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SYDNEY Australian police said on Thursday they have charged the Vatican's treasurer, Australian Cardinal George Pell, with multiple sexual assault offences.
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama, seeking to increase pressure on North Korea to abandon its atomic weapons, will visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on South Korea's tense border on Sunday before a nuclear security summit in Seoul.
Obama's visit to the border will be a strong show of support for South Korea, the White House said on Tuesday, sending a message to the North as Washington builds an international effort to get stalled nuclear disarmament talks back on track.
North Korea will not attend the summit, where Obama will meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao and urge him to use Beijing's long-standing influence with Pyongyang, where leadership has recently passed to Kim Jong-un.
"We certainly hope and recommend that China bring all the instruments of power to bear to influence the decision-making in North Korea," said Daniel Russel, White House National Security Council senior director for Asia.
Secretive North Korea has twice tested a nuclear device, and the United States says its long-range ballistic missile program is progressing quickly.
While experts doubt North Korea has the ability to miniaturize an atomic bomb to place atop a warhead, last year Washington warned that the American mainland could come under threat from North Korean missiles within five years.
Last month, North Korea reached an agreement with Washington to suspend nuclear tests, long-range missile launches and uranium enrichment as part of a deal to restart food aid, but then announced it would launch a rocket carrying a satellite to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung's birth next month.
The United States has said this plan could violate the nuclear moratorium deal and scuttle the resumption of food aid.
Obama's visit to the DMZ, which splits the peninsular that was divided by the 1950-1953 Korean war, was cast by the White House as a chance for him to thank some of the more that 20,000 U.S. troops still stationed in South Korea.
Beijing is the closest thing North Korea has to an ally but has also voiced concern about the planned rocket launch, which has raised tensions ahead of the March 26-27 summit, dedicated to reducing the threat of nuclear terrorism.
North Korea will loom large, as well as Iran's nuclear program, which has spurred worries about the possibility of fresh military conflict in the oil-rich Middle East.
"North Korea will be the odd man out," said Russel in a conference call previewing the trip.
"The nations that will gather in Seoul will assemble in a modern prosperous city, in an open and democratic society ... The choices that the North Korean leaders have made have taken the people of North Korea into isolation and poverty."
Obama will also meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on the sidelines of the summit to discuss what can be done to discourage the missile launch and Pyongyang's nuclear program.
Obama will also discuss with Hu and Medvedev the latest world power efforts to tackle Iran over its nuclear program, which the West says is aimed at building an atomic bomb but Tehran insists is for peaceful power generation.
"We are committed to pursuing a diplomatic path that allows the Iranians to make the right decision," said White House National Security Council spokesman Ben Rhodes.
Washington has urged Israel to hold off from attacking Iran's nuclear sites to give more time for international sanctions and diplomacy to work, but Obama has also said that he would not allow Tehran to acquire a nuclear weapon.
(Reporting By Matt Spetalnick; Editing by David Brunnstrom)
SYDNEY Australian police said on Thursday they have charged the Vatican's treasurer, Australian Cardinal George Pell, with multiple sexual assault offences.
FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON A computer virus wreaked havoc on firms around the globe on Wednesday as it spread to more than 60 countries, disrupting ports from Mumbai to Los Angeles and halting work at a chocolate factory in Australia.


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I was at a BUG match last weekend and saw a woman shoot her very nice S&W .38 special with a 3" barrel. She could barely hit the targets. She eventually gave up the match. When I asked her, she said she can't handle the recoil.
Then, I am at the gun show and a salesman suggests to a woman to buy a .38 special snub-nose revolver. I didn't say anything, but that is a horrible idea. I have shot my brothers .38 special and I found recoil very difficult to manage....on a full-sized revolver.
I just don't understand the perception that a .38 special revolver is such a great gun for women. My girlfriend would rather shoot my fullsized 9mm than the S&W Bodyguard 380 because of recoil. There are a lot of better guns for women to shoot with more manageable recoil and one they will practice and get good at, including revolvers and semi-autos.
The bottom line is this: If she won't practice and will not enjoy shooting the gun because of recoil and she cannot hit the target 4 out of 5 shots, then what good is it?
Maybe someone can explain how we got to this point?

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Grappling with the "downward dog" pose has always been a challenge for yoga novices. But now increasing numbers of Londoners are using their pets in a new canine variant of the ancient Indian mind and body discipline.
Dog yoga, or "doga", is said to help both owner and animal relax, by slowing down their breathing and even boosting both human and animal immune systems.
Owners are encouraged to lift up their pets into poses and give massages to them to nurture the dog's "spiritual wellbeing".
Tonight, television viewers will see the stars of the reality show Made in Chelsea putting their pets through a series of yogic exercises under the instruction of Mahny Djahanguiri, who has brought doga to London.
She admits the first 30 minutes of a session are often "chaotic" as dogs run around before settling into the classes, taught mainly to women in Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham and Camden.
Smaller dogs, such as chihuahuas or dachshunds, can be hoisted into stances and used as weights to increase endurance during sessions. Larger dogs like labradors can be used as a cushioned "bolster" to rest a head on.
Ms Djahanguiri, who owns a Maltese dog, Robbie, herself, said: "As an owner starts to relax and slow down, the dog will feel that too. Their heart rate drops and they benefit".
Michelle Spurr, 50, a pet sitter from Brent, takes her two Jack Russells to the £16 doga classes and said: "The dogs love it and I get exercise from it. It calms them down, as they home in on meditation sounds Mahny plays".
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Reduces printing.
This is a discussion on bobbed tail 1911 ??????? within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I'm gonna get teased about this but I don't care LOL . What is the purpose of the bobbed tail 1911 ? What purpose does ...
I'm gonna get teased about this but I don't care LOL . What is the purpose of the bobbed tail 1911 ? What purpose does cotting off the backstrap & frame ? I know alot of people like them I just don't see why they do it ? Is it a issue of weight ? Please when you're done laughing at my dumb question give me an answer . Thanks
Reduces printing.
More comfortably fits the average hand.
The biggest snag point on a concealed 1911 is the corner of the grip. With a bobtail, that sharp edge isn't there to snag your cover garment.
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From the Ed Brown Website:BobtailTMHousing
A unique, patent-pending modification to your Government Model frame that transforms it into a Round-Butt pistol. It consists of a specially manufactured housing and frame modification. The BobtailTM removes a full ½" of excess metal from the bottom rear of the gun, where the mainspring housing pin is located. This not only reduces the weight, but solves two well-known problems of carrying a 1911. First, it drastically increases comfort during carry. There is no sharp butt to poke you in the ribs. Second, it increases concealment during carry, because the hardest thing to conceal on a 1911 style pistol has always been the sharp, projecting butt.
Essentially, it makes it conceal like an officer's model while still keeping the magazine capacity of a full size grip.
