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2014 AMSOIL/STREET RODDER Road Tour Schedule
And Away We Go!
The wait is over. On June 7, the long months of anticipation end and the 2014 AMSOIL/ STREET RODDER Road Tour begins as Jerry Dixey, the '59 Impala Road Tour car, and a group of intrepid cross-country cruisers leave San Antonio bound for Southern California.
There is still time to participate in one or more legs of the famous Triple Crown Challenge in June, but right now we're going to focus our attention on the Eastwood Summer Classic Tour happening in July. You can register for any of the Road Tours via the STREET RODDER website at streetrodder.com. Jerry Dixey is always ready to answer questions and accept compliments on the Road Tour hotline at (800) 664-1362.
The Triple Crown Challenge, sponsored by RoadTrippers.com, is a combo of the first three legs of the Road Tour. Drivers who complete the entire Triple Crown Challenge earn a commemorative jacket.
The Vintage Air Tour
June 7-15
Vintage Air, San Antonio, Texas, to the 50th L.A. Roadsters Show, Pomona, California
Hosted by Vintage Air, this trip ends up at the famous Father's Day car show in California. Stops along the way include the Alamo, Hill's Hot Rods in Lubbock, the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, racer/rodder Jackie Howerton's shop, and the scenic stretch from Flagstaff to Prescott, Arizona.
The MSRA Back to the 50's Weekend Tour
June 13-22
The 50th L.A. Roadsters Show, Pomona, California, to Back to the 50's, St. Paul, Minnesota
First stop is Las Vegas, then on to Speedway Motors and the Smith Collection Museum of American Speed in Lincoln, Nebraska, Bowman's Real Hot Rods, and Larry Olson's auto collection in Brandon, South Dakota, before attending Back to the 50's.
The Aeromotive Tour
June 20-29
Back to the 50's, St. Paul, Minnesota, to the NSRA Rocky Mountain Nationals, Pueblo, Colorado
The Wild West is our route, with fun plans that include a party at Aeromotive in Kansas City, cruising through Wichita, the historical western town of Dodge City, Kansas, and photogenic moments along the Rockies in Colorado.
The Eastwood Summer Classic Tour
July 18-26
The Syracuse Nationals, Syracuse New York, to the Eastwood Summer Classic, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
This one begins at the huge Syracuse Nationals on July 18-20, where we will enjoy prime parking and a hospitality tent for all of the cool activities at the fairgrounds. Sunday afternoon we head to Massachusetts. Monday: a morning visit to Mark Lewis' amazing automotive nostalgia collection, lunch at Competition Specialties and Extreme Machines Unlimited, and continuing on to Factory Five Racing. After our evening in New Bedford, Massachusetts, we'll travel to Newport, Rhode Island, to take a tour of a historic mansion. Tuesday: In the evening we will be the special guests at a party hosted by the Connecticut Street Rod Association in Wallingford. Wednesday: it's off to the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, the Woodstock Museum, and overnight in Port Jervis, New York. Thursday: we head to Pottstown, Pennsylvania, for the Thursday evening Sonic Cruise. Friday: we visit the AACA Museum in Hershey. Saturday: our week culminates at the 3rd Annual Eastwood Summer Classic as we are special guests for big car cruise, seeing all of the displays and demonstrations at Eastwood headquarters in Pottstown. Sign up and come along. It will be a wild week in the Northeast.
The Autopalooza.org Tour
August 9-16
A Week on Woodward Avenue, near Detroit, Michigan
Look out Woodward, the Road Tour is coming! We'll have a full description next month of our plans for the Detroit area and the world-famous Woodward Dream Cruise. With a ton of activities and tours planned, this will be a week you'll never forget.
The Shades of the Past Tour
August 30-September 6
The 60th NHRA U.S. Nationals, Indianapolis, Indiana, to Shades of the Past, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Starting at the greatest race in Indy, besides that other one, and culminating at the always-amazing Shades of the Past Rod Run in Tennessee, with museum tours, auto auctions, and more in between, this tour has plenty to appeal to every hot rodder.
The Dynamat Tour
September 5-14
Shades of the Past, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, to the NSRA Nationals North Plus, Kalamazoo, Michigan
As summer comes to a close, we'll cruise through some beautiful country, taking in some impressive private car collections, awesome street rod shops, and famous aftermarket facilities, as we roll to NSRA's big event in K-zoo.
The Sherm's Custom Plating Tour
October 31–November 8
Sherm's Custom Plating, Sacramento, California, to the SEMA Show, Las Vegas, Nevada
The final Road Tour of 2014 heads to Vegas to attend the SEMA Show auto industry event. But first, we'll visit Sherm's Custom Plating in Sacramento, Flowmaster, Circle Racing, some private collections, and other amazing places.
Busted In A '55 Zone
Our faces turned as red as the paint on Tim Helton's beautiful '55 Bel Air Sport Coupe. Why? Because we called the car a '56 in the story "Well Connected," published in the June '14 issue of STREET RODDER. Appreciation goes out to the people who called, wrote, and emailed us pointing out the error. Apologies go out to all our readers and especially to Tim Helton.
Tony Kelly: Rodding's Favorite Cop
Tony Kelly, the writer turned police officer turned writer, died on April 6 after battling cancer. Longtime readers of STREET RODDER remember Tony's "Cop Shop" column, part of this magazine's editorial identity for 25 years.
"Cop Shop" was, in Tony's own words, a column "for street rodders by a street rodder, who also happens to be a cop." In each column, he reflected on various law enforcement issues, with an emphasis on how they related to our hobby. His columns ranged from advice on what to do when pulled over for a traffic violation to observations and opinions on legislation from the state or federal government. Sometimes, it was a colorful story from his years in uniform.
Raised in the L.A. area, Tony grew up amid Southern California hot rods and hot rod culture. He had his first car before he was old enough to drive it, and eventually did some drag racing and street racing.
He already had some newspaper experience when he got into law enforcement in the early '70s. In 1979, he contacted SR publisher Tom McMullen, a fellow Long Beach Pacers Car Club member, about writing a column from an enthusiast policeman's perspective. "Cop Shop" debuted in the Sept. '79 issue. After retiring from police work, Tony took on additional writing assignments for SR and other McMullen automotive magazines. He continued writing "Cop Shop" until 2004. We will miss him and extend our sympathy to his family and friends.
Speed Reading
The "Century of Speed" exhibit at the Grand National Roadster Show celebrated 100 years of land speed racing at the Bonneville Salts Flats with a display of 100 notable Land Speed record-setting vehicles.
Ron Main and David Fetherston produced the exhibition book, Bonneville: A Century of Speed, and spent the event signing most of the 2,000 first-edition copies of the 300-page hardcover book, which were sold to raise money for Salt Lay-down Project with Save the Salt Foundation. All proceeds go to this nonprofit organization, established to protect the Bonneville Salt Flats in order to preserve the area for future generations. For more information, go to savethesalt.org.
They were produced as a limited edition but are being offered online, while they last. To buy your copy, visit bonnevillecenturyofspeed.com.


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One Black Hemi Wasnt Enough for Denny Guest, So He Restored Another.
Most of us would be thrilled beyond measure to own a rusted hulk of a Hemi car. Heck, simply owning a worn out 426 block would probably be a good enough start for most folks. Some of the fortunate among us, however, get bitten so hard in the backside by the Hemi bug that owning one of these fine specimens of Mopar firepower just isnt enough. One begets two, begets… You get the picture.
Denny Guest of Lockport, Illinois, counts himself among the latter category. A Mopar fan since he was ten, at 50-years-old, Denny has managed to berth two Hemi cars in his garageboth of which are exquisite examples of their respective breeds. Dennys big venture into Hemi-dom came in 1994. A good friend of his, Bill Sams of Texarkana, Texas, purchased a 68 Hemi Dodge Super Bee from the cars original owner who resided in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Dressed in black topcoat and black vinyl interior, the Super Bee was in good driving condition and in fairly decent shape. Behind the Hemi was a TorqueFlite trans backed by a gritty 4.10:1 Sure Grip differential. Other amenities included Road Wheels, tinted glass, an AM-FM radio, rear seat speakers, and a remote control drivers mirror. But thats where the niceties ended. Sporting a manual steering box and front and rear drums, the true (continued) intent of the Cajuns purchase was obviouscruising comfort would be sacrificed for pipe-hitting performance. The worst part about the car, says Denny, were the rear quarter panels. It had been in a wreck in 1975, and the body work was really bad.
In 1995, I decided to restore the car because I love Hemis, and being black with the rear stripe delete and no rust, I thought it would be easy to restore. But like all projects, it was anything but easy. After starting to disassemble the car and cataloging the parts, it became real apparent that one or both quarter panels would have to be replaced.
