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I own a 98 dodge ram with a 318 and I am looking for a little more power with out greatly effecting my fuel economy. I use the truck mainly on long trips down the interstate running 70 to 80 miles per hour. The engine turns between 2000 and 2500 RPM's most of the time. The truck is a 4X4 with 355 differential gears and an automatic overdrive with lockup torque converter. I get arround 15MPG but the problem is that many times while trying to pass other trucks (fords and chevys) the old dodge just gets out classed. The engine has a lot of miles on it and I am planing to overhaul it. Are there any cams you guys might sugest to gain low end power and maybe gain a little fuel economy? I also plan to change out the air filter and breather do you know which one is best? Also looking at high flow catalitic coverters and a after market cat back system any sugestions here? Also thought about headers, which is best for my application? Now I have been told that any mods to the exhaust system may adversely effect the fuel injection system. Is this true? If so can this be corrected? Maybe with a programable chip? I have built several high performance engines in the past, but they were all carburated not fuel injected. I have never modified a fuel injected engine and I do not want to f-up. Any advise you guys might have would be helpful.
I would honestly start with heads. A magazine (I honestly forget which one) did all the goodies to a Dakota 318; chip, exhaust, intake, etc, and only got something pathetic like 15 hp at the rear wheels. The heads on the 318 are fine for stock performance, but they don't have any room to grow. You could port them, but I suggest just getting some better heads. That alone will really help you out. Your cam is mild, but has potential. Then the other things like exhaust, intake, and chip will really shine. If you want to go with a bigger cam, keep it really mild; 112 LSA or so with a duration of not much more than 205 @ 50. Less overlap will help two ways; less intake reversion so the EFI can get a good vacuum signal, and it will keep your peak efficiency RPM close to the same. Both of those help mileage. You want to cruise at the RPM where efficiency is peaked. Adding a big cam will shift that RPM up. You probably cruise at about 2200 now. If you shift your efficiency to 2800 you have to either cruise below that (lug the engine a little) or change the gears to cruise around 2800; both of which will waste fuel.If you want to add power but keep your mileage, you have the right approach. Remove restrictions, improve efficiency, and maximize the current combo. In the case of many engines, they can take a little more cam because the heads can flow enough to keep up, but in your case I suggest a little more head flow to keep up with the cam.What you're probably hearing about the hi-flow cats messing up the EFI is because 96 and later computers are OBD2, meaning they have twin O2 sensors; on before the cat and one after. Performance cats will fool the older computers, but since OBD2 uses the car's own computer as part of the emissions test they don't make performance cats with two O2 sensor holes. If you want a peformance cat, you have to go with a single-hole cat which will make your computer throw a permanent check engine light.You'll find that most (I assume your truck included) cats are not as restrictive as their 80's ancestors. Most will support well into the 300's of HP, some well over 400. Don't worry about the cat. If you think yours might be plugged, just get a replacement cat for your truck.Don't use the ancient trick of adding compression to save gas, it doesn't always work. You'll get tons of people try to tell you that more compression increases efficiency. It increases COMBUSTION efficiency, not fuel efficiency. They are sometimes related, but never directly linked. More compression can actually cause worse MPG depending on the combo, and the expensive fuel you'll have to use won't offset the cost of the 1 or 2 more MPG you MIGHT get.Another option I've seen done is to just slide a 360 longblock under your EFI. It will take some programming help, but that way you could spec out your own choice of heads, have a freshly-built engine, and minimize downtime. The new one would be ready to drop in right away. You could sell the 318 and get back a little money.
Instead of overhauling what you have, just drop in a new 5.9/360 from MOPAR.
Or do what my friend did a few years ago....sold his Dodge and bought a Chevy. Instant 5 mpg, more hp, etc.
New 5.7 hemi's are not too expensive for replacement. We found a junkyard one with 8000 miles for $2000. We're having it built to hopefully support 1000+ whp but would like to see 20+ mpg cruising, the motor is going into a Dakota R/T.It's a hassle, but you can pick up better mileage if you ditch the cats, run standalone engine management and lean it out at cruise and part throttle. 5-10% gains are pretty easy, BUT it's a LOT of work for just improving mileage.the suggestions above are probably best. Especially the Chevy one. LOL @ jforb
heh...Dodge did good with the Cummins, and the new 5.7 is pretty good too. But they were quite a ways behind GM for several years with the old small blocks.
Aren't the Cummins and the Powerstroke playing catch-up to the DuraMax now? I'm no expert, but I really like how (relatively) quiet the D'Max is while still being powerful.... about "Power and Economy" ... I'm not sure how the science of Dodges new MDS works, but couldn't all manufacturers do something similar? Or perhaps an aftermarket company?In my mind, while at a maintained speed, if the ECM "shut off" half of the cylinders' fuel injectors and spark plugs... perhaps firing them once out of every 20 revolutions to keep the oil from fouling the plugs ... I would think that would improve economy. ... And we know that computer programs can squeeze more power out of a modern engine.just a couple thoughts.
I don't see much advantage too that approach, as opposed to more overdrive (like the new GM 6 speed automatic trans). Dropping rpm will reduce friction, I don't see how not firing some cylinders would reduce friction.
Quote:I don't see much advantage too that approach, as opposed to more overdrive (like the new GM 6 speed automatic trans). Dropping rpm will reduce friction, I don't see how not firing some cylinders would reduce friction.
Think about how much power it takes to turn the engine to overcome friction, and to make the truck move thru the air and overcome rolling resistance. It doesn't matter if you use 4 or 8 cylinders to burn the fuel to do that much work, you still have to use the same amount of fuel because the workload is the same, and the efficiency is almost the same. There might be less thermal loss (energy lost to the cooling system) since fewer cylinders are being used, perhaps that is where any savings come from.My wife's 1/2 ton 99 silverado with the 5300 generally gets 19-20 mpg in rural driving, hitching a trailer to it drops it quite a bit though.
take some weight off , work on the aerodynamics , buy a Chevy Metro I can't say too many mods in the OBD2 world will help MPG , higher gears maybe The Duramax for 06 is sporting 650 ft lbs of torque and an awesome allison 6 speed , if you tow a lot , that allison is worth it's weight in gold and all of the injector problems have been cleared up with a ) new design injectors and b) GM figured out that no of these yahoos maintain their trucks and is giving out free fuel filters
Do you know if there are any differences between the older "A" engine heads and the newer magnum heads? I don't think I want to do any porting on the heads. It has been my experience that porting raises the power band on the engine to a higher RPM range. My most resent experience was an all out port job I did on a pair of 340 J series heads the engine produces about 450 HP but only get 6 MPG. I realize that it is not just the head work, it is a combination of all the high performance parts I crammed into that litle Dart. I have some 340 J heads in the shop will they work? I also have some 360 1980's vintage smog heads. I know there are some differences in the older and newer heads but I don't know what they are. As for the 360 swap, NO WAY. 360's have weaker cast cranks, and the longer stroke effects the rod length to stroke ratio. I know I am spliting hairs here but I have had a few of them blow up on me while racing but I have never had a 318 give me any problems. My 318 in the truck has over 200 thousand miles and does not use a drop of oil. It is just losing power and my oil pressure is running a litle low (about 35psi). If you have any sugestions on good cylinder head let me know. I just don't know what works on these newer engines. I only soup up the older ones.
Mild porting will usually add torque to every point in the rev range, especially with old poor castings, not just move the power band up, a bowl blend will not adversely effect mileage significantly and will actually probably help it slightly.
I'm not sure what the deal is with the new DOdge diesels. My 98 Cummins seems to get the best mileage of all my buddies Cummins trucks, I can routinely log over 20mpg mixed driving but it's empty, a 5-speed, slightly taller tires, and the rare 3.55:1 rear end. I.e. good for empty cruising on the highway, and about 70% of my driving is highway. Go figure. My friends with the 03 and later trucks are lucky to get 15mpg? Duramax does a little better, the Ford 6.0 PSD falls right in there too (when it runs on all 8 cylinders).Some say that the USA's strange emissions laws are harder on diesels and are killing the fuel economy. Political influence perhaps? i know the current diesel fuel prices, compared to gasoline, are total BS.
