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Capital: Nouakchott
Population: 3,200,000
Political Rights Score: 6
Civil Liberties Score: 5
Status: Not Free
Status Change Explanation
Mauritania's political rights rating declined from 4 to 6, its civil liberties rating declined from 4 to 5, and its status declined from Partly Free to Not Free, due to the military's ouster of the democratically elected president, the arrest of top civilian officials, and the imposition of restrictions on assembly and the media.
President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi was ousted in an August 2008 coup by the head of the Presidential Guard after he moved to dismiss top military leaders. Military authorities detained the president and several other officials, took control of the state broadcast media, and cracked down on anticoup demonstrations. At year's end, the military-led government had not established a timetable for the return to constitutional government. The deposed president remained under house arrest until late December, while the ousted prime minister remained imprisoned at the end of 2008. International condemnation of the coup was widespread, and the junta faced the suspension of foreign aid. Meanwhile, discrimination against certain ethnic groups and women remained prevalent.
Following independence from France in 1960, Mauritania was ruled by a series of civilian and military authoritarian regimes. In 1984, Colonel Maaouya Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya ousted President Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah. Although Taya introduced a multiparty system in 1991, he repeatedly secured poll victories for himself and his Democratic and Social Republican Party (PRDS) through the abuse of state resources, suppression of the opposition, and manipulation of the media and electoral institutions. Opposition groups often responded with electoral boycotts, and a failed coup attempt triggered two days of fighting in the capital in June 2003.
In September 2004, Taya's government accused Burkina Faso and Libya of backing disgruntled soldiers in another failed coup. Former president Haidallah – Taya's unsuccessful main challenger in the 2003 presidential election – and two other opposition leaders were put on trial for coup plotting, along with 170 military personnel. Haidallah and most of the others were acquitted in February 2005, although four soldiers received life sentences.
Military officers led by Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall finally overthrew Taya's government in August 2005, a move that was greeted with strong domestic support. Soon after taking power, the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (CMJD) pardoned and released hundreds of political prisoners, and dozens of political activists returned from exile. In October, the CMJD set a timeline for holding elections and established an independent electoral commission to administer the process. Voters in June 2006 approved a constitutional amendment limiting presidents to two five-year terms. Legislative and municipal elections were held in November and December 2006, with independent candidates, mostly former PRDS members, securing a majority of the seats. Senate elections were held in January and February 2007, and independents again won a majority. Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi, running as an independent, was elected president in March with 52 percent of the second-round vote. This series of elections were the first in Mauritania's history to be broadly viewed as generally free and fair.
On August 6, 2008, the head of the Presidential Guard, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, ousted Abdellahi in a coup. The president had drawn criticism from military leaders and members of the ruling National Party for Democracy and Development (PNDD), a pro-presidential party formed in early 2008, due in part to his inclusion of hard-line Islamists and former members of Taya's regime in the cabinet in May 2008. That government resigned in June under the threat of a parliamentary no-confidence vote, and Abdellahi formed a new cabinet in July that included only PNDD members. This also failed to gain lawmakers' confidence, however, and 48 PNDD members of parliament quit the party on August 4. The coup was mounted shortly after Abdellahi fired four leading generals, including Abdel Aziz, on the morning of August 6. Security forces arrested the president, the prime minister, and several other officials.
The coup leaders announced that an 11-member junta, the High State Council, would run the country until new elections were held, but that other institutions such as the parliament could continue to function normally. While the international community strongly condemned the coup and key donors suspended nonhumanitarian aid, the domestic reaction was mixed. A majority of lawmakers and mayors expressed support, but a coalition of four pro-Abdellahi parties formed the National Front for the Defense of Democracy, and some parties refused to participate in the junta-led government, which was formed on September 1. The next day, the legislature selected an eight-member panel to try the president on charges of corruption and obstructing parliament. At the end of 2008, the junta had still not established a timetable for a return to constitutional government. The deposed president remained under house arrest until December 21, but the ousted prime minister remained imprisoned at year's end.
Despite the initiation of oil production in 2006, Mauritania remains one of the world poorest countries, with some three-quarters of the population dependent on subsistence agriculture and livestock production. Mauritania imports about 70 percent of its food, and rising global food prices sparked social unrest in late 2007 and early 2008 that helped to weaken Abdellahi's presidency.
Political Rights and Civil Liberties
Mauritania is not an electoral democracy. The transitional elections of 2006 and 2007 were generally praised by independent observers, but constitutional government was suspended by the August 2008 coup. Under the 1991 constitution, the president is responsible for appointing and dismissing the prime minister and cabinet, and a 2006 amendment imposed a limit of two five-year presidential terms. While the 2006 amendments also banned the president from leading a political party, then president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi's supporters established the PNDD in early 2008. In the 2006 legislative elections, members of the 95-seat National Assembly, the lower house of the bicameral legislature, were elected to five-year terms by popular vote in single-member districts. The 53 members of the Senate, the upper house, were elected by mayors and municipal council members, and three were chosen by other senators to represent Mauritanians living abroad. All senators were elected to serve six-year terms.
Some 25 parties competed in the 2006 legislative and municipal elections, and 19 parties competed in the 2007 presidential election. However, Mauritania lacks a developed party system, and it was widely accepted that Abdellahi was the military's choice for president in 2007. Independents won over 40 percent of the National Assembly seats, and political debate during the campaign periods was weak. Long-standing restrictions on religious and ethnic-based parties remain in place, although authorities permitted Islamist candidates to contest the transitional elections as independents, and allowed a moderate Islamist party to form in 2007. A complex web of clan and ethnic loyalties also strongly influences the country's politics.
The transitional government established after the 2005 coup took a number of steps to reduce corruption, creating an inspector general's office and working to improve transparency in the management of oil revenues. Although Abdellahi was publicly committed to fighting corruption, he was criticized prior to the 2008 coup for blocking an inquiry into the misuse of public funds by his wife. Mauritania was ranked 115 out of 180 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Press freedom generally improved under the transitional government and during Abdellahi's presidency, but journalists continued to practice self-censorship, and private newspapers faced the threat of closure for material seen as offensive to Islam or threatening to the state. The military imposed new media restrictions after the 2008 coup, beginning with the takeover of state broadcast media. Several private newspapers were unable to publish the day after the coup when soldiers blocked the road to the country's only printing press, although they were able to post content online. At least two journalists were arrested for attempting to cover anticoup protests in August and October. Separately, the publisher of and a reporter for the weekly Al-Houriya were charged in June with libel and insult for criticizing a minister's participation in a celebration of the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding, and both men were detained for four weeks for "insulting" judges before being released in August.
Several private newspapers compete with state-run Arabic and French dailies, although their reach is limited by low circulation and a national literacy rate of only about 50 percent. There are no private radio or television stations licensed in the country, but Radio France Internationale broadcasts in the capital. While the government does not restrict internet access, less than 1 percent of the population was able to access this resource in 2008. The Al-Anba' website, which promised to expose corruption among top military officers, was reportedly blocked in early November.
