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Any real reliability issues or problems with the JK/JKU?
I thought highway driving in the JKU was solid, not squirrely like the JK or TJ (2 door's). Even at 90 (Closed Course, of course) it wasn't bad, even with the premium soft top.
Quiet enough to have...
Fuel economy isnt much better, space is also very close. I have not driven one of the newer ones, but I test drove one a few years ago and it didn't seem any better than a Wrangler.
Who knows....
I agree, it will be better on gas, will ride better, and will be quieter.
It lacks the removable top and some off-road capability, but definitely worth a test-drive.
That sucks. Luckily mine weren't in too bad of places. 2 in the work parking ramp (IC icing), and the other was HPFP kicking me into limp on the middle of a busy street (luckily there was a bank...
Cherokee's are nice, but I can get over the headlight situation. Plus, I'd need the 3.2 to tow, which will drop mpg's a bit.
ha. Work parking ramp.
ha, no. All done with VW's.
I agree, the TDI was great (when it wasn't broken) and I did like it.
The Wrangler isnt that bad: relatively quiet, pretty comfortable, nice interior. Plus it can...
Huge improvement.
Hopefully you have better luck with the TDI than I have had. I don't trust it anymore after having it leave me stranded 3 times in less than 3 years.
Yeah the drop...
They really aren't that bad on road. It definitely does not ride like a car or a luxury suv, but it is much more refined than the TJ's and even 2dr JK's.
Good to hear.
That's what I fear,...
I agree...they are a great balance of comfort and stability.
I had a 93 with a 4cyl and 5 speed. Car had 150-200k on it and the thing was solid (less problems than my almost new TDI)
Looking to get rid of my 2012 Golf TDI for a new Wrangler Unlimited (Sport S).
Why: TDI problems. HPFP at 19k, unconfirmed intercooler icing at 18k and 32k. Dealer fixed HPFP, but after tow VW found...
I agree. (HPFP and IC Icing before hitting 33k miles)
I am so jealous of all the sweet cars & Lotus you see.
Was in VA, so I went out yesterday morning. Solid show, I will definitely be returning when I an in the area. Will post pics later.


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Really this is the question you want to ask? Really?
Why not just say something like "I know next to nothing about computers. Where's the big red H4X0R !t N0wz! button?"
On second thought, you must be right these professionals don't know what they're doing. Using BT is definitely going to damage your wireless NIC, Sozor your probably shouldn't use BT if you want to use your Wireless NIC via windows

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The Wedding Date [DVD]
If you're a fan of the frazzled comic rhythms Debra Messing plies on Will & Grace, or if you're pre-sold on the concept of Dermot Mulroney as the world's most dashing heartthrob, this is the film for you!
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UPDATE: West Seattle Golf Course Driving Range cancelled
Funds left over will be used for WS maintenance and plans in place for Jackson and Jefferson
Christopher Williams, Seattle Parks Department Director of Operations said today that the plans for the Driving Range at the West Seattle golf course have been cancelled.
"We've come to the decision that we're not going to move forward with the West Seattle Driving Range," said Williams."The reason we're not moving forward with the driving range is that based on feedback we heard in the community discussions (...) moving forward would have meant a radical alteration of the existing golf course design. That course is viewed as an historic golf course, in terms of its design and changes made to the 9th hole we felt would have been significant after we heard from the community. There's also that the scope of the driving range project exceeds the available budget."
Williams pointed out that the original concept, as presented in the Golf Master Plan was on the plateau up near 35th Ave. s.w.
"When we got in there and looked at the soil conditions that wasn't a sustainable location. It forced us to look at other nearby areas. That's how we landed on the 9th hole and that area. We tried to make it work and it didn't work and we could have shoehorned it in but we think there would have been some unhappy community members and we think we can come to a better use for the $579,000 left over."
Also attending the meeting were David Kipnis of the Camp Long Advisory Council, West Seattle Golf Course Men's Club (WSGCMC) Secretary Patrick DiStefano, WSGCMC VP Michael Prittie, Seattle Parks Deputy Director Eric Friedli.
Michael Prittie, said "The club is very happy with this decision. We look forward to working with Parks on the rest of the Golf Master Plan, particularly on projects that will improve the West Seattle Golf Course."
David Kipnis of the Camp Long Advisory Council added, "We appreciate Parks' willingness to incorporate public opinion in decision-making, and hope this decision will be a catalyst for the golf community, Camp Long, and the general public to work together on future projects."
The plan now is to go back out to a public discussion on the Golf Master Plan.
But in the short term the focus will shift to Jackson Park and Jefferson Park golf courses but may go to address some maintenance issues at West Seattle.
The money not spent "will initially be deployed to the other master plan projects at Jackson and Jefferson. The planning money has already been borrowed (...) We will look at them in detail and with the public on exactly what we plan to do with West Seattle in the year 2012-13. Some of the borrowing for that will take place in subsequent years. We will work with the Golf Club and Camp Long as we develop those projects."
Wilkinson acknowledged that the West Seattle course "sure needs a clubhouse" but that the remaining funds were insufficient to address that problem.
Speaking at the West Seattle Rotary Club luncheon on Tuesday WSGMC President Bob Chamberlain said, "I hope that they have decided to move ahead with either the driving range at Jackson or to rebuild the clubhouse and expand the driving range at Jefferson as the first part of this project (golf master plan.) I hope they do not abandon the golf master plan, I hope that they understand that the Men's Club of West Seattle is 100 percent in favor of the overall master plan to improve golf in the City of Seattle."
The WSGMC has been very vocal on the topic, offering both their creative criticism of the plans advanced and their wish that the West Seattle Golf Course remain unchanged. The Parks Department had some 80 written letters from people in the community expressing their opinion on the project, with the negative comments overwhelmingly in the majority.
This decision enables Parks to take the approximately $579,000 remaining in the $834,000 project planning budget, which comes from 2010 General Obligation Bonds, and redirect it to another priority revenue-generating capital project identified in the Golf Master Plan. Parks will also report on the decision to the City Council Parks and Seattle Center Committee at an upcoming meeting.
In an email response Garrett Farrell Project Manager explained the benefits of what has taken place in the process.
"There will be no discarding of the work at West Seattle. The time and analysis provides solid information that will inform other range projects in the master plan, ( that would most likely be accelerated if this is passed on) and we have very detailed info that will assist in future projects at west Seattle.
I also see considerable value retained in the dynamic we have established with the community. All of the effort to come up the learning curve positions us as a stronger owner who can quickly make informed decisions and move through planning and pre design."
Seattle Parks Director of Golf Operations Paul Wilkinson indicated that going forward, it would be important to look for improvements that would enhance revenue. He suggested that at some point it might even mean installing a mini-golf course on the West Seattle property since for a relatively low cost a high revenue stream would be generated.
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Location: Central Asia
Capital: Tashkent
Population (2012): 28,394,180
Surface area: 447,400 sq km
Currency: Uzbekistani Soum
GDP per capita (2011): US $ 1,641
Economy – Overview:
Uzbekistan is a dry, landlocked country; 11% of the land is intensely cultivated, in irrigated river valleys. More than 60% of the population lives in densely populated rural communities. Export of hydrocarbons, primarily natural gas, provided 18.5% of foreign exchange earnings in 2011 and 35.1% in the first nine months of 2012. Other major export earners include gold and cotton. Uzbekistan is now the world's second-largest cotton exporter and fifth largest producer.