Quote:Aren't the Cummins and the Powerstroke playing catch-up to the DuraMax now? I'm no expert, but I really like how (relatively) quiet the D'Max is while still being powerful.


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I've been sitting in front of the PC, for days, hours at a time, trying to come up with something to write about my visit to Syria. I think I have pretty much exhausted what there is to say, given that any one week trip in Syria warrants a systematic way of approaching each day.
I haven't had a proper holiday since the college days. If you've been following my blog you'd know that my longest holiday in the past three years was two weeks. When I used to spend 2 or more months in Syria I barely had time to do everything lol!
pool with a view, what's not to love?!
But this trip was slightly different. I "returned", so to speak, a totally different person. I returned, as my best and childhood friend there put it, "happy, disjointed, with 8 more kilograms of beef". That's good!
It's not only me though who has, so to speak, "aged". Since I've been there in April, many thing changed and aged back home. My grandma lost lots of weight (but docs say she is in good health), my dad's diabetes got a bit worse, my cousins grew a foot taller and my grandfather lost his memory.
But that's not too morbid actually. I am quite glad he lost his memory. He's SO HAPPY! He is just smiling, all the time! He knows who he is, he knows where he lives, and he remembers some of his kids. But he remembers nothing of his problems! NOTHING! No family feuds, no recollection whatsoever with any argument or mishap. He's living the moment each and every single moment!
one of the oldest, gorgeous ladies in my small town; she's still got her memory but thankfully she has a happy life
I honestly am happy for him. It's the best feeling in the world, to be free of allllllllll the burdens of the past 93 years of his life. In my absense he asks about me, though I have to remind him of who I am when he sees me. He's such an awesome guy, really! At lunch we all gathered and told him we were his family, and he was absolutely thrilled! We kept reminding him every 20 or so minutes and it's always like the first time he discovers he has a family that loves him.
The least favorite son (God I am so evil) asked him "who's your favorite son?" and grandpa says "well you of course!". The he points to dad (grandpa's actual favorite son) and he says "what about that guy? do you like him?" and grandpa says "of course! You're all my kids!".
I dunno if he forgot about my deceased grandmother. I don't think he did, though no one brought it up. She's always in his memory, in everything. Several times over the years at lunch he'd comment that he misses her food, or scolding someone for touching the wine bottle that he promised he'd only open when he's with her. I can't think of a better husband, to still be so madly in love with your wife decades after she passed away.
Leaving a bit of those memories behind I went to Tartous to meet the one and only abufares. Our meeting was quite short, only a couple of hours or so, and my dad's presence veered the conversations off to their collective memories of Syria before I was born lol. But it was nontheless an absolute privelage to finally meet the poetic voice of the blogosphere*. I'm also promised a fabulous lunch/dinner the next time we meet. Take that DJ!
nanananannanananananana I saw him I saw him nananananana
If there's anything I miss the most in Syria – other than breatheable air, a blue sky, and foliage – is the social aspect. As in old-school social. Not FB and twitter and crap.
*signed photos of abufares will be put up on sale shortly

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HT4100 4.1, 4.5, 4.9 Discussion, Transmission acting funny in Cadillac Engine Discussion; ...
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[QUOTE=83CADMAN;2300084]OTG! Its not the Transmission. Have chased the gremlins thru the inginition and into the engine management system, cornering it at the ICS.QUOTE]
It appears that the "closed throttle" switch inside the ISC is dirty/broken causing the plunger not to retract. The fact that I went thru 2 junkyard units and both were bad is not surprising. A new one cost $130.00 and a repair kit is available for $30.00. I think Ill tear into one and see whats what. Once repaired, I'll try the adjustment again. I'll post results. Thanks for the guidance my friends.
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Maybe I spoke to soon. I disassembled the original ISC I had previously removed. I found no mechanical issues within the ISC, ie: broken gear, burnt/corroded contacts etc. Running a continuity test indicated the switch contacts were OK and that the switch functioned properly.
I repeated the test on the junkyard ISC and it tested OK.
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I see no further posts regarding ISC adjustments nor shift lever bushing inspection. Did 83 CADMAN expire?? Did I waste my time posting adjustments? and inspections?
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I did inspect the shift bushings and they are in good shape. I had replaced them about 3 years ago. Its shifting smooth and the fluid is good.
I think Ive eliminated the transmission as the problem.
The internals of the distributor were fried!
During the process, I needed to connect a tach in order to monitor the RPMs.
Well dummy me, I couldnt locate the terminal and started a new thread Where do I connect Tach. Thats where The ISC and the TPS discussions were continued.
The findings were: If you disconnect or adjust the TPS, the ISC will also need to be adjusted, and that the air cleaner must be installed in order to property warm the engine to operating temperature. The manifold air temp sensor output data can be compromised, causing the ISC to remain in cold start position. The plunger wont retract in this situation, preventing adjustment to the ISC.
Once I warmed the engine (with air cleaner installed) the ISC & TPS adjustments were successful.
Thanks carnut.
I am just so happy it wasnt the Transmission.
On to other problems see other thread
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After chasing through the TPS/ISC issues and replacing Dist parts, plugs and wires Now the engine runs sweet like its suppose to, eliminating engine malfunction as the cause of the intermittent shudder, similar to a crossed plug wire misfire, described in my original post.
Ive had the car in storage since last summer when I performed all the work until I got tired and started focusing on other things. Now Im thinking about it again with spring a coming.
In another thread I started, Persistent Leaking I replaced the transmission pan gasket and found no magnet in the pan, just black and gray sluge.
The Problem:
When I put it in gear, forward or reverse, there is an intermittent shudder emanating from the transmission. Its more pronounced when the brakes are applied.
Damit! This is where I started.
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March 9, 2012
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Michigan began the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 2 seed for the first time. U-M's best seed prior to this season was the 2003 tournament, a No. 3 seed.
Michigan improves to 24-8 for the season. The 24 wins mark the most wins in a season during head coach John Beilein's Michigan career.
The last time that the Wolverines posted 24 wins a season was 1997-98. U-M posted 25 victories* during that season.
Michigan is 3-8 when trailing at halftime this season. All three victories came in overtime -- against Northwestern (twice) and against Minnesota tonight.
Michigan holds a 3-1 edge over Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament. With the win, the Wolverines improve to 85-65 (79-61*) all-time against the Golden Gophers. John Beilein is now 7-3 against Minnesota in his Michigan career
Trey Burke led the Wolverines with a career-high 30 points on 11-of-14 (79 percent) shooting, including 3-of-4 (75 percent) from three-point range. This marked a U-M record for scoring in the Big Ten Tournament.
Burke registered the first 30-point game for Michigan since Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 30 in an overtime win at Iowa last season (Feb. 19, 2011).
Burke had 11 of the Wolverines' first 12 points in the game. He has scored in double figures in 29 of his 32 career games. He also reached the 20-point plateau for the fifth time this season. Burke added a team-high three assists, two steals, and two blocks, along with two rebounds in the win.
Burke scored over 20 points in both games against the Gophers this season. He poured in 27 points in the win at Crisler Center on Jan. 1, 2012.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 20 points in the victory, marking the sixth time this season (12 in his career) he has reached the 20-point mark. He scored 16 of his total in the second half.
It was the second time in three games that Burke and Hardaway scored over 20 points in a contest. Hardaway scored 25 and Burke had 21 at Illinois (March 1).
Matt Vogrich's two made free throws at 1:51 of the first half were his first in 15 games. He was 2-for-4 on the season heading into the tournament.
Michigan lost the rebounding battle 37-25. The Wolverines are 10-5 when they are outrebounded by their opponent.
The Wolverines had nine assists and turned the ball nine times. It was the 13th time this season, and the seventh time in the last ten games, that U-M had less than 10 turnovers. Michigan is 4-0 this season when recording an even assist/turnover ratio.
