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Engine size is the same on all '98 Escorts, 2.0L sohc or dohc (ZX models with the number 3 engine code in the VIN).
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2basko Posts: 2Thank you..
myrtle73 Posts: 2Hi, the driver belt came off of the car. I steering was very difficult to turn the car and I opened the hood and noticed the driver belt was off. I'm trying to put it back on, but I don't know how to do it. I mean I can't get my hands in the area that I need to put the belt on. The area is very small and I would like to know if there is an easier way to put the belt on and then tighten it.
bholtz Posts: 2It's under the gas pedal at the floorboard. There's another switch at the top that I thought was it but it is not. Ford wants $71.00 for this switch (no wonder they didn't go under!!) but I fixed it by taking it out of the wiring harness (just unplug it) and putting a jumper wire where it plugged in. Sure, it will start in gear now but if you're that dumb get an automatic. I hate antilock brakes too! I'm old school and I want my cars that way too.
First do not drive the car W/O the belt on. You must next determine why the belt came off, belt worn out, bad idler bearing, bad tensioner, ect. Only then can you install a NEW belt. If you have confidence in your abilities then you must jack up the rt front & get dirty. The belt routing is available many places online just search "99 Escort serpantine belt installation".
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atomtan2 Posts: 6Our 2k2 manual tranny ZX2 w/100,000 miles on it stalls frequently when the air conditioning is turned on. The timing belt was replaced at 80k. Any suggestions? Solutions?
where is the sending unit located that operates the temp guage in the dash
Chemically clean the IAM (idle air motor), MAF (mass air Flow), & throttle body. Replace the PCV valve, check the PCV hose, & all vacuum hoses. Disconnect the battery for a few minutes to reset the ECM. If this doesn't resolve it then change the plugs & wires. If it has the original mounts, replace all of them as they are dead by about 100,000 miles. All of these are normal maintenance that should not be ignored on these cars.
lonewolfblue Posts: 2I was given a 1998 ZX2 by my mom when they got a new car and I sure love it. There's only one problem with the car, and my parents had never got it fixed. The gas guage doesn't work and I'm zeroing the odometer so I know how many miles I go with each fill. I generally fill at 250 miles. My question, is this a common problem, and is it spendy to fix? The gas guage goes everywhere, sometimes shows full and sometimes empty, and anywhere in between. Even on an empty tank it shows full most of the time.
I have a 2000 ZX2. Bought it brand new. Have had numerous issues all costing about 700 dollars each time. It is a manual tranny. Has 144k miles on it. Luckily no issues with the tranny until now possibly. While driving the other day I heard a weird single click noise, no other noises. Came to a red light, put it in first gear went to take off and the car lacked power after about 2k rpms (although I did continue to accelerate very slowly). Shifted into second same thing. Finally got going fast enough to put into 5th and realized my hand and shifter were in front of the passenger seat. The gears have some serious play in them. I would say about 3-4 inches left or right. Does anyone know if that is the clutch, tranny, or even linkage? I can normally figure out what is wrong all by myself being that I grew up with a dad that was a mechanic and was always involved in projects and jobs he had. Not this time though, and dad isnt alive anymore to call and tell him what it is doing to be told exactly what it is without even looking, hearing or touching it. The gears do not grind going into gear, no noises, no other tell tale signs other than the clutch is raised about 2 inches more than normal and goes to the floor board when pushed in to shift. Please Help!!!
When you have nothing happen when you turn the key, that means nothing is getting any power, pointing out the obvious. So start at the battery. take the battery to autozone, they will test the battery for free. if the battery is good, try the altinator. what it does is charge the battery. if it doesnt work the battery will not get recharged. if those are both fine, try the fuse box. if the main fuse is bad then you wont have any power.
It sounds like the clutch to me. I would look at the pedal and trace it to the clutch itself.
I just bought a 2002 escort zx2 a couple of months ago and want to upgrade my stereo. I have all the pieces I need to do it but I cannot figure out how to disconnect the ac control cable so that I can pull the factory stereo out. Anybody know how?
I think you may have broken a transmission or motor mount.
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bphall Posts: 3Hey all,
Need some help working on my Escort. Little history first, had the alternator replaced a year ago along with the serpentine belt. Three months ago a torsion pulley failed and had that replaced. Now it won't start, you can here it click and eventually it may turn over, but the other day nothing happened. I assume the starter is going bad or a celluloid, battery is new. I would hate to even more money at the Shop if it is something I can fix at home.
I have a 2001 ZX2 and lately it has been changing its sweet spot in the clutch frequently, the clutch was just replaced 3 months ago. And just today when i took off from a light the clutch came up and my rpms would go up but my car was barely gaining speed unit second gear and it did the same thing after about 2500 rpms.
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You have three possible problems.
1. Improper clutch adjustment. Check & adjust (usually above pedal / under dash).
2. Defective clutch. Replace.
3. Oil on clutch. Fix leaks & replace clutch disc.
Thank you!!!
It sounds like the same issue I had with my 2000 XZ2. If you haven't had it looked at yet, have them check the clutch master cylinder. It fixed my problem and haven't had another as of yet. It cost me $176.00 to replace that compared to almost 600 to replace the whole clutch. Hope it helps.
Thank You. It was actually the clutch master cylinder. I was told everything else pertaining to the clutch looked almost brand new, so I didn't need to replace the whole clutch. Thank God. It cost me 176 dollars to replace the clutch master cylinder as compared to almost 600 to replace the whole clutch. Also, I changed my factory radio after 3 years of having my car... I would not recommend replacing with after market cd player. I bought a nice Sony cd player from Circuit City and paid for them to install it. My a/c worked bringing it in to replace the factory radio. Upon leaving my a/c no longer worked. I fought with them for 4 years (then they went out of business) for them to fix my a/c. They did absolutely nothing for me. I know what is wrong with it, but there is really no way to fix it. There is a plastic plate that when you turn the temp. up or down it turns and opens or closes the mode door. If you put in an after market face plate it hits it and busts that plate off. After it is broke the first time, there is no way to connect it back. Be careful if you do replace factory radio.
There is a sensor on top of the thermostat housing that controls temp guage on dash.
mploesch Posts: 1do you know the name of the sending unit? i have tried to find one, but i was sold a coolant sensor and that didnt fix the problem. is it a temerature sending unit?
jenny99 Posts: 1I love my car but I have had a few problems... This is the second trans I have had to get now. The first one I tore up on my own, but this second one had a 30 day guarantee, was ok untill like the 35th day lol my second gear seemed to slip everytime after pulling out, now I have no second gear at all, It is an automatic also, so I have to start off in low,1st, and take off makin my rpms real high then let off the gas, then shift into Drive allowing it to skip second. All my other gears work fine except 2nd gear whats the deal? Also on a hill, when I am in low, I have to ease very slowly or my axles seem to bind up and shimmy bad??
samstress Posts: 1OMG, I have been trying to figure out the squealing noise in my 1998 ZX2 for almost 2 years. My mechanic replaced my serpentine belt x2, pulley belt, etc. The noise was driving me crazy, my friends actually named my car The Squealer!!!! I couldn't stand the noise anymore and decided to Google. I am so glad I did, thank you so much. I ordered the part from Rockbottom.com and it came in 1 day. The part cost $9.98 plus shipping and came the next day. My mechanics thought I was crazy being a women and just figuring I don't know about my car. No one could hear the noise except my husband and I and the people on the sidewalk. I put the part in today, which took 2 minutes to do. Hopefully the noise will be gone. Once again thank you for this posting!!!!!!!!
