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Arrivals and Departures
Check-in: From 2.00 pm (14.00)
Check-out: By 12.00 am (12.00)
Early Check in / Late check Out: On request
Check in
Access to bedrooms and upper floors is available only after clients have checked
in at Reception.
Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by their parents. If they are
staying accompanied by an adult other than a parent the minor must have written
authorization and a copy of the authorizing parent's passport or identity card.
Cancellation Policy
For cancellations received:
• up to 4 days prior to arrival: no charge
• 3 days or less prior to arrival or in the case of a no-show: The first night
will be charged to your credit card.
• In case of early departure: 30% of the total cost of all cancelled nights will
be charged to your credit card.
Early Bookings and Non Refundable Bookings
For reservations made at least 20 days before arrival date; 18% discount valid
only for overnight with breakfast room rates.
Reservations can only be guaranteed with a credit card, and the entire cost of
your stay will be charged to the card. This amount is, without exceptions, non
Children & Sofa beds
Children under the age of two sleeping in a cot in their parents room are free
of charge. (Cots available).
Sofa beds are available in some rooms for third person occupancy. Charges are
applicable and must be requested and confirmed in advance. Connecting rooms are
Pets Policy
• Your pet is welcome in the Castello Dal Pozzo
• Castello Dal Pozzo welcomes pets according to our General Policy and the specific
Hotel Policies.
• A fee will be added to your room, prior reservation is compulsory.
• Pets are not permitted in any of the food and beverage areas.
• Pets must always be on a leash and where necessary, wear a muzzle whilst in
the Hotel and grounds.
• You are responsible for cleaning up after your pet on hotel property as well
as in and around Castello Dal Pozzo grounds.
• Vaccination documents are required at check-in.
• Please pre-book pets and let reception know if you require a dog-bed or meals
for your pet.
• Maid service will be provided only when the pet is out of the room..
• You agree to be responsible for all property damage and/or personal injuries
resulting from your pet.
• The pet's owner is responsible for all noise the pet creates and will ensure
that the pet does not disrupt the quiet enjoyment of other hotel guests. The Hotel
reserves the right to request the removal of a pet that creates a continuing disturbance.
Credit Cards
American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Diners, CartaSi
The Hotel reserves the right to check the validity of the card before the guest's
arrival using the approved credit card channels.
At check in an authorization hold will be applied to your credit card for the
amount due for your stay.
High speed WiFi Internet access is available throughout the Hotel and in the
Hotel bedrooms. WiFi internet access is available in the Castello common areas
but is cabled in the Castello bedrooms.
Please register with Reception to obtain access. The service is free with exception
of the Deluxe bedrooms where a small daily fee applies.
Smoking Policy
Castello Dal Pozzo is a totally non – smoking hotel and does not offer any smokers
bedrooms. The rooms are equipped with smoke detectors.
If, after your stay, your room smells strongly of cigarettes, the Management
reserves the right to charge € 200.00 for cleaning, airing and sanitizing the
room for the next guest.
Smoking areas are to be found outside.
Open Flames
We ask you not to use any kind of open flame in the bedrooms .Candles, irons
and gas rings are also not allowed for safety reasons.
Shuttle services or transfers are on a payment basis.
Open-air parking is free of charge.
Covered parking with video surveillance and direct access to the Palazzo Hotel
is available. A small daily fee is applicable for Deluxe rooms.
The Concierge is always available to helps guests organize their stay.
Lost and Found Service
The hotel offers a lost and found service. Reception will contact clients to
inform them of any objects left behind after their stay.
Objects will be kept for a maximum of one year.
Should you wish us to send forgotten objects to you, you will be responsible
for all postal/DHL charges.
According to Italian Law 196/03, with reference to the protection of personal
data, you are herebye informed that the Castello Dal Pozzo collects and collates
the personal data acquired by electronic or automatic means.
This data is used, other than to satisfy your requirements, for statistical purposes
and to send you future offers on behalf of the Castello Dal Pozzo.
They will in no way or at any time be made available to third parties. You can
at any time exercise your right according to Italian Law 196/03 in that you can:
request access to your data, require corrections, additions or their cancellation.


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|A Message from the Dean
|Dean Michael A. Fitts Shares His Vision for the Law School
| Sesquicentennial History Timeline
|Corporate Law
|Profile: Edward Rock & Michael Wachter
|Profile: Peter Huang
| Profile: David
|Technology Law
|Profile: Edward Rubin
| Profile:
R. Polk Wagner
|Communication Law
|Profile: Friedrich Kubler
| Profile:
C. Edwin Baker
|Constitutional Law
|Profile: Sally Gordon
| Profile: Matthew
|Health Law
|Profile: Barbara Bennett Woodhouse
|Profile: Anita L. Allen-Castellitto
|Profile: Seth
|Faculty Notes
|Alumni Briefs
|In Memoriam
At the ILE and University of Pennsylvania Law Review's Symposium on Norms and Corporate Law, to be held at the Law School in early December, Skeel will write another piece exploring some of the quasi-moral aspects of corporate law - this time on the use of shaming sanctions.
"This will be a significant conference because it will address issues people are interested in but haven't been addressed in any other symposium. There's an all-star cast lined up for this event."
But his academic portfolio isn't yet fully divulged. This year Skeel presented a paper on bankruptcy for a University of Cincinnati symposium called "Contemporary Issues in the Law of Business Organizations." The article, "Lockups and Delaware Venue in Corporate Law and Bankruptcy," will be published in their Law Review this year. This paper follows up a 1996 article "A Reliance Damages Approach to Corporate Lockups" in which he argued that courts should view lockup provisions in contractual terms, and should uphold lockups up to the amount of the corporate bidder's reliance interest; that is, the costs the bidder incurred in pursuing a merger opportunity.