U-M's defense forced Minnesota into 16 turnovers, leading to 15 points. The Wolverines are 15-3 this season when they commit fewer turnovers than their opponent.
Michigan outscored Minnesota in points in the paint (26-24), points off turnovers (15-10), and second chance points (13-11). The Golden Gophers outscored the Wolverines in fast break points (11-2).
The game featured eight ties and three lead changes. Michigan never trailed by more than nine, led by as many as seven, and never trailed during overtime.
Michigan was held without a basket for first 6:34 of the game. Trey Burke scored the team's first bucket on a fast-break layup at 13:26.
Stu Douglass moved into a tie for second all-time in games played (134), having never missed a game in his career. He tied U-M legend Glen Rice (1986-89); Douglass has not missed a single game in his career. Zack Novak also moved into a tie for fifth with 132 career games.
With his start, Zack Novak started his 91st straight game and remains third all-time with 120 career starts.
Zack Novak logged 42 minutes against Minnesota and needs just 77 to surpass Louis Bullock* (4,356) for the all-time record in minutes played at Michigan. Novak remains second all-time with 4,290 career minutes played.
Michigan went with the same starting lineup for the 14th straight game: Trey Burke, Stu Douglass, Tim Hardaway Jr., Zack Novak and Jordan Morgan.
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Sasima was a town in the late Roman province of Cappadocia Secunda.
Sasima is mentioned in only three non-religious documents: "Itiner. Anton.", 144; "Itiner. Hiersol.", 577; Hierocles, 700, 6. The very small town is known for being the first see of St. Gregory of Nazianzus who was appointed to it by his friend St. Basil as an aspect of Basil's conflict with Anthimus. Gregory was there only briefly, if at all. Anthimus, bishop of Tyana, had claimed status as an archbishop and jurisdiction over Sasima after the Emperor Valens divided Cappadocia into two parts. Anthimus appointed a competing claimant bishop for Sasima to whom Gregory effectively ceded the town. All the Greek Notitiae episcopatuum consider Sasima part of Cappadocia Secunda,[1] as does the Annuario Pontificio, making it a suffragan of Tyana.[2]
Ambrose of Sasima signed the letter of the bishops of the province to Byzantine Emperor Leo I the Thracian in 458. About the same time Eleusius appears as an adversary of the Council of Chalcedon.[1]
Towards 1143 Clement was condemned as a Bogomile. The "Notitiae" mention the see until the following century.[1]
Sasima may be the modern Turkish village of Zamzama or that of Hasaköy.[2]
- ^ a b c Sophrone Pétridès, "Sasima" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1912)
- ^ a b Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 964


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Ole was walking home late at night, through the park; and sees a woman
in the shadows. "Twenty dollars" she whispers.
He'd never been with a hooker before, but decides, what the hell, it's only twenty bucks.
So they hide in the bushes. They're going "at it" for a minute when
all of a sudden a light flashes on them -- it's a police officer.
"What's going on here, people?" asks the officer.
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Doncaster manager Dean Saunders is keen to add a new striker to his squad.
Rovers recently sold star man Billy Sharp to Southampton and, despite tying El-Hadji Diouf down to new deal, Saunders is keen to replace his 10-goal striker.
"We have spoken about strengthening the squad and giving ourselves every chance of staying in the league," he said.
"We are a little bit short and could do with a physical presence and someone who can get on to the end of the final pass."
Meanwhile, winger James Coppinger is delighted Diouf will be around to spearhead Doncaster's fight for npower Championship survival.
"He's been at great clubs and he's done great things in his career," said the 31-year-old, who is currently sidelined with a broken cheekbone. "He shows glimpses of brilliance in training.
"If he can help us win as many games as we can until the end of the season then he's obviously a great asset to have."


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Your business may already be recycling a full range of materials. Paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, and metal are all generally collected by commercial recyclers, and making receptacles for these materials accessible to your staff makes it easy for them to do their part in reducing your waste stream.
However, if your business is ready to take the next step in its waste reduction, you may have overlooked the opportunity to capture organic waste through composting. There are a number of different methods you can consider for composting at your office:
1) Indoor Vermicomposting – Vermicomposting uses red wriggler worms to break waste down into a rich soil fertilizer (which can then be added to office plants). Though some employees may feel uneasy with worms in the breakroom, vermicomposting units are well contained, and worms actually remain largely invisible (they tend to hide below compost layers away from light). For many, vermicomposting can be fun, and the bins require minimal maintenance. Adding newspaper or other compostable paper products along with food waste will help to keep your worms happy by balancing humidity levels inside the bin. Prepared compost will also need to be periodically collected from the bin. (An employee with a green thumb or passion for sustainability may be interested in taking on this task.)
2) Mechanical Indoor Units – If composting with worms seems a bit too formidable for your office setting, mechanical indoor composters are also now widely available. These compact devices simply plug into the wall and are largely maintenance-free. Employees simply add food waste to these devices at any time. Sawdust pellets (available through the device manufacturers) are added periodically to keep the right balance of material types, and the device will even let you know when compost is ready to be collected.
3) Outdoor Bins or Piles – If your business has large quantities of organic waste or generates a lot of landscaping waste, an outdoor recycling bin or pile may be the right choice. Outdoor composting can have some additional considerations (like making sure bins are sealed appropriately to discourage vermin, or turning piles regularly to maintain the correct temperatures and moisture levels), but these higher maintenance needs can allow for much larger volumes of material to be composted.
4) Commercial Composting Collection – Looking to take advantage of composting's waste reduction benefits without managing the process yourself? Some municipalities now provide curbside composting collection, and some waste management agencies also now collect organic waste. Contact your waste services provider to see what options might be available for businesses in your area (and if it's not offered yet, let them know it's a service you'd like to see).
Once a system is in place, you can bring employees into the composting process by making sure that composting collection points are located in key areas (like your breakroom or cafeteria), and are bundled with other garbage and recycling receptacles. Provide signage on what's compostable and what's not, so employees have clear guidance on what to include in the bin. Finally, if you currently provide disposable serving-ware to your staff, consider moving to compostable products (including plates, utensils, cups, and napkins/towels) — or more permanent, washable ones.
For your employees, going beyond recycling demonstrates your commitment to sustainability, while encouraging eco-friendly practices. In using an approach that's appropriate for your business, composting can be an easy and fun way to handle an often ignored category of waste in an sustainable way.
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I easily had skin in the top 5% of all skin I've ever seen. I was grateful for that, and eager to take the best care of it. My doctor said I'd be "treating" my condition/minor flaws, and "rejuvenating" my skin, making it "better". I regret this everyday. I have lost my healthy skin that people always guessed made me 5-10 years younger than I really am. My options in life have diminished. Doors have closed. Think carefully about how you would live your life if you emerge looking 10 years older with scars and lines streaking down your face, or loss of fat/skin tone causing your skin to hang on the bones deflating the fullness of your face. How will you cope when you look in the mirror and instead of seeing your "self", you see something so painful that you can no longer look at yourself? How will you cope when the people who love you tear up because they feel helpless to help you, and fear for your future and the changes that may come to your relationship as you process all the grief and loss of your identity as you knew it?
My results are not as bad as others I've seen in person and I have met so many. I try to feel lucky. The truth was misrepresented to me and distorted, and I was used for money, but I refuse to be a victim. I speak the truth on my experience so no other human being has to walk this path. Several doctors I've sought help from have told me this has harmed so many people and they are "concerned" about the way this laser has been "sold to the public". They "don't know" what to do about it.
Whatever you see in the mirror that bothers you, remind yourself it can always be worse, and be grateful for a feature you have that you love. Then tell yourself you are ok the way you are. Walk out of anyone's office who tells you this laser is "good" for your skin. I have yet to meet one person who's results support that (1-2 years out) except for nurses who were not treated at near the same treatment levels as patients. At worst, the people I've met, are disfigured and regretful.