Nevertheless, Uzbekistan enjoyed a bumper cotton crop in 2010 amidst record high prices. Potential investment by Russia and China in Uzbekistan's gas and oil industry, as well as increased cooperation with South Korea in the realm of civil aviation, may boost growth prospects. However, decreased demand for natural gas in Europe and Russia in the wake of the global financial crisis could reduce energy-related revenues in the near term. According to official statistics, Uzbekistan has posted GDP growth of over 8% per year for several years, driven primarily by state-led investments and a favorable export environment. Growth may slip in 2013 as a result of lower export prices due to the continuing European recession. Uzbekistan has seen few effects from the global economic downturn, primarily due to its relative isolation from the global financial markets.
Human Development Index ranking (2012): 114 out of 186
Net Official Development Assistance (ODA) (2011): US $ 215 million
Top Three Donors of gross ODA: Japan, Germany, IDA
FDI inflows (2012): $1,094 million
Total External Debt (2011): US $ 8.4 billion
External debt stock (% of GNI) (2011): 17.8
Merchandise exports (2011): US$ 13,254 million
Terms of trade index (2012): 171.8
Major export commodities:
Cost to export per container (2013): US $ 4,585
HIPC Position (2013): Not eligible
United Nations Membership date: 2 March 1992
New York Mission:
Address: Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations
801 Second Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017
Telephone: (212) 486-4242
Telefax: (212) 486-7998
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Correspondence: English
National holiday: 1 September, Independence Day
UNDP (2013) Human Development Report
World Bank (2013) HIPC at a Glance
World Bank (2013) Doing Business 2013
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Medic Kits - The Survivor's clinic in a bag
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One of the most overlooked, insufficient, neglected and misunderstood aspects of a good survival plan is a portable medical kit. A fairly complete kit is going to be overkill for an individual, but probably fairly important for a small to medium sized group. Basically, the larger the group, the more supplies you should have. Regardless of the supplies you have, it is important to have people who are versed in the use of some of the more sensitive items and complex treatments. A lot of the stuff can be used by anyone who can use common sense and read the labels, but more risky treatments require the judgment of trained personnel. This is also a cause for concern over liability when it is possible for various treatments to cause more harm than good. If at all possible, you want emergency treatment to focus on stabilizing the patient until they can be given professional medical care, but there is another important issue to remember: any minor injuries or sickness that you can fully treat with your medical kit will reduce the strained workload given to the medical professionals during a widespread crisis situation. Even having professional level supplies can help reduce the cost that would conceivably be put on a strained medical infrastructure that would possibly be inclined to consider you or your personnel unacceptably low on their priorities for treatment in a crisis. The brutal realities of war and large natural disasters often see people dying not for lack of care, but for lack of supplies that would otherwise have been easily and cheaply obtained and stored before they were needed. This includes certain lifesaving drugs and antibiotics that can literally save your life for pennies, but can be priceless when there is little to go around.
For most survival scenarios, the medic kit is going to serve two purposes. First, it contains first aid supplies used to treat minor injuries and sickness without the need for costly or time consuming medical treatment. While the safe advice is to always see a doctor after any injury, many of us see the common sense that the cost of even a very short visit to an emergency room for a treatable injury will pay for an extensive medical kit. The second major reason to have a medic kit is to have the supplies necessary to stabilize and treat a victim for transport to a medical facility. In normal modern urban society, it is rare for this to require much more than what is necessary for a few minutes trip to a hospital or until an ambulance arrives with qualified experts in emergency medical care. For survivors who often find themselves in the wilderness far from easy access to emergency medical help, sufficient supplies for longer term aid can be the critical difference between survival of a team mate and a preventable death. Actual GI medic kits can be hard to get with all of the "correct" contents, but paramedic type trauma kits can be combined with a basic first aid kit to approximate or surpass the capabilities of a military kit. Note how most of the more important items in the military kit are sealed in plastic to prevent contamination and dirt from getting in. One thing to keep in mind is that although these items are usually sealed in plastic, thy are not waterproof. Kits to be used in and around the ocean must be double sealed to keep corrosive salt air out.
Obviously, it is usually unrealistic to be able to travel as well stocked as a professional ambulance or EMT crew, but, it is entirely realistic to travel in the wilderness with one person trained and equipped to a level similar to military medics. In many ways, higher threat scenario survival situations will dictate a package nearly identical to that used by special forces. Not only would such a package be important for traveling, but it would play an important role at the homestead or retreat where you may lack access to better medical facilities in a crisis situation.
We have done a lot of research on medical kits, likely treatable injuries and supplies and equipment available on the open market. Some of our findings have been encouraging, others have been disturbing. What is encouraging is that most professional quality medical supplies are available one way or another on the open market, but in many cases, there are legal ramifications of the use and possession of certain medical supplies. This is especially the case with certain medications which have different legal status in different places.
That said, one of the best "open source" medical kits I have found that follows a military pattern, is both portable and durable, is the kit assembled by a Canadian guy named Mike Gulenchyn. He can be contacted by email at email@example.com The contents of the bags do vary a bit according to climate and time of the year. Don't consider one of the kits to be fully complete with everything you would possibly need when you get it, but the kit makes what I consider one of the best starting points you can have when assembling a real survival medic kit equal to that used by any military unit. Pricing varies since the cost of the bags and contents is partially dictated by currency exchange rates, but the prices usually hover in the $250 (US) range. The smaller kits usually run in the $90 range and are packed in either a USGI M3 medic bag or the improved Specops brand medic bag.
This is the Medicman M17 medic bag. It is based on the USGI M17 medic bag, but made from more durable materials. Contents vary on availability, but this layout is typical of what would be carried in a platoon kit, minus perishables and meds.
The bag is very durable and has six main compartments, plus one smaller compartment for surgical instruments (some are included).
The layout of the bag (below) shows the contents to include most bandaging that would normally be used in the field to treat a number of injuries.
The kit does not come complete as it is imported from Canada and certain medications and ointments would have a problem in customs. You will need to ad an assortment of antibiotics, pain killers, ointments and specialized meds members of your group might need. That said, all of the items We examined in the bag are all current production modern items and materials, none of which appears to be older surplus. The bag comes full, but there is sufficient room left to include some other items.
More info will be added on the inventory of the bag and use of the contents later.
As you can see from the pictures here, the medic kits include a good assortment of bandages, splints, instruments some ointments and disenfectants. Since the kits are shipped from Canada, they will not always include certain medications that might be a problem in customs.
Given that the kits come well stocked with new production supplies, unlike those from other suppliers that have out of date or surplus supplies, you still need to add a few things (and there is room in the bag). Most of these items can be found at a larger discount drug store.
A mid size bottle of saline solution eye wash. This is normally used for cleaning contact lenses, but more importantly, it is used for flushing wounds and is usually safe for flusing debris out of the eyes.
Anti-biotics. These will usually come in pill form. There are now more advanced and specific versions of penicillin, but they are all mostly related. Obtain what you can and get familiar with the warning labels since some of these meds can be dangerous to some people.
Anti-histamine inhaler and or tablets. This stuff is used on people suffering from asthma, but can also be a quick and dirty way of reviving anybody who is really short on breath since the drugs enhance the lung's ability to process oxygen. It is sometimes used by endurance athletes for this purpose. Be careful though, overdo it or mix with the wrong drugs and you will be doubled over coughing blood.
Anti-bacterial wash. Iodine is getting out of fashion, but you have to have some sort of liquid for sterilizing and cleaning wounds and instruments if you need to deal with a wound that will not be in front of a well equipped doctor within a half hour.
Ointments for dealing with toxic plants. I prefer Tecnu which is a fairly effective poison Oak treatment used in the western US.
