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Whitehall mandarins are wasting three days a year simply waiting for their computers to boot up, a senior civil servant warned today.
Stephen Kelly, the Government's new chief operating officer, said parts of Government were still living in the "old world" with ageing technology.
Ministers today announced £10 billion of savings had been achieved in 2012/13 by slashing the number of civil servants and cutting Whitehall waste.
But Mr Kelly, the former chief executive of software firm MicroFocus, said the programme to modernise Whitehall was "in the foothills".
Setting out the problems with IT systems and contracts in Whitehall, he said: "I came into the office and I pressed my PC and it took me seven minutes to boot up.
"That's government in the old world, that's three days of the year I waste of my time booting up. I think the average cost of a desktop [computer] a year is about £6,000. You could go and buy 10 iPads a year.
"That's what government has been used to. We haven't been demanding enough, we haven't had the confidence to say, 'That's not good enough'. We are paying top dollar, with the best credit in the UK by far, and we should be getting the best service."
Mr Kelly revealed the scale of the changes coming to Whitehall as Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude revealed how companies had been hitting government with hugely inflated bills.
He highlighted the bill for a PC power cable which costs £8 wholesale, was being sold on Amazon for £20 but for which the Cabinet Office was charged £57 by a supplier.
Mr Maude said small companies were now offering to provide services at a fraction of the cost of traditional Whitehall suppliers.
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AFCI problem has me stumped
Ok, while I am no professional electrician... I am pretty comfortable with how home wiring works being an Electrical Engineer.
I just moved into a new house and apparently the current code is to have bedrooms on AFCI breakers, they fault when an arc is detected (which I assume means huge current spike) and trip to prevent fires.
The AFCI in my master bedroom keeps tripping and through a process of elimination I've narrowed it down to the lights in the hallway. Everytime the lights are on in the hallway the AFCI in my master bedroom and only my master bedroom trips.
They are definitely on different circuits... I can turn my master bedroom on/off and my hallway lights on/off independently of each-other at the breakout box and the expected results happen (one is on and the other is off).
I've tried replacing the AFCI breaker for the bedroom, that didn't work. I've gotten new switches thinking there was some arcing going on there, that didn't work. I've pulled the lights out and re-wired them, that didn't work.
At this point I am completely stumped, these aren't a huge current draw or anything.
Any suggestions?
I'm no electrician either, but here's a suggestion...when the receptacles were installed did you "back-stab" the connections? Notorious for loose connections.
Also, have you calculated the total amperage of all loads on the circuit to make sure it doesn't exceed the amp rating of the AFCI?
so, do the hall lights and the bedroom circuit in question share a neutral (multiwire branch circuit)?
are the breakers for the two circuits next to each other in the panel?
If the answers are no and yes, try relocating the breakers so they are not next to each other.
Since you have found the association of the hall lights being on to the bedroom breaker tripping, is there something in the bedroom being switched at that moment the breaker trips or is it random?
AFCI on same phase as arcing.
If you have an arcing circuit on the same phase as the afci breaker it may trip. This happened to me and so I can attest to the high sensitivity of these devices. You could swap the AFCI circuit breaker to the other phase in your panel that might solve it. I better solution though would be to check for problems in the 'hall light' circuit that is causing your problem.
When you say you "pulled the lights and rewired" were you talkign about the hall lights or the bedroom lights?
If the breakers were next to each other in the panel they would be on opposite phases and he would not have the AFCI tripping because of the arc in the hall circuit. I think he wants the breakers to be beside each other or at least on opposite phases.
I don't know what you mean by "back-stab," I've tested the rec's with a little tester and the tester says they are good.
There is no dependence on something being on in the bedroom, this happened when there wasn't even anything in the bedroom electrically.
If they share a neutral they're not on the same phase. If the two circuits share a neutral they have to be on different phases otherwise you can end up with 15 x 2 amps on the neutral if both circuits are at full capacity and the 14 gauge wire can't handle that. You need to a) find your arc in the hall light circuit OR b) run a dedicated neutral to one of the circuits OR C) remove the AFCI.
Also, if the breakers are next to each other in the panel they are on opposite phases. If, as you say, the two circuits have a common neutral then they must stay on opposite phases (best achieved by having them side by side in the panel). If you mess with that you're creating a fire hazard.
also make sure a ground and neutral are not touching each other.may not be touching now but a little vibration can cause them to touch.
You can NOT "share" a neutral on a MWBC with an arc-fault breaker. I doubt this is the problem here.
We had a similar problem where the lady would run the vacuum in the master bedroom, and it would trip out the AFCI breaker in the room across the hall!!
The vacuum would continue to operate, oblivious to what happened on the other circuit.
And, no, there were no interconnection or cross-circuits of any neutral wires on either of those circuits.
We replaced all the AFCI breakers in the panel, and the problem went away.
If that doesn't work, then I would ask the OP if there are any multi-gang boxes that share both circuits? Such as a 2-gang switch box that has both the hallway switch and one for the bedroom? There may be an interconnection in there ... somewhere ...
I am wondering if this AFCI breaker was added later and is on a MWBC. If this is the case I have seen tricks work sometimes, like taking the AFCI breaker out and putting a AFCI recepticle in at the first opening in the bedroom, and add a longer than normal pigtail wire on the neutral conductor. If this doesn't work I can only say that you would need to run a new homerun with a dedicated neutral to the bedroom to stop the tripping.
I agree with spark and arc; with respect to the AFCI being added after the circuits were designed. I think the only solution is rewiring to eliminate the shared neutral.
well, from what I understand, it wouldn't meet code
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Read the review of the HTC One M8
Quite fairly the HTC One V didn't receive half as much fanfare as the HTC One X and HTC One S when they were first announced. It has a lowly single core processor, a modest 3.7in screen, and only a 5MP camera. But if you prefer your phones a bit more cost effective and pocket-friendly, this is the phone you should be lusting after.
