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You're on a public crapper. Suddenly somebody opens the door and walks in on you. Your reaction is
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I don't recall this ever happening to me so it's hard to say what I would do.
Unless the intruder knew I was in the stall and was coming in to hurt me or rob me, I would hope the person would quickly realize they made a mistake, close the door and just walk away.
I voted for do nothing and finish the job.
My sassy reply would be "I fold not bunch" and make sure you get ALL the klingons.
Producing waste since 1967
Producing waste since 1967
You have to remember that the other person is likely to be as surprised as you are.
I think I'd just say, "EXCUSE ME!"; they'd be on their way back out, anyway, I'd think.
Well, most people would be. I hope.
I would finish the job there IS NOTHING that will stop me from my mission once launch sequence is intiated. That would be kinda neat though to say to someone. Come on in have a seat we'll shoot the shit LOL! Thats a good one!
The Thunderous Crapper 63 Enjoying home toilet advantage since 2004!
I don't have very good self esteem. Or at least that's what I've been told. Also, sometimes I have to pee or shit so bad that it's all I can do to get into a stall on on the seat without a major accident in my pants. The problem is elevated because I am a delivery driver who despite making some pretty good money, must use public bathrooms two or three times a day. It finances my night school classes and an associate degree that will enable me to do something more stable and with less running around. Three times in the past month I have been in a hurry, dropped my thong underwear and uniform slacks and while on the stool, I have had women and in one case, a young girl, open the door on me. Twice in my rush, I had neglected to latch it and in one case, the latch was broken. The girl, about 4 and not supervised, was probably too young to have known any better. I felt sorry for her. But the other two should have seen my legs and heard the tingle or other activity going into the bowl. One older lady said, "you were taking so ******* long I thought you might have fallen asleep." I moved forward on the stool, closed the door abruptly on her, and luckily was able to get my relatively large shit to finally come out. When I was done, she was still waiting and my response to her was a curt, "OK, NOW it's yours!".
Emily - don't take notice of unkind comments about your self esteem. You are working hard to finance making a better life for yourself. To me thats brilliant.
And also don't take notice of arseholes who harrass you when you need to take a dump!! Its fine for those of us who work in offices and shops, etc, but when you are out and about all the time you just have to take what opportunities you can.
Good luck!!
I had been seated, middle stall of about 20, for about five minutes at a concert. I had felt the need to crap about an hour earlier, but I had held it only because I don't like to use public toilets in large arenas if I can avoid it. The crowds make me nervous and the cleanliness of the bathrooms often leave a lot to be desired. Because it was during the opening act (I know, I should have tried harder to go at my apartment before leaving!)
there was no line. I had put myself down. The seat, like the whole restroom was a bit cold, and I started working on pushing the three-day accumulation out. I had to get up and reposition myself twice. In doing so, I moved closer to the front of the seat, leaned forward and put my weight toward my knees as I spread them wider. This was a technique my pediatrician had taught me some years earlier when I would become constipated or had difficulty crapping during the first two weeks of school.
My much-anticipated log was just starting to clear when I heard a thud at the door, and it is forced open abruptly by a large 20-something lady. I guess I had not fully engaged the latch. I was foolish to have had my shorts and underwear all the way at floor level. The door hit my left knee and she was aggressively entering the stall.
I think I got out the first couple of words of "I'm in here!" or something and when I moved to close the door on her, my crap missed the bowl and landed in my underwear. While it wasn't mushy soft, it did rub down my leg. A piece broke off and was touching the toes of my left flip flop. A another portion scraped the front of the seat, with a tiny portion on the front of the bowl.
I don't recall the lady saying anything or even expressing a surprise. I got the impression this was not her first "incident". However, this is what my boyfriend refers to as a "toilet invasion". Since that time, and the 15 to 20 minutes it took me to clean up, I've been extra careful to make sure my stall doors are locked. I keep my underwear at stool level. And I'm nowhere near as complacent as I formerly was as I sit.
I`d pick up my gun and unload a full magazine into the fucker.
The voice of sanity
Log Girl - I agree with Thunderbox's sentiments even if he is a little drastic. I'd have been more than a litle annoyed if she'd caused me to 'have an accident' like this. Still, hopefully some good will come of it if you are now extra careful about locking. I got 'walked in on' once, and it certainly makes you more careful afterwards.
Thunderbox (534) -- 08.31.2007 wrote "...and unload a full magazine into the fucker."
You know, the words "full magazine", in context with being walked in upon in the toilet, takes on an ENTIRELY different meaning.
Perhaps several...
