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Portland, OR, United States, 2011/09/14 - Portland marketing firm Outlier solutions, Inc. announces launch of new company website featuring visual and usability improvements - OutlierSolutions.com.
If youve ever been through the ups and downs of a website redesign you know the importance of choosing the right agency to take the leadproviding creative direction, communication, and technology recommendationsand guide you through the process. Many consider the role of creative agencies to include maintaining a captivating website that truly delivers on inspiration. Portland marketing and design firm Outlier Solutions, Inc. has recently invested in just thatwith the design and development of its new agency website.
The first major overhaul to Outlier's website in the past three years, the new site features a list of visual and usability improvements, including a vibrant new visual identity and user interface, improved site navigation and addition of social media features. Outlier Solutions specializes in developing websites using the Drupal platform; the new Outlier Solutions site runs on the latest Drupal 7 content management system.
We wanted the new website to be less conventional-looking physically while showcasing the information our prospective clients want most, says Outlier co-founder Ben Friedle. Ideally the site will function not only to give us a refreshed new look and feel, but also serve as inspiration for our clients when theyre ready to think about their next web design project. Outlier Solutions focuses on providing web design and development, graphic design, video production and marketing strategy for its clients.
Along with the launch of the new Outlier Solutions website, Outlier also announced the addition of new Outlier team member and Marketing Specialist Kathleen Martin. Kathleen has been in the marketing and advertising industry since 2004, and comes to Outlier after recent completion of a graduate business degree from Portland State University. Her role with Outlier will involve contributions to both Outlier clients as well as marketing efforts on behalf of the Portland agency.
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Woman hurt after car turns on its side at Badersfield, former RAF Coltishall
PUBLISHED: 13:48 04 December 2012
Archant Norfolk Photographic © 2011
A woman was taken by ambulance to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital this morning after the Ford KA she was driving left the road and turned on to its side along Hautbois Road, Badersfield, formerly RAF Coltishall.
The woman is believed to have sustained minor injuries in the incident, at about 8.25am. No other vehicle was involved.

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London: Lax leadership hampered by "rigid management chains" left the British Broadcasting Corp. "completely incapable" of dealing with the sexual abuse crisis that has shaken the network, in the words of an exhaustive report released Wednesday.
The 200-page report by Nick Pollard, a veteran British broadcast executive, strongly criticized the editorial and management decisions that prompted the BBC to cancel a broadcast last year that would have exposed decades of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile, a BBC fixture who had been one of Britain's best-known television personalities.
While the scandal led to the resignation and reassignment of several top executives - including George Entwhistle, just two months into his tenure in the BBC's top job as director-general - Pollard absolved top management of applying "undue pressure" in the decision to stop the broadcast.
The report also did not challenge the assertions of Mark Thompson, then head of the BBC, that he had no role in killing the Savile investigation and was unaware of the sexual abuse accusations until he left the BBC this September. Thompson is now president and chief executive of The New York Times Co.
The report traced in detail what it described as "a chain of events that was to prove disastrous for the BBC." Its central conclusion was that confusion and mismanagement, not a cover-up, lay at the heart of the decision to drop the Savile segment on "Newsnight," an investigative program. Savile died at 84 in October 2011, weeks before the segment was scheduled to run.
"The efforts to get to the truth behind the Savile story proved beyond the combined efforts of the senior management, legal department, corporate communications team and anyone else for well over a month" after a rival channel, ITV, broadcast its own expose in October 2011. That segment presented the accounts of five women who said they had been sexually abused as teenagers by Savile, the report said.
Pollard, a former head of the Sky News channel who began his broadcast career as a BBC reporter, dismissed a widely circulated theory that BBC News executives or their superiors pressured the "Newsnight" team to cancel the Savile segment to avoid embarrassing the BBC. Peter Rippon, the program's editor, said that he canceled the report because he thought the team's conclusions about Savile inadequately substantiated.
"While there clearly were discussions about the Savile story between Mr. Rippon and his managers," Pollard said, he does not believe that they went beyond journalistic considerations.
After publication of the report, Tim Davie, the BBC's acting director general, said that Stephen Mitchell, the deputy director of news, would be taking early retirement and that Rippon would be moved to another job. Helen Boaden, director of the news division, who along with Rippon and Mitchell was suspended while the nine-week Pollard inquiry was in progress, will return to her job, overseeing new editorial leadership at "Newsnight."
In a statement, the BBC Trust, which oversees the broadcaster, said the report made clear the need for major changes in the BBC's operation. It said top executives must take initiative and responsibility, share information and embrace criticism, and persuade employees to rid the company of the "insularity and distrust" revealed in the report.
"The BBC portrayed by the Pollard review is not fundamentally flawed, but has been chaotic," it said. "That now needs to change."
The report was strongly critical of several news executives who were directly involved in the decision to cancel the Savile program, including Rippon and the top executives in the BBC's news division to whom he reported, Boaden and Mitchell, saying they had reached a "flawed" conclusion in canceling the "Newsnight" segment that overrode the "cogent evidence" against Savile that the "Newsnight" team had gathered.
But it paid scant attention to the role of the former director-general, Thompson, and did not fault him for missing opportunities to learn the details of the allegations against Savile.
After Thompson was told about the scuttled segment by a BBC reporter at a reception in late December 2011, he said, he asked his news executives about it. According to his testimony to the Pollard inquiry, he "received reassurances" that it had been killed for "editorial or journalistic reasons" and "crossed it off my list and went off to worry about something else."
The report was faulted in some quarters for its generally kid-gloves treatment of the BBC's senior management.
Ben Bradshaw, a former BBC reporter and culture minister in the previous Labour government with responsibility for the BBC, described Pollard's findings as "lacerating" and said the shuffling of midlevel executives was not enough.
"I think people will be asking themselves whether the level of the response from the BBC to this report today has been adequate and commensurate to the seriousness" of the report, he said.
Chris Patten, chairman of the trust, told a BBC interviewer that he saw no reason for taking an ax to the broadcaster's top management. "The management problems," he said, "have to be addressed. But I don't think you necessarily address them by just putting heads on spikes."
In the weeks after the "Newsnight" cancellation, the Savile investigation became the subject of news media coverage in Britain that cited some of the evidence of sexual abuse by Savile.BBC officials have said some of the articles were included in press summaries prepared for Thompson. But Pollard wrote: "Mr. Thompson told me that the various press stories which followed passed him by. I have no reason to doubt what he told me."
In September, during Thompson's final days at the BBC, the corporation asked an outside law firm to send a letter to The Sunday Times threatening to sue if the paper went ahead with plans to publish an article alleging that he and Boaden had been involved in a conspiracy to scuttle the segment.
The Pollard report said it was clear that Thompson "did approve sending the letter." But he told the inquiry that he did not recall being briefed about the letter's contents, the report said, and was "very clear that he didn't read the detail of the letter."
Pollard's chronicle of the BBC's mistakes included its decision to broadcast several Savile tribute programs during the 2011 holiday season. The tributes ran without any mention of sexual abuse and rape allegations against Savile, a household name in Britain for his starring roles in popular BBC shows.
The report described "chaos and confusion" in the decisions that led to the cancellation of the broadcast in November 2011, and in the events that followed, culminating in the resignation last month of Entwistle, who succeeded Thompson.
Entwistle quit amid the furore that erupted when "Newsnight" broadcast a segment that wrongly identified a former politician, Alistair McAlpine, as a paedophile who abused boys at a children's home in Wales in the 1970s and 1980s. The BBC has agreed to pay McAlpine about $300,000 in damages.
A preliminary report into the McAlpine debacle by Ken MacQuarrie, the director of BBC Scotland, concluded that the editorial management of "Newsnight" had already been weakened by suspensions and other disruptions caused by the Savile affair. A fuller version of MacQuarrie's report was published together with the Pollard report on Wednesday.
The BBC said Adrian Van Klaveren, the head of a BBC radio station, who was the acting head of news at the time of the McAlpine report, would be moved to a non-news job within the BBC.
(Matthew Purdy contributed reporting from New York)
© 2012, The New York Times News Service