A snake bite kit
Pills - general recommendations: In general, you want to get multiples of smaller bottles of pills and leave them sealed rather than get large size bottles and dispense from them. The reason being that pills can be contaminated when the bottle is opened and contents handled. Note that blister packs are not going to be waterproof.
Pain killer pills, the preferred medication is Motrin or something similar. If possible, get both over the counter dosages and the lowest of the prescription dosage pills. Again, store brands and generics are usually going to be just as good.
Caffeine pills - used to keep people awake, this can be important for people suffering from certain exposure related injuries where you cannot afford to let their body shut down for sleep. More effective, but controversial "wake up" pills contain Ephedrine extracts. This is a fairly strong herbal stimulant that comes from the bark of an exotic tree. Some negative side effects include insomnia, shivers, a metallic taste in the mouth, and complications if the user is pregnant, has heart trouble or thyroid problems. Ephedrine is used in the manufacture of met amphetamine, so the purchase of products containing Ephedrine is sometimes regulated or monitored. Exercise caution when using products containing Ephedrine since it can be addictive (although I can't see how someone can actually like being a nervous insomniac). Psychological effects of long term use include paranoia, hallucinations and other symptoms similar to amphetamine use. That said, there are situations where the need to become quickly alert and stay alert are more important than risks of side effects. Pills like the "Yellow Jacket" and "Stacker 2" from NV Pharmaceuticals and their various vendors. NV Pharmaceuticals has a website with direct sales at www.NVEUSA.com, but the product can usually be found cheaper from vendors. On the useful side, these stimulants can be used by a person who has not built up a tolerance to stay awake for as long as three days at a time, and to be fully alert within minutes of taking a pill upon waking up. These pills are the dirty little secret of many military personnel who undergo rigorous training with little sleep.
Sleeping pills - used to help people go to sleep, this can be important for people with injuries or sicknesses that can be healed while sleeping, or people under stress who are unable to fall asleep when the situation allows for needed rest. In looking over the ingredients, they seem to be pretty similar regardless of manufacture and local drug store generics seem to be better priced for the same dosages.
Activated Charcoal, powder or capsules. This is a special fine powder charcoal that is reported to help remove poisons and toxins from a person's system. It is not an antibiotic and I don't fully understand the logic of how it works, but experts tell me that it does help in detoxification and removing poisons from someone's system by absorbing them into a form that is not easily assimilated into the human body. It is apparently some special charcoal and not something just scraped out of the campfire. Pretty cheap anyway.
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Wild Mushroom-and-Red Wine Risotto
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- Servings: 6
- 5 1/2 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 1/2 cups arborio rice (10 ounces)
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 pound mixed wild mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1 shallot, minced
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
How to make this recipe
In a medium saucepan, bring the chicken stock to a simmer. Keep warm.
In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil. Add the onion, season with salt and pepper and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the rice and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the wine and cook, stirring until the wine is absorbed. Add 1 cup of the warm stock and cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until nearly absorbed. Continue adding the stock 1/2 cup at a time, stirring constantly, until it is nearly absorbed between additions. The risotto is done when the rice is al dente and suspended in a thick, creamy sauce, about 20 minutes total. Season with salt and pepper.
Meawhile, in a large skillet, melt the butter. Add the mushrooms and shallot, season with salt and pepper and cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until softened and browned, about 10 minutes. Scrape the mushrooms into the risotto and stir in the cheese and parsley. Serve immediately.
Suggested Pairing
Intense, blackberry-scented red from Rosso Conero in Italy's Marches region.


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Kevin Rodgers is an artist whose varied practice examines the tensions between two seemingly diametrical opposites—withdrawal (physical, spiritual, political, aesthetic) and action.
Rodgers has exhibited work widely, including Netwerk Center for Contemporary Art (Aalst, Belgium), Dazibao (Montreal), G Gallery (Toronto), goodwater gallery (Toronto), Galerie Tatjana Pieters (Ghent, Belgium), and McIntosh Gallery (London, Ontario). He has collaborated with diverse artists such as Marilou Lemmens and Richard Ibghy, Cynthia Girard and Derek Sullivan, as well as curated two exhibitions: THE FOX (2011) and IF DESTROYED... (2010). His writings have appeared in numerous publications, including FUSE, C Magazine, Border Crossings, Artpapers, Millions and Prism of Reality. In 2014 and 2015, Rodgers completed residencies at FLACC (Genk, Belgium) and at Komplot (Brussels, Belgium). In 2016, Rodgers participated in a two-month residency at the Nida Art Colony (Lithuania).
In 2012, Rodgers received his PhD in Art and Visual Culture from Western University--one of the few programs of its kind in Canada. He is also a 2008 graduate of the master of fine arts program at the University of Guelph.
The artist would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council for their generous support.


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Strict rules govern the naming of animal species. You can't just discover a new ant or dinosaur and name it whatever you like; the name must be unique to that critter. Knowledge of Latin is handy too, since many names describe some feature of the animal in this ancient language, and all of them must adhere to its grammar. Proper identification and naming of species are important so that we all know we're talking about the same thing, and species names also describe the evolutionary relationships between different animals.
Despite the stringent rules, or perhaps because of them, scientists can be cheeky when they're choosing names for new species. You may have heard about the horsefly named after Beyonce because of its golden bottom, or the fungus Spongiforma squarepantsii named after a well-known cartoon sea sponge. I asked the staff of MV's Sciences Department for their favourite examples of the genre.
The palaeontologists kicked things off – in fact inspired this post – with Tom Rich's tale of Kryoryctes cadburyi, an ancient echidna named in honour of a chocolate reward promised to whoever found a mammal bone at the Dinosaur Cove dig. The extinct Cambrian mollusc, Yochelcionella daleki, suggested by David Holloway, was clearly named by a sci-fi fan, but Erich Fitzgerald volunteered an extant species. He suggested the Fossa, a Madagascan civet-like carnivore with a rather convoluted arrangement in its nether regions. Its genus, Cryptoprocta, is named for the pouch that not only conceals its anus but secretes a foul-smelling fluid; perhaps this is the inspiration for its species name, ferox, or 'ferocious'.
Mounted specimen of a Fossa, Cryptoprocta ferox, on display at Melbourne Museum. Image: Jon AugierSource: Museum Victoria
Marine biologists are repeat offenders, it seems: Gary Poore named two new squat lobsters Uroptychus cyrano and U. pinocchio for their long noses, while Mark Norman and Julian Finn were clearly dazzled by the Indonesian octopus Wunderpus photogenicus when they named it. Robin Wilson suggested the short-lived but glorious former name of a particular clam. He says that Eames and Wilkins saw fit to name it Abra cadabra but "some subsequent taxonomist has spoiled the fun by moving it into another genus, and it is now known as Theora cadabra." The magic is gone, but it seems the taxonomy battles are not over yet: others call this species Theora mesopotamica.
For more fun with puns and facetious species, see the comprehensive collection of curioustaxonomy.net. Which is your favourite?
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The Metamorphosisby Franz Kafka, Ralph Cosham (Read by)
Kafka's literary masterpiece about Gregor Samsa, a young man who, transformed overnight into a "monstrous verminous bug," becomes an essentially alienated man.
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Kafka's literary masterpiece about Gregor Samsa, a young man who, transformed overnight into a "monstrous verminous bug," becomes an essentially alienated man.
