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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl.MC.No. 1167 of 2010() 1. ROYMON ALIAS JOMON,S/O.JOSEPH, AGED 28, ... Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY PUBLIC ... Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.P.M.ZIRAJ For Respondent : No Appearance The Hon'ble MR. Justice M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR Dated :06/04/2010 O R D E R M.Sasidharan Nambiar, J. -------------------------- Crl.M.C.No.1167 of 2010 -------------------------- ORDER
Petitioner is the accused in S.T.No.878/2006 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court, Ettumanoor, taken cognizance for the offences under Sections 12(10) and 20 of Kerala Protection of River Banks & Regulation of Removal of Sand Act and Section 21 of MMDR Act on Annexure-2 final report submitted by Sub Inspector of Police, Kidangoor under Section 173(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure. This petition is filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure to quash the cognizance taken contending that cognizance could be taken only on a complaint filed by an authorised officer, as provided under Section 25 of Kerala Protection of River Banks & Regulation of Removal of Sand Act and Section 22 of MMDR Act.
2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned Public Prosecutor were heard.
3. Annexure-2 final report shows that learned Magistrate has taken cognizance of the offences on a final report submitted by the Sub Inspector of Police in his capacity as Station House Officer and not on a CRMC 1167/10 2 complaint as defined under Section 2(g) of Code of Criminal Procedure. The question whether learned Magistrate can take cognizance of the said offences on a final report has been settled by this Court in Abdul Azeez v. State of Kerala (2010 (1) KLD 109) and Division Bench of this Court in Moosakoya v. State of Kerala (2008 (1) KLT 538), as approved by the Apex Court in Jeewan Kumar Raut v. Central Bureau of Investigation (AIR 2009 SC 2763). In view of the settled decisions, the cognizance taken can only be quashed.
Petition is allowed. The cognizance taken in S.T.No.878/2006 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court, Ettumanoor is quashed. But, it is made clear that quashing of the cognizance taken will not disentitle the officer authorised under the Act to file a complaint or the learned Magistrate to take cognizance of the offences as provided under Section 22 of MMDR Act or Section 25 of Kerala Protection of River Banks & Regulation of Removal of Sand Act. 6th April, 2010 (M.Sasidharan Nambiar, Judge) tkv


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With free agency coming soon to a city near you, the Broncos have a couple of major areas to fill, along with some optional areas that they might work on. It's no shock to anyone that defensive tackle and running back are their top priorities, with OL depth (and a possible starter/backup at RT as a realistic option). It's also fair to say that the top players are very likely going to move quickly. The players are going to want to see who will give them the best offers, and Denver will have to step up to the financial plate on Day 1 if they want to upgrade the DL, which has to be Job 1A with running back as Job 1B.
Denver may choose to bring on a tackle, in case Orlando Franklin takes some time to get used to NFL play and to guard against potential injuries - I think Franklin will do fine, but he's got little time to prepare for the season; it would just be good sense to have a second option. Most rookie linemen, with the exception of the rare Ryan Clady's out there, take a year or so to merge well into the line. A veteran knows a lot of the things that a rookie, even if he's more talented, will have to figure out and/or be coached in. Denver also wants to add depth on the OL.
One thing that interested me was Clark Judge's comment (which he attributed to an anonymous 'top agent') that a lot of teams will be going the route of adding multiple middle-level players - role players and backups. Judge wrote,
His idea is that the lockout might provoke a change in team philosophy. Where clubs once built around a core of star players, sinking a substantial portion of free-agent money in big names, he thinks that maybe, just maybe, they now sink it in a group of experienced veterans who can serve as backups or role players.
Back at the beginning of the last decade, Bill Belichick created a different way to deal with the salary cap - obtaining players at lower cost from other teams who fit the Pats better than the teams they came from and coaching them up to a new role. Belichick also developed the approach of cutting or trading star players (ie. Lawyer Milloy, Drew Bledsoe, Richard Seymour) before their values dropped, thus reducing the veteran costs involved. He hasn't been obsessive about it with every player (some are obviously worth keeping even at older ages and with higher contracts), but overall it's a system that has worked. What this agent is suggesting is essentially taking that idea a step further. I don't know about that - I believe that a lot is dependent on coaching and scouting, but elite players are a consistent presence on winning teams, and changing that would be tough. Building depth, however, is a necessity. In writing this article, I've tried to look at both impact and role players, as best I could.
With his hiring in January, Dennis Allen became the team's sixth defensive coordinator in as many years, so I'm going to give him precedence and start with DL players - almost all DTs. I'd also like to note that we still have limited understanding of exactly how Allen intends to approach the position, so I left in a few players who are scheme-specific but may not fit Denver's. We'll have a short amount of lead time when the moment for free agency comes along to work out who's going to be available as a UFA, but Denver's done its groundwork. Here's what I've been able to find:
Defensive Tackles
Remi Ayodele DT, New Orleans
Height: 6-2 Weight: 318 Age: 28
Born: 4/22/1983 Grand Prarie , TX
College: Oklahoma
Experience: 5th season
Remi bounced between New England, Dallas, Baltimore and Atlanta over his first two years in the league, but landing in New Orleans was a great boon to his career. He's started 29 of the 31 games he played for them, and over the past two years he hasn't rung up big numbers, but he's been a solid contributor for them. At 6'2 and 318, he's your basic nose tackle - bigger on stopping the run, not much of a pass rusher - and might be enticed to Denver. I'm likely to say this a lot, but he's going to have a chance to sign with his own team, NO, before the FA market opens, and may or may not be available. It's also fair to say that how well he'd fit the currently hidden scheme details on defense is impossible to know right now.
Justin Bannan DT, Denver
Height: 6-3 Weight: 310 Age: 32
Born: 4/18/1979 Sacramento , CA
College: Colorado
Experience: 10th season
After four years each with the Bills and Ravens, Bannan came to Denver last year and played well. I've read the stats that suggested that he wasn't as effective as you'd want, but on film and within a poor front seven, I kept seeing Bannan playing to the whistle, maintaining backside pursuit and attacking the QB. He's also scheme-versatile. I was surprised by Denver's decision to let him go, but he's 32 years old, the Broncos are stating that they're on a youth movement, and Bannan had a $500K roster bonus coming to him. The NFL is fairly cutthroat, and it mostly looked like a cost-saving move, especially since Denver has since said that they'd like him back. The questions will be, will they pay enough and would someone else like what they saw more?
Stephen Bowen DT, Dallas
Height: 6-5 Weight: 306 Age: 27
Born: 3/28/1984 Holly Ridge , NC
College: Hofstra
Experience: 6th season
Bowen has been playing in Wade Phillips' 3-4 system ever since Dallas picked him up as an undrafted college free agent back in 2006. He originally started out behind RDE Chris Canty and worked his way into starting two, and then nine games for Dallas during the last two seasons. He's also produced a pedestrian 4.5 sacks over that time. He has the size and quickness to play a variety of roles and might make an excellent rotational player who might also start. I could see Denver taking him on. With the number of 3-4 and 4-3 teams about even, it's more a question of the specific system and how well he's going to fit into it.
