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Obamacare Will Crush the Middle Class
How to Survive Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, continues to stay in the news – and for good reason.
Most government programs turn out to be different than the original stated goals. In fact, we often see results that are almost the exact opposite of the originally stated purpose.
In this case, the legislation really is the Unaffordable Care Act. It is making medical insurance far more expensive, and it's resulting in the exact opposite of the stated intention of the legislation, which was to make insurance accessible to more Americans. Instead, it is leaving more Americans without insurance.
As a side note, you should not hesitate to refer to this legislation as "Obamacare" – even if some on the left don't like it. Obama pushed hard for the legislation, and it is his signature piece for his presidency. And let's not forget that Obama himself said it was okay to call it Obamacare during one of his presidential debates with Romney.
The Website Fiasco
When the main piece of the law went into effect on October 1, 2013, it didn't take long to see problems. Many Americans going to the infamous healthcare.gov website were finding it didn't work.
We now find out that hundreds of millions of dollars were spent on this website that doesn't work. The government probably could have paid a couple of kids right out of college with programming degrees a few thousand dollars to put it together, and it would have likely been more functional than it is now.
Then the Obama administration started making excuses that the website was only supposed to handle a certain number of people at one time. Yet it was the promoters of Obamacare themselves who would constantly cite figures of 40 million (or pick a number around there) Americans who don't have health insurance.
If tens of millions of Americans had to obtain health insurance over just a few months' time, then several million people per month would have to sign up.
The website continues to be a source of many jokes for late night comedians.
While watching a failing website has been entertaining for some, it is just a minor failure compared to other aspects of Obamacare.
A significant piece of Obamacare that's coming to light now is that it makes certain coverage mandatory. It's essentially copying many aspects of many state laws. You cannot pick and choose what coverage you want for your health plan; your insurance is required to meet certain minimum standards.
For example, Obamacare requires that insurance plans contain coverage for maternity and for drug rehab. But what if you don't plan to have a baby, and what if you don't plan on using or abusing any drugs? It doesn't matter. You still have to have the coverage – and you have to pay for it.
This has made many existing insurance plans illegal under the new Obamacare provisions. Therefore, millions of Americans are receiving cancellation notices from their insurance companies. They are being told they can no longer keep their current plans because they are no longer legal.
In other words, when Obama was going around telling everyone they could keep their current plans if they were happy with them, he wasn't telling the truth. Many Americans realize this now, and that probably explains his shrinking approval ratings.
At this time, we still have no idea how many millions more are going to be removed from their insurance plans. It is possible that this may be one part of the legislation that gets revised over the coming months.
This May Be the Final Nail in the Poverty Coffin
But the most significant failure of Obamacare is something that is still coming to fruition. It will mean severe hardship for millions of middle class Americans.
I still don't think most people realize just how much Obamacare is going to cost them. Middle class Americans will be looking at an extra several hundred dollars per month in premiums alone.
The problem is that most Americans do not have a hundred extra dollars per month to spend. Many are living paycheck to paycheck as it is. If they have to start canceling vacations, cell phone plans, and cable television just to afford the increased insurance premiums, they are not going to be happy.
But the crazy thing is that it isn't just the premiums that will go up. Many people will sign up for high-deductible plans just so they can afford the premiums.
What will happen when the first big medical bill hits for the year? That person will owe 100% of the bill with a high-deductible plan. An overnight stay in the hospital will easily cost thousands of dollars, and insurance hasn't even kicked in yet.
So on top of the higher premiums every month, does the average American family have an extra few thousand dollars lying around in case of a big medical bill?
Forgetting Obamacare?
This whole piece of legislation is turning out to be a disaster for Obama and the Democrats. When most government programs go bad, the results are not usually so immediate and so evident.
It usually takes many years for a government program to go bad. Even with that, sometimes the bad results can be blamed on something else.
This is not the case with Obamacare. There is no question that medical insurance premiums were already rising at an alarming pace. But Obamacare has made it even worse and will likely take a lot of the blame.
While many Republicans in Congress have certainly contributed to the problems over the years in regards to rising medical expenses, there was almost universal opposition to Obamacare by the Republicans. And there was almost universal support from the Democrats.
In 2012, the Republicans nominated Mitt Romney for the presidential ticket. He is the founder of Romneycare in Massachusetts. There have only been two individuals in American history who have signed legislation mandating that individuals buy health insurance, and those two individuals were the two main presidential candidates in 2012.
The Romney nomination is not going to hurt the Republicans now. The recent government shutdown, for which Republicans took a lot of blame, is also not going to stick for long.
But Americans are not going to forget Obamacare. How can they forget when the monthly premiums will keep coming due every month? How can they forget when they have to pay 100% out-of-pocket costs on many of these new plans? How can they forget when they continue to struggle to pay their monthly bills?
I think the Democrats are going to take a beating in the 2014 elections – and likely in the 2016 presidential election as well.
With that said, it won't be the Republicans who defeat Obamacare. It will be Obamacare that defeats Obamacare.
Your Limited Options
It's still hard to say what will happen at this point, but something has to change. The current cost of medical insurance, along with the cost of medical care itself, is simply unsustainable.
Eventually, we will either see nationalized government health care or we will see a more free market system that will bring down costs. But it will not last in its current form.
You don't have a lot of choices at this point. The whole system is a disaster filled with rules, regulations, and little competition. There's not much left of the free market when it comes to medical care and medical insurance.
If you have to get insurance, your best bet will likely be to choose a high-deductible insurance plan, particularly if you are healthy. If you are not healthy or you are expecting a big expense such as surgery or having a baby, then a high-deductible plan probably won't be your best choice.
However, if you are healthy, then you should probably take your chances with a high-deductible plan. You can put pre-tax money into a health savings account (HSA) and use that money for your medical expenses. If you don't use it all in a given year, you can still keep it. This is not to be confused with an FSA, where you have to spend the money in that calendar year.
In terms of investing, it's probably best to stay away from the health care sector unless you really know what you are doing and you are willing to speculate heavily. This whole thing could go either way right now, and you don't want to take any big losses if bureaucrats in Washington D.C. change policy.
The next few years will be challenging for middle class America. It will be expensive no matter what. In terms of your medical care, the best advice may be to eat right, exercise, take your vitamins, and avoid doctors and hospitals as much as you possibly can.
Until next time,
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Shequila Brown fatal hit-run: Witnesses few, Poughkeepsie city cops say
Leads and witnesses are proving scarce in the hit-and-run death Wednesday night of a Poughkeepsie High School senior, and City of Poughkeepsie police said they fear the driver could get away with the crime if the public doesn't step up to help.
City resident Shequila Brown, 18, of North Clinton Street was run down in the city's eastbound arterial (Church Street), near St. Mary's Church, about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday and was later declared dead at Saint Francis Hospital in the Town of Poughkeepsie.
"Without the assistance of the public, the person driving the vehicle that struck Brown and left the scene will not be held responsible," city police Det. Sgt. Matt Clark said in a statement Friday.
Citing a "limited number of witnesses," Clark said police are "unable to give a make or color of the vehicle involved in this incident.
"The person responsible must be talking about what happened or getting their vehicle repaired," Clark said.
City of Poughkeepsie police are asking anyone with information on the accident to call them. They can be reached at 845-451-7577. All calls will be kept confidential.
An autopsy by Dutchess County Medical Examiner Dr. Kari Reiber determined Brown died of "multiple blunt impact trauma."
Brown was interested in studying criminal law at Marist College, Poughkeepsie High Principal Edgar Glascott said Thursday. She participated in the school's college-prep program in conjunction with Marist and was a member of the school's "Sister 2 Sister" personal development program and its Gay-Straight Alliance, Glascott said.