I think I have the same problem..what was the part you ordered,or part number?
warzx273 Posts: 1Had da same prob. with my 2000 zx2, there is a vacuum line with a breather on da top right hand side of your valve cover, u can probably get a bigger breather, i have an aftermarket intake with 1 vacuum line so i put a small air filter over that vacuum and no more squeek.... U can buy a bigger breather or miniature air filter at autozone, pep boys, advanced, or oreillys for less than 15 dollars
samstress48 Posts: 1Hi,
My car no longer screams, I ordered the part from www.rockauto.com. The part number is Motorcraft FA1661 Crankcase Breather Element, cost $9.55. What a difference. I will be changing this filter when I change my air filter, all the time now. Never want that screaming noise to return. Good luck!!!
osurlosers Posts: 5You really don't need to replace the breather filter every time you change the other filters. That thing should be good for at least 70,000 miles. My car has 130,000 miles on it, and I've only replaced it once. I saw someone on another site mention that they cleaned out their breather filter with WD40 and it fixed it....so that might be worth trying IF you are still driving you car next time it needs replacement. Just a thought!
battlewagon98 Posts: 1Hello:
About 3 weeks ago we got a trouble code, changed the thermostat and everything went back to normal within a day or 2.
All of a sudden today, the temp gauge shot up to over the red line after about 5 minutes of driving, and stayed there. Allowed the car to cool down for an hour or 2, and it is still there.
Plenty of coolant, maybe even a little high (just over the bottom mark when engine cold).
The engine when we checked was definitely not hot to the touch, but the gauge still says way over hot.
Any thoughts?
remowus Posts: 40a while back, but can't get rid of the gas smell. Everytime i walk past the car I can smell gas. No leaks. How can I fix this?


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Ferrari engineering director Pat Fry says the team will continue to bring new parts to the car despite being well adrift in both championships.
Fernando Alonso is 60 points behind Sebastian Vettel in the drivers' standings, while Red Bull can also boast a 103-point advantage over Ferrari in the constructors'. However, Fry told the official Ferrari website that the team has more updates still to come to the car with only minimal running being applicable to 2014.
"We've still got some developments coming through for the next few races and we will be running and testing them to continue to try and improve the car," Fry said. "For 2014, because of the much larger changes to the cars on the engine side and also the aero aspect, it's naturally much harder to test components now, but there will be some small development bits we can run during this year's remaining free practice, looking more on the reliability front than anything else, which means we have busy Fridays planned for the next six races."
Chief designer Nikolas Tombazis said Ferrari could still hope to make progress with the tyres compared to the likes of Red Bull but that it wasn't the sole reason for its troubles this season.
"Our efforts will be partly aimed at continuing to understand better the tyres and tyre management, which might see some improvement compared to our competitors," Tombazis said. "And we are bringing small aero updates. One should not expect these to dramatically affect the final result but we feel they will bring some improvement.
"[The tyre] change occurred after the German GP, when the tyre belt changed from being metallic to being made of Kevlar. However, it would be somewhat superficial to blame the tyres as the only reason for our decrease in performance. We also took some development steps that were not as strong and didn't work."

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HARRISON, N.J. – The New York Red Bulls have had nearly as many changes across their backline this season as an awards host show has outfits, but head coach Hans Backe is finally ready to settle on a back four heading into playoffs.
Following Saturday's scoreless draw with Sporting KC, Backe admitted that the starting backline of Connor Lade, Markus Holgersson, Rafa Márquez and Heath Pearce is likely the one he will use for the remainder of the year. Part of the reason for that is because of how well they played as a unit in shutting out a tough Sporting KC team, but also because of the losses of fullbacks Brandon Barklage and Wilman Conde.
"Brandon is probably, definitely out for the [Philadelphia] game, maybe the rest of the season," Backe told reporters after the game. "Wilman will be out at least one week more. The way the [defense] played today, it looks like it's the back four we have to use."
The changes in the back may not be entirely done, however. Backe was not as ready to hand over the de facto No. 1 goalkeeper spot to Luis Robles, saying Robles and Bill Gaudette will continue to do battle for the top spot in training.
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Still, Backe and the rest of the team were encouraged with the defense's performance. All four players in the backline had strong individual showings and though they all received praise, one player in particular kept receiving plaudits from his teammates.
That player was Márquez.
"When Rafa plays at the back he calms everybody down," striker Thierry Henry said. "He gives the ball over [to] the strikers, coming out, passing game, pinging the ball to the right, pinging the ball on the left, playing me behind. That's quality.
"I've said it, that's the key," Henry added. "If Rafa is fit and plays the way he was playing at the back, everybody can calm down and he has the ball and he can play well for us."
Pearce, meanwhile, appears prepared to comfortably make the shift to left back, a position he had not played since a US Open Cup game in May.
"Obviously, it's a position that I'm familiar with and to go back to that position and playing next to Rafa Márquez makes it really easy," Pearce told reporters after the game. "He plays a style that I play when I play left center back. I know that I can commit and stay tight on the guy in front of me because he's covering behind me.
"Anytime you have a guy like that you're playing next to with the experience that he has, it makes it pretty easy to do your job and you don't have to worry so much about what's going on around you," pearce added. "You can focus on the task at hand and that's winning your individual battle."
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Dear Annie: My married boss is having an affair with one of my co-workers. We work in a very small office with few employees. We have all been here for many years and have become close, but now the tension is unbearable. The affair is the big pink elephant in the room that no one will admit is there.
I find what they are doing very unprofessional, and it has created some distrust toward the boss and this co-worker. I think it is affecting everyone's work performance.
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My husband has been in and out of the hospital 13 times in the past 10 years, and neither child ever called to find out how he was. The son doesn't bother to help his father unless we call and ask. The daughter lives out of state and often invites herself to stay here for a visit. But when we went there for the grandchildren's graduation party, we had to stay in a hotel. We were not invited to the party after, and they didn't even save us a seat at the commencement.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the Obama administration has not yet decided on funding for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a research lab that would create jobs and provide an economic boost to the state, The Detroit News reported.
"We have to be very careful because we can't be starting six things, and we can only afford four things or five things," Chu said Wednesday in remarks at the Detroit Economic Club.
The comments worried MSU leaders and members of Michigan's congressional delegation who had seen the proposed facility as a savior for a state battered by recession.
