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NEW YORK — Eleven motorcyclists, including an undercover New York police detective, have been indicted in connection with the assault on a man who was driving a Range Rover with his wife and infant son on the Henry Hudson Parkway, the Manhattan district attorney's office announced Friday.
All but one of the defendants were charged with gang assault. The 14-count indictment unsealed Thursday came after witnesses testified before a grand jury.
The assault, which took place Sept. 29, was videotaped and viewed widely on the Internet. The top charge against 10 of the men is first-degree gang assault; nine of those defendants are also charged with first- and second-degree assault. All are charged with coercion and riot as well.
The police detective, Wojciech Braszczok, 32, would face up to 25 years in prison if he is convicted on the top counts. He is free on $150,000 bail and has been suspended without pay. He has pleaded not guilty, as all the other defendants did.
Prosecutors said the defendants took part in an attack on the driver, Alexian Lien, 33. The conflict started on the parkway, on the west side of Manhattan, when dozens of motorcyclists on a "Hollywood Block Party" tour, organized on the Internet, surrounded Lien's car at 1:55 p.m. and slowed down. Lien bumped the rear tire of one motorcycle, driven by Christopher Cruz, and the entire pack of motorcycles came to a stop.
According to statements the bikers made to the police that were released with the indictment, Cruz approached the car, had words with Lien through a closed window, then slammed his fist into the driver's side mirror. Panicked, Lien sped off, running over another biker and leaving him seriously injured.
Cruz stayed with the injured man, but the dozens of others followed the Range Rover — which had a flat tire — and caught up to Lien a few minutes later as he stopped for a light.
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You can't call out Bush for the Katrina disaster then not appear to have done anything for this disaster.
BTW I didn't blame Bush for Katrina I blamed the bonehead agencies that couldn't get their head out of their a$$es.
Usually when a disaster like this happens. The Agencies responsible (i.e. The EPA and Homeland Security, Army Corps of Engineers, and the Coast Guard...etc and BP, Haliburton are given an chance to fix the problem without the president having direct involvement.
But.............after about 48 hours of no action the president needs to take charge and get the right people and resources in place to fix this.
Instead we have the CEO's and COO's of BP, Haliburton, and Ocean blah blah blah testifying in front of Congress........and.........for WHAT!!!!! While the problem continues they're busy blaming each other for the problem instead of fixing the problem.
We can strap a controlled bomb connected to the spaceshuttle and propel it into space but we can't seem to clog a leaking pipe.
(Yes Im aware of the velocity of the oil and the diameter of the pipe. So we're not talking about a drinking straw)
But this needs to be fixed.
I feel bad for the people of the Gulf Area because they're livelyhood will never be the same.
These people need to be compensated immediately by BP.
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Now that a cool option...Good idea....xD
do alot of exercise on christmas eve. then, if you wake up at 5 on christmas, get up and do some more exercise. then you'll be so sore and tired you'll wan to go back to bed. i tried that once, here's the glitch: you might even wake up at 8:00!
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The other thing you can do is just read a book and wait for others to wake up. Or maybe you have a sibling who is willing to get up with you? Either way, don't panic! If you worry, it will make you sleep even longer! *BBBBZZZAAAT!*
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Exept for school,I have to get up at 6:30am!!! But ive been off for 2 days and still get up really early because I can't sleep with the stomach pain ' I just draw,Read,watch Tv,Wake Callum up(it really annoys him and thats funny ) Or I play with my neice Emily but if you have a younger brother or sister thats awake,Play with them! Or...If you are like me,Go back to bed! Lol
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Born in Belpre, Ohio on August 30, 1948, Bishop Brookhart attended public schools in Belpre, and graduated from Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio in 1970 with a B.A. in English Literature. He attended the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee and Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia; he received a Master of Divinity degree in 1974. The United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio conferred the Doctor of Ministry degree in homiletics in 1984.
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United Airlines OâHare Airport Upgradesposted by Paul Fiddian | 12.07.2012
United Airlines is set to invest millions of dollars into upgrading one of the busiest airports in the world
United Airlines is set to invest millions of dollars into upgrading one of the busiest airports in the world.
Formerly the site of the world's most annual take offs and landings and the highest number of passengers, Chicago O'Hare is these days in fourth place, behind Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, Beijing and London Heathrow airports. Now, much of its infrastructure is to be upgraded through a multi-million investment from United Airlines, which will be used in several ways.
$13m will be used to implement 10 passenger loading bridges permitting direct access from Terminal 2 to United Airlines' regional aircraft parked outside. The first of these will go into operation next month and they'll all be finished by summer 2013.
There will also be a United Club constructed inside Terminal 2 at a cost of $10m and security upgrades inside Terminal 1, with $2m from United Airlines helping towards the overall $19.5m costs.
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Finally, a medical centre is set to be added, exclusively for United Airlines workers. Standard check-ups will be offered alongside more advance medical treatments and this aspect of O'Hare airport's upgrades should be finished by 31 December 2012.
"We applaud the new and enhanced amenities and services that United Airlines is adding to O'Hare for both its passengers and its employees", CDA (Chicago Department of Aviation) Commissioner Rosemarie S. Andolino explained, in a statement. "Providing a world-class experience to our customers while focusing on safety and security have always been high priorities for the Chicago Department of Aviation. We're pleased to work with our partner United Airlines in making the investments and upgrades necessary to achieve those goals."
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Chicago O'Hare is one of United Airlines' ten hubs: others include Denver International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport and Japan's Narita International Airport. The world's largest airline, it has roots going back to the mid-1920s and, in 2012, flies over 700 aircraft to almost 400 destinations around the world.
"These critical investments will make O'Hare a more modern, competitive airport for our residents", Rahm Emanuel, the Mayor of Chicago, added. "We continue to work to attract visitors and facilitate travel to and from Chicago, and these improvements by United will help us in this important mission."
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So do I need to retard my timing before I hook up manifold advance so it doesnt ping. Also where is that port located
Maybe or just turn the idle down.
The difference between ported and manifold is timing when there is or not vacuum advance. The ported sources from just above the throttle plates when they are nearly closed at idle, so the port doesn't see manifold vacuum until the throttle is opened enough to expose the port to the manifold vacuum.
The manifold vacuum port goes directly to a locating under the throttle blades so it sees manifold vacuum all of the time.
Choosing which port to use is a function of the cam timing, idle speed control, and idle emissions requirements. For a mild cam that doesn't need to pass emissions using full time vacuum advance will let you have sufficient idle speed with less throttle opening and idle fuel flow, but this tends to run idle NOx emissions up.
If this engine uses the timed port, the idle speed will naturally want to be lower and will have to be adjusted up to proper speed with more fuel and air delivered by the carb. This often results in run-on when the engine is shut off, tends to increase unburnt HC emissions but reduces NOx, often develops a stumble or jerk at the transition point.
Once the timed port is exposed to the manifold vacuum by the throttle blade opening, either it or the full time source will work the same at the vacuum diaphragm.
