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help...weird problem after hpop and egr repair
Truck has run flawlessly up until this repair.
I was experiencing no start when hot problems. The EGR cooler was also slightly leaking.
I have an experienced diesel mechanic doing the work. He has worked on 6.0's extensively and he is now stumped. He has performed these specific repairs many times, so it isn't like he's digging into new territory.
The cause of the no start when warm issue was the dummy plugs and stand pipe O rings. They have been replaced. The STC fitting was not leaking at all, but a new oil cooler with the updated fitting has been installed. He also removed and cleaned the injectors, replaced with new O rings. Deleted the EGR as well as cleaning the intake.
Once reassembled the truck wouldn't start.
Diagnosis pointed to the HPOP. HPOP was replaced.
Tried to crank again. Got the truck running. After roughly 20 minutes the truck died when he tried to up the idle.
Diagnosis says the IPR was not functioning properly. Replaced the IPR.
Got the truck cranked again, she's running beautifuly. After 45 minutes she shuts off on her own.
Codes P2614/P2617 popped up. Apparently that isn't uncommon after a stall....
She will not start at all.
Since then I've been going up to the shop trying to see if I can somehow figure out how to help.
FICM is fine. IPR is fine. Put shop air onto HPO system to see if there was another leak. Not a single bit of air can be heard, ramped up the IPR and still no air. System should be fine.
ICP is reading no pressure (i think I'm wording that right).
WHEN TURNING THE KEY ON, THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE READS MID WAYS....... This seems odd to me....
Other than checking the PCM harness, I and the mechanic are stumped. He has calls into friends that work at the local dealership hoping to get pointed in the right direction.
Any of the Master Techs/Experienced guys care to chime in? Any input is greatly appreciated!
Last edited by Splashdance; 07-23-2011 at 04:31 AM. Reason: clarified.....
Wow, sounds like you have addressed all of the 6.0 weakpoints. I am in a similar situation, let's hear from the 6.0 yoda's..
A while back in the winter I remote started my truck and about 5 minutes later it died and would not restart. The dealer found some fried $30 relay was the problem. I have no idea what relay so I hope this helps.
Also getting TCB FAULT on message center on dash while trying to crank...
I know that is for trailer brake controller, not sure why it's coming up though?
Look for a blown fuse, for some reason #22 sticks in my head. Did you replace the IPR ? are you getting power to the IPR and 5 volts to the ICP sensor? What did the IPR screen look like.
From time to time the Exhaust back pressure sensors ( EBP) have history of failing and taking out PCM communication and causing weird problems too.
Last edited by HAM_RADIO_MAN; 07-23-2011 at 07:45 PM.
Will check fuses and ebp! Thanks for responding!
Ipr is new. The screen on the old one is fine. Icp has 5 volts, but will double check again.
With KOEO the oil pressure gauge is reading in the middle...does that seem odd?
It also seems odd to me that it ran like a top for 45 minutes, then just shut down...and wont build up the the 500 psi she needs to fire off.
That does seem odd, sounds like the EOP sending unit is grounded out, or the wire coming from it is. The engine oil pressure on these trucks is not a variable reading sensor. It's an on/off switch. As soon as it builds I think it's 7 psi, the EOP switch closes and your oil pressure gauge moves to middle. So something is goofy there, but shouldn't be directly tied into the no start issue. The PCM doesn't really even use the engine oil pressure.
Seeing as it's goofing up though makes me think it's more of an electrical issue, especially with the TBC fault issue. I've seen it throw a TBC fault in the dash, and it's usually from a low voltage issue.
Try this. Disconnect the IPR and rig up jumper wires. Jump the IPR with 12v hot and ground. Don't leave voltage on it for more then a minute or you may damage the IPR. Moniter ICP pressure and crank the engine. Be careful, it might start. If it builds ICP pressure by jumping the IPR then the high pressure oil system is probably fine. That points you more to an electrical/PCM/wiring issue. If it doesn't show any ICP pressure then I would be looking at the high pressure oil system, again.
Really you should have a manual gauge on the high pressure oil system when you do this, but not everyone has that setup. You need some high pressure hose and a gauge. Normally you can just use the ICP PID to moniter it, but if you have something wacky going on electrically then this might not be accurate.
See what happens when you do that though.
Disconnect the EOP switch. With your DVOM, what is the resistance between the cavity of that connector and battery ground? It SHOULD be OL. If you get any other reading other than this, it is shorted out somewhere.
When air testing the high pressure oil system, is a change in rushing noise heard as IPR duty cycle is ramped up from 14.84% to 97.66% (indicating the IPR is functioning)? For what it's worth the IPR default, at key-on/engine-off is 14.84% where high pressure oil is exhausted to the sump.
What is your ICP volts indicating at key-on/engine-off? It should be between 0.15 to 0.35 volts (but usually indicates 0.24 volts).
Does FICM_SYNC and SYNC switch from NO to YES when you crank the engine over?
What readings do you get while cranking the engine over for: ICP desired, ICP volts, ICP actual and IPR duty cycle?
TBC fault message displays USUALLY indicate low system voltage caused by excessive engine cranking over.
For what it's worth, if diagnosis determines a problem with the main engine harness, it would be far from the first one ever being replaced. The part number for a 2005 engine is 5C3Z-12B637-AA and 2006/2007 engines use 5C3Z-12B637-BA if I recall correctly.
