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Oh hey, maybe this is where you send the pile of dog poo.
And get your ThinkPad blacklisted in the process...grow up, buddy. This forum is NOT a high school lavatory...
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lancelot916 nice attitude, however your attitude do not befit the word 'lancelot', there is nothing honourable in what you are suggesting. Put simply you are a lout.
a lout I maybe. but I am being a lout due to the loutishness of Lenovo.
Let's just all back it down a notch, shall we?
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So you think adding a second fan is going to solve the problem??? Where you going to fit the fan, how are you going to direct the cold air to where you want it to go??? when everything else is jammed together, there is hardly any space left for anything else. T43p made by IBM also suffered overheating problems... the only fix was either to increase Fan speed or build your own heat sink with a piece of copper plate.
08-29-2008 02:44 AM - edited 08-29-2008 05:01 PM
1. The only way to go is by making a polite and respectful request to Lenovo. Anyone that thinks he wants to try this in other ways, may do it in his own free time and on a different thread. I just want to get Lenovo attention and a solution.
2. The problem is not in the harddrive. my right palm rest gets warm with minimal of HD work, and when connected to LAN and not even operating wireless. That's clearly a bad design on behalf of Lenovo. I've been suggested to reduce my CPU speed or m wireless network capabilites. I didn't bought a top notch notebook from a top notch company just to use half of it's power. If it gets so hot either fix it or notify me during purchase.
3. Notebook owners are getting pushed around by the companies everyday. The companies don't do us a favor by letting us buy their laptops. We are doing *THEM* a favor by chosing their notebooks. But we get poor desing, bloatware all around, and they even force us to make our own recovery discs, becaues they can cut 50 cents of their production expenses.
So I don't expect to change everything, but I do expect to get a perfectly working machine outside of the box. One that I can work with for long hours. As I've already said, there is no point in selling a notebook with a battery for 7 hours of work, when you can't work on it for more than 2 hours.
4. In order to help, people should start mailing this thread to other forums, blogs and newspapers. It's not going to be quick, it's not going to be easy - But I'm planning to win this!
there is a place for the fan on the motherboard, there are connectors already. I'm not asking Lenovo to redesign the laptop from scratch, just to let me get a fan so I can work in normal condition. Do some searching and you will find that X61 owners with the WWAN option suffers much less from heat.
I appreciate your spirit and intent here. I've explored this request from other users in the past, and here were some of the things I found....
1) There are different case designs to provide the venting and air path for the other fan
2) Not all X61 system boards have the second fan power connection
3) Temperature is subjective - people saying something is "too hot" is difficult to address in a meaningful manner.
For reasons 1 & 2, it is not as simple as handing out a $10 fan.
For point #3, which can be affected by use of the wifi card, and overall operational settings of the system and the environment it is used in, plus variances in sensitivity from individual to individual, we need something more specific.
I would suggest recording the temperature of your plamrest under different conditions. If your temps are outside of engineering specs, then chances are that something is wrong with your system and it should be serviced. Lenovo conducts extensive testing during the development of new systems.
If the existing fan and heat sinks are clogged with dust, the system is going to run warmer as well. Blowing out the existing fan and heat sink might be a good first step for those who think their system runs too warm.
To others on this thread who may suggest mass email, spamming inboxes, driving up shipping costs, wasting service time etc.....
These actions impede our ability to service your fellow customers. If you clog the lines of communication, and waste service and support resources with deliberate frivality, you are adversely affecting our ability to focus on other customers with legitimate issues.
Please think carefully about what you suggest. The internet is indeed a powerful vehicle to gather those with similar beliefs and concerns, and to present your case for change & improvement. This forum is a place to share experiences and points of view in a respectful and reasonable manner.
08-29-2008 09:38 AM - edited 08-29-2008 01:48 PM
Dear Mark_Lenovo,
I appreciate your response.
Let me start from the end. My X61 is less than 3 weeks old, and less than 2 weeks in working. There is no dust, clogging or anything else.
I've checked more than dozens of notebooks in the last 8 years for work, and I've never witnessed this kind of heat. I've also had a chance to work with the early X60 and the problem is less significant there. I don't need a thermometer (and I really don't plan on holding a thermomter on my notebook) to know that this heat is disturbing and more than a minor inconvenience.
I'm sure that this heat is in the engineering specs as you quote them, but the engineering specs are made for the plastic shells not for the human beings. The notebook may not get to the 80C and will not burn, but if it's constantly on 50C it's more than a small inconvenience. I've paid extra to have an 8 cell batter in order to work long hours. I can only work less than 30 minutes until my right palm rest gets totally sweaty - this is total unacceptable. I don't expect the notebook to be ice cold, but there is heat after intense work, and there is heat that is not convenient even with the wireless connection off!
I've tried my notebook in different situations. It gets very hot when I'm working with a G wireless connection. It get less hot when I use a B wireless connection, and I've even lowered the wireless power output and in order to get it a least one degree colder. I've paid extra to have a Intel 4965AGN card, and I plan to use the N wireless connection. What will happen then? I will be able to work for only 10 minutes?
According to the HMM of Lenovo all the X61 have the same casings. I have difficulty to believe that Lenovo manufactures different motherboards and casings for each particular model with such a small variation. This series is not brand new and designs doesn't change from month to month. These models have been produced for a significant amount of time.
The heat problems are reported by countless users in all of Thinkpad forums, but still no one at Lenovo seems to care about the issue. There is no knowledgebase article, no warning when you buy the notebook. nothing. I would have happily paid for a different casing with an extra fan in the time of purchase, but there is no such option. Users in forums suggested me to lower my CPU voltage or the wireless transmit power - is that the reason I've paid for a top notch notebook from a top notch company?
But I've paid more - to get more. And this is the time where Lenovo should show why it charges premium prices for Thinkpads. The durability and service of the Thinkpad notebooks are the reasons that people buy them.
Lenovo can install the fan for every user with the casing that can hold it. For any other customer it can offer a different compensation. There no such thing as not doing anything about this problem.
I've already approached several news outlets regarding this problem, and I hope they will publish this story. I'm also continuing to spread the story through other sites with the help of other users. I want to assure you that I will not leave this problem until it gets solved for everyone here. I've got no other choice: the problem just keeps remind me itself every working day.
To others on this thread who may suggest mass email, spamming inboxes, driving up shipping costs, wasting service time etc.....
These actions impede our ability to service your fellow customers. If you clog the lines of communication, and waste service and support resources with deliberate frivality, you are adversely affecting our ability to focus on other customers with legitimate issues.