"She was one of those kids that everybody knew," Glascott said. "Just a great, great kid."

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Start learning to act today with our acting DVDs, blog and newsletters. Post and or reply to our blog and take the time to sign up for our newsletters. John Sarno is easily one of the most sought-after coaches in Hollywood, and there is a reason why many of your favorite films and shows have actors and directors who learned the basics from John—a reason he will show, and teach you, on his DVDs.
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- All great actors have techniques they use to find the character, learn their lines, channel their energies, access their sense memory etc. Actors must have a technique and they must be able to go there when directed whether in a movie, commercial, or a play. These techniques even enhance job interviews and presenting when in front of groups.
Legendary Acting Coach and Golden Globe nominee John Sarno with over 35 years of experience has coached over 500 stars in classes and private lessons in these techniques. If you were to get coaching from John you would have to buy a plane ticket, pay for private lessons and or enroll in his weekly classes. Well the cost of a plane ticket to Hollywood we imagine would run into Hundreds of dollars depending on where you live in the country, private lessons run $100 an hour, and classes $200 to $300 a month! You may want to run some figures in your own mind on what it would cost you?
- Imagine learning the Hollywood Secrets of how to correctly slate your name, break down a monologue, and learn your lines without memorizing them because as Famous Acting Coach and Academy Award winner Lee Strasberg said when you memorize the lines you kill the imagination. Learn the hidden art of cold reading and much more. As an added bonus the Famous Acting Exercises DVD is included with every full set ordered. All lessons are taught in a raw workshop setting so you can learn along with John and his students.
As we noted earlier the value of these dvds and information could run you close to a $1000 dollars and imagine being able to access John and his workshop anytime? Isn't it time you invested in yourself and you may even see yourself up on the Silver Screen or perhaps booking a commercial! All great accomplishments begin with a dream.
- John's techniques helped me book a Fruit of the Loom commercial which made me more than $15,000!
The suggested retail price for the entire set is $384.00 but we want you to have it and so have lowered the investment to $288. We do not know how long we can offer the information at so low a price so invest in your future now and live the real American dream of being an actor!
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MIAMI -- For the second year in a row, rude drivers who chat on cell phones and speed through red lights have earned Miami the title as the U.S. city with the most road rage, a survey released Tuesday said.
Miami motorists said they saw other drivers slam on their brakes, run red lights, multitask while driving and talk on cell phones, according to the survey by AutoVantage, a Connecticut-based automobile membership club that offers travel services and roadside assistance.
"It can be a reminder that we ought to -- all of us -- be a little more cautious, patient, and do unto others," Gov. Charlie Crist said Monday as he was being driven through Miami.
Other cities that topped the list for rude drivers were New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
The most courteous drivers can be found in Portland, Ore., Pittsburgh, the Seattle-Tacoma area, St. Louis and Dallas-Fort Worth. Portland drivers were the least likely to see other motorists tailgating on the roadways and St. Louis motorists were the least likely to swear at another driver.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. was rated the most courteous city in 2006. This year, it fell to No. 12 in the rankings.
The most frequent cause of road rage cited in the survey was impatient motorists who were in a hurry. Drivers also said road rage can stem from poor driving in fast lanes and driving while stressed, frustrated or angry.
"The best piece of advice is to take a deep breath. Slow down, be aware and be careful," AutoVantage spokesman Todd Smith said. "The No. 1 aim or goal of this survey is to increase driver safety in Miami and throughout America."
Among the problems for Miami drivers was a convergence of two cultures on the road -- retirees out for leisurely drives and young professionals on their way to work, Smith said.
"That demographic combination makes for higher road rage and has contributed to Miami's No. 1 ranking," Smith said.
Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Pat Santangelo encouraged drivers in South Florida to check highway reports before hitting the road.
"Patience is the key to traveling in South Florida," Santangelo said. "There always seems to be some type of obstruction in the roadway or some kind of delay when you try to get from point A to point B. Utilize the resources that you do have to minimize stress while driving. "
The survey had more than 2,500 drivers in 25 major metropolitan areas rate road rage and rude driving offenses that they observed or committed. To participate in the telephone survey, drivers had to be 21 or older and make a weekday, rush hour commute that was at least 10 minutes long.
The survey was conducted between January and March by Prince Market Research and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
The 2006 surveys were conducted in 20 metropolitan areas. This year, Nashville was taken out of the survey and five other cities were added.
Drivers in Tampa, Pittsburgh, Portland, Cincinnati and Sacramento, Calif., were included for the 2007 survey and the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore metropolitan areas were separated into two groups.
Road rage rankings
Residents in the following 25 cities were surveyed and are listed in order from those reporting the most incidents of road rage to the fewest:
1. Miami
2. New York
3. Boston
4. Los Angeles
5. Washington D.C.
6. Phoenix
7. Chicago
8. Sacramento, Calif.
9. Philadelphia
10. San Francisco
11. Houston
12. Atlanta
13. Detroit
14. Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.
15. Baltimore
16. Tampa, Fla.
17. San Diego
18. Cincinnati
19. Cleveland
20. Denver
21. Dallas/Ft. Worth
22. St. Louis
23. Seattle/Tacoma
24. Pittsburgh
25. Portland, Ore.
Source: AutoVantage's "In the Driver's Seat Road Rage Survey'"
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On the night of April 2, avalanches began to tumble down the slopes above the Scales. At about 2:00 the next morning, one of the slides buried twenty stampeders in the Scales area; another one, at about 9:30, buried three others.5All of these people were rescued, but the roar of additional snow slides convinced the entire Scales population to evacuate, along with a number of construction workers for the Chilkoot Railroad and Transport Company who had been on the top of Chilkoot Pass. Some 220 people, therefore, began to descend toward Sheep Camp.6 Workmen for the tramway went first; the remainder left the Scales between 10:45 and 11:00 a.m.7 At the time of the mass descent, it was snowing heavily, and visibility was cut almost to zero.
Between 10:00 a.m. and noon, three fatal snow slides cascaded down from the eastern escarpment.9 The first slide took place at Squaw Hill, which was north of Stone House but south of the Alaska Railroad and Transportation Company powerhouse. Here three campers were crushed to death in their tents. Here also an ox named Marc Hanna was enveloped in snow. Despite his burial several feet under the top of the slide the ox was unhurt, and after being extricated was put to work hauling the bodies of slide victims down to Dyea.
Sometime later, the party of CR&T Company construction workers came down the trail from the Scales. As they were passing through a narrow gorge near the AR&T powerhouse, a second avalanche buried the entire party. All were killed. This avalanche probably occurred on a cut-off trail (an alternate to the regular Chilkoot Trail) that followed along the east side of "drow-a-low" ravine, located east and about 800 feet north of the AR&T powerhouse.
There is some confusion regarding how the construction men got to this area. One source, based on supposedly eyewitness accounts, claims that the group headed north from Sheep Camp at 8 a.m. and were engulfed by the slide as they headed north. More reliable sources stated that the crew headed down from the summit in the mid-morning, and were killed as they hiked south. Either way they went, the low visibility may have caused them to wander off the main path.


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Im Selling my Wii Which is softmodded and has Homebrew channel and usb loader channel on the external hard drive which is included in the deal the hard drive that comes with it is a 320 gig. So here is what u will get with this deal
- 1 Wii Console(softmodded) with stand, component cables and all cables.
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1OO Questions and Answers about Your Child's Obesity
Barton Cobert MD. Sudbury:Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2011.
A Parent's Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Road Map to Health
Sandra G. Hassink MD FAAP. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006.