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A general view of the arena during the 2013 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center. / Joe Camporeale, USA TODAY Sports
NEW YORK â?? The NBA is exploring the idea of pushing back its annual draft at least a week, a person with direct knowledge of discussions between the league and its TV partners told USA TODAY Sports.
The person requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about ongoing talks between the NBA and ABC/ESPN and Turner Broadcasting, the parent company of TNT and NBA TV.
The NBA believes it can turn the draft into a bigger event and showcase its new players and generate more interest in the draft by creating more distance between the conclusion of the Finals and the draft. The hangover from the Finals lingers into draft week, suppressing some of the drama, excitement and coverage leading up to the event.
NBA and ABC/ESPN and Turner executives began preliminary discussions during the playoffs about the next TV deal â?? the current deal expires after the 2015-16 season â?? and moving the draft back was part of the talks.
However, there is concern that moving the draft will extend an already long NBA year. Pushing the draft back would also delay the start of free agency and the popular summer leagues in Orlando and Las Vegas.
The league wants to avoid dragging a significant portion of free agency and summer leagues into August. If the NBA can find a way to wrap up most of free agency and the summer leagues by the end of July, it will continue to explore the idea.
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It's two in the morning and you're in the mood for something good—and greasy. Head for the "fry cart," where the only item on the menu is Belgian pommes frites, served in paper cones with your choice of dipping sauces (including rosemary-truffle ketchup and tarragon-anchovy mayonnaise) or covered with gravy and cheese curds. The linchpin of the city's only collection of late-night food carts, Potato Champion is where the club kids refuel, congregating under the canopy with—as on a recent trip—a guy in a Utilikilt and rainbow coonskin cap with a slender tusk through his nose. Here, Linnea Munro enjoys a meal of piping-hot fries.


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Nature Sends a Message: Massive Flooding in Calgary.
Nature is sending the oil and gas industry executives who live in Calgary a message.
Nearly 100,000 homes are being evacuated as you are reading this.
Watch the video of another extreme weather event:
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When you consider that $20 billion dollars was invested in the oil and gas industry activity in Calgary during 2012, it's not surprising there was no mention of human caused climate disruption in this report.
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2 Responses to "Nature Sends a Message: Massive Flooding in Calgary."
Is Mother Nature really sending a message to oil execs here?
Religious fundamentalists said AIDS (and many other things) were a message form God about gay rights. Some people have said the tsunami was a warning to Japan to stop killing dolphins. Last year, lots of people thought the hurricane that hit New York was a warning about global warming even though a number of bigger hurricanes have hit the area in the last few hundred years.
I'm pretty leery of messages from God and Nature. Not impossible (at least from nature, anyway), but I'm leery. It's just too easy to see God and Nature on your side of various agendas.
From the Wiki:
The largest flood of British Columbia's Fraser River on record occurred in May 1894.
The second largest Fraser River flood occurred in 1948.
The 1950 Red River Flood was a devastating flood that took place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on May 8, 1950.
Just a few examples of floods that occurred when CO2 levels were well below 300ppm. People back then didn't blame those floods on climate change. Floods happen, fires happen. Hurricanes happen. To claim that they are happening more often and that they are worse because of man made climate change is a claim that has no basis in fact.
To claim that it's mother nature sending a message to the oil industry is akin to blaming bad weather on the witches of Salem.


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Recursive Comb Filter (IIR):
When the delay D of an IIR comb filter is small, the effect is spectral. However when the delay is larger than 10 ms, it creates a series of decaying echoes. The time it takes for the output of the comb filter to decay by 60 dB is specified by:
decay_time = (60 / -loopGain) * loopDelay
loopGain is the gain g expressed in decibels loopDelay is the delay expressed in seconds
Allpass Comb Filter:
If an FIR Comb Filter and an IIR Comb Filter are used together, they don't change the individual amplitudes of frequency bands, but they do change the phase of the signal by coloring sharp transient signals.
When the delay time of the filter is long enough (between 5 and 100 ms), the allpass filter has an impulse response of a series of exponentially decaying echo pulses. The initial output is inverted in phase, and happens only once. The uniform spacing between the pulses suggests that when a transient sound is applied, the filter rings with a period equal to the delay time of the filter.
Because IIR and FIR comb filters are being used at the same time, their is no frequency activity.
Manfred Schroeder Reverberation
Manfred Schroeder studied concert hall reverberation while working on his Ph.D., and when he went to work for Bell Labs, he was the first to implement an artificial reverberation algorithm on a computer. He developed essential shortcuts for producing concert hall reverberation digitally, which employed the use of IIR comb filters, because of their property of exponential decay, and allpass filters to create a sufficient density of reflections needed for realistic reverberation (around 1000 per second).
For lush reverberation, it is necessary to connect a number of unit filters in order to create a sufficient echo density. Schroeder's first reverberation patch included the use of four IIR Comb Filters, and 2 Allpass filters. The comb filters are connected in parallel to minimize spectral anomalies (frequencies passing through one filter, while being attenuated by another), and allpass filters are connected in series because the phase distortion they produce would result in a non-uniform amplitude response were they to be connected in parallel. The purpose of the comb filters is to control the length of the reverb, and the purpose of the allpass filters is to control its intensity. Consequently, the delay (loop) times of the comb filters will be much longer than the delay times of the allpass filters.
