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BOSTON, MA, January 25, 2001 — PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended December 31, 2000.
For the three months ended December 31, 2000, PAREXEL's consolidated net revenue was $94.3 million versus net revenue of $97.9 million in the prior year period. Operating income was $0.2 million versus operating income of $6.3 million in the prior year quarter. Net income for the quarter was $1.0 million or $0.04 per diluted share, compared with net income of $5.1 million, or $0.20 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 1999. Excluding the negative impact of the newly created Perceptive Informatics business unit, earnings for the second quarter would have been $0.07 per share.
For the six months ended December 31, 2000, PAREXEL's consolidated net revenue was $182.5 million compared with net revenue of $189.7 million in the prior year six-month period. The operating loss for the six months was $0.9 million versus operating income of $12.0 million in the prior year six-month period. Net income for the six months was $0.9 million or $0.03 per diluted share, compared with net income of $8.9 million, or $0.35 per diluted share for the six months ended December 31, 1999. Excluding the impact of Perceptive Informatics, earnings for the six months would have been $0.09 per share.
On a segment basis, consolidated net revenue for the second quarter was $59.2 million in Clinical Research Services (CRS), $19.1 million in the PAREXEL Consulting Group (PCG), $13.4 million in Medical Marketing Services (MMS), and $2.6 million in Perceptive Informatics, Inc. Of particular note, revenue in CRS grew 8% over the September quarter, while gross margin improved 1 percentage point to 32% during the same period.
For the six-month period from July to December 2000, PAREXEL reported gross new business authorizations of $274.6 million, and cancellations of $36.5 million (13% of gross new business authorizations). Net new business authorizations (gross new business less cancellations) were $238.1 million. The ending backlog on December 31, 2000 was $440.7 million, an increase of 14.4% over the last six months.
Mr. Josef von Rickenbach, PAREXEL's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer stated, "As we anticipated, second quarter results showed sequential improvement from the first quarter, and we appear to be regaining top line momentum. We were pleased to see the increase in the net backlog as well as the significant decrease in the cancellation rate. We believe that these are indicators that some of our larger pharma clients are gearing up their research and development activities once again, and also points to our success in continuing to win contracts from small and large clients alike."
Mr. von Rickenbach continued, "As we move into calendar 2001, the company will be working to achieve several goals. We will be focusing on improving margins, increasing market share, further developing our Perceptive Informatics business to solidify our technology leadership position, and better capitalizing on various business unit synergies."
The Company issued forward-looking guidance regarding revenue and pro forma earnings per share (not taking into account any unusual charges) for the remainder of Fiscal 2001 (ending June 30, 2001), and for calendar 2001. For the third quarter of FY 2001 the Company anticipates reporting revenues in the range of $95 to $100 million and earnings per diluted share of $0.08 to $0.09. For Fiscal 2001, PAREXEL anticipates revenues to be in the range of $375 to $385 million, and earnings per diluted share to be in the range of $0.23 to $0.25. All of the above are consistent with analysts' current expectations for the Company. For calendar 2001, expectations are revenues of $400 to $420 million and earnings per diluted share of $0.45 to $0.55.
PAREXEL is one of the largest contract pharmaceutical outsourcing organizations in the world, providing a broad range of knowledge-based contract research, medical marketing and consulting services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. With a commitment to providing solutions that expedite time-to-market and peak market penetration, PAREXEL has developed significant expertise in clinical trials management, data management, biostatistical analysis, medical marketing, clinical pharmacology, regulatory and medical consulting, industry training and publishing and other drug development consulting services. Its newest subsidiary, Perceptive Informatics, Inc., provides a variety of technology products and services, including web-based portal solutions and voice and data systems, which are designed to accelerate and enhance the clinical development and launch processes. The Company's integrated services, therapeutic area depth and sophisticated information technology, along with its experience in global drug development and product launch services, represent key competitive strengths. Headquartered near Boston, MA, PAREXEL operates in 47 locations throughout 29 countries around the world, and has approximately 4,350 employees.
This release may contain "forward-looking" statements regarding future results and events, including statements regarding expected financial results, future growth and customer demand that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words "believes", "anticipates", "plans", "expects", "intends", "appears" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The Company's actual future results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements contained in this release. Important factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, risks associated with: actual operating performance; actual expense savings and other operating improvements resulting from recent restructurings; the cancellation, revision, or delay of contracts, including those contracts in backlog; the Company's dependence on certain industries and clients; the Company's ability to manage growth and its ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to complete additional acquisitions and to integrate newly acquired businesses or enter into new lines of business; government regulation of certain industries and clients; competition and consolidation within the pharmaceutical industry; the potential for significant liability to clients and third parties; the potential adverse impact of health care reform; and the effects of exchange rate fluctuations. Such factors and others are discussed more fully in the section entitled "Risk Factors" of the Company's Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2000, as amended by a Form 10-Q/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2001.


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This module aims to provide a foundation for studying local and regional history at an advanced level. You will cover the key issues in the practice of local history within each of the four distinct 'nations' of the United Kingdom: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The module then explores six key local history themes - poverty, crime and policing, the family, urban history, religion and industrialisation. Underpinning all of this is the development of your research skills. You will be shown how to begin a research project and how to find relevant sources using the growing number of online historical databases.
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The purpose of this masters-level module is to equip you to undertake higher-level study in British and Irish local and regional history. Part 1 covers key theoretical and methodological issues and develops analytical skills through the close study of influential books, followed by three thematic studies (from a choice of six themed units, outlined below), using set books and associated materials. It offers a distinctive approach by bringing together 'old' and 'new' histories, and by covering, as appropriate, developments in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. By successfully completing this module, it will enable you to carry out supported independent study and provides progression to a research project and the preparation of a dissertation in MA History part 2 (A826).
You will learn that local and regional history has contributed to a better historical understanding of what was happening not only in localities at different points in time, but also nationally; thereby providing a greater understanding of national trends or developments, in the broader political, social, economic or cultural history of the nation (England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales). The module will explore sources for local history, providing a review of the resources on which historians draw, and an introduction to the types of primary and secondary sources that are available, including: published books and articles; local and regional history libraries; archives/record offices; other repositories; and online resources. For each, it deals with the best ways that these sources can be accessed and used.