This year David Skeel's most significant efforts will be directed toward finishing a new book The Rise and Dominion of Bankruptcy in America (working title), a political history of bankruptcy over the last one hundred years. The book is scheduled for publication by Princeton Press in 2001.

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Get out your notepad and lick the end of your pencil because you're about to experience the 101 class on wood flooring. Of course considering space is short, this will be the much abbreviated 101!. (I can hear the rejoicing.)
Let's look at the most popular flooring choices so you can at least focus on trying to find out what's best for your project.
Let's talk wood. There are five main types of "hardwood" floors: solid hardwood, engineered wood, parquet, laminate, and vinyl "wood" flooring. All of these types come to us in the form of a "plank," or an elongated piece (with varying width) that is now typically equipped with tongue and groove or an interlocking mechanism to make installation easy. The floors can "float," which means they are not actually attached to the sub-flooring and are just locked together, and trim or quarter-round holds the floor in place, or they can be glued or nailed down.
As a sidebar here, bamboo is becoming a very popular material used as "hardwood" flooring. It is not wood, however, but is actually a grass. It can be made into terrific, wood-like flooring that is strong and durable, and even better, the grass grows very quickly and is readily available, so it's an eco-friendly product as well.
Solid hardwood is just that, a solid piece of sawn hardwood, cut into planks. This style is very popular and has been used for centuries. It's long-lasting and beautiful, but it does take careful maintenance over time, and it is not recommended for use over concrete sub-flooring.


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Kid Cudi Announces New Album 'Passion Pain & Demon Slayin''Cudi also shared a snippet of new music.
Kid Cudi Reschedules 2016 Tour DatesCudi's tour kicks off at the end of the month in Madison, WI.
Kid Cudi Performs Acoustic Version of 'Confused'Cudi Unplugged.
Kid Cudi Talks Playing a Gay Character and His Acting Future"This movie doesn't really have a happy ending so to speak, but it's real and that's what pulled me into the project."
Kid Cudi Auditioned for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'We'd love to see Cudi wielding a lightsaber.
Kid Cudi Shares Outtake Track 'love.': ListenThe song is a throwback of sorts to his early 2010s output.
Kid Cudi Shares Outtake Track 'love.': ListenThe song is a throwback of sorts to his early 2010s output.
24 Films for the Music Fan at SundanceFilms starring musicians like Kid Cudi, A$AP Rocky and Kathleen Hanna; docs looking at the lives of Kurt Cobain and Nina Simone; films that were scored by Brian Eno and a member of fun. And there's more than one that has Pharrell's stamp all over it.
Kid Cudi Appears in Coach Menswear Ad CampaignKid Cudi cleans up real nice in the latest ad campaign from the luxury fashion company.
Kid Cudi Collapses at Chicago Music Fest: WatchThe Cleveland rapper had just signed a fan's record when he suddenly passed out cold. See the dramatic video.
Kid Cudi: What's Lupe Fiasco Doing with the Money from His Personalized Verses?Why text someone when you could ask them over Twitter while millions of followers watch?
Download Kid Cudi's New Album 'SATELLITE FLIGHT: The Journey to Mother Moon'The era of the surprise album continues!


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After a minicamp outburst where he said he was unhappy with a few things and reportedly asked to be traded, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin then changed his tune by saying he will report to training camp on time. Now a further report says he has no intention of playing for the Vikings beyond 2012 without a contract extension, which seems to confirm an earlier news item suggesting Harvin views 2012 as a contract year.
Harvin is coming off his best season in 2011, playing all 16 games for the first time in his career, as he had 87 receptions for 967 yards and six touchdowns along with 342 rushing yards on 51 carries with two touchdowns as well. He has two years left on the contract he signed after being drafted late in the first round in 2009, and is due to make just under $2.5 million in total, though there are escalators in the deal that can significantly increase the value.
Harvin definitely deserves an increase in salary, though it is difficult to compare him to other wide receivers who have signed lucrative contracts recently since he is not a traditional No.1 wide receiver and brings a unique skill set to the table. Harvin's history of missed practices, migraine issues and apparently delaying shoulder surgery this offseason should increase the trepidation the Vikings have in making a long-term commitment to him, and rightfully so in my opinion. He had said he wanted to become a team leader in 2012, but the minicamp situation and his subsequent reaction contradicts that.
I was someone that felt the Vikings made a poor decision when drafting Harvin with the 22nd overall pick in 2009, given the issues he had in college at the University of Florida. So the warts he has shown on or off the field to this point in his NFL career have not shocked me.
Harvin will certainly be motivated to perform well in 2012 to prove he is worthy of a new contract, and that is good news for Vikings fans as the team tries to put a 3-13 2011 season in the rearview mirror. But everything depends on his asking price when seeking a contract extension, and I would not be shocked to see the Vikings dangle Harvin in trade talks, with or without a trade demand from him, after the season if he has a poor season or wants too much money.


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Hospers, IA (KICD) — There were no serious injuries in a semi accident near Hospers.
Just after noon, Tuesday, the Sioux County Sheriff's Office investigated a motor vehicle accident on Highway 60, one mile south of Hospers. 23-year old Luke Skaila of Scranton was driving a 2014 Peterbuilt semi-tractor northbound on Hwy. 60. He was pulling a 1979 FRUE tanker-trailer, which was loaded with non-hazardous liquid nitrogen fertilizer.
