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You're quite an avid gamer, aren't you? You've been through all the arcade games and MMORPGs that were ever made.
However, there's one more game left. And that's writing a PhD thesis on a current problem.
No more "how write a thesis" questions! Take your joystick, check your mouse and WASD keys and start the game!
PhD Thesis Definition: Read All Game Instructions Carefully!
First of all, you need to know what you're dealing with. What is PhD thesis writing?
A thesis is nothing but a long research on a certain topic in order to obtain a Doctoral degree.
That's it! This is a thesis PhD students write.
Let's go to the next level!
PhD Thesis Structure: Another Logical Mastermind Game to Handle.
This time, you're in for a game of logics. Here are the tips to arrange your paper and get ready to write it the right way:
- Start with the parts that you know best;
- Deal with the backbone of the thesis first;
- Add specific and concrete details to dry facts or theories;
- Add bright tables to illustrate the main relationships and statistical data;
- Use consistently specific terms and phrases to show your understanding of the issue;
- Support every idea in your paper with concrete evidence from data or existing papers and books;
- Do not restate your findings in the conclusion – interpret them!
Are you done? Good, you've reached the PhD student checkpoint! And now get ready for an old game to play…
PhD Thesis Writing: Avoid Typical Mistakes. Minesweeper Tactics.
Welcome to the 5D-Minesweeper game! It's time to learn where the mines are, so that you don't tread on them when writing the paper:
|The Mistake
|Why It Is Wrong
|Righting the Wrongs
|No hypothesis
|Proving/Refuting the hypothesis is the aim of a PhD level thesis
|Offer your solution of the issue in question and prove it with research material.
|Using passive voice
|Active voice is the voice of modern research.
|Substitute "It is considered that…" with "Scientists consider that…," etc.
|Excessive descriptions
|Using many adjectives and adverbs makes a thesis look less trustworthy.
|Avoid such words as "often," "usually," "generally," "as a rule," "great," "based on," etc.
|No explanations of terms
|The audience must understand everything the researcher says.
|Provide a definition and a reference for each unknown term in your paper.
|Mentioning an issue you don't know much about
|The audience will spot your hesitation and reveal your secret. That'll be painful.
|Check every single vague idea or term to make it crystal clear.
|Not enough evidence
|Each conclusion you make must be supported by a piece of evidence.
|Base each of your ideas on a certain theory, case or other piece of evidence from a reliable source.
|Lack of connection between paper parts
|If our conclusions lack logics, your research results will be highly questionable!
|Each time you come up with an idea, ask yourself, "How did I get to this?"
|No mistakes at all
|If there are no mistakes found during the first check, you must have got too tired and missed some slips.
|Take some rest and check the paper after a short nap/chat/coffee break.
Congratulations – you get a bonus life! Proceed to the next level.
PhD Thesis: Level Upgrade: Read Crucial Writing Recommendations.
You're on another arcade now – remember to avoid the dangers you learnt about and don't forget to pick these goodies:
- Draft every single section of your PhD thesis;
- Use different colors to highlight the main ideas in drafts;
- Use an adequate and solid research methodology;
- Create at least five variations of the title;
- Guide the reader through the paper with the help of a clear table of contents;
- Make your ideas sound as unambiguous as you can;
- When adding tables to the paper, first introduce them, then comment on their data;
- Present each research fact, offering sufficient evidence to support it;
- Be original and inventive.
You've almost reached the finish! There are just a few steps left.
PhD Thesis Creation: Scoring Maximum Points. Read Important Tips
It's a shooting game! Hit every single piece of advice below, and you'll get your excellent mark:
- Remember to gather as much information on the issue as you can;
- Organize your paper clearly to make it easy to read and interpret;
- When correcting a certain part of the paper, keep the old version to compare with;
- Draw a schedule to speed up your inspiration process;
- Draw the line between relevant and irrelevant information;
- Create a part which is supposed to boom (the conclusion, results, analysis, etc.);
- Make a paper that you think is interesting to read. Excite the audience!
Hip, hip, hurray – you've made it! You've won the hardest games of all. And now go from this simulator to reality. With these tips on how to write a thesis, you can be 100% sure that you'll create a fantastic thesis for PhD level!

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Met. Encore: Le Nozze di Figaro Cert. 12A
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Met Music Director James Levine conducts this spirited new production of Mozart's classic domestic comedy, while director Richard Eyre sets the action in a Seville manor house during the gilded age of the late 1920s.
Dashing bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov leads the cast in the title role of the clever servant, opposite Marlis Petersen as his bride Susanna, Peter Mattei as the philandering Count, Marina Poplavskaya as the long-suffering Countess, and Isabel Leonard as the libidinous pageboy Cherubino.
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Michael Vick Admits Studying Dogs More Than His Playbook [VIDEO]
Michael Vick is making startling admissions as he promotes a new book and clothing line.
The Eagles quarterback, who at one point was broke after his arrest for running a major dogfighting operation, is in the second year of a lucrative contract. He is a starting quarterback with his name ringing out across the NFL.
Now, he is seeking to offer insight to his life before, during, and after the horrific dogfighting ring tarnished his name, reputation, and threatened his financial future.
The details are poured out in his autobiography, Finally Free, which is due out September 4th.
"I've made peace with it, because I have no control over it. It's not like I could do it all over again," he told USA Today Sports. "But at the same, I think I made a lot of changes for the better and I think in my quest to be an advocate against dogfighting and working the Humane Society, I've helped more animals than I've hurt."
Vick has been a lightning rod for attention throughout his 9 year career, which includes a 21 month stint in jail.
He had been seen as the man that would revolutionize the quarterback position when he was drafted 1st overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 draft.
While he was among the most popular and dynamic players, injuries and inconsistent play kept him from getting to upper rung of NFL quarterbacks. That part of his career came crashing down in 2007, when he plead guilty to federal dogfighting charges in August.
Excerpts were provided to and released by USA Today that offer a disturbing look into where Vick's head was at during this part of his football tenure.
"Back when I was involved in those activities, I may have become more dedicated to the deep study of dogs than I was to my (Atlanta) Falcons playbook," Vick said, "I became better at reading dogs than reading defenses."
"That's just so sad to say right now, because I put more time and effort into trying to master that pursuit than my own profession…which was my livelihood…which put food on the table for my family."
He was cut by the Falcons in June 2007.
However, Vick was given a second-chance by the Philadelphia Eagles in August 2009, when he was signed to a non-guaranteed contract. He was also forced to wait his turn and beat out several QB's before getting his shot in 2010 to run the Eagles offense.
The book release is sure to cause another firestorm for the polarizing quarterback.
For now, he will continue the media blitz for the book and the newly launched, "V7″ clothing line, until he heads to training camp this weekend.
The discussion will surely turn to the quest of a Super Bowl ring for the championship-hungry Eagles and their fans.


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package from developer's conference
Wolfram has posted notebooks representing some of the materials presented
at the developer's conference.
One of them presented some graphing utilities for help with plotting
discontinuities, holes in graphs, asymptotes, etc.
I was wondering if the required package with the functions used is
available, either from the author or somewhere on the website. I checked
mathsource and didn't come up with anything.
perhaps the author did not want to make them available, that's fine, but if
they are available, it would be nice to have them!!
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Graphing: A Package to Enhance Plots with Auxiliary Graphics
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First Son of Deep Impact to Indiana
Dowsing, an unraced 4-year-old from the family of Domedriver, will stand at Holden Farm for $10,000.
Dowsing, an unraced 4-year-old from the family of Domedriver, will stand at Holden Farm for $10,000.
Coming into her own over the summer, Vivlos struck for a classic victory Oct. 16 when taking the Shuka Sho (Jpn-I), the third jewel in Japan's Triple Crown for fillies, at Kyoto.
A pair of foals by Deep Impact each sold for $2,718,447, the overall highest price of the two-day JRHA select sale, which closed July 12 with records in overall gross and average price.
Deep Impact offspring dominated the top of the market at the yearling session of the JRHA select sale July 11 with eight in the top 10 highest prices, including the first six best sellers that were topped by a colt out of champion Awesome Feather.
