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Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra Climate Control
rayt2 Posts: 1,208UPDATE:
Replaced the resister on fan motor housing and resolved the problem.
$26 part at AutoZone in stock.
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gmcustsvc Posts: 4,252I would recommend taking it back to your dealer for the necessary information. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us directly. Good luck on your progress!
Joey, GM Customer Service0
truckgirl69 Posts: 1I received the letter but have lost it. I think I am nearing the mileage cutoff for the repair. Can you send me the link or the pdf so I can print it up and set up an appt!! It is impossible to find anywhere else on the internet....0
I can't get my heater to blow out hot air. In the past month I've changed the heater core, the thermostat and water pump due to separate issues but I still can't get it to blow out hot air from the vents. It does blow out cold air though. I also hear what sounds like bubbling/boiling water in the cab when I'm driving (stepping on the gas only). I really need to get this fixed before the really cold weather hits. What can I do???0
obyone Posts: 8,054Sionce the heater system uses coolant to heat the air the most common cause of no heat is low coolant. When changing the thermostat, heater core, and water pump, the system needs to be topped off after the thermostat opens. If not you'll have low coolant.0
redge Posts: 1Have 2006 GMC 1500 doing same thing. One thru four works but # 5 does not. Received letter from GM last week (special Bullentin 10240) on manual temp control switch. Gm realizes theres a problem with the hvac system not working on certain blower settings and would repair this problem if taken to GMC dealership. Took my GMC to Macon Ga. dealership and was told #5 was not in the covered plan to repair. Dealership said it would cost 328.00 dollars to repair. Can anyone figure this out?0
I'm glad that you posted, Redge.
We would like to speak with the dealership to clarify a few things. Do you have an appointment already set up to have the repair done, or is your vehicle currently in at the dealership for repair? Please send us more information, including your name and contact information, the last 8 digits of your VIN and current mileage on your vehicle, and involved dealership. With this information, we will set up a case for you with Customer Assistance and will be following up for you with the dealership.
Thank you in advance,
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jmaimone Posts: 1Did you ever get this fixed and what was the solution? I have a chevy tahoe 2004 and I have had this exact same problem for a couple of years now. Thanks0
pighunter Posts: 9Yes I did, after replacing 2 of the fan control modules I replaced the wiring harness at the fan. The stock harness overheats and melts, shorting out the contacts, bad design. Not hard to change, just have to pay attention, the replacement harness wiring isn't color coded. Can't remember if I bought the new harness on Rock Auto or off of ebay, but it was like $17.00. Good luck and Merry Christmas!0
I have an 2006 1500, last week hot air stopped blowing out of the driver side vents and continues to work on the passenger side. It has sporatically come back a time or two but is gone again after the truck sits for a couple hours. Any Ideas whats wrong or how to fix it?0
If you were to email us the last 8 digits of your VIN, we could check to see if there are any open recalls on the HVAC. When you do send this email, please describe your concern in it (as it can be difficult to link emails to posts at times, and we want to be best able to assist you).
GM Customer Service0
I forgot to mention that I did a radiator flush and I've kept checking the coolant levels and it is topped off. Still no heat coming out.0
jwulf72 Posts: 1I'm having the same issue with my 2009 Sierra. Passenger side holds steady but the driver side keeps alternating between hot and cold on mine, even if I just have the vent on with no blower running. Sounds like the same issue you're having. Did you ever find out what it was because I'm stumped? Has to be a temp sensor somewhere that keeps triggering on and off. Do you have Dual Climate Control? Also, did the GM Rep ever get back to you?0
As your Sierra is a 2009, this may still be covered by the Bumper to Bumper warranty. We can let you know the specific parameters of your warranty if you were to send us an email with your name and the last 8 digits of your VIN.
GM Customer Service0
I think I found out on my 06 what it was, there is a connector just below the dash (easy to get to if you don't have the full center console) next to the driver side floor vent. It was loose like someone had stepped on it or pulled at it. I disconnected it while the truck was running, made sure it was clean and then firmly reconnected it. So far heat has worked on both sides for three weeks.0
on my 2011 Sierra 1500 crew, I have had heat distrubution problems since day one. Plugged off center vents to get more air flow on passenger side. Helped a little, seems like to much is going to defrost or vents are to small to passenger and drivers feet. Its 30 below zero here in northern Montana again, so it makes the problem very noticeable. 100 miles from dealer have'nt had time to take it in yet, purchaced in Jan now have 27000 mi on it. Unrelated problems, gravel has beat out rear back up sensors, passenger wiper leaves last three inches of windshield not cleared, and fabric on seats is impossible to get lint and hair off. Want my 06 back! I've owned GM for 35 years, currenty have 6, this has been most disappointing purchase ever.0
I am sorry that your 2011 Sierra isn't currently satisfactory for you. I see that you may be looking at taking it in to the dealership for the heat distribution concerns you described - please keep us posted on how this goes. If you are not satisfied after the visit, we'd be happy to help follow-up with you and your dealer and continue seeking to resolve it.
GM Customer Service0
mainetopaz Posts: 12006 silverado..dual heat control...heater works but goes out when the truck idles for any length of time. then heats back up when the truck is back in gear heading down the road.0
Thanks for the reply. Took vehicle in to Bennett Motors on 1/25, no problem with heater was found, they're going to look into it further next appointment. The other reason for the last visit was evap system was plugged and haven't been able to fill with gas. They ordered in canister, but forgot to order solenoid, so my day off work and a 100 mile trip was wasted, they did apologize. As you probably know this is a chronic problem with pickups and suv's forever. I've spent a 1000 dollars on my two 06 pickups for new canisters and solenoids. Van Motors in Conrad Mt has been smart enough to reroute hose to front of vehicle, so it won't plug again. Bennett told me GM is coming out with a reroute kit sometime. The other problem with rear backup sensors being beat out by gravel could not be fixed under warranty. I guess pickups are not to be driven off highway! GM really needs some protection for these sensors. Oh and windshield wiper problem, they put on new wiper and discovered it does not touch last 2-3 inches of passenger side either, so they went out to their lot and looked at other 2011's and discovered none of them touch. I can't believe I'm the first one to notice this! I hope you take this note as constructive criticism, I do like the power, the handling, and looks of my 2011 Sierra 1500 crew, and have owned GM vehicles for 30 years and would hate to switch to the F word. I'll be in touch with how heat distribution problem goes, if you have any ideas, you can contact Sheryl Mcallister, service adviser, Bennett Motors, GT. Falls MT. Thanks0
I look forward to further updates!
GM Customer Service0
chevyman170 Posts: 1I need to know the name of the gear or part that switches the defroster to vent and so on it knocks every time i start my truck, and wont allow the heater to switch to vent from defroster or any of them just blows out the defroster vent. it knocks behind my gage cluster wear its also located.can anyone help? I have a 2003 silverado 1500 4.8L thanks Mike0
My problem with with heat distribution is still not solved. Have heard from other owners in my community, one with a 2011 silverado, one with a 2011 yukon XL, having same problem. We discussed that unless temperature is around 0 degrees or below the problem isn't as noticeable. So vehicles sold in middle of US or in the south are not aware of problem. Apparently the system was engineered this way, not enough air velocity to floor vents and too much to defrost vents on windshield and side windows, when selector is on dual mode. On the silverado, Bell Motors in Cut Bank MT told the owner to bring it in and they would re- program the heater. I told Bennett Motors in GT. Falls about this, and the had no idea that this was possible. It will be interesting to see if Bell Motors can solve problem.0
rickiev Posts: 1I have an 06 V-6 Sierra
When I drive my truck with the recirculation button light on and my A/C button light off, I hear my A/C compressor turning off? Also when my truck is warming up in the morning in heat mode I will hear the auxiliary fans turning on and off?
If I turn the recirculation button off ( light is off) then no compressor no auxiliary fans are kicking in? I was under the impression I could have the the recirculating switch on and the fan control on any setting and would only be circulating the cab air?
KCRam Mt. Arlington NJPosts: 3,516The compressor will definitely come on if you're using the defroster, as the compressor and evaporator work to dry the air - otherwise, moist air will freeze on the inside of the windshield once it's turned off. Check your owner's manual to see if the defroster is automatically activated below certain external temperatures upon first-start./warmup.
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swalker88hd Posts: 1I have a 2005 Silverado 4X4 Crew cab. During warm up first thing in the morning with the truck is at or about 210 degress the climate blows cold until I start driving and then blows hot air. Also at temperature stopped at traffic lights/stop signs and at iddle the climate control blows cold air, while driving I have heat.
Further info... recent tune up less than 3500 miles, out of warranty, current mileage 87,050, 2nd owner of truck I bought it 2007 at a dealer.
Any help would be great. I would kind of like a idea before I spend too much for mechanic's diagnosis of the complete front end. No offense to any wrenches...0
I understand that you are looking to gather any options before paying for a diagnosis. We can check to see if there are any open recalls or anything on your vehicle for you if you wanted to send us the last 8 digits of your vehicle's VIN.
GM Customer Service0
reteils Posts: 1I too am having unresolved intermittent dual climate control trouble with my 2004 Silverado. Last time in the dealership they said there was a TSB released for this problem. I've been looking for it on the web but I cannot find it. If someone has it I would appreciate a copy. Thanks.0
todd65 Posts: 1This reply is for reteils on post #363. the info you are asking for is NHTSA #10012173/ TSB #040138008. I have replaced my instrument cluster and heater control module at my own expense due to mileage and poor timing on recalls by GM. However, I am still having the most common problem as everyone else here on the A/C unit blowing hot air on the driver side, etc.... Sounds like this has been an issue for over 10yrs now. I'm a full blown Chevyholic, but I am not impressed with these issues not being addressed in a decent amount of time. If anyone can pinpoint me an answer w/o taking my 2004 Silverado to a shop I would greatly appreciate it. All repairs have been not so cheap, but have easy so far.0
thumper18 Posts: 1Sounds like you might be low on coolant, which would not allow enough pressure to build up to open you thermostat to get your heater core warm enough at idle. Also you may have an air pocket caught in the system. Google how to bleed the system if your mechanically inclined enough(not saying your not) but i have ran into similar problems on my older Chevy. Plus both are pretty much cost free to check yourself which makes it even better0
jcdmtw Posts: 1My 2000 GMC did this I could not find replacements so I simply cut away the plastic and hooked the hoses directly to the heater core. It has worked fine for several years now0