Skalla lost control of the vehicle, which entered the median and rolled multiple times. Skalla refused medical treatment at the scene. The Peterbuilt sustained approximately $150,000 damage. The trailer sustained $30,000 damage.
Skalla was cited for failure to maintain control.
Assisting at the scene was the Hospers Fire Department, Hospers Ambulance, Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa State Patrol.


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"Longmire" season one finale sets series ratings record
The season one finale of "Longmire" drew 4.3 million viewers, according to a release from A&E.
The finale aired Sunday night. The show was recently renewed for a second season set for 2013.
According to A&E, the first season averaged 4.0 million total viewers per premiere episode and 5.4 million total viewers based on Live+7 viewing (through the available first 8 episodes). The network further reportst that "Longmire" is A&E's #1 original drama series of all-time among total viewers and adults 25-54.
"Longmire" stars Robert Taylor, Katee Sackhoff, Lou Diamond Phillips, Cassidy Freeman, Bailey Chase and Adam Bartley.
The show is based on the "Walt Longmire" mystery novels by Craig Johnson. Walt Longmire is a sheriff in rural Wyoming dealing with the death of his wife and his upcoming bid for re-election.
"Longmire" is produced by Warner Horizon Television. Hunt Baldwin ("The Closer," "Trust Me") and John Coveny ("The Closer," "Trust Me") wrote the project and serve as executive producers along with Greer Shephard ("The Closer," "Nip/Tuck") and Michael M. Robin ("The Closer," "Nip/Tuck"), the A&E release reports.
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Sept. 15, 2005
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University in conjunction with Northwest Sports, Inc., will host the Cougar Hardwood Classic, Dec. 22 at KeyArena in Seattle.
The men's basketball game will feature the host Cougars and Utah. Washington State has advanced to the Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference Tournament each of the last two seasons with Dick Bennett at the helm. The Cougars have won 25 games during Bennett's tenure on the Palouse.
The Utes, under the guidance of former Eastern Washington Head Coach Ray Giacoletti, advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2005.
The game will be carried live by FOX Sports Net with tip time scheduled for 7:30 p.m. General public tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster Oct. 1.


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Poets, Authors & Writers
Singers, Story Tellers
About Us
Poetry Contest
Stellar Literary Festival MC'd by
David H. Hooker
David has been a professional speaker for 35 years and
has visited over 30 countries, where his presentations
have been translated into many languages. He has talked
to tens of thousands of Entrepreneurs and Business
people from around the world about the "Keys" to
becoming successful in an ever competitive world where
"Attitude and Service Is King".
As Host of Rogers Television
successful reality TV show, "Mind Your Own Business" his
name as well as his humour have become an integral
element within the entrepreneurial world.
He has appeared on Television talk
shows and radio phone-ins sharing his challenging and
sometimes controversial views, and as a result of his
much talked about book "Back To The Womb & Out Again –
with DOGASH" he was invited to work for 12 months in
India working with people from all walks of life, an
experience he says that changed his attitude to life and
business forever
Festival Special Guest - Opening the Festival
11 a.m.
Lynn Phillip Hodgson, Canadian Best
Seller Author
Lynn has graciously adjusted his schedule to be with and open
the Stellar Literary Festival.
Thank you Lynn! He will give brief talk and
address the obstacles he faced and dealt with
when writing his Camp X book. Lynn will be available
to sign any of his books till 11:45 a.m.
The rest of the day, Lynn is schedule for
Camp X Tours and at
Camp X Museum.
Lynn Philip Hodgson has dedicated half
of his life to uncovering the most detailed secrets of
On March 7th 2005, Lynn won the "Lifetime Achievement Award"
for 2004. This award is issued by the Ontario Heritage
Foundation and reads as follows:
"Presented to: Lynn Philip Hodgson
In appreciation of
a lifetime of volunteer work to identify,
preserve, protect
and promote our province's rich heritage."
The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander,
Chairman Ontario Heritage Foundation - 2004
Lynn is also Canadian Associate Editor of 'Eye Spy Magazine';
a magazine dealing with intelligence activities and read in
thirty-nine countries. http://www.eyespymag.com/consultants.htm
Lynn has succeeded in giving Canadians a realization of
their wonderful heritage and history.
He is also an elected Municipal Councillor for Ward 3 in
Scugog Township and is Chair of the Works Committee.
Play Writer / Director /
He will demonstrate a 'raw' play and demonstrate to
the audience how it all comes together.
Sure to catch everyone's interest. Sorry, Reality
TV, ONLY in Durham Region. :-)
Michael Khashmanian
Play writer & Director / Actor
Poets & Poetry Groups
Featured Poet Laureate
of the City of Brantford
Featured Poet
Allan Briesmaster
Allan is, among other things, a
freelance editor, a readings organizer, and a partner in
Quattro Books publishers (www.quattrobooks.ca).
He also has his own micro press, Aeolus House (www.aeolushouse.com).
His poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies, and
he has read his work to audiences from Halifax to Victoria. He
lives in Thornhill ON.
His ninth collection of poetry,
Interstellar, which came out this Spring, reflects
his ongoing interests in environmental matters, the impact of
media and the arts, and a lifelong fascination with science –
especially astronomy and cosmology.