For a wild cam which port is moot as the throttle blade is typically open at idle beyond the position of the timed port so it and the full time port will behave the same unless the throttle blade is drilled to supply idle air in which case the sources go back to operating as they would with a mild cam.
In large measure which to use will be that which makes you and the engine happiest.
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"Relentless repetition" is the key to connecting analysis to public policy, William Hogan, Raymond Plank Professor of Global Energy Policy, said on Monday (April 15) during a presentation on recent developments in approaches to electricity scarcity pricing.
Setting up electricity markets so that prices properly reflect scarcity is a long-standing problem in organized electricity markets, Hogan explained. The idea of using operating reserve demand curves to improve scarcity pricing is one that he has been working on in a series of papers and presentations since 2005.
The problem that needs to be addressed, he said, is the "missing money" that is a generally acknowledged reality of organized electricity markets—the price paid for electricity typically will not go above the marginal cost of operation of the highest-cost electricity producers. This means that the high-cost producers who are needed in periods of high electricity demand may not receive enough revenue to recover their fixed costs. Over time, this "missing money" results in less investment in new electricity capacity and in difficult meeting minimum operating reserve requirements established to preserve the reliability of the electricity system.
The dominant solution to this problem in electricity markets has been the development of "capacity markets," Hogan explained. Capacity markets address, at least in part, the need for additional incentives for investment, but by disconnecting costs from energy demand they fail to optimize incentives for demand response, renewable energy, and transmission investment, he said.
As an alternative or possible supplement to capacity markets, Hogan explained that it is possible to create an economic dispatch model that defines a demand curve for operating reserve capacity. Once minimal operating reserve standards are met, additional reserves still have value in reducing the threat of loss of load—a value that can be calculated by multiplying the estimated value of lost load (how much economic value would be lost by a disruption in electricity supply) by the probability of a loss of load occurring.
The outlines of this approach have been known for a number of years, Hogan explained, and have been implemented to a limited degree in several US electricity markets. What hasn't been known is how significant such an approach would be if implemented on a large scale in a market with substantial values of lost load. Would the new approach merely turn out to be fine-tuning of prices? Or would the price of electricity change significantly with the use of operating reserve demand curves?
A chance to evaluate the implications of this model on a large scale has arisen in the Texas electricity market, where concerns about capacity adequacy have recently become acute. In his presentation, Hogan reported the results of a "backcast" analysis of how electricity prices in Texas over the past two years would have been different if an operating reserve demand curve price adder had been used. The model suggests that the impact could be significant—ranging from a price increase of approximately 50% averaged over the course of 2011 (a year of severe scarcity problems in Texas) to less than 10% in 2012 (a year in which supply problems in Texas eased significantly).
In closing, Hogan emphasized that it is not necessary to choose between better scarcity pricing and capacity markets. Both can be used together. ERCOT is likely to make a decision about whether to adopt this pricing model in the next month.
Professor Hogan spoke as part of the Energy Policy Seminar Series, which is jointly sponsored by the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group of the Belfer Center on Science and International Affairs and the Consortium for Energy Policy Research at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.
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Occupational therapy students explore health and healthcare delivery in Ecuador
Katie Strawbridge '10 has been drawn to Latin America since her early years in college. She studied in Chile and Nicaragua, and then traveled to Belize and Guatemala. Thanks to the growing array of study-abroad programs at St. Catherine University, Strawbridge had the opportunity last spring to combine her love of the region with her professional pursuits.
For three weeks, she joined 13 other students in St. Kate's nationally ranked Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy (MAOT) program in a trip to Ecuador. This was the program's inaugural offering to that country. It also has an annual fieldtrip to Peru. St. Kate's MAOT program is the highest ranked occupational therapy program in Minnesota, Iowa or North and South Dakota. U.S. News and World Report ranks it among the top 21 in the country.
"I went to Ecuador for the chance to be a part of the culture," Strawbridge says. "I'm really interested in travel, and I've always been interested in helping people in developing countries."
The students were divided into five different teams in Quito, the capital city of Ecuador. Each team was supervised by an occupational therapist from the United States — including St. Kate's assistant professors Kate Barrett and Paula Rabaey. The students spent the first half of each day in a nonprofit rehab clinic paired with a local occupational therapist (OT) or physical therapist (PT). In the afternoons, they had Spanish lessons and a class on indigenous health practices.
During the first week students shadowed their OT or PT mentors and learned more about the clients they see, explains Barrett, who developed the trip. The second week was devoted to a project at their clinical sites. And the final week was spent outside the city, working in an orphanage and visiting different rural communities.
Strawbridge and another student were assigned to a clinic for children with cerebral palsy that was also an elementary school. They worked with the children on functional activities such as playing, dressing and eating. They made custom splints for wrists and hands, and they helped those in wheelchairs find better seating positions. In some cases, Strawbridge says, it was as simple as putting a cushion in their wheelchairs.
"The really difficult part was learning to work with the resources that were available," she adds. "There just aren't the same resources in Ecuador as we have here [in the United States]. We had to do a lot of makeshift-type problem solving. For example, to make a splint here, we would use material that's specifically designed for that purpose. In Ecuador, we were using PVC pipes — heating them up and then remolding them."
All the students kept journals. They were given seven questions prior to the trip and were required to write in their journals at least seven times over the three weeks. Questions included: "What am I learning about myself?" "What am I learning about my own culture?" and "What will this mean for me when I go home?"
Currently, two master's-thesis students in St. Kate's occupational therapy program are reviewing the journals to discover what the students took in. First-year MAOT students are able to take the field trip for credit as a special topics course, while second-year students, like Strawbridge, typically make the trip part of their master's project.
"I hope that the students learned how culture, in its broadest definition, influences how people define health and how they practice health," Barrett says. "And I hope they learned more about their own culture, values and beliefs, and to think about how they want to practice OT in communities with people with divergent values, beliefs and practices."
Meanwhile, Fundación Hermano Miguel, the center that coordinates the student worksites in Ecuador, has invited Barrett to return and provide continuing education for the local therapists. Barrett will lead a group of professional occupational therapists from the United States and some St. Kate's students there in August 2010 — in addition to the fieldtrip that spring.
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On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 07:51:42PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote: > This one removes an unnecessary library check (which doesn't work) and adds > version data to the config file (this is so handy). Now we just have to make sure we rev the version number before a release. ;) > +AC_SUBST(VERSION) > +VERSION=0.8final Shouldn't this be '+VERSION=0.8.1'? I'm not going to put this completely in until we get the ./configure stuff worked out, but I'll hand apply most of it to the 'LVM_0-9-patches' and 'LVM_0-8-1-patches' tagged version of the CVS. Make sure you're working with those as you continue. Thanks, -- AJ Lewis Sistina Software Inc. Voice: 612-379-3951 1313 5th St SE, Suite 111 Fax: 612-379-3952 Minneapolis, MN 55414 E-Mail: lewis sistina com http://www.sistina.com Current GPG fingerprint = 3B5F 6011 5216 76A5 2F6B 52A0 941E 1261 0029 2648 I have yet to meet a C compiler that is more friendly and easier to use than eating soup with a knife.