Please think carefully about what you suggest. The internet is indeed a powerful vehicle to gather those with similar beliefs and concerns, and to present your case for change & improvement. This forum is a place to share experiences and points of view in a respectful and reasonable manner.
HI Mark,
Unfortunately people took my remark(s) the wrong way about pranks, twas a joke people, calm down. I've been in contact with Lenovo after my laptop came back, still hot, and the only thing changed was the motherboard and updated BIOS, which of course did not rectify the problem. I think when we are saying that the right palmrest is getting hot, it is unbareably hot. My right wrist literally starts buzzing as if heat is being emanated through my wrist from below the palm rest. I've added padding to it (a cut-out mouse pad) and it did not help.
I am not sure how Lenovo wants to deal with it. Even an apology from Lenovo at this point would be accectable to me. But what Lenovo does it ask me to send my laptop once again to get serviced.. What will happen? Will they change the motherboard and update the BIOS again? Simultaenously we are losing days on our laptop while it's getting shipped and "fixed." I think for spending $1200 on an X61s, this is ludicrous.
If Lenovo could even send us the fan, I'd pay for it. But as it is, I don't know how to order it.
I think that your response is exactly why I don't to end this here. Customers, especially in the technology field, became accustomed to say thanks to the companies if the product doesn't explodes. It's no secret that companies rush products into the market, when they are "half baked" .
But on this matter, it's going to change. I don't want any apologies or excuses from Lenovo - I want solutions. They didn't hurt my feelings by supplying me with a faulty product, they hurt my pocket. And I want this to be fixed.
I didn't spent so much money to become a notebook technician. I want the company to acknowledge that there is a problem, and offer me a true fix at their labs. What really amazes me in this story is that they already have the fix, but they save it from their premium customers who buys their most expensive notebook models.
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Schools all over the state were affected by late changes in the state budget approval process.
Somerset's schools took a huge hit because of these changes. The changes in the state funding cost the Somerset School District about $550,000 in state aids that had been expected to be received.
The school officials knew that cuts were coming. They had been told to anticipate cuts in the 3 percent range. There was shock when they found out that the district's state aids were cut by 6.8 percent. That produced the $550,000 drop in the district's funding.
Because the funding remained within the district's revenue limits, "this will basically be a shift to property taxes unless we're told otherwise," said Somerset School District business manager Bob Avery.
Avery said the $550,000 shortfall would result in a 77 cent increase per $1,000 of equalized property value for all taxable property within the school district. That would mean a $154 increase for a $200,000 home in the district. Avery said the school administration would be looking at other ways to cut costs within the district.
The school district must finalize its budget by the end of October.
The lateness of the actions by the state put the school district in a difficult position. No staff can be cut, because the district is contractually obligated to notify the teachers union of any planned cuts in the spring.
There are staff additions for this year that could be affected. The school board had moved to hire a Title 1 math teacher at the elementary level to help struggling students. A special ed aide position was added. There were also slight increases in the school psychologist, middle school family and consumer education and high school journalism positions that were recently approved. The FCE and journalism increases were based on increased class registrations in those areas.
The school board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, for its next full board meeting. Avery said he expects the board will be discussing how to deal with the shortfall at that time.
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Avery said all these changes came after Gov. Jim Doyle presented his state budget. It was found later that the state revenue totals were not going to be as high as anticipated, so more cuts had to be made. A new school funding formula was designed and a number of school districts suffered.
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Adam Knott EMERITUS (4.5)Turner's best record is a top-to-bottom incredible exploration of legacy, memory, history ...Adam Thomas EMERITUS (4.5)Swap your confirmation for your dancing shoes...William Lim (4.5)...ConsiderPhlebas (5)If you've got my back, I'll go on...
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Well, there. A user has finally reviewed Frank Turner.
I could have edited the ending a little bit, but give your opinions!
I didn't expect this to get a review today. Better than I would of done it, anyways, so good job nevertheless.
This album for me seems too cynical.
Album Rating: 4.5you write very awkwardly
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffThat's basically like listening to England Keep My Bones once you get the lyrical content. Frank Turner's fourth attempt, and this phenomenal title is easily his greatest, is a recollection of events from his life, whether it be regret, past memories of his religion, daily life, all of it, over one man, his group, and one hell of an acoustic guitar.
no matter what kind of music you like, it's an album that you simply can not hate.
it's better not to make broad generalizations like this; everyone has different taste and of course it is possible to dislike this
Many know Frank Turner from his past releases. 2008's Love Ire & Song was an amazing example of how in-depth the lyrics were, with a great amount of wit and expert guitar work, about how the days of childhood are gone, and how you are now an adult, introduced to real life.
Commas are not your friend in this review, are they?
For me, it's an album that, to it's credit, manages to do a lot of things right, and is on many levels of good songwriting, though it is too far away from perfection.
yet again
Yeah this review is pretty meh, your dissections of the songs and their meanings are pretty shallow. Keep on trying though...I haven't read your other stuff so maybe this is just a fluke.
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"Very awkwardly"
I love how intentional that was. But, Chan, being an emeritus, what do you think of it?
@Sowing: Ah, good to see you again with yet again good criticism.
@Gods: Cynical? Really?
Album Rating: 2.0I've seen you write better stuff Raven. This review just doesn't tell me all that much about how the music sounds. It's not a bad review in any way but I expect a little more from you. Sorry bro.
Album Rating: 4.0The first sentence doesn't make sense, and this in particular threw me: ;For me, it's an album that, to it's credit, manages to do a lot of things right, and is on many levels of good songwriting, though it is too far away from perfection.'
I'm sorry dude, but I can't really understand your points in a lot of your (increasingly frequent) reviews. Still, decent album.
Album Rating: 3.5promising review.
Album Rating: 3.5RavenRock you are such an idiot. This review is garbage and so are the two comments you've left in this thread so far. Hey I bet the next one will be too.
Album Rating: 4.5Yeah, sorry, this is really bad
this review is still a blow-job but like a really bad blow-job with teeth and she's probably fat and has no idea what to do.
Album Rating: 4.5very awkwardly is correct phrasing
Album Rating: 4.5There's plenty wrong with this review, such as:
Or his debut, Sleep, with intriguing politician and his interesting family.
An example is the bitterly sweet "I Still Believe" single, a message that music can save us, that it can talk to you,
But this album is definitely going places, and you will remember two words after the end of 2011:
Frank. Turner.
Album Rating: 3.5ok
Album Rating: 4.0"hey let's all rip on the awkward guy"
I'm up for that.
don't bother giving him constructive criticism, guys. he never makes any adjustments (see also: the "genesis of hip-hop" is still "sometime in the 90's" apparently).
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I like heavy music - guess that means this is NOT for me.
