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Similar information was posted (by me) on another Thread, sort of hidden among other discussions. This item (antifreeze, that is) deserves more exposure (my perspective).
Two items: (1) Antifreeze, what's the ins and outs (IATs, OATs and HOATs)? (2) What about Zerex G-05 don't I know?
Item 1: This information is from a Turbo Diesel Register site regarding Dodge Trucks @ http://www.turbodieselregister.com/t...ntifreeze.html and contains very interesting Q/As on antifreeze:Item 2: These FAQs are from a Zerex G-05 site @ http://www.englefieldoil.com/PDF/ZerexG-05QAs.pdfQ6: Since 1989 the coolant type listed is ethylene glycol. How does ethylene glycol (EG) compare with propylene glycol (PG)?
A6: Ethylene glycol and propylene glycol are clear liquids used in antifreeze and deicing solutions. Both are clear, colorless, slightly syrupy liquids at room temperature. Ethylene glycol is odorless, but has a sweet taste. Propylene glycol is practically odorless and tasteless.
Ethylene glycol is toxic. Eating or drinking ethylene glycol can result in death, while small amounts can result in nausea, convulsions, slurred speech, disorientation, and heart and kidney problems. Ethylene glycol affects the bodys chemistry by increasing the amount of acid, resulting in metabolic problems. Similar to ethylene glycol, propylene glycol increases the amount of acid in the body. However, larger amounts of propylene glycol are needed to cause this effect.(1)
Q7: It seems that PG would be, literally, a safer product to use. Why is it not widely accepted?
A7: Ethylene glycol (EG) has been in use since the 50s. Thepropylene glycol (PG) solutions were introduced in the early 70s. They were initially marketed as non-toxic. There was an industry uproar and court action forced the manufacturers of propylene-based antifreezes to relabel their products as low-toxicity. In my discussions with Dave Embaugh at Valvoline/Zerex, I asked questions about these two glycol coolants. There is a 20-25% price premium for the propylene-based coolants. With the price premium for PG, it is a given that all new vehicles come from the factory with the less expensive ethylene glycol-based antifreeze. In the aftermarket, the EG fluids have a market share of 95%; the PG fluids have the remaining 5%. Embaugh notes that the two types of coolants should not be mixed. PG maker Sierra Antifreezes web site recommends cooling system flush before switching to their product.
Q8: Okay, the Chryslers recommendation up to year 2002 says ethylene glycol. Isnt that the traditional green stuff that has been around for years?
A8: Yes, just be sure to use a low-silicate antifreeze per ASTM D-4985/GM6038M and ASTM D-3306.
Q9: Why all of the fuss over low silicates?
A9: The good old green stuff is known as inorganic additive technology (IAT). The IAT coolants have been around for generations. They contain silicates that form a protective barrier on everything in the cooling system, even rubber hoses.
Silicates plate-out quickly on metal engine parts; thus the silicates in a coolant solution can drop to less than 20 percent of the starting level in less than 10,000 miles. Another problem with silicates is that, under certain conditions, they can drop out of the solution and form minute deposits.
If this occurs between the shaft and seal of your water pump, the resulting abrasion will eventually cause a leak. In a cooling system that turns off coolant flow to the heater core when the heater is not in use, silicates can form a gummy deposit that, over the course of a summer season, might clog the core tubes.
So why even use silicates? Because theyre really good at what they do, especially in iron block/aluminum head engines. Thats why some manufacturers still specify using coolants with silicate corrosion inhibitors.(2)
Q10: So I understand that the green stuff (an ethylene glycol, EG, IAT, silicate formula) antifreezes need more frequent servicing as they plate-out as they provide a protective barrier to corrosion. How about Chryslers recommendation for the 03-08 cooling systems of a hybrid organic additive technology (HOAT) that is good for 5years/100,000 miles? What is HOAT?
A10: While there are some minor variations, there are three basic types of coolant available today: inorganic additive technology (IAT typically dyed green), organic additive technology (OAT typically dyed orange), and hybrid organic additive technology (HOAT typically dyed yellow). To some extent, each will work in any cooling system, but each has been developed to meet car manufacturers specific needs for warranty and/or maintenance intervals. Filling a vehicle that was designed for one type of coolant with another type can sometimes cause problems, and if you mix-and-match coolants the same corrosion protection as the initial factory fill shouldnt be expected.(2)
To understand Chryslers recommendation of hybrid organic additive technology (HOAT), one must first understand the silicate-free OAT antifreeze. The newer OAT coolants work differently than the older silicate, ethylene glycol, IAT coolants (the green stuff). Aluminum and ferrous metals form a surface-layer of corrosion in the presence of moisture, even the little bit of moisture in the air. OAT coolants anneal this metal-oxide layer into a thin surface coating that protects against further corrosion. Inherent with their design, the OAT coolants last longer than the old green-stuff IAT coolants. Regardless, with either type of inhibitor, there must be enough in the coolant solution to occasionally re-establish the barrier as needed.
It took almost 20 years of OAT development to make a coolant that would effectively protect against corrosion without using silicates at all.
As a bridge between OAT and IAT there are the hybrid coolants (HOAT) that use both silicate and organic acid corrosion inhibitors. HOAT type coolants are the factory fill for many OEM vehicles.2 Your 03-08 Turbo Diesel uses HOAT.
Q11: How much of the coolant is actually additives?
A11: With all of the discussion about IAT, OAT and HOAT, youll be surprised to know that the corrosion protection percentage of the mixture (matters not if it is EG or PG) is usually less than 4%, meaning the true antifreeze or glycol portion is 96%.
Q12: Is there a one-size-fits all coolant?