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I'd consider yourself depressed then.
I'd consider yourself depressed then.
? Lol you being a douche doesnt depress me
You hate douches who think they're cool. You must hate yourself A LOT.
woah, no need to get upset and unoriginal.
ribcage your just so made all the time
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thats probably because youve never fucked a mom. But you probably have never fucked anything except your cousins brother and your old matress. So I guess it doesnt matter
@homemeade whyd you edit your post from "hahaha" to a failed image link? Is it cause your a tard?
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Last edited by homemade.; 09-08-2011 at 04:49 PM.
That was confusing... but verifies that your are a retard
Last edited by homemade.; 09-08-2011 at 04:50 PM.
Da fuck was that?
ok just for you i will start the story from the beggining
Last edited by homemade.; 09-08-2011 at 04:51 PM.
wow. look at what you started ace-k. your attracting other douches
stop it homemade >=(
let me post video in this thread breh
dude... let it go...
I don't wanna go back to discussing the same subject.... please move on and quit bringing it up.
just post links. you're the only one who has a problem with links. how come?
i dont trust links they could take me to a child porn site its not hard to redirect a simple looking link
lol i like embedded video cause then I dont have to leave the page, and do a bunch more clicking to come back.
ok and noow the next parts
^^^ ....What the fuck?
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Don't Let Me Go
Do you ever see someone randomly and think to yourself; "that girl has got so much swagger" I will tell you one of the reasons why our subconscious automatically thinks that: accessories. The difference between someone that looks great and someone that you truly notice all lies in her accessories, a most prominent, her bracelets. […]Read more
Genius. Gatsby.
This post is to admit that I have an addiction. It is called Lana Del Rey and it sometimes overpowers my ability to work, focus, think. I can't explain the effect that her videos have on me but I can attest that they are amongst the best of any performers right now. This is amazingly […]Read more
The most moving story I've read.
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his […]Read more
Forever in my mind… ONLY U
(picture taken by Rukes from my ULTRA penthouse's balcony) You need to watch this NOW. It is a short ULTRA recap video from the 15th anniversary, two weekend, 2013 event. So pump up your volume, enter full screen, sit back, and watch the magic that happened this year. You're welcome. PS. CONGRATULATIONS CANADA FOR […]Read more
While in Chile I found out at dinner what a Harlem Shake was. We decided then and there we should make our OWN version to the Baauer song. Here is what a Harlem Shake is from Wikipedia: The videos last between 30 and 32 seconds and feature part of the song "Harlem Shake" by electronic musician Baauer. Usually, […]Read more
Miami Beach: My Christmas Break
This year, for Christmas, I decided to omit the freezing weather and skip the great white North that is Canada altogether. Instead, I spent some quality time in Miami. I'd just graduated from Grad School, wasn't working yet, and knew I was going to have to do nothing forever for at least two weeks in […]Read more
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Here's a piece of advice if you were one of those who decided to skip Electric Daisy Carnival in Orlando last weekend because you didn't know if it was going to be worth it, cool, cold, or whatever: you f—- up made a huge mistake. Here's why: EDC brings together (some of) the best DJ's […]Read more
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Re: Modeling of NFL game results
Then again, it could go either way!
>From personal experience, it is really annoying how many repetitions of an experiment it can take to obtain the "theoretical" outcome even in a game as predictable as rolling a pair of dice.
Many years ago, I tried to demonstrate to my little brother that 7 is most likely outcome when rolling a pair of dice. Even after a 100 actual trials, however, 7 was still not the most frequent outcome. Not even after 200 trials. It had to simulate the game on his computer. Low and behold, after about 10 thousand automatic iterations... Aha! I told you so! He didn't look very convinced.


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351C/351M/400 are in the "335" Series
370/429/460 are in the "385" Series
These are the "FT" Series...
The FMX was not introduced until 1968.
I stand corrected ... I do recall the "385" Series now that you mention it.
I hadn't ever heard of the "FT" designation, despite being in Ford parts for 13 years ... "shows to go you" that you can learn something new every day
I really enjoy that aspect of posting and reading in this group.
What is your background? You seem to know an awful lot about the blue-oval stuff.
I still believe that the Cruise-O-Matic was the predecessor of the FMX, with minor differences in the valve body. It had the same aluminum bellhousing and a cast-iron case that attached with 4 bolts from the outside ... similar to a manual transmission.
They had "green dot" Drive which was intended for slippery conditions, basically "locking out" the kickdown, then the normal "Drive", and then "Low".
Manually shifting on these was kind of different. If you started in "L" and held it to about 60 MPH, and then "bumped" it back to "D", then quickly back to "L" it would stay in 2nd as long as you liked, then shifted back to "D" again for 3rd.
If you weren't quick enough, the trans would just skip right through 2nd and go to 3rd
The budz used to love razzing me about being the "quick-shift" column guy.
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Spencer Linton is Sports Director at KESQ-TV / KDFX-TV and anchors sports for News Channel 3 at 6:00 PM, 6:30 PM, 10:00 PM, and 11:00 PM. Spencer came to the desert in July of 2010. Before that, he worked as Sports Director at KJCT -TV in Grand Junction, Colorado. He is ecstatic to work in Southern California with all it has to offer.
Spencer officially became interested in sports broadcasting when he was nine years old . He visited a TV station in Salt Lake City, Utah and decided he wanted to be a sportscaster.
Sixteen years later, he got his first taste of the business. Spencer attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where he received a BA in Communications. At BYU, he served as a weekday Sports Anchor/Reporter for the BYU Daily News and interned with the award-winning sports team from KSL-TV in Salt Lake City. He also hosted and co-produced a 30-minute local sports show for i-Provo cable called "Sports Valley."
Spencer's desire to become a sports broadcaster stems from a deep interest in playing and watching sports.
"I've spent most of my life surrounded by sports, so I figured why not turn something I love into a job." Spencer has an array of memorable broadcast experiences, but one of his favorite moments took place in Lexington, Kentucky, when he first covered the NCAA Basketball Tournament (March Madness).
Believe it or not, Spencer has a life outside of sports. His favorite things to do away from work include relaxing with his family, traveling, listening to music, singing, going for a drive, and socializing with friends.
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This is a cast iron English Setter "door stop". I believe it is a Hubley. We've had it in our family for many years. It is in Very Good condition for it's age. It has the original paint and patina and has never been reconditioned. It stands from the base to top of the head 8 1/2 inches tall. From the nose to the tail it is 15 1/2 inches long. It weighs approx. 8 lbs. Thank you for looking and Good Luck!!!


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Gluten Free Pizza Party
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Catherine at 'A Gluten Free Guide' is having a Pizza Party!