RavenRock always asks for critique and comments on his reviews but has never acknowledged said criticisms or ever made any attempt to implement any advice given to him, or made changes to glaring mistakes in his work
In short, he's a bit of an idiot
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On the issue of Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline, the spokesman said although Pakistan knew the reservations of United States on the project due to unilateral sanctions announced against Iran but Pakistan is committed to the project due to shortage of energy.
He said despite international pressure, Pakistan will go for the Pak-Iran gas project as it is necessary for resolving its energy crisis as it is in national interest of Pakistan, Relying to a question on drone attacks, the spokesman said Pakistan has raised this issue at all the meetings and conveyed its sentiment that these are violation of its sovereignty and integrity and these attacks are counter-productive.
Commenting to a claim by India that it has over 106 km long border with Afghanistan, the spokesman said "it is laughable claim".
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Wednesday he would support a comprehensive immigration bill if senators accept his amendment to increase Congressional oversight over border security.
Speaking at a gathering of conservative Latino groups, Paul made the case that his proposal, called "Trust but Verify," would make the sweeping legislation more palatable to Republicans who are hesitant to endorse the bill that would ultimately provide a path to citizenship for up to 11 million illegal immigrants.
"The bill is not there yet in the Senate," Paul said at the event sponsored by the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles and the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. "If you want it to happen, you have to bridge the Senate and the House and bring them together. I'm in between where the Senate is and the House is. I'm not yet ready to vote on the Senate bill unless they're ready to listen to those that say, 'Let's make the border secure.'"
The remarks marked the second major address Paul has delivered on immigration reform at a time when leaders of the Republican Party are trying to broaden its appeal to the fast-growing Hispanic and Asian communities. Paul, a tea party champion whose support of immigration reform could help win over other conservatives, said he's ready to work with the bipartisan Senate group that authored the legislation in hopes of finding common ground.
"They ought to come to people like me who are open to it and say, 'What can we do to work with you?'" Paul told reporters after the event. "So far I haven't gotten that."
Paul's amendment would require the Department of Homeland Security to implement specific border security measures, including hundreds of miles of additional fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, and provide a report to Congress each year on its progress.
Then Congress would vote annually as to whether the agency had met its goals. Each year, another group of illegal immigrants would earn legal work visas if the metrics are met, Paul said.
"Conservatives are wary about amnesty," Paul told the mostly Latino audience, using the term Republicans use for granting legal status to undocumented workers. "My plan does not grant amnesty or move people to the front of the line. The solution is not amnesty or deportation. It's a middle ground that you might call probation."
The Senate bill would allow illegal immigrants to earn legal permanent residence, known as a green card, after 10 years and citizenship three years after that if they pay fines and taxes and do not commit crimes. Though he said he would endorse a bill that includes his amendment, Paul declined to specifically endorse a special path to citizenship such as the one in the Senate bill.
Paul said undocumented immigrants should be allowed to earn legal status and work visas then apply for citizenship through existing channels, which could take longer.
Democrats and immigration advocates have said they do not support amendments that would delay or block illegal immigrants from gaining legal status. Paul's proposal would give Congress the authority each year to block the path if a majority does not agree that the border is becoming more secure.
Asked if his amendment would make the process too political, Paul replied: "What policy isn't subject to the vagaries of politics? ... I do not want to vote yes, and then ten years later people are pointing the finger at me because 10 million more people are here illegally."


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Consider this quote I heard from a friend:
"Elmer, there are people in this world that no matter what you do, they will like you. There are also people in this world that no matter what you do, they won't like you."
This quote spoke directly to my soul, as if God was trying to point out something about my "S" personality style of trying to appease everyone. It made me realize that I can't nor have the power to make everyone like me. I can only do my best, offer my opinion, and control my responses. That's it. And, I'm fine with that.
What do you think about when you read my friend's quote?
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Elmer - as a high "D" I of course have a different perspective. But Joanne is, like you, a high "S" with a high need to please everyone. Last year she read this book -
and it had a profound impact on her. We had a couple of sessions with the author and Joanne has had a major release from having to please everyone. She's still the sweet, caring, compassion person but now recognizes that sometimes her "caring" was actually harmful to the person she wanted to help.
I like how your comment Dan, "Sometimes her 'caring' was actually harmful to the person she wanted to help." It really strikes at the core of what I sometimes do with family and friends. I am also trying to learn how to release the 'need' of having to please everyone. I'll definitely take a look at the book you suggested. Thanks for the resource, Dan!
Thomas - thanks for sharing your heart on this. We all want others to like us - but it's also true that in that desire it's easy to "enable" someone else's self-destructive behavior. Sometimes even with coaching needs we serve people best by having them pay for our advice. We see them take positive action when they have skin in the game as opposed to discarding the advice that was free.
Just now seeing this post, and my answer is yes, definitely! I will spare you the gory details, but I have been guilty of all those things Dan referenced, especially with certain specific people that I'm close to. But I've made some good strides over the past year in breaking some unhealthy habits, and doing so has given me a lot more peace, as well as confidence in myself.
I'm fascinated by human behavior (my own, as well as others), so I read a lot of self-help books. I've read in more than one place that we humans all have a basic need for acceptance, and I believe that to be true. Some of us with a greater need than others, I suspect, which can get us into trouble. I think that sometimes, although it's not pleasant, a little rejection is not a bad thing -- when we strive for acceptance by people, or in areas, that in the end are not good for us.
Hi Diane,
I like to read a lot of self help books as well. Being an S, I do understand the need to feel accepted, however, I do understand the danger when that becomes too much of a priority. I've learned that saying no and creating boundaries is a good thing. Even with-holding some information I know that will help a person is wiser than sharing advice in which a person is not ready to understand.
Great job on breaking un-healthy habits, Diane. I wish you make many more strides for the rest of the year.
yep... major pleaser here as well. I finally realized in my 40's that no way was I gonna please everyone. I thought I knew that before but learned it on a deeper level. Lots easier to function when you do the best you can for you and God and let the chips fall where they may!
On a side note I"m currently interviewing with TLC for a tightwad show they're casting....reminder... just be myself and not be something I'm not. I do not have to please them... but if the show/shoe fits I'll wear it :)
(will the carpet ever arrive?!)
Good luck on your interview, Vickie. I'll be crossing my fingers for you.
I read an excellent book recently which you may have already read - The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. It was written with those of us high in "S" for sure:
1. Be Impeccable with Your Word
2. Don't Take Anything Personally
3. Don't Make Assumptions
4. Always Do Your Best
How about a fifth one from Elmer Querubin
5. Maintain a learning attitude; not a critical one.
Thanks for the 4 agreements, Peter. Excellent, Advice!