Poets /
Poet / Singer / Songwriter
Sang for:
Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Toronto Mayor David Miller
Nominated for Peace Ambassador
Women Who Make A Difference
Women of Distinction
Richard Grove,
President of
Canada Cuba Literary Alliance
Mr. Grove will be speaking about his
February 2007 Cuban trip with his delegates
and what the CCLA is all about and accomplishes.
Richard Grove: Coordinate & Lead CCLA Members Group Reading
Poet, Publisher &
so much more!
CCLA Readers ( list may
not be complete)
Anyone that joins the CCLA at the
Stellar Literary Festival may be invited to read with the
Please let the person know as you sign-up. Thanks!
Richard Grove
Allan Briesmaster
John B. Lee
More to
be Added!
The Ontario Poetry Society -
Oshawa Branch
Teller / Singer / Songwriter & Musician
Heather Whaley
Teams with harpist and musician Kim Michele to present Summer
Seas & Memories
Through the art-form of oral storytelling Heather &
Kim interweave the cadence of their voices with melodies of
harp &, mandolin to tell a heartfelt tale of combined memories
reflecting on their roots and families. They will sweep you
across and through rhythmic waves of tradition, contemporary
life, and take you to your own special place of memory.
Story Teller / Singer / Musician &
Kim Michele
Teams with Heather Whaley to present Summer
Seas & Memories
appears solo as well as duo with other performers in
various productions within the Greater Toronto
Area and Ontario. She collaborates "Musical Story and
Song Theatre" with singer/songwriter and
storyteller Heather Whaley.
Kim Michele,
Harp-Mandolin –Vocalist
Watch for a special solo performance
A musical troubadour Kim plays both the ancient Celtic
Harp traced over one thousand years as well as the Lyon
and Healy classical Harp. She performs period music
ranging from celtic to classical, early music to
renaissance and traditional to contemporary, combining
her talents on harp, and mandolin performance blending
her instruments and voice with song.
Kim appears solo as well as duo
with other performers in various productions within the
Greater Toronto Area and Ontario. She collaborates
"Musical Story and Song Theatre" with singer/songwriter
and storyteller Heather Whaley.
She has worked as a background
vocalist and mandolin musician for studio sessions at
Steve Sherman Productions, Toronto , Ont.
Kim played a principal role as an
actress/singer for the play called "The Elfin Knight",
Cliffhanger Productions, and she orchestrated all the
vocals and harp music in this forty-five show production
at the historic Guild Inn Toronto Ont.
She writes monthly articles about
harp history for the "Folk Harp Society Journal" where
she is on the executive board, and publishes articles
and her own poetry in "Acoustic Café Magazine'.
She plays professionally for places
such as Ontario Renaissance Festivals, Durham Regional
Arts, Studio and Garden Tours, Toronto's Casa Loma,
Royal Ontario Museum, Early Music Festival, Highland
Games, and other cultural events.
Featured Speaker
Sharon Lawrence
Sharon Lawrence:
is a retired teacher, who attended the
University of
and the Ontario College of Art. She taught
in Toronto and in the
Yukon Territory. She is a specialist in Early
Childhood Education, Household Science and The
She married R.D. Lawrence in 1973. They bought a
large property in the
Highlands, and in 1984, after they had
rescued two wolf pups Tundar
and Taiga, their property Wolf Hollow became a
sanctuary and wildlife rehabilitation centre ,
where they raised and released hundreds of injured
and orphaned wildlife, including eleven wolves, a
cougar, foxes, raccoons, mink, beavers,
porcupines, skunks, and a plethora of other two
and four legged visitors.
Sharon and R.D. ran the
sanctuary together, and continued to research and
document the activities at Wolf Hollow.
Sharon also proof-read
, edited , illustrated and photographed for the
books and articles that R. D.
Lawrence wrote at that time.
Featured Speaker
Dorothea Helms aka
The Writing Fairy
"The Four-Letter Word for Success"
Let The Writing
Fairy inspire you!
Dorothea Helms
AKA The Writing Fairy
Dorothea Helms, a.k.a. The Writing Fairy, is an
award-winning, internationally published writer who is
also a popular writing instructor. On May 28, 2005, she
was presented with the first-ever Barbara Novak Award
For Excellence in Humour and/or Personal Essay Writing
from the Periodical Writers Association of Canada. The
award was for her personal essay on teaching writing
that appeared in The Globe and Mail in
2003. In June, 2005, she tied for first place in the
non-fiction category of the Haliburton Highlands
Writers' and Editors' Network and The Agnes Jamieson
Gallery 3rd Annual Writing Contest.
Dorothea's work has appeared in
publications such as The
Globe and Mail,
Chatelaine, Scarlett, lichen
literary magazine,
Stitches the Journal of Medical
Humour, Popular Woodworking, Woodworker
and Big Buck. She was featured on CBC
Radio's "First Person Singular" twice, and is
contributing editor for several Metroland special
sections in the Greater Toronto Area.
She is also working on
a best-selling novel that you'll be sure to want to read
someday because you'll be blown away by the ending. So
will she if she ever finishes the book. Dorothea owns
the communications firm Write Stuff Writing Services. In
2004 she started a second freelance business, The
Writing Fairy, which involves a series of books,
workshops and courses designed to coax closet writers to
emerge and make their magic known.
case you think she's a flake, she graduated from the
University of Toronto in 1987 with a B.A. in Psychology,
and was nominated in 2001 for a Rotman Canadian Woman
Entrepreneur of the Year award. This Fairy knows how to
make money!
Richard Grove,
Hidden Brook Press
Mr. Grove will be speaking and
answering your questions on the subject
we all want to know but find so confusing, publishing.