It is important to choose delay times that are relatively prime to one another (no common divisor) because echoes will coincide with increased amplitude at multiples of common divisors.
There are some inherent problems in this method of digital reverberation. There are peaks in the spectrum, so there is not always of flat response in the reverberation. This can be minimized by using delay times which are prime to one another. Also, the reverberation, while it looks random, is still somewhat periodic, which the ear can track. This wouldn't occur naturally in reverberant spaces, so it sounds wrong to us.
The sound of the reverb can be improved by adding a Lowpass filter to the feedback loop of the IIR Comb Filter. This will attenuate high frequencies more quickly than lower ones, which closely emulates the reverberation properties of concert halls.
Early Reflections
In a real performance hall, the size and structure of the room affect when and how early reflections reach our ears. Reflections bounce off of the walls, floor, and ceiling of the room, and reach our ear at different times depending on the size of the room, and the location of the sound source.
Generally, the first thing to reach our ear is the direct sound, followed by first-order reflections, which are reflections of that direct sound that have bounced off of the walls, ceiling, and floor of the room. Second and third order reflections have bounced off of two and three surfaces respectively before reaching our ears, and eventually the reflection density reaches a sufficient level for us to just hear a reverberant decay of the sound. The reverberation time is defined as the time it takes the signal to reach a drop of 60 dB in the room.
In a real space, we hear the direct sound first, before we hear any reflections or reverb. As the reverberation builds, it adds to the total level of the sound.
Schroeder's reverberation algorithms generate sufficient echo density to create a good generic reverb, but to simulate detailed acoustic properties of actual performance space, early reflections must be added into the equation. This adds a delay buffer to the signal that models reflections that would normally be produced by sound bouncing off of side walls. Generic reverb sounds pretty much the same anywhere, but early reflections make the sound distinctive.
Novel Uses of Reverb
Reverb is frequently used for reasons other than modeling realistic spaces. It can be used artistically to suggest distance, to create bizarre spaces, and for a variety of musical uses, such as smoothing transients, gated reverb on snare drums, or sizzling reverb. Reverb also usually contains some control of the amount of wet signal to be mixed with the dry signal.
Modeling Sound Spaces
Spacial Reverb:
Developed by Kendall and Martens in 1984, spatial reverb creates a 3 dimensional reverb by reproducing first order and second order reflections, along with multiple reverberation streams coming from many different directions. This method effectively places a listener in a specific place in a room with reverb.
Air Absorption
Reverberation time varies inversely with frequency. Lower frequencies tend to reverberate longer than higher frequencies in real spaces. This is because air absorption attenuates higher frequencies more than low frequencies. Humidity and temperature also affect this absorption. Lower humidity levels absorb less sound, and higher humidity levels tend to absorb more sound.
Precedence Effect
The auditory system tends to interpret early reflections as a means of distance perception, so we don't usually hear early reflections, except in very large spaces. This explains why small rooms can have a sense of space, but no real reverb. The early reflections are almost as intense as the direct sound, and they reach our ear almost at the same time. The auditory system suppresses the conscious hearing of these reflections until they become sufficiently decorrelated from the direct sound. This seams to me very much like how a comb filter works. At very low delay settings, we hear a comb filter spectrally, but as the delay is increased, we start to hear the reflections caused by the unit delay.
Distance Perception with Reverberation
The level of reverberation in a space is dependent on the level of the direct sound source, but not on position within the room. Since it's difficult to make sense of early reflections in a concert hall, perception of distance depends more on the ratio between direct sound level and reverb level.
Other ways to create distance effects include lowpass filtering the signal, and lowering its amplitude.
Local and Global Reverberation
Differentiating between local and global reverberation can add to distance effects in settings with many speakers. Global reverberation is distributed among all loudspeakers equally, where local reverberation is fed only into adjacent pairs of loudspeakers. When a source is close to a listener, the reverberation is distributed equally well in all channels, but as the source moves away, the reverberant signal concentrates in the direction of the source:
local reverberation = 1 - (1/distance)
Doppler Shift
The Doppler shift effect is an effective radial velocity cue of a source relative to a listener. If the position of the listener remains fixed, the Doppler shift is expressed as:
new pitch = original pitch * [vsound/[vsound - vsource)]
vsound is the velocity of sound (1100 feet/second), and vsource is the velocity of the source relative to the listener.
The Doppler shift effects all frequencies by the same logarithmic interval. This preserves intervalic relationships within the sound.
Simulating Altitude (Zenith) Cues
Zenith cues can be simulated electronically, giving the impression that a sound is emanating from high places. This is done by filtering the input signal to model the spectrum created by reflections off the head and shoulders. The filter charts used for this type of effect are referred to as Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTF). This type of effect works better with both front and rear loudspeakers.
Interaural Cross Correlation (IACC)
IACC is the correlation on a scale from 0 to 1 between the sound received in both ears. A IACC of 1 indicates a very focused sound where the sounds received in the left ear are strongly correlated with the sounds in the right ear. An IACC of 0, or close to 0, is representative of a spacious hall because the reverberation heard in the left ear has almost no correlation with the reverberation heard in the right ear. This makes it possible for us to feel "surrounded" by sound, and is generally a characteristic of good concert halls.