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In the last quarter of the twentieth century, crime, policing and penal policy became major areas of interest for social and cultural historians. This unit will introduce you to crime and policing, using set books to review the topic and examine current debates. It will then look at the research agenda and suggest potential subjects for research projects and the kinds of sources available.
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The theme of this unit is the study of what has been called the 'Urban Renaissance': the way that between about 1700 and about 1850, towns in the British Isles changed the way that they fitted into the local and national economy. These changes expressed themselves in both the social and the built environments. As well as considering the relevance of this concept, the unit will also introduce methodologies and debates that will enable you to cover later developments in urban development up to c.1900.
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The purpose of this unit is twofold - to introduce you to the changing nature of welfare provision during the period c.1750-1914 (and to some of the historiographical debates this has engendered), and also to consider the poor themselves, the nature of poverty and how far it is possible to unearth the authentic voices of the poor from the past.
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A 21-year-old man slammed his 1-year-old daughter on the ground in a "fit of rage" and tried to bite officers who responded to the 911 call in the Logan Square neighborhood Sunday night.
The child is in critical condition at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She has a fractured skull.
Neighbors in the 2800 block of North Spaulding Avenue called police around 10:50 p.m. to report an argument.
Police arrived and found the man had punched the child's mother and slammed the baby to the ground by her feet, according to police. The man was believed to be high on amphetamines, police said.
The man tried to bite responding officers, who hit him with an "open hand" and arrested him.
He was taken to a hospital for self-inflicted wounds but has since been discharged to the custody of Chicago police, authorities said.
The mother did not require hospitalization, police said. It's not clear how old she is.
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Did the U.S. engineer an African military operation?
- By Elizabeth Palchik AllenElizabeth Palchik Allen is a freelance writer based in Kampala, Uganda.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote enthusiastically about the tri-government military operation that Uganda, Congo, and Southern Sudan were undertaking to root out the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Unfortunately, since then, things haven't been going well. The LRA managed to survive the initial military onslaught, and went on to massacre as many as 900 civilians since the military offensive began in mid-December. Joseph Kony, the group's notorious leader, is still alive and well. (While the LRA's deputy commander is set to surrender soon, it was Kony's death or capture that was the main point of the endeavor.)
Yet, just when this military venture was about to fizzle out with its primary objective still not met, an interesting piece of news, courtesy of the New York Times, has now thrown the operation back into the spotlight. On Feb. 7, the Times reported that the United States, through the Pentagon's newly minted Africa Command (or Africom), was heavily involved in the planning of the operation — supplying intelligence, supplies, and more than a million dollars in fuel aid. According to the Times:
The Ugandan government asked the American Embassy in Kampala, Uganda's capital, for help, and the request was sent up the chain of command in November to President Bush, who personally authorized it, a former senior Bush administration official said."
Given the number of civilian massacres that have occurred since the start of the operation — massacres that happened because no one adequately secured the villages in the area — this could potentially be embarrassing for Africom and the Pentagon.
I asked Vince Crawley, chief of public information at Africom, to comment on the claims made by the New York Times. He responded by emphasizing that the United States was involved only in an advisory capacity and that "this wasn't a U.S. plan that Uganda carried out. It was a Ugandan plan that would have taken place regardless of U.S. assistance." With regard to the securing of villages in the area, Crawley said,
There was dialogue on how to protect the areas. There was discussion. Again, it's not a U.S. operation. … Fundamentally, it's not appropriate for us to comment on the strategies and tactics of other nations. That's not what partners do."
Even with U.S. help, the LRA won't be easy to stamp out. Check out our new list of five other rebel groups around the world that have demonstrated remarkable staying power.
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Wes Craven was a true horror and film icon. The embodiment of the word "legend" in his field. One of my favorite movies ever, The People Under the Stairs, haunts me to this day. Unforgettable.
Rest in peace, Wes. You'll be missed greatly. Thank you for the memories and scares.
— Zak Bagans
With the tragic passing of Wes Craven, literally everyone in the industry has been reeling and expressing love for the man and his work. Several people have been writing in to Dread Central to ask if it would be cool to post their thoughts. So this Farewell to Wes feature will be their opportunity to share their feelings and their thoughts with you, the horror community.
Some will be long, some will be short, but all are important and will be featured with love and caring. It's our honor to be able to do this for the man who gave us so very much.


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Iran, Oman to Expand Oil, Gas Cooperation
Iran's oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and his Omani counterpart Mohammed Bin Hamad Al-Ramahi agreed Wednesday to expand bilateral cooperation in the fields of gas and oil, reported the Iranian News agency (IRNA). Zanganeh expressed hope that two-way cooperation would expand, particularly in the fields of oil and gas.
The two sides also exchanged views on the research projects and ways of exporting Iran's gas to Oman as well as on mutual cooperation in the fields of oil and gas technology and development, said IRNA.
The agency added that Iran's minister of industries and mines, Eshaq Jahangiri, and Omani minister of commerce and industries, Maqbool Ali Sultan, reached an agreement on holding the eight Tehran-Muscat joint economic commission session in Tehran in May.
Both Omani ministers are part of a delegation, currently in Tehran for ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
Jahangiri expressed hope that through activation of the joint commissions, economic relations between Iran and Oman would keep pace with their political ties.
Sultan, for his part, said that his country supported a protocol for cooperation with Iran in the field of investment, and is ready to sign it, according to the agency -- Albawaba.com
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I'm not the biggest fan of manga or anime, I mean I've seen a few of the well-known movies, like "Ghost in the Shell" and "Ninja Scroll", and I'll never stop singing the praise of anything to do with "Guyver", but when faced with an anime without any transforming robots, ninjas, monsters, or huge penis tentacles, I've always steered pretty clear. It just seems pointless to me to animate something that could easily be portrayed by real actors (probably more effectively, and with a great deal less effort) – hence the reason it took me quite a while to pop the "Ocean Waves" DVD into my player.