Just after 1 a.m. four months ago my sister called me from an Interstate rest area about a half hour out of town with an emergency. My 16-year-old niece had been hurt after being knocked over in a toilet stall by a woman who was apparently drunk and about to get sick. Since my sister doesn't drive and Mandy was hurt, I drove out there to get them. The drunk lady who was cursing and apparently very phsically endowed, had made two or three attempts to get in the stall, and by slamming her shoulder into the door, she was able to break off the latch and force the door, apparently at a pretty good speed into Mandy, who was standing and hover peeing. The woman feel backward as Mandy shoved both her and the door backward. The problem was that Mandy fell into the toilet paper dispenser and cracked one of her ribs. A very painful injury with a substantial bruise that has not yet fully healed. Because she had her jeans and panties down, Mandy had less agility and she slipped and feel onto the stool, also injuring her arm. The woman, of course, immediately took off leaving one very sore and scared teen to suffer. My sister, because she had stayed in the car, was unable to get a description of the lady or license number. While I know that there are some very rude and callous people out there, I've also learned that injuries can result. I think our parents might have been right when they encouraged us to "hold it" until we got back home.
I've had someone unlock the stall door with a screwdriver. The door opened. There I sit, and there I fart - loudly. Cue fast exit music.
You have the right to remain Silent but Deadly....
You have the right to remain Silent but Deadly....
Bilgepump, ROFLMAO!!!!
You have the right to remain Silent but Deadly....
You have the right to remain Silent but Deadly....
Okay. (*mumbles*) Magazine. Guys. Bathroom.
"Full" ?!?
OMG. I'm going to go to hell, I just know it.
No, you aren't. You're just in deep shite.
You have the right to remain Silent but Deadly....
You have the right to remain Silent but Deadly....
Last week I was on a date with my boyfriend. At 11 p.m., about three hours after we had finished dinner and gone to a movie, I had a strong need to crap. He needed gas so we stopped at quaint family-owned station right off the main street.
Because the building was older, the two restrooms were in front of the station facing the street and within steps of the four pumps. Luckily, I didn't have to go inside for a key because I would have had a deposit in my panties and shorts. I opened the door, flicked the light on (luckily it was close to where my hand was)and within two seconds I was on the seat getting relief.
Within a minute or so, the door was abruptly opened by one very surprised girl, about 6, who was expecting an unoccupied bathroom. She was startled to see me sitting there with my panties and shorts all the way to the floor (foolish me, never again!). She must have stood there bewildered for five or ten seconds because I suspect she didn't expect the bathroom to be in use and she was scared about what to say.
My biggest concern was getting her to close the door since about 15 feet away cars and trucks were whizzing past and I was providing one very well-lit attraction. There were a few honks and a couple whistles and just as she turned to leave, my boyfriend finally came and basically could have slammed the door on her if she would have lingered.
When I went inside the office to price their smokes (I had left my pack in my desk at work)I learned the young girl was the granddaughter of the manager and that he was babysitting her. For some reason, both my boyfriend and I feel that we took on some of that responsibility that night.
In all honesty, I'd cover myself the best I could while saying, "occupied," or "excuse me," hoping the person would realize their mistake and walk away.
It's all good if it happens at home with the family. We all leave the door open most of the time anyway.
The 14 folks that have the guts to invite the intruder in for a chat deserve some praise for their courage and confidence.
I chose "ask them to take a seat"...just because it seemed like the most "laid back" response. I doubt that I'd actually do that, but I certainly wouldn't freak out. Accidents happen. If the intruder seemed like a freak who was "trolling" or something, that'd be a different deal...then it's "pass the ammunition, Thunder".
I need a poo quick. I have to type this fast. This has happend to me, and i was laying one of the biggest poops i ever done. it was nice to pass. I NEVER KNEW I HAD AN AUDIENCE, i was pushing that hard i had my eys closed, and the man walked in on me, and left the door open.
I sympathize with Christey. Although she should have properly locked the door, I can understand the urgency with which she put herself down and the awkward situation she was in starting to crap while the door is thrown open on her and she is in a well lit bathroom being exposed to honking motorists. It is the responsibility of the adult at that age to supervise the child. On several occasions I have told my 6-year-old to slow down when she runs (aften in front of me) into public bathrooms and plows into stall doors without slowing down enough to note whether there is anyone using the stall or not. In a couple of instances I have required her to apologize to the occupant. Once, after I came out of my stall I caught her peeking in on a woman who was hovering over the toilet. Camdyn motioned for me to come over and she was snickering. I put an end to her voyeuristic excursions right then and there and when the lady came out I required Camdyn to apologize, which she sheeplessly did. Just two weeks ago at our state's fair, she walked in on a younger girl who had forgotten to latch the door. The girl, who had just started peeing called for her mom and both myself and Camdyn apologized for the invasion of the girl's privacy. The girl was quite startled and crying when she came out and I asked Camdyn to try and put herself in that girl's position and understand how she would feel. Again, the answer to many of the restroom decorum problems rests with the adult supervision. When it's lacking, there's problems!
When I've been walked in on I've said stuff like "oh, you're not going to want to stick around here too long". Or "watch out! It stinks so bad it will poke your eye out!" Or "GAWD... you couldn't smell that???!!!"
Rock-n-roll! Poopy-poo!
Rock-n-roll! Poopy-poo!
I guess it depends whether or not I am a republican senator. Apparently they are all gay and have to hide out in public bathrooms looking for anonymous sex with other gay men.