Mauritania was declared an Islamic republic under the 1991 constitution, and proselytizing by non-Muslims is banned. In practice, however, non-Muslim communities have not been targeted for persecution. Academic freedom is respected.
The 1991 constitution guaranteed freedoms of association and assembly, and conditions grew more permissive when civilian rule was restored after the 2005 coup. In the wake of the latest coup, however, the junta banned protests and allowed only supporters to demonstrate. Security forces used tear gas to disperse protesters on August 7 and 8, as well as on October 5, the day before an African Union deadline to reinstate Abdellahi. Anticoupmarchers were again dispersed in mid-November. Although the deposed prime minister was released five days after his initial detention, he was rearrested on August 21 for attending an anticoup demonstration and remained in prison at year's end.
Workers have the constitutional right to unionize and bargain for wages, and all except members of the military, police, and judiciary are free to do so in practice. Although only about one-quarter of Mauritanians are formally employed, the vast majority in the industrial and commercial sectors are unionized. The right to strike is limited by arbitration requirements.
The judicial system is heavily influenced by the government. Many decisions are shaped by Sharia (Islamic law), especially in family and civil matters. Prison conditions are harsh, and security forces suspected of human rights abuses operate with impunity. There are reports that prisoners, particularly terrorism suspects, are subject to torture by authorities. Between May and June 2008, a new prison for suspected terrorists was built on a military base, and several inmates staged a hunger strike on June 6 to protest conditions there.
Mauritania has suffered a series of small-scale attacks by Islamist militants in recent years. In December 2007, members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) killed four French tourists, and three soldiers were killed in a separate attack. AQIM gunmen fired at the Israeli embassy in February 2008, injuring three civilians, and in September, the group abducted and later killed 11 soldiers and their civilian guide. The authorities have responded harshly to the rise in attacks, and have arrested numerous terrorism suspects.
The country's three main ethnic groups are the politically and economically dominant Moors of Arab and Berber descent; the black descendents of slaves, also known as Haratin or black Moors; and black Africans who are closer in ethnic heritage to the peoples of neighboring Senegal and Mali. Racial and ethnic discrimination persists in all spheres of political and economic life, generally to the disadvantage of darker-skinned communities. Despite a 1981 law banning slavery in Mauritania, an estimated half a million black Mauritanians are believed to live in conditions of servitude. A law that took effect in February 2008 set penalties of 5 to 10 years in prison for slavery, but it drew criticism for not covering related practices such as forced marriage and indentured labor.
In July 2007, President Abdellahi announced plans for the return of black Mauritanians who had been expelled following communal violence in 1989. By June 2008, as many as 4,000 refugees had returned, out of a population of some 24,000 in Senegal and 6,000 in Mali. They received housing assistance, but many faced difficulty recovering confiscated land. Resettlement slowed during the summer rainy season but resumed in late October.
Freedom of movement was hampered in the country after the August 2008 coup, as checkpoints multiplied and the general security presence increased.
Under rules established during the transitional period, party lists for the National Assembly elections had to include district-based quotas of female candidates. At the municipal level, women were guaranteed 20 percent of all seats. The 2006 polling left women with 17 seats in the National Assembly and 30 percent of all municipal council seats. Nevertheless, discrimination against women persists. Under Sharia, a woman's testimony is given only half the weight of a man's. Legal protections regarding property and pay equity are usually respected only in urban areas among the educated elite. It is estimated that three-quarters of women have been subjected to female genital mutilation, and while the government has initiated a campaign to discourage the procedure, it remains legal. Abortion is prohibited in all circumstances.
According to the U.S. State Department, Mauritania is a source and destination country for children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. Although a 2003 law prohibits trafficking, the government lacks the resources to restrict the practice and has been slow to prosecute suspected traffickers.


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An advertisement for a detective show on the message board under the official's table at Oklahoma City Arena summed up the feeling of TNT analysts regarding the Thunder's 99-72 victory Wednesday night. It read "Memphis Beat."
Coming off the Thunder's triple-overtime victory late Monday in Memphis, studio analyst Charles Barkley and game analyst Mike Fratello said they felt the Grizzlies were fatigued.
"Memphis is a young team," Barkley said, "and psychologically the triple overtime (loss) had a huge impact on them. They came out with no energy. It will be up to Coach Lionel Hollins to get the energy level back up.
"It was a huge advantage for Oklahoma City to come home. These (Oklahoma City and Memphis) probably have the best two crowds in the NBA."
Barkley and studio analyst Kevin McHale felt the Thunder poured it on late in the game with a flurry of 3-point shots.
"For me, Oklahoma City did a little too much celebrating the last couple minutes," McHale said. "Lionel Hollins will show them the tape, and the Memphis Grizzlies will win Game 6 back home at the Mailbox. The big fellows will be upset."
Barkley said he would have taken a hard foul when the Thunder kept firing 3-point shots late in the game.
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*Westbrook, who has received his share of criticism this series, was praised by TNT analyst Kenny Smith at halftime on his "Kenny's Pictures" segment. After showing a video of Westbrook making a long jump shot, Smith showed him passing to James Harden for a slam dunk on a play in which Westbrook could have scored. "Sometimes as a great player you need to get the other guys the basketball because you can get them (your points) yourself."
*After sideline reporter Marty Snider's report on Kendrick Perkins' tenure as a towering altar boy while growing up in Beaumont, Texas, Fratello had some fun with a picture of Perkins in his altar boy robe. "With that look that he's got, you better ante up when the basket comes around," he said. "You better make a big contribution with him staring at you like that."
*In questioning a technical foul on Serge Ibaka for protesting an out-of-bounds call, Fratello said, "Are they trying to turn every player into an altar boy?"
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To establish equity in property you should obtain an appraisal of the real estate to show you have equity. The appraisal would be your evidence. You should also argue that the property is necessary for your effective reorganization and any creditor is adequately protected. To show adequate protection you will definitely need insurance. You would also want to show you are maintaining the property so it is not losing value due to disrepair. You can show repair through maintenance by your receipts. I am also confused as to why you are in a ch 7 if mortgage payments have been missed then you would need to be in a ch 13 to propose a plan to catch up. If mortgage payments have not been missed then I would argue this point to support that creditor is adequately protected because on top of everything else you are also still making payments. The code section you would be arguing is 11 USC 362(d)(1)-(3) which discusses relief and adequate protection. I hope this helps.
