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Target: William R. Byars, Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, and Governor Nikki Haley.
Goal: To end the segregation of HIV/AIDS infected inmates in South Carolina.
South Carolina is the only state left in the Union that segregates prisoners diagnosed with HIV. This practice dates back to the 1980s when AIDS was not very well understood. However, after twenty-plus years of research there is no basis to keeping prisoners segregated based on their medical diagnoses. It is a violation of their human rights. HIV is not transmitted by spitting, through food services or any sort of casual contact. The main way that a person might become infected with HIV/AIDS is through the blood or bodily fluids. In a well controlled prison, these should not be issues. While there is no cure for HIV, there are ways to manage the condition through strict medicine regimens.
The segregation that is subjected upon prisoners within the South Carolina Department of Corrections leads to feelings of humiliation and prejudice from other inmates. On top of this, being segregated in the HIV unit forces inmates to tell their families about their diagnosis before they are ready to. This is a violation of their human rights. Inmates infected with HIV are also sent to high-security units even when convicted with minor crimes. One inmate serving a three-month sentence was housed in a facility used to hold death row inmates.
South Carolina officials defend the policy by saying that it makes it easier to treat HIV affected prisoners. Department of Corrections officials have also admitted that it may not be medically necessary but they still think it best. There is no information that backs up their claims. Sign this petition to demand that the South Carolina Department of Corrections end its segregation policy with regards to HIV positive inmates.
Dear Director William Byars and Governor Nikki Haley,
The South Carolina Department of Corrections policy of segregating HIV positive inmates violates their human rights. By segregating inmates in special wards your system is exposing them to prejudice from their peers as well as a strong feeling of humiliation and depression. Segregation also forces inmates to inform their families of their disease before they are ready. This is a violation of their right to privacy.
There is no defense for segregating HIV patients as there is no medical basis for the policy. HIV/AIDS cannot be transmitted through basic contact, only through transmission of blood or other bodily fluids. In a well controlled prison environment, the number of infections will be able to be managed. I ask that you take action in this matter and make this form of segregation extinct in the United States.
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If you use a Beemax poly hivetop feeder you don't have to worry about moisture anyway.
Every once in a while there is a surprise of a warm day in the 50's. I see the bees taking there "cleansing" flight.
Hi,I am a first year (starting second) beekeeper also.Definately should be feeding 2:1 in the winter, 1:1 encourages laying. If you use a Beemax poly hivetop feeder you don't have to worry about moisture anyway.My husband freaked out the first time he saw dead bees in the snow.Both my hives are doing great. Althought they had plenty of honey in the fall I plan on starting to feed again soon. Safer than taking a chance on them starving. I am the secretary of the local beekeepers association, our school is March 25th, I went last year and learned everything I needed to know to get started.Our meeting schedule is on the website... hope to see you there.Cam Jones (near Cincinnati)
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The Adam Afriyie leadership stories this Sunday confirmed several things. First, there'll be no shortage of candidates when David Cameron goes. A large tranche of backbenchers have become increasingly irritated at what they view as a magic circle of ministers, special advisers and journalists who, they claim, are deciding who is and isn't considered a serious player in Westminster. A result of this will be a determined effort to bust this alleged cartel come the next leadership contest.
The second, and more important, thing is that the whole issue of pay and rations for MPs is still shaping our politics. Many of those most hostile to Cameron are those who feel that he hung them — or their colleagues — out to dry during the expenses scandal. They feel that he didn't show them loyalty in their hour of need, so they owe him none.
Afriyie has capitalised on this expenses discontent. As Chris Hope points out in The Telegraph, Afriyie — who has claimed no expenses himself — has set himself up as an MPs' champion on the matter, as someone prepared to fight for the interests of parliamentarians on this matter. His push for flat-rate allowances has been extremely popular with MPs who are fed up with the bureaucratic and, some say, demeaning system operated by IPSA.
I doubt that this, his back story and business success will be enough to carry Afriyie to the leadership: his fellow MPs tend not to regard him as that strong a media or Commons performer. But this chatter, and the reason for it, does tell us something about the mood among a certain section of Tory MPs.
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We've got a new Think Again, called "The Case of the Missing Scandal," and I think it's worth looking at, since it's something I had not even heard of until George brought it to my attention. And my new Nation column is called "Say it Ain't So, Joe."
Yet another conflict of interest for Howard Kurtz? I didn't realize such a thing was mathematically possible. Kurtz's tenure at the Post is one of the blackest spots on the legacy of Len Downie as he goes off into the night. No way Ben Bradlee would have stood for it.
Every once in a while I read a story that makes me wonder whether democracy in America is possible or even desirable. I read one of those yesterday, headlined "Rachael Ray ad pulled as pundit sees terror link: Malkin claimed scarf similar to those worn by murderous Islamic extremists." Here.
MSNBC.com reported that "Dunkin' Donuts pulled a television spot featuring talk show host and Food Network personality Rachael Ray this weekend after a Fox news commentator associated it with terrorists. In the ad, Ray is wearing a scarf that Michelle Malkin said in her nationally syndicated column resembled a kiffiyeh, Middle Eastern garb that is 'popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos.' " While Dunkin's Senior Vice President for Communications, Margie Myers, "issued a statement saying the scarf 'was selected by a stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended,' " Dunkin' Donuts pulled the commercial "because the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee."
In her column, Malkin further insisted that "actor Colin Farrell, rapper Kanye West and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean have been photographed in similar scarves that were 'distinctive hate couture.' "
I'm sorry, but this woman is a racist and possibly an idiot. And Dunkin' Donuts is apparently run by people who are cowards and who believe that Americans are also racist and idiots. There are Dunkin' Donuts sprouting like weeds in my neighborhood. I am henceforth boycotting all of them. And it won't even be difficult to explain to my 10-year-old why. She knows we don't patronize racists, even if we like their food. (The coffee bites, by the way.)
This just in: Remember when ABC held a debate at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia and didn't ask a single question about the Constitution?
Barack Obama is not waiting to be asked. "During a fund-raiser in Denver, Obama -- a former constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago Law School -- was asked what he hoped to accomplish during his first 100 days in office.
"I would call my attorney general in and review every single executive order issued by George Bush and overturn those laws or executive decisions that I feel violate the constitution," said Obama." Here.
Quote of the Day: CNN's Jessica Yellin: "The press corps was under enormous pressure from corporate executives, frankly, to make sure that this was a war presented in way that was consistent with the patriotic fever in the nation and the president's high approval ratings," Yellin said.
"And my own experience at the White House was that the higher the president's approval ratings, the more pressure I had from news executives -- and I was not at this network at the time -- but the more pressure I had from news executives to put on positive stories about the president, I think over time ...."
It pains me, albeit only slightly, to say this, but everybody needs to read Jeffrey Toobin's absolutely wonderful and brilliantly done profile of Roger Stone this week, here. It's really a masterpiece of the genre and contains lots of information all political journalists need to know. I'm putting it on my syllabus for the "Journalism of Ideas" course. Here's a snippet:
McCain's route to victory, Stone believes, is a Nixonian slash-and-burn campaign against Barack Obama, the likely Democratic nominee. "Obama and his wife are élitists and they're weak," Stone told me. "They don't share middle-class values. Middle-class Americans are proud of their country, and they are not. He thinks he's going to sit down with Iran and Hamas. How do you know he's not going to shake hands with a suicide bomber? You can't sit down with people who don't want to sit down. All he's going to do is raise taxes, which is going to give the government more money but it's not going to create any jobs." Stone added, "McCain himself should not run a slash-and-burn campaign, but a slash-and-burn campaign will have to be run by others." ... "Remember," Stone said. "Politics is not about uniting people. It's about dividing people. And getting your fifty-one per cent."
The following is the beginning of Bernie Avishai's blog post called "Connect The Dots # 6: Tell Me Who Your Friends...
One. From Jodi Kantor's Page One article in the New York Times, entitled "As Obama Heads to Florida, Many of Its Jews Have Doubts":
"Novel and exotic rumors about Mr. Obama have flourished. Among many older Jews, and some younger ones, as well, he has become a conduit for Jewish anxiety about Israel, Iran, anti-Semitism and race... Mr. Obama might fill his administration with followers of Louis Farrakhan, worried Sherry Ziegler."