Alan Branch DT, Arizona
Height: 6-6 Weight: 338 Age: 26
Born: 12/29/1984 Albuquerque , NM
College: Michigan
Experience: 5th season
Branch is entering his fifth season and is a traditional-sized '3-4' (or whatever) NT at 6'6" and 335 lb. He only started three games last year, but added 35 tackles and two sacks over the season and did receive a tender before the CBA broke down. He's essentially a road-grader, run-stopping NT. Arizona has used a variety of fronts so I don't see him as specific to a 3-4 or 5-2 versus a 4-3 (as we've mentioned, there's a lot to a scheme that goes far beyond the number of guys on the front), but what would concern me with Branch is that he's behind both Dan Williams, who I think highly of, and Gabe Watson, who has consistently been a backup at NT. Branch is young and would provide a roadblock in the middle, but there's little sign so far that Denver will be going in that direction. If their aggressive style of play extends to the DTs, he's probably a bad fit. if they use their NT as a run-stopper, he might be a decent short-term option as a backup.
Note: Arizona has been developing their own in-house DTs, including Pro Bowler Darnell Dockett and NT Bryan Robinson, Calais Campbell and Kenny Iwebema, and I've heard that both Branch and Gabe Watson could/will be on the move as UFAs. Watson has a chance to stick around as Dan Williams' backup at NT, but that's still uncertain - see below. Robinson apparently will also be moving.
Barry Cofield DT, Giants
Height: 6-4 Weight: 306 Age: 27
Born: 3/19/1984 Cleveland , OH
College: Northwestern
Experience: 6th season
Cofield has reached his sixth season and should be available. He's one of the top DTs in this year's FA period, which is saying a lot - so if Denver wants him, they'll need to pounce. They'll have plenty of competition. Cofield is seeking a big contract, will likely get one, and may very well be deserving. He's a great interior lineman who's best against the run but gives a decent pass rush, too.
Ronald Fields DT, Denver
Height: 6-2 Weight: 314 Age: 29
Born: 9/13/1981 Bogalusa , LA
College: Mississippi State
Experience: 7th season
Brought in by Josh McDaniels and Mike Nolan as a FA NT, he's a FA again, but it's unlikely that Denver will bring him back. He's had a lot of potential over the years, but it never quite seemed to come together. He started 16 games in 2009 but none in 2010.
Gary Gibson DT, St. Louis
Height: 6-3 Weight: 300 Age: 29
Born: 5/5/1982 Plant City , FL
College: Rutgers
Experience: 6th season
Gibson is a part-time DT who has five seasons in the books. He's a last-ditch choice.
Jason Hatcher DT, Dallas
Height: 6-6 Weight: 311 Age: 29
Born: 7/13/1982 Alexandria , LA
College: Grambling State
Experience: 6th season
Hatcher has his five years in with the Dallas system. Like Bowen, he's from a smaller school but unlike him, he's been a perennial backup. He might be a backup choice at NT, but I don't see the draw. I think Denver will pass on him.
Cullen Jenkins DT, Green Bay
Height: 6-2 Weight: 305 Age: 30
Born: 1/20/1981 Detroit , MI
College: Central Michigan
Experience: 8th season
Cullen Jenkins (younger brother of Kris) dominates the line of scrimmage when he's on the field. Unfortunately, Jenkins is often injured and has missed 17 games in the past three years. On his upside, he's played well in multiple schemes and tends to get excellent penetration. For Denver, he's probably too old, given that the factor of his age is compounded by his injury issues. However, he's also a versatile player who's 30, not 35. Denver might have some interest if their higher choices fall through. If they don't, Jenkins will draw plenty of attention elsewhere.
Derek Landri DT, Carolina
Height: 6-2 Weight: 290 Age: 27
Born: 9/21/1983 Huntington Beach , CA
College: Notre Dame
Experience: 5th season
Landri is someone that the Carolina Panthers will try to keep on board; he contributed 43 tackles and three sacks last season. He's a smaller, lighter DT, and could do well at undertackle. Denver wants to keep Kevin Vickerson there, but having someone talented behind him would push Big Vick and take the snaps when he needs a breather. The questions may be: first, will he just sign with the Panthers, or if he does hit the market, would he get enough from Denver to draw him, even knowing that he might end up in a rotational spot?
Brandon Mebane DT, Seattle
Height: 6-1 Weight: 311 Age: 26
Born: 1/15/1985 Los Angeles , CA
College: California
Experience: 5th season
There's little question for me that Mebane, along with Cofield of the Giants, will be highly sought after. Like Marcus Thomas, Mebane is entering his fifth season and will be one of the top players available at his position. He's got a reputation for an excellent work ethic and has the feet to use his size to his own advantage, gaining leverage against OL players and using his small-area quickness to defeat them. He missed four games due to injury last season. He was used more against the run in the past, but improved his pass rushing last season and is now an every-down player. With the single exception of 2008, where he brought down 5.5 sacks, he's been good for only one or two per year.
At only 6'1, yet weighing over 310 lb, Mebane has the natural leverage and quickness to give interior linemen fits and would be an effective nose tackle for Denver. He's been consistently underrated until now, and when you look at his numbers it's easy to see why he's often snubbed when the discussion of the best defensive tackles comes up. Ignore that - he's got a great work ethic and the technique and tools to be a dominant defensive tackle for the next decade. Although he only had one sack last season, he was more of a force in rushing the passer and required teams to game-plan for him. Mebane has been linked to both Chicago and Carolina as well as Denver. They are unlikely to be the only teams with interest.
Mike Patterson DT, Philadelphia
Height: 6-1 Weight: 300 Age: 27
Born: 9/1/1983 Sacramento, CA
College: USC
Experience: 7th season
Entering his seventh season after six with the Eagles, Mike Patterson doesn't provide much of a pass rush, but he's an excellent run defender. He's a probably 4-3 player only and a little light even for a UT, although that's less important than his functional strength. Patterson is at the edge of what Denver wants from a DT acquisition - at 28, he's still got some good years in the tank, but I suspect they'll want a UT who can harass the passer more. Still, he's a reasonable fall-back option and can handle NT work.
Marcus Thomas DT, Denver
Height: 6-3 Weight: 316 Age: 25
Born: 9/23/1985 Yokosuka Japan
College: Florida
Experience: 5th season
At 6'3" and 316 lb, Thomas will be entering his fifth season, and with Denver he's had to deal with changes in the defensive scheme and played in rotation at all three DL positions under Coach McDaniels. He's played well, particularly last year, but he may be best in the 4-3 front. Denver would very much like to keep him, and he'd like very much to test the markets. He's probably more of a 4-3 NT than a UT, but a lot depends on how he's used: he's shown flashes of pass rushing skills. He hasn't split double teams very well, but does hold them up well at the line to obstruct running lanes. He's also got some quicks and could do well for the new regime.
