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I'm a newbie here. Hoping someone with some experience installing tankless systems might be able to help me.
My old hot water tank just sprung a leak. I have decided to install a tankless hot water system. The old tank is adjacent to a bedroom and the exterior wall is shared with a garage. The new building code won't allow me to install a gas powered tank unless it is directly vented outside with an intake and exhaust. This is mainly because of the adjacent bedroom -- building code requirements won't allow you to sleep in a room where air is being drawn for a gas appliance.
I have attached a floor plan which should make understanding my suggested install easier.
I'm thinking of running the cold water supply line and gas line from the existing furnace room/tank area to the back of the house (through the ceiling of two closets). Once at the back of the house, I would like to install the new unit against the outside wall -- thereby allowing it to vent directly outside. I am also thinking i might as well install a bbq natural gas line at the same time since that back corner of the house has my deck. The hot water return would travel back to the exisiting furnace room/hot water tank area.
Does this seem feasible? The new location would not have a drain. Do you think this is a problem? Do the tankless emergency relief valves tend to be used? How about for servicing, is there a need to have a drain nearby? If I do not use this installation, I'm not sure what my alternatives are -- unless i revert back to an electric tank - ouch.
Any ideas/suggestions???
What about putting the tankless where the tank was? What would the vertical height be for a concentric "B" vent from the existing water heater room to the roof going through the garage? Your tankless units are all power-vent units and as such many run a 2" stainless or PVC flue for 15 to 25 feet. If you go beyond these numbers you have to go to 3" or 4" diameter pipe, but you will be able to extend your flue better than twice the distance legally. Also tankless units are condensing heaters and as such require a drain for the discharge of the exhaust condensate.
My understanding is that the only way the unit will let out water is if the pressure relief valve is triggered. Annual maintenance/flushing only requires a bucket be attached to the unit to flush out any residue.
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I installed a Noritz exterior mounted unit and reclaimed the space that my previous tanked water heater was occupying. Rather than a direct vent interior model, would that be an option for you?
If I were you I would replumb your hot/cold lines to that new heater from below. If you run new lines to tap into the old lines you're adding what, 25-30 feet im estimating of new piping, but you're moving the heater closer to the bathrooms. Doesn't make much sense to wait even longer for hot water. :huh:
Edit : Pressure relief valve needs to exit to the exterior of the building in some manner.
Sam, the "B" vent is just an over sized flue with concentric layers. If it is stainless material you will be able to use it to go vertically through your garage ceiling and the roof if there is no living space above the garage. The other thing you mentioned about the Rinnai not needing a drain is or has not been true in all the installations I've done. The fact that the tankless heaters are hi effiency means that they are wringing out all the heat they can from every BTU you consume. As the temperature is dropping in the flue the moisture in the flue gases condenses and has to go somewhere. So to protect your heater from flooding during normal operation, in the fire box, a condensate drain is provided on the unit. Sometimes it is on the bottom of the cabinet and sometimes it is provided right at the flue adaptor on top of the unit. Be sure your guy hooks it up to a sanitary drain or you will have problems down the road. If all else fails and you want a second opinion contact Mike Holmes. I forgot to mention that Noritz and rinnai are considered direct vent in that they are to vent to the outdoors as directly as possible. They are also called power vent units because they both operate/vent with small squirel cage blower.
1. the issue of drainage. The current location has a drain very close by which turned out to save me from a flood when the existing tank started leaking
2. The extra piping to and from the new location (approximately 25 feet) will delay the hot water from getting to the end user. I suspect this additional use of hot water might negate any savings
3. The new set up will require new water lines and a new gas line -- all of which is disruptive to the tenants I have living down there.
If I can just get someone to swap out the old tank with a new one. This might be the path of least resistance.
Thanks to all for your input/advice.
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José Francisco Ruiz, military officer and public official, was born about January 28,1783, to Juan Manuel Ruiz and María Manuela de la Peña and baptized eight days later in the parish church of San Fernando de Bexar (now San Antonio). It is said that he went to Spain for his final years of schooling. In 1803 he was appointed San Antonio's first schoolmaster. The designated site for the school was a house on Military Plaza acquired earlier by Juan Manuel Ruiz and passed on to his son. This same house, suffering from the ravages of time and business encroachment, was removed from its original location in 1943 and carefully reconstructed on the grounds of the Witte Museum, where it is still used for educational purposes.
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Ruiz was elected regidor on the San Antonio cabildo or city council in 1805. His duties involved assisting the síndico procurador" (city attorney) in administering the affairs of a public slaughterhouse. In 1809 he was elected procurador. Beginning a long military career, he joined the Béxar Provincial Militia on January 14, 1811, with the rank of lieutenant. He joined the Republican Army at Bexar and served first under lose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara and then José Alvarez de Toledo y Dubois. He took part in the battle of Medina on August 18,1813, and with the defeat of the revolutionaries and aprice on his head, Ruiz was "obliged to emigrate to the United States of the North." His nephew, José Antonio Navarro, who was also in exile, wrote of their "wandering in the State of Louisiana." When a proclamation of general amnesty was issued on October 10,1813, to the Mexican insurgents, Francisco Ruiz, Juan Martín de Veramendi, and a few others were excepted. The Ruiz family was on the "List of Insurgents for the Month of March 1814." Ruiz remained in exile until 1822, and spent part of this time with the Indians.1 In 1821, at the order of Augustin de Iturbide, he "occupied himself in making peace with the Indians until he succeeded in getting the hostile tribes of the North, the Comanches and Lipans, to present themselves in peace." In a letter to Antonio M. Martinez, Ruiz writes that he will leave Natchitoches, Louisiana, on November 1,1821, in compliance with the commission conferred on him by Gaspar Lopez, commandant general of the Eastern Internal Provinces, and take the Indians to the capitol if possible.
