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NSSA Nationals Full Coverage July 08 2011
Cam Richards, Parker Coffin and Leila Hurst take top honors in Huntington Beach
The NSSA National Championships were planning on an early fireworks show on Sunday at the legendary Huntington Beach Pier. But the dim, two-foot waves weren't exactly sending any sparks to the nation's best amateurs, forcing South Carolina's Cam Richards and Kauai's Leila Hurst to build M-80s out of matches to take the Open Mens and Womens Mayor's Cup Titles.
After a week of average surf, on the final day, NSSA Executive Director Janice Aragon took note of the meagerness and said simply: "These super challenging conditions will be won by the super challengers."
Indeed. 15-year-old Cam Richards, fresh off a King of the Groms HB win and a Standout Performance at the Quilksilver USA Champs, challenged the gutless walls to let off some steam on the older division -- and dominated. "I was really bummed I didn't make Open Juniors, 'cause that was the main division I was focusing on. So I just took out my anger on the Open Mens."
A pretty carefree Richards breezed through the early rounds. But once the field was chopped to twelve surfers, he began to realize the weight of what was happening. Richards reflects, "Once it got down to the quarters and semis, I started feeling the pressure because I knew I was in the running to win -- it was scary."
In the 30-minute final, Cam mixed tailslides and precise rail carves on the numbered lefts to take over the lead from start to finish.
This makes only the second time an East Coaster has won the prestigious Open Mens title -- the last time it happened was in the summer of 1978, NSSA's inaugural year.
Before this year, Leila Hurst already made a big impact on the NSSA with two Explorer Women titles -- and she even made the final in the Open Women back in '08. But with all the prestige on the Open title, she didn't want to head into her pro career without one.
"The only reason why I did NSSA again was to get that Open Womens Title," Leila explains, "Open is such a bigger deal than Explorer."
Well Leila ended up winning her third Explorer Womens title earlier in the week, it was just a side note on her way to achieving her goal.
And the Open Womens final wasn't exactly a breeze - it had some great talent that kept Leila focused.
"I was actually worried about Taylor Pitz cause I've seen her surf really well before." Leila admits, "Tatiana (Weston-Webb) and Mahina (Maeda)-are little machines, they just catch wave after wave and have so much energy."
Leila blitzed a few lefts, hitting the lip with power on her backhand to seal the deal. Tatiana had a late charge but her waves weren't connecting to the inside and couldn't catch up. Leila can go ahead and qualify for the WT, now that her amateur dreams are fulfilled.
Open Mens Champion: Cam Richards
Open Womens Champion: Leila Hurst
Open Junior Champion: Parker Coffin
Open Boys Champion: Jake Marshall
Open Girls Champion: Dax McGill
Open Mini Grom Champion: Tyler Gunter
Open Longboard Champion: Steve McLean
For more results and info go to nssalive.com


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Live Audit: The Romney Tax Documents
Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, paid an effective tax rate of 14.1% for 2011—roughly in line with other recent years—the campaign said in a blog post aimed at defusing criticism of the wealthy candidate. Below, we go through the details of his taxes.
OK, thanks for joining us. That wraps up our live blog. Read the main WSJ story, or go straight to the Romneys' 2011 tax return.
Massachusetts has long had some of the highest premiums in the country, and that didn't significantly change as a result of the state health overhaul law passed during Mr. Romney's tenure as governor. The state also has provisions requiring insurers to sell policies to all applicants, regardless of their medical history, and limits on how much insurers can vary premiums by age.
The costs reported on Mr. Romney's tax return were typical of the overall costs of other plans in the state, both plans bought on the individual market and plans issued through employers. Of course, many employers pay a substantial portion of those premiums. It looks from Mr. Romney's tax return as if he was paying them himself.
MORE ON ROMNEY'S HEALTH INSURANCE: Mr. Romney has his insurance through a Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts plan, a campaign aide confirmed late Friday.
Eagle-eyed colleague Laura Saunders notes that Mr. Romney reported paying $15,211 for health insurance premiums in 2011, according to his tax return released Friday.
We'll have an update on how much the Romneys paid for health insurance shortly, and then will wrap things up.
The Romneys' overestimate of their 2011 income caused them to overpay their taxes by nearly $1.5 million last spring. But they don't want a refund; instead they've opted to apply the excess to next year's taxes.
We checked with the Romney campaign and the 20-year tax-rate average is a simple one (i.e., the average of the percentage in each year) rather than a weighted one (i.e., where you add up all the tax paid across the 20 years and divide it by all the income).
It's a potentially important difference because the simple average treats each year equally — whether Romney earned, say, $5 million in that year or $30 million. It is especially important if Romney paid a low tax rate in a year in which he earned a lot but paid a high tax rate in years when he earned less. The weighted average would give a more accurate picture.
Of course, releasing the actual underlying year-by-year data would clear up any confusion — but that is a step Mr. Romney has said he won't take.
Most Americans have a pretty good idea what they made last year. Mr. Romney and his advisers apparently didn't.
In January, they estimated the Romneys' 2011 adjusted gross income had been $20.9 million. But when the actual tax return was filed Friday, their AGI was significantly less, at $13.7 million.
The main differences were capital gains, which were reported as $6.8 million, vs. the $10.7 million earlier estimate, and income from partnerships, S corporations and other entities, reported as $120,000, vs. an earlier estimate of $2.8 million. It's not clear why the Romneys' income was so much less than had been earlier expected.
(Continued) What we learned about Mr. Romney was that he had a private insurance plan, and when he turned 65 years old in March, he announced he would not sign up for Medicare.
His campaign hasn't answered questions about what sort of private plan it is, or whether he likes it. While Mr. Romney's physician gave him a clear bill of health for the demands of the presidency, Mr. Romney's wife Ann has spoken in detail about her battle with multiple sclerosis and the extensive treatment it has required.
We've asked the White House about President Barack Obama's health coverage too. We'll get back to you with answers from either.
Some new disclosures from the campaign of Mitt Romney today about the GOP presidential nominee's health, and about his finances. But nothing emerging, still, about his health finances.
We asked several Republican contenders for the White House about their health insurance coverage during the primary campaign, learning that Newt Gingrich was a fan of his Medicare Advantage plan, Herman Cain thought his COBRA payments were high, and Ron Paul had a federally run health insurance plan through his employment as a member of Congress. (Continued)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Still looking though Romney documents.
CPA David Kautter of the Kogod Tax Center at American University estimates that if Mr. Romney had deducted the full $4 million of deduction instead of only $2.25 millon, his effective tax rate would have been about 10.5%
The Caymans are a tax-friendly jurisdiction that is commonly used as a base for partnerships by Bain Capital and most other private-equity firms and hedge funds. U.S.-tax-paying private investors such as the Romneys typically get no personal tax advantage through investing in such locales.
Reflecting the complexity of Gov. and Mrs. Romney's investments, the pair reported $3.5 million in foreign income. They also filed various forms reflecting holdings in a multitude of locales, including Switzerland, Ireland, Germany and the Cayman Islands. In total, the Romneys' main tax return mentioned entities based in the Cayman Islands on at least 28 separate pages.
Obama campaign tries to keep the heat on the Romney campaign, puts out list of what it considers remaining questions about the Romneys' taxes — including questions on carried interest, foreign taxes, Bain retirement agreement. On the release of the summary of 20 years' of taxes, the campaign asks: "If the data used to compile the summary is derived from all of Gov. Romney's tax returns from 1990-2009, why provide average calculations instead of simply providing the voters with the tax returns themselves?"