It all kicks off with a great design. Following directly on from its forbear, the HTC Legend (and prior to that the HTC Hero), the HTC One V sports an angled bottom section. This jutting jaw serves little obvious practical purpose and may not be to everyone's taste, but we rather like it as nice signature touch.
What really sets the design off though is the all aluminium body. Finished in a fetching anodised grey, it looks and feels great. The single piece wraps round the whole body aside from the screen and two small plastic panels on the back. These plastic sections are there to let the phone signals out and are finished in a nice soft-touch grey.
The bottom section does slide off as on the Hero and Legend but while you can access the SIM and add a microSD card, you can't remove the battery – a trend that's becoming common thoughout the smartphone world. The use of a full size (rather than micro) SIM is unlike the rest of the HTC One range, though, and may be a plus point for those looking to upgrade with the absolute minimum of effort. The microSD is also a welcome and surprising bonus. That said, it is also an essential feature as you only get 4GB of onboard storage. At least the slot will accommodate cards up to a whopping 32GB.
Getting back to the design, not only does the use of metal for the body give this phone a touch of class but so does the fit and finish. It feels solid and very well put together, and there's a real finesse to the whole thing. There are only two ever so slight things to note.
The first is the seam where the plastic cover for the bottom section meets the metal of the chassis. There's a gap that is just a gnats whisker wider than we'd like.
Similarly nitpicky is the screen which is actually raised about a millimetre or so above the surface of the chassis where it meets the jaw. This you notice as you slide your fingers from the jaw onto the screen. It's a very little thing but, it caught or attention. We suspect it may be a ruse to keep the perceived phone thickness lower by making the chassis slim and raising the screen out of it.
Features wise you've got a headphone jack and power button up top, 5MP camera with LED flash on the back, volume on the right edge and the microUSB charging socket on the left. Below the screen are the three responsive and easy to use touch sensitive buttons for navigating the device. All very simple and straighforward. Unlike on many larger phones the power button on this handset is easy to reach when using the phone one handed.
In fact one of the most loveable things about this handset is how it fits so snugly in the hand, its dimensions of 120.3 x 59.7 x 9.2 mm making one-handed use a cinch. In contrast something like the HTC One S is nearly 10mm taller and 5mm wider, and it really feels it. The only concern here is that the jutting jaw may make the bulge in your trouser pocket that bit more noticeable.
A final nice little touch is a slim LED strip that sits between the headphone jack and power button. This glows orange when charging and green when you've a notification.
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How can you accuse it of being sluggish when you haven't even used it?! Talk about condemning a phone before it's even out.
Another example of why I'm using this site less and less now as your standards have dropped. Review what you can see not what you can't.
>> even if it is a little sluggish.
He's not saying it's sluggish, and it's not a review.
The article title and fact it's been given a mark out of ten certainly imply a review...
The original article was a first look - a brief write up from a few moments spent with the device. This has now been replaced with a full review.
Hi Kingosticks, as mentioned above the original article was a first look - a brief write up from a few moments spent with the device. This has now been replaced with a full review - we retain our comments from those original pieces.
Thankfully, we'll soon be getting the facility to retain our first look pages as well as the review so there should be less confusion.
Hi Ed,
Small error spotted in the "Key Features" on Page 1: the screen is not AMOLED but LCD.
Thanks for the review: I'm still looking for a decent 3.x" smartphone, but between the Lumia 800 and its a poor choice of apps, the too expensive iPhone 4(S), and this One V and its suprisingly slow processor, I guess I'll have to wait some more...
Wouldn't the Galaxy W be better value??
Faster processor @ 1.4Ghz
Front facing camera
Same price sim free ~£225
Same battery size
I could live without ICS for a better spec phone
MY HTC ONE V has turned into a turtle. Took it back to the shop but they fiddled but didn't help. I have not filled it with heaps of stuff and keep the kept texts to a minimum, normally less than 10. Frustrating to use with some ok patches
My screen has a crack; the day after my car windscreen got one. Is it the hot weather here? Or is there a trend for this HTC One to suffer broken screens? It's my second time, and I shouldn't have to pay for this additional cost.
Another thing is its annoying disability to be able to spell 'am' I have added it to the dictionary and it won't take it in. (Other words too)...
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Further Actions Needed by U.S. Agencies to Secure Vulnerable Nuclear and Radiological Materials
GAO-12-512T: Published: Mar 14, 2012. Publicly Released: Mar 14, 2012.
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The Presidents 4-year initiative is a worthwhile effort designed to accelerate U.S. and international efforts to secure nuclear material worldwide. However, as GAO reported in December 2010, the governmentwide strategy approved by the National Security Council (NSC) for the initiative lacked specific details regarding how the initiative will be implemented. As a result, key details associated with the initiative are unclear, including its overall estimated cost, time frame for completion of work, and scope of planned work. In its 2010 report, GAO recommended, among other things, that NSC lead the interagency development of a more detailed implementation plan for the Presidents 4-year initiative. NSC did not comment on GAOs recommendations.
The United States also faces challenges accounting for and evaluating the security of U.S. nuclear material overseas. As GAO reported in September 2011, federal agencies are not able to fully account for U.S. nuclear material overseas that is subject to nuclear cooperation agreements. GAO also found that the agreements do not contain specific access rights that enable agencies to monitor and evaluate the physical security of U.S. nuclear material overseas. GAO found that the agencies responsible for reviewing foreign partners security are not doing so systematically. GAO suggested that Congress consider directing DOE and NRC to fully account for U.S. weapon-usable nuclear materials overseas and consider amending the Atomic Energy Act to require access rights allowing the United States to verify adequate protection of U.S. nuclear materials if future agreements cannot be negotiated to include such rights.
GAO also reported in December 2011 on the challenges in coordinating U.S. governmentwide nonproliferation efforts. Specifically, GAO identified potential fragmentation and overlap among some U.S. programs that played a role in preventing and detecting the smuggling of nuclear materials overseas. GAO also found that no single federal agency had the lead responsibility to direct these efforts. GAO recommended, among other things, that NSC review U.S. programs working to prevent nuclear smuggling overseas to reduce fragmentation and potential overlap. NSC declined to comment on the recommendations.