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Thanks to all the hounds for your tips on the good or not so good places to eat. I just got home from my trip, and here is my report of my eating experience in the Lone Star State:
Breakfast: A Cliff Bar at BWI Airport with a cup of coffee. A hamentaschen in flight accompanied by Southwest Airlines coffee. No More needs to be said.
Lunch: Immediately after getting my heels, I hit the Taco Grage on Broadway. They were still recovering from the lunch rush, and the service was a bit slow, but still adequate. I got the carne guisada lunch plate. The "carne" seemed a little lighter incolor than beef, I hope it wasn't the "other white meat," but given what I eat, if the Lord hasn't struck me down me for eating forbidden foods by now, He shouldn't expect anything different. Anyway, it was tasty, but I think I need to start a discussion about how to distinguish carne guisada from chili con carne. The corn tortillas were great. And after 4 years, it was great to get back to real Tex Mex.
Dinner: I went to the Liberty Bar at their new location on South Alamo. It's a nice place,but I kinda miss the old spot, with building that looks like it's going to blow down in the next strong wind gust. I tried their "unique" minguchi appetizer, which was good, but a bit too much food for one person. I'm glad I ordered only one grilled quail. The quail was good, especially with the mole verde, but I was so filled up, I didn't enjoy the grilled tomato or grilled potato as much.
Breakfast: A greek yoghurt and a pumpkin empanada form HEB in my room. And the hotel coffee, which was horrible. When I got off work, I went to Central Market and got some fresh ground Turkish coffee for Israeli "botz," the on;y decent bagels I've ever found in San Antonio, cream cheese and a pack of nova salmon.
Lunch: Went to Rudy's off TX151 for BBQ. The vibe was good, as usual, with the open fire by the picnic tables a nice feature on the cool windy day, but the brisket seemed a bit dried out, even though I ordered "moist" and they gave me cuttings from the point.
Dinner: Acenar on the Riverwalk at Houston St. "Creative" Mexican and very nice. I had a ceviche appetizer and the duck chalupas, along with a Tuna Margarita. (That's a margarita made with prickly pear juice, not fish.) The strolling musicians were a nice touch, but the margaritas at $10.25 were a bit overpriced, though tasty. The fod items were more reasonably priced, and I'm going to try chlupas more often in the future when I hit Mexican joints.
Breakfast: Greek youghurt and a lox&bagel sandwich
Lunch: My colleagues took me to Casa Reale, a traditional Mexican place located in a half-dead shopping center off Ingram Road. The place didn't seem too busy, but the food was pretty good. I got chicken enchiladas in green sauce. Pretty good, and I ate too many tostadas, the salsa was that good.
Dinner: I knew the stereotypes about Texas are nonsense, so I had to try a vegetarian restaurant. I went to Green on Flores. I't not only vegetarian, it's kosher, too! So maybe I'll be forgiven for partaking of the "other white meat." I had the chicken fried "fake" with mashed potatoes and their signature kale salad. The fake steak was very well done breaded and fired and not greasy at all. I especially appreciated the use of a brown sauce. I know that's not traditional, but to me white sauce looks disgusting even when it tastes good.
Breakfast: greek yoghurt and a lox&bagel sandwich
Lunch: On the recommendation of my local colleagues, I tried the Saltgrass steakhouse near my hotel. It was actually one of the better steaks I've had in Texas, especially considering that the ribeye lunch portion was $17.95 and included a salad and mashed potatoes. The steak was cooked just right, though the cut was a little thinner than my preference.
Dinner: We were doing some field work south of town that evening and 8 PM rolled around and I still hadn't eaten. The nearest exit with food had the choice of a Whattaburger, a Burger King, and a Bill Miller BBQ. I decided to try the Bill Miller to see if it was a bad as a lot of people posting here seem to think. Well, though it was mass-market corporate food, it really wasn't all that bad, except the portions are kind of large. The brisket was vaguely smokey, and I wonder f this was accomplished out of a bottle and not by wood. The coleslaw and green beans were actually pretty good by any measure. They give you enough tea to ensure that you'll be looking for roadside restrooms every half hour for the rest of the evening.
Breakfast: I went to Regio Cafe on McCullogh for a Mexican breakfast. I got the green chilaquiles with the over easy egg, but with corn tortillas. Was my first time for chilaquiles, but it won't be my last.
Lunch: I had a 1:55 flight, so I checked in to the airport before eating lunch because I didn't want to cut it too close, and figured I could pick up something at the airport. Well, I was flabbergasted that at the San Antonio Airport you can't get tacos or BBQ. The alternative seemed to be fried chicken fingers, Italian, Mc Donalds, and some sort of sports pub. There was also a wine bar called Vin Volo, which is where I decided to stop because the seats looked more comfortable than those at the gate, and I'm a white knuckle flier, so the prospect of some vino seemed like a good way to self-medicate. And it worked. I had 2 glasses of a Spanish red, at $7 one of the cheaper on the menu, and it was a pretty good wine. I also had a half portion of penne in cheese sauce to slow the adsorption of the alcohol, so I could keep my relaxed state until at least the plane cleared the bumps after take-off.
Dinner: At home. My wife made some nice baked chicken. It was good to be home.


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THUNDER BAY -- A Kashechewan resident displaced by flooding in his home community has died in Thunder Bay.
Peter Wesley, who is believed to be in his late 30s, passed away of an apparent heart attack on May 19. He also had muscular dystrophy.
Two weeks ago the community declared a state of emergency as waters from the rising Albany River threatened homes and infrastructure.
About 650 Stage 1 evacuees were airlifted to Thunder Bay beginning on the evening of May 9. Stage 1 evacuees are the most vulnerable and include children, elderly and those with medical conditions.
A press release sent to various media outlets by Daniel Sponagle on behalf of Kashechewan says mourning is difficult for the community with residents spread between four Ontario host communities.
The timeline for their return is unknown.


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An invitation had just arrived to drive the new Renault Megane, but before we could savour the sweet new Renaultsport 265 version we had to chew our way through a host of TCEs and DCIs. Wholesome yes, but not particularly PH-worthy.
Alarm bells
Truth be told, first press shots of the Megane 265 were a little troubling. When the first lines of the press release boast of power hikes and styling packs, and you have to dig deep to find even a mention of spring rates and dampers, let alone weight savings, alarm bells start to ring. Had the men from Dieppe finally been sucked into the front-wheel drive arms race?
So it was a relief, then, when the Capsicum red Megane 265 with Cup Pack arrived, mercifully unmolested by the optional 'Red Design Pack' (red striping on the front blade, rear diffuser and side protection mouldings). And it wasn't lost on us that this is the same shade used for the legendary Clio Trophy either.
Renaultsport does grown-up shocker
That it can put on a suit and tie and act sensible is commendable, but it's not what Renaultsport is about. What we really want to know is how it performs on a typical British B-road. The opportunity to find out arrives shortly after Tonbridge, as we continue our journey across to Eurotunnel's Folkestone terminal cross-country.
Leave the Sport mode off and you're effectively in a Megane 250, the extra 15hp being restrained until you press the stability control button. And for the first few miles we keep the leash on but it still feels rapid. Blip down an extra ratio approaching a tight corner, plant the throttle about a second earlier than seems feasible and feel the limited-slip differential and clever Perfohub front suspension work their magic, pulling you out of the turn.
More of the good stuff
Accessing the Sport mode releases both the full power and the full potential of the 265. The traction and stability control now intervene at a higher threshold and a sharper throttle response signals the increased urgency. Perhaps a little too sharp, if we're being picky, and delivering too much, too early in the pedal travel. Spec the optional Renaultsport Monitor, with its lap timer and live data display, and you can choose from several different maps. Without it, you're stuck with the default setting.
It's probably a good thing that you need to actively seek out this extra power, because when you do any recalibration of the throttle pedal pales into insignificance compared to the mental readjustment required. Suffice to say it's a total B-road weapon. Properly quick and with a fantastically throaty exhaust note, embellished by the occasional pop and crackle, that just adds to the drama. Such a shame then, that more of the noise isn't allowed to permeate the cabin.
Welcome to Belgium
The antidote, as always, to this enthusiasm is the Belgian autoroute. Yet, once again the Megane's quality cabin rises to the occasion. Only the Cup chassis, with its stiffer springs, dampers and anti-roll bar, disrupts the calm.
With a busy and well-attended track day diary run by Renaultsport both in the UK and on the continent, most Megane 265 owners will be tempted onto a circuit sooner or later. Indeed, judging by the number of 250s and 265 Trophy versions in the paddock at Spa, the Megane III has been incredibly successful in mainland Europe.
Only 50 of the 265 Trophy models were available to buy in the UK last year but, despite the new car being all but identical to this 'limited edition', the UK owners we speak to at the event aren't too upset. The consensus seems that it was always going to be an obvious next step for the Megane. That every Trophy came with free entry to the entire UK track day calendar may also have had a strong placatory effect.
Such is the popularity of these events, and Spa in particular, that 140 cars (35 from the UK), have signed up. Big numbers, but Spa's a big track and by the afternoon sessions there's plenty of space on the circuit. So how does the Megane 265 perform? Well, as you might expect. In places it could do with more power, and almost everywhere it would benefit from less weight, but these are entirely forgivable criticisms considering this is no stripped-out track special. That it can keep pace, and occasionally even outpace, the 888-shod R26.R on track is testament to its talents.
With greater freedom to explore the chassis, it quickly becomes obvious that trail-braking really helps to bring the rear into play and tuck the nose into the apex. Accelerate hard from the clipping point and the front end just grips and goes. Only the brakes force us to back off when they began to grumble shortly after lunch.
OK, so it's very thirsty and a bit lardy on track, but this new Megane can both tick the daily driver box, and dissect a B-road like a Group N spec tarmac special. Would we have one? Damn right we would. But that still leaves the eternal Renaultsport conundrum; to Cup or not to Cup? Well, that depends on the fortitude of your co-driver, because as much as the limited-slip differential of the Cup chassis makes this car, on the wrong road in the wrong mood, the ride is stubborn enough to destroy relationships.
Renault Megane Renaultsport 265
Engine:1,998cc 4-cyl, turbocharged
Transmission: 6-speed manual, front-wheel drive
Power (hp):265@5,500rpm
Torque (lb ft):265@3,000-5,000rpm
0-62mph: 6.0 sec
Top speed: 158mph
Weight: 1,320kg
MPG: 28mpg (18mpg including track time)
CO2: 190g/km
Price: £26,040 (£24,840 265 Cup)