Denny sent the body to Bob Sikora of American Auto Restoration in Lockport. Bob determined that, yes, one quarter would have to go, but the other was deemed salvageable. We purchased an entire right side quarter from Arizona Auto, says Denny, which worked out perfect. Bobs shop completed their end of the project in about six months. With the help and hard work of friends Joe Geraci and Rick Nawrocki, we then took the car back to my own shop and started to rebuild. We thought we had all the parts (which we really did), but somehow the perfect side glass, both left and right, had escaped the shop. So, after hunting down all of the parts and new glass, a year later the car was completed.
The very first show we brought the car to, it took Best of Show. We were very proud, so needless to say Joe, Rick, and I thought we should tackle another onea 68 Road Runner.
Denny wasnt long in procuring this little number. In 1996, he stumbled across the car at Willett Motorsports in Orland Park, Illinois, and quickly made the purchase. Aside from hailing from the Plymouth camp, the Road Runner was not too far removed from the Super Bee he had purchased only two years earlier.
In addition to the all-important Hemi V8, the Road Runner also seemed destined more for street performance than highway luxury. A vinyl top, Deluxe interior, remote mirror, and AM radio comprised the comfort equipment. Like the Super Bee, the Road Runner also came with only a manual steering box and front and rear drums. The only significant drivetrain difference was the Dana rear which housed a slightly shorter 3.54-geared Sure Grip. Oh yeah, this Mopar wasnt blackat first.
The car was real straight, says Denny, and best of all, no rust. When I purchased the car the color was gold with a gold vinyl interior, which was pretty attractive. It also ran good, and being a four-speed car, it was fun to drive.
One winter evening, while cleaning the cars, I started to check the body tag and discovered the car was the wrong color. It was supposed to be black with a black vinyl top. That worked out great, already having a black 68 Super Bee, so the Road Runner immediately was sent to American Auto Restoration to begin the transformation back to black.
While the body was being tended to, again by Bob Sikora, Denny sent the Hemi and accompanying four-speed to Chris DeSalvo of All Pro Automotive, who had also performed the drivetrain rebuild for the Super Bee.
Funny thing about the Road Runners Hemi: Denny says the car ran strong from the day he picked it up. It wasnt until Chris tore down the 426 that he discovered all of the piston rings were broken in half. Since the Road Runner was already in top shape, it didnt take long for this project to come together.
Not having to hunt down many parts, says Denny, Bob [soon] returned the black beauty to us, and Joe, Rick, and I started to assemble the Road Runner. After the Super Bee, this one was pretty easy.
The first show we entered the Road Runner in was the Chicago Motorsports Challenge at Navy Pier in Chicago. It took First Place and Best of Show honors, so we were pretty proud guys to have assembled two show winners.
When we caught up with Denny Guest and crew at the 99 Mopar Nationals, it was quite evident that these boys were having a swell time, and basking in jobs well done. Of course, if you had the chance to tool around the worlds largest Mopar gathering in two black-and-bad 68 Hemis, wouldnt you be feeling your oats, too?

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Because last time I checked some years back only Romancing Saga 3 was translated and that is supposed to be the weakest of the three.
Because last time I checked some years back only Romancing Saga 3 was translated and that is supposed to be the weakest of the three.
I'm pretty sure Squeenix localized Romancing SaGa 1 about a decade ago (and honestly, there's little reason to go back to the incomplete Super Famicom version), and I know that AGTP is currently (as of this last October) working on hacking and inserting the translation into Romancing SaGa 2 without causing the game to bug out.
So we're almost there.
Thanks. I have the PS2 Romancing Saga (RS1) Remake. I have RS3, which I never played. I've just heard it's not very good. Do you agree with this evaluation? Which is considered the best in the series? Also any other Saga games out there that were previously not translated that are now translated?
Final Fantasy 2 got localized with the Final Fantasy Origins port on the original Playstation, and unless you count those SaGa Legend 2 and 3 DS remakes (which I heard were kinda underwhelming somehow) and Legend 1's Wonderswan Color remake, that's all the non-Romancing ones that we initially missed (oh yeah, and Emperor's SaGa which was a TCG (Trading Card Game) released on Japanese mobile phones/devices alongside other TCGs like Circle of Mana and pretty much every old school JRPG series still around that isn't Dragon Quest/Final Fantasy/Tales of Insert Name Here; either way, I hardly think its going to ever get translated short of an official localization though).
Unfortunately, I've been having trouble keeping up with the series due to one reason or another. So far I've played The Final Fantasy Legend, Final Fantasy Legend 2, Final Fantasy Legend 3, Romancing SaGa (PS2 remake), and SaGa Frontier 2. Of those, I've only beaten SaGa Legend 1 and Legend 3 (and Final Fantasy 2 if you count it since it kinda functions like a predecessor to the SaGa series). I've yet to get around to Romancing SaGas 2 & 3 (due to being bad at emulating), SaGa Frontier 1 (due to not being able to scrounge up a Memory Card somehow since that game eats up pretty much an entire one to do all of its scenarios), Unlimited SaGa (due to sounding like an incomprehensible clusterfuck, even by SaGa's standards) and The Last Remnant (I keep hoping to win it in a quiz game but the damn thing seems to have discontinued). I have been keeping an eye on Legend of Legacy though in hopes of jumping on this one before I pass it up, try to come back to it later on, and find some excuse to not complete it.
My current favs out of the ones I've beaten is Final Fantasy Legend 1 (3 is a bit too not-SaGa-ish), but 2 is definitely the best SaGa Legend game (and the only reason I haven't finished it yet is because I went through the bonus dungeon too early and now I can't convince myself to go through the final two worlds while using up all my sweet loot; damn my hoarder tendencies!) and I really liked what I've played of Romancing SaGa (there was a bug I ran into early on that kinda stalled my progress and killed most of my interest in playing it) and SaGa Frontier 2 (I rented this back when it came out but I haven't been able to work my way back into it since its been well over a decade since I last played it).
I've only beaten Saga Frontier 2. It's linear compared to some of the other games, but enjoyable regardless. It's also very challenging. The last boss (the Egg) is still one of the toughest bosses I've ever encountered.
There is a series of videos on youtube that explain the mechanics of Unlimited Saga well. I have this game and would like to tackle it some day. I think if you understand the way the game works it can be somewhat enjoyable.
Necroing this thread/board to post the following, http://gematsu.com/2016/04/romancing...st-smartphones
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By MCKENZIE CASSIDY
Concerned residents of Southwest Florida attended a town hall meeting on water quality in Fort Myers Thursday night, hosted by the City of Sanibel and Lee County.
Lee County Commissioner Tammy Hall and Sanibel Mayor Kevin Ruane moderated the session and presentations were made by officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and South Florida Water Management District.
The message from attending officials was that improving water quality isn't as simple as turning up or down the outflow of water from Lake Okeechobee. Instead, their job is a balancing act between above average rainfall, anticipating tropical storm systems, working through a lack of federal funding to maintain a failing dam system, and finding creative ways to store and treat polluted water.
Col. Alan Dodd, commander of the Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, reported that as of Sept. 5 the water level at Lake Okeechobee was 15.54 feet with 270 cubic-feet per second more water leaving than coming in. But, with two months left in hurricane season, the Army Corps is hoping no tropical storms will increase the levels further, resulting in a need to release more water.
According to Tommy Strowd, assistant executive director of Operations, Maintenance, and Construction for SFWMD, the district's rainfall was 124 percent districtwide or within 18,000 square-miles from Orlando to the Florida Keys.
He said the Army Corps has devoted approximately $2 billion to rehabilitate the Herbert Hoover Dike System by updating culverts originally built in the 1930s and complete a new Dam Safety Modification Study. A total of 35 percent of the Army Corps' national budget is appropriated for dam safety, he added.
State officials are waiting for the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Water Resources Development Act, a bill that would authorize funding to complete the C-43 Reservoir in Labelle. Ernie Barnett, interim executive director of the SFWMD, said that the completed C-43 Reservoir would have a capacity of 170,000 acre-feet.
An acre foot is one foot of water covering one acre.
While the U.S. Senate passed WRDA 83-100, according to Sen. Bill Nelson, who addressed the town hall meeting in a prerecorded video, the House has yet to act.
Congressman Trey Radel, a member of the Committee of Transportation and Infrastructure, said WRDA is scheduled for consideration.
"We have seen our beautiful water turn brown. It harms our environment in Southwest Florida and, as we know, when the environment is harmed our economy is harmed," said Radel.
Nelson said there are many sources of pollution besides releases from Lake Okeechobee, but that source is the most visible.