I agree with the approach of Camdyn's mother. Adult supervision is the answer. It may be necessary for a father, as in my case, to explain and use the moment to educate the child. I was on the stool in one very large and crowded bathroom at our movie mega plex. The door had been bent to a point where it was too much of a hassle to get the latch to effectively do its job. I had to crap, tried two other stalls. Each had urine on the seat--a dealbreaker for me. I was seated, had my underwear and jeans all the way down to the floor, which is dumb, I know. First the boy started eyeing me, alternating from both sides of the door. I was pushing to get a rather large crap out and in doing so, my penis was rubbing over the front of the bowl. I took my left hand and tucked in back down into the bowl because sometimes when I'm pushing hard, I generate a few trickles. Suddenly, the door opens and a boy about 4 or 5 is there with his eyes on me. I told him it wasn't polite to watch me or even come in. He pointed to the toilet paper and said he needed some. I pulled off a liberal amount from the roll--luckily I had made sure my stall was stocked--and gave it to him and the boy left. I repositioned the door and being a bit flustered, pushed even harder to get my crap out, and ASAP. I got lucky and it was dumped within 10 seconds. I hastily wiped, vacated and headed to the sink. At the sink, a guy about my age started up a conversation by thanking me for the toilet paper. I looked in the mirror and the little boy was coming out of his stall. The father thanked me for the toilet paper and admitted that he has never been very good about checking the paper before, as he called it, "fully shitting and then sitting." Although I still get paranoid about eyes peeking in on me in the stall, at least this one was explainable. I probably should have asked the father to explain the importance of knocking to the boy, but I didn't.
Is EVERYONE'S "return" key broken?!?
Oh, look. No. Mine's okay.
Our dart team is named the shitheads. WE have Mr. Hanky on the back and are looking for 4 funny sayings, cliches, etc. One for each shirt.
My point, exactly.
I had that actually happen once and told the girl (a tweenager) that she'd probably be better off with her cell phone shoved up her ass than stuck to her ear in a public bathroom.
To this day I wonder what she told the person she was talking to.
"Omigod! I so totally just like, saw the grossiest thing ever in my entire life!"
As a side note, I figured Bilgey would just ask them to hold his cat until he was ready...
No no, honey. Kitties don't sit on the potty.
Bad kitty! Bathtubs are NOT litterboxes!
But the cat might escape and Bilgepump couldn't wipe afterwards...
You have the right to remain Silent but Deadly....
You have the right to remain Silent but Deadly....
In an instance such as that...I just drag my ass across the floor....a cat taught me that.
"One of the founding members of the Front Page Hyena Pack, and runs as its alpha male when the urge strikes him, which is often." Daphne (one perceptive chick)
Last month I was on the stool taking a crap at the airport when a middle-aged woman threw the door open on me (the latch was broken and although I saw another woman summarily reject the stall, I needed to go bad and I prefer not to have to sit on those filthy toilets on the plane)in a panic as she was looking for a piece of jewelry that she had been playing with while she was completing her task. Although I wasn't fully exposed, I found it very embarrassing and I told her I should be done in a couple of minutes because I had already passed the majority of my crap. She scanned both sides of the stool, although she was inhibited by my luggage which was on each side of the toilet. I practically had to push her out in closing the door on her and telling her I just needed to wipe and then she could do a much more extensive check. She said something about me not being cooperative and her being in a hurry. I wiped as fast as I could, made myself presentable and gave her exactly what she wanted: an unflushed bowl with lots of aroma, the toilet paper from the seat that I had flung onto the floor, and if I had had any pee in me, I think I would have left her a souvenir on the floor. I'm 24, I look younger, but don't like being taken advantage of like that!
I was just walked in on about three weeks ago using the bathroom in my school (it only has two stalls). I was actually in the middle of wiping my ass, so I was in the half standing, bent over position. I was looking down at what a good job I was doing, or I probably would have heard/seen the approaching feet. I had not latched the door well, and when I looked up at the girl I said "excuse me". She not only shut the stall door but left the bathroom entirely! She was WAY more em-Bare-assed than I was...HaHa
Like Lorrie, I recently suffered an intrusion while I was using a toilet in a public bathroom. Mine was at our baseball stadium on Labor Day Weekend. I never sit so I squat to pee. My mom taught me how to do that--and I might add to do it very efficiently-- when I started junior high and told her that many of the toilet seats were wet when I had to sit down and pee. There's been no looking back since then.
I must have waited 10 minutes for the stall during the third inning and so when it became available I lowered my shorts and underwear and took my stance. I have no problem getting my flow going and I use my right hand to direct my flow. I was probably about one-third done when suddenly a girl about 12 bashed into the door with such a force that the latching assembly dropped down and hanged partially detached from the door. While I used my left hand to block the door, I got out of position, lost my balance on some wet toilet paper I was standing on below the front of the toilet, and I slipped backward onto the toilet. Luckily, I had not lifted the seat (never have done that because my aim is so good!)and I fell onto it, bruising my left thigh and cutting my left forefinger on the sharp lock assembly. The girl just cursed at the problem she had caused, and ran off. I remained on the toilet for a moment to gain my composure and wipe some pee from my inner leg. Then I figured, what the hell, since I was already down, I would finish sitting down.