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The Steelers today signed cornerback DeMarcus Van Dyke, released this week by the Oakland Raiders.
Van Dyke was Oakland's third-round draft choice last season and he started four of the 14 games he played for them as a rookie.
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Blood drive needed because of summer slowdown
Beach trips, mountain getaways, and even staycations do a world of good for everyone. They play havoc with blood donations!
Beginning September 25, UAB Hospital, UAB Highlands, and the American Red Cross are launching an eight-day blood drive to help catch up. The hours are Monday through Thursday from 10a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, September 28 from 7:00a.m. to 2 p.m. at UAB. The hours at UAB Highlands are Wednesday, October 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday, October 4 from 6:30 a.m. to 5. p.m.
Blood donors may give at UAB Hospital North Pavilion second-floor atrium and the first-floor lobby of UAB Highlands Hospital. An appointment may be made at www.redcrossblood.org, sponsor code UABNP. A donor can give blood up to six times within a year. The process from start to finish typically takes just 45 minutes. To give, a donor needs to have a photo ID.
UAB ranks in the top five among hospitals supplied by the Red Cross. It is one of the nation's largest users of blood products.


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Super League match preview: Widnes Vikings v St Helens
Widnes Vikings go in search of their first Super League win against St Helens having lost all 15 previous meetings.
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The Vikings, who went down 24-23 at home to the Saints last season, have not beaten the club since a 20-17 victory in the Stones Bitter Championship in April 1994.
England forward Gareth Hock is in line to make his Widnes debut after recovering from close-season shoulder surgery.
Veteran full-back Shaun Briscoe and centre Cameron Phelps also return after sitting out last week's opening win at London.
Rhys Hanbury switches from full-back to scrum-half in place of the injured Danny Craven.
Widnes head coach Denis Betts has called on fans to come out in force, telling the Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News: "It is absolutely vital we get a big crowd in to support the lads this weekend.
"If we can make the Stobart Stadium a real cauldron of noise no team will want to come and play here."
St Helens coach Nathan Brown retains the team that crashed to a 40-4 home defeat by Huddersfield as they look to maintain their 100 per cent Super League record against the Vikings.
Winger Ade Gardner and Anthony Walker are dual registered with Whitehaven this weekend whilst Alex Walmsley is also expected to play with Batley.
Brown is not reading too much into Saints' heavy defeat on home soil ahead of their weekend trip to Widnes.
"I have been around too long to worry about pressing panic buttons. We know where we are heading and you take the good with the bad," he told the St Helens Star.
"I remember two years ago when I was with Giants we absolutely battered Warrington on the first day - and I think Warrington only lost one game in the next four months."
Widnes: Allen, Briscoe, Cahill, Clarke, Cross, Flynn, Gerrard, Hanbury, Hock, Isa, Joseph, Leuluai, Marsh, Mellor, O'Carroll, Phelps, Pickersgill, White, Winterstein
St Helens: Wellens, Gardner, Turner, Soliola, Meli, Hohaia, Lomax, Perry, Roby, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Puletua, Wilkin, Manu, Laffranchi, Flanagan, Jones, Gaskell, Makinson, Greenwood


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I didn't create a slideshow for this because it's actually pretty simple to do. I used Maybelline's Color Show Holographic Mystic Green and Nuance Black Dahlia Nail Laquer. I painted Misty Green onto my nails and let it dry thoroughly. I used Sally Hansen French Manicure strips (they have them without the arch) to block off where I wanted to add the black. I wanted each nail to be different. Add your clear top coat and done! I think it's really a great color combo for the Halloween season, and I think it would be a great addition to my Maleficent look!


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Nearly half-century old POW bracelet returned to owner
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Fayetteville, N.C. — Harold Flowers and Raymond Schrump have been connected to one another for nearly half a century, but they met for the first time on Saturday.
Flowers was an eighth grader in 1968 when his parents bought him a POW bracelet.
"Back then, from what I understand, they bought it and when the prisoner of war either came home or they located him, we were supposed to try and get this bracelet to them," he said.
Schrump was a U.S. Army major who served in Vietnam and Korea.
"May 23, 1968, I was captured by the Vietcong and held until February 12, 1973," he said.
Schrump, whose many military honors include a Purple Heart, said he thought he was going to die five times while held captive.
"I guess I was right on the verge of dying," he said. "I couldn't walk. I was coughing up blood -- all from the malnutrition and disease."
Flowers grew to adulthood, and Schrump retired from the Army. But until John Elskamp of the Veteran's Legacy Foundation helped the two men connect, the bracelet remained unclaimed.
Flowers said he had been trying to find Schrump for the 47 years.
On Saturday, the men met at the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville where Flowers was able to return the bracelet to its owner.


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Thanks for taking time to read this newsletter from the Puget Sound Division of Student Affairs.
Our intent is to highlight the people, services, programs, outcomes, and values of this division—one that can fly under the radar if all goes well. We take a tremendous amount of pride in the work we do on behalf of our campus community, and we're even prouder of the people associated with this work. We're pretty excited to share them with you.
Speaking of excitement, the newest building on our beautiful campus, Commencement Hall, opened this fall. Rising from the ground in an incredibly short amount of time—14 months—this residence hall will in so many ways serve as a capstone to the living-learning environment we at Puget Sound work so diligently to create. We hope you will find time to check out this newest resource for advancing our mission as a national residential liberal arts college.
We in student affairs have the privilege of working with students on a 24/7 basis. For some that may sound daunting (and on some days it is), but what we hope comes through with this newsletter is an appreciation for the joy we have to participate in the learning and maturation process of our students. We may be crazy, but we love our work!
Mike Segawa
Vice President of Student Affairs/Dean of Students
With the start of the 2013–14 academic year, Puget Sound is thrilled to add an innovative new residence hall, offering a sleek, modern design and attractive amenities. Commencement Hall comprises house-style units that contain single bedrooms, private bathrooms, full kitchens and great rooms, built-in technology, and washer and dryer units. With its central location and balance of independence and community, this new on-campus housing opportunity can't be beat!
Who is eligible to live here? This beautiful building is home to 135 students, predominantly of junior and senior standing, who are living and learning as a part of premiere academic-residential programs. Faculty-student partnerships drive these programs focusing on entrepreneurship, environmental policy and the outdoors, the humanities, international education and study abroad, and upper-division honors. Check out the link above for more details.