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Melissa Oliverio was appointed a long-term care specialist for Northwestern Mutual's northern West Virginia territory.
In the role, she will be responsible for ensuring the long-term care needs of clients are addressed as part of their overall financial security plans.
A native of Bluefield, Oliverio earned a bachelor of arts degree from Salem College in Winston-Salem, N.C., and, in 1994, a law degree from West Virginia University.
Oliverio comes to Northwestern Mutual from Steptoe & Johnson.
The Morgantown resident is an active member of the American Association for Long Term Care Insurance, North Central West Virginia Estate Planning Council, Monongalia General Hospital Auxiliary Board, and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and its Million Dollar Round Table.
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SpitJack XB50 Lamb, Goat and Whole Hog Rotisserie
SpitJack XB50 Lamb, Goat and Whole Hog Rotisserie
SpitJack's XB50 Lamb, Goat and Whole Hog Rotisserie is their mid-sized model. With a 7/8" x 63" spit, it has up to 55 pounds of roasting capacity. Spit height is adjustable from 8" to 22". Two stainless steel spit forks, one stainless steel trussing needle, dual sensor oven meat thermometer, cleaning brush and a set of meat pulling gloves are included. As always, we recommend you use an accurate digital thermometer.
Owner, Bruce Frankel, is an accomplished chef and restaurateur who draws on his expertise with open fire cooking to create rotisseries that address the unique challenge of spinning a pig. "It's hard", says Frankel, "I'm surprised so many guys want to do it because it almost requires professional skills."
Frankel and crew not only provide the tools for food and fire, they walk you through the process. They want you to call. They want you to succeed. The first question is "What are you cooking?" A 200 pound hog requires different equipment than a 40 pound lamb. Securing the animal to the spit properly is essential. You may have done small roasts or chickens on rotisseries, but a whole hog is much different. The animal is large, asymmetric and unbalanced. If not trussed properly to the spit, centrifugal force will cause it to loosen and flop around resulting in messy, uneven cooking and undue strain on the motor. Motor failure is a common problem with whole animal rotisseries.
Then there is the fire factor. With the exception of hot dogs and marshmallows, most of us haven't cooked much on open fire. SpitJack has tips to introduce controls on this undisciplined heat source.
Many of us have been to pig roasts that were less than exciting and seen some strange contraptions in use. SpitJack's consultative approach should be valuable, particularly to an aspiring pig spinner. SpitJack Rotisseries have a one year limited warranty on parts.
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Album Rating: 5.0The only man with a voice as sexy as Barry White.
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Album Rating: 5.0Just discovered it. It takes mastery of music to make something so bad without being a painful listen.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffSeptember 23rd 2009...the day this was the highest rated album on the entire site.
Album Rating: 5.0The best day in Sputnik history, that and Skele's original ban.
Album Rating: 5.0Was Skele really so bad? O_o
Album Rating: 5.0No really, its just the only other memorable day in this website's history. Not many eventful things happen here, its just a music forum.
Album Rating: 5.0In a comedic way, yes. Imagine Eye of the Tiger in the background as Arnold yells JUST THREE MOOAHH.
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TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) — A Tupelo man is charged with rape and kidnapping following a weekend incident.
Tupelo Police say 30-year-old Trenton Johnson was arrested Monday in connection with the alleged assault at a Tupelo motel.
He also is charged with aggravated domestic assault.
The victim was treated and released for her injuries at North Mississippi Medical Center.
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LaBeouf: Some directors terrify me
Shia LaBeouf has confessed he has been so intimidated by some directors, he has struggled to work with them
The 26-year-old former child star has worked with respected directors including Michael Bay on the Transformers films, Steven Spielberg on Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull and Oliver Stone on Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
His latest movie, The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman, which has just premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, is the debut feature from Swedish director Fredrik Bond, and he and Shia became close friends during filming.
Shia told USA Today: "I have had relationships with directors where it was reverence to the point of fear. That kills collaboration. This felt like a friendship."
Asked how Fredrik compared to Spielberg as a director, Shia joked: "He is a better kisser than Steven, I'll tell you that straight up!"
The indie drama - co-starring Evan Rachel Wood and Mad Mikkelsen - was shot in Romania, and Shia and Fredrik revealed they bonded while biking around the country together, scouting for locations.
Shia revealed he insisted on doing most of the stunts himself, including taking some real punches and being hung by one foot over a dam in Bucharest. This became another lesson of trust, as he was forced to put his life in the hands of the Romanian stunt team.
"The guy says to me, 'Listen, the danger isn't really falling into the water. You might hurt yourself, but you'll survive that. But if you swing into [a neon light in the scene], there's no way you're going to survive that. So don't swing too much'," Shia explained.
"You have to look them in the eye and trust them completely, like you would on a Transformers set. But it's a very different group with communication issues. Not everyone even speaks English."
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In collectibles, antiques and art news, an Alamo sword and the personal effects of a notorious outlaw hit the auction block, a bank returns valuable rare bills to its customer, a stolen Renaissance masterpiece is sold and a distinctive Babe Ruth home-run ball goes up for sale for the first time.
Wild West Antiques and Militaria
A 19th-century saber linked to the historic Battle of the Alamo and the subsequent Battle of San Jacinto was a star at the Frontier Times Western Auction in San Antonio, Texas, last week. The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal low point in Texas history during what was called the Texas Revolution when Mexican troops defeated a cavalry of American soldiers. Ben Templeton, who traces his own family roots to pioneer times, found the sword on his property in Garfield, Texas, an area, according to the blog History Hunters International , was the campsite of the Mexican army.
Collectibles belonging to gunman John Wesley Hardin also went under the hammer at the Western Auction. The outlaw's artifacts included his briefcase containing his business card, a copy of his autobiography, a hand-tinted photograph of him, "a stage coach trunk covered in cowhide with his initials," the shotgun that ended his life and an 1895 arrest warrant signed by the lawman who did him in.
Other items of interest in the sale included a Confederate Civil War rifle, a collection of gunfighter paintings, a Bowie knife collection, a rare Colt .45, a Dalton Gang rifle and a gun rig that belonged to a Roosevelt Rough Rider.
Something Was Wrong, Bank Gives Back Money
CoinLink had a feel-good collectibles story recently. Two $1,000 bills attracted the attention of a bank CEO after a customer brought in the rare 1934 Federal Reserve notes to make a deposit. No one in the Indiana bank had ever seen $1,000 bills—little wonder since the U.S. government ceased making them in 1969—but they were accepted for deposit, and the customer went on her way. After the notes came to the attention of the CEO, American Savings Bank called its elderly customer back in to retrieve the rare bills and suggested she sell them for a higher value as collectibles. The woman said a relative had given her the notes many years before.
16th-century Stolen Artwork at Auction
Flemish Renaissance artist Ambrosius Benson painted religious works in Spain, including a celebrated altarpiece in Segovia and works that hang in Madrid's Prado Museum, London's National Gallery and New York's Metropolitan Museum. So it is no wonder that the Spanish Ministry of Culture hoped to prevent London Sotheby's recent sale of the triptych, "Lamentation of Christ," to an unknown buyer, as it is the last known Benson work in private hands. According to Typically Spanish , the piece was stolen in 1913 and sold several times since. ArtDaily reports that because of the previous sales, both Sotheby's and the Spanish Ministry of Culture announced the auction was legal. The triptych went for more than $2.3 million.