So was I wrong to write off non-action orientated anime? Well yes and no. I still find it hard to see why animation was used for such a stylistically pedestrian film, but with this opinion firmly reinforced and thus put to the back of my mind, I was able to enjoy the film to a certain extent.
"Ocean Waves" is made by Studio Ghibli, a veteran anime company known for producing such Japanimation classics as "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Spirited Away". "Ocean Waves" however, is one of their lesser-known entries and was actually originally made for television by the young upstarts of the company, thus its late release on DVD.
The plot surrounds a love triangle between an easily manipulated school-kid called Taku, an unsociable harlot called Rikako, and an utter void called Yutaka. As this description proves, the inherent problem with "Ocean Waves" is its lack of relatable or pleasant characters. Let's start with Yutaka, the supporting protagonist to Taku – who might as well not have been in the film, as his character does next to nothing throughout. It's a shame because his introduction promises elements of depth and intrigue, but then he's sidelined so that the audience can focus on the other two divs. Still, he does return at surprise moments during the film, often to punch someone or look aimlessly into the distance, thus reminding us that he is actually an integral part of the story – even though he's really not.
Next we have Taku:
Q. What's the difference between Taku and a used Towel?
A. Nothing, they're both wet.
Q. What's the difference between Taku and the toilet roll in the cheerleaders' changing room?
A. Nothing, they both take loads of shit from annoying bitches.
That's him summed up quite succinctly. Finally we have Rikako – easily the most unpleasant character in the film. She's such a schizophrenic mood-changing nut that as a central protagonist in anything other than a horror film, she doesn't make for enjoyable viewing.
Of course, this is part of the point – as "Ocean Waves'" main focus is on Taku's unending pining for her, regardless of all the grief through which she puts him. For example, one particularly unreasonable episode begins when he accompanies Rikako to Tokyo entirely out of kindness (after paying for her ticket as well). Upon arrival he's then forced to stay in a hotel room on his own while she stays at her Dad's house. He's just settling in when she bursts in through the door and throws a screaming ab-dab and stomps her way into sleeping in the bed while Taku is relegated to the bath. Then if that wasn't enough, in the morning she throws another hissy fit and kicks him out of the bath because she wants to use it (probably to lay a rotten turd in the toilet just to add insult to injury).
Guyver wouldn't stand for that kind of shit I tell you.
But resilient old Taku takes it and just stands there gormlessly with his mouth open as she leaves to meet another boy. Herein lies the problem – who cares about characters that have no redeeming features? In romantic films, the audience should want at least two of the protagonists to get together in the end, but when they're both idiots, there's no incentive to see their happiness.
The ending goes someway to explaining the actions of characters and to some extent, also reinforces the overall tone of unrequited love for people that shouldn't and aren't good for you. But rather than bring closure – it just invites imaginary sequels which merely add more infuriating situations to surround these two exasperating characters.
Regardless of the love-triangle from hell, "Ocean Waves" still remained enjoyable and engaging – due to amongst other things; the seamless animation, a few well placed scenes of refreshing humour and the appealing voice-acting. Even though it dealt with unlikable characters, the overriding story and conclusion nevertheless provided a well-rounded arc that offered a satisfactory amount of emotion and sentiment to please a relative amount of fans of the romantic genre. But not fans of giant penis tentacles.
The DVD was seemingly designed by Rikako as it annoyingly only contains a trailer. However, the menu design is nice enough and picture and sound quality are all up to standard, but this bare-bones release would definitely have benefited from some insight from its creators regarding its skewed characters and situations. But it doesn't, so tough.
Tomomi Mochizuki (director) / Saeko Himuro (screenplay)
CAST: Nobuo Tobita … Taku Morisaki
Toshihiko Seki … Yutaka Matsuno
Yoko Sakamoto … Rikako Muto
Yuri Amano … Akiko Shimizu
Kae Araki … Yumi Kohama
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Liberia is located in the northwest corner of Guanacaste, Costa Rica, convenient to many popular beaches including, Golfo de Papagayo, Playa Hermosa, Playas Coco, Playa Ocotal, Playa Flamingo and Tamarindo. The city is home to one of two of Costa Rica's International Airports. Daniel Oduber International Airport (named after a former Costa Rica president) was opened in 1995. Domestic flights are also available from Liberia Airport to many other popular Costa Rica destinations.
Located in the north west corner of Costa Rica, Liberia offers a relatively dry climate. From December through April, one can expect temperatures to reach a high in the low to mid 90's and a low in the 70's with very little rainfall. From May through November, one can expect temperatures to reach a high in the upper 80's and a low in the 70's with more prevelent rainfall. The rainfall during this time of the year is generally limited to late afternoons and early evenings (though it can rain at any given time).
Liberia Tours are plentiful and include hikes to Rincon de la Vieja Volcano and National Park, horseback riding, birdwatching, ATV riding, canopy zipline tour, hanging bridges tours, whitewater rafting, canyoneering, and many other options.
Though most choose to stay at the nearby beach areas, there are many options for Liberia hotels.
Entertainment is plentiful in Liberia. The following is a small percentage of the local businesses and activities that we recommend:
- Pura Vida Internet
- Cine Liberia – Movies
- Kaltak Arts & Crafts Market
- Study Spanish – Berlitz Liberia
- Calle Real – Historic district
- Rancho Santa Alicia
- Paso Real – Seafood
- Restaurant / Bar El Cocodrillo
- Pizza Hut
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Is it easy to get barbarian king at TH7 even though you don't have any drills?
Is it easy to get barbarian king at TH7 even though you don't have any drills?
My BK is level 7 but I'm afraid I can't answer that since I have a level 3 drill for some time now. I suppose it is still attainable but having drill is a must for me if you want to max your level. The amount of DE you can get from it can be crucial in getting those last few hundreds especially for the higher levels because players will target your DE frequently once you reach the 20kish or even before that.
Not easy but not that hard either. Read my post on how:
I had the barbarian king a town hall 7, all I did was lightening dark elixir storages before they we given more health.