You may forward an
e-mail with your question and Mr. Grove may choose
your e-mails to answer at the Stellar Literary Festival.
Publisher &
so much more!
Tim Simms will be speaking about
the world of comics
and how it is a stepping stone to literacy.
Authors / Speaker
Brian Peters, Author
Brian Peters is a local author from
Blackstock, Ontario, who has enjoyed the art of writing
for the past several years. Born into a Canadian military
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This has been an ongoing problem. First it appeared the engine would not run when it was hot. Was told it was the ICM so that was changed out. After the ICM swap, the car would not run cold or hot. Was told a shorted Cam sensor would cause it. Swap out the cam sensor and car would then crank and run but the return to the stalling after idling. Was told the crankshaft sensor could be bad. Replaced the crankshaft sensor and drove the car six miles when it stalled on me. Towed home, the next day the engine started and ran, turn it off. That evening went to move the car and it would crank but not start. The next morning the car crank and started, noticed smoke at the EGR valve, thinking electrical, turn engine off, checked EGR wiring, found nothing, attempted to start car it would not start. Thinking stuck EGR valve, I removed the EGR valve and disassembled it. The solenoids did not appear to be sticking and there was not a lot of build up of gunk; just normal exhaust residue. I cleaned everything and reassembled the EGR valve and installed it back on the engine. I had removed the battery cable to clear out the code where I unplugged the camshaft sensor. I started the car and it ran rough for a bit but then smoothed out. As I was standing by the car it would stumble a bit at times and I noticed the serpentine belt tensioner was jerking and I could hear a bearing squeal at times. I turned the engine off to check the tensioner pulley and I could feel when turning it that the bearing is starting to go. I then started the engine, or attempted to start the engine and it would not start, it would turn over and appear to fire but not run. The engine had warmed up a bit but not hot; I could place my hand on the radiator without it burning me. I tried spraying some starting fluid into the intake connector tube (through a split; will need to replace it later) and attempted to start the engine without any luck. It would be nice if I had a helper but I don't. So I decided to let it sit a bit to see if it would run after cooling a bit. I hooked the fuel pressure gauge to the fuel rail and later started the car and it ran fairly smooth, the RPMs did change a bit, slowing a bit and the fuel pressure as the engine was running was approximately 39 psi. The car only ran for a short time before it started stumbling again and I noticed the fuel pressure gauge swing up to around 50 psi and when the engine died the fuel pressure stopped at 46 psi. To recap, the coolant sensor, the ICM, the camshaft sensor, and crankshaft sensor have been replaced. The Mass Air Flow sensor was cleaned and the TPS was checked with an ohmmeter and appeared to not have any opens, the ohmmeter needle swung continuously as the TPS was moved through its range.
Engine Stalls after driving short distance or idle, will then crank but not run on 1993 Buick LeSabre
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ANSWER by patrick mannion , August 26, 2011
The fuel pressure regulator applies vacuum to the fuel pressure regulator when the engine stalls the vacuum goes away and the fuel pressure should remain in the line and be higher and if you snapped the throttle with the engine running vacuum would go away and fuel pressure would rise momentarily. Under load/full throttle on the road fuel pressure should be at the higher figure as well. Pressures sound OK. The problem could be caused by many things hard to say without being able to do some tests.I wonder if you got a good computer r even just bad wiring. Any intake vacuum leak is going to supply "bad" information to the computer as to how much fuel the engine needs to run. There is a company that independent auto repair shops get their information from, this same information is available inexpensively for people that work on their own cars.. The information is year make and model specific, covering repair procedures, torque specifications, fluid capacities and specifications, service bulletins, component locations, wiring diagrams ect.... Alldata is very easy to navigate http://bit.ly/AllData_Repair_Manuals_Online If your car ends up in a repairshop and they are stumped, There is a professional service called Identafix. http://www.identifix.com/info/about_us.htm They only deal with professional repair shops. They are in the Minnesota 651-633-8007 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 651-633-8007 end_of_the_skype_highlighting. Your auto repair shop do all their diagnosis tests, and discuss your problem with a team of professional technicians great service cheap and very bright people. If the repair shop that are repairing your car are stumped this is a great service. This company only deal with automotive repair shops and don't answer questions for the general public but are an amazing knowledge base.
COMMENT by KimberlyW , August 26, 2011
I am beginning to suspect the computer is malfunctioning after being in operation for a while. The day it started and ran in the morning but not in the evening the car had been shut up with windows closed allowing the interior of the car to heat up. The computer is located under the dash behind the glove compartment in a confined space. If possible, even if I have to remove the glove compartment, a test would be to run the car until it quits and then use electronic cooling spray and see if cooling the computer down allows the car to start and run again. It could be bad solder joints that are opening when the unit gets hot from being in operation. I have read a report that the engine computer on this model is known to fail. This car is 18 years old with, as far as I know, the original ECC/ECM. My concern with replacing the ECC/ECM is that I need to use my old PROM and if the PROM is bad then a reman ECC/ECM is still not going to work. Oh, I forgot to mention that no codes have been set for the problem I am experiencing (OBD-1); codes checked by shorting OBD-1 connector and counting flashes on the check engine soon light. I have tried checking for vacuum leaks. I read where a leaking brake booster has been known to cause stalling when depressing the brake pedal. I unplugged the vacuum hose to the brake booster and plugged the end but the car would not run. I see no obvious broken or split vacuum lines; besides, the engine will start and run without problems until an amount of time has passed, or six or seven miles of driving. A leaking intake is always leaking, a broken vacuum line is always broken. We can eliminate those things that are constants. This problem seems to be related to either passage of time, or temperature.