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Technical Article => Mobile => Android
Android create button tutorial
This tutorial assumes that you already have an activity and are using an XML layout.
Open the layout XML and add the button element. Assign an ID with the "@+id" operator. The + tells Android to generate an ID for this element so that you can reference it in your Java files.
This is an example. Your layout and text elements will probably be very different. In this example case, the ID of the button is "close".
<Button android:id="@+id/close" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:text="@string/title_close" />
Open the activity class. Add a class property to hold a reference to the button.
privateButton closeButton;
If you haven't already, override the onCreate method.
@Override protectedvoid onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){}
For this example, we don't need the saved instance state, so ignore it.
Now, in the onCreate method, attach a listener to the click event for the button. This example will call "finish()" on the activity, the Android analog of clicking the close button on a window.
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { this.setContentView(R.layout.layoutxml); this.closeButton = (Button)this.findViewById(R.id.close); this.closeButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { finish(); } }); }
Here's a short description of what's happening.
- First, get the button ID. The ID created earlier in the layout, "close", is compiled by Android and assigned a unique integer ID which is available to the application through the "R" class, which I assume is short for "Resources".
- Request a reference to the button from the activity by calling "findViewById". The button has to be retrieved from the activity because while an ID is unique in an activity, it is not unique among all activities.
- Assign the retrieved button to an instance variable so that if you need it later, you can easily find it without having to query for it again.
- Create a class implementing "OnClickListener" and set it as the on click listener for the button.
As UI elements go, buttons are some of the simplest. Later, I'll write about menus and dialogs, which aren't so easy.
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My client is a leading western consultancy with an excellent reputation for professionalism and an extensive track record in the Middle East. They are currently working on large construction projects in Jeddah and Riyadh and are therefore looking to recruit health and safety managers. The role will be to manage the health and safety of all workers on the site and ensure that all contractors and subcontractors are adhering to the policies and procedures. You will be responsible for carrying out regular audits ensuring that all work is carried out in a safe manager.
Candidates must have a degree or equivalent in health and safety or an engineering related field and must be a chartered member of the institute of occupational safety and health (CMIOSH) Candidates must have a proven track record of health and safety management on large construction projects and will have preferably spent time working in the Middle East.
About the Company
Compass Global Resourcing are a UK based recruitment agency specialising in supplying permanent and freelance staff to companies throughout the Middle East and Africa. All CGR consultants have extensive experience of recruiting internationally each having worked for over 10 years in the technical recruitment sector.
We aim to build long term relationships with our clients offering a bespoke service you can trust. Whatever your specific requirements CGR are able to deliver a professional quality service; our dedicated team will focus on finding you the right candidates to suit your exact needs.
CGR have access to a pool of highly qualified candidates from across the world through continual advertising in leading publications and websites as well as utilising our global contacts to source locally based candidates.


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CONCORD, N.C. (Aug. 8, 2014) – AARP and AARP Foundation's nationwide campaign to address the problem of older adult hunger through the Drive to End Hunger program will return with 11-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions Hendrick Motorsports in 2015 as a primary sponsor of driver Jeff Gordon and his No. 24 Chevrolet SS team.
Through AARP's sponsorship of the No. 24 Chevrolet, the AARP Foundation's Drive to End Hunger program will be featured as a primary partner in 13 Sprint Cup races next season, including the 2015 Daytona 500, and on portions of the car as an associate sponsor in all other events. It will mark AARP's fifth year as a primary sponsor of the No. 24 team, which is unprecedented in NASCAR for a social cause.
"Hunger is a hidden problem that millions of older Americans are battling silently. We are excited to keep building on the great work of these last four years to help the nearly 9 million older Americans who face the threat of hunger," said Lisa Marsh Ryerson, AARP Foundation president. "With Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick, we have committed champions behind the wheel on and off the track. Together we will make the most of this unprecedented opportunity to end the struggle that so many older Americans have with hunger."
The priorities of Drive to End Hunger, which is supported through donations from individuals, corporations and other non-profits, are to raise awareness and funds to fight hunger among adults 50 and over and to provide short- and long-term solutions to the problem of older adult hunger.
Through education, engagement and partnerships, Drive to End Hunger has donated more than 30 million meals since AARP and AARP Foundation launched it in February 2011. In 2013, 23 organizational sponsors and supporters joined the initiative.
"What's been accomplished by Drive to End Hunger in a relatively short time is absolutely inspiring," said Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports. "At the beginning, we felt the program would ultimately be judged on how many lives it impacted. There's no question it's been successful by that measure, but we still have much more to do. Our team is proud to continue the effort alongside our friends at AARP and AARP Foundation and with the incredible support of the NASCAR community."
One of the most accomplished drivers in NASCAR history, Gordon is a four-time Cup champion, and his 90 victories rank third on the all-time wins list. The current series points leader, he has posted two victories, seven top-five finishes and 15 top-10s in 21 Sprint Cup races this season.
"NASCAR fans have been such a big part of the success of Drive to End Hunger, and we're really grateful for that," said Gordon, 43, who has a lifetime contract with Hendrick Motorsports. "I've seen them packing meals, texting donations and getting involved in their communities. AARP and AARP Foundation are incredible partners to be involved with, and I'm very happy to continue our work together. It's been an extremely rewarding and humbling experience for me personally."
For more information or to get involved, please visit www.DriveToEndHunger.org or follow @Drive2EndHunger on Twitter.
AARP Foundation is working to win back opportunity for struggling Americans 50+ by being a force for change on the most serious issues they face today: housing, hunger, income and isolation. By coordinating responses to these issues on all four fronts at once, and supporting them with vigorous legal advocacy, the Foundation serves the unique needs of those 50+ while working with local organizations nationwide to reach more people, strengthen communities, work more efficiently and make resources go further. AARP Foundation is AARP's affiliated charity. Learn more at www.aarpfoundation.org.
Founded by Rick Hendrick in 1984, Hendrick Motorsports has earned more than 200 race victories and a record 11 car owner championships in NASCAR's premier division, the Sprint Cup Series. Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2014, the organization fields four full-time Chevrolet teams on the Sprint Cup circuit with drivers Kasey Kahne, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, Hendrick Motorsports employs more than 500 people. For more information, please visit HendrickMotorsports.com or interact on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.
Charlotte Castillo, AARP
Christine Brownlow, Hendrick Motorsports