Two. Rumors? American Jews not related to Sherry Ziegler, but who have a worried cousin with access to a "forward" button, will have received an email link last February to a column written by Jerusalem-based novelist Naomi Ragen:
"If I had a Rabbi, for example, who publicly supported and honored a despicable racist, I'd change shuls. Mr. Obama's distancing himself [from Louis Farrakhan] , even during a political campaign, has not included either changing churches or spiritual leaders. In light of this, the fact that Mr. Obama's father and step-father were both Muslim, and that he spent part of his childhood in a Muslim school in Indonesia perhaps should begin to concern us."
Three. If I had a Rabbi who...? From another Naomi Ragen column, written for Arutz Sheva, the West Bank settlers' media site, on the March 23, 2006; Ragen was ruminating on the approaching Israeli election:
"The coalition of the National Religious Party and the National Union, with Effie Eitam, whom I deeply respect..."
Four. The words of Effie Eitam, whom Ragen "deeply respects":
"We will have to do three things: Expel most of the Judea and Samaria Arabs from here... We will have to make another decision, to remove the Israeli Arabs from the political system. Also here things are clear and simple: We have raised a fifth column, a group of traitors of the first degree, and therefore we cannot continue to approve such a hostile and great presence inside Israel's political system... The third thing: We will have to act differently than everything we have known so far opposite the Iranian threat. These are three things that will entail a change in our war ethics."
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"This year, the press has treated Sen. Ted Kennedy as a singularly powerful figure in the Democratic Party and a commanding spokesman for the American left. Unfortunately, that hasn't always been the case. Just a few years ago, when Republicans were riding high on Iraq war fever and Democrats were seen as on the retreat politically, the press cavalierly snubbed Kennedy and his prophetic anti-war address." Read more here.
Bill Moyers interviews former talk show host Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro in this rebroadcast about the true cost of war and the documentary Body of War, depicting the moving story of one veteran dealing with the aftermath of war. With extensive excerpts from the film, the filmmakers talk about Iraq war veteran Tomas Young, who was shot and paralyzed less than a week into his tour of duty. Three years in the making, Body of War tells the poignant tale of the young man's journey from joining the service after 9-11 to fight in Afghanistan, to living with devastating wounds after being deployed to Iraq instead.
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks -- Real Emotional Trash
Real Emotional Trash is the fourth "solo" LP from Stephen Malkmus and is out on Matador Records. (This one is credited with The Jicks, like Malkmus' second album, Pig Lib.) He is joined by drummer Janet Weiss, bassist Joanna Bolme, and guitar/keyboardist Mike Clark. I kinda like but don't love these guys. The guitar work is good. The lyrics are confusing. There's a sort of Deadhead vibe, but for some reason it feels more distant, less inviting. Still, it's pleasant and virtuosic. More information is available here.
The Best of Joy Division -- Rhino Records
On the 30-year anniversary of Joy Division's creation last year, Rhino Records reissued expanded collector's editions of the quartet's work. This year, Rhino is extending the commemoration by releasing a single-disc collection, The Best of Joy Division, 14 tracks that "distill the essence of the band's signature mix of shadow and beauty." It's a mix of singles, album tracks, and live recordings. More information is available here.
Name: John Sherman
Hometown: Moorhead, MN
The combined sense of the Rove and Carlson quotes is that, in the Bush White House, rudimentary literacy requires a left-wing ghost writer.
Name: Barbara
Hometown: Portland, ME
So Scott McClellan acknowledges what the sane people of the world already knew -- that Bush is an incompetent on every level. Too bad it has come so late in his presidency. Of course, the headlines are about "misleading" on Iraq. How about the rest of it? That he is all that the "liberals" thought him to be: lacking in intellectual curiosity, fudging the facts to fit his warped constructs, under the control of the evil duo, Darth and Rover, and unable to synthesize information and facts to reach a reasonable conclusion. No one seems to be spending too much time on his criticism of the press and its lack of critical insight into the administration either. Sigh ... too little too late. Hopefully the Democrats can use this to their advantage -- although they don't seem to be able to capitalize on much right now.
Course, none of this is as important as Obama confusing two concentration camps -- now that requires more analysis than any of the plans put forward by ANY of the candidates to deal with anything of ANY importance to the American people.
The press just doesn't get it.
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Hometown: Cherry Hill, NJ
As a follow up to the article you linked regarding the jump in PTSD cases, I feel compelled to add a little background, which, unfortunately, again shows our commander-in-chief to be either staggeringly clueless or frighteningly uncaring or, perhaps, both.
Studies during World War II determined that the average rifleman in combat maintained peak efficiency up to about 90 days of cumulative combat. Thereafter, efficiency decreased and ultimately, if not otherwise wounded, they became "psychiatric casualties" after 200 to 240 cumulative days in combat. Once they became "psychiatric casualties," soldiers could be treated and made useful again in rear echelon duties but they were rarely able to become effective combat rifle men again. It was further determined that "Rest and Recuperation" (R & R) could "stop the clock" on the cumulative days of combat, but it could not "turn back the clock." In other words, whether a rifleman served in combat for 240 consecutive days or for 240 single days with R & R in between, they were still likely to become psychiatric casualties. Interestingly, studies during the Vietnam War initially did not seem to support the figures calculated in World War II. However, further study determined that actually the figures from World War II were correct, but, since in Vietnam a soldier was invariably a target to insurgent snipers and mortar barrages and bombs whether on a search and destroy mission or at base camp or on R & R in Saigon, the "combat clock" continued to tick even during times that were seemingly non-combat. In others words, it is not the least bit shocking that most of the men who served as riflemen for a one-year tour in Vietnam suffered from some level of PTSD upon completion of their tour.
To be clear, these studies were performed by the U.S. military and are well-known among military historians and presumably within the military as well. In fact, I first learned about them during a sophomore-level college course in military history in the 1980s, and I have since seen them quoted in many other places (including, most recently, Rick Atkinson's "The Day of Battle," if anybody needs a reference). The point here is that Iraq is probably a lot more like Vietnam than the battlefields of World War II. In other words, whether on patrol or in combat or relaxing in one of the massive American base camps, our fighting men and women are probably battle-stressed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, while they are in Iraq. When you couple this with the fact that 240 days of cumulative combat invariably causes the average soldier to become a psychiatric casualty and our soldiers, in addition to serving multiple tours are currently serving 15-month tours, the only thing surprising to me (and to anybody with a rudimentary knowledge of military history) is that PTSD cases are not more widespread. Sadly, I suspect that they are ... or soon will be.
The only thing more disturbing is that our president and military went forward with "the surge" and the 15-month tours it required with full knowledge of this data and, thus, fully aware that most of the soldiers serving would suffer some level of PTSD as a result. Moreover they did this with a medical system they knew was wholly incapable of treating even a fraction of such cases.
Name: Andrew
Hometown: Pound Ridge, NY
Look, I am a Mets fan (or at least I am trying to be one these days), so this is not a Yankee/Met thing, but if you asked me, Jose Reyes is the most over-hyped New York shortstop, not Derek Jeter.
I could not believe the hype this kid came with. When he started, he showed no discipline at the plate, and although he has develop some since then, his on base percentage is still way too low for a lead-off hitter. He never looks like he is working the count, most often the pitcher is working him.
He has crappy instincts on the base paths (he gets picked off with regularity and, notwithstanding his speed, gets thrown out fairly regularly as well) and will at times steal when it is not the situation to steal (i.e., attempting to steal third with two outs).
He sometimes (way too much) loses focus and mails it in.
I will say he is an excellent fielder with a great arm, but offensively he's way overrated and it is only a matter of time before he starts screwing up his shoulder sliding headfirst.
Name: Peter Bartlett
Hometown: SF, CA
Thanks for showing a little appreciation for one of the best sportswriters around.
And that's no Jeteration.
Name: Dominic
Hometown: Springville, TN
Apparently, the animosity between Leisen and Charles Brackett didn't last forever. Brackett wrote the script for the 1946 Leisen film To Each His Own, a wonderful weepy with a touchingly beautiful and Oscar-winning performance by Olivia De Havilland, who ages decades in the film. Leisen was an extremely interesting director who was liked and admired by many actors, including Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Fred MacMurray, and -- especially -- Carole Lombard. His '30s films with Lombard, such as Hands Across the Table and Swing High, Swing Low (which I think is highly underrated), are unsung marvels. And of all the films that the great Preston Sturges wrote for other directors, the only two that he requested personal copies of were both directed by Leisen -- Remember the Night (another gem, with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, pre-Double Indemnity) and Easy Living. But the Mitchell Leisen film that I will always remember is Murder at the Vanities, a supremely bizarre musical made in 1932 before the Hayes Code was enforced, which I happened to see on the early movie in Chicago when I was a teenager. Most famous for introducing the song "Cocktail For Two," the film also featured a musical number with secretaries dancing on a giant typewriter while wearing see-through blouses and -- most hilarious and shocking in my early pot-smoking times -- Gertrude Michael singing "Sweet Marijuana" in front of a giant reefer plant. Man, I'd love to see that one again!