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12 hour shifts Austere conditions (possibly no showers, housing in tents) No air conditioning Long periods of standing Sleep accommodations on bed roll Military ready to eat meals Portable toilets
Hmm. Sounds like surgical internship without the 36-hour call shifts. I can do that.
Question to you technologically savvy folks (Pat, I know you can help me here): if this actually happens, I want to keep blogging. How can I do this? Assume that I can't take my laptop and have no ready access to electricity. Please don't tell me I have to text message from my cell phone.
Yeah, Kate, I probably ought to ask Otter how he does it, huh?
My three-year-old female patient has a thing for boogers. Insert finger into nose, transfer to mouth, repeat. I could have set my watch to it.
"Why do you want to do that?" I said. "There are much better things in the world to eat. Oh, like pretzels, for example. Do you like pretzels?"
She nods.
"Aren't pretzels tastier than boogers?"
She shakes her head.
My logical train of thought just derailed.
OMIGOD. Karen just pointed me towards this post on Steve's blog. Get a load of the photo. Oh holy sheee-it. Karen's comment, "Oh, don't get so upset. He probably just ate a poodle." Yeah, that's my wife. Don't dare suggest, "He probably just munched a few spiders." Oh, no.

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Donald Trump is not a well man. I've never seen anyone as delusional as he is.. Think about it… Here's a man who thinks he's right and everyone else is wrong. A guy who thinks he's God's gift to humanity. A guy who is now our Commander in Chief. The question is is he fit for the job? Well, let's find out shall we?
I said that Mr. Trump is a stupid man and I know people will call me out on this and that's okay but in order to understand this, let's post some opinions (of which are entirely my own).
Here's a man who no matter what happens will go on Twitter and just tweet away. (For examples, click to go to them). Donald Trump's Tweets
1)Think about this : During the transition period, he was busy focusing on how he didn't like his portrayal on SNL and called on NBC to cancel the show or how Arnold Schwarzenegger was destroying the Apprentice and that NBC should fire him.. Really? This is what's important to you?
2) During the campaign, Trump was convinced that the election was rigged against him (it wasn't). A claim he still stands by even now after winning.. Who cares though? You already won so why should it matter? Just yesterday he claimed that he lost the popular vote due to many illegal votes and that his administration will look into it.. Forget the fact that you win by electoral votes and not by a "popularity contest", but why are you still focused on this? Even Trump's legal team says there's no evidence to back this up but Trump says he "believes so". Well, okay then. Intrestingly, one of his top aides, Steve Bannon is registered to vote in two states which itself is illegal so why isn't Trunp concerned about that? Steve Bannon Commits Voter Fraud Trump Claims Voter Fraud
3) He repealed Obamacare despite not having something to replace it which isnt the best idea.. I mean if your going to replace something, make sure you have a back up or millions of people will be without insurance which, down the line will become problematic..
4) He wants to build a wall. Okay, I get it. He thinks a wall will keep the "bad people" out however history shows us that did doesn't work. If people want to get into the country they will find a way to do so. Look at Hamas: They found a way around it by building a network of tunnels to get into Israel. In Germany they climbed over the walls. In Russia, we had the cold war (It wasn't until Regean where he uttered those famous words. Point being, if the walls in those countries couldn't keep people out what makes Trump's wall different? And another thing, what about family? What if I live here and have family in Mexico? Does this mean I can no longer go? Need special permission? Join them but never allowed back? Sure, anyone can build a wall and if we do that I fear this will set us back 50/60 years or worse. Trump's Wall Trump's Executive Order
But here area few things to ask yourself:
- Are you unaware of the 1970 treaty that requires that needs the permission and approval of Mexico
- Are you willing to put people out of work
- Are you aware of the ecomincal reprussicans that will come if you buildthis wall? For instance: The states that border Mexico and the people who rely on them for their livleyhood?
- What about the Rio Grande? Have you stopped to think how this would be affected?
- Mexico refuses (and rightly so) topay for the wall yet Mr. Trump insists that "they will pay for it one way or the other." Well, if I didn't know any better that sounds like a threat and/or a demand.
- Furthermore, you are asking taxpayers to pay for this. To that I say that if you want a damn wall, fund it yourself and leave us out of it.
- Finally, let's forget that there already is wall up (there is) but the one that Trump wants built has been proven to be ecomically imposible. Not to mention years of manpower that we do not have and assume for a moment it is built, who monitors it? Who funds it? By the way, some of Trump's clothing line is Made in Mexico..
- Last but not least, Donald Trump said that after talking with the President of Mexico, he agreed that it's in everyone's best interest if the White House canceled the upcoming meeting. Only one problem. NEVER HAPPANED. The Mexican President tweeted that it was his decision because Trump has no respect for him or his country.
5) Now, the other thing that Trump vowed to do and did was sign an executive order to ban immigration. Trump's Order On Immigration Sure ok it's easier said then done. I have a few issues with this as does many American citizens . In NY alone, Mayor De Blasio held a press confrence AGAINST this as did many other Mayors. What was Trump's response? Immigrant Order
Cut off funding to those states that do so. But:
- You can't do that. Nope it's law that you can't withold money from a state unless the money will be used for something other then what it is intended for.
- Also, holding states hostage will prove what exactly?
- There are millions of immigrants living across the U.S. many are legal and many have family. So question is: Will you deport legal citizens regardless of wheather or not they did anything wrong?
- Do we have the resources? Time? Money?
I find this interesting that people have come to this country to make a better life for themselves and family and one man wants to take that all away. Well,Mr Trump (No, I will not call him the P word) not every Muslim, Arab aren't "evil".
Will the protests work? I don' know. But we need to so we can be heard and maybe just maybe make a difference.