A12: To quote Dr. Paul Fritz, senior coolants technologist for ChevronTexaco Products Co., Nothing bad will happen when two brand-name coolants with different corrosion inhibitor technologies are mixed. By this he means that no sludge will form, there will be no damaging chemical reactions and the coolant will still carry heat
and protect against freezing.
However, when adding an IAT to an OAT system, the recommended coolant change interval will degrade to that of the shorter-life coolant. Typically, when the mixture stays below 25 percent new coolant on top of 75 percent of the original coolant, the corrosion protection performance will remain that of the original coolant. But as the mix of coolant technologies deepensthat is, if a cooling system has a slow leak and its continually topped off with a type of coolant thats different from what is already in thereeventually the original corrosion inhibitor will be replaced by the new corrosion inhibitor. This will determine the resulting mixtures overall performance. If someone continues to top off a five-year coolant with a two-year coolant, the resulting coolant mixture should now be changed every two years.
But you should not mix-and-match. According to Dr. David Turcotte of Valvoline Co., cooling systems are mechanically designed to work with specific types of coolant.
Filling a system with the wrong coolant could cause problems. In a 300-hour test of OAT coolant in a Ford engine designed for HOAT coolant, the water pump impellor and backing plate were seriously damaged by cavitation corrosion.
Turcotte and Fritz both said that its not possible to have one product that meets the coolant requirements of all the different automakers. Because some OEMs require silicate-free coolant and others mandate the presence of silicate, one size does not fit all.2
Q13: What coolant should I use?
A13: Looks like weve done a complete 360° walk around the block (cylinder block, that is). Please see the reprinted table that Andy Redmond provided in Issue 54. The short answer: Chrysler specification MSS-9769, HOAT coolant which is backward compatible to all years of the Turbo Diesel. Thats right, use the yellow stuff after you drain the green stuff. And, thankfully we do not have to be concerned with cavitation erosion.Frequently asked questions regarding Zerex G-05®
- What is unique about Zerex G-05?
Zerex G-05 is an ethylene glycol based coolant with an HOAT (Hybrid Organic Acid Technology) inhibitor package. It is phosphate free, fully formulated (contains nitrite) and protects against hard water deposits and corrosion. As a testament to the quality, Mercedes has been using this formula for over 20 years.
- What is a HOAT coolant and why is it different from conventional and extended life coolants?
An HOAT coolant uses both inorganic and organic inhibitors. HOAT coolants offer the best of all technologies for both immediate and long lasting protection. Inorganic inhibitors provide fast acting aluminum engine protection from boiling and erosion while the organic materials offer non-depleting, long term protection.
- What vehicles use Zerex G-05 in the factory fill and what is the dye color?
1984 Mercedes and beyond (light yellow)
1990 Deere and Company vehicles and beyond (green)
2001 Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep and beyond (orange)
2002 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury trucks and SUVS and beyond (yellow)
2003 Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury automobiles and beyond (yellow)
- What aftermarket products are approved by Ford and Chrysler?
Ford, Lincoln, Mercury brands - Ford Motorcraft Gold and Zerex G-05
Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep brands Mopar 5/100 Antifreeze and Zerex G-05
- What is the difference between these products?
All products use the Zerex G-05 formulation. The only difference is the dye color.
- Are extended life coolants compatible with G-05? And vice versa?
Mix coolant types in an emergency but for optimum long life protection it is best to use the OEM recommended fluid exclusively.
- Can you use an extended life coolant in a Ford and Chrysler vehicle?
Both the Ford and Chrysler owners manuals do not recommend using unapproved extended life products such as DEX-COOL or equivalents in their vehicles and state that improper maintenance may invalidate the warranty of the cooling system. In addition, many vehicles are not designed for DEX-COOL or equivalent organic acid, extended life coolants. For example DaimlerChrysler is reported to have experienced solder corrosion issues in heater cores with some DEX-COOL type fluids.
- Can you use Zerex G-05 in a GM Vehicle?
While one can use Zerex G-05 in a GM vehicle, Valvoline recommends that you use a GM DEX-COOL approved formula in a GM vehicle under warranty.
- Can Zerex G-05 be used in diesel applications?
Yes. Zerex G-05 is a fully formulated (nitrite containing) coolant that will help protect diesel engine cylinder liners from pitting corrosion. It has also been approved by Cummins and Deere & Company.
- Is it safe to use Zerex G-05 in European and Japanese manufactured vehicles?
Zerex G-05 is compatible with Japanese and European cooling systems as an aftermarket equivalent.
Consult the owners manual for manufacturer recommendations and warranty information.