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Come ;1 ;January, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison litigator Brad Karp will take on a major challenge. ;
As chairman-elect of the firm, Karp, who will succeed tax partner Alfred Youngwood, the chair since 1999, will inherit one of the most prestigious roles in the global legal market.
As such he will become the head of one of the largest and most profitable firms in the world, with 2007 revenue and average profit per equity partner of $651m (£433.22m) and $2.6m (£1.73m) respectively, as well as arguably the leading litigation practice in the US.
The challenge is one Karp is looking forward to. "We have an extraordinarily talented, motivated and collegial group of partners who all pull together for our clients and the firm," he says. "What I'm most looking forward to is the privilege of working even more closely with my partners and our clients."
In other words, Karp plans to keep on doing what he has been doing at Paul Weiss for the past 24 years. The problem is, in the eyes of the market at least, Paul Weiss needs to evolve if it is to retain its seat at the international top table in the long term.
Juggling prowess
The ascension of the 48-year-old Karp to the top job at Paul Weiss could not have happened at a more critical time for the blue-blood firm. The collapse of the credit markets and wholesale restructuring of the US financial system is already creating significant opportunities for the world's leading litigation teams.
Paul Weiss's biggest client, Citigroup, is alone keeping legions of the firm's lawyers busy on auction rate securities scandals, subprime-related litigations and the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.
The level of litigation stemming from the crisis is sure to increase
next year. Meanwhile, cross-border litigation and arbitration generally is booming across the globe, while in its home town of New York Paul Weiss is facing increasing competition from both its domestic rivals and aggressively expanding magic circle competitors. Karp, though, is accustomed to simultaneously keeping several balls in the air. But from next January, he may need to enhance his juggling skills.
"I think the market will look dramatically different a year from now," Karp says, as he snatches a short break from advising clients to meet The Lawyer in his suitably lived-in Sixth Avenue corner office. "No one could have imagined six months ago that only two of the five bulge-bracket investment banks would remain, and that the structural status of the remaining two would have changed.
"No one could have imagined that Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and Lehman either would not exist or wouldn't be independent. And no one could have imagined that AIG, Fannie [Mae], Freddie [Mac], WaMu [Washington Mutual] and Wachovia would have collapsed or no longer be independent. Given the frenetic pace of recent events, I fear even these market observations will appear woefully obsolete when they appear in print."
Karp's comments testify to the continuing level of astonishment among some of the most battle-hardened professionals at the unravelling of the global financial system. A few minutes earlier a welcoming Karp, beaming and in shirt sleeves, had collected me from his firm's reception area where I had been boning up on the history of Paul Weiss, courtesy of a glass-topped cabinet strewn with cuttings on legendary former partner Arthur Liman (Liman served both as counsel for the New York state investigation into the 1971 Attica Prison uprising and as chief counsel for the Senate Iran-Contra affair).
Unencumbered by the shackles of any PR sidekick, Karp immediately admits to having slept no more than a couple of hours a night for the past three weeks. "I've never known anything like it – it's been a busy and traumatic 2008 thus far," he deadpans. "Busier than any prior year in the firm's history, and certainly more anxiety-provoking."
Revenue from disputes represents at least 55 per cent of Paul Weiss's firmwide income. For Karp, this is both a huge bonus and a problem.
As one legal market commentator says: "Paul Weiss is a fabulous litigation firm – almost to the point where they'd want to emphasise their corporate practice a little bit more."
Karp is familiar with the issue, but chooses to respond to the criticism of Paul Weiss's low-visibility transactional group by emphasising its quality.
"We have a world-class corporate group and we've made significant commitments to our transactional practice and capitalised on significant opportunities over the past couple of years," he claims.
Karp points to Citigroup's $14.8bn (£9.85bn) acquisition of securities brokerage Nikko Cordial last year – the largest acquisition of a Japanese company by a non-Japanese one in history and one of a number of multibillion-dollar deals Paul Weiss has handled for Citi. The firm's private equity group regularly advises clients such as Oak Hill Capital Partners, Oaktree Capital Management and General Atlantic.
Enormous challenges
Internal politics alone dictate that Karp will need to emphasise continually his firm's transactional practice once he is chairman. The reality is that it will take significant investment over years if Paul Weiss's corporate group is ever to rival the firm's marquee disputes team.
"It's just not seen as a player in the transactional market," says one New York M&A partner at a rival firm.
The ;advent ;of ;the ;Obama presidency is sure to see the creation of an entirely new regulatory scheme for banking and financial services. It is likely to result in an avalanche of disputes and regulatory work for those law firms best placed to capitalise on the coming boom.
"I think we're very well positioned," asserts Karp. "We're a safe bet for financial institutions and we look forward to helping our financial clients navigate this fast-changing landscape and deal with the enormous challenges that lie ahead."
Global dimensions
Another ;question mark dogging that positioning, however, is the firm's presence overseas. "Ninety per cent of their lawyers are on Sixth Avenue," remarks one legal market commentator.
Karp confirms that the increasing globalisation of the economy makes almost any significant dispute cross-border to some degree. The investigation into Parmalat, where Paul Weiss is representing Citigroup, is a good example. In addition, international investors are soon expected to be chasing after the US financial institutions that arranged or structured collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) for payback, while an increasing number of regulatory inquiries, such as Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations, have global dimensions.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, the UK's Financial Services Authority has become much more aggressive in terms of its regulatory influence – something Paul Weiss usually finds itself involved in primarily via US-based clients that are under investigation.
Although Karp prefers not to say too much about the firm's referral relationships, in the past Paul Weiss has worked with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for litigation. It has also worked with Macfarlanes, Slaughter and May and SJ Berwin.
Earlier this year Paul Weiss London partner David Lakhdir was quoted as saying it would be "very sensible" for the firm to build "increasingly concrete operational platforms" with a number of firms. Lakhdir, however, ruled out any exclusive alliances.
When quizzed on this, Karp deflects, saying: "We're always concentrating on shoring up those relationships to make sure we can provide seamless service to our key clients that have needs in all ports of call."
Citigroup is one of Paul Weiss's key clients, yet with Karp as the bank's relationship partner, what happens when he becomes chairman?
"At this point Citi is a firmwide relationship," says Karp. "One of the things I'm most proud of is how institutionalised this client has become over the past decade. Each time I've introduced another partner to this relationship, and for that matter to other client relationships I'm responsible for, that partner has received rave reviews. It's one of the most rewarding aspects of running significant client relationships at this firm."
There is no doubt, however, that the primary relationship is between the bank and Karp. So what happens to Karp and his practice when
he takes over running the firm? According to one litigation partner at a rival firm, "Karp's real value is his willingness to roll up his sleeves and get stuck in for his client. How will he manage that when he's chairman?"
"I'll get less sleep or I'll learn to think more quickly" he quips. "The expectation is that I'll continue to practise nearly full-time and strategically spend the time necessary to run the firm. I do roll up my sleeves – I'm very involved with my clients and their challenges, and I do try to be very responsive to clients. One lesson I learnt from [former senior partner] Judge Simon Rifkind and Arthur Liman is that, at the end of the day, it's all about providing high-quality client service, and I try to lead by example. I try to provide the highest-quality service to my clients and be as responsive as any lawyer in this town. I doubt my DNA will allow me to change. And I'm fortunate that there's a terrific managerial apparatus in place at Paul Weiss.