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Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. was in private practice for more than thirty years. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the states ...Read More
The mental health community has done a very good job in defining, describing, and informing the public about Bipolar Disorder. All this considered, what is it like for a person to receive this diagnosis? While understanding this disorder is enormously important, it is equally important for the patient, family and friends to understand what it means to learn, for the first time, that they have this psychiatric disorder. What is it like to receive a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder? To begin, here are the major symptoms of Bipolar Disorder:
Bipolar disorder causes mood swings that range from the lows of depression to the highs of mania. When depressed, there are feelings of sadness and hopelessness. The mood will shift in the other direction to feeling euphoric and energetic.
Depressive phase:
1. Sadness
2. Hopelessness
3. Suicidal thoughts or behavior
4. Anxiety
5. Guilt
6. Sleep problems
7. Low appetite or increased appetite
8. Fatigue
9. Loss of interest in daily activities
10. Problems concentrating
11. Irritability
12. Chronic pain without a known cause
13. Frequent absences from work or school
14. Poor performance at work or school
Manic phase:
1. Euphoria
2. Extreme optimism
3. Rapid speech
4. Racing thoughts
5. Aggressive behavior
6. Agitation or irritation
7. Increased physical activity
8. Risky behavior
9. Spending sprees
10. Increased drive to perform or achieve goals
11. Increased sex drive
12. Decreased need for sleep
13. Inability to concentrate
14. Careless or dangerous use of drugs or alcohol
15. Frequent absences from work or school
16. Poor performance at work or school
*Mayo Clinic
Always, lurking in the background when discussing psychiatry, is the issue of stigma. We may try to convince ourselves that it no longer exists, but that would be unrealistic. The plain and simple fact is that psychiatric diagnoses continue to carry a stigma that makes patients feel shame. There is a kind of self reproach that makes it difficult to accept the diagnosis. That self reproach is in the form of, "What, now I'm crazy?" The paradox for these patients is that, suffering these symptoms for many years, the defense mechanism of denial takes over, rendering the diagnosis unacceptable.
Defense mechanisms are ways of thinking that go into action when one is confronted by situations that arouse extreme anxiety. Denial, for example, is aimed at erasing something that is so painful to admit that it is pushed out of existence. Long standing denial helps one to think of depression as nothing more than a reaction to stressful events that are now presenting themselves. While this can be true, Bipolar is much more chronic than this.
Receiving a psychiatric diagnosis is a major blow to one's ego, sense of dignity and self pride. Often, the reaction can be, "Me, bipolar? It can't be." In other words, it is easier to think that, "Yes, I get angry and I get depressed but, so does everyone else and everyone feels out of control sometimes, don't they?" The fact is that everyone wants to feel a sense of wholeness, competence, and self confidence. Frequently patients feel as though that is being taken away from them. Nevertheless it feels like a condemnation.
There is a danger connected with the denial of the diagnosis and it is that until one is ready to admit they have the illness, treatment, including medication and psychotherapy, cannot begin. It too often happens that, in the process of denial, a patient will start taking their medication and stop soon afterward. I remember one patient who, finding the diagnosis so awful, refused to consider any medication remotely connected with bipolar disorder. It was as though he was allowing medication to define the illness rather than the other way around.
It is important to state that, after all the turmoil about the diagnosis has passed, many patients feel a sense of relief. It is helpful for most people to understand the reasons why they have experienced such turmoil throughout their lives. It is also a relief to learn that something can be done to relieve the life long symptoms that have plagued their lives.
For all of these reasons, it is important for family and friends to be patient and supportive when a loved one receives such a diagnosis. Fundamental to being supportive is being non-judgmental. It can even be pointed out that, "You are the same person now as you were before you saw the doctor, it's just that you now know what you are dealing with and we love you."
What are your experiences with someone who has learned they have a mental illness? Your comments and questions are encouraged.
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Companies who preach green or socially responsible practices, but do not obtain certification.
Product names do not prove performance, products called "Waterproof" or "Natural" are often intentionally misleading. The term "Green" is very popular and not regulated. See this article in the Huffington Post about the FDA's view on the term Natural, my post about which terms are regulated and check out Green LA Girl for tips on avoiding harmful products.
Bottled water is usually from your local tap water, now with additional plastic byproducts in the water. I lived 2 doors away from a Bottled Water Company, and this was not in the mountains with special spring water.
Company websites that have the Better Business Bureau logo but are not accredited by the BBB. Click on the link and look-up the company name (confirm address). Some websites advertise one company name, but are listed in the BBB under a different name.
Product Warranties, do not protect consumers, but change the laws that can be applied to the manufacturer if a defect is discovered. Read the fine print.
Ethical/Fair Trade logos on the package does not always mean that a product is certified to meet a certain standard. Companies are inventing logos to suggest fair practices, and maybe their business practice does verify fair wages and sustainable harvests from their suppliers. But I have not been able to confirm a certification policy or program for this particular logo. To see more info on certified logos see my post.
Only use licensed Contractors, sometimes you can't even trust people you know to build something the right way, but sometimes you can. You have more opportunity to hold them accountable for their work if they are licensed.
My post on what you need to know when Buying a Mattress
Only use as much as you need, the cap on the Laundry Detergent contain is oversized for a reason. The line inside the cap to inform you of the appropriate portion size is barely legible for the same reason.
Be careful on how much toothpaste, and what type, you use. Many types can wear away the tooth enamel.
Why about my digestive system needs to be regulated? I do not understand the Activia commercials.
The risk of For Profit Colleges including Phoenix University, not all of these educational programs are accredited and may not provide the right education for your intended profession.
Kleenex is trying to convince us that using a washable hand towel to dry our clean hands is less sanitary than drying our hands on their disposable hand towels.
I caught this local news source providing a real world evaluation of a new lunchbox cooler (it failed the tests).
Beauty Products
In general, there is little regulation of beauty products and the claims they make. I'm all for the placebo effect, where something works because you expect it to work (health bracelets are the latest trend and very popular with athletes and in Turkey right now).
- Commercials for mascara where the model clearly is wearing false eyelashes or using cgi techniques to show the thickening and lengthening of eyelashes.
- I saw a commercial for specially shaped double sided tape that is suppose to make your eyes look better. In the commercial and in the online photos, the before and after appearance of the faces look completely different, but it's not just the eyes that are different. Most photos have a visible decrease in wrinkles around the eyes. Usually the eyebrow on one side looks lifted, are they pulling the skin to create the effect? Also, in some photos even wrinkles around the mouth has fewer wrinkles.


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The 54-year-old, from Whitburn, was fishing 18 miles off the coast of Sunderland with his pal John Fothergill on Saturday when he hooked the prize catch.
The civil engineer has been fishing since he was just four-years-old and regularly goes out on his 37ft catamaran boat, the Taurus, to see what's lurking in the water.
He said: "I knew that porbeagles were around here and I wanted to try and catch one – they're renowned as a fantastic sport fish.
"They're also known as mackerel sharks and it's mackerel season so I had plenty to use as chum. We went out about 18 miles and dropped two lines, one about 18ft down and another 35 to 40ft down. We were out where there's a depth of about 70 metres and we were close to a wreck. The shark bit after about an hour-and-a-half."
The biggest fish I've ever caught before this was a 200lb goliath grouper when I was in Florida, so this is a big leap up on my personal best.Mark Turnbull
Mark was then locked in a two-hour battle to reel in the 8ft-long beast, which he estimates weighed around 450 to 550lbs.
He said: "I was exhausted, it was like pulling a car in. We couldn't lift it onto the boat, it was way too heavy, but you can estimate its weight from the length and girth. It was at least 8ft long so I reckon it was somewhere between 450 and 550lbs.
"The biggest fish I've ever caught before this was a 200lb goliath grouper when I was in Florida, so this is a big leap up on my personal best.
"I was pretty shocked when I finally reeled it in and saw it next to the boat – it didn't look very happy, it was quite angry and not very pleased at all."
He added: "This is a great sporting fish right here in our waters. It was the first one I've caught but it hopefully won't be the last.
"The porbeagle is the second fastest shark, it goes off like a torpedo and it put up quite a fight so it feels amazing to have reeled it in.
"I got it up to the boat five or six times but it wasn't very happy about being there. It's what you call a 'touch the leader', we reeled it in, got some pictures and then let it go again.
"It's the biggest fish I've ever caught, it felt like a big achievement."