When I first became Celiac/Coelaic I have to be honest and admit that I definitely missed pizza. Before becoming Coeliac I had worked at a wood fired pizza restaurant in Sydney, Australia. During that year I certainly enjoyed my fair share of delicious pizzas and developed a life long passion for pizza.
Below are my favorite Gluten Free re-creations of those delicious wood fired pizzas…
Garlic Pizza
Spread the pizza base with a good quality olive oil. Top with fresh garlic, parsley, a sprinkle of sale and a generous layer of shredded parmesan cheese. Cook in the BBQ or oven until crisp.
Bruschetta Pizza
Cover base of pizza with tomato paste. Layer with finely sliced roma tomatoes, fresh basil, spanish onion and garlic. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover with a drizzle of basil oil, then top with shredded mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
Chorizo Sausage Pizza
Spread a thin layer of tomato paste over pizza base. Next layer finely sliced onion, roasted peppers, kalamata olives, fresh basil, roasted roma tomatoes and chorizo sausage. Topped with shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese.
Glutino Pizza Bases ::: Cattle Boyz BBQ Sauce
BBQ Chicken Pizza
Spread a layer of Gluten Free BBQ sauce over pizza base. Layer with sliced onion, fresh green peppers, sliced bacon, diced chicken pieces and garlic. Top with oregano, cheddar and mozzarella cheese.
Lamb Pizza
Drizzle pizza base with basil oil and then spread a thin layer of tomato paste over the base. Next layer the base with garlic, lamb, spanish onion, orange peppers and sun-dried tomatoes. Next add small dollops of pesto, then add a generous layer of mozzarella and cheddar cheese.
A pizza party is not complete without an ice-cold beer. My pick for this evening Canada's La Messagere… for a complete list of worldwide Gluten Free Beer suppliers see Gluten Free Beer
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hhmmm so many delicious ideas. Thank you!!
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Hair Follicle Drug Testing
Employee background checks and drug testing programs often incorporate hair follicle drug testing into their plans because of the sheer accuracy of these tests. Even though hair testing is more expensive that a urine drug test kit, for example, they can provide a level of accuracy that is nearly ten times that of other testing methods. Likewise, hair follicle drug testing does not involve the embarrassing collection of samples like that of urine or saliva drug tests. In most cases, a few strands of hair is all that is needed to obtain accurate results.
Hair sample drug testing is a great way to detect whether or not a person has used drugs in the past 90 days. Whether in an office format or in the home, hair drug testing serves the purpose of answering questions about an individual's drug use history.
Hair drug testing is actually quite simple and merely requires a sample of hair in order to be completed. Employers can request a sample from their employees. Once a hair sample has been collected, it is sealed in an envelope and sent to a participating laboratory for completion. Hair testing is fast and more accurate than other drug test forms.
For instance, hair sample drug testing can detect drug use for up to 90 days after use. The detection window is much larger in hair drug testing (compare it to few days for urine and saliva based drug testing) because trace amounts of drug chemicals become trapped inside each hair. A simple lab test can detect these trace chemicals making for either a positive or negative test result. Once the results are recorded, you are sent notification of the results. Some companies even provide a phone service where you call in, enter an account number and retrieve the results in that way.
Hair sample drug testing can detect all of the major types of drugs, including marijuana, opiates, methamphetamines, PCP, ecstasy, and cocaine. Hair follicle drug testing can detect the trace amounts of illicit substances trapped in the cortex of the hair for up to 90 days after use.


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UK Delegates Call on WCC to Create Fresh Focus on Evangelism
As the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) convened by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Athens, Greece, closed on Monday 16th May, Christian leaders across all denominational lines have not stopped in their response of passionate calls for the churches to become "healing and reconciling communities of hope".
The British and Irish delegations at the historic gathering were deeply inspired by the Conference. A joint letter has been issued to the WCC's mission commission, coordinated by the Churches' Commission on Mission (CCOM) of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI)with calls to shift focus to evangelism.
CCOM links the work of the global mission departments and agencies of the churches in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales as part of the CTBI - the national official ecumenical body.
The letter pleads for "an ecumenical recovery of the central Christian vocation to announce the Good News of Jesus Christ" through a clearer focus on holistic evangelism, announced by the Secretary of CCOM Simon Barrow, who represented CCOM at the CWME.
"Holistic evangelism" is described as "the means through which the nature, identity and call of Jesus Christ - the one who breaks down the world's dividing walls - is made known."
It combines word and deed, "renews the church, and grows its capacity for further witness and service."
The delegations welcome the attention of the WCC world mission conference to the work of the Holy Spirit and the vocation of the church as a healing and reconciling community, yet the next step for the ecumenical movement is to learn how to "talk the walk" better, according to the letter.
Currently, the letter has been signed by the Bishop of Maidstone, the Rt Rev Graham Cray, the General Secretary of the Church Mission Society, the Rev Canon Tim Dakin, Fr Philip Knights of the Catholic Agency to Support Evangelisation in England and Wales, the Rev Dr Jim Campbell of the Irish Council of Churches, Dr Kirsteen Kim, lecturer in mission at the University of Birmingham, and Mr Simon Barrow, Secretary of CCOM.
The list of signatories is growing, from among the 30 CWME participants from Britain and Ireland. They also highlighted the need to engage directly with new mission movements from the global South and with a "fresh expressions of church" in the North.
From the letter from the CWME to all Christians in the world adopted on 18th May, the WCC has recognised the changing mission geographic demography.
"While the centres of power are still predominantly in the global North, it is in the South and the East that the churches are growing most rapidly, as a result of faithful Christian mission and witness...the diversity has discovered opportunities for a deepening understanding of the Holy Spirit's creative, life-sustaining, healing and reconciling work," it stated.
"The ecumenical movement was birthed out of the Edinburgh 1910 world mission conference," CCOM Secretary Simon Barrow explained, "Since then the demographic of world Christianity has shifted dramatically to the South, as reflected in the rainbow composition of the Athens gathering. Christians across the theological spectrum are now seeing the urgent need to re-communicate the liberating message of the Gospel in a divided world."
Barrow continued, "This is not another fashionable criticism of the WCC, but an expression of deep partnership - one that lends fresh visibility to the prophetic and pastoral mission of healing and reconciliation for which the fellowship of the World Council of Churches is known."
Gathered under the theme "Come, Holy Spirit, Heal and Reconcile! Called in Christ to be Reconciling and Healing Communities" in Athens, Greece from 9th-16th May, over 600 participants from 300 churches, confessions and Christian bodies across 105 countries joined the CWME.
It was said to be one of the broadest gatherings of Christian churches and organisations in the early 21st century involving Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Evangelical and Pentecostal delegates from six continents.