What's a mystery to me is why the girl forced herself into what was obviously a stall in use. My boyfriend thinks she might have been just exceptionally pissed at the world and ready to have an accident. However, to me that just doesn't add up. And it was I who had the accident.
I would simply inform the wandering stranger that "this seats taken!"
Well, now my response depends. Are we talking a regular person, or the gigantic horned monster that destroys bathroom stalls on Robot Chicken?
"Um, occupied..."
What if everyone farted at once?
I found Jesus! He was behind the sofa the whole time!
Just like Lorrie and Waterlogged, I have also been "intruded" upon in public bathrooms. With one exception, it always seems to be when I'm crapping and it takes me a little while to get my crap ready to come out. On a couple of occasions, my knees have been hit when the doors have been thrown open on me. It sure sucks that some of the latches are so loose that they won't secure the door. And in another instance at a concert at our city auditorium, there was no latch on the door and it took the line 15 minutes to get me up to the stall and I wasn't about to relinquish my space. I'm 25 and had been on the seat for about five minutes when this girl about 15 years younger than me first peeked, and then started to slightly open the door on me. I thought she was trying to intimidate me so after my first log dropped, I wiped real fast. I then held the toilet paper just inside the door and was ready to put it close to her face next time she intruded. Within 10 seconds, she did and I pushed the toilet paper as close to her face as I could. She gasped, swore at me and took off. I guess she decided to hold it or instead went to a bathroom on the next level. Extreme actions require extreme measures!
Yep, I think it depends on the intruder. If it were, say, the WWE's Undertaker, my reaction would probably be to leap over the side wall in a single, shit-streaked bound. There would be no time to speak.
Same if it was the silver dude out of Terminator 2.
Kylie Minogue would not have the same effect.
The white zone is for loading and unloading only- FZ.
Having been in this shituation myself on more than one occasion, I find that the intruder is more horrified than the intrudee. Also, having IBS, that little sudden shock that you do get, is just enough to set it pulsating, so in fact, it sometimes helps to be intruded upon just so th crap keeps flowing!_______
whats that smell?
I hope to god I've just sat in a Shepard's pie.
I scream when someone opens the door on me. It frightens the intruder so that they back off quickly and hopefully nothing they saw registered in memory.
...And their flesh like dung. Zeph. 1:17
I just look up at them and (in my best Clint Eastwood voice) say "do you feel lucky today punk?"
Last Sunday afternoon I was at school and had to shit badly. My one big shit each week comes on Sunday (I have several small ones during the week but all put together, they wouldn't come close to compare). There were like 6 of us stagecraft students working on the drama set. I was the only female. I had held my shit for about a half hour while we got a board prepared and nailed down to start a staircase, but then I had to excuse myself with no time to spare.
I walked fast down the hallway and into the bathroom. So fast, I might add, that I was still in the dark before I hit the door of my stall and then the light sensor activated. Because there had been no users since cleaning, I quickly flicked the seat down and my butt was on it within two or three seconds. During the middle of my shit, I noticed the door abruptly open and a little boy who's like 3 or 4 is standing there, saying he's looking for his sister. I was startled, I closed the door and told him to leave, and just then his father (a teacher at our school comes in and grabs him and apologizes for his rudeness). I guess dad was working in his classroom and found that his son had wandered off.
I cleaned myself, flushed, washed my hands and was still a little shaken when I got back to the auditorium. I shouldn't have told the guys, but I did. One said the little boy had lots of "perve possibilities" and, surprisingly to me, they all agreed. I, however, don't think so.


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The drop in copper prices hasn't stopped the illegal metal trade, but Southern Arizona is seeing a slowdown in the volume of metal thefts.
Local agencies are increasing security measures, said city spokesman Michael Graham.
"We're not getting hit as hard," he said, "but in the past several years we've taken a big hit."
Last year the cost to the city was several hundred thousand dollars, said Amber Smith, executive director of the Metropolitan Pima Alliance.
Copper electrical wires, aluminum signs, steel barrier cables, brass sewer covers, even bronze memorial plaques — you name it, crooks have stolen it.
"They get pennies on the dollar, and it's costing us thousands in repairs," said George Kuck, of the Pima County parks department.
It cost $50,000 to replace and repair wiring at the Rillito Park Racetrack. It cost $80,000 to install lockable boxes on electrical systems for athletic field lights at parks.
Kuck hasn't tried to add up the many cases, but he said metal theft has easily cost taxpayers a couple hundred thousand dollars in recent years. And that's just one county department.
Preventive measures are slowing thieves, but metal theft continues to be a big problem, Kuck said, and county staff electricians still have a backlog of work orders.
At least two metal thieves have been killed or severely injured.