i missed mtg payments bcuz they were supposed to do a loan mod and then they sold and or transferred my loan so many times that i didnt know who i was dealing with anymore and then they went to foreclose but I was shocked bcuz they are foreclosing with the wrong beneficiary name, so these people claiming to foreclose and owning my loan should be foreclosing in their name as the beneficiary, not in someones name who owned the property 12 years ago, right? It just doesnt make any sense to me, do I owe the original lender from over a decade ago? or the current Lender or even the Servicer? and if it is the current one, who has sent a NOD, why did the put the original lender from over a decade ago as the beneficiary they are foreclosing for? I had called that Lender and they said they sold my loan years ago, so I'm just super baffled and ready to pack up. But the current lender wont work with me at all and the beneficiary they are foreclosing for (the sub. trusty put in the NOD) says they cant do anything for me because they dont have the loan anymore. So...WWYD? (what would you do?) and i'm in a ch 7 because i didn't know any better and I thought it would give me time to see who I can work with and then got very complicated because the Trustee wanted to sell my other house so I changed my petition to make the other house my homestead, but dont i have equity because of all the money I poured n to the house? and never took any money out? should I put the receipts of maintaining the house in my motion to oppose their motion to lift the stay? i'm not paying because I'm not really sure who I should be paying. this current lender filed a DOT assign. just prior to me filing bk becuz they knew I was going to file ..i dont understand why Trustee of bk didnt sell house w/ his strong arm provisions but i guess he is too busy or i dont know, i asked but he abandoned all, but i'm sure if i prove something here and they aren't the right party to be lifting stay, he will be happy to step in on the curtails of all this and take it...i dont know, i want to pay someone, i need to keep that house
I understand about not knowing who you were to pay, but if the Judge says pay Mr. Jones do you have the past mortgage payments saved that you could make a lump sum payment? If you do not, I would recommend considering filing a motion to convert your ch7 to a ch 13 to have option of curing mortgage arrears over the life of a ch 13 plan. Regarding the receipts, I would reference the receipts with dates and amounts if they are significant (i.e. more than $200) of they are smaller I would lump them all together. We are only technically suppose to answer 1 question per posting. However, because your issue is more complex I thought it appropriate to resound to your follow questions. I would appreciate it if you could now rate my response so I can get credit for these questions.
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Dylan: There's more than one way to die. Your heart can go on ticking, but sometime that's just for show.
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Dylan: You cocked the gun too early.
Men: What?
Dylan: Shove a gun in somebody's face, that's shock enough. You want to save the gun-cocking till later. In case the gun itself doesn't put enough fear into the guy. You've already done that. Now what do you do? Shake it at me?
(Man shakes the gun at Dylan.)
Dylan: See? Hardly effective, right?
Marcus: I'm sorry, there's a revolution going on, DyIan. It's called digital, all right? There are certain parts of the world that consider film kind of old.
Dylan: Sounds like paradise.
(Dylan is using some antique tools.)
Elizabeth: Fascinating. It's very high-tech.
Dylan: Undead investigation is old-school.
Dylan: The thing about werewolves is that they don't take too well at being accused of murder. Especially the ones they commit.
Dylan: Do you want the good news or the bad news first?
Marcus: The good. The bad.
Dylan: Okay. The bad news is that you're dead.
Marcus (laughing): That's funny. You're funny. So what's the good news then?
Dylan: The good news is that the condition is manageable.


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A first for Del Mar: The Breeder's Cup is coming
DEL MAR, Calif. - The Breeders' Cup World Championship will be held in Del Mar in 2017 for the first time in the races' 30-year history, it was announced Tuesday.
The prestigious thoroughbred races will also be held for the first time at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., next year. In 2016, the races will return to this year's location, Santa Anita Park in the Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia, Breeders' Cup officials said.
Del Mar, the local seaside venue where the surf meets the turf, is set to host the event Nov. 3-4, 2017, pending state approval, according to racing officials.
"We've had many wonderful racing events and thousands of special racing people be part of our rich history at Del Mar," Del Mar President and CEO Joe Harper said. "But bringing the Breeders' Cup horses, horsemen and their worldwide fans to our seaside showplace in 2017 just might be our show of shows."
What makes the two-day event unique is that horses come in from all over the world.
"It's the best of the best, and they're all going to be here in 2017," Harper said. "This is really, for us, a dream come true."
But the biggest win may be for the local economy, as 75,000 to 100,000 people are expected to turn out and they'll pack some decent-sized pocketbooks.
"The people who come for Breeder's Cup who own these horses, they're quite a group," Harper said. "They're some of the wealthiest people in the world, and they're not coming for two days, they'll come for a week."
His ballpark estimate is that they'll support the city to the tune of $70 million during their stay.
This year's series of Thoroughbred races will be held Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at Santa Anita Park. The 2016 races will push the Los Angeles County racetrack ahead of Churchill Downs into a record nine times as host.
Breeders' Cup officials said Del Mar would be a good fit.
"We are very pleased to announce Del Mar as a first time host site for the 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships," said Craig Fravel, President and CEO of Breeders' Cup Ltd. "Over the years, Del Mar has established an extraordinary reputation for outstanding racing, entertainment and first-class hospitality. We are excited by the energy and support of the local San Diego community and their efforts to make the 2017 World Championships one of most successful in our history."
Del Mar was in the running to host the 2016 races, but concerns arose over holding the event at new venues two years in a row, U-T San Diego reported.
The Del Mar racetrack has installed a new turf course and will replace its synthetic Polytrack with a dirt surface over the next year, according to the Los Angeles Times.


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Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. According to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program's definition, violent crimes involve force or threat of force.
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In 2004, there were an estimated 1,367,009 violent crimes nationwide. Of these, aggravated assaults comprised 62.5 percent; robbery, 29.4 percent; forcible rape, 6.9 percent; and murder, 1.2 percent. (Based on Table 1.)
The UCR Program examines data in increments of 2, 5, and 10 years to formulate trend information. From 2003 to 2004, the estimated volume of violent crime in the United States fell by 1.2 percent. The 5- and 10-year trend data showed that the estimated number violent crimes decreased 4.1 percent compared with the 2000 figure and 24.0 percent compared with 1995 data. The occurrence of violent crime throughout the Nation in 2004 was estimated at a rate of 465.5 violent offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, continuing a 13-year decline. (See Tables 1 and 1A.)
A look at the volume of individual offenses within the violent crime category showed that in a year-to-year comparison of 2003 and 2004 data, the estimated number of robberies decreased 3.1 percent, of murders 2.4 percent, and of aggravated assaults 0.5 percent. The only violent crime to show any increase from 2003 to 2004 was forcible rape at 0.8 percent. (See Tables 1 and 1A.)
In terms of the rate of offenses for each of the four violent crimes, aggravated assault had the highest rate, estimated at 291.1 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. There were an estimated 136.7 robberies, 32.2 forcible rapes, and 5.5 murders for each 100,000 resident population in 2004. (See Table 1.)
As explained in Appendix III, the UCR Program groups the states into four regions: the Northeast, the Midwest, the South, and the West. The population distribution of the regions is provided in Table 3, and the estimated volume and rate of violent crime by region are presented in Table 4. An examination of violent crime by region showed that:
The Northeast accounted for an estimated 18.6 percent of the Nation's population and an estimated 15.6 percent of violent crime in 2004. Of the four regions, the Northeast had the largest decrease, 2.5 percent, in the volume of violent crime. In addition, each of the offense types comprising the violent crime category had decreases in the volume of violent crime when compared with 2003 data. The number of robbery offenses fell 3.3 percent; forcible rape, 2.7 percent; aggravated assault, 2.0 percent; and murder, 1.9 percent.