At best, they "traded one problem for another" or lose their money and a lot of peace of mind, with zero to minor "results" at the end of an arduous recovery. Swelling creates illusions. So do marketing and pictures taken at the peak of swelling. Be informed. Ask yourself if you can live with the worst case scenario? And whatever you're told that will be...imagine it possibly worse, before you make this potentially life-altering decision.


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Friends, family, and a patriotic playlist are all you need to have an amazing 4th of July. While we can't do much about the first few items on this list, we can supply you with the perfect Independence Day soundtrack for your festivities.
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Whether you'll be enjoying BBQ fun with a red solo cup in hand, watching fireworks with the family, or simply bumming it at the beach, this playlist is the perfect accompaniment to that proud to be an American feeling that will be coursing through your veins. Enjoy and have a happy 4th of July!
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Pastor's Son Offers Little Insight into Tomorrow's Plan
After a day of confusion, it was a night of movement at the Dove World Outreach Center. Pastor Jones left to travel to New York. One man was removed from the property. By all accounts, there will be no Korans burned tomorrow on the anniversary of September 11th. As to what else might happen, Pastor Jones' son Luke offered little insight Friday evening on Saturday's plan. Police said they will continue with their plans tomorrow.
"We've been preparing for this for over a month. Additional resources, additional equipment, all of that stuff we have in place and we are going to continue with that plan because we can't let the citizens down in the event something does happen," said Gainesville Police Department Spokesperson Cpl. Tscharna Senn.
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Fishermen say rule changes will cripple industry
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(Host) Government regulators are proposing a new set of fishing rules designed to protect and rebuild declining fish stocks in the North Atlantic.
If approved they'll go into effect May first.
As part of a collaboration with Northeast public radio stations, Rhode Island Public Radio's Megan Hall reports that some fishermen say the restrictions would cripple their industry.
(Hall) Early one morning, fisherman
Chris Brown stands on the deck of his 54-foot trawler next to a dock in Galilee, Rhode Island. He's wearing orange waterproof overalls and pulling
large buckets of fish out of the bottom of the boat.
(Brown) ``Hey Dino, we got one more.''
(Hall) Brown spent the past three days south of Block Island catching different types of ground fish including yellow tail flounder and cod - the type of fish he wouldn't be able to catch under a proposed new set of fishing rules.
(Brown) "This trip of 5,000 pounds of fish would be reduced to about thousand pounds next year.
(Hall) "That's a big change.''
(Brown) "That's more than a change.
That's a disaster.''
(Hall) Brown is the president of the Rhode Island Commercial Fishermen's Association. He and other fishermen are worried about a proposal by the National Marine Fisheries Service that would close waters from the southern end of Cape Cod to just past Long Island. It would affect boats that catch ground fish.
(Brown) "Any time you close a fishery; to me it's an example of a failed management regime. If you have to close it, then you're not managing it, then you've failed.''
(Hall) Besides closing fishing grounds, the proposed rule would also cut in half the number of days fisherman are allowed to fish off the coasts of New Hampshire, Maine and Northern Massachusetts That leaves the average fisherman with about twenty days to fish in the Gulf of Maine.
(Collins) "This proposal is so harsh, that I fear it could spell the end of Maine's fishing industry.''
(Hall) That's Senator Susan Collins from Maine. She and senators from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire wrote a letter to the National Marine Fisheries Service warning that this proposal could bankrupt the ground fish industry.
(Collins) "What we should do is listen more to the fishermen themselves. They know how to best conserve the stocs. It's in their interest to insure that the fishing stocks are rebuilt.''
(Hall) Many fishermen want an approach known as catch shares. This would put a quota on the total pounds of fish crews can catch in a season instead of limiting days at sea or closing entire areas of the ocean. Sally McGee is with the Environmental Defense Fund and a member of the New England Fishery Management Council- the body which usually regulates the northeast fishing industry. McGee says catch shares give fisherman more flexibility over where and when they fish, something she's been pushing for for years.
(McGee) "To get us away from this system that's not working for fisherman, not working for fish, and to get us onto an approach that is going to work.''
(Hall) The New England Fishery Management Council had planned to institute regulations based on catch limits this year. But in August, it received new data showing that some ground fish stocks are in serious trouble. That left the council little time to respond. So, it delayed the catch share approach until 2010. In the interim, the national marine fisheries service or NMFS stepped in with this proposed rule. Patricia Kurkel from NMFS says it may seem drastic to the fishing industry, but it's the next logical step towards rebuilding fish stocks.
(Kurkel) "They're reacting to the cumulative affects of all of the regulations over the years and I wouldn't minimize that in any way but we don't want to lose any ground either, we don't want to lose any of the gains over the years.''
(Hall) The National Marine Fisheries Service is now reviewing public comment on the proposed rule. Kurkel says its goal is to balance the economic needs of fishermen with rebuilding the ocean. Fishermen like Chris Brown say that balance doesn't give enough weight to his industry.
For VPR News, I'm Megan Hall
(Host Outro) Northeast environmental coverage is part of NPR's local news initiative. The reporting is made possible, in part, by a grant from United Technologies.


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All day I have had photobucket crash, and be unable to view, or upload images.
Haven't been able to upload a picture in over a damn week now. Really sick of this poor website. Its unfortunate that I went and paid for ad-free and have 2.9k pictures. Strongly considering downloading them all and moving elsewhere, this site has numerous issues that have been there since day one. Ungodly slow load times, uploads fail more than they actually upload. (I have 2.9k pictures, but have probably tried 5k uploads) and yes, my photos meet all the criteria for uploading them.
All weekend no access
Since aboiut 8 pm Eastern the site is taking too long to load.
Also having photobucket access issues as of 8:45 PST
want to get krishna images
can't load file mp4 again . when you have load it can't read on . Please fix this problem it started for 2-3 days agoes
Starts to download my jpg and hangs up at 90%
No good. Starts to download my 200dpi grayscale jpg and hangs up at 90%.
Page doesn't load,again!
Well, here we are again, My photos have disappeared again from my WebSite.
Wish you could get your act together, this is unacceptable for everyone, especially people that own WebSites.
Just waiting...............................
Cannot access photobucket to load pictures, and none of my pictures loading to my sites. Windows 7 Internet explorer 11
Won't load.
It's down for me right now. Other sites load quickly with no issues, but photobucket.com won't load at all. This is the error message I get:
"This site can't be reached
s207.photobucket.com took too long to respond."
Currently unreachable in the UK I might have to go outside into the sunshine!
photobucket has completely shut down all photo's have disappeared, no warning at all this is a shoddy shit picture site, that cost you money and time
Photobucket won't laod for me. It keeps telling me it can't be reached.
may 15th 2016 Photobucket is down right now
Not uploading
Recently uploaded photos aren't loading in my eBay listings either. Also, when I try to upload a Photobucket-hosted photo onto eBay's image-hosting server, it fails and returns the message "File Not Found" even though the desired file was successfully uploaded to Photobucket and appears in my Photobucket Library.
If possible, everyone experiencing this outage should file a Support ticket through Photobucket. The only way they'll fix it is if they know multiple users are affected. To file a Support ticket, log in to Photobucket and use this url: http://support.photobucket.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
no photos showing on my ebay listings, cant log in to photobucket site. anyone got the same issues please???
Selective outage. Appears to have started today. For me, only photos uploaded to Photobucket in the last week or two (stored in my most recent Photobucket album) are not loading in my eBay listings. No problem in older listings, though. Very aggravating.
I'm not a happy person right now.....
My website is missing numerous graphics that I have saved on my photobucket?
What's the problem?
Thank you.
Cindi Morgan
photobucket.com is not responding right now, all my eBay images are 404
not loading pics or allowing login at the moment.
Everything went screwy w/ photobucket. it's back up and most of my images are now, but some are still down, and show in my bucket still being there, yil you try to click on them (as others have mentioned)...other screwy things on my profile like new folders automatically created and moved some images there (these still work ironically? yet others dont)
Photobucket usually works very well. When it goes down -- as it has been down for the past day! -- it has some of the worst customer service on the planet. Never an update, never any customer contact, never anything that helps us have any confidence that you will correct the problem anyday soon.