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UBS AG analyst John Hodulik says that Verizon may sell as many as 13 million iPhones this year, mainly to its existing customers, which is expected to bring Apple additional $5.2 billion in sales. On the other hand, AT&T is projected to sell more than 14 million iPhones in 2011.
Hodulik says:
"It's going to be the dominant device at Verizon as soon as it's launched, and, I think, cannibalize the other devices they sell."
The largest US carrier has been a stronghold for Android-powered handsets and this has helped the green robot platform to move in second place (only after RIM) in the total subscribers table in the US. No doubt, this is bound to change with the imminent release of the Verizon iPhone, and, fittingly, CES has seen the announcement of some AT&T-bound Android-running heavyweights, like the Motorola ATRIX 4G, the Samsung Infuse 4G and the HTC Inspire 4G.
The most important question in this story seems to be whether Verizon's network will manage the iPhone load. In fact, the iPhone's official announcement for the largest US carrier is yet to happen, but AT&T has already released the "slow lane" remark, claiming that Verizon's 3G network can't manage the iPhone's fast speeds.
It is claimed that Verizon is quite confident in its network capabilities, and believes it will face no problems with the extra data demand that the iPhone is set to bring. In the words of Ivan Seidenberg, CEO of Verizon:
"Whether they are iPhones or Droids, they are smartphones. Regardless of the mix, we are prepared to carry more data."
There is no doubt that this claim is to be tested soon, since it's reported that Big Red plans to offer unlimited data plans for the iPhone.
Time for your opinion - what major shifts are to come with the expected unveiling of the Verizon iPhone tomorrow?
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People can't get enough doomsday. It's mysterious. It's exciting.
It's a blockbuster.
How timely that the second installment of a seven-part graphic novel series on the End of Days is hitting shelves at about the same time that 2012, the Mayan doomsday flick, hits theaters.
California megachurch pastor Phil Hotsenpiller, author of the Armageddon Now series, says people have always been obsessed with the end of the world and says his graphic novels are a way to make the prophecy fun and fresh.
"Nobody wants the world to end, but everybody wants to see it happen," he says.
The first of his graphic novels (comic books on steroids, for those new to the genre) is called Armageddon Now: World War 3 and came out at the beginning of this year. Yes, the story is about the last days, but it's not told in a Left Behind sort of way. The characters aren't Christian, but they use the scriptures to find hints on how to save the world.
Corbin is the reluctant hero. He's an armed military man with rippling muscles who finds himself battling what Hotsenpiller calls "the ultimate bad guy." That would be Saduj (Judas spelled backwards).
We know Corbin is victorious, because "The Beast" is about to make its debut. The second installation is about Jada, a saucy software engineer-turned-assassin who was once Corbin's girl. Can Corbin kill his former lover if he has to?
Hotsenpiller, teaching pastor at Friends Church in Yorba Linda, Calif., says his hope is for the series to eventually hit the silver screen and later be translated into a video game.
Hotsenpiller isn't the first to have divine inspiration for a graphic novel. Check out R. Crumb's latest work, The Book of Genesis Illustrated, confronting questions of biblical proportions.
Why do you suppose people have such an infatuation with the end of the world?
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By Michael Levie, COO citizenM Hotel Group | May 06, 2011
Since launching its first hotel in the summer of 2008, the three-property citizenM Hotel Group (
) has established a unique brand identify of affordable luxury that gives global mobile travelers what they most want and need. Its success is built upon offering guests a unique experience, as much as it is on maintaining low operating costs. In traditional hospitality concepts, combining the two would seem like trying to square the circle, as the further refinement of guest amenities would inevitably lead to higher costs. The smart use of contemporary technology, however, enables citizenM to run its hotels with a lean back-office, and to tune its operating cost to the effective delivery of the very best personalized guest experience.
Network standardization and application virtualization are twin factors for citizenM to streamline its operations while focusing entirely on its guests. IT outsourcing is central to this approach. Fundamentally, managing networks is a specialized activity, and citizenM believes that it is more effective to have specialized activities handled by those who know best.
In autumn 2009, citizenM turned to Swisscom (
) to advise on the most efficient use of technology for its Glasgow hotel project. Swisscom developed a technology blueprint for citizenM where the widest number of hotel and guest services would be converged into one unified network infrastructure. From a catalog of IP-compliant technologies, citizenM chose its preferred service providers for its PBX system, room lighting and HVAC, while IPTV and HSIA services were sourced from Swisscom directly. Swisscom coordinated the interfaces among all the vendors concerned, which included NEC (
) for VoIP and Philips (
) for the mood pads in the guestroom, among others, and managed the deployment.
Today all these systems run on the same, integrated wired and wireless network infrastructure. Through their shared IP platform, the systems "talk to one another" and share guest data, hence enabling a high level of service personalization. citizenM's IP network is remotely managed 24/7 through Swisscom's specialized network operations resources according to mutually agreed upon service levels. Swisscom handles and escalates vendor-specific incidents and coordinates the service delivery. There is actually no need for citizenM to have any specialized IT staff on site.
Application virtualization also plays a big part in citizenM's forward-looking IT strategy. Together with Swisscom, the hotel managed to drastically reduce the number of on-site servers and systems. Its VoIP solution, as well as its central hotel system, which encompasses traditional (central) reservations, property management and CRM (provided by the Austrian company Hetras;
), have been entirely moved into the cloud. This enables citizenM to avoid on-site system maintenance and support. This software-based approach allows citizenM to benefit from flexible, pay-per-use pricing. As a result, citizenM saves on acquisition, installation and maintenance, not to mention energy consumption. Moreover, through Hetras' virtualized suite of hospitality management applications, citizenM now has a single database for all guest profiles and certain applications to service its guests in a consistent and personalized manner. For instance, it stores guests' music choices and room ambiance settings, and then proposes them to the guest the next time he/she reserves a room on our website, or checks in at citizenM.
An undeniable advantage of a software-based approach is the fact that all future citizenM hotels can hook up to centrally-hosted data and applications while avoiding the costs associated with additional set ups. citizenM has two New York City properties in various stages of development that will open in 2012, as well as two sites in London, one of which will be ready in time for the 2012 Olympics. By choosing the same application providers for its new properties, citizenM can effectively create a 'template' for its hotel IT. It would include all the applications that citizenM needs, with fully integrated systems and defined interfaces. Deployment could be optimized accordingly. And for the network manager, it appears to be a matter of scaling its existing processes and operations.
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Reparations urged for 1921 Tulsa race riot
A state commission has recommended that reparations be paid for the 1921 Tulsa race riot, one of the worst racial clashes in U.S. history.
The Tulsa Race Riot Commission presented its final report Wednesday to Gov. Frank Keating and state lawmakers, saying reparations "will stand as symbols that fully acknowledge and finally discharge a collective responsibility."
As many as 300 people may have been killed during the riots that began when a white lynch mob exchanged gunfire with a group of blacks who sought to protect a shoeshiner accused of assaulting a white woman.
By the next day, the entire black business district known as Greenwood had been torched. Black churches, businesses and more than 1,200 homes lay in ruins. Blacks fled or were herded into detainment centers. The commission said the exact death toll will never be known.
Escaped inmates recaptured
Two inmates, including one serving a life sentence for murder, escaped from prison after cutting a hole in a perimeter fence.
The murderer was captured Thursday morning by the Fort Hall Tribal Police Department near Pocatello, Idaho, after a confrontation with a homeowner. Lee John Knoch was being held in Idaho until extradition proceedings can be held on returning him to Oregon.
The second inmate, a convicted rapist, was captured on roads near the Snake River Correctional Institution just after the Wednesday escape, said Perrin Damon, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Correction.
Knoch, 23, was convicted in 1998 of burying alive a man who was to testify against him. He was serving a life sentence without parole. The other inmate, Aaron O'Hara, 23, was serving a six-year sentence for sodomy, sex abuse and two counts of rape.
Airline aims to stop mechanics' slowdown
American Airlines said it went to court to try to stop a work slowdown that forced it to cancel at least 28 flights in and out of Kennedy Airport on Thursday, but a union denied orchestrating a slowdown.
American's lawyers filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the Transport Workers Union in federal court, the airline said. The airline alleges some mechanics represented by the union have grounded flights by falsifying safety reports.
Dean Levere, a representative of TWU Local 562, said the union had nothing to do with any slowdown.