Upon completion of the 1,250 trophy challenge, I was at TH 7, with 3k dark elixir. I used the gems from the achievement to fill my dark elixir and buy the king. I'm now saving dark elixir for level 2 minions and I have over 6k. I've had as much as 7k, but I've also been training minions.
I'm still at TH 7, so yes, it's pretty easy, if you know what you're doing.
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yeah its kinda easy because of the loot penalty that th7 have.. I get my bk lvl 5 at th7.. Just need to be passion and smart play


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Codemasters' New Birmingham Studio to be led by
Swordfish Founder Trevor Williams
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – Nov. 14, 2008 – Facilitating an accelerated expansion of its development talent base, Codemasters® today announced it has reached an agreement with Activision Vivendi to take over Swordfish Studios, the Birmingham-based games development house. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The deal brings immediate additional resource to Codemasters' development operations. Under the terms of the agreement Swordfish Studio's development team will be integrated and managed as part of Codemasters' network of studios. Trevor Williams, founder and managing director of Swordfish Studios, will continue to lead the studio reporting to Gavin Cheshire, VP, Codemasters Studios.
Carrying the Codemasters Studios imprint, the studio will create original content using the company's proprietary EGO Engine, the technology behind racing hits Colin McRae: DiRT and Race Driver: GRID and is currently powering the highly-anticipated Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
"We are committed to growing our studio operations across multiple facilities and increasing the internal capability of Codemasters' creative resource," said Gavin Cheshire, VP, Codemasters Studios. "There is a strong heritage and a compatible skill set, which has enabled us to fast track growth plans and allows for ease of management. Codemasters has ramped up as a UK games development powerhouse with a scalable support infrastructure that allows for rapid deployment of the highly versatile EGO Engine."
With a 15-year heritage, Swordfish is a past recipient of Best UK Studio in the Develop Industry Excellence Awards and Best Company in the TIGA Awards. Swordfish and Codemasters have partnered previously for the development of hit sports titles Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 and Jonah Lomu Rugby. Most recently Swordfish led the creation of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand for Vivendi.
The Birmingham studio becomes the Codemasters' fourth major development hub and joins established operations Codemasters Studios Guildford (UK), Codemasters Studios Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and its central base which operates from Codemasters' corporate headquarters in Warwickshire (UK).
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Teamwork and Communication are Key to Lung Transplant Success
Date: December 21, 2009
Members of the lung transplant team meet regularly to discuss patient cases.
In the most severe cases, it can take only a few hours for a patient to be approved for and receive a new pair of lungs. The recovery, however, can take months, even a year or more. But a successful lung transplant requires something more than time and a surgeon. It takes a team effort.
In the weeks, months or years following surgery, lung transplant patients are vulnerable to myriad risks and difficulties, from their demanding medication regimens to illness, infection or organ rejection. Ensuring a good outcome means careful coordination among providers based throughout the hospital—pharmacists, pulmonologists, social workers, physical therapists and, of course, the transplant coordinators and surgeons—whose job doesn't end when the incision is closed.
"During the year after the operation, patients may experience a lot of different challenges and problems," says cardiac surgeon Ashish Shah, director of Hopkins Hospital's lung transplant program. "That's why the team is so important for understanding and managing those problems and avoiding trouble so that patients can continue to heal rather than have setbacks that might injure the lungs."
The procedure is a heavy undertaking, even in the challenging and complex world of transplant surgery. Shah and his colleagues perform about 20 lung transplants each year. While that number might sound low compared to other organ transplants, Hopkins remains one of the higher-volume hospitals in the nation, in part because of the program's aggressive approach. "We use every possible donor," Shah says, "and as a result, most of the patients on our waiting list get transplants."
Even so, only about 20 percent of patients referred to the lung transplant program actually make the list. The decision to transplant is made by the entire team, Shah says, and it depends on a long list of factors, including any health problems that might render the new pair of lungs unuseful. The team makes the call at its weekly meeting when the members gather to discuss each individual case. "There's a lot of work that goes into screening these patients," Shah says. "We know that for the best chance of success, there has to be a lot of communication and understanding between those of us providing the care."
Without complications, patients spend two to three weeks recovering in the hospital. When things go wrong, all bets are off, Shah says: "We've had people spend six months with us." During such times, the multidisciplinary approach of the transplant team becomes crucial to patients' recovery. Patients may find themselves working with several providers from different disciplines throughout the hospital, or even staying on different floors. For instance, the medical intensive care unit may take over care when the transplant is finished, all while communicating constantly with the patient's pulmonologist and surgeon.
"We really don't want to have to reinvent the wheel or create avoidable problems when we're tending to a patient," Shah says. "The team really encompasses every area of the hospital, respiratory therapists, specialists and physical therapists, who are all working with one another to make sure a patient does well."
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Barack Obama Bracket: Grading the President's Picks for the 2014 NCAA TournamentMarch 19, 2014
We trust him with our national security, but should we trust President Barack Obama with our bracket?
For the sixth straight year, the POTUS joined ESPN's Andy Katz for a segment they have called "Barack-etology," during which President Obama makes his picks for the NCAA tournament.
Also for the sixth straight year, half of the people in the country thought they were being original by tweeting about all the things the president should be doing instead of filling out a bracket. Feel free to do a Twitter search for "Obama's bracket" if you're curious how far some people take their First Amendment rights.
Over the past few seasons, the President's bracket hasn't been the greatest. He has correctly predicted just four of the past 16 teams to make the Final Four. He hasn't gotten his national champion right since North Carolina won it all in 2009.
To be fair, though, nobody had anything close to a perfect Final Four in 2011 when the teams were third-seeded Connecticut, fourth-seeded Kentucky, eighth-seeded Butler and 11th-seeded VCU. And frankly, if we judged everyone's bracket as harshly as we judge the President's, about 80 percent of ESPN's on-air staff would be out of a job.
Plus, I somehow doubt the President has watched the hundreds (thousands?) of hours of college basketball that we have absorbed over the past four months.
Despite that fact, I believe President Obama knocked it out of the park with his picks.
As he told Andy Katz while filling out the bracket, "I know these are not imaginative picks, but I think they're the right ones."