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There was a heated discussion on the Phillies postgame show on WPHT about the play at the plate in which Jon Jay ran hard into Carlos Ruiz and elbowed him in the head along the way.
As we sat in traffic exiting the game, Jim Jackson and Sarge Matthews were disagreeing adamantly about the play. Sarge immediately wrote it off as being part of the game, noting Jay was simply playing the way you should to win. Jackson wasn't as sure, saying that it's impossible to know Jay's intent, and that a similar play in another sport like the NHL could cost a guy a 10-game suspension.
It made for some awkward yet intriguing radio. As we drove home, however, we didn't really know which guy to side with, as there are no replays of bang-bang plays shown on the jumbotron at Citizens Bank Park.
On a couple of occasions, Sarge pulled out the "if you've ever played the game card..." which I thought was a bit unfair in terms of judging intent. Then again, judging intent is an often fruitless endeavor.
After finally seeing the play the next day, Jay's bowling over of Chooch seemed relatively normal to me for playoff atmosphere. But the arm and elbow swing seemed a little bit to "swingy" to me.
Chooch, of course, held on to the ball and Jay was called out. The Phillies held the lead for the time being in the 4th and CBP went nuts.
How did you view the play?
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Many non-LDS scholars claim that the second half of the book of Isaiah was written after the time Lehi left Jerusalem, Yet the Book of Mormon contains material from both halves. How do we explain this?
What creates the problem for you is that most biblical scholars claim that the book of Isaiah is a compilation of the work of several authors who lived over an extended period of time. , author of several books, biblical researcher, and assistant professor of statistics, Brigham Young University.1 This theory originated as early as A.D. 1100 when Moses ben Samuel expressed the belief that Isaiah was not the author of certain chapters. 2 I believe we have reason for our faith that the man Isaiah originally authored the entire book credited to his name. Lehi would therefore have taken the entire book with him when he left Jerusalem.
The problem giving birth to the multiple-authorship theory is the prophecies of Isaiah. For example, Isaiah identifies King Cyrus of Persia by name and indicates that Cyrus will set the Israelites free of Babylon. This event actually occurred—many decades after Isaiah lived. To a person with a testimony of prophecy, such a pronouncement isn't astonishing. But to a person who lacks that testimony, it's impossible. Those who reject the existence of prophecy as we know it have no choice but to conclude that the book of Isaiah must have been written by more than one man.
A few years ago, our group of thirty-five specialists in Semitic languages, statistics, and computer science at Brigham Young University devised a literary style analysis to test the claims of these biblical scholars. This study, which spanned several years, in the end used more than 300 computer programs, analyzed several hundred stylistic variables, and obtained more than 4800 statistical comparisons.
Literary style in Hebrew is much more accessible to computer analysis than is English. This is partly because the Hebrew characteristic known as the function prefix can help identify speech patterns of a given author. For example, how an author uses Hebrew function prefixes, such as those that translate into "and in this," "and it is," and "and to," are expected to be unique with him. Thus, comparing parts of an author's work with other parts, as well as comparing his work with work by other authors, can yield statistical evidence for claims of authorship.
Accordingly, we coded the Hebrew text of the book of Isaiah and a random sampling of eleven other Old Testament books onto computer tape. 3 Then, using a computer, we compared rates of literary usage (such as unique expressions and idiomatic phrases including the function prefix and other such literary elements) from text to text. Since any author varies within himself, depending on context, audience, his own change of style, and so forth, variations for a given author were compared with variations between authors for any literary element.
The results of the study were conclusive: there is a unique authorship style throughout the various sections of Isaiah. The rates of usage for the elements of this particular style are more consistent within the book of Isaiah, regardless of the section, than in any other book in the study. This statistical evidence led us to a single conclusion: based on style alone, the book of Isaiah definitely appears to be the work of one man. The two parts of Isaiah most often claimed to have been written by different authors, chapters 1–39 and 40–66, were found to be more similar to each other in style than to any of the other eleven Old Testament books examined.
Some scholars seem to have a desire to do away with prophecy by placing the second half of Isaiah after the events described, making the mention of those events historical rather than prophetic. But Latter-day Saints, with their testimony of prophecy and with the many evidences given in the scriptures, have long affirmed that Isaiah, son of Amoz, wrote the entire book of Isaiah. In the Book of Mormon, Jacob, Nephi, Abinadi, and Jesus all quote from different parts of Isaiah, and each identifies the prophet by name. In their Gospels in the New Testament, Matthew, Luke, and John the Beloved do the same. 4
No matter what evidence is available in the scriptures or more from secular sources such as computer analysis, there will undoubtedly continue to be those who will try to set the prophecies of Isaiah aside because they feel Isaiah could not know such details in advance. In this they err twice: (1) they err in thinking that Isaiah did not write chapters 40–66, and (2) they err in thinking that prophets do not know such details. The words of God's prophets invariably come to pass.
John L. McKenzie, Dictionary of the Bible (New York:The Macmillan Company, 1965), p. 379.
Edward J. Young, An Introduction to the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdman's Publishing), p. 199.
Random samples of the following Old Testament books were used in the study: Ezra, Nehemiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos, Micah, Habakkuk, Zechariah, and Malachi.
In 2 Ne. 6:5–6, Jacob quotes from Isa. 49; in 2 Ne. 12, Nephi quotes from Isa. 2 (see also 2 Ne. 11:2); in Mosiah 14, Abinadi quotes from Isa. 53; in 3 Ne. 22, Jesus quotes from Isa. 54 (also see 3 Ne. 23:1); and in John 12:38–41, John quotes from Isa. 53 and then Isa. 6.
As a home teacher, what can I do to encourage and involve my junior companion?
If Aaronic Priesthood home teaching companions are taught well, they will grow up looking forward to the home teaching experience. To be sure this happens, experienced Melchizedek Priesthood holders need to help junior companions become an important and effective part of the home teaching program. , Institute director, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Here are some suggestions on how to help Aaronic Priesthood holders grow through meaningful participation. In the process of helping your junior companion, you may find that relationships with the families you teach have improved measurably.
1. Ask your junior companion to give part of the presentation. Of course, you can't just toss the Ensign at him when he gets in the car and say, "It's your turn to give the message." Make the presentation a partnership in which you both participate. Since no two families are alike, talk about the ways you will adapt your message to each situation. Then ask the Lord for assistance in presenting it.
2. Ask your junior companion to be in charge of birthdays and other special occasions, such as holidays, graduations, and anniversaries. The possibilities here are limitless: cards, treats, inexpensive gifts, etc. Perhaps the two of you could take the birthday child to the park, a game, or a movie. For a single parent or an elderly person, perhaps coupons promising your help with specific tasks would be most meaningful.
3. Of course, special occasions aren't the only times to render assistance to home teaching families. Show your junior companion how to help in meaningful ways. For example, no widow or single parent should have to pay for yard work they cannot do for themselves. Together, the home teachers could mow a lawn weekly or shovel a driveway after a storm. You could also offer to help inside the house or apartment; for large jobs, your junior companion could involve his priesthood quorum in a service project. If he has a driver's license, perhaps he could take a widow or elderly couple to the grocery store on Saturday.
4. Many young men have had good training at home caring for younger brothers and sisters. If you home teach a family with small children, perhaps your junior companion could offer to tend the youngsters (at no charge, of course) while Mom and Dad go to the temple or to do genealogy or missionary work. This may even be something he would like to do on a monthly basis to help the family attend the temple regularly or achieve some other goal.
5. Encourage your junior companion to share his talents and hobbies with the families. Perhaps he likes woodworking and could help a family member learn to make a piece of furniture. Perhaps he loves sports or music or art and could help the children develop skills and self-confidence.
6. When you are asked to administer to a member of one of your families, sometimes you may want to call your junior companion and take him along with you. If he holds the Aaronic Priesthood, he won't be able to take part in the actual ordinance. But he could be asked to offer a prayer before the anointing takes place, if this is appropriate. He can learn much from the experience by observing the faith and prayers of others, and by having the opportunity to develop his own faith. (Be careful, however, not to put him on the spot without warning.) He may also gain great spiritual growth through fasting and praying with you when your home teaching families, or individuals in them, have specific needs.
7. Help your junior companion see the importance of his example for the children of the families you visit. By his appearance and actions, he can show the benefits of maintaining proper grooming, avoiding fads and peer pressures, and selecting appropriate movies and other entertainment.
Can you help me see the significance of the account of Peter walking on the water?
To more fully understand the event of Peter walking on the water, we must first look at the setting in which it took place. , a stake high councilor in the Annandale Virginia Stake.
Following the occasion of the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus instructed his disciples to board a ship and cross the Sea of Galilee while he remained behind to send away the multitude and to pray. A windstorm arose on the sea during the voyage, and the small ship was tossed about by the waves. To add to their distress, the disciples were confronted with what they thought was a spirit, and they cried out in fear. What they saw was Jesus walking on the water. Although the Savior announced that it was he, that they need not fear, some on the ship were skeptical. Peter challenged, "If it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water." And Jesus responded, "Come." (Matt. 14:28–29.)
Peter left the boat and, like Jesus, walked on the water. But when Peter's attention was diverted from his Master to the buffeting winds and waves around him, his faith began to weaken, and he began to sink helplessly into the water. He cried out, appealing to Jesus for help. After clasping Peter's hand and assuring his safety, the Master mildly chastised Peter: "O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?" Then, "when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased." (Matt. 14:31–32.)
This was indeed an impressive event, once again demonstrating to the Lord's disciples his power over the elements of nature. A year earlier he had stilled a storm on the same Sea of Galilee. (See Matt. 8:23–27.) If his purpose now was to implant within the hearts of his disciples an even stronger conviction that he was indeed the Chosen One sent with power and authority from the Father, he succeeded; for we read, "Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying: Of a truth thou art the Son of God." (Matt. 14:33.)
I like to think, too, that he was teaching an important concept concerning our relationship with him as our Savior. Jesus spent much of his ministry teaching through parables: "And he spake many things unto them in parables … and without a parable spake he not unto them." (Matt. 13:3, 34.) Perhaps we can learn much by treating the experience of Christ and Peter walking on the water as a kind of dramatized parable. As in Christ's spoken parables, there is more than one level of meaning in this incident. At the surface we have an exciting adventure at sea, where the Lord with supernatural power saves a disciple from drowning and also possibly saves the ship from capsizing.
At another level we contemplate authority, power, and the nature of miracles. We stand in awe of the Son of God as he commands the responsive forces of nature.
At still another level we may see additional significance in what took place that day on the Sea of Galilee, a symbolism that can teach us much about our own experiences in life.
Peter and the other disciples embarked upon their journey in response to their master's request. We, too, embarked upon our journey through mortality in willing response to divine will. And, like the disciples on the ship, who were aware of the dangers of traveling on the Sea of Galilee, with its sudden storms, we began our journey with an understanding that there would be perils along the way.
Like Peter, we in this life learn that temporal supports sometimes crumble—or sink—in the face of life's tempests. We find that there are forces capable of upsetting our most carefully improvised plans. But we, like Peter, can discover that our Savior stands nearby, though perhaps dimly seen, ready to help us if we will but reach out to him and accept his divine assistance. We need not struggle alone.
Envision Peter leaving the boat alone and walking by faith on the water. He is successful in this "impossible" endeavor because his eyes are fixed steadfastly upon Christ. If we would come to Jesus, we also must forego an inviting reliance on worldly supports. We must determine whether our best opportunity lies in the storm-tossed—though still floating—ship or whether it lies out on the waves with the Savior.
The scriptures speak of the "trial of faith" (Ether 12:6) through which we must pass, indicating that the faith-building process is not automatic. Instead, it is a learning process—a mandatory sequence for all who would inherit eternal life. Each step Peter took away from the ship was a trial of his faith; each step toward Jesus took him a step farther from his accustomed means of survival. And each step was a voluntary one; he was under no compulsion to leave the ship and respond to the Lord's call to "Come."
At one point Peter's attention was drawn from Jesus, the object of his faith, to the boisterous wind and waves around him. In a moment of confusion, fear overpowered his faith, and Peter started to fall.
So like our lives! As we learn the gospel and develop our faith, we reach the point where we feel strong enough to leave the boat; we determine to stand free from worldly supports and voluntarily walk by faith through the tempest toward our Savior. Each step for us may be a trial. The waves around us are as real in their way as Peter's waves were to him. And, like Peter, we may slip! We may feel the awful descent toward destruction and, in confused desperation, consider the safety of the ship.
But wait! Our efforts to meet the trials of our faith—our footsteps over life's treacherous waters—have somehow re-oriented us, and we reach out for safety, not to the boat, as we would have done in earlier times, but to the outstretched hand of the Savior. Hand grasps hand, and we are pulled to the Master of wind and water. No more is he seen vaguely through the storm; no more is his voice indistinct in the roar of the gale. Now we are home; now the trial is over.
And Jesus calms the storm.


