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Homemade Power - A Vegetable Oil Fuelled Generator
Update - April 2006.
This page reports on some of the more recent progress on my veg oil fuelled generator project.
In early April, the shed was tidied out to make room for the engine and inverter cabinet.
An experimental exhaust gas heat exchanger supplied by colleague Mike Wilkinson was installed and
Once Paul and I had tidied out the old shed, and got rid of some junk, there was then room to install the
Lister generator set, slightly more permanently - or at least until I got the
new shed
The task list was as follows:
Tidy shed to make room for genset.
Bolt the baseplate to the shed floor using concrete anchor bolts
Fit an exhaust system - an old car silercer salvaged from an exhaust centre
Wind an oil pre-heater coil around the first part of the hot exhaust
Install a temporary cooling system
Fit the dc starter motor and connect in via auxiliary belt drive
Wire up the inverter and battery set
Plumb the cooling system into the house heating
The engine is coupled up to a 3kW alternator using a toothed belt drive. This allows the engine to turn
the alternator at 1500 rpm which is the correct speed for 50Hz UK mains electricity.
The diesel engine uses between 1 and 1.5 litres of fuel per hour, when providing 3kW of electrical power.
One quarter of the fuel energy can be converted into electricity, and about half of the remaining energy
can be captured in the form of waste heat and used to heat water.
Running the engine for 5 or 6 hours per day will provide me with all the electricity we need and this is
stored in a battery bank, which provides power throughout the remainder of the day.
Waste vegetable oil is readily available in the UK from pubs and restaurants, and there should be no
difficulty found in obtaining the necessary supplies for the foreseeable future.
This photo shows my Lister engine, a
1950 Lister CS 5/1 6hp diesel engine
coupled to a 3kW Chinese alternator
using just ordinary vegetable oil as fuel.
The engine was purchased from ebay for
about £250 or US$450
The engine is quiet enough to be run in a
basement, garage or shed and the waste
heat can be used to heat your home!
In April 2006, this engine and generator
were installed in my 7' x 9' shed as the
mainstay of my Hombrew Power system.
A temporary water cooling tank has been
arranged to allow the engine to be run
for short periods.
Soon it will be connected into my central
heating system to provide up to half of
my winter heat requirement.
The engine and alternator are bolted
down onto a 48" x 24" fabricated steel
baseplate previously used on a Lister
Startomatic generator.
Following some spare time over Easter,
Paul and I finally got my 6hp engine and
alternator installed into the shed.
Shed is a bit of a misleading description,
because really it's just a nice level 7' x 9'
shed base, with a very tatty 3 sided shack
keeping the water out.
The shed is going to be replaced and a
purpose built engine shed and workshop
double skinned and heavily insulated
which will act as acoustic cladding and
also thermal insulation. The outside of the
shed will be clad in shiplap boards to
match the other new shed. The roof will
allow my solar panel tobe mounted and
face south south west.
On the Wednesday after Easter, I finally
got the Startomatic base anchored to the
floor with 10mm expanding bolts. I had
hoped to use 12mm bolts, but drilling the
20mm diameter hole in the concrete
would be almost impossible without a
special drill and diamond core bit. I
settled for the 10mm bolts, which only
needed a 16mm hole - and even that gave
some problems.
The engine now needs an exhaust silencer,
cooling system, vegetable oil fuel tank
system and heat exchangers.
The blue plastic barrels behind are part of my rainwater
storage system. I collected over 600 litres in just three
wet days in early April.
The belt drive uses an
8mm pitch, 20mm wide
Gates GT3 belt.
The engine pulley is 80
teeth and the alternator
pulley is 32 teeth. The
belt drive will have a
guard fitted as soon as I
have finished the rest of
the mechanical work.
The large cream
coloured cabinet
houses my batteries and
inverter system. It is
rated at 5kW.
Rear view of the alternator showing the
screw terminals for the mains output
connection! These were used for testing
purposes only and will shortly be replaced
with a UK approved 16A splash-proof
The engine and baseplate are now bolted
down to the concrete floor using
substantial 10mm anchor bolts.
The 1950 6hp Lister CS engine and alternator mounted on
salvaged Startomatic fabricated steel base. Engine purchased
from Ebay for about £250 (US$ 450)
Detailed view of the anchor bolt.
These used 10mm loose bolts and
needed a 16mm diameter x 80mm
deep hole to be drilled in the
concrete. This was quite a challenge
for my humble Bosch 600W drill. In
future I will hire an Kango and a
proper diamond core bit.
The engine shed photographed from the open side. On the right is the 5kW
inverter and 10kWh battery storage cabinet. Woodburning boiler on the left.
Running on Vegetable Oil For the First Time! - April 22nd 2006
The engine was fairly loud with the
primitive exhaust pipe - so I scrounged a
second hand exhaust from the scrap bin at
my local exhaust centre (Kwik-Fit). This
had a silencer and a huge expansion box and
was off a large GM/Opel vehicle.
I hastily fashioned a coupling that would
mate with the exhaust manifold flange on
the cylinder head and hoped that I had a
reasonable seal with not too many holes!
I then wound the vegetable oil pre-heater
coil around the first 120mm of the exhaust
where it connected to the flange. This coil
is made from 16 turns of 6mm OD annealed
copper "microbore" tubing. It coiled very
well without kinking around the 54mm
diameter exhaust pipe. If you use 8mm
tube - you must use a 63mm diameter
exhaust to avoid kinking.
The fuel line was then connected to the tank
and the fuel-filter and added a litre of
vegetable oil to the last few drops of diesel
that were in the tank.
Having bled the air from the fuel lines, I
started up, and was delighted to see that the
engine settled down on its new diet of
vegetable oil.
I loaded up the alternator using my 2kW
kettle and soon was boiling water. The
exhaust oil pre-heater works really well,
the oil leaves the pipe really quite hot.
Once the engine is up to temperature, the
heat from the cylinder also helps to thin the
oil by heating up the fuel filter housing - a
large lump of cast iron.