U. Carrot Farm's Marialite upstaged heavy favorite Duramente and became just the third female to capture the Japan Racing Association's spring all-star race, the Takarazuka Kinen (Jpn-I), June 26 at Hanshin Racecourse.
Third choice Makahiki bested a strong field of 3-year-olds in the Tokyo Yushun (Jpn-I, Japanese Derby) to claim his first top-level win by a nose May 29 at Tokyo Racecourse.
U. Carrot Farm's Marialite won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Jpn-I) by a neck from fast-closing favorite Nuovo Record Nov. 15 at Kyoto.
Kitasan Black gamely drove between horses in the stretch and claimed the final jewel in Japan's Triple Crown, the Kikuka Sho (Jpn-I, Japanese St. Leger), Oct. 25 at Kyoto.
A Deep Impact filly out of U.S. grade I winner Weemissfrankie sold for the highest price of ¥180 million ($1.46 million) July 14 at the foal session of the Japan Racing Horse Association select sale in Hokkaido.
Gentildonna brought a fitting close to her illustrious racing career Dec. 28 in scoring an impressive win in the Arima Kinen (Jpn-I), Japan's season-ending all-star race at Nakayama Racecourse.
Danon Platina wrapped up Japan's champion 2-year-old male honors when capturing the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (Jpn-I) by three lengths Dec. 21 at Hanshin.
Shonan Adela stamped herself as Japan's top 2-year-old filly when she came with an overpowering outside run and edged past Let's Go Donki in the final strides in the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (Jpn-I) Dec. 14.
There was spirited bidding Dec. 6 for U.S. grade I winner Alterite, who topped sales on opening day of the Arqana Deauville breeding stock sale at 1.1 million euros (US$1,351,459).
Danon Shark came out on top in the Mile Championship Nov. 23 at Kyoto, earning his first group I win in stakes record time after a tooth-and-nail stretch battle with Fiero.
The runner-up in last year's Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Jpn-I), Lachesis proved best in this year's edition Nov. 16 when winning by neck from Japanese Oaks (Jpn-I) victress Nuovo Record at Kyoto.
Spielberg, a half brother to U.S. grade I winner and Central Kentucky sire Flower Alley, flew by dueling front-runners Isla Bonita and Gentildonna late and narrowly won the Tenno Sho (Autumn) (Jpn-I) Nov. 2 at Tokyo.
Shonan Pandora nabbed the final jewel of Japan's Triple Crown for fillies in record time, striking at 10-1 odds in the Shuka Sho (Jpn-I) Oct. 19 at Kyoto while denying Yushun Himba (Jpn-I, Japanese Oaks) winner Nuovo Record.
For the second straight year, a colt by Deep Impact out of U.S. Horse of the Year Azeri was the star of the Japan Racing Horse Association's foal sale.
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Offspring of two-time Japanese Horse of the Year Deep Impact sold for six of the top 10 highest prices at the yearling session of the Japan Racing Horse Association select sale July 14.
Verxina led gate to wire as she struck for a repeat win in the Victoria Mile (Jpn-I) May 18 at Tokyo Racecourse.
Big favorite Mikki Isle quickly recovered from a less than ideal start and led all the way to win the NHK Mile Cup (Jpn-I) for 3-year-olds by a neck May 11 at Tokyo Racecourse.
Harp Star completed an eye-catching last to first rally in the Oka Sho (Jpn, I, Japanese One Thousand Guineas), a stylish victory that kicked off the classic season in Japan April 13 at Hanshin Racecourse.
Gentildonna's tuneup for the $5 million Dubai Sheema Classic (UAE-I) next month was foiled in the starting gate as the jittery star mare was sapped before the Kyoto Kinen (Jpn-II) began Feb. 16.
In an exhilarating finish to the 33rd renewal of the Japan Cup (Jpn-I), filly Gentildonna nosed out another filly, Denim and Ruby, Nov. 24 at Tokyo Race Course to become the first to win the prestigious event twice.
Yutaka Take became Japan's first jockey to win 100 grade or group I races when he guided Tosen Ra to victory in the Mile Championship (Jpn-I) Nov. 17 at Kyoto.
Japanese Derby (Jpn-I) winner Kizuna prevailed in a tight finish over Epsom Derby (Eng-I) Ruler of the World in Qatar Prix Niel (Fr-II) Sept. 15 at Longchamp.
A Deep Impact colt out of U.S. Horse of the Year Azeri topped the Japan Racing Horse Association's foal session at 240,000,000 ($2,374,011 in U.S. funds) July 9 at Northern Horse Park in Hokkaido.
The Japan Racing Horse Association enjoyed record sales July 8 at its opening session and yearling sale, which saw great demand for the offspring of leading sire Deep Impact.
Race favorite Kizuna closed relentlessly from behind and snatched victory from Epiphaneia near the finish line in the $5.2 million Tokyo Yushun (Jpn-I), or Japanese Derby, May 26 at Tokyo.
Four times second at the group I level in 2012, Verxina finally broke through in the Victoria Mile (Jpn-I) May 12 at Tokyo Racecourse when holding off the strong late charge of Whale Capture to prevail by a nose.
Ayusan dug in gamely to repel a strong late bid from Red Opal and capture the $2,311,000 Oka Sho (Jpn-I), or Japanese One Thousand Guineas, the first jewel in Japan's Triple Crown for fillies April 7 at Hanshin Racecourse.
Gold Ship solidified his credentials as Japan's top 3-year-old on Oct. 21 at Kyoto when he completed a last-to-first rally in the Kikuka Sho (Jpn-I Japanese St. Leger), the final jewel in Japan's Triple Crown.
Gentildonna narrowly completed a sweep of Japan's Triple Crown for fillies Oct. 14 with a nose victory over rival Verxina in a thrilling finish to the Shuka Sho (Jpn-I) at Kyoto Racecourse.
The Japan Race Horse Association reported gains for its select sale, which was held July 9-10 at the Northern Horse Park in Hokkaido.
Topped by a Deep Impact colt, the yearling session of the Japan Racing Horse Association's Select Sale produced a record gross during the July 9 session at Northern Horse Park in Hokkaido, Japan.
Gentildonna is from the 2nd crop of 2-time Japanese Horse of the Year Deep Impact, and is the first of his offspring to win a group race at more than a mile.
Deep Brillante, a son of 2005 Japanese Triple Crown winner Deep Impact, fended off the late charge of Fenomeno to win the $3.9 million Tokyo Yushun (Jpn-I), or Japanese Derby, by a nose May 27 at Tokyo Racecourse.
The Japan Racing Horse Association has cataloged 250 yearlings and 226 foals for its July select sale. The auction will be held July 9-10 at the Northern Horse Park on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
Gentildonna romped to victory in the Yushun Himba (Jpn-I), or Japanese Oaks, in race-record time at Tokyo Racecourse May 20, giving the 3-year-old the first two jewels of the nation's Triple Crown for fillies.
Beauty Parlour justified her favoritism when she held off the challenge of Up to win the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas, Fr-I) at Longchamp May 13.
Gentildonna captured the $2.3 million Oka Sho (Jpn-I), Japan's version of the One Thousand Guineas, when she came from off the pace to score by a half-length at Hanshin Racecourse April 8.
Joie de Vivre, half sister to multiple grade I winner Buena Vista, claimed her first grade I title in the $1.5 million Hanshin Juvenile Fillies.
Orfevre became the seventh Japanese Triple Crown winner Oct. 23 when he registered a 2 1/2-length victory as a strong favorite in the $2.7 million Kikuka Sho (Jpn-I), or Japanese St. Leger, at Kyoto Racecourse.
A filly by a Japanese Horse of the Year and out of a Japanese Horse of the Year commanded a record-setting price of July 11.
Real Impact became the first 3-year-old to win the Yasuda Kinen (Jpn-I), the final leg of the Asian Mile Challenge, when he upset the brilliant filly Apapane in the $2.4 million race at Tokyo Racecourse June 5.
Marcellina used a strong closing kick to capture the $2.1 million Oka Sho (Jpn-I), the Japanese equivalent of the English One Thousand Guineas held at Hanshin Racecourse April 10.
A full brother to 2009 Japanese Derby (Jpn-I)`winner Logi Universe brought a top bid of 112,000,000 yen (US$1,244,444) to top the foal session of the two-day select sale conducted by Japan Racing Horse Association.