Mitt and Ann's return is 379 pages long, and they filed a form indicating that it will be submitted on paper. The three trust returns total another 434 pages. That means someone at the IRS will have to keypunch in over 800 pages of data for the Romneys' returns. Ouch!
More on Romney vitals: Resting heart rate of 40, rising to 107 with stress. Blood pressure 130/80; and he is 6 foot-1 1/2 inches, 184 pounds. Read Sara Murray's writeup on the health documents.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Still looking through the documents and will post when we have new information.
For comparison's sake. here is President Barack Obama's 2011 return. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304356604577342360063628258.html
Back to Taxes: Mr. Romney's return says he was paid $178,500 in 2011 for speaking fees from American Talent Group Inc.
Full medical docs (released Friday alongside the tax docs)
Paul Ryan's health disclosure: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/pdr_dr_letter.pdf
Mitt Romney's health disclosure: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/wmr_dr_letter.pdf
More from doctor: Romney abstains from alcohol, tobacco. Eats a high fiber diet with abundant fruits and vegetables; minimizes high cholesterol foods and concentrated sweets.
More from doctor: Romney abstains from alcohol, tobacco. Eats a high fiber diet with abundant fruits and vegetables; minimizes high cholesterol foods and concentrated sweets.
Here are the links to the key documents, as pulled down on a (less busy) WSJ.com server.
2011 tax return:
Mitt Romney trust:
Ann Romney trust:
Family trust:
Along with tax documents, Messrs. Romney and Ryan released a summary from their doctors of their health status. Both appear to be in excellent health, according to doctors. In addition to his overall healthy diet and exercise routine, Mr. Romney's doctor noted that the presidential candidate takes aspirin and Lipitor daily. Ryan occasionally uses an inhaler for "airway hypersensitivity."
Mr. Romney made a similar statement in an NBC News debate during the GOP primaries.
"I pay all the taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more," he said at the time. "I don`t think you want someone as the candidate for president who pays more taxes than he owes."
Interesting observation: Mitt Romney paid more in taxes than he was legally required to in 2011 – something he once said would disqualify him for the presidency.
"I've paid all the taxes required by law," Mr. Romney said in an interview with ABC News in July. "I don't pay more than are legally due and frankly if I had paid more than are legally due I don't think I'd be qualified to become president. I'd think people would want me to follow the law and pay only what the tax code requires."
The site is now working, and most of the documents are coming available. http://www.mittromney.com/disclosure
It's 3 p.m., but the site where the documents were going to be posted (http://www.mittromney.com/disclosure) appears overloaded by traffic.
As a point of contrast, President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, gave about 13.6% of their income to charity in 2010. That was up from 5.8% in 2009. The Obamas gave 4.6% to 6.2% between 2005 and 2008. Between 2000 and 2004, before the president rose to national prominence, the Obamas gave between 0.4 and 1.4%.
Why? Well, for one reason, large charitable contributions also tend to reduce taxpayers overall taxable income and that would redraw attention to Mr. Romney's perceived political weakness—his low effective income tax rate.
Also, a lot of Mr. Romney's charitable giving goes to the Mormon Church. He's not shying away from his religion these days; but neither is he advertising it. A little more than half the $2.98 million Mr. Romney made in charitable donations in 2010 went to the Mormon Church.
Republicans would like a world in which people pay fewer taxes and give more to charity, on the grounds that private giving is more effective than the federal government's efforts. While the Romneys are a pretty good real-world example of that, this isn't an argument Mr. Romney hasn't made very forcefully.
One notable number in the excerpts the campaign posted is 38.49%. That's proportion of the Romneys adjusted gross income, over the 20-year period being counted, that went to federal and state taxes plus charitable contributions (at least the charitable contributions they deducted.) That's a lot, by any measure, especially given the relatively low effective federal income tax rate the couple pay.
The Romneys have said that their reluctance to release more tax returns stems from a desire to avoid giving Democrats and their allies more fodder for criticism. Anti-Romney ads have highlighted Mr. Romney's wealth and overseas investments.
A couple of interesting historical notes: According to tax historian and CPA Jay Starkman, the first president to release his tax returns was Gerald Ford. According to a biography of George Romney by T. George Harris, the elder Mr. Romney didn't release his actual returns. Instead he released summary information and allowed Mr. Harris to inspect twelve years of returns to prove that he had limited cash compensation to $200,000 while at American Motors Corp. and also to show how charitable he was.
Programming note: 2011 tax return due to be released at 3 p.m.
One surprise: the Romneys' actual income and tax for last year appears to be significantly lower than the campaign estimated earlier in the year. Back in January, the campaign said the Romneys would pay $3.23 million in federal tax on $20.9 million in total income. But the final return shows that they paid $1.9 million in tax on income of $13.7 million for 2011.
Critics have complained the Romney campaign was too slow in realizing the wealthy candidate's taxes could emerge as a salient political issue. Mr. Romney was particularly resistant about releasing his returns during the Republican primaries. Even after Mr. Romney promised two years of returns, calls continued for him to release more. Releasing two decades of tax rate estimates could dampen those calls and the transparency questions that have dogged the campaign.
The disclosure was made amid a tumultuous time for the campaign. The campaign hoped to recalibrate this week and focus on the economy after facing sharp criticism for their handling of the crisis in Libya. Instead a video surfaced of Mr. Romney making unflattering remarks about nearly half of the population, as he said they see themselves as "victims" and are beholden to the government.
The Romneys' tax rate also was lowered by very large gifts to charity—more than $4 million in all, the campaign said. That resulted in a deduction of $2.25 million. To reduce the impact of their substantial charitable gifts on their 2011 tax rate, the Romneys "limited their deduction of charitable contributions," the blog post said. That kept the rate in line with Mr. Romney's estimate in August that he paid at least 13% in income taxes in each of the last 10 years, said the blog post by Brad Malt, the trustee of Mr. Romney's blind trust.
According to the preview from the Romney campaign, the 2011 return due out at 3 p.m. will show that the Romneys paid $1,935,708 in tax on income of $13,696,951 for 2011, most of it investment returns, the campaign said. Investment income often is subject to special low tax rates; the current top rate for capital gains and dividends is 15%. That helped the Romneys achieve their relatively low tax rate for 2011 and other years. Democrats have criticized the Romneys' tax rate as evidence that the well-to-do don't pay their fair share under current rules.
It's unclear why the Romneys chose 20 years for the review by the accountants. But one likely factor is the Bush-era reduction in capital gains rates from 20% to 15%, which Congress adopted in 2003. In general, investment income prior to that change was subjected to higher tax rates and thus probably would make the aggregate tax-rate numbers look higher – i.e. better – for the Romneys.
The review of 20 years' worth of tax represented an effort to counter allegations from some Democrats – particularly Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid – that the Romneys didn't pay tax for some years.
In an interesting development, the Romney campaign also released a letter from accountants reviewing the Romneys' taxes during the 20 years between 1990 and 2009. In a summary, the campaign said that in each year during the 20-year period, the Romneys owed both state and federal income taxes, and paid an annual effective federal tax rate of 20.2%. The Romneys' lowest annual effective federal personal rate during the period was 13.66%, the campaign said.
The return was due Oct. 15, because the Romneys had a six-month automatic extension. It is an extension to file, not to pay. It was held up in part because many of his investments don't have to report final results to taxpayers until Sept. 17.
The Romneys filed their 2011 taxes today, and the campaign said that the full return for 2011 would be released around 3 p.m. EDT Friday. Previously the campaign had released an estimate of the Romneys' 2011 return.
Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, paid an effective tax rate of 14.1% for 2011—roughly in line with other recent years—the campaign said in a blog post aimed at defusing criticism of the wealthy candidate.