Tucson Electric Power crews found a man's dead body next to a pair of bolt cutters in an underground electrical box on the east side earlier this month. While there's no way to know for sure what his intentions were, the man may have died while trying to steal wiring. The Pima County Sheriff's Department investigated the death and the County Medical Examiner's Office is trying to identify the body.
Last August, a man who was trying to steal copper wire from a power pole in Wellton survived life-threatening burns and injuries from an electrical shock. "He was being investigated on numerous other scrap-metal theft cases," said Yuma County Sheriff's Office spokesman Alfonso Zavala.
There were 824 copper theft insurance claims statewide from 2011 through 2013, new figures from the National Insurance Crime Bureau show.
But most businesses that are victims of copper theft are dealing with the costs on their own for fear their insurance rates will increase, Smith said.
The Metropolitan Pima Alliance started a metal-theft task force two years ago with about 100 local businesses to educate the community and government officials about the problem. Improved awareness and better reporting helps police, Smith said.
The task force helped pass state laws that make penalties harsher for scrap-metal buyers who knowingly take in stolen metal.
The alliance estimates the damages from metal theft at more than $120 million statewide.

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Among the new intimacies of technology is its knowledge of where you are and the ability to read into location your intent. The nightmare and clichéd scenario of being pinged by Starbucks as you pass their store has always been held out as the dark side of mobile marketing's potential. In that view, geofencing (or using location as a trigger for mobile messaging) is something akin to being assaulted at shopping malls by overly aggressive kiosk salespeople -- because you look like the kind of guy who needs those microwaveable, chamomile-scented neck collars.
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BT ReTargeter Enters Social Targeting
by Laurie Sullivan on Oct 5, 8:15 PM
Companies continue to dig deeper into social platforms, even those developing behavioral targeting platforms. The accuracy with which these tools now serve up ads continue to become a bit creepy. It reminds me of the last time I logged on to Google Street View to check out my house and saw neighbors outside in mid-step walking down the sidewalk.
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Another method would be to use a Dynamic Named Range. If you are not sure how to do this then follow my link to my web site and click the "Dynamic Named Ranges" link.
Lets say you call your dynamic range "MyDates" you could then use this formula starting from Row 2(first row for heading) in any Column on any sheet.
Copy this down to Row 11.
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If I could ask one more favor. It lists the dates perfectly from column A, but, is there a way for it to list everything from column A all the way to the last cell on the right, column H?
Thanks again, this already has been a tremendous help.


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Remove the transmission and converter as an assembly; otherwise the converter drive plate pump bushing and oil seal will be damaged. The drive plate will not support a load. Therefore, none of the weight of transmission should be allowed to rest on the plate during removal.
Attach a remote control starter switch to the starter solenoid so the engine can be rotated from under the vehicle.
Disconnect high tension cable from the ignition coil.
Remove cover plate from in front of converter assembly to provide access to the converter drain plug and mounting bolts.
Rotate engine to bring drain plug to the 6 o'clock position. Drain the converter and transmission.
A running production change was made in January, 1977 which eliminated the converter drain plug. This means that the transmission must be removed in order to drain the converter on models manufactured after this date.
Mark converter and drive plate to aid in reassembly.
Rotate the engine with the remote control switch to locate two converter to drive plate bolts located and 5 and 7 o'clock positions. Remove the two bolts, rotate engine again and remove the other two bolts.
Disconnect battery ground cable. Remove engine to transmission struts, if necessary. You may have to drop the exhaust system on some models.
Remove the starter.
Remove wire from the neutral starting switch.
Remove gearshift cable or rod from the transmission and the lever.
Disconnect the throttle rod from left side of transmission.
Disconnect the oil cooler lines at transmission and remove the oil filler tube. Disconnect the speedometer cable.
Disconnect the driveshaft.
Install engine support fixture to hold up the rear of the engine.
Raise transmission slightly with jack to relieve load and remove support bracket or crossmember. Remove all bell housing bolts and carefully work transmission and converter rearward off engine dowels and disengage converter hub from end of crankshaft.
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Install transmission and converter as an assembly. The drive plate will not support a load. Do not allow weight of transmission to rest on the plate during installation.
Rotate pump rotors until the rotor lugs are vertical.
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Use a C-clamp on edge of converter housing to hold converter in place during transmission installation.
Converter drive plate should be free of distortion and drive plate to crankshaft bolts tightened to 55 ft. lbs. torque.
Using a jack, position transmission and converter assembly in alignment with engine.
Rotate converter so mark on converter (made during removal) will align with the mark on the drive plate. The offset holes in plate are located next to the 1/8" hole in inner circle of the plate. A stamped V mark identifies the offset hole in converter front cover. Carefully work transmissio assembly forward over engine block dowels with converter hub entering the crankshaft opening.
Install converter housing to engine bolts and tighten to 28 ft. lbs.
Install the two lower drive plate to converter bolts and tighten to 270 in. lbs. torque.
Install engine to transmission struts, if required. Install starting motor and connect battery ground cable.
Rotate engine and install two remaining drive plate to converter bolts.