In 1822, his long exile ended, Ruiz returned to Texas, where he was appointed to the Mounted Militia. That same year he traveled with a party of Indians to Mexico City, where the Lipans signed a peace treaty ratified in September 1822 by the Mexican government. Ruiz was promoted in 1823 to army captain, unassigned, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. His commission was confirmed on September 23,1825. On June 22,1826, he wrote the president of Mexico requesting the command of a post. He was sent to Nacogdoches in December 1826 to help put down the Fredonian Rebellion, and by April 1827 he was in command of a detachment there. In 1828 Ruiz returned to Bexar, where he commanded the Alamo de Parras company and assisted Gen. Manuel de Mier y Teran in his study of the Texas Indians. It was probably during this time that Ruiz wrote his "Report on the Indian tribes of Texas in 1818," preserved in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. During his years in the military Ruiz gained the trust of the Indians as negotiator. The Shawnees referred to him as "A good man no lie and a friend of the Indians."
With the passage of the Law of April 6, 1830, General Mier instructed Antonio Elozúa, military commandant in Bexar, to dispatch Ruiz with the Álamo de Parras company to establish a military post on the Brazos at the upper crossing of the Bexar Nacogdoches road. Its primary purpose was to prevent further American colonization from this direction. Ruiz set out on June 25,1830, with his company and kept a diary of the trip, in which he recorded their arrival at the Brazos on July 13,1830. They chose a site on August 2 on the west side of the river, in what is now Burleson County, and gave their post the name Fort Tenoxtitlan. Colonel Ruiz encountered many difficulties as commandant of the fort--isolation, hostile Indians, and desertions and other crimes. The post suffered shortages of food, funds, and military personnel. In a letter to his friend Stephen F. Austin on November 26,1830, Ruiz stated that he was tired of his command and wanted to get out of military service. He longed to obtain land and build a house so he could bring his family from Bexar and settle down as a rancher. On October 16, 1831, he wrote Vice President Anastasio Bustamante asking to be separated from the army because of failing health. He outlined his military career and asked for retirement or a permanent leave. In a letter of November 13 to his friend and superior Elozúa, Ruiz described a debilitating illness that had impaired his hearing and caused his hair to fall out. On August 15,1832, he received orders to abandon the fort and move his troops back to Bexar. Ruiz received his retirement and military pay from the Mexican government at the end of 1832. On January 17,1836, James W. Robinson, lieutenant governor of the provisional government of Texas, appointed him one of five commissioners to treat with the Comanche Indians. When the struggle for Texas independence gained momentum in 1835, Ruiz allied himself with its cause. He traveled to Washington on the Brazos in late February 1836 as a delegate to the Convention of l836. There he and his nephew José Antonio Navarro signed the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2,1836, the only native Texans among the fifty nine men who affixed their names to this document.
Still away from his home in the service of the republic, Ruiz wrote his son in law, Blas María Herrera, on December 27,1836, from Columbia, Texas. In this letter, still in family possession, he eloquently expressed his affection and longing for his family and his support for the young Republic of Texas. "Under no circumstance," he wrote, "take sides against the Texans . . . for only God will return the territory of Texas to the Mexican government." Ruiz represented the Bexar District as its senator in the First Congress of the Republic of Texas, from October 3,1836, to September 25,1837. He was a Catholic. He was married in San Antonio on March 8,1804, to Joséfa Hernandez. They had four children, of whom one was Francisco Antonio Ruiz, alcalde of San Antonio during the battle of the Alamo. Besides the property Ruiz owned in and around San Antonio, in 18 and 1834 he received eleven leagues of land that is now part of Robertson, Brazos, Milam, Burleson, and Karnes counties. Ruiz died in San Antonio, probably on January 19,1840, and is buried there.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Jean Louis Berlandier, Indians of Texas in 1830, ed., John C. Ewers and trans. Patricia Reading Leclerq (Washington: Smithsonian, 1969). Frederick Charles Chabot, With the Makers of San Antonio (Yanaguana Society Publications, San Antonio, 1937). Louis Wiltz Kemp, The Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence (Salado, Texas: Anson Jones, 1944; rpt. 1959). Walter G. Stuck, José Francisco Ruiz: Texas Patriot (San Antonio: Witte Memorial Museum, 1943). Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.
1 Recent research has shown that Ruiz's "time among the Indians" after the "Battle of Medina" in August of 1813, was actually spent in exile in the United States. Ruiz, along with other Tejano rebels took refuge in an encampment near Natchitoches, Louisiana. He with others participated in the running of weapons to Indians that were hostile to the Spanish. This seditionary relationship most likely gave rise to the often repeated account that his time was spent entirely with the Indians. There is also evidence to suggest that he also participated in actions against the British during the Battle of New Orleans.


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Land-based fishing in remote, difficult-to-access parts of New Zealand is challenging but, back in his student days, it got Andy Macleod hooked and he hasn't looked back since. He and his fishing mates travel to places as far from civilisation as they can get in pursuit of their target species.... read more Lively, entertaining and informative - this book takes you onto the rocks and right into the action. It vividly describes the buzz of landing the big ones and the utter frustration of losing them and reveals the many varieties of fish in our waters, as well as Andy's love of the outdoors and the sea. Includes details on how he plans and prepares for an expedition and covers much of the New Zealand coastline - from Northland, Great Barrier Island, the Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, East Cape, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Wairarapa, Wellington, Otago and includes the Chatham Islands. Fishing stories experienced first-hand, challenging all fishers to venture outside their comfort zone and take their fishing skills to new levels.
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Carl Kasell, 75, is one of the enduring icons of National Public Radio and on Dec. 30 he'll give his final newscast.
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Gorgeous white cake stands are a party styling essential! Place one in the center of your table for an elegant presentation of dessert, breakfast, brunch or buffet fare. Stack the pieces in crisp white for a dramatic tiered effect.
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this morning in BHC. Woke up about 4A with the thunder and all morning there has been a thunder and lighting show pretty much over the house. The rain has been steady, lost power real quick a few times with lighting strikes all around. Looked at the radar and it seems there is a full string moving right into us which should take a couple of more hours to pass.