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Ride height with Bigger Tires
i have a question, if i have normal 265/50/20 tires and have s ground clearance of 10.7 inches as said in advertising and i change them for 275/55/20 which are 1.5inches bigger does the normal ride height changes? also does the Off Road 2 height changes to 12.2inches high?
this is because the tire is bigger than the stick one.
Is my calculation correct?
Re: Ride height with Bigger Tires
No, If you go to a tire that is 1.5" bigger in diameter, your ride height increase is half that, .75".
This is because only half of the wheel is below the axle and that is all that is relevant in regards to ride height. The off-road 2 setting would be closer to 11.4".
Re: Ride height with Bigger Tires
Your Jeep will probably ride a little softer due to the higher sidewall also.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Persian Kotlety
One of our favorites growing up were Kotlety. We used to call them Russian hamburgers. A recipe for a more Russian version of these is in our cookbook but I wanted to share this recipe that has a Persian twist.
1 lb. of ground meat
1 cup grated onion
1 egg
1 slice bread soaked in milk
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. oregano
1-2 cups fine bread crumbs or Panko breadcrumbs
2 tbsp. butter and 2 tbsp. olive oil for sauteing the patties
Put first 9 ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Form patties with this mixture. You can choose round or oval. Roll the patties in bread crumbs and saute them in butter and olive oil flipping half way through the cooking process till they are cooked through. Serve with your favorite sides. I used panko this time instead of fine bread crumbs and I liked the result.
I served them with my mother's rice and a salad but the cutlet would pair nicely with potatoes in any form. My mother always formed the patties in this oval shape. These are also great cold in a sandwich form.
12 comments:
These sound really delicious and I have everything to make them! I'm not a huge fan of oregano. Is there another herb that might make a suitable substitute?ReplyDelete
gorgeous photo of what a little manual labor and heat will do! I am enjoying your book, ladies; a super great project sharing comfort favorites, etc.ReplyDelete
I am intrigued by the cinnamon with the other seasonings. I LOVE to use panko crumbs...they add a fun crunch.ReplyDelete
I definitely want to try this recipe. Have you ever used ground turkey?ReplyDelete
Love the aprons!
I just returned from the town square with flowers that included chocolate and apple mint. The vendor said that the Mennonite gals make tea from the apple mint but she had no idea how to do it. Could you give me instructions?
The cinnamon gives an interesting twist to Kotletten. I too enjoy using the Panko crumbs.ReplyDelete
- shirleyMay 11, 2011 at 11:22 AM
these look amazing .never thought of cin. in a hamburger. will try it. love your blog alsoReplyDelete
You could probably just omit it altogether and throw in fresh chopped parsley?
We've used a turkey-ground lamb combo but never just turkey. Turkey can tend to be dry but if you don't mind that go for it!
Mmmm - yummy, will give this a try. I forgot to tell you. I did make your slow-cooked salsa chicken into a Mexican casserole. It was a HIT!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 13, 2011 at 10:25 AM
HI GIRLS:ReplyDelete
IS EVERYTHING OK!!!JUST KINDA OF WORRIED : TODAY: IS MAY 13 friday
your site is still on MAY 11. HOPE THINGS ARE OK????
- shirleyMay 13, 2011 at 10:27 AM
SORRY THAT WAS ME DIDN'T SIGN MY NAMEReplyDelete
They look delicious! We also add turmeric, parsley and boil some potatoes which we grate into the mix. The potatoes give them a really nice soft texture. Have you tried adding cinnamon and turmeric to meat sauce? Very good! I love your blog. I'm just browsing around and pinning some of your recipes.ReplyDelete
Thanks Jennifer,ReplyDelete
Those are all great ideas for the kotlety!


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Thomas D'Silva wrote:
> Can anyone please tell me how to create a direction field (slope field)
> using Mathematica. Is there a way? I would think there is for it is a
> well known software. Please help me. I really need to know. Please
> help!
In the standard AddOn Packages there is Graphics`PlotField` and
Graphics`PlotField3D`. These can be used to show a slope field. Also,
it is very easy to write your own function:
SlopeField[f_, {x_, x0_, x1_, dx_}, {y_, y0_, y1_, dy_}] :=
Show[Graphics[{Hue[1], Table[a = 1/(2 Sqrt[1 + f^2]);
Line[{{x - a dx, y - a dx f}, {x + a dx, y + a dx f}}],
{x, x0, x1, dx}, {y, y0, y1, dy}]}], Axes -> True];
SlopeField[(2y^2 - x^2)/(3x y), {x, 0.1, 2, 0.1}, {y, -0.05, 1.2,
There are a number of good Mathematica books on differential equations,
especially the visualization of differential equations:
- Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations via Mathematica
This book/CD-ROM package provides a traditional treatment of elementary
ordinary differential equations while introducing computer assisted
methods through Mathematica. Models are developed from classical
physics, population biology, electrical circuits, and elementary
mechanics. Instructor's manual available.
Alfred Gray, University of Maryland
Mike Mezzino, University of Houston at Clear Lake Mark Pinsky,
Northwestern University
- VisualDSolve: Visualizing Differential Equations with Mathematica
VisualDSolve is a Mathematica package that provides a wide variety of
tools for the visualization of solutions to differential equations. It
consists of a Mathematica package, a reference manual, and 12
lab/notebooks that can be used as a supplement to an existing
differential equations course.
Dan Schwalbe, Macalester College
Stan Wagon, Macalester College
Paul Abbott Phone: +61-8-9380-2734
Department of Physics Fax: +61-8-9380-1014
The University of Western Australia Nedlands WA 6907
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FCC conditions on Comcast-NBC could hurt synergy
By Yinka Adegoke and Jui Chakravorty
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp's bid for a controlling stake in NBC Universal to create a media powerhouse could be hurt by conflicting interests on Capitol Hill and conditions that hurt synergies, but the deal will likely be approved by regulators after a lengthy review.
Comcast and General Electric Co have been in talks to reach a deal that would give the cable operator a 51 percent stake in a NBC Universal venture. Comcast would contribute its cable networks and $4 billion to $6 billion in cash.
The two sides recently agreed to value NBC Universal at about $30 billion, sources previously told Reuters.
Final terms of a deal are expected to be announced in the coming days, according to one person close to the talks. But many months are likely to pass between signing and closing.
"Cable bashing is a nonpartisan sport," said Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett.
A deal would not only face a review by anti-trust regulators and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, but it would also attract interest from Congressional committees in the middle of an election year, Moffett said.
"It is very likely that FCC regulators will take a close review of this deal," Christopher Vollmer, a partner at Booz & Co, said. "It's big, it's high profile and it involves both content and distribution assets."
The FCC could force Comcast to continue providing content to competitors such as Verizon Communications and DISH Network, even if they are unable to agree on affiliate fees. Continued...


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knob and tube wiring
how do i tell which lead of the nobe and tube wire hooks to the white or black lead of romex?
You are not allowed to make changes or additions to knob & tube wiring.
I usually plug an extension cord into a receptacle with a good ground.
Run the extension cord to where you wish to test and use its ground pin as a reference point.
You can also buy a battery powered tester that signals when its near a conductor with voltage on it. Mine cost me $20.
Some jurisdictions may not allow k&t revisions, but not all!
If you can able run new cable to get around the old T&K you will be fine and per NEC code we can NOT extend the old T&K or ungrounded romexs so give you a head up on that one.
Basically the same rules I Have in Paris France.
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When use mast strobe light?
Realized that I do not understand the proper use of a strobe as part of a masthead light. I thought the strobe was an ''emergency only'' device, used much like flares only to indicate distress.