COMMENT by Blu Balz , December 16, 2012
Hey Kimberly W, I'd like to know what the problem turned out to be, my roommate has the exact same problem with his 1989 Ford Bronco with a 5.0. It will start and run fine for between 6 and 7 miles and just quit. Almost right down to the same traffic light on the way home from work. After 20 min. or so it'll start back up.
COMMENT by Drewflavors , March 27, 2015
In my situation the first time I had this problem I had replaced ICM spark plugs cam sensor and crank sensor. I had a code for a misfire and it all turned out to be my timing chain the whole time. The second time I had this problem I suspected the fuel pump or MAF sensor. Turned out to be a ground cable that was not attached correctly.


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Over three films, Derek Cianfrance has made films about dudes. Okay, that's perhaps being a bit reductive, but from "Brother Tied" to "Blue Valentine" to this year's "The Place Beyond The Pines," they've featured men in various states of crisis. Now he's going to apply that approach to the most bro-tacular of industries—sports—for a project that has a tremendous amount of promise.
The Wrap reports that Cianfrance is now set to direct an adaptation of the best-selling tome, "ESPN: Those Guys Have All The Fun." Assembled by authors James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales, the book was a sensation when it was released a couple of years ago, rounding up pretty much every key figure involved in the sports network, totalling over 500 interviews, to tell the rather colorful true story of how it started and became a behemoth. Here's the Amazon synopsis:
It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise local sporting events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, ESPN is arguably the most successful network in modern television history, spanning eight channels in the Unites States and around the world. But the inside story of its rise has never been fully told-until now.
Drawing upon over 500 interviews with the greatest names in ESPN's history and an All-Star collection of some of the world's finest athletes, bestselling authors James Miller and Tom Shales take us behind the cameras. Now, in their own words, the men and women who made ESPN great reveal the secrets behind its success-as well as the many scandals, rivalries, off-screen battles and triumphs that have accompanied that ascent. From the unknown producers and business visionaries to the most famous faces on television, it's all here.
Promisingly, the project is set up at Focus Features (home of 'Pines') with Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti of "The Social Network" fame slated to produce, though no word yet on who will pen the script. So it might be a little while off for now, but Cianfrance is a pretty inspired choice to direct. And while actual sports might not make up the bulk of the narrative, when it does come into play, he's already shown an affinity for capturing the drama. We have just one question: who should play Keith Olbermann? The fiery personality is a key part of the rise of ESPN and getting him right will be crucial to this being a success (this GQ excerpt from the book is a must read).
So add this to pile of projects that Cianfrance is currently amassing, which includes "The Light Between Oceans" for DreamWorks and "Muscle" for HBO. Whatever he does next, we'll definitely be there.


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Critical Thinking and Social Studies
Critical Thinking and the Social Studies Teacher
by Mike Yell
The advance of knowledge has been achieved not because the mind is capable of memorizing what teachers say but because it can be disciplined to ask probing questions and pursue them in a reasoned, self-critical way. Scholars pursuing knowledge submit their thinking to rigorous discipline.
~Richard Paul
One of the most used and highlighted books in my professional library is Critical Thinking: How to Prepare Students for a Rapidly Changing World by Richard Paul, an international leader in critical thinking movement. We often hear about the need for critical thinking, but we seldom hear sound definitions, or, in my opinion, see comprehensive models that we can apply to what we do in our classrooms. To my mind the works of Richard Paul, and his colleagues Linda Elder Gerald Nosich, and others at the Foundation for Critical Thinking put flesh on the bones of the concept of critical thinking; a concept all too rarely made substantive.
While there are many different approaches to, and definitions of, critical thinking, the Paul/Elder view is that critical thinking is the development of discipline organized thinking that monitors itself and is guided by intellectual standards. Further, they hold that reasoning must be at the heart of good teaching, sound learning, and preparation for college, career, and civic life. Rather than lectures, worksheets, and didactic instruction, it is through reasoning and thinking their way through the curriculum, that students really learn. This approach to critical thinking, I believe, puts this model of critical thinking head and shoulders above others.
The Richard Paul and Linda Elder view of critical thinking, then, has two major components: the elements of reasoning and intellectual standards both of which can, and, in my opinions, should become fundamental components of our social studies instruction.
Elements of Reasoning and Intellectual Standards
Helping our students to become strong disciplined thinkers, thinkers who can navigate the complexities and challenges of college, career, and civic life, is our main goal as social studies educators. To improve student thinking about social studies subjects, and our teaching of those subjects, necessitates an understanding of the elements of good thinking, good reasoning and weaving these elements into our work as social studies teachers. The foundation's Gerald Nosich explains the elements by noting not all thinking is critical thinking.2 Forming a closely reasoned judgment after paying close attention to evidence is thinking, but so is jumping to conclusions without considering any evidence. The former is critical thinking in that the individual used evidence to reason out a judgment. The use of evidence is the difference; evidence is one of the elements of reasoning.
These elements of reasoning include
· understanding purpose (this is the beginning point of reasoning)
· understanding and developing questions
· understanding and seeking out the best information (data, evidence, concepts)
· understanding inferences, assumptions
· understanding and weighing implications
The Paul/Elder model of critical thinking also includes intellectual standards. These standards serve as guidelines, by which we, and our students, can assess our own thinking. Whereas critical thinking is thinking that utilizes the elements of reasoning, it is also thinking that meets high standards of quality, standards of quality that we want our students' thinking and work to strive to achieve.