In addition to nuclear materials, the Summit plans to address the security of radiological sourcesmaterial that could be used to make a dirty bomb. Based on preliminary results from ongoing work on federal efforts to secure radiological sources in U.S. hospitals and medical facilities, GAO found that NRCs security controls for hospitals and medical facilities do not prescribe the specific steps that must be taken to protect their radiological sources. GAO also found that medical facilities have implemented the controls in various ways. This has created a mix of security measures at the locations GAO visited that could leave some facilities more vulnerable than others. DOEs National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has established a voluntary program to upgrade the security of domestic facilities that have radiological sources. NNSA has made progress in securing domestic radiological sources, but some facilities have declined NNSAs assistance, including hospitals located in high-risk urban areas.
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In 2009, President Obama announced an international initiative to secure all vulnerable nuclear material worldwide within 4 years. Leaders of 47 nations endorsed this effort at the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit and will meet again in March 2012 to evaluate their work and set new goals for nuclear security. The United States has been a leader in promoting nuclear nonproliferation efforts worldwide. GAO has issued numerous reports on U.S. nonproliferation programs administered by several agencies, including the departments of Energy (DOE), State, and Defense (DOD); and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). This testimony, which is based primarily on previously issued reports, discusses (1) the U.S. strategy to secure all vulnerable nuclear material within 4 years, (2) U.S. agencies ability to track and evaluate the security of U.S. nuclear materials transferred to foreign countries, (3) challenges coordinating federal nuclear nonproliferation efforts, and (4) preliminary observations regarding GAOs ongoing work on federal efforts to secure radiological sources in U.S. hospitals and medical facilities. To conduct its ongoing work, GAO visited 25 hospitals and medical facilities in 7 states and the District of Columbia.
GAO is making no new recommendations, but continues to believe that implementation of the recommendations made in its recent reports complements and supports the administrations goal of securing vulnerable nuclear material in a timely fashion.
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Conflict Minerals:Insights from Company Disclosures and Agency ActionsGAO-17-544T: Published: Apr 5, 2017. Publicly Released: Apr 5, 2017.
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Building Partner Capacity:Inventory of Department of Defense Security Cooperation and Department of State Security Assistance EffortsGAO-17-255R: Published: Mar 24, 2017. Publicly Released: Mar 24, 2017.
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Department of State:Foreign Language Proficiency Has Improved, but Efforts to Reduce Gaps Need EvaluationGAO-17-318: Published: Mar 22, 2017. Publicly Released: Mar 22, 2017.
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Thank You very much. Segen.
I'm actually against submitting one design to both categories. It's unfair towards other designers and buyers. Removing the .psd after submitting to site templates should be compulsory
Hey Segan I don't think it's required to do so. For the most part I think it should be but that is only because of the price points that Themeforest has decided on.
I was actually wondering what would happen if you deleted your file? Will the buyer be able to download the file again? or will it be gone?
No they can't download it after you delete it. So by doing so you are creating difficulties for those who bought the PSD .
Hey Segan I don't think it's required to do so. For the most part I think it should be but that is only because of the price points that Themeforest has decided on.
It's not forbidden to have both but it's advised to remove the PSD after You have submitted the HTML and we all know what happens when both files are kept. Lately in the recent items tab on homepage I see a lot of duplicated items just different categories and also the prices are another discussion.
I definitely agree that the PSD should be removed once a coded version is added to the Site Templates section.
This was brought up in another post a little while back and Jeffrey commented saying its not mandatory they remove the PSD but it's appreciated if they choose to. I really think it should be mandatory, before the coded template is approved the PSD should be removed.
This was one issue that I was worried about when we first launched the new category. We're taking notes.
My opinion is that it should be mandatory to remove the psd if a template is available. They should just include the psd with the template so if someone really wants to code it themselves, they still can.
Until management makes it mandatory I don't blame those for doing it. Currently they are just asking for us to do what seems right. The problem with this scenario is that most are going to do so (I recently did) but then you have others who want to bank of the double exposure. For now, those who do what seems to be the right thing are going to be screwed by those who are not. In my opinion you can not ask people to do this knowing others are taking advantage of the system.


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Ali Michael, Ph.D., is the Director of K-12 Consulting and Professional Development at the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the Director of the Race Institute for K-12 Educators. She is the author of Raising Race Questions: Whiteness, Inquiry and Education (2015, Teachers College Press): a book designed to support teachers in the long term and personal process of understanding the role that race plays in their lives and in their classrooms. She is also co-editor of Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice: 15 Stories (2015, Stylus Press). She and her partner, Michael, live in Philadelphia and consider questions of race and education on a daily basis in the raising of their two children.
Ali believes that the skills required for racial competence can be learned and practiced.
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I have a lot better results with Winchester and Remington. Good luck.
I just purchased a Mossberg 702 Plinkster for my son. He is 8 yrs old and might be getting interested in rifles. After I bought it home I took it apart and cleaned and lubed it. When we went out to test fire/breaking in the first 4-5 mag loads worked fine. But after that it started to jam, FTF ALOT. I noticed ALOT of dirt/grudge there where even very small chunks of copper... not brass copper, from the fired ammo (it was Wal mart Federal Ammo 550 value pack). I'm 99.9 % sure it was the ammo or over lubed it, causing me the grief or one of the mags, it was really really dirty, way dirtier that either one of my .45's shooting twice as much. Is there a ammo brand that anyone would reccomend me try that works best with the 702. I do know .22 can be picky eaters, this is my first .22 Any thing that you would recommend? and how much lube do you use on this rifle, and what is considered a reasonable break in? I'm not really interested in ".... you should have bought this or that for this much more money..." I don't want to invest alot right now just incase he looses interest. On the side note to rifle was very accurate.
I have a lot better results with Winchester and Remington. Good luck.
Finally made it to the range today with my son. The very first mag gave my FTF,stove pipes. And then after that it all cleared up. My son did some .... ok alot of rapid fire with now jams or problems. Alot less grude in too. So far I have about 400 rounds down the pipe.