But now I''ve seen two references to single-handers leaving the strobe on at night to supplement their radar deflectors as warning or "see me" devices for passing ships.
So what is the proper use and intention of a masthead stobe light?
When use mast strobe light?
There is NO legal and proper use and intention for a masthead stobe light, unless your mast is tall enough to present a hazard to aircraft :).
When use mast strobe light?
Isn''t the exception that one may use a strobe or any other means to attract attention in an emergency?
When use mast strobe light?
Not a challenge Gordon, but how come folks like Aqua Signal offer it as a standard option/upgrade for their series 40 tri-color nav lights? They even charge an extra like $150 for it added to their generic tri-color/anchor light setup.
When use mast strobe light?
Manufacturers sell Strobe Lights because we will buy them. They are expensive because they cost a lot to make.
We buy them because we think (rightfully) that we may want the brightest, most obvious signal possible, in extreme situations - rules be dammed.
See the COLREGS (Rules 20, 21, & 36)
- Rule 36
Signals to Attract Attention
If necessary to attract the attention of another vessel, any vessel may make light or sound signals that cannot be mistaken for any signal authorized elsewhere in these Rules, or may direct the beam of her searchlight in the direction of the danger, in such a way as not to embarrass any vessel. Any light to attract the attention of another vessel shall be such that it cannot be mistaken for any aid to navigation. For the purpose of this Rule the use of high intensity intermittent or revolving lights, such as strobe lights, shall be avoided.
When use mast strobe light?
Honestly. If I was going to cary a strobe for this kind of emergency signalling, I would carry a completely seperate unit, with independent battery power, that could be hoisted up the mast at will. That way, if I need it because my other powersources have died and I do not have other lights, or my masthead light has been blown off the mast (has been known to happen) or any number of other nasty things have come to pass....well, the strobe can still function, for what that''s worth.
We have a $40 unit that I have attached two hose clamps and rings to. It takes less then 30 seconds to activate and hoist up the mast on its stick in the practice run we have done.
It makes much more sense to me then paying an extra $150 in order to put more weight permanently at the top of your mast, with all the potential for blown bulbs and fried wires that this implies)
When use mast strobe light?
ASHA said (about portable strobes):"... It takes less then 30 seconds to activate and hoist up the mast on its stick in the practice run we have done..."
That would be 30 sec. after you locate it, and get it & yourself to the halyard. Not a bad "back-up" - but I prefer an instantaneous "See-Me" light.
When use mast strobe light?
Sorry Sasha, I can''t get this site to accept my updates & edit.
When use mast strobe light?
I guess I have less boat to lose stuff in. I can always find it the strobe (The peronal strobes and the emergency strobe are all in clamps near the companionway). For the instant "oh dear" emergency wheer you want to be seen...there is a lot to be said for the white "see me" flares in the locker next to the helm. Way brighter then a strobe and covered by the col regs with no ambiguity. If I could afford white parachute flares for the emergency kit (in addition to the reds) I probably would have two of those as well.
When use mast strobe light?
Not to put too fine a point on it - but flares are unambiguously DISTRESS signals (not "hey there, watch out"). You could definately get into trouble misusing flares as a "see me" signal.
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There should be a popup that asks a series of questions:
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Have you replaced your voltage regulator, battery in the past 60,000 miles or five years?
If the person answers 'no,' a big slap machine reaches out of the computer screen and slaps the offensive person in their face. If the person answers 'yes,' proof must be submitted and approved by JFOJ. Then and only then can they deserve to proceed to the forums.
Anything short of doing any of the above and you might as well be wearing a shirt that says "I love to be stranded!" cause that's pretty much what you're wishing for when you don't maintain critical parts of your car.
Suspension in the last 50-60k miles as well
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From north of Birmingham - I-65 South to West Oxmoor Exit. Right onto West Oxmoor Road. Turn left onto Snow Drive at the traffic light after Jack's Corporate Office and UPS. Follow Snow Drive around past the US Postal Office. You will see signs for GBHS at the bottom of our driveway (which is right before the second right-hand curve on Snow Drive). Follow the drive up to the building.
**Snow Drive is a horse-shoe which will take you back to West Oxmoor if you go too far. **
For more information please call us at 205-942-1211. We are open Sunday from noon to 4:30 p.m.; Monday CLOSED; Tuesday-Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for adoptions. Animal visitation ends 30 minutes before closing time to allow ample time for the adoption process.
* Puppies 6 months & under: $100 (already spayed/neutered)
* Dogs over 6 months: $75 (already spayed/neutered). (With our Seniors for Seniors program, dogs age 5 and older may be adopted by senior citizens, age 55+, for $25.)
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Junior Ed Walsh and freshman Tristan Slater competed last week at the British Swimming Championships at the London Aquatics Centre.
The meet -- more or less the halfway point between the SEC and NCAA Championships -- gave the Vols an opportunity to qualify for the 2012 Olympic team. While neither swimmer made the cut, Slater put on a display of career bests back in his home country.
Slater reached the semifinals of the 200-meter breaststroke, swimming in a time of 2 minutes, 18.18 seconds in the preliminaries and finished 16th in the semifinals.
Slater, who has his eyes set on the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, took 14th place in the 400 individual medley in 4:24.36.
Walsh swam both the freestyle sprints, taking 25th in the 50 freestyle (23.32) and 41st in the 100 freestyle (51.42).
While Slater did not qualify for the NCAA Championships this season, he is undoubtedly one of the bright spots for Tennessee's future. He clocked the Vols' fastest times this year in the 200-yard individual medley (1:46.84) and the 400 individual medley (3:48.51). He was one of three Vols on the SEC All-Freshman team, joining diver Mauricio Robles and backstroker Ben Scheffer.
Walsh's season did not end with the British Championships. The junior team captain is the anchor leg on the 200-yard medley relay team that qualified for NCAAs. He has been an All-American in the event the last two years with senior teammate Ricky Henahan.
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On Jan. 4, The Daily Record reported the Holmes County prosecutor elected to prosecute Michael J. Park for discharging a firearm and injuring two drunken trespassing vandals who were in position to do even more harm to Park and his family had Park not defended himself. The prosecutor elects to ignore many circumstances of the episode to waste taxpayer money and time pursuing an agenda against Park. The message is, don't defend yourself in Holmes County.
I have lived and worked in Holmes County. I know the Park property; it's isolated. His mobile home is close to the road. His and his wife's bedroom is within inches of the driveway. The Parks and their bedroom are vulnerable at night when sober people are sleeping. Any vehicle pulling in the driveway, not being driven cautiously, could easily penetrate the bedroom and strike the bed.
Park had good reason to feel threatened by an unannounced driver pulling into his driveway late at night, headlights on his bed. I would have felt threatened, too. Park's mother lives across the road, not much farther from the road than Park's trailer.
Due to remote location, Park and his mother have been subjected all their lives to theft, poaching, vandalism, trespassing and all sorts of indignities by persons looking for a place to commit crimes out of sight. Park is alert for these people for good reason. And he is practiced at recognizing all intent.
Park is a responsible landowner and citizen. He has no criminal record. He is a veteran. He has spent his life working hard, before sunrise to after sunset most days. He pays his bills, including taxes. His property is cared for immaculately and it is a credit to the community. To my knowledge he can be generous and charitable to persons in need.
Park is accustomed to people being "lost" on the township road. If you approach him openly with respect, he will help you. If you have a break down, he will volunteer to assist you. If you leave him alone, he'll leave you alone. If you threaten or confront him, he won't back down, as two drunken criminals with unknown intent discovered.
So the Holmes County "persecutor" prefers to ignore many of these circumstances in favor of trashing a responsible and law abiding citizen's life. Hooray for the system.