A colt by Deep Impact out of Isle de France was bought by Makoto Kaneko for 66 million yen (US$588,954) to top the opening session of the Japan Racing Horse Association July Select Sale on July 12.
The Japan Racing Horse Association (JRHA) foal sale suffered downturns of 33.1% in gross and 32.3% in average during its two-day run that ended July 15 at the Northern Horse Park on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. The three-day gross for the foal and yearling sales combined was down 21.4% from the previous year and the average fell 21.9%.


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This year about 120,000 Russians will visit Britain, more than 10 times as many as during the 1980s. All of them need visas (as we do to visit Russia). Moscow is now our largest visa issuing post in the world, and our new visa premises, rebuilt at a cost of pounds 750,000, are designed to cope with the large numbers. For a short time earlier this summer, queues formed through the night outside the visa section, but that is no longer the case. With further computerisation and increased staff, I am confident we can keep to a minimum the time taken for applications to be submitted.
The 3 per cent of applicants refused by our embassy is well below our world-wide average of 7 per cent, and a small fraction of the 20 per cent refused by some Western embassies in Moscow. This shows we are thorough but fair. It is somewhat ironic that it is precisely this thoroughness that has attracted some of the criticism.
Liam Fox MP
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An interview with Calvin Carr, Vice President of Sales, Oak Hill Corporation, who discusses the traits and skills that CIOs and IT managers can develop in order to become more influential within the ranks of corporate management. Recorded June 4, 2010, at the Futures of Flexible Infrastructure CIO retreat in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Why Monitoring Disk Storage Can Result in Cost SavingsWritten by MC Press Website Staff
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drakechaser wrote:There a few watershed lakes that hold local birds but after opening morning you can hang it up. The Tenn-Tom Waterway has been hunted way to hard for way to long and has dried up. Nothing there to hold the birds. They come in, get shot at, and leave. I know a few guys that are hoping to strike a deal with some farmers. Wanting them to leave some crops standing around the waterway in hopes of improving the hunting. Basically if you want to shoot ducks on a consistent basis then you must head to the delta. Lots of duck hunters in Tupelo but everybody has leases in the delta.
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That's what we call a keeper ....and congrats on the good findMy wife and I stop by our favorite gun shop at least once a week since we drive right by on the way to Richmond. Friday afternoon, when we walked in, one of our "regular" clerks says..."I know what you want...You're a revolver guy."
He pulled down a couple to show me, but nothing really caught my eye. Then my wife spoke up and said "What's that one there?" She was pointing at the end of the rack, all off by it's lonesome.
It turned out to be a near mint condition Smith & Wesson Model 10. I say "near mint" only because I don't know enough about such things to spot some small flaw an expert might pick-up on. To me the gun looked like it had just come out of the box.
It was a standard old Model 10-5. A "cop gun" from a bygone era. 4" pencil barrel, square grips, fixed sights. Blueing was as close to perfect as I've seen in a long time. Not a scratch on it. Made in 1969-1970 I've since learned. About the time I was a junior, in high school. There was a time when I laughed at guns like this. They looked quaint and old fashioned. Now I like them because they do look quaint and old fashioned.
I stood there turning it over and over, opened and closed the cylinder a time or two, wiping it off with a cloth. My wife said "That's a nice one isn't it?"..."Yes, it really is" I replied. "Then get it" she said. I hemed and hawed a bit...I've got more guns than I know what to do with really. She said "So? Get it." I looked at the price tag and made an offer. Guy went off, checked the computer, and came back with a counteroffer a few bucks higher than mine. Close enough. Put it on layaway.
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Do you sell the DVD's? Others are selling DVD's for significantly lower price than the USB memory stick. I like the USB but for $100 less I can do the DVD route. I prefer to buy from you as I have never had any issue with any order I have placed. Last year I bought the DVD's from you.
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Marilynne Robinson's second novel, Gilead, is a quiet, deeply moving celebration of the wonders and sustaining bewilderments of human consciousness. As its narrator John Ames writes to his seven-year-old son, describing a difficult journey through the back roads of Kansas he had taken as a child with his father and remembering a shared vision of the rising moon and setting sun on opposite horizons, "palpable currents of light passing back and forth," consciousness is a sort of sweet mysterious strength most of us only brush up against at extraordinary moments:
I can't tell you, though, how I felt, walking along beside him that night, along that rutted road, through that empty world—what a sweet strength I felt, in him, and in myself, and all around us. I am glad I didn't understand, because I have rarely felt joy like that, and assurance. It was like one of those dreams where you're filled with some extravagant feeling you might never have in life, it doesn't matter what it is, even guilt or dread, and you learn from it what an amazing instrument you are, so to speak, what a power you have to experience beyond anything you might ever actually need.
Ames is a 76-year-old pastor, struggling with angina and struggling too with the realization that he won't be able to pass on to the young son of a late, miraculous marriage what most mattered in his life. So, in a long letter, worked at over the course of a spring, summer, and early fall, he composes his life for his son. It's as if his life had been a long dream, intricately detailed, much of it having taken place in the rutted world or lonely wilderness he mentions above, and what he does as he writes, his son's face before him, is attempt to read and enact—to see and suffer again—its inner drama. If he begins simply passing on advice and family history, he ends having passed on a sense of consciousness itself, its power and its limits, its strange, almost wordless exhilarations.
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"In their opinions on policy and politicians ranging from President Barack Obama to Sarah Palin, elites in Washington have a strikingly divergent outlook from the rest of the nation, according to a new POLITICO poll released Monday. Obama is far more popular while Palin, the former Alaska governor, is considerably less so. To the vast majority of D.C. elites, the tea party movement is a fad."
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"America is struggling with a sputtering economy and high unemployment — but times are booming for Washington's governing class. The massive expansion of government under President Barack Obama has basically guaranteed a robust job market for policy professionals, regulators and contractors for years to come."
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Details emerge about new Harry Potter ride
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The centerpiece of the new Harry Potter-themed area at Universal Orlando Resort will take visitors into Gringotts Bank to help retrieve a magical object and re-create a scene from the wildly popular book and movie series.
Universal executives announced Tuesday that the ride will be called "Harry Potter and the Escape From Gringotts.''
The ride and the themed area will open in the summer.
Among the features of the new ride: a 60-foot dragon atop Gringotts Wizarding bank, a labyrinth of Gringotts vaults and a marble hall with goblins.
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Sometimes people ask me: ''Why are you so pro-Gaddafi?'', and then I answer them: ''I am not so much pro-Gaddafi, but more anti-NATO and anti-Media Manipulation, which makes me feel more sympathetic towards Gaddafi than to the Rebels with their aggressive NATO and its mighty propaganda machine, able to influence people at their will.''
When I looked at some of the Gaddafi glorification, I also think: ''that looks rather megalomanic''. With his picture on Green Square in Tripoli as one of the highlights (1). The Libya case is valuable for me because it clearly shows how truths can easily be twisted to serve the western elite. Let's take another example of this from today's newspaper in my country.
Back in 2011 I wrote about a woman who was a victim of much anti-Gaddafi propaganda. As a sign of respect for her quest to remove the stains on her name I decided to remove the excerpts related to her, which leaves behind a small article.
As you can see in the video below the Gaddafi-family have had numerous charitable causes and projects (6)
Update November 1, 2011
In Germany, a 23-year old model who has been the face for the Alice Mobile Phones commercials in Germany, Vanessa Hessler, said that the Gaddafi family were normal people and that she has had a passionate relationship with Muattasim Gaddafi. She was fired because she heroically wasn't willing to come back on these words. She has also said that the Rebels are people who don't know what they are doing (7)
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Tacoma artists and art lovers kicked off Tacoma's 12th annual Art at Work month at an event on Oct. 28 at the Foss Waterway Seaport celebrating all things art-related around the 253.
Amid Barefoot Collective's "movable human statues" swishing and swaying with a simple touch, and jazz from the Taxi Driver band, attendees saw highlights of local arts that are increasingly becoming economic engines around the city. While contributing to the city's quality of life, the arts also play a role in Tacoma's economic health. An economic impact study about the arts conducted two years ago concluded that nonprofit arts and culture comprise a $64.72 million-a-year industry that supports 1,735 full-time equivalent jobs and generates $6.58 million in local and state government revenue.