Babe Ruth Six-Figure Ball
On May 25, 1935, Babe Ruth hit the last homers of his career—three of them—in the same game. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the first of those home-run balls was caught by baseball fan Emmett Cavanaugh during the first inning of the game at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh where the Pittsburgh Pirates played Ruth's Boston Braves. Cavanaugh caught up with the Babe at his hotel after the game and asked him to sign the ball. The fan held on to his lucky catch for the rest of his life. His family put the ball, along with documentation for provenance from Hunt Auctions, up for grabs at the All-Star FanFest collectibles auction held in New York on July 15. It was expected to sell for upward of $200,000.


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BANGKOK - Thai voters go to the polls under heavy security on Sunday in an election that could push the divided country deeper into political turmoil and leave the winner paralysed for months by street protests, legal challenges and legislative limbo.
The risk of bloodshed at the ballot remains high, a day after seven people were wounded by gunshots and explosions during a standoff between supporters and opponents of embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in a north Bangkok stronghold of her Puea Thai Party.
The usual campaign billboards, glossy posters and pre-election buzz have been notably absent this time, as will be millions of voters fearful of poll violence or bent on rejecting a ballot bound to re-elect the political juggernaut controlled by Yingluck's billionaire brother, Thaksin Shinawatra.
Thaksin, 64, is loved and loathed in Thailand, but his parties have won every poll since 2001. His opponents say he is a corrupt crony capitalist who rules by proxy from self-exile in Dubai.
Victory celebrations would be likely muted for Yingluck. With parliamentary seats unable to be filled and the prospect of violence disrupting voting, she could find herself on shaky ground, exposed to legal attacks and unable to pass bills and budgets crucial to reviving a stuttering economy.
Yingluck last week refused to postpone the election, even though a fifth of those registered for advanced voting were unable to cast ballots after protesters blocked polling stations in 49 of 50 Bangkok districts as part of a "shutdown" of key intersections in the city. In 28 southern constituencies, no votes will be cast because no candidates could sign up.
Some 130,000 security forces will be deployed across the country, 12,000 in Bangkok, National Security Council chief Paradorn Pattantabutr told Reuters. "We're confident there won't be too much chaos," he said.
Polling stations open at 8 a.m. (0100 GMT) on Sunday and the Election Commission says results will not be available on the day. Its commissioners are worried about unrest and are braced for a deluge of complaints and challenges to the results.
"There's been a lot of obstruction, so much, every single step of the way," commission secretary-general Puchong Nutrawong told Reuters.
"We don't want this election to be a bloody election. We can get every single agency involved to make this election happen, but if there's bloodshed, what's the point?"


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A raging fire that destroyed dozens of businesses along the Seaside Park boardwalk in New Jersey on Sept. 12 is expected to be a multi-million dollar insurance event, an insurance expert observed.
The fire, propelled by strong coastal winds, swept through at least six blocks in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights — areas that were freshly rebuilt after last year's Superstorm Sandy.
From the insurance standpoint, the insurance checks would likely be issued right away for claimants since most businesses would have coverage against the peril of fire, said Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and economist at the Insurance Information Institute.
"Most businesses carry property insurance coverage and virtually all property insurance policies cover the peril of fire," Hartwig told Insurance Journal.
"It's extraordinarily tragic that it's the same area that was struck hard by Sandy last year," he said. "In the case of Sandy, most of the damages were done by flooding. And many of the businesses did not have flood coverage."
"But this will be different — most businesses will be covered because they have coverage for standard property risks which include fire," he said.
Hartwig said many businesses will also have business interruption coverage that can help tie them through until the point where their business can be reopened after it's repaired or rebuilt.
Additionally, workers who may have been injured in the flames or by smoke would be covered by workers' compensation, though there have not been immediate reports of any injured workers, he said.
"It would be a pretty compressed timeline for getting these claims settled," he said. "As soon as [adjusters] are allowed to enter the areas that were damaged, they would be able to begin the adjustment process and begin writing checks for businesses that suffered losses in this event."
While it's too early to get a detailed estimate, it's going to be a multi-million dollar insurance event, he said, "because we are talking about 30 to 60 businesses of a six-block area, along with business interruption claims, in addition to the straight forward property damage."
"In this case, the checks will be cut right away as a result of the fact that most businesses have coverage against the peril of fire," Hartwig said.
"But it also illustrates how important it is to not have any gaps in your insurance coverage when you compare this to the fact that many businesses did not have flood coverage last year."
Meanwhile, on Sept. 14, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pledged $15 million in state aid for businesses damaged by the massive boardwalk fire. Many of the Seaside Park and Seaside Heights boardwalk businesses were just getting back on their feet after Sandy when the fire struck.
Gov. Christie's office said the New Jersey Economic Development Authority board plans to extend an initial $15 million from programs offered to help in the recovery from Sandy. Those funds would be made available whether or not the fire-damaged businesses were affected by Sandy.
"It was critical that we move quickly to aid the Seaside business community, which was still struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy," said Michele Brown, CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.


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text: I am a long time member who due to lifes changes has not been on this site in a few years. I have a 65 K Code which I have owned for 16 years. While driving it yesterday I heard a "pop" sound (which I also felt) when depressing the clutch pedal to make a shift. There is now no real resistance for the first half of the pedal travel when the pedal is depressed, then it feels normal from there to the floor. The car still drives and shifts ok and the pedal does return to regular height when released but something obviously has broke. Any ideas as to what has happened/let go? I have not have a chance to look at it yet. but will be doing that in a day or so. Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this.


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Style and Design 2012: Perfect Things
Bellboy Water Tower Chair
"We're ignoring the trends of most modern workshops," says Mat Driscoll, who designed the water tower chair. "We do things by hand, following in the footsteps of the old-timers who came before us." The seat of Driscoll's chair is hewn from a 40-year-old California redwood, its base from a Park Avenue water tower once used by the New York City Fire Department. It takes nine days to glue the wood pieces (more than 100) together; the chair is then shaped using a band saw and an angle grinder – not the modern workshop wizardry of a computer-controlled router. The original concept Driscoll had in mind was to create something low to the ground and comfortable that was also an object of real beauty. "Too often designers and makers rely on the reclaimed timbers to tell the story and don't put enough effort into designing a beautiful piece. In that case, you're better off leaving the timbers in the lumberyard." [Price by inquiry; bellboynewyork.com]


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Sorry to keep bringing this thread to the top, but just one more follow up to all of this for those who may be considering DirecTV DVR in the future...
I have done much reading about this, and it seems that despite the problems and bad press the Directv DVR Model R15 is getting, it still has more features than it's immediate predecessor, the R10 Tivo-based model that was discontinued a few weeks ago. The feeling among many is that, yes, it has its problems, but once the bugs are worked out a few months from now, it will be the better unit to have. That is why I'm standing pat for now and using the used reciever I just ordered as something to tide me over until I take the leap into DVR.
One other thing I want to point out is an irony in something I said in my original post in this thread. I mentioned that the R15 cost $100 from retailers but Directv will rebate that cost if you sign up for two more years. It turns out that that offer expired February 28. My post was completed at 12:16am on March 1, but I probably began it before midnight. That means that the offer was expiring as I typed the post.
The details on the "leased equipment" policy that RBA originally mentioned in this thread is that you pay your $100 (or more, depending on the model) just like you would have had to before March 1, but you no longer get a rebate of that amount unless you are a new customer. Furthermore, the money you're paying does not give you ownership of the equipment. It just gives you the right to use it (a lease) for as long as you are a Directv customer. Whenever you cancel service, you must give it back to them.
The nice part of this new system (as creek mentioned) is that if your receiver tears up after the warranty is out, it's up to Directv to replace or repair it. Most people will never need this, but I guess it will be good for those who do.