Gabe Watson NT, Arizona
Height: 6-4 Weight: 338 Age: 27
Born: 9/24/1983 Novi , MI
College: Michigan
Experience: 6th season
Arizona decided to let the 6'4 big guy move on to free agency, which isn't a good thing for a guy who only played in seven games due to injury in 2010, and only produced seven tackles over that time: it was supposed to be a big contract year for him. He's still young, at 27, but he's also just a big body in the middle, who hasn't shown the ability to move well in the hybrid defense that Arizona has run in the past. It's worth noting that before his injury, Watson dropped a lot of weight and expected to play between 315 and 325 lb - he admitted that his diet was awful, and cleaned it up, in addition to studying jiu jutsu in the offseason to improve his leverage and hand usage. Dan Williams has shown AZ enough skill (38 tackles, two passes defended and no sacks) that they're comfortable using him and their home-grown talent on the DL. They saw their DL issues coming, and brought in younger players to coach them up, as well as having Darnell Dockett and Williams in a hybrid front. We'll get to see how well that worked this coming season. Watson is unlikely to fit the Broncos - his age is good, he's got rare size, not enough in his history and that's about it.
Defensive Ends
Ray Edwards DE, Minnesota
Height: 6-5 Weight: 268 Age: 26
Born: 1/1/1985 Cincinnati , OH
College: Purdue
Experience: 6th season
Edwards has already said that he doesn't see his future in Minnesota; he matched Jared Allen in terms of sack production last year (with 8.0), despite only getting 1.5 of them in the first seven games. The Vikings believe that they have solid potential defensive line prospects, including Brian Robison at DE, who is also a free agent. Returning to Minnesota will probably depend upon Edwards' contract expectations. I don't think that Denver will be looking for a DE, but at the right price....
Charles Johnson DE, Carolina
Height: 6-2 Weight: 275 Age: 25
Born: 7/10/1986
College: Georgia
Experience: 5th season
Johnson is the second of the three DEs that I put into this grouping - again, Denver may sit pat on who they have, but Johnson is someone that the Panthers desperately want to hold onto. He's a quick, powerful DE who had 62 total tackles and 11.5 sacks last year. If the Panthers don't convince him that they are serious about winning, he'll draw major money somewhere else. Last year was the first season that he got his shot to start, and he took that chance and ran with it. It should pay off for him, wherever he lands.
Mathias Kiwanuka DE/DT, Giants
Height: 6-5 Weight: 265 Age: 28
Born: 3/8/1983 Indianapolis , IN
College: Boston College
Experience: 6th season
Kiwanuka is really more of a DE and has explosive skills as a pass rusher as he proved in 2008, but over the years has lost playing time amidst the talented Giants front seven. He played well last season (three games, one start, 11 tackles, four sacks) before a herniated disc in his neck sidelined him for most of the season. His best year was in '08, when he started every game and totaled 31 tackles with eight sacks. Although he's best listed as a DE, he has the strength as well as the quicks to roll into multiple positions along the line on occasional plays, just as Robert Ayers can. A big question will be the Giants' level of interest - another will be the medical report on his neck. The Giants have said that they'd like him back but with playing time there in question, it will probably be up to Kiwanuka. If he hits the market, I'd expect there to be a lot of interest in him.
Ray McDonald DE/DT, San Francisco
Height: 6-3 Weight: 290 Age: 26
Born: 9/2/1984 Pahokee , FL
College: Florida
Experience: 5th season
Ray is something of a tweener, at 290 lb. He's put in his four years with SF and plays in a backup role, averaging about 11 tackles and just over one sack per year. I doubt this one's going to happen in Denver.
Daniel Muir DE, Indianapolis
Height: 6-2 Weight: 312 Age: 27
Born: 9/12/1983 Washington , DC
College: Kent State
Experience: 5th season
Muir is one of four players expected to be free agents on Indy's DL. He started 45 of 46 career college games and left Kent State ranked third in school history in career sacks (14.5) and seventh in tackles for loss (35). His weight has been listed as anywhere from 311 to 298 and he's played both under tackle and nose tackle as a starter for the Colts. Not known for rushing the passer as a pro (zero NFL sacks), he's currently listed as one of their DT starters, with Ricardo Mathews and Drake Nevis behind him. He wouldn't be a first option, but he's a quality role player.
The Broncos have had conflicting articles regarding their finances recently. There's some recent news suggesting that they may be tighter on cap space than previous estimates allowed, but I'm not convinced, nor am I a trained finances guy (I leave that up to Ted, while Doug and TJ also have training and knowledge there). If that's true, look for players such as Brian Dawkins, D.J. Williams and other veterans to be asked to restructure their contracts - if it's not, Denver is likely in the good shape others have suggested.
This is the Broncos' one serious chance to fill in the two positions - DT and RB - that they lack. While a lot of fans are comfortable with LenDale White, for example, it's true that most full Achilles' tears affect a player the following season and White has had trouble sticking with a team. Lance Ball was a practice-squad player until McDaniels took a shine to him, and John Fox may or may not agree on his skill level. Correll Buckhalter is aging, and questions still exist on Knowshon Moreno; Fox has no attachment either way. Those are all 'maybe' situations, but DT is a very real problem - they have exactly one serious player in Kevin Vickerson, with Mitch Unrein (pronounced UN-rhine) out of Wyoming (6'4" 300 lb, no NFL games played, a CFA for Houston in the 2010 preseason) and Louis Leonard (6'4", 325 lb, has been with five teams in four years, racking up 26 tackles over that time) also being on the roster.
Any way you look at it, Denver needs to bring in at least five players, and at least two need to be impact starters. It's a big order to fill.
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MG42 and 1919 are not designed to be shoulder fired. Parts count only applies to those weapons designed to be shoulder fired. Also the 1919 is USA made anyway. ( this is the way I understand it anyway.)
Okay, so from seeing the MG47 threads, I'm going to be collecting parts to make my own belt fed. My question is whether or not they fall under the same parts count rules as normal long arms or if they are special cases considering I haven't really seen to many "made in the USA" parts hawked for the MG42/MG3 or the M1919a4/a6.
MG42 and 1919 are not designed to be shoulder fired. Parts count only applies to those weapons designed to be shoulder fired. Also the 1919 is USA made anyway. ( this is the way I understand it anyway.)
yep this is an old debate that was re done and redone again......
a mg42 WAS designed to be shoulder fired..... in the understanding that you were putting it agianst your shoulder not actually holding it up. so after all the reclassing it does have to be 922r compliant... which is not hard to do on it.
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The MG-47 builds use a LOT of 'US MADE' parts... Depending on how you make it...
I see the MG-47ES will have (US MADE):
Pistol Grip
Trigger Housing
GasPiston/ (technically Operating Rod???)