Thanks for the answer to my questions I appreciate it . It was simple and makes alot of sense thanks again
Don't shoot me for this, but I like the why Kimber smoothes their Bob out.
It's a bit rounded, too bad it's a kimber....
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The bob-tails feel great to me, I had a Kobra Karry, didn't find it any easier to conceal than my standard 1911, but I've carried 1911s a long time and could just be use to it. What I did not like at all about the bob-tail, was ejecting the magazine, it would hit me in the palm and not clear the pistol without repositioning the weapon in my hand.
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Not only does it help with printing, but for me, it completely eliminated the problem of the corner digging into my ribs. It's SO comfortable to carry now, you can literally forget it's with you.
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In a canted holster it does rival the Officer. Between the angle of the holster and the removal of 1/2" of the back corner of the grip, they're virtually the same. The front of the grip does not print. The bobtail uses an Officer MS, so the rear length is nearly the same.
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Most people will get themselves in more trouble my saying more than they will get into by saying less.
The full story can be told to the police after counsel arrives at the house or after you speak with him the next day.
What I don't want to see happen is a justifiable shooting go bad because someone ran off at the mouth and landed themselves in hot water because they said something the aught not to have.


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It's time for more Family Crafting Month fun! Don't miss our previous posts (many with giveaways) including: Snowman Week Projects from Craft-a-Day: 365 Simple Handmade Projects, Winter Story Stones from Show Me a Story, Coloring Pages from the Pattern and Design Coloring Book, Snowflake Week Projects from Craft-a-Day: 365 Simple Handmade Projects and Felted Falling Stars from Hand in Hand: Crafting with Kids.
Artist and author Joel Henriques is here today with an excerpt from Made to Play!: Handmade Toys and Crafts for Growing Imaginations. Made to Play! includes 35 modern, fun ideas (utilizing techniques like sewing, easy woodworking, paper craft and more). Projects include everything from Portable Zoo Animals and a Bottle-Cap Tambourine to a Modern Doll House with Furniture and a Shadow Puppet Theater.
Joel's book, like his wonderful Made by Joel blog, is full of unique and accessible ideas inspired by the way children really love to play. The projects support a variety of imaginative adventures. By the way, Joel's blog was just named one of Babble's Top 50 Dad Blogs of 2012!
From the publisher:
The toys presented here are made out of wonderfully tactile materials- repurposed fabrics, wood, and paper- and invite opportunities for creative and imaginative play. Every project is easy to complete, made with accessible materials, and requires little time to make. The projects are simple enough that endless variation can come from the making of each, leaving enough room for you to make the item to suit your own personal interests.
We love this book; if you have young children or if you work (and play!) with kids, Made to Play! is definitely a worthwhile addition to your library. It provides an inspiring repertoire of everyday fun.
Today you can download instructions for the Modular Headbands from Made to Play! You'll want to grab some felt and get right to work.
You can also comment on today's post for a chance to win one of two copies of Made to Play!: Handmade Toys and Crafts for Growing Imaginations (US + Canada addresses only this time, please). Tell us how you play! Joel will be back next week with another free project from the book.
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Love the simple projects.
We love to play tickle monster!
what a cute book !
I love Joel's web site and all his wonderful projects. I would love this book. Thanks for the project and giveaway!
What a great book!! Some fun stuff for little people here!
I have a feeling this book would come in handy around here. Thanks so much for these projects and for the giveaway!
Would love this book. I am always looking for ways to interact and play with my grandkids. I have two granddaughters and two grandsons.
I usually play with my nephews when they visit / I do. Play time these days is focused on imaginative play with clay and play silks.
Our play frequently starts from books. My boys love a good story.
We play with paper and cardboard scraps a lot!
Crafting is how we play 🙂
We love to play by making forts!
Very cute! My son is always looking for ways to reuse things and making crafts.
I like to let my kids (girls 4,8)figure out what they want to do. If I give them something too specific to do they aren't engaged for very long. But if I simply turn off all electronics and let them be, their play is much more imaginative! They like to build things in the bedroom and wrap themselves up in my scarves.
Just had my first baby and this book would help me make play time even more fun!
I love to be with family and friends and see what emerges!
I like to play with numbers (as a math teacher) fabric and thread (for quilting) and graph paper (both at once!)
I'd love to win this book!
Looks like fun! Thanks for including Canada 🙂
We try to play outdoors, collecting leaves and puddle splashing and then do lots of crafty projects inside from making button art to peg dolls, my daughter loves anything creative!
Ooh, I've been wanting this book. Those headbands look like fun!
I love the idea of crafts that the child can then play with.
That looks like fun. I think I'll have to try it while my kids are off for Christmas vacation.
My daughter is just getting into imaginative play. It's so fun to watch! She loves making little people do things that her family does.
This looks like such a fun book!
Looks like fun!
I love drawing with my niece, and am going home for Christmas… and they saved the Gingerbread house construction for my visit!
These are cute. My grandnieces would play in those headbands.
I think I will have our family make crowns/headbands for New Years!
I try to do crafts with my toddler…with mixed results. Hopefully when he gets older he'll be a more willing participant!
How fun! My four year old is always dressing up.
kids are made to play, as well as mommas, this book looks fantastic!! thanks bunches.
Ooh I love Made by Joel! I've gotten tons of great ideas from his blog!
Ooh. That sounds awesome!
love it!!! I want this book soooo badly! would be a great library book for the family room with our 2 kiddos 🙂
Cool, I love Joel's blog and would love to have his book too!
I'm always looking for more craft projects for my granddaughter. This book would be great! Crafting is our "play"… she'd rather do that than anything else!
That books sounds similar to one I had as a child many moons ago. I would love to win one!
This book sounds too cute, I know my girls would love the projects in here!
This looks like a wonderful book. My kids and I could get a lot done if we got our hands on it.
Great idea ! I love this book, we checked it form the library and made a few ideas. We love to play with things from outside, sticks, pinecones, pieces of branches… and fabric !
Awesome!!! Would love a copy of this book!!! Thank you!!!
This would be a great way to make some gifts for the kiddies.
Thanks for this giveaway! We mostly create in the kitchen, cooking and baking (we currently have a 2 year old, soon crafts will be easier with the other kids when he's no longer in destructo mode).
One of our favorite ways to play is building wooden block towers.
That little boy looks so happy! Sweet!
SO much fun! Thanks & Merry Christmas!
I love this idea! Our play time varies from board games, kicking or throwing a ball outside, finger puppets, to tea parties and painting. I have some great ideas on pinterest that we do from time to time, but I definitely need to get this book! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I love to sit down and build blocks with my preschoolers.
Lately our play craft time has been devoted to gifts. Today was made some treasure rocks for my nephews!