I forgot how old my first son was, I think around 5 or 6. I bought a 10/22 and a bullpug so he could hold it. The look in his eyes I'll never forget. He then wanted to shoot my glock 17. He loved it and I had to grap it from him because he went into full auto mode.
I wonder how many sons have been introduced to shooting with a 10/22? There must be millions of them out there. I know my dad had one way back when.
We use to shoot my uncle's 100yd metal gong with it. One of the happiest days of my young life was attaching a scope I got for my birthday to the top and plinking away. Just like Dad's 30-06... sort of...
The "gong" was a railroad spike plate, about 8X10??? You had to adjust for wind... lol
So far he shot my brother -in-laws Steyr .9mm, which he liked and my wifes S&W 642 airlight I got a little ouch from that one and yesterday he shot my brother-laws AK from the bench.
I learned on a old single shot .22 winchester that my granddad cut down the stock for kids to learn on. All my kids got to learn on that same rifle. I had to clean fence row for a day to earn $1.00, box of bullets bag of candy and a coke. Great memories. I hope that my kids will have great memories from thier learning to shoot.
SAS MAYHEM damn well looks like that rifle is giving you problems but i think your son is going to remember that you taught him to fire and shoot and bought him his first rifle cause even until today i still remember that my father never taught me to shoot and never bought me a rifle or any thing and i always wanted for my father to teach me how to shoot but my cousin taught me how to handle a handgun and well till today i love gun more than ever and just bought my first rifle about one and a half week ago so i think whether it jams or not hes goin to remember that you taught him to shoot even if it jamed but try some winchester ammo maybe youll get better results
I am pleased to hear you purchased your Son a 22. I bought my Grandson a Marlin bolt action 22 at age 8. He was too short for it of course so I cut the stock and re-fit the butt plate. I also contacted Marlin and purchased a new full size stock so that it could be restored when he got bigger. The stock was not very expensive and was still readily available. Cutting the stock made it much easier for him to properly hold and operate the gun. It wasn't many years till we had to put the full size on. He has had full use of it rather than putting it in the safe because it is too short or not wanting to use it because it was too long. He is now 18 yrs. 220 Lb. and 6' 3 tall and definitely needs the full stock. If you haven't yet you might consider purchasing a spare stock and shortening the original for your Son's 22. It can then be used for a lifetime and re-used when your Grandson turns 8.
Thanks for bringing one more into the world of firearms.
The 702 has'nt given us any problems as of lately. I got him 2 mags, soft gun bag, scope and a 110 ATV (and all the saftety equipment) for X-mas. And my wife got him "cute" clothes and stuff. LOL


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The probate court handles wills and estates, marriages, guardianships and adoptions. When I contacted the court, I was told the staff doesn't fulfill research requests, but I was welcome to go in person to look for the record.
So my chance is coming up with the Ohio Genealogical Society conference April 12-14 in Cleveland! I'm super-excited—it's been awhile since I've done hands-on research.
I figure while I'm there, I also can look up some other records: a great-uncle's marriage that's just a hair too recent to be on Family History Library microfilm, as well as some relatives' probate files.
I looked up the courthouse website and called to verify research hours and find out about any special requirements.
I also searched for case file numbers in the probate court online Case Records Search System an index that provides information including names of parties, dates and case numbers. (Not all courts have this type of index, but a web search on the county and court should find one if it does exist.) That should make most of my searching relatively easy, knock on wood.
But the index doesn't go as far back as 1924, when the commitment hearing would've happened, so I'm crossing my fingers hard that a hearing took place. I'll keep you updated on how it goes.
Use the directory at NPS.gov to find a park.
This weekend workshop is full of video classes, live chats and virtual exhibits where you'll learn strategies and resources to boost your research. Because it's web-based, you can participate from anywhere, at any time during the weekend.
Get details on the conference program here.
The conference takes place 9 a.m. Friday, March 9, to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, March 11, 2012. You get a three-day, all-access pass to watch 15 prerecorded video classes and participate in live chats.
Expert instructors include Lisa Louise Cooke, Thomas MacEntee, Diana Crisman Smith, Nancy Hendrickson, Lisa A. Alzo and others.
Register now for the Spring 2012 Virtual Conference and get the early bird rate of $149.99 for entire conference—use promo code FTUVCEARLY when checking out.
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HistoryGeo works for PC and Mac users and web browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome. Learn more about the service with these how-to videos.
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New content coming in 2012 includes:
New features to watch for on the site include:
Actors Martin Sheen, Marisa Tomei, Blair Underwood, Rob Lowe, Helen Hunt, Rashida Jones, Jason Sudeikis, Rita Wilson and Edie Falco; musician Reba McEntire; former NFL running back Jerome Bettis; and TV chef Paula Deen will be featured this season.
The premiere is Friday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m. on NBC.
You can see the full press release on the GeneaBloggers blog.
In general, updates include automatic research in historical records and new features for viewing and sharing family information:
The new Family Tree Builder 6.0 is available for Windows in 37 languages. Download it for free from MyHeritage.com.
Gates will delve into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans including Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and Rick Warren. The show's website is here, though is hasn't yet been fleshed out with any content.
Finally, the site has introduced Mocavo Plus, an advanced version the site's developer says will get you more-relevant matches with features such as wild card searching, date-range searching, GeoSearching (in the US) and more. Subscriptions cost $9.95 per month or $79.95 (a sale price) per year.


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Dos Santos, Velasquez on collision course
Story by Anthony Springer Jr.
At the inaugural UFC on Fox event, the then UFC heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez and challenger Junior dos Santos (15-1) had the most watched heavyweight title bout in the company's history.
Though it lasted just 64 seconds, it stamped the UFC—and its heavyweight division—as something to keep an eye on. At the event's post fight press conference, Dana White lamented that the division's heavyweight division was the strongest that it'd ever been.
And now things come full circle.