My problem with the new policy was that they plan to lay claim to any "advanced technology" equipment (ie DVRs and HDTV receivers) activated after March 1, even if it were purchased from a friend or off ebay. I guess they're saying "You can lease it from us or buy it from ebay, but either way, when you're done with it, it's coming back to us. We don't want this old stuff circulating any longer." Now that I've had time to cool off and think about it, though, there really is no use for old receivers and the like once you've cancelled service anyway, so it's no big loss. Regular recievers without HDTV or DVR are excluded from the lease program, as long as the customer is making a parallel move from one standard receiver to another.
It would appear to me that all of this is their way of taking total control of the equipment market and eliminating the aftermarket distribution through places like ebay. As technologies rapidly change, they can control who is using what, and that may just make things better overall.
Bottom line: Now that I've had time to let all of this sink in, I'm no longer mad at DirecTV. I do think the two-year agreement is too long, and I think they rushed the R15 to the market way too prematurely. But I can easily deal with those issues.


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Discussion in 'Classic Mustang Specific Tech' started by jeffnoel, Sep 14, 2007.
How much is the recurve kit w/ springs?
It comes with the adjustable vac.
oh no... this happened to me a couple days ago i had to get a new head....
What happened?
I'll try again...
For some reason, this site doesn't seem to like sbf tech. If you go there and search "adjusting stud mount rockers" You will find a VERY VERY VERY informative read on valve train adjustment and set up. I wish I'd known before I spent my first penny on speed parts....
The site's name is getting caught in the language censoring software.
try modifing by adding an underscore so it so it's cantget_anydumber.
I've tried to link pictures here before that were absolutely SFW (safe for preschool!) and it wouldn't let me.
He's got pedestal mount rockers. Only way to adjust em is using shims.
Just a question. Where did you have you vacuum hose connected. Was it to the mainifold, giving full manifold vacuum, or to the carby port?
Carb port on side of metering block, were else I'm not totally stupid.
Stupid? Yet to be determined.
Assh0le? Likely.
Sorry if I offended, didn't intend too.
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Dan Rozelle, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD – University of California-Davis, 2009
BS – California Polytechnic University, 2004
Connor Laboratory
Poxvirus infection poses a significant threat to human health from both inadvertent zoonotic agents (e.g. monkeypox and cowpox) as well as weaponized agents used in bioterrorism (smallpox variola virus). Currently there is no FDA-licensed drug for orthopoxvirus. My research seeks to expand our understanding of the host-virus interaction. Specifically it will explore the possibility of stimulating a latent immune response to antagonize viral replication. The ability to induce such a host response is important for identifying viral mechanisms of immune evasions and provides the means for understanding and classifying small molecule inhibitors of viral replication. Identifying pathways which induce this specific antiviral response will allow our future research and the field in general to test whether other cytoplasmically replicating viruses are sensitive to this intrinsic cellular defense.


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Best Buy: Buyer Beware
Some sharp shoppers have caught a few interesting tactics being employed by Best Buy stores. In one case, a shopped noticed some discrepancies in a display promoting the store's HDTV Calibration Service. The store had two TVs set up, side by side, one supposedly with the calibration performed, one without. They both appeared to have the same channel playing. But, in reality, the "calibrated" TV was showing ESPN HD, and the "uncalibrated" example was showing a stretched version of standard-def ESPN. The store went so far as to place some merchandise in such as way as to block the ESPN logo, so shoppers wouldn't notice it wasn't the ESPN HD logo.
The latest situation is also with the calibration display. This time, one TV is connected via HDMI while the other has component video. Not quite as blatant, but still not the way to do a fair comparison.
I had an interesting shopping experience when I went looking for a TV a few weeks ago.
I went to Best Buy with another experienced writer from Sound & Vision. I was looking for a 37-inch plasma TV, and really wanted it to be 1080p. There weren't any on display. When I asked a sales guy if they had what I was looking for, he told me that my question was redundant. Huh? He proceeded to "explain" to us that the TV I was looking for doesn't exist, because at 37-inches, it doesn't need to be 1080p, because no one could see the difference. Really?
No wonder these stores are having so many problems. –Leslie Shapiro


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This bizarre photo has paranormal investigators CONVINCED time travel has already happened
CONSPIRACY theorists claim this sculpture could be proof the ancient Greeks were visited by time travellers who brought them laptops from the future.
The attendant (left) hands the woman the "laptop"
The ancient Greek funerary relief sculpture from about 100BC, shows a young attendant girl holding an object that appears to be open at a right angle for a distinguished looking woman to view.
It is kept in the J Paul Getty Museum, in Malibu, California, USA, where experts describe the object as a shallow chest.
But after people began posting snaps of the sculpture on social media, claims came thick and fast that the object was a modern-day laptop, somehow transported back to ancient Greece from the future.
YouTube conspiracy theory channel StillSpeakingOut uploaded a video on the sculpture entitled 'Ancient Greek sculpture depicting a laptop?'
The video narration said the sculpture: "depicts an astonishing object which bears a striking resemblance with a modern laptop or some hand-held device.
"In another picture taken by a random tourist from a better angle we can see that the object is wide with a structure too narrow to be a jewel box and it does not match the depictions of the mythical Pandora's Box.
Conspiracists say the "laptop" even has two cable ports
Back from the future: The laptop in its correct, modern setting
"I am not saying that this relief is depicting an ancient laptop computer, but when I look at the sculpture and think about Greek tales about the Oracle of Delphe, which was supposed to allow the priests to connect with the gods and retrieve advanced information of various aspects, I can't help but thinking that Erich von Däniken has been right all this time and that most of these myths of magical artefacts given by the gods to a very restricted group of individuals in ancient civilisations were high-tech devices similar to what we have today."
Mr von Däniken is a Swiss author of several pseudoscientific books which claim early civilisations were visited and aided by advanced aliens from another dimension which helped them build such amazing buildings such as the Egyptian pyramids.
Conspiracists insist the object in the sculpture is too think to be a wax tablet - a folding wooden device coated in wax, with which a stylus was used to write on.
A Douris painting of a man holding a wax tablet and stylus
They also said that the figure was not holding a stylus and appeared to instead be using it like a touch screen notepad or laptop of today.
The two holes visible in the bottom half of the object have also been suggested as USB or cable ports for the modern-day device.
But sceptics have laughed off the suggestion as ludicrous, explaining that wax tablets, complete with the stylus have appeared in other Roman art.
An image by vase painter Douris from around 500 BC shows a seated man holding what looks like a laptop, but with a stylus hovering over it.
Conspiracy theorists keen to find evidence of time travel have unearthed many pictures and videos that appear to show modern day objects in historic settings such as women in the 1920s appearing to talk on mobile phones.
However, convincing explanations as to why they were not modern devices have come forward.
Others such as a minature modern watch allegedly found inside an ancient Chinese tomb, and more recently a clay mobile phone covered in ancient writing that was allegedly found during an archaeological did ended up being exposed as hoaxes.
One person who saw the video posted under the user name EmperorPangulo: "Time travelling person showing our future technology to noble people - holy mother time travel proves real."
But others blasted it is just a wax tablet or chest.


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For the first time in the history of the United States of America President's Day, celebrated this past Monday, February 16, 2009, was celebrated with a Black man in the White House. And, as you read this article yet another first is happening. African American Heritage Month (aka Black History Month) is also being celebrated with America's first Black president occupying the Oval Office. Although the critical situations the Bush administration left both at home and abroad still loom like the sword of Damocles, Bush himself seems like a bad memory that's fading faster than anticipated. Though White, he's been "blacked out" by Obama some say. Pictures, photos, film and other images of him have been marked out by the media. By way of contrast, the smiling face of Barack Obama is booming. It's even rivaling the ubiquitous photo of Che« himself!