"We have an intolerable situation in the Caloosahatchee," said Nelson. "When the water gets up to 16 feet it starts to create pressure on the dikes surrounding Lake Okeechobee. The Corps is required by statute to maintain that."
Nelson said authorizing C-43 was a short term solution, but in the long term officials must focus on the Central Everglades Planning Project that would begin moving 210,000 acre-feet south into the Everglades, reducing the flow into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie basins.
But, local environmental officials said at least 1 million acre-feet needs to be moved for any local affect to be seen.
Ray Judah, former Lee County Commissioner and coordinator for the Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition, said the CEPP program and the raising of 2.6-miles of Tamiami Trail, recently announced by Gov. Rick Scott, would only be a 10 percent solution.
"When you look at the fact that there were 2.6 million acre-feet of water that went to tide in the east and west coast of South Florida, and now you are only talking about 210,000 acre-feet going to bridging with CEPP, it would appear to me that really the answer is in fact more storage," said Judah.
Judah is advocating for the state to purchase 153,000 acre-feet of sugar land south of Lake Okeechobee for $7,400 per acre in a three-year option with U.S. Sugar. The option expires in October and if the state doesn't act, they could face higher prices and competition from other bidders.
"That would alleviate the massive discharge that is harming the estuaries on east and west coast of South Florida," said Judah.
He added that funding to purchase the sugar land could be raised by using BP oil spill money, restructuring the water district's capital improvement program, or bond financing.
Barnett said with the CEPP and raising of Tamiami Trail, approximately 750,000 acre-feet of water is expected to move south through the system in a regular distribution of flow. But, he said, the district isn't in a position to authorize the purchase of sugar land.
"The reality that we are is that the water management district isn't in a position to make a unilateral decision," he said, asking concerned citizens to speak with their elected officials about allocating the funds.
Sanibel residents who attended the town hall meeting were upset about the economic and environmental affects of the freshwater releases.
"We have a couple of restaurants and we employ 200 people and this is an economic issue. This is our BP," said Sanibel Councilmember Marty Harrity. "This is the death of our economy and our neighborhoods."
Harrity said more water needed to go south through state purchased sugar lands.
Michael Goodwin, Sanibel resident, asked the panel why the state hadn't exercised its three-year option with U.S. Sugar.
"The three-year opportunity to purchase land from U.S. Sugar is about to expire at the end of October. Nothing apparently has been done about purchasing that land. Are we going to purchase that land in able to have further run off from Lake Okeechobee or has that opportunity been passed by?" asked Goodwin.
Barnett said the funding wasn't available in the budget to make a bid on the sugar land, but the state has a first right of refusal for seven years after the three-year option expires.
Benacquisto said the water quality issue has been years in the making.
"We will accomplish our goals because we work as a team. Never before have I seen such a coming together and united front to make sure our community's needs are addressed," she said.
Besides finding new options for dispersed water, Benacquisto said she wants to see a study completed on the effect of septic tanks on groundwater and determine the potential benefits of declaring a state of emergency to flood the Everglades Agricultural Area.


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Spacious mountain home in an elevated setting, offering outstanding mountain views. End of cul-de-sac location adds a feeling of privacy. Open floor plan and private master suite, with his and her walk-in closets. Master bath has steam shower and jacuzzi tub. Four en-suite bedrooms allow for multiple master suites. Heated driveway, built-in cabinets. The residence has excellent proximity to both Vail and Beaver Creek, and has been impeccably maintained by the original owner.
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CHARLOTTE � Russell Wilson writes messages on his wrist as reminders to himself and his teammates during games. Sunday�s word: poise.
Seattle�s rookie quarterback showed plenty of that Sunday at Carolina, passing for a season-high 221 yards and a touchdown while overcoming two interceptions to help the Seahawks beat the Panthers 16-12.
�That was a huge win for us � our first win on the road, which is crucial,� Wilson said. �We�ve got to make plays and guys did today.�
Wilson, making a return to the state where he played collegiately at N.C. State before starring his final season at Wisconsin, went 19-for-25 for his most efficient outing of the young season. Wilson also played baseball nearby for the Gastonia Grizzlies of the Coastal Plain League in 2009 and he was glad to return to this area and play so well.
�It was great, obviously, getting to see my family and friends and a whole bunch of N.C. State fans, I�m sure,� Wilson said. �Obviously I don�t pay attention to all of that stuff. I�m so focused and lasered in on what I need to do to be great. It was a good day today. Obviously I want to have a better day, that�s for sure, but we came out with a huge win.�
Wilson led the Seahawks to scoring drives on two of their first three possessions as Seattle took a 6-0 lead on a pair of field goals. With Seattle trailing late in the third, Wilson engineered a five-play, 73-yard drive and capped it with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate that gave the Seahawks the lead for good.
Head coach Pete Carroll called Wilson�s performance �fantastic� and praised the rookie�s execution.
�Everything was dead on the money all day long,� Carroll said.
That execution helped Seattle go 7-for-14 on third downs. The Seahawks� first two possessions of the second half, however, ended in interceptions. Captain Munnerlyn returned the first one 33 yards for a touchdown to give the Panthers their first lead at 10-6. Luke Kuechly intercepted Wilson five plays later, but this turnover was harmless as the Panthers wound up punting.
�I�ve got to get better,� Wilson said. � There�s two plays in there that I want to take back, but the key is to keep prevailing.�
Offensive woes
Carolina�s 190 yards represented its worst total of the season, sinking below the previous low of 301 yards in the opener against Tampa Bay. The Panthers rushed for 82 yards and passed for a season-low 108 as Cam Newton completed 12 of 29 passes.
The offense was especially sluggish in the first half, when it managed 93 yards, another season low that fell below the previous worst of 109 yards against Tampa Bay.
In the first half, the Panthers rushed for 70 yards and passed for 23 with Newton going 3-for-15. Carolina didn�t reach Seattle territory for the first time until the 1:51 mark of the second quarter on a drive that led to a 32-yard Justin Medlock field goal to draw within 6-3 just before the break.
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Steve Smith extended his Panthers record of consecutive games with a catch to 80. The streak began the final game of the 2006 season against New Orleans.
Smith finished with a team-high four catches for 40 yards.
Among Sunday�s inactive Carolina players were starters Chris Gamble (cornerback), Jon Beason (linebacker) and Geoff Hangartner (center/guard). Wide receiver Joe Adams was inactive for a second straight week. Other inactives were quarterback Jimmy Clausen, safety D.J. Campbell and defensive end Thomas Keiser.
From Sims to NFL
Wilson is the fourth NFL quarterback to have played baseball at Gastonia�s Sims Legion Park before beginning his NFL career.
The previous athletes to do so were Roman Gabriel in a 1956 American Legion tournament with Wilmington Post 10 and Archie Manning (1969) and Norris Wease (1972) in collegiate district tournaments for Mississippi. � Richard Walker
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Do We Need the Digits of $\pi$?
Working out digits of Pi.
What are the limitations?
- Faster computers
- More accurate measuring devices
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Do We Need the Digits of $\pi$?
Working out digits of Pi.
What are the limitations?
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If stored in binary form via single particles, the entire data that can be stored in the observable universe is roughly $10^{92}$ bits, therefore this would create a upper bound. However, there can be alternative, semi-analogous storing methods which would allow for way higher storage capabilities, maybe even infinite precision (iff there is a physical property that is not quantisized and exactly measurable, which, from the current standpoint of physics, is highly unprobable)
At this point, the limitations in the calculation of $\pi$ are computational. We don't compute $\pi$ by measuring anything--the number of digits we know is already much more than you could obtain by any measurement in the visible universe, even if you could measure with accuracy down to the level where quantum effects start coming into play.
There are a number of methods of calculating $\pi$ (see e.g. Wikipedia), which are limited by processing speed and time. The current world record, apparently, is about 10 trillion digits.


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Every year for the past two years however, I've been trying to find something that relates to genealogy. In the past I've done free look ups or helped people with their brick walls. But this year - I am not only putting a genealogy twist to it, but a cemetery twist too.
This year, I am going to go out and transcribe a small local cemetery with a friend of mine. Once I've done this, I will organize it into a small book that gives pictures, a general map of the cemetery, and a brief local history of the area. Then I will give the book to many of the local libraries in the area and the county, while also creating a website where that lists all the information in the book.
Mind you - this is no small task and will certainly take a lot of effort and time. But these days, the smallest things can brighten up our world. I'm sure someone out there will need the information.
So I call on all of you to find a cool way to volunteer for the genealogy world but with a cemetery twist. I've made a quick list of some ideas to get you started, but certainly anything you come up with will be pretty cool.
- Maybe you own a lawn mower and you don't mind cutting grass for a underkept cemetery. You could then go down there and make it look so much nicer while also making it easier to read all the stones and markers.