Let's take a look at the report card.
South Region: B+
We certainly can't argue with the President's selection of the No. 1 overall seed to come out of the South Region. Florida is perhaps the most popular pick to win it all this year.
In the bottom half of that region, he's putting a lot of faith in both Kansas' ability to play without Joel Embiid for the first two games, and in his ability to be back and better than ever for the Sweet 16.
In 10 of the past 13 tournaments, exactly two of the eight No. 1 and No. 2 seeds have been eliminated before the Sweet 16. As such, New Mexico over Kansas is a pretty popular round of 32 pick. Even though they're the No. 2 seed, taking the Jayhawks to win three games is a bold move.
Personally, I have Syracuse in the Final Four, so I'm a little disappointed that President Obama has Jim Boeheim's boys bowing out before the Sweet 16, but it's a rational pick. Syracuse has lost five of its last seven—including woeful home losses to Boston College and Georgia Tech—and has been playing considerably worse than any other team seeded No. 1-4.
West Region: A+
Most would agree that the West Region is providing the least amount of difficulty for the top seeds.
Facing the winner of Gonzaga vs. Oklahoma State will be no picnic for Arizona, but drawing Kentucky, Memphis or Pittsburgh really wouldn't have been any easier.
According to the folks over at fivethirtyeight.com, Arizona is the No. 1 seed that is most likely to make the Final Four. The Wildcats were given a 42 percent chance of appearing in the national semifinals—marginally ahead of Florida (41 percent), but much better than Virginia (23 percent) or Wichita State (14 percent).
Good call by the President to have them advancing to the Final Four.
In the other half of the South Region, he said during the interview with Katz that Wisconsin over Creighton was one of his toughest picks of the entire tournament. And rightly so.
If we were more confident in Creighton's ability to get past Baylor in the round of 32, perhaps that pairing would warrant deeper dissection right now. But Wisconsin should have a much easier journey to the Sweet 16, and should thus be picked to win what might otherwise be a coin flip situation.
East Region: A+
His picks in this region don't match up with mine anywhere near as much as they did in the West Region, but I like them nonetheless.
In particular, I champion his decision to have North Carolina knocking out Iowa State. I'm going to get a lot of hate mail from the people in Ames if the Cyclones make the Final Four, but I don't even have them winning a single game in this year's tournament.
Michigan State has been a very trendy pick to win it all, and the President followed suit. Not only does he have the Spartans coming out of the East, but he has Tom Izzo and company cutting down the nets in Arlington.
In most seasons, picking a No. 4 seed to win it all would be crazy. This year, having a pair of No. 4 seeds facing off in the championship game might be the most popular title pairing in brackets across the country.
Midwest Region: B+
Outside of Massachusetts over either Iowa or Tennessee in the second round, there aren't any picks here that I steadfastly disagree with. He definitely took some risks in this region. After having a predominantly chalky Elite Eight in the other regions, he has No. 4 Louisville and No. 3 Duke battling for a trip to the Final Four.
But I would have liked to see more risk in this one, because there's always one region that just goes completely haywire.
Last season, the West's representatives in the Sweet 16 were second-seeded Ohio State, sixth-seeded Arizona, ninth-seeded Wichita State and 13th-seeded La Salle. Even in the 2008 tournament when we had nothing but No. 1 seeds in the Final Four, we still had a pretty crazy region in the Midwest. There were four double-digit seeds that won in the second round and a No. 10 (Davidson) and a No. 12 (Villanova) which advanced to the Sweet 16.
Embrace the madness, Mr. President!
If you've got Wichita State losing in the Sweet 16, why not mix it up and have the Shockers losing one round earlier to Kentucky? Same goes for Michigan in the bottom half of the region. Aside from a couple of No. 6 seeds, President Obama has nothing but No. 1-4 seeds in the Sweet 16.
If that actually did happen, Warren Buffett might start getting a wee bit nervous.
Second-round upsets: B-
The upset selections that he did make are among the most popular in the country. President Obama has both Oklahoma State and Pittsburgh advancing to the round of 32 as No. 9 seeds, which is hardly an uncommon pick or an unthinkable outcome.
Elsewhere, he twice followed the rule of taking a No. 12 seed to upset a No. 5 seed, picking North Dakota State over Oklahoma and Harvard over Cincinnati. There's a pretty good chance that both of those will happen. With the No. 5 seeds as vulnerable as they are this year, it wouldn't even be crazy if all four No. 12 seeds pulled off the upset.
He also has No. 10 seed Arizona State knocking off Texas.
Aside from that, though, his entire second round is covered in chalk.
There have been exactly 10 second-round upsets in four of the last five tournaments, but the President has only five.
Then again, if he was picking Eastern Kentucky to the Elite Eight, we would have to seriously question his judgment.
Final Four: A+
People will complain that it's unoriginal, but there's a very good reason why so many people are picking Arizona, Florida, Louisville and Michigan State to reach the Final Four. Those are arguably the four best teams in the country right now.
Take your risks in the early rounds, but go with the hottest teams in the Sweet 16 and beyond.
If Michigan State and Louisville do meet for the national championship, it'll be one for the ages, and the President will look like a bracket-picking genius.
Kerry Miller covers college basketball for Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter @kerrancejames.


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"Imagination is more important than knowledge... "
- Albert Einstein
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Sunnyslope Mennonite Church (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
In the spring of 1952 the Sunnyslope congregation assumed responsibility of two mission Sunday schools among the colored migrants in the Buckeye community—some 45 miles southwest of Sunnyslope. Later the Sunday schools were combined and a church was erected at Hodge Camp No. 29, 2 miles north of Buckeye. In 1955 Johnwilliam Boyer, a deacon at Sunnyslope since 1950, was ordained to be pastor at Buckeye. In the 1950s African Americans comprised the largest part of attendants, but Spanish and Cocopah Indians were usually also present. Attendance sometimes reached 90.
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A former professional football player accused of attacking and choking his girlfriend on two occasions in 2005 was convicted yesterday of assault and other felony charges.