I love it like this but for my own safety came back in the house I am sure my Pup Rocks (the pup formerly known as Roxy) thinks I am controlling this also....lol She is kind of like WTF is going on?
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ANDREW Forrest's Fortescue Metals has rocked iron ore exporters by striking a sweetheart deal that links its supply of discounted iron ore to the Chinese steel industry with up to $US6 billion ($A7.2 billion) in cheap Chinese loans.
The discounted price undercuts efforts by Rio Tinto to extend its May benchmark settlement on iron ore prices to the Chinese market - something the Chinese have resisted with gusto in a stand-off that has seen Rio's iron ore marketing team thrown in jail on commercial espionage charges.
Fortescue has agreed to supply China with 18 million tonnes of iron ore by December 31 at a 3 per cent discount to the price Rio set with non-Chinese steel makers in May.
Should the lower Fortescue price become the benchmark price in China, it would cost Australian exporters about $A450 million in revenue.
Despite Fortescue and the Chinese steel industry heralding the cut-price deal as the Chinese benchmark, Rio is showing no signs of backing down in its efforts to extend its May benchmark settlement to China. Rio said that it did not see the Fortescue agreement as relevant to its pricing ambitions.
The other big Pilbara iron ore exporter, BHP Billiton, did not comment but is also likely to consider the Fortescue settlement irrelevant. Mr Forrest has other ideas, claiming yesterday that Fortescue's deal was a landmark agreement.
The deal is conditional on acceptable terms being reached by September 30 on a Chinese consortium providing Fortescue with $US5.5 billion to $US6 billion in finance. While it was said in China that the funds would help Fortescue increase production to an annual rate of 95 million tonnes, Mr Forrest was non-committal, other than mentioning the buy back of its Pilbara infrastructure lease deals as a possibility.
Mr Forrest defended the deal and its national implications, saying it would be ''short-sighted in the extreme'' to say Fortescue had put its commercial interests before the national interest. He said Fortescue had taken the view it must do what it could to remove the ''tremendous instability'' in the Chinese market for iron ore.
Mr Forrest said the discount was ''meaningful in China but it's a small discount to the Rio benchmark''.
He said it would ''allow China to maximise the volumes of ore that it imports from Australia''.
Mr Forrest revealed that Fortescue had been talking with its Chinese customers for several months on ways to fix what he said was the dysfunctional situation in China where spot iron ore prices were 30 per cent higher than benchmark prices. ''We agreed … that we should work together to establish a uniform and an agreed price,'' Mr Forrest said.
He said it would be safe to assume that China would now work hard at closing the gap between the spot price and the medium-term price established by Fortescue.
He rejected claims that Fortescue had become a pawn in China's attempts to extract lower iron ore prices.
''We are not a pawn in anyone's game. It will facilitate Fortescue's plan to become a significant iron ore producer,'' he said.
The offer of up to $US6 billion in Chinese debt will not be considered by the Foreign Investment Review Board, nor will it need the approval of Treasurer Wayne Swan. Under foreign investment laws, the Government's review body does not assess foreign loans to local companies.
Economist Brian Fisher from Concept Economics defended the decision to seek debt from China, saying it was a reflection of the growth of savings in Asia and the Middle East.
Dr Fisher said the latest deal was unlikely to push iron ore prices down significantly because Fortescue was such a minor player.
A spokesman for Resources Minister Martin Ferguson said the deal was a commercial matter for Fortescue, but said ''the Fortescue pricing agreement is not necessarily relevant to other Australian miners''.


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As mentioned in the Iomega review, this NEC drive is the same as the Iomega Dual DVD. Just a quick look at the fascia shows that the two drives are physically identical. You've got a single eject button, a headphone socket, a volume wheel, indicator light and a manual eject hole. Very much a basic optical drive set up.
However, what sets the NEC apart from all the other drives is that it's only available as a bare drive, rather than as a retail package, or at least that's the only way that we could find it. Part of the reason that we couldn't find the NEC in a retail box, could be the existence of the Iomega Dual DVD, but of course that's just speculation.
Since you're just getting the bare drive and nothing else, the price of the NEC is lower than the competition, making it the only drive on test at under £80. Of course to consider a bare drive you've got to be sure that you have everything you need to mount and connect it as well as some burning software with which to use it. That said, with a price of £76.91 you could buy the NEC and a full Burning suite and still have change from what the Iomega would cost you.
Specification wise the NEC will write DVD+R at four-speed, DVD-R at four-speed, DVD+RW at 2.4-speed, DVD-RW at two-speed, CD-R at 16-speed and CD-RW at 10-speed. This is all pretty much par for the course and the results are also average. Unsurprisingly the NEC and the Iomega show incredibly close performance scores, but then none of the drives are too far apart in performance, with the exception of the BenQ which sports four-speed DVD+RW writing.
There's not a whole lot else to say about the NEC. It's a decent enough DVD writer that holds its own with the majority of the competition these days. Although, there are already drives on the market with faster write speeds than this.
Ultimately, if you're not that bothered about super-fast write speeds and already have all components and software that you'd need to get a DVD writer going, buying a bare drive like this NEC makes a lot of sense. It's still worth remembering though that the LG GSA-4040B can also be bought as a bare drive for only £10 more than this NEC.
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"HUGGATE WOLD HOUSE, a farm house in the township and parish of Huggate; 1½ miles NW. of Huggate, 7 miles from Pocklington."
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Problems in paradise for Beyonce AND Katy Perry? Billy Ray as the 'Fall Guy?' Find all of this and more in today's Showbiz Top 5!