Issue still no properly fixed!
Half the images have been replaced with "your image was not linked properly" errors. Not just on my site, but others as well.
thanks photobucket.... just what my site needs. good grief
Seriously get your shit together PHOTO BUCKET!! Bunch of useless morons!!
not loading any images at photobucket
Slow loading and down for me on sites I use too.
All of my images are replaced with ugly-looking "your image was not linked properly" errors ):
Photobucket will display my thumbnails, but will not open my images.
It worked fine this morning, but now I get the link error message: "OOPS! Your image was linked incorrectly. Please visit your account for correct link". No pictures are on showing in my library either. I don't think this has happened before. Wonder if they were hacked?
Second time within days photobucket links not working in ebay or photobucket home page, so down for me as well, cannot see but names of the links, no photos visible. Last time reprted took them 48 hours to fix not good!
can't access images and links not working
Problem with all my pictures on eBay. My whole site is messed up.
....irony - when on the website while the pictures won't load - the doggone video ads are still playing!
I had loaded an image on to a forum and it worked fine for about 1/2 day. Now it is saying something is wrong with the link. I also cannot get any of the photos to actually load when I'm on the photobucket website.
pretty much what is happening is everything being described by the other comments
I know better than to expect a response directly from Photobucket, but for others who are wondering if you're the only one experiencing problems, NO, you are NOT. No images are showing up on my blog that are older the past three days. I can upload new images, but none of the older links work.
please fix it photobucket! all of my ebay listings are affected!
Says links aren't working correctly for all of my images- hopefully this will be resolved soon.
I can't see my images. Come on photobucket. I pay for your service!
Links are not working and my library shows no images...
None of the Photobuckets links are working. Half of the buttons on my site aren't working now.
April 25 2016 Photobucket links are not working. Although I was able to upload an image, no images are visible in my library.
It's hung today.
Can't get on the photobucket website at all? What is happening?
Continual timeouts while trying to log-in. Starting to reach the end of my time with this service, I think. Feels like it is on its last legs.
my account is not showing it's images but my sister's account it working
Why does my page where Log In says plans and all my picturess are gone.. It's say I have this USING 7.7 GB OF 22.4 GB (34.60%)
saying I have only used 7.7 GB of 22 GB.. I have over 34% left.
Please help .. what is going on... I have a lot of persona picutes in there.
Yes all my images are invisible too
Still not working....
I can't see my pics on Photobucket. I thought someone hacked my account so I changed my password and email. Hope this gets resolved soon!
Photobucket site works but all photos are invisible.
Site loads fine but pictures are all appearing broken everywhere. It was fine last night, just started today.
photos aren't loading for me but the site itself is running fine
Yep, down for me definitely---all photo links aren't working. But---guess it will get going again soon enough....
Photobucket is suddenly down for me and all my photo links are broken. Anyone else?
always down !!! when it will be work again ? does somebody know ?
the actual photobucket address is down, the s263.photofukit blah blah blah krap
I have my photobucket account linked to my YUKU acc't but my pictures will not load. I have tried unlinking it then re linking, have tried refreshing the page.. Nothing. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you
Is anyone else's photo bucket out timing out
images are not displaying, nothing works. tried everything and sent over 10 emails. still no reply. will never come again.
Can't get into my PB.. why???? again
several .png images i've uploaded to photobucket and them linked to display on another page have suddenly decided to display themselves as a completely different image (all the same image incidentally) both on photobucket and on the website they're linked to. what's going on???
My app on my phone is still not letting me view my library. It's been almost a month. I'm so frustrated. Is anyone else having issues viewing your albums from the app?
Photobucket app on my phone has not worked now for a couple of weeks. When I try to view my library, it says there is an error retrieving my albums. Very frustrating. Had to upload photos from my phone to the website, not the app. Then go onto my laptop to move the photos to the albums I wanted them to go to. Very inconvenient. Please fix asap!
after using the edit and replace original feature for years, all of a sudden it does not work &* i can't get any help from their support(?) group. what it does is generate a copy with additional characters in the name rather than replacing the original
Photobucket seemed to be working perfectly yesterday. I thought all their problems were solved. NOPE!! Today I'm back to getting stuck at 90% on upload with red X's galore.
How in the world do we get Photobucket to explain what the hell is going on? they seem practically unreachable... like a company run by computers.
It's been slow as mollasses for weeks and now it's just died, poor thing.
Photobucket has been down intermittently for a couple days now for me. Mostly down today. My photos are still viewable on ebay so that part's OK but I can't upload new photos.
Wanna know what's really f'd up? Most of photobucket is down, but if you go to their payment options, the page instantly works. Mother f--kers made sure they could get payments on time.
C'mon Photobucket, define "shortly"? I've been patient for a couple of days now ...it's not shortly anymore - it's irritating & I'll be asking for my money back SOON? You do understand the word soon?
Everything else seems to work fine on my PB. I have the app downloaded.. but when i click into "your library" it tells me theres an error retreiving my albums. I was wondering if it has to do with my storage being so full but it still backs up my pics.. which i find very weird.. im just really mad that my albums wont load so that i could atleast delete some pictures. Anyone know what to do?
I've been trying all day to load Photobucket and (cute as it may be) I'm still getting the "Maintenance" error message
Service is down. Not showing pics on my forums. Been jacked quite a while....ever going to be fixed????
This service disruption has affected a number of sites where i am active. We have lost banners, icons, photos etc. It is a nightmare!
My Photobucket images (html pages)are not accessable via Ebay, as well as my workstation (using AOLPRESS) all other images (from another image storage facility) no problem. It just started today? I can still connect with PB web site but it to has problems with response time. JP
Been down for hours now. None of my linked blog photos are displaying.
I've been trying to access Photobucket.com since 10am EST. I think they need to re-evaluate their take on the definition of 'shortly'. My job depends on this site working properly and right now, it's not. All of the photos I have on every auction are dead, but my counterpart's photos are displaying just fine. Seriously?!
I can understand a few minutes but it's been hours! Is there no re·dun·dan·cy??? They have businesses depending on their accessibility. Okay okay, patience Daniel Son! :/
Photobucket is down and all my photos hosted on my ads on ebay are not showing....this website really needs to sort itself out!
I have photos hosted by Photobucket on multiple forums, none of which are showing up. Please fix this quickly...
Photobucket seems to be down. I can't get it to come up, And the photos on my blog sidebar aren't loading.
Hi guys, since this morning can't get PhotoBucket to download. Is this only me, or the site down for whatever reason? Appreciate your comments. I use this site on a daily basis to silo my photographs. Thanks!
Tried removing Cache and Cookies, but no joy. The site just won't upload and I get a message saying that "time is expired". What is going on?
hello my ebay picture are not showing up in ebay description, and i used photobuket as a host my pictures, and i cant even open photobucket website ? what to do please tell me how to fix the problem?
I'm having a problem with Photobucket. This morning they said their page was under maintenance and showed a kitten hanging on to something. A caption read, "Hang in there". Then it just wont work at all. Looks to me suspecious, as like it is hacked of something. Any news?
I can't access Photobucket-just get a photo of a kitten hanging on to something, asking me to "hang on".
Photobucket is really slow to load and then is uploading each image 3 times!!
Have the same problem like others- upload fails, but sometimes even after a mesage- Upload failed- you can find image in a library.
Sick of PB, gets to 90% and freezes! Moving all my stuff to Flickr!!!
Cannot upload just gets stuck, or fails, what's the problem photobucket ?
3 days of outage now... not sure if there is a DDOS going on as the site has been up and down constantly for nearly 3 days.... most annoying is the fact that there are no updates at all from Photobucket to give us an ETA as to when things may be fixed, or even an acknowledgement of the problem.