Currently working on her master's degree in college student development at University of Denver, Emma spent the summer as an intern in DSA and the Office of Academic Advising. Here's what she had to say about her experience:
"The staff at Puget Sound display a truly collaborative spirit in all that they do. I have been so impressed with the level of communication between departments in the division and across campus. Puget Sound resists the urge to silo and I was so appreciative of the interactions I had with people from different offices. Knowing that this kind of collaboration can exist with a combination of respect among peers and good leadership is something that I will carry with me to my future roles and search for in potential institutions of employment."
The Logger Diversity Summit is a half day training session during Orientation geared toward engaging our student leaders in shaping an inclusive living and learning community. Participants learn about the structural composition and climate for diversity on campus, deconstruct dynamics of privilege, and explore their own personal identities in preparation for helping others adjust to life on campus. It is our hope that student leaders will gain a deeper knowledge of multicultural issues on campus and, ultimately, translate that experience both on and off campus.
This year more than 200 students participated in the Logger Diversity Summit, and more than 30 faculty and staff volunteers contributed to the session. Focused on multicultural competency among student leaders, the training included building awareness of campus demographics, exploring issues of power and agency through personal narrative, and conversations about the diversity course requirement proposed by the Faculty Committee on Diversity. For more information visit the Logger Diversity Summit page.
CHWS interns are completing a critical element of their training to become licensed psychologists with a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in either clinical or counseling psychology. They provide a considerable amount of direct service for CHWS with individual therapy, walk-in and crisis coverage, group therapy, and outreach workshops. Since they are so often behind closed doors, helping our students, we want to take this opportunity to introduce you to them.
Katie Diershaw, M.S., comes to Puget Sound from Pacific University in Portland, Ore. Her clinical interests include treatment of anxiety disorders, trauma recovery, learning disorders, working with LGBTQ populations, and more. She is passionate about social justice issues and enjoys participating in volunteer, educational, and outreach activities.
Anthony Davis earned his master's degree in school psychology from Texas State University. He worked as a licensed specialist in school psychology before returning to school to complete his doctorate in clinical psychology from Pacific University. Tony's areas of clinical interest include multicultural and diversity issues, anxiety, and mood disorders.
Khalila Fordham is in the process of completing her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology in Atlanta. Khalila has worked in a wide range of environments, from college counseling centers to the department of juvenile justice. In addition to conducting therapy, Khalila has organized and facilitated outreach programs, including stress management, healthy relationship maintenance, team building, and prejudice and discrimination reduction.
Learn more about Katie, Tony, and Khalila—and other members of the CHWS team.
Each year DSA staff members collect short descriptions of ways in which we encounter students demonstrating greatness, or telling us about ways they have learned from their involvement with student affairs. These "million dollar moments" are often surprising, poignant, and/or funny.
"My million-dollar moment occurred just recently during a conversation with graduating senior and student leader. Four years ago he was a first-year student living on campus in Todd/Phibbs Hall, where I worked as a resident director. One day in the fall, this student's laptop was stolen from his room and he came to chat with me in my office. During the course of our talk about the unfortunate incident, I praised him for his positive attitude and maturity, and encouraged him to apply for a residence life staff position. This student told me that my encouragement and confidence led him to apply to become a resident assistant, a position he held for two years and otherwise wouldn't have considered pursuing. He went on to say that the door I opened for him that day set the tone for his leadership and involvement on campus during his career at Puget Sound.
I was taken aback to hear that such a seemingly insignificant interaction—one that I had actually even forgotten about—had influenced this student's life. To know that I played even a small role in this student's engagement reminds me of why I choose this work. I think this is a lesson for all professionals in student affairs. When the job gets tough, when burnout sets in, when we start to question our impact, we must remember that even a ripple can propel a wave."
... that 99 percent of Puget Sound students report they would support another student's decision to call for medical assistance if they thought a friend had alcohol poisoning?
... that 83 percent of Puget Sound students use a designated driver?


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Former President Jerry John Rawlings has commended the rescue team and other volunteers who through their tireless efforts, saved lives after a multi-storey Melcom shopping centre at Achimota collapsed last Wednesday.
Over Eighty persons, mostly staff of Melcom, were trapped in the debris out of which 14 were pulled out dead, by rescuers exactly a week ago.
Former President Rawlings visited the 37 Military hospital where some of injured are receiving treatment, donated assorted items and Ghc 6000 cash to the victims. The items included 20 bags of rice, 20 crates of Milo drinks, 20 Cartons of biscuit, 10 crates of milk and 10 bags of sugar.
Mr. Rawlings also congratulated the Defence Minister Lt. General Henry Smith and his team for the high level of professional competence exhibited in their efforts to save more lives even after their Israeli counterparts left after spending two days to help in the rescue efforts.
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Ascending Single Dose Study of Rhu-pGelsolin in Patients With Decreased Gelsolin Levels
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This study is designed to assess the pharmacokinetics and safety of an infusion of a single dose of recombinant plasma gelsolin (rhu-pGelsolin) when given to patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit with documented low levels of natural gelsolin. It is believed that this drug will raise the gelsolin levels in these patients and decrease the probability that they will develop complications from their underlying disease such as organ system failure or death.