"The union did not condone or promote any slowdown or job action," Levere said. He said union officials had talked to workers and concluded there were no problems with the planes for the canceled flights.
The airline has been negotiating since October with the mechanics and airport ground workers. The contract became eligible for revisions on Thursday.
Attorney enters innocent plea for O.J.
An attorney for O.J. Simpson filed an innocent plea for him on charges that he pulled off the glasses of a motorist during a traffic altercation.
Simpson is charged with felony auto burglary and misdemeanor battery and is free on $9,000 bond. Motorist Jeffrey Pattinson told police that on Dec. 4 he slammed on his brakes and honked his horn at a black Lincoln Navigator after he saw the SUV drive past a stop sign in suburban Kendall, where Simpson now lives.
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posted at 4:15 pm on September 19, 2009 by J.E. Dyer
An interesting pattern has developed in 2009. Each time there has been a complacent political moment in which leaders or "authorities" proclaimed that our previous security concepts were predicated on "false" premises or choices, a big dose of incontrovertible reality has whacked that moment in the face.
Obama tried it first with his global denuclearization speech in Prague. The US media duly covered it as a seminal shift in American policy, as if Ronald "Zero Option" Reagan had never been president, and America had not spent the last 26 years getting our and Russia's nuclear arsenals reduced, and pursuing a missile defense that is designed to obviate nuclear missiles as entirely as possible, so that none of our geopolitics are about nations holding each other at risk with a nuclear threat.
But the truly remarkable adjunct to Obama's Prague speech was the near-simultaneous launch by North Korea of a rocket with long-range missile applications. This launch came after a six-month period in which Pyongyang openly defied UN warnings and announced its overt determination to resume reprocessing uranium – confirming, in effect, the complete failure of the Six Party talks process (and all its predecessors) to denuclearize North Korea. Obama seized on North Korea's activity as an example of what he would like to stop with a denuclearization policy. But the disconnect between rhetoric and reality had to be apparent to most of his audience. With the US, and Four of the Five other Parties, as well as the entire UN, officially committed to denuclearizing North Korea, what, exactly, was the hold-up? Were we to believe that a negotiation process that began in 1994 had failed to work because, until April 2009, Obama's denuclearization policy speech had not yet been given?
The pattern continued in May, when the prestigious East-West Institute, an international think tank, published its joint US-Russian analysis of the Iranian nuclear missile threat. The EWI study's conclusions did not differ meaningfully from those of US and other Western intelligence agencies. Its bottom line projected Iran being able to deliver a nuclear warhead by ballistic missile into central Europe as early as 2015-17. The study, however, took time out from its technical analysis to give policy advice, the main thrust of which was that the US should scrap its plans for missile defense sites in Eastern Europe, because the threat from Iran was still in the future. (The EWI website now cites Obama's decision in that regard as a success for the Institute's study.)
The EWI document was duly talked up by the mainstream media. But it made less of a splash than it might have in the Western press, because its release was overshadowed by North Korea's second-ever underground nuclear test, followed closely by an unprecedented salvo of missile test launches. Its technical analysis was also thumped hard – within 48 hours of its unveiling – by Iran's own Sajjil missile launch. The Sajjil program's success in May directly contradicted one of the study's key technical findings: that Iran was nowhere near successfully incorporating solid-fuel rocketry in its long-range missile efforts. Solid fuel in a multi-stage assembly is a major advance for Iran's program, and one the EWI study assessed was several years down the line.
Being twice nailed in a cosmic bullseye has not deterred the opponents of missile defense and prudent global security policy. On 17 September President Obama called his Polish and Czech counterparts, reportedly in dead of night, to inform them that he had decided to abandon the missile defense sites that were to be installed on their territory. Against an Iranian threat that could, by universal estimate, develop as early as 2015, the US missile sites were to be operational in Eastern Europe by 2013. In other words, they were designed to counter the expected future threat by a prudent margin on the timeline. Nothing about this plan would have prevented the deployment of tactical missile defense assets (like Patriot and Aegis-equipped ships) against the shorter-range missiles Iran already has. But Obama justified his decision on the basis of there being exactly such an either-or choice. His premise is, effectively, that we have to give up the future defense capability in order to deploy the current one.
The ultimate prudence of that decision depends heavily on Iran's nuclear-armed missile threat not developing on the universally-projected timeline. As if on cue, on 17 September IAEA released its report documenting the work Iran is already known to have done on weaponizing a nuclear warhead, and assessing that Iran is already capable of building a bomb. Given the extant US intelligence estimates that continue to predict Iran could test a nuclear device in the period 2010-13, and the progress of Iran's long-range missile program, which has already beaten the EWI projection in a key feature, these IAEA revelations strengthen the longstanding prediction that as early as 2015, Iran could use a ballistic missile to lob a nuclear warhead into central Europe.
The way things are going in 2009, I would suggest to anyone who wants to downplay the threat of missiles and nuclear warheads, in the hands of Iran or North Korea, that he keep an eye out for a lightning bolt. It has been a long time since I remember policy rhetoric being pursued so relentlessly, and nailed so tellingly, by unvarnished reality.
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Browns running back Willis McGahee won't play Sunday against the Bears, and he never really had a chance. McGahee suffered a concussion in Week 14 and hasn't even been cleared to practice yet. Chris Ogbonnaya will get the start against Chicago's last-ranked run defense. Running back Fozzy Whittaker should also chip in.
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I'll guess the six-game streak of opposing running backs topping 100 rush yards versus the Bears ends here, but Ogbonnaya is still an RB2 who should catch a few passes as well. Ogbonnaya is a marginal talent, but the matchup doesn't get any finer. The Bears have given up almost 300 more rushing yards than any other team this season.


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How do I fish the power cable without breaking backsplash
Hi all,
I have few questions while I tried to install under cabinet lighting.
OK, please check the pictures.
I tried to drill a hole on a finish kitchen backsplash and fish a cable to the power box. However, how do I drill a BIG hole without breaking the backsplash? Also, there are insulation inside the wall which is hard to fish the cable even there are only 7" from the hole to the power box. I tried to remove the power box, but the builder used glue to install it. What should I do? any suggestion?
The worse case is I have to break few backsplash in order to install the power cable, what is the best way to break the backsplash to minimize the damage? Also, after I install the cable, how to I put back the drywall?
Thanks for all the suggestion.
You might be able to use something like this:
Feed it through the new hole to box and then pull the new cable up to the hole.
If you need to remove the tile, use a grout saw to go around the tiles you need to remove. Then if you're careful, you may get them off without breaking them. Clean them up, reuse and regrout.
Dan, Can you get identical replacement tile? If so you would also be able to replace the single gang box with a two gang box.
Good job on the pic and the annotation. Can you add annotation as to where the "big hole" will be?
Carbide Grit hole saws for tile are available in a range of different sizes e.g.
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=213195-28303-12152.0&lpage=none&cm_mmc=search_gps-_-gps-_-gps-_-LENOX%201-1/4"%20Carbide%20Grit%20Arbored%20Hole%20Saw%20Drill %20Bit
fish wires
Take the wires up a little higher drill a big hole in the back of the cabinet fish wires into cabinet then down to lights.
Install a piece of wood to cover hole in cabinet all sawing, fishing, hole making inside cabinet and hidden from view.
Just make sure it is covered properly.
You cannot use the small appliance countertop circuits for your lighting loads. You will need to find another source for your power.
I still have 50 more identical replacement tiles, so breaking few should not be a problem.
Actually, I am worry about even I am able to drill a hole (around 3/4" big), I am still not able to fish the power cable into the power box, because:
1. the power box only have a small opening (check picture)
2. there are insulation to make it difficult to fish the cable
As you guys suggested, I may consider to break few tile and replace the new one, HOWEVER, how do I regrout the tile without the drywall support inside?
Once I start to break the tile, I have to cut the wall until I see the insulation. Then I have to repair the drywall before I able to put the tile back. But how do I replace the drywall since that area is surround by tile?
Do you guys understand what I mean?
Please check pictures below:
In the top of the existing box you will see a knock out. Pry this slug out and you are left with a 7/8" hole. Push something like a hanger or fish tape up and see if it's clear. Then drill a hole in the tile with a masonry hole saw. Put your new box against the wall and trace it out. Cut the rectangular hole. Take a section of the cable and push it up and grab it with needle nose pliers. Attach a NM connector to the cable and secure it into the new box. Push box in and secure. You will need a box designed to be self securing or use "Mallory" straps.