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Equally tragic, the casualties tend to be poor, weak, or damaged. More civilized times would have treated these sad folks with Christian compassion. But the Warriors on Terror know no shame. They brutalize their fellow-citizens, then proudly point at the carnage to justify the State's ridiculous ruthlessness.
A 32-year-old schizophrenic is one of their latest victims. Scott McGann used to be a computer technician with his own software firm in California; he moved to New York City three years ago and, as his demons overtook him, lived on the streets when jails disguised as hospitals weren't imprisoning him. Though we must question the verdict of derangement: he "was arrested in June inside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse after he ran up and down hallways screaming and grabbing papers out of lawyers' hands" — eminently sane behavior, given the insanity of the courts.
At any rate, his mother hoped to bring him home and bought him a ticket for a flight. Mr. McGann went to LaGuardia Correctional Institute — sorry, Airport — in the middle of the night on a recent Saturday to catch his very early plane. He "appeared 'highly intoxicated,'" according to a cop, and was "sweating profusely." Yep: so are 8 million other people in this sweltering City of an August morning. But the aforementioned Warriors have long viewed sweat with the highest suspicion, perhaps because they seldom work one up while sponging off our taxes.
Mr. McGann added to the crime of perspiring by refusing to cooperate with the interrogation that precedes boarding a plane: a spokesman for the airport described him as "disheveled and unresponsive." Predictably, he didn't make it past United Airlines' ticket counter before the agent who was supposed to be serving him snitched on him instead. When government subsidizes an industry as heavily as it does aviation, its employees assist the "authorities," not us.
Also ratting him out were two concerned citizens who "saw something and said something." Ironic, isn't it, that the propaganda our taxes buy works far more effectively than the other nonsense on which government wastes our money.
All those reports sent "Officers Robert Keane and Thomas Sullivan" scurrying to "tackle McGann" and his backpack. The latter held a "hoax device," (oh, the knock-out blows bureaucracy deals the English language!) made from wires and "several batteries that had been taped together, with no explosives." Warriors Keane and Sullivan "ripped" the backpack from Mr. McGann "as he pressed a trigger device connected to" his make-believe bomb. "Officials quickly discovered that the device in the man's bag was not dangerous." But with terrorists lurking behind every potted plant on the concourse these days, one can never be too sure whether batteries might miraculously detonate after all. So "the NYPD Bomb Squad doused the bag with a high-powered water cannon, a method used to disarm real bombs." No doubt we're the safer for it, too.
You might think that would end the matter since "investigators [had] quickly determined that the device wasn't dangerous." But if the passengers already thronging LaGuardia on "one of the busier travel days of the summer" were allowed to continue merrily on their way, would they appreciate the fake danger from which Leviathan had rescued them? Lest the lesson be lost, authorities evacuated the airport. This boneheaded and utterly self-serving decision "forced … thousands of passengers onto the roadways and creating [sic] a snarling domino effect of traffic that crippled operations," not only for customers trying to make their planes but for the crews manning those planes as well. "[S]cores of flights [at LaGuardia] and around the country were canceled or delayed." Our rulers waited 4½ hours to re-open the airport. "People are fighting and people are cutting into lines," one passenger reported. It was "textbook pandemonium."
Naturally, the "pandemonium" cannot possibly be government's fault. So what if cops drastically and hysterically over-reacted to a man they themselves admit was "just acting crazy," one who had "that thousand-yard stare"? No, the blame for the entire incident falls on Mr. McGann, and the police state will punish him accordingly. It has charged him with "three felonies: placing a false bomb, placing a false bomb in a transportation facility and making terrorist threats."
Mr. McGann's understandably "distraught" mother "defended her mentally ill son" to the press though she was "barely able to speak through her tears." Both she and her boy can thank God he survived his collision with aviation's gulag. Other disturbed people haven't.
Rigoberto Alpizar was returning to his home in Florida from a short-term mission trip to South America when he landed at Miami International for the final leg of his trip. He suffered problems similar to Mr. McGann's and became upset a few moments after boarding his connecting flight. He tried to disembark past oncoming passengers. Air marshals chased him onto the jetway, then shot and killed him.
Two years later, Carol Anne Gotbaum was flying from New York City to a clinic in Arizona for help with her alcoholism. She became agitated during a layover at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Cops there arrested her and dragged her to a cell – where she suddenly, mysteriously died. The government claims she strangled herself, one tough feat for a woman with her hands cuffed behind her back.
After LaGuardia re-opened, the concourse serving Mr. McGann's carrier "remain[ed] closed indefinitely so the investigation could continue." An airport spokesman explained: "That's a crime scene."
It certainly is. But the criminal isn't Mr. McGann.


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Sloppy Giuseppes
(Makes 6 servings)
2 T. olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
½ tsp. salt
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 pound ground beef
½ cup red wine
1 can (14.5 oz.) Italian pear tomatoes, chopped
1 T. tomato paste
1 ½tsp. dried oregano
½ tsp. red pepper flakes
6 hamburger or other rolls, toasted
6 slices provolone cheese
Steps: Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion; season with ¼ tsp. salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until beginning to soften. Stir in the garlic; cook, 1 minute.
Add the ground beef, stirring it into the onions and breaking it up; cook until browned. Stir in the wine, tomatoes and paste, oregano, red pepper flakes and remaining ¼ tsp. salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened. Taste for seasonings.
Serve on rolls, topped with a slice of provolone and a generous helping of giardiniera.
Nutrition information per serving: 514 calories, 20 g fat, 9 g saturated fat, 116 mg cholesterol, 61 g carbohydrates, 19 g protein, 689 mg sodium, 2 g fiber.


text: Hi, I have some concerns about how different Scipy modules are dependent on each other by a global scipy namespace, though there is often little need for this dependency. Namely, most of the current modules import scipy and as result one can say that effectively all modules import each other. Such a policy is not good because of the following reasons: 1) It is generally a good style of programming if a module imports only thouse resources that it actually uses. This helps, for example, in localizing and fixing bugs in a particular module level, which will be much easier when doing it in a global scipy level. Testing routines should be particullary careful not importing irrelevant modules, escpecially, if these are also under testing. For a particular example, many modules import MLab or scipy just to access only the resources in Numeric. I would remove all such imports in favour of importing Numeric directly. 2) There has been wished (see numpy-discussion list) that scipy wouldn't be such a big monolitic environment. Instead, it should be possible to install Scipy subpackages as standalone packages if that is possible in principle. It has an advantage that other projects could use parts of Scipy codes without actually building the whole scipy. Or is this the Scipy policy to force installing/using either the whole scipy package or nothing from it? I think that then some experts will not use scipy at all (also I find it less stimulating to contribute to scipy). 3) The idea of different levels in SciPy is not working if the lowest level modules import everything. It would be less confusing to drop the idea of leveling from start -- I am not proposing to acctually go for it. Instead, as I see it, Scipy should be rather thin interface between an user and modules that it provides, with some additional (high level) convinience functions (that may import "everything"). Lower level modules should not depend each other unless there is a good reason for that. I wonder how other Scipy developers feel about these issues? Do you think that my concerns are somehow relevant or not? Is it acceptable trying gradually to turn lower level modules to be independent from each other if possible? Thanks, Pearu


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Yup, I am still having this same problem too.
I'm still having the same issue. I tried lowering the MTU but that just broke my xbox live link so I put it back. Sigh.
I have same problem. Problem surfaced when I added a WAP to my setup, so I thought that was the prob. However, wired PC had same problem. I googled this and came to this discussion. (BEFSR81 is my router model). Has anyone gotten anywhere with either Linksys or Amazon on this?
It's not a WAP issue. The issue is there is a server that serves javascript and images for amazon.com that is causing a crash on the router. I even approached the cisco guys at INFOCOMM2010, to no luck.
06-25-2010 07:28 PM - last edited on 06-25-2010 07:35 PM by kent07
I've been having the same issue for about a month now. Finally gave up, since I can't find a fix anywhere, and purchased a another brand (needed the n wireless anyway). Of course I had to VPN into my work computer to order it on Amazon.
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06-30-2010 02:59 PM - last edited on 06-30-2010 03:16 PM by primus
I've also tried getting a solution to this problem and no-one appears to be interested as the unit is out of warranty.
Now I'm also going down the route of throwing the Linksys router in the bin.
I bought Linksys/Cisco equipment due to their reputation. Needless to say, I won't be buying any more Linksys kit for home or work.
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07-02-2010 09:10 AM - edited 07-02-2010 09:11 AM
Additionally, every day my Amazon account is getting disabled. According to emails from Amazon, I may have been a victim of a Phishing scam. However, it doesn't matter what computer I access Amazon from - work, home, whatever, I'm having to reset my password on a daily basis.
I'm not sure how this could be related to the possible router issue. As stated earlier, when I'm at home, using my own router, I go to Amazon and the Internet stops working for the entire household. The only fix is to restart the router. Then when I go to work the next day and try to access amazon, I am unable to because my account is disabled. I am then forced to reset my password. I would like to know if anyone else is having this problem as well.
I have a BEFVP41 v2.1 that also crashes when accessing Amazon.com. It may not crash on every page, but typically only approx 1 out of 10 pages show up, and I can see with "ping -t 192.168.1.1" the router becomes unresponsive for ~5 seconds. Checking the routers log I see the log is mostly empty due to reboot.
Flashed to latest firmware (1.02.06.3) with no improvement (BTW I could not flash using Firefox 3.6.6 - I had to revert to Internet Explorer).
While searching the internet I found a suggestion to disable logging: Administration-->Log: Log=No.
After changing this setting I seem to be able to access Amazon just fine. I don't know why logging would matter, but the change is night and day - amazon.com pages load fast and the BEFVP41 responds to pings non-stop. For grins I turned logging back on and the stutters/reboots returned. Disabled logging and works great.
I've got my fingers crossed. Hope this helps some others. Please reply to this forum if this does (or doesn't) work for you.
C'mon Linksys/Cisco - you dropped the ball on this issue. Clearly there's a whole class of your products that are affected by this problem (BEFSR81, BEFVP41 at a minimum).
07-22-2010 02:57 PM - edited 07-22-2010 02:58 PM
I've had the exact same problem with a BEFSR81 and Amazon. 100% repeatability, no other website, Amazon only, crashes the router so you have to unplug it to reboot it. Latest firmware, Windows 7, etc.
I think you are correct, the problem is in something that Amazon is doing that causes the router to hang when logging the websites.
Before turning off the logs, I could only get two pages into Amazon before it locked. Turned off the Logs, and now voila, it works just peachy again. Since I have used Amazon many times before with this same setup, something has changed recently at Amazon that is goofing up the router.
Not a single hangup all day now.
I sure hope that someone fixes this. I can't go on Amazon at all anymore without it knocking out my connection.
It has gotten worse in the last two months. ( using the 8 port router and Motorola surfeboard modem)