In a survey released by C-Span on President's Day Abraham Lincoln and George Washington were the best presidents overall of all who graced the Oval Office say historians. Having just taken office, Obama, of course, was not included. Some Obama enthusiasts note factors associated with these three presidents intersect in an intriguing way. For instance, George Washington was the first U.S. president while Barack Obama is the first Black U.S. president. A few Obamaites get a little corny when they note that Obama is the 44th president; and when you multiply 4 times 4 you get 16, the number of Obama's favorite president, Abraham Lincoln. (While we're having fun with numbers boys and girls, we might as well through in there that President's Day fell on February 16 this year!) The complete C-Span ranking is presented herewith:
(1) Abraham Lincoln, (2) George Washington, (3) Franklin D. Roosevelt, (4) Theodore Roosevelt, (5) Harry S. Truman, (6) John F. Kennedy, (7) Thomas Jefferson, (8) Dwight D. Eisenhower, (9) Woodrow Wilson, (10) Ronald Reagan, (11) Lyndon B. Johnson, (12) James K. Polk, (13) Andrew Jackson, (14) James Monroe, (15) Bill Clinton, (16) William McKinley, (17) John Adams, (18) George H. W. Bush, (19) John Quincy Adams, (20) James Madison, (21) Grover Cleveland, (22) Gerald R. Ford, (23) Ulysses S. Grant, (24) William Howard Taft, (25) Jimmy Carter, (26) Calvin Coolidge, (27) Richard M. Nixon, (28) James A. Garfield, (29) Zachary Taylor, (30) Benjamin Harrison, (31) Martin Van Buren, (32) Chester A. Arthur, (33) Rutherford B. Hayes, (34) Herbert Hoover, (35) John Tyler, (36) George W. Bush, (37) Millard Fillmore, (38) Warren G. Harding, (39) William Henry Harrison, (40) Franklin D. Pierce, (41) Andrew Johnson, (42) James Buchanan. (Yes, Obama occupies the 44th presidential slot. This is because Grover Cleveland occupied both slots 22 and 24 when he was reelected.)
There were separate categories like "Public Persuasion," "Crisis Leadership," "Moral Authority," "Administrative Skills," etc. When it came to "Economic Management," only George Washington (1) and Abraham Lincoln (2) bested Bill Clinton (3). And only James Buchanan (42) and Herbert Hoover (41) were worse than George W. Bush (40). George W. Bush was second to last in "International Relations" with only William Henry Harrison having a worse record. In the "Pursued Equal Justice For All" category the top five in order were: (1) Abraham Lincoln, (2) Lyndon B. Johnson, (3) Harry S. Truman, (4) Bill Clinton, and (5) Jimmy Carter. Based on his popularity both at home and abroad, though it's way too early in the game to tell, were Obama to be included in the ranking he would doubtlessly come in first or second across the board! But, America's first (might this imply a second, or even a third?) African American president is not the first Black president to come after a parade of White ones. Many African countries were juggled between multiple European colonial powers before experiencing Black rule.
Though not complete, and though not the first Black presidents or prime ministers of their respective countries, the following Black African leaders remember when "presidents" of their countries were White men: (1) Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Angola; (2) Thomas Yayi Boni, Benin; (3) Blaise Compaore', Burkina Faso; (4) Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundi; (5) Paul Biya, Cameroon; (6) Francois Bozize, Central African Republic; (7) Idriss De'by, Chad; (8) Joseph Kabila, Democratic Republic of the Congo; (9) Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Republic of the Congo; (10) Laurent Gbagbo, Co'te d'Ivoire; (11) Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti; (12) Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea; (13) Isaias afeworki, Eritrea; (14) Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Ethiopia; (15) Omar Bongo, Gabon; (16) Yahya AJJ Jammeh, Gambia; (17) John Agyekum Kufuor, Ghana; (18) Lansana Conte, Guinea; (19) Joao Bernardo Vieira, Guinea-Bissau; (20) Mwai Kibaki, Kenya; (21) Pakalitha Mosisili, Lesotho; (22) Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia; (23) Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawi; (24) Amadou Toumani Toure', Mali; (25) Luisa Dias Diogo, Mozambique; (26) Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibia; (27) Tandja Mamadou, Niger; (28) Umaru Yar'Adua, Nigeria; (29) Paul Kagame, Rwanda; (30) Adboulaye Wade, Senegal; (31) Ernest Bai Koroma, Sierra Leone; (32) Sheik Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia; (33) Kgalema Motlanthe, South Africa; (34) Omar Hassan al-Bahir, Sudan; (35) Mswati III, Swaziland; (36) Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Tanzania; (37) Faure Gnassingbe, Togo; (39) Yoweri Museveni, Uganda; (40) Rupiah Banda, Zambia; and (41) Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe. By several counts there are 54 countries in Africa.
And in the tradition of Golda Meir, Indura Ghandi, Benazir Bhutto, and Margaret Thacher, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia became the first Black female president to head an African country. It should also be noted that Luisa Dias Diogo, a Black African woman, is the prime minister of Mozambique. It should also be noted that for the first time in African history, as of 2008, most of Rwanda's national legislators are Black African women.
Though all the above is fine, the real question is, will a Black man (or woman), ever become president or prime minister of England, France, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Italy, Russia, Japan, China, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or some other Western country? Now that would be something. But, given the fact that history shows that dictators come in all colors and sizes, race isn't a guarantee that people will be treated fairly. It all boils down to what Prophet Jeremiah said when he wrote: "I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course." (Jer. 10:23; New Living Translation) Well, let's just keep God in our lives and hope and pray for a better day. Do I hear an Amen?


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M. Levin received his Ph.D. degree in physical therapy. She is a professor in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University, where she was the Director of the Physical Therapy Program between 2004 and 2008. Levin was trained as a physiotherapist at McGill University and received her B.S. degree in 1976 and practiced for several years at the Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal, where she became specialized in neurological rehabilitation. She obtained an M.S. degree in clinical sciences from the University of Montreal in 1985 followed by a Ph.D. degree in physiology from McGill University in 1990 under the directorship of Dr. Christina Hui-Chan. She completed an additional two years of postdoctoral training in neurophysiology at the University of Montreal under the codirectorship of Drs. Yves Lamarre and Anatol G. Feldman. Between 1992 and 2004, Levin held a position as a Researcher and Professor at the School of Physiotherapy at the University of Montreal. Levin is the Former Scientific Director of the Research Centre of the Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal, a position she held from 1997 until November 2001. She maintains two research laboratories within the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation in Montreal and supervises numerous graduate and postdoctoral students. Her research focuses on the mechanisms underlying motor deficits after brain lesions as well as the mechanisms of motor recovery and motor learning primarily regarding movements related to reaching and grasping. Her research encompasses patients with neurological deficits such as cerebral palsy, stroke, and Parkinson's disease. Among her accomplishments, Levin was elected President of the International Society for Motor Control in 2005, she is a Founding Member of the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation and the International Neurosciences Physical Therapy Association, branch of the WCPT, and she holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Motor Recovery and Rehabilitation.
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But Nittany Lions head coach Bill O'Brien said Amos will play against Illinois on Saturday.
"Adrian didn't really get his bell rung on that one,'' O'Brien said. "His helmet just came down. He's fine."
"I think Brandon is one of the most improved players on our football team,'' O'Brien said. "He's a resilient guy. He did some nice things Saturday.''