Like Jim said. You cannot mix lighting and small appliance circuits together in a kitchen. While in my opinion it is safe, it is a violation of the code.
Personally I would do it in my house, but not in yours. :wink:
I have never heard of a box being glued. THIS IS AN OUTSIDE WALL, ARE YOU SURE IT DOES NOT CONTAIN SPRAY FOAM INSULATION?. If it does your wire will be very difficult to fish.
I will buy a masonry hole saw and fish tape tonight, then give it a try.
Man, I can not believe fishing that 7" cable can be THAT complicated.
What I meant is are you confusing spray foam with glue. The spray is highly adhesive and could appear to be bubbling into your j box, like glue.
If your wall is wrapped on the exterior with rigid foam you should have clearnce behind that jbox. I would carefully work something thin around the edge of the box before I messed with cutting the tile.
P.S.: I'm just a useless electrician, so I probably don't know what I'm doing, but I would take a 1/2" spade bit and drill a hole in the top of the plastic box. Then, I would cut a hole in the back of the upper cabinet big enough to get my hand in. Then, I'd get my wire in place easily, and using a 3/8" tile drilling bit, drill a hole in the tile where I needed it, and stick my wire in. To finish off, I might use a low voltage cut-in ring in the hole I cut in the cabinet and put a black cover on it to close the hole.
If I cared a little more, I'd secure the piece of cabinet back in place with some nice 3/4" trim. But, carpentry work is too complicated for an electrician who's used to doing easy electrical work.
Depending on the outside sheathing and finish material, I've been known to do this sort of thing mainly from the outside. Removing and replacing a sheet of T-111 is 35 minutes work total and then it's all there in front of you (though backwards :wink:). Even if you have to remove and replace some window trim, it's not a big deal. But if you have lapped siding over plywood, or are 20 ft above grade, forget it.
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This is a discussion on Shuttle Astronaut arrested for attempted kidnapping?!? within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; You woulda thunk that she would know to start counting down when she was going to lose her temper.... 10, 9 ,8.... could have avoided ...
You woulda thunk that she would know to start counting down when she was going to lose her temper.... 10, 9 ,8.... could have avoided this whole mess.
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New Episode Of LUST IN SPACE.
Imagine how bad it could have been. Far better to have her crash 'n' burn while still on the ground, instead of taking folks with her.
Rocket scientists blow gaskets, too, I guess.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
Wow, a new way to 'go postal.' Only I guess it would be called 'going Nasal.'
Thank God nobody was hurt.
Whatever doesn't kill you postpones the inevitable.
That is what drinking TANG will do to a person's mind.
A person is justified in the use of deadly force, if such person reasonably believes deadly force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to such person or a third person.
A trench coat, a wig, a knife, BB pistol, latex gloves, diapers, pepper spray, a steel mallet, several feet of rubber tubing and hand-written directions to Shipman's home...........
A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with that stuff!
Folks, you can't fix stooopid.
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Tech Tuesday—Adobe Creative Cloud Preview
May 14, 2013
Unless you've been living on a deserted island for the past week, chances are you already know that Adobe has made a big, bold move with its Creative Suite products. Rebranded as Creative Cloud, Photoshop CC (as it is now known) and all other suite components will be subscription-based only. Don't panic yet: CS6 (including Photoshop) will continue to be available as a perpetual license product and will be supported by Adobe, at least for a while. But if you want the latest updates and features, you'll need to go to the cloud.
Not surprisingly, the news--announced at this year's Adobe Max conference--has caused quite a stir (and even a petition against the move). You can read more about it in John Rettie's Digital Guru column in the coming July issue of Rangefinder and on the Adobe site, but here are a few quick facts. (Read the full FAQs here.)
- The software is downloaded to your computer so you don't need an Internet connection to use the application but you do have to log on every 30 days to validate your license. However, you have a grace period and can use the software for 99 days without going online.
- Various subscription options are available including annual membership or, for a higher fee, a month-to-month membership. Plans include those for individuals, teams, enterprise, students/teachers for either the full complement of products or a single application.
- Special discounts are available to current owners of CS3 and later for the first year. For example, a single application (only one per customer) will cost you $10 a month with a one-year commitment but you'll need to join by July 31, 2013.
Be sure to read the fine print and do the math before you join up. A cloud-based subscription may make sense for your business. Then again, you may be one of many who would rather own than lease. What are your thoughts? Will you be subscribing? Staying with your current version of Creative Suite? Looking for an alternative? Let us know.


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The Waterpod Project
New Yorkers are exploring a floating, fully functional, water-based community in West Harlem. The Waterpod serves as a floating home, garden, and performance space and is currently docked at 125th Street on the river. Mary Mattingly created the Waterpod, and says she came up with the idea to prove that people can live on much less than they think.
"New York City wasn't thinking about what would happen if sea level rose or something like that. So this became an ideal space for the future and for many places around the world."
There are four bedrooms on the Waterpod. Mattingly lives there full time. Artists who contribute to the Waterpod's art exhibitions rotate living on board every couple of weeks.
The Waterpod is fully equipped with a shower which filters rain water, a kitchen, full fruit and vegetable garden, and even a chicken coop. It will be uptown until August 3rd and is next planned to dock at Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
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Michael Domininguez, deputy under secretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, said the Defense Department opposed proposed changes in educational benefits for Iraq War veterans. He argued that GI Bill payments at present come close to matching those of active-duty members. He felt making GI benefits too generous and allowing reservists to use them after getting out of the service could end up hurting the military by making it more attractive to get out. "These programs are not broken. They do not require radical restructuring." He said the cost of the proposals would end up being more than $13 billion over five years, and argued the money could be better spent on other things like improved medical benefits. Under questioning he admitted the Bush administration would not willingly spend $13 billion to improve reserve health benefits. Keith Wilson of the VA was most concerned about costs of the proposed legislation.
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Everyone who voted for Republican candidates in last year's election should be compelled to read the stuff coming out of the mouths of Defense Department and VA people hired by George Bush. If $13 billion over five years is too much, how about reducing the $1 trillion given in tax benefits to Bush's wealthy friends! Isn't it interesting that Bush's own appointee admits the president would "not willingly" provide additional spending on health benefits for reservists. Few Americans realize that National Guard and Reservists are NOT receiving the same educational benefits provided members of the regular armed forces. This is outrageous given that National Guard and Reservists have been compelled to return again and again to Iraq.


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What's linux-devtest
It is a python script to run automated tests on Linux using Opentest framework.
How to install it
Download latest opentest_installer*.tar.gz from
http://arago-project.org/files/releases/opentest/ untar it, run it and then:
- If you plan to run tests using TI's board farm
Select options 2 (STAF) and 8 (Command Line Tools)
- If you plan to run tests on your own desktop
Select options 2 (STAF), 4 (TMC), 5 (VATF), 6 (TEE) , 7 (BEE) and 8 (Command Line Tools)
NOTE: Depending on your linux distribution, you may also need to install python module 'argparse'.
There are many files that contain setup configuration. The installer will preset most values during the installation process, however the most important configuration parameters are documented here:
- Test Master Controller (TMC) IP address
Defines Test Master Controller to send test requests to. Location: config/site_info.xml <tmc_machine> xml element Default: 18.104.22.168 (which is TI Germantown TMC server address)
- Local FTP Server URL
Defines ftp server directory url where local files (i.e. kernel, dtb, etc.) should be copy to. This URL should be accessible from TMC defined above. Location: config/site_info.xml <local_ftp_server_url> xml element Default: ftp://anonymous:email@example.com/anonymous/opentest/
Configuration parameters applicable to installation case 2) only (running tests on your own desktop):
- VATF TEE's bench file
Describes the equipment (DUT and test) available in the VATF Test Execution Engine and its properties Location: <Opentest root>/bench/
- NFS export root directory
Root directory where NFS tar balls (if provided) can be untared and exported to DUT Location: VATF bench file
How to use it
linux-devtest.py allows users to load a specified evm type with specified software images and then run a set of tests.
The tool supports 3 different types of test executions as described in the following sections:
Executing ad-hoc commands
linux-devtest.py -s <commands or script>
Use this executing method to run any arbitrary commands or even a shell script that can reside in your host pc.