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Re: Epilog -vs- Prolog -vs- DisplayTogether
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 05:33:25 -0500, David Park <djmp at earthlink.net> wrote:
> The Mathematica graphics paradigm is built around a collection of what I
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> That's why I put together the DrawGraphics package, available at my web
> site. There, each of the set-piece plots is converted to a corresponding
Readers might take self promotion with a grain of salt -- but let me attest
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Animal Humane Society
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Join us to celebrate renovations to the Golden Valley adoption center that will provide a better experience for people and pets! We're excited to show you the new-and-improved adoption center —made possible with help from our friends at Purina Cat Chow. The updates will provide better housing for the cats in our adoption center, enhance the experience of potential adopters with a more home-like and cheerful atmosphere, and encourage people to interact more with adoptable cats.
Food: Following the ribbon cutting ceremony and tour, there will be mini-cupcakes and coffee served in the Auditorium. The Chef Shack and Kona Ice food trucks will also be on site for dinner and treat purchases.
Activities: Activities will include face painting, balloon twisting, a photo booth and music by KidsDance.
Prizes: Door prizes include a Dyson Vacuum (valued at $499!) and more. All new adopters will receive a special adoption kit from Purina. The first 100 visitors will receive a free bag of Purina Cat Chow, and all cat and/or kitten adopters will have a chance to win free cat food for a year from Purina Cat Chow. We will also be offering a cat promotion coupon to all attendees, which will be good for $15 off a cat or kitten adoption beginning at the reveal celebration through September 30.
We hope you'll join us to celebrate this milestone!
Our Golden Valley Adoption Center will open at 4:00 p.m. on August 20.


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What does ureteral calculi mean?
Definitions for ureteral calculi
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word ureteral calculi.
Ureteral Calculi
Ureteral Calculi is a condition wherein the urinary calculi is formed or obstructs one of the ureters.
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Ureteral Calculi
Stones in the URETER that are formed in the KIDNEY. They are rarely more than 5 mm in diameter for larger renal stones cannot enter ureters. They are often lodged at the ureteral narrowing and can cause excruciating renal colic.
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The numerical value of ureteral calculi in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
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The numerical value of ureteral calculi in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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PinnacleHealth is committed to providing a full range of pediatric cardiac services to children from birth through college age in a compassionate patient centered environment.
As the region's leader in cardiovascular care, PinnacleHealth's board-certified cardiologists are expert at the diagnosis and treatment of young patients with cardiac abnormalities, both congenital and acquired. We are committed to providing a full range of services in a caring and compassionate environment, specializing in treatment for children ages birth through college age.
Our physicians conduct and interpret diagnostic tests using state of the art technology to diagnose heart problems and develop a treatment plan. The team provides ongoing management of heart conditions, which includes coordinating care with a pediatric surgeon if surgery is required.
The goal of the pediatric cardiology group is to provide the best possible care available, while supporting patients and their families throughout childhood and adolescence.
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Niall Horan will be celebrating his 19th birthday tomorrow and today, he's heading home to his Irish hometown of Mullingar to prepare for his celebrations but last night, he was holding an early bash in London.
The One Direction star spent last week hanging with a whole host of celebrities, both during and after the MTV Video Music Awards – in which his band scooped three awards – and one of the people who featured heavily in his plans was 'Baby' hitmaker Justin Bieber.
The pair made noodles together, hung out on Justin's own private skatepark and it seems that last night they brought the party to England, with Bieber tweeting:
'UK. we in here'
'In London with @AlfredoFlores @niallofficial and @joshdevinedrums #nosleep'
Niall followed with his own tweet, telling his followers:
'@justinbieber @AlfredoFlores @JoshDevineDrums chillin with the kings! neighbours!'
One Direction drummer Josh Devine wrote:
'Chillin with @NiallOfficial @justinbieber @alfredoflores'
He revealed that he and Niall had been hanging with another famous face earlier in the day when he tweeted:
'Chillin watching vids with @officialtulisa and @NiallOfficial!'
The celebrations will continue in Ireland tomorrow, as Niall flies home to host a big charity bash on his birthday.
500 tickets for the party sold out almost instantly and fans flooded and caused the crash of the charity website last week, when Nialler revealed he would be hosting the event, which is in aid of Irish Autism Action and Temporary Emergency Accommodation Mullingar.
Niall said:
"I am honoured to be able to give back to my community."
His brother Greg said the demand for tickets has been massive, telling The Sun:
"There are 500 tickets and they've all been snapped up pretty quick. Niall is fundraising for Irish Autism Action and Temporary Emergency Accommodation Mullingar."
Do you wish you were going to Niall's party? Are you impressed with the high class company he's keeping? Leave your comments below….


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Marc Benioff started salesforce.com in March 1999 with the mission statement – "The End of Software." In the process he created a billion dollar, 100% cloud CRM company. All the other CRM players continue to chase SalesForce to try and claim a distant second place in a rapidly transforming software industry where
the cloud = the future
So why has nobody in the BPM space been able to do anything similar? And as SalesForce continues to reposition itself from SaaS to PaaS (Platform as a Service) with "applications" at the center of the universe instead of CRM, many have long believed that SalesForce is the company best positioned to be the the cloud application provider.
So where are the BPM pure plays? I have long argued that BPM was and still should be the rightful ruler of this space. And the BPM industry should have had and probably still should have an advantage positioning itself to dominate this space. However, nobody has emerged as a clear winner.
Two companies were really the pioneers in the Cloud BPM space – Nsite and ProcessMaker (disclaimer – I am the CEO of the latter), both launching SaaS BPM services at around the same time in 2005. Nsite got gobbled up by Business Objects which intern was gobbled up by SAP. I must admit, Nsite was a very cool product way ahead of its time and was giving ProcessMaker a good run for its money. But, inside SAP, Nsite basically died.
Then there was a lull and as Cloud became the darling term of the media, more and more BPM companies launched their BPM in the Cloud offerings. Intalio suffered a full face lift as its investors forced it to reposition from Open Source to PaaS seeing that as the only way to recover the masses of money that were invested into the company.
Perhaps the most important ones lately are IBM's launch of Blueworks Live (November) and now PegaCloud (December). Blueworks claim to start at $10 per user per month and Pega at $155 per user per month. IBM seemed to have enough common sense to copy every other Cloud company on the planet by making their website look fluffy and friendly which is certainly the current trend in SaaS websites. Pega can't seem to break free from their own suit and tie approach and their website seems to have one foot in the cloud and the other foot down on earth in an office cubicle.
The fact is that users expect the cloud to be simple, cheap, and fluffy. IBM and Pega are not simple, fluffy, or cheap. So, can they successfully manage their way in this world? Certainly, SAP, PeopleSoft and others haven't been able to do it with their CRMs. It is just too difficult to turn to one client and say – your software costs $2 million dollars and then turn to another client and say, your software costs $20 per user per month. This is touch to do for two reasons: 1) their internal culture won't allow it, and 2) the BPM industry still hasn't found the right model to allow for breakaway success at $10-$20 per user per month. I am happy using 37signals type software in the Cloud, i.e. I don't really care if 37signals consists of 2 guys or 200 guys sitting in a garage or in a plush office somewhere in Chicago, but BPM is a different beast.