5. Sometimes, it's not just an honor to be nominated. You want to win, dang it! A very sad Katy Perry was at the EMI Grammy's post-party at Milk studios with her parents, her friends and her backup singers. Hubby Russell Brand was not there, which only adds fuel to the fire that their marriage is in troubling and that they're in counseling already. Huh. Katy was nominated for four Grammys and won none. She told her guests that she wasn't in the mood to party and reportly spent the evening knocking back champagne, wine and vodka. I got sick just now imagining what her hangover was like. Also upset with how the night turned out was Eminem. He was up for 10 Grammys and won 2 in the rap category. But a source says he felt like he was "iced out." The source said, "Eminem did the Grammy people a solid favor by coming in from Detroit and performing. They egged him on and gave him the impression it would be a big night for him. Best rap album and best solo rap performance are nice awards, but not the big ones."
4. MediaTakeOut.com LOVES them some Beyonce rumors. And this time, they're reporting that Beyonce and Jay-Z are taking a trial separation. Their source says they've been having problems over the past year because he's ready to have kids and she's not. So for now, the source says Jay-Z is staying in LA and Beyonce is staying in NY. They're hoping to use this time apart to decide whether to have kids or go their separate ways. A source close to Jay-Z says it's complete garbage.
3. Charlie Sheen called into a radio show yesterday to let everybody know how great he's doing. He says he has a girlfriend — but he won't say who she is. He also said he's sober and clean and he's ready to get back to work on "Two and a Half Men," like, NOW. He said CBS told him, "Get your act together and I did… Check it. It's like I heal really quickly. But I unravel pretty quickly. So get me right now, guys." What? Is he saying they better get busy filming while he's sober because he's going to go off the deep end any second? Charlie also said that last week when he visited the UCLA baseball team, he advised the guys to stay away from crack… unless they can manage it socially. He said, "If you can manage it socially, then go for it, but not a lot of people can." Like Charlie can!!
2. Demi Moore has dumped her stylist Rachel Zoe… for Rachel's former assistant, Brad Goreski!!! DRAMA!!! A source says Brad dressed Demi for the Sundance Film Festival and he's dressing her for all the Oscar parties. So what happened between Demi and Rachel? A source says Rachel feels betrayed and that she's furious over the situation, but all Brad would say is, "No comment."
1. In an interview with "GQ" magazine, Billy Ray Cyrus blames "Hannah Montana" for all of his daughter's issues and says, "The damn show destroyed my family," and he wishes it had never happened. But what about those sexy cell phone pictures of Miley that popped up on the internet? And the way-sexy "Vanity Fair" photo shoot? And the pole-dancing at the "Teen Choice Awards?" Billy Ray admits he should've been more strict with Miley, but he blames her publicists and handlers for going too far to promote her, and then using him as the fall guy. Now he says, "I'm scared for her. She's got a lot of people around her that's putting her in a great deal of danger." When asked about Miley's 18th birthday party at the Trousdale in LA, Billy Ray said, "You know why I didn't go? Because they were having it in a bar. It was wrong. It was for 21 years old and up… all them people, they all wanted me to fly out so that then when all the bad press came they could say, 'Daddy endorsed this stuff.' I started realizing I'm being used." This "GQ" interview was done five days after the video of Miley smoking salvia hit the internet. At that point, Billy Ray had not spoken to Miley since the incident, but he did confront one of her handlers. He said, "They told me it was none of my business."


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Los Angeles, CA– With a new single spinning on airwaves all across the country, and just in time for her new EP to hit stores next week, teenage singer/songwriter Justine Dorsey secured two nominations for Best Female Singer/Songwriter and Hot Adult Contemporary Single at the esteemed 2012 LA Music Awards.
With well over six hundred applicants, Justine stood out amongst the pack and was honored with nominations in two of the night's most competitive categories, Hot Adult Contemporary Single and Best Female Singer/Songwriter. Justine knows that Female Singer/Songwriter category is the most competitive category of any award for a female artist and states, "It feels good to know that people think I stand out from the crowd!" And stand out from the crowd she does, even catching the eye of multi- Grammy Award winning producer & singer-songwriter Randy Sharp, who has been guiding and mentoring Justine through her recent musical journeys and served as her co-producer on her new EP, Unsaid. Randy explains, "It's rare that an artist can share their musical take on the world in a completely believable, unaffected, and infectious way. Justine does just that. Her songs are clearly reflective of an American teenager's angst, humor and innocence, but somehow she does it with the wisdom and polish that only accomplished songwriters many times her age are still searching for. It's just great when award shows get it right".
Justine is only sixteen years old and has already recorded a full album before her EP. Her current EP Unsaid exudes music from such an honest place in a young girl's heart. "I'm not going to write about things that don't affect me, or moments I haven't experienced. And when your music truly affects you, listeners can feel that." Steven Sharp, one of music's biggest promoters said, "It did not surprise me that Justine Dorsey was nominated for the LA Music Awards' Hot AC Single and Female Singer/Songwriter of the Year. Justine is the real deal. A talent like this only comes around once in a generation. Her songs and her voice are undeniable at first listen. One spin and you're in on Justine Dorsey."
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My father was ambitious and industrious. During his youth he held down many eclectic jobs, including being a Sbabbos Goy, which literally meant "Sabbath Gentile." For a penny, he would turn on lights and stoves for more observant Jews who did not perform such activities on the Sabbath.
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Viloria unifies flyweight belts; Chocolatito next?
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In a much anticipated flyweight unification clash, WBO champion Brian "Hawaian Punch" Viloria (32-3, 19 KOs) scored a tenth round TKO over WBA champion Hernan "Tyson" Marquez (33-3, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the famed Los Angeles Sports Arena. Viloria dropped Marquez with a right hand at the end of round one and was in command over the first four rounds. Marquez exploded in round five with a barrage of hard punches, but Viloria withstood the storm and dropped "Tyson" again. Viloria dropped Marquez again in round ten and Marquez' corner stopped the fight during Viloria's followup barrage. Time was 1:01.
In a war with tremendous back-and-forth action, WBA light flyweight champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez (34-0, 28 KOs) retained his belt with a twelve round unanimous decision over Juan Francisco "Gallo" Estrada (21-2, 18 KOs). Both fighters gave their all but "Chocolatito" did more damage to earn a 118-110, 116-112, 116-112 verdict. Gonzalez earned a showdown with the Viloria-Marquez winner, but a rematch with Estrada could also be in the cards.