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Production on got underway in the summer of 2005 and ran for 43 days. The story covers a 24-hour period, from the morning of the day when the heist begins to the morning of the next, when the crisis is resolved. There are three primary, adjacent settings: the exterior of the bank, where the police and emergency forces congregate; the lobby of the bank; and the bank basement, where the hostages are held. "We had a bank location downtown, right off of Wall Street," says Libatique. "It was an empty building that had a beautiful lobby, and [production designer] Wynn Thomas turned it into a bank." Scenes set in the bank basement were shot at Brooklyn's new Steiner Studios. "The stage was enormous," notes Libatique. "It was fantastic to be able to work in New York in a space that was custom-fit for film." The color mix he devised played most strongly on night exteriors outside the bank. "With my gaffer, John Velez, I would pick zones for different-colored lights. I'd say, 'This zone is a cool environment, this is a metal-halide environment, this is a tungsten environment.' Then, within the blocking, I would create a balance between two or three colors. I always had a representation of at least two colors, something warm and something cool, or something green and something blue, in the same frame so the language would stay fluid. On the exterior, I had the benefit of the police-car lights, a mobile command center with tungsten lighting, sodium-vapor streetlights, and metal-halide construction lights that the police wheel out in situations like this — they flood the area with light so they can see what's going on." For the latter units, the production actually used 16 Arri 4K X-Lights on towers, powered by an Arri Event system, "to give us instant 'on,'" says Velez. "Matty wanted to have a dramatic effect when night hit the scene. We put green glass on the X-Lights and blocked out any Arri labeling so they looked like police lights." This look was matched on the Steiner stage with "greened-up" 4K HMI Pars aimed through the windows of the basement set. "I used the windows as the motivating light source in the bank at night because the power has been cut," explains Libatique. Velez adds, "We had to go with what was on the exterior of the bank, and luckily there were windows [on the basement level]. They were boarded up when we first went to the location, but we uncovered them and the art department cleaned them." Other major light sources used on the exterior were predominantly employed for day sequences and proved especially useful toward the end of the day in the "canyons" of lower Manhattan. One was a 10' SourceMaker 8K Cube, an HMI lighting balloon suspended over the street. Another was the LRX II, a truck unit designed by Dwight Crane of Toronto that has a 120' arm and robotic heads that can accommodate six 12K tungsten or HMI lamps. Both Libatique and Velez had prior experience with the LRX, which "resembles a Musco or Bebee but allows much more control," says the cinematographer. Velez details, "Each head is independent and can be controlled remotely, and one of the most impressive characteristics is that it can work in tungsten mode with the ability to dim. All you have to do is change out the globe. We would often mix HMI and tungsten light; at night, we would have the system set up with Plus Green on the HMIs, and Brass or 1?2 Straw on the tungsten. Each head could take up to four gels; you could put a diffusion frame in there, or color. We kind of went crazy — there wasn't one normal-colored light on set." Most crucially, the LRX provided the filmmakers with precious extra minutes of "daylight" when the sun began creeping behind the high buildings. "We would just send it down the street with the tungsten and the HMI to give us a little warmth in our daylight when it landed," recalls Velez. "Because it was such a powerful unit," says Libatique, "I'd create hot spots with it or bang it into the glass of a building to create reflections on the other side of the street. Or I would use it as a front fill." As an example, the cinematographer cites a scene in which Frazier is introduced to Foster's character. "The sun was going down and we were pretty much running out of ambient light. John suggested moving our LRX behind the camera and focusing all of the light very high out of frame. All we got was the ambience from the edges of a focused source, and that bought us an extra 20 or 30 minutes of shooting. Sometimes it's what you plan, and sometimes it's what you think of in five minutes." Inside the bank location, Velez's crew, including rigging gaffer Bill Almeida and best boy Darrin Smith, floated a tungsten SourceMaker 4K Cube for ambient light. On the lobby's pillars, they rigged six Vari-Lite VL1000 ERS luminaires, which Velez operated remotely with a Lanbox DMX controller. "When we were scouting, Matty said we should put moving lights up there," says the gaffer. "We went to Scharff Weisberg, which is a specialty shop for a lot of Broadway shows. They gave us half a day and we went through a lot of gear." During this shopping spree, they found a Color Kinetics LED that they used as a police-car effect, and, more importantly, the VL1000, which includes CYM color mixing and rotating gobos among its features. "I'll tell you, I've always been afraid of moving lights because they're theater lights and very complicated to use [on film]," says Velez. "On film sets, we're pretty much run and gun, and we try to keep things a little bit low-tech, because if something breaks down it can be a problem. But these units are tungsten, so they're film-friendly; you can make them any color you can think of, you can shape the light, throw a little breakup in it, or bounce them into cards and throw a little fill. The Lanbox system gave me the ability to have the instrument on my laptop, so I could pan it left or right or change the color. Whereas film lights just do one job, and we might modify them with gel or diffusion, these units have a lot of personality. I'm not afraid of them anymore. Bring 'em on." Though the contrasting visual strategies Libatique devised for the main characters play through most of at one point, Frazier and Dalton actually come together inside the bank. "Frazier says he wants to see the hostages to make sure they're alive before he gives Dalton what he's asking for," says the cinematographer. "Dalton gives him entrance to the bank and shows him the hostages. We go through the entire bank, from the upstairs on location to a blend into the stage basement set, with the same Steadicam moves. We had the worlds meet by using a fluid, steady camera, but we incorporated the predominant light and color that we see in Frazier's world." At times, Libatique provided a more omniscient view. For one daytime Technocrane shot, "we spend a certain amount of time on the interior with Dalton, and then we hit the exterior," he explains. "We start on one side of the street, see the mobile command center and the police getting into position, show the front of the bank, and then pan to the other side. In the distance, we notice Jodie Foster sitting in a diner, and the camera goes past the police officers and into a medium shot of her sitting amongst the chaos. The idea behind that shot was to show the uniformity and control of the [bank] interior, and then go out and show the mixture of color temperatures and the way the light falls in New York, how you have moments of sunlight pouring down, reflecting off buildings or hitting the street and also very cold, shadowy areas. We show characters moving in those [varied] environments before heading into the very controlled light, where Jodie's sitting. It was nice to construct something like that, which worked on many levels in terms of the overall language of the film. That's where I think cinematography meets the editing process; long shots like that can reintroduce the audience to where you are in the story."
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But now we have Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, condemning war with Iraq. It's what churchmen do these days. It's part of the ritual.
The other part is the hawks clutching their heads. The churches are out of touch, they say. Christians must go to war and, anyway, Dubya is born again, so there. The hawk Mark Steyn wrote: "The archbishop offers only the certainty of decline, the final death spiral into secular liberal irrelevance."
This is what philosophers call a category error and hacks call missing the story. As it happens, I probably agree with Steyn that Williams has got it wrong about Iraq. But the error, the missed story, is in seeing Williams' intervention as just another liberal whinge, another death rattle from the established church.