Barrel (On Mine)
Muzzle Attachment
That leaves me with only FOUR foreign made parts on the list... It doesn't have a sear, it doesn't have a magazine body, floorplate or follower, no barrel extension...
I'm more than good to go with my MG-47ES!
Hmm, interesting. Good to know because I was going to have mine use the extra FAL lower I have, and maybe use an AR10 bolt and carrier, and maybe convert my CETME to a HK21 setup. Not sure yet, I just need to get the belt fed parts.
How do you make an MG42 complinent? As far as I know only the receiver and fire control parts are offered as US made?
To be compliant a rifle has to have no more than ten foreign parts from "the list", number of US made parts is irrelevant.
"The list":
(1) Frames, receivers, receiver castings, forgings or stampings
(2) Barrels
(3) Barrel extensions
(4) Mounting blocks (trunnions)
(5) Muzzle attachments
(6) Bolts
(7) Bolt carriers
(8) Operating rods
(9) Gas pistons
(10) Trigger housings
(11) Triggers
(12) Hammers
(13) Sears
(14) Disconnectors
(15) Buttstocks
(16) Pistol grips
(17) Forearm handguards
(18) Magazine bodies
(19) Followers
(20) Floorplates
3 of the parts on the list are actually the magazine parts so a beltfed can only have a max of 17. Receiver is US made, so drop that to 16. No gas piston, so we're at 15 parts left max.
Having only a passing familiarity with the MG42 and the semi FCGs used in common conversions I would say you have no sear, and if a US made hammer/trigger/disconnector were used that's a total of 4 more parts off the list, leaving 11. The bolt itself is a 2 piece affair, separate body and head. Dunno if ATF considers that a bolt AND "carrier" or just a bolt. So you may or may not need another US part to get to that magic 10 parts count.
Kernel Krink's got it right. It's not so much about how many foreign parts you have. If they're not on the list they don't matter. The Hammer, Trigger, Disconnector drops it to 11 parts, the MG-47ES uses a home-made Trigger Housing / Fire Control Group tray, dropping it down to 10 parts, and then you've always got the buttstocks, foregrips, pistol grip, and all the other things that likely will need to be added...
You can easily whittle the list down to 4 to 6 foreign parts... Even though it only needs to have less than 10 foreign parts.
I'll keep that in mind as I plan on getting a MG53 kit once I move duty stations in the next week or so.


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Gunslinging McIlroy and Woods steal Hoylake show
By Tony Jimenez
HOYLAKE England (Reuters) - Golfing gunslingers Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods sprayed Royal Liverpool with a barrage of birdie bullets to steal the show in a thrilling opening round of the 143rd British Open on Thursday.
Northern Irishman McIlroy has developed a penchant for making fast starts and he did it yet again on a blisteringly hot day at the third major championship of the season, firing a pacesetting six-under-par 66.
Matteo Manassero was in second place on 67, one ahead of fellow Italians Francesco and Edoardo Molinari. Also on 68 were American pair Brooks Koepka and Jim Furyk as well as Spain's Sergio Garcia and world number one Adam Scott.
Woods, playing in only his third competitive round since undergoing back surgery in March, confounded the critics who wrote off his chances by shooting a 69.
The 14-times major winner made a poor start by bogeying the first two holes but it was almost vintage Tiger on the back nine as he went storming through the field with five birdies in six holes from the 11th.
The former world number one, sporting grey slacks and a white shirt with blue/grey flecks down the front, got his round going when he holed out from off the green at the 11th.
Woods then rattled in birdies at the 12th and 13th before dropping a stroke at the 14th following a hook off the tee into thick rough.
The 38-year-old American bounced straight back by sinking a 12-footer at the next hole. A delicate chip to 12 inches from the cup at the 16th gave him another birdie before a long-range effort lipped out on 17. Continued...


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According to PageSix, the 20-year-old model has signed a sports management deal with The Legacy Agency. The group represents athletes like Reggie Bush, Johan Santana, and current broadcaster Troy Aikman.
Agent Andrew Witlieb says, "We believe she can be the next Jillian Michaels. Jillian didn't get to where she is until her mid-30s. Jen's going to grow as a person, as a fitness expert, in these next years. She's here for the long term."
Michaels is best known for her work on NBC's The Biggest Loser.
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a post apocolyptic world. Where an "ideal" and a "dream" start a nation back into recovery. An enjoyable read.
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very humanistic viewpoint
SPOILERS: Post-apocalypse novel in which the protagonist impersonates a postman and invents a "restored" government of the US to get special treatment, then it snowballs into something meaningful. Along the way there's a supercomputer-run society that isn't what it seems and some genetically enhanced "survivalist" bad guys. Beyond the gimmick of his assumed identify I didn't find the character particularly interesting--but still a good story and an uplifting ending, well worth reading if you like this kind of stuff.
I have read the Postman twice already and I am about ready to read it again, I think.
A guy struggles to survive in a post cataclysm world, traveling from township to township, avoiding bandits and murderers on the road. He comes across a US Postal Service uniform, and is inspired to invent a story out of whole cloth of a renascent United States Government to which he reports back to. He's the reluctant hero, always hoping to avoid the responsibility of his vision, but unable to step aside at the crunch moments, fighting the barbarians literally at the gates.
The writing is a bit stiff and dated, and the final parts of the story hinge around a form of women's liberation, but if feels patronisingly told. Would not rush out to find more Brin.
I really loved this book. It was a gripping tale of Gordon Krantz, an American survivor of the Doomwar that has left America (and presumably the rest of the world) in a state of near pre-industrialization disarray. After being robbed, Gordon stumbles upon a long-deceased postal service worker and takes over his uniform. Not long after he realizes that the people he encounters are treating him differently - almost with reverence - because of the uniform. They take it as a sign of hope for recovery, and after a while, Gordon stops disabusing them...
This was a wonderfully written book that asks big questions and provides answers that are refreshing and complicated. A great ride.
The great virtue of "The Postman" by David Brin is that it takes nothing for granted...Mr. Brin offers no simplistic formulas; nothing comes easy for the postman or the people he tries to help... Still, I found myself wishing that the ''war for men's minds'' in this book had a convincing personal as well as a sociological dimension. I am afraid that it would take a more complex character than his likable but limited postman to do justice to the important issues Mr. Brin raises.
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This weekend I got the windows on my new 2012 SE hatch tinted. An associate of mine did it, as she runs a small at-home tinting business. She had previously tinted my husband's 2008 Focus sedan and did a great job. She is putting herself through EMT/Fire school and I like to send business her way. She also gave me a discount on both jobs.
Anyway, the tint job was almost complete and everything was looking excellent when she somehow got black paint (from a touch-up paint pen) on my light grey headliner, near the passenger side sun visor. It's a spot about 1/2" long and 1/4" wide, not very big. You don't really notice it from the driver's side but you definitely see it from the passenger seat.
We tried to get it out using everything available to us at the time- kaboom, hydrogen peroxide, acetone, rubbing alcohol, graffiti remover, laundry detergent, tuff stuff, etc. It faded a little, but it's still there.