All that being said, ask me again on 2 January."
There is no doubt that Karp scores highly for responsiveness. Emails and phone calls to Karp are generally returned within a couple of hours. He may also have an advantage when he becomes chairman over more internationally diverse rivals – at least in terms of the logistics of keeping in touch with his partners.
Several partners at firms with broader international networks than Paul Weiss's claim, not unreasonably, that Karp's management role will be easier simply because his firm is present in fewer timezones. Karp agrees.
"The fact that the majority of our partners are based in New York and Washington [DC] certainly makes it easier," he says. "We don't have the Cleary [Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton] model, for example, where partners are dispersed throughout the world. I have close relationships with my partners in our foreign offices and pay careful attention to the work handled by our international offices. I'm constantly on the phone to London, Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong. We're a 24-7 global operation. But the fact that most of my partners are located right here will make management much easier. Or so I've been told."
As the world continues to shrink and the firm's key clients continue to find themselves embroiled in litigation outside the US, there will be an increasing demand for them to be able to turn to their regular litigation counsel for advice and representation.
"Depending on the nature of the matter, we may need to partner with other firms," admits Karp. "That's worked quite well in the past, but rest assured that this is one of the strategic items on my to-do list."
Chances are, it will be a long list.
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N.H. Teen Who Went Missing Last Year is in Poor Health
Abigail Hernandez, the New Hampshire teen who went missing for nine months and reappeared on Sunday, July 20, has lost a "considerable amount of weight'' and faces medical issues, her family told The Boston Globe.
"Right now, Abby is resting, extremely tired and in deteriorated health, and has lost a lot of weight. She is working to build her strength back and we hope soon she will be back on solid foods.''
Hernandez's family also said in the statement that they have spent the last few days working with law enforcement and addressing medical concerns.
The Conway, N.H. teen has been working with authorities to help them understand her disappearance and where she has been, but officials describe her as "traumatized,'' making it difficult to get the full story.
Hernandez disappeared when she was 14 while walking home from school on Oct. 9. Authorities said she was driven away from North-South Road in Conway by a man she described as "in his mid-40s'' who was "slightly overweight and a little taller than 5-feet-4, with a large build, darkish skin, dark brown eyes, and black stubble on his face.''
Authorities are trying to locate the man to interview him, and have advised the public to "remain vigilant.''
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Gas tax increase may be packaged as 'user fee'Wed Dec 4, 2013
- How about a tax on the actual mileage a vehicle gets? If you were in a life boat,and rich,you would not get most of the water, it would be evenly distributed.So if you are rich and think it is okay to buy a gas guzzling something,you should pay more for your choosing to burn gas at a rate higher tha …
Republicans to propose $40 billion cut over decade to food stamps programFri Aug 2, 2013
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64 arrested at 'Moral Monday' abortion access protest in North CarolinaTue Jul 9, 2013
- The issues you threw in to obscure the issue are perfect.In every case the atrocity was rationalised with religion. The bible was used to support slavery. In fact south used it to defend slavery and bible does not condemn,only gives standards.Womens right to vote supressed by religion.Nazi's aided b …
Pope John Paul II to become saint, Vatican saysFri Jul 5, 2013
Lawsuit forces school to take down Jesus portrait hung since 1947Wed Apr 3, 2013
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Snow-covered cactuses? Golf championship play stopped due to Arizona winter stormWed Feb 20, 2013
Former Westboro Baptist member: We prayed for people to dieWed Feb 6, 2013
- Well the germans used catholic help to persecute Jews so religion was involved.Not to mention the help the vatican gave after for nazi's escapeing to South America.Many of hitlers speeches were tinted with religion but i doubt he could be considered religous except by the pope seated during his rule …
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After recently finishing my first big quilt (which by the way by Mum didn't believe I made but she loved it) I made a couple of quick and easy cot quilts which I thought I would share. Each quilt had a moon and stars on the reverse.
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Belfast project: Gerry Adams is released from prison, but Boston College continues to field criticism. FOCUS report: We explore the challenge of changing perceptions of mental illness in communities of color. Hard lessons after a tornado: Years later, Massachusetts families are still rebuilding.
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Ambulance barn tops county grant requests
March 5, 1992
Steamboat Springs — An addition to the building that houses Steamboat Springs ambulance and rescue vehicles is the top priority for a county committee seeking energy impact grat funds.
The funds are distributed by the state to help areas that are impacted by energy companies such as this arrea's coal mines. Counties prioritize their requests, then compete with other areas for the funds several times a year. With 610 calls for assistance last yaer, the Steamboat ambulance crew has purchased a new, third ambulance – but there' no room to store it indoors when it arrives this spring. The ambulance barn currently has four bays, two for the existing two ambulances and two for Routt County Search & Rescue vehicles.
Already, a rescue command vehicle must be left outdoors, resulting in higher wear and tear alongside the possibility that it might not start in freezing weather.
It is unthinkable for the third ambulance to be housed outdoors, said ambulance director Smokey Slavens. Important medical supplies housed in the ambulance, such as IV fluid, would freeze.
The largely volunteer ambulance and search & rescue crews are seeking $250,000 to construct two new bays and a second floor on the builing on Yampa Street. The second floor would be used mainly for training and volunteer bunks.
The City of Steamboat Springs and the Routt County government have each committed $25,000, and the Steamboat Rural Fire Protection District is pitching in $10,000. Western Security agreed to install $8,000 of alarm system equipment for free. The balance of the $250,000 cost is being sought through energy impact grant funds.
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The county commissioners aren't sure where they'll come up with their $25,000, so that money may not be forthcoming until August. Crews want to begin construction this June or July.
The county committee that prioritizes applications for the grant money includes the three commissioners; a representative from Haydenm Oak Creek, and Yampa; and a coal industry official.
The commissioners wanted to put funds for improvements at the county fairgrounds at the top of the list but were outvoted. The fairgrounds is the committee's number two priority.
The commissioners said they fear they may have trouble at the energy impact grant fund hearings April 9 – 10 because the top two choices from the community will also receive county funds. The regional grant committee may think the county has plenty of money to do the projects without energy impact funds, some commissioners apparently think.


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When a person is ill and considering whether or not to go to the emergency room he or she should not have to worry about the bill. In this country most cities and towns have an emergency department that is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. These emergency rooms are staffed with motivated, caring, and capable individuals. The people that frequent these departments throughout the state of Kansas, and the country for that matter, very well may have life-changing moments during their visit. Some disease process or physical ailment that is actively becoming a life-threating event can effectively become an event that is overcome. Those few critical moments can change the course of an individual's life. This type of event occurs in emergency rooms on a daily (and nightly) basis. However, there are individuals who become trapped in this crucial moment in time, frozen by the ultimate question, "Do I go to the ER, get immediate help, and face the onslaught of medical bills? Or, do I just tough it out and try to get to my doctor tomorrow?"