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Remove transmission jack and engine support fixture; then install tie-bars under the transmission.
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Connect gearshift cable or rod and torque shaft assembly to the transmission case and to the lever.
Connect throttle rod to the lever at left side of transmission bell housing.
Connect wire to back-up and neutral starting switch.
Install cover plate in front of the converter assembly.
Refill transmission with fluid.
Adjust throttle and shift linkage.
See Figures 1 and 2
Fig. 1: Troubleshooting Basic Automatic Transmission Problems
Fig. 2: Lockup Torque Converter Service Diagnosis
Fig. 3: Transsmission Fluid Indications
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The literature documenting the trajectory of youth delinquent behavior, substance use, and the impact of various types of service interventions is developing slowly. Likewise, new investigators and young scholars are sometimes reluctant and under trained to conduct research with these hard-to-reach adolescents and retain study samples. Currently, there is one national data set that has tracked a sample of high-risk youth since 1995 with over an 80 percent retention rate--the Northwestern Juvenile Project (NJP). The study includes service utilization, family and social support, and youth behavior variables. Further analysis provides an opportunity to improve the knowledge base and offer an educational opportunity for young investigators to learn the techniques of longitudinal study design, data management, and sample retention of high-risk, hard-to-reach adolescents. This grant provides support for an analysis and report on the NJP data. The project will be housed at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. A successful project will result in new insights on factors that improve the prospects for high-risk youth, including publication of those insights.
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St. Mary's Hospital will open its new Clute Barrow Nelson Children's Center Sunday with an open house and a celebration, but offered a sneak preview Friday.
A news conference and tour Friday gave the hospital its first chance to show off the center, a 26-bed pediatric nursing unit and five-bed intensive care unit named after Athens resident Clute Barrow Nelson, who died in 1998 at age 7 of brain cancer.
An open house and celebration will be held from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2:30 p.m.
According to hospital officials, the 14,000-square-foot facility is the only one of its kind in the area that provides specialized care from birth through adolescence. It will begin accepting patients on Monday.
''It raises the level of care for the children of Northeast Georgia to a level that it has never been to before,'' said Thomas Fitz, St. Mary's president and chief executive officer of administration. ''This is the only one of its kind between Atlanta and Augusta.''
Nelson died at Egleston Hospital in Atlanta, but because he touched so many lives at St. Mary's while undergoing treatment, the hospital wanted to name the center for the child, said Lorraine Edwards, hospital spokeswoman.
The bright paint colors covering the walls in every room of the center are apparent, and intentional, said Edward Truemper, medical director of the pediatric critical care and hospitalist programs for the center.
Truemper said everything from the color scheme to equipment was agonized over in order to make the facility comfortable for children.
Athens' central location in Northeast Georgia makes it the ideal location for the facility, Truemper added.
''A large number of people have to pass through this are to receive treatment,'' he said.''Our goal is to provide medical care for those children.''
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Systemic risk measures: The simpler the better?
This paper estimates and compares two groups of high-frequency market-based systemic risk measures using European and US interbank rates, stock prices and credit derivatives data from 2004 to 2009. Measures belonging to the macro group gauge the overall tension in the financial sector and micro group measures rely on individual institution information to extract joint distress. We rank the measures using three criteria: (i) Granger causality tests, (ii) Gonzalo and Granger metric, and (iii) correlation with an index of systemic events and policy actions. We find that the best systemic measure in the macro group is the first principal component of a portfolio of Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads whereas the best measure in the micro group is the multivariate densities computed from CDS spreads. These results suggest that the measures based on CDSs outperform measures based on interbank rates or stock market prices.
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> > > > > Is there a tool, a read me or something in the Ubuntu arsenal of > > gadgets that can get my next 5000 computers loaded with Ubuntu using > > disk duplication and hard disk imaging. If anyone here has > > accomplished this before, or has successfully created an image file > > and used it on a different PC, please can you tell me how you did it? > ... > > I think I mentioned this sometime ago to you... I'll throw it out again; why > not > look to Canonical for assistance? > > http://www.ubuntu.com/partners > http://www.canonical.com/partners/faq > http://www.ubuntu.com/partners/programmetracks > http://www.ubuntu.com/partners/hardwareprogramme > http://www.ubuntu.com/partners/IHV > <http://www.ubuntu.com/system/files/u53/system%20builders%20datashe > et%20OEM%20Services%20Linux%20Enablement%204%20page%20summary > .pdf> > No offense NoOP, but it is because Canonical in South Africa, has no Phone number, no OEM sales people and we are unable to speak to them in person. They treat large manufacturers like OEMs, as they were end users. The don't exist in my country just like all other distros don't exist in my country. These guys have no idea how hard it is to be an OEM for Linux. And they don't give a D..M. Sorry for the vent, I have been down this road about 10 times in the last 12 years. [>] Regards chad Pinnacle Technology Holdings E-Mail Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Pinnacle Technology Holdings any of it's divisions or affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of it is strictly prohibited. -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
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Safaricom on Monday hosted the press and a section of their enterprise clients to the relaunch of M-Pesa payment solution, dubbed "Lipa na M-Pesa". M-Pesa is heavily used in Kenya, by the end of 2010, two-thirds of Kenyans above the age of 15 years were using mobile money. The country had a population of just under 40 million with about 23.1 million people aged 15 and above in 2010. In June 2010, Safaricom announced that it had 10.2 million M-Pesa users, who have now grown to over 17.1 million in three years. Safaricom is now looking to make more out of these users with its revamped payment service dubbed "Lipa na M-Pesa".