A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information
A chronology of the author's life and work
A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
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"The ride from book to comic can be bumpy. Mr. Kuper navigates the transition with precision."—New York Times
"Kafka's anguished archetypal characters are easily rendered into visual equivalents and given new life in Kuper's raw, expressionistic graphic style."—Publishers Weekly
"Darkly appropriate . . . Kuper's work rivals that of Art Spiegelman."—Chicago Sun-Times
"Bubbling beneath the surface is a caustic batch of black humor that is as much unsettling as it is absurd. This is the magic of Kafka. And Kuper gives it a postmodern edge here, with an intriguing dance of picture and text."—Gannett News Service
"Kuper's scratchboard style . . . is reminiscent of the German expressionist artists . . . and his cartoony approach accentuates Kafka's dark humor."—Booklist
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The Metamorphosis
By Franz Kafka, Ian Johnston
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One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections. From this height the blanket, just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay in place. His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes.
'What's happened to me?' he thought. It was no dream. His room, a proper room for a human being, only somewhat too small, lay quietly between the four well-known walls. Above the table, on which an unpacked collection of sample cloth goods was spread out — Samsa was a travelling salesman — hung the picture which he had cut out of an illustrated magazine a little while ago and set in a pretty gilt frame. It was a picture of a woman with a fur hat and a fur boa. She sat erect there, lifting up in the direction of the viewer a solid fur muff into which her entire forearm had disappeared.
Gregor's glance then turned to the window. The dreary weather — the rain drops were falling audibly down on the metal window ledge — made him quite melancholy. 'Why don't I keep sleeping for a little while longer and forget all this foolishness?' he thought. But this was entirely impractical, for he was used to sleeping on his right side, and in his present state he couldn't get himself into this position. No matter how hard he threw himself onto his right side, he always rolled again onto his back. He must have tried it a hundred times, closing his eyes so that he would not have to see the wriggling legs, and gave up only when he began to feel a light, dull pain in his side which he had never felt before.
'O God,' he thought, 'what a demanding job I've chosen! Day in, day out, on the road. The stresses of selling are much greater than the work going on at head office, and, in addition to that, I have to cope with the problems of travelling, the worries about train connections, irregular bad food, temporary and constantly changing human relationships, which never come from the heart. To hell with it all!' He felt a slight itching on the top of his abdomen. He slowly pushed himself on his back closer to the bed post so that he could lift his head more easily, found the itchy part, which was entirely covered with small white spots — he did not know what to make of them and wanted to feel the place with a leg. But he retracted it immediately, for the contact felt like a cold shower all over him.
He slid back again into his earlier position. 'This getting up early,' he thought, 'makes a man quite idiotic. A man must have his sleep. Other travelling salesmen live like harem women. For instance, when I come back to the inn during the course of the morning to write up the necessary orders, these gentlemen are just sitting down to breakfast. If I were to try that with my boss, I'd be thrown out on the spot. Still, who knows whether that mightn't be really good for me? If I didn't hold back for my parents' sake, I'd have quit ages ago. I would've gone to the boss and told him just what I think from the bottom of my heart. He would've fallen right off his desk! How weird it is to sit up at that desk and talk down to the employee from way up there. The boss has trouble hearing, so the employee has to step up quite close to him. Anyway, I haven't completely given up that hope yet. Once I've got together the money to pay off my parents' debt to him — that should take another five or six years — I'll do it for sure. Then I'll make the big break. In any case, right now I have to get up. My train leaves at five o'clock.'
He looked over at the alarm clock ticking away by the chest of drawers. 'Good God!' he thought. It was half past six, and the hands were going quietly on. It was past the half hour, already nearly quarter to. Could the alarm have failed to ring? One saw from the bed that it was properly set for four o'clock. Certainly it had rung. Yes, but was it possible to sleep through that noise which made the furniture shake? Now, it's true he'd not slept quietly, but evidently he'd slept all the more deeply. Still, what should he do now? The next train left at seven o'clock. To catch that one, he would have to go in a mad rush. The sample collection wasn't packed up yet, and he really didn't feel particularly fresh and active. And even if he caught the train, there was no avoiding a blow-up with the boss, because the firm's errand boy would've waited for the five o'clock train and reported the news of his absence long ago. He was the boss's minion, without backbone or intelligence. Well then, what if he reported in sick? But that would be extremely embarrassing and suspicious, because during his five years' service Gregor hadn't been sick even once. The boss would certainly come with the doctor from the health insurance company and would reproach his parents for their lazy son and cut short all objections with the insurance doctor's comments; for him everyone was completely healthy but really lazy about work. And besides, would the doctor in this case be totally wrong? Apart from a really excessive drowsiness after the long sleep, Gregor in fact felt quite well and even had a really strong appetite.
As he was thinking all this over in the greatest haste, without being able to make the decision to get out of bed — the alarm clock was indicating exactly quarter to seven — there was a cautious knock on the door by the head of the bed.
'Gregor,' a voice called — it was his mother! — 'it's quarter to seven. Don't you want to be on your way?' The soft voice! Gregor was startled when he heard his voice answering. It was clearly and unmistakably his earlier voice, but in it was intermingled, as if from below, an irrepressibly painful squeaking, which left the words positively distinct only in the first moment and distorted them in the reverberation, so that one didn't know if one had heard correctly. Gregor wanted to answer in detail and explain everything, but in these circumstances he confined himself to saying, 'Yes, yes, thank you, mother. I'm getting up right away.' Because of the wooden door the change in Gregor's voice was not really noticeable outside, so his mother calmed down with this explanation and shuffled off. However, as a result of the short conversation, the other family members became aware that Gregor was unexpectedly still at home, and already his father was knocking on one side door, weakly but with his fist. 'Gregor, Gregor,' he called out, 'what's going on?' And, after a short while, he urged him on again in a deeper voice: 'Gregor! Gregor!' At the other side door, however, his sister knocked lightly. 'Gregor? Are you all right? Do you need anything?' Gregor directed answers in both directions, 'I'll be ready right away.' He made an effort with the most careful articulation and by inserting long pauses between the individual words to remove everything remarkable from his voice. His father turned back to his breakfast. However, the sister whispered, 'Gregor, open the door — I beg you.' Gregor had no intention of opening the door, but congratulated himself on his precaution, acquired from travelling, of locking all doors during the night, even at home.
First he wanted to stand up quietly and undisturbed, get dressed, above all have breakfast, and only then consider further action, for — he noticed this clearly — by thinking things over in bed he would not reach a reasonable conclusion. He remembered that he had already often felt some light pain or other in bed, perhaps the result of an awkward lying position, which later turned out to be purely imaginary when he stood up, and he was eager to see how his present fantasies would gradually dissipate. That the change in his voice was nothing other than the onset of a real chill, an occupational illness of commercial travellers, of that he had not the slightest doubt.
It was very easy to throw aside the blanket. He needed only to push himself up a little, and it fell by itself. But to continue was difficult, particularly because he was so unusually wide. He needed arms and hands to push himself upright. Instead of these, however, he had only many small limbs which were incessantly moving with very different motions and which, in addition, he was unable to control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then it was the first to extend itself, and if he finally succeeded doing what he wanted with this limb, in the meantime all the others, as if left free, moved around in an excessively painful agitation. 'But I must not stay in bed uselessly,' said Gregor to himself.
At first he wanted to get out of bed with the lower part of his body, but this lower part — which, by the way, he had not yet looked at and which he also couldn't picture clearly — proved itself too difficult to move. The attempt went so slowly. When, having become almost frantic, he finally hurled himself forward with all his force and without thinking, he chose his direction incorrectly, and he hit the lower bedpost hard. The violent pain he felt revealed to him that the lower part of his body was at the moment probably the most sensitive.