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Communities in metro Atlanta lie at the headwaters of two river basins that are shared by Georgia, Florida, and Alabama—the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River Basin. These river systems are used to meet multiple needs throughout the three states, including drinking water, power generation, agriculture, aquaculture, navigation and recreation.
Because of the granite geology underlying metro Atlanta, groundwater resources in the area are extremely limited. As a result, metro Atlanta depends on surface water (water in rivers in lakes) for its water supplies.
While metro Atlanta is located in an area with generally abundant rainfall, river flows are not always sufficient to meet the area's water supply needs, especially during the summers and during periods of drought. Therefore, metro Atlanta depends on the ability to store water in two reservoirs operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to provide safe and clean water supplies for its residents and businesses.
Lake Lanier is located in the ACF Basin on the Chattahoochee River, about 50 miles upstream of Atlanta. Some metro Atlanta communities in the ACF Basin withdraw water stored in Lake Lanier directly from the reservoir. Other communities withdraw water from the Chattahoochee River below the reservoir. These communities also depend on water stored in Lake Lanier because they rely on water released from the reservoir to meet their water supply needs.
In the ACT Basin, the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority and City of Cartersville withdraw water from Allatoona Lake, while the Etowah River both upstream and downstream of the lake supplies water to other jurisdictions. In addition, the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority has constructed the Hickory Log Creek Reservoir, which will be used to store water and to supplement water supplies from Allatoona Lake.
Background of the Tri-State Litigation
The ACF and ACT Basins lie at the center of more than two decades of litigation between Alabama, Florida and Georgia. During the 1980s, the state of Georgia, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), the Corps, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and others collaborated on a multi-year study looking at how metro Atlanta communities should meet their water supply needs. This study concluded that the most environmentally sensitive and cost-effective solution was for metro Atlanta communities to use water stored in Lake Lanier and Allatoona Lake.
In 1989, the Corps released a draft plan to implement the study's recommendations. This plan would have allowed metro Atlanta communities to purchase storage space in the Corps' reservoirs so they could store water for municipal and industrial water supply. In return, metro Atlanta communities would sign storage contracts agreeing to pay the federal government for the entire cost of constructing the portions of the reservoirs they were using, along with their fair share of the costs of operating and maintaining the projects. At the time, the Corps concluded that metro Atlanta's water supply uses would have "no significant environmental impacts."
The "Tri-State Water Wars Litigation" began in 1990, when Alabama sued the Corps to prevent it from finalizing this plan. Georgia and Florida joined the litigation, and it was stayed several months later to give the states and the Corps time to negotiate. In 1992, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and the Corps entered into a Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to suspend the litigation while conducting a "comprehensive study" of the water resources in the two basins. The three states and the Corps also agreed that metro Atlanta communities could continue to withdraw what water they needed, and even increase withdrawals, to meet reasonable increases in demand, while the study was in progress.
The comprehensive study was never completed, but it led to the ratification of interstate water compacts for each basin in 1997. In reality, the compacts were agreements to negotiate—they established a framework to negotiate a formula to determine each state's fair share of the water but they did not actually divide the water among the three states. Like the 1992 agreement, however, each compact allowed metro Atlanta communities to make reasonable increases in withdrawals to meet growing demands. Unfortunately, the states were unable to reach agreement. Negotiations on the water allocation formulas failed in the ACF in 2003 and in the ACT in 2004, at which point the compacts dissolved.
Litigation resumed with the termination of the compacts. It quickly mushroomed from the single case filed by Alabama in 1990 to eight separate cases in six different federal courts in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Washington, D.C., all challenging various aspects of the Corps' operation of its reservoirs. Some of these cases focused on the Corps' operations of the dams and withdrawals by metro Atlanta for drinking water supplies. Others challenged the Corps' compliance with environmental laws, such as the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. The ACF cases were consolidated in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida, while the ACT case remained in federal court in Alabama.
Although there were many steps along the way, the cases were ultimately resolved in 2011 and 2012, respectively. In the ACF, the federal court in Jacksonville issued a decision 2010 that rejected claims by Florida that the Corps' operations violated the Endangered Species Act, which Florida did not appeal. This was followed in 2011 by a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which included two key rulings:
- First, the Eleventh Circuit dismissed the cases brought by Alabama, Florida and others challenging the Corps' water supply operations at Lake Lanier. The court explained that Alabama, Florida, and the other plaintiffs had filed suit too early, and thus prevented the Corps from taking action to finalize its water supply operations.
- Second, the Eleventh Circuit ruled that Congress had specifically authorized the Corps to provide water from Lake Lanier to meet metro Atlanta's water supply needs when it authorized the Corps to construct Lake Lanier. The court explained that Congress understood metro Atlanta's water supply needs would grow as the area developed into the future, and recognized the value of providing an "assured" supply of water to metro Atlanta.
The court directed the Corps to evaluate how much water it could provide to metro Atlanta under this clarified authority, and to make a final decision regarding its water supply operations at Lake Lanier. In 2012, the Army released a legal opinion finding that it could supply up to 705 million gallons per day to metro Atlanta, but that any final decision on water supply operations would need to be made after environmental studies are completed. The Corps is in the process of completing those studies now, and a final decision is expected in 2017.
In the ACT, the court ruled in 2012 that Alabama's challenges to the Corps' water supply operations at Allatoona Lake were also premature and dismissed Alabama's case Later that year, Alabama voluntarily dismissed its last remaining claim challenging Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority's construction of the Hickory Log Creek Reservoir, thus bringing the first round of the Water Wars litigation to a close.
A timeline of significant events in the ACF and ACT litigation:
ACF and ACT Lawsuits (1990-2012)
Congress authorizes construction of Buford Dam and Lake Lanier in the River and Harbor Act of 1946. The Act recognizes that a primary purpose of Lake Lanier is to meet Metro Atlanta's water supply needs as they grow into the future.
CCWMA enters into a contract with the Corps, authorizing it to store water in Allatoona Lake for water supply.
The Corps, Georgia, ARC, EPA and other federal agencies and local governments engage in a multi-year study of how best to meet Metro Atlanta's long-term water needs. Ultimately, the "Metropolitan Atlanta Area Water Resources Management Study" (MAWRS) concludes that a "reregulation dam" should be constructed below Buford Dam and Lake Lanier in what is now the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. This dam would capture peaking hydropower releases from Buford Dam, making them available to meet water supply needs into the future.
CCMWA requests that it be allowed to purchase additional storage space in the Allatoona Lake.
Congress authorizes the Corps to construct the reregulation dam envisioned by the MAWRS in the Water Resources Development Act of 1986.
After reconsidering the environmental and economic impact of the reregulation dam, the Corps decides that the most efficient means to meet long-term water needs is to "reallocate storage" in Lake Lanier and Allatoona Lake.
The Corps releases a Draft "Post-Authorization Change Report" proposing to reallocate storage in Lake Lanier instead of constructing the previously authorized reregulation dam. At the same time, the Corps releases a draft proposal to reallocate more storage in Allatoona Lake for water supply to CCMWA and the City of Cartersville.
The Corps proposes to issue new storage contracts for Lake Lanier and Allatoona Lake, under which Metro Atlanta water suppliers would reimburse the federal government in today's dollars for the cost of constructing the reallocated storage.
The state of Alabama begins the litigation by filing suit against the Corps to block proposed actions in the ACF and ACT basins.
Over time, other lawsuits by various parties are filed and eventually all of the ACF cases are consolidated in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida before Judge Paul Magnuson. The cases were heard in two phases – one addressing challenges to the Corps of Engineers' authority to operate Lake Lanier for water supply and the second dealing with issues surrounding the Endangered Species Act.
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the Corps sign a Memorandum of Agreement under which they agree to stay Alabama's lawsuit and study the ACF and ACT Basins so they can reach a water-sharing agreement.
The states adopt interstate compacts for the ACF and ACT Basins. The compacts do not include a water allocation formula, leaving that to future negotiations. The compacts specifically provide that water suppliers in Metro Atlanta can increase withdrawals to meet reasonable increases in demand, which all parties understood would occur.
2004 – 2007
Alabama terminates the ACT Compact and resumes litigation. Alabama challenges the Corps' water supply operations and CCMWA's water supply withdrawals from the reservoir.
CCMWA completes construction on the Hickory Log Creek Reservoir. Alabama challenges the Clean Water Act permit authorizing construction of the project.
July 17, 2009
Judge Magnuson issues a ruling declaring that water supply is not an authorized purpose of Lake Lanier, and imposes, in his words, a "draconian" injunction that would have cut metropolitan Atlanta's water supply in half. Georgia is given three years to obtain Congressional approval for additional authorization.
Memorandum and Order of the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, In re Tri-State Water Rights Litigation (Phase I)
September 2009
The state of Georgia, the other Georgia parties (ARC, Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority, the City of Atlanta, DeKalb County, Atlanta-Fulton Water Resources Commission, the City of Gainesville and Gwinnett County) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers appeal the district court ruling. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals agrees to hear the case, over Alabama and Florida's objection.
July 21, 2010
Judge Magnuson issues a ruling rejecting all claims by Florida that Corps' operations violate the Endangered Species Act. He directs the Corps to prepare an updated Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act that fully considers the effects of current and future water supply withdrawals from Lake Lanier, explaining that "all decisionmakers would benefit from the comprehensive analysis of a range of potential activities in the ACF basin."
Florida appeals, but later dismisses its appeal voluntarily.
Memorandum and Order of the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, In re Tri-State Water Rights Litigation (Phase II)
June 28, 2011
The 11th Circuit overturns Judge Magnuson's decision, finding that water supply is a fully authorized purpose of Lake Lanier. The Court of Appeals explains that Congress intended Lake Lanier to be a primary water supply source for metro Atlanta, and thatCongress understood when it authorized the project that water supply needs would grow as the population of metro Atlanta increased.
The Court of Appeals also dismisses challenges by Alabama, Florida, and others to the Army's water supply operations, finding that Alabama's suit was filed before the Army could make any final decisions about how the project should be operated.
The 11th Circuit gave the Corps one year to reevaluate its authority to meet metro Atlanta's future water supply needs in light of the court's conclusion that water supply is an authorized purpose of Lake Lanier.
June 25, 2012
As directed by the 11th Circuit, the Corps issues a legal opinion concluding that it has the legal authority to grant Georgia's entire water supply request, which would allow withdrawals from Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee River of 705 million gallons per day. The opinion states, however, that an environmental impact statement would need to be completed before any final decisions can be made.
June 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court effectively upholds the 11th Circuit's decision. The Court denies requests by Alabama, Florida, and others seeking review of the 11th dismissal of their suits against the Corps and by denying Alabama's and Florida's requests to review the 11th Circuit's key holding that water supply is an authorized purpose of Lake Lanier.
July 2012
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama dismisses Alabama's challenges to the Army's operation of Allatoona Lake and CCMWA's water supply withdrawals for lack of jurisdiction. This resolves identical claims brought by others in Alabama, including Alabama Power Company.
The Court's Opinion is available here .
October 2012
Alabama voluntarily dismisses its challenge to the permit that authorized construction of the Hickory Log Creek Reservoir, which has already been built.This brings the original "Water Wars" litigation to a close.
Following the close of the original "Water Wars" litigation in 2012, a new series of legal actions began in 2014 over the ACF in the Supreme Court, the ACT Water Control Manual and other ACT issues, and the ACF Water Control Manual update.