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Chapman University to Take Control of Libreria Martinez, Rename it "Libreria Martinez de Chapman University"
Man, Chapman University (the school from where I got my BA and where I currently teach) never ceases to surprise. The same university that once employed a Neanderthal as its head of the law school, homophobic John Eastman, also employs crazy-ass lefties. The same school that has busts of Ayn Rand and Margaret Thatcher also has busts to radical Paulo Freire and Martin Luther King, Jr.
And the school whose student body has long looked like the grandchildren of Balboa Bay Club members has committed itself to the Reconquista, getting more Latino nerds and making secular saint Rueben Martinez an ambassador for the school. And today, they announced they would ensure his legendary bookstore Librería Martinez would survive this digital age by announcing a partnership that rebrands it Libreria Martinez de Chapman University.
The announcement was made today during the school's annual "Closing the Latino Achievement Gap," where I was the lunchtime keynote speaker. Not many details were given, but what was announced was that the store would become a non-profit, grow in size, and get a facelift. Mr. Martinez will still be involved in the store and fully blesses the project--and if he says it's good, then we believe him.
The grand re-opening is scheduled for late October--see you there!
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Fans of Salman Khan go by an insane logic. He is cool because he "plays himself". Which means he acts the way he wants, moves the way he wants. What then is the point of the multi-crore enterprises involving hundreds of technicians, a writer and director which have him as the star? Everything else but Khan is redundant. One could perhaps say the same about all our stars to some extent, but in most movies he has acted in in the past decade, this Khan has redefined the meaning of a Bollywood star: flex, frown and fume, and you have a hit. He has proved that a star with abysmally poor acting skills can exist.
In Dabangg, Khan will surprise you. Not only does he look good, but he plays a character for a change—and plays it with some skill.
Chulbul "Robinhood" Pandey is a cop in a small town in Uttar Pradesh where, as you know, caste politics, violence and extortion are de rigueur. Chulbul is a maverick. He is unpredictable and brazen. He can beat small local goons to pulp and kick bad men suspended in mid-air. He stacks his bribe (cash) in his Godrej steel almirah at home. He also distributes that money generously. And he hates his stepfather and stepbrother. But, of course, Chulbul is also a superhero with a good heart who avenges evil.
Fan fix: Salman Khan surprisingly gives a skilful performance; and Sonakshi Sinha is noteworthy in the few scenes she has.
The first half of Dabangg is rife with the rottenness of its milieu. Khan gets some great dialogues—the film's writing rests on the dialogues, inspired entirely by Hindi heartland humour, which debut director Abhinav Kashyap obviously understands. The humour is risqué. Forty-five minutes into it, and the film begins to plummet to the worst kind of 1980s Bollywood kitsch. Besides the absurd logic, the scenes drag without any meaning or purpose. The cool cop also begins to become quite flat because he is not up against anything or anyone big except a young local politician (Sonu Sood). His love life with Rajo (Sonakshi Sinha), the daughter of an alcoholic (Mahesh Manjrekar) and a potter, and his relationship with his step-family takes centre stage. A larger-than-life hero settling personal scores is the antithesis of the classic 1970s Bollywood hero, which is not a problem if the director does not want to make his intentions of making exactly such a film so loud and clear. Dabangg is not a spoof of this genre either.
The action sequences are not spectacular. Anyone familiar with Tamil and Telugu action films would know that they are basic stunts, enhanced by post-production special effects. It is obvious that like Wanted, the action sequences in this film are choreographed exactly like action films from the south. There is also a hilarious Hulk-like instance of shirt-tearing due to extreme flexing. But the stunts are still better than the film's script. There are long portions where nothing is really happening or even if something is, you don't want to know what it will lead to. You are probably just waiting for another song to begin.
The performances are uniformly mediocre. The supporting cast includes seasoned actors such as Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia and Om Puri, but they all come across as junior artistes. None of the characters are etched such that one trait stands out about them and makes them memorable. Sinha, who debuts as an actor, does not have many scenes or dialogues, but in the few scenes she does have, she is self-assured and noteworthy.
Khan's role is accentuated by his mannerisms, the bhaiyya cowboy swagger and his costumes. Very few Indian stars have seemed so cool in a thin moustache, grey trousers and striped shirts. More substantially, his dialogue delivery and timing are good in some scenes; the credit should probably go to the director.
The other big star of Dabangg is its music. It's a robust and eclectic album, which redeems much of the film's weakness.
Watch Dabangg only if you are one of those Bollywood addicts who can't possibly miss a Salman Khan film. Only for you can the torturous second half not seem like masochism.
Dabangg released in theatres on Friday.


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"Health care providers have become agents for financing." Back in 2010, Andrew Cuomo, then New York State Attorney General, announced that his office was opening an investigation into health care credit cards. By the time Cuomo appears in a news clip, about halfway through the new Frontline episode, Dollars and Dentists, his point is past obvious. What's to be done about the problem is less clear. Correspondent Mile O'Brien here focuses on dental care. More than 100 million Americans don't receive regular—or even intermittent—care because they can't afford it, having no dental care insurance, a number that includes some 19 million children. When patients become desperate and do seek care, they're usually relying on Medicaid, a payment source too frequently not accepted by dentists because it is reimbursed at something like 20% of costs. Increasingly, the widening void between no care and urgent care is filled by corporate dental chains, financed by private equity. And increasingly, O'Brien reports, chains like Kool Smiles or Aspen Dental, find ways to profit.
It's a nightmarish situation, combining the chaos of uninsured health care and the horrors—fictional or not—of visiting the dentist. Sometimes, the process involves over-treating," fitting children with stainless steel crowns rather than fillings (which can cost some 50% less). Other times, it has to do with how the company is paid. The system works something like the for-profit higher education industry investigated in Frontline: College, Inc., which is to say, the company sells not only the product—the crowns, the dentures or the degree—but also the financing, through credit cards charging frightening interest rates, rates that begin accruing as soon as you sign for the card, that is, before the work is even scheduled. O'Brien speaks with former office managers who reveal that dentists and other personnel are paid bonuses. When he asks Polly Buckley, the spokesperson for Kool Smiles, and Bob Fontana, Aspen's CEO, both insist their businesses are focused on patients' welfare, providing services otherwise unavailable. This just before or after the Frontline camera follows a patient into a manager's office, where he or she is urged to sign up for a formidable financing "package." At tis point, though, as O'Brien hears from an uninsured truck driver who hasn't seen a dentist for 10 years, his pain is such that he'll do "just about anything" to have his teeth removed.
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Biqin Xie
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Department: Accounting
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Phone: 814-865-0572
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Fair value accounting, financial institutions, corporate disclosures
Publication List
Wayne Ferson, Suresh Nallareddy, Biqin Xie, "The 'Out-of-sample' Performance of Long-run Risk Models", Journal of Financial Economics, 2013, 107(3), 537–556.
Biqin Xie, "Does Fair Value Accounting Exacerbate the Pro-cyclicality of Bank Lending?", Journal of Accounting Research, 2016, 54(1), 235-274.
Ph.D., Accounting, University of Southern California, 2012
MACC, Accounting, Tulane University, 2006
M.S., Accounting, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 2005
B.S., Chemistry, Fudan University, 1999
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I'm Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain'a? And what a chock-packed full-jammed issue this week, what with the "best this" and "best that," I tell you.
And I'd just like to say to any of you's out there who actually had the cotton-focking-picking time to pencil down a vote in all 160 goddamn categories, that I sincerely hope you become eligible for parole soon, and that you are then granted the privilege once again to use your time more wisely as a productive member of society, god bless.
Anyways, I got to keep this essay short on account of the fact that last evening was the Shepherd-sponsored Milwaukee Reader Poll soiree for the nominees, winners, hangers-on and assorted focking freeloaders down by the nicely appointed InterContinental Hotel, and right now I'm sporting Best Hangover.
Just kidding, about the hangover. No way in hell a guy gets hungover, whilst meeting and greeting, from sipping three-and-a-half gallons of the fabulous Art Kumbalek's Focktoberfest beer brewed by the sudsy savants at Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee's finest, you betcha. Just not possible.
Anyways, about this Best of Milwaukee schmutz: I cannot imagine any guy or gal not behind bars having the time to dick around with the big, honking ballot that this newspaper wanted you to fill out a couple, three weeks ago that has resulted in the galore 72-page issue you are by now sick and tired of reading. But if you were a fancy-free voter and yet had the time—and took it—to knock off the entire ballot, I'd sure like to know how you, as an elector, feel that the one category you'd be most familiar with wasn't even included: Best Mental Health cum Straitjacket Facility. Disappointed?
And likewise for you certifiably incarcerated cons who receive this publication and had the patience to go the whole nine yards with the voting—'cause what the fock, as if you had something better to do besides spit on a guard or bugger the new guy, ain'a?—yes, I feel your disappointment that when you looked under "Services Rendered," there was no category for "Best Correctional Facility."
Hell, even in Heaven I'll bet you a buck two-eighty you couldn't come up with one-hundred-and-sixty particulars in which you could dream up a "Best of All the Rest." I'm thinking if they ran one of these polls up there in Kingdom Come, they'd be in a pickle but good to come up with any category to vote in other than "Best ethereal firmament in which to hobnob with a bunch of boring-ass harp-plucking pious jags the rest of eternity, and then some."
But this is Beertown, baby, and you bet that's why we drink it here. Yeah, the City that Always Sweeps, the greatest city in the solar system besides maybe Vegas. And I cannot focking believe that they could make up only a measly 160 partitions within this Best of Milwaukee structure, when in our town every single second, no matter what you do, what you see or where you go, the one thing you got to say is, "Jeez louise I tell you, that was just the focking best, I kid you not."
No sir, you could have a thousand categories and it still wouldn't serve justice for all the Best-ness this city down by a lake could pony up if one would only take a gander.
That's what I'd like to think. And I'd like to think that what, and who, is best about our town might be somehow one of those renewable resources. But I don't know. On the first Friday of this month while in denial that on paper I had become one-year older, I got the news that Mary Anne McNulty had died.
Good lord, what a gal, what a pistol, Mary Anne, beautiful saint from the 12th District on our city's so-called Common Council who kicked all butt that needed kicking, and if you had a problem with that, she would tell you to kiss her sweet Blarney Stone ass. For me, there will never be mention of a "Best of Milwaukee" anywhere that does not include the remembrance of Mary Anne.
In the movie Casablanca, Rick says to Ilsa that the "problems of two little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world." Maybe it's the romantic in me, but I seem to recall that Mary Anne would call that bullshit, agree that the world was crazy, and then do what she could to help the people get up the hill, of beans or not.
Yeah, Mary Anne, I'm here, you're there, but we'll always have Water Street, ain'a, 'cause I'm Art Kumbalek and I told you so.