WARY OF D-LINE: Illinois is coming off a 52-24 home loss to Louisiana Tech. Still, O'Brien believes the Illini defensive line can cause problems for his offense.
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Enigmatic will now be holding a weekly jewel raffle. Each week, we will allow members of <Enigmatic> to purchase "tickets" for a raffle to win jewels for your class.
This week's raffle prize will be a Noble jewel for the primary stat of your class. If you are a rogue that will be a Noble Finesse, mage gets Noble Mind and warrior gets Noble Fury.
To enter the Raffle, you must be in the <Enigmatic> guild. Tickets will cost 5k gold each, and there will be a maximum of 10 tickets allowed per account. You must give the gold to an officer of the guild and tell them it is for the raffle. You must remain in the guild until after the drawing to be eligible to win. If your name is drawn and you have left the guild beforehand, you forfeit your prize to the next person in the list.
All of the ticket profits will go toward our guild bank for prize money in our future events.
This week's drawing will take place on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 12:00 PM PST
A special thanks goes out to our friends over at <Elite Runners> for coming up with the springboard for this idea.
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The Romney/Ryan ticket staged one last Iowa rally on the eve of Election Day, hoping their final push would secure the state's six electoral votes. Vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan spoke to a standing room only crowd of 1,200 inside an airport hangar in Des Moines. He sounded optimistic about the Republican team's chances on Tuesday.
"You can tell the path and trajectory of these things by looking at the closing moments of a campaign. Look at how President Obama is closing his campaign. Look, in Iowa, you have every presidential candidate in your own kitchens," Ryan half-jokingly said. "I mean, you really get to know the candidates. And what has he been doing? He spent the entire summer and fall just trying to distract, and destroy Mitt Romney."
Ryan has made 12 stops in Iowa since being chosen as Mitt Romney's running mate in August, with several of those visits being in the Des Moines area. If his frequent sojourns to the area help the Romney/Ryan ticket win Polk County, or come close to doing so, it bodes well for their chances of winning Iowa, and the nation.
"We are in this together and we realize that this is the most important election of our generation, no matter what generation you come from," Ryan said.
Numerous chants of "one more day" broke out throughout Ryan's speech. He thanked the supportive crowd for their hard work and encouraged everyone to get their friends and neighbors to the polls on Tuesday. In exchange, Ryan offered a different approach from what we've seen from the Obama administration.
"We're not going to kick the can down the road," he said. "We're not going to keep blaming other people for four years. We're going to run at our country's economic and fiscal problems and we're not going to blame other people. We're going to take responsibility."
The GOP vice-presidential candidate argued that he and Mitt Romney are offering solutions, while the Democrats are offering attacks and telling supporters to vote for "revenge". As Paul Ryan wrapped up his final Iowa speech, he also offered a prediction about what will happen on Tuesday.
"That's why we have momentum. That's why we are going to win," Ryan said. "And that's why we only have one more day before we get us on the right track."
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Spanish bull no match for fired-up Frampton
Barry McGuigan knows all about the risks of boxing and he has no doubt that having weighed up the odds the dice is loaded in favour of his protege Carl Frampton landing the European Super-bantamweight title on September 10.
Spanish bull Kiko Martinez will be standing in the way at the Odyssey Arena on the same night Paul McCloskey clashes with Amir Khan conqueror Breidis Prescott.
Champion Martinez is well known to British boxing fans having knocked out Bernard Dunne in a round, lost to former champion Rendall Munroe on points and most recently stopped Jason Booth to win back the EBU belt.
Now the hard-hitting Spaniard has Frampton in his sights and while the Belfast man may be the underdog as he will only be having his 11th fight, former world champion McGuigan believes a special performance awaits next month.
McGuigan said: "There is a risk to this fight and some will say we have taken it too soon and that is fair comment but the game has changed intrinsically over the past 20 to 30 years... a lot of guys take greater risks these days earlier because shows don't make money without TV and you have to take opportunities that television shows provide you with.
"I'm absolutely convinced that Carl Frampton will have too much for Kiko Martinez. He has too any assets and facets as a fighter and I believe he will win this fight.
"He's had a long training camp and he'll be ready. We have great respect for Kiko, he punches hard and takes a shot and he's only been beaten by world class fighters but you haven't seen what I have seen in the gym where we see the ability and all the right criteria to be European champion.
"Tactically we have the game plan to win this fight."
As for Frampton's ability to handle the most pressurised occasion of his young professional career, McGuigan is equally emphatic about the Tiger's Bay man's composure. He added: "From my experience there are fighters who are diminished by pressure and there are fighters who just flower and this guy loves pressure, even to the extent that when there's nobody in the gym he can spar ordinary but then when there's a crowd he spars extraordinary. He loves pressure occasions."
Frampton could only sit back and concur at yesterday's press conference in the Europa Hotel. "It's going to be a tough fight, the toughest fight of my career professional or amateur but I don't want to be hanging around fighting guys I'm expected to beat.
"I believe I'm the best super-bantamweight in Europe and I'll prove it on September 10 at the Odyssey Arena."
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Salman and Aamir have always shared a great rapport with each other. However, this friendship will be put to test this December, as Salman has decided to release his film Jai Ho just 5 days after Aamir's Dhoom 3.
Reportedly, Salman Khan is in full mood to compete with his bestie Aamir Khan and his ex girlfriend, Katrina Kaif, this year, as he feels he owes his fans a blockbuster bonanza in 2013. Apparently, the Khan duo had a deal that they would never release their films close to each other or on the same day. However, this December, things will not be the same, as the duo are set to clash at the box office.
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A man in his 20's is in critical condition after gunshots rang out in Lauderhill early Wednesday morning.
"There's like four or five rounds, like pow, pow, pow," said Yahara Ponce, who lives in the neighborhood. "We all think it's fireworks or them playing around so we don't pay not mind to it. We just go to sleep."
Police said the shooting happened just before 5 a.m. on the 5200 block of Northwest 24th Court in Lauderhill. Neighbor Darren Hill saw what happened and said he heard a shot and then saw a man fall on the grass before then getting up and running across the street.
"I saw two males, one take off going to the left and one took off going this way. There wasn't a lot of people out here," Hill said. "All I can think of is they had a disagreement and then there was a little fallout."
Hill continued, "I was going to go help him, but when I saw the people coming in my direction; my first thought was to get back in the house. I saw the shot and I didn't want to be anymore part of it than that."
Lauderhill Police said they need the public's help identifying the shooter. Police canvassed the area, but came up empty. The victim is unknown as are the shooters, and the motive for the shooting.
"My detectives still have to find out how the victim is related to the community and that is based off the assistance of this community as well," said Lauderhill Police Lt. Greg Solowsky.
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Free agent RB Sammy Morris acknowledged that he has considered retirement this offseason.
Morris, 35, has received little or no free agent interest at the tail end of a 12-year career. "I'm just kind of waiting to see," Morris said. "I haven't personally hung 'em up, but we'll see what materializes." Morris appeared in three games with Dallas last season, rushing 28 times for 98 yards.


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Digitech RP14D! The DigiTech RP14D is the perfect sound shaping tool for the serious guitarist. The RP14D's Amp Modeling utilizes the warmth and dynamic response that only a real 12AX7 tube can provide and is complimented by a library of the best effects available. The simple user interface lets you quickly create Programs and assign functions to the built in expression pedal.
Turn the Output knob on the front panel of the RP14D all the way down (fully counter clockwise). Connect the plug of the PS0920 power supply to the power jack on the RP14D. Connect the other end of the PS0920 power supply to an AC outlet. Turn the power of your amplifier(s) to the on position and adjust the volume(s).