So, my prediction is that these initiatives won't fair well. If IBM and Pega want to have a simple offering for the cloud – they will eventually have to acquire it. And then, if they don't want to suffocate their acquisition, they will have to keep their distance from the management of the acquired company so as not to infect them with their corporate ways.
In Mike Vizard's blog last week on the subject, he has a gem of wisdom – "The trick, of course, " he says, "is finding a BPM offering in the cloud that gives customers the option of allowing them to continue to run that application in the cloud or move it to their own servers, or potentially some other cloud computing platform, later on."
I have always argued this and spoken on the subject in numerous cloud related speaking engagements. And, with my roots in Open Source Software I have always added the argument that customers should be ware of the cloud if they don't have an easy way to get their data and the application itself at a later date. Richard Stallman is absolutely correct to sound the warning bell here. The best combination is cloud + open source so that customers can sleep well at night knowing they will always have access to their data, the software it runs on, and the software code itself.


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Neighbors Say Hello to New UF President's Mansion and Goodbye to Trees
GAINESVILLE- It is known as tree city USA, but that's a difficult title to maintain when developing the area many call Gainesville.
Construction plans at the University of Florida are transforming the backyards of more than a just a few people.
Last Sunday the University of Florida hosted a meeting with the Golfview neighborhood association about plans to build the new president's mansion near the back of the community.
Neighbors who attended the packed meeting say they walked away excited about the new addition but didn't realize just how much was going to be taken away.
The sound of nature tucked away from the busy streets and campus just blocks away is what keeps the residents of Golfview happy.
Golfview Resident, Margaret Tolbert says there are plenty of things to like about the wooded area behind the neighborhood,
"It's a world famous running trail, I can see olympians go past my fence and I use it myself, and it's just a little natural conduit."
Tree clearing began Wednesday as discussed in a community meeting with University officials.
UF Spokesperson, Janine Sikes says discretion was used when removing the trees, "It required quite a bit of cleanup ultimately about 30 trees were removed, very small trees none of them were heritage trees."
In addition to this new construction, the current president's mansion just a short drive away will be getting some much needed renovation.
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DNA confirms remains in burned home those of Mariha Smith
Mariha Smith's Mother says her sister may know something
Detroit Police make arrest in gruesome murder of little girl
Mariha Smith Case: person of interest arrested
Man with Mariha link sent back to jail
Police in Detroit, MI issued an Amber Alert Sunday, July 24th for little Mariha Trenice Smith. Meanwhile, police were also investigating an arson fire in a vacant building about a mile from the home Mariha and her mother and siblings were sharing with her aunt. A badly burned child's body was discovered in the burned out vacant home. Autopsy results confirmed the body was little Mariha. The only bright side, if you can call it that, is that Mariha died of asphyxia before her body was burned. I call it a bright side only because she wasn't burned alive. She shouldn't have died by any method but, in my opinion, being burned alive is significantly worse. To be fair, I'm clearly still alive so I could be wrong but it really doesn't matter.
Now, onto the investigation of Mariha's death. Mariha, her three siblings and her mother were living with Mariha's aunt, Quanita Smith and her boyfriend, Darnell Cheatham (19 or 20, depending on the article). Mariha's mother, Konesha Smith, said the last time she saw her little girl was around 3:30am Saturday night/Sunday morning and she was sleeping on the floor with her sister and two younger brothers. Konesha slept, or passed out whichever, on a nearby couch. She woke up around 10:00 Sunday morning and assumed Mariha was watching TV with the other children. Around 12:00 she realized that Mariha was not in the house and no one had seen her since 3:30am. That's when she finally notified police.
Police arrested Darnell Cheatham, the aforementioned boyfriend, Friday, August 5th. He was identified by several family and community members as the man seen in a grainy surveillance video buying $.41 of gasoline from a station near the burned out vacant house. He failed his first go round with the polygraph test but police didn't have enough evidence to hold him. Did I mention that the aunt, Quanita, also failed her polygraph test? Well, she did. They're still looking for her but Cheatham is sitting his alleged murdering ass in jail but only on probation violation charges. No one has yet been charged with Mariha's murder.
So, all of this is disgusting and horrible but why are they here? Well, technically, Cheatham isn't a breeder (as far as I've been able to find) but let's take a look at Konesha. Although she and her four children were not living with her boy toy, she was living in a house with a man who, according to just about every family member quoted, just wasn't right. Now, I totally get that times can get hard. You should be able to lean on family to help you out but by all accounts she had more than one sister, why the hell did she subject her children to this man? What the hell was a 5-year-old child doing up at 3:30 in the morning and then sleeping on a floor while mommy dearest camped out on the couch? How was she missing for possibly 10 hours before her mother noticed? I have way too many questions to list but the bottom line is, this baby girl died at the hands of a boyfriend who should never have had access to her to begin with.
ATTN: Women of the world (men, too)
RE: Child Safety
RIP baby girl – you didn't deserve this.
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In Asylum (Channel 4), Rebecca Frayn's clever, poignant film for Cutting Edge, we met former patients and future residents. The residents did not seem to care much about the building's past, although one couple were worried enough to employ a feng shui consultant. I ought to say here that I am a feng shui sceptic. Almost every time it has become an issue in my life, I have managed to work out for myself that the toilet is a bad place for the kitchen table. But I do think that a building can give off bad vibes, in which case the feng shui consultant at Friern Barnet - or Princess Park Manor, as it has been cheerfully renamed - must have felt like the late Jeffrey Bernard's personal fitness trainer, or Jonathan Aitken's lawyer, or Will Carling's PR adviser, swimming strenuously yet forlornly against the tide.
Frayn found three former patients, two of whom hated the place with a vengeance. Think of your worst nightmare, multiply it a thousand times, and still it would not approach the hell that was Friern Barnet. Such was the verdict of Joe, an Irishman who in some ways was a good advertisement for a stint in a mental asylum, since he seemed twice as rational as everyone else in the film. He certainly had a firmer grip on reality than Merylyn, who has bought one of the flats and seems to believe that Princess Park Manor - which in due course will have a swimming pool, solarium and tennis courts - is only a hammock or two short of Shangri-La.
Merylyn finds London a difficult place to make friends, and she has a point. The comedian Arnold Brown, a Glaswegian emigre, tells a gag about the night he spotted smoke coming from his neighbour's flat. Having grown used to London ways, he thought it a little forward to knock on the door, so quietly slipped a note under it, saying, "Your flat is on fire".
Merylyn thinks that Princess Park Manor will be different, a kind of ritzy kibbutz where neighbourliness will thrive. She held a party for her fellow residents, at which she slightly too insistently said she hoped they would all become good friends, and occasionally go to the cinema together. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to slap her or hug her. Either way, she ought to be warned that Shangri-La is almost certainly not to be found quite so close to the North Circular Road.