- Maybe you are a great photographer - you could volunteer to take pictures of your local cemeteries and send them to your local genealogical society or put them on a website.
- Do what I am doing - make a transcription and publish it.
- I find this to be extremely sweet: Clean up any dead flowers around the stones and then place a fresh flower on there.
Whatever you decide to do this holiday season - I'd love to hear about it. Drop me a line to let me know!


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About This BMW
2019 BMW i3
s 120 Ah Sedan
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Comes equipped with: Deka Dark, Cloth Upholstery, Mineral Gray Metallic W/Bmw I Frozen Blue Accent, Wireless Charging.
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- Electric motor
- Transmission: Single Speed
- Transmission w/Driver Selectable Mode
- Rear-wheel drive
- 9.70 Axle Ratio
- 20-Amp/Hr Maintenance-Free Battery
- Gas-pressurized shock absorbers
- Front anti-roll bar
- Sport tuned suspension
- Electric Power-Assist Speed-Sensing Steering
- Strut Front Suspension w/Coil Springs
- Multi-link rear suspension w/coil springs
- Regenerative 4-Wheel Disc Brakes w/4-Wheel ABS, Front Vented Discs, Brake Assist, Hill Hold Control and Electric Parking Brake
- Lithium Ion Traction Battery w/7.4 kW Onboard Charger, 7 Hrs Charge Time @ 220/240V and0.7 Hr Charge Time @ 440V
- Vehicle Name : BMW i3
- Body Style : Hatchback
- Drivetrain : Rear Wheel Drive
- EPA Classification : Subcompact Cars
- Base Curb Weight (lbs) : 3040
- Engine Type : Electric
- SAE Net Horsepower @ RPM : 181
- SAE Net Torque @ RPM : 199
- Trans Type : 1
- Trans Description Cont. : Automatic
- Final Drive Axle Ratio (:1) : 9.70
- Suspension Type - Front : Strut
- Suspension Type - Rear : Multi-Link
- Suspension Type - Front (Cont.) : Strut
- Suspension Type - Rear (Cont.) : Multi-Link
- Steering Type : Rack-Pinion
- Turning Diameter - Curb to Curb (ft) : 33.8
- Brake Type : 4-wheel disc
- Brake ABS System : 4-Wheel
- Disc - Front (Yes or ) : Yes
- Disc - Rear (Yes or ) : Yes
- Front Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) : 11
- Rear Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) : 11
- Wheels: 20" x 5.5" Front & 20" x 6.0" Rear BMW i -inc: Double-spoke bi-color, Style 431
- Tires: 175/55R20 Front & 195/50R20 Rear Mixed
- Spare Tire Mobility Kit
- Clearcoat paint
- Black Rear Bumper w/Body-Colored Rub Strip/Fascia Accent
- Body-Colored Front Bumper w/Black Rub Strip/Fascia Accent And Metal-Look Bumper Insert
- Body-colored door handles
- Colored Bodyside Insert and Black Fender Flares
- Black Side Windows Trim
- Black Power Auto Dimming Side Mirrors w/Power Folding and Turn Signal Indicator
- Fixed Rear Window w/Fixed Interval Wiper and Defroster
- Light tinted glass
- Speed Sensitive Rain Detecting Variable Intermittent Wipers w/Heated Jets
- Front Windshield -inc: Sun Visor Strip
- Composite Panels
- Lip Spoiler
- Reverse Opening Rear Doors
- Liftgate Rear Cargo Access
- Tailgate/Rear Door Lock Included w/Power Door Locks
- Fully Automatic Projector Beam Led Low/High Beam Auto-Leveling Daytime Running Lights Preference Setting Headlamps w/Delay-Off
- Perimeter/Approach Lights
- LED brakelights
- Front Tire Size : P175/55TR20
- Rear Tire Size : P195/50TR20
- Front Wheel Size (in) : 20 X 5.5
- Rear Wheel Size (in) : 20 X 6
- Front Wheel Material : Forged Aluminum
- Rear Wheel Material : Forged Aluminum
- Wheelbase (in) : 101.2
- Length, Overall (in) : 158.1
- Width, Max w/o mirrors (in) : 70.5
- Height, Overall (in) : 62.6
- Track Width, Front (in) : 62.7
- Track Width, Rear (in) : 62.1
- Cargo Volume with Rear Seat Up (ft³) : 15.1
- Cargo Volume with Rear Seat Down (ft³) : 36.9
- Radio: FM
- Radio w/Seek-Scan, Clock, Speed Compensated Volume Control, Aux Audio Input Jack, Steering Wheel Controls, Radio Data System and External Memory Control
- 4 Speakers
- Integrated Roof Diversity Antenna
- HD radio
- SiriusXM Satellite Radio -inc: 1 year All Access subscription
- Bluetooth Wireless Phone Connectivity
- 2 LCD Monitors In The Front
- Heated front seats
- 6-Way Driver Seat -inc: Manual Recline, Height Adjustment, Fore/Aft Movement and Manual Rear Seat Easy Entry
- 6-Way Passenger Seat -inc: Manual Recline, Height Adjustment, Fore/Aft Movement and Manual Rear Seat Easy Entry
- 50-50 Folding Bench Front Facing Fold Forward Seatback Rear Seat
- Manual tilt/telescoping steering column
- Gauges -inc: Speedometer, Odometer, Traction Battery Level, Power/Regen, Trip Odometer and Trip Computer
- Fixed Rear Windows And Fixed 3rd Row Windows
- ConnectedDrive Services Selective Service Internet Access
- Leather steering wheel
- Front cupholder
- Rear cupholder
- Compass
- Proximity Key For Doors And Push Button Start
- Valet Function
- Remote Keyless Entry w/Integrated Key Transmitter, Illuminated Entry, Illuminated Ignition Switch and Panic Button
- Remote Releases -Inc: Power Cargo Access
- Cruise control w/steering wheel controls
- Automatic air conditioning
- Illuminated locking glove box
- Driver foot rest
- Interior Trim -inc: Metal-Look Instrument Panel Insert and Metal-Look Interior Accents
- Full cloth headliner
- Cloth Door Trim Insert
- Metal-Look Gear Shift Knob
- Cloth upholstery
- Day-Night Auto-Dimming Rearview Mirror
- Driver And Passenger Visor Vanity Mirrors w/Driver And Passenger Illumination
- Partial Floor Console w/Storage, Rear Console and 3 12V DC Power Outlets
- Front map lights
- Fade-to-off interior lighting
- Full Carpet Floor Covering -inc: Carpet Front And Rear Floor Mats
- Carpet Floor Trim
- Rigid cargo cover
- Cargo Features -inc: Spare Tire Mobility Kit
- Cargo Space Lights
- FOB Controls -inc: Trunk/Hatch/Tailgate and Windows
- Integrated navigation system
- Tracker System
- Apple CarPlay Compatibility w/1 Year Trial
- Dashboard Storage, Driver And Passenger Door Bins
- Power 1st Row Windows w/Driver And Passenger 1-Touch Up/Down
- Delayed Accessory Power
- Power Door Locks w/Autolock Feature
- Systems Monitor
- Trip computer
- Outside temp gauge
- Digital Display
- Fixed Front Head Restraints and Manual Adjustable Rear Head Restraints
- Front center armrest w/storage
- Perimeter alarm
- Engine immobilizer
- 3 12V DC Power Outlets
- Air filtration
- Passenger Capacity : 4
- Front Head Room (in) : 39.6
- Front Leg Room (in) : 40.5
- Front Shoulder Room (in) : 53.6
- Second Head Room (in) : 37.2
- Second Leg Room (in) : 31.9
- Second Shoulder Room (in) : 49.2
- Electronic stability control (ESC)
- ABS And Driveline Traction Control
- Side Impact Beams
- Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Seat-Mounted Side Airbags
- BMW Assist eCall Emergency Sos
- Park Distance Control Front And Rear Parking Sensors
- Tire Specific Low Tire Pressure Warning
- Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Front Airbags
- Curtain 1st And 2nd Row Airbags
- Airbag Occupancy Sensor
- Driver And Passenger Knee Airbag
- Outboard Front Lap And Shoulder Safety Belts -inc: Pretensioners
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- EPA MPG Equivalent - City : 124
- EPA MPG Equivalent - Hwy : 102
- EPA MPG Equivalent - Combined : 113
- Battery Range (mi) : 153
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Red Tailed Black Cockatoo
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo Art Print. One of the most striking in the Cockatoo family, and one of our personal favourites. These birds are majestic, and graceful, with so much personality.
Available in two sizes:
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Unfortunately we are unable to accommodate custom sizes at this time. However, as well as the standard A4 paper prints, we also make select designs available in a larger format - please see our store for available designs.