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The big news in video this week was the launch of our new video navigation tool, which you can find in the left hand column of every page. Here you'll find links to our four latest videos so it's never been quicker or easier to get your video fix. As well as launching this we have, of course, been releasing a steady stream of video reviews to accompany it. So let's take a look.
Another recent first was Cliff's first appearance in front of camera during which he gave us a run down of the hotly anticipated Nikon D90 DSLR. This model is aimed at the enthusiastic amateur, being Nikon's top of the range DSLR to use an APS-C sized sensor. It's also the first DSLR to feature video capture. It can shoot at up to 720p resolution and 24 frames per second with mono audio and the results are pretty impressive. Check out the link for more.
One of the sleeper hit products of this year was the Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player. This little black box plugs into your TV then you can use it to play music and video and view photos from USB storage devices. It sounds simple and it is, which is precisely its beauty. If you have a large digital music/movie/photo collection, this is a must have item.
Of course, one of the primary uses for the WD TV could be to play your home videos, which is where the Samsung VP-HMX20 comes in. This is one of Samsung's first camcorders to really break out of the cheap and cheerful mould that Samsung's models previously conformed to. This is typified by its sturdy build quality, large 1/1.8inch CMOS sensor and ability to shoot stills at up to at up to 3,264 x 2,448 pixels. Of course it shoots full HD and it comes with 8GB of internal storage, which is enough for 71minutes of footage, though this can be extended by adding an SDHC card. The best bit is all this can be had for under £500. Sounds like a bargain.
Bargain, probably isn't a word you could use to describe the Blackberry Storm, which featured in our latest video review. This premium smartphone is Blackberry's first attempt at a touchscreen mobile and it's a very impressive first effort despite it's peculiar clickable touchscreen. Certainly if you're after a stylish, easy to use, touchscreen mobile but require more true workhorse features than the iPhone can provide then it's your best bet.
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The Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless G Broadband Router comes with several security and firewall features in order to protect your home network and computers from most of the online attacks. With this router, you can access your broadband Internet connection very simply in order to surf the Web and send e-mails. You can even connect different systems to share music, images and other files or print through your printer.
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Fixing The Android Camera API
The other day I participated in a company hackathon and I decided to make use of the Android camera. I've always said that the Android APIs are very bad (to put it mildly), but I've never actually tried to explicitly say what is wrong and how it could be better. Until now.
So, the Camera API is crappy. If you haven't seen it before, take a look for a minute. You can use it in a lot of wrong ways, you can forget many important things, you don't easily find out what the problem is, even with stackoverflow, and it just doesn't feel good. To put it differently – there is something wrong with an API that requires you to read a list of 10 steps, some of which are highlighted as "Important". How would you write that API? Let's improve it.
And so I did – my EasyCamera wrapper is on GitHub. Below are the changes that I made and the reason behind the change:
setPreviewDisplay(..)is required before
startPreview(), and it in turn is required before taking pictures. Why not enforce that? We could simply throw an exception "Preview display not set", but that's not good enough. Let's get rid of the method that sets the preview display and then make
startPreview(..)take the surface as parameter. Overload it to be able to take a
SurfaceTextureas well.
- We've enforced the preview setting, so now let's enforce starting the preview. We can again throw a "Preview not started" exception from
takePicture(..), but that happens at runtime. Let's instead get rid of the
takePicture(..)method out of the
Cameraclass and put it in a
CameraActionsclass. Together with other methods that are only valid after preview is started (I don't know which ones exactly they are – it is not clear from the current API). How do we obtain the
CameraActionsinstance? It is returned by
- So far we've made the main use-case straightforward and less error-prone by enforcing the right set of steps. But the
takePicture(..)method still feels odd. You can supply nulls to all parameters, but somehow there are two overloaded methods. Arguably, passing null is fine, but there are other options. One is to introduce a
PictureCallbackinterface that has all the four methods that can be invoked, and provide a blank implementation of all of them in a
BasePictureCallbackclass. That, however, might not be applicable in this case, because it makes a difference if you pass null vs callback that does nothing (at least on my phone, if I pass a shutter callback, the shutter sound is played, and if I pass null, it is not). So, let's introduce the
Callbackswhich is a builder-like class to contain all callbacks that you like.
- So far so good, but you need to restart preview after a picture is taken. And restarting it automatically may not be a good default. But in the situation we are in, you only have
CameraActionsand calling
startPreview(..)now requires a surface to be passed. Should we introduce a
restartPreview()method? No. We can make our interface methods return boolean and if the developer wants to restart preview, they should just return
true. That would be fine, if there weren't 4 different callbacks, and calculating the outcome based on all 4 is tricky. That's why a sensible option is to add a
restartPreviewproperty to the
Callbacksclass, and restart only after the last callback is invoked and only if the property is set to true.
- The main process is improved now, but there are other things to improve. For example, there's an asymmetry between the methods for opening and closing the camera. "open" and "release". It should be either "open" and "close" or "acquire" and "release". I prefer to have a
.close(), and then (if you can use Java 7), make use of the
AutoClosableinterface, and therefore the try-with-resource construct.
- When you call
getParameters()you can a copy of the parameters. That's ok, but then you should set them back, and that's counter-intuitive at first. Providing a simple
camera.setParameter(..)method would be easier to work with, but the
Parametersclass has a lot of methods, so it's not an option to bring them to the
Cameraclass. We can make parameters mutable? (That isn't implemented yet)
- One of the reasons the API is so cumbersome to use is the error reporting. You almost exclusively get "Came.takePicture failed", regardless of the reason. With the above steps we eliminated the need of exceptions in some cases, but it would still be good to get better reports on the exact reason.
- We need to make the Camera mock-friendly (currently it isn't). So
EasyCamerais an interface, which you can easily mock.
CameraActionsis a simple mockable class as well.
My EasyCamera project is only an initial version now and hasn't been used in production code, but I'd like to get feedback on whether it's better than the original and how to get it improved. At some point it can wrap other cumbersome Camera functionality, like getting front and back camera, etc.
Broken APIs are the reason for hundreds of wasted hours, money and neurons. That's why, when you design an API, you need some very specific skills and need to ask yourself many questions. Josh Bloch's talk on API design is very relevant and I recommend it. I actually violated one of his advice – "if in doubt, leave it out" – you have access to the whole Camera in your CameraActions, and that might allow you to do things that don't work. However, I am not fully aware of all features of the Camera, that's why I didn't want to limit users and make them invent clumsy workarounds.
When I started this post, I didn't plan to actually write EasyCamera. But it turned out to take 2 hours, so I did it. And I would suggest that developers, whenever confronted with a bad API, do the above exercise – think of how they would've written it. Then it may turn out to be a lot less effort to actually fix it or wrap it, than continue using it as it is.