Here's a pretty good description of why IACC is important: [url]http://www.ambiophonics.org/Ch_2_ambiophonics_2nd_edition.htm[/url]
To quote Professor Yoichi Ando, (Concert Hall Acoustics, Springer Verlag, 1945), "The IACC depends mainly on the directions from which the early reflections arrive at the listener and on their amplitude. IACC measurements show a minimum at a sound source angle of 55 degrees to the median plane." To translate this, the average person's ears and head are so constructed that a sound coming from 55 degrees to the right of the nose, impinging on the right ear, will not produce a very good replica of itself at the left ear due to time delay, frequency distortion and sound attenuation caused by the ear pinna shape and head obstruction. The IACC value for this condition is typically .36, which is a remarkably good separation for such a situation.
Ando points out that 90 degrees is not better because the almost identical paths around the head (front and back) double the leakage and, therefore, do not decrease the IACC effectively, particularly for frequencies higher than 500Hz.
By contrast, if an early reflection or any sound arrives from straight ahead, the IACC equals one since both ears hear almost exactly the same sound at the same time, and this is desirable for the direct sound from sources directly in front of the listener. That is, the direct frontal sounds should be more correlated than any reflective signals that follow in the first 100 milliseconds or so. As reflections bounce around the hall, the IACC of the reverberant field increases. The rate at which this inter-ear similarity increases determines how good a concert hall sounds when a piece of music with a particular autocorrelation value is being performed. That is why a pipe organ sounds better in a church than in a disco.
Lexicon Reverb (David Griesinger)
The secret behind the Lexicon reverb is that the reverb delays are modulated to produce a very slight amount of frequency modulation that models the phase jitter that occurs in real rooms. The crossfeeding shown below decorelates the signal.
Feedback Delay Network
A feedback delay network is a popular new way of creating reverb. It's inception is mostly credited to Jean-Marc Jot in 1982. It gives a maximum "bang for the buck" by creating a feedback matrix that adjusts feedback from any output to any input. Given the small amount of computation time required, it creates a very smooth reverb.
Reverberation via Convolution
An accurate but computationally intensive means of simulating the reverberation of a given space is to convolve the impulse response of the space with the signal to be reverberated. Direct convolution is not practical because of the amount of computation needed, but fast convolution is possible to calculate in realtime for reverberation effects.
Granular Reverberation
Reverberation can be attained by convolving an arbitrary input sound with a cloud of sonic grains. This is an adaptation of the atmospheric reverberation effect clouds have in the atmosphere with especially loud noises. "Time Splattering" begins with a dense cloud of sonic grains which are generated by asynchronous granular synthesis (AGS). The reflection contributed by each grain splatters the input sound in time. The color of the reverb is determined by the spectrum of the grains, which is determined by the duration, envelope, and waveform of each grain.
Waveguide Reverberation
The waveguide approach to reverberation is built on a set of bidirectional delay lines. By connecting a number of waveguides together, one can build a model of the reflection pattern of a concert hall.
Multiple-stream Reverberation
Multiple-stream reverb spits a signal into several streams, each of which models the local reverberation in a small region of a virtual room. Each stream is implemented with a tapped recirculating delay (TRD) network (comb and allpass filters) tuned for that region of the room. The "spatial reverberator system" is an example of multiple-stream reverberation.


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Gardeners are keenly aware of seasonal effects of temperature, particularly freezing temperatures, on the growth of landscape crops. Woody plants are able to survive freezing temperatures because of metabolic changes that occur in the plant between summer and winter. Terms such as cold hardy, frost hardy and winter hardy are used to describe woody plants that can survive freezing temperatures without injury during winter dormancy.
Elton M. Smith, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University for the Ohio Florists' Association provides these steps or procedures to guard against winter.
Cold weather and particularly frost, cause the water in plant cells to freeze, damaging the cell wall. Frost damaged plants are easy to spot. Their growth becomes limp, blackened and distorted. Evergreen plants often turn brown and the leaves of tender plants take on a translucent appearance. The main source of trouble during the colder months for even the hardiest of plants is prolonged spells of severe cold when soil becomes frozen for extended periods.
Apply a layer of mulch, 2 to 2.5 inches deep, after the soil freezes to keep the soil cold rather than protect the soil from becoming cold. This practice will reduce injury from plant roots heaving (coming out of the soil) because of alternate freezing and thawing. Plants that benefit from this practice include perennials, alpine, rock garden plants, strawberries and other shallow-rooted species. A mulch maintains a more even soil temperature and retains soil moisture.
Apply bark products, composts, peat moss, pine needles, straw, hay, or any one of a number of readily available materials from the local garden center. Pine boughs or remains from Christmas trees can be propped against and over evergreens to help protect against damage by wind and sun.
Multiple leader (branched) plants such as arborvitae, juniper and yew may be damaged by the weight of snow or ice. Prevent plant breakage by fastening heavy twine at the base of the plant and winding it spirally around and upward to the top and back down in a reverse spiral. This technique is needed more as plants become larger and begin to open at the top.
