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 28 June 2017, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Armstrong_Bible_Chapel_(Armstrong,_British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=142873.
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Clutch retaining nut needs to come off. (Reverse lefthand thread)
Primary chain adjuster removed.
Compensating sprocket removed. (righthand thread)
Stator is behind compensating sprocket, cover.
The torque specs are critical come reinstalltion time, so you'll need a manual for specific torque sequences and numbers.
You'll need to either lock the primary chain or use air tools to get everything loosened. Locktite on the compensating sprocket is a must. Not sure if you have the auto primary adjsuter or not, but there's a specific way to reset that as well, in reinstallation.
If the primary adjuster is a manual one, set it according to specs, while cold.
Any idea on how to tell if it has an auto primary adjuster. I need to know to be able to find out how to reset if I need too? I don't know what too look for.
Any suggestion on how to lock the chain to get this all apart.
just my 2 cents,but i wouldnt use anything in between the chain and the teeth.not a good idea for the chain or the sprokets,no offence dave
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the manual adjuster will have a 3/8 nut holding it on,auto one will have a spring & shimms under it,use air & an impact taking it apart,its not rocket science getting the chain back to spec,dont get to worked up about it,just make sure its got about a 1/2" up or downplay.the stator can be a bitch to get off(because of the magnets).i tap the stator holes to 5/16,screw in a couple bolts and pull it off(also helps with putting it back on)just using you hands to reinstall the rotor can be painfull,if the magnets pull it back too quick and your skin gets in the way.also i would use loctite on the clutch nut,but not the compensator.if you use air,it wont be needed(we`ve alot of bikes over the years where loctite has been used on comp. spkt,and wont come off,even with air)
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scoringaudiogeeks said
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I'm pretty much the same, 6-8 ticks, and -10 to +10 on the Logical editor for velocities, even if I've recorded myself playing live.
I also use a drum VST , well several in fact. Addictive drums, superior drummer, and Studio drummer. I don't use the midi sequences that ship with these because they're not original and sometimes very mechanical. Sometimes it can be something as simple as me sitting reading, tapping my fingers, I'll immediately jump up and whack into Cubase, then mess around until I feel it has the right groove. Or sometimes I take inspiration from,(and this is going to sound a bit whacky) things in the street, like workmen hitting things or cars driving over manholes, all these things have a certain rhythm, that stick in my head until I get home and get chance to get it into Cubase. Over time I've learnt the more I mess around and probe the parts I'm creating, the better they become, so if it takes me two days just to figure out a solid drum part then I'm happy with that.
I recently completed a home study course in audio engineering, which was expensive to say the least but well worth. It was not entirely home study as I had to attend a college once a week for some real desk flying time. You can imagine the faces of the hairy men in the studio when a 55 year old woman turned up on the first day Anyway through trial and error and up until only a few weeks ago I was using T-racks. Now I use mostly Brainworx bx plugs. I especially love the vertigo comp, it's fantastic. EQuing is a synch with the DynEQ and Digital EQ, while limiting is a snap with the XL plug. I'm comfortable with these, and have more fun messing around with the settings on the plugs than writing the music sometimes. I always generally start with a comp and EQ on the drums, and if the kick is a bit weedy I'll use the bx_Boom plugin to krank up the kick a little. From there it's just a case of Comping as necessary and EQuing out all those nasty resonant frequencies that make your ears bleed. When the mix stage is over, I'll bounce to a stereo master and go over it with a fine tooth comb trying to refine it as much as possible, making it loud and wide. However, I'm still working on my listening skills, and sometimes I still get defeated by an awkward mix with muddy frequencies, but this is happening less and less, I'm happy to say.
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A custom built PC (I don't like Macs, don't know why just can't get on with them) My PC has an AMD 6 core 3.5Ghz CPU (water cooled), 16GB DDR3 Ram, and a 750GB HD, with a 250GB SSD for my Kontakt 5 libraries. My fella built it for me, and purchased all the parts. Although the crafty swine slung in an Nvidia GTx 550Ti so he could play Crysis and COD . Men! They never change LOL .
When starting a new track, what are you thinking about? Making it as commercially viable as possible, or writing something that comes from the heart, even if it may not be considered main stream?
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MagnetStudios: Your "Who am I?" image has a height of 100px, which has some transparent content unnecessarily occupying some vertical real state from the top. You should crop those empty 35px from the top. You don't to have to put a TABLE within a PRE element or anything. You use PRE elements for pre-formatted text (i.e. you want to display some text without any fancy fonts, etc.) Unless you do want a preformatted TABLE , that is.
Thanks, I couldn't figure it out. I could've swore blind that both images were 65 pixels high. Must wear my glasses more! I figured out the table thingy, after much head scratching and swearing at the computer.
I google+ this yesterday! Wow I had no idea it was soundroll's music. Nice spot Tim.
All the eights! Congrats Tim, it's little wonder your an elite author. What's more amazing is the fact you've done it with just 50! items. Your music speaks for itself, quality, quality, quality.
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But, as it turns out, the high degree of product integration found in most centralized implementations can have a profound and beneficial impact on OPEX as well. Security, for example, needs to be completely implemented in the wireless LAN system chosen, including VPN termination. Ditto for subnet mobility and VLANs. In fact, we can sum up the best approach to minimizing TCO in WLANs as one of implementing the WLAN as an overlay that has minimal - if any - requirement for modification to the existing wired network. That's the best way to hold down OPEX, which, as we noted above, tends to dominate costs over time. The choice of specific WLAN products must be at least moderately influenced by its implementation of features that hold down operational expense.
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i brought these same papers (that got my dogs through customs!) to the township office today and they wouldn't take them. they told me i would have to get the dogs re-vaccinated or get a note from my vet saying they didn't need to be.
i called the vet's office and they told me they couldn't write a note because they weren't the ones that administered the vaccine.
calling the vet on the island isn't really an option because there are language barriers, he doesn't have a fax machine, and communication by mail to and from the island is highly ineffective.
is there a danger in just getting the dogs vaccinated for rabies again. My dogs are 1 and 3 yrs old, and they received a 3-yr rabies vaccine in May 2007


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If you search for a file in XP you'll notice the little dog at the bottom. Rover is there to help you sniff out files you need. Well, what if you don't want him sniffing around? Maybe you're a cat person. Did you know you can change the Search Companion? Here's how…
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There you have it. Who knew that making new friends was so easy.
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