Every month, KSh. 70 billion is transferred between M-Pesa users on average. Launched six years ago on March 6, 2007, M-Pesa has seen KSh. 2.3 trillion transferred between users, enough to fund Kenya's KSh. 1.6 trillion budget and have KSh. 0.5 trillion left over. The amount of money passing through the service is equivalent to 43 percent of Kenya's gross domestic product - the value of goods and services produced in a day (GDP).
The impact of the service is hugely felt across the country. Safaricom CEO, Bob Collymore, proudly quotes Central Bank of Kenya(CBK) figures that show financial inclusion (number of people with access to some form of banking) in Kenya stands at 80 percent, a figure which drops to 23 percent without M-Pesa.
In 2006, 40 percent of the population were using other people (hand to hand) for money transfers while 20 percent used buses. This currently stands at 32 percent for hand to hand and 9 percent for bus.
The number of women using M-Pesa has increased from 38 percent in 2008, to 44 percent in 2009 and 51 percent in 2010. At the launch held at the Michael Joseph Centre, named after Safaricom's first CEO, who currently heads the M-Pesa unit at Vodafone, Collymore narrated how current Nairobi Governor, Dr. Evans Kidero, then Mumias Sugar company CEO, signed an agreement with Safaricom in 2008 to pay salaries via M-Pesa. The money was sent to the workers' wives at home, which enabled better financial management. Before, Collymore says the wages would be spent in a day, repaying items bought on credit through the month, with the balance spent in drinking joints.
Safaricom has had a "Pay Bill" feature for a number of years, where users could conduct various services such as pay their electricity and water bills and even repay their university loans. The service had a fee charged on the users for each transaction.
At an Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) financial services conference,CBK governor, Professor Njuguna Ndung'u remarked that 95 percent of all financial transactions in Kenya were cash based, of which 70 percent of non cash-based, transactions were handled by M-Pesa. Safaricom is now looking to grow M-Pesa beyond peer to peer money transfer to a service that enables Kenyans to pay for good and services from their phone.
With Lipa na M-pesa, Safaricom is doing away with the fee it was charging users for paying bills. Instead, merchants will be charged a 1.5 percent fee per transaction, which Collymore points out is less than the 3 to 5 percent businesses are charged for processing credit and debit cards.
Additionally, Betty Mwangi, Safaricom's General Manager Financial Business Services says the firm is looking to recruit 100,000 businesses by April 2014, at the rate of 1000 per week. Small and medium enterprises, including salons, bars restaurants, butcheries, spare part shops, kiosks, public transport operators and other merchants in the jua kali(informal) sector are all being targeted. Safaricom will join four other aggregators, including KopoKopo, which has mostly been recruiting restaurants, in recruiting these businesses. The mobile operator is looking at using over 65,000 M-Pesa agents to recruit small businesses countrywide.
In addition, the process has been simplified to target Kenya's predominantly informal sector, while keeping in line with "know your customer" requirements. In addition to a form that can be downloaded from Safaricom's website, business will need a Personal Identification Number, the business owners National ID and a trading license to sign up for the service.
Already, 1,600 businesses have been accepting M-Pesa through the Pay Bill utility.
Collymore says that M-Pesa's new bill payment feature is competing with cash, rather than banks. That will be hard to swallow for banks. Equity Bank is in the process of rolling out near field contact (NFC) enabled cards and points of sale targeting SMEs and has rolled out a public transport payment card in partnership with Google. The bank's CEO, James Mwangi, has been openly against Safaricom's venturing into what he sees as bank's business.
Barclays Bank executives have also pointed out at the unfair playing ground that pits them against an unregulated service and in addition, warned of the risks of such a large service as M-Pesa being unregulated.
With the huge success of M-Pesa, the banks have had no option other than to partner with service, despite being portrayed as willing partners.
The government shows no signs of regulating M-Pesa, rather being more keen in taxing the more than 2 million transactions done on the service daily.


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Today, Governor Pence urged the Indiana Department of Education to complete a thorough and timely review of the questions surrounding the 2011-2012 A-F letter grades and report their findings at the next State Board of Education meeting in August.
"Governor Pence believes in accountability and that students, parents and teachers deserve to know our state has a fair and impartial grading system that accurately describes the performances of our schools," said Kara Brooks, Press Secretary. "The Governor supports our A-F grading system and believes that the people of Indiana should have confidence in the integrity of that system. Today, at the direction of Governor Pence, Claire Fiddian-Green, Special Assistant for Education Innovation and Reform, urged the Department of Education to conduct a thorough and timely evaluation of the questions surrounding the A-F grading system and to report their findings to the State Board of Education at the upcoming August meeting. After the Department of Education reports its findings to the State Board of Education, the Governor believes we will be able to make an informed decision about how we might best ensure public confidence in our A-F grading system going forward."