"The arts are about economic development as much as about culture and history," Mayor Marilyn Strickland said.
The night also included the awarding of the city's annual AMOCAT Awards to artists and art programs that made positive impacts to the arts community in the past year. The AMOCAT Arts Awards recognize those in our community who provide distinctive contributions to the arts. Awards honored Ervan and Helga Haub as Art Patrons for the Haub family donation to Tacoma Art Museum of landmark Western Art pieces and an endowment that also includes the construction of a 16,000-square-foot gallery at the museum, it breaks ground next week.
Puget Sound Book Artists was honored with the Community Outreach by an Organization award for its ongoing efforts to create a spirit of community among book artists and those who love books. Tacoma Public Library's David Domkoski took home the outreach award for his efforts at bringing notable authors to the area as well as for his production of plays after founding Assemblage Theater to produce provocative, quirky and challenging plays that celebrate language and engage, inspire, entertain and challenge audiences.
Art at Work Month is dedicated to showing off the community through more than 400 arts activities during November that include music, dance and theater performances; visual art exhibits; literary readings; lectures; workshops; film screenings and cultural events. Learn all about it at ArtAtWorkTacoma.com.
The 12th Annual Studio Tours will be held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 2 and 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring some 60 artists and collaborative studios and allowing the general public the opportunity to see the spaces in and tools with which local artists create their work. Check out ArtAtWorkTacoma.com for the full list of artists, schedule, and an interactive map where you can plot your own custom tour course.
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When Crickets Cry
by Charles Martin
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I like this book of love, life, mistakes and a big dose of God. I didn't realize it was Christian fiction until I got to the library and found it under "I" for inspirational. It was not down-your-throat, but the theme of Christianity was unmistakable. While the plot was predictable, the characters were well-developed and the writing drew me in. By the end, there were tears in my eyes, and an honest surprise at the end.
This was a true page turner. I LOVED this book. It is about relationships and the trust in God of a little girl. I had a hard time putting this book down. I am ready to go out and get another book by Charles Martin. I would recommend this book to everyone!
In order for me to review this book fairly I first need address the elephant in the room, namely religion. The author is without question a deeply committed Christian and his beliefs are evident in almost every paragraph in his book. Having grown up in a church-going family I have no problem with Christianity. If Mr. Martin is secure in his beliefs and confident of what lies in store beyond the grave, more power to him.
The book he has written is what many call Christian fiction. I choose to call it religious fantasy. I use the word fantasy with no derogatory connotations intended. The author has written a story of the world as he wants it to be; a world without villains; a world where good people always do and say the right thing and bad people sooner or later come around and see the error of their ways. In my experience, such a world can only be found if you turn right at Hogwarts and head straight on till morning. In other words, it's an imaginary world. If his purpose in writing it is to proselytize, then he really needs to tell a story that is set in a world the reader will accept as real.
The plot is about as transparent as a plot can be. Two people with broken hearts, one physically and the other spiritually will, by the grace of god, heal each other. I am not revealing any spoilers that any reader wouldn't have already figured out had they read the first chapter. The characters are nice, but so incredibly sweet that it's a wonder they don't all have diabetes. I also have a problem with the idea that a cardio-thoracic surgeon would believe that the heart is the physical center of our emotions. I know that this idea plays into the theme mentioned at the beginning of this paragraph but it also adds to the sense of unreality and makes it difficult to take the story seriously.
I am not saying the author is a bad writer. He's actually pretty good at stringing words together. When he talks about rowing, I'm reminded of some of the prose from Norman MacLean's 'A River Runs Through it'. His description of his wife's death and his subsequent grieving are really quite moving. In addition, his description of the medical procedures used by cardio-thoracic surgeons in heart transplantation procedures is quite accurate.
Bottom line: I read this book as part of a group read even though it is not the type of book that I would choose for myself. If you are someone who does enjoy Christian fiction then feel free to add two stars to my review to balance out my review. I believe the author can write but that he made his job far more difficult by the genre that he chose. As with most fantasies, it is difficult to drum up suspense when the reader knows that the preordained ending can be changed in an instant with the judicious use of magic and/or miracles.
This review is based on an unabridged audio recording read by Adam Verner. He did an excellent job of narrating the story although somebody needs to tell him that Robinson Crusoe's last name is not pronounced 'KUH-roo-sew' .
FYI: On a 5-point scale I assign stars based on my assessment of what the book needs in the way of improvements :
• 5 Stars – Nothing at all. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
• 4 Stars – It could stand for a few tweaks here and there but it's pretty good as it is.
• 3 Stars – A solid C grade. Some serious rewriting would be needed in order for this book to be considered good or memorable.
• 2 Stars – This book needs a lot of work. A good start would be to change the plot, the character development, the writing style and the ending.
• 1 Star - The only thing that would improve this book is a good bonfire.
I can't explain why I didn't like this book. It just didn't hold my interest. The author did not seem to write in a linear way and the story suffers for it.
The thing about literary fiction, Christian or otherwise, is you have to love the language. To be done right, an author needs to value things like sentence structure, placement of words, and economy of prose. In WHEN CRICKETS CRY, Charles Martin gets two out of three right. His sentence structure is perfect. He manages to build scenes so startlingly real that you can remember them as if they're your own memories. His word placement is brilliant. You can tell he's honed this story down to the most beautiful couplings of words that then copulate and birth vivid visuals. But he's far from sparse. I'm a firm believer that the fewer words used to describe something the better the end result. Especially in literary fiction. Now, this might seem the exact opposite of what most people think of when considering literary fiction (most believing that the genre, by definition, is verbose) but I disagree. I think wordy authors only prove their lack of skill. If it takes you four sentences to describe someone throwing a door open, you've failed at your task. Here, and only here, does Martin fail. Charles Martin likes listing stuff. He wants you to know every single detail down to the brand of every appliance/tool/toiletry used by his characters. Although, sometimes, the brand is all he tells you and you have to guess at what the fuck he's talking about (yes, even though this is a review of Christian fiction, I still dropped the f-bomb, because Hey-Zeus died for my right to be offensive!). The book is bogged down by paragraphs that resemble brick walls slathered with text which have no purpose other than reciting the Sears catalog's chapter on boat-building hardware, or the most boring bits of the New England Journal of Medicine. The author didn't bother with any flair or fireworks during these sections, which led me to believe he might have been copying directly from GRAY'S ANATOMY or BLACK & DECKER DO DALLAS. The prose farted along or was completely none-existent during every list, was basically stripped down to the most commonplace verbiage. Boo! Hiss! *tosses tomatoes at author* This is only so glaringly obvious because the rest of the book is gorgeous. Seriously, I wanted to have this book's babies.
What Martin does best is scene building. He stacks the beginning of every chapter with enough detail so that the hops back and forth in time are not jarring or confusing. Then he lets his characters exist in that space. The dialogue is some of the best I've ever read. These people talk like real people. They react like real people. They love and hurt and breathe and walk like real people. If it wasn't for that, I probably would have deleted this book from my Kindle. Which brings me to...
The fact that I'm an atheist. I'm not even agnostic. I firmly and unflinchingly believe that there is no creator, no invisible man in the sky who grants wishes, and sends people to a lake of fire for not listening to him like some amateur parental figure. Honestly, to me, God and Santa are made of the same thing: fairy dust and children's wishes. That alone should speak volumes as to the quality of this book. Charles Martin makes it very clear, from the first page on, that this book is about the power of God and blah, blah, blah, other religious stuff and things. But, even though I believe in Martin's god as much as I believe in Tolkien's hobbits, I enjoyed this book for the journey, much like I did while reading THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Martin didn't make my belief a necessity, and for that, I applaud him.
The ending was... meh. This is personal preference over something that the author did wrong. I do believe that, had Annie died and Reese been able to get back on the horse, so to speak, even though he couldn't save her, the story would have benefited far more. If anything would have proven the strength of the author's faith, that would have. In my eyes, having him save Annie was far too convenient and easy an ending. This is why I don't like happy endings. There's no risk involved, and, for the most part, everyone expects them. In the end, Reese seemed weak because he had to save Annie to redeem himself instead of focusing on his faith to bounce back.