Setting EVM type
linux-devtest.py ... -hw omap5-evm,linux
The -hw syntax is evm,capabilities where capabilities is underscore-separated list of strings
Setting SW images
linux-devtest.py ... -p /my/path/MLO -b /my/path/uboot -k /my/path/uImage -d /my/path/dtb -n 188.8.131.52:/my/nfs/root
All SW images are optional. If you don't specify them, the test script assumes that by default they are available in the MMC card. It is possible to tweak the default behavior by defining arguments using --advance-params option. For more information see Link advanced-params
Forcing execution on a specific Test Execution Engine (TEE)
linux-devtest.py ... -a "vatf on 126.96.36.199"
It is typical that users will want the test to run on their TEE, by default Opentest will assign the test job to any capable idle TEE. however, it is possible to force execution on a particular TEE by using -a option. The assignment string pass to -a is "<TEE> on <Machine>", where TEE can be either just the TEE type or the type@id and Machine is the IP address.
1) Running arbitrary commands
./linux-devtest.py -hw omap5-evm,linux -a "vatf on 22.214.171.124" --advanced-params var_use_default_env=yes -s "echo 'hello world'; echo 'goodbye world'"
2) Running shell script from host machine
./linux-devtest.py -hw omap5-evm,linux -a "vatf on 126.96.36.199" --advanced-params var_use_default_env=yes -s /home/a0850405/tmp/mytest.sh
Executing LTP-DDT Tests
linux-devtest.py -s <commands or script> Use this executing method to run any arbitrary commands or even a shell script that can reside in your host pc.
Setting EVM type
Setting SW images
Executing Testlink Testplans
linux-devtest.py -s <commands or script> Use this executing method to run any arbitrary commands or even a shell script that can reside in your host pc.
Setting EVM type
Setting SW images
Detailed arguments list
usage: linux-devtest.py [-h] [-hw HW] [-p PRI_BOOT] [-b SEC_BOOT] [-k KERNEL] [-m KERNEL_MODULES] [-d DTB] [-r RAMFS] [-n NFS] [-s SCRIPT | -t TESTS | -T TESTPLAN | --list-projects | --list-testplans LIST_TESTPLANS | --list-builds LIST_BUILDS] [-w] [-a ASSIGNED_TO_TEE] [-c] [--advanced-params ADVANCED_PARAMS] [-R REPORT] [-U] [-f FARM] Run ltp-ddt tests using Opentest optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -hw HW DUT type and optional capabilities. i.e. beaglebone,linux -p PRI_BOOT, --pri-boot PRI_BOOT Primary bootloader. Can be local file or http/ftp url -b SEC_BOOT, --sec-boot SEC_BOOT Secondary bootloader (i.e. u-boot). Can be local file or http/ftp url -k KERNEL, --kernel KERNEL kernel image to load on DUT. Can be local file or http/ftp url -m KERNEL_MODULES, --kernel-modules KERNEL_MODULES kernel modules to install in the FS. Can be local file or http/ftp url -d DTB, --dtb DTB device tree blob to pass to kernel. Can be local file or http/ftp url -r RAMFS, --ramfs RAMFS RAMFS image to load on DUT (i.e. rootfs.ext2.gz). Can be local file or http/ftp url -n NFS, --nfs NFS Use NFS. Value can be local file, http/ftp url or nfs url (i.e. server:/path/to/nfs/root). Recent filesystem tar ball is always available at http://gtautoftp.gt.de sign.ti.com/anonymous/linux/latest/arago-test- image.tar.gz -s SCRIPT, --script SCRIPT Shell test script to run in the DUT -t TESTS, --tests TESTS File with list of ltp-ddt tests to run -T TESTPLAN, --testplan TESTPLAN Run Testlink named testplan on named testproject optionally using named build. Syntax:'<testproject>:<testplan>[:buildname]' --list-projects Get list of Testlink test projects --list-testplans LIST_TESTPLANS Get list of Testlink test plans for named project ID. Value must be valid testlink project ID. Used --list- projects to get valid project IDs --list-builds LIST_BUILDS Get list of Testlink test builds for named testplan ID. Value must be valid testlink testplan ID. Used --list-testplans to get valid testplan IDs -w, --distribute-workload Allow running test on multiple DUTs in parallel -a ASSIGNED_TO_TEE, --assigned-to-tee ASSIGNED_TO_TEE Force tests to run on this Test Execution Engine -c, --force-test-scripts-clone Clone latest TEE test scripts --advanced-params ADVANCED_PARAMS extra tweaks for advanced users. Separate multiple values with ~ -R REPORT, --report REPORT Get Testlink testplan results in this format -U, --update-default-tests Get latest version of test cases from ltp-ddt -f FARM, --farm FARM Force test to run in a board at this farm (tigt_farm, tid_farm, tii_farm). To run on any farm then just use 'farm'
- var_use_default_env=yes will boot using whatever is the platform's default boot method. The test script will just do env default -a -f followed by boot
how to create new tests (ltp-ddt)
./linux-devtest.py -U, cd ltp-ddt, make, make install to nfs it is possible to get a core-sdk if no -n is passed
how to contribute tests back to ltp-ddt
More information
- Check the README file in the Opentest Client root directory
- Ask for help at firstname.lastname@example.com


text: Hey guys I am new to the wrx forum and I am in the process of buying an 02 wrx. I have owned subarus before and just love em so I had to get another. Ok well here is my question. The car that I am buying has a blown motor. I have found a motor for it but it came from an automatic car. The car that I am buying is a 5 speed. Will this motor bolt right in without a problem. Is there any difference between auto and stick motors that I should be aware of or any problems that I will run into. Thank you very much for your time.


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Make story short.
First Run:
- 45mph roll, second gear.
- honked 3 times, then go.
- I pulled a good car lenght ahead, his second gear didn't want to cooperate. by the time he shifted to 4th, he was inching, catching up FAST.
- We let off at around 100-110
Second Run:
- 25mph roll, second gear (big mistake)
- We didn't honked. Relied on each other, which was pretty good granted.
- He immediately pull a good half car and continued to move away, the lag from my car is just aweful at 25mph @ second gear.
overall, his car is fast. really fast. i'm happy though that my car held up pretty well. thought he was gonna pull away faster than I thought. top end on that car is amazing. and gears, man their really short. he's shifting to 3rd and i'm only at 5K rpms on 2nd gear.
his mods:
custom T3/T4 turbo setup
FULLY built engine
7-8 psi (really low boost - plans on some huge numbers)
hondata - 'half-baked' tuned.


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North Harrison made the home crowd happy Friday night, in winning a 42-26 tussle with the Silver Creek Dragons at Ramsey. The Cougars were celebrating their 2011 Football Homecoming. It didn't look as though it would be the cougars that would be doing the celebrating Friday night, though. The Dragons got off to a 2-0 start when they sacked the North Harrison quarterback in the end zone for a safety, and they added a pair of touchdowns in the first half. They scored off of a run by Zach Reynolds, and a 28 yard pass from Brooks Howell to Grant Meyer for the second touchdown. Neither extra point attempts were successful.
New carpet, curtains and furniture, as well as a fresh coat of paint, are just a few of the improvements being made at St. Vincent Salem Hospital. Administrator Lee Jaeger, who has been at the hospital's helm for a year, is excited about these cosmetic changes and is hoping the patients and visitors to the hospital are, too.
A strong defensive effort, led by sophomore Brian Arnold's two and a half sacks and two fumble recoveries, along with two special team touchdowns, propelled the Eastern Musketeers to 3-3 and a 27-12 win over visiting North Harrison. The Musketeers trailed led 14-6 with time winding down late in the first half. After scoring a touchdown to trim the Eastern advantage to two, the Cougars tried to get fancy with a squib kick that found its way into the hands of Jacob Portela.


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Our main ferry docks are easy to find. If you're coming from the West End, just walk south, to the foot of Thurlow Street. The ferry dock is located on Sunset Beach, behind the Vancouver Aquatic Centre. If you're closer to Yaletown, you can catch the ferry at the foot of Davie Street, or from David Lam Park, at the foot of Homer Street. We have 4 ferry docks within 500m of SkyTrain. The Main St - Science World, Yaletown - Roundhouse, and Olympic Village stations are all within a 5 minute walk of a ferry terminal.
Click here for a printable map of our stops and routes.
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Granville Island
Our dock is located at the north-west corner of the island at the foot of Duranleau & Johnston Streets, directly between the Public Market and Bridges Restaurant. Look for the iconic wooden arch over our ramp.
Aquatic Centre / West End
This dock is the closest ferry stop to the West End and downtown Vancouver, at the foot of Thurlow Street. It is located directly behind the Aquatic Centre pool on Beach Avenue, just west of the Burrard Bridge, only a few steps off the Stanley Park seawall.
Maritime Museum / Kitsilano Beach
Our dock is situated in Heritage Harbour, behind the Maritime Museum. Kitsilano Beach, the Vancouver Museum, and the Pacific Space Centre are all within a three minute walk from this stop.