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Each fall, I spend a weekend touring the northern California wine country, enjoying the flurry of activity that comes with every new harvest. This year, I thought I'd try something a little differentan experiment that I hoped would combine my passion for wine with my insatiable curiosity about all things wireless.
Like many Wi-Fi enthusiasts, I've done my share of "net stumbling." I suspected there might be a hotbed of wireless activity around Napa, perched just to the north of Silicon Valley. But how, I wondered, does the wine industry actually make use of Wi-Fi? I decided to find out for myself.Day One: Wi-Fi everywhere and nowhere
For this year's road trip, I packed my tiniest notebook running NetStumbler and AirMagnet Laptop, a pair of Pocket PCs running AirMagnet Handheld, an external antenna, a GPS, and a DC power inverter to keep everything juiced.
As soon as we turned onto California State Road 29, I fired up my notebook. Ding, ding, ding! Sure enough, Wi-Fi was just about everywhere. In fact, the roadway was lined by NapaNet access points, a WISP that offers commercial Wi-Fi Internet from Vallejo to St. Helena.
However, as I examined survey data and carried my PPC into several vintners along Napa's Silverado Trail, my search for winery Wi-Fi came up dry. Those WLANs must be here, I thought, I'm just not finding them. I vowed to look harder tomorrow.Day Two: Wi-Fi over the hill
The next morning, I headed northwest over the Mayacamas Mountains to tour the Alexander and Dry Creek valleys. Once again, I encountered over one hundred WLANs within earshot of my route, including WiFiHealdsburg, a free public wireless service covering downtown Healdsburg.
This morning, I hit pay-dirt at our first scheduled stop: Jordan Winery. Multiple on-premises WLANs were clearly visible from my PPC as we toured this beautiful French-style chateau. A Linksys 802.11n router delivered wireless Internet to the hospitality wing. Another Linksys 802.11g AP served a technical tasting room. An outdoor wireless bridge appeared to be used to reach a more distant portion of the estate.
Gordon Palmateer, Jordan's Director of Sales and Marketing, told me that some visitors come to the winery for entertainment (tours, tastings, dining, overnight stays) while others are there to conduct business (channel partners, vendors).
"As our business is founded on word of mouth referrals, we look for every opportunity to serve our guests," said Palmateer. "That includes offering wireless access to those who need it, [for] activities ranging from checking e-mail to making presentations."
Wi-Fi adds flexibility and mobility for Jordan's employees as well as for guests.
"Our winemaker uses it in the technical tasting room, when he's working in there with our production team, tasting different samples. We also use it during meetings with customers and vendors and comparative tastings," said Palmateer.
After leaving Jordan, I spotted several more winery WLANs, including a Cisco 802.11g AP at Silver Oak Alexander Valley and a handful of Cisco 802.11g APs at the J Winery tasting room. Unfortunately, staff either did not know or were reluctant to discuss how those establishments took advantage of Wi-Fi. Oh well, I thought. I'll just keep looking. [Read more.]


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'Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool'
Obama's executive orders more and more dispensing with Congress
Barack Obama has used executive orders to seal presidential records; create a faith council, an economic council, and a domestic policy council, a council on women and girls and dozens more; study bioethics, change pay grades, set up a team of governors to synchronize state and federal military operations in the U.S.; improve regulatory review; create a jobs council; set up immunity for Bosnia, revoke some earlier orders and talk about finances. GASP!
And he's used them to talk about fiscal responsibility, ensure abortions through Obamacare; review Guantanamo Bay operations; promote diversity; amend court-martial procedures; launch a national women action plan, talk about Syria, talk about North Korea, encourage efficient government, target transnational crime groups, promote efficient spending and many, many more. WHEW!
Now critics are saying that if it looks like he's trying to run the country single-handedly, their perceptions aren't far off.
"It is very disconcerting," said Richard Thompson, chief of the Thomas More Law Center. The organization is fighting the Obama administration on a number of the subjects that also have been raised in executive orders.
A viral email circulating now, just as the volume in the 2012 presidential race crescendos, states that Obama has issued 923 executive orders in three and a half years, up from George W. Bush's 62 in eight years.
But that's easily debunked by a quick visit to the National Archives website, where Obama's 39 executive orders from 2009 are listed, his 35 from 2010, his 34 from 2011 and 27 so far in 2012.
Experts told WND that while Obama's pace is above some other presidents, the figure of more than 900 is unrealistic.
The numbers show that Obama is issuing similar numbers of orders to his predecessor, George W. Bush. In three and a half years, Obama has issued just under 140 orders, or about 40 per year. In eight years, Bush issued some 290, about 36 per year.
Obama's have included startling issues, however, including an order last March giving administration officials the power to order the acceptance and performance of contracts for farm equipment, food, health resources, transportation resources, construction materials and even water – should the federal government want it.
Earlier presidents issued higher numbers of orders, but also were dealing with different circumstances, especially those who followed World War II.
Bill Clinton issued 364 in eight years (46 per year), George H.W. Bush had 166 in four years (41), Ronald Reagan 381 in eight years (48), Jimmy Carter 310 in four years (77), Gerald Ford 169 in three years (58), Richard Nixon 346 in five years (69), Lyndon Johnson 325 in about six years (54), John Kennedy 214 in about three years (70), Dwight Eisenhower 486 in eight years (60), Harry Truman 901 in eight years (112), and Franklin D. Roosevelt 3,734 in 12 years (311).
Some of those from Truman involved settling railroad labor disputes, ending the office of defense transportation, moving a land office from Carson City to Reno and exempting an individual from a compulsory retirement age.
Even the the far left-leaning FactCheck wrote, "It's true that President Obama is increasingly using his executive powers in the face of staunch Republican opposition in Congress. He's changed federal policies on immigration and welfare and appointed officials without congressional approval."
The explanation continued, "Obama is employing his executive powers now more than ever before during his presidency. Obama has been sidestepping Congress through his 'We Can't Wait' initiative, a series of executive actions that he claims benefit the middle class through infrastructure projects and economic policy changes. He also skirted Senate approval in January when he appointed nominees to the National Labor Relations Board and to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The appointments were unprecedented because he made them when the Senate was technically not in recess, prompting legal challenges from conservative groups."
And the explanation said, "In June, the president halted deportations of illegal immigrants who entered the United States when they were children and met certain requirements, such as the lack of a criminal record. The change mirrored provisions of the DREAM Act — failed legislation that Obama supported and Senate Republicans blocked in 2010. And in July, Obama changed welfare policy to allow states to modify work requirements if they test new approaches to increasing employment. Obama did not submit the policy change to Congress for review, which the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office concluded he should have done."
It was a presidential aide to Clinton, Paul Begala, who put the controversy into perspective, back in July 1998.
"Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool," he said, boasting how the Clinton machine was able to simply dictate what it wanted to have happen.
It came as Clinton glibly announced he would issue a barrage of executive orders to push his agenda forward without input from Congress.
Not new policy
Michael Boldin of the nation's Tenth Amendment Center, explained to WND how the system is supposed to work.
"In Article I Section I of the Constitution we learn that all legislative powers reside in Congress. The executive branch has the responsibility to execute the laws passed by Congress. An executive order is not legislation. It is an order issued by the president to enforce laws passed by Congress. This is backed by the declaration that the president 'take care that the laws be faithfully executed' made in Article II, Section 3, Clause 5. Thus, executive orders can only be used to carry out the will of Congress (which is only supposed to be passing laws in line with the Constitution), and not to issue new policy."
Thompson agreed, but said that's not the way reality has been playing out lately.
He said some of Obama's orders appear to be flagrantly unconstitutional, but because it's a presidential order, it is followed unless some individual or group challenges it – and wins.
"We've looked at the issue. Depending on the particular order, there may be material that is unconstitutional," he said. "But the issue is what are you going to do about it?"
He said the first line of defense against an unconstitutional president should be Congress. They should say, 'The president is enacting legislation without other branches of government," he said.
He said, however, if Congress fails to act, then it is up to an individual who is willing to make a fight of it.
He said two recent Obama administration actions are examples of the problems that have been created. One is the White House determination that prosecutors simply are not going to follow the law regarding illegal aliens of certain ages and qualifications in the U.S. In effect, an implementation of amnesty that already was rejected in Congress.
Further is the recent announcement by the White House it would abandon the federal Defense of Marriage Act, not offering a defense should a lawsuit be filed over its requirements. The result here is that an existing federal law is left unenforced because of an administration's decision that it doesn't like it.
Thompson said such attitudes should be, in his opinion, grounds for impeachment.
With such a move, he said, the Department of Justice "now becomes an illegal entity – violating the law. Congress should have them up there, on an impeachable offense," he said.