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I'm almost finished with the initial version of a next gen OpenGL ES video engine with extensive post processing built on top of the camera API and MediaCodec… If you think the camera API is bad you'll "love" the MediaCodec API… ;P
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doesn't it missing lib(easy camera-master jar) at the github?
there are two artifacts in the release section.
Ok, I have the following, but it's throwing up errors:
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
EasyCamera camera = DefaultEasyCamera.open();
CameraActions actions = camera.startPreview(surface);
PictureCallback jpegCallback = new PictureCallback() {
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, CameraActions actions) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
It doesn't like the 'surface' in camera.startPreview(surface);
and it's protesting about the actions.takePicture(…) as well. Where am I going wrong?
What is the "surface" that you pass? It should be a visible one, otherwise most phones complain
Idea is nice, and I feel that this is a step into right direction, but library does not run in a separate thread, which still left us with a lot of complexity to deal with.
Would be nice if library would also encapsulate this aspect as well.
Hi i have tried out this great lib, but I cannot see any preview from my SurfaceView, here is the layout xml:
and I get the SurfaceHolder from surfaceView, pass it to camera.startPreview, then the screen remains black, any idea? thx
Hi. I can't see the XML here for some reason. Could you open an issue on GitHub?
Thanks for this article. I really liked your observation: "there is something wrong with an API that requires you to read a list of 10 steps, some of which are highlighted as "Important" "
Is there any way to have front camera and back camera working? 🙂 Like a switch button.
Just pass the id to DefaultEasyCamera.open(id).
I guess a DefaultEasyCamera.openFrontFacingCamera() convenience method can be added, but I don't have time right now. Feel free to make a PR.
(if I understand the question correctly)
Hi, I have the same problem as Rui my preview is black
Here is my xml :
Can you help me or post an example project please (it could be useful 🙂 ) ?
Here is the xml, I can't paste in the comment apparently, so :
How do I use the API. Can you provide some working sample?
EasyCamera camera = DefaultEasyCamera.open();
CameraActions actions = camera.startPreview(surface);
PictureCallback callback = new PictureCallback() {
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, CameraActions actions) {
// store picture
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Chilean artist Maria Aparico Puentes stitches thread into geometric shapes over photography, an effect that makes the subjects appear to be existing on the borders of another dimension. Speaking on her work, Puentes notes, "I imagine that some of these impressions point me to study Architecture."July 18, 2012


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Here's some quick pictures of Taurus PT1911 #3, this is a different gun belonging to a different shooting buddy.
We were talking about the other two I was looking at and my friend not being much of a 1911 guy hasn't shot his much and asked if I would be willing to take a look at his.
He was not impressed with his Taurus.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BRqAFlg86q...IMAG0076-1.jpg Batterting of frame, not sure what's causing this as this area of the frame can not be struck by hammer with firing pin stop in place. The joint where the ejector meets the frame looks pretty nasty as well.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kQOo3b-D_m...IMAG0068-1.jpg Barrel lug appears cut/battered, bare steel visible, looks like someone took a rough file to it. The barrel link also appears to be taking some uneven wear.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9qAoAXMaFa...IMAG0069-1.jpg Scratches in barrel, scratches on side of lug also visible.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yedBpb9VdE...IMAG0070-1.jpg More gouges in lower lug where it mats to the frame, additional scratches evident. Looks as if the lower link is being eaten in the frame.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GduKiM1CJk...IMAG0072-1.jpg Main spring housing extends past frame cut out. Does not appear to hamper function but is aesthetically horrid.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lOup5N8KF1...IMAG0073-1.jpg Firing pin stop and slide being battered, probably by that huge ledge in the rear of the frame
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YVxMCESj6g...IMAG0075-1.jpg Rough fitting of the grip safety, clean edges? Who needs them....
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kErlRD9zBJ...IMAG0074-1.jpg Some small gouges in the slide.There's some other bits of this gun that scare me, the muzzle end of the barrel looked pretty rough. Taurus does this odd thing with their barrels and bushing where there's a raised ledge of sorts and a corresponding recess in the barrel...it seems like it may increase barrel to bushing fit in that small area, but it looks like it's lapping the barrel...
I did not open up the rest of the gun, I don't think I'd like what I would've found. This gun has maybe 500 rounds though it.


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Has anyone compared the Super Match against a Les Baer or Ed Brown or nother Comp guns? At around $2000. thats the league its in...
Would be interested if it shoots as accurately as you would think for the money.. or is it just another fancy cosmetic upgrade from the other 5"ers..
(I guess my thoughts are... most of the $1200.+ Kimbers have Match barrels, and Match triggers so what the big deal about the Super Match)
I had a 5" Target Eclipse that shot really well.. not sure if being SS had anything to do with it.. Im sure the target sights helped.. No other experience with any other 5" Kimbers..


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Microsoft founder Bill Gates became a multibillionaire by making computers a common fixture in households and businesses around the globe.
Now the software entrepreneur's charitable organization hopes to turn the same trick with a device that most Westerners take for granted, but which is a rarity in two-thirds of the world.
(Also see: Bill Gates gives another $100M to fund polio vaccination)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced an initiative to promote the spread of safe and affordable sanitation in developing nations:
In a keynote address at the 2011 AfricaSan Conference in Kigali, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, president of the foundation's Global Development Program, called on donors, governments, the private sector, and NGOs to address the urgent challenge, which affects nearly 40 percent of the world's population. Flush toilets are unavailable to the vast majority in the developing world, and billions of people lack a safe, reliable toilet or latrine. More than a billion people defecate in the open."No innovation in the past 200 years has done more to save lives and improve health than the sanitation revolution triggered by invention of the toilet," Burwell said in her speech at AfricaSan. "What we need are new approaches. New ideas. In short, we need to reinvent the toilet."
This is no joke. Poor sanitation is a leading cause of disease and death in underdeveloped nations. Anyone who has traveled through poor nations can attest to the abysmal conditions facing their impoverished citizens every single day. There's literally no escape.
According to the Foundation, 1.5 million children die annually from diarrheal disease. Proper sanitation, in conjunction with safe drinking water (another big problem) and improved hygiene could prevent "most of these deaths," the Foundation said in a statement.
The Gates's aren't just proselytizing. They're putting money behind the effort:
* A $3 million grant supporting eight universities in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America to finance efforts to "reinvent the toilet as a stand-alone unit without piped-in water, a sewer connection, or outside electricity—all for less than 5 cents a day."
* $42 million in new sanitation grants designed to "spur innovations in the capture and storage of waste, as well as its processing into reusable energy, fertilizer, and fresh water."
Beyond the obvious humanitarian aspects of this endeavor, the Foundation notes that proper sanitation is a sound economic investment, citing a World Health Organization study showing that each dollar invested can return $9 by making people healthier and more productive. Better sanitation cuts health care costs and reduces illness, disease, disability and premature death.