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Malawi, Lilongwe
21 November 2015
Good day Your Excellency
The Men of Integrity executive committee would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the support building up to the summit. With this being the first summit of its kind we experienced some challenges but overcame with team work and support.
The Inaugural Men of Integrity Summit was a fruitful summit attended by many from different countries but dominated by Malawians who came in their numbers.
The day's proceedings where graced by great speakers such as;
Dr Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP).
- Who elaborated extensively on the importance of a man of integrity in all spheres of life especially in the sight of God, and that such a man is one to lead a nation also reminding us that it is us whom God has chosen to be that Man Of integrity.
His Excellency Pastor John Osa and Apostle Robert Nyalungu.
- They went in to detail about Abraham being the Father of the Nation and how the Lord has strategically used that same pattern for us and how such great men as Daniel, Elijah and Joseph walked in the same integrity.


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1. The football announcer is crying, squinting up from your lap through a smudged pane of Gorilla Glass, lamenting the diminished powers of the star quarterback.
2. You are seized by strange cravings at odd hours. You scour the supermarket aisles in the alien predawn and find you are not alone.
3. Of your three true friends, one has been distant lately, one eloped with a stranger, and one fired a bullet into his left temple.
4. You often dream of the dead. Sleep tethers you and forces you to listen as their voices crackle to life in your twitching mind. Grandma is there. Plump Grandma coddling you in the glow of a warm kitchen stove. The words spill out of her as your sleeping heart pounds. Hello, little gumdrop, she says. Funny little gumdrop. Hello, Grandma. Hello, after all these years. Your own grandma. Plump and gentle and fake as cardboard waves in a school play.
5. The Great Murmuration: It begins with a few thousand birds in northern Mexico then spirals its way up through the heart of the continent. Mile by mile, the great amalgamation sucks in dark flapping bodies until millions of them blacken the midwestern sky, painting shifting inky patterns on the cobalt twilight canopy, rippling and flickering without pause until, weeks later, birds start dropping from the sky, millions of them, a hailstorm of wheezing, spent bodies falling to the earth, mounting slowly into undulating dunes of emaciated downy breasts.
Watch the eyes of your children; they are nature's most articulate harbingers. They may shift in their sockets, turning animal-like, coldly practical. They may fall to rest on you.
Trust your senses. Obey your instincts. If you have to gamble, get your money in good.
Remember that in certain lights it's hard to tell if the lion is behind the bars or in front of them.
Forgive yourself. Forget that you got fat at trendy restaurants while lesser minds died in your name. Forget that you shrugged while the aching world turned.
Watch the eyes of your children. Trade the prettiest luxuries for the lowliest practicalities. Leave nothing behind.
In the coming season there is no room for pride.
Harbingers was originally published on Revolver.


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Government, Coca-Cola trust World Cup Trophy Tour to boost tourism
KAMPALA. Uganda Cranes will not be at the 2018 Fifa World Cup after they were beaten by Egypt to the available ticket to Russia.
But the East Africa nation is among the lucky 51 across six continents that will host the tournament's prestigious trophy in the fourth global World Cup Trophy Tour by Fifa's partners Coca-Cola.
Yesterday, Coca-Cola Africa Beverages announced Kampala will host the trophy on March 5-6 during the press launch at Kati Kati Restaurant. "Being a member country of Coca-Cola, we were able to meet the criteria to host this trophy," Coca-Cola Senior Brand Manager Miriam Limo said. "It will be a momentous occasion." Uganda had to beat competition to be one of the 10 African countries that will host the iconic 6.142kg gold piece of art across 12 cities.
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And this will be the second time Uganda will host the trophy, the first having been on November 15, 2009 when President Museveni received it. Yet again, Museveni will receive it on March 5 before the public gets a chance to take pictures with it at Lugogo Cricket Oval the following day, a bottle of Coca-Cola being the pass. "Imagine a photograph of the Ugandan sunshine reflecting off the World Cup trophy!" wondered Simon Kaheru, the Coca-Cola Africa Beverages Public Affairs and Communications Director (Uganda).
"We are very happy and proud to put Uganda forward as a destination for events such as this. This trophy is an international guest and will be accorded a high level of security," he added. National Council of Sports (NCS) General Secretary Nicholas Muramagi, representing government highlighted the Trophy Tour's impact on tourism.
"For us as government, it's a big mileage. Coca-Cola is in this project not by gambling around as they have nurtured talent through the COPA Coca-Cola to Cranes," he said while being reminded of the likes of Muhammad Shaban, Khalid Aucho among others. "There are people who may not know our President but they are interested in the Trophy Tour. The traffic Uganda will generate is in millions of dollars and as well, it will stimulate the interest ahead of the glamour in June."
Further, Limo announced that 12 selected Ugandans will travel to Cape Town, South Africa and will return with the trophy to Kampala.
The trophy will be in Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa tomorrow from Macau.


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Finding the Horses' True Condition
Part 1
Once I realized I couldn't trust anything Crystal Baker had said, I still didn't know what to think about the condition of my horses. Those seeds of self doubt were still firmly planted so I just couldn't trust myself to have an accurate view of my herd. Now I could add doubt about being able to determine who was trustworthy to evaluate them. I needed answers but was no longer going to risk any so called friends to give them to me.
With those past choices being so destructive, I tried to come up with another way to get the answers I sought. Obviously I needed something reliable. Something indisputable was necessary too. What was going to fill this criteria?
I did send pictures of one of the horses I thought was typical of how my hard keepers to fernvalley. Her input was helpful in measuring my perception but I still found myself doubting about the rest. There was no way I had the strength or stamina to get current pictures of them all. It was obvious I needed something I couldn't dispute. I was determined my decisions about my herd be based on something tangible.
I thought about it....and I thought about it some more. At first I drew nothing but blanks. Staring at those stall sheets with Crystal's input I realized I wanted more records but this time I wanted appropriate information, not someone's opinion. Real numbers would work and from there my solution was easy.
The very next day after Baker's visit, I went out with my clipboard, my paperwork and a weight tape. I have a half dozen of those things so finding one was easy. Using it was equally as easy since I tend to use them for worming and treating with medications. Wanting to be as accurate as possible in determining dosages gave me lots of experience with this tool which held some comfort now, not to mention the horses were used to it so wouldn't be spooking at it. That would have been bad in my condition.
You would think this would be enough for me to put this issue to bed but self doubt is a b*tch. I just couldn't, wouldn't risk any of my horses to denial. I wanted assurances those numbers could be trusted so I could know beyond a doubt that my horses were fine.
With that intent I began searching on the internet for anything that suggested the use of a weight tape on starving horses would have distorted values. I used all sorts of combinations of keywords wanting to be sure I didn't miss something. Still nothing was found that recounted anymore deviation than that already present between scale weight and tape weight.
The only thing that would have made me more comfortable at this point would have been physical evidence from my previous uses of the weight tape. Instead I had to rely on my memory for comparison. These new numbers were well within normal weight parameters and that is what mattered. No one could intimidate or trick me again into giving up one of my horses.
Once a week, from this day through my next hospitalization, I measured each and every horse. My body quaked at the exertion and my doctor probably would have croaked if he knew but this was my insurance policy. The horses were gaining back those few pounds they had lost because of elevated lignin content in the hay that growing season.
This all being accomplished by a woman so sick I still held onto the walls to get to bed at the end of the day. Those who justified their actions claiming I had too many horses so couldn't possibly see they got proper care with me sick were wrong. I met this challenge from my sick bed. I found and fixed the hay problem and whatever other problems necessary to keep my horses safe. My animals always were fine.
Now, I didn't have to rely on my opinion or anyone else's. I was finally safe from having my concern for my Arabian horses used as a weapon against me.
I wish I could say this put my concerns to rest but by this time, and even now, I feel a little paranoid. Between the things these two women said and did and those who followed, my trust in people has been pretty damaged. I did, however, finally get that my horses were fine.
What remained was the reality that some would say and/or do anything to exploit my condition for their personal gain. My skills to avoid such abuse were critically flawed so it would be many more months before I even had a realistic view of what was behind their behaviors.
Getting an understanding of the motives of these two women, and those that followed, would be a huge learning curve. As I have said before the devil is in the details. It may seem like a long story but I definitely learned the hard way. All those little details are what caught me in the first place. Since life is not done with me yet, I am convinced knowing and understanding those details will save me future heartache.
To be continued......
NOTE: These are the pictures I referred to in this post. They were taken approximately two weeks after Kelly conned me out of Doc. This horse is Suede. He is one of my more difficult keepers. The only horse carrying less weight on my farm during this time was Bey Aana. I have actually posted a picture of her a few days ago where she is actually thinner than she was during this time. Looking at these pictures now, makes me very sad because it is so obvious to me how badly I was duped by both Kelly Panowicz and Crystal Baker. What kind of person does this to anyone.........let alone a person as sick as I was?
To be continued..........
The Grapevine........
If you are wondering about the sadness it is for the human race. If we are only as strong as our weakest link, where does that leave us with so many people out there looking to exploit someone weaker than themselves?