DREAM Act fiat
Conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly noted Obama's recent announcement to create the DREAM Act by executive order fiat.
It would give permission for millions of those who broke the law to enter the United States – and their children – to obtain legal standing now, she explained.
"Obama showed his contempt for our constitutional legislative process by his effort to get rid of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)," she said, "That is another example of his violation of the express obligation laid on the president by the U.S. Constitution to 'take care that the laws be faithfully executed.'"
Another recent maneuver on the part of the president overturned the congressionally mandated work requirements with the 1996 welfare reform act.
Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation explained the law explicitly states that no president could change the work requirements, since those were the heart and soul of the reforms.
Yet Obama did just that.
And in her WND commentary, Andrea Shea king reported that Obama is trying to get an order prepared to give him "the power to override Congress when it comes to the Internet."
The use or misuse of the system has gotten so egregious that music star Ray Stevens, whose "The Streak" decades ago set a standard for enlightening music fans about political and social trends in America, launched a new video skewering Obama's executive orders.
He "doesn't seem to care about the Constitution; that's passé. He's got a new solution," Stevens sings on his "Obama Nation" video."
He's joined by Billy Dean and Larry Gatlin in the performance, which includes quotes from longtime Obama friend and former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers ("We are communist, women and men, underground in the United States") and George Soros ("The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States").
He also explains that Obama really doesn't need to bother Congress, as "They'd just get in his way."
The concept of an imperial presidency also is addressed in the new hot-selling "Fool Me Twice: Obama's Shocking Plans for the Next Four Years Exposed," which says Americans will be surprised at what Barack Obama plans for Congress if he is elected to a second term.
New York Times bestselling author Aaron Klein, who wrote the book with another Times bestselling author, Brenda J. Elliott, was on "The Mike Huckabee Show" recently with Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Also 'Interagency directives'
He said the blueprints for the second term include a lot of "executive orders" and "interagency directives" and all of those bypass Congress.
What will the orders be about? Amnesty for illegals, economic issues and possibly even your paycheck, Klein told Huckabee.
The book covers jobs, wages, health care, immigration "overhaul," electoral "reform," national energy policy, Pentagon plans and more.
Stevens previously has lobbed comedy at Obama, with a Mr. President video about Obama taking golf outings while the "Red Chinese" buy America's soul, a budget video where he talks about doing a budget Obama's way, where he's now "printing money in the basement as fast as he can," and another where he explains if 10 percent is good enough for Jesus, the same ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam.
Stevens has won several Grammys in his long career, including one for "Everything is Beautiful," and has worked with of Nashville's legends, including Elvis Presley.
Stevens, 73, has had projects from gospel to comedy and had titles including "Gitarzan," "Along Came Jones" and "Misty."
"The Obama Nation":
WND commentator Thomas Sowell said Obama is fundamentally "undermining" the American constitutional government system with his orders.
"The separation of powers into legislative, executive and judicial branches of government is at the heart of the Constitution of the United States – and the Constitution is at the heart of freedom for Americans," he wrote. "No president of the United States is authorized to repeal parts of legislation passed by Congress. He may veto the whole legislation, but then Congress can override his veto if they have enough votes. Nevertheless, every president takes an oath to faithfully execute the laws that have been passed and sustained – not just the ones he happens to agree with.
"If laws passed by the elected representatives of the people can be simply overruled unilaterally by whoever is in the White House, then we are no longer a free people, choosing what laws we want to live under," he continued. "When a president can ignore the plain language of duly passed laws and substitute his own executive orders, then we no longer have 'a government of laws, and not of men' but a president ruling by decree, like the dictator in some banana republic."
Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America says he can see executive orders coming from an Obama administration regarding the Second Amendment.
Missing authority 'hasn't stopped him' before
"I can see him telling gun stores, 'You can't sell a gun over .380. You can't sell rifles [that use large magazines] or I'm pulling your license," he said. "Even without legal authority, or constitutional authority. That hasn't stopped him on so many other issues."
He said there likely wouldn't be any legislation or court ruling involved, just administrative or executive orders from Obama to change rules for gun stores and individuals.
"That's the kind of thing I can see the president doing in a heartbeat," he said. "This guy thinks winning an election is tantamount to [being dictator]."
WND columnist David Limbaugh also recently addressed the concern.
He said the Obama "overreach" by issuing executive orders was "nothing new."
"He has frequently complained about how democracy and the Constitution are 'messy' and do not permit him to exercise the authority of a Chinese president. But he nevertheless warned us that he would be pushing forward with his agenda through executive orders and administrative actions 'on a wide range of fronts,'" Limbaugh warned.
"But he has outdone himself this time [regarding illegal aliens], even going beyond limitations he freely recognized not long ago, when he complained that he didn't have the authority to impose his immigration policy wish list. Perhaps recent polling numbers showing him trailing Mitt Romney have increased his desperation," Limbaugh said.
"His frontal assaults on the Constitution are so brazen now it's hard not to conclude that he was willing to take a calculated risk that his excesses would offend fewer rule-of-law sticklers than they would attract Hispanic voters."
He said, "I'm just getting warmed up, but it suffices to say that it's past time for Democratic lawmakers to join with Republicans in defending our Constitution and our liberties against this rogue president."
Columnist Eric Rush noted that the dozens of "czars" appointed by Obama are in fact an extension of the executive order concept, since they report to no one but the president.
"I've been saying this for some time, but I was still gratified to hear [Canada Free Press writer Doug] Hagmann say it, and that his column and May 7 followup piece gleaned significant exposure. Attributing his information to an anonymous insider, Hagmann outlines how the Obama administration is covertly utilizing prominent agitators among the political left to incite chaos, and eventually violence, based on racial and class factors, while the administration continues to sabotage America's economic engine. The latter efforts are also intended to catalyze widespread civil unrest."
He said, "Implementation of this plan is, according to Hagmann's source, being carried out via Obama's unelected czars and heavily involves the Department of Homeland Security. From lower-level DHS agents making payments to street-level agitators, to former green energy czar Van Jones mentoring Occupy leaders, to coordination with political allies such as the New Black Panther Party and the Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan, the administration has all bases covered. Cultural balkanization and another heavy hit to the economy are calculated to result in unprecedented rioting and finally widespread public pandemonium followed by implementation of martial law."
Objectives are 'personal power for Obama'
"The objectives here are personal power for Obama, of course, and a coalescing of the federal government's authority; the goal, the destruction of the United States of America as a constitutional republic," he said.
Even a startled New York Times reported, "President George W. Bush used his executive power to bypass Congress, almost as a matter of routine. Now President Barack Obama is pulling a similar stunt."
There even are reports that Obama could use executive orders to take the nation into an era of ceded authority and diminished international capabilities.
The plan uncovered calls for an executive order to be issued for a National Ocean Policy that will determine how the ecosystem is managed while giving the federal government more regulatory authority over any businesses that utilize the ocean.
The executive order is to be based on the recommendations of Obama's Interagency Ocean Policy Taskforce, created in 2010 also by executive order.


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So it would appear that my physical symptoms of the concussion have subsided. I no longer suffer the headaches that I described earlier. I still get waves of nausea every now and again, but overall things have taken a turn for the better. However, I am still not 100% symptom free. If you saw me on the street and spoke to me, you probably would not know that I had anything wrong.
However, there are clearly still issues in the head that I need to work through. My handwriting, short term memory and general writing ability being the top ones that are my concern at the moment. As you might've seen from the twitpics earlier this week, my handwriting has taken a bit of a nose dive, to the point that I get frustrated with myself when I'm trying to write by hand. I have since resorted to taking all my notes on a laptop to make sure that I am able to decipher my notes and actually remember what I was doing, rather than having to hire an Egyptologist to tell me what I've written.
As for the writing ability, I can write at my normal pace, but I have to pay extra care into what I write. Sometimes what I write is not what I was supposed to. I forget words from sentences and sometimes the structure of sentences is a little bit wrong. I'm not using the excuse that English is my second language and that would be the reason why, but these are mistakes that I wasn't making prior to the head trauma.
My memory is still a bit all over the place. For example, I dunked my hand into a coffee cup full of hot coffee the other day as I thought that it was full of sweets. Who puts sweets in a coffee cup? I don't know but I guess it made sense in my mind before burning my fingers and thinking "Hang on just one darn minute, these are not jelly beans."
The other issues I still have relate mainly to self image, but this is not an emo diary so I'm not going to start writing about what pants I want to wear and how I want my hair to look and so on.
Suffice to say, I've taken significant steps in recovery, but there are still a lot of things that just don't make sense and a lot of things I find I'm questioning. Whether it's a personality change caused by the latest concussion and one that has accumulated from the four others I've had remains to be seen.