For many Kansans, as well as throughout this nation, this question is posed day (and night) while these ER's are open for business. It appears it isn't always a question of access to care but a question of the potential financial downfall of the individual who uses such facilities. Does a person who works hard and worries about paying their bills dare use a healthcare facility that may have significant financial complications to the people who use it? For some, this question is quite easy to answer. Some will say if their health depends on it then the answer is, "absolutely!" However, for others it makes for a little more serious pondering.
The fact is emergency room costs can be expensive. Sometimes, depending on the initial severity of the presentation to the emergency room there can be extensive wait times. The ER experience begins when the paramedics and EMT's arrive at the scene and continue until the patient is either admitted to a medical, surgical floor or discharged to home. The waiting rooms in most ER's can appear chaotic and at times bewildering. Nonetheless, the men and women who work within these medical juggernauts, whether it's in the back of an ambulance or in the emergency room, are dedicated individuals that work long hours while frequently being understaffed. The individuals that I have spoken with about their typical work environment tell me they stay in their chosen field for one reason: They love to help others.
Throughout Kansas and the rest of the country there are physicians, paramedics, registered nurses, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, and medical aides that devote their lives for the betterment of their fellows. These healthcare professionals work at these facilities; literally, day and night. These folks are there to complete one critical task: improve patient outcomes. No matter if it is two pm or two am, whether you happen to be young or old, the emergency room and the people who work there are there for you and your family.
The CDC classified only 12.5 percent of emergency department visits as nonurgent in 2006. A nonurgent visit is classified as a patient who needs treatment between 2 and 24 hours, semiurgent (between 1 and 2 hours), urgent (15-60 minutes) and emergent (less than 15 minutes). In other words, the majority of individuals during that time period needed to be seen between less than fifteen minutes and two hours.
In life anything can happen at any moment in time. Even with the most independent, proud, stoic individuals emergencies may occur. It is in those times to remember there are many people who are right there to help you at any hour of the day. The few critical moments that may change your life as well as the life of your family members may very well depend on the decision that you make. That is, whether or not to use the emergency room facilities that are readily available. When it comes to concerns regarding your health there are qualified people at the ready to help you at any time, day or night. Furthermore, hospitals understand for their patients the times are tough and financial strain is currently being felt now more than ever. Specifically, in the emergency room all patients will be provided the highest quality of care regardless of the ability to pay. Hospitals will work with you after your discharge regarding your medical expenses. Some compromises include installment payment plans.
At any time if you are concerned about your current health there are others that are concerned as well. These people are found within the emergency rooms and ambulances throughout Kansas and the rest of the country. Utilize these people to get your health back on track. If, or when, you find yourself in a potentially emergent situation make the call. That critical action may change your life.
As with all medical conditions, always feel free to contact your physician or healthcare provider with any questions or concerns.
Dr. Weintz is the author of, "Healthy Headlines." He is a family physician at Stanton County Family Practice.


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As I'm sure many of you already know, earlier this week Google confirmed that they would be launching their next-gen ISP Fiber network in the small city of Provo, Utah. Being just the 3rd location to receive the awesome service, and today we're getting additional details regarding the acquisition of Provo's current Fiber network called iProvo.
iProvo and their Fiber network has been around for years, but never fully came to fruition and got moving for the city on a mass scale. Provo, Utah is one of the largest cities in Utah and home to nearly 115,000 people, and is also one of the fastest growing start-up company generating cities in the US. So while many were wondering why Provo? That's why.
The news earlier this week confirmed that the folks from Google have acquired iProvo, the cities current Fiber network, but the details weren't yet available. Today however it appears that Google got quite the deal. iProvo is worth roughly $39 million but this is more of a deal with the city, than an acquisition. It's being reported that Google acquired iProvo for just $1 dollar – for legal reasons – and from here on out things will only get better for Provo.
According to the AssociatedPress iProvo cost the city $39 million to build and even those who don't use it still pay $5.35 a month for the service, and the city will continue to pay for it long after Google takes over. But hey, all those in Provo can pay $30 for the installation fee once Google Fiber goes live, and have free basic (but fast) internet service for 7 years. At least that's Google's current plan.
Reports also state that after infrastructure upgrades and such Google looks to build out and expand the Fiber network further by 2015. Looks like other cities will be coming up quick in Utah.


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The Measurement Of Efficiency Where There Are Multiple Outputs
This paper is motivated by the empirical observation that in many studies the elasticity of output with respect to labour is often negative and/or insignificant. The present study applies multiple output models to estimate the technical efficiency of enterprises in the international electricity, gas and telecom-munications industries. The results support the contention that single output production models may yield misleading results in respect of the elasticities of inputs such as labour. The results also suggest that relatively simple DEA and ordinary least squares models may be preferred to more complex stochastic frontier models in estimating the technical efficiency of enterprises.
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Board and Executive Committee
Dave Lewis
Group Chief Executive
Dave Lewis became Group Chief Executive of Tesco on Monday 1 September 2014.
He joined Unilever in 1987 after completing a BA (Hons) in Business Studies at Trent Business School, Nottingham.
Over nearly 28 years Dave worked in a variety of roles with Unilever, which took him across greater Europe, Asia and the Americas. His last three roles were Chairman for Unilever in the UK and Ireland, President for the Americas and Global President, Personal Care.
During his career, Dave has been responsible for a number of business turnarounds, such as Home and Personal Care Central and Eastern Europe, and Unilever UK/Ireland.
Alan Stewart
Chief Financial Officer
Alan Stewart joined the Board of Tesco PLC on Tuesday 23rd September 2014.
Alan has extensive financial experience in retail having been CFO at Marks & Spencer and WH Smith. He started his career in investment banking with HSBC. He became CFO at Thomas Cook Holdings in 1998 and was appointed UK CEO in 2001. From there he moved to WH Smith as Group CFO. In 2008 he was appointed CFO at AWAS, a leading aircraft leasing business, before moving to M&S in 2010. He is also a Non-executive Director of Diageo plc.
Alessandra Bellini
Chief Customer Officer
Alessandra joined Tesco on 1 March 2017.
Prior to joining Tesco, Alessandra worked at Unilever for over 20 years, latterly as the Vice President for the Food Category in North America and Food General Manager for the USA. She has a track record in growing global and local brands as well as a passion for developing her people. An international executive, Italian-born Alessandra has held executive-level roles in markets including Italy and Central and Eastern Europe.
Prior to joining Unilever, Alessandra had a 12 year career in advertising, and worked both in Italy and in the UK.
Matt Davies
Matt joined Tesco on 11 May 2015 as UK & ROI CEO on the Executive Committee.
Prior to Tesco, Matt was CEO at Halfords Group PLC and before that CEO at Pets at Home. He brings a huge amount of experience, both in retail and business transformation. He is also a qualified Chartered Accountant with extensive corporate finance experience.