Thus, he tried to get his upper body out of the bed first and turned his head carefully towards the edge of the bed. He managed to do this easily, and in spite of its width and weight his body mass at last slowly followed the turning of his head. But as he finally raised his head outside the bed in the open air, he became anxious about moving forward any further in this manner, for if he allowed himself eventually to fall by this process, it would take a miracle to prevent his head from getting injured. And at all costs he must not lose consciousness right now. He preferred to remain in bed.
However, after a similar effort, while he lay there again, sighing as before, and once again saw his small limbs fighting one another, if anything worse than earlier, and didn't see any chance of imposing quiet and order on this arbitrary movement, he told himself again that he couldn't possibly remain in bed and that it might be the most reasonable thing to sacrifice everything if there was even the slightest hope of getting himself out of bed in the process. At the same moment, however, he didn't forget to remind himself from time to time of the fact that calm — indeed the calmest — reflection might be better than the most confused decisions. At such moments, he directed his gaze as precisely as he could towards the window, but unfortunately there was little confident cheer to be had from a glance at the morning mist, which concealed even the other side of the narrow street. 'It's already seven o'clock,' he told himself at the latest striking of the alarm clock, 'already seven o'clock and still such a fog.' And for a little while longer he lay quietly with weak breathing, as if perhaps waiting for normal and natural conditions to re-emerge out of the complete stillness.
But then he said to himself, 'Before it strikes a quarter past seven, whatever happens I must be completely out of bed. Besides, by then someone from the office will arrive to inquire about me, because the office will open before seven o'clock.' And he made an effort then to rock his entire body length out of the bed with a uniform motion. If he let himself fall out of the bed in this way, his head, which in the course of the fall he intended to lift up sharply, would probably remain uninjured. His back seemed to be hard; nothing would really happen to that as a result of the fall. His greatest reservation was a worry about the loud noise which the fall must create and which presumably would arouse, if not fright, then at least concern on the other side of all the doors. However, it had to be tried.
As Gregor was in the process of lifting himself half out of bed — the new method was more of a game than an effort; he needed only to rock with a constant rhythm — it struck him how easy all this would be if someone were to come to his aid. Two strong people — he thought of his father and the servant girl — would have been quite sufficient. They would have only had to push their arms under his arched back to get him out of the bed, to bend down with their load, and then merely to exercise patience and care that he completed the flip on to the floor, where his diminutive legs would then, he hoped, acquire a purpose. Now, quite apart from the fact that the doors were locked, should he really call out for help? In spite of all his distress, he was unable to suppress a smile at this idea.
He had already got to the point where, by rocking more strongly, he maintained his equilibrium with difficulty, and very soon he would finally have to decide, for in five minutes it would be a quarter past seven. Then there was a ring at the door of the apartment. 'That's someone from the office,' he told himself, and he almost froze while his small limbs only danced around all the faster. For one moment everything remained still. 'They aren't opening,' Gregor said to himself, caught up in some absurd hope. But of course then, as usual, the servant girl with her firm tread went to the door and opened it. Gregor needed to hear only the first word of the visitor's greeting to recognise immediately who it was, the manager himself. Why was Gregor the only one condemned to work in a firm where, at the slightest lapse, someone immediately attracted the greatest suspicion? Were all the employees then collectively, one and all, scoundrels? Among them was there then no truly devoted person who, if he failed to use just a couple of hours in the morning for office work, would become abnormal from pangs of conscience and really be in no state to get out of bed? Was it really not enough to let an apprentice make inquiries, if such questioning was even necessary? Must the manager himself come, and in the process must it be demonstrated to the entire innocent family that the investigation of this suspicious circumstance could be entrusted only to the intelligence of the manager? And more as a consequence of the excited state in which this idea put Gregor than as a result of an actual decision, he swung himself with all his might out of the bed. There was a loud thud, but not a real crash. The fall was absorbed somewhat by the carpet and, in addition, his back was more elastic than Gregor had thought. For that reason the dull noise was not quite so conspicuous. But he had not held his head up with sufficient care and had hit it. He turned his head, irritated and in pain, and rubbed it on the carpet.
'Something has fallen in there,' said the manager in the next room on the left. Gregor tried to imagine to himself whether anything similar to what was happening to him today could have also happened at some point to the manager. At least one had to concede the possibility of such a thing. However, as if to give a rough answer to this question, the manager now, with a squeak of his polished boots, took a few determined steps in the next room. From the neighbouring room on the right the sister was whispering to inform Gregor: 'Gregor, the manager is here.' 'I know,' said Gregor to himself. But he did not dare make his voice loud enough so that his sister could hear.
'Gregor,' his father now said from the neighbouring room on the left, 'Mr Manager has come and is asking why you have not left on the early train. We don't know what we should tell him. Besides, he also wants to speak to you personally. So please open the door. He will be good enough to forgive the mess in your room.'
In the middle of all this, the manager called out in a friendly way, 'Good morning, Mr Samsa.' 'He is not well,' said his mother to the manager, while his father was still talking at the door, 'He is not well, believe me, Mr Manager. Otherwise how would Gregor miss a train? The young man has nothing in his head except business. I'm almost angry that he never goes out at night. Right now he's been in the city eight days, but he's been at home every evening. He sits here with us at the table and reads the newspaper quietly or studies his travel schedules. It's quite a diversion for him to busy himself with fretwork. For instance, he cut out a small frame over the course of two or three evenings. You'd be amazed how pretty it is. It's hanging right inside the room. You'll see it immediately, as soon as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm happy that you're here, Mr Manager. By ourselves, we would never have made Gregor open the door. He's so stubborn, and he's certainly not well, although he denied that this morning.'
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"Kafka's survey of the insectile situation of young Jews in inner Bohemia can hardly be improved upon: 'With their posterior legs they were still glued to their father's Jewishness and with their wavering anterior legs they found no new ground.' There is a sense in which Kafka's Jewish question ('What have I in common with Jews?') has become everybody's question, Jewish alienation the template for all our doubts. What is Muslimness? What is femaleness? What is Polishness? These days we all find our anterior legs flailing before us. We're all insects, all Ungeziefer, now."
—Zadie Smith
"Kafka engaged in no technical experiments whatsoever; without in any way changing the German language, he stripped it of its involved constructions until it became clear and simple, like everyday speech purified of slang and negligence. The common experience of Kafka's readers is one of general and vague fascination, even in stories they fail to understand, a precise recollection of strange and seemingly absurd images and descriptions—until one day the hidden meaning reveals itself to them with the sudden evidence of a truth simple and incontestable."
—Hannah Arendt
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FRANZ KAFKA was born in Prague in 1883. Although his passion was for writing, it never served as a livelihood and only a handful of his stories were published before he died of tuberculosis at the age of forty. Though largely unknown during his lifetime, he has come to be regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. His short story The Metamorphosis, originally written in German in 1915, is considered to be his masterpiece.
PETER KUPER'S fascination with entomology began at the age of five but was supplanted by his discovery of comic books several years later. Thanks to Franz Kafka, Kuper no longer has to choose between the two. His comics and illustrations appear regularly in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Mad, for which he draws "Spy vs Spy" every month. Give It Up!, his first collection of Kafka adaptations, was published in 1995.
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I recently read this story for a class and I can honestly say it is the first thing I have actually read this semester. I loved this book, despite the fact it made me ¿absurdly sad¿. Kafka is a genius and the story is a testament to the power that the horrific, weird, funny and tragic elements of being human effect us all. The bottom line is READ THIS STORY!
This story is definitely very original and makes you think about its messages.
This is the only Kafka work that I truly liked. It's short, sweet, to the point, with in-depth themes.