The exhaust pipe and silencer were
cobbled together from a scrap car
exhaust. Some exhaust fittings
actually have the same flange fitting
as the Lister with the holes on 92mm
Under load the whole exhaust gets
too hot to touch. There is a lot of
heat energy in the exhaust gases
which must be recuperated using an
exhaust heat exchanger. See below.
However, I was impatient to get the
engine running with the exhaust so
came up with this temporary
It is temporarily resting upon my
Austrian woodstove boiler another
renewable project needing some
more work!
Next, I put my carpentry skills to
good use and made up this large
acoustic enclosure to house the
complete gen-set.
It is approximately 1600 x 1200 x
800 mm,and made from 18mm
exterior grade plywood. It will
then be lined with 75mm thick
Kingspan insulation.
As you can see - it is a significant
portion of the size of the shed.
It will not be used until I have
the new shed constructed and the
new isolated concrete engine
pedestal cast.
Here we are running on vegetable oil
with the kettle steaming merrily on the
left hand side.
The water tank on the left was made
from an old propane gas bottle, and is
sufficient to allow test runs of up to two
hours or so. Later on a 120 litre
heatstore tank was added. See below.
The engine is happiest producing about
2.5kW of power, but will produce 3kW if
The battery bank will allow the engine
to run on full load for 4 or 5 hours per
day, charging the batteries. For the
remainder of the day we run on the
inverters and battery power.
Here is the new starter motor coupled to the alternator by a second belt drive.
The starter motor is rated at 6kW, which is half as much again as the engine. It
will happily start it from cold when run from a 36V battery bank - below.
In late June, Tim Dawson-Stanley
visited me from Tang, central
southern Ireland, and got me set
up with a proper vegetable oil
filter system.
A 250 mm round hole was cut in
the top of a blue plastic drum
with a jig-saw. A sheet of
plywood big enough to make a
lid, had a similar size hole cut in
its centre.
The filter bag was fitted in place
using a plastic plant pot that had
the base cut off.
A plastic tap was fitted to the
front of the drum about 200mm
up from the base, and a 10mm
bold threaded in and sealed with
a bit of plastic pipe to make a
water drain plug.
Below are a couple of shots of the
filter bag, how the neck is
mounted, and some of the
detritus that remains in the bag
after oil has been poured through.
Join the Lister CS Owners Group - Hosted by Yahoo Groups
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A Discussion forum for all types of Lister Engines can be found here
A Wealth of useful information about slow speed diesel engines and DIY rugged generators
Lister technical pages and engine dating by Peter Forbes
Links to my other Lister Pages
Since starting on this Lister project, several other engines have come to my notice. These links describe a
few of them.
Back to Lister
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The Only Way Is Out! The new exhaust gas heat exchanger, supplied by Mike
Wilkinson, makes an exit through the shed window.
The output from the inverter was a very pure 50.00Hz sinewave of 237V rms.
The inverter consists of two modules rated at 2.5kW. One module ran my 3kW
immersion heater without drooping in voltage or frequency!
A salvaged 120 litre hot water cylinder was used tomake a local heatstore for the engine. Shown here
uninsulated, insulation was added later. At night, the hot water in the tank reverse thermosyphons
through the engine block and keeps it warm, allowing much easier starting the following morning.
Battery charging direct from the 6kW dc generator - seen here producing
102.9V at 23.8A (2450W)
The heatexchanger was lagged with rockwool and thermometers set up at its
inlet and outlet. Below: water inlet temperature 33.5C, outlet temperature


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In this case the principal axis of the body is the major axis of the second as well as of the third girdle.
A sagittal septum sometimes becomes developed, beginning with two polar beams, rising from the poles of the principal axis.
The intersection of this last line with the principal axis will give the optical center.
Four conical radial spines, two opposite on the poles of the lateral, two on the poles of the principal axis.
(C) principal axis, images formed when object is in various locations.
Cortical shell lentelliptical, its breadth (or transverse axis) surpassing considerably the length (or the principal axis).
Two opposite thin and long spines on the poles of the principal axis, numerous shorter radial spines on the whole surface.
I also desired to have a rotation of nearly 180° about the principal axis.
The principal axis of symmetry is sixfold by a combination of rotation and reflection.
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Conzoni per sonare : Work information
- Composers
- Giovanni Gabrieli ( Music, Images,)
- Performed by
- Schweriner Blechbläser-Collegium
This work
- Work name
- Conzoni per sonare
- Work number
- n/a
- Key
- n/a
- Genre
- Composed
- 1608-01-01 02:01:00
This recording
- Label
- Hänssler
- Producer
- Ingmar Haas & Helmut C. Burk
- Engineer
- J. Kutzner & Christian Kühnke
- Recording date
- 2003-06-01 01:00:00
The Composers
Giovanni Gabrieli
Our first record of Giovanni Gabrielli is the appearance of his madrigal Quand'io ero giovinetto in 1575, but it is likely that in the preceding years he was taught by his uncle Andrea Gabrieli . Like his uncle, he moved from Venice to Munich to work in the service of Duke Albrecht. The Duke's death in 1579 led to a return to Italy - in 1584 he acted as organist at St Mark's in Venice and the following year he began playing at the Scuola Grande di S Rocco, where he continued part-time for the rest of his life. When his uncle died, Gabrielli took responsibility for composing for St Mark's, as well as editing Andrea's works for publication.
Compositions written to fulfil this obligation were collected in the Sacrae Symphoniae of 1597, a work which achieved significant popularity in Germany and Austria. Many musicians of the region were sent by their employers to study with Gabrielli and numerous German composers wrote works with similar titles. Among them was Gabrielli's pupil Heinrich Schütz .
Unlike his uncle, Giovanni kept sacred and secular composition very separate. His style in madrigals was a release from the narrow remit he allowed himself for church music. In later years he was influenced by Claudio Monteverdi, and was one of the first composers to use basso continuo (as opposed to the earlier basso seguente) in purely instrumental works.