|Low Gelsolin Trauma Infection Burns
|Drug: rhu-pGelsolin Drug: Placebo
|Phase 1 Phase 2
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Phase 1b Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Ascending Single Dose Infusion Trial of the Pharmacokinetics of Rhu-pGelsolin in Patients With Decreased Natural Gelsolin Levels
Further study details as provided by Critical Biologics Corporation:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Pharmacokinetics of plasma gelsolin [ Time Frame: 72 hours ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Adverse events and the development of anti-rhu-pGelsolin antibodies [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- Pharmacodynamics of sepsis biomarkers [ Time Frame: 72 hours ]
- Clinical outcomes (mortality, duration of ICU stay, duration of ventilator support, duration of hospital stay) [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
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|Study Start Date:
|March 2008
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|May 2010
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|March 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Placebo
Vehicle control given as IV infusion over 1 hour
Other Name: Vehicle control
Experimental: Low dose
3 mg/kg of rhu-pGelsolin given as an IV infusion over 1 hour
Drug: rhu-pGelsolin
IV formulation of recombinant plasma gelsolin formulated as 10 mg/ml given as a single IV infusion over 1 hour
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Experimental: Mid-dose
6 mg/kg of rhu-pGelsolin given as an IV infusion over 1 hour
Drug: rhu-pGelsolin
IV formulation of recombinant plasma gelsolin formulated as 10 mg/ml given as a single IV infusion over 1 hour
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Experimental: High dose
6 mg/kg of rhu-pGelsolin given a an IV infusion over 1 hour once a day for 3 days
Drug: rhu-pGelsolin
IV formulation of recombinant plasma gelsolin formulated as 10 mg/ml given as a single IV infusion over 1 hour
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Detailed Description:
This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, ascending single dose of rhu-pGelsolin infusion study. Thirteen subjects (10 active and 3 placebo) will be dosed at 3 mg/kg and 5 subjects (3 active and 2 placebo) will be dosed at 6 mg/kg. In addition, twenty-two subjects (18 active and 4 placebo) will be dosed at 6 mg/kg per day for 3 days. The Data Safety Monitoring Committee (DSMC) and Steering Committee will review the preceding dose safety data, and agree the tolerability prior to the enrolment for next higher dose. Blood samples will be collected during 1 hour infusion through 72 hours post dose for PK assessment after each dose.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- >18 years of age
- Documented gelsolin level <100 mg/mL
- Admission to ICU
- Women of child-bearing age have a negative pregnancy test
- Multiple Organ Failure score < 4
- Catheter present through which blood samples can be taken
- Written Informed Consent obtained
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participation in other investigational treatment protocols
- Patients <18 years of age
- Patients who have a modified Multiple Organ Failure score of >=4
- Patient, who in the opinion of the Principal Investigator, are unlikely to be in the ICU for >48 hours
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00671307
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00671307
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|Queen Mary Hospital; University of Hong Kong
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Critical Biologics Corporation
|Principal Investigator:
|Wai M Chan, MBBS
|Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
|Study Director:
|Selene Tam, PhD
|University of Hong Kong; Clinical Trials Centre
|Study Chair:
|Richard C Straube, MD
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Rothenbach PA, Dahl B, Schwartz JJ, O'Keefe GE, Yamamoto M, Lee WM, Horton JW, Yin HL, Turnage RH. Recombinant plasma gelsolin infusion attenuates burn-induced pulmonary microvascular dysfunction. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2004 Jan;96(1):25-31. Epub 2003 May 2.
Mounzer KC, Moncure M, Smith YR, Dinubile MJ. Relationship of admission plasma gelsolin levels to clinical outcomes in patients after major trauma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999 Nov;160(5 Pt 1):1673-81.
DiNubile MJ, Stossel TP, Ljunghusen OC, Ferrara JL, Antin JH. Prognostic implications of declining plasma gelsolin levels after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Blood. 2002 Dec 15;100(13):4367-71. Epub 2002 Aug 1.
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We will be living part-time in Nola beginning this week. We live in San Francisco where there's tons of cheap healthy food. We haven't ventured extensively around Nola but we have been all over Louisiana and the healthiest thing we could find (the salads were like iceberg lettuce swimming in mayonaisse) were fajitas. Not real boring tofu and brown rice food, but stuff like Korean bbq - grilled meats and not fried everything? I'm terrified we'll blow up like a balloon - as I can barely manage my weight here in California.
Not to say we don't LOVE everything we eat, but we did start to feel heavy and slugging and by day 3 you could really feel it. Anyway, since we'll be livin there we could always pack a George Foreman and eat home more often, but for this first month it'll be a lotta eating out.
We love cafes, hole in the wall diner and also tend to eat larger later lunches - not so much a dress up and go out kind of diners. I've tried all the resources I know of. We are living not far at all from Magazine Street.


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By KAREN BRAINARD
Caltrans is studying the feasibility of concrete median barriers down the center of State Route 67 and hopes to have a project report completed by next summer.
Due to head-on collisions on the highway that have resulted in fatalities, residents have called for more safety measures along the route.
In response, rumble strips, speed feedback signs and other safety measures were installed, Joe Hull, office chief with Caltrans traffic operations said, and "we have seen a decrease in the cross-median collisions."
Some residents suggested a concrete barrier down the center of the highway to prevent drivers from crossing into the opposite lane. Hull said Caltrans has been studying the possibility of a concrete median barrier from the current barrier near Vigilante Road in Lakeside to just south of Highland Valley Road.
The report, he said, will provide engineering design and environmental analysis and will consider installing barriers for that entire section, installing them only in select areas, and "no build."
"A lot of locations, there's not a lot of room to put barriers in," he said.
Another problem with a center barrier would be access to and from driveways or side streets, he said.
Once the report is completed, it will be available for public review and comment, he said.


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NYPD Clears Occupy Wall Street Out of Zuccotti Park
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The Doors get high on reading – the lamest kind of high.
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This isn't so much a news item as a "Congress finally figured it out" item. A preliminary report by the National Research Council, recently revealed to congress, shows that of 58 Toyota "black box" event data recorders from crashes which occurred during the recall scandal
35 showed that at the moment of impact, the driver hadn't depressed the brake pedal at all. Fourteen more showed partial braking, while nine showed the brake depressed at the "last second" before the crash.
There were a handful of other results where the brake was pressed early and let go, or in which both the gas and brake pedals were pressed at the same time. There also was one case of pedal entrapment by a floor mat.
In five cases, the electronic recording device failed to work.
The WSJ [sub] notes that the investigation is ongoing, and that no official conclusions have been drawn, but that the finding vindicates an earlier report for which the WSJ had taken mysterious flack. For a complete look at the NRC-NHTSA study, and why it is highly unlikely to ever find a "ghost in the machine" in Toyota's electronic throttles, check out TTAC's review of the pre-study NHTSA-NRC presentation.
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JimothyLiteAugust 10th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
I am shocked, SHOCKED to find that some of this was driver error.
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L'avventuraAugust 10th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
The final 'conclusion' is scheduled to be released in the 'fall of 2011'.
From NHTSA's point of view nobody would care by that time if they were right or wrong about this witch hunt, and Toyota's name would have been dragged along in the mud long enough. So win-win for them, and we shouldn't expect any exonerations beyond what has been reported on already until that time.
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jj99August 10th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Obama and the UAW will not be happy with this.
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InvisibleAugust 10th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Oh man.
I bet this news is killing the UAW. Watch as the UAW comes out with another way to spin this.
And Ray Lahood(Obama's hitman) will oddly remain very silent.
And Agent009 is now fuming trying to figure out hot to continue his Toyota smear campaign.
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europeanAugust 10th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
oh no!
how's mickey gonna spin this one?
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jj99August 10th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Here is the spin in the media:
"Feds: No new defects in runaway Toyotas".
That is the headline.
The truth is nothing is wrong with the Toyota electronics as alleged by the Democrats.
What happened to honesty?
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L'avventuraAugust 10th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
You gotta love ABC News/AP'S article on this subject:
Its literally one sentence long. They've hitherto had volumes to say on the subject and have been relentless but they can come up with no more then one spiteful sentence when they are contradicted; "Initial probe finds no new Toyota safety issue beyond accelerator, mat problems."