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A former beauty salon has been given a makeover thanks to a lecturer's investment.
Newcastle College beauty lecturer Judy Mahoney has invested £50,000 in the property in Lansdowne Road, Forest Hall, to open The Salon – a hair and beauty emporium featuring two therapy rooms, two nail stations, a dedicated pedicure area and six hair stations.
Judy said: "I'm delighted with the salon. We only opened on January 4 but the interest has been incredible.
"Many suburbs have independent, niche salons so it's wonderful that Forest Hall now has one to call its own."
International, award winning Newcastle-based interior designers, George Bond Design, oversaw the design of the salon.
Raymond Watkin, of George Bond Design, said: "Commercial interior projects such as The Salon, allows us to run a little more freely compared to a private home project. We've used a stunning internal water feature in the waiting area which clients are constantly commenting on."
Former TV presenter and Northern Design Awards head judge George Bond added: "When Judy first invited us to the property, we could see the huge potential.
"Because of its first floor, corner position, we decided on a white and pale grey theme with an injections of black and red.
"The whole area flows perfectly, providing a truly relaxing feel, allowing The Salon's clients to enjoy their experience."
The Salon aim to have eight members of staff by summer 2016, a combination of beauty therapists and hairdressers.
The official opening is being held on February 5, by HRH Princess Katarina and Katie Cutler, from the Katie Cutler Foundation.


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Pope Francis has called upon international media to "stem the spiral of fear" which is caused by coverage of the tragedies which unfold all over the world. The Pontiff stated on Tuesday, January 24 that: "I am convinced that we have to break the vicious circle of anxiety and stem the spiral of fear resulting from a constant focus on 'bad news.'"
"This has nothing to do with spreading misinformation that would ignore the tragedy of human suffering, nor is it about a naive optimism blind to the scandal of evil," the Pontiff stated. "Rather, I propose that all of us work at overcoming that feeling of growing discontent and resignation that can at times generate apathy, fear or the idea that evil has no limits," he said. In his message, he further continued that the media people must engage in "constructive forms of communication that reject prejudice" and help create a world of "realism and trust."
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In his message, Pope Francis said that he was worried about media's too much focus on "bad news" that included "wars, terrorism, scandals and all sorts of human failure" by a media industry that thinks good news doesn't sell and where the "tragedy of human suffering and the mystery of evil" easily become entertainment.
"I ask everyone to offer the people of our time story lines that are at heart 'good news,'" the pontiff said. "Let us offer the men and women of our time stories marked by the logic of 'good news'," Pope Francis stated in a tweet on the Catholic Church's 50th World Communications Day.


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The FBI has politely turned down India's request for extradition of terror suspect David Headley to this country on the ground he will have to first undergo a sentence which could be imposed on him in the US for the offences committed if convicted.
Indian officials were told there was no realistic possibility of the Pakistani-American being handed over since the sentence could range between 200 and 300 years of imprisonment.
The US stand was conveyed to the Indian investigators by the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) officials during their regular interaction to discuss the case related to Headley, whose links with the banned Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) were being probed by the two countries, official sources said here on Sunday.
The polite turning down of the Indian request for extradition of 49-year-old Headley, arrested in Chicago on October three last, came in the wake of repeated statements including that by Union Home Secretary G K Pilai that India would press for the extradition of the terror suspect.
Pillai had said earlier that India will seek his extradition after completing investigation by January next year into his links with the Mumbai terror attacks.
However, FBI seems to be in no mood to hand over him to India and very politely conveyed that he could be handed over once the sentence ranging to 300 years is completed. He can also be sentenced to death, the sources said.
Headley has been charged by the FBI for 26/11 attacks in Mumbai also on December seven. He is alleged to have conducted reconnaissance of all targets attacked by Lashker militants on November 26 last year besides drawing the routemap for their landing on the Mumbai coast.


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The co-founder of Apple Computer, Stephen Wozniak, recalls that it began with a series of lost dogs -- a runaway husky, a roving Shar-Pei, a wayward bichon frisé.
The problem led inexorably to a Wozniak solution: wireless location-monitoring technology that would use electronic tags to help people keep track of their animals, children or property.
Now Mr. Wozniak, whose new company, Wheels of Zeus, has been operating in Silicon Valley stealth mode for 18 months, is ready to talk about the technology. This week the company -- whose name is derived from the Woz in Wozniak -- plans to announce its formal management structure. Its investors are: Mobius Venture Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Palo Alto Investors.
While the company is not ready to identify the manufacturers, Wheels of Zeus says it has initial agreements with two large American makers of consumer electronics to produce the first commercial systems based on its technology, which is called WozNet. The chief operating officer, Rich Rifredi, said the first products were planned for introduction next year .
In an interview last week in Wheels of Zeus's offices in Los Gatos, Calif., which are nondescript except for his Hummer parked out front, Mr. Wozniak described WozNet as a simple and inexpensive wireless network that uses radio signals and global positioning satellite data to keep track of a cluster of inexpensive tags within a one- or two-mile radius of each base station. WozNet, he said, will include a home-base station that has the ability to track the location of dozens or even hundreds of small wireless devices that can be attached to people, pets or property. The tags -- expected to cost less than $25 each to produce -- will be able to generate alerts, notifying the owner by phone or e-mail message when a child arrives at school, a dog leaves the yard or a car leaves the parking lot.Continue reading the main story
''We started out with the idea of a product to keep track of stuff,'' said Mr. Wozniak, the 52-year-old engineer who was the technical brains behind the first Apple computer in 1976. ''We ended up inventing a new class of wireless network.''
There may be other potential applications for the low-speed data system, like text messaging, Mr. Wozniak said, as well as other uses that he declined to describe.
In addition to Mr. Wozniak, who is the chairman and chief executive, the company's notables include Frank Canova, who designed hand-held products at both Palm Computing and I.B.M.
Wheels of Zeus, which has 17 employees, hopes that its low-power network will fit comfortably among other wireless technologies, including the cheap radio-frequency I.D. tags that are used in stores and factories, and the more expensive and higher speed Wi-Fi and cellular data networks.
While other wireless data networks strive for high speed, Mr. Wozniak's network, which has data rates of no more than 20,000 bits a second, has been designed to transmit a very small amount of digital information through even radio-busy environments that are subject to interference.
All of the components of WozNet will be capable of receiving location information from global positioning system satellites.
Because the tags can report their location whether they are close to their home-base station or a neighbor's, the company is hoping to seed Silicon Valley and other large suburban communities with enough base stations to make it possible to easily track objects, even when they move outside the range of the owner's station.
Analysts said that Wheels of Zeus was attempting a more ambitious approach than the G.P.S.-pager watch that is now on the market.
''The idea has a lot of merit, particularly from the standpoint of parents and keeping track of children,'' said Tim Bajarin, a consumer electronics industry analyst who is president of Creative Strategies in Campbell, Calif. ''Where this is more tricky is with respect to the privacy issue and personal tracking.''
The company says that because the network is voluntary, and will employ encryption that keeps unauthorized users from monitoring someone else's WozNet activities, privacy and surveillance concerns are not relevant. (If neighborhoods chose to operate a series of base stations in a ''community watch'' system, the encryption software could be adjusted to allow that.)
WozNet will use the same 900-megahertz unlicensed radio spectrum now used by portable phones. The power of the network comes in the ability of any tag to communicate with any base station that may come within range. Thus the network could grow organically if it became commercially popular.
Although the company would not disclose technical details and said that some of its network communications software remained unfinished, a person with detailed knowledge of the development effort said that Mr. Wozniak's role had in some ways paralleled his earlier work at Apple Computer.
The original Apple personal computer succeeded because Mr. Wozniak was able to come up with innovative but simple ideas for the display of graphics and for the crucial disk controller for the Apple II.
In the new company Mr. Wozniak has helped to adapt an inexpensive commercial G.P.S. chip, using it both for receiving location information and communicating over the wireless network.
''He played a huge role in defining the parameters that had to be in the product such as battery life, size, cost and ease of use,'' said Greg Galanos, a partner at Mobius Venture Capital.
Mr. Wozniak, who had little involvement in Apple after being seriously injured in a 1981 plane crash, founded Cloud 9 in 1985. That company developed a powerful consumer-electronics remote control device, but Cloud 9 was not commercially successful.
After folding the company in 1988, Mr. Wozniak worked as a schoolteacher -- primarily fifth grade -- and has been involved in community affairs.
He said that he would have returned to the Valley's start-up culture sooner, but that he had enjoyed teaching tremendously during the first half of the 1990's.
''Then I watched the Internet start-up years, but my interest is more towards hardware,'' he said. ''I was itching a little for another start-up experience. Also, it was easy to laugh and enjoy the ideas that the first few of us were coming up with, this time.''Continue reading the main story