In this region, there were an estimated 390.7 violent crimes for each 100,000 resident population, a 2.8-percent decline from the 2003 rate. By offense, the rates were estimated at 220.6 aggravated assaults, 143.6 robberies, 22.4 forcible rapes, and 4.2 murders per 100,000 inhabitants.
With an estimated 22.4 percent of the Nation's population residing in the Midwest, the region accounted for an estimated 18.8 percent of violent crime. This region had a 1.7-percent decline in violent crime in 2004 compared with 2003 data. The number of murders in that region fell 3.4 percent, aggravated assaults declined 2.1 percent, and robberies decreased 1.6 percent. The offense of forcible rape was the only violent crime that showed an increase in volume (1.1 percent), compared with 2003 data.
Violent Crime by Month
Percent Distribution, 2000-2004
The rate of violent crime in the Midwest was estimated at 391.1 offenses per 100,000 resident population, a 2.1-percent decrease from the 2003 rate. There were 233.2 aggravated assaults, 116.8 robberies, and 4.7 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. Forcible rape, with a rate of 36.4 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, was the only violent crime with an increase (0.7 percent) in the rate from the 2003 figure.
The South, the Nation's most populated region, had an estimated 36.1 percent of the Nation's inhabitants. An estimated 41.9 percent of the Nation's violent crimes occurred in this region. Overall, violent crime decreased slightly (0.3 percent) in the region when compared with 2003 figures. The number of robberies and murders decreased, 4.1 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively. However, from 2003 to 2004, the estimated volume of forcible rapes and aggravated assaults in that region increased 2.6 percent and 1.2 percent, respectively.
The estimated rate of violent crime in the South was 540.6 offenses per 100,000 in population, a decline of 1.6 percent compared with the 2003 rate. By offense, this region experienced 354.3 aggravated assaults (a 0.2-percent decline), 145.6 robberies (a 5.4-percent decrease), and 6.6 murders (a 5.0-percent decline) per 100,000 in population. Forcible rape was the lone violent crime to increase (1.2 percent) in the rate, 34.1 per 100,000 inhabitants.
With an estimated 23.0 percent of the Nation's population, the West had an estimated 23.7 percent of violent crime. Overall in this region, violent crime declined 1.6 percent. Three of the four violent offenses decreased in the volume of violent crime compared with 2003 data—robbery decreased 2.5 percent, aggravated assaults declined 1.4 percent, and forcible rape declined 0.4 percent. A comparison of the 2004 data with 2003 figures showed that murder was the only offense in the West to show an increase, 0.8 percent.
Overall in this region, the estimated rate of violent crime was 480.7 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, a 3.0-percent decline from the 2003 rate. By offense, the murder rate, 5.7 per 100,000 in population, showed virtually no change from the 2003 data. The rate for aggravated assault was 305.4 per 100,000 inhabitants, a 2.8-percent decrease. The rate of robbery, 136.5, declined 3.9 percent, and the rate of forcible rape, 33.2, decreased 1.8 percent.
The UCR Program aggregates crime data into three community types: Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), cities outside metropolitan statistical areas, and nonmetropolitan counties. Appendix III provides additional information regarding community types. Nearly 83 percent (82.9) of the Nation's population lived in MSAs in 2004. Residents of cities outside MSAs accounted for 6.8 percent of the country's population, and 10.4 percent of the Nation's population lived in nonmetropolitan counties. (Based on Table 2.)
A look at the volume of violent crime by community type showed that an estimated 90.0 percent of violent crime occurred in the Nation's MSAs, 5.5 percent of violent crime occurred in cities outside MSAs, and 4.5 percent of violent crime occurred in the Nation's nonmetropolitan counties. (Based on Table 2.) By community type, the violent crime rates were estimated at 505.8 violent offenses per 100,000 inhabitants within MSAs, 377.0 violent offenses per 100,000 inhabitants in cities outside MSAs, and 201.5 violent offenses per 100,000 inhabitants in nonmetropolitan counties. (See Table 2.)
In the UCR Program, data are also aggregated into population groups, a description of which is provided in Appendix III. The Nation's cities collectively had a 1.9-percent decrease in the number of violent offenses in 2004 compared with 2003 data. By city population group, cities with populations of 25,000 to 49,999 inhabitants had the lone increase (1.0 percent) in the volume of violent crime. Violent crime decreased by 1.6 percent in the Nation's metropolitan counties but increased slightly (0.3 percent) in the Nation's nonmetropolitan counties. (See Table 12.)
The law enforcement agencies in the Nation's cities, collectively, reported 577.0 violent offenses per 100,000 in population in 2004. By population group with the city label, law enforcement agencies in the Nation's largest cities, those with 250,000 and over inhabitants, reported the highest rate, 932.6 violent crimes for each 100,000 inhabitants in 2004, and agencies in cities with 10,000 to 24,999 inhabitants reported the lowest rate, 303.7. Law enforcement agencies in the Nation's metropolitan counties reported a rate of 331.1 violent crimes per 100,000 resident population; those in nonmetropolitan counties reported a rate of 215.6 violent crimes per 100,000 resident population. (See Table 16.)
The UCR Program collects weapon data for murder, robbery, and aggravated assault offenses. An examination of these data indicated that most violent crime (30.7 percent) involved the use of personal weapons, such as hands, fists, feet, etc. Firearms were used in 26.4 percent and knives or cutting instruments were used in 15.5 percent of violent crime. Other dangerous weapons were used in 27.3 percent of violent offenses. (Based on Tables 2.9 and 19.)
In the UCR Program, an offense may be cleared by an arrest when at least one person is arrested, charged with the commission of the offense, and remanded to the court for prosecution. An agency may also clear an offense by exceptional means when some force outside the agency's control prevents the arrest of the individual. More in-depth information regarding clearances is provided in Section III.
In 2004, 46.3 percent of violent crime in the Nation was cleared by arrest or exceptional means. Typical of the violent offenses, murder had the highest percentage of offenses cleared. In 2004, law enforcement agencies cleared 62.6 percent of murders, 55.6 percent of aggravated assaults, 41.8 percent of forcible rapes, and 26.2 percent of robberies. (See Table 25.)
A comparison of clearance data by region showed that law enforcement agencies in the Northeast cleared 50.3 percent of the violent crime reported to them; the West, 47.1 percent; the South, 46.2 percent; and the Midwest, 41.8 percent. (See Table 26.)
Collectively, in the Nation's cities, law enforcement agencies cleared 43.7 percent of violent crime. Of the population groups with the city designation, the Nation's smallest cities, those with 10,000 and less in resident population, had the highest percentage of violent offenses cleared, 57.7 percent. Cities with 250,000 and over inhabitants had the lowest percentage of violent offenses cleared, 38.5 percent. Law enforcement agencies in the Nation's metropolitan counties cleared 54.5 percent of violent crime; agencies in the Nation's nonmetropolitan counties cleared 60.6 percent of violent crime. (See Table 25.)