Shameful behaviour
Exactly the same thing, stays forever at 90%. The best result I got so far was a few minutes ago when I tried uploading two photos and one of them somehow managed to get uploaded (ut the other didn't). Haven't had any success since then. I've been trying since yesterday...
Same exact thing here Wendy!
What the hell are we supposed to do? This has been going on for a few weeks randomly. I've updated Flash, Shockwave, Java... tried IE in addition to Firefox. Restarted computer. Tried a different computer. Have contacted Photobucket... get nothing but automated response making it sound like its something I'm doing wrong...
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: Brogie series 4 roadster, Torn down to bare
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: completed 3/07. 4 link rear, Koni shocks,
: Mark Williams aluminum draw through center
: with 40 spline lightened axles and new pro
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: new front and rear tires (14x32x15). New CSR
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These days, Attorney General Eric Holder can't seem to scratch his nose without eliciting complaints and criticisms from media critics on the right. As the Public Employee Enemy #1 of anti-Obama conservatives, he's faced false allegations of racism, cover-ups and partisanship. Their latest charge? That he's recreating the historic subprime mortgage crisis that began the nation's economic collapse.
Last weekend, Paul Sperry at Investor's Business Daily (IBD) wrote a lengthy, context-free article condemning the Justice Department's investigations of banks whose lending policies discriminate against minorities. According to the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, the department received more referrals from regulatory agencies "of matters involving a possible pattern or practice of discrimination" in 2010 than it's received in at least twenty years. The DOJ investigations into the potential violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Fair Housing Act by several banks have led to a number of settlements.
Sperry's IBD article is written in a way that inaccurately suggests the terms of the DOJ/bank settlements are both inherently dangerous (because they will lead to another housing crisis) and unfair (because banks are being strong-armed by the power of the federal government and the threat of being labeled racist into offering risky lines of credit). Along the way, the reporter ignores the facts and the law. Most striking is the article's tacit implication that being forced to serve minorities is inherently equivalent to being forced to engage in unwise lending practices.
The first misleading premise pushed by Sperry is that the Justice Department has asked banks to "relax their mortgage underwriting standards" and that this type of "government-imposed lax underwriting" was the cause of the housing boom and subsequently meltdown. From IBD:
In what could be a repeat of the easy-lending cycle that led to the housing crisis, the Justice Department has asked several banks to relax their mortgage underwriting standards and approve loans for minorities with poor credit as part of a new crackdown on alleged discrimination, according to court documents reviewed by IBD. [...]
Such efforts risk recreating the government-imposed lax underwriting that led to the housing boom and bust, critics fear.
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DIY - Starter Motor 6-Cylinder Engine (M52 Motor)
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OK I just did this on mine , I have a 98 528i, Auto,
lets say, I was Not Going to remove the intake, NO WAY, NO HOW, Ive been doing this way to long,,
If you have the starter bolts that screw into the starter without nuts on them, then you have no reason to remove the INTAKE.
So lets start. I knew it was my starter Bendix as it just kept trying to catch and then let go and re-engage and grind at the flywheel.
So I ordered a starter for 39.99 with free shipping from ebay, it was used and from a Z3, with a 90 warranty,
to start with I jacked the car up on ramps first then used jack stands so I had room underneath it. removed the ramps and set to go, I will wait till the last thing to remove the battery grd wire, so I dont have to reprogram the radio. so lets go this is a 2-3 hour job unless you have the problems I had. Mine was 3 days. but I can another in 2 hours flat now.
first take out the air box, the whole airbox, it has 1/ 10MM head bolt on it, thats it, the rest are 2 hose clamps, I removed mine from the wheelwell and the intake itself in one unit, look at the rubber slide ons so you lube them all first with Wd before trying to slide the box back onto the stays it fits on, Now take off the top cover for the intake again, this has 2 10mm headed bolts holding it on. this is so we can get the top starter bolt and see what we are doing. the socket you will need for the starter bolts is a #12 Star Socket or an E-Tork.
Ok ,now we go and look at the starter from the fender well area, see the clips down the side of the engine for the fuel lines? unclip them from up top or from underneath. your choice. slide them out of the way.
now go down under the car with your 3/8 drive ratchet and a 4 inch extension with the 12 MM E-Tork on it, take and get the socket and extension on the star head. then lift your ratchet and slide it on the end, undo this bolt all the way and remove and clean up real good so it goes into to the new starter with your fingers all the way.
this bolt is where my problems started and ended. it was fused into the Aluminum tail of the starter and I couldnt get it out with a ratchet with a 27 inch handle on it, so I grab the air ratchet , and get it on there and the air ratchet blows up, ROFLOL> ok im stranded and have no way to get to the store for a new air ratchet, 2 days later I get a ride and come home to tackle this again. I put the air ratchet up on the bolt and tried to tighten it ,it moved a 32nd inch . lol
ok remove now another 32nd inch. ok back in and this time when we go to remove we will not stop the ratchet. Bingo out came the bolt and so did 6 full threads from the starter tail/
glad we are replacing the starter LOL
ok we have to use an Ice pick to clean the threads on the starter bolts from the aluminum thats embedded into it
after this we oil them real well and make sure they go into the new starter with fingers,
ok now for the top starter bolt, u need a 1/4 ratchet with the star on it from the top you can get right on the bolt and slide a jack handle over the 1/4 drive ratchet so you can have a little leverage to break loose the top bolt
break it loose and take it out , dont worry the start has a pin in it to hold it in place,
after you get this bolt out your are ready to open the trunk and disconnect the grd on the battery and lay it off to the side so it doesnt accidentally touch the post again till you want it to, Remeber to clean this bolt up like you did the other so it goes back in with fingers. ok from up top, look sideways and you will see the 13MM nut for the hot lead on the starter remove this first and then the other large lead behind it comes off
now you can slide the starter around and remove the 10MM nut from the one wire and the 8 MM from the other wire, and slide the starter right out the top with no problems at all. replace like this
Slide the starter down in and connect the 2 small wires, now slide the starter into the bell housing hole and it slides on that pin that holds it steady while you insert the top bolt and start it a little
now go under and put the bottom bolt in and tighten it up, slide the fuel lines back into the clips and get out ,your are done under the car. go up and tighten the top bolt and now put the hot leads back on and tighten them.
go and connect the battery and make sure nothing is touching in any wrong places, it pretty much sits back just as you took it out. Now take and slide the airbox back in with WD lubing all the rubber ends and boots for it to slide on easier. put the one 10MM bolt back in the air box and reinstall the intake cover, Now lets try the starter, PURRRRRRRRRR , Jack her up, and remove the stands,and have A HAPPY BMER experience .
I hope you enjoy and find this How2 by Bmerbill helpful in your maintenance of your wonderful BMW Im very lucky to have found this rare Bmer, it has all the 740 features on it
sliding window covers, First aide kit, rear access thru seat,individual ac controls and all
and it came from the factory with the 17inch wheels on it, we grabbed it for 4200.00 4 years ago with 129,000 on it, and now have 225,000 miles on it, yes we have a Love affair with our Bmers 4 sure. many Thx for this forum and the help it is to many
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Mr. COBURN. Mr. President, we are at this point not because an amendment was not accepted. We are at this point because of the nature of the amendment that was not accepted. I recognize my colleagues for the good work they did on this bill. It is the lowest increase of any appropriations bill that has come to the Senate floor. But the problem is very straightforward and very simple: Why would the House not accept an amendment that said transparency for the American public is what we are after? We have to question that. And why would our conferees sign on to a conference report that did not have transparency? That is the question.
There was an amendment that said the reports asked for out of this appropriations bill, unless they contain information related to the security and defense of this country, should be made public to all 70 Senators who are not on the Appropriations Committee but, more important, to the people of this country. I cannot understand; nobody can offer an argument on why you would not want to do that. Yet somehow it is not in the bill. How do we explain that? Is it because it is a Coburn amendment that it is not in the bill? Is it because there is something in the reports we do not want the American people to see? If that is the case, what is the problem? Where is the problem?