Narrow and broadleaf evergreens lose moisture through leaves in winter. Since the soil moisture may be frozen, plant roots cannot absorb what is lost and the foliage desiccates, turns brown, and may drop. This can be serious with evergreen azalea, holly, boxwood and rhododendron.
Applying an anti-transpirant, also called anti-desiccant, reduces transpiration, and hence, damage to the foliage. At least two applications per season, one in December and another in February, are usually necessary to provide protection all winter. A number of products are available in most garden centers for this use.
A wrap of burlap or canvas can offer protection to plants against desiccation from sun and wind and drift from de-icing salts applied to drives and streets. Wrap the "body" of the evergreens, but do not cover the top of the plant as some light is necessary during the winter.
Some landscape plants, especially during a time when there is an extended period of snow cover, become a food source for rabbits, mice, or moles. When their normal food supply is covered with ice or snow, rodents turn to the bark and young stems of apple, flowering crabapple, mountain ash, hawthorn, euonymus and viburnum, among others. Complete girdling of stems by rodents will kill the plants and partial girdling creates wounds for borers and disease organisms to enter, as well as weakening the plant itself.
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The 1975 - Why You Should See Them Live
Kansas City has a really good alternative radio station that does a really good job at playing new artists and new alternative music before it gets really big. One band in particular they started playing early was the 1975. Last year they headlined a North American tour and stopped by KC. They came for a show that the Crystal Fighters, The Colourist, Portugal. The Man and The Naked and Famous were also playing. The line up was awesome and I really couldn't wait to see them all but the 1975 was who I was most excited about. I had been a huge fan since their EP days and the fact that they were finally coming to KC was a big deal to me. I had the opportunity to see an acoustic performance by Matt Healy the lead singer of the 1975 before the real show started. It was one of the best experiences I have had. I got to sit so close to him while he sang "Sex" and "Chocolate" and after we were all able to meet him.
He was one of the nicest people I have met you could tell he loved playing music. Later I ended up getting front row for the show and if you haven't seen the 1975 live then you really need to. Matt Healy gets so into the music and its amazing thing to see. He really engages the crowd into what he is doing. I think one thing that draws me to them is because they sound do different then music that is out today. I don't think they can really be considered one genre of music and seeing them live made me love them even more. They are huge in the UK and I think they are starting to make a bigger name for themselves in North America. The 1975 are going on tour in North America starting this April and if you have a chance to see them live you should! You won't regret it.


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Bretherton noted that hundreds of kids ride at the park every weekend. "To make matters worse, the water is pitch black, making it impossible to see which part of the gator's coming our way," he said. "This is insanely dangerous."
They did manage to capture the alligator without incident, taping his mouth shut and tying his legs behind his back so he couldn't try to crawl out of the back of the truck during transport. Then there was the matter of letting it go. "Hot gator!"
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Back on Track
In response to Randy LoBasso's blog about the Streets Department saying they'll be paving around, not over, the rail tracks on 11th and 12th streets in Center City:
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That's weak. —@veneziar
Depressing! Especially since the trolley tracks are not even being used! —@jadebarnes
Nooooooooooo! —@timaree_leigh
I might actually cry. —@yepitsjana
We need to keep these tracks maintained because if money is available, say, 10 years down the road to bring the 23 [trolley] back, they can simply just purchase the vehicles and place them on the tracks and they're ready to. Bicyclists can stop whining.
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The track serves importance in the history of Philadelphia's trolleys, especially with the 23 being North America's longest trolley line, spanning 12 miles from Chestnut Hill to Oregon Avenue. We need to keep the tracks and press the city to redirect funds to invest in the return of the trolley. If Philadelphia is so worried about going green, wouldn't it be logical to remove the diesel buses off the line and put the trolleys back? Can't the bikers go a block over to 13th or 10th where there are bike lanes already in place? Are the bikers that lazy, they can't go a block over? Get your ish together, Philadelphia.
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OMG! Let's not make any more a fool of ourselves, people! There are trolleys all over the world! I grew up in Philly, and in fact, purposely rode on the streets with trolley tracks. I never once had a problem. Hence, most of the major and even smaller cities and towns are restoring trolley service (thus, tracks) on city public streets. Learn how to ride a bike! Gripe about important issues like health care, education.
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In response to Randy LoBasso's blog about new data showing Pennsylvania to be among the worst states on abortion rights:
The government tries to force women into giving birth to their child by shutting down abortion centers or placing other restrictions. However, forcing someone to become a mother doesn't force the person to become a good mother. A proper way to save the life of unborns should be improving sexual education for teenagers and adults, together with supporting young mothers and their babies.