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Prior to Java 1.5/5, Java lacked language support for enumerations. Although JDK 1.5 has introduced enumerations into the language, development will be done with JDK 1.4 for a while. This tutorial will explore three increasingly complex ways to define enumerations. Each increase in complexity will buy us increased type-safety. It is up to the individual developer to decide what level of complexity is warranted in each situation.
A java interface can contain final static fields.
Consider the following interface definition.
public interface EnumVer1 { public static final int LEFT = 1; public static final int RIGHT = 2; public static final int UP = 3; public static final int DOWN = 4; }This enum can be used two ways. First the variables can be referenced with their fully-qualified names, such as
if( answer == EnumVer1.LEFT ) // move leftOr any class that wishes to use these variables can implement this interface,
class UseEnumVer1 implements EnumVer1 { . . . void someMethod() { . . . if( answer == LEFT ) // move left . . . } }
Obviously this pattern is very simple to implement. But there are several problems with it. First it provides very little type safety. If you want to implement a method that takes a direction as an argument, to use EnumVer1 the method implementation must look like this,
void move( int direction ) { switch direction: case EnumVer1.LEFT: // move left case EnumVer1.RIGHT: // move right case EnumVer1.UP: // move up case EnumVer1.DOWN: // move down }
If you correctly document the move method, stating that the client is expected to use the EnumVer1 fields and the client calling the move method actually reads and understands your documentation; then they can call the move method like this,
move( EnumVer1.LEFT );this code snippet is of course much more readable than
move( 1 );But the less readable code is still legal and the compiler will process it without comment. Even
move( 7 );will compile without warning. To anticipate this problem the move method should have some error detecting code, such as a default case in the switch block. We will see how to solve this problem in the next section by using concrete classes to represent enums.
Another problem with this pattern is that client code has to explicitly mention all the values of the enum e.g. all EnumVer1 values are hard coded in the switch statement above. If EnumVer1 is modified to include new values every piece of code that references EnumVer1 may have to be changed. We will see later how to solve this problem by including some helper methods in our enum classes.
public class EnumVer2 { public static final EnumVer2 LEFT = new EnumVer2( ); public static final EnumVer2 RIGHT = new EnumVer2( ); public static final EnumVer2 UP = new EnumVer2( ); public static final EnumVer2 DOWN = new EnumVer2( ); }This only slightly more complicated class allows the compiler to do more type checking, hence improving the safety of any client code. Now the move method is defined like this,
void move( EnumVer2 direction ) { if( direction == EnumVer2.LEFT ) { // move left } else if( direction == EnumVer2.RIGHT ) { // move right } else if( direction == EnumVer2.UP ) { // move up } else if( direction == EnumVer2.DOWN ) { // move down } else { // report unknown direction } }Now a user of the move method can only call move with an argument of type EnumVer2, even though EnumVer2 has no fields. The identity of the different values of EnumVer2 correspond only to their memory addresses. Since they are also final, their addresses won't change during the lifetime of any one VM. If a user attempts to call move like this,
move( 1 );the compiler will report a symbol not found error, since the method move( int ) does not exist. The else clause in the move method is now much less likely to be executed because of this type-checking.
There are still a few problems with this pattern. First, the constructor is public, new EnumVer2 objects can be instantiated. That can be easily solved by making the constructor private. Second, any client code that calls the move method will still have to write a lot of code to decide which EnumVer2 object to use. For example imagine a text-base game that asks a player which way they want to move. If the variable answer is a java.lang.String calling move might look something like this,
if( answer.equals("left") ) { move( EnumVer2.LEFT ); } else if( answer.equals("right") ) { move( EnumVer2.RIGHT ); } else if( answer.equals("up") ) { move( EnumVer2.UP ); } else if( answer.equals("down") ) { move( EnumVer2.DOWN ); } else { // report unknown direction }Any change to EnumVer2 might require a change to every section in the game code that uses EnumVer2. For example, if it is decided that a player can also jump, this if-then-else block would have to modified to prevent it from reporting an unknown direction when the user wants to jump. This would not be a diffucult change, but the more places that have to modified, the more likely a bug will go unnoticed by the developer or the compiler. This will be solved by adding a few helper methods to the enum in the next section.
import java.util.List; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Iterator; public final class EnumVer3 { // instance fields private final String moveName; // static field private static final List _VALUES = new ArrayList(); /** Unmodifiable view of all move types */ public static final List VALUES = Collections.unmodifiableList( _VALUES ); // the different values of the enum public static final EnumVer3 LEFT = new EnumVer3( "left" ); public static final EnumVer3 RIGHT = new EnumVer3( "right" ); public static final EnumVer3 UP = new EnumVer3( "up" ); public static final EnumVer3 DOWN = new EnumVer3( "down" ); private EnumVer3( String name ) { this.moveName = name; EnumVer3._VALUES.add( this ); } public String toString() { return moveName; } public static EnumVer3 valueOf( String i ) { Iterator iter = VALUES.iterator(); while( iter.hasNext() ) { Object obj = iter.next(); if( i.equalsIgnoreCase( obj.toString() ) ) { return (EnumVer3)obj; } } throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Unknown move direction" ); } }In this class we have made the constructor private. This ensures that users of this class can not instantiate new EnumVer3 objects.
Next notice that _VALUES is a private field. This field is used to hold all the values of the enum as they are being constructed. We don't want to make this field public because this would allow a client to add values to it. While they couldn't add new EnumVer3 objects (remember we made the constructor private), they could add additional copies of any of EnumVer3 objects already constructed. They could also add any other object they want since _VALUES is of type List whose add method takes an Object as an argument. We don't want to have to check every object we pull out of _VALUES. In general anything we don't want a user of our enum to do, we should try to make impossible for them to do. But we would still like to have a visible List that holds every value of our enum. So we declare another field, VALUES, to be public and initialize it using the unmodifiableList( List ) factory method in the java.util.Collections class. Now the user can safety inspect all the values of EnumVer3 through the public field VALUES.