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The Changes of Cytokines in Guillain Barré Syndrome: the Correlation With Clinical Manifestations and Skin Innervation
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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In order to increase our understanding about the pathogenic mechanism and the strategy of treatment in the subtypes of Guillain Barré syndrome, we will check the temporal changes of cytokines with different biological activities in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), check the titer of various anti-ganglioside antibodies, perform skin biopsy and correlate these data with the clinical findings such as severity and prognosis
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From: Cassiopaea Glossary
Moravieff uses the term confluence to designate a peculiar hypnotic state in man where he is identified with the mental currents that flow through him and mistaking the thoughts that are engendered from this current as his own thoughts.
Man's submersion into this mental current is what Gurdjieff calls 'waking sleep' or 'relative consciousness' and it is this level of consciousness that an ordinary man is born into, lives his everyday life, and then dies, without ever waking up into more objective states of awareness.
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Each human being is born with a dominant lower centre, called the dominant brain.
In ordinary life, we meet only the three lower categories (man number 1, 2, and 3).
Higher categories (man number 4, 5, 6, and 7) can be reached only through work on oneself.
From: Gurdjieff Club
1. The effort to realize: I have a body.
2. The effort to realize that I descended into and become attached to this organism (this animal) for the purpose of developing it.
3. The attempt to realize the organism's mechanicity:
(a) Its habitual reaction to recurrent situations
(b) The magnetic relationship of the centres
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You find something very complex. We often do. An explanation, a theory, the drift of an argument… No doubt underneath it all there's something very simple going on. There usually is, but when somebody finds the simplicity of it and makes an attempt to reduce things to some kind of careful order they are often described as being 'reductionist' which suggests they should be ignored by 'all intelligent people'.
But three-brained beings who describe an interlocutor gamely making such an effort as 'reductionist' rarely have much to offer in the way of an alternative explanation of all & everything related thereto.
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Are you asleep or awake? What about people you interact with daily? Most will answer that they are awake, and that those around them are awake as well. It's a simple question with an easily determined answer, or so it seems.
Not all is as it seems. Rather than two states of being, there are at least four. The mind and body can be asleep or awake independently of each other.
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From: fourth way® gurdjieff ouspensky school
Identification – One of the characteristics of our psychology is that we lose ourselves by becoming absorbed into events, thoughts, and emotions.
Negative Emotions – One of the chief obstacles to awakening is losing energy through the expression of negative and unpleasant emotions.
Lying – Our tendency to talk about things we do not know, or can not know, as though we do know.
Imagination – Our imagining that we already possess qualities and abilities that we do not have, and that can only be developed through long efforts.
From: fourth way® gurdjieff ouspensky school
The human machine has seven different functions.
Five ordinarily and two potential.
• four lower functions (also known as: centers = brains = minds)
• sex centre
• potential connection with two higher centers (soul & spirit).
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In the Work, it is taught that man's machine actually needs three kinds of food to survive. The first `being food' is physical food, the second is the air we breathe, and the third kind is the external and internal impressions that flood into our organs of perception every second. But while we may be comfortable in our minds with the idea of the first two forms of food, we may not understand or have encountered before the idea of impressions being food.
Now since the Work is based on our personally verifying the truth of its ideas, we must not accept these statements as `facts'. What is required is for us to investigate these ideas for ourselves. If the idea of impressions being food for us has evoked interest and curiosity in your mind, hopefully the following discussion will give you the force to `try it on for size'.
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In life we make aims which give us direction and without them we are aimless and going nowhere. For example we may want a certain job or to get certain qualifications or live in a certain place. In order to attain these aims it is necessary to make sacrifices as well as efforts to attain it.
In some ways aim in the Work is similar to life aims in that effort and sacrifice are needed, but in other ways it is not the same because a work aim is in a different direction from life and in a way is against life. For example, as a life aim we may want a particular job because we think it will bring us the success and recognition we've wanted all our lives. This kind of aim feeds personality which is turned towards life, whereas aim in the Work is about making personality passive, a servant rather than a master.
One of the aims of this work is to change our level of being and in order to do this the first aim in this work is self-knowledge. Without self-knowledge you cannot make aims about yourself in relation to changing your being. Real self-knowledge is different from imaginary ideas and pictures of the kind of people we are and what we think we are able to do and can only come from a lot of personal self-observation.
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Attention and Parts of Centers
This system teaches that we don't have just one brain but at least three, namely the intellectual brain (centre), the emotional brain, the instinctive brain and moving brain.
Each centre is further divided into parts, i.e. each centre has a mechanical part, an emotional part and an intellectual part. We are told that we can know which part of centre we are using by studying attention.
With no or very little attention we are in mechanical parts, for example when something becomes effortless. When our attention is held by the subject, i.e. when we are interested or excited about something we are in emotional parts. When we hold and direct our attention with effort and will on what we are doing, thinking about or feeling, we are in intellectual parts.
On the whole we operate mainly from mechanical parts of centers, and for some functions like driving that's appropriate. However, because we use mechanical parts with little or no attention for most daily tasks, we often make mistakes in what we're doing. For example we forget an important ingredient in the cake mixture, or muddle up the photocopying and staple the wrong sheets together. Consequently, we often expend more energy than necessary trying to correct our mistakes or becoming negative at the extra work we have created for ourselves, which with more attention we could avoid.
From: fourth way® gurdjieff ouspensky school
This is a picture of the general condition of the human machine.
It is a representation of the cage of the Many I's, part of the prison we are in.
It shows that we are not unified beings, that we are actually a collection of `I's, each of which comes to the surface depending on the situation we are in, or the emotions or sensations we find ourselves having.
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Man's inner development is dependent on the growth of both knowledge and being simultaneously; knowledge assists development of being and vice versa. If one outgrows the other, inner development sooner or later stops.
Knowledge and Levels of Knowledge
Knowledge is the function of one centre, the intellectual centre, and involves the study of one or various subjects. The knowledge that people have can vary, in that they can know more or less about a given subject. On the whole, knowledge in the West is greatly respected, and someone who has an in-depth knowledge of a subject, or who has made scientific discoveries, is often admired and respected, even if his or her being is weak, that is, he or she is forgetful, moody and so on.