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Captain James Cook named Mercury Bay in 1769 when he entered the bay to observe the transit of the planet Mercury. Surrounded by hills which combined with the absence of a sand bar made Mercury Bay a both sheltered and accessible anchorage, led to the development of Whitianga as a thriving timber port. Further inland, steep volcanic mountain ranges make up the backbone of this long peninsula stretching north towards Great Barrier Island. Deep in the hills there are still pockets of ancient kauri that escaped logging in the early nineteenth century and in many places the forests have returned to cloak the former goldfields where thousands of miners once swarmed in search of elusive gold bearing ores and quartz veins. Today the Coromandel Peninsula retains many of the old buildings, mines and other historic relics that remain as reminders of the pioneering settlers and miners that came to this beautiful scenic wilderness. Now it is throngs of holiday makers who invade the Coromandel each summer, but as a rule, the further north you go, the more the crowds dwindle so it doesn't take long to reach some of the more remote places along the coast where you can relax and enjoy the tranquility of an unspoiled beach
The first reports of gold in the Coromandel Peninsula came in the 1820s, although no major strikes were made for decades. In 1852 a sawmiller named Charles Ring discovered gold at Driving Creek, near the town of Coromandel but it wasn't until the hard work of mining the quartz reefs began in the hills of the Coromandel Peninsula in the early 1860s that the first substantial quantities were found. The first big strike was near Thames in 1867, but mining the quartz reefs required a huge amount of both labour and machinery as the ore had to be reached by tunneling, before it could be crushed and the gold separated from the rock. At the peak of the rush in 1868 there were 18,000 people were living in Thames. Mining continued successfully until the 1920s, with a small number of mines dominating production. The Martha mine at Waihi, became one of the main producers in the country, its gold–silver alloy electrum being made up of 65% gold and 35% silver along with separate sulfide minerals. It was the gold and timber industries that built many of the towns on the Coromandel Peninsula and south along the coast. Today the history of the region is embedded in the many old buildings, museums and historic towns along this beautiful stretch of coastline.


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With some coaching transitions in recent years, there were a few seasons where Gwinnett contributors to the Georgia Southern football team were scarce.
That shouldn't be the case this season.
Six Gwinnett grads are listed as starters for the Eagles heading into tonight's opener against Jacksonville and two others are pushing for a spot in the starting lineup.
"We feel like, as a staff, that Gwinnett is a great area to recruit," said Georgia Southern offensive coordinator Brent Davis, a Duluth grad. "A lot of the schools aren't very far apart so they're easy to get to and they're all big schools so there's a big pool of players. Add the fact that the you have some of the best football players in the state there, and it's an important area for us.
"We feel good about the academics in Gwinnett and that kids from there will do well in class here. And these are guys who come from good programs and know how to work."
Davis handles the Eagles' metro Atlanta recruiting and he also works directly with many of the former Gwinnett standouts because he's the team's offensive line coach.
Two offensive line starters for the opener are locals, sophomore center Manrey Saint-Amour (6-foot-1, 263 pounds) and sophomore right guard Trevor McBurnett (6-2, 293). Those two used to be on opposite sidelines in a high school rivalry --Saint-Amour at North Gwinnett and McBurnett at Peachtree Ridge --and now they line up side-by-side in the starting lineup.
"It's real cool (to have all the Gwinnett guys on the line)," Saint-Amour said. "We build that chemistry, that brotherhood. We have that feel for each other and we know how we play in Gwinnett County. In high school we always competed hard against each other and now we're coming together for a common goal."
The Georgia Southern line almost had a third Gwinnett starter. Norcross grad Raymond Klugey, a 6-3, 263-pound sophomore who worked his way from walk-on to scholarship player, was on track to start at right tackle until a recent ankle injury held him back.
Austin Hagan (6-0, 270, freshman) of Mill Creek is Saint-Amour's backup. The reserves on the offensive line also include freshman Jeff Ward (5-11, 257) of North.
"I think the area we come from is great for high school football," McBurnett said. "Gwinnett County's a great place to play. I think it's the best football in the state of Georgia."
Buford's Dominique Swope, the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year last season after rushing for more than 1,000 yards, starts again at B-Back. Peachtree Ridge's Mitchell Williford, a senior, is the starter at X-receiver.
On defense, Dion DuBose of Norcross returns for his senior season after missing all of 2011 with a severe knee injury. He's the only local defensive starter, but second-teamer Patrick Flowe of Parkview is pushing for the No. 1 spot at middle linebacker.
Collins Hill grad Jake Banta, a redshirt freshman, is the Eagles' long snapper. He transferred from Alabama-Birmingham.
Other Gwinnett products on the Georgia Southern roster are wide receivers Charlie Brower (Mountain View) and Devonte Lewis (Mill Creek), fullback Seon Jones (Buford), tight ends Cody Rediger (Mill Creek) and Wilson Hudgins (Grayson) and defensive lineman Dequan Clark (Buford).
They are part of a program that has high hopes once again.
"The goal every year at Georgia Southern is a SoCon championship and a national championship," McBurnett said.
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Three true freshmen from Collins Hill are expected to dress out and play today for their college teams --Andrew Everett at Old Dominion, Jordan Parker at Middle Tennessee and Nick England at Florida International. ... Two true freshmen from Central Gwinnett also are expected to play this weekend. Running back George Morris made Syracuse's travel squad and should get a few carries today against Northwestern. Wide receiver Malachi Jones is a projected starter for Appalachian State in its matchup with East Carolina.
Central grad shining at Mizzou
Central Gwinnett grad Taiwo Adeshigbin had a solid junior season at Missouri, playing in 13 matches and starting in two.
But she has stepped into a bigger role this season for the SEC-bound Tigers (3-0), who already have knocked off two ranked opponents.
Adeshigbin has three goals and an assist for a team-high seven points. The 5-foot-9 forward joined Mizzou after playing her first two seasons at Georgia Perimeter College.