For the new archbishop may well be the most significant figure to enter British public life in a generation, and what he said was not whingeing, it was the subtle voice of a type of Christian dissidence that was stifled 1600 years ago by a deal with the Romans.
Williams is very intelligent. On his appointment, one senior Catholic muttered to me: "At last, the Anglicans have got somebody smart enough to talk to our people in Rome." He is a brilliant theologian and a subtle and moving speaker.
Williams' most important book is Arius: Heresy and Tradition. In the early fourth century, Arius denied the divinity of Christ - the doctrine is known as the Arian Heresy. Obviously, this was theologically momentous but, less obviously, it was also of immense political significance. The political issue was the relationship of Christianity to the secular power. And that issue, in turn, hinged upon the central issue of Christian doctrine: what did the Crucifixion mean?
Seen purely as politics, the life and death of Christ was an attempted insurrection against Rome and the Jewish clergy. And for its first three centuries, Christianity was a dissident, underground cult. Then, with the conversion of Emperor Constantine, it began its rise to respectability. After the First Council of Constantinople in AD381, Emperor Theodosius officially established Christianity as the faith of the empire. The contract with the secular power was signed and justified by Christ's words: "Render unto Caesar..." Christianity, unlike Islam, accepted the necessary secularity of politics.
The great theologians of the Middle Ages - Anselm and Aquinas - formalised this state of affairs, and, in doing so, created the edifice of the modern church. The Crucifixion was interpreted as an atonement that did not necessarily change things in this world, but certainly did so in the life to come. In spite of the gentleness of the teachings of Christ, Christians may still take up the sword in the name of the secular power or, as in the case of the Crusades, in the name of the faith itself.
Theologians of the modern era have tempered this with the concept of the just war - war as a necessary evil to combat injustice. Such a war is necessarily defensive and limited, and it must have clear, finite goals. But some have gone much further and questioned the whole contract with the secular power that permits Christian violence and the justifying theology. True Christians, they argue, must be pacifists.
This is an attempt to take Christianity back to the pre-Constantine faith. It carries particular weight in our time because of the clear similarity between Rome and America, both unchallengeable superpowers. It is also important because of the evidence of the failures of secular power. Not only do we still fight secular wars, but we also have secular poverty and starvation. As I am sure Williams has seen, this may be the modern church's big chance.
I don't know how far Williams goes with the idea of a pre-Constantinian faith. Whatever his final position, the Christmas message that so got up Mark Steyn's nose was a beautiful and timeless warning that should give even the most hawkish person pause.
Williams spoke of the Three Wise Men who told Herod of the birth of a king and thus triggered the massacre of innocents. They are, he said, like contemporary strategists who "miss the huge and obvious things and wreak yet more havoc and suffering". Williams knows what all wise men should know: that the one infallible truth about human beings is their incorrigible fallibility.
To be credible on Iraq, he must go further and come up with alternatives to force. Furthermore, does his awareness of our strategic incompetence mean we should never fight anybody, not even Hitler? But taken as a simple and poetic warning against imperial vanity, his message was as clear and true as anything that has been said on this subject.
Three years after With God on Our Side, Bob Dylan sang: Strap yourself / To the tree with roots
You ain't goin' nowhere.
That, probably, is the only answer to the earlier song's question. We don't know if God's on our side; we just know where we are obliged to stand. The Christian church may be travelling back to an earlier, more dissident, more disestablished faith. And that may be a good thing.
But, for the moment, the Christian civilisation that shelters you and me will still have to take up the proffered sword and defend the tree, roots and all.
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...it's not easy being a model sometimes.
Sometimes you have to wear things you'd never been seen dead in!
Pack Leaders have made me wear something today I am ashamed to admit to. I am only telling you as I know you will understand...
I even tried hiding behind Big Pack Leader but it was no good - I was seen and hauled out and made to pose :-(
I think they have put it on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261382 039851) hope it sells soon....but it is well made and I can see that some lucky dudette will enjoy wearing it. Just not me!
The frost has gone too so it is all muddy again here
Love and licks - Skye Blue xx
Well that didn't last long at all! I went out, caught loads in my mouth (I love that!), had a few skids around and played about as it was falling. Pack leader didn't seem as keen as me though - needs more fur on him....
Went out again later and it was all gone! I don't know how or where but it wasn't there any more :-(
This morning it was white again, but only a heavy frost. Still, I made the best of it. At least it was cold and I skipped and ran around like a loony when I was off the lead. Slippery under my paws too - I fell over a few times. I don't care - it was FUN!
Stuck my head down a few rabbit holes but came up with nothing more than mud, again!
Pack Leader put me in the beck again before returning home. Don't see him washing his feet off in there so don't always see why I should, still it's fun chasing after sticks. Made my fur freeze a bit though - I welcomed the drying when we reached home that's for sure!
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I have a 3/4" oak hardwood floor with a rug covering most of it. The floor is in excellent shape less an area about 2 square where there is a transition from one room to another and no rug. Here the finish has worn away completely.
Without redoing the whole 12x 14 floor (just not needed), how can I repair/refinish this area?
Post a picture, there really is no great way except to refinish the worn floor.
If you really wan it to match hire this one out to a real hardwood floor refinisher.
You can tape around the board(s) with painters tape, then lightly sand them with a 220 grit sand paper. Then wipe the area clean and apply a couple of coatings of whatever finish was used on the rest of the floor. If you are not sure you may need to test a couple different types.
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Does this change the suggestion made for refinishing this small area?
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Perhaps you would have said snow?
Either way, it's okay.
I wouldn't have guessed that was ice if I'd seen this out on the internet somewhere.