And people wonder why the criminal element remains so pervasive.
Joseph C. Rockwell
well that certainly warranted Park's blasting away at the vehicle as it drove by his house
And did the police make an arrest? NO. Good thing you called. You really showed him. Remember, when seconds count the police are only minutes away.
Thank you, 7841.
I am glad they pursued this case and I think the end result was fair for everyone involved.
Did I miss something? What was the end result? Has Mr. Park been sentenced?
I am a landowner. I am a law abiding citizen. I pay my taxes. I own a gun - several, in fact. I have also had problems with theft, someone creeping around my property late at night, and people tearing up my driveway and yard. Not once have I fired my gun in response to these situations. I have, though, called the police - which is exactly what Mr. Park should have done.
Granted the kids here were wrong for doing donuts in this man's yard/driveway, but to open fire on them? Really? That is ok because he is a law abiding citizen? I don't think so. I am glad they pursued this case and I think the end result was fair for everyone involved. In the eyes of the law, he is lucky this was not pursued as attempted murder since the kids were leaving when he shot them. That is not defending yourself. That is taking revenge.
And what would your agenda be woodie?And would we all be better served if you took it back to California?
The man who fired a shotgun at a Jeep doing donuts in front of his house in the middle of the night pleaded guilty, and the driver of the Jeep faces his own criminal charges. Michael J. Park, 60, of 5120 Township Road 228, Glenmont, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of assault in Holmes County Municipal Court. In exchange, a related charge of criminal damaging was dismissed. The driver of the Jeep, Justin Snell, 29, of 4358 Township Road 55, Killbuck, has been charged with drunken driving, failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and speeding
I'd really like to know what happened out there. This letter is the first account that I've seen that claims the incident occured at night. Is that true or not? No one seems able to put forth an unbiased story of the event. Was this vehicle on the public road, or did it enter onto Park's driveway as implied in the letter? Why, exactly, would the prosecutors have an agenda?
So many people in this area absolutely hate the government. It's not just the feds. They hate the state and local governments also, including the courts and even the education system. They hate paying taxes to maintain such governments and the infrastructure that it provides. They see all of these agencies as robbing them of "freedom" while taking their money. Honestly, this is the mindset of the Appalachian moonshiners of yesteryear. You don't want a country, you want anarchy. Well, in my opinion, you're going to get it sooner than you think. And you won't like it, brother.
"Park, who said he feared a home invasion, said he grabbed a loaded 12-gauge shotgun and fired once at the rear tire of the vehicle, according to Haun."
How about walking us through Park's version of what happened that night.
That's how prosecution in America is. Sorry to say anyone that protects themselves will be subject to being drug thru the mud and totally ruined by prosecutor's. He should be given a metal for standing up for is rights. Instead he is bashed and totally ruined by prosecutors wishing to make a name of t house e backs of good citizens. Good job to the shooter....He did what any reasonable person would.


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The ancient Grande Mosque and Kasbah fortress line the main plaza square.
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Their own women had been carried off to the palace at the Kasbah.
The roysterers in the Kasbah sat a long half-hour in ignorance of the doom that was impending.
The Kasbah was afire; it had been burning since the banquet of the night before.
Such, and worse, and of a kind that bears not to be told, was the conversation after supper of the roysterers in the Kasbah.
Therefore in the wake of his master he set out forthwith to the Kasbah.
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[2011-09-01] How Is China Changing Latin America's Energy Sector? China recently announced several loans worth billions of dollars to Ecuador and Venezuela—to be paid back largely in the form of oil—for public works, energy and infrastructure projects. These investments and others have ...
[2012-02-28] Is Ecuador's Refinery of the Pacific on Track? In 2008, PDVSA and PetroEcuador agreed to build the ""Eloy Alfaro Delgado"" Refinery of the Pacific, which reportedly will be the only high-conversion plant on Latin America's Pacific coast. The facility will require an ...
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Success can be fleeting in the NBA. For proof, look no further than this year's disappointing version of the Detroit Pistons.
Many of the faces from the Pistons' half-decade plus of Eastern Conference dominance are still the same, but this lineup bears little to no resemblance to those teams to which wins often came all too easily. They were hungry, they were underdogs, and they were cocky. Sometimes too cocky, in fact, an attitude which manifested itself in increasing amounts of chirping and barking at referees and a palpable disdain for opponents they deemed lesser.
Despite it all, they were winners. Heading into this season, the Detroit Pistons had been to six straight Eastern Conference Finals, including that '04 title that effectively ended the acrimonious Shaq & Kobe Years and a repeat Finals appearance the next season which they lost to the San Antonio Spurs in a grueling seven-game series. Many, including myself, would argue that a lack of urgency combined with untimely mental lapses, amongst other things, potentially cost them one or two more titles in this era. But hey, there was always next year.
Well, there's no more "next year" this year.
I don't know who these Detroit Pistons are anymore… and I don't think the players do either. Gone are Ben Wallace and Chauncey Billups, Larry Brown and Flip Saunders, and in are Allen Iverson, Rodney Stuckey, and Michael Curry. Perhaps most notably, however, gone are the days when the Pistons could bully their way to a win almost despite themselves. The days when most teams penciled in a "L" on the calendar when it was time to travel to the Palace of Auburn Hills. And, yes, the days when the Pistons were a near shoo-in for a Central Division crown and a trip to the Conference Finals.
This year, at a shocking 27-27 following Sunday's sixth straight loss (a blowout affair at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers, their successors atop the Central), they'll almost certainly be considerable underdogs in whichever first-round matchup they draw come the playoffs… assuming they actually make it in, which is looking less and less likely with each passing defeat.
Here's four factors in the Detroit Pistons' fall from grace in 2009:
Identity Crisis: Over the past 6+ years, the Pistons made a name for themselves as a team that hung their hat on hardcore, lockdown defense. They were also capable of running one of the most efficient, effective offenses in the league. They've never been amongst the league's highest-scoring, but they got the job done.
It's hard to say what kind of team they are this year, besides a terribly mediocre one. On offense, this team is a mess. Some of it surely has to do with the underwhelming, puzzling sets run by Michael Curry, who seems to have lost his team and may soon lose his job along with it.
Time after time, their possessions seem directionless and reliant on individuals with the hot hand staying hot for as long as possible; they're near the bottom of the NBA in team assists per game with 20.3. More on that later.
The offensive ineptitude doesn't stop with the lack of ball movement. It's hard to believe with guys like Iverson, Wallace, Hamilton, Stuckey, and Prince in the mix, but the Pistons' 93.5 points/per ranks them ahead of only the Charlotte Bobcats in scoring (they're tied with the Memphis Grizzlies). Three-point shooting is an abyssmal 34.6%, and their 74.5% free-throw shooting is even worse.
At the other end, they're again amongst the league leaders in points allowed (94/per, good for 4th overall), but are consistently torched by marquee players both down low and on the perimeter; the help just isn't there like it used to be, either. Nobody fears their defense.
Iverson plays the passing lanes well, but will never be mistaken as a defensive stopper. Wallace is still a premier interior defender, but those aging legs of his are catching up on him and there's very little front-court depth of consequence behind him and Antonio McDyess. Tayshaun Prince hasn't had the same spring in his step ever since Billups was dealt, and second-year PG Stuckey is a defensive work in progress.
In short, this team's inability to collectively figure themselves out has proven to be damning.
The Writing is on the Wall: Change has come, more change is coming this summer, and everybody in Auburn Hills knows it. That's especially true for the players: this core is well aware that their best days are behind them, and that's proven to be a drain on the team's psyche, like a whiskey hangover that won't go away no matter how many glasses of water you drink the next morning.