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka starts off with the climax of the book when Gregor Samsa ¿woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin¿. The book deals with the family¿s reaction with the traumatizing transformation of their son and brother. The family, who was always taken care of by Gregor, now has to do the same for him. They soon fall under their own metamorphosis as time goes on. The book is heavy in symbolism and has many themes: ranging from learning to let go, living for your soul, proletariats being suppressed by the bourgeoisie, and etc.
Firstly, I must attest that I was quite fascinated with the premise of this book. The setting of your standard, ever day man becoming a huge insect that one would find repulsive originally made me expect a comedy (I didn't look into any genre tags) After completion, I realize how I was mistaken. The book just doesn't go up hill at any point which made the reading almost negatively predictable. On top of the predictability, the story just makes the reader experience overall sadness. If you're looking for a book that instill a feeling of dressing in yiu. Then thus is the book for you!
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REVIEWED: The Metamorphosis WRITTEN BY: Franz Kafka PUBLISHED: MONTH, YEAR "The Metamorphosis" is an enjoyable read, not difficult (as is often the expectation of classic literature), and interesting, in a unique, quiet way. It's also overrated and, in my opinion, unsatisfying. The publisher's overview is: "Gregor Samsa, a young man who, transformed overnight into a monstrous verminous bug, becomes an essentially alienated man." That essentially sums up the entire story. There's no more plot or build-up than that. Gregor hides in his room all day, as a bug, much to his and his family's dismay. There's no explanation as to what occurred to transform him as such, nor any great closing revelation; the story is simply Gregor caught up in his thoughts. It's a book of interior voice, analogy, philosophy, satire, but not much "story." There are many themes to contemplate, and if you are searching for a better understanding to man's lot in life, this book may be for you. However, in terms of entertainment, it's insufficient. Extra points allotted, however, for originality and for being the inspiration to numerous authors and genre movements such as satire and the more-recent bizarro. Three-and-a-half out of Five stars
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is one of the author's most famous novellas. The work was published after his death. This is the story of Gregor Samsa who wakes up one morning and discovered he has turned into a giant bug. Gregor is worried because he overslept and missed his train for work. The metamorphosis is a metaphor for an illness a person is inflicted with which is outside their control. Gregor is the sole breadwinner for his family and their reactions to his radical transformation are what makes the book both sad and disconcerting. Gregor's family goes through grief, endurance, repugnance and sad of all, blaming Gregor himself and detesting what he has become. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a dark and disturbing tale. The story captured me from the first line "One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug". We know nothing about Gregor, who are what he is, and this strange opening simply breeds curiosity. The story is relevant even today, which is why I believe this simple tale became a classic. The feeling of helplessness, escaping things which are difficult and /or beyond our control and make our humdrum lives easy and simple. It is difficult to face the truth, and why would you want to unless you absolutely had to do so? Kafka's world (in this case a room) is dark and foreboding, with situations beyond anyone's control. The individual battles against the powers-that-be (be they government, Kismet, G-d or just chance) is lost from the beginning and even if you'd won – it still wouldn't make a difference. I found the relationship of the protagonist and his family to be the most fascinating. In a short time he goes from being the humble breadwinner to a persona-non-grata. Even though his family looks down on him, Gregor still works at a job he doesn't like simply because others are more important to him then himself. Gregor doesn't have a "life", simply goes to work, hands over his money to help his debt ridden family and thinks that this is the way things are. Gregor seems to be the person everyone kicks around, his family is lazy, at his work he is humiliated and even though never missing a day of work he constantly feels as if he'll get fired and now he is turned to a bug. I did not expect this short story to be so deep, there are many themes condescend in a short space and between the lines. I would highly recommend this novella to anyone who likes to think into the deeper meaning of what is not written rather than a straight out narrative.
This was a really weird book.Is Gregor really a beetle? or Is his metamorphosis metaphorical?
Franz Kafka uses brilliant symbolism, hilarious tone, and unique characterizations to exemplify the plight and transformation of this unfortunate salesman and it is through these tools that Kafka creates an absurd experience that any reader can relate to. The symbolism throughout this story is for the reader to understand and appreciate Gregor's view towards independence. Gregor was changed over night into a gaint insect, but Kafka uses this change as a symbol for Gregor's metamorphosis towards humanity. Before Gregor's transformation, he only lived life to serve others, but through his metamorphosis Gregor slowly comes to meet his own desires, seeking a more personal independence and even coming to appreciate music and art more.I found this book extremely entertaining. I would recommend it to anyone who likes suspense and drama.In order to see life as it really is, is to see that life is not worth living without people who love you and whom you can love.
One of Kafka's masterpieces, The Metamorphosis includes an original story and an outstanding understanding of human psychology. Gregor turns into a bug, but doesn't panic about it because he is so entrenched in the desire to please others, as many of us do. Gregor's transformation doesn't merely constructs a creative plot, but also provides insight on reality. Is Gregor's bug-state an escape from his responsibilities? Or is it rather an intensification of his plight and already miserable life? While on the surface a simple and short novella, this book is definitely worth reading if one wishes a literary challenge and get into its themes.


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Thanks Willy :-) I will give it a whirl tomorrow when my summit box(s) show up with the new springs and what not.
I am also thinking to go pickup a vac advance can that is fully activated @ 8psi from napa and see what luck I have.
|That's why I set based on vacuum/rattle rather than a 'recommendation'. Need to honor the engine not a book.
willys36: The carbs are mechanical advance 4160 holleys w/ no choke (http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku)
I am not a huge fan of the carb's but the bank account is getting pretty low right now, I have been looking at the 4160 390cfm vac. secondary and electric choke as a replacement or possibly the edlebrock performers 500cfm (although 1000 cfm total might be to much) as replacements in 6 months or so.
For both of the carb's they have the 31 squirters in them and originally came with the pink pump cam but that seemed to cause heavy bog (even with the vac advance disconnected). I changed them to the orange cam and readjusted the pump spring and now it seems to pick up a little better. This weekend I messed with the timing some and it won't run on any timing below about 8 BTDC, it will just stall even if I crank the idle screws like crazy. If I set the timing around 12 she run's ok and 14-16 seems to run nice but has the "marbles in a tin can" sound at idle.
I have ordered the MSD advance spring/bushing kit so I can change the mechanical advance and I am thinking of getting an 8psi or adjustable vac can for the distributor since I don't have a ton of vacuum with the cam.
Hopefully I can nail the timing this weekend, I am worried that the balancer has moved or something along those lines because I can't get anywhere near the "initial" setting the most people use on this board and keep it running (4-8)
Are the carbs vacuum secondaries or mechanical? You are correct, that tunnel is a problem on the low end but as long as it looks good, who cares?!
I have always had great success in timing specialty engines to which the factory manual does not apply by using manifold vacuum. Disconnect the vacuum advance and attach a vacuum gauge to the hose. Then start twisting the distributor and adjusting idle screws until you nave the engine idling at desired rpm and maximum manifold vacuum. This should be pretty much optimal. Reconnect the vacuum pot. Test drive and if then engine pings at any point in it's rpm/load, back out a degree in the advance and try again. Back out only as much as necessary to stop the ping.
Also, it is critical on Holleys on all engines but especially so on a tunnel ram to adjust the squirter cam just tight enough so no matter how little it moves it squirts. If it is adjusted loose, you will always have a bog as the throttle opens but the slack in the squirter arm delays the extra gas. Another possible cause of a bog is mechanical secondaries that open the carb way too much too early. Vacuum secondaries are better for the street virtually all the time 'cause they can be tuned to open big only when needed. I know guys will pipe in with anecdotal stories of 1000cfm double pumpers getting 35mpg and perfect throttle response but in general, on the street with the wide variety of load conditions, vac secondaries will win nearly every time. This is a problem w/ tunnel rams doe to the big plenum which isolates the carbs from the cylinder pressure signals that are used to signal the carb what to do.