When an individual under the age of 18 (a juvenile) is cited to appear before juvenile authorities, the incident is cleared by arrest despite the lack of a physical arrest. In addition, the UCR Program considers any clearance that involves both adults (those aged 18 or older) and juveniles as an adult clearance. Therefore, the juvenile clearance data are limited to those clearances involving juveniles only.
In 2004, 12.1 percent of violent crime clearances nationwide involved only juveniles. In the Nation's cities collectively, 12.3 percent of violent crime clearances involved only juveniles. Of the Nation's city population groups, cities with 25,000 to 49,999 inhabitants had the highest percentage of clearances for violent crime solely involving juveniles, 14.2 percent; cities with 250,000 and over inhabitants had the lowest percentage, 10.5 percent. Law enforcement agencies in metropolitan counties reported that 12.3 percent of their clearances for violent crime involved only juveniles, and those in the Nation's nonmetropolitan counties, 9.3 percent of clearances. (See Table 28.)


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DeKALB, Ill. - It was a pitchers dual at Ralph McKinzie Field Saturday afternoon as Northern Illinois and Ohio combined for four runs with the Bobcats taking game two of the series, 3-1. Senior hurler Jake Hermsen threw 138 pitches with over seven innings in the contest, with seven strikeouts in the loss."Jake threw the ball well and pitched himself out of a couple of jams, including late in the seventh inning, and we'll take that from him every start," said Head Coach Ed Mathey. "When you're not hitting the ball well or producing runs, it magnifies all the small little things along the way. Our pitchers did a great job today but our hitters need to step up and figure out a way to get the job done. We've got to come back tomorrow and win a baseball game."Ohio (15-15, 5-3 MAC) got on the board early in the first inning as Ethan Newton lead the inning with a single and advanced to second on a ground out. He stole third base and advanced home on a throwing error by the catcher to make the game 1-0. The Bobcats added another in the top of the fifth on an RBI single to increase their lead, 2-0.In the bottom half of the fifth inning, the Huskies (8-22, 2-6 MAC) put their rally caps on as Troy White extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single through the left side to break up pitcher Jason Moulton's no-hitter. After hitting a deep fly ball in the second inning that got caught in the wind to the warning track in right centerfield, Michael Kane singled down the right field line to advance White to third.Alex Beckmann continued Northern Illinois' streak of hits with an RBI single through the right side and was promptly sent to second on a wild pitch that also advanced Kane to third, cutting the lead, 2-1. Brett Frantini made contact in the Huskies next at-bat that sent the ball on a rope to left field but was caught by Tyler Wells for the second out of the inning. Moulton would load the bases on a walk when Jamison Wells stepped up to the plate and setup Alex Jones with the sacks juiced. Sean Kennedy entered as the Bobcats pitcher in an attempt to quell NIU's tying effort and did so when Jones grounded out to the shortstop to end the inning.With pitch count well over 100, Hermsen continued to battle in the top of the seventh with one out. He loaded the bases and walked in an unearned run to lift Ohio 3-1, but got himself out of the jam by striking out the final two batters for his sixth and seventh punch outs of the game.Hermsen finished the game with seven innings on the mound, eight hits allowed, seven strikeouts, four walks and two earned runs.Alex Klonowski stepped onto the mound in the final two innings and picked up where Hemsen left off, by fanning two batters and not allowing a baserunner. He helped his own cause in the ninth with a leadoff single through the left side and went to second as Beckmann drew a walk. Neither Huskie would advance any further however as the Bobcats ended the NIU rally to take the ball game, 3-1.Northern Illinois and Ohio will close their series tomorrow afternoon for an Easter Sunday showdown, beginning at 1:05 p.m. Tony Manville (1-4) will start on the bump for the Huskies.GAME NOTES:Senior pitcher Jake Hermsen surrendered his first walk in the first in 22.2 innings in the first inning against the Bobcats … In his last three starts, 21 innings, Hermsen has combined for 18 strikeouts, four walks and has only allowed five earned runs to lower his ERA from 8.62 to 5.60 … Alex Jones failed to reach base for the first time since the March 1 contest against Winthrop, ending his streak of 21-consecutive games … Ohio left nine runners on base to Northern Illinois' seven.


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DURATION: Minimum 4-6 month commitment, Days and times are flexible- minimum of 2 1/2 hours a week
BACKGROUND: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in more than 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities to restore safety, dignity and hope, the IRC leads the way from harm to home. Domestically, our 26 offices across the U.S. ensure new arrivals have food, shelter and clothing, and work with refugees to help them gain self-sufficiency.
SCOPE OF WORK: The role of the IRC Job Placement Associate is to assist in finding qualifying employment for the refugee or asylee with whom they are paired within the first four months the refugee or asylee is enrolled in the Early Employment program.
•Place the client into their first job within four months
•Work 40 hours per client within four months and report those hours weekly in a manner determined by the IRC
•Assist refugee clients with job searches and researching employers
•Help refugee clients complete job applications in-person and online
•Create resumes and cover letters, and provide role-playing interview practice
•Drive clients to interviews and job fairs
•Must be culturally sensitive and respectful of various backgrounds, lifestyles and beliefs
•Must be comfortable speaking to strangers and cold calling
•Fluent in English; Fluency in Chinese, Arabic, Armenian, Farsi, Spanish is highly desirable
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Molecular term symbols specify molecular electronic energy levels. Term symbols for diatomic molecules are based on irreducible representations in linear symmetry groups, derived from spectroscopic notations. They usually consist of four parts: spin multiplicity, azimuthal angular momentum, total angular momentum and symmetry. All molecular term symbols discussed here are based on Russel-Saunders coupling.
Molecular term symbols mark different electronic energy levels of a diatomic molecule. These symbols are similar to atomic term symbols, since both follow the Russell-Saunders coupling scheme. Molecular term symbols employ symmetry labels from group theory. The possibility of an electronic trasition can be deducted from molecular term symbols following selection rules. For multi-atomic molecules, symmetry labels play most of term symbols' roles.
Molecules have certain symmetries, which can be described using point groups1. Here are the most common symmetry groups for molecules:
The properties or parts of a molecule may transform differently from the molecule itself under certain operations, even if the molecule is symmetric with respect to these operations. Character tables describe how objects transform under all operations of a symmetry group. Each object may have one particular set of characters. A set of characters for an object is called a representation. A representation is irreducible if it cannot be reduced into the sum of other representations. Different symmetry groups have different irreducible representations, yet some symmetry groups may share irreducible representations, which can either be the same or be totally different. For a detailed discussion into group theory, please refer to Group Theory: Theory and its application to chemistry.