It is important that _VALUES be declared and initialized before any EnumVer3 objects are created. This is because the (private) constructor attempts to add objects to _VALUES. If it were not initialized before these objects are instantiated the VM would throw an NullPointerException. Also note that VALUES can be initialized before the enum values are instantiated. Any object added to _VALUES after VALUES is initialized will be viewable through VALUES. This is a standard feature of the anonymous class implemented inside the java.util.Collections class.
Now let's look at the valueOf( String ) method. It allows client code to get one of the enums without having to explicitly loop over all possible values. Recall our text-base game, it can now check the answer like this,
try { move( EnemVer3.valueOf( answer ) ); } catch( IllegalArgumentException iae ) { // report unknown direction }Notice how this code snippet is more compact than our earlier switch or if-then-else statements. Also if new values of EnumVer3 are created the above code doesn't need any modification (although the move method still does, but there really isn't a way to get around that). Keep in mind that an enum might have a lot more than four values and there could be dozens of places where code might want to check user input. This is why we put all instantiated EnumVer3 objects in _VALUES. If we wanted to add a JUMP value to the EnumVer3 class, we would only have to add two lines to EnumVer3.
public static final EnumVer3 JUMP = new EnumVer3( "jump" );The constructor and the valueOf method wouldn't need any modifications.
This is the same reason we have the public VALUES variable. If we wanted to list out all the possible moves a player could make, we could iterator over VALUES. When we added JUMP to EnumVer3, it would automatically show up in the list, without requiring any changes out of EnumVer3.


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Alter index in Oracle
Alter index ... split partition
Alter index ... rebuild
Alter index ... rebuild partition
alter index ... unusable
.... Yet to be finished ....
See also using the +append hint with insert statements for a possible use to set an index to unusable.
alter index ... [no]monitoring usage
An index can be monitored to verify if it is used within the period between
SQL>alter index index_name monitoring usage; -- and SQL>alter index index_name nomonitoring usage;
The result is stored in v$object_usage.
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But if you have intermitted thirty days, make a sacrifice to God.
The doctors say in their account that it was while they intermitted the holding of our feet.
What intermits or is intermitted returns again, as a fever that intermits.
At this time, it should be remembered, regular exchanges were intermitted.
Indeed, the lava was now almost ceasing to flow, and the bombardment of pumice-stone and fiery cinders had intermitted a little.
In the heat of the day it is intermitted, and resumed in the evening.
The fifth hesitated--the flight of arrows, intermitted for the moment, was renewed.
But the stern resistance of the natives was not intermitted.
Apparently she prepared to comply, and conversation was, for a few minutes, intermitted.
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Challenge: Keeping Up With The Holsbys
Do you have a mini hurricane at your place? A twister of tossing-stuff-about? A master of mess? Pass the bum wipes, says Top 5 Personal + Parenting Danielle from Keeping Up With The Holsbys!
When everyone is gushing about how you're just going to love being a mum, and it's the best thing ever, one thing everybody fails to mention is that your house is never going to be clean again. Ever.
I do know some super hero mums that manage to maintain strictly regimented stacks in their linen cupboard, a wooden floor that shines so beautifully you can peep straight up a skirt, and a Tupperware cupboard that does not attack every time you dare to open the door. However if you were domestically challenged from the get go I'm afraid to say you're up Kaka Creek.
Sometimes literally.
If someone had broken the sacred code of maternal drawbacks, pulled me aside and said, "You will be on your hands and knees scrubbing sloppy poo out of your Persian rug with soapy water and a toothbrush," I may well have used that condom after all. Hell, I may have feigned a headache. Or ebola.
The ceaseless tidying is a never-ending challenge for me. A mini-hurricane follows me from room to room and as I put stuff away, the hurricane whips up a frenzy of messy, mucking mess. Folk from the heart of hurricane country will tell you not to turn your back on a twister, but when you're shoulder-deep under the couch, face pressed hard against the cushions, trying to fish out five ton of day-old toast and fossilised sultanas, you can't see that two rooms away an advertisement for Crayola and nurturing creativity is going down all over your walls.
I don't do well with nurturing wall creativity, it brings out my OCD, but I will take this opportunity to give thanks to the makers of butt wipes because those puppies can clean almost any misdemeanour. Milk on faux suede, snot on leather, unidentifiable smeggy stuff on almost any surface is no match for a hardy butt wipe.
If you do manage to find and dedicate a good five hours to getting the house thoroughly spic and span, I wholeheartedly recommend you hog-tie the children at commencement. And allow yourself a moment's satisfaction before releasing them because within 30 seconds someone will have forgotten to point their penis down as they take a pee, swazz all over your walls and floor, only to traipse it all through the house in little acrid puddles.
My mother would suggest thoroughly disinfecting every surface. Me?
I say pass me the bum wipes.
I'm down with disinfecting toilets, it's just a fact of life, but I do hate fishing articles out of it first. I usually weigh up whether I think it can just be flushed down and sacrificed to the plumbing gods. But a plastic diplodocus buried head first in Play Doh and stuffed inside a gumboot would wreak havoc on my S-bend.
What kind of mind would put that in the toilet, I ask you?
Who are these people I've created?
I admit I've never been amazing at domestic cleanliness. If cholera slum is one end of the spectrum and hospital grade is the other I'm above half way to godliness, but it just seems that my greatest cleaning challenge is time, inclination and domestic blindness.
I was perusing my CD collection (yes, I'm old school like that) yesterday and I discovered a half-eaten pancake. I cast my memory back to when it was from and as it was only a day old I weighed up whether I should just nosh it or walk over to the bin and file it.
The decision was made for me when I realised rigor mortis had truly set in and that sucker may possibly crack a crown. That is 100 percent not the type of oral I'm interested in.
All jokes aside, the toughest test in completing mundane daily custodial arts, I find, is accomplishing it all without spilling my G&T.


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Every sector of society would have to make its contribution, Mr Schroeder told parliament in a speech intended to lay out his ideas for economic reform.
In practical terms, this means measures to ease Germany's stifling labour laws, making it cheaper to hire and fire, and trimming generous welfare provision, Mr Schroeder said.