Crouch End, two or three miles away from Friern Barnet, provides the setting for a new drama called Wonderful You (ITV). I have a particular interest in this, because I live in Crouch End, and part of me hopes that Wonderful You is not a hit, since I'd hate to become a tourist attraction again. I used to live close to the Abbey Road recording studios, and grew accustomed to waiting wearily in my car twice a day while a dozen giggling Japanese teenagers walked barefoot across the zebra crossing made famous by the Beatles.
Still, I think it's safe to say that there's no danger just yet of anyone setting up a Wonderful You location-spotting tour. It is amiable enough, but strains slightly self-consciously to bridge the gap between This Life and Friends. It is co-written by Richard Lumsden, who also plays Henry, a Bridget Jones with testicles, agonising about singledom and his forthcoming 30th birthday. Greg Wise - not only a rich woman's (Emma Thompson's) boyfriend in real life but also the poor woman's George Clooney - plays an accountant, uniting tax returns and sex appeal for the first time since Amanda Burton in Brookside, circa 1985.
Episode one was, as I say, amiable. Wonderful You could even become this year's Love Hurts. But it is a little too middle-class for its own good. A candlelit dinner party, at which three couples trilled the theme tune to Mr and Mrs and waxed nostalgic about the Derek Batey years, lacked only a paeon to the recipes of Nigella Lawson. The scene made me cringe. And not, I fervently hope, because I half-recognised myself. The Grimleys (ITV) taps even more shamelessly into a Seventies nostalgia market that is in danger of becoming saturated. Those of us who come from the Seventies are, of course, thrilled that Channel 4 has started repeating The Clangers, that a current Maltesers commercial recalls David "Grasshopper" Carradine in the 1973 series Kung Fu, and that Mr and Mrs itself is about to be revived with Julian Clary where Derek Batey used to be. But I sometimes wonder where it will all stop. Probably with the next generation of commissioning editors, whose idea of a nostalgia fix will be a Bros retrospective. Anyway, The Grimleys is set in Dudley near Birmingham in 1975. It is written by Jed Mercurio, who created Cardiac Arrest, of blessed memory. Its laughs come mainly from the thick West Midlands accents and the Seventies reference points, which include the Bay City Rollers and extravagant sideburns, not to mention Noddy Holder as a music teacher and Alvin Stardust as a barman.
These are fragile foundations on which to build a sitcom, but it works passably well. And I have to say that Brian Conley's mean PE teacher is eerily like the man who "taught" me PE in 1975. Mr Stichbury used to line us up against the wall of the gym and boot a football at us. The last one to be hit, generally in the abdomen or just below, was the winner. Hence the Pavlovian stab of pain I feel in my groin, every time I hear a song by Suzi Quatro or somebody mentions Tiswas.
Did somebody mention Tiswas? Scarily, it started in 1974, which apart from anything else means that Chris Tarrant has been part of our lives for 25 whole years. Not that 25 years of Chris Tarrant is a bad thing. In fact he presides rather brilliantly over Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (ITV), with just the right blend of engaged enthusiasm and wry amusement. As for the format, it is ingenious, not least because it appeals to both the Lowest Common Denominator, whoever he is, but also to viewers of discernment, who can reassure themselves that a quiz with questions such as, "What is the literal meaning of petit-four?" is not too lowbrow to admit watching.
Besides, after decades of quiz shows in which the most valuable prize was a top-loading washing machine, it is irresistible watching contestants winning and losing vast sums of money. On the other hand, there are more impressive ways of winning money than by answering Chris Tarrant's multiple choice questions. In To The Ends of the Earth (Channel 4), a poet called Robert Twigger discovered a $50,000 challenge established in 1910 by US President Theodore Roosevelt, who promised the money to the first person delivering a 30ft snake to the Bronx Zoo.
Gamely if not somewhat rashly, given his entirely reasonable fear of snakes, Twigger accepted the challenge, and an enjoyable if decidedly eccentric documentary followed him to Malaysia and then on to Indonesia, where big snakes abound. It was established fairly early on that there probably are no 30ft snakes, even in Indonesia, so what followed was a sub-Nick Broomfield exercise, doomed to failure. Nevertheless, it was surprisingly tense, particularly when Twigger and his entourage went wading through an inhospitable Suramese swamp. "They must be mad," I said to my wife, but that was before I heard stories about patients at Friern Barnet Hospital, and realised that madness is not really a condition to be taken in vain.
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Northstar Engines and System Technical Discussion Discussion, 1st Self Work on 1994 STS in Cadillac Engine Discussion; Just wanted to report my first "hands on" work on my STS since I bought it in November. I replaced ...
1st Self Work on 1994 STS
Just wanted to report my first "hands on" work on my STS since I bought it in November. I replaced the plugs and wires in about 1 hour. The plugs were the originals (I believe) with no oil or wetness which I was very happy about.
The plugs came out easy, no sign of anti-seize, so I went with bbob's advice and went back in with the new ones (AC 41-950's) with no anti-seize. The plug wires I bought were not ACs, but as a test, I bought Autozone's top of the line UltraWire, I believe, and amazingly enough I want to report that the ones I bought had "Delphi" printed on the boots just as the OEM's do. (I brought in the originals to compare).
I also found the cause of my exhaust fumes in the cabin at a stop problem - small crack in the blower housing. Solved temporarily with duct tape (I guess that is what it was named for no?).
Car started on first try - dives much smoother. I'll report on gas mileage differences after 92,000 miles later on.


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How this seven-month-old YouTube video has escaped the masses is beyond me, because it should have more views than "Gangnam Style" and everything Justin Bieber has ever done combined.
Meet 6-year-old Kazyuya Murata, dubbed Yo-Yo Baby at the 2013 Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships this past summer. Competing at the highest level (1A), he finished ninth against his older competitors -- including 24-year-old Hiroyuki Suzuki of Japan and teenagers Ahmad Kharisma Luhur of Indonesia and Christopher Chia of Singapore -- who have won every Asia Pacific title since its inception in 2003.
A quick search of #YoYoBaby revealed that Chia is one of Murata's biggest supporters.
And be sure to follow Murata on Instagram, because Yo-Yo Baby is the best baby.


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Britain's mobile operators were celebrating today as they paid just £2.34 billion for new, super-fast 4G mobile spectrum — far below the £3.5 billion that the Treasury and many City analysts expected.
The big three players — Vodafone, O2 and EE, which includes T-Mobile and Orange — paid the most and got the lion's share of the new airwaves in the auction, which was conducted amid tight security by regulator Ofcom.
But some analysts expressed surprise that both O2 and Three, the fourth-biggest operator, did not win quite as much spectrum as expected.
Instead, BT emerged as a niche player, picking up a small but significant amount of high-frequency airwaves, although it will be used to support corporate customers and not consumers.
The move could see BT try to muscle in on the lucrative business market. Vodafone dominates the corporate sector at present and paid the largest amount, £791 million, to protect its position.
The sell-off was never expected to raise as much as the £22.5 billion that the Treasury got in a previous auction of 3G airwaves in 2000, but today's result will still be a major disappointment to Chancellor George Osborne.