Say what you will about Gates and his business practices as co-founder and long-time CEO of Microsoft -- and fellow co-founder Paul Allen recently had plenty to say, not much of it positive -- the guy is trying to use some of his wealth these days to accomplish some good. You've got to give him that much.


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Benefits of Residential Treatment
Residential care works.
We believe in the proven effectiveness of supportive therapeutic communities for people coping with mental health issues.
While varying in style, residential facilities share the following core practices, each practice proven to promote healing that is more likely to be sustained:
Taken together and working synergistically, these practices create a powerful therapeutic community – a healing environment that only exists in a residential setting.
The alternatives to residential care often don't work.
Residential psychiatric care is a positive alternative to the less productive route that typically starts with a hospital stay. After managing the acute crisis that triggers the admission, hospitals usually do not offer patients enough structure, despite the fact that the majority of people with serious psychiatric disorders do best with a high degree of structure. Equally important, the typical psychiatric hospital stay is not long enough for a patient to develop the necessary skills and habits to function well.
It is well documented that, following discharge from the hospital, many ex-patients do not take advantage of outpatient mental health services, tending to withdraw from these services over time. Nor do the services, themselves, provide the level of structure and protection necessary for a person on the "outside."
Once discharged, the person typically returns to an isolated lifestyle, either at home, in the community, or on the street. While social isolation may feel comfortable and familiar, it is a negative force that not only impedes the person's growth toward mental health, but often sends them sliding backwards.
For many people, there is also the issue of medication. Chances are, the patient was discharged from the hospital when they were not yet willing or not yet able (or both) to take their medication regularly. But outpatient services often do not effectively monitor the taking of medication, certainly not over the long haul. Now add the fact that former patients engage less and less with these services over time – and monitoring becomes non-existent.
When a person returns home from a psychiatric hospitalization, the burden of responsibility often falls on the family to provide daily structure and to monitor the taking of medication. Since there is often a history of stressful relations between the family and the troubled person over these very issues, the family's attempts to help can add to the strain on all involved.
In this isolated and almost treatment-free state, the person's level of functioning deteriorates. Medication use grows sporadic and often stops. The stage is now set for another hospitalization. In all this time, little or no progress toward growth or recovery has taken place.
There is a high dollar cost for this unproductive cycle. But the human cost is huge – a person who could have quality of life and make a contribution to society is caught in a loop that prevents them from functioning better. . . or even flourishing.
Residential care offers you a way out of this unproductive cycle. It offers you proven resources and approaches for leading a better life.
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Vitamin D Needed to Prevent Serious Liver and Nerve Problems
Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
Your liver and your brain are the two fattiest organs in your body by dry body weight. It is not surprising that fat soluble antioxidants and fat metabolism nutrients like tocotrienols, lipoic acid, pantethine, silymarin, acetyl-l-carntine, and choline are of profound benefit to both organs. Several new studies show that the fat-soluble nutrient vitamin D is also of immense importance.
The first study looked at patients with cirrhosis of the liver1. Over 85% of cirrhosis patients were lacking vitamin D. Regardless of the cause of the cirrhosis those with the lowest vitamin D had the worst prognosis.
Another study showed that almost all patients presenting with Parkinson's disease2 have low vitamin D.
Vitamin D is the single most important vitamin for what is called immune system tolerance. In other words, vitamin D status is associated with the ability to keep the fire in the fireplace. Without vitamin D the fire can simple jump out of the fireplace and cause unrestricted damage. In this analogy the fire is inflammation. Thus, when a person is under nerve stress and/or liver stress then an inflammatory event is occurring. In health that inflammation is health with effectively. If problems are ongoing then wear and tear magnify. If a person is also vitamin D deficient, then the inflammation can wreak havoc.
Vitamin D is the foundation for immune system stability and preventing the immune system from developing autoimmune and excessive inflammatory problems. The failure to have adequate vitamin D can set the stage for making a mountain out of a molehill.
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New England Conservatory is authorized by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to grant degrees and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).
- February 18, 1867
- New England Conservatory and NEC's Jordan Hall are National Historic Landmarks
- 750 graduate and undergraduate College students from 46 states and 39 countries
- 1400 Preparatory School students, including those enrolled in NEC @ Walnut Hill
- 325 Continuing Education students
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Most of these programs are available as undergraduate and/or graduate, postgraduate majors.
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- Orchestral & Wind Ensemble Conducting
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- Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation
- Voice and Opera
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- Historical Performance & World Music
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- Lessons, ensembles, and classes for pre-college students beginning with age 3
- Certificate offerings for students who follow specified curriculum
- Large ensemble programs allow many steps of progression by age and playing ability.
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- Certificate offerings in many areas of performance and scholarship
- Summer Institutes that offer concentrated topic studies
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- Almost 400 musician-teachers on the College, Preparatory School, and Continuing Education faculties
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- NEC faculty and alumni make up half of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- Resident ensembles: Borromeo String Quartet, Weilerstein Trio, The Boston Trio
- Jordan Hall 1013-seat concert hall, a National Historic Landmark, acclaimed as one of the world's most acoustically perfect performance spaces
- Brown Hall 260-seat concert hall with optional proscenium stage or flexible floor seating/performing configurations, small balcony seating area with separate egress
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Do you think I would get more good bacteria if I added something to it? Like the liquid from the fermented veggies we bought at the health food store (Veggie Delight) OR a little bit of Kombucha? That may sound weird, but I just want to get the max benefits as I really need a health boost. I still haven't tried this, but I'm making a grocery list!
Anyone have a recipe for fermented fruit salsa? I know dh loves salsa, and ds loves some fruit salsa. This would be a win-win all around!
I made a batch from NT recipe today....so it's sitting on the counter. I used a quart sized jar. I put in 2 extra garlic cloves cause I love garlic. I also didn't chop anything up, I put it all in the food processor, so it was really fine. I only used the one Tablespoon of salt too. I'll let you know how it tastes in another day or two.
Do you mean salsa as described in the recipe above with fruit added? Or do you mean *just* fruit?
I imagine adding peaches or cherries to the recipe I posted would be pretty good. *shrug* You'll never know till you try. Experiment and post back.
Can you elaborate on the necessity of raw milk whey for the fermentation process ot be safe? We can't do dairy so we don't include whey.
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Hello all, new to the forums, but not to crv's, or hondas.
My 98 V made it home one day, but will not fire back up, it turns over, is getting gas as the smell of it shows once you've cranked enough. I checked the cap and rotor, cleaned the contacts, ensured its getting spark and still no fire... I decided to start eliminating suspects, I unplugged all the injectors and voila! She ran until the fuel in the cylinders was used up. I don't know if these have a injector control module or if its part of the ecu, so what do I need to replace? I am a mechanic by trade but not by occupation anymore, so doing any work is not a problem for me.