To sweeten the pill, Mr Schroeder announced that the government would be giving out 15bn euros (£10.1bn; $16.2bn) in low-interest loans to local governments and the hard-pressed construction sector.
No serious tax hike or expansion in state spending would be necessary to fund his plans, Mr Schroeder insisted.
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Mr Schroeder's speech to the lower house of parliament was one of the most keenly-awaited events of his near five years in power.
Critics have complained that Mr Schroeder's left-wing government has done little to deregulate the economy, something business leaders see as crucial.
German unemployment has soared as high as 4.7 million and, at more than 11%, its jobless rate is among the highest in Europe.
At the same time, economic growth has slowed almost to zero, and the country's stock market has been among the worst performers in the world.
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Expectations for Mr Schroeder's speech have been high.
Critics argue that he is hamstrung by the caution of Germany's powerful trade unions, his core supporters.
Mr Schroeder's government was re-elected in September by a narrow margin, but has since slumped in the polls.
Coming up with a plan to turn the economy around has been seen as crucial for Mr Schroeder's political future.
Swift setback
Mr Schroeder's plans for tackling economic reform have not run smoothly.
As an indication of the difficulties of pushing through unpopular measures in the current political climate, the upper house of parliament quashed the government's plans to raise taxes even while Mr Schroeder was speaking.
The package of tax measures was supposed to raise 3.5bn euros this year to help reduce Germany's budget deficit.
Germany has been in constant difficulties this year and last with the European Commission, which aims to prevent EU member states running up large budget deficits and potentially destabilising the euro.
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Long Beach State (5-6) jumped out to an early 15-9 lead after hitting seven of its first nine field goals, but UNC (7-3) responded midway through the first half with a 21-4 spurt that gave the Tar Heels a 44-29 cushion and ultimately a 48-34 advantage at the break.
The 49ers refused to go away, however, rallying with a methodical 31-16 second-half run to cut a 17-point North Carolina lead to 71-69 with 8:40 to play, conjuring memories of how Lipscomb whittled a 14-point second-half deficit to three points in UNC's season opener.
After trading baskets for roughly the next three minutes, the Tar Heels used a 8-0 spurt to allow for just enough breathing room down the stretch.
Harrison Barnes tied his career high in points (19) and set a new career high in rebounds (10) in leading North Carolina. Leslie McDonald set his career high with 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting (5-of-6 3-pointers), while Dexter Strickland and Larry Drew (eight assists, two turnovers) both added 13 points.
Forward T.J. Robinson delivered a monster game for the 49ers, scoring a career-high 31 points on 13-of-19 shooting (3-of-4 3-pointers) and grabbing seven rebounds. Casper Ware was just as effective with 22 points, 10 assists and four rebounds. Tristan Wilson added 16 points and seven rebounds.
North Carolina shot 56.2 percent (36-of-64, 11-of-23 3-pointers) from the floor, but allowed Long Beach State to knock down 50.7 percent (37-of-73, 10-of-31 3-pointers) of its shots. Despite a significant size advantage, the Tar Heels were outrebounded, 37-35, including a 12-7 49ers edge on the offensive glass.
Defensive Shortcomings
After allowing Illinois to connect on 50.8 percent of its field goal attempts (32-of-63) in the 79-67 loss on Nov. 30, the Tar Heels buckled their chinstraps and double-knotted their shoelaces on the defensive end of the floor in their next two outings. North Carolina held Kentucky to 38.7 percent shooting (30.0 percent in the second half) and then forced Evansville into a 31.7 percent showing on Wednesday.
But the wheels fell off the bus on Saturday in mind-boggling fashion. Long Beach State – otherwise known as The Beach – hit 11 of its first 17 buckets in building a 25-23 lead. North Carolina appeared to ward off the early explosion by clamping down on the 49ers and forcing them to miss 16 of their next 19 shots.
The Beach wasn't done, however, connecting on 57.5 percent (23-40) of its field goals over the final 20 minutes and change of regulation. Not bad for a team that entered this game shooting just 42.4 percent from the floor through 10 games.
Ten points came off 11 UNC turnovers, 15 more were the direct result of 12 offensive rebounds and Robinson and Ware seemed to take care of the rest, combining for 53 points on 21-of-33 shooting (6-of-10 on 3-pointers).
"I was disappointed in our defense," Roy Williams told reporters during his postgame press conference. "We've been living off our defense for the last four or five games… In the second half, defensively we were not very good."
Strickland was at a loss for words when asked about the defensive lapse after the game.
"I don't know, I really don't know," Strickland said. "We just didn't bring it tonight."
Guards Spur First-Half Run
Twelve days ago, North Carolina's collective backcourt -- Larry Drew, Kendall Marshall, Dexter Strickland, Reggie Bullock and Leslie McDonald – failed to show up in the opening 20 minutes against Illinois in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, missing on all seven of their combined shots and failing to score a single point.
But when North Carolina found itself trialing the 49ers, 25-23, midway through the first half on Saturday, it was that same group of guards that lit up the scoreboard by directing an impressive 21-4 spurt. During that eight-minute span, the backcourt scored 16 of UNC's 21 points, while wing Harrison Barnes added the other five points.
"We got good guard play today," Williams said.
Against Illinois, that quintet ended up with 22 points on 7-of-21 shooting and was also responsible for 14 of North Carolina's 18 turnovers. On Saturday, that same group of five accounted for 56 points on 21-of-30 shooting with a 17-5 assist/turnover ratio.
Drew continued his strong play of late down the stretch, scoring 11 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the second half, but more importantly, the junior point guard showed no signs of panic in directing UNC's offense when The Beach made its late run.
"He was really good today," Williams said. "Eight assists, two turnovers – you love that. You love the fact that he stepped up and made six out of seven [shots], and those were baskets that we needed."
McDonald Fuels 3-Point Barrage
The Tar Heels had struggled from long range all season long entering Saturday's contest, with the 12-of-17 shooting display against Hofstra serving as the lone exception. Scratch that showing and UNC was connecting on just 25.2 percent (26-of-103) of its 3-pointers.