The reason I did not give unanimous consent on this bill coming to the floor is that I believe we ought to have a discussion about transparency. One of the things my friend, President Obama, was good at when he was here, and has said he is for as our President, is transparency. We teamed up and passed, along with Senator Carper and Senator McCain, the Transparency and Accountability Act. By the spring or summer of this year we will be able to see where every penny of our tax dollar goes, all the way down to subgrantee and subcontracting. That is real transparency.
The question before us is why would this body accept this conference report cloaked in secrecy?
I know Senators wanted this amendment. I am not accusing them of not wanting it. What I do not understand is why they would ever agree to a conference that did not have it in any bill we did? Why would we not let the American people see what we are doing? Why would we not want the people to see an annual report by the Department of Energy on their financial balances? That is one of the reports that is in here. Can somebody tell me why we would not want that? Who in the House would not want that? What is it we do not want the American people to see? A report by the Chief of Engineers on water resources? Why can't the American people see that? A report by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission identifying barriers to and its recommendations for streamlining for construction of new nuclear reactors? Why should not the American people see what the problems are and see what that report says? Why should that be cloaked, out of light, out of view, and away from the knowledge of the American people?
To me, there is either one of two explanations. One is they do not care about what the American people think about knowing what is going on in our government or there is something else going on inside one of these reports they do not want the American people to see. It is one of those two things. I don't know which it is. But what I believe is, it is unacceptable for us to pass a bill, a conference report, that has information in it that is not a risk for any of our national security issues to which the American people should not be privy.
I believe, if we vote for this conference report, what we are saying is we endorse it; we know it better. There are certain things that even though they don't relate to security, you are not smart enough, you don't have the insight, you don't have the wisdom, you don't have the knowledge to make a judgment.
I reject that, our Founders rejected that, and we as a body ought to reject it.
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Several weeks ago, I accompanied my daughter to the Arie Crown Theater at McCormick Place in Chicago. Before the performance, we took a short walk along the lakefront for a rare father-daughter non-cellphone talk.
I hadn't been there in years. On our walk, I wanted to share with my high school senior daughter the joys of construction. I started telling her about one of my first construction projects that just happened to occur not too far away from where we stood.
It had to one of the coldest winters I ever experienced. I was assigned to help coordinate loading several thousands of Crown monuments from several of the Material Service Corp. operations around Chicago. I seem to recall that these 4-cubic-foot blocks cast from returned concrete had been sold to the Chicago Park District and were to be used as erosion protection or boat anchors in one of the Lake Michigan harbors.
When I was finished with my story, the only question my daughter asked concerned the name of the Crown monuments. She asked if there was any connection to the name of the theater. "Sure," I answered. "Arie Crown was Col. Henry Crown's mother." So she asked, who was Col. Crown?
Even though I never met him, Col. Crown was one those legends who helped shape my career. At Material Service in the late 1970s and early 1980s, young foremen were indoctrinated with stories of the colonel and his family's activities in Chicago construction. Even though the Crown monument was connected to something as drab as a concrete block, the praise was fitting. You see, nothing was ever wasted, even returned concrete. And just as important, we also knew that every block sold represented another donation to the Crown treasury.
I guess I was so caught up with the production side of the family, it wasn't until sometime later that I realized the Crown family had opted for a more public way to memorialize its legacy than the blocks. A quick Internet search will score hits on several important Henry Crown memorials, ranging from scholarships to athletic centers to endowments. I'm proud to say that my blood still runs red and yellow (Material Service's colors). And I hope my efforts while employed help provide support for the Crown monuments both underwater and above.
This month, we feature a story on monument builders of a much higher degree. I was surprised to learn how important concrete is in creating our nation's legacy. I challenge you to name a monument built in the last 75 years that doesn't have concrete in it. The architects, designers, and owners have come to trust each of you with creating a product that's durable enough to help cast their memorials well into the future. Fortunately, we rarely take the responsibility for granted.
In our Atlas of Concrete Monuments, I think you'll find something interesting. It's my pick of some of the most significant concrete monuments in the United States and Canada. Take a look and feel free to send me more nominations.
Hopefully, you've been involved in something we can add to our list that impresses your daughter's opinion of your career more than delivering underwater concrete boat anchors. No wonder my daughter wants to major in music and the join the Peace Corps to save the world.


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The Guarantee of Freedom of Expression
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is generally considered to be the flagship statement of international human rights, binding on all States as a matter of customary international law. It guarantees the right to freedom of expression in the following terms:
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes the right to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers (4).
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is an international treaty, ratified by over 145 States, which imposes legally binding obligations on States Parties to respect a number of the human rights set out in the UDHR. Article 19 of the ICCPR guarantees the right to freedom of opinion and expression in terms very similar to those found at Article 19 of the UDHR (5). Guarantees of freedom of expression are also found in all three major regional human rights systems, at Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (6), Article 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (7) and Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights (8).
Freedom of expression is among the most important of the rights guaranteed by the ICCPR and other international human rights treaties, in particular because of its fundamental role in underpinning democracy. In its very first session in 1946 the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 59(I) which stated, "Freedom of information is a fundamental human right and ... the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the United Nations is consecrated." The European Court of Human Rights has stated:
Freedom of expression constitutes one of the essential foundations of [a democratic] society, one of the basic conditions for its progress and for the development of every man … it is applicable not only to 'information' or 'ideas' that are favourably received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of indifference, but also to those that offend, shock or disturb the State or any sector of the population. Such are the demands of pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness without which there is no 'democratic society' (9).
The guarantee of freedom of expression applies with particular force to the media, including the broadcast media and public service broadcasting organisations. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, for example, has stated: "It is the mass media that make the exercise of freedom of expression a reality" (10). The European Court of Human Rights has referred to "the pre-eminent role of the press in a State governed by the rule of law." (11) The media as a whole merit special protection under freedom of expression in part because of their role in making public "information and ideas on matters of public interest. Not only does [the press] have the task of imparting such information and ideas: the public also has a right to receive them. Were it otherwise, the press would be unable to play its vital role of 'public watchdog'." (12)
It may be noted that the obligation to respect freedom of expression lies with States, not with the media per se. However, these obligations do apply to state-funded broadcasters. Because of their link to the State, these broadcasters are directly bound by international guarantees of human rights. In addition, state-funded broadcasters are in a special position to satisfy the public's right to know and to guarantee pluralism and access and it is therefore particularly important that they promote these rights.
Article 2 of the ICCPR places an obligation on States to "adopt such legislative or other measures as may be necessary to give effect to the rights recognised by the Covenant." This means that States are required not only to refrain from interfering with rights, but that they must take positive steps to ensure that rights, including freedom of expression, are respected. In effect, governments are under an obligation to create an environment in which a diverse, independent media can flourish, thereby satisfying the public's right to know.
An important aspect of States' positive obligations to promote freedom of expression and of the media is the need to promote pluralism within, and to ensure equal access of all to, the media. As the European Court of Human Rights stated: "[Imparting] information and ideas of general interest … cannot be successfully accomplished unless it is grounded in the principle of pluralism." (13) The Inter-American Court has held that freedom of expression requires that "the communication media are potentially open to all without discrimination or, more precisely, that there be no individuals or groups that are excluded from access to such media." (14)
One of the key rationales behind public service broadcasting organisations is that they make an important contribution to pluralism. Indeed, the German Federal Constitutional Court has held that variety is a constitutional obligation for public service broadcasting organisations.(15) For this reason, a number of international instruments stress the importance of public service broadcasting organisations and their contribution to promoting diversity and pluralism. Although not all of these instruments are formally binding as a matter of law, they do provide valuable insight into the implications of freedom of expression and democracy for public service broadcasting.
