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Wish List for a Lost Season
"Wild, dark times are rumbling toward us." -Heinrich Heine
These are sad days to be an Astros fan. The first domino has fallen with the trade of Jeff Keppinger this week, and over the next 10 days we expect to hear of several more. I'm on board with that; our Astros, in their 50th season, appear to be worse in 2011 than they've ever been before. I feel like it will be a huge upset if they don't end up beating the 1991 squad for the worst record in Houston history, if they don't end up over 100 losses and last in the big leagues this year. Admittedly, nothing that happens the remainder of this month will likely be quite as depressing as the weekend before July 31 last year, when we learned how it would have felt to see Bagwell and Biggio in opposing uniforms. But as we wait for news about who else is leaving town, and as we wait to face nemesis Carlos Zambrano this afternoon, my mind turns to thoughts of the ways that Brad Mills & Co. can make the remainder of 2011 more exciting than a race for the #1 draft pick.
Catcher: We love Humberto Quintero. He's not Brad Ausmus, and he's not Tony Eusebio, but we love him nonetheless. Q paired with any available backup on hand is fine; there's not much wrong you can do here, other than rushing Jason Castro back from his knee surgery. If Castro is legitimately ready to go by September, then I'd love to see him, as Q really shouldn't be more than a backup. But as long as Jason gets the lion's share of the starts in 2012, then I'll be happy.
First Base: Brett Wallace. All the way. Let's start seeing Brick every day regardless, and quit with this Carlos-Lee-at-1B-versus-lefties nonsense. Whether Astros management manages to trade El Caballo, releases him, benches him or just lets him play out his contract, it's certain that Lee won't be here beyond September 2012. Brett Wallace will. You're not gonna win this season, it's overwhelmingly likely that you won't win next season either, and Brick is one of the few young talents that Houston has, so let him play and prove for himself whether he's an everyday guy or only a platoon player.
Second Base: Jose Altuve is the brightest spot in the 2011 season so far. I certainly didn't expect to see him before September at the soonest, or 2012, but I'm all about running him out there every day now that he's here. I like Matt Downs a lot, but giving him or Angel Sanchez even 1/4 of the starts here would be infuriating. Let's go, Mighty Mouse!!
Third Base: I'm a Chris Johnson kinda guy. Sure, I know that his defense is less than great, and his bat has dropped off even more than expected from last year, but his bat has also been a lot better the last several weeks than it was during a dismal start to the season, so his overall numbers are misleading. I know that Matt Downs deserves more time, too, but CJ has not (IMO) played himself out of this job yet. Let him keep it for the rest of 2011, unless he gets awful again, then let him and Downs duke it out in Kissimmee next Spring.
Shortstop: This is a tough one. As long as Clint Barmes is here, the job should be his, but I don't see Clint in our long-term plans. He may not even be in our plans at all (hello, Milwaukee) after the next 10 days. But if/when he's gone? Angel Sanchez is great off the bench, and I know that Matt Downs is more of a 2B/3B guy than SS, but this is where I'd be inclined to give Downs more time. If you want to give Angel the majority of the starts, that's fine, but don't let him take time away from Altuve and CJ. And don't go back to Tommy Manzella. This is a stop-gap position until one of our middle infield prospects (Paredes? Villar? Mier? …Sutil?) is ready for the Show.
Outfield: No one knows what to expect here. I strongly doubt that Ed Wade will be able to send Carlos Lee anywhere, so as long as he's here, leave him in LF. Michael Bourn is (or should be) serious trade bait, but Hunter Pence's name is drawing a lot more attention than Michael's, so who knows if he'll be moved at all. I really… don't want the Astros to trade Hunter, but reality is that he'll likely hit free agency by the time that Houston is a legitimate contender again, and he should fetch better prospects than anyone else on the current Astros roster. So moving him might be the smartest thing that they could do, and I kind of expect now that it will happen. I'd really like to see Bourn traded, too; he'll hit free agency – under Scott Boras – a year before Hunter, so you'll probably get more for him now than next year, when he would be a "rental." Jason Bourgeois is back from the DL today, so assuming that Pence and Bourn move and Lee doesn't, I'd like to see a Lee-Bourgeois-Bogusevic outfield to finish out 2011. Though I know we're more likely to see Jason Michaels than Bogey, but I don't see Jason here beyond this year either, so I'll be frustrated if they don't give Bogey the shot. Unless they get somebody back in trade that can play outfield immediately, too. Or they put J.D. Martinez on the Altuve Express and don't make him wait for a call until El Caballo rides off into the sunset. Summary: Whatever. But just not Michaels.
Pitching: Jordan Lyles is the other brightest spot for the 2011 Astros, and I'm thrilled to hear that he's on an innings limit. If that means we get a month of Nelson Figueroa or Ryan Rowland-Smith in September, so be it; Jordan Lyles is VERY much a part of Houston's future plans, so he needs to be protected more than the 2011 squad needs to win one or two more games. Bud Norris has been another big bright spot, better than I thought he'd be, so he should be a part of the grander plan as well. J.A. Happ has been mostly a black hole this season, but he is still young, so there's no harm in continuing to run him out there and hope that he figures it out. Really though, we might see a lot more of Figgy or Hyphen before September, because I don't expect Wandy or Brett Myers to be wearing Houston pinstripes after next week either. So let's move Aneury Rodriguez back to the rotation and see what he's got. Old or not, I'd love to see Andy Van Hekken get a shot. Then if you need a starter after those two guys, give Figgy or Hyphen a call. Of course trade acquisitions are the wild card here, too, but based on who we know we've got, I'll be happy to finish the year with Aneury and Andy at the back end of the rotation.