The primary instigator in the burning-of-the-nets event against the Pride in Puerto Rico was Leslie McDonald, who knocked down a career-high four 3-pointers in six attempts. So it was no surprise that in the Tar Heels' second-best performance from 3-point range this season, McDonald was once again the ringleader.
North Carolina drilled nine of its 16 3-pointers in the first half against Long Beach State, led by McDonald's 5-of-6 mark. The sophomore guard was clearly feeling it against the 49ers, moving assertively into his spots around the arc and calling for the ball.
"Once the second one fell in, I knew the third one was going to be good and I knew the fourth one was going to be good," McDonald said. "I was just more focused on where my spots were on the court and how I was going to get open. My teammates helped me get open and I was just ready to knock them down."
McDonald added a standard two-point basket in the second half to set a new career high in points (17) to go along with three assists, two rebounds and a steal in 16 minutes of action.


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The Raiders broke open a tight match with a pair of second-half goals to defeat East Bay 2-0 to advance to next week's playoffs for the first time since 2000.
"We got off to a slow start," Plant City coach Justin Throneburg said. "The field was pretty sloppy, so I had a feeling in the second half when we were going in the other direction we'd get some better opportunities."
With Wednesday's win, the Raiders (14-4-1) are guaranteed a slot in the playoffs regardless of what happens in Friday's district final against nationally ranked Newsome, an 8-0 winner in the other semifinal against Riverview. Plant City, which features 11 freshmen, has never won a postseason game.
"The girls all grew up playing club soccer in this area and they are well aware (Plant City) hasn't been very good," Throneburg said. "This freshman class wants to make a name for themselves."
Both teams had a number of good opportunities in the scoreless first half. The Raiders' Stephanie Galloway hit the crossbar in the 16th minute and East Bay's Michelle Rodriguez was turned back on a breakaway with less than two minutes to play in the half.
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1st of all CONGRATS on your pa man !! Great video as well,brings back memories of a couple years ago when I got mine....Take care and enjoy and thanks for sharing !!
hats off to you. Video was good inspite of "shrinking." I did my own PA several years ago and have slowly stretched it. I love the feel and weight of the larger gauge. Best to you and BF.
i love the t shirt oh and the video was great i wish i had my wife take video of mine when i did it...
Congrats from UK. That was the best vid I've seen.Take your time and let it heal properly and the tenderness to go.
I couldn't see mine being done. Thanks for letting me see what my piercer was doing to me. Enjoy your new metal. How does your BF like it?
Oh HELL no!!
Not getting one.
Hat's off to you buddy, and ALL the PA-ers in here.
If my nipps weren't pierced I'd be grabbing my chest in shock!!
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I got both nipples done. Breathing through it was great advice from my piercer. Love the video. I have read many descriptions of the process but seeing it makes the process so much easier to understand. Look forward to the day. Thanks for sharing.
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Great Video!!! Thanks for sharing...Gives me more information on what to expect when i get mine done!!!!!
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Great vid, when i checked the internet in search of PA information i found vids where guys really freaked out and yelling their longs out. That was almost reconcidering myself. I'm so glad i didn let me chicken out by a few pussies I hardly felt a pinch when i got pierced. It only hurt during the healing proces because i started at 12g. That was a very bad choice and mistake i made. Should have started at 8g right away. Anyway, i would recommend a PA to every guy
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Cool video bud. Your piercer was very professional and knew what he was doing. Unlike you getting mine did hurt but it's nothing unbearable and the results are so worth it. LOL @ PAsb comments about screaming guys. It's just not that bad. I saw one of a guy getting his nipple pierced and he damn near jumped off the table! Pussies!
It only hurts for a few seconds, but it feels awesome forever!
Thanks for posting the video. I had been wanting to get it done, but wanted to know upfront what to expect. Had mine done May 31, 2012. Only uncomfortable part was the needle for about a second or two.
thanks for sharing your video, seems it's not that bad, still thinking about to getting mine done
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Motorists should expect road closures and traffic delays on the portions of Ga. 144 and Ga. 119 on Fort Stewart through Sept. 22 during the military post's Marne Focus Training exercises.
Holiday weekend brings no fatalities locally
The Georgia State Patrol predicted 2,186 crashes, with 619 injuries and 18 fatalities over the Labor Day weekend, which started at 6 p.m. Friday and ended at midnight Monday.
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Pembroke's wastewater treatment plant has a reputation as a repeat offender of its state permit, but continues operating after eight years of discussion about replacing it.
U.S. soldier receives high honors
In 1918, Pfc. Donald Cooper, serial No. 2655034, left the U.S. Army's Camp Gordon for France as one of more than two million U.S. soldiers to serve overseas during "the Great War."
Salzburgers celebrate their culture
James Dasher grinds sugar cane to make into syrup.
Assessor chairman leaves board
For more than five months, Samuel Simowitz has held his ground on the Chatham County Board of Assessors.
Tipper's toned-down tunes
In the '80s, Tipper Gore became a household name for her role with the Parents' Music Resource Center.
Herman Lee to seek election as County Commission chairman
Represent county at large; set millage rates; appropriate budgets for each county department; establish land uses and zoning for unincorporated Chatham County; build/maintain roads and bridges in county; make appointments to county boards and commissions.
Wet roads, holiday revelry don't mix
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Low-income apartments slated for Cuyler Brownsville
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Editorial:City blows a sour note
BEFORE THE City of Savannah attempts to determine what a "legitimate" street performer is under its new licensing guidelines, it first should consider what free speech is.
State's bonus blooper costs taxpayers
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Editorial:Historic District Board of Review
The Telfair Museum of Art annex. The Sorrel-Weed House. These were two of many controversial construction and renovation projects that have come before Savannah's Historic District Board of Review -- one of the city's most discussed, occasionally cussed and least understood government panels.
Editorial: Openness over egos
OPEN DIALOGUE can lead to hurt feelings. But bruised egos among elected officials don't excuse the Savannah City Council from going behind closed doors to conduct the public's business.