Simply put, this was a miscalculation on my part.
When I saw the image, I thought, "Oh, I can do that with no problem."
While it does look like a rose, it looks like it's lying in the snow.
It wasn't suppose to!
Nor do I think that looks like a blob of ice.
A blob of something, but not ice.
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Dec 28, 2012 Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I spent Christmas reading "The Indelible Red Stain"
Two weeks before Christmas, my car broke down on the Railway Embankment not far from where I live and fortunately not far from my mechanic. It was raining and my wife and her 87-year-old mother were in the vehicle heading downtown. I put them in a taxi. Since I was going in a different direction I waited for a hire car on the embankment road
A driver pulled up and offered me a ride in his Canter truck with a business licence plate. I would never enter a stranger's car like that. My policy is if politically-paid goons are going to kill me then I am not going to make it easy for them. I looked at him and judging from his age (over sixty) and considering the random nature of the visit that I was safe. I'm glad I met him.
He immediately asked me how my mother-in-law was. Then he told me he used to sell her stuff when she owned a supermarket in Wortmanville. That made me even more secure with him and he was trying to make me comfortable. He even mentioned that he went to school with a friend of mine from the People's Parliament, UG lecturer Charlene Wilkinson. He currently manufactures and markets a local beverage. The next step was an engagement of my political activities.
The gentleman then asked me if I read a book titled, "The Indelible Red Stain." I answered in the negative and he was surprised. He said it was a recent publication on Jagan and Burnham and Guyanese history from the forties onwards. He suggested it was so good that I should not miss getting it. I was taken aback because the Kaieteur News and the Stabroek News didn't feature this book on the day of publication and even when it was launched.
My research told me why. It came out in October 2011 and that was the time when Guyana was gripped with election fever. Secondly, when you read it you will see that the PPP and PNC will never touch this book. I went home and e-mailed my friend in Florida to send me "The Indelible Red Stain." It came on December 24 at 3.30 pm.
This book is expensive. It cost $60 American. It consists of books one and two, has one thousand, three hundred and ninety pages, and each volume weighs eight pounds. It was in the front seat, so when my wife entered the car, she picked it up and kept it on her lap. I came out of the car and placed the two volumes in the trunk. If one of them fell on my wife's toe it would have crushed it.
"The Indelible Red Stain" is written by a top class medical scholar of British Guiana, Dr. Mohan Ragbeer, whose family was extremely close to Dr Cheddi Jagan in the forties after Dr. Jagan returned to British Guiana.
Dr. Ragbeer's brother-in-law was Dr. Jagan's mentor and advisor at the time. Incidentally, Dr. Ragbeer was a professor at MacMaster University when I was a post-graduate student there. I only know that from reading the back cover of his book.
Dr. Ragbeer is in his mid-eighties now and may have decided that with advancing age, he should contribute to the dictionary of Guyanese history. And what a phenomenal contribution it is.
Dr. Ragbeer is going to find the marketing of his book problematic because reviewers aren't going to be easy to find when a book is fourteen hundred pages. But his book has taken its place among the publications that will educate Guyanese on the political evolution of their homeland.
A gem in the book is the reproduction of an interview in 1950 that the author did with Cheddi Jagan when Dr. Ragbeer founded a magazine when he was a senior at Queen's College titled QC Lictor. Dr. Jagan, in 1950, was unapologetic in denying the atrocities and inhumanities of the Russian dictator, Stalin.
PPP Indian fanatics will get a heart attack with a certain page in the book. These are the people that tell me that I don't like East Indians and I hate my own ethnicity.
Well they should read "The Indelible Red Stain." The author contends that both Cheddi Jagan and his father did not like the East Indian race and that Dr. Jagan was particularly contemptuous of East Indian people. He offers snippets of circumstantial evidence to support his claim. He believes that Jagan used Indians for his political ambition.
Joey Jagan threatened to slap me for criticizing his father. Will he now do so to Dr. Ragbeer?
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That is a very good idea and you were given a valuable advice.
In some cases, such as for your employer's shares held in the 401k account - distributions qualify as a Net Unrealized Appreciation (NUA) distribution. In this case you are taxed only on the original cost of the company stock in the 401k account, and then pay capital gains tax on the appreciation only when you sell the shares.
You may find additional information and examples about NUA distributions in this article - http://www.tuveinvestments.com/pdf/Retirement/Net%20unrealized%20appreciation.pdf.
In your situation - you are correct - if you sell shares in the same year - the gain will be treated as a capital gain.
hen - see in the article I referenced above - How stock is taxed
Any net unrealized appreciation (the difference between the fair market value of the stock on the date of the distribution and the fair market value as of the date it was contributed to or purchased by the plan) attributable to these securities is not taxed until you sell the stock. Additionally, when the stock is sold, the net unrealized appreciation as of the date of the lump-sum distribution is taxed at the long-term capital gain rate, currently 15%, rather than as ordinary income, which may entitle you to more favorable tax rates on this sum. Any additional appreciation that accumulates after the date of the lump-sum distribution would need to be held for at least a year to be given long-term capital gains treatment.
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Defending the DreamJanuary 17th, 2014
I recently had a chance to review some of my older, archived papers and found that I had kept a copy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s works entitled "Letter from a Birmingham Jail".
I decided to reread the letter and was reminded that he often struggled openly with the lack of actions taken around him. He called for others to listen to the call to help each other, to rise up against injustice, and to make a difference no matter the size. Sacrifices were to be made but that we were always stronger together than separate.
As we join close to 2,000 people this Monday at 9 am in Savage Arena for our 13th MLK Unity Day event, we will once again come together and remember the dream he spoke about in his famous speech 50 years ago. I encourage everyone to enjoy the music, speakers, and lunch after the event but we also hope you will remember the letter and help give back by bringing a non perishable food item. You can and do make a difference.