Gwinnett Grads is a column that runs on Saturdays spotlighting achievements of past Gwinnett standouts. Coaches and parents are urged to send suggestions via email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- North's Saint-Amour making his mark at Georgia Southern ( September 8, 2012 )
- GEORGIA NOTEBOOK: Bulldogs set new season touchdown record ( November 17, 2012 )
- North Gwinnett's Saint-Amour commits to Georgia Tech football ( January 26, 2015 )
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My advice is wear clean pants. In case you are run over
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I need your recommendation on what colour pants to wear with a dark brown sport coat? I have to attend a dinner meeting out of my city next week. I want to wear the sport coat instead of suit so please let me know if you have any good recommendation for me. And also please tell me if you know any good Sports store in UK.
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My advice is wear clean pants. In case you are run over
And remember to look to opposite way when crossing the road, we drive on the left here! (BTW pants in the UK is a slang term for underwear , just in case.)
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Brown sport coat? For sure dark brown shorts.
Yeah, tan to medium brown slacks should work fine.
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Yes. Obviously make sure the brown of the pants is distinct enough from the brown of the coat that it doesn't look like it's supposed to match. Other than that, you have a lot of freedom there.
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|Unsupervised Query Segmentation Using Monolingual Word Alignment Method
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|Effect of Sensor Mobility and Channel Fading on Wireless Sensor Network Clustering Algorithms
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|Thomas JB Kropmans, Barry GG O'Donovan, David Cunningham, Andrew W Murphy, Gerard Flaherty, Debra Nestel, Fidelma P Dunne
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Phoenix man says trucker admitted guilt in hit-and-run death
LIVINGSTON, Mont. — Officials in south-central Montana said they have a
warrant for the arrest of a truck driver suspected in the hit-and-run death of a
man on Interstate 90 near Big Timber in September.
A Phoenix man has said that the driver told him he believed he had hit a truck.
The Sweet Grass County sheriff's office is searching for David Welk of St.
Cloud, Minn., in the Sept. 30 death of Elgie Bedford, 81, of Wasilla, Alaska.
The warrant lists bond at $250,000 for a charge of leaving the scene of a fatal
Welk, 45, became a suspect after his driving partner called the Montana Highway
Patrol on Oct. 25 to say he had information about the crash near Big Timber.
Michael Karls of Phoenix told investigators he was in the sleeping area of a
truck traveling westbound on Interstate 90 in Montana early on Sept. 30 when he
heard and felt the truck collide with something, court records said. Karls said
he asked what happened and that Welk began yelling and hollering and said: "I
just hit someone."
Karls said he asked Welk if he was sure and said they discussed whether it
might have been a bear. Karls said Welk stopped and walked back toward the area
of the collision, where he found the truck's headlight. He said they got back in
the truck, drove about six miles to the next exit, turned around and drove back
to the spot, which was near the Greycliff exit.
Karls said he saw clothing in the road and that Welk used a flashlight to
survey the area before saying that it was just some clothing and a duffel bag.
However, Karls said Welk was acting very nervous and upset.
Based on Karls' information, an Ohio State Trooper secured the truck at a truck
stop in Eaton, Ohio. When Trooper Thip Vongsy asked about the crash in Montana,
Welk told Vongsy he hit a deer, court records said. Further investigation found
that Welk told repairmen for the trucking company that he hit a hawk and broke a
Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Joe Hensley told the Livingston Enterprise that
Welk no longer worked for the trucking company and has no permanent address.
"He's a nomad by trade," Hensley said.
Bedford's wife told investigators her husband was on an annual trip to Texas to
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Bedford was walking along the road. His car was parked nearby.
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A new report suggests that women who become pregnant after weight-loss surgery have easier pregnancies than do obese women who become pregnant.
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In the world of fertility treatment, doctors are sounding a call to arms to reverse the soaring rate of multiple births.
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By TERRY WILLISSun Advocate reporter
As another birthday has come and gone, I again use the event to reflect on the condition of my ever aging body.
As a 50 something women, I am in relatively good shape. My job as sportswriter keeps me working with young athletes and reflecting on the body I used to have. I knew I was never going to let myself go when I was their age.
But then life happened.
So one day I looked in the mirror and saw things on my body that belonged to someone else.
How did my upper arms develop those hangy down things? Those belong to my sixth grade math teacher, Mrs. Barnes. When you were caught not doing your work, she could stand over you with those dangley upper arms, ready to knock you silly if you didn't get back on task.
When did my rump become so prominent?
When I don't look in the mirror, I imagine it to be a cute curvy thing. Oh boy am I delusional. After a glance at my backside reflection I feel the need to back out of rooms so no one has to be subjected to that sight.
I remember watching MASH many years ago and hearing the character Henry Blake complain that his hips formed a rain gutter around his waist. I now, finally get the joke.
My stomach also didn't want to get left out of the act. So despite decades of crunches, it now holds a place of honor in the front of me.
Because my bulges are strategically placed at different levels of the body, getting a pair of jeans or pants to fit right is a challenge yet to be conquered. Men's bodies don't seem to give them the same problem. Their hips pretty much remain the same even when they put on weight. They just wear their pants a bit lower.
My husband still wears the same size of pants since I met him despite his gaining and losing weight over the years. I have so many sizes of jeans I could open my own store.