David Lam Park
Our dock is located on the seawall, behind the Erickson tower, near the corner of Beach Crescent and Homer Street. This dock is 500m from Yaletown - Roundhouse Station on the Canada Line.
Stamp's Landing
The False Creek Ferry dock is next to Heather Marina near Mahony & Son's.
The False Creek Ferry dock is located at the foot of Spyglass Place directly beneath the Cambie Bridge. This dock is 500m from Olympic Village Station on the Canada Line.
The False Creek Ferry dock is at the eastern foot of Davie Street. The ferries dock at the end of the long dock at Quayside Marina. This dock is 400m from Yaletown - Roundhouse Station on the Canada Line.
Plaza of Nations
The False Creek Ferry dock is located behind the Edgewater Casino, along the seawall. This dock is across from Rogers Arena and BC Place Stadium.
Science World / The Village
Our dock is located in the south east corner of False Creek, directly in front of the Creekside Community Centre, the Tap & Barrel pub, & the Village plaza. This dock is 500m from Main Street Station on the Expo Skytrain Line.


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THE ITEM UP FOR AUCTION:1997 Lionel Crane Assembly Kit -CHECK THIS OUT, FOLKS!!!!!! -This is a piece of Lionel, New Old Stock, in its factory package!!!! -Lionel Trains, is a part of American history, they have been around for over one hundred years!!! -This is a 1997 Lionel Crane Assembly Kit, #6-12900!!!!! -This piece is nicely detailed with a cab that swivels and a boom that raises, lowers and extends, Assembly is required!!!! -For O Scale train sets!!!! -THIS IS A AWESOME ADDITION TO YOUR LIONEL COLLECTION!!!!! CONDITION: This piece is in brand new condition, and has never been used. Thanks for looking, Be sure to check out our other stuff for sale. Please contact us with any questions, or for additional pictures. All the items we have for sale are described as accurately as possible and to the best of our ability. Any problems you may have with any item (s) received, please contact us ,and a return can be arranged. Delivery confirmation is included in the shipping, and we do combine shipping on multiple items. All positive feedback is appreciated !! Thanks So Much & We Hope You Find What Your Looking For !! Auction Template found at


text: 02 May 2012 Watchdog reassures ministers on Tower Hamlets vote Chair of the Electoral Commission, Jenny Watson, has written to reassure ministers that monitoring will take place in Tower Hamlets London Borough Council to safeguard the integrity of Thursday's elections. Ms Watson has sent a letter to local government minister, Grant Shapps, confirming the body had passed on allegations of postal voting fraud within the borough to the Metropolitan Police. This follows the action of Labour councillors, who last week raised concerns with the Commission that an 'unprecedented' number of households in the Spitalfields and Banglatown wards had recently signed up for postal votes. In some cases, the votes were allegedly allocated to people who no longer lived at the stated address. Ms Watson said the Commission is checking with Tower Hamlets, the Greater London Returning Officer and the police to deal with the risks. 'Electoral Commission staff will be observing postal vote opening, observing in polling stations in Tower Hamlets on Thursday, an will be at the relevant count centre on Friday.' View more information on these councils


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Sandy Ruckhaber Inducted into Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame
Sandy Ruckhaber of Luana was inducted into the 2014 Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the 4-H Exhibits Building at the Iowa State Fair on Sunday, Aug. 17. Eighty-two counties participated this year and 110 inductees were recognized for their outstanding service and dedication to 4-H. Inductees or their surviving family members were presented a certificate by the Iowa 4-H Foundation as they were introduced on stage and honored at a reception that followed the ceremony.
Sandy has had a passion for horses and all things connected to horses all her life. As soon as her daughter, Suzie, was old enough she joined 4-H and along the way Sandy got involved with helping the other 4-H members with their horse projects. Through the years Sandy has given many horse clinics and helped with the county fair horse show. During the past 15 years Sandy has been involved with the Great Strides of Northeast Iowa Therapeutic Riding Program. This a horseback riding program for physically and mentally challenged children and adults. She hopes to continue to help 4-H Horse Project members for as long as she can.
Counties select inductees for their exceptional work in contributing to the lives of 4-H members and the overall 4-H program, said Tammy Muller, Clayton County 4-H & Youth Program Coordinator. Many inductees served as club leaders, youth mentors, fair superintendents or fair board members, Iowa State University Extension county council members, county youth council members, fair judges, financial supporters, chaperones or ISU Extension and Outreach staff members. The inductees have demonstrated dedication, encouragement, commitment and guidance to Iowa's 4-H'ers through the years.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for the counties and state to recognize and celebrate 4-H volunteers and staff who are committed to Iowa's youth and the 4-H Youth Development program," said Chris Gleason, 4-H youth program specialist with ISU Extension and Outreach.
The Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame was initiated in 2002 to help commemorate the 100th anniversary of 4-H. A display of previous honorees was available for viewing at the 2014 Iowa State Fair in the 4-H Exhibits Building.
Information about the 2014 inductees and previous inductees to the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame is available on the Iowa 4-H Foundation website, https://www.iowa4hfoundation.org/organized by year and by county.
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Defective windows installation costs
Some LoE w/Argon windows installed in our new home are defective. The manufacturer will send us new windows free of charge, but will not install them free of charge. They want $1600 to install them.
I have already paid a contractor originally to have these windows installed and my contention is the manufacturer should pay for installation due to the fact it is their defective product.
Do I have a case? Any suggestions?
This is a DIY forum, unfortunately not a legal forum. I suggest you contact an attorney if you wish to pursue legal remedies against the manufacturer or installer. You way also want to review the written warranty that likely came with the windows, and review your contract with the installer.
Common sense tells me that if you didnt use an approved installer from the manufacturer they will not cover replacement costs. This could be the issue, I dont know.
fog, haze between the two panes on some windows; on others, striations, streaks that are either between the two panes of glass or on the surface. All problems are either 1) not accessible, OR 2) will not clean off.
Wow.. I had some windows installed and had the same problem as you with fog in between the panes. The company sent their own guy to my house to replace it with no problem whatsoever.
As others mentioned, I'd carefully read my warranty and if you're on good terms with the contractor that installed your windows originally, ask him what he thinks about it ?
If all else fails, contact an attorney. I've had to go this route twice and a simple letter from an attorney sometimes gets results.
Most reliable manufacturers have a period where they will cover the labor, how long since the windows were installed??? Cheapies do not. But as suggested above, it sounds like a simple sash replacement, only takes a few minutes. Unless you have a LOT of windows, $1600 is rediculous. And yes, it should be done for free.
a reputable manufacturer would send a tech guy to replace the sashes
pane replacement
im a window installer in az most of the windows i put in the manufacturer will change out the panes only depending on years in warranty
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Freshly elected with a solid majority, the new Liberal premier declared that Quebec's bloated public sector needed to be overhauled from top to bottom: "The changes we propose are necessary. They will require choices, sometimes difficult, that will solidify Quebec's future."
It was 2003, the premier was Jean Charest, and during nine years in power his promised "re-engineering of the government" never happened. "This government, accused by everyone on the left of selling out Quebec's social-democratic model, never did anything other than manage its expansion," a disgruntled economist wrote during the final months of the Charest government.
Today, under Philippe Couillard, the Liberals have returned to power, and faced with a ballooning deficit they are singing a familiar tune. "We will have to act with strength, courage and determination to correct a situation that represents a threat for the quality of life of present and future generations," Mr. Couillard said after he was sworn in last month. "Ladies and gentlemen, it is no longer time for marginal, cosmetic measures. The time for difficult decisions has arrived."
The time for difficult decisions has arrived
Experts have been warning for years that Quebec is living beyond its means with lavish social programs and a lagging economy, but politicians seem unable to take significant action. A report from economists commissioned by Mr. Couillard and published two weeks ago urged a "profound re-examination of programs and their delivery." Mr. Couillard has said he will administer the necessary medicine, but he is bound to run up against Quebec's powerful trade unions and interest groups, just as Mr. Charest did. The battle ahead could make his April 7 election victory over the separatist Parti Québécois look like child's play.
The man he is sending to the front lines is none other than Martin Coiteux, the economist who complained back in 2012 that the Liberals had done nothing but expand the welfare state. Mr. Coiteux, a former professor at Montreal's HEC business school and Bank of Canada economist, was elected in Montreal's Nelligan riding and handed control of government spending as president of the Treasury Board.