Benny Higgins
CEO Tesco Bank and Group Strategy Director
Before joining Tesco Bank, Benny served as Chief Executive Officer of Retail Business at HBOS PLC.
Between 1997 and 2005 Benny was Chief Executive of Retail Banking at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Prior to joining RBS, Benny was at Standard Life for 14 years. He has been Chief Executive of Tesco Bank since 2008.
As well as his role leading the Bank, CEO Dave Lewis made Benny Higgins Group Strategy Director in January 2015.
Tony Hoggett
Asia CEO
Tony Hoggett joined Tesco as a sixteen year old student in 1990.
He managed a number of stores before being promoted to Stores Director. Following international roles in China and Turkey, Tony returned to the UK in 2011 and joined the UK Leadership Team as Retail Director, before becoming UK Chief Operating Officer. Tony was appointed CEO Asia in April 2017, joining the Executive Committee.
Alison Horner
Chief People Officer
Alison joined Tesco in 1999 as a Personnel Manager and was later promoted to Personnel Director for Tesco's UK operations.
After eight years in stores and general merchandise roles she joined the Executive Committee in 2011 as Group Personnel Director, with responsibility for the development of our 500,000 colleagues.
Jane Lawrie
Group Communications Director
Jane Lawrie joined Tesco in October 2016 as Group Communications Director
Jane has over 25 years' experience of corporate, financial, colleague and digital communications. She joined Tesco from Coca Cola, where she led European public affairs and communications. She has significant experience in advising businesses on trust and corporate reputation, including previous roles at Diageo and Boots the Chemist.
Adrian Morris
Group General Counsel
Adrian joined Tesco in September 2012 as Group General Counsel.
Prior to Tesco, Adrian worked at BP plc as Associate General Counsel for Refining and Marketing. From 2002 to 2009, Adrian was with Centrica PLC, initially as European General Counsel and then as General Counsel for British Gas.
Matt Simister
Central Europe CEO
Matt joined Tesco in 1996 as a marketer, and subsequently worked extensively across different categories in our Product team.
After three years as Commercial Director for our Czech and Slovak businesses, Matt returned to the UK to set up our Group Food capability, managing our regional fresh food and Tesco Brand sourcing, buying and inbound supply chains for the UK, ROI, Central Europe and Asia. For the last two years, Matt has integrated these capabilities into the UK business. Matt was appointed CEO Central Europe in April 2017, joining the Executive Committee.
Jason Tarry
Chief Product Officer
Jason joined Tesco in October 1990 on the graduate recruitment programme. He has held a number of positions in both food and non-food divisions, including impulse and bakery category director, non food sourcing director and clothing category director.
Jason was appointed CEO of Group Clothing in 2012, which included UK & ROI store and online operations as well as overseeing F&F's Asia business and franchise partnerships. In December 2014, it was announced that Jason would join the Executive Committee with effect from January 2015.
Robert Welch
Group Company Secretary
Robert Welch was appointed as Group Company Secretary on 10 August 2016.
Robert has worked as a company secretary for over 25 years during which time he has held the positions of Group Company Secretary at FirstGroup plc and Company Secretary at Kazakhmys PLC. Robert has also held positions at BPB plc and Kwik Save Group PLC.


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Something funny happened on Japan's way into the '90s.
The country is stuck in a severe economic slump that after three years is at best beginning to bottom out -- maybe. Though the stock market has turned up, it is still 50% below its peak. The banking system is staggering under bad debts, and almost every week another big manufacturer announces plans to cut production and trim its work force.
The nation is going through political turmoil unprecedented in four decades. Corruption in the party that has governed since 1955 has become so noxious that some of its most popular members...
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Pride in a hostile environment
A film about pride in Latvia, and the state of World Pride in London, both lead Linda Wilkinson to conclude that the visibility such events brings is vital
Uber butch dyke and performer Lea Delaria hosted a panel discussion on Friday (6 July) at Amnesty's Human Rights Centre in Shoreditch, east London, around a film about the history of LGBT prides in Latvia.
At 90 minutes long, the film pulled no punches. We heard opinions from every quarter, from the hilariously religious mother figure who carried a cross and lay down in an attempt to stop the marches; to the frankly terrifying right wing fascists. Interested and engaged queers were counterbalanced by those who simply wanted to hide in their corner.
It was a fascinating film which posed some relevant questions; is pride the best way to exhibit ourselves in such a hostile environment, would softly-softly be a better way? Why is it that St Petersburg has gone from gay mecca to gay gulag in less than a decade? What is the future of LGBTI rights in Europe or globally?
The discussion which followed was given weight by the presence of Maurice Tomlinson the Jamaican activist who had to flee for his life from his home country and Kristine Garina, chair of Mozaika (Latvia), whose organisation has weathered the storm of hatred and abuse which has seen many activists flee that country also.
First hand experience was supported Paul Dillane from Amnesty International UK, who is a lawyer working with asylum seekers who gave a cogent and forceful explanation of where we are at legally and Sam Dick rounded it off with an internal UK perspective as seen by Stonewall, Britain's leading lesbian, gay and bisexual organization.
In the end someone asked Garina if it was worth hosting Pride in an environment where marchers were pelted with excrement and death threats flew around almost casually. Thousand of anti-pride people had shown up in the early days of the marches. Political parties had rivalled Hitler in their pronouncements about queers. The church did the usual death of civilization number, and some very sad people became very dangerous in their confused thinking.
Amnesty International and others had supported the prides and as a consequence being queer was, yet again, seen by the right wingers as a western import.
This year, Garina said, the number of anti-pride protesters had dwindled to a handful, as to why that was, nobody knew.
One thing that was clear was that no matter what your feelings about pride, the visibility it brings is vital. Have we not just seen World Pride in London cut down by a combination of poor internal management and a governmental body whom one would suspect would like us all to go away and take up macramé. We are just an inconvenience it seems to the running of this city.
London mayor Boris Johnson, and it appears the Met Police, may have managed to do what nobody else has done for a long time; re-politicise us in our fight for our rights. Hopefully we may see the rebirth of the Winter Pride fundraiser and, against all trends, might we become less corporate and more of a community? Well, I've always been a dreamer.
Linda Wilkinson is an author and former chair of Amnesty.


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Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) Four inmates being held in a prison in Oklahoma have died in a brawl, the media reported.
Three prisoners died in a town near Oklahoma city while another five were injured and transported to a hospital where one of them died on Sunday, Efe news agency reported.
At least three of the dead had knife wounds, a spokesman for the penitentiary said.
The Oklahoma state prisons department, which oversees the prison, and the firm contracted to run it are investigating the incident.
The incident comes after 200 to 300 of the prison's 1,600 inmates were involved in a brawl in June.


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Running back/wide receiver/return man Teondray Caldwell (5-10, 190, 4.5) from Los Angeles (Calif.) Venice is about to blow up. He is already hearing from some of the nation's top football programs coast-to-coast. Venice head coach Angelo Gasca has a number of reasons why.