In summation, this book didn't convert me to Christianity, nor did it try, and I commend Martin for that. He celebrated his faith without being preachy. The author can get long winded where product listings are concerned, but this book is mostly smexy (smart and sexy) prose that makes one want to lick the pages. I kid, I kid... but, seriously, schnozzberries. If you can stomach religiously devout characters and happy endings, read this book for the journey, not the destination.
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It begins on the shaded town square in a sleepy Southern town. A spirited seven-year-old has a brisk business at her lemonade stand. Her latest customer, a bearded stranger, drains his cup and heads to his car. But the little girl's pretty yellow dress can't quite hide the ugly scar on her chest. The stranger understands more about it than he wants to admit. And the beat-up bread truck careening around the corner with its radio blaring is about to change the trajectory of both their lives. Before it's over, they'll both know there are painful reasons why crickets cry--and that miracles lurk around unexpected corners.… (more)
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On paper the Habs look great. The reigning Eastern Conference champs lost replaceable players over the summer but addressed toughness issues with Georges Laraque and got their French-Canadian star in Alex Tanguay. The Habs enter their centennial season with high expectations from the team, media, and fans alike, and even pegged by some to win their 25th Cup. The Habs are skilled and fast – they may not be tough or big, but the players buy into Guy Carbonneau and Kirk Muller's system and as a result became one of the most efficient teams in the league, scoring 257 goals and putting together a league-best powerplay at 24.1%.
Offensively, the Habs aren't short of anything. While they're particularly imposing, all their players are ready to take, or sometimes give, a hit. There's no bullying this Habs team whose players clearly know what their roles and expectations are. The success that came with it was a bonus, as not even Carbonneau expected such a successful regular season, but after finishing first they lost in the second round to a hot Philadelphia team. With the acquisition of Robert Lang, it means that the Habs can take some off some of the offensive responsibilities of Saku Koivu, and perhaps reunite Lang with Alexei Kovalev, his former linemate in Pittsburgh. Of course, that would mean separating Tomas Plekanec and Kovalev, the two top scorers on the team that combined for 153 points. The Habs' dynamic sibling duo, Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn, are also expected to step up and improve on their 53 and 27 point seasons, respectively. Chris Higgins provides a strong defensive conscience on the forwards corps, and is no stranger to scoring, having recorded 3 straight 20+ goal season, six including his last year at Yale University. However, unfortunately for Higgins, with the Kostitsyns ready to move up into the top six and with the addition of Tanguay, Higgins may be regulated to third-line duty, although that isn't to say Carbonneau doesn't have the personnel to ice three scoring lines. The Habs' grinders are as hard-working as any, led by veteran Steve Begin and with youngsters Maxim Lapierre and Kyle Chipchura ready for full-time duty on the squad the Habs are 12 deep strong.
Defensively, the Habs have one of the most underrated defenseman in Andrei Markov. Markov's 24:58 ATOI lead the team, and his career-best 58 points was no easy feat either. With Mark Streit gone, it means that Markov is the de facto powerplay quarterback and will no doubt be putting his heavy shot to good use. Mike Komisarek was ranked first in the league in blocked shots, putting his 6'4″ 240 lbs. frame to good use. With Roman Hamrlik the Habs also have no trouble getting the puck out of their zone. What the forwards lack in size is made up on defense, including recent free agent signee Alex Henry (6'5″, 220) and the giant Ryan O'Byrne (6'5″, 235), who, along with Josh Gorges, slowly played themselves into a regular role and finished the season on strong notes.
Goaltending is perhaps the Habs' biggest weakness… or it may be its biggest strength. Bob Gainey felt that Carey Price was ready to handle number one duties, so at the deadline he dealt away Cristobal Huet, who has one of the best save percentages over a 4-year period amongst NHL goalies, to Washington. There's no doubt that Price and back-up Jaroslav Halak have the talent, but it's just a question of consistency and maturity. Price's calm demeanor, often confused with indifference, and outstanding positioning allowed him to become the goalie he is and will be, but the Bruins and Flyers showed that, like any rookie, he's prone to meltdowns, which prompted Carbonneau to go with Halak down the stretch. If Price pans out, and hopefully the next Patrick Roy as some have said he will be, it may be the strongest aspect of an already strong Habs squad. The obvious downside is that if Price falters, Halak is not quite ready for full-time NHL duty, which is probably the reason why management signed Quebec native Marc Denis to a two-way contract this summer.
With the acquisition of Lang, Gainey has announced that the Habs will be moving forward without Mats Sundin, with just a shade over $1.5m to spare. The Habs are likely to have finished all the wheeling and dealing they'd like to do before the season, will unlikely be making noise during the season, unless the Habs completely fall flat on their faces coming out of the gates.
It will be interesting to see how the Habs respond to higher expectations. Only expected to challenge for a playoff spot, the Habs blew everyone away and left the rest of the Eastern Conference in a cloud of dust. They were one of the best teams in the league at protecting leads, with only 5 one-goal losses, and blew out their opposition with some regularity, winning 21 games when leading by more than 3. However, there are two significant factors that could prevent them from doing so. First, is how well Price adjusts to being the number one goalie as a 20-year old. The second, is Kovalev. The Habs' powerplay last year was successful in part because of Kovalev, whose powerplay point total was a full 12 more than his even strength output (47-35). No other Habs player has such polarizing stats, and even powerplay specialist Streit only had 6 more powerplay points than even strength. The worst part, however, is the fact that Kovalev, at 35 years old, posted the best point total of his career since 2001, when he had 95. His centre that year? None other than Lang. Perhaps Gainey went after Lang to prevent Kovalev's seriously bi-polar production (77, 45, 65, 47 in previous years). If history is any indication, Kovalev is on his way to a sub-par year.
Projected lineup:
Andrei Kostitsyn – Tomas Plekanec – Alexei Kovalev
Alex Tanguay – Robert Lang – Sergei Kostitsyn
Chris Higgins – Saku Koivu – Guillaume Latendresse
Steve Begin – Kyle Chipchura – Tom Kostopoulos
Andrei Markov – Mike Komisarek
Roman Hamrlik – Josh Gorges
Francois Bouillon – Ryan O'Byrne
Carey Price – Jaroslav Halak
scratches: Maxim Lapierre, Georges Laraque, Patrice Brisebois
Coach: Guy Carbonneau
GM: Bob Gainey
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Jordan Ireland, the former frontman of Townsville band The Middle East, will make his first Canberra appearance under his own name at The Front this Saturday night. Ireland has been working on his own material since The Middle East split last year, when the band's members famously announced midway through their set at Splendour in the Grass that the show would, in fact, be their last. The group splintered at the peak of its powers, after signing to US management company The Artist Organization - putting it in the same stable as Soundgarden, Counting Crows, Lenny Kravitz and John Legend - and with the British music press in a lather over its second album I Want That You Are Always Happy. Ireland will be joined by Melbourne singer-songwriter J.A. Core. Doors open at 8pm and entry is $5.
Ageing gracefully
After last year's multi-day birthday bash that featured a stack of local bands, Canberra music institution The Phoenix is showing signs of ageing gracefully. Tonight, the venerable pub is holding a quiet gathering to mark 19 years of refreshing and entertaining Canberra's music lovers. House band the Fuelers will be putting in overtime and playing three sets, while games including Gringo Bingo, Rabid Dog and Wheel of Fate with the Beer Cactus will run during the quiet bits. A fittingly casual, relaxed tribute for a much-loved local venue.
The last time
Speaking of Canberra music institutions, Cell Block 69's annual Last Show Ever will soon be upon us. Led by strutting, preening frontman Corey Axelrod, the nine-piece all-star band of Corey's are dusting off their keytars and dredging headbands and spandex out from the furthest recesses of their wardrobes in preparation for what's to come: an evening of unfettered rock'n'roll pomp and bombast that every local should experience at least once. The band will take the stage at the ''ANU Bar and Stadium Refectory'' as they call it, on Saturday, December 22 with one-man-band Leisure Suit Lenny supporting. Tickets are $18 + bf from Ticketek.