In an interview Friday, Mr. Coiteux acknowledged that the previous Liberal government failed to deliver but vowed that things will be different. "There have been many disappointments in the past. I know that," he said. "This is why, this time around, we will conduct the exercise in a way that we are absolutely certain will deliver the result that we need. We have been elected to do that, and we have a strong mandate to do that."
The Liberals face the immediate problem of a deficit of $3.1-billion for the year that ended March 31, $600-million higher than had been forecast in the PQ's Feb. 20 budget. Mr. Couillard has announced a hiring freeze in the civil service and additional cuts will be announced when the Liberals table a budget next month, aimed at eliminating the deficit by 2015-16. But those immediate, across-the-board cuts will not address a more fundamental problem facing Quebec.
Mr. Coiteux said the problem is illustrated by the fact that Quebec, which makes up 23% of Canada's population, accounts for 27% of public expenditures in the country (and only 20% of wealth creation). "We've got to narrow that gap …. We cannot balance the budget with that kind of a gap," he said. That does not mean that Quebec cannot make "collective choices" to provide different services than other provinces, as it has with its heavily subsidized daycare, for example.
But some things – he is not yet prepared to say what – will be sacrificed following a strategic review of all government programs. "There will be a repositioning exercise in which some programs that don't work will probably cease to exist," Mr. Coiteux said. "Some programs that could deliver on their targets with fewer resources will be optimized, and perhaps, in some cases, we will provide more resources."
Claude Montmarquette, Université de Montréal professor emeritus and president of the Montreal-based economic think tank CIRANO, co-wrote the April 25 report to Mr. Couillard calling for a "profound re-examination" of the government programs. He was also one of the signatories of the so-called "Lucides" manifesto, a 2005 call for change led by former premier Lucien Bouchard that went unheeded. The manifesto said Quebecers needed to snap out of a false sense of security. "They work less than other North Americans. They retire earlier," it said. "They benefit from more generous social programs; both individually and collectively, their credit cards are maxed out." That was nine years ago, and Quebec's debt continues to climb.
In an interview, Mr. Montmarquette said a serious examination of government spending is overdue. "We have to clue in that maybe the range of services we offer is too broad and, in particular, maybe it is too generous," Mr. Montmarquette said. "When we compare ourselves with other provinces, our rate of spending is clearly greater, especially for social programs." Quebec has long spent more on social services than other provinces — subsidizing cheap university and daycare, free in vitro treatments and generous parental leave, for example.
As a result, even though Quebecers are the most highly taxed Canadians, growth in spending has outpaced growth in revenue. That led to a gross debt last year that was 54% of GDP, the highest in Canada. Interest payments alone last year cost the government $10.8-billion, more than the entire Education Department budget.
"For the young, are we going to leave them such a high debt, infrastructure in lamentable state and paying for our frailty as we age? It will be unbearable," Mr. Montmarquette said. "My fear is they will leave."
The unknown is what kind of resistance the Couillard Liberals will face to measures that opponents are labeling "austerity." PQ MNA Jean-François Lisée, a cabinet minister under Pauline Marois, warned on his blog that Mr. Coiteux intends to take a chainsaw to Quebec's social-democratic model. Union leaders this week tossed darts at Mr. Coiteux's trial-balloon suggestion that pay increases for civil servants be tied to productivity gains. Lucie Martineau, president of the Syndicat de la fonction publique du Québec, told
La Presse
her members are already stretched to the limit.
Ten years ago, unions mustered massive protests against Charest-era cuts, forcing the government to backtrack. And just two years ago, unions and the opposition PQ joined students in a protest movement against Liberal tuition hikes that would have still left Quebecers paying among the lowest university fees in the country.
Stephen Gordon, an economist at Université Laval, said things could be different this time. The PQ is in tatters after its election defeat, and the other main opposition party, the Coalition Avenir Québec, agrees with the need to rein in spending. "There will be opposition, but it will be outside of the National Assembly," he said, and even there it could be diluted. "There may be a backlash after [the student protests of] 2012," Mr. Gordon said. "People might say, 'Once was enough boys.' "
In 2012, Mr. Coiteux voiced his frustration with the power of "the street," which ultimately contributed to the defeat of the Charest government and the PQ's cancellation of the tuition hikes. "The Quebec of the spring of 2012 is treating itself to a huge, collective release of magical thinking and pseudo-revolutionary rhetoric in blissful ignorance of what is happening elsewhere in the world," Mr. Coiteux wrote in
La Presse
. "It is this ignorance that is undoubtedly the most terrifying, because it is a forewarning of even more difficult convulsions to come."
Speaking by phone from his ministerial limo Friday, Mr. Coiteux betrayed no signs of terror. "I think people today are much more conscious than in the past of the seriousness of the situation," he said. This is not about "repositioning just for ideological reasons;" it is about ensuring the province can afford its key missions of education, health care and protecting the most vulnerable. "It's a big challenge, but we were not elected to manage things as they have been managed in the past," Mr. Coiteux said. "It's not business as usual."
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text: BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jerome Bettis and Robin Miller are teaming up with Sanofi US to raise awareness of life-threatening allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) and spread the word that Auvi-Q ™ (epinephrine injection, USP) is now available by prescription in pharmacies nationwide. Bettis, who is allergic to shellfish, and Miller, who is allergic to eggs, hope to help educate adults and caregivers of children at risk for severe allergic reactions. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/59439-auvi-q-epinephrine-injection-usp-now-available-by-prescription-in-u-s (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130129/MM45075) "My mantra is 'the best defense is a good offense,' so when I found out about Auvi-Q, I wanted to make sure that people with severe, life-threatening allergies like me know their 'plays' – namely, avoid your allergens and always carry an epinephrine auto-injector just in case of accidental exposure," said Bettis. "Auvi-Q fits easily into my pocket, and I can take it with me wherever I go." "I'm allergic to peanuts and shellfish, so it's crucial for me to always carry an epinephrine auto-injector and know how to respond quickly in an emergency," said Dr. Vivian Hernandez-Trujillo, a pediatric allergist, national expert in anaphylaxis and consultant to Sanofi US. "My nephew is also at risk for anaphylaxis and I know the feeling of panic that can happen when an allergic reaction begins. As much as I always want to be by his side with an epinephrine auto-injector close at hand, I know I can't. I have to rely on others to be able to administer it to him, if necessary. The availability of Auvi-Q is great news for adults and caregivers of children at risk for anaphylaxis." Auvi-Q is the first-and-only epinephrine auto-injector with audio and visual cues for the emergency treatment of life-threatening allergic reactions in people who are at risk for or have a history of anaphylaxis. The size and shape of a credit card and the thickness of a smart phone, Auvi-Q is a breakthrough in epinephrine auto-injector design that talks patients and caregivers step-by-step through the injection process. Bettis and Miller are among the up to six million Americans who may be at risk for anaphylaxis, although the precise incidence is unknown and likely underreported. Food is the most commonly identified anaphylaxis trigger and accounts for 30 percent of all anaphylaxis fatalities. It is estimated that an emergency room visit caused by food-related anaphylaxis occurs in the United States about every 18 minutes. While guidelines emphasize the importance of the life-saving role of epinephrine, two large surveys (n= 600 and n=651) show that two-thirds of patients and caregivers do not carry their epinephrine auto-injectors as recommended, and nearly half worry that others will not know how to use their or their child's epinephrine auto-injector correctly during an emergency. Multiple studies have found an association between delay in epinephrine administration and death from anaphylaxis. Life-threatening allergic reactions may occur as a result of exposure to allergens including foods such as peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, dairy, eggs, soy and wheat; insect stings; latex and medication, among other allergens and causes. Serious allergic reactions can be unexpected. In fact, most allergic reactions to foods occur to items that were thought to be safe, and an insect sting is unpredictable. So, it's important to always be prepared. Jerome Bettis' and Robin Miller's Tips for Big Game Party Hosts "Jerome and I enjoy Big Game parties, but they can be stressful for those of us, young and old, with food allergies," said Miller. "Even the smallest amount of an ingredient or cross-contamination in food can trigger a severe allergic reaction. That's why avoidance is key. To keep the stress on the game and not on the party, I'm sharing some of my favorite, allergy-friendly recipes that are delicious and easy to prepare, so we can all enjoy the Big Game!"


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The "Current Required for Austenite Form:" is 200mA or 1.5A like https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11900? Thanks
Thanks!!! I hope find 0.05" key. I live in Uruguay, The allen key in inch are uncommon. Bye
Hi, I lose allen key. Which is the size of allen key?
I got a nice discount on this helmet… too bad it's missing a horn and now i look like a unicorn :-(
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