In a great fight, former WBA interim super flyweight titleholder Drian Francisco (23-1-1, 18 KOs) scored an exciting fifth round TKO over super tough and aggressive Javier Gallo (18-6-1, 10 KOs) in a super bantamweight bout. Francisco was pushed by Gallo who pressed the action but was ultimately battered into submission by the classy ex-champion. Time was 2:54.


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U.S. panel puts off decision on designs for troubled Eisenhower Memorial
By Ian Simpson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A decision on the design of Washington's troubled Eisenhower Memorial was delayed on Wednesday as the panel overseeing its construction failed to muster a quorum in its first meeting in 15 months.
The meeting of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission had been seen as a chance to find a way forward for the monument to the 34th president and World War Two general after years of delays. The panel was to choose between alternatives to a contentious design by celebrity architect Frank Gehry.
But only five of 12 members showed up, with Chairman Rocco Siciliano attending by speaker phone. Eight members are U.S. lawmakers and the meeting coincided with a House of Representatives vote over arming and training rebels in Syria.
"Unfortunately, it's kind of a slowdown, but it was not our intention to do that. We wanted a full meeting," Commissioner Alfred Geduldig said.
Panel members will be canvassed by next Wednesday over a proposal to submit two alternative designs to a Washington planning commission for review on Oct. 2.
The proposed memorial at the base of Capitol Hill has been on the drawing board for 15 years. It has cost taxpayers $41 million with no design in place.
The Eisenhower site would be one of the biggest monuments in a city packed with memorials and government buildings.
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About one thousand years ago, the name Upai Semaring was very famous and was acknowledged by the ethnic Lundayeh community as a warrior and a hero. Possessing extraordinary abilities he had a very huge body that resembled the people of the olden days. Upai Semaring was believed to have secluded himself at Kuala Maga from around 1940 to 1950 and left several marks there. Among the marks were :-
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Orock... This is one of my favorite ones you have ever done. I have only been around for like 7 weeks. so i am sure i have missed some good ones..
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I am from San Diego 'Taco heaven" and now live in fl "redneck hell".
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This midtown style five bedroom 1.5 bathroom home is located near the Historic Rhodes College , close to Overton Square and Cooper-Young nightlife! Sleeps up to 18 with 8 full size beds 2 twin. This property is 5 to 10 minutes from most major attractions: 1.5 Miles from Memphis Zoo, 3.7 miles from Beale Street, 4.2 miles from FedEx Forum, 2.8 miles from St. Jude Children's Hospital, 3.3 miles from New Bass Pro at Pyramid Arena, 4.1 miles from BB King's Blues Club and 6 miles from Elvis Presley Mansion . We can accommodate groups large or small for all occasion's family vacation, retreats, week-end getaways, corporate rentals and much more. We are fully furnished, fully equipped kitchen, stocked with pots & pans, plates and glassware, utensils, and all major appliances including washer and dryer and 55" Smart TV with cable, Wi-Fi and home security.
The house was clean and met all of our needs and we enjoyed our stay in Memphis. I would definitely recommend it.
Youth band stayed here while performing on Beale Street for the IBC. The location was great and the owners were quick and responsive. Thank you.
We brought 13 high school students to Memphis to visit LeMoyne-Owen College and University of Memphis. We also attended a Memphis Grizzlies game while we were there. The location of this property was close to everything we needed. We arrived at the Amtrak station around 11 pm. There was a representative at the house to greet us and introduce us to the property. We felt right at home, as we were able to cook breakfast for our kids before leaving out each morning. The owner texted me daily to make certain that we were comfortable. I will definitely rent this place again.
This house was great place to stay! Not too expensive of an uber ride to Beale Street. We had 13 girls stay in the house and everyone had enough space to spread out and even get ready for the night without being on top of each other. Would definitely stay here again if ever with a large group in Memphis again!
This was a lovely home. There was enough room to accommodate everyone. If were ever in Memphis Tennessee again I will use the same home way from home rental again. The location was perfect for downtown and the convention center. Thank you Ms. Valerie Bobo, for being a gracious hostess and to your wonderful staff that met us at arrival. I would recommend your services to my family and friends. Thank you again.
Overall, I think we had a great experience. Valerie Bobo was very nice and helped us out whenever we needed it. When we got there the cable service was out due to the bad storms in the area, but Valerie got Comcast out there fast and got our Cable and Internet service restored. The TV was a nice smart TV with Roku built in, so we were able to share YouTube videos and Netflix straight from our phones with no problem. The cable box was hooked up to the RF Antenna slot of the TV instead of an HDMI plug, so the cable picture wasn't a nice as it could have been, but it sufficed for us to was the American Ninja Warrior marathon that played all weekend whenever we were taking a break.
Our stay was to visit many food destinations in Memphis and to play board games. We specifically rented this place because it is very close to Cozy Corner Barbecue, which is still our favorite in Memphis, but it is also in the center of town, so it's close to pretty much everything.
The 10 double beds (2 per bedroom) were adequate for our party. The dining room table was of adequate size for our board gaming. The only complaint I would have is that the common area isn't very large, so the table is right in the TV area, so it was impossible for some people to game while others listened to TV. Too much sound interference.
There is one half-bath and one full-bath. The full-bath has 2 separate showers in it, so you can have 2 people shower at once, but it can be awkward. We never ran out of hot water, though.
Despite a few small flaws, we really enjoyed our stay at this property and would highly recommend it.
Recommended Places to Eat:
Cozy Corner - BBQ - Get Baloney Sandwich, Rib Ends, Wings, or anything.
Gus's Fried Chicken - on Mendenhall Rd.
Gibson's Doughnuts - Across Street from Gus's, best to go early in day
La Michoacana - Mexican Ice Cream and Paletas
Central Barbecue - Only BBQ we've found to stand up to Cozy Corner. Ribs and Portobello Sandwich are great.