For example, a Resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, passed by the European Union, recognises the important role played by public service broadcasting organisations in ensuring a flow of information from a variety of sources to the public. The European Union includes 15 member States broadly committed to market integration and monetary union. The Protocol notes that public service broadcasters are of direct relevance to democracy, social and cultural needs, and the need to preserve media pluralism. As a result, funding by States to such broadcasters is exempted from the general provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam.(16) For the same reasons, the 1992 Declaration of Alma Ata, adopted under the auspices of UNESCO, calls on States to encourage the development of public service broadcasters.(17)
Resolution No. 1: Future of Public Service Broadcasting of the 4th Council of Europe Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy, Prague 1994, promotes very similar principles. This resolution notes the importance of public service broadcasting to human rights and democracy generally and the role of public service broadcasting organisations in providing a forum for wide-ranging public debate, innovative programming not driven by market forces and promotion of local production. As a result of these vital roles, the resolution recommends that member States guarantee at least one comprehensive public service broadcasting organisation, accessible to all.
Independence and Funding
The State's obligation to promote pluralism and the free flow of information and ideas to the public, including through the media, does not permit it to interfere with broadcasters' freedom of expression. Although licensing of broadcasters is necessary to ensure the orderly use of the airwaves, licensing procedures are governed by the guarantee of freedom of expression and they may not, as a result, be used as a vehicle for government control over broadcasters, including state-funded broadcasters. This follows from a case before the European Court of Human Rights which decided that any restriction on freedom of expression through licensing was subject to the strict test for such restrictions established under international law (18). In particular, any restrictions must be shown to serve one of a small number of legitimate interests and, in addition, be necessary to protect that interest. Similarly, in the preamble to the European Convention on Transfrontier Television, States: "[Reaffirm] their commitment to the principles of the free flow of information and ideas and the independence of broadcasters" (19).
An important implication of these guarantees is that bodies which exercise regulatory or other powers over broadcasters, such as broadcast authorities or boards of state-funded broadcasters, must be independent. This principle has been explicitly endorsed in a number of international instruments.
Perhaps the most important of these is Recommendation No. R(96)10 on the Guarantee of the Independence of Public Service Broadcasting, passed by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, a body currently comprised of 41 States, committed to human rights and the social advancement of its members. The very name of this Recommendation clearly illustrates the importance to be attached to the independence of public service broadcasting organisations. The Recommendation notes that the powers of supervisory or governing bodies should be clearly set out in the legislation and these bodies should not have the right to interfere with programming matters. Governing bodies should be established in a manner which minimises the risk of interference in their operations, for example through an open appointments process designed to promote pluralism, guarantees against dismissal and rules on conflict of interest (20).
Several Declarations adopted under the auspices of UNESCO also note the importance of independent public service broadcasting organisations. The 1996 Declaration of Sana'a calls on the international community to provide assistance to state-funded broadcasters only where they are independent and calls on individual States to guarantee such independence. The 1997 Declaration of Sofia notes the need for state-owned broadcasters to be transformed into proper public service broadcasting organisations with guaranteed editorial independence and independent supervisory bodies (21).
Resolution No. 1: Future of Public Service Broadcasting of the 4th Council of Europe Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy, noted above, reiterates these principles, including the need for independent governing bodies, and for editorial independence and adequate funding. These recommendations, particularly the requirement of effective independence from government – including financial independence – are reiterated in a number of resolutions and recommendations of the Parliamentary Assembly and other Ministerial Conferences on mass media policy of the Council of Europe (22).
ARTICLE 19, Global Campaign for Free Expression, an international human rights NGO focusing on freedom of expression, has adopted a set of recommendations drawn from international law and practice relating to broadcasting, entitled, Measures Necessary to Protect and Promote Broadcasting Freedom (23). Recommendation 1 reflects the principles noted above, stating: "The independence of the governing body of the public broadcaster should be guaranteed by law".
These same principles are also reflected in a number of cases decided by national courts. For example, a case decided by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka held that a draft broadcasting bill was incompatible with the constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression. Under the draft bill, the Minister had substantial power over appointments to the Board of Directors of the regulatory authority. The Court noted: "[T]he authority lacks the independence required of a body entrusted with the regulation of the electronic media which, it is acknowledged on all hands, is the most potent means of influencing thought" (24).
Similarly, the Supreme Court of Ghana noted: "[T]he state-owned media are national assets: they belong to the entire community, not to the abstraction known as the state; nor to the government in office, or to its party. If such national assets were to become the mouth-piece of any one or combination of the parties vying for power, democracy would be no more than a sham" (25). As regards the governing body, the National Media Commission, the Ghanaian Supreme Court stated that it was their role, "to breathe the air of independence into the state media to ensure that they are insulated from Governmental control" (26).
Many of the standards set out above reflect both the idea of independence of governing bodies and the related but slightly different idea that the editorial independence of public service broadcasting organisations should be guaranteed, both in law and in practice. Recommendation 2 of the ARTICLE 19 Measures states: "The principle of editorial independence should be guaranteed by law". In practice, editorial independence is often promoted by ensuring a clear separation between the governing body, with overall responsibility for the broadcasting organisation, and managers and editors, who have responsibility for day-to-day and editorial decision-making. The governing body may set directions and policy but should not, except perhaps in very extreme situations, interfere with a particular programming decision.
This approach is reflected in Article 1 of Recommendation No. R(96)10 of the Council of Europe, which notes that the legal framework governing public service broadcasters should guarantee editorial independence and institutional autonomy as regards programme schedules, programmes, news and a number of other matters. The Recommendation goes on to state that management should be solely responsible for day-to-day operations and should be arranged in such a way as to minimise the risk of political interference, for example by restricting its lines of accountability to the supervisory body and the courts (27). In a related vein, Articles 20-22 of the same Recommendation note that news programmes should present the facts fairly and encourage the free formation of opinions. Public service broadcasting organisations should be compelled to broadcast messages only in exceptional circumstances.
Similarly, true independence is only possible if funding is secure from arbitrary government control and many of the international standards noted above reflect this idea. In addition, public service broadcasting organisations can only fulfil their mandates if they are guaranteed sufficient funds for that task. Articles 17-19 of Recommendation No. R(96)10 of the Council of Europe note that funding for public service broadcasting organisations should be appropriate to their tasks, secure and transparent. Funding arrangements should not render the broadcasters susceptible to interference, for example with editorial independence or institutional autonomy.
ARTICLE 19's Recommendation 3 deals with funding, stating: "Public service broadcasting should be adequately funded by a means that protects the broadcaster from arbitrary interference with its budgets". Similarly, the Italian Constitutional Court has held that the constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression obliges the government to provide sufficient resources to the public broadcaster to enable it to discharge its functions (28).


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Just A Minute With: British band The Prodigy
By Alastair Himmer
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Controversial British dance band The Prodigy, who came to fame with hits such as "Firestarter" and "Breathe" a decade ago, are back with a new album which draws on the group's techno-rave roots.
Known for their incendiary lyrics and dark videos, the band's fame peaked with the 1997 multi-platinum album "The Fat of the Land," featuring the notorious track "Smack My Bitch Up."
The song was banned by some radio stations while TV pulled the plug on its video, which showed strip clubs and drug use, but this has not stopped the group from becoming the biggest-selling dance band of all time with record sales nearing 20 million.
The Prodigy's three core members -- Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim Reality -- spoke to Reuters after a one-off performance in Tokyo to launch their fifth studio album "Invaders Must Die:"
Q: The Prodigy are used to playing huge arenas. What was it like playing an intimate Tokyo venue?
Howlett: "We just came from Australia where we did the "Big Day Out" festival in front of about 20,000 people. We love both."
Flint: "We played an old U-Boat factory in East Germany once and that was massive -- 35,000 people. Nowadays you can be reached in any context on the Internet -- private life, the music, imagery, anything. But exclusivity comes in being able to see a band and almost be able to touch it. It's the last domain of reality, to bring it back down to those intimate environments. What I like about Japanese venues is that the front barrier is right up against the stage, so when you're bending over, they're right there in front of you. In some European festivals, they're so paranoid, you need a taxi to go and touch the crowd!"
Q: Liam, you made the album "Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned" without Keith and Maxim in 2004. "Invaders" is proper 'old school' Prodigy. How did the new album come about? Continued...