Molecular orbital theory is a set of concepts and methods that allows us to understand the nature of molecules with respect to symmetry and energy. The theory assumes that all atomic orbitals within a molecule combine and form molecular orbitals, in which electrons are totally delocalized. These combinations should be formed by energetically and symmetrically "close-to-each-other" atomic orbitals. Molecular orbitals have certain symmetries according to the point group of the molecule. These symmetries can be represented by irreducible representations. Usually an MO diagram can be drawn for a molecule to depict its orbitals in terms of symmetry, energy and also electronic configuration.
A diatomic molecule, or a diatomic, is formed by two same or different atoms bound by either covalent bonds or ionic bonds. It is homonuclear if the two atoms are the same, or heteronuclear if different.
In group theory, heteronuclear diatomic molecules have C∞v symmetries, and homonuclear ones have D∞h symmetries. There are infinitely many representations in both groups, among which the irreducible representations are symbolized using the notations "Σ, Π, Δ, etc." Both kinds of groups bear a perpendicular mirrow plane, or σv. So "+" and "-" are used to categorize the symmetry with respect to σv. D∞h symmetries indicate an inversion center in the molecule, yet C∞v symmetries do not. For D∞h, irreducible representations are further classified by parity, using the "g" and "u" symbols.
MO diagrams describe the electronic interaction within a molecule using linear combinations of the atomic orbitals. The orbitals are filled with electrons in an energetical order.
For example, the CO molecule is heteronuclear, which has a C∞v symmetry. As shown in the diagram above, molecular orbitals are labeled with the irreducible representations they belong to. Note there is hybridization among the molecular orbitals of CO, so the ordering in energy levels is different from the MO diagrams of O2 and F2.
As mentioned above, the symmetries and parities are different between a heteronuclear diatomic and a homonuclear one. Their term symbols usually have different formats. For homonuclear diatomics, the term symbol has the following form:
\[ ^{2S+1}\Lambda_{\Omega,(g/u)}^{(+/-)} \]
whereas Λ is the projection of the orbital angular momentum along the internuclear axis: Ω is the projection of the total angular momentum along the internuclear axis; g/u is the parity; and +/− is the reflection symmetry along an arbitrary plane containing the internuclear axis. Λ may be one of the greek letters in the sequence: Σ Π Δ Φ... when Λ = 0, 1, 2, 3..., respectively. For heteronuclear diatomics, the term symbol does not include the g/u part, for there is not inversion center in the molecule.
Let's start with CO again. As we have seen before, the molecule has a close-shell configuration. Its ground state is a totally symmetric singlet, 1Σ+, since the only possible values of (S, Λ) are (0, 0). If one of the HOMO electrons on the 5σ+ orbital has jumped to the LUMO, this molecule will be in an excited state as follows.
Suppose a CO molecule is in the excited state shown above. In order to know the term symbol of this state, a direct product of the labels is required for the two MO's with unpaired electrons. The multiplication is such as \(\Pi \times \Sigma^+ = \Pi\). According to Pauli's exclusion rule, these two unpaired electrons can never share the same set of quantum numbers, therefore the spin degeneracy S can reach its maximum 3. The resulting term symbols are 1Π and 3Π.
Now if we look at O2, it does not have a close-shell configuration at its ground state. There are two unpaired electrons each occupying one of the two degenerate 2π orbitals, which can be seen in the diagram below.
The term symbol for oxygen molecule at its ground state is therefore derived such as Π x Π = Σ+ + Σ- + [Δ], as the symbol in brackets does not allow the oxygen atoms to commute.
We'll focus on selection rules. Like atomic electronic states, different selection rules apply when differently incurred transitions occur. Usually for electric dipole field induced transitions, the selection rules are the same as for atoms.
Multi-atomic molecules can either be linear or not, so the notations of them may look similar to that of a diatomic molecule or not. Irreducible representations of the symmetry groups are commonly used to mark the electronic states, which to some extent serve as term symbols. The direct product method still applies to multi-atomics.
As you can see in the MO diagram for H2O above, each hydrogen atom provides a 1s orbital and they combine and form an A1 orbital and a B2 orbital before mixing with the atomic orbitals of oxygen. The A1 and the B2 orbitals are the SALC's, or the symmetry-allowed linear cominations of the hydrogen 1s orbitals. The SALC's symmetry labels can be determined by inspection. These SALC's may form molecular orbitals with corresponding atomic orbitals of oxygen.
In representing transitions, spectral notations including symmetry labels and spin complexity are used in multi-atomic molecules, instead of angular moment. These notations like 3A1 usually play similar roles as term symbols. Please refer to Selection Rules for detailed discussions on it.
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Daimler forecast a jump in profit this year at its main luxury car division after strong sales of new models such as the S-Class limousine in the United States and China helped it to beat quarterly earnings forecasts.
Having dropped to third place in luxury car sales rankings behind German rivals BMW and Volkswagen's Audi in 2011, Daimler's premium car division Mercedes-Benz narrowed the gap in 2013 thanks to its redesigned vehicles, which also include new compact cars such as the A-Class sedan.
"The numbers are good, outlook is good, it's all good," Metzler Bank analyst Juergen Pieper said. "Daimler came off its high horse, realised they were no longer in front and began to fix things."
Daimler said on Thursday it expected group earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) from ongoing business to "increase significantly" in 2014, based on improved profitability at its trucks and cars units.
Its shares were up 3.8 percent to 63.16 euros by 0930 GMT, putting them among the top gainers on Germany's blue-chip DAX index. They were lifted in part by a dividend increase to 2.25 euros a share from 2.20 euros.
The positive results appear to turn around a string of disappointing earnings overseen by the chief executive Dieter Zetsche, who was forced to scrap margin targets at Mercedes-Benz in late 2012.
The Stuttgart-based maker of cars and trucks reported fourth-quarter adjusted EBIT of 2.53 billion euros ($3.42 billion), above the 2.32 billion euros forecast by analysts in a Reuters poll.
Mercedes-Benz sales volumes in Europe and the United States rose, offsetting a slight decline in Daimler's German home market. Also, after a period of flagging sales, Mercedes-Benz's deliveries in China jumped 15 percent to 239,000 cars in 2013.
Profitability at Mercedes-Benz also improved, with the return on sales from ongoing operations widening to 8 percent in the quarter, up from 5.3 percent in the year-earlier period.
Marc-Rene Tonn, an autos analyst at M.M. Warburg said Daimler's results appeared to be solid, "There is no hair in the soup this time."
Mercedes-Benz may still have some way to catch up with profitability at BMW and Audi, however. In the third quarter, BMW's operating margin for its cars division was 9 percent, while Audi's was 9.4 percent.
Carmakers are generally upbeat about global sales this year. Worldwide, auto sales in 2014 are seen rising 3.4 percent, according to research firm IHS, while LMC Automotive sees an increase of 5 percent.
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Kinect is like the lucky charm of Microsoft that brought the company out from a terrible slump on the eleventh hour of last year. Since its revelation, there's got to be tons of hacks we've seen portraying how you can use Kinect and its Open Source program to develop it in some pretty amazing gesture based controlling system.