He had pencilled in a £3.5 billion windfall in his Autumn Statement and some analysts had reckoned that it could have hit £5 billion.
Ofcom conducted more than 50 rounds of bidding to auction off the different parcels of air-time to the five winning operators. Two other small bidders got nothing. The 4G licences last for 20 years.
The regulator arranged the sales process in a deliberate way to ensure there were at least four viable operators and to avoid prices rocketing out of control — partly so consumers were not landed with much higher bills.
Analysts at investment bank Espirito Santo suggested that O2's failure to land some high-frequency spectrum will mean the company has "less network capacity in urban areas relative to Vodafone in particular", but users are unlikely to notice a difference.
O2 said its spectrum allocation will still "ensure the widest and deepest possible reach for new services".
The new 4G services should be up and running within six months and will mean phone users will enjoy much higher speeds when they use the mobile internet on smartphones and tablets.
EE became the first carrier to launch a 4G service last autumn, using some of its existing spectrum, but analysts believe it has had only "modest" take-up so far.
Victor Basta, managing director of advisory firm Magister Advisors, claimed part of the reason mobile operators did not want to pay more is that they are struggling as revenue from voice calls and text messages falls.
"Mobile operators increasingly find themselves in a role that is about supporting end-users' social-networking habits, with little, if any, commercial benefit," he said.
"Social-networking has effectively turned mobile network operators into digital drug mules."
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I love Toy Story! If your kids want to have a Toy Story Birthday Party, you'll enjoy these great party ideas and free printables.
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First, you need to think about who to invite. These free printable Toy Story Party Invitations are perfect your party!
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Decorate with a fun Toy Story Pinata!
Get some decorating ideas from this adorable Vintage Toy party featured on Hostess with the Mostess.
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Now start planning your Toy Story Birthday Party Food! There are so many great party food ideas you could try. Here are some of my favorite finds.
Want to make your own Toy Story Cake? This is a simple, adorable idea by Beth Kruse!
I am in love Bakerella's Toy Story Cake Pops!! Aren't these the cutest?
I love these Green Alien Cupcakes and Jessie's Cowboy Hat treats as well.
Woody Cowboy Hat Cupcakes made with just a few ingredients like a Pringles Chip, Gumdrop and a Twizzler would be so cute!
Check out this easy to make Spaceship Pizza that Jamie from Mommas Fabulous Playground made!
Simple Toy Story Army Man Cupcakes! Pipe green icing for the grass add a toy soldier on top. Use this frosting tip -> for making grass.
Terri at Crafty Working Mommy made cute cupcakes for her daughter's party!
Toy Story Birthday Party Favor Ideas
This inspiration for Toy Story cookies by Laurie from Whimsy Cookie Co. would be fun for party favors.
Toy Story 3 alien party hats and Buzz party favor boxes are too cute!
This Toy Story 12 Pack of Pez is perfect for party favors!
Toy Story Free Printable Pencil Toppers make great party favors for kids!
Toy Story Party Games & Activities
Play a game of Pin the Tail on Bullseye! This free printable game of Woody's horse is super cute!
Make crafts with these Free Printables by Disney. I love the Squeeze Toy Aliens and Woody Marionette
Decorate and craft with this Free Printable Toy Story Fun Book and 3D Buzz Light Year.
For a fun Toy Story Birthday Party Cctivity, print some Toy Story 3 coloring pages at Cartoon Jr.
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People seem to think I've met Michael Gove because of a story in the papers recently, but it's completely made up. God love him, but I wouldn't recognise Michael Gove if I fell over him.
I did, however, meet Ed Balls on a past visit to London, but only for about 15 minutes. I was trying to get an understanding of education in the UK. He was very open, had a lot of energy and didn't appear to be too starstruck, although you can never really tell...
This time I am in the UK for my foundation on behalf of children and teachers, working to bring more joy, happiness and wellbeing into children's lives. It's the part of my life that is probably the most interesting right now because it's challenging, it's trailblazing in different ways and it's about getting messages out there that I think can be beneficial to society.
I've had long days because I'm also promoting my new book, 10 Mindful Minutes, since I arrived in London. As soon as I got off the plane it was straight into make-up for The Graham Norton Show. I had a very lively time with John Cusack and Marcus Brigstocke and I adore Graham, he's a darling. Sadly, though, it's not quite the social atmosphere you'd hope for because everybody's got their own agenda, so you just come in, do the show, have some laughs and then everybody's got somewhere to be.
I was also a guest on Woman's Hour and Jane Garvey mentioned that people might have an image of me waking up in California and breakfasting on an egg-white omelette and mung beans. I don't know about the mung beans, that was quite poetic, but I do normally start my day with a protein drink and a glass of warm lemon water and then I always intend – and sometimes succeed in – working out. I might do yoga; my favourite position is the downward dog. Quite often, though, I just like to dance on my own, jumping around and moving my body.
While I was at the BBC studios I also recorded Desert Island Discs. It's such a great idea. It really got me thinking about which music brings out the spirit in you. I learned a lot about myself when I looked back at the list I'd chosen, which was very diverse. There was some rousing, romantic Tchaikovsky and then there was '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' by the Rolling Stones and some Amy Winehouse from her Back to Black album. There are many different facets to a person's personality and there's a piece of music to suit each one.
When I'm in town I always make sure I go to Harvey Nichols. The other day I was running from the perfume department to the make-up department with a stop-off at the Fifth Floor restaurant. I also spent a night at the theatre watching the musical Singin' in the Rain, which was the perfect show to see after a day of interviews and talking about serious subjects. As soon as the curtain went up, I wanted to get up in the aisle and burst into song and dance. After I've seen a show like that I'm always aching to go back to dance class.
After all that, I needed to take a little brain break. If I have time, I spend 20 minutes in the morning meditating on my own, but when I'm busy I take mini brain breaks throughout the day. I spend a couple of minutes focusing, breathing and calming myself down when I'm self-aware enough to know that my brain is tired. The brain is a magnificent muscle but it gets tired and we can overwork it.
When it comes to helping children to be more mindful, I practise what I preach with my own four grandchildren. They call me Go-Go and my partner Kurt [Russell] Go-Gi. Before Go-Go it was Glam-Ma, which I liked but we've lost now. My kids are fantastic with their children; they have an amazing parental ethic and I'm very proud of them for that. When my daughter Kate married an English rock star [Matt Bellamy] it didn't worry me; all that matters is that the relationship is a good one. What people do is not necessarily who they are. Kate hasn't picked up too many English mannerisms, she's held on to her identity quite well.
When I get home to California I'm going to need some alone time but all I want to do is spend time with my kids. I'd sacrifice my 20 minutes' meditation in the morning to be with my kids any day. Right now, though, I'll have to make do with another mini brain break.
* 10 Mindful Minutes by Goldie Hawn is out now (thehawnfoundation.co.uk). Join The Fabergé Big Egg Hunt to be in with a chance of winning The Diamond Jubilee Egg, valued at more than £100,000 (thebigegghunt.co.uk)
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