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(Vatican Radio) There are worldly powers that want religion to be simply a private matter and today's persecuted Christians are a sign of the trials that precede Jesus' final coming – that's the message Pope Francis imparted to the faithful gathered for early morning mass Thursday at the Santa Marta Guest house inside the Vatican.
In the final battle between God and evil that we read in the liturgy in these days, there's a trap which Pope Francis calls "universal temptation." It's the temptation to give in to the deceitful ways of those against God. But those with true faith can look to Jesus for the strength to withstand the insidiousness of evil. Jesus, who endured insults and lies in his public life and the trials of evil in the desert, bore them to his death on the Cross. But, as Prince of Peace, Jesus triumphed over the prince of the world through the Resurrection.
In his homily, Pope Francis pointed to these events in Christ's life because, he said, as we hear the Gospel recount the tumultuous time of the end of the world, we become aware that the victory of the prince of the world over God would be more disasterous than a devastating natural disaster.
"When Jesus speaks of this calamity in another passage, he tells us that it will be a profanation of the temple, a profanation of the faith, of the people: it will be an abomination; it will be desolation and abomination. What does this mean? It will be like the victory of the prince of this world: the defeat of God."
Today, the Pope observed, people are discouraged from speaking of religion in public. "It's (considered) something private, no?" It's something you don't talk about in public, he said, pointing to the fact that religious objects have become tabu'. "One has to obey the orders that come from worldly powers. One can do many things, nice things, but not adore God. It's forbidden to worship. This is at the heart of the "end of times." It is when this pagan attitude reaches its height, that's when the end times will come, the Pope stressed. This is when the Son of man will return in glory.
"Christians who suffer times of persecution, times forbidding worship," are a prophetic sign, the Pope said, of "what will happen to everyone."
"This week it will do us good to think about this general apostasy which is called a ban on worship and ask ourselves: 'Do I worship the Lord? Do I adore Jesus Christ the Lord? Do I in some measure play the game of the prince of this world?' Worship to the end with trust and fidelity," the Pope said, "this is the grace that we must ask for this week."
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Morning Charlie.
Oh dear it's an expensive time of the year as is it is, what with all the presents etc [and with vet bills]too. But it looks like some one has the taste of spending money [ so to speak].
Bella has never tried to get any thing from the tree but is fascinated by the lights and likes to just sit and stare at them.
Talking of expensive, mum's place has just had 2 radiators burst [today] and we had to get an emergency plumber in. Unfortunately 3 other's will have to be replaced as well. Mum's place is quiet old though so I had to expect it sooner rather than later.
Did you enjoy all the Thorntons last night????? It looked like it.
We brought mum the diabetic ones last month as she's diabetic and she loved them.
We'll both sit and watch Honora pearls as Bella is fascinated by Ralph's voice.
What is she like?????
Take care.
Love Debby and a big Whoof from Bella. 2 little whoof to the girls.
Hello, wow, the big day is so close now isn't it!
I've some more fabulous shows coming up which I'll share with you in a moment.
Well, following last week's blog I'm pleased to say the tree is looking more colourful now. Misty and Bramble have managed to pull it over, on more than one occasion, and rush off with a decoration or two off the tree in the process. We're having to keep a careful eye!
Bramble is in even more trouble for leaping up on our dining room table and grabbing a five pound note. We've searched high and low but we can't find the remains anywhere, to stick it back together. Buried in the garden maybe!?
All our decorations are up now and one of our favourites has to be this. I hope you like it. Bramble is showing quite a lot of interest. It was from QVC many, many years ago and still makes us smile. Such an imaginative idea.
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I had to stop writing the blog for a moment there as Bramble just ran in the garden with a snowman ornament. It's like having toddlers all over again – everything has to be out of reach! I think the decorations are causing them a lot of excitement. Hopefully it'll wear off soon 🙂
I do have some fabulous shows on the way… Here's my festive schedule coming up!
I'm on air this Monday 16th with Attitudes by Renee at 4pm. Really looking forward to the show. Then Tiffany Style Lighting at 6pm, followed by a show with Ralph and Honora at 7pm. Ralph's a good friend and we have great times on air together.
If you know me, you'll know I love my jewellery. I'm so excited about Viva Las Vegas gems on Tuesday 17th at 8pm. It's an anniversary show followed by another hour with Renee.
Do hope you can join me. I'll also keep you updated on twitter @mecharliebrook.
Last weeks just for fun picture was an orange! Here's this week's!
Take care and see you soon,
Charlie x
Ho-Ho-Ho… Merry Christmas!
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December 11, 2013 at 1:39 pm -
Morning Charlie.
December 13, 2013 at 8:02 am -
Hi Charlie,
It sounds as if you are going to have your hands full once more with Misty and Bramble and the Christmas Tree. If they are anything like one of our Cat's Guiness you will be picking up and looking for the decoration's all the time.
Regarding the five pound note maybe they were going shopping. I had to laugh at Bramble in the Video with the decorations, but do be careful they do not eat anything as you will be in the Vet's again. You will have to give a sturn NO when they go near it.
Sorry to see you were not enjoying the Thornton's show the other night, it must be awful to have to spend an hour trying out such delicious chocolates, I love Thorntons, the only one's I buy, you made me want to open the one's I had got for Christmas. Such beautiful flavours and the chocolate is like no other chocolate.
Anyway Charlie keep any eye on the Tree, you do not want it ending up in the garden.
Love Jean X


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The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA,1996)
**The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA, 1996) was enacted and came into operation on 24 December, 1996.
**This Act extends Panchayats to the tribal areas of nine States, namely, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand,Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Rajasthan, which intends to enable tribal society to assume control over their own destiny to preserve and conserve their traditional rights over natural resources.
**All the State Governments have enacted their State Legislations in pursuance with the PESA, 1996.
**However, the State Governments are required to amend all the relevant Acts/Rules to bring them in conformity with the provisions of the PESA, 1996.
Going into the background of it
Village level democracy became a real prospect for India in 1992 with the 73rd amendment to the Constitution, which mandated that resources, responsibility and decision making be passed on from central government to the lowest unit of the governance, the Gram Sabha or the Village Assembly. A three tier structure of local self government was envisaged under this amendment.
Since the laws do not automatically cover the scheduled areas, the PESA Act was in-acted in 1996 to enable Tribal Self Rule in these areas. The Act extended the provisions of Panchayats to the tribal areas of nine states that have Fifth Schedule Areas.
The PESA Act gives radical governance powers to the tribal community and recognizes its traditional community rights over local natural resources. It not only accepts the validity of "customary law, social and religious practices, and traditional management practices of community resources", but also directs the state governments not to make any law which is inconsistent with these. Accepting a clear-cut role for the community, it gives wide-ranging powers to Gram Sabhas, which had hitherto been denied to them by the lawmakers of the country.
Gram Sabha are endowed specifically with the following powers-
(i) the power to enforce prohibition or to regulate or restrict the sale and consumption of any intoxicant;
(ii) the ownership of minor forest produce;
(iii) the power to prevent alienation of land in the Scheduled Areas and to take appropriate action to restore any unlawfully alienated land of a Scheduled Tribes;
(iv) the power to manage village markets by whatever name called;
(v) the power to exercise control over money lending to the Scheduled Tribes;
(vi) the power to exercise control over institutions and functionaries in all social sectors;
(vii) the power to control over local plans and resources for such plans including tribal sub-plans;
How will PESA help to counter face Naxalism ?
The full-fledged implementation of PESA will give Rs 50,000 crore to tribal communities to develop themselves. Nothing would deal a bigger blow to the Maoists than participative development by, for and of the tribal communities. Of the 76 districts highly infected by the Maoists, 32 are PESA districts. Hence, honest implementation of the PESA Act would empower the marginalized tribals so that they can take care of their developmental needs. This would deprive the Naxals of their ground support coming from the misguided and helpless tribals.