"Teondray is an incredible player," Gasca said. "He is super explosive and has great break away ability. He's just a really, really good player and I think he's going to be a very heavily recruited young man.
"Teondray just makes big plays," Gasca said. "He has the ability to elude, run through you, he has great vision and balance.
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"Another thing about Teondray is he's a hard worker," Gasca said. "His speed is always improving. He currently is running in the 4.5's but he runs away from people. He just has that knack for making big plays and he has really good game speed.
"Teondray is along the lines of (USC freshman running back) Curtis McNeal that they have that big play ability," Gasca said. "Like I said I think he's going to end up being a national recruit.
"I know Florida is very interested in him," Gasca said. "I've talked to (Florida assistant coach) Brian White, who I have known for quite awhile and believe it or not, (Clemson running back) C.J. Spiller watch his tape on UTube and said, 'we have to get this guy to Clemson.'
"I wouldn't want to say he's as good a player as Percy Harvin, but he's that kind of player," Gasca said. "Like Harvin, he has the ability to be a top-notch receiver or running back and he run back either kick.
"Some guys can't catch punts, but they can run back kickoffs," Gasca said. "It's a little different running back punts or kickoffs because of the way they come at you and he can do both equally well.
"Teondray can impact a team in so many ways," Gasca said. "So I compare him to Percy Harvin only in that respect, I would never say my guy is as good as Harvin, but he is that type of player because of his size, speed and strength.
"Teondray can really get out there and do positive things at different positions and he's physical," Gasca said. "I like Teondray a lot."
And why not? Players like Caldwell add IQ points to a coach's intelligence and helps them win games.
Caldwell earned League Athlete of the Year, first-team all-league and second-team all-city as a junior after rushing for 400 yards and three touchdowns while averaging 8.5 yards per carry. He was deadly as a receiver, hauling in 51 receptions for 776 yards and eight touchdown catches while averaging 15.2 yards per catch.
On special teams, Caldwell was more than special, he was great. He returned 23 punts for 453 yards, with a long return of 85 yards and scored two touchdowns while averaging an outstanding 17.4 yards per punt return. He returned eight kickoffs for 325 yards and one touchdown that he returned 98 yards for the score. He averaged 40.6 yards per kick return.
While playing some defense, Caldwell accounted for 17 tackles and had one pick.
With a guy with the ability to do so many good things on football field the question is where does Caldwell end up playing on the collegiate level.
"Teondray wants to play running back in college, but he had over 50 catches as a receiver last season," Gasca said. "He's also a very good corner and safety where utilizes his big hitting ability, but I like him with the ball in his hands more than anything because he can change the game and score from anywhere on the field.
"I think once all the services see him and before it is all over, he will have four or five stars," Gasca said. "I think the word will get out about him because of all things he does well."
In the weight room, Caldwell's current bench is 305 and his squat is 355.
Besides Florida and Clemson; Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, USC, Iowa State, Kansas, Nebraska and SMU are also showing recruiting interest in Caldwell
This may be the first time you have read about Caldwell, but it certainly won't be the last. The multi-talented Caldwell is about to explode onto the recruiting scene.


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Despite the best efforts of both teams, somebody had to win the Chapel Hill Super Regional.
Between North Carolina and South Carolina, two teams that had advanced to that stage partly on the strength of their defensive play, errors were a deciding factor in which way the series broke.
The third and deciding game was especially ugly. The two teams combined for five errors, with lead-changing rallies by both teams hinging on miscues. The Tar Heels emerged with a 5-4 win, though, and advanced to their 10th College World Series—and their sixth in the last eight years.
The scoring began innocuously enough. South Carolina sophomore right fielder Connor Bright doubled with one out in the second inning and, one out later, sophomore center fielder Tanner English singled him home to give South Carolina a 1-0 lead.
The Tar Heels responded in the bottom of the inning when sophomore shortstop Michael Russell was hit by a pitch and junior catcher Brian Holberton's high fly ball to right field carried over the fence for a two-run homer.
But then the errors really started coming, and the score began to swing back and forth. The Gamecocks put two runners on against North Carolina freshman Trent Thornton with one out in the fifth inning. He struck out senior third baseman Chase Vergason and appeared to have escaped the jam when sophomore shortstop Joey Pankake hit a fly ball to Chaz Frank in center.
Except instead of squeezing the out, Frank let the ball bounce off his glove. Both South Carolina runners scored, giving the Gamecocks a 3-2 lead.
After South Carolina added another run in the sixth inning on an English RBI double, the Tar Heels had a chance to put a dent in the lead with the middle of the order coming up. After freshman DH Landon Lassiter singled up the middle, junior third baseman Colin Moran ripped a line drive down the first base line. He had a surefire double and Lassiter would have scored either way, but Bright misplayed the carom off the right-field wall, allowing Moran to get to third, 90 feet away from tying the game.
Freshman right fielder Skye Bolt was hit by a pitch to put runners on the corners, but senior first baseman Cody Stubbs' fly ball to center was too shallow for Moran to tag up.
Bolt was tagging from first on the play, though, and when South Carolina first baseman Kyle Martin cut off the throw from English and tried to nail Bolt at second, his toss skipped into center field. Moran jogged home from third to tie the game. The Tar Heels would later load the bases that inning, and junior left fielder Parks Jordan walked to force home the go-ahead run.
Thornton, sophomore Chris McCue and junior Kent Emanuel combined to hold the Gamecocks scoreless the rest of the game. Emanuel, the starting pitcher in North Carolina's 6-5 win Saturday, needed just two pitches to retire the final two South Carolina batters and get the save.
"Ultimately, we didn't do enough to win the two games that they (North Carolina) won," South Carolina coach Chad Holbrook said. "It'll haunt me for a long time."
Holbrook also gave credit to North Carolina, a team for which he served as an assistant coach as recently as 2008, for jumping on the Gamecocks' miscues. He said the Tar Heels "forced" some of the errors.
"In postseason play, when you're playing a great team, every little mistake is magnified," he said.
The Tar Heels last advanced to Omaha in 2011, making this year's trip the second for some players, including staff ace Emanuel. But when he was asked to compare the two trips, he didn't even wait to finish hearing the question before pointing out the differences.
"Freshman year, when we won the second game of supers, all the freshman, we were just talking to each other, like 'That seemed a little too easy, seemed like it happened real quick,' " he said. "Definitely not the case this year."
It's an interesting contrast, given that this year has been an especially dominating one for North Carolina. Even if the Tar Heels don't win a College World Series game, their 57-win total is already tied for the most by a Mike Fox-coached team. They've hit, pitched, and played defense all at above-average levels. And they have won every round of postseason competition so far—including the ACC tournament.
But they have also faced elimination and played from behind enough times to have a detrimental effect on Fox's blood pressure. They have played games in which their season was on the line both in regional and super regional play. Tar Heels were down to their last three outs two different times when they beat Florida Atlantic to get through regionals, and they trailed for much of the series against the Gamecocks.