See you Monday and Gooooo Rockets!
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That's a very minor list based on news reports today from the Colorado Springs Waldo Canyon Fire:
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Stores are out of water, many staples, and toilet paper.......:gah:
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I first give Capey [Andrew Cape – Telefónica Navigator] and the boys on Telefónica a lot of credit. They put on their left blinker at Fernando and never looked back. They committed to the high lane and by the time we wanted to start to lean in that direction as well we were headed and we simply could never get there.
But I must admit, we were quite pleased with our low road at the time. In fact, as the sun broke this morning we had a sched that had us a degree higher and a half a knot faster and we were thinking 'this is just starting to come good for us today'.
That is when Mother Nature intervened. A cloud line started to appear on the satellite photo's which started to seal our fate.
To the west of that cloud line was a huge right shift and light air for (us). To the east of the cloud line or convergence was a left shift and more wind (them).
Bottom line, Telefónica hauling tail all day and Puma trying desperately to tackle small squall after small squall which shifted the breeze through a 50 degree range and literally sucked all the wind off the ocean at times.
Very, very, frustrating and (knock on wood), hopefully the most frustrating day for a long time to come.
I know the arm chair sailors are saying - why didn't you cover? Well, its not exactly that easy.
First we liked what we were doing. Second, it is a big ocean and when you can't see your competitor its hard to cover. Third, a lot can happen in the three hour period between position report updates.
And finally, we don't want to be reactionary. That is the easiest way to get reeled in from behind.
Unfortunately we are still paying for this mistake. Although we are now to the east of the convergence there is clearly more wind up where Telefónica is and the rich keep getting richer.
So we take our medicine, live to fight another day and don't let this get us down (sorry about all the cliché's but none the less appropriate). Still over 2500 miles to go -- you know the speech.
Doesn't make it any easier though. No great speeches. No rah-rah talk. Time to get back to work and try and stop the bleeding first, make gains second.
I really wish I had something to talk about that was a little more fun.
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The Secret World
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Type: MMORPG
Themes: contemporary, fantastic, rpg
Status: Final
Costs: Subscription
As one of the most unusual MMOs to ever come onto the market, The Secret World really needs a free trial to bring in more players. Luckily for us all, that's going to happen for a full weekend, this August 3 – August 6. The game currently retails for about $50 USD with a $14.99 per month subscription fee.
The Secret World takes place in a twisted version of the real world, where all the fantastical myths you ever heard turn out to be true. You can explore the American northeast with a Cthulhu feel, travel through Egypt and solve the mysteries of the City of the Sun God, and then venture into Transylvania for even more action, stealth and investigation missions.
The Secret World players choose one of three factions with which to associate: the Illuminati, the Templars and the Dragon. This initial choice flavors the player experience throughout the entire game.
Thus far, there are five regular instanced dungeons, even more Elite-level dungeons and three different PvP areas. A unique "skill wheel" method of selecting weapons and abilities makes for a playing experience without classes or levels and provides for a huge number of different play styles.
Find out more about The Secret World at the game's official website. The Secret World is developed and published by Funcom, Makers of Age of Conan and The Longest Journey.
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Publication Acceptance Date: 5/21/2007
Publication Date: 5/1/2008
Citation: Montero-Astus, M., Hartung, J.S., Aguilar, E., Chacon, C., Li, W., Albertazzi, F., Rivera, C. 2008. Genetic diversity of xylella fastidiosa isolates from Costa Rica, Sao Paulo and the United States of America. Phytopathology. 97(10):1338-1347. Interpretive Summary: The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa causes important diseases of grapevines in the USA and of sweet orange and coffee in São Paulo, Brazil. The bacteria that cause these diseases are quite different, though they belong to the same species, and the sweet orange strain is the subject of very great concern to the citrus industry and government of the USA. Interestingly, this bacterium has recently been discovered in Costa Rica, causing disease on grapevines, coffee and sweet orange. Have the grapevine strain from the USA and the sweet orange and coffee strains from São Paulo been introduced into Costa Rica, or have the strains in Costa Rica evolved naturally there? We analyzed DNA from strains of Xylella fastidiosa isolated from grapevine and other hosts in the USA, sweet orange and coffee in São Paulo and grapevine, sweet orange and coffee in Costa Rica. Our results demonstrate that the strains in Costa Rica have evolved there and have not been introduced into Costa Rica from either the USA or São Paulo. Our results are of interest to the scientific community because it represents an example of independent origins of the same diseases of grapevine, coffee and sweet orange, and is consistent with the view that Xylella fastidiosa is naturally widely spread and apparently harmless in the vegetation of the new world but causes disease on horticulturally important crops introduced from the old world. Our results are also of interest to federal regulatory officials because we now have two distinct strains of a Xylella fastidiosa capable of causing disease in sweet orange.
Technical Abstract: Forty two Xylella fastidiosa isolates from Costa Rica, São Paulo and the United States of America were analyzed by variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis and by restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) of a specific PCR-amplification product using enzyme CfoI. The PCR-RFLP produced two patterns of DNA bands. One pattern included the citrus strains and two out of four coffee strains from São Paulo. The two remaining coffee strains presented an alternative pattern common to all strains from Costa Rica and the USA. A total of 32 amplification products were scored in the VNTR analysis. The total variation observed among the X. fastidiosa isolates had significant (P<0.001) contributions from both geography and host origin as inferred by Nei's values of genetic diversity and AMOVA statistics. The strains from Costa Rica were isolated from diseased grapevines, coffee and sweet orange, and these strains grouped together and were readily distinguished from strains from grapevine from the USA or from either coffee or sweet orange from São Paulo. The strains from Costa Rica are evidently of local origin, and have not been introduced there from either São Paulo or the USA, and therefore are examples of independent selection of strains of X. fastidiosa affecting grapevines, coffee and sweet orange. A dendrogram generated with all marker data showed three clusters, corresponding to the geographic regions of origin, São Paulo, Costa Rica and the USA. The data showed greater genetic similarity between isolates from Costa Rica and the USA than with those from São Paulo.