Some of these standards include
· Clarity (good thinking is always clear)
· Precision (focused on being specific)
· Accuracy (checking to determine if thinking represents what is)
· Relevance (not straying from the task or questions at hand)
· Depth (not shallow/probes beneath the surface)
· Fairmindedness (an intellectual trait whereby one fairly consider all sides of an issue)
As Richard Paul writes in the preface to his book Critical Thinking: How to Prepare Students for a Rapidly Changing World
Imagine the satisfaction of looking through the inventory of one's beliefs and finding that many of them were consciously, deliberately, and painstakingly chosen for their accuracy, their depth, their clarity, their consistency – in other words, their legitimate merit! (Paul ii)
Would that were the case more often! Incorporating good thinking and reasoning at the heart of instruction and by setting high standards for that reasoning, I believe, makes this conception more comprehensive and complete than other conceptions of critical thinking. And although a number of essays Paul has written deal with content areas in secondary education, neither Richard Paul nor Linda Elder has written a book specifically addressing social studies and critical thinking.
Until now.
The Foundation for Critical Thinking (criticalthinking.org) has just published the book Student Guide to Historical Thinking by Linda Elder, Meg Gorzycki, and Richard Paul, but it certainly could be subtitle Critical Thinking and the Social Studies Teacher! 3 This small volume does an excellent job of concisely yet deeply exploring how critical thinking can become an important part of student learning.
We want our students to go beyond recall and gain command of how they think through social studies concepts, issues and processes, and this means understanding how to use their reasoning abilities and the standards to answer social studies questions. What Elder, Gorzycki and Paul write about for history holds for the other social studies disciplines as well; the rich and deep disciplines of the social studies are about more than recall, more than simply memorizing chronology, events, and names; they are ways of understanding, learning, and thinking about the world. The Student Guide to Historical Thinking examines how history instruction (read social studies instruction) can go beyond recall instruction to an instruction characterized by logically pursuing questions, thinking deeply about them, forming inferences and hypothesis and assessing them with high standards.
One of the aspects of the Paul/Elder model that is so appealing-and important-and that comes through so clear in The Student Guide to Historical Thinking, is their firm commitment to reasoning as the center of teaching, and helping students learn to assess their own work, their own thinking, through the use of intellectual standards.
What does an Emphasis on Reasoning and Intellectual Standards look like in the Social Studies Classroom?
Keeping the elements of reasoning and the intellectual standards in the forefront of our instruction cannot be overemphasized if we wish to have critical thinking at the heart of our instruction. When we educate for critical thinking in our classroom, we are educating future citizens who can listen to or read an assertion and ask questions such as "what is this person's evidence for what they say?" "What questions need to asked about this position?" "What are the implications…?" "What are the assumptions or biases behind the statement?" "Is this a well-reasoned position?" A positive vision for tomorrow's citizens indeed!
From the Student Guide to Historical Thinking and other essays from Richard Paul, Linda Elder, and Gerald Nosich, these are some ideas I have incorporated into my classroom and would recommend to other social studies teachers who wish to incorporate critical thinking into theirs:
- Keep the elements and the standards in front of your students during the entire school year and continue emphasizing them.
One of the posters that I have on the wall of my room is a simple and direct list of standards that I help my seventh grade students strive for in all of their work: Be Clear, Be Concise, Be Accurate, Be Complete, and Be Deep. We talk about the elements and standards early and often, and the standards always form the basics of the rubrics that I use for my students' work, and how students are to assess their own work.
- Have students become accustomed to thinking twice about their work. Another poster that I have in my room shows two owls sitting side by side and the phrase above them is the phrase Think Twice. Perfect! After all critical thinking is metacognitive in that it involves thinking about our thinking, and our work, in order to improve it. Teach students to assess their work, their ideas, their writing by thinking through everything a second time. In this second look they should be asking themselves questions of how their thought relates to intellectual standards by asking themselves such questions as am I being clear, is this accurate, does my response completely answer the question, etc.
- Speak less, so that students think and discuss more. In my instruction I keep my talking to a minimum wanting my students to do the talking, discussing, and thinking. Of course there will be explanations we may have to impart, but it is the students who must be actively working and thinking through the curriculum. If a teacher is writing a lesson that essentially could be carried out without any students present (lecturing, passing out worksheets, showing a DVD from start to finish), that lesson is to be scrapped! And when we have discussions, we must make certain that class discussions are truly discussions and not just question/short answer recitations. Discuss with the class by asking questions of clarification, questions that probe assumptions, reasons and evidence, questions about viewpoints, implications, and consequences questions on which students on which must elaborate. 4
- Use strategies consistent with an inquiry approach. Inquiry begins with questions as does critical thinking. As Nosich writes. "critical thinking begins with asking questions, [and] trying to answer those questions by reasoning them out." (Nosich, p.5). There are many excellent strategies that utilize inquiry as a basis for instruction, and all of them are based around student questioning.5 Vital for social studies!
- Require regular writing in the classroom. Writing is thinking (on paper); we as teachers cannot see our students' thoughts, but we can read what they write. Regular writing helps our students systematize those thoughts, and they can learn to make their writing clear, concise, complete, etc. Whatever the activity we are doing in class, whether my seventh grade students are moving between learning stations, engaged in an experiential exercise, or hypothezing about clues during in the mystery strategy, they will be involved in some degree of writing to improve understanding. And it is the importance of writing to critical thinking that is the interface between critical thinking and the Common Core State Standards.