It started when Ben Wallace left, and was accelerated when Billups was traded for Iverson. The mantra of "winning now" has become "let's try to win now, but let's also put ourselves in a position to win later." That's not necessarily a bad thing (and is probably a good thing), but it's also a distracting thing this year.
Iverson and Wallace are almost as valuable for their massive expiring contracts as they are for their on-court play–don't think they don't know that. Second-year PG Rodney Stuckey seems entrenched at the point, but as evidenced by his recent play, he's probably not ready to be handed the keys to the fleet just yet. And Curry hardly seems like the type of coach ready to lead a team to the promised land, or anywhere else other than to the lottery for that matter.
The Kids Aren't Alright: With Antonio McDyess now in the starting lineup from here on out, Amir Johnson is back on the bench with Jason Maxiell. Those are two guys the team has been waiting for to take the next step for a few years now, and two guys in the midst of two very disappointing seasons that are likely causing GM Joe Dumars to rethink his frontcourt plans.
Now in his fourth season out of Cincinnati, Maxiell seems to have hit a wall. Compared to last season, his per-game points (5.3), boards (3.7), and blocks (0.8) are all down, as is his fixed place in the rotation. He used to compare favorably to Utah's Paul Millsap, but that seems like a distant memory in light of what's happened with both players this season.
Johnson's performance has arguably been even more disappointing. Handed a starting job earlier this season, he did little to nothing with the opportunity, establishing himself as one of the league's most foul-prone players while contributing little to nothing in the way of offense. He still won't turn 22 until May, but the clock is ticking ever faster on all that potential.
Rookie Coach Curry: In the waning minutes of Detroit's 83-79 loss to the San Antonio Spurs last Thursday, Michael Curry called a timeout and drew up a play with less than 30 seconds left and his team down by only 1 point. What play did they run coming out of the break? Inbounds to Iverson, who dribbled, dribbled, dribbled at the top of the key, pump-faked, then passed to Wallace, who was posted up about halfway between the left block and the three-point line. Blanketed by Tim Duncan on this isolation, he threw up a jumper that fell short. The rest is history.
It's only one play, but it's indicative of so many head-scratching sets seen by the Pistons offense at all times of the game. Curry came in with coaching defense as his perceived strength, but you have to score to win, too–and that's where he seems to be coming up alarmingly short in his early head-coaching tenure. There's no ball movement, no consistent motion, no bread-and-butter plays, nothing. His
manmishandling of the team's rotation comes in a close second.
If this reads like an epitaph for the Detroit Pistons as we've come to know them, it's because it is. This season hardly tarnishes what they've accomplished in recent years, but it's that success that makes this unfolding catastrophe that much tougher to stomach for its fans. Don't underestimate Dumars' ability to get things turned around in a hurry, but in the meantime, th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-that's all folks.
Related Reading:
– Time Running Out for Detroit Pistons
– Rodney Stuckey has Arrived
– Meet Allen Iverson, NBA Punching Bag
– Witness the Predictable Growing Pains with Allen Iverson and the Detroit Pistons


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Investigation of a Pt–Fe/C catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in direct ethanol fuel cells
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Three cathode catalysts (60% Pt/C, 30% Pt/C and 60% Pt–Fe/C), with a particle size of about 2–3 nm, were prepared to investigate the effect of ethanol cross-over on cathode surfaces. All samples were studied in terms of structure and morphology by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analyses. Their electrocatalytic behavior in terms of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was investigated and compared using a rotating disk electrode (RDE). The tolerance of cathode catalysts in the presence of ethanol was evaluated. The Pt–Fe/C catalyst showed both higher ORR activity and tolerance to ethanol cross-over than Pt/C catalysts. Moreover, the more promising catalysts were tested in 5 cm2 DEFC single cells at 60 and 80 °C. An improvement in single cell performance was observed in the presence of the Pt–Fe catalyst, due to an enhancement in the oxygen reduction kinetics. The maximum power density was 53 mW cm−2 at 2 bar rel. cathode pressure and 80 °C.


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Planning an evaluation of emerging provisions for services for handicapped children (Phase 2)
This grant supports the second phase of a possible three-phase project to learn how "mainstreaming" affects the health and functioning of handicapped children. As a result of recent federal and state legislation, the placement of health-impaired children in general schools without special support services has been accelerated. No plans now exist to see if these health-impaired children are able to function more effectively with their handicaps within this new environment. This effort is addressed to this need, and is in line with a goal of improving individual functioning.
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Amount Awarded $140,861.00
Awarded on: 7/23/1981
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Grant Number: 6328
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The Indie Grits Film Fest
Columbia, SC
April 13-17
Indie Grits is an opportunity for experienced and first-time media makers to come together and share their interest in independent media production. The four days will include lots of films (obviously), a craft fair, and a Slow Food chefs' tasting party and potluck.
Joe York and Emile DeFelice will be at the festival, presenting one of the Southern Foodways Alliance's newest films, Ride That Pig to Glory. Showtime is Saturday, April 16 at 8:15pm.
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Walking into The Right Spot around lunch time, it is clear that the customers inside are not only regulars – but they also appear to be friends with staff members and even each other. This is certainly not uncommon, according to owner Len Ekenman. And that is just how he wants to keep it. He and wife Elaine have created a family atmosphere that has attracted and retained a steady flow of customers throughout the years – and in good times and bad. "We've had generations of Fife families come in here, and we love that it has become a true gathering place," he said.
Len's parents bought the business in 1973, and he immediately jumped on board. He and Elaine bought the business, then called the White Spot Tavern, in 1980 and their two sons, Stig and Owen, have each worked more than 10 years as cook, bartender, janitor and managers in the family business.
This Fife staple has hosted wedding receptions, baby showers, family parties, funeral gatherings and more. Customers truly see the Right Spot as a part of their lives, as do employees. Several Right Spot workers have enjoyed 20 to 25-year careers working for the Ekenmans.
The restaurant's menu features a wide variety of traditional bar food from fish and chips (hand dipped in a batter made in-house) to specialty pizzas. And with hand-pressed hamburgers, the Right Spot is the place to go if you are a fan of a good, juicy burger made with quality ingredients. "We keep everything as fresh as possible," Len said. "Our fries are cut fresh every day, and everything is made to order."
The Right Spot also sponsors a number of pool and dart teams – some have been playing there for as long as 30 years. "We have the greatest customers, and they have truly become friends over the years," Len said.
Len and Elaine have worked hard to give back to the community that has supported their business for so many years, by participating in a number of charitable efforts including scholarships for local high school students and more. "We try to help the community that's been so kind to us," Elaine said.
The Right Spot, located at 5119 Pacific Highway East in Fife, also offers two happy hours a day, from 3-7 p.m. and 9-11:30 p.m. (and all day on Sundays), featuring discounts on beverages and appetizers.


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Sorry but I am concerned we may be seeing a lot more of this. In a bad economy, a lot of people have been and are losing benefits or jobs, and if they think they can't make it without these things, look out.
This is a discussion on Bad: Man with a knife, shot at Walmart, officer injured. within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; This happened about 30 minutes from where we live... http://www2.wspa.com/news/2011/feb/1...rt-ar-1467134/ By Jonathan Carlson Published: February 15, 2011 Updated: February 15, 2011 - 10:53 PM » ...
This happened about 30 minutes from where we live...
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A suspect is recovering from gunshot wounds, and a deputy recovering from knife wounds, after a violent confrontation in front of an Upstate Walmart.
The Greenville County Sheriff's Office says a man went inside the store shortly after 1 this afternoon, wielding two butcher knives.
Deputies say the man suicidal, telling customers and clerks someone was "going to die", before the event was over.