UFC 146, the first all-heavyweight main card was an impressive show of fireworks. And main and co-main event performances from champion Junior dos Santos and new number one contender Cain Velasquez (10-1) set up a perfect storm for the top-tier heavies to slug it out again.
"I like it," White said when asked about a rematch between dos Santos and Velasquez.
After watching Velasquez put on a dominant performance against Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva, several at the press conference were not willing to accept White simply "liking" the fight. Had it been up to a few, the bout would've been signed on the spot. Further questioning promoted White to say that Velasquez "deserved" the title shot.
It wasn't just that Velasquez won, it was the way in which he did it. Silva was taken down just seconds after the opening bell. What followed was a ballet of violence never seen before from Velasquez and eerily reminiscent to the aftermath of several BJ Penn fights.
A short elbow sliced Silva's face open. Saying that Silva looked like an extra in a slasher flick might be the understatement of the year. After the 3:36 beat down commenced, UFC crew members literally wiped pools of blood up from the Octagon canvas.
Truly a sight to see.
Dos Santos on the other hand used Frank Mir as target practice. He weaved in and out, slamming the Las Vegan with one and two punch combinations en route to scoring a second round TKO finish.
Snaring the title from dos Santos will be no easy task. His toughest fight in the UFC to date was a decision victory over Roy Nelson. However, Velasquez subtly through down the gauntlet at UFC 146's post fight press conference that he wants the title back.
"The only reason I got into this sport was to be the champion," he said in his usually calm tone. "I don't feel right without it."
And while dos Santos will be looking for lightening to strike twice in his next meeting with Velasquez, the able Cain is already forming a new game plan.
"He has those fast, heavy hands and that good footwork. I would have to take the fight to him."
Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II is far from signed…but here's hoping it'll end up where it started—on another UFC on Fox card.
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The casual fashion brand Uniqlo plans to open its first Midwest location on the Magnificent Mile in the fall of 2015.
The 60,000-square-foot flagship store will be across the Water Tower Place, in the former Filene's Basement space, and sandwiched between Topshop and H&M. Located at 830 N. Michigan Ave., this will be the Japanese brand's second largest U.S. store, behind their Fifth Avenue flagship in New York City.
Uniqlo's casual style is matched by casual prices with men's jeans hovering around $50, men's sweaters at $40, polo shirts for $22, and women's dresses ranging between $30-70.
The brand also has a golf apparel line with PGA golfer Adam Scott, a tennis apparel line with the recent Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic, and a series of t-shirts designed in partnership with Pharrell. Sadly, large hats are not available.
The brand also offers a unique ultra-lightweight line of Heattech jackets, leggings, and accessories designed for the fall and winter months.
The clothing has a young look and style compared some of the more traditional Michigan Ave. shops and the neighboring Gold Coast boutiques, but we're predicting it will be wildly popular.


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I love wood and when I saw these brads I knew I had to have them. Make a great card or scrapbooking page for my grandsons. Can use them with just about any color paper and even looks good with prints. My eyes are going so it's hard to make out what the images on the brads are. If you like wood like me buy these quick.
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Standing next to boxes of drywall compound one recent afternoon, chef Michael Steh pointed to the many cranes and construction sites surrounding the space that will soon become The Chase, his new seafood restaurant in Toronto's financial district. "That's going to be a new building," he said, pointing to a site right next to the restaurant. "That's tens of thousands of new customers."
Despite no shortage in demand, the city's downtown core has not traditionally been seen as a place for really great food. But, with the dozens of new condo and office buildings that have sprouted up recently, the downtown restaurant scene is changing quickly. With a number of high-profile openings this summer – most notably, the Drake One Fifty (from the owners of the Drake Hotel) – and newer additions like the Gabardine, the Momofuku restaurants and Richmond Station already earning rave reviews, the downtown core is poised for a culinary renaissance. And restaurateurs setting up shop there are attempting what many of their predecessors have so far failed to do: to keep the financial district as lively at night as it is during the day.
On a recent afternoon, Chris Sampson, 44, and Mark D'Souza, 37, listed off their go-to spots in the area for business lunches: "Ki, Reds, Canoe, and Vertical," Mr. Sampson said. But outside of these "corporate expense account restaurants," Mr. D'Souza, who works at RBC, said, he usually finds himself eating in one of the many underground food courts. "In terms of a culinary destinations or really good food," he said, "I venture out of this area."
Part of the reason the culinary scene in the financial district has been stagnant for so long is because of the clientele – the Bay Street crowd – and their very specific needs. Mr. D'Souza said that when he chooses a restaurant for a business meal, he does so with criteria that often have less to do with culinary ambition and more with ambiance and sound levels. But, with condo buildings full of new customers sprouting up, the variety of restaurants – just like the area demographic – is quickly changing.
Looking up at the gleaming TD buildings or the brand-new Trump Tower, it's hard to see the financial district as an "emerging neighbourhood," yet that's exactly how Drake founder Jeff Stober describes it when it comes to food and entertainment. At the end of August, Mr. Stober will open the Drake One Fifty, the company's first standalone restaurant, in a refurbished bank building at York and Adelaide.
"The urban core is usually the most prized piece of real estate," he said of Toronto's financial district. "But at night, the nightlife of Toronto has always taken place on the periphery."
Like many cities, he said, until recently, a lack of housing has contributed to the trend of workers abandoning downtown at the end of the day for the suburbs. He added that strict municipal guidelines, as well as high rents and giant spaces (which means typically only chain restaurants or established restaurateurs can afford to set up there), are other factors that led to downtown being a "bit of a forgotten moment" for restaurants.
Mr. Stober, whose original Drake Hotel is often pointed to as the driver of gentrification along West Queen West, says he can see a similar "reimagining" happening in the core. "You come to conclude that every square inch has a purpose and a meaning, and a reason for being there," he said of the city. "When you look at all the neighbourhoods – who would've thought, five years ago, Dundas West? Who would've thought Roncesvalles? Who would've thought the Junction?"