Elwood's Shack - literally a shack behind Lowes. Really good deli sandwiches, and pimento cheese. Get the Armadillo Eggs.
Dyer's Burgers - Only good food we have found on Beale Street. Definitely a unique experience.
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On Burke Mountain with unforgettable views. This home is on Burke Mountain, minutes away from the best mountain biking trails. It is also a great location for bird lovers and hikers. This 4 bedroom, 3 full bath home has a large great room with fireplace and open kitchen w/dishwasher. The master bedroom is on the main floor along with full bathroom and laundry. There is a loft with 2 bedrooms and a full bath and a pull out couch. Walk-out basement has 1 bedroom with two sets of bunk beds, full bath and a large room with a pool table and bar for entertainment. Great house for families. Very homey and welcoming; a home away from home. Linens and towels are NOT included in this listing. This is a NO smoking home.
My parents built this house as their dream home. This is where my mom and dad retired to in the 90's. Our family has enjoyed this house for years and continue to do so when we can. We are a family of five who have deep attachments to the house. We enjoy sharing this with our children. My mother still lives at the property. When she rents the home out she visits with family. During the winter months the house is often blocked for our family to enjoy. We enjoy sharing the home with others. It is our getaway and when we are unable to use the house we like to share our piece of paradise with others..
Cindy Ford purchased this house in 1986
My parents decided to build the house on Burke Mountain because we all fell in love with the charm and beauty of the area. They thought the skiing at Burke was unique with the trails through the woods. When you arrive in the Northeast Kingdom you feel as you have stepped back in time. The people are friendly and there is a since of community. My mom lives up there in the house most of the year and she is well looked after from those living up there.
Nice location close to mountain with ample space for several adults and kids. Has everything you need for a comfortable stay. Highly recommend
we really enjoyed the weekend at the house. easy to find and well-equipped, other than the fact the beds did not have linens and there were not towels provided. i am not sure if i missed this in the description but it did put a damper on our first night. however, when i emailed regarding the issue the owner was quick to answer.
We had a great week! Everything was exactly as we were told. The house was warm and cozy. Our kids had a phenomenal time because they had their own space downstairs and the adults enjoyed being adults upstairs. Access to the trail at Burke made it most convenient for us to ski in and out. Awesome family week of fun in the snow and then relaxing in a comfortable home!
Cindy was a great hostess and made everything clear before our arrival. The home is clean, spacious, and ideally located on Burke Mountain. We had a great weekend. I'd recommend this home to anyone! Thanks Cindy.
This home was perfect for out 6 day stay. Our family of five adults had a fantastic stay this week. This home at 86 Woods Trail was on Burke Mountain with great views from a lovely wrap-around porch. It had three well equipped floors with three queen-sized beds (1 bedroom on first floor and two bedrooms on upstairs loft floor) and a full additional bedroom that we did not need with a lot of bunk beds and a trundle. The owner kindly allowed us to rent knowing we had a small well-behaved dog. Two of us are mountain bikers. The access to the downhill trails allowed us to stop home for lunch and water breaks with only 3 minute detours. For the single track at Kingdom trails, we would drive a few minutes into town, and ride - so convenient. Kingdom Trails biking trails themselves are so much fun! The rest of the family enjoyed hiking Burke Mountain, and spent hours about 30 minutes away enjoying Lake Willoughby's incredibly clear water. But back to the house... It is equipped with pool table, darts, board games of all types, books, blankets, pillows of various sizes and shapes for different preferences, every kitchen device pot/pan imaginable, an outdoor grill, washer/dryer, etc. We had all the conveniences of home in this gorgeous and fun location. I could not recommend this place more highly.
Bien situé à flanc de montagne et assez vaste pour 10 personnes. Cependant, pas évident à localiser, il faut suivre les indications à la lettre, ne pas se fier au gps. Pour les riders, il faut être prêt à remonter en vélo la Mountain road à la fin de la journée. Excellent rapport qualité/prix.
Many outdoor activiities for the active people. Short ride to the Kingdom Trail System, Lake Willoughby, and rivers for fishing, swimming, and boating. Near St.Johnsbury. Located on Burke Mountain with access to the ski resort.
Golf: Local golf courses are short drive.
Ski: We are located for direct and easy access to the slopes!!!
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Frosty, fruity and full of flavor, this pretty iced treat from Elizabeth Montgomery in Allston, Massachusetts, is sure to melt any resistance to dessert! "It's a nice ice-cream substitute for lactose-intolerant friends and family," she notes. And with only 5 ingredients, it couldn't be easier.
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- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 3 cups apricot nectar
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let stand 1 minute. Cook over low heat, stirring until gelatin is completely dissolved. Remove from heat; stir in apricot nectar, corn syrup and lemon juice.
- Pour into a shallow dish. Cover and freeze 2-3 hours or until firm.
- Spoon into a large chilled metal bowl; beat 1-2 minutes or until light and creamy. Return to shallow container. Cover and freeze until firm. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Apricot Lemon Ice in Light & Tasty June/July 2006, p41
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"i try to consume ices rather then ice cream because of the fat and calories. this recipe is a welcome treat for me. i plan to use it a lot this summer"


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Haven't updated my journal entry in a year, so I might as well update it now with how I've been doing.
I work in a job hat involve manufacturing toilets, earning myself some decent income.