While I'm a little upset at it (if this is the biggest problem of my week, then my life is pretty swell)...I mean, the car has less than 3000 miles on it and now I've got a paint splotch on my interior.... my friend is aghast. She apologized over and over, did not charge me for the tint job, and won't even take money for the materials, which I offered. She now says she owes me for a headliner.....
....which according to the fordparts.com site is going to run around $800-900 just for the headliner, never mind the labor.
I really can't do that to her. She doesn't have the $$ to pay for something like that. On the other hand, she did make a mistake in the course of business.
So, what would you all do in my situation?
My options seem to be:
1. Let her pay for a new headliner and installation.
2. Do nothing, put something over the mark (a button or pin?) and take the free tint job as compensation.
3. Ease my conscience and pay for the materials and live with the mark.
Let me know what you all think.
you were already doing this at someones home so too me the most logical and moral way to go about this is just go with number 2 and buy her some lunch.
Start looking for headliners from a wreck if it really bothers.
I had an aftermarket moonroof put in my 95 Tbird. As I am a incorrigible tinkerer, I wanted to wire a LED into the rocker switch to light up at night. I did that, but in the process put an X-Acto knife slice in the headliner[facepalm]
I got used to it for the next 3 years I owned that car...
How did a black touch up paint pen come in contact with your headliner; during a tint install?
#2, and get on w/ life.
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I had a similar experience. My daughter's Accord needed a new water pump and timing belt replacement. This is a major repair ($$$$) on her car. I saved around $200-300 by having someone do it as a side job. There were a few things that were damaged when the car was worked on. Some scuff marks, front lip damaged, a few marks on some fresh paint. I could have demanded he fix them, but I just paid him off and let the other stuff go. It'll cost me some time and money, I can live with it.
I think the difficulty I'm having is that this is a brand new car with less than 3000 miles on it and I've been keeping it immaculate. If my car was 5 years old and this happened, I'd probably just shrug it off.
Also, if this was a storefront kind of place, I'd have them replace the headliner in a second. But it being a friend has complicated the matter.
One of the best quotes from Jerry Maguire is "It's not show friends, it's show business"
Sometimes you get what you pay for. Pay a friend, get friend work at friend rate. Pay a professional, get professional work at a professional rate.
Sorry you got a paint mark. You can either save the friend or the interior, but I doubt you'll get both.
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I was being sarcastic,to a certain extent.You think obamas campaign doesnt take things out of context,or twist words around?
Every political campaign tries to smear their opponent,lucky for us Obama doesnt need help ,is actions prove he is a lier.
Has he ever provided proof of being born in the US? I dont think so.I can go right to the hospital I was born at for a copy of my birth certificate,why cant he.
This stupid son of a bitch has come to michigan about 5 times in the last two yrs,Why?
Michigans economy is fucked,along with all of america,why should we have to pay all the extra money to protect his dumb ass,when we cant afford it.
Obama is just another pos lieing polotition.I think he has made people racist,who were not racist before,with his lies and general smug attitude.
I think he really made it difficult for the next black president to get ellected,all these pussy caucasions that voted for him,trying to be politically correct are haveing second thoughts.
I realize he will still get the votes from the lazy,wellfare sucking,piecies of shit that just want a hand out.
I am all for equallity,I am sick of white people trying to kiss the black mans ass to apologize for slavery.I am sick of the lazy black people who think we owe them something.
We brought black people here as slaves,they were slaves in affrica before we bought them, were they not? We just bought them,Their own people sold them,why hate us?
If it wasnt for slavery their would be no snoop dogs,no majic johnsons,no cedric the entertainer,and certainly no fuckin obama.
The black people in this country need to be pissed at their ancestors,the ones that sold them,not the white people who put a golden spoon in their mouth by bringing them to the greatest country in the world.
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Author Clarence M. Allen always felt a call to write, speak and share some of his life stories and experiences with the world every since he was a young kid. He had some of the greatest opportunities to visit many countries and witness and experience many of life's events first hand and now, it is time to share them with readers.
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Jay Z: Still kind of a big deal.
OK, so he can be upstaged by his wife releasing a video — or buying toothpaste, or stepping outside her house — but that's what happens when you marry Beyonce.
And he's a long way from the hungry, young rapper who battled his way to the top more than a decade ago, and his heyday seems to recede further into the distance every year.
He's been surpassed in many respects by his erstwhile producer and protege, Kanye West, whose planet-sized ego makes Jay Z look sort of humble and reasonable by comparison.
He looks like he should be worrying more about stock portfolios, lawn care and diaper-changing than defending his titles and vast hip-hop empire. He's 44 years old.
Still, he's Jay Z. The president takes his calls. He talks money with Warren Buffett. He's coming to Pittsburgh on Jan. 21, to fill Consol Energy Center. If there was a bigger room in town, he'd probably fill that one, too.
Rap fans love to debate who's the GOAT (Greatest of All Time), but at some point, you just have to deal with the numbers. So, look below for some of Jay Z's more interesting digits.
• $450 million — Estimated net worth, 2012. Forbes ranks him No. 2 in the hip-hop world, after Sean "Diddy" Combs, at $475 million. No. 3 is Dr. Dre, at $125 million.
• 51 — Number of Grammy Award nominations (circa 2013). Tied with Kanye West for fifth all-time.
• 13 — Most No. 1 albums . Passed Elvis (10) for the title in 2009, with "The Blueprint 3." Only the Beatles, with 19 No. 1 albums, have more.
• 32 — Ranking in Forbes of "the world's most powerful celebrities." This year, he sold his stake in the Brooklyn Nets basketball team so he could run a sports agency (without the conflict of interest).
• 290,000 — Number of one-week iTunes downloads for the album "Watch the Throne" (made with Kanye West), a record.
• 1996 — Year Jay Z's debut "Reasonable Doubt" was released. Reached No. 23 in the charts.
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Then how is my daughter going to pay back the $300,000 she has already had to borrow for med school and living expenses (in addition to what we have given her)? Good luck getting people to go into medicine if they aren't able to make a decent living from their practices.
What kind of physician will she be? If she's an ortho, then I suggest cash. "US orthopedic surgeons earned the highest average annual incomes at $442,450"
Different definitions of "decent living" floating around.
I think it's a highly complex issue. For a partisan but well-stated pro-doctor opinion, see Mike Royko (1993) : http://bit.ly/mVVE8r
Ultimately pay should represent a fair return of the value doctors add for their patients and society, along with recognition of the costs (time, $, emotional, work-life balance) necessary to pursue a career in medicine.
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Council to Pass Legislation Aimed at Pressuring Banks to Invest More in Local Neighborhoods
The City Council is looking to attach some strings to banks that receive city deposits. It's poised to pass legislation Tuesday that would give the city authority to evaluate a bank's lending practices in low and moderate income neighborhoods when deciding which banks may be certified to receive city deposits.