Executive chef Ted Corrado (formerly of C5 at the ROM), said that while the menu at the original Drake is "fun, dynamic and interactive," the new downtown location will still be approachable, but "a touch more sophisticated." He called the restaurant's menu a "take on Canadian brasserie tavern," and added that the service will have "a subtle finesse that you'd experience at the top restaurants in the city."
But while the Drake may be working on a more grown-up approach, some existing downtown restaurants are doing just the opposite. In a nod to the area's changing demographic, Reds Bistro on Adelaide Street West recently underwent a complete renovation, re-opening as "Reds Wine Tavern," with a more casual space and menu. The same thing happened a block south on Richmond Street, at LA's Italian + Bar – previously known as Little Anthony's.
Even the chain restaurants are skewing younger. Cactus Club, a western chain known for lounge-like atmospheres, is scheduled to open on King Street later this year.
Aside from the new condos, chefs also point to other factors driving new restaurants into the area: a steady lunch crowd, and a food scene emerging all over the city that's changing even the once-stodgy Bay St. palate.
Carl Heinrich, chef-owner of Richmond Station, was deciding on where to spend his $100,000 prize from Top Chef Canada, he thought he'd end up somewhere in the west end. But as he did the math, he realized being in the financial district made better financial sense. "It's really nice and comforting to have a restaurant, especially when you're paying higher rents in the downtown core, to be able to open for more than one service." He tailors his menu to include lighter, healthier options for the many regulars he gets who come in several times a week, he said.
And for Graham Pratt at The Gabardine, while being in the downtown core, with its heavy traffic and narrow alleyways, can have its challenges ("Delivery, maintenance – we don't even really have a loading area for our stuff," he said) – he said that a greater interest in food in general – and in different types of food – has spread to the financial district. "Everyone associates the financial district with red wine and steaks," he said. "We tried to do the rib eyes and stuff, but we couldn't sell them," he said. Instead, people – especially the families and young couples now living in the nearby condos – ask for burgers and mac and cheese.
"Someone who doesn't have the expense account has options now," said Chef Corrado over at the Drake. "There used to be this huge gap downtown – really high and really low," he said. That gap has narrowed now, he said, in part to satisfy foodies. "They watch something on the Food Network, and now they can go out and experience it themselves."
And while Mr. Steh – whose 15 years of cooking has seen him working in some of the most established kitchens in the downtown core – welcomes the addition of new, more casual restaurants to the mix, he said his own style and own restaurant will remain "elegant, refined," designed to cater to the "top of the pecking order" off Bay Street.
As for Mr. Stober, he said he's excited to "bring the Queen West brand downtown." Dressed in a cardigan, a yellow t-shirt and plastic-framed glasses, Mr. Stober fit in perfectly with the youthful, laid-back artsy crowd around him one recent afternoon on the Drake's Queen St. patio. But how the Drake and its quirky brand will fit in amongst a more conservative Bay Street audience is another question. "I think the days of homogenously stereotyping people as if they only have one set of interests has given way to a myriad of interests," he said. "That's what being human is all about."
Toronto's financial district follows in the footsteps of New York, or L.A., where food culture has similarly flourished on the fringes, as opposed to inside of the central business district. But changes are happening in those cities, too – just last year for example, famed restaurateur Danny Meyer opened two restaurants in Battery Park City in New York's financial district. Mr. Stober hopes to see Toronto's financial district "blossom" in the same ways he's seen it happen in those other cities.
"We're always looking for the next big thing. Sometimes it's right before our very eyes," he said of the potential for the downtown core. "You don't have to go to the fringes all the time," he said. "And then when you see the magic that's right in front of you, you think 'why hadn't we thought of this until now?'"Report Typo/Error
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The countdown is on for the release of Mr. Peabody & Sherman in theaters everywhere on March 7!
Leading up to the movie, we've got two fun Mr. Peabody and Sherman giveaways to share! We've got two Mr. Peabody IQ kits to give away. The kit is designed to be a fun way of testing the genius of your best friend. It includes everything you'll need to do tests along with some Mr. Peabody rewards for your Einstein and for you!
For all of us who remember the original cartoon series to younger generations just being introduced to Mr. Peabody and Sherman, the movie promises to be a lot of fun. You'll recognize several celebrity voices in the movie as well: Ariel Winter (voice of Penny), Max Charles (voice of Sherman), and Ty Burrell of "Modern Family" (Mr. Peabody).
Stay tuned for the second fun giveaway tomorrow!
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Two of the best Solid Edge sessions I attended at SEU12 were done by Art Patrick, who heads up the assemblies product definition area. I spent a good chunk of time talking to Art on Monday night at the reception. He's a great guy, very funny, and very knowledgeable about many areas of Solid Edge. If you want to talk to someone intimately familiar with several areas of the software, Art would be a great choice. Also if you want to get some functionality added to Solid Edge assemblies, Art would be the main guy. He seemed to have a great grasp of the software from the perspective of an actual end user – it's not just theory to him. I'm convinced he has an accurate sense of what users need to do with the software.
There is some value knowing who is behind various functions in the software, and talking to these people helps give you a sense of how much work and consideration go into the various steps. From Dan Staples conceptual work, to guys like Art working out the details for functions and interface, the development team coding the various aspects to bring them to life, and the testing to make sure it's something worth shipping to customers.
Art is the kind of guy who likes to build cool new assembly models for his presentations. He had a few to show that were pretty impressive. There was a running man, a roller coaster, and a very cool cam and slot mechanism. All of these would have pressed SolidWorks probably beyond its limits. I didn't get screen captures of these assemblies.
Assemblies are an area of Solid Edge I haven't started working with in a lot of detail to this point. All of Art's presentations were done using the ST5 software. I don't have the new software yet (best guesses point to end of July at this point), so I can't reproduce his cool results. I was very impressed with the functionality in Solid Edge ST5 assemblies. The first thing to mention is that SE has added mirror assembly tools that are at least on par with SW. But the Connect function goes beyond SW's capabilities with the ability to mate a sphere or a cone to the edge of a hole. In SW this takes a sketch, a plane and some ingenuity. Connect looks like a little bit of a big deal, since it will greatly simplify the need for unintuitive workarounds for mating together faces that in the past just haven't gone together.