The work says there can be ordinary knowledge or real knowledge. Ordinary knowledge is knowing about details without understanding how they relate to the whole. For example, enormous amounts of detailed information on many branches of knowledge are available nowadays, and information is continually being added to it. However, this growing body of knowledge is not united by principles, and it is hard to see how the fragments of knowledge relate to the whole. Even knowledge that is united by principles, for example this Work, can degenerate into ordinary knowledge when certain ideas are only viewed from one side and others are omitted.
Real knowledge, on the other hand, is knowledge of the details or parts in relation to the whole, for example, looking at our daily experiences in relation to principles of the Work, consciousness, cosmic laws, processes, and so on.


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Some people asked me to use different titles for my pics.
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Hallowicked Haunted Woods
Friday, October 28, 2011
7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Hallowicked is a SELF GUIDED trip to hell and back. Scream your way through 30-45 MINUTES OF UNIQUE SCENES AND HORRORS. Whatever your fear . . . it's HERE!
Hallowicked features the ORIGINAL BURIED ALIVE ENTRANCE. Scream in terror as you and your group are locked in separate coffins and unleashed into the Hell that is Hallowicked: Haunted Woods!
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AIDA 2000 Guidelines
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified November 2010 by Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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Last updated: November 24, 2010
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Prospective use of RT-PCR for PML/RARa might be used to guide a total tehrapy approach in APL, including refined diagnosis, front-line treatment, assessment of response and anticipated salvage therapy for patients who undergo molecular relapse.
|Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
|Drug: all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Guidelines for Treatment of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: acute promyelocytic leukemia
MedlinePlus related topics: Leukemia
Drug Information available for: TretinoinU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Treatment-related toxicity event rate during the ATRA-including consolidation treatment [ Time Frame: At the end of the study ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Event Free Survival, Molecular and Hematological Disease-Free and Overall Survival in each risk group [ Time Frame: At the end of the study ]
- The rates of molecular remission, after consolidation, in each risk group [ Time Frame: At the end of the study ]
- Induction morbidity and mortality after the inclusion of the prophylactic measures for the ATRA Syndrome and hemorrhagic complications [ Time Frame: At the end of the study ]
- The overall toxicity of induction, consolidation, and maintenance chemotherapy in each risk group [ Time Frame: At the end of the study ]
- The impact on survival of a "total" treatment approach for APL including molecular evaluation of minimal residual disease and salvage tehrapy administration at the time of molecular or hematological relapse [ Time Frame: At the end of the study ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2000
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|1 Year to 60 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age >= 1 years and < 61 years
- Morphologic diagnosis of APL
- Presence in leukemic cells at diagnosis of t(15;17), and/or PML/RARa rearrangement by RT-PCR. T
- The presence of additional cytogenetic lesions is not considered an exclusion criterion
- Serum creatinine <=2.5 mg/dL
- Serum bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, or GOT/ASAT <= 3 times the upper normal limit
- Negative pregnancy test
- Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age >= 61 years
- Prior antileukemic chemotherapy for APL
- Absence of PML-RARa rearrangement after successful RNA extraction and amplification of control gene
- Prior antileikemic chemotherapy for APL
- Presence of a concomitant malignant neoplasm, except basal cell carcinoma Concurrent treatment with cytotoxic chemotherapy or radiotherapy
- Oteher progressive malignant disease. However, secondary acute promyelocytic leukemia following "cured" Hodgkin's disease or otehr cured malignancies may be included, as well as secondary leukemias following other exposure to alkylating agents or radiation for other reasons
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01064570
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|Unità Operativa Ematologia 1 - Università degli Studi di Bari
|Bari, Italy, 70010
|Contact: Vincenzo LISO firstname.lastname@example.com
|Div. di Ematologia IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo
|Pavia, Italy, 27100
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|A.O Umberto I
|Roma, Italy
|Contact: Franco MANDELLI, MD, PhD firstname.lastname@example.com
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Lo-Coco F, Avvisati G, Vignetti M, Breccia M, Gallo E, Rambaldi A, Paoloni F, Fioritoni G, Ferrara F, Specchia G, Cimino G, Diverio D, Borlenghi E, Martinelli G, Di Raimondo F, Di Bona E, Fazi P, Peta A, Bosi A, Carella AM, Fabbiano F, Pogliani EM, Petti MC, Amadori S, Mandelli F; Italian GIMEMA Cooperative Group. Front-line treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia with AIDA induction followed by risk-adapted consolidation for adults younger than 61 years: results of the AIDA-2000 trial of the GIMEMA Group. Blood. 2010 Oct 28;116(17):3171-9. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-03-276196. Epub 2010 Jul 19.
|Responsible Party:
|Prof. Franco Mandelli, GIMEMA
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|NCT01064570 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|February 5, 2010
|Last Updated:
|November 24, 2010
Keywords provided by Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto:
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Leukemia, Myeloid
Antineoplastic Agents
Keratolytic Agents
Dermatologic Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Have Honda Questions? Ask a Honda Repair Expert.
Greetings from Arench.
Sounds like the egr is working to me. The ECU determines how much and when to open the EGR. The fact that you do get a vacuum signal makes me think your troubles lie elsewhere.
Since I do have a smog shop we are intimately familiar with the NOX problem on Accords.
Most often what we find is in three areas.
First is ignition timing set too high.
Second is clogged EGR passage in the intake.
Third is timing belt off 1 tooth.
Even though the egr open stalls the engine you could still have a cogged intake passage. From the EGR to the engine the passages branch off into 4 separate passages. What happens is EGR flows on two of the passages and two are clogged.
We try the timing thing first, then we move on to EGR port cleaning.
Here is a video showing the EGR clean out process on 91 Accord, yours is similar.
I was hoping for a simpler solution but with 340,000km on the motor I am sure that you are correct. My only other question is: would blocked passages cause the vacuum solenoid to click on then off after a few seconds at high idle.(would the computer do this?)