I highly recommend the Student Guide to Historical Thinking and recommend social studies bookmark and utilize the resources and article at criticalthinking.org. By incorporating the Paul/Elder model of critical thinking, we can help our students learn to submit their thinking to rigorous discipline. Our goal must to keep our students thinking their way through our courses, and thinking well, Thinking and reasoning are the foundations of readiness of college, career, and civic life, and of lifelong learning. In a world characterized by continual change, we must help develop in our students that which will endure: good rigorous thinking. What better place to do so than in our social studies classes?
1. Richard Paul, Critical Thinking: How to Prepare Students for a Rapidly Changing World, Foundation for Critical Thinking, The Foundation for Critical Thinking, 1995. P. 53
Many of Richard Paul's articles can be found at criticalthinking.org "The Critical Thinking Community. Spend time at this website!
2. Gerald Nosich, Learning to Think Things Through: A Guide to Critical Thinking in the Curriculum, Prentice Hall, 2001, available through criticalthinking.org.
3. Linda Elder, Meg Gorzycki, and Richard Paul, Student Guide to Historical Thinking, The Foundation for Critical Thinking, 2011. P. 5
4. The types of questions I wrote of would be a part of what Richard Paul would characterize as a Socratic Discussion. To learn about Richard Paul's concept of Socratic discussion and questioning, go to criticalthinking.org and check out the articles toolbar.
5. I explained two of my favorite inquiry strategies, discrepant event inquiry and mystery, in the article Engaging Students in a World History with a Bog Body Mystery, Social Education, January/February 2012.
Michael M. Yell is a 7th grade social studies teacher at the Hudson Middle School in Hudson Wisconsin. He was the president of NCSS during the 2008-9 school year and is currently working on his NBPTS recertification. Michael can be reached at email@example.com.


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The Barça players will wear the new 2012/13 kits in the Marathon against Poverty charity match, which will be played this Sunday at 19:00 at the Palau Sant Jordi
Josep Guardiola and Tito Vilanova will be the managers of the two sides. The two teams will be made up of Barça's first-team players
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After claiming the Copa del Rey title, FC Barcelona will play in another special match. This Sunday, at 19:00, the first-team players will play against themselves in a charity match for TV3 and Catalonia Radio's Marathon against Poverty. All the proceeds from the match will be donated to organizations that work against social exclusion. The players will debut the first and second 2012/13 FC Barcelona kits, which were unveiled this week. The kits will go on sale this Monday.
The futsal -or indoor football- match is just one highlight of a day that's sure to have a lot of surprises. At 17:45 the doors of the Palau Sant Jordi will open to the fans. From that moment on, the supporters will be able to participate in various activities throughout the day. One of the most significant moments will be just before the match when the Marathon against Poverty's anthem will play accompanied by a mosaic. This mosaic, however, won't be done with posters, rather, it will be completed with phones.
Guardiola and Tito, the managers
The managers for this match will be Pep Guardiola and Tito Vilanova. The match will be played in accordance with the official rules of futsal: 40-minute long match broken up by two 20-minutes halves. Furthermore, each manager will have two timeouts per half to give instructions to their players. Just as in televised basketball and futsal matches, these instructions will be broadcast live.
The Marathon against Poverty event will also boast appearances from the theater group Comediants and the Barça cheerleaders. Children will also take center stage seeing that they will be allowed to talk to the Barça keepers during the timeouts. Moreover, the Barça Alusport players will put on a free style exhibition.


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San Marcos Man Arrested in Connection with Escondido Bank Robbery
|FBI San Diego January 08, 2013
The FBI, Escondido Police Department, and San Diego Sheriff's Department are announcing the arrest of Anthony Paley Richards, age, 62 as a result of the investigation into the robbery of the U.S. Bank branch located inside the Albertsons grocery store at 1509 East Valley Parkway in Escondido, California, on Wednesday, December 26, 2012.
Richards was arrested on Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at approximately 2:00 p.m. in the vicinity of the 1900 block of West San Marcos Boulevard in San Marcos, California. Richards was taken into custody without incident by deputies from the San Diego Sheriff's Department-San Marcos Station and FBI agents.
On Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at approximately 9:40 a.m., the U.S. Bank located inside the Albertsons grocery store at 1509 East Valley Parkway in Escondido, California, was robbed by an unknown male.
According to witnesses at the scene of the robbery, at approximately 9:40 a.m., the robber exited an older white Ford Ranger pick-up truck and entered the grocery store. The robber allegedly wandered around the store for approximately three minutes before going to the area of the bank. The robber approached a teller and presented a demand note that he pulled from a brown portfolio that he was carrying. The robber also displayed a black semi-automatic handgun and made a verbal demand for cash. While the first teller was retrieving money, the robber pointed the firearm at another bank employee and demanded cash. Both employees provided the robber with a sum of money. After receiving a sum of money, the robber walked out of the grocery store.
Subsequent investigation conducted by law enforcement led to the identification of Richards as the person allegedly responsible for this bank robbery.
Richards will be booked into the Vista Detention Center at 325 South Melrose Drive in Vista, California, and will be expected to remain there until his court appearance.
This case is being prosecuted by the San Diego District Attorney's Office.
Anyone with information concerning this robbery is asked to contact the FBI at telephone number (858) 565-1255 or Crime Stoppers (888) 580-8477.
An arrest itself is not evidence that the defendant committed crimes charged. The defendant is presumed innocent until the government meets its burden in court of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.