As of September 2011, 31 banks were receiving nearly $670 million in taxpayer deposits, according to the office of Councilman Albert Vann, who sponsored the bill.
The bills supporters argued that as the banking industry has become more consolidated, larger banks have become out of touch with local credit needs. The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development has been pushing for the legislation for about two years.
"There should be a process that links how taxpayer money benefits local banks with which banks are doing the most to meet local credit needs," ANHD Director Benjamin Dulchin said.
The legislation creates an eight member advisory board that would determine the banking needs of low and moderate income neighborhoods by holding public hearings in each borough every two years. The board would also analyze data provided by banks to evaluate which institutions were successful at meeting the needs of the community.
The Banking Commission, made up of the mayor, the comptroller and the Department of Finance commissioner will ultimately retain its power over which institutions get certified.
Still, the city's Department of Finance came out against the bill, saying it over reaches and is too expensive.
"We recognize and support the need for all communities to be sufficiently serviced by banks. However, this is already a function of the federal and state governments," wrote Commissioner David Frankel.
The New York Bankers Association also lobbied hard against the legislation. NYBA President Michael Smith said the bill would create a disincentive for banks to do business with the city.
"When you set up a whole new set of parameters in any business which could be used to make the bank look not responsible, then it represents what we believe to be a reputational risk," Smith explained.
But Vann, who represents Bedford Stuyvesant, said he often hears from small businesses unable to secure loans and homeowners facing foreclosure who are looking for loan modifications. "The backlog in foreclosures in New York City and New York State is more than any other area in the country…which means we have a tall order to do a lot more," Vann said.
The mayor opposes the legislation and a spokesman said he would veto it.
Vann countered that 38 council members have signed on as sponsors of the bill and are expected to vote in favor of it — enough to over ride a mayoral veto.


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Public-Housing Parking Lots Make Everyone PoorerEdward Glaeser
On First Avenue in Manhattan, right before the 96th Street entrance of FDR Drive, there is a large open parking lot, in front of the Stanley M. Isaacs Houses, a public-housing project.
The residents of New York's public housing pay no more than $45 a month for reserved parking, which is a pretty good deal because daily parking fees in midtown Manhattan average $40.
I find it somewhat bizarre that New York provides a luxury good -- parking in Manhattan -- to public-housing residents at almost no cost. But many government policies favor parking.
In much of the U.S., including New York outside of Manhattan, land-use regulations require new developments to build a minimum number of parking spaces. Employers can provide their workers with as much as $240 a month in parking as an untaxed fringe benefit. In New York, tens of thousands of public workers still receive free parking permits, and watchdog groups claim many of them are used illegally. Street parking is often provided at low or no cost in cities where every square foot is precious.
Parking for public housing sits in the middle of three separate problems: the scarcity of on-street parking, the congestion of city streets, and poverty. The first problem -- lack of supply -- has led to the minimum-space regulations and has justified subsidies. These policies, in turn, encourage extra driving, and each new motorist imposes congestion costs on other drivers, and pollution and infrastructure costs on everyone else.
Modern Privilege
But taking this benefit away from the most vulnerable city residents would seem to single them out and amount to expropriation.
In the early days of the automobile, leaders of American cities were loath to give away valuable space, and curbside parking was often banned. For example, according to a recent survey of parking policies, "Parking was banned in 'The Loop,' Chicago's Central Business District, in 1928, and overnight parking was banned in Manhattan, New York City, until the late 1940s." Into the 1970s and early 1980s, when I was a kid in Manhattan, cars and parking spaces seemed both unaffordable and unnecessary.
But motorists and business owners wanted low-cost parking, and they got it, and drivers, rich and poor, grew used to cheap or free street space. Metered parking in Manhattan now runs at $3 an hour, which is far less than the value of 100 square feet of city land, or the cost of off-street parking, which is typically $20 for the first hour.
New building means more drivers and more competition for street parking. The land-use regulations in cities, including New York, that require minimum parking areas for new construction artificially boost the supply of spaces. The parking subsidies for public-housing projects do the same thing.
But such policies worsen the traffic problem by lowering the total cost of a car trip. When I drive, I slow down other motorists, and if I don't pay that price, I'll drive too much.
The sensible approach is to follow the lead of London and Singapore and charge drivers for the costs of traffic congestion. Electronic congestion pricing was first dreamed up for New York in 1952 by William Vickrey. But the politics of congestion pricing are so impossible that I doubt we will ever see much of it in the U.S., except on newly built roads and highways. New York's most recent attempt to impose a congestion pricing plan was killed by the state Legislature in 2008.
Employee Subsidies
Unsurprisingly, employees who have access to subsidized parking drive to work more often. The national tax code should stop giving any deductions for parking expenses. Eliminating the traffic deduction may have the added benefit of narrowing the U.S. budget deficit by more than $3 billion a year, according to one study.
New York, and everywhere else, should stop requiring developers to provide a fixed number of parking spaces. Downtown Manhattan switched its land-use regulations from minimum parking requirements to maximum parking allowances in 1982, but the other boroughs still have minimum parking rules, and they appear to significantly increase the costs of new construction.
We can't punitively tax parking, as a backdoor means of discouraging traffic, because, without congestion pricing, drivers will be encouraged to circle, rather than pay more, and that's also bad. But parking isn't some crucial public good, such as medical knowledge, that needs subsidizing. Let the market determine the supply and the price.
The parking guru Donald Shoup, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, argues that meter rates should be set high enough so that 15 percent of parking spaces stay vacant at any time, which represents something like a market-clearing price. That price would ensure that drivers looking for street parking could count on getting a spot, which would reduce the time wasted and congestion created by drivers cruising for spaces.
A market solution could work for public-sector parking, as well. There is little to like about free parking for city employees. But it is a bit abrupt to remove their privileges, and the Public Employment Relations Board won't let that happen anyway.
One path forward is to buy the workers out, giving them the option of selling their parking benefits back to the city for cash. If the employees have the option of being paid not to use their space, then they will face a trade-off that recognizes its real cost.
The same approach makes sense for public-housing residents. Let them give their parking spaces back to the city in exchange for cash. The city can rent the space at full market rates to whoever will pay, and give the net proceeds back to the resident. The resident who takes the deal will be better off. Even if we didn't want to be that generous, we could still give the residents some compensation for giving up the space.
When public-housing parking spaces fall empty, they should be rented at market rates, and the earnings should be shared among the projects' residents or spent on common amenities. If enough spaces are freed up, the city should continue allowing more building on parking lots. Land on the island of Manhattan is enormously valuable, and should never be given away.
But we can eliminate subsidized parking in a fair and reasonable way, by allowing current beneficiaries to get some of the cash generated by more efficient use of city space.
(Edward Glaeser, an economics professor at Harvard University, is a Bloomberg View columnist. He is the author of "Triumph of the City." The opinions expressed are his own.)