Down Parameter buttons are used to select the Parameter of the selected Effect. Simply follow the horizontal and vertical LEDs across the Matrix to the point where they intersect. This will be the parameter you are about to edit. 8. Output Level - This knob controls the level of signal coming out of the RP14D.
6. Power Input - This connector is used to power the RP14D. Use only the DigiTech PS0920 power supply provided. 7. S/PDIF Output - This is the digital output from the RP14D. The signal at this output is in a digital format, and is to be connected to a...
Before connecting the RP14D, make sure that the power to your amplifier is turned off, and that the power to the RP14D is disconnected. There is no power switch on the RP14D. To turn the RP14D on, simply plug the power supply in to an AC outlet. To turn the RP14D off, unplug the power supply from the AC outlet.
Once the audio connections have been made, turn the Output Level all the way down (counterclockwise). Connect the 4 pin connector of the power adapter to the power jack on the back of the RP14D and the other end to an AC outlet. Turn the power to your amplifier(s) on. Set the amp(s) to a clean tone setting and set the tone controls to a flat EQ response (on most amps, this would be 0 or 5 on the tone controls).
As you go through the different Programs that came in the RP14D, you will find that the expression pedal has different functions. This pedal can be assigned to control any one of 13 different parameters in the RP14D. Rocking the pedal back and forth will change the value of the parameter that the pedal has been assigned to control.
Once a Program has been edited to your liking, you may store those settings to any of the 50 User Program locations. Remember that the User Programs are duplicates of the Factory Programs so, you are not at risk of losing any of the sounds that the RP14D came with.
RP14 UserÕs Guide Section Two - Editing Functions Storing/Copying a Program Once you have modified the Parameters and Effects to your liking, you can store them to a user Program location. When editing a Program, the Store LED will light indicating that you have changed a Parameter and need to store the changes. The following steps outline the proce- dure for storing a preset: 1.
About the Parameter Matrix The Parameter Matrix displays all the Effects and Parameters found in the RP14D. The Parameters are arranged in horizontal rows and the Effects are in vertical columns. Use the Parameter Select keys to navigate the matrix. The Effects and their Parameters are as follows:...
Display will show Off, or one of the Parameter abbreviations. The Parameters and their abbreviations available for Expression control in the RP14D are listed below. Use the Value Up or Down buttons to select the Parameter you wish to control. You can then set minimum and maximum values which are stop points for the top and bottom positions on the Expression Pedal.
The Amp Model Effect occupies two columns on the Matrix. The first press of the Edit button will automatically default the RP14D to the first Amp Model column. Using the Value Up or Down buttons will select the Type of Amp Model that you want.
Threshold The RP14D's Noise Gate is designed to eliminate noise while you are not playing. It looks at the strength of the incoming signal and if the sig- nal exceeds the value set by the Threshold parameter, the gate will open and allow the signal to pass. If your signal level drops below the Threshold, the gate will close and allow nothing through until the Threshold is exceeded again.
Depth * The RP14D offers a chorus that is unique in both character and sound. A Chorus adds a short delay to your signal and modulates the delay time which takes the delayed signal slightly in and out of tune. The delayed signal is then mixed back with the original signal to create a thicker texture as if two guitars were playing the same part.
Section Three - Effects and Parameters The RP14D's adjustable Phase Shifting effect is reminiscent of the classic Phasers used in mid-70's keyboard and guitar sounds. A phaser splits the incoming signal, and then changes the phasing of the signal. This signal is then taken in and out of phase and mixed back in with the original signal.
Amount * The RP14D's Pitch Shifter will make a copy of your incoming signal, and then shift the pitch of the copy to a different note. As you play one note the pitch shifter is simultaneously playing a note higher, or lower with you. The RP14D is capable of shifting the signal from 0 to 24 semi-tones (2 octaves) above or below the pitch of the input signal.
Key * The RP14D also includes an intelligent Harmony Pitch Shifter. The difference between a Pitch Shifter and an intelligent Pitch Shifter is that the Pitch Shifter stays parallel to your note at the specified interval, and an intelligent Pitch Shifter knows which notes to make sharp or flat in order to keep the shifted pitches within the specified key and scale.
0 ..40 Regeneration * A YaYa is an effect exclusive to DigiTech products. It combines the characteristics of a wah and a flanger together providing a unique talk box type of effect. The YaYa parameters are as follow: Amount Determines the quantity of sweep in the YaYa effect.
This type of effect is also referred to as an echo because it basically echoes the original signal. Delay Parameters are as follows: Determines the type of delay. The RP14D's Delay employs four types of Delay circuits: dig (Digital Delay with Type...
Pre/Post FX The RP14D includes a digital output which allows you to connect directly into a digital recording device or digital mixer without multiple analog to digital, and digital to analog conversions. This maintains the integrity of your signal. The RP14D's pre/post feature lets you select where the digital output takes its signal from.
On/Bypass The RP14D's Speaker Simulator circuitry allows you to use it in both recording and live situations without lugging heavy amps and/or cabi- nets around. Just connect the RP14D's outputs to a mixing console and engage the Speaker Simulator. No miking hassles, no heavy equip- ment, just full on miked cabinet sound.
Phaser sound with the Expression Pedal controlling the Phaser Speed, no Delay, and a little bit of a Hall reverb. The fol- lowing steps will guide you through the procedure for creating just such a Program in the RP14D.
Amp Gain When you select a particular amp type in the Model section of the RP14D, the EQ settings automatically default to give you the settings of the selected amp type. However you can boost or cut these to suit your taste and in our example Program we wanted some heavy bass. Press the Parameter Down button again and by following the grid across you will find that this is the Bass Parameter.
RP14 UserÕs Guide Section Four - Tutorial Select the Phaser Next we wanted a classic Phaser Effect in our custom Program. Press the Parameter Right button again and the horizontal LED in the Mod/Pitch column should light. Use the Parameter Up or Down buttons to light the top vertical LED which corresponds to the Type of Modulation or Pitch Shifting Effect that we want.
Store the Program The last step that we need to do is to store our changes to a User Program. If we changed Programs or turned the RP14D off without storing these settings, it would forget what we had done and revert back to the original Program. Press the Store button once. A U begins flashing in the Display, which is asking us to select the User Bank and Program number that we wish to save our changes to.
1. Plug in the RP14D while holding down the Parameter Select Up button. 2. When reSt appears in the display window, release the Parameter Select Up button and press the Value Up button once. The RP14D will reset to factory condition.
RP14 UserÕs Guide Section Five - Appendix Program List The following is a list of all the factory Programs in the RP14D. Bank 6: Alternative Bank 1: Showcase 61 Mosh Mellow 11 Big British Stack 62 Pedal Phase 12 Clean w/Chorus...
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I've been playing a bunker necro for the past few days. I'm really liking it.
However, I'm feeling like I should try a condition build out.
I've played ranger for maybe a total of 25 hot joins. It's a lot of fun.
Both of these feel like they could do a lot of work in tPvP rolling condition builds.
Here are my questions--
- Does one profession overshadow the other for the condition DPS role?
- If yes, is player skill what divides the two?
- If they are about even, what are some examples of team comps should trigger the thought "Oh, I'm switching to Necro instead" or "Oh, Ranger is a better counter pick"?
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A new digital image library has launched offering reasonably-priced, royalty-free stock images with prices starting from as little as £1. Dubbing itself the first global 'social marketplace' for digital stock images, Fotolia also offers amateur and professional photographers, and digital artists an easier way to promote and sell their work.
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A large group of mobile-phone technology companies including Google, T-Mobile and Motorola today announced Android, an open platform for mobile phones and other mobile devices.
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