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Aaron Hernandez pleads not guilty to murder and weapons charges in Fall River courthouse
FALL RIVER — Aaron Hernandez, wearing his now-familiar blue blazer and collared shirt with no tie, answered "not guilty'' today six times in a firm voice as he was arraigned on first-degree murder and weapons charges in Bristol County Superior Court.
In an unexpected move, both Bristol District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter and the defense team for the former New England Patriots star tight end agreed that Hernandez will remain held without bail. The defense said they may ask for bail at a later date.
The agreement between the two sides put a halt to any further disclosure of the evidence that prosecutors say implicates the Bristol, Conn., native in the June 17 murder of Odin L. Lloyd in a North Attleborough industrial park.
The hearing lasted about 15 minutes and ended with both sides agreeing to abide by existing court rules limiting what they can say publicly about the case and with agreements on how to preserve evidence collected by law enforcement in Connecticut and Florida.
Speaking briefly to throng of reporters after the hearing, Charles Rankin, a member of the defense team, expressed confidence in his client's innocence.
"We're confident that at the end of the trial Aaron will be exonerated,'' Rankin said, adding that the public should ignore media accounts that rely on unnamed sources for their information."They're not reliable.''
Sutter, who was equally brief in comments to reporters and who refused to discuss the search for the still-missing murder weapon, said he hoped Hernandez's trial would be held in 2014.
He also said he would oppose any effort to release Hernandez on bail while he awaits trial. "We want to see him remain in custody,'' Sutter said.
In prior court proceedings, Sutter's office has alleged that the 24-year-old Hernandez grew distrustful of Lloyd and summoned two friends from his childhood home to Massachusetts.
According to prosecutors, Hernandez and the two men, Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz, collected Lloyd from his Dorchester home and drove together to the industrial park, where Lloyd was shot five times with a .45-caliber pistol.
Wallace, 41, is under indictment for acting as an accessory after the fact to Lloyd's killing, a charge he has denied in earlier court proceedings. Ortiz currently only faces gun possession charges and has been cited in court records as providing prosecutors with a description of Lloyd's killing.
Lloyd's relatives, including his mother, were in the courtroom as they have been each time Hernandez has appeared in a courtroom since his arrest June 26.
Hernandez's mother was also in the courtroom, the first time she has been seen publicly supporting her son since he became a suspect in Lloyd's murder shortly after the body of the Dorchester man was discovered on the day he was killed.
Also on hand were two men wearing T-shirts emblazoned with "Free AH 81'' and a woman wearing a now discontinued Hernandez Patriots jersey with the number 81 on it. And a woman from Georgia who appeared in a homemade Hernandez jersey.
"It felt like somebody needed to support him,'' said Danielle Kelley, 37, of Savannah. She said she had launched social media accounts in support of Hernandez after he was arrested. "I don't think he's guilty of killing anybody.''
Kelley said she planned to attend Hernandez's trial.
The judge set Hernandez's next court date for Oct. 9.
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Lorazepam tablets
Lorazepam tablets contain the active ingredient lorazepam, which is a type of medicine called a benzodiazepine. Benzodiazepines are used for their sedative, anxiety-relieving and muscle-relaxing effects.
What is it used for?
- Short-term (two to four weeks only) treatment of severe anxiety, with or without associated insomnia, that is disabling or subjecting the individual to unacceptable distress.
- Relieving anxiety and causing sedation before surgery or medical procedures (pre-med).
How does it work?
Lorazepam tablets contain the active ingredient lorazepam, which is a type of medicine called a benzodiazepine. Benzodiazepines are used for their sedative, anxiety-relieving and muscle-relaxing effects.
Lorazepam works by acting on receptors in the brain called GABA receptors. This causes the release of a neurotransmitter called GABA in the brain.
Neurotransmitters are chemicals that are stored in nerve cells in the brain and nervous system. They are involved in transmitting messages between the nerve cells. GABA is a neurotransmitter that acts as a natural 'nerve-calming' agent. It helps keep the nerve activity in the brain in balance, and is involved in inducing sleepiness and reducing anxiety.
As lorazepam increases the activity of GABA in the brain, it increases its calming effect and results in sleepiness, a decrease in anxiety and relaxation of the muscles.
Lorazepam is used to calm severe anxiety and related conditions, such as acute mania, excitement or agitation. Benzodiazepines such as lorazepam are effective at quickly reducing the symptoms of anxiety and agitation that occur in a manic or hypomanic episode of the psychiatric illness, bipolar affective disorder. Benzodiazepines help calm the individual while the main medicines for this condition (mood stabilisers) begin to take effect. Lorazepam is usually given by injection in situations where a rapid effect is needed.
Lorazepam tablets are used for short-term treatment of severe anxiety and severe anxiety associated with insomnia. Lorazepam decreases the time taken to fall asleep and nocturnal awakenings, as well as increasing the total amount of time spent sleeping. However, it is only suitable for short-term treatment of insomnia and anxiety as it has a high potential for dependence and addiction.
Lorazepam is also given for its sedating and anxiety-relieving effects as a pre-med before surgery or medical investigations that may be uncomfortable or prolonged, for example bronchoscopy or endoscopy.
How do I take it?
- Lorazepam tablets can be taken either with or without food. They should be swallowed with a drink.
- Always take the medicine as directed by your doctor. Do not exceed the dose prescribed by your doctor.
- This medicine causes drowsiness and muscle weakness and impairs concentration and alertness. These effects may continue into the following day and are made worse by drinking alcohol. If you are affected you should not drive or operate machinery.Do not drink alcohol while taking this medicine.
- From March 2015 a new 'drug driving' law comes into force, which makes it an offence to drive with certain drugs or prescription medicines above specified limits in your body. The list includes lorazepam, which means it may be an offence to drive while you are taking this medicine. The new law will allow police to use roadside drug tests to check for the presence of the prohibited drugs in a driver's saliva. There are very low limits for illegal drugs, but higher limits for prescribed medicines. This should mean that most people taking lorazepam as prescribed will not be breaking the law, provided they are not driving dangerously. If you are found to be above the limit for lorazepam there is a medical defence if you are taking the medicine as prescribed, as long as your driving is not impaired. If you are taking a high dose of lorazepam it may therefore be sensible to carry your prescription with you when driving, in case you are asked to take a test by the police. However, if you are driving dangerously while taking this medicine you will be breaking the law. You should not drive if you think this medicine affects your ability to drive safely, for example if it makes you feel sleepy, dizzy, unable to concentrate or make decisions, or if you have blurred or double vision.
- This medicine is generally only suitable for short-term use. If it is used for long periods or in high doses, tolerance to and dependence upon the medicine may develop, and withdrawal symptoms such as headaches, muscle pain, rebound insomnia, anxiety, restlessness, confusion, sweating, irritability or convulsions may then occur if treatment is stopped suddenly. Your body may also become tolerant to the medicine, with higher doses needed to achieve the same effect. For this reason, you should not exceed the dose of this medicine prescribed by your doctor, or take it for longer than recommended. If you are still having trouble with anxiety or sleeping after this time you should consult your doctor for further advice.
- Treatment with this medicine should usually be stopped gradually, following the instructions given by your doctor, in order to avoid withdrawal symptoms and a return in your anxiety or sleeping problems.
Use with caution in
- Children.
- Elderly people.
- Weak or debilitated people.
- Decreased kidney function.
- Decreased liver function.
- People with disease affecting the airways or lungs (respiratory disease).
- Closed angle glaucoma.
- People with a history of alcoholism or drug abuse.
- People with personality disorders.
- Depression.
- It is important to tell your doctor if you have recently suffered a loss or bereavement, for example the death of a close friend or relative, before taking this medicine. Benzodiazepines such as this one can affect the way you adjust psychologically to events like this.
Not to be used in
- People who are allergic to other benzodiazepines.
- People with a sudden worsening of any underlying lung disease (acute pulmonary insufficiency).
- People with slow, shallow breathing (respiratory depression).
- People who suffer from sleep apnoea syndrome, which is a problem involving short spells when breathing stops during sleep.
- People with abnormal muscle weakness due to the condition myasthenia gravis.
- Long-term psychotic illness.
- Phobias or obsessional states.
- People who are very restless or hyperactive.
- Severely decreased liver function.
- Breastfeeding.
- Lorazepam should not be used for treating anxiety or sleeping problems in children under 12 years of age.
- Lorazepam tablets are not licensed for use as a pre-med in children under five years of age.
This medicine should not be used if you are allergic to one or any of its ingredients. Please inform your doctor or pharmacist if you have previously experienced such an allergy.
If you feel you have experienced an allergic reaction, stop using this medicine and inform your doctor or pharmacist immediately.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Certain medicines should not be used during pregnancy or breastfeeding. However, other medicines may be safely used in pregnancy or breastfeeding providing the benefits to the mother outweigh the risks to the unborn baby. Always inform your doctor if you are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, before using any medicine.