Overtime I bought myself a PS3 and XBOX360 ;bought many games that I've always wanted to play but never could like:
Dark Souls 1 and 2 and Demon Soul (haven't beaten Demon soul yet)
Dead Space 1 2 and 3 (beaten)
GTA 5 (beaten)
Halo 4 (beaten)
Borderlands 2 (beaten)
Dead Rising 1 and 2 (beaten-ish)
Metal Gear Solid Reveangence and Ground Zero (beaten)
Bioshock 1 2 and Infinite (beaten)
Tale of Grace f, Vesperia, Xillia and Xillia 2(beaten)
Resident Evil 6 (beaten)
Last of Us (beaten)
Dead Island (beaten)
Southpark and the Stick of truth (beaten)
Akiba sTrip Undead and Undressed (beaten-ish)
Disgaea 3 4 D2 (beaten-ish, the post games are very grindy)
Ratchet and Clank HD collection and Future tool of Destruction (beaten Future Tool but not the HD Collection)
Skyrim (haven't beaten the main story yet)
Final Fantasy 13 13-2 (still playing)
Devil May Cry 4 and DMC (still playing)
Dragon Crown (haven't touched)
Catherine (haven't touched)
Blazblue (haven't touched)
Dynasty Warrior 8 (need to do the wu, wei, and jin)
Persona 4 Arena (haven't touched)
Call of Duty MW3 and Ghost (mostly played the extra features, haven't touched the story)
Evil Within (Currently playing)
Soul Calibur 5 (haven't touched)
What I've Watched
Currently watching:
Kamen Rider OOO
Psycho Pass 2
Avatar: Legend of Korra
Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road
Shingeki no Bahamut
Amagi Brilliant Park


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The VRI Technology Program Coordinator will work directly with the Linguistic Services Manager, interfacing and acting as a liaison between Swedish IS/IT staff and vendor\(s\) in designing, operationalizing and evaluating Video Remote Interpreting \(VRI\) and telephonic projects and working collaboratively with Swedish Departments to implement services and ensure technology compatibilities are maintained across the Swedish system\.
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About the First Hill Campus
The 697\-bed tertiary\-care center on the Swedish/First Hill campus is the flagship of the Swedish health\-care system\. Swedish/First Hill has one of the most active and advanced birthing programs in Washington State and houses a Level III neonatal intensive\-care unit\. More surgeries are performed each year at Swedish/First Hill than at any other facility in the region; volumes include more total joint replacements than any other medical center in the state\.
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Using the social medium of Facebook and Twitter, Brown announced his intentions to commit to the 2012 class of Cincinnati.
"It's official. I'm taking my talent to the UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI!!!" Brown said on Facebook.
Brown – currently just a two-star safety by Scout.com - picked the Bearcats over offers from Air Force, Army, Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Indiana, Miami (OH), Temple, Toledo, Western Kentucky and Western Michigan. Brown also has interest from Michigan State, Missouri, Northwestern and Wisconsin among others.
A 6-foot-1 safety, Brown totaled 65 tackles, four forced fumbles and a fumble recovery as a junior for Indianapolis Lawrence Central.
Brown's decision comes one day after camping at Wisconsin. The Badgers had been Brown's favorite since early in the process and was one of his top schools after visiting for Wisconsin's spring game. Thinking he would earn an offer at camp, his performance didn't measure up for whatever reason, as Brown left Madison without a scholarship offer.
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|A survey of the historical and practical aspects of photography as an art form and social document. Students will be introduced to the use of light, composition and communication through images. Significant photographers from a diversity of backgrounds will inspire students in the practice of photography and developing an understanding of the varied uses of the photographic image in our culture including advertising, journalism, social concern, fine art, and scientific applications.
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|Andrews, Philip and Langford, Michael, Langford's Starting Photography, Seventh Edition, Focal Press, 2015. ISBN: 9781315731728
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|Photographer paper: 1-3 page paper (900-2700 words) about a photographer or topic in photography that inspires you. Biographical information and significance in history or techniques of photography should be discussed. Use the worksheet from the handouts page to help you gather information and know what questions to ask. You should use a minimum of three sources, one of which must be a book in researching this photographer. Your paper will be posted in the Discussion Area. Each student will read all other presentations and make thoughtful comments on at least two other students' papers.
Concerned Photography Assignment
Visit Photography Exhibition or Gallery from Instructor's Approved List. Write a paper that analyzes presentation and artistic intent of the work and relates it to a historic context. Refer to examples from lectures and discussions and use the vocabulary from the readings to prepare this paper.


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by Mike Masnick
Thu, Aug 11th 2011 10:06pm
Filed Under:
app store, html 5, ios, iphone, kindle, walled garden
by Mike Masnick
Thu, Jan 21st 2010 7:20am
Filed Under:
apps, client side, developers, iphone, kindle, web apps
App Store Overload? Kindle Gets An App Store
from the it-ain't-the-web dept
It does make me wonder, though, if people are betting too strongly on app stores, and not recognizing why it works so well in some areas. I also wonder if focusing on apps and app stores is going to make people miss out on the fact that web-based apps (that don't need to go through any app store) may overtake client-side apps. We've already gone through this on the desktop, and one by one, web-based apps have come along that match (or sometimes exceed) the functionality of client-side apps, leading many to turn away from client apps altogether.
Separately, adding another app store to another device may only serve to confuse (or annoy) some users. If you have an iPhone and a Kindle, and there are the same apps on both, which are you going to use? It may depend on the app, but my guess is that in most cases the phone is going to win out over an ebook reader.
by Timothy Lee
Tue, Sep 2nd 2008 3:24pm
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kindle, open, platforms, walled gardens
Opening Amazon's Walled Garden Could Prove Tricky
from the wireless-worries dept
Mike Arrington offers some unsolicited advice to Amazon about how to expand the market for the Kindle. In a nutshell, he thinks Amazon should aggressively license the Kindle hardware specs to third parties, and allow authorized vendors to use the Kindle brand. Amazon would require licensees to use the Kindle store, and would share the associated revenues. There's a lot to be said for a plan like this. The key to long-run dominance of many high-tech industries is to be the platform around which other firms build their products. Amazon's got a solid product with a fair amount of buzz at the moment, but that could easily evaporate if another company comes along with a more compelling product. Getting a lot of third-party vendors to build products around the Kindle ecosystem could help establish it as the standard e-book platform.