Big love
Led by conductor Ian McLean and fronted by jazz singer Leisa Keen, the Blamey Street Big Band has organised a pre-Christmas charity concert, To Zambia With Love, at the Salvation Army Hall in Tuggeranong this Sunday. The band will draw on the catalogues of the greats, punching out classics from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington to raise money for the construction of the Chikankata Mission Hospital in Zambia. Doors open at 3pm and entry is by a note cash donation.
Milk it up
Groovin' the Moo will be back again in 2013 and organisers have sent out a save-the-date announcement. University of Canberra will host the event again on April 28 so make sure you blot out the whole day in your calendar. Artist announcements begin in late January and tickets go on sale at the start of February.
Owl city
Newcastle's the Owls have just released their second EP, Swamp Love, and are launching the disk at Transit Bar tonight. The band's self-titled debut grabbed the attention of Triple J and won the group shows with the likes of Gyroscope, the Living End, the Jezebels and Ball Park Music and this newie picks up where the four-piece left off. It's an all-out rocker with, at various points, tinges of fixture-rattling desert rock and southern-fried country. Tickets are $11.25 from Oztix or at the door, which opens at 8pm.
Whoa, mama
Voting is now open for the MusicACT Annual Music Awards, better known as the MAMAs, and you can - and should - get involved! The four main categories are open to public voting via the MusicACT website, musicact.com.au, where you can also see a full list of nominees for the industry-voted awards. The Aston Shuffle, Super Best Friends and Readable Graffiti are duking it out for artist of the year and, coincidentally, all made the finals for live performer of the year, too. Meanwhile, Safia, Dylan Hekimian and Natalie Magee are up for youth artist of the year. The live venue of the year category will see some stiff competition, with The Phoenix, Zierholz@UC, UC Refectory, Hippo Bar, The Abbey, The Polish Club, Transit Bar, Llewellyn Hall and Trinity Bar all in the running.
The awards ceremony will take place on December 7 at Albert Hall.
Know of something happening in the Canberra scene? Shoot us the details at email@example.com
Peter Krbavac is a Canberra music writer, musician and radio presenter with 2XX


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The game's two box-office stars produced another spellbinding session this morning, with four-time defending champion O'Sullivan clicking into gear to move 9-7 ahead prior to Friday night's play.
The quality could not be replicated by last-four debutants Barry Hawkins and Ricky Walden, though, with the pair limping through to their mid-session interval with four frames knocked off in over two hours.
Starting out 6-2 down, Hawkins slugged his way back to 7-5 without making a break higher than the 36 he made on Thursday night. His nuggety style got him back in the mix, however, as Walden - fluid on Thursday - lost his way.
Their display was very much a case of after the Lord Mayor's show following the second installment of the O'Sullivan-Trump clash. O'Sullivan had the chance to make it a mini clean sweep after the break but missed a routine green to let Trump in for a frame he deserved based on the amount of misfortune he suffered throughout the morning.
The Essex potter's safety play was of the highest order and he won two frames thanks to the quality of it, while his point-scoring was heavy enough after he shook off some early rustiness.
One fan was particularly vocal when Trump undercut a pink on 27 in the opener, shouting out that O'Sullivan should "show him" - perhaps in reference to Trump saying on Wednesday that his opponent did not scare him. O'Sullivan answered the request with a clearing 90.
Trump was not looking particularly nimble among the balls and let out an audible groan when he fluffed a red on 35, but an identical contribution got him over the line and level again. A fascinating 11th frame fell on the side of O'Sullivan thanks to a brilliant behind-the-yellow safety. He clipped a top-cushion red to get Trump in all sorts of trouble and knocked in a timely 34 to the pink.
Trump was as good as his word in not being intimidated, though, and responded by taking the final frame before the interval to give O'Sullivan plenty to think about. That would be the last time the Bristol man was level, however, as O'Sullivan rattled off three frames in a row after the resumption.
As the second semi-final continued, Walden finished the session 9-7 ahead of Hawkins.
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Clutch pedal rattle
My clutch pedal rattles every time I hit a bump in the road. I looked up under the dash and the pedal is mounted on a rod with the brake pedal. The clutch assembly moves a bit and this is what is causeing my rattle. Anyone ever tried to fix this noise? Any ideas on how to stop it??
I have the same problem and was hoping to find a fix on here! My jeep is an 06' TJ Rubicon with 55,++ miles. I started to notice the rattle in the clutch pedal around 5,000 or so miles ago. It looks to me the the clutch pedal rod is plastic that pushes on the master cylinder and has become warn and this causes the clutch pedal to become loose and enables it to move back and forth. This movement makes it rattle when you hit bumps. I am thinking of replacing that rod but I think it will just ware again and start rattling again. Hopefully will chim in with a permanent fix.
I"ll have to look at the manual, but there should be some sort of bushing the pedal pivots on.
There are two.
#2 in the diagram. Bushing, clutch and brake pedal shaft, mounting. Part # 04294639
#9 in the diagram. Bushing, hydraulic clutch actuator. Part # 04446361
I'd suspect the shaft bushing before the actuator bushing. Look underneath the dash and wiggle the pedal side to side and see if you can recreate the sound. If it does, see if the pedal looks like it's rocking on the shaft.
My '02 rattles too, pretty badly when I'm out wheeling, but it isn't as noticeable on the road. I have looked at the pedal and the mounts several times, but wasn't able to come up with a solution. There is play in the pedal at rest from the front of the jeep towards the back, but the rattle seems to come from the pedal moving sideways on it's mount, so the play in the pedal doesn't appear to be the problem. I have just started to wheel with my left foot behind the clutch holding it in place; it get's really annoying on rough trails!
Part numbers
Thank you,
Thank you. The funny thing is when I pull my clutch pedal towards me I notice the rod come with it. So there is something worng or its listed with the mater cylinder? I will have to go to the dealer parts department and see if the guy there can help me find whats up?
Thank you,
I had bushings replaced in brake pedal in my 12 rubicon. Noise was gone for bout 100 miles. Now back to same noise issue?
Just had the exact same thing and I think I figured out the issue (for once)
I got underneath the dash with a flashlight (not easy!) and studied it, and saw that at the point where the clutch pedal attaches to the actuator rod. As you will see, the clutch pedal has a solid metal nub that goes into the round hole of the actuator rod. There is a little plastic bushing that slips over the nub and holds it in the hole. That is a piece of crap part and tends to break after a few years of use.
NOW here is what happens to cause the "wiggle" or play in the pedal, and what happened to mine:
Without the plastic bushing (or if the bushing breaks a little but hold together) it creates play at that connection. If not addressed right away, during the thousands of times you press the clutch pedal, the metal nub actually wears against the hole of the actuator rod, and instead of a circle, you will get something like an oval shape (again from the back and forth metal-to-metal contact over time). This allows the nub to move back and forth a slight bit even though still attached to the rod, and that is what causes the clutch pedal to wiggle or rattle over bumps. Honestly, for two years, my plastic bushing was completely broken, and I have no idea how or why my clutch pedal stayed attached to my actuator rod!
To fix mine, I got a piece of nylon tubing, some washers and a couple c-clips. I slipped a cut down piece of nylon tubing over the clutch pedal nub. This helped make up for the "oval-ness" of the clutch actuator rod hole and make a tighter fit. Now, put the nub through the hole and put one or two washers over the nub. Use the c-clips to hold it all together. Works great and saved me from buying a new actuator rod/slave cylnder unit.
NOTE: If your actuator rod hole is worn and made into an "oval" like mine was, buying a new plastic bushing from Jeep or anywhere else WILL NOT WORK. I tried. This is because the play at the connection actually crushes the new plastic bushing the first or second time you depress the clutch pedal. Once the bushing is cracked or crushed, it won't hold the connection tight enough. That bushing is designed only to go into a perfect circle.
To give proper credit for the fix I used above, I got the idea from this fine gentlemen who figured it out and posted a write-up. I don't think he had the oval problem, but the fix works just as well:
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DIY: Rear Brake Shoes
Hi guys
I changed my rear parking brake shoes yesterday. I used a guide over on E46zone but also took a load of pics myself so thought I'd share it with you.
There are some other useful links around the internet but some are mainly focussed on brake discs and pads so I have added some useful ones on the link below too.