The awesome thing is that I was able to last a whole work out a few days ago. OK I wasn't pressing nearly the same weights as before, but it felt good to give the body some abuse after laying in a dark room for a week and a bit.


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From the Mormons Reap What They Sow Dept.: Jimmer has had to stop attending classes on the BYU campus because his celebrity is too distracting. Seriously.
Here's the Glens Falls Post-Star:
Jimmer Fredette has stopped going to classes at Brigham Young University.
That is not unusual for college basketball stars who plan to make their living in the NBA, but in this case it was the school that requested it.
"It was getting too disruptive," said Al Fredette, Jimmer's father, who explained that Jimmer's fame in Provo, Utah, has led to constant requests for autographs and photographs. "He can't go anywhere in Provo without being recognized."
He now does all his schoolwork online.
I'd wonder what sort of school would allow its star pupil to complete all of his coursework online, except for that Kemba Walker claims to have read one book in his lifetime, and he's graduating from UConn a year early.
Boy, it's almost like these guys are professional athletes, huh?
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Miami Marlins third baseman Martin Prado is expected to miss the start of the regular season after straining his right hamstring at the World Baseball Classic.
Marlins manager Don Mattingly already has ruled out Prado playing in any exhibition games.
''Obviously, it's never good, but I'm encouraged it's a Grade 1,'' Mattingly said Sunday at Marlins camp in Jupiter, Florida. ''From there we just kind of wait until he's ready, honestly. We hope that he misses as little as possible, but we're going to definitely err on the side of caution.''
A Grade I strain is considered the least severe.
Playing for Team Venezuela, Prado injured his hamstring running out a grounder in the sixth inning of Wednesday's loss to the United States.
The Marlins are not attaching a timeline to his return to the lineup.
''We say, oh, he's only going to miss two weeks, then that two weeks comes and he's thinking, `I've got to be ready by then' and if he's not quite ready then he's just not quite ready,'' Mattingly said. ''I'd rather say we are going to get him healthy, make sure he's healthy.''
The Marlins open the regular season April 3 at Washington.
The 33-year-old Prado is the only Marlins starter over 30, and he serves as the unofficial captain of the club. A career .293 hitter, Prado batted .305 and drove in 75 runs last season.
In Prado's absence, utility players Derek Dietrich and Miguel Rojas will handle most of the work at third base. Dietrich hit .279 with seven homers in 351 at-bats last season, and Rojas hit .247 in 194 at-bats.
Elsewhere around the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues:
Boston starter Drew Pomeranz exited early due to triceps tightness. He lasted two innings and allowed three earned runs. The left-hander said he didn't think the trouble was anything serious.
Hanley Ramirez hit his third homer for Boston, and Mitch Moreland went 3 for 3. Ben Paulson had a solo homer and three hits for Minnesota, while Joe Mauer walked twice and scored.
Corey Dickerson hit his third homer and Steven Souza Jr. had two hits and scored twice for Tampa Bay.
Rays starter Justin Marks and three relievers combined to retire the first 22 Phillies hitters before Tommy Joseph broke up the perfect game try with a double.
No definitive word yet on when Detroit right fielder J.D. Martinez will be back from his sprained foot. He was injured Saturday making a catch and a specialist is going to look at the injury.
Matt Boyd threw five solid innings, allowing just one run. Boyd is currently in contention for one of the Tigers' final rotation slots behind Justin Verlander, Michael Fulmer and Jordan Zimmermann.
Baltimore starter Kevin Gausman pitched five shutout innings, striking out eight.
Former Yankees catcher Brian McCann went 3 for 3 against his old team, and Houston starter Lance McCullers Jr. allowed two earned runs in 3 2/3 innings.
Chase Headley had two hits for New York, including a two-run double.
St. Louis starter Lance Lynn worked five scoreless innings, allowing four hits and lowering his spring ERA to 1.29. Matt Adams homered and Tommy Pham, Randal Grichuk and Jedd Gyorko all doubled.
Julio Teheran, set to be Atlanta's opening day starter for the fourth consecutive year, gave up three runs and six hits in five innings. Arodys Vizcaino, who pitched just 2 2/3 innings after last year's All-Star break because of injuries, worked a perfect sixth, striking out two of the three hitters he faced.
Gerrit Cole made his second Grapefruit League start and first since March 3, working five strong innings. He gave up five hits, including a home run by Ezequiel Carrera, and struck out five. David Freese doubled and singled for Pittsburgh, raising his average to .360.
Mike Bolsinger, transitioning to long relief and spot starting for 2017, started and worked 2 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays.
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Working on ways to prevent tipping his pitches, Stephen Strasburg tossed 4 1/3 innings. He allowed two earned runs and four hits while striking out three. Ryan Zimmerman hit his first home run of the spring for Washington.
Miami starter Adam Conley went 2 2/3 innings was touched for seven runs on five hits and three walks.
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Miami starter Jose Urena did not give up a run in 4 1/3 innings, working around four hits and four walks. Matt den Dekker hit two homers, including one off Jacob deGrom.
DeGrom gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Ian Kennedy pitched six shutout innings against the defending World Series champions and allowed three hits while striking out seven. Mike Moustakas hit his third home run of the spring and added a sacrifice fly. Christian Colon had a two-run single for Kansas City.
Chicago starter Mike Montgomery went three innings, giving up two runs and two hits. He struck out five and walked one. Addison Russell hit his fifth homer, the first run Mike Minor has permitted this spring as he tries to revitalize his career after a torn labrum in 2015.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Hernan Perez both hit their third home run of the spring for Milwaukee. Perez added an RBI single, Travis Shaw had an RBI double and the Brewers chased San Francisco starter Jeff Samardzija early.
Samardzija lasted four innings, allowing six earned runs and nine hits. His ERA is 11.12 this spring.
Edwin Encarnacion laced an RBI double and Cleveland prospect Yandy D�az had three hits and an RBI. D�az was the International League Rookie of the Year in 2016.
Patrick Corbin yielded two earned runs through five innings for Arizona. The left-hander is trying to rebound from a 6.30 ERA in 2016.
Carlos Gomez launched a two-run homer and Ryan Rua added a solo shot for Texas. Leadoff man Delino DeShields Jr. had two hits.
Mitch Haniger had an RBI double and Taylor Motter finished with two hits for Seattle.
Free-agent addition Franklin Gutierrez had two hits and scored a run for Los Angeles in an exhibition game against Japan's team in the World Baseball Classic. O'Koyea Dickson drove in two runs with a game-ending double for the Dodgers.
Sho Nakata had an RBI single for Japan, set to face the United States in the WBC semifinals Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. Astros outfielder Nori Aoki went 0 for 2.
Jon Gray improved to 2-0 this spring by giving up just two hits in five innings. He permitted one run while striking out seven. Charlie Blackmon doubled and homered to drive in three runs.
Oakland starter Jesse Hahn gave up seven runs and eight hits in 3 1/3 innings. Mark Canha had a double, the only extra-base hit allowed by five Colorado pitchers.
Yoan Moncada hit his third home run of the spring and doubled twice, driving in four runs for Chicago. Moncada was the centerpiece prospect acquired from Boston in the trade for Chris Sale.
Carlos Rodon gave up one hit over four innings. He walked one and struck out five.
Matt Shoemaker worked four innings in his start for the Angels, giving up four runs - two earned - and six hits while striking out eight. Sherman Johnson's double was the lone extra-base hit.
Cincinnati prospect Amir Garrett, a former power forward at St. John's who is vying for a spot in the big league rotation, gave up three runs and eight hits in five innings. Garrett threw 38 pitches and is 3-1 this spring.
Scott Schebler, Patrick Kivlehan and Jesse Winker homered for the Reds.
Jarred Cosart went four innings for San Diego and gave up two runs and five hits. Hunter Renfroe and Hector Sanchez homered.


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No need to sweat bullets for the sake of Saturday Night Live's guests this week: Anne Hathaway and Rihanna, having appeared on the show three and four times respectively, are old workhorses at this "live" shit by now. It's a shame Romney lost the election, though, if only because Jason Sudeikis has to retire his excellent impression. OH, WELLS. The pros outweigh the cons.
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Using Patents To Needlessly Drive Up Healthcare Costs: The Economic Impact Of Evergreening Drugs
from the evergreening-profits dept
One technique in the world of pharma that has started appearing here on Techdirt is "evergreening" -- making small changes to a drug, often about to come off patent, in order to gain a new patent that extends its manufacturer's control over it. The advantages for pharma companies are evident, but what about the public? What economic impact does evergreening have? That's what a fascinating new paper in the open access journal PLoS Medicine seeks to establish:
The researchers identified prescriptions of eight follow-on drugs issued by hospital and community pharmacists in Geneva between 2000 and 2008. To analyze the impact of evergreening strategies on healthcare spending, they calculated the market share score (an indicator of market competitiveness) for all prescriptions of the originally patented (brand) drug, the follow-on drug, and generic versions of the drug. The researchers then used hospital and community databases to analyze the costs of replacing brand and/or follow-on drugs with a corresponding generic drug (when available) under three scenarios (1) replacing all brand drug prescriptions, (2) replacing all follow-on drug prescriptions, and (3) replacing both follow-on and brand prescriptions.