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So, my wife left the Deseret Book catalogue sitting out, and I felt like maybe I ought to pick it up and take a look. I saw most of what I usually see: yet another J.F. McConkie / Robert Millet collaboration (yawn), new cover designs for old classics (the new Miracle of Forgiveness is spiffy!), and plenty of artwork (none of which is of my stripe). It's no SBL catalogue, but it seems like a pretty good one for its intended audience.Now, on page 41, something caught my eye. It's called … [Read more...]
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Ordained Women in the Early Church: Book Review
Ordained Women in the Early Church: A Documentary History Kevin Madigan and Carolyn Osiek, ed. and trans. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2005. 220 pp.The big question is "Were they?" and the answer is "Yup," but there's some details to be filled in twixt here and there. … [Read more...]
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A Deacon's Dilemma: White Shirt vs. Scout Shirt?
This Sunday, the boys in our ward scout troops will have their Board of Review, which is the meeting in which advancement is discussed with those on the board. The meeting will be held immediately after church, and each boy is required to wear his scout shirt.Which creates a dilemma – can the boys pass the sacrament wearing a scout shirt?Unfortunately, somebody in the ward feels they cannot. The leader of the deacon's quorum came into Elder's quorum on Sunday and asked for volunteers for p … [Read more...]
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Saturday, a week ago, I made an unplanned trip to the northern woods of Maine (which explains the lack of posting recently) - a 17 hour drive. The occasion was the birth of our 12th grandchild, Micah James Nissley, born 19 August, an 11th generation great-grandson of the Reverend Roger Williams. My daughter had an extremely difficult delivery and Micah had to be hospitalized due to jaundice, but all is well now. My wife had flown up the previous week to help with Micah's two year old brother, Jacob, while Mama was in the hospital and recovering at home.
Pictured here are Granny and Micah, weighing in at 7 lbs, 8 oz. (Micah, not Granny).
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January 21, 2009
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—On Thursday, January 22, at 4:15 p.m., the Texas State Aquarium will be releasing five rehabilitated barn owls back into the wild. These five barn owls were brought to the Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) on October 23, 2008 by Texas Parks and Wildlife after their nest was destroyed. Director of the ARK Tony Amos raised the owls and then transferred them to the Aquarium on December 17 to start the conditioning process and make sure they could hunt for live food. After learning to fly on their own, they are ready to be released back into the wild.
The media is invited to join Tony Amos and the Texas State Aquarium in releasing these owls at the Hawk Watch platform in Hazel Bazemore County Park.
Who: Texas State Aquarium Wildlife Rehabilitation Program and ARK
What: Release of 5 rehabilitated barn owls
When: Thursday, January 22, 4:15 p.m.*
Where: Hazel Bazemore County Park
*Because barn owls are nocturnal, their release is in the late afternoon to allow them time to find shelter before night falls.
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ATI will provide cost-effective solutions to the most challenging applications; which will increase robot productivity and surpass your automation needs. ATI Account Managers and Engineers will be available throughout the event to discuss existing and potential applications, end-effector requirements, and answer questions about the complete product line.
The Robotic Industries Association (RIA) Director of Standards Development will discuss the release of the 2012 version of the R15.06 robotics safety standard, examining new features compared to the 1999 standard. Several live demonstrations of ATI's Robotic Tool Changers, Multi-Axis Force/Torque Sensors, Utility Couplers, Robotic Collision Sensors, and Robotic Deburring Tools will run throughout the day.
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Hey ladies so after stalking this page for a while I decided to post about my BBL process, I had a daughter 8 months ago and ifeel that after I had her my butt literally left.After seeing all of you amazing ladies with the big booty I decided BBL is for me! Am deciding which doctor to go for this procedure, I will be posting pics of my body soon and I have a question for all the ladies that have done it with Dr. SALAMA does he charge a fixed price for BBL or does it depend on your body? Any info will really help!!
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Further Confirmation Of Weight Loss Effects Of Cissus Quadrangularis
By Admin | Sunday, July 29, 2007 12:00:00 AM America/New_York
Cissus quadrangularis is an extract used historically in India for a variety of medical conditions. There are several potential bioactive ingredients in this extract including phytosterols and soluble plant fiber that could improve general health and weight loss. African researchers recently evaluated the weight loss effects of a formulation consisting of cissus quadrangularis, soy albumin, green tea extract, Chromium Picolinate, and B-vitamins. Overweight subjects were provided with the formulation and either given no dietary advice or a diet that was restricted in calories. In addition there was a placebo group. After 8 weeks, the placebo group lost 4.4 pounds, whereas the formula group with no dietary advice lost 14.5 pounds, and the formula group with caloric restriction lost 17.8 pounds. Both formulations groups also lost significantly more body fat and had greater reductions in total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose and C-ractive protein. These results are preliminary, but show very promising weight loss and metabolic improvements with a formulation containing cissus quadrangularis and green tea extract as the main ingredients.
Oben J, Kuate D, Agbor G, Momo C, Talla X. The use of a Cissus quadrangularis formulation in the management of weight loss and metabolic syndrome. Lipids Health Dis. 2006 Sep 2;5:24.