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The Pebble Steel is bringing you all the features that we've come to enjoy from the original Pebble, but replaces the bland design with a fashionable stainless steel body. Even better, the smartwatch is going to come bundled with an extra strap, made of leather - so if you prefer leather watch straps - the Pebble Steel has you covered.
On the software side of things, the Pebble Steel is going to arrive with the new, centralized Pebble appstore - a one-stop-shop for Pebble apps, games, watchfaces and what not. The store should be online by the end of this month, and by the looks of it, the original Pebble smartwatch will also be supported. Meanwhile, the company has announced that a bunch of popular services will soon launch their apps for Pebble, including Pandora, ESPN, and Mercedes-Benz.
The alluring Pebble Steel smartwatch will be available in two colors: Brushed Stainless Steel and Black Matte (both coming with an additional, leather strap). As excited as we are for this new wearable gadget, we also have to admit that the pricing is a bit steep, as the Steel is going to cost $249. That said, you can pre-order one from the company's website (the source link below) right now, with shipments starting on January 28.
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Recipe: Tacos Al Pastor
Tacos Al pastor is a Mexican dish featuring a pork and pineapple mixture. By marinating the pork with pineapple, the protein in the pork breaks down resulting in very tender meat. These tacos are genererally served on soft tortillas and include cilantro, onions, lime juice, pineapple, and salsa.
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Time was, if you were a foodie and wanted to see food being prepared by someone other than yourself, you'd have to go online or wait for a live version of a TV show to take place at a venue near you. Because if Food Network stars even heard the word "vegan," they'd run from you. But supposedly, tomorrow night at 9pm, there will finally be something on the Cooking Channel for the rest of us: The Veg Edge.
Now, I say supposedly because when's the last time a vegan cooking show actually aired on a food-centric channel? Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but the show's link isn't working, and that makes me a little nervous. That said, the episode description intrigues: "The Veg Edge journeys the country unearthing a new breed of vegetarians. From a punk rock vegan in L.A. to vegetable-loving firemen deep in the heart of Texas to a kickboxing chef who serves up meatless Mondays at his high-end NYC restaurant." And some of the recipes sound amazing—Chocolate Mousse Served in Edible Chocolate Dessert Cups With Raspberry Sauce, anyone?—while others come from decidedly familiar sources. Speaking of which, anyone know who the other featured vegheads will be?
If you forget to set your DVR—or if for some reason the show doesn't air…—there's something new online, too. Howard Stern sidekick Robin Quivers just launched her own vegan cooking show, Vegucating Robin, where chef Gavan Murphy teaches her how to incorporate variety into her diet.
But back to the Edge: Now that one vegan show has slipped through the Cooking Channel cracks, will an avalanche of them follow, or is this a one-shot deal? A vegan can hope!
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They filmed a ton in Portland. Portobello, Blossoming Lotus, Homegrown Smoker, Native Bowl, and Food Fight. Maybe some others that I'm spacing on. Fingers crossed it's not complete garbage.
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Exactly. A fully veg episode on a mainstream channel that doesn't make veganism out to be fringe or cuckoo bananas? My fingers are crossed.
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Isa commented about this episode on her blog (http://www.theppk.com/2010/12/ppk-december-update-world-travel-tv-aprons/). She was interviewed for the Portland portion!
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srion #
hope they get mike tyson to share some tips
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elainevigneaulton #
FYI, all the recipes are on the Cooking Channel website already! I posted the links here: http://www.vegansoapbox.com/the-veg-edge/


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You cant really tune for crap at idle with a wideband. Any sort of overlap and you can see rich conditions. It also depends on the placement of your wide band. Depth, distance, etc. Ive always tuned by feel for start and idle, that or played with the adaptive values a tad. However one time i got stuck chasing a lazy 02 sensor...
Didnt realize till later in the day when i replayed the logs...
Also im not sure what software is being used... or much about tuning e46's at all for that matter. But it would be nice to get a fuel saving tune... it made a big difference on my other car.
Yeah, I mentioned overlap. But 14 or so at WOT under boost is crazy by anyone's standard. I see your sig, you're playing with the Quarter Horse, right??? Nice little tuning device. Has it's limits like a TwEEcer, but it's nice. Let's not high jack this dude's thread, he built a hell of a car. I would hate to see him melt it down by taking some dumb advice about tuning at WOT and boost for a 14:1 AFR.
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2016 Award WinnersEach year since 1964, the Northern Michigan University Alumni Association has presented accomplished alumni with the association's highest honor--the Distinguished Alumni Award. This award recognizes graduates who have achieved records of outstanding accomplishments of national note within their chosen professions. Ideally, these extraordinary alumni also have a strong connection to their campus and the mission of the NMU Alumni Association.
In addition to the Distinguished Alumni Award, four other categories recognize alumni who have been a positive influence on their professions or on their communities through public service or who have demonstrated exceptional performance that place them above the norm.
Alumni Association Awards are presented annually at Homecoming. They include: the Distinguished Alumni Award; Alumni Achievement Award; Outstanding Young Alumni Award and Alumni Service Award. An additional award, the Alumni Civic Leadership Award, can be presented at any time during the year as determined by the Alumni Association Awards committee.
Homecoming 2016 Alumni Association award winners with President Fritz Erickson (center). The winners are (left to right): Alumni Civic Leadership Award recipient John Gremmer '66, '74, Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Lynnae Ruttledge '71, President Erickson, Alumni Achievement Award recipient Luke Steinke '00, '02 and Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Jana Simmons '93.
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Reba and Glen
Calling Summertown, Tennessee home, Reba and Glen Martin stayed at HHH during Glen's post‐transplant monitoring period. Their medical journey started when Glen was undergoing diagnostic testing for a neck injury. Unknown to anyone, Glen was allergic to a dye used in one of his scans. This allergy resulted in serious damage to his liver and other organs. For four months, Glen and Reba traveled back and forth between Vanderbilt University Medical Center and home, spending no more than three days at a time at home due to the critical nature of Glen's condition. As his condition worsened, Glen was admitted to the hospital to wait for his transplant.
Sadly, Glen condition continued to deteriorate, and the doctors had to take him off the transplant wait list. The Martins' devout faith and the determination of the medical staff at VUMC helped them through this dark time. On Easter, doctors informed Reba and Glen that Glen had been moved back to the transplant list. Early Tuesday morning, a nurse woke up Reba, who had slept at Glen's bedside, telling her, "Things are going to start happening fast." A liver had been found for Glen! Within a week of his surgery, Glen had been discharged to the Hospital Hospitality House where he continued to improve and we're happy to report Glen and Reba were able to go back home to Summertown!