I also have an ongoing issue that I'm sure you've all helped others with, but I changed the timing belt and water pump at around 100k if I remember correctly, and now the vehicle has 0 power, barely moves under its own power.
I made sure the timing was TDC with the timing marks and after that tried adjusting the timing via the distributor, all to no avail, rechecked and reverified the timing and still nothing. Any ideas? Does honda factory timing happen to be some rediculous retarded or advanced degree?
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Heading out to take care of business and get back to her baby boy, Hilary Duff went to her Pilates class and then shopped for gift wrap at Paper Source in Los Angeles on Tuesday (December 4).
The "Lizzie McGuire" star wore a denim jacket, black leggings, and silver flats as she juggled her coffee, water, purse, and cell phone.
Recently, the 25-year-old actress has been sharing her love of man's best friend on her Twitter page. On Tuesday she tweeted a photo of her two little pups, Lola and Coco, with the caption, "I love sharing moments with my little dogs."
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Dolores Claiborne (1995)
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as Joe St. George
as Peter
as Constable Frank Stamshaw
as Young Selena
as Mr. Pease
as Magistrate
as Sammy Merchant
as Ferry Vendor
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Critic Reviews for Dolores Claiborne
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A patient and mature thriller featuring a protagonist fascinating in her agony.
Denso e melancólico, o filme supera suas ocasionais falhas de roteiro graças às fortes atuações de seu elenco feminino (incluindo a jovem Ellen Muth).
Dreadfully depressing, but Kathy Bates stuns
Gothic and creepy.
The film boldly refuses to satisfy the horror fans who are its expected audience, but it's massively unclear what kind of audience it does have in mind.
Effective character study thriller.
Audience Reviews for Dolores Claiborne
Constable: Going on a morning walk? Dolores Claiborne: No, I'm just packing the get-away boat, so I can make my great escape. Dolores Claiborne is a good drama from Stephen King that translates well to the screen. Kathy Bates gives a great performance as Dolores; a woman who is a suspect in a murder investigation. Jennifer Jason Leigh plays her daughter who has been gone for 15 years. A great supporting cast features Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, and Eric Bogosian(the guy from one of the most underrated films of all-time, Talk Radio). Danny Elfman gives the film a great score like always. It always makes me laugh when people complain about Stephen King books not being good movies. There's been Shawshank, The Green Mile, The Dead Zone, 1408, The Shining, Misery, Stand By Me, Carrie, Christine and Dolores Claiborne. Looks like they translate well.
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A shocking drama from King, about a mother and daughter and a secret. I was pleasantly surprised by this movie, and I think you will be too. I highly recommend it.
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This was far better than what I was expecting. (Even though I'm a Stephen King fan in general, this particular plot didn't seem too interesting to me.) There are a few turns and twists, most of which (if not all) are predictable, but the way they're unveiled is commendable. And the stellar performance by almost every actor involved only made the movie more worthwhile.
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|Are you saying there's nobody?
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|No, I'm saying there's a whole lot of nobodys!
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|Husbands die every day. Why, there's probably one dying right now while you're sitting here weeping. They die, and leave their wives their money. I should know, shouldn't I? Sometimes they're driving home from their mistress's apartment, and their brakes suddenly fail. An accident, Dolores, can be an unhappy woman's best friend.
|Vera Donovan:
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These red-and-white striped treats get lots of compliments for their cute looks and minty taste. The seasonal confections are easy to make and so light that they melt in your mouth! —Anne Lindway of Indianapolis, Indiana
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- 3 large egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- Red paste food coloring
- In a large bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Add cream of tartar; beat on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating on high until stiff peaks form and sugar is dissolved, about 6 minutes. Beat in peppermint extract.
- Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry bag; insert star tip #21. With a new painbrush, brush three evenly spaced 1/4-in. strips of red food coloring on the inside of the bag from the tip to three-fourths of the way to the top of the bag. Carefully fill bag with meringue.
- Pipe 3-in. candy canes onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake at 225° for 25 minutes; rotate baking sheets to a different oven rack. Bake 25 minutes longer or until firm to the touch. Turn oven off; leave cookies in oven with door ajar for at least 1 hour or until cool. Yield: 4 dozen.
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"easy, fun, pretty, tasty, impressive.......what's not to love :)"
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Reviewed Dec. 10, 2012
"Excellent! They are truly airy and melt in your mouth! I made these into light green/blue cookies similar to Hersheys Kisses. They're baking right now, and they are absolutely delicious!I made these once before, but didn't beat long enough, so they turned into flat fragile candy-cane type cookies. And the part where you brush food coloring in the bag? Didn't quite understand that.Still a great recipe, but a little confusing to make."
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"I made these several years ago when the magazine came out. They are super cute and very festive. I need to make them again :) You don't need to have mad piping skills, just practice a bit and have fun!"
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best line through a set of 3D points
Dear all,
This is not strictly a mathematica question but someone might have a
solution in the form of a mathematica function or so.
I have a set of 3d points, DATA = {{x1,y1,z1},{x2,y2,z3},...}, roughly
occupying a sigar shaped volume in the 3D space.
I want to find the line that best fits these points.
I tried a least squares approach: I assumed the line was going through the
average off all the points in DATA and then I tried to find a vector in the
direction of the line by minimizing the sum of the squares of the distances
from the points to the line.
For some reason I end up with a set of 3 equations which only solution is
(0,0,0). There is probably some sensible reason for this but I did not
manage to figure out why. Maybe someone else knows?
Another approach I tried is averaging the vectors connecting each point in
DATA with the average point of DATA. This average vector could be a good
direction for the best line. But comparing this method in two dimensions
with a least squares fit, I noticed the agreement is not always good. So I
am not sure whether this is the best method.
Does anyone have a solution to this problem or can anyone point me to some
resources (book(s), web page(s)) where I could find a solution.
thanks a lot
Maarten van der Burgt
ICOS Vision Systems
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PITTSBURGH – Four track and field athletes from the University of Pittsburgh have qualified to compete in the 2013 USA Track and Field Championships from June 20-23. Juniors Carvin Nkanata and Brycen Spratling have both qualified for the senior meet, while freshmen Dustin Fuller and Evann Thompson will compete in the Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
The 2013 USA Track and Field Championships serve as the selection event for the coveted spots to represent Team USA at the IAAF World Championships. The Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships are a similar event, but for 16-19 year old athletes.
The events will take place in Des Moines, Iowa at Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University. Greater Des Moines was named Track Central USA for its long and storied legacy as a home for track and field competition. Drake Stadium has previously hosted the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2010, as well as the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships three times.
Pitt's Brycen Spratling is one of the Panther hopefuls who looks to compete for a spot on Team USA. Spratling, a junior from Webster, N.Y., will run in the 400 meter qualifying race in Iowa. During 2012-13 season, Spratling placed first in the 400 meters at both the Morgan St. Legacy Track Meet and the NC A&T Aggie Invitational in April and was named Second Team All-America for his 16th Place overall finish at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships in Eugene, Ore.