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2017 Convention Information
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333 W. College Ave., Appleton, WI 54911
Ph: (920) 733-8000
Mail your forms with checks payable to "Calumet County Holstein Convention" to
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Sherwood, WI 54169
Registration Form and Workshop Information
For photos from the weekend, including speakers and farm tours, check out our Facebook page.
Younger Distinguished Dairy Person: Matt & Travis Smith
Distinguished Breeder Award: Jeff & Kate Hendrickson
Distinguished Service Award: Bill Hageman
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Rick Bovre & Saloah Hageman
Wall of Fame Person: John D. Wuethrich
Wall of Fame Bull: KHW Kite Advent-Red-ET
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Junior Two Year Old - Lars-Acres Argon Tierni-ET, Aaron Hass, Evansville
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Rothschild, WI - Stoney Creek Inn - Wausau
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6 Tips to Transform Your Thanksgiving Dinner into a Rustic Gathering
A delicious Thanksgiving dinner should be complimented by a beautiful table. Have fun decorating your table and leave guests in awe! Here are six tips to transform your Thanksgiving dinner into a rustic gathering.
A fall table is never complete without flowers to help bring the outside in.
- Be environmentally friendly and repurpose mason jars as an inexpensive way to store utensils.
- Lay out herbs like lavender to create a rustic feeling as well as a natural aroma. Your guests will thank you for a decorative piece that is equally pleasing to the nose as it is to the eye.
- Get creative with your main floral arrangement—decorate with feathers alongside fresh flowers to enhance softness.
- Utilize natural lighting with lit candles to create a romantic ambiance.
- Incorporate a fall color scheme on your table that is edible and yummy: serve fall-friendly foods such as pumpkin seeds and cranberries.
- Use pewter-rimmed dinnerware to add a touch of elegance.
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See better instantly Because it is 20% brighter than the lamps in the market today, this Natural Spectrum indoor shine lamp will let you see better and do your work with more ease. It has the technologies that will reduce eyestrain caused by flicker and glare.You don't need nimble fingers or a strong grip to precisely illuminate your book or project area. The patented EasyFlex ergonomic handle,adjustable height, swivel head and ultra-flexible gooseneck let you effortlessly position light exactly where you need it. Adjust and direct Natural Spectrum light any time as the convenient easy-guide handle remains cool to the touch
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NPR's Montagne reported that Democrats objected to ANWR provision, omitted Republican objections
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On NPR's Morning Edition, host Renée Montagne reported that "Democrats" criticized Sen. Ted Stevens's (R-AK) effort to attach a provision allowing oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to a defense appropriations bill. In fact, Stevens's tactic received bipartisan criticism, including from at least five GOP senators and two House Republicans.
On the December 22 broadcast of NPR's Morning Edition, host Renée Montagne reported that "Democrats say" that Sen. Ted Stevens's (R-AK) effort to attach a provision allowing oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to a defense appropriations bill "was a particularly brazen example of using one piece of legislation to carry another." In fact, Stevens's tactic received bipartisan criticism, including from Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), and Mike DeWine (R-OH) and at least two House Republicans.
On Morning Edition, NPR congressional correspondent David Welna reported that on December 21, the Republican Senate leadership was unable to garner the 60 votes necessary to end a bipartisan filibuster of the defense bill. Following the failed cloture motion, the Senate voted 48-45 to strip out the ANWR provision before passing the bill unanimously. Welna reported that Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) "said Stevens was breaking the rules by putting the ANWR provisions on the defense spending bill."
Following Welna's report, Montagne introduced an analysis segment with NPR senior correspondent Juan Williams:
MONTAGNE: Let us start with the defense bill and ANWR, that would be, of course, Alaska drilling. Democrats say this was a particularly brazen example of using one piece of legislation to carry another, as we've just heard. Is this tactic so unusual?
But Democrats were not the only members of Congress to criticize Stevens's use of the defense appropriations bill as a vehicle for ANWR drilling. Two Republicans, Chafee and DeWine, participated in the filibuster, voting against cloture. As Media Matters for America has noted, a December 20 Washington Post article documented Chafee's objections: " 'It doesn't belong on a defense bill,' Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee (R.I.) said of the drilling provision. The moderate Republican said Stevens is misusing his authority as the sponsor of the defense spending bill, granting drilling 'a significance that is out of proportion. It's just not fair.' " A December 21 Associated Press (AP) report noted that DeWine said the defense bill should be "a clean bill."
Several Republicans who voted for cloture but then voted to remove the ANWR provision from the defense bill also criticized Stevens's tactics. As The Washington Post reported on December 16, McCain "sharply criticized Stevens's effort as 'disgusting.' But asked how he would vote on such a bill, McCain said: 'That's the dilemma. I'd have to look at the whole bill. I think it's disgraceful that I have to be put in that position.' "
A December 22 article in Portland, Maine's Portland Press Herald, noted that Snowe and Collins "harshly criticized the way legislative leaders incorporated drilling in the unrelated military measure" and that Collins referred to Stevens's move as an "abuse of the legislative process."
In addition, the AP noted on December 19 that Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) said of the ANWR issue: "I'm angry at the way this has been handled, that we're forced to revisit this issue again and again."
At least two House Republicans also criticized the inclusion of the ANWR provision in the defense bill. House Science Committee chairman Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-NY) stated that the ANWR provision "never, never, never should have been added on as an extraneous matter to a bill to fund and pay and equip our troops." And in a December 16 statement, Rep. Joe Schwarz (R-MI) said of the defense bill: "It is utterly despicable to be put in a position of choosing between funding our troops and opposing bad public policy. ... [T]he American people expect Congress to take a hard look at legislation before it and to reject proposals added at the last possible minute and which have absolutely no relation to the true purpose of this legislation."
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