This is normal operation because the egr only opens under certain load conditions, its not constant or predictable. To see it working continuously the car would have to be driving down the road or running on a dyno.
Try knocking the timing back first before going through this messy process. With late timing you will have low power. Loosen the distributor bolts and turn the distributor counter-clockwise to retard the timing.
yes its completely different, the Honda is more complex and has an egr lift sensor, the gmc has no sensor and its a very "dumbed down" type of system.
Your Honda vacuum control system is functioning normally. If you want to see the valve open all the time you will have to tee in a vacuum gauge to the line and drive it.
8 inches of vacuum if full lift of the valve on the Honda.
In your opinion and experience ...my allowable ppm of NO in ontario is 467 and my reading is 614. Do you think that adjusting the timing will compensate enough for a pass. I am cheap and this will be my fifth etest. Also if I get this thing to pass can I still give you a tip payment?
You can add a bonus any time and yes retarding the timing will get it to pass.
Going on a cooler day will help also. Going first thing in the morning when they open will also help. Going on a rainy day will help even more.
The whole thing about NOX is the combustion chamber temperature, the lower the better.
Skip all that, by making the engine run cold you will only waste fuel and then fail for a CO instead of NOX.
Forget the alcohol, thats is just plain dumb.
Driving the snots out of it is not needed because the converter only takes 2 minutes of normal driving to reach maximum temp, it will be hot when you get there.
Good luck.
Follow your question link in email back here and let me know how it went.
You will want to crank the timing back up after the test or she will run like a dog.
I will be going for the etest on saturday. How much should I retard the timing or do you go as much as possible such that it still runs.
I like to go for it all. But they can't test the car if it won't move. Play with it so you get the most retard possible and still be able to take off from a light. Go in the morning.
NOX can't go up when retarding the timing unless the car is overheating or you didn't connect everything back on the EGR.
Did the car feel like it had less power?
Perhaps you need to find someone to tweak the car for you and verify prior to testing. Do you have a regular mechanic shop you deal with?
Thats a sign that the timing belt off. When you turn it to the limit counterclockwise it should be a dog—I mean really a dog.
You should line up the belt and see if its off one tooth.
Sorry how do you line up the belt? Is it a difficult task?
It requires removal of the belts, crankshaft pulley and timing covers. Then you turn the engine by hand until the number one piston is at the top and the bottom mark is aligned on the crankshaft. The you observe the parks on the camshaft gear to see if they are inline with the edges of the cylinder head. If the alignment off not correct the timing belt must be removed and reinstalled to put the engine back in proper time.
Its not difficult but a lot of things can go wrong if you are not familiar with this type of job.
You said the dist. didn't move very much, you are aware there are 3 bolts holding this down. It should move a good 15mm.


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"Mind the Video Man" teaser out
Jesse Burtner has been producing snowboard movies for well over a decade -- first with Jason Borgstead as JB Deuce Productions, and then under the Think Thank label. Nine years deep into the Think Thank volume, Burtner and company have released the trailer for their latest effort, "Mind the Video Man." Burtner's creative approach to filming and riding have created, or at least popularized, the mixed bag, ride-anything, with or without bindings genre of shredding.
A perpetual student of the snowboard film format, Burtner is finding himself in the position of commenting on the constantly shifting landscape of the venerable video part. With the teaser out, we sat Burtner down to find out who the video man is and what he's got to say.
Who is the video man and how will he be investigating the state and the future of the snowboard video?
The video man is a representative of the snowboard movie and those who produce and star in them. He's a progression of communication technologies and methods. Also the video man is those of us who put our years into making snowboard videos, the rider who lives or dies by his video part, the guys that hide out in the streets, resorts and backcountry with their group of friends quietly pushing their limits and stumbling upon snowboarding's next big breakthroughs.
In "Mind The Video Man" we'll be taking his temperature seeing how he is standing up in this storm. We'll be weighing culture against convenience and asking the viewer to "mind the video, man."
Any chance the video man might be somewhat autobiographical?
I'm partly the video man, he's close to my heart and bringing him to light here is my concept, but it's not a story about me. It's just an artistic representation of our present day collision course with changing technologies and a media market where each viewer is a star in their own show (Facebook, etc.) that plays on an extremely oversaturated channel. How he deals with it is subsequently how I'm dealing with it, so in that way I am him.
What's your take on how snowboard videos impact snowboard culture? Any way to preview how that will come out in the film?
It has a huge impact everywhere in snowboarding. For most people, it's still about getting it on camera and in a movie of importance meant to be enjoyed, loved, hated, made fun of or envied by thousands of riders on their couches next fall. It's history; it's where we've been, where we are and where we are going.
You're known for working with some relatively low-profile riders, and have a bunch of new riders on the roster this year -- how does that add to the stoke?
It's been rad so far. At first it was two or three new guys, brought in carefully, then with the Dino video becoming a reality and losing some bros to other projects and web series we had spaces for new guys. Next thing you know we have a crew that's almost entirely new, and it was crazy, because I've been with my crew forever. But then you ride with these guys and see their fire and stoke and it just makes perfect sense.
Who are you most excited to be filming with this year? Any completely unknown shredders that we can expect to bust out with unprecedented riding?
I'm really excited for all the new guys. Obviously Ryan Paul is amazing, he's not new to filming video parts, but hopefully we can shed some new light on his riding. This kid Nial Romanek, I didn't know anything about him really, but he's been amazing. Super smooth and technical and has a different approach. Brandon Hammid, aka Buff Moose, he's been on the radar in the Salt Lake City jib scene for years now and is so deserving of a chance to shine on a bigger stage.
Same with Brandon Reis -- he's just been sitting in the wings waiting. Kyle Lopiccolo I wanted because he does crazy airtime tricks, like grabs, not even triple corks but just tweaks. And Jaeger Bailey is our wild card young gun, he's fearless, like in that stage where no trick scares him.
You've got a lot of the season still ahead for filming and riding. Any trips you are pumped to go on?
Pumped on getting back over to Japan twice this year. I love Japan -- the people, the place, the rice triangles. Other than that it's AK and Canada and just finding fun stuff to steer our boards down.
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