And then there are the new Slot tools, which SW has to some extent with both Slot and the bi-directional offset, but Solid Edge has special mate capabilities attached to slot features as well as counterbored slots, and raised counterbores (slot with a lip).
Visualization tools in Solid Edge are also at least equivalent to those in SW. Hiding parts, showing parts, an Isolate equivalent, scroll and zoom options are all there.
Another bit of functionality that was pretty advanced is the ability to replace and copy parts. This goes well beyond what SW can do, even with Pack And Go. Replacing an instance (occurrence) of a part with a copy of the part was one such tool that I recall. It also has all the ability to create subassemblies in place, dissolve (disperse) subassemblies, and use virtual components.
Beyond just the presentations and the new functionality, I learned a lot just from watching how expert users use the interface. This was kind of amazing to me. If you watch SolidWorks users use the interface, there are several ways to use the tools, but most of them involve (for a wide set of tools apart from just using the most common handful of functions) a fair amount of clicking menus, toolbars and the FeatureManager. Watching Art use the interface, he rarely accessed the toolbars. Even more rarely did he have to mess around with the Pathfinder (FeatureManager). I think this is because the interface is cleaner, and is just more in line with what you need to do at any given time. Art is not a demo jock, but in his hands the software flows very nicely.
If you make it to SEU13 or if Art shows up at a regional meeting near you, you would do well to go check out what he has to say. And take some of your assembly questions.
Here are a couple of the videos Art created. I haven't put them on Youtube because they aren't mine. Click on the images to download the video.


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Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. CNL Opportunities
Exceptional Clinical Nurse Leader, Registered Nurse (RN)
Opportunity in FL, TX, and KS
Join the nation's leading provider of senior-related services, Brookdale Senior Living, Inc., as part of an innovative, award-winning initiative that will transform patient care and make real differences in lives of others. The position offers a competitive salary, day one benefits, and a bonus plan!
About Brookdale Senior Living
As the nation's largest owner and operator of senior living communities throughout the United States and as a leading national provider of senior-related services, Brookdale provides active retirement living and care services for thousands of seniors and their families. Their assisted living facilities, independent living communities, and continuing care retirement communities offer trained and dedicated staff. Their commitment is to help you or your loved one achieve and maintain long-term health and wellness.
Job Summary
The Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) role focuses on quality improvement, patient safety, lateral integration of care, risk assessment of patient populations, care coordination, implementation of evidence-based practice, and inter-professional communication. The CNL has specialized knowledge in evaluating outcomes of care, identifying risks for populations, and implementation of quality improvement initiatives. In day- to-day practice, the CNL develops staff knowledge and practices that impact care coordination and transitions of care.
Ideal Candidate
- Preferred but not required: 2 years nursing experience with experience in the Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing area
- Master's degree or post-master's certificate from a Clinical Nurse Leader program
- CNL certification from the Commission on Nurse Certification
- Proficient with basic computer programs
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state in which they reside
- Meets all other Brookdale hiring requirements
Essential Functions
- Coordinate implementation of INTERACT program at multiple long term care communities within the assigned region
- Review processes for transitioning patients within or between healthcare facilities, including acute care to post-acute care, post-acute care to acute care, one post-acute setting to another, and post-acute care to home.
- Work with community care team(s) to identify gaps and areas for improvement; implement and evaluate changes made in these transition processes, with particular attention to communications, documentation, assessments, data collection, and care processes.
- Serve as a liaison between post-acute care settings, acute care facilities, home health settings, and other care providers for Brookdale residents.
- Collect and evaluate data on specific outcomes for the facilities in the identified region.
- Identify disease specific risks for resident groups and work to minimize or eliminate these risks, e.g. diabetic patients, congestive heart failure patients, non-ambulatory patients, recent transfers.
- Work with team members, including nurses, caregivers, physicians, and other disciplines to develop and trend performance improvement indicators based on national standards and best practices.
- Assist community in the collection of data for their quality scorecard, interprets outcome results, and identifies improvement opportunities.
- Plan, implement, and evaluate quality improvement initiatives that address areas identified for improvement


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My second season and I'm back!! Question on toeside turns
Hey guys, I'm back for 2nd season, first of all, I was scared to death that I wont remember a thing from snowboarding, but Vicky (another forum member here) reassure me that I will. went last week for the first time this season and I was back to normal after one run.
I still hate getting off lift.
So, some of the issues I had from last seasons till remained , and I'm determined to get them fixed,
1. I noticed that when I'm in my toe side, turning to heel side, it goes really fast, and before I know it, I'm already on the other side of the slope and have to turn back to toeside or else I'll hit the trees on the side. I ended up skidding my turns alot and have to side slip to slow down in order to be confident enough to initiate another toeside turn.
This does not happening the heel to toeside turn, everything's pretty smooth. It's almost like my turn from toe to heel is too quick and my turn is overshoot upon completion,
Now this is all on gentler terrains
On steeper terrains, my issue is
2. I freak out to imitate the toe side turn. I know I'm on the back seat, but I cannot for the life of me to lean down the slope because I'm afraid of gaining speed. What can I do to overcome this fear? Sometimes when I do have the courage to do so,I out weight on my front leg while keeping my rear leg heel edge dig in, the boards starts turning and it turns beautifully, but that's when I'm possessed and not freaked out.
What can I do to gain more confidence?
wear protection.
My take is that you are afraid to fall and get hurt. eliminate that and you will be more confident.
2. One way to slow it down is to go completely perpendicular to the fall line (across the hill). That way when you finish your turn, you aren't picking up anymore speed because you are not going downhill (this give you a little breather before doing your next turn). Here is video of my wife doing big S-turns down a decently steep slope (this was early in her third season of snowboarding). You can see because she starts and ends her turn coming across the fall line - she really isn't pick up a lot of speed despite the steeper pitch of the slope. When doing this... it is IMPORTANT to LOOK UPHILL with your peripheral vision... because some people might not be paying attention and plow into you. You can see my wife keeps her head pointing in the direction she is travelling (not always pointing downhill) so she can see uphill out of the corner of her eye.