A witnesses inside at the time told News Channel 7, the man was talking about being frustrated over losing veterans benefits.
The Sheriff says the man was a veteran. Its unclear what his exact motive was.
Deputies say the suspect was leaving the store when they arrived.
A foot chase began and the man stopped.
Two deputies fired and hit the man with a taser. They say the man lunged at the deputies and threw a knife at one of them cutting the the deputy's leg.
They say another deputy shot the man three times in the abdomen, leg and arm.
The suspect was airlifted to the hospital, and the deputy taken by ambulence. The deputy was treated and released Tuesday night.
The suspect remained in surgery.
The Sheriff referred to him as a "veteran" of the force.
SLED will investigate as well, as is usual for officer involved shootings.
The Sheriff says the man brought the weapons into the store with him.
The store was filled with customers and employees at the time of the incident. No one else was hurt.
Names of those involved were not released Tuesday.
WSPA will update this article when more information becomes available.
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Sorry but I am concerned we may be seeing a lot more of this. In a bad economy, a lot of people have been and are losing benefits or jobs, and if they think they can't make it without these things, look out.
Anti-gunners seem to believe that if we just pass enough laws, we can have utopia. Unfortunately, utopia is NOT one of our choices.
Freedom Doc - I fear you are correct. And there will be times these folks will not be concerned about who they strike out at. Be prepared at all times. An LEO might not always arrive in time.
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At least a Walmart employee did not intervene, or we would have one more unemployed.
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Delivery Guy Gets Carjacked and Keeps Delivering!
Dude is crazy!
It's impressive to see someone who takes THIS much pride in a job that doesn't pay very well. So promote this guy . . . IMMEDIATELY.
Earlier this month, a Papa John's Pizza driver in Atlanta was out on a delivery when two men walked up to his 2003 Cadillac CTS and PULLED GUNS on him. So he got out of the car . . . and took his pizza with him.
The men drove off in his car . . . and the delivery driver KEPT GOING ON FOOT, so he could still make his delivery.
After the customers got the pizza, the driver called the cops.
For some reason, the driver thought his boss would FIRE him for getting carjacked. As far as we know, that hasn't happened. The police are still looking for the carjackers.


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Vomiting from hunger when feeding raw
Hi everyone -
I know this can be common with GSDs, but Warden vomits bile when his stomach is empty.
We currently feeding a pre-ground prey model raw, mixed with kibble. We are having trouble switching completely to raw because Warden has been getting up in the night vomiting because he's hungry... the raw digests so much faster than the kibble and at about 4am he's so hungry he gets sick. His last meal is at 8pm.
Anyone have any advice for this? At this point, the pre-ground is more convenient as it contains the right amount of meat, bone, and organ and is readily accessible because a member of our walking group grinds it.
Is there anything I could add to his food other than kibble to help last him through the night? He gets supplements, pumpkin, and the occasional egg with his food also. He is lactose-intolerant and we are trying to avoid grain. I don't mind adding kibble honestly, but he gets kibble on daycare days (lunch and snack 3x a week) and I'd prefer to do raw as much as possible when he's home!
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We had lots of that. It turned out that my dog couldn't tolerate chicken, duck, turkey, or venison, and I do believe some of the vomiting was caused by that.
We pushed his feeding time to nine or 9:30 PM, and that seems to hold him until morning, when he gets a cup of freeze-dried.
Have you tried a snack just before he goes to sleep at night?
I know it has been debated over the years as to whether it might be problematic mixing kibble and raw....don't know if there is any merit to either side of the argument since I never mix the two. I feed straight raw for my dog's primary meals and then use kibble as treats throughout the day but the amount of kibble as treats probably amounts to 1/2 cup or so.
The throwing up bile when the dog is hungry does not sound common to me but perhaps others might suggest it is ???
Maybe try feeding the kibble and raw separately at different hours rather than mixing and see if anything changes. I also add items to my dog's raw diet such as yams, which have been put through the food processor until they are pureed. I also use pumpkin,eggs (whole) as you do...and at times add some yogurt or cottage cheese. I'm a big fan of incorporating green tripe as well.
I have always tried to make only one change ( addition or subtraction ) to my dog's meals at a time and then see the results so I don't have so much guess work if I make more than one change.
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I feed a few treats before bed to help fill my dogs tummies until breakfast. Leyna will also throw up bile if she goes too long without food.
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Thanks for the responses. He's vomited bile on kibble as well, but it's more frequent now that he gets the raw too. By frequent I mean once every couple weeks or so, and always in the middle of the night.
Didn't know there was a debate about mixing raw and kibble... Is it a health concern? I'd really rather do raw, but they can't accommodate that at daycare.
Any ideas on adding other things that are known to digest more slowly? I can do canned tripe easily too, but I can't imagine it digesting any more slowly... I'll also try a snack right before bed!
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How old is your dog, and what and how often are you feeding?
Could you schedule so that he doesn't need to be fed at daycare?
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I found the answer to what you were feeding. Posting it here so others might see and help.
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My dog had the same issues when on raw. We couldn't possibly feed him 3 times a day, and the only time we could feed him was before 8 in the morning and then it was necessary to feed him at around 9 or 10 at night in order to prevent the empty stomach.
It was still almost automatic that at around 7 he'd puke bile. Sometimes he wouldn't want to eat because his stomach was probably already upset and so he didn't have an appetite, would throw up, and then eat like 30 minutes later.
Giving biscuits seemed to help for a little while, but waking up at around 2 in the morning to slip him a cookie got old really quick and also stopped working after a while.
Sad to say, we went back to all kibble and he's much better now. We still get an episode of bile about once every two weeks, but its much better than every day or every other day. We went with a high quality kibble (fromm) so I don't feel terrible about not doing raw.
I think the bile moving through the esophagus every other day greatly outweighs the benefits that raw feeding might have over a high quality kibble, plus its just terrible watching your dog go through that every morning.
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Although only three-and-a-half years have passed since the 55-year-old was sent down, his life will never be the same again. Whisked away from Spring Hill Open Prison in Buckinghamshire in a top-of-the-range Porsche Cayenne followed by a £60,000 Range Rover, Adams has spent his first weeks of freedom staying with friends and indulging in all the things he had been denied while locked away. But once those celebrations are at an end, he will have to face the hard fact that from this point on, for the first time in his life, every penny he spends will have to be accounted for.
With his personal wealth estimated to be in the tens of millions, the man known as "The Guvnor" and boss of the "A Team" is not in for an easy time. As head of one of London's last major crime families — old-style villains who literally kept much of their cash in shoeboxes under the bed — he'll find it difficult to survive in a world where cash is no longer king.
As well as facing a raft of financial restrictions that include submitting his bank statements to the authorities on a regular basis, he will be under near- constant surveillance and all his calls and conversations are likely to be monitored. The police still hope to catch him doing something that will see him back behind bars for a considerably longer time.
However, one former detective who spent 10 years pursuing Adams and the rest of the family believes his recent conviction is as much as they could have hoped for.
"There's a lot of stuff we know he's done that he's managed to get away with. It's unlikely he'll ever go down for any of it. All we've been able to do is force him into retirement and hopefully cut him off from any new illicit income."
Millions in cash remain unaccounted for — when the investigation started in 1997, Terry Adams's financial adviser, Solly Nahome (shot dead the following year in an unsolved gangland hit), was found to be holding £375,000 in cash for him and his brother was holding £195,000 more. But while this money is out of the reach of law enforcement, it is also out of Adams's reach. A Financial Reporting Order issued by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) means he will no longer be able to spend cash so freely.