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Mailbox20August 11th, 2010 at 10:13 am
Typical for most major media outlets. ABC just happens to be the go-getter for the Toyota issues. Wonder what Brian Ross's blog looks like today?
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YotaCarFanAugust 10th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
What intrigues me is that 5 of the 58 data recorders failed to work. That's a nearly 10% failure rate. Unless the 5 units were damaged by the crash (e.g., by water or fire), or didn't record because the airbag did not deploy, there's a quality problem.
Although I'm convinced that driver error and dealer concierge error (re floormats) caused most if not all of the SUA accidents, one question remains. How does one determine whether the black box's record that the gas pedal was pressed is an indication of the human pressing the pedal, the floormat pressing the pedal, or the electronic poltergeist tricking the computer into thinking the pedal is pressed? Since the black box just looks at the electrical signals from the gas pedal, it has no way to distinguish between the above three cases, correct?
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jj99August 10th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Many of the so called SUA complaints may be fraud. You too can get in on the fun by creating your own Toyota complaint even if you have never been in a Toyota. Just go to the NHTSA site and make one up. It will be counted as a complaint.
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carlisimoAugust 10th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Probably not, which is why they're looking at the brake pedal input.
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Detroit-IronAugust 10th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
While I steadfastly follow the advice given to me as a young lad, that I should "believe EVERY rumor" and thus would like to believe that this whole brouhaha was a creation of the Obama administration to save Government Motors, Toyota really did not do themselves any favors with their charade of pretending that the black boxes were unreadable. Except, of course, by the special reader at my girlfriend's house. In Canada. You wouldn't know her, she goes to a different school. She's a model. In Europe. They have different magazines there. And different OBD readers too.
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johnthackerAugust 11th, 2010 at 12:14 am
How was that Toyota's "charade" instead of bad reporting by the WSJ? As the link notes, Toyota themselves denied that the black boxes were unreadable when TTAC asked. Of course, you can just choose to believe a random unsourced rumor about a random poorly sourced story.
One problem when you "believe EVERY rumor" is that you have to believe contradictory things.
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Detroit-IronAugust 11th, 2010 at 10:40 am
I wasn't talking about VRAM vs. NVRAM. I was referring to the reader http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/what%E2%80%99s-wrong-with-toyota%E2%80%99s-black-boxes/
If you are going to insult someone it helps to actually comprehend what they wrote.
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August 10th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
We were all invited to a public execution but at the appointed time a fight broke out in the crowd and the powers that be relented and let the prisoner go free.
I never thought I'd find myself defending a car company over a consumer complaint. To all others who helped release the prisoner, it's been an honor working with you.
To those that fought for a conviction, I've got a long memory.
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SomeDudeAugust 11th, 2010 at 1:59 am
So now you can relax and go on a well-deserved vacation… As a matter of curiosity, how many vacation days does Toyota pay you?
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mikedtAugust 11th, 2010 at 8:23 am
It's about time we started making the driver's test a little more difficult to weed these mouth breathers out. As a motorcyclist I realize not everyone is cut out to ride a motorcycle, it's time we realize not everyone is suited to driving either.
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Z71_SilvyAugust 11th, 2010 at 9:52 am
I told everybody that this Toyota SUA was nothing more than media over-hype. Sure, I got lambasted for it…but the fact is…once again, I was right and Toyota suffered dearly.
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August 11th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Somedude – it's very flattering to know that people think Toyota has in some way shape or form paid me for something I did. The fact is they have not. I work in the automotive industry, not for it, a concept the paranoid delusional are unwilling or unable to comprehend.
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August 11th, 2010 at 11:02 am
No electronic bugs? Let me show you something, it's my shocked face…. Wahhaaaaaaaa! (love those E-Trade babies!)
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porschespeedAugust 21st, 2010 at 2:36 am
Still waiting for one, just one, dataset that proves any Toyota has a problem beyond the operator.
Just one…
This is as pathetic as the Audi 5000 Inquisition.
Nonsense from day one.
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This was BSG's first bad one, and wow, did they take a nosedive! The English language can scarcely do justice to the cretinous imbecility of virtually every aspect of this unfortunate abomination of an episode.
It's probably inevitable that a show I'd come to hold in such high regard would eventually come to disappoint, and probably bitterly disappoint, but after such a great first season-and-a-half, I never expected it to happen so abruptly.
Throughout BSG, there have been story arcs that were better than others, but I can live with most of what I saw as the shortcomings along the way--they were so outweighed by the show's benefits that I barely consider them worth mentioning. The previous episodes' extremely lackluster conclusion to the Pegasus arc marked the first time BSG had ever let me down in a big way. With "Epiphanies," we have, quite simply, the worst episode of the run to date. Even as I'm writing this, the third season having already aired, it remains the worst, and a monument to poor decision-making.
The lack of bad episodes prior to this, however, means that merely calling it "the worst" doesn't do justice to how monumentally awful this offering was on nearly every level.
The "Cylon sympathizer" storyline, which looked as though it was going to be a regular feature of BSG for a while, was so poorly conceived and offensively idiotic that I find myself, once again, at a loss for sufficient words with which to adequately envenom it. BSG's creators apparently agreed--after setting it up as what looks like a new ongoing storyline, it's barely mentioned again after this episode.
For that matter, practically everything that happened in "Epiphanies" has subsequently been erased, reversed, or otherwise abandoned.
The episode was one of the worst available examples of writers deciding they want to tell a particular story and grafting it on to a show with no regard for whether or not it actually fits there, or makes any sense in the context of the series (or makes sense in and of itself, for that matter--the "Cylon sympathizer" storyline made no sense on any level). At that point, they aren't writing BSG anymore. They're writing whatever they want, and calling it BSG.
The point of this episode's Laura story was to show that arbitary decision-making on behalf of leaders is fraught with peril. In the flashbacks, set on Caprica before the Cylon attack, Laura was the cooler head who fought against this kind of thing, just as she has throughout her time as President, but in "Epiphanies," she inexplicably succumbs to it, and it almost costs her her life. This is Laura cast as George Bush Jr.
The obvious problem with this is that Laura is NOT George Bush Jr. Her decision to eliminate the human/Cylon fusion comes out of nowhere and is based on nothing, and while we've come to expect that sort of thing from the present "President" of the United States, it's not the sort of thing the Laura Roslyn we've come to know would do.
There would have been a million ways to raise legitimate concerns about allowing the fusion to come into existence, most of them requiring no more than a line or two of dialogue. The humans could have hashed out the matter, the way they always do, and come to some decision, maybe a tough one, and maybe it's proven, at the end, to be the wrong one. The writers, however, wanted to tell a story about the dangers of arbitrary decision-making, so the show and the characters get bent into whatever odd angles are required to tell that story, with little or no concern for continuity or consistency. Laura decides she wants the fusion destroyed for unstated "security concerns," and everyone but Baltar immediately agrees.