To slow it down ever more you can do garlands. Check out the video below
If you feel in control of your speed, you will feel much more confidant. Hope that helps.
I'm pretty sure I'm rushing those turns when I am going at speed, because if I take myself very close to perpendicular on my toe side prior to initiating turns, they go a lot smoother as I take it slowly and shift weight correctly. Hopefully I learn to deal with turning with a little bit of speed soon.
Yeah, not sure why I have no fea turnng from toe to heel side on steeper terrain, but I freak out when I have to turn from heel to toe.
Honestly, the best thing you can possibly do at this point is get a lesson. Once you nail toe side turns and linking turns, that's when you can start progressing by leaps and bounds.
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The Third Glorious Mystery: The Descent of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit comes upon the Apostles, who are gathered with Mary.
We pray that priests may be open to the graces of the Holy Spirit to strengthen them for the task of bringing souls to God and God to souls. We pray that they may be on fire to convert the most hardened sinners and bring God's love to the whole world.
We pray for any CAF members who are thinking of becoming priests or consecrated brothers or sisters
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name! Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen!
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V8 Miss-behaving....
Hi Jeepers,
I 'm from Johannesburg, South Africa and I own a 2001 Grand Cherokee 4.7lt V8 Limited
This morning I hitched a trailer from work to the Jeep and 800m's down the road she starts to missfire and die. I manage to restart her, and she sounds like she runs on 4 cylinders.
Do the code read after engine light comes on, shows P300-P302 which according to decoder is missfire in cylinder 1-3.
I checked all fuses and found that the lighter socket is blown, now I'm suspecting a wrongly wired trailer might have caused a short in the harness... Any ideas??
This time of year everyone is closed so I'll be DIY'ing...
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Did you clear the code after the trailer was unhooked? Also pull the plugs to check how they look. You can try having someone keep the rpm's at 2K and un-plug each coil pack one by one. If the motor runs worse, its a good plug/coil. If it stays running the same its a bad coil/plug.
Re: V8 Miss-behaving....
P0300 is a multiple cylinder misfire code. P0302 is for cylinder 2. Eventhough several things can cause a misfire, many times its caused by a slow closing exhaust valve due to carbon buildup on the valve stems. When operating the engine mostly on short distances and with rpm below 3000 rpm, the carbon will build up more quickly. Also under 3000 rpm the valve will not rotate, adding to the carbon buildup.
A seafoam treatment via the inlet could solve your problem.
There is a TSB about this, will look for the number.
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Ok, here is the TSB. Eventhough its for the 4.0, it is also valid for the 3.7 and 4.7 engine.
If a seafoam treatment doesn't help, you could swap ignition coil #2 with #1 and see if the misfire goes to cylinder #1. Also check the #2 plug for fouling or extended wear and run some injector cleaner in the fuel.
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Thank you for the reply... Dont think thats the problem as the Jeep just returned from a 1000km trip without any issues the previous day.
In addition to the other codes, this morning I have a P0108 and P0352 code aswell, the MIL engine light is also permanently on now and the 'Perform Service' message is displayed on the overhead display, even thou she had another 5600km to go to her next service.
Another thing as well, this morning turning the ignition, nothing happened up until about the 5th time I turned the key. Then only did the starter motor kick in and she started easily, but badly misfiring...
Will swop the coils around this afternoon and see if they are bad. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated...
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check all youre grounding connections and clean them up
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I'm thinkink along those lines too. Think that trailer killed a grounding wire somewhere... The question is where would the grounding wire be for the effected systems...
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HI Guys,
Just a quick update on what I've done:
1. Reset the PCM by removing the battery terminals an grounding them.
2. Swopped coils with running cylinders - No effect, 1,2 & 4 remains dead leading me to believe its an electric fault as the coils are fine.
Noted that the EVIC overhead display 'computer' is dead, displays nothing at the moment.
After driving it for about 15km's the codes picked up from the diagnostic is P0351 & P0354 which tells me there's a electrical short in the system.
1.Does anyone know where these systems are grounded? Evic and coils.
2. Could the Cam Position Sensor cause this, or be part f the problem?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
PS: Just noticed that the reverse lights do not come on anymore when going into reverse...
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Just to rule out coincidence, did you check both EVIC fuses? It are #8 and #22 on the junction block. Ground for the EVIC is point G301. This same ground point is used for the left back-up light, but not for the right back-up light. See if the back-up lights come on after selecting reverse several times. The reverse switch is part of the TRS-solenoid block inside the transmission.
The ignition coils are fed with 12V via the auto shutdown relay when ignition is switched on (if you don´t start the engine, the relay will fall off again after some seconds). The ground is made inside the PCM. So check all the PCM ground wires for being clean and well fixed. But this could well be a PCM problem.
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Thank you Frango.
Both reverese lights do not come on when selecting reverse.
I will check the Ground connection. This is located under the passenger seat right? I have a right hand drive model.
Both Evic Fises are intact...
Where is the PCM located?
Sorry for all the questions!
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Just added a picture on my previous post for the G301, but not sure if this is the same for right hand drive.
On my jeep the PCM sits against the bulkhead at the right fender. It has 3 connectors on the front face. I heard of some people having problems of corrosion of the casing, causing shorts inside the PCM. You will only see the corrosion problem when you remove the PCM from its place.
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Just found an other picture for RHD jeeps. G301 still sits on the left side, but seems to be a bit different spot.
And your question regarding the cam sensor, i won´t suspect it. When cam (or crank) sensor goes bad, the engine normally won´t start at all
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The CSHCN Services Program helps children with special health-care needs and people of any age with cystic fibrosis secure health care and support services.
Under Title V of the Social Security Act, the state receives block grant funding for services to women and children. Title V pays for health care benefits and case management for children, and some types of public health services for all.
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