Letters to the Editor
Rowdy kids must get strong role models to show them how to act.
Editorial:A dubious 'cure'
STATE OFFICIALS want legislators to provide an additional $60 million to cover the increasing costs of health care for uninsured Georgians.
Editorial: Road rules for bicycles
ONE OF Savannah's charms is that its Historic District is easily traversed by foot. But walking the downtown squares can require some fancy footsteps if pedestrians must dodge speeding cyclists on pathways.
Former coaching partners reunite when GSU meets Johnson C. Smith
Who can look into a crystal ball and see the future? There was a time, maybe in the hours past midnight when hard-working football coaches put in overtime, that Tim Harkness and Mike Sewak thought they might work together.
Jefferson looking ahead to Denver
By the time Shawn Jefferson came to work on Monday morning, the wide receiver was finished talking about Atlanta's 36-28 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
Another defensive starter gone for Savannah State
Savannah State threw a defensive fire drill at Bethune-Cookman Saturday to offset its lack of depth and size, bringing defenders at quarterback Pa'Tell Troutman from every direction.
Calvary QB Meeks takes pressure in stride
Can Matt Meeks replace 1999's standout quarterback Baker Woodward, despite only throwing two passes and taking a handful of snaps a year ago?
Eagles searching for stability from once-rebellious CB
It was somewhere between a shouting match with an assistant coach and a hard swallow and a "I'm sorry" that the Georgia Southern cornerback learned discipline shouldn't be reserved for your backpedal against a Randy Moss.
Rivera an Olympian in her own right
Last Tuesday, the Team Savannah contingent going to the Olympics received a rousing send-off at Memorial Hospital with a couple of hundred people in attendance.
SCD volleyball splits two matches
Anne Carson had seven kills and Lexa Clark added 16 assists, but Savannah Country Day still fell to Calvary Baptist 16-14, 15-13 in Tuesday's volleyball action.
Glavine gives lessons in class matchup
The polite thing would be to say Tom Glavine gave his Cy Young chances a giant boost. But, that wouldn't begin to describe how thoroughly he outclassed Randy Johnson in a Tuesday night matchup of the National League's two best left-handers.
Tech's defense is more aggressive this season
The Georgia Tech defense held University of Central Florida to eight net rushing yards and sacked Knights quarterback Vic Penn three times in their 21-17 win Saturday night, so it's apparent that the Jackets' stated goal of making their defensive front more active is, if not achieved, at least in sight.
Five called up from Richmond
The end of Class AAA Richmond's season Monday resulted in five players being called up by the Braves -- outfielder Pedro Swann, infielders Wes Helms, Tom Unroe and Mark DeRosa, and pitcher Kevin McGlinchy.
Braves enter stretch run in chase for NL East title
ATLANTA -- There's a school of thought that says a taut pennant race prepares a team for the rigors of the postseason.
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No. 10 Ole Miss Ends Baseball's Record Home Winning Streak
April 7, 2012
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Locked in a pitching duel through the first four innings, No. 10 Ole Miss struck for a eight runs in the fifth inning to take a commanding lead, holding on for a 9-3 win over No. 1 Kentucky, ending UK's school-record 21-game home winning streak and evening up the three-game series, on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
Kentucky (29-3, 8-3 Southeastern Conference) suffered its first loss of the 2012 season at Cliff Hagan Stadium, as the Rebels broke open a pitching duel with a seven-run inning in the fifth, including a grand slam from Matt Snyder. The loss ends UK's school-record 21-game home winning streak, as the Wildcats fell to 21-1 on the year at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
UK starter Jerad Grundy (3-1) suffered his first career loss, working 4.2 innings, allowing five hits and six runs, walking three and striking out three. He was working a one-hitter into the fifth inning before allowing four Ole Miss hits and a grand slam to end his inning in the fifth. Walter Wijas took over and allowed two hits and one walk without getting an out, allowing two runs. Freshman A.J. Reed worked 2.1 innings, allowing three hits and one run, striking out two without allowing a walk. Freshman Jeff Boehm took over for Reed in the eighth inning, tossing a shutout inning, with freshman right-hander Taylor Martin tossing the ninth inning.
The Wildcats collected 10 hits in the game, as Reed led UK in the contest, going 3-for-4, with his third homer of the year. UK also got hits from Austin Cousino, Luke Maile, Thomas McCarthy, Cameron Flynn and Zac Zellers, with McCarthy launching his fifth homer of the year in the sixth inning to put UK on the board, later adding a double.
Ole Miss (21-9, 6-5 SEC) starter Mike Mayers (3-2) picked up the win in his seventh start of the year, tossing 7.1 strong innings, allowing eight hits and three runs, walking one and striking out just one. Chris Ellis took over for Mayers in the eighth inning, working the finale 1.2 innings.
The series will conclude on Sunday, with first pitch at Cliff Hagan Stadium slated for 1 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast live on the UK IMG Radio Network, with fans in Lexington able to tune into the game on WLAP 630-AM, in Louisville on WKJK 1580-AM and online at UKathletics.com. UK will send sophomore southpaw Corey Littrell (4-0, 1.88 ERA) to the mound to face Ole Miss standout senior right-hander R.J. Hively (3-1, 1.71 ERA).
With a runner on first and no outs in the top of the first Cousino ended the Rebels first half of the inning with a diving catch in right center. Cousino continued his fast start when he stepped up to the plate with a line drive base hit up the middle on the first pitch from Mayers. The Wildcats followed with three straight line outs and the first inning ended scoreless.
The game began as a pitching duel between Grundy and Mayers as both teams recorded just one hit combined through the first three innings.
Ole Miss threatened in the top of the fourth after a diving play by shortstop Reida to retire the first batter of the top of the third. Alex Yarbrough claimed the first hit of the afternoon for the Rebels with a base hit to left field. Snyder reached first on a hit by pitch to give the Rebels runners on first and second with one out. Grundy forced a fly out to left field before allowing Yarbrough to advance to third on a wild pitch. With runners on first and third and two outs, Grundy buckled down and struck out Preston Overbey to end the inning, holding Ole Miss scoreless through four.