The difficulty with opening up the platform is that the Kindle business model—particularly the wireless aspect—depends on limiting the Kindle's functionality. Amazon is able to offer free cellular access for the life of the product in part because it controls the applications that will run on it, and can therefore guarantee to cell carriers that users won't start running bandwidth-hogging applications on it. And Amazon is willing to pick up customers' bandwidth bills in part because it charges premium prices for content, some of which is available for free off the open Internet. So if Amazon licensed the Kindle name to third parties, it would have two choices. It could tell the vendors they're on their own in terms of negotiating their own wireless plans, which would be a headache for the vendors. Or, if Amazon wants to bring third parties in under its own wireless umbrella, it will presumably need to impose some draconian restrictions on the functionality of the Kindle clones. And how many vendors are going to want to sell Kindle clones that have all the same limitations as the original?
by Derek Kerton
Wed, Nov 21st 2007 11:11am
Filed Under:
e-books, kindle, mvnos, wireless
Kindle's Not All Bad: It Might Be A Turning Point For Non-Phone Wireless Devices
from the there's-always-something dept
This portends a future (that Sprint has been talking up a lot lately with WiMAX) where myriad consumer electronics devices like cameras, GPS devices, sensors, signs, etc. all connect to the "cloud" and have service either bundled in retail prices, or into some other service fee like Amazon is charging for content. This kind of device is a break from the normally carrier-controlled handsets we usually see, and is interesting for that reason alone. It's also a break from the $80 rule, where non-phones can only connect to cellular data for $80/mo. Since the Kindle device has limited Internet functionality, Amazon can predict average monthly EV-DO throughput per device, and negotiate a much better wholesale data rate from Sprint than $80, and can then afford to bundle that into content pricing. Don't get me wrong -- I don't agree with the content pricing on the Kindle. But the launch of an "Open Access" consumer electronics device with wide area network access bundled in has got me excited. Imagine now a GPS device from Garmin or TomTom that comes with a cellular radio for traffic updates, local fuel prices, etc, and the data plan is bundled into the retail price. Wow! Consumer electronics devices that could work right out of the box with full mobile connectivity, and a carrier that is willing to wholesale reasonably for that network connection! The times are finally changing.
by Timothy Lee
Mon, Nov 19th 2007 10:51am
Filed Under:
content, e-books, kindle, walled gardens
Kindle's Overpriced Content
from the hello-walled-gardens dept
The one undeniably innovative thing about the Kindle is the free wireless EVDO access. The limits on access to Internet content may be an attempt to keep the bandwidth consumption down. But in a world where you can get an unlimited data plan for your iPhone for $20 per month, they should at least have an option for a flat rate "all you can eat" data plan, which would allow you to access Internet content and subscribe to an unlimited number of blogs, newspapers, and public domain books. Bezos obviously wants this to be the iPod of the printed word. But one of the crucial factors behind the iPod's success is that it gives you free access to content in open formats. You can rip your CDs and listen to them on an iPod. You can subscribe to an unlimited number of podcasts. With the Kindle, in contrast, Amazon apparently expects customers to buy an unfamiliar proprietary device, and then pay a premium to read content like blogs and public domain books that's available for free on the Internet. Somehow I don't think that very many people are going to go for that.


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This conference will bring together policy makers, city leaders and representatives of civil society in a debate on the role of Smart Cities in driving the EU's economic revival. The event will showcase concrete examples of implementation by drawing on US and Italian experience.
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Bob Helm PhotographyPhotographer Male Cherry Hill, New Jersey, US
My MM URL: http://www.modelmayhem.com/BobHelmPhotography
Mayhem # 10308
About Me
Name Change
I have been doing photography professionally for many years, more than I like to count, mostly on a part time basis while pursuing a career in other fields and under several business names, most recently as Rennsport Photography (racing in German). My main focus then was Motorsports photography along with model photography. Now I am diverging into more areas and am following the advice I gave others for many years and giving clients just one name to remember instead of two (mine and the business) and one that is more generic of the photography I do.
When I retired from the day job my intention was to devote all my time to the things I love, the workshops and sports photography so I started RennsportPhotography.net for the sports, particuarly motorsports efforts. Unfortunately a back injury put most of that on hold for close to two years. Now I am moving forward flat out with those plans and am consolidating all my branding under RennsportPhotography.net so my presence on MM will also change to that brand. My old email will still be valid and my old web site will still be available until I can incorporate it in my new site under development.
For over 20 years sponsored workshops for models and photographers, it was the longest running workshop series in New Jersey untill put onhold in 2008 and while I will not be doing the six to eight workshops a year I have done in the past I do plan on doing a couple every year.
I am always looking to collaborate with models on TFP projects, especially outdoor ones.
All Work By Appointment.
My old website is:
New website is under development
The PerformancePhoto websiite will remain up but not actively maintained but does have a lot of examples and good information for both Photographers and Models
All models under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent.
TFP requests considered.
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Samples taken from Arafat corpse for poison tests
By Jihan Abdalla
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Forensic experts took samples from Yasser Arafat's uncovered corpse in the West Bank on Tuesday, trying to determine if he was murdered by Israeli agents using the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, Polonium.
Palestinians witnessed the funeral of their hero and longtime leader eight years ago, but conspiracy theories surrounding his death have never been laid to rest.
Many are convinced their icon was the victim of a cowardly assassination, and may stay convinced whatever the outcome of this autopsy. But some in the city of Ramallah where he lies deplored the uncovering of his body on Tuesday.
"This is wrong. After all this time, today they suddenly want to find out the truth?" said construction worker Ahmad Yousef, 31. "They should have done it eight years ago," he said.
Arafat's body was uncovered in its grave and samples were removed without having to lift the corpse from the ground. As a result, the planned reburial ceremony with full military honors was called off.
The tomb was resealed in hours and wreaths were placed by Palestinian leaders including Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
"The state of the body was exactly what you would expect to find for someone who has been buried for eight years. There was nothing out of the ordinary," Health Minister Hani Abdeen told a news conference.
French magistrates in August opened a murder inquiry into Arafat's death in Paris in 2004 after a Swiss institute said it had discovered high levels of polonium on clothing of his which was supplied by his widow, Suha, for a television documentary. Continued...