His best time for the event this season is 45.94 seconds, which is Pitt's outdoor school record. He set this on his way to a second place finish at the Big East Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the beginning of May. This time is the 26th best qualifying time for the 400 meters, amidst an extremely competitive field. Spratling will compete against six members of the 2012 Olympic Team, and hopes to be one of the top three finishers to represent his country.
The other Panther competing for a spot on the 2013 USA Team at the World Championships is junior 200 meter sprinter Calvin Nkanata. Nkanata was a First Team All-America runner for Pitt, coming in 7th Place at the NCAA Championships. He is the Big East Indoor and Outdoor 200 meter dash champion, and the IC4A champion.
Nkanata's best time of 20.29 seconds qualifies him for the USA Track and Field Championships, and this time is the 10th best among the other qualifiers. The other runners in his event consist of five Olympians from the 2012 team, including Walter Dix, Wallace Spearmon, Isiah Young, Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay. Three of Nkanata's opponents from the NCAA National Championship final will also be competition, including National Champion Ameer Webb of Texas A&M, whose qualifying time is 9th, one spot above Nkanata.
The two Pitt freshmen, Thompson and Fuller, are also seeking to make the national team, although on the junior level. Both are acclaimed and highly achieving in just their first year on the college level.
Evann Thompson, a freshman from Mt. Laurel, N.J., qualified for the women's 400-meter hurdles with a personal best 58.89 second time at the Big East Championships. She placed third at the Big East Championship event to earn all-conference accolades.
Competing in the men's 400-meter hurdles is Panther freshman Dustin Fuller. Fuller came in fourth at the Big East Conference championships, where he set his personal-best time of 53.70 seconds.
The senior meet runners will look to place in the top three in their respective events while the juniors need to place in the top two to earn a spot on the USA Team. Spratling and Nkanata are racing to get the chance to compete in the IAAF World Championships, which will take place in Moscow, Russia from August 10-18. Thompson and Fuller will battle to be among the top finishers and make the junior team, which will represent USA in Medellin, Columbia from August 23-25.


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Immigration rights group calls for stop to deportations
INDIO, Calif. - A group of protesters rallied outside the Border Patrol office in Indio calling for an end to deportations and urging President Obama to move forward with his plans for immigration reform. "It's really useless and pointless to talk about immigration reform and the people that are going to benefit from that immigration reform are being taken away from the country," said Fernando Romero, from the Justice for Immigrants Coalition.
Protesters held signs saying "no deportations," the primary concern of activists all over the country. The National Day Laborer Organizing Network submitted a 41-page rule-making petition to the Department of Homeland Security that argues President Obama has the legal authority and moral imperative to stop deporting otherwise law-abiding immigrants who entered the country illegally. The group that organized the event, Comite Latino says a recent increase in raids by local Border Patrol continues to rip families apart. "We always advocate for family unity and unfortunately agents like the border patrol have no respect for the kind of families we want in this area," said Romero.
Another sign read "respect my rights." Something the group says border patrol has not done. Rosie Rubio works a security guard at a gated community in Mecca. She says agents hassled guards, even handcuffing one last to week, to get in and look for undocumented immigrants. "You don't go around harassing your own kind, your own American citizens, you help us, we help you!" said Rubio.
The Border Patrol public affairs office did not respond to our questions about these claims. But, Reverend Suzanne Marsh says they did take a meeting with her about their intentions. "Their only purpose really was the interdiction of terrorists and drug traffickers and that was their focus," said Marsh.
Things Marsh says don't come close to describing most of the undocumented in our community. She hopes protests like this get the attention of Capitol Hill and specifically says this to President Obama. "Do something for them, it's time," said Marsh. "This is what our country is about."
Comite Latino says they hope to get the attention of the president when he comes to visit the valley next Friday. The group is planning another protest.


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With so many boxy cars out there aimed at hip young things, it's sometimes hard to remember how different the Honda Element is from the rest of the pack.
The Kia Rio, Nissan Cube and Scion xB are all high on style and clearly aimed at the urban market - including suburbanites who wished they lived downtown.
But with the Element, form follows function. It is boxy because that is a practical shape. There is no pillar between the front and rear side doors, which are hinged in the back for easy loading when both are open. The rear hatch and tailgate also open separately, allowing heavy packages to be slid in. The back seats recline, fold down and can be removed. The floor is covered in textured urethane for easy cleaning. And it is the only one of the four boxy cas to be offered with all-wheel-drive.
The Element is also considerably larger than the other three, meaning it can carry a lot more stuff. Headroom is also no problem for taller drivers and passengers.
And just to emphasize the Element's functionality, this year brings a new option called the Dog Friendly package. It includes a fully enclosed kennel that sits in the cargo area and features a cushioned bed and built-in water bowl, an extendable ramp to help the dog enter and exit, a rear ventilation fan, rubber floor mats and water-resistant back seat covers.
If all this usefulness has a downside, it may be that Honda doesn't think the Element needs to be much fun to drive, especially compared to the other boxy cars, which are tempting and easy to throw around. The Element is certainly stable and, with 166 horsepower on tap, relatively peppy. But the steering is vague and it is only available with a five-speed automatic transmission that does not offer a manual shift mode.
That said, the Element is certainly not unpleasant or difficult to drive. It rides higher than most cars, giving the driver good views of the road. The gauges and controls are big and easy to use. The durable cloth seats and comfortable and surprisingly well bolstered for a vehicle that isn't sporty. And the optional all-wheel-drive system increases traction in bad weather, up poorly maintained hilly streets and off road.
Scion offers many options for customizing its cars, including the xB. But the Element is also available in a many trim levels. In addition to this year's Dog Friendly package, it comes in two and all-wheel-drive version of the base LX version, the plusher EX version and the sportier SC version, which features a large air dam, rear spoiler and low-profile tires - but not an all-wheel-drive option. All come standard with such safety features as the company's trademarked Vehicle Stability Assist with Traction Control and side curtain airbags with rollover sensors, however.
When the Element was first introduced in 2003, it didn't look like anything else on the road, let alone any other Honda. Since then the company has embraced the boxy look for its more utilitarian vehicles, the larger Pilot SUV and Ridgeline pickup truck. Honda seems to be saying, 'These are our workhorses. If you don't need this much carrying capacity, look at our more aerodynamic models.'
The pitch seems to be working here in the Pacific Northwest, where Elements, Pilots and Ridgelines are everywhere. Of the three, our unofficial count indicates the Element is the most popular model, which is no surprise given its versatility. Our guess is the Element is the current version of the old Volkswagen bus - the vehicle of choice for people who plan on spending a lot of time outdoors with their friends, kids and dogs.