And here's what they found:
Using these methods, the researchers found that over the study period, the number of patients receiving either a brand or follow-on drug increased from 56,686 patients in 2001 to 131,193 patients in 2008. The total cost for all studied drugs was €171.5 million, of which €103.2 million was for brand drugs, €41.1 million was for follow-on drugs, and €27.2 million was for generic drugs. Based on scenario 1 (all brand drugs being replaced by generics) and scenario 2 (all follow-on drugs being replaced by generics), over the study period, the healthcare system could have saved €15.9 million and €14.4 million in extra costs, respectively. The researchers also found some evidence that hospital prescribing patterns (through a restrictive drug formulary [RDF]) influenced prescribing in the community: over the study period, the influence of hospital prescription patterns on the community resulted in an extra cost of €503,600 (mainly attributable to two drugs, esomeprazole and escitalopram). However, this influence also resulted in some savings because of a generic drug listed in the hospital formulary: use of the generic version of the drug cetirizine resulted in savings of €7,700.
Obviously, this is just one study, in one area, although on the plus side it involves quite a long time period, and many patients. Despite its limitations, it nonetheless offers a useful first analysis of the economic impact of evergreening drugs. It's certainly an aspect of drug prescription that hospitals and doctors need to consider. As the study concludes:
Evergreening strategies have been successful in maintaining market share in Geneva, offsetting competition by generics and cost containment policies. Hospitals may be contributing to increased overall healthcare costs by listing follow-on drugs in their RDF. Therefore, healthcare providers and policy makers should be aware of the impact of evergreening strategies.
That suggests we can expect to see many more evergreened drugs in the future as highly-profitable compounds start to come off patent, and pharma companies search for ways of maintaining their high profit levels.
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George Washington document on view at Spy Museum
WASHINGTON (AP) — An original letter written by George Washington that initiated a spy network during the Revolutionary War is going on display for a limited time at the International Spy Museum in Washington.
The museum says Washington's letter, written on Feb. 4, 1777, launched the nation's first spy network. While then-Gen. Washington was commander in chief of the Continental Army, he wrote to confidant Nathaniel Sackett, commissioning him to spy for his country as Washington's "intelligence director."
Sackett was to be paid $50 per month to create a spy network in New York. He was given a $500 bonus up front.
The museum acquired the fragile document in 2002 from Sackett's family. It's usually kept in storage for preservation. The document will be on view from President's Day weekend through March.
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Montreal Maine & Atlantic Canada Co., operator of the train, is also accused of criminal negligence, in a charge sheet naming the three men and the company as causing the deaths of all 47 people who died in the fire and explosion on July 6.
Train driver Thomas Harding, 53, of Farnham, and railway employees Jean Demaître, 50, of Marieville, and Richard Labrie, 55, of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, were brought to a makeshift courthouse in Lac-Mégantic's Centre sportif in a police van.
Handcuffed, they were led into court, where Judge Paul Dunnigan of Quebec Court imposed bail conditions proposed by the crown prosecutor, which include turning in their passports, not possessing arms and not working for a railway unless a qualified railway employee is present.
Dates for preliminary hearings will be set Sept. 11.
Lawyer Tom Walsh, representing Harding, said his client wants a trial in English.
Later, outside the courtroom, Walsh said he will ask for a jury trail and wants it held in Lac-Mégantic.
"I saw the people here," Walsh said, standing outside as townspeople mingled with dozens of journalists. "No one was shouting or screaming. People were pretty calm."
One local woman touched Harding's arm after his release as he got into a car and left without answering reporters' questions.
Walsh said there could be separate French and English trials or there could be a bilingual jury to hear the case for the three accused.
Prosecutor René Verret, of Quebec's Direction des poursuites criminelles et pénales, said outside the courtroom the trial would be in Lac-Mégantic because "the events happened here."
Asked why Edward Burkhardt, owner of the railway, was not charged, Verret said the decision to press charges is the legal opinion of the prosecutor based on "information which must remain confidential."
"These three persons were accused," Verret said. "I will not go further."
While the railway is under creditor protection and on the verge of being sold to Fortress Investment Group of New York for $15.7 million, Verret said, it "still has a legal existence in Canada."
If convicted of criminal negligence causing death, the three men could be sentenced to life in prison, Verret said.
If the railway is found guilty, "the court can impose a fine and there is no minimum fine and there is no maximum," he added.
Verret defended the action of the Sûreté du Québec in sending its SWAT squad to Harding's Farnham home Monday afternoon to arrest him, saying the police "had motives to believe they had to act in that way."
SQ spokeswoman Mélanie Dumarasq said the provincial force "does not give details about arrests."
Walsh said his client is suffering from post-traumatic stress and has not worked since the train wreck, calling the arrest another "hammer" blow for his "catatonic" client.
The lawyer said he had asked the prosecution service for advance notice of the arrest.
"He wanted to watch the hockey game like everyone else," he said.
"Instead, they took him to Parthenais (SQ headquarters in Montreal)," Walsh said.
"He was arrested with a SWAT squad that arrived suddenly at his house with sirens blaring and they ran into the back yard, put everybody down on the ground and handcuffed Mr. Harding and took off.
"What that does is it breaks the person down for a future interrogation," Walsh said.
The only contact Walsh had with his client after the arrest was a two-minute phone call from Harding telling his lawyer he was being held.
He learned on Tuesday that Harding was interrogated at Parthenais for 10 hours, from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m.
"That is the reason he was arrested," Walsh said.
Harding, wearing a plain green T-shirt, was polite in telling the judge he agreed to the bail conditions, as were Demaître and Labrie.
Walsh said Harding is well aware of the situation.
"He was the driver of a train and there are certain reproaches against him, but are these reproaches enough to convince a jury that the level of negligence was criminal?
"We will see.
"I don't think a jury will find that."
But even if he is acquitted, Walsh said, "he will always feel responsible. An acquittal will not change anything for him."
Raymond Lafontaine, a Lac-Mégantic businessman who lost four family members, including his son and daughter-in-law, in the explosion blamed lax enforcement of federal transport rules for the catastrophe.
"The guilty party is the federal government," Lafontaine said. "And I am a federalist."
There should have been two train drivers, the train should not have been left on a hilltop and the train did not have a permit to carry dangerous materials, he added.
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Here's to a healthy, happy and prosperous 2013! Companies have a key role to play in making that a reality. Here are a few ways that business is making the effort:
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The Wellness Council of America (WELCOA) created a national workplace award to encourage businesses to instill healthy lifestyle practices. Norway Savings Bank of Maine won their top award in 2011 and has made wellness a part of its corporate culture. Not only does their program enhance overall employee health but added benefits are better managing health care costs, health insurance premiums and individual health savings accounts. Since 2010 the Bank has had a one-on-one, behavior based wellness program where employees meet with a dedicated health coach throughout the year to complete a health risk assessment, set and track personal health and wellness goals. Norway Savings Bank also has a Safety and Wellness Committee to work on projects. So far overall participation in the wellness program is at 98 percent, with some staff evolving from couch potato to tri-athlete.
For every five years worked, VistaPrint, the online printing company, rewards its employees with a VistaBreak – a one month sabbatical to spend as they wish, in addition to their regular vacation. That's a benefit that employees love.
But being happy at work is more than perks, it's also employee engagement, opportunities to grow and the ability to fulfill a passion. Do you ever watch the TV program "Undercover Boss?" Sure it's schmaltzy, but it holds a core of truth- the boss at top Fortune brands through a corner variety store can introduce happiness in the workplace if they stand in their staff's shoes, listen to them and then work together to find gratification on the job.
This is the trickiest, of course. Part of seeding prosperity is paying a fair wage for honest work. This means equal pay regardless of gender, as salaries for women in the U.S. continue to lag behind men in the same jobs.
Another area where business can encourage prosperity is through community philanthropy, funding a cause or supporting an issue that lifts the quality of life for others. Jordan's Furniture is well known for its focus on supporting children in foster homes or needing adoption. Their corporate philanthropy has found permanent adoptive homes for 220 children in foster care and the company recruited another 800 new foster homes through their efforts, helping to put the next generation on track for future prosperity.
A toast to health, happiness and prosperity to all in the year ahead.