Having invested wisely, Adams has many legitimate business interests, a few of which remain out of reach of the courts and are not connected with the nightclubs, pubs and restaurants at the heart of the Adams empire during the height of its influence in the early Nineties. As a "consultant", mostly to ventures and enterprises being run by close friends, Adams hopes to be able to maintain all but the most outrageous excesses of his former lifestyle. "He's got a lot of wealthy friends who will be happy to pay out on his behalf," says one former associate. "It won't be the life he had before but it won't be half bad either."
However, there is no doubt that the increased powers of SOCA have made it more difficult for crime families to operate. Only last week, judges at the Court of Appeal upheld the right of SOCA to freeze £2 million in assets from alleged crime boss David Gale. And last month SOCA began publishing a rogues' gallery of some of Britain's worst criminals, including drugs barons and gangland crime bosses, who are subject to court orders restricting their activities, on their website.
Ken Pandolfi, the head of the agency's "Centurion" lifetime offender management team, said: "They used to come out of prison quietly under the radar, commit new crimes and be able to get away with it. Now they are on the radar until these orders expire. It alters the whole balance of risk they face."
Although Adams and his brothers are now seen as all but a spent force as far as major organised criminality is concerned, their name still carries considerable weight and their extensive network of contacts mean few are willing to cross them.
During his trial it emerged that such was the power of the Adams name that the gang were able to charge others for the use of it. The cost was £250,000 a time and payment had to be made in seven days. No exceptions. "If you were doing a job and you had the Adams family behind you, even just the name, it meant no one was going to f**k about with you, everyone would know they were going to get paid and everything would go as smoothly as possible," a former associate told me. "It sounds like a lot of money but it would be worth every penny. Think of it like starting up your own business and being able to say one of those blokes from Dragons' Den is backing you. It's priceless."
Such deals are likely to continue, though it is unlikely that Adams or his brothers will be able to access any such funds directly. But as a legitimate member of society, complete with bank account and national insurance number, the newly released Adams may at least be able to realise one ambition. "Harrods always look at cash," he once complained to his wife, Ruth, bemoaning his lack of credit cards. "And our cash is dirty."
The eldest of 11 children born to lorry driver George Adams and his wife, Florence, and raised as a good Irish Catholic on the rough Barnsbury estate in Islington, Terry, assisted by his younger brothers Patsy and Tommy, formed a gang that achieved mythical status in the annals of British organised crime. At its height the Adams empire was said to be worth more than £150 million and the A Team was linked to at least 23 murders.
Under Terry Adams's direction, the gang took the money they made from extortion and armed robbery and invested in the drug business, shipping vast quantities of cannabis and later cocaine into the UK. Terry also steered the family towards investing in nightclubs, a move which consolidated their power base even more. Many of these business deals were brokered by Solly Nahome.
But as their wealth and status grew, so did the pressure within the police force to bring them down. Yet corrupt officials would tip them off about potential inquiries, or witnesses would retract their statements. The family were, it was said, untouchable. Unlike the Krays, who were desperate for celebrity, Adams shunned the limelight. Up until his arrest, no public picture of him had ever been seen.
Eventually, like Al Capone before him, Adams came a cropper because of the Inland Revenue.
In 1995 the Special Compliance Unit, which investigates cases of illegal tax evasion, looked at his accounts and realised that he had never paid a penny of income tax. His initial explanation — that he didn't actually have a job — couldn't quite explain his lavish lifestyle.
Adams's north London home had been bought for £1 million in cash and furnished with antiques and paintings including 19th-century Meissen figures and Henry Moore etchings. Above his mantelpiece rested a life-size poster of Al Pacino in his role as Tony Montana from the cult crime movie Scarface.
A joint police/MI5 taskforce once planted listening devices in his home when Adams had the mansion fitted out for satellite television but by then he had already taken a back seat from the criminality that had made his fortune. In November 1997 police recorded the following conversation between him and Nahome.
Adams: "So it's illegal?" Nahome: "It's illegal afterwards." Adams: "Then it's an illegal transaction. You should have said straight away. I don't do anything illegal ... We do everything straight. All right? I'm not a criminal no more, Sol. I'm a straight person now."
But Adams clearly had access to millions made during his time as a criminal. He spent freely — he and his wife Ruth took dozens of luxury holidays, favouring the Italian lakes — bought a private yacht and sent his daughter Sky to private school.
After the taxman came calling, Adams hastily had false details made up showing that he worked as a jewellery designer and he offered to settle his back bill for just £95,000. Up until this point, he'd never had a bank account or a national insurance number. But despite being charged in May 2003 with money laundering, tax evasion and handling stolen goods, it wasn't until 2007 that he was finally put on trial for what essentially amounted to laundering his own wages.
The judge asked: "Why has it taken you so long to arrest this man?"
The answer said it all: "We were waiting for him to commit a crime."
Adams may have been forced into retirement but as something of an anachronism in today's high-tech, multicultural, international underworld, it's unlikely that he would have it any other way.
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Key Statistics: Not a whole lot from this game. SS Valdez 1-3, 2B, BB; 2B Galvez 1-3, 2B, BB; RHP Sampson(L) 5.0 IP 7 H 6 R 6 ER BB 6 Ks.
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In sixteen innings, two more innings than the standard minor league doubleheader the Storm went down in the top of the sixteenth when Storm relief pitcher Dennis O'Grady, in his second innings of work, gave up a single to 3B Travis Mattair to plate two runs.
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The game remained tied until Fort Wayne (19-24) scored in the fourth inning. Newcomer Yeison Asencio, in his second Midwest League at bat, tripled to right-center field, and Austin Hedges followed by plating him with a double to put the TinCaps in front 2-1.
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Food Resource Characteristics in Two Nocturnal Lemurs with Different Social Behavior: Avahi occidentalis and Lepilemur edwardsi
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I present results from a comparative field study on the feeding behavior of the gregarious Avahi occidentalis and the solitary-but-social Lepilemur edwardsi to evaluate hypotheses relating to social organization and food resources. While Avahi and Lepilemur are both nocturnal, have comparable body weights and positional behaviors, and are both folivorous, they differ in their social organization. Therefore, they present an ideal model for assessing food resource characteristics through comparisons of food selection in both species with regard to forest composition. The monogamous Avahi tend to select under-represented resources. They are repeatedly exploited, which suggests that their location must be known. It is worthwhile and probably imperative to defend those resources. Such defense imposes ranging limitations on male Avahi. Females may prefer familiar mates that will share their knowledge of resource location and defend the resources. A stable monogamous pattern could be the optimal strategy. In contrast, food selection by Lepilemur is based on common resources to a higher degree, but they show a lower degree of exploitation. Lepilemur males would be less restricted and could potentially opt for a different strategy, e.g., a dispersed harem. It is unclear whether this strategy is realized or not. I discuss other possible correlates of monogamy—infanticide protection, predation avoidance—but the gregarious pattern in Avahi may best be seen as a retention, and its nocturnal activity as a secondary adaptation.
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Licenders, a professional service for screening and removing head lice, has a new product called the LouseBuster that is safe for treating lice on children's hair. By directing controlled heated air against the hair roots and scalp, the LouseBuster dries up all the lice on the child's head in 30 minutes. The LouseBuster prides itself on the fact that chemicals aren't used in the procedure.
Adie Horowitz, owner, says children are the focus of Licenders. The company wants to educate parents and teach them how to remove lice from their child's head without using chemicals. They have hosted educational seminars and met with the PTA and parents at public schools to raise awareness of the seriousness of head lice issue for children. "The goal is to calm the parents down," she says. "The problem is that people just don't know what to do, and schools aren't providing the service to a problem that can be easily solved."
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