Consider that, in the episode immediately preceding this one, the characters faced an ethical crisis--do we really deserve to live? In considering this, it was suggested that assassinating a dangerous lunatic who posed a clear danger to the entire fleet may be some morally unconscionable act. As obviously false as this should have been, Adama actually concluded that it might, and called it off. With "Epiphanies," we're offered a situation where it is suggested that a horror be committed, entirely needlessly, upon the person of a woman--Sharon--who has offered substantial aid to the fleet, including saving it, at one point, and has tried very hard to gain their trust, and no one except Crazy Baltar (in pursuit of his own agenda) even thinks twice about giving the green light for this to occur?
The magic cure for Roslyn's cancer is probably the episode's lowest point. It's exactly the sort of awful plot device BSG has always rigorously avoided, to the point that it's one of their trademarks. Now, she's been returned to health, and, even worse, she now has, after all this time, a sudden memory of seeing Baltar and Six together back on Caprica.
Even Baltar's bizarre moment of glory at having saved Laura was dashed by yet another idiotic creative decision that had him acting radically out-of-character in the service of a prefab plot.
Final analysis: not worthy of the dust on the boots of my BSG.


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Archive :: 2012 :: February 3, 2012
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What's hot: Rivers are starting to heat up. A recent charter had two clients who had done some "urban" fishing with me and wanted to get away from buildings. We have a lot of backcountry in our area, so I took my flats boat to a river that empties into the southern part of Tampa Bay. We caught a variety — two slams of trout, reds and snook in the first couple of hours of a strong outgoing tide. We caught ladyfish and jacks and hung a few baby tarpon. Tides are critical, too. An outgoing tide drains the bays and channels baitfish and other goodies into narrow constrictions where predators await. The tide was high when we began, and the mangrove shoreline had snook and reds in their roots. As the water receded, fish held in the first area of deeper water adjacent to the shore. I could sight-fish redfish and snook by carefully poling the boat with the sun at my back.
Equipment: We used artificial baits, mostly plastic tails on jigs. Scent-impregnated, 3-inch shrimp on a one-eighth ounce red jig head with medium-action spin rods, spooled with 10- or 15-pound test-braided line and 25-pound fluorocarbon shock tippets, worked well. The water is tannin-stained, so our flys included baitfish patterns that had yellow with brown backs in sizes 1 and 2. Bendback fly patterns are perfect around mangroves because they usually will not hang on limbs or leaves with overzealous casting. We did not see another boat that morning.
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Milk production in the 23 major dairy states during June totaled 14.7 billion pounds, down 0.1 percent from June 2008, according to the Milk Production Report released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service this afternoon. But, milk production per cow came in at 1,746 pounds, up 10 pounds from June 2008 levels.
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Miley Cyrus and Flaming Lips are recording a cover of one of The Beatles' most iconic songs.
The hit and headline maker and the US rock band have announced they have teamed up in the studio to recreate the Fab Four's Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.
The song, shrouded in controversy due to alleged drug references, featured on The Beatles' spectacularly successful 1967 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, but was never released as a single.
It's been covered many times, most notably by Elton John, and his version featured Beatle John Lennon on backing vocals and guitar by John Lennon, under his pseudonym Dr Winston O'Boogie.
Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne took to Instagram to announce the collaboration with Cyrus and posted a picture of her in the studio.
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Local law-enforcement officers are often allowed to purchase assault guns that civilians cannot, but only for on-duty use and under department approval, police officials said.
Orange County police officials say the overall increased use of assault weapons by local agencies was an outgrowth of the North Hollywood bank shootout in 1997, when two heavily armed and armored bank robbers stood off dozens of Los Angeles officers in a 45-minute gunbattle. The robbers were eventually killed, but 11 officers and six civilians were injured.
"Departments, ours included, started looking at ways to provide first-responders adequate firepower in cases like this," Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. "We went through a long process of evaluating weaponry.
Bertagna said that while the department's SWAT team carries multiple high-powered weapons, it doesn't work around the clock, and it can sometimes take a while to arrive.
Certain officers were selected to carry AR-15-style rifles, based on experience and training. Since the department doesn't have the resources to place an AR-15 in every patrol car, some officers were given the opportunity to buy the weapons.
"The weapon is not to be purchased for sale, transfer or personal use," he said. "They are basically buying the weapon for use when they are working here."
Even for departments where all patrol cars are outfitted with assault weapons, some officers are authorized to buy their own weapons.
"For most of them, it's about familiarity and getting used to their own weapon," Anaheim police Sgt. Bob Dunn said.
Anaheim officers who are authorized buy AR-15-style rifles are able to outfit them with optics and other department-approved customizations and modifications, Dunn said.
A similar policy was enacted in Costa Mesa in 2010, Lt. Bryan Glass said. As a result, 13 Costa Mesa officers purchased assault weapons last year. The program was part of a larger effort to increase officer proficiency and confidence.
"We wanted to make them feel more comfortable carrying them," Glass said.
In Garden Grove, nine officers purchased assault guns in order to join the department's patrol rifle squad, Garden Grove police Lt. Jeff Nightengale said. The weapons reportedly cost about $3,000 by the time the officers were done outfitting them.
"The weapon belongs to them, but we are pretty strict about usage and condition, and they have to adhere to our specifications as to the weapon they purchase," Nightengale said. "They are not purchased for private use."
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Sarah H. Jane Jarvis was born Dec. 3, 1858 in Carter Co.,Ky. and died in 1947. Sarah was the daughter of Mathias Jarvis and Mary Elizabeth Jordan.
Sarah married David Johnson Ross, the son of John Nelson Ross and Nancy Jane Kinnamon.
Sarah and David had the following children:
Mandy Ross
Leslie Ross, born July 31, 1903 in Ky. per 1910 census, died Aug. 9, 1983, buried in Gearheart Cem. Limestone, Carter Co. KY.
Wirt Ross, born Oct. 1883 in Ky., died March 25, 1976(?).
Nellie Ross, born March or May 1900 in Ky.
Walker Lee Ross, born Oct. 12, 1889 in Carter Co.,Ky., died May 29, 1931 (Oct. 16, 1929 on death cert 060-25939)
Florence Ross, born Nov. 8, 1881 in Carter Co.,Ky., died June 7, 1964 (DC 030-14697) or Feb. 11, 1963 (per marker).
This is believed to be Sarah H. Jane Jarvis. Photo belonged to June Ross, now owned by Roberta Hillman.
Sarah H. Jane Jarvis.
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