Just a couple of days ago, we've managed to unearth this Kinect Call of Duty hack that lets you play the full COD using this device and some help with a Wii controller. As of today, a new uploader managed to show how to play Street Fighter IV on Kinect and it looks pretty cool!
Check out the video.
As you can see, he mapped certain moves like hadouken, dragon punch which normally needs certain key presses on your controller, to Kinect. Interestingly, it appears these moves are instantly initiated with a certain natural gesture coming from the user aside from using a normal pad.
But wait, there's more!
Another youtuber managed to upload a video showing how Kinect could be used for first-person-shooter type of games on a fun and more fluid kind of way than a mouse. He has programmed this "high-speed kinematic tracker" and MaxFPS to track the movement of his hands to make this feat possible.
Check out the video.
Certainly, Microsoft is very happy and appreciates all these hacks and that's why they are revealing a full SDK for Kinect for Windows soon!
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Tulane golfers will begin NCAA East Regional play on Thursday morning in Tallahassee, Fla.
May 7, 2014
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NEW ORLEANS - Tulane's 31st-ranked (Golfweek) golf team will begin its bid for a return trip to the national championships when it opens NCAA East Regional play, this Thursday-Saturday, May 8-10, at the Southwood Golf Club in Tallahassee, Fla. The event is hosted by Florida State University.
The Green Wave will join golfers from Florida State and Kentucky during the morning session and the groups will begin at 6:45 a.m. CST from the 10th tee box.
Tulane is coming off its best performance of the year at the 2014 Conference USA Championships, where it not only claimed the league title, but received its most balanced effort of the season from its line-up with eight individual rounds of par or better in a 10-stroke victory.
"We have put in a really good week of practice during our exam week and we made sure the team had a good balance of exam preparation and practice time and I believe we are ready to compete and play well," Tulane head coach Lorne Don said. "We will take the same approach to regionals as we do for any other tournament. We have a good game plan for each of our golfers and we want to attack the course when we can and put ourselves into position to win."
"If we can play consistently like we have talked about all spring, I think we will find ourselves at the top of the leaderboard on Saturday. This is a very experienced and confident group that knows what it takes to compete in postseason play," Don added.
The Green Wave is making its 11th NCAA Regional appearance, including its 10th in the NCAA East Region field. The Wave also played in the NCAA East Region last season and re-wrote the school record book with its best overall finish in regional action, a runner-up performance, and the team produced the best 54-hole total in school history with a 12-under 852 total at the Auburn University Club in Auburn, Ala.
Tulane's five-player line-up is a very seasoned group with four of five players participating in NCAA East Regional play a year ago. Each of TU's players in the line-up this week earned All C-USA honors this season, including sophomore Emily Penttila, who is the 2014 C-USA Golfer of the Year and all-league first team selection. Penttila leads the team with a 72.78 scoring average on the year.
Junior Gemma Dryburgh joined Penttila on the first team, but added a more impressive feat to her resume on Tuesday with her selection to the 2014 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team. Dryburgh ranks second on the squad with a 73.33 average and was the C-USA individual runner-up.
Sophomore Silvia Garces ranks third on the team with a 73.73 average, while classmate Madison Opfer sports a 73.85 average. Both players were named to the All C-USA second team.
Freshman Belen Goicoechea was a third team all-league pick and she has produced a 75.00 average during her rookie season, but has improved to 74.44 during the spring.
The NCAA East Regional features 24 teams and six individual,s and includes nine Top-25 squads and 18 total schools are ranked among the nation's Top-50.
The NCAA East Regional field includes No. 3 Duke, No. 4 Stanford, No. 9 South Carolina, No. 10 Pepperdine, No. 13 Vanderbilt, No. 16 UCF, No. 21 Auburn, No. 23 Virginia, No. 24 Kentucky, No. 30 North Carolina State, No. 29 Florida State, No. 31 Tulane, No. 36 Louisville, No. 39 Baylor, No. 45 Campbell, No. 47 East Carolina, No. 49 Georgia, No. 50 East Tennessee State, Alabama State, College of Charleston, Murray State, Seton Hall, Texas State and Troy.
The top eight teams and two individuals from each of the three regional sites will advance to the NCAA Championships, May 20-23, at the Tulsa Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., and will be co-hosted by the University of Tulsa and the Tulsa Sports Commission.


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Terry W. Thompson died on July 20 following complications of head injuries after completing the Gypsum Daze 5K race he so enjoyed. He was 56.
Terry is remembered as a beloved father, husband and "Morfar" (grandfather). His love of life and family can be found in the legacy he leaves behind, including his artwork, craftsmanship and humor. As an organ donor, his life will continue to enrich the lives of others.
One of Terry's greatest joys was coaching the Tiny Ts soccer team, which included his beloved grandsons Hunter, 7, and Reece, 5. Terry loved spending time with his grandsons by sharing his passion for art, storytelling and laughter.
He was always thinking of others instead of himself by fulfilling numerous after-hours requests and most recently completion of a colorful mural that was displayed at the Trinity Church in Edwards as part of vacation bible school.
Terry was employed by the Eagle County Airport as a mechanical technician.
He was also a skilled master plumber whose work can be seen in numerous homes throughout the area. He was involved in a variety of civic activities, including service on the Gypsum Planning and Zoning Commission in the 1980s and running as a candidate for mayor of Gypsum during the same decade.
Terry was born in Chariton, Iowa, on Nov. 24, 1951. He moved to Colorado Springs when he was in junior high school. He graduated from William J. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs in 1970 and was later a veteran of the Vietnam War.
Terry married Isi in 1975 following a year-long courtship. They celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary in May this year.
In addition to wife, Isi, he is survived by son Eric of Santa Monica, Calif,; daughter Nicole (Bryan) Kohrmann of Gypsum; and two grandsons. He is also survived by his parents, Flo and Charles Thompson of Grand Junction; sisters Debbie (Jim) Holt of Oregon and Dixie Thompson of Washington; and numerous in-laws, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his brother Chuck Thompson.
A celebration of life will take place at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at the Lundgren Amphitheatre in Gypsum Town Park.
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Can anyone help me. I came to biking late i life (im 40) and passed my test before the new test came into effect.
As i felt i would look silly on a 125 i bought a 2006 suzuki bandit and had a mechanic fit this.
Its now 2 years since i passed and want to remove the kit. Im reluctanct to go to the mechanic as he gave me a price got the kit from suzuki but when i rang to get the bike he said it was taking a lot longer and so i ended up paying more than the original quote.
I do have the cert but to be honest it seems fast to me so maybe he never fitted it ?