Setting timing on 383 (plus a few other questions)
I just bought a Model A street rod a few weeks ago and have slowly been tweaking it to get running better on the street. The engine was freshly built with about 500 miles when I brought it home but was all setup for drag strip.
I had some bog/hesitation when pushing the gas initially so I swapped from the pink holley cam to the orange cam (with 31 squirters) and it seems to have some go now.
Also the car would stall when put into gear (th350) but if I disconnected the van advance it would run just fine. I finally got a timing light and have been tweaking the timing but I can't seem to find a number that makes this engine happy. I was curious if someone could give me some pointers, I know the tunnel ram that is on it now isn't perfect for the street and is probably adding to the confusion but I have ran out of money after buying the car to replace that setup right now :-)
Any advice on what the timing I should be aiming for should be? also the idle? I have been able to get about 11 inches of vacuum so far
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Toronto police are investigating "a few key individuals" in connection with an estimated $1.2-million fraud allegedly committed over three years at York University.
York officials confirmed that former employees who left the university in 2010 are under scrutiny, and The Globe and Mail has learned that a once-senior, long-term employee of the school is the focal point of the investigation.
York unearthed apparent fraudulent activities in an internal probe that has lasted 20 months and saw the university hire forensic accounting firm Navigant to prepare a detailed report. In May, Navigant's file revealed "a number of irregularities," and the university "immediately handed over the relevant materials to the Toronto Police Service," with whom it has since been working closely, according to a statement released Thursday.
York officials are anticipating that criminal charges will be laid, but have declined to provide further details to avoid compromising the ongoing police investigation.
"We understand the dimension of the issue," a York spokesperson said Friday morning. "We are taking all measures available to recover the money."
In December of 2009, senior managers at York learned of apparent fraudulent activities that allegedly began in 2007 and continued until early 2010. The university launched a "comprehensive" internal investigation and soon hired Navigant, which is Chicago-based but has offices in Canada, after preliminary inquiries suggested fraud had occurred.
With nearly 55,000 students, more than 7,000 faculty and staff and an annual budget of about $900-million, York is one of Canada's largest universities, but it is not clear where in its financial structure the irregularities appeared.
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"This hearty luncheon salad is a great way to use up leftover steak," says Amanda Prestigiacomo of Seabrook, Texas. Pepper strips give the chilled medley color while store-bought Italian dressing makes assembly a breeze.
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- 1-1/2 cups thinly sliced cooked beef ribeye steak (1/2 pound)
- 1 small green pepper, julienned
- 1 small sweet yellow pepper, julienned
- 1 small sweet orange pepper, julienned
- 1 small sweet red pepper, julienned
- 1 can (6 ounces) pitted ripe olives, drained
- 1/3 cup prepared Italian salad dressing
- In a large bowl, combine the steak, peppers and olives. Drizzle with salad dressing; toss to coat. Yield: 7 servings.
Originally published as Pepper Steak Salad in Quick Cooking July/August 2002, p16
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The end zone lies 98 yards away, and Sunlake trails Ocala Vanguard by seven in the Class 6A playoff opener.
"I wasn't thinking about the 98 yards," receiver Eddie Burgos said. "I'm thinking we've got to score."
They needed eight plays, three minutes, two tipped passes and one gutsy decision to drive those 98 yards and advance to Friday's region semifinal at Gainesville. This is how they did it.
98 yards to go
Because Vanguard's running game has been strong, Sunlake's first play is aggressive. Quarterback Cameron Stoltz drops into the end zone and hits Burgos on an out for a 12-yard gain.
"The first one definitely gave us some breathing room," coach Bill Browning said. "It gave everyone some confidence that, hey, we can get this done."
86 yards to go
It's third and 10, and Stoltz is almost out of time. He pumps right as a defensive end barrels over a running back and closes in.
Stoltz, a right-handed senior, rolls to his left and launches the ball 40 yards across his body. A defender grazes it late.
"I couldn't put enough on it," Stoltz said.
Sunlake has had good luck with tipped balls. A Land O'Lakes defensive back deflected a pass into Burgos' right arm for the game-clinching touchdown last month.
The Seahawks get lucky again. The ball sails to a diving Jamal Jones to keep the drive alive.
"Dude barely touched it," Jones said.
56 yards to go
Fullback Jerome Samuels lunges for a yard.
55 yards to go
Stoltz entered the season as an untested leader after backing up star Jacob Jackson last fall. He learned poise from watching one of Pasco County's top passers, but no one knew how he'd respond in the fourth quarter of a playoff game with a defensive end attacking him from his blind side.
"Physically he has the ability to throw the football," Browning said. "It was just a lot of the mental aspects of the game, handling frustration and adversity better …"
He handles this blind-side blitz well, firing a pass to Ricardo Williams for 10 yards. On film, coaches call it his best read of the night.
45 yards to go
Sunlake has been here before.
Against Nature Coast, Sunlake gave up a touchdown and two-point conversion with eight minutes left to fall behind 8-7. Stoltz responded with a winning 60-yard touchdown pass to Rashaud Daniels down the right sideline.
"We can do this again," Daniels said.
With the same play.
Stoltz sees a linebacker guarding the speedy Daniels one-on-one. It's the mismatch Sunlake has wanted all night.
Stoltz rolls right and lobs a pass to Daniels, who races down the right sideline before being shoved out at the 1.
"Same exact thing," Stoltz said.
1 yard to go
The Seahawks' program rose in the weight room with an offensive line that bulked up to an average of 269 pounds. With the game at stake, Browning calls on the county's biggest line to save the season.
The line surges, opening a hole between the right tackle and tight end. Stoltz squeezes in. Sunlake trails 21-20.
Stoltz gets out of the pile, tosses the ball to a referee and jogs off.
"He kept his composure extremely well — just like he did in the last seconds against Nature Coast," Browning said. "When it comes crunch time, you can't count him out from leading us into the promised land."
But Sunlake isn't there yet.
1 yard to go
Ninety-eight yards are behind them, but one more remains after Vanguard jumps offside on the extra-point attempt.
Daniels lines up at running back behind Samuels but motions out right. A defender follows him, so eight defenders are bunched inside instead of nine.
Samuels takes the handoff and sees a blob up the middle.
"It was just a giant pile," Samuels said. "I was like, 'All right, this'll work.' "
Samuels soars over his linemen to the right and crosses the goal line. Sunlake takes a 22-21 lead with six minutes left, and the defense holds on for the first playoff victory in school history.
But it's not until the next morning that the Seahawks begin to understand the 98-yard drive with the tipped passes and gutsy calls that led to their biggest win.
"To other people it was just a playoff game," Daniels said. "To us it was something, you've got to see it bigger than what it was. … You just wake up the next day like, wow, a program like this did it."
Building a program
In five seasons, Sunlake has grown into a region semifinalist. Here are some key dates in the Seahawks' journey from their first season to their first playoff victory.
April 13, 2007: Sunlake hires Bill Browning as coach. Browning had previously taken Springstead and Hernando to the playoffs.
Aug. 20, 2007: Sunlake opens its doors for the first day of school.
Aug. 31, 2007: The Seahawks' football program debuts with a 50-0 loss to a River Ridge team that had lost 23 games in a row. Sunlake finishes its inaugural season 0-10.