The action came in the top of the fifth as Mistone led off the inning for Ole Miss with a double down the third baseline. Mistone advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Kirksey before scoring the first run of the ball game on a wild pitch by Grundy. Mathis walked with one out and on a swinging strike out of Bousfield, the Ole Miss baserunners stole third and second to leave two baserunners in scoring position with two outs. After a Yarbrough intentional walk to load the bases, Snyder cranked a grand slam over the rightfield wall to give Ole Miss a 5-0 lead in the top of the fifth. A single following the grand slam led to the first call to the bullpen, bringing Wijas in to replace Grundy on the mound. Overbey stepped up for the Rebels and hit a single up the middle before Mistone hit a double down the rightfield line to score Allen and Overbey. Wijas walked Kirksey and Reed took the hill for the Wildcats. On Reed's second pitch of the day, Anderson singled up the middle to score Mistone from second. Reed got the Wildcats out of the fifth inning but not before the Rebels took an 8-0 lead after an eight run inning.
With two outs in the top of the sixth, Snyder hit his second home run of the day with a ball just over the wall in leftfield. After a single by Anderson, Cousino got the Wildcats out of the inning with a second diving catch in right center keeping the Rebels lead at 9-0.
Two outs in the bottom of the sixth, McCarthy got the Wildcats on the scoreboard with a solo blast over the left center wall. The Wildcats trailed 9-1 through six.
Flynn and Zellers started Kentucky's seventh off with consecutive singles to give Kentucky baserunners on first and second with no outs. Flynn advanced to third on a deep fly ball to center by Riddle but the Wildcats weren't able to take advantage of the early baserunners and left the seventh still trailing 9-1.
With one out in the bottom of the eighth, McCarthy drilled a double to right field. One pitch later, Reed hit his third home run of the year with a blast over the right field wall. As Kentucky tightened the lead to 9-3, Ole Miss made its first call to the bullpen, bringing Ellis in to replace starter Mayers. Ellis would get the Rebels out of the inning, maintaining a 9-3 lead.
GAME NOTES: Freshman centerfielder Austin Cousino has now reached base safely in 30 of his 31 career games ... Starter Jerad Grundy allowed his first career home run in the fifth inning, a grand slam ... UK had its school-record 21 game home winning streak snapped, eclipsing the previous school record of 16 consecutive wins at Cliff Hagan in 2006 and 2007 ... Thomas McCarthy hit his fifth homer of the year ... McCarthy doubled for the eighth time in 2012, before A.J. Reed hit his third homer of the season ... Taylor Martin and Jeff Boehm made their first career SEC pitching appearances ... Michael Williams had his team-leading eight-game hitting streak snapped.


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BAC, NINH VIETNAM – One of Vietnam's last surviving veterans of the battle of Dien Bien Phu recounts with pride the day in May 1954 when, at just 19 years old, he captured the commander of the French colonial forces.
Hoang Dang Vinh's display of military prowess earned him the supreme honor of meeting revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh — "Uncle Ho" — the future founding president of modern Vietnam.
Sixty years ago, after two months of hard fighting in the Dien Bien Phu valley, Vietnamese troops unexpectedly but conclusively defeated the country's colonial master, France.
"The sky was filled with tall columns of black smoke from burning vehicles. The fields were covered with dead soldiers and destroyed military equipment," said Vinh, now a 79-year-old retired colonel.
After machine-gun fire and grenade attacks, Vinh and other Viet Minh communist independence fighters approached the fortified French camp and eventually entered the bunker of Cmdr. Christian-Marie de la Croix de Castries.
Exactly what happened next has not been recorded in the annals of history, and Castries is no longer alive to tell his story, but historians confirm the general outline of Vinh's account, even if some details are uncertain.
Castries, then 51, who was promoted to the rank of general during the battle, insisted the day after his liberation in September 1954 that the white flag of surrender was not raised on his command.
But Vinh's memories paint a different picture.
"We called to the people inside to surrender but nobody came out. A few minutes later, some French soldier waved a white cloth parachute," he said.
Vinh and a few other soldiers, including the leader of his company, Ta Quoc Luaat, entered the bunker and the French officers inside "stood up and put their hands in the air — but only Castries remained motionless."
"I was ready to shoot him," said Vinh, who came from a poor peasant family and joined up as a private at 17.
But instead he shouted "hands up" — the only words of French he knew.
Castries "stepped back, put his hands in the air and said words that Luaat translated for me later: 'Don't shoot — I surrender,' " Vinh said.
Vinh was speaking at his house in northern Bac Ninh near Hanoi, where the walls are covered in war photos and medals he won during his 39 years of service.
Legendary Vietnamese Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap could not believe the news when it was first relayed by radio, he recalled.
"Is it true that you have captured Gen. de Castries?" the master military strategist, who died late last year at 102, kept asking, before he finally expressed his joy and praise.
Several days later, Vinh met Ho Chi Minh, founder of the Vietnamese Communist Party.
Along with the glory, the horrors of one of the most terrible battles in the Indochina war are still etched in his memory.
"The fighting was extremely bloody," he said, his voice trembling as he described bodies littering the battlefield, their arms and legs torn off.
Some 3,000 French soldiers and at least 10,000 Vietnamese died at Dien Bien Phu, which marked the end of French dominance in Indochina.
Vinh, like many of his comrades, never received much training: a month of practice using firearms and explosives and he was then set for life in the trenches — which were a crucial part of the Viet Minh army's strategy.
Five of the Viet Minh's seven divisions were concentrated around Dien Bien Phu — and spent most of their time in the dank, uncomfortable trenches.
"I weighed only around 40 kilos. Life was very difficult," he said, adding that he still remembered the "hatred" he felt for the French at the time.
Vietnamese forces laid siege to the French positions for weeks and on May 7, French soldiers laid down their arms en masse.