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Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), joined by Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), have introduced legislation adding new regulations on campaign finance. Their proposed law bans "soft money" going to political parties, restricts advertising by for-profit corporations and labor unions, and greatly increases the ambit of federal election law.
Soft money contributions to campaigns grew out of efforts by Congress and the Federal Election Commission to enhance political parties and federalism. Soft money accounts for only 15 percent of all campaign spending.
McCain says the new regulations will prevent corruption in Washington, but he has not shown that soft money corrupts legislators or elections. The debate over "corruption" seems to really be a difference of opinion about the meaning of good representation.
Expert opinion indicates that McCain-Feingold-Cochran would reduce electoral competition significantly and decrease turnout on Election Day by 2 percent.
McCain-Feingold-Cochran will not drive soft money out of politics. Such funding is likely to turn up in future elections as independent expenditures by interest groups. McCain's bill seeks to limit such spending by labor unions, for-profit corporations, and even many nonprofit corporations. Senator McCain has also indicated that he hopes to regulate advertising by advocacy groups like the NAACP. The proposed restrictions are a direct and scandalous effort to protect incumbents from criticism during elections. McCain's ad ban will be found unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
McCain argues that his bill will prevent special interests from influencing government. In fact, three special interests—incumbents, the media, and interest groups in general—will benefit from McCain-Feingold-Cochran. Ironically, McCain's bill would generally enhance interest group influence at the cost of political parties and candidates.


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At your piano or keyboard locate middle C.
(The C note closest to the center of the keyboard is called middle C.)
If you are unable do this, you need the free Beginner Starter Report,
"How to Read Music in Just 30 Minutes"
Otherwise, play the C note on the piano that's one octave below middle C (the next one down) with the little finger of the left hand.
While keeping the little finger on the C, add the E note (two white notes higher) with the middle finger, and then add the G (another two white notes up) with the thumb.
X <- Middle C
Now we are going to try something a little more creative with the right hand. You're going to play the melody to "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" with the right hand. Here's how to do it:
1) The melody starts on middle C. That's your first note.
2) Now pick out the rest of the notes "by ear."
That's right.
Sound impossible? Nonsense. It's just a question of trial and error. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Just keep at it until the song starts taking shape. Once you get it, play it through several times to cement it in your memory.
If you're having trouble, here are some hints.
Hint 1: It's all on the white keys.
Hint 2: The first three notes are the same (middle C).
Hint 3: After the first three notes the melody goes up.
Hint 4: The "merrily, merrily, merrily" part is more challenging. It starts on the C above middle C.
Got the melody? Good. Now here's where it gets interesting. We are about to add the left hand , in other words the chords . This song has only one chord in it. Can you guess what it is going to be? That's right, C. Or what we call C major.
Your job now is to put the whole song together. You already have the melody in the right hand. You add the left hand C chords at regular intervals.
As you play each C chord keep holding it down with the left hand until it's time to play the chord again. Two things to keep in mind as you're playing the chords:
1) Play the chord simultaneously with the melody note that corresponds to the underlined words in the lyrics below.
2) No matter what else happens, the left hand chords must be strummed at very even intervals. In other words your left hand must provide a very steady rhythm.
Now try it.
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
Good. That's a C chord you're playing.
Take a look at our Virtual Piano Keyboard and play around with the key of C.
The above exercise is based on using just one chord and is designed to give you an idea of how to form a piano chord and play around with the right hand melody notes.
Take a look at the three cords used in the key of C. Start with the root chord, C
Try these 3 chords on a familiar song. Practice these chords using the left hand and the right hand.
If you have gotten this far, you now have a basic understanding of how 'piano chords' work. This is the basic formula all pro piano players use (except those who play classical music).
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Note: To advance from the Beginner to Intermediate/Advanced levels, will not take you very long at all.
Continuing Chord Piano, How to Play Piano by Ear picks up where Chord Style leave off.
Continuing Chord Piano was created for the student who has already learned the very basics of chord piano playing. It will give the novice a chance to improve his sound dramatically in a very short period of time. This program takes you from the beginner to the advanced level of chord piano knowledge.
You can play piano, or any chord instrument, without written music. Learn to figure out the melody and the chord accompaniment to virtually any song. All you need is some familiarity with piano chords.
You can start learning the play by ear secrets today.
Also in our
, we have special programs for the person that wants to learn more about the Blues Piano playing style. (Audio and Video programs)
Special Intro and Endings, Power Chords and Piano Tricks and Licks are for the intermediate pianist that wants to learn special tricks to put more power in your piano music. (You should know your chords first)
All of our programs were written by the same author, Robert Laughlin, so they are designed to add to what you already have learned from previous programs.
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