- This medicine may be harmful to a developing baby and it should be avoided during pregnancy unless considered essential by your doctor. This is particularly important during the first and third trimesters of pregnancy and before or during labour. Regular use during pregnancy should especially be avoided, as the baby could become dependent on the medicine and then suffer withdrawal symptoms after the birth. If this medicine is used in late pregnancy or during labour it may cause floppiness, low body temperature and breathing or feeding difficulties in the baby after birth. Ask your doctor for further information.
- Significant amounts of this medicine may pass into breast milk. It should not be used by breastfeeding mothers as it may be harmful to the nursing infant. Seek medical advice from your doctor.
Side effects
Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with this medicine. Just because a side effect is stated here does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect.
- Drowsiness, including drowsiness the next day. See warnings above.
- Confusion.
- Shaky movements and unsteady walk (ataxia).
- Loss of memory (amnesia).
- Muscle weakness.
- Tremor.
- Dizziness.
- Headache.
- Slurred speech.
- Skin rashes.
- Disturbances of the gut such as diarrhoea, constipation, nausea, vomiting or abdominal pain.
- Slow, shallow breathing.
- Paradoxical effects such as restlessness, agitation, irritability, aggression.
- Visual disturbances such as blurred vision.
- Changes in sex drive.
- Low blood pressure (hypotension).
- Blood disorders.
- Jaundice.
The side effects listed above may not include all of the side effects reported by the medicine's manufacturer. For more information about any other possible risks associated with this medicine, please read the information provided with the medicine or consult your doctor or pharmacist.
If you think you have experienced a side effect from a medicine or vaccine you should check the patient information leaflet. This lists the known side effects and what to do if you get them. You can also get advice from your doctor, nurse or pharmacist. If they think it's necessary they'll report it for you.
You can also report side effects yourself using the yellow card website: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard.
How can this medicine affect other medicines?
It is important to tell your doctor or pharmacist what medicines you are already taking, including those bought without a prescription and herbal medicines, before you start treatment with this medicine. Similarly, check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking any new medicines while taking this one, to make sure that the combination is safe.
There may be an increased risk of drowsiness and sedation if lorazepam is taken with any of the following (which can also cause drowsiness):
- alcohol
- antipsychotics, eg chlorpromazine, clozapine
- baclofen
- barbiturates, eg phenobarbital
- other benzodiazepines, eg temazepam
- lofexidine
- MAOI antidepressants, eg phenelzine
- nabilone
- sedating antihistamines, eg chlorphenamine
- sleeping tablets, eg zopiclone
- strong opioid painkillers, eg morphine, codeine, dihydrocodeine
- tizanidine
- tricyclic antidepressants, eg amitriptyline.
Lorazepam may enhance the blood pressure lowering effect of medicines that lower blood pressure, particularly medicines used to treat high blood pressure (antihypertensives), diuretic medicines and nitrates for angina. This may cause dizziness, which can usually be relieved by lying down until the symptoms pass.
Probenecid and sodium valproate may prevent the breakdown of lorazepam in the body. As this could increase the blood level of lorazepam and its sedative effects, as well as the risk of its side effects, your doctor may need to prescribe you a lower than normal dose of lorazepam if you are taking one of these.
The following medicines may decrease the blood level of lorazepam. As this could make it less effective, your doctor may need to prescribe you a larger than normal dose of lorazepam if you are taking any of these medicines:
- oestrogens and progestogens, for example in oral contraceptives
- rifampicin.
Caffeine and theophylline may reduce the sedative and anxiety-reducing effects of lorazepam.
Other medicines containing the same active ingredient
Further reading
For background information about our medicine factsheets, including the references used to produce them, click here.
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Q. Are your plans drawn for amateur builders?
A. No! My definition of an amateur is one who possesses little or no skills with tools, construction, or the ability to read drawings prepared using marine standards. He needs to be shown every nut, bolt, screw and the exact dimensions and shape of each piece that is used in construction, the tools needed and sequence of use that is required, and desires drawings using isometrics. Designs can be found in some of the magazines that do just this.
Q. I have never built a wood boat before but am handy with tools and have made many things including my workshop, some picnic benches and tables, etc. Are your designs beyond this level of skill?
A. No. Most of my stock plans are based on the equipment of the average home workshop that has a minimum of tools. Wood construction requires only hand tools, but the addition of some hand power tools will ease the labor involved in construction. A learning curve is involved, which takes some extra time to reason out and to accomplish, since boats are comprised of many curves and bevels that are not common to other structures.
Q. I do not know how to weld but have built a couple of small wood hulls. Is it possible for me to construct one of your metal designs?
A. Learning to weld is not difficult. The best way is to take a welding course at the local vocational school, which is usually offered as an evening class. At the end of the session, about 10 weeks, you will be able to weld with confidence. In the beginning, most of the welding involves making the frames, then the bulkheads, and often the box keel. This gives you the opportunity to practice what you have been taught in a constructive manner as every weld finishes a part of the whole vessel. By the time it becomes necessary to weld the plating, your skills have multiplied because of what you have accomplished thus far. Every task becomes easier and what at one time was a monumental task is now just taken for granted. See following photo of PAPILLON: owner/builder also made his own sails, and then proceeded to sail around the world.
Q. Do I have to loft your designs?
A. Yes. It is not difficult, and in doing so you gain an understanding of the shape of the vessel and correct any errors in the table of offsets. Scale effect is one reason for lofting. In a drawing at 3/4" to the foot, an error is magnified 16 times, and in a drawing at 1:20 (metric) will be magnified 20 times. The scales (rulers) that architects use can be read to the nearest 1/4" or to the nearest 5mm and, with practice, a good guess at a lesser increment. Another reason is human error, the most common being in the transposition of numbers. Patterns should be made directly from the loft, and as the construction progresses verification of a doubt is quickly laid to rest. For the mold loft floor, I recommend using an exterior grade of ply that can then be used in the finish hull for berth bottoms, shelving, locker partitions, etc. If any material is not suited for marine use, it should never be in your shop. Lofting is covered in STEEL BOATBUILDING..
Q. I am an experienced metal worker and can weld. What difficulties might I encounter?
A. Working in light materials, ordinarily metalworking involves plates and shapes that are much thicker than those used in small vessels. The tendency of using too large a welding rod for production speed will warp and buckle the thin plates. It is necessary to use much smaller diameter rods and to skip around to keep the plating reasonably cool. In small vessels, it is not how quickly they can be assembled, but how well. The vessel below (AURORA) was professionally built. The owner did all the joinerwork and rig.
A. Material cost of the hull of any vessel is but a minor cost of the total. It is what you put in it the hull that costs so much. The owner/builder saves the labor of hull construction, cost of transportation to the dealer's premises, builder's profit, cost of advertising, dealer's profit, and not least the cost of many incorporated items that you do not want. In my former boatyard, I could deliver a comparable vessel fully equipped, ready to go to sea, at 25% to 30% of a stock boat listed price that still had to be equipped; however, the owner could not get delivery for 2 to 3 years, depending on my backlog. The stock boat is available TODAY.
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A new community hub in Lower Edmonton has been officially opened.
Refurbishing a disused betting shop in Bounces Lane, Edmonton, the hub will be open five days a week and on Saturday mornings.
The revamp has come as part of the Big Local campaign from the National Lottery.
Deputy Mayor Ingrid Cranfield said: "This is vitally important to the area. It will make Lower Edmonton feel like more of a community and can be used by schools and many other groups.
"If you go down Montagu Road, all you can see is housing or accommodation, there is nothing to unite the area and this just what the area needed."
£14,000 was provided through the Enfield Residents Priority Fund to refurbish the former betting shop.
As part of the lottery scheme, the area will receive £1 million over the next ten years.


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Now: relief from heat, humidity, and beach-chic waves. Fall is around the corner and Jen Atkin of the Andy Lecompte Salon is dishing on all things hair related. Atkin says, "I think the biggest hair trends right now would be the 'Brazilian Blowdry' for curly, frizzy hair." With that comes a lot of terminology, like "Baliage.": "It's great for keeping your color costs down, as bleach is only applied to your ends, and you don't have to go in for touch-ups as with highlights."
As for haircuts, Atkin says most of her clients are thinning out their layers and allowing the hair to get a bit thicker on the ends. "Extensions are slowly becoming less popular (hurray!) and girls are doing a more natural look. Also bangs a la Freja from the Chanel ads is a huge request for fall."
Other cuts and styles we can count on seeing this season will be, "Thick, one-length, blunt cut hair–think the new Chloe and Lanvin ads, and Michelle Pfeiffer at the time of Scarface. This look was also shown at Chloe and Lanvin shows. Alternatively, at Balmain, there were messy hairstyles with a hard side part. Extension-free messy texture hair, but polished by the side part was also seen at the Calvin Klein show, Stekka, Celine, and Mario Schwab. Last, I saw a lot of turbans and headpieces at Prada and Michael Kors."
Sarah Howard is the editor of Beauty Banter.
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