text: H&R: A Little History Share Comments When one thinks of a large German manufacturer, it is often assumed there must be some cold, dark, grey industrial German city playing host. And while many would consider H&R Springs to be a rather large German manufacturer, such is not the case when it comes to the firm's hometown of Lennestadt. Lennestadt is an idyllic German village located about 150 kilometers northwest of Frankfurt. Far from the above-described typical German industrial city, Lennestadt could well be just another quaint and charming sleepy German town as seen in countless storybooks and postcards. It teems with history, and at the same time, serves as a friendly reminder that there's good reason why many people still long for older days and older ways. More than twenty years ago, Werner Heine and Heinz Remmen took the first initial from their two respective last names and started the company now known as H&R Springs. H&R was the first manufacturer to present a lowering spring to the strict German Technischer Uberwachungs Verein (TUV), the government agency that regulates automotive products and maintains motor vehicle safety standards, for an Approval Certificate. They were also the first to receive such a certificate. It was originally thought that no lowering spring could ever pass strict TUV standards and H&R is widely credited for paving the way for others to follow suit. In other words, it could be H&R who actually created the market for lowering springs in Germany. Not satisfied only with meeting TUV guidelines, which merely guarantee a product is fundamentally acceptable and properly designed, in 1993 H&R announced that their suspension kits and spring sets now met the even tougher Allgemeine Betriebs – Erlaubnis (ABE) certification standards. ABE certification is important because it means that the product is ready to be installed and enjoyed without the hassle of getting TUV to approve the installation. To say that H&R is committed to offering only quality product smacks of serious understatement. The H&R factory consists of a rather impressive series of buildings, and in many ways it's more than a little obvious when compared to its more diminutive Lennestadt counterparts. Add to the fact that there's a McDonald's right next door and we tend to imagine that the two businesses must get their respective share of double-takes from first time passers-by. Inside the facility things are very German indeed. That is to say that order, efficiency and modernity are all present and accounted for. The phrase "a beehive of activity" also comes to mind. With H&R's North American ambassador, Roland Graef, acting as our enthusiastic tour guide, we were given a very comprehensive tour of the entire H&R facility. Most people undoubtedly put little thought into what is involved in manufacturing an automotive suspension coil spring, but in all honesty, the process is quite fascinating. H&R uses nothing but state-of-the-industry equipment and they start with only the highest quality metal wire for their springs. This metal is of the high tensile steel variety, yielding springs with less weight, smaller diameter and more consistent performance. Such material also necessitates some very expensive machinery to work with it, and H&R has spared no expense in making sure they have the equipment they need. The springs are cold wound on the computerized Wafios CNC spring coiler, which is programmed to determine specific spring tension, length and diameter. Afterwards the springs are heat-treated. This process is necessary because as the metal wire is wound, it creates heat and stress compromises which must be removed from the metal so as to guarantee consistent performance. This process needs to be completed within a mere hour or two after the wire is wound into a coil. The next step in the spring production is shot-peening, a process that further relieves internal stress within the metal, as well as for removing surface imperfections and providing a smooth surface for coating. H&R says that the shot-peening process extends the life of a spring by more than 200%. Next, the spring is involved in an operation called pre-setting, whereby the spring is fully compressed and held for a prescribed period of time so that all of the coils are touching one another. This process is repeated four times and is designed to keep the spring from sagging during its lifetime. The penultimate step in the spring making process is coating the spring. This process involves three separate phases: Phosphate cleaning, powder coating and heat-curing. How thorough is H&R with this process? Consider this: each spring hangs by a metal hook as it makes its way through all three processes. After these steps are complete, an H&R employee takes each spring and by hand applies paint to the tiny area left bare from contact with the metal hook. The manufacturing is complete with the application of part numbers to the actual spring and then boxing them up and getting them ready to ship. H&R Springs has been around for more than twenty years, and as such, they've forged some pretty impressive relationships with both original-equipment manufacturers and tuners alike. As Roland walked us through the vast warehouse facility, we noticed bins full of springs ready to be shipped to famed Porsche tuner Gemballa, and a small distance away were boxes headed for the Bratislava birthplace of VW's famed R32 Golf. No surprise, really, considering the fact that VW has contracted H&R to design and manufacture suspension springs for all R32 production. Though spring production is certainly the bulk of H&R's business, they are definitely not content with limiting themselves to only this area of suspension tuning and design. It would make perfect sense for a spring manufacturer to also design and produce shock absorbers engineered to complement their springs, and this is exactly what H&R does. Their shocks are designed to match a variety of different performance spring rates and as such, H&R offers perfectly engineered spring and shock combinations for a huge number of vehicle applications. H&R chooses to use shocks with a monotube design. They believe this approach offers less friction, better cooling, better stability and less emulsification of the oil and water mixture. Before being boxed for shipping, each shock is tested on a shock dynamometer to make sure it performs within its prescribed parameters. We asked H&R to give us their take on the material they choose to use for their coil-over shock bodies. While some manufacturers are using stainless steel as their material of choice, H&R prefers to continue to offer the quality of steel they've been using for years. They told us that stainless steel is somewhat less rigid than other types, and as such, in order to maintain the integrity necessary for this heavy-load bearing component, it is necessary to make a thicker and heavier shock body to compensate. In addition to added weight, a thicker strut body will not dissipate heat as effectively as a thinner structure, and therefore, H&R chooses not to use stainless steel for these applications. They suggest that with proper maintenance and care, their coil-overs will last as long as any on the market, even in areas where road salt is used in the winter. In addition to springs and shocks, H&R also offers a huge array of different spacers and wheel adapters. Want to put BMW wheels on your Volkswagen? Want to put Porsche wheels on your Audi? No problem, H&R has what you need. They also manufacture a wide variety of sway bar applications and are currently looking into producing their own line of tie bars. There's still more to H&R's story, however, and we're quite grateful we had some extra time to spend with several of the people involved in the manufacturing process, as well as those who spend the bulk of their time behind the scenes. H&R employees tend to be a rather close-knit group of individuals and they spend quite a bit of time after hours socializing and simply enjoying life in Lennestadt. After closing shop, a bunch of members of the H&R team, including Herr Heine himself, frequently head down to a local hotel/restaurant called Haus Buckman for some local cuisine and drink. We spent three nights at Haus Buckman and each night was better than the one before it. Incredible food, outstanding German pils, and a true local flavor one simply cannot get from the Hilton in downtown Frankfurt. Though most of the H&R crew speaks precious little English and our German is nicht sehr gut, communication was absolutely no problem. Roland speaks fluent German and the conversations never seemed to lag. A definite family atmosphere was a constant presence, with Herr Heine as the acting patriarch, and Roland defining the prodigal son role to a T. We noticed a sense of pride and enthusiasm from everyone involved with H&R Springs and in light of today's business climate here in North America, this was very refreshing (and somewhat surprising) to encounter. Big business is a sign of the times, even within our rather small automotive tuning niches, and this is certainly not always a negative thing. Still, in the case of H&R Springs, it's good to know that even behind the scenes of what may certainly appear to be a big business, there are friendly folks who genuinely seem to enjoy what they do. You can find more information on H&R online at: www.hrsprings.com For more discussion on this story, click on the link to our discussion forums at the left.


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