Feel free to wander over and have a read on the zone ;)
Thanks, I need to do this.
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An 'Open Secret': Catholic Sexual Abuse in the Black Community
By Ashahed M. Muhammad (Part I of II)
Special to the NNPA from The Final Call
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) – Files released by the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese show decades of systematic secrecy and protection of pedophile priests, however, for some victims of abuse, the nightmare continues and justice remains elusive.
David Nolan is 46-years-old. His harrowing tales of abuse began at 13 years of age as Father Victor Stewart, now deceased, used his authority and power to have sex with dozens of young boys at will, and seemingly without any fear of being punished.
The Nolan tragedy provides almost a case study into how pedophile priests victimized the Black community.
In files released as part of a settlement in a sexual abuse case, the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese was clearly aware of many allegations of sexual abuse involving Fr. Stewart. Documents show victims reported Fr. Stewart and other priests were "part of a club that participated in pedophilia."
Mr. Nolan said the church shuffled priests from parish to parish to protect its image, not children and families in the church. Church leaders knew all along abuse charges were true, he said. "I've continued to be abused over the years not only by the Chicago Archdiocese, but by our legal system. It destroyed my marriage because I didn't have no recourse, I didn't know how to deal with it, it destroyed my relationships with family, so now to hear that these documents are being released I'm saddened.
I'm dismayed. I'm disappointed because the church I grew up loving—when they had a chance to really display spirit and truth of Christ—they chose to persecute me and label me as a liar."
Fr. Stewart was considered a godfather to the many young boys with no role models or mentors. As a religious figure in a crime-ridden Englewood neighborhood, he was placed on a pedestal. Many of the young men from impoverished backgrounds enjoyed receiving gifts Fr. Stewart showered them with, new clothes, gym shoes and video games. Those gifts came with a price—inappropriate touching, sex, and a vow of secrecy.
From time to time, young boys would actually live at the rectory, and according to legal files and testimonies, the sexual abuse was an open secret. Not all of the victims were young teenagers. Some reported abuse beginning at age 16 or 17 and continuing until ages 20 or 21.
Mr. Nolan even tried to tell the Chicago police about the abuse. He said he was called a liar and ridiculed.
At several churches where Fr. Stewart served, there were multiple allegations of sexual abuse. There was a report of sexual abuse when Fr. Stewart was at St. Catherine of Genoa parish and the survivor was in high school. According to the archdiocese report: "The abuse consisted of oral sex on the survivor and occurred about once per month in high school."
Fr. Stewart reportedly sexually abused minors from 1981-1986 while serving at St. Charles Lwanga parish. The parish council of St. Ailbe's church, where he served in the early 1990s, was "upset because they see boys coming and going from the rectory at all hours," documents show.
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Plum cake can be enjoyed warm from the oven with cream and cold like a muffin at breakfast-time.
Photo: Mark Chew
Reader feedback gives an opportunity to test some old favourites.
This time last year I wrote about the pleasure I had cooking for some very young gourmets. Once again I have shared a part of my holiday with the same children, now aged 3 and 2. And once again they were a delight to feed. Indiscriminate almost. A ripe plum might be followed by a fried falafel, by a slice of salami, or poached chicken, or a green bean.
The falafel were made as a result of reader feedback for The Cook's Companion. I receive a steady stream of reader comment; it is almost always positive but now and then a recipe is queried. Whenever a query starts me wondering, I re-cook the recipe as soon as possible and report back to the reader.
This one claimed the falafel recipe was far too salty, so I set to work in the kitchen. Soaked chickpeas are very hard. I had no food processor and no mortar and pestle and no other grinding stones at the holiday house. But by proceeding with very tiny quantities I managed to turn my drained chickpeas into a coarse falafel using a small wand blender. Very tedious and much of the kitchen became splattered with tiny specks of flying chickpea. The felafel were absolutely delicious, if a bit more crunchy than usual. And then I found out that the reader had not used raw chickpeas at all but the same weight of tinned cooked chickpeas!
Another reader was searching for a recipe for Zulu cake that included boiled oranges. I recommended Claudia Roden's orange cake, having no knowledge of a Zulu cake. And someone else wanted to know what to use in a recipe calling for American cake flour.
Yet another reader worried about the recipe for Mieze's Plum Cake - it didn't cook in time and the plums were too caramelised. I found this comment puzzling, as this particular cake is one of my favourites and I have baked it in all sorts of sizes, even in hamburger rings as an individual portion, in which case it was certainly necessary to reduce the cooking time. It is named for a very charming Austrian woman who introduced the cake to our family more than 40 years ago. So off I went to the shops looking for blood plums.
Japanese varieties are grown more extensively in Australia than European plums and usually have larger fruit with predominantly red skin tones. The Japanese varieties include all plums collectively known as blood plums. Of these dark-fleshed, spicy plums, the best known are the satsuma and mariposa. Most Japanese plums are classed as cooking plums but they can also be eaten fresh as dessert plums. They also make a terrific plum sauce that is very well-known to mothers and grandmothers, less so to their sons and daughters.
And yet it is an outstanding all-purpose barbecue sauce and a splash in the roasting tin after cooking a leg of lamb, before a quick bubble-up with a glass of wine, creates an instant sauce.
My cake was wonderful. It cooked in exactly the time suggested in the recipe, even though I had a smaller cake tin than the size recommended, the juices seeped into the cake layer and the edges became a shiny burgundy. I cannot imagine what went wrong with the reader's recipe here.
We have enjoyed the cake warm from the oven with cream and cold as a sort of variation on a muffin at breakfast-time. Our breakfasts tend to be late, after an hour's walk in the National Park. A kangaroo bounded away from us this morning and we heard birdsong but other than that we seemed quite alone.
Back at the house, four glorious King parrots came to sit on the deck, their chests the colour of scarlet silk.
Mieze's plum cake
180g softened butter
150g castor sugar
135g plain flour
135g self-raising flour
pinch of salt
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
70ml milk
1/2 cup ground almonds (or fresh breadcrumbs)
10-12 ripe blood plums, halved and stoned
60g butter
1/2 cup castor sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 large eggs
· Preheat oven to 200C and lightly grease a 26cm springform tin.
· To make the topping, melt butter and stir in sugar and cinnamon, then allow to cool a little. Whisk eggs well and stir into cooled butter mixture.
· Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then mix in flours and salt. Mix eggs with milk, then add to flour mixture and mix to make a softish dough (it should drop easily from the spoon). Spoon batter into prepared tin (it should not fill more than a quarter of the depth, as the cake rises a great deal), smooth the top and sprinkle over ground almonds. Arrange plums on top, cut-side up, starting around outside edge and working towards centre. Spoon topping over and around plums on cake. Place cake in oven and reduce temperature to 180C.
· Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, until a fine skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Serve warm with cream or ice-cream. Any leftover cake can be warmed, wrapped in foil, in the oven at 180C for 15 minutes.
Serves: 8-10
Plum sauce
This sauce keeps for months. I have a bottle in my own cupboard that is two years old. The sauce has become a bit darker over time but still tastes great.
1.5kg plums, halved
1 1/2 tsp cloves
1 tsp whole allspice
1 tsp black peppercorns
2 1/4 cups brown sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tbsp minced fresh ginger
3 cups white-wine vinegar
1 hot chilli, seeded and chopped (optional)
· Stone plums, then crack half the stones* and tie them in a piece of muslin. Tie spices in another piece of muslin. Put muslin bags, plums, sugar, salt, ginger, vinegar and chilli (if using) into a large non-reactive pot and bring to a boil, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Cook steadily for 20 minutes until plums have collapsed. Remove muslin bags and press all juices back into sauce.
· Pass sauce through the coarse disc of a food mill and return to rinsed-out pan. Boil steadily for a few minutes until sauce is as thick as you would like it. For a super-smooth sauce use a blender. Remember to only place a small quantity in the flask at a time as the steam will force the lid off and you can burn yourself. (Remember, too, that the sauce will thicken further when it is cold and it ought to be pourable.) Pour into hot, sterilised bottles or jars, seal and label. Leave for at least a week before using.