Sept. 5, 2008: Corey Wegener's 28-yard field goal clinches the first win in program history — a 19-10 victory over River Ridge. "We've come a long way," Browning said after the game, "but we always stayed positive through all of the struggles." The struggles continue, as Sunlake finishes winless for the rest of the year.
Oct. 15, 2010: QB Jacob Jackson's six-touchdown game leads Sunlake to its most lopsided win, 59-0 over Zephyrhills. The victory gives the Seahawks a 6-0 start and secures the program's first winning season.
Oct. 29, 2010: Sunlake loses 29-21 to Land O'Lakes. That, coupled with the following week's 49-10 loss to Pasco, ends the Seahawks' postseason hopes.
Oct. 20, 2011: Behind a punishing defense, the Seahawks knock off rival Land O'Lakes, 21-10, for the first time. "There's a new sheriff in town," Browning told his team after the game.
Oct. 28, 2011: A goal-line defensive stand halts River Ridge and gives the Seahawks a 20-13 victory. The triumph seals the runnerup spot in Class 6A, District 6 and secures Sunlake's first playoff berth.
Nov. 18, 2011: QB Cameron Stoltz leads a 98-yard touchdown drive in the closing minutes to beat Ocala Vanguard, 22-21, in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs. It is the Seahawks' first playoff victory.
Friday: Sunlake travels to Gainesville for a chance to advance to the region final.


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XR650R Carburetor Fix' Go Back To XR650R Page
Remove the Choke flap with the spring off the choke plate!
Loosen both screws, then remove one. They have crimps on the end of them to make sure they never fall out so, they are a little hard to turn at the end. Push the flap down out of the way and put the screw you just took out back in with locktite on it to make sure it never comes loose again. Now take the other screw out and remove the flap. Put that screw with locktite back in and you are done. The reason for this that some have had this flap plate break apart and the small pieces go into the engine making a mess. With the carb jetted with a 68s or better yet a 70s the bike starts better for most and the choke still works great (maybe better) full on.
Rubber Plug (magnified)
Knowing what the AJCV (Air Jet Cut Off Valve) does might help in knowing what will happen when you disable it. The pilot and needle jets have small holes (emulsion holes) in them that adds air to the fuel that is drawn through them. This atomizes the fuel. Makes the mixer right is a nice way of saying it. This air comes through the air jet....at about 19~20psi of vacuum the diaphragm is pulled back (vacuum comes through that small hole that we are plugging) against the 18+pound spring, in the AJCV and the little plastic door that the diaphragm held open; closes cutting off the needed air. This is designed to soften deceleration...The AJCV makes the idle on deceleration richer, except that there is no extra fuel added, the AJCV does nothing more then turn off the air NEEDED, to make the pilot jet mixture atomized right. There might be more fuel pulled through the pilot, do to the loss of air but, I don't know how much that would be. The un-burnt fuel will pop as it hits hot fuel still burning in the exhaust. When this happens, the rich mixture makes a dead cylinder, less vacuum on the intake stroke and still burning on the compression stroke. Somehow this makes less engine braking compression. . Why you would want to soften the engine braking on a race bike is beyond me. Mikuni, Edelbrock, and the FCR carburetors do not have this...maybe because they were made for race bikes. If you are going to ride the street then this would be good but, you might have gotten a XR650L. As in what you use to plug the hole is up to you RTV works ....I got lucky and found these real small rubber plugs that were to be used for one of my kids toys.....he lost them...they look like little top hats and fit perfect in the hole.......hole plugged no vacuum diaphragm doesn't move bam disabled. Leave the spring in or this won't work. There is fuel that leaks into this small vacuum hole when the bike is laid over (crash/bike falls over) so, whatever you use has to be fuel proof. You should readjust the idle mixture screw once you do this modification.
There are a lot of carb's that have the mixture screw being an air screw but, this is mostly on the small 4 strokes and two strokes. If the idle screw is in the front it's a fuel mixture screw like the XR650R is as you know, an Idle fuel mixture screw. If it is in the back it's an air mixture screw. The big thing that is needed to make the AJCV disable trick work is to jet richer pilot (because you can) and adjust the idle mixture screw to work right. Turns out from full in....
2~2.5 for the 68s, 1~1.5 for the 70 and .5 to almost 1 turn for the 70s. depending on the bike.The other reason is to load the carburetor up for smoother idle while coming to a sudden stop and still being able to run the bike lean to pass AQME standards (smog). The bike does not pass smog if you run it rich enough to run right. Having this AJCV lets Honda run the pilot lean but, not have the bike stall coming to a stop as often.
The big confusion comes from some of the first guys on some groups, getting my modification backwards and cutting off the tit to the diaphragm, cutting the air from the air jet off all the time making the bike run bad. There would be no air going to the pilot emulsion holes at anytime. Some did this and had to buy new diaphragms to fix it and are sour on any talk about the AJCV. Make sure it will resist fuel, fuel will get in that hole if the bike is stalled and on it's side. The diaphragm when pulled out by the vacuum, closes a plastic block cutting off the air from the air jet. AJCV is not needed or wanted for most racing. Having the air to fuel mixture right at all times is the goal for most.
Setting the Float on the stock Carburetor:
Float level should be 16mm from gasket flange to bottom of float
with carb inverted. I ran mine almost 17mm to help it stop peeing on it's kick stand on a hill.
The difference between pilot jet with and without the "S" after the number
Starting a flooded bike.
There are two drills to starting a downed pig But, First if you crash...lay it down, fall over (that last one is all the time for me). Make sure you don't have GAS coming out of the air box. This is where most of the argument will come form.
Most will tell you to hold the decompression lever in, while holding the kill button and kicking the bike through 3~5 times, up to ten times to clear out the fuel. Then at times if it was a real good spill there is so much fuel in the cylinder this can still not work and you start all over again.
The Race way:
You pick yourself up off the ground in a daze wondering where the bike is. Find the bike and pick it up. Fight the pain and hope you are pointing the right way. You pull the throttle wide open and grab the front brake! This is important....it stops the throttle from moving while you kick the bike over. Find TDC and kick as hard as you can and go! I have had a few argue with this but, once it is done without the throttle moving it works!
The main thing to know is the bike has way to much fuel in the cylinder to start so, you need to add lot's of air to get the fuel to fire. If you kick the bike over slowly to clear the engine and the spark lights the fuel the bike is on fire! Starting the bike the Race way pulls everything into the cylinder not back firing into the air box.
Some of my good friends that I ride with didn't believe it and it did not work for them. But, once they got the front brake thing down it was almost every time one kick...two at the most....
Hold the throttle wide open, holding the front break.....find Top Dead Center and kick!
Once you use a pumper the stock carburetor just isn't any fun! If you don't mind the trouble of the initial setup (lot's of jets) the Mikuni was two years trouble free for me and it's a better (smoother) carburetor. I have owned and ran all three. I made the stock carburetor work....it can work but, it is nothing like a pumper...If you haven't ridden a BRP balls to the wall, drop offs, popping up and over walls, just looking for the edge, then you might never know the difference. The Edelbrocks biggest fame is how easy it is to tune and its ability to get the Oinker started and keep it running, no matter what! I have my Edelbrock pored out to be a 40mm X 42mm and it rips on my bike. The Mikuni TM40 can be tuned to perfection but, that takes major time and effort but, it is worth it! It is power on everywhere all the time, never lagging always spot on through out the throttle movement. But, a pumper is not needed for the casual weekend warrior or fire road rider but, it still is nice even there!.
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