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Four Tennessee hunters will be very happy Thursday around 3 p.m. EDT. Meanwhile, 5,813 hunters will be very sad. I'm betting I will be included in the latter group.
Thursday afternoon is when the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will announce the four recipients of this year's prized elk hunting permits. If you miss the announcement (which will be online), you should be able to check your status online by Friday morning.
The four winners of the 2012 elk hunt permits were selected in a random drawing to participate in this year's hunt, which is Oct. 15-19 on the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area. If you're a loser, like I expect to be, take heart in the fact that your odds get better every year.
Daryl Ratajczak, TWRA's chief of wildlife, said a total of 5,817 applied for four permits available in the elk hunt quota drawing this year. In 2009, the very first elk hunt, nearly 13,000 applied. The number has been trending down steadily each year.
"The trend down isn't unexpected at all," Ratajczak said. "Of the 5,817 who applied, 591 were not sportsman or lifetime license holders [who can apply for free], which means they paid a $10, nonrefundable fee. That money goes directly to the elk management program, but $5,900 is just a small fraction of what the elk program costs us each year."
The fifth adult participant in the Oct. 15-19 hunt will get their permit from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation. State law allows TWRA to provide one permit to a nongovernmental organization (NGO) for fundraising purposes. This year, TWRF is that group. Their permit will be auctioned on eBay between July 19 and 29. Those proceeds are also designated for the TWRA elk management program.
For the first time this fall, TWRA also designated a special elk hunt for young sportsmen following the conclusion of the regular elk hunt, which will be held Oct. 20-21 with one young sportsman to be selected. Ratajczak said the recipient of that permit will be announced the first week of August in conjunction with the Land & Wildlife Expo to be held at Gaylord Opryland Hotel.
Ratajczak said the odds for the kids 13-16 is much better than the adults. He said only 293 applicants are eligible in the youth elk hunt drawing.
In other agenda items, the agency is proposing that the newly acquired land of 592 acres in Cannon County be proclaimed as Headwaters Wildlife Management Area. Also, an amendment to the wildlife management area proclamation will add hunting seasons to the new WMA.
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I like simple solutions. Also I will use a paint system until it fails one time, then find something better. I also avoid new products for a couple years, until the manufacturer works out the "early production problems". When I get a system that works for me every time, I will NOT change it unless it fails. (Yes... they do reformulate products to meet EPA standards and such... and it usually leads to problems. I will not use the latest "trick-of-the-week" system, when mine is working just fine.
I have used 2K primer only for about 20 years with zero failures. Sand the metal good, then metal prep 30-60 minutes before primer, and NEVER has adhesion problems. The only time I would consider epoxy first is if it will be left in primer and exposed to the weather. As far as wetsanding, I do it on every job, and then seal and paint. No problems with this in 20 years of full time work.
I know I am a dinosaur... but I guarantee my work for as long as they own the project. That takes confidence. I like Marhyde's Ultimate Primer.
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i have a close friend that does exactly what you do sand, Metal prep then 2k.
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- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- In a saucepan, bring carrots and water to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 10-12 minutes or until tender. Drain. Place carrots in a serving dish and keep warm. In the same pan, melt butter. Add brown sugar, mustard, ginger and salt; cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Pour over carrots and toss to coat. Yield: 4-6 servings.
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland s business elite published an appeal in a Swiss newspaper on Sunday to save the country s accords with the European Union from unravelling due to a vote earlier this year to curb immigration from the bloc.
The Swiss government said in June it would introduce quotas for EU citizens from 2017 after voters in February narrowly backed proposals to curtail immigration. The move could violate a free movement of citizens pact and threaten Switzerland s other agreements with the 28-member union.
Switzerland will also vote on an even more radical initiative on Nov. 30, which proposes capping immigration at just 0.2 percent of the resident population or the equivalent of 16,000 people per year.
More than 100 members of Switzerland s business, economic and political elite signed the appeal, including Swiss Re Chairman Walter Kielholz, Lonza Chairman Rolf Soiron, Nestle Vice-Chairman Andreas Koopmann and former Swiss National Bank Chairman Jean-Pierre Roth, the Schweiz am Sonntag newspaper said.
The document, published on the newspaper s website without a full list of signatories, warned against Switzerland s self-isolation .
(We) ask all citizens, particularly the young, to take part in a realistic dialogue on Europe based on facts, with the aim of giving Switzerland a coherent, long-term policy in this area that will allow the country to represent its interests in a European context with success, the announcement said.
Separately on Sunday, the vice-president of the right wing Swiss People s Party that spearheaded February s referendum, told the Sonntagszeitung it would be open to a discussion on alternatives to immigration quotas.
If a reduction in immigration can be achieved through a better system than quotas, we wouldn t close our minds to the discussion, Christoph Blocher was quoted as saying by the paper.
The limits on immigration are widely opposed by Swiss businesses as they rely heavily on foreign labour in all areas of the economy.
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I was wondering if anyone can offer a good site for buying weatherstripping and seals for my 65 thunderbird.
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Numerical integration over half-infinite intervals
I do a lot of 1D NIntegrates over half-infinite domains [0,Infinity).
Sometimes you can simply put Infinity as an upper
bound and Mathematica will return an answer. In that
case, I don't have a problem.
But, sometimes, this fails or takes too
long, and I am forced to truncate the integral.
Let's assume my integral converges, is not zero, and my
integrand is relatively smooth with a few derivatives, at least.
Suppose each finite truncated integral can be successfully computed to
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Man, has it been a busy fall for relationships with kids from huge reality TV families! Jessa Duggar is the first Duggar daughter to enter courtship, which means she should be getting engaged fairly soon unless something major happens, and Erin Bates and Chad Paine are getting hitched in November. But Erin isn't the only Bates kid settling down - her brother Zach Bates just proposed to his girlfriend Whitney.As is typical with the Bates clan, mom Kelly Bates announced the big news on the … [Read more...]
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Erin Bates and Chad Paine are engaged, which means one important thing - time for the wedding registry! The couple has registered at Target. Most of the stuff on the registry has already been purchased, but they still need a toaster and a set of measuring cups if you feel like getting them anything.I have to say - I find their registry pretty refreshing. Sometimes people in the public eye get really greedy and start asking for ridiculous shit like 24K gold doorknobs and coffeemakers that … [Read more...]
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Erin Bates, one of the kids from Duggar family spinoff show United Bates of America, is engaged. Her mom, Kelly Bates, announced the news on the family's blog earlier this week. After going through their religious group's practice of courtship, Erin and Chad Paine officially got engaged. The two of them clearly have a lot in common - Chad is one of 12 kids, while Erin is one of 19.Erin is attending a Christian college and is a semester away from her degree in music. (For a side dose of … [Read more...]
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