Makes: 2 litres
* To crack plum stones, place them in a teatowel and give them a moderately hard whack with a meat mallet. Alternatively, use a hammer but be gentle lest the result is fragments, rather than pieces.
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Re: applying a real texture in Mathematica
On Sep 9, 2:53 am, Yves Klett <yves.kl... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Just a suggestion,
> but I am not particularly fond of mathgroup code that Export(s) or
> modifies files without really good reason. This might mess up someone's
> files or leave undesired (large) files in whatever directory you happen
> to work in.
> So I'd recommend commenting out the Export statements unless you really
> work with the exported stuff later on in the same post.
> Regards,
> Yves
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Hi eveyone! I would like to join the Dribbble community! Does anyone got an invite for me?? Pleeeease
Dribbble still has not given me any invites! i will keep you in mind though! I will try to invite you if possible!
MikeMoloney said
Dribbble still has not given me any invites! i will keep you in mind though! I will try to invite you if possible!
Also keep me in mind..
Yes, how can we invite people? Do we have to wait until we get invites to send out? I haven't had any yet either?
I still have 1 invite left if i am not mistaken
I'l invite you under my name " Spiros Mantadakis"
Robert Perry right?
calm down…... u r in. enjoy….. check ur mail…
Did you also draft him =p, lol well gets he's def. in then
Wow thanks for the promptness mates! I accepted the graphcoder one because it was the first invite i received, so thank you! Thanks a lot also to themework! Now you can give your invite to a designer that deservs it
Thanks mates
No prob, good luck on dribbble man !
you don't deserve it Rob that's why I won't invi… doh
everyone likes you, it took u 1 hour to get one lol
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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
Minnesota State Fair
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SS: THE LIVES OF THE COWBOYS…..brought to you by Borax Bath Salts in a Box…….if you feel listless and indifferent, the cause may be body fungus on your back, the part you can't reach when you shower. Just lie in a tub in two inches of Borax Bath Salts ---- it kills fungus. And now….THE LIVES OF THE COWBOYS…..(FAIR SOUNDS----- ROLLER COASTER----- BARKER ------ TILT A WHIRL)
GK: Good to be at the State Fair, Dusty. Get in off the lonesome trail and enjoy some company.
TR: I'm going off to the hoochie-coochie show ----- what you up to?
GK: Just writing a song. (STRUM)
Oh she was a pretty girl
Young, blue-eyed and blonde
Met her on the Tilt-a-Whirl
Then quickly she was gone.
Walk around the cattle barn
Do not see her there
Wish I had her in my arms
At the Minnesota Fair.
TR: Who's that about?
GK: Woman I saw yesterday.
TR: On the Tilt-A-Whirl?
GK: No, I saw her on the Giant Slide.
TR: Why'd you say Tilt-A-Whirl?
GK: It rhymes with Girl. Giant Slide rhymes with lied and died and formaldehyde.
TR: Also with Wide Ride. Which would be applicable in your case. (HAWKS AND SPITS) But never mind.
GK: She smelled of lilacs.
TR: And she was blonde?
GK: Brunette.
TR: Rhymes with forget.
GK: Can't forget her.
TR: Well, you better forget her cause I'm sure she's forgotten you and you'll have to fall in love with a new one who'll be bald which rhymes with Enthralled. (HAWKS AND SPITS)
GK: She's a singer like me. And I believe she's entering the yodeling contest. Which starts right here in about five minutes. Thinking about entering it myself. (HE STRUMS AND YODELS)
FN: You call that a yodel, mister? Sounds more like a man in gastric distress.
GK: Who're you? You in the yodeling contest?
FN: Nope. I'm her manager. Madame Roseau. French champion yodeler. Won every trophy for yodeling there is in Europe. She's a shoo-in.
Quand il me prend dans ses bras
ll me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose
ll me dit des mots d'amour
Des mots de tous les jours
Et ca m'a fait quelque chose
FN: Okay, that's enough. Don't give it away. See you onstage for the contest, Big Boy. Good luck. (HE LAUGHS CRUELLY)
TK (P.A.) : And now ---- contestant number four in our yodeling contest ----- Geraldine and Jezebel Titanium.
JS & JS: Thank you very much. (SHE SINGS)
Well I can raise fourteen head of sheep and show em at the Fair and win first prize
You know I can make championship jam and jelly and bake the best cakes and pies
I can ride a Tilt-a-Whirl and Ferris Wheel and Roller Coaster and every other ride
And eat a dozen minidoughnuts and cheese curds and corn dogs and keep it all inside
And I can yodel...
And do it really well.
I can yodel
TK: Thank you, thank you. And now contestant number five----- Sandra Wittcome.
GK: Hey Dusty---- look----- it's her----- up onstage. That's her. The girl I saw on the Slide.
TR: The one you're in love with, huh?
GK: Be still, my beating heart.
I want to be a farmer's sweetheart.
I want to work hard and be poor
I want to feed the pigs and chickens
And learn how to spread manure.
I want to marry a Norwegian
Who is very solitary
I want to be a farmer's sweetheart,
Out on the northern prairie.
I want to be a farmer's sweetheart
I want to plant my corn and beans
And marry a good Lutheran
And learn what contentment means.
He'll be loyal and hard-working
And his commitment will be total,
But once a year I will leave him here
And go to town and yodel.
TK: Thank you, thank you. And now---- contestant number six----- (FADES INTO BRIDGE)
GK: Miss Wittcome?
SW: Yes?
GK: Just wanted to congratulate you on a fine job of yodeling. That was terrific.
SW: Why, thank you, sir.
GK: You can call me Lefty. It seems to me that the song you sang is actually "I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart, I want to learn to rope and ride here on the Great Divide" rather than "I Want To Be A Farmer's Sweetheart" ----- no?
SW: "I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"???? Really?
GK: Yes, ma'am.
SW: That seems sort of laughable to me. A cowboy's sweetheart??? Why would I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart?
GK: He a friend of yours?
SW: This is Svend. My fiancée.
GK: Him?
SW: He's a farmer. Corn and soybeans. Up near Moorhead.
TK (OFF): And the winner of the yodeling contest---- winner of the all-expenses paid trip for two to Paris ----- from Moorhead, Minnesota----- Sandra Wittcome.
SW: We did it, Svend. We'll sell the farm and move to Paris. You and me. Wheeeeeeeeee.
GK: You're going to Paris with him?
SW: He also speaks French. (TR FRENCH WITH SWEDISH ACCENT) (BRIDGE)
Oh there are some pretty girls
Walking round the Fair
It can set your heart awhirl
Their eyes, their lips, their hair
There is passionate romance
From here to the Midway
All around the hot dog stands
On a summer day.
TR: Who you singing about now?
GK: Don't know yet. Hope to find out.
SS: THE LIVES OF THE COWBOYS was brought to you by Borax Bath Salts in a Box. It kills fungus.
Old Sweet Songs: A Prairie Home Companion 1974-1976
Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).


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FLORENCE, S.C. - Francis Marion University recently established a new major and teacher certification program in German. The Department of English, Modern Languages and Philosophy has, in the past, offered a minor in German. That program produced students who taught German and who traveled or worked in German- speaking countries.
"A major in German will expand these possibilities, particularly in the fields of international study and employment for the students," said George E. Harding III, associate professor of German. The program will be offered to FMU students beginning in the 1999 Fall Semester, in anticipation of approval by the State Commission on Higher Education (CHE), he said. There are "critical needs" in South Carolina for preparing people to teach German, Harding added. "Many teachers have been trained in English and history, but not enough teachers have been trained in math, science, and modern languages. FMU students will benefit by having the new opportunity to major in and be certified to teach German."
FMU is looking to explore exchange programs at German universities in areas such as the Rhine River and Berlin, which require participating students to have a basic knowledge in German. Germany directs more investment into the U.S. than any other country, said Harding. To gain teacher certification in German, a student will major in German, meet the requirements of all the education training courses, and take and pass a state test for basic knowledge in German.
By providing FMU students with this program, new doors will be opened. According to Kiplinger's Guide to 2000 and Beyond (December 1998), Harding said, employers put a premium on certain skills including the knowledge of a second language. "FMU is preparing students to learn to deal with diverse cultures," he added. Harding was selected the 1998-99 FMU Distinguished Professor.