It is good to see that the fashion industry and Hollywood is getting a small handle on the skinny girl look. It is a hard image for our girls to try and live up to. On the flip side of the coin, we need to get a grip on our every expanding obese society.
I make fun of my body, but in reality I do not have to deal with the day to day issues of true eating disorders.
I will continue to try and find some balance between my aging self and the child within. It is not always an easy task. My grandkids help force me to stay young at heart. I have a whole new generation to keep ahead of.
But for now I think I need to replace my full length mirrored closet doors with something more calming to the spirit like bamboo screens. I don't think my heart can take much more shock of looking over and seeing that reflection of the stranger with the fat thighs sitting on the bed pretending to be me.


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The new acting chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Manoa intends to relax the hiring freeze next spring.Video Transcript
The new acting chancellor of the University of Hawaii intends to relax the hiring freeze at the mAnoa campus next spring. Robert Bley-Vroman told faculty and students today-- the freeze that former Chancellor Tom Apple instituted this summer was necessary. Bley-Vroman STRESSED that in the last four years, the carryover account for the U-H Manoa campus has gone from 110 million, down to 30 million dollars. He says he intends to reinstate an annual budget review for all deans as part of this plan. ROBERT BLEY- VROMAN - 51:58- 52: 21 - "WE HAVE A FREEZE ON LECTURERS AND GRADUATE ASSISTANTS HIRING AND STUDENT-HELP THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO GET EVERYTHING DONE BEFORE THE SEMESETER STARTED. I THINK IT WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE WE HAD TO TAKE ACTION QUICKLY.NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME AND WE CAN HAVE A MORE RELAZED APPROACH TO HOW THAT WORKS," The scrambling to deal with the freeze caused The scrambling to deal with the freeze caused lots of angst with the fall semester beginning just last week. But the chancellor says he has tried to minimize the effect on students by manipulating schedules, increasing class size and workload on faculty. Bley -Vroman, previously served as Dean of the College of Language--- Linguistics---and Literature.
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Pregnant Kendra Wilkinson keeps weight in check
Former Playboy model Kendra Wilkinson, who is expecting her second baby, says she is doing everything in her power to remain in shape.
Wilkinson already has a four-year-old son, Hank Baskett IV, with her husband Hank Baskett. She has said she found it tough to lose weight after her first pregnancy and so, wants to be careful this time, reports contactmusic.com
"I have full control now. First time around I'm like, 'I'm a skinny person, I'm going to get back right away.' Oh no. I learned a lot from my first one. I'm working out everyday; doing anything I can to control it this time around," OK! Magazine USA quoted Wilkinson as saying.
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What's the fuss? In all but the November elections of even-numbered years, passing property-tax measures in Oregon requires two things: At least 50 percent of registered voters must cast a ballot, and a majority of those participants must approve the measure. Essentially, people who don't vote can cancel out the votes of those who do.
What's the fix? Return to a simple majority voting system for all May and November elections when property-tax hikes are on the ballot.
Here's the deal: In 1996, Oregon voters passed Bill Sizemore's Measure 47, a ballot initiative that amended the constitution to limit property taxes and change the way new levies were approved. Thus was born the "double majority," the constitutional requirement that local property tax increases need both a majority yes vote and a majority turnout to pass. The one exception: the November general election of even-numbered years when turnout is usually heaviest anyway.
The drive behind the double majority was the concern that local governments and school districts were sneaking tax hike measures on the ballot in off-year elections, when turnout is low and those who voted were the motivated kind who might be more willing to impose levies. It was a legitimate concern, given that turnout for those elections often falls below 50 percent of registered voters.
But the result has been essentially to hamstring school districts, counties, cities and other governments to seek tax dollars—for projects like building new schools—only once every two years. Since the double majority was passed, two significant changes have occurred that persuade us to support its elimination.
The first is the adoption of vote-by-mail. That innovation means every registered Oregon voter now gets a ballot in the mail for every election. There is no excuse for not knowing an election is coming. The second is the rule that all ballots that have measures for raising taxes now indicate that in large type on the envelope.
The double majority has never been fair. It gives Oregonians who don't vote the power to cancel out the votes of Oregonians who do. But it's now unnecessary as well.
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First of all, Happy Belated Birthday! Second CONGRATS! You two are just gorgeous and I'm so happy for you both :) You look quite stunning all dressed up there!ReplyDelete
After ten years with my man, I'm hoping for an official engagement fairly soon!!! *fingers crossed*
i feel you! and i have a friend that's been with her guy for 13. fingers crossed!Delete
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freakin' congratulations!ReplyDelete
So so exciting! It really does go in the blink of an eye, so next thing you know, the day is already here and it's almost the end of the night. Mine is June 16 and I have a blog kind of documenting my progress in planning, if you'd like to check it out.
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Congratulations! I'm so happy for you two!ReplyDelete
Congrats to you both!!ReplyDelete
You guys are so cute! Congrats!! And you have such a cute blog! So gald I found you! :)ReplyDelete
xo jess
Congrats on the engagement! That's so exciting!ReplyDelete
Congratulations and Happy Birthday!! I LOOOOVE the photo of him holding you and the trophies - too cute! :)ReplyDelete