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Chinese slow-cooked pork
Star anise, soy and ginger add wonderful flavours to this deliciously tender pork casserole, simmered with carrots and mushrooms. Rice noodles cooked in exotic, rich juices make this into a complete meal that is sure to impress.
- 500 g (1 lb) lean, boneless pork loin with skin, tied firmly
- 1¾ cups (435 ml) salt–reduced chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons salt–reduced soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
- 3 star anise
- 4 French shallots (eschalots), halved
- 2 large carrots, sliced
- 6 spring onions (scallions)
- 1 cup (25 g) dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked in water to rehydrate
- 1⅓ cups (125 g) sliced oyster mushrooms
- 250 g (8 oz) dried rice stick noodles
- Put the pork in a large flameproof casserole dish over high heat.
- Add just enough boiling water to cover and bring back to the boil, then pour off the water.
- Add the stock, soy sauce, rice wine, honey, garlic, ginger, star anise, shallots and carrots to the dish and bring to the boil.
- Thickly slice 4 of the spring onions and add to the dish.
- Roughly chop the drained Chinese mushrooms and add to the dish, then strain and reserve the soaking liquid.
- Cover the dish with a lid and simmer over low heat for 40 minutes, stirring the vegetables and basting the meat occasionally until tender.
- Add the oyster mushrooms and continue cooking for a further 20 minutes, topping up with the reserved mushroom soaking liquid or more stock or water if necessary.
- Finely slice the remaining spring onions into thin lengths, place in a bowl of iced water and set aside to curl.
- Soak the noodles according to the packet instructions, then drain well.
- Carefully lift the pork out of the casserole dish with a slotted spoon and keep hot.
- Bring the juices to the boil on the stove, then add the noodles and remove the dish from the heat.
- Turn and stir the noodles to coat with the juices.
- Thinly slice the pork.
- Divide the noodles and vegetables among serving bowls and arrange the pork over the top.
- Scatter over the curled spring onion and serve immediately.
Serves 4
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: about 1¼ hours
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Ok cushion mania has hit! I have entered a competition that for a few weeks only will print 3 of my pieces of work on cushions.
If I get enough Facebook likes or cushions bought (even more points) then I can win.
So pleaseeee 'like' and if you reallllyyy like then buy buy buy those lovely cushions!!:))
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The IPS, Southern Branch invites all IPS members to submit quilts for the National Exhibition, Q is for Quilts.
Entries are open to all members of the Irish Patchwork Society and the entry form should be with the Southern Branch by 29th June 2010. The quilt should be delivered by 6th August 2010.
Full details and the entry form are available here and also in the current edition of the newsletter.
The exhibition will be held in Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork from 10am-4pm daily, 4th-11th September 2010,


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By: Carl Wicklander
Via Jim Antle at The American Spectator, the Washington Post's Ezra Klein takes up the question of Paul Ryan as VP. Not that he is actively trying to help the Republican Party, but Klein repeats a sentiment many seem to share - that Ryan can influence a Romney White House from his perch in the House.
There isn't much reason to believe this because Ryan has already been a member of the House of Representatives during a Republican administration and he wasn't a conservative check on anything. Rather, he voted for every major piece of spending legislation including the Medicare expansion he is now accused of trying to gut!
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TEXAS - The foreclosure side of Texas' housing market is seeing impressive declines. According to the May 2013 analysis by Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac, over the 31 days ended May 31, 2013, a total of 5,490 foreclosures were filed in the state of Texas — down 52.1 percent from the previous May.
That figure averages out to one filing for every 1,798 households in Texas.
Those 5,490 foreclosure filings include foreclosure postings carried over from previous months and those properties entering the foreclosure process for the first time (foreclosure starts).
A total of 4,113 Texas homes entered the process in May 2013 — a 49.4 percent decline from the number of starts reported for the previous May.
RealtyTrac reports that Texas recorded a total of 1,377 foreclosure completions in May 2013 — down 58.8 percent from the number of completions recorded for May 2012.
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The always lovely Princess Mary's healthy lifestyle has also given rise to changes in the princess's skin. When the crown prince and the Australian beauty first met, Mary's skin was quite normal and tanned.
Now a healthy lifestyle and good skincare have made her skin stand out as perfectly clear and snow white. Mary's complexion is not simply a fairytale fashion statement, but also one of the ways in which she speaks up in support of the Danish Cancer Foundation & Society, an organization which aims to support the prevention and treatment of cancer. She is furthermore a patron of The Danish sun safety campaign 'Reduce Your Sun between 12 & 3 pm'.
The Australian-born princess created the foreword to the movie I Want to Live. The film tells the story of the struggle eight cancer patients went through to survive. In the future every cancer suffer will receive a free copy of the movie from Danish Cancer Foundation & Society.
In May 2010, the princess helped kick-off the foundation's Anti-Sun campaign, right in time for bikini season. Being Australian born, Mary knows the importance of protecting one's skin from the sun. Cancer of the skin is the most frequent form of the disease in Denmark, affecting 80,000 Danes every day and killing one person every two days.
Over the years a tanned image has become a trend in Denmark, and many Danes have enjoyed years of unprotected exposure to the damaging rays of the sun, which has caused a radical increase in incidences of skin cancer over the last 30 years. Over 8,000 Danes are diagnosed with malignant types of skin cancer every year. The trend is now changing. Sunburned skin is out and natural skin color is in.
The UV rays are most dangerous in Australia because Australia is located right under the hole in the ozone. Mary says she uses a factor 20 sun lotion. "Of course it's nice to get a glow, but if it results in serious illness and ultimately death, it's not so beautiful", said the Danish royal to the Danish newspaper BT. "I haven't gotten sunburn since I was 16 or 17 years old," she added.
The Australian SunSmart campaign inspired the Danish campaign and the the Danish Cancer Foundation & Society and the Australian Cancer Societies maintain an ongoing, close connection.


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The Death Pool – Special Report – NCPHL Train Wreck Expanding To A City Near You
Ahhhhh yes. The NCPHL. The junior league, (cough cough) or the league that would like to pretend it is a junior league, is expanding again ladies and gentlemen!
The shit show that could not get enough players to put nearly half their league on the ice last season is once again looking to expand. Yes indeed. If at first you don't succeed, screw em once again to see if you can get away with it.
So yeah, we got more expansion in Canada with this shit show. Lets hear a big old nasty fart, I mean round of applause for the Chelsea (insert shitty name and logo here)! https://twitter.com/chelseajrhockey
Yep, the league that finished last season with 4 teams is attempting to get to 10 teams! Can you believe this shit? How are they going to do that? Great question.
Lets bring back the failed Lockport NY team from last year under a different name. Nope no one will catch that one.
Ohhhh shit, while we're at it, lets bring back another failed shit show from last year under another new name. No chance that anyone will think we would do that with two teams!
Then, lets add some teams that were tossed from another league. Follow that up with adding a few more expansion teams in NY and we got ourselves the makings of an exceptional shit show for 2017.
Seriously kids, this could be a record setting shit show with this league. Where these dummies think they are going to find more than 200 players so desperate, or stupid enough to pay them when there are so many other options, I just don't know.
There really cant be that many stupid and desperate people in the world can there? Shit, these donkeys make the boys in the "G" Show look like NHL master minds.
What the hell are the boys at AAU thinking? You want this representing AAU/UHU?
David Wagner – The Angel Of Death – For Those Who Live Stupidly I salute You
*The Death Pool is a mix of comedy, and satire in connection with recent events. It is not an official report of current events although it may look as though the news is so accurate that it could one day happen or may be happening.


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These shoe are designed to be water repellent, as they're using ECCO's HydroMax technology, which prevents the leather upper from hardening after recurrent drying/wetting in harsh climates. These shoe will remain flexible and comfy year after year, without losing their breathability and softness. The specially designed leather insole adds further to comfort, and if you don't like it you can remove it easily. The ECCO Casual Hybrid II is built using a direct injection process, offering you a flexible and anatomically shaped fit. Thanks to this technology, these shoes are built without using glue or stitching, making them feather light thus improving overall performance and comfort.


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Developing Seller Risk ProfilesOnce the various departments within the investor organization have identified key performance indicators Seller Risk Administration is responsible for the development of risk profiles for assigning a risk ranking and/or grade for its sellers. This is an iterative process and as previously indicated a key performance indicator and the associated risk will vary depending on whom you ask within the investor organization. In the development of seller risk profiles there are two (2) major approaches.
- Approach 1 - Each key performance indicator or selected key performance indicators are individually weighted and scored. A final risk ranking is presented for the seller based on the weighted score of all performance indicators being considered in the risk profile.
- Approach 2 - Performance categories are created and given a statistical weight. Individual key performance indicators are then assigned to a performance category and given a statistical weight inside of the performance category.
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