Anyhow, i did get a haynes manual but this for the newer fuel injection so doést have carbs description.
i have serviced the bike myself with oil, filter , air filter plugs etc so feel i could remove the kit, but what am i looking for ?
i have seem a friends gsxr but it has a throttle restrictor that limits the movement.
please how do i remve the kit and what am i looking for
many thanks
If it's an official Suzuki kit then new bits have been fitted in the actual carbs - diaphragm piston, jets etc. You should have had the original bits off whoever fitted it as you've paid for the restriction kit not part ex'd for kit...but a lot of people aren't aware of this and never get them back. If you can't get the bits back then the price of the OE bits is around £300 If the shop didn't get the official kit they might have used restrictor washers that fit in the rubbers between carb and head but charged you the Suzuki kit price.
So check the carb rubber first to see if washers are fitted, if not easiest way to check if it's the actual carbs if to pay £20-£30 for a dyno power run to check what power it is actualyy making and take it from there.
Many thanks - I didn't get anything back and yesp I paid for the kit and then fitting and then fitting again.
Its been 2 years - so god knows where the parts are. He did say it was the suzuki kit
When you say check the carb rubbber what do you mean ?
Is this the rubber gaske that goes between the actual carb inlets and air filter ?
So is it just restricting the air flow ?
Maybe best bet is to go back and ask for them to be removed, but I wanted to avoid that cost
i have a 2005 sv650 that i bought just after passing my test so got it restricted and now the 2 years are up and want to de-restrict it and am not sure what i am looking for as i am also courious as to how do i remove the front seat as want to remove the battery for storage over winter
thanks guys
4 washers sat in each hole of the inlet manifold would be my guess.....but isnt that model FI??
in which case it could be done at the ECU which could be pricey.
if you dont know how to find this i would suggest you get yourself a manual.
Hi all,
bought my sv advertised with restrictor the arrangement was he removed them prior to delivery, the thing is the chap is in oxford im in liverpool he's good to his word and said he'll pay for someone to sort it but ive got people saying its a couple of hours work and carb adjustments and the other saying its a case of just taking the washers out the carbs and an hours job theres a fair gap in pricing could anyone shed any light what is involved and how long it actually takes ??????
all advice appreciated just want it sorted 33bhp!!! grrr!!
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The Wars of 1812 are welcomed warmly into the land of Minnesota nice
Fifteen minutes before the Wars of 1812 are supposed to take the stage, lead singer and guitarist Peter Pisano is writing their set list on a page torn from the latest issue of The Onion. Unfortunately, the paper had been used earlier as a coaster for beer cans, and now it's soggy, rendering his writing illegible. An industrious fan passes him a flyer, the back of which is blank and mercifully dry.
"Oh," Pisano says. "Great. Genius. Thanks."
The set list is copied, pocketed, and it's time to start the show.
This kind of happenstance cohesion has come to be definitive of the Wars. They first came together two years ago, after Pisano and drummer Bobby Maher put together some songs they wanted to record just for fun, with no intention of becoming an actual band. But the musicians liked the resulting album, Status Quo Ante Bellum, so much that they decided—aw, what the hell?—to make a go of it.
"We never had to be a band before," says keyboardist Peter Rosewall. "Now we have to promote ourselves, play shows, make connections...it's not like it used to be."
They take the stage, the scribbled set list manifesting itself into music. After each of the first few songs, though, Pisano has to call over the sound guy because the speakers are being finicky. "Sorry to keep bugging you," he says, as if the audio problems are the Wars' fault.
Still, it's easy to see why the group has gained so much attention since moving here from Wisconsin one year ago. There's exuberance in Pisano's personality; he plays so hard that he breaks his guitar's shoulder strap, and has to continue the show awkwardly cradling it.
Next to him, arpeggios and scales reminiscent of Steve Winwood in his Traffic days emanate from Rosewall's keyboard. Until this point, Rosewall had been the most introverted of the bunch, but in performance he can't contain himself. He appears to discover each note exactly the moment before he plays it, and seems surprised, eyebrows constantly rising higher and higher, at the music produced beneath his fingers.
Meanwhile, Mei-Ling Anderson's bass lines provide the grounding element to the show; one can imagine how their music might otherwise levitate away amidst the trills and Wilco-like distortion. Maher is a bit hidden, rotating his attention so that his drums emphasize the piano, then the guitar, his beats somehow more musical than percussive.
Throughout, a fairly rapt audience nods along. The Wars have a diverse following, which they say includes octogenarians, affable polygamists, and history buffs who press them on their name. It seems the separation between fan and friend is a tenuous one; Pisano is liberal with his hugs.
While the group has certainly carved out their own niche during their first year in the Twin Cities, the Wars—and their music—are still adjusting to the new landscape.
"I find city life, in general, more deliberate, directed, and willful," Pisano adds. "There are always people around with half an ear towards you. I'm becoming more self-aware of my work. Music is no longer easy," he says, and one thinks of the faulty speakers, the broken shoulder strap. "I'm learning it shouldn't be."
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Does anyone no of any walk on football players for this year?
Live for yourself, your family, your friends then your job!!!
I know a kid that was going to try and walk on, and his parents met with the coaches last year, but they didn't take any from the tryouts. He says he has a good chance of making it this year. His name is johnathan huston.
dont know for sure, but a while ago it sounded like lj gamblin was going to walk on
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On Oct 30, 5:59 pm, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Marshall wrote:
> > On Oct 30, 10:39 am, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >>I would like to see more heavy thinkers thinking about 6NF.
> > You've hinted at this idea before. I make no claims about
> > being a heavy thinker, but I've generally found your ideas
> > to be worth pursuing. Do you have any suggestions for
> > what I should be reading, before I start doing any
> > thinking? :-)
> I don't know about reading but a good skim of /Temporal Data and the
> Relational Model/ by Date, Darwen and Lorentzos might get some juices
> flowing. And if I recall correctly Fabian may have had a word or two to
> say in /Practical Issues.../ Frankly, I don't know whether anyone else
> has even looked at 6NF.
> 6NF has apparent utility for temporal data,
I gotta read that "Temporal Data" book, dagnabbit. I despair that I am such a slow reader.
> and I think it seems to have
> utility for partially known data.
Ha! We've had that conversation before. And in fact after an exuberant conversation or two (ahem) you've convinced me that I need to look at that more closely.
> At the same time, current syntaxes
> seem a little awkward when working with 6NF. The question is: What
> short-hands would facilitate working with 6NF data? What is the
> significance, if any, of those short-hands?
I am reminded of David's "curious notation" thread (was it?) from a few months ago. But I'm deferring thinking too hard about that for now.
I have this idea of developing a suite of queries to use to test out various syntaxes. In addition to SQL-inspired queries, I'm interested in culling FOL formulas from logic books. Although I notice that, for example, the notation of logic is optimized for the case that logicians have, which is expressing formulas for no particular domain, whereas we developers have an actual domain, with a great deal of specificity. I have yet to see a predicate in a logic book called "Customers" or "Employees"! :-)
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We have an abundant amount of short SG's and Bobcats want Humphries. We trade Bradley (sorry to see him go) and Humphries for Henderson (6'5'' SG 15ppg) and the pistions 2014 top 8 protected pick. We may have to add another contrcat to make the math work.
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