North Carolina has gotten clutch hitting and had plenty of luck, though, and Tuesday's game ended with a dogpile rather than a morose walk through the tunnel. The first game Fox's squad will play in Omaha will be against its Tobacco Road rival North Carolina State, and the likely starter will be sophomore Carlos Rodon, one of the most dominant lefthanders in the country.
The Tar Heels have had plenty of difficulty against lefties all year, and they could very well fall behind again, having to scrap for runs.
But they will know, both from experience and doctrine, to never count themselves out.


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It's that time again - time for the weekly muffin. It's best to just make the muffins on a consistent day every week. That way they're done and I don't have to face a muffin mutiny. This week I was once again stumped for something new and interesting to do with muffins. (Seriously, pretty soon I'm going to have to repeat recipes and then where will I be?) I was thinking and pondering. The thing is, I didn't much want muffins. I wanted brownies. Specifically, I wanted the brownies I made a couple of years ago, the ones that have been banned for years because my daughter was not supposed to be eating tree nuts. Well, the ban is off now. I thought about it and I thought about it. I do not need to be eating brownies. But there is no reason that they could not inspire my muffin this week, right? I got to work, and I don't mind admitting that I'm pretty pleased with the results. I guess I was predisposed to be. Try these yourself and tell me what you think.
Macadamia Chocolate Muffins (makes 12; approx. $1.17/serving)
7 tablespoons butter
3/4 cups raw sugar
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
4 tablespoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups salted macadamia nuts
- Cooking spray
- Muffin tin liners
- Stand mixer with paddle attachment
- Ice cream scoop
- Rubber spatula
- Preheat your oven to 375︒.
- Prepare your pans. This time, in an heroic effort, I only sprayed the muffin liners and experienced no excessive sticking to the pan. You should be proud of me.
- Cream together the butter and sugar in your stand mixer.
- Add the eggs to the mixture one at a time. I like to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl in between additions.
- Combine the dry ingredients - flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the mixer in thirds, alternating with 1/2 of the combined buttermilk and vanilla. You should start and end with dry ingredients.
- Fold in the nuts.
- Use the ice cream scoop to portion out the batter evenly between the muffin tin cups.
- Bake 23 - 25 minutes. A tester should come out clean.
- Serve.


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If the burger protest and 'butt aerobics' are bad, then what about kids occupying Dataran Merdeka and the Bersih rally?
First they were selling burgers in front of Bersih chairperson S Ambiga's house and thankfully it was the normal pan fried burger and not the popular "burger bakar" from Wangsa Maju. If it was the latter, we could have had a full blown rally during lunch.
Then a small group of middle-aged moustached men decided to conduct morning "butt aerobics" in front of her gate. This of course is too much.
As expected a flurry of angry responses flowed from the net. Apart from condemning a horrible perverted exercise routine (being that Yoga has been banned by the Fatwa council) that reminded people of the movie "Brokeback Mountain", we got internet commentaries criticising the fiasco by proclaiming it as an invasion of privacy, intimidation and uncouth behaviour not befitting our culture.
Some of you refer to me as an Umno cybertrooper or a paid FMT Umno writer, which sadly is not true (as I certainly could use the extra cash). Yes I am biased, I must admit. I don't pretend to be neutral and proclaim that my opinions and commentaries are the words of the "rakyat" unlike some other writers.
To me, being bias is normal and I think there's nothing wrong with that, but to be blindly bias discounting all forms of sensible thinking and common sense in order to support the narrative and notion of the political movement that one favours, now that is something I find rather silly.
Here is something which some of you will never get because you are so caught up in the euphoria of an anti-establishment and anything but Umno/BN mindset: I too am against moustached middle- aged men conducting "butt aerobics" in front of Ambiga's house.
In fact, I am against them conducting it in front of anybody's house (especially mine) without prior permission from or agreement with the local residents.
Even though they did it in a public space and not on private property hence adhering to the spirit of public assemblies, I still think they shouldn't be allowed to simply do whatever they please and that proper permission from the local authorities should be attained before doing so, just like how I am against kids camping at Dataran Merdeka and massive numbers of people wearing yellow marching through road intersections causing traffic jams and problems in and around Kuala Lumpur regardless of what delusional noble cause they may purportedly claim.
Yet ironically, some of you Malaysians, who talk and shout about freedom of expression and the right to protest during the recent Occupy Dataran and Bersih rally, suddenly began to shout about privacy and respecting other people's rights when it comes to moustached middle-aged men conducting "butt aerobics" or people selling burgers in front of your spiritual leader's house.
You talk about the absurdity of someone simply opening a burger stall anywhere they please yet at the same time vehemently support college kids camping in the middle of Dataran Merdeka. You talk about the need to respect other people's privacy and the need to not disrupt other people's lives yet you seem to forget about the privacy and rights of those who live in and around Kuala Lumpur who may not be too pleased with your massive Bersih rally.
Be sensible
Tunku Abdul Aziz, the former DAP vice-chairman, tried to convey the very same message. He is not against free and fair elections, it's just that he thinks that it would be more sensible to simply have the rally in a controlled and manageable environment.
But to some of you, he just had to be a dinosaur who doesn't understand freedom of expression or that he is an Umno stooge bought over by BN with loads of money.
To you sensibility means nothing if it means to disagree with you. Principles can't be activated according to whims or convenience, you have to be consistent, you can't simply open a burger stall anywhere you please just as much as you can't simply camp and occupy any place.
Taman Tasik Titiwangsa is a public space no? Do you think it would be sensible for DBKL to allow say Perkasa to organise a rally there? Why not? It's a public space is it not? Taman Tasik Titiwangsa belongs to the rakyat and if the rakyat want to rally there why should you stop them, after all if you can organise a floral parade or a futsal competition why not an exercise of democratic freedom to rally?
Of course DBKL wouldn't simply allow that, they would much rather have Perkasa organise that sort of rally in a controlled, manageable environment where it would cause minimal disruption just like how they didn't allow Perkasa to conduct an anti-gay protest at Dataran Merdeka.
But of course you just don't see that now do you? Because to some of you principles and rights only apply to a certain party, in a certain situation that seems to be convenient to your political narrative just like at one point Tunku Aziz was a towering Malaysian with principles and now he is simply a dinosaur who had been bought by Umno.
To simply protest in front of someone's house, even though it's a public space is just poor taste, just like having idiotic kids camping at Dataran Merdeka.
You need to be considerate, yes freedom of expression gives you the right to express things but you should respect the rights of others who do not wish to listen to you, so the next time around I plead to those who took great offence on the action of these so-called veterans to have the same thoughts when it comes to conducting your own protests, be sensible.
Zaidel Baharuddin is Mr Right, Mr Right Wing that is, electronics engineer by day writer by night, Frank Sinatra fanboy all day long, catch me at WirawanWeb.com, lipassepi.blogspot.com or follow me on twitter via @Sinatra_Z. He is a FMT columnist.


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