I know that I haven't touched on the bullpen, but that's been so fluid for the last few years that I hesitate to name names. I like Mark Melancon a lot, and Wilton Lopez. We know that Brandon Lyon is under contract for next season – fine. He's good when healthy. But the fundamental point of this whole exercise is to say: Give the young guys a chance. Angel Sanchez is not your savior for the future, nor is Jason Michaels. Nor is Carlos Lee at first base. If we can see more Castro, and Wallace, and Altuve, and CJ, more Bogey and Bourgeois and maybe some J.D. next year, then I'll be excited even if we lose 100 games again. I know that even all of those guys aren't likely the long-term answers, but they're all a step in the right direction until the pipeline on the farm starts a steady flow again. If "these are our Astros," then let's make that so and stop giving time to guys that won't be here when our future Astros arrive.
The times, they are a-changin'…
So. Wow. What is there for Astro fans to say about the past weekend that hasn't already been said? Roy was expected, and while it was sad indeed to see him go, at least we had two and a half months to know that it was likely coming. We knew it might happen with Lance too, but I didn't truly expect that it would until it was already upon us. Losing both him and Roy within 48 hours of each other made their departures all the sadder than losing either one alone. As fan blogger Chip Bailey said, has there ever been a darker weekend in Astros history?
Roy is gone
It's not officially official, but by all accounts, Roy Oswalt is a Phillie. Or he's still an Astro, but he'll be playing for the Philadelphia Astros. Instead of the Houston Phillies. EDIT: Never mind, it IS official now – Bob Garber says so.


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Powerjection EFI On a 1967 Ford Ranchero
The Stealthy Approach To Fuel Injection With A Professional Products Powerjection System
In a list of the top 10 reasons rodders shy away from EFI conversion, always hovering near the top is a phobia over the complexity of a fuel-injection system versus a carburetor, followed closely by dread over the amount of parts swapping required. After all, carbs are mechanical, familiar, and easy to tune. Also, you've probably already spent some time sorting out the details to dial in your carb'd combo perfectly. Why mess with perfection?
The rest of that list typically revolves around aesthetics. Maybe the efficiency, easy cranking, and 'round-town driveability of EFI sounds tempting, but when you pop the hood in answer to "What's it got in it?" the simplistic, traditional look of a carb is what you want admirers to see. Either way, a front-load-style intake or a throttle body with a set of fuel rails just doesn't jive. But you just can't have your cake and eat it too, right? Or can you? Let us introduce you to the best of both worlds.
On the dyno at Wide Open Throttle (W.O.T.) in Riverside, California, Pete Andreas held us at a steady 65 mph at 0-, 5-, 7-, and 10-degree grades while Farrell adjusted the timing via the laptop. He managed to pick up around 5 lb-ft and 2 to 3 hp at each interval while lowering the fuel consumption by 2 to 5 percent. On a full run, we found another 6 hp and 10 lb-ft of peak torque. Even more importantly, there was a marked improvement in our overall acceleration curve. Not bad for an hour of tuning. Just for fun, we also ran a quarter-mile simulation and netted a 13.80 at 101 mph despite a fantastically lethargic 2-3 shift thanks to the green dot C-4 trans. To top it all off, we calculated an honest 17 mpg at a steady 65 mph on our mileage loop and saw roughly a 0.5-mpg improvement in city driving.
The Professional Products Powerjection system developed in conjunction with Retrotek Speed got the nod for our testing because it's a unique piece in the aftermarket. Yes, it's a throttle body, but it certainly doesn't look like one. It's aimed squarely at all those guys we just mentioned, the ones who want EFI but don't want to look like they have EFI. With the exact same dimensions as a Holley carb, the Powerjection fits any standard air cleaner assembly.
There's also good news for those dreading all the wiring and tuning; this is by far the simplest EFI system we've encountered, both in terms of installation and learning curve, no matter what you stick it on. There's no need to swap intakes, switch to a return-style fuel system, or even change any linkage. Really, we're not even talking about a weekend project here. Our carb-to-EFI swap took approximately five hours, lunch includ-ed. And as far as a learning curve, well, there really doesn't have to be one-the system can do it all for you.
Our '67 Ranchero test vehicle, recently out of long-term storage, was this writer's first car and somehow survived through high school and college. The 357ci Windsor is a basic recipe: 10.5:1 compression, Ford GT-40P iron heads, and a Crane hydraulic roller cam with 0.525/0.542 lift at the valve. Induction is a Ford Motorsport dual-plane intake, and exhaust flows through Hooker Super Comp headers into 21/2-inch pipes with Flowmaster 40-series mufflers. The trans is the original C-4 auto rebuilt with better guts and a mild shift kit but a stock converter. The third member is the original 8-inch peg leg with 3.00 cogs paired with 25.7-inch-tall 245/50R16 BFG rear tires on 16x8 Vintage Wheel Works V40s.
Running at a fairly steady 65 mph at 2,700 rpm, our fuel economy loop returned initial numbers of 13 mpg. During stop-and-go Los Angeles commuting, economy was a dismal 11 mpg-though it should be noted that the excessive idle time in L.A. traffic (1 hour to cover 12.5 miles) likely affected that number. After installation of the Powerjection, we covered the same loops in the as-learned state and saw 13 city and 15 highway. In a search for more, Retrotek Speed's Ken Farrell used the dashboard tuning software to change the cruising air/fuel ratio to a much leaner 14:1, which netted us another 1 mpg on the highway. And that's utilizing only the fuel control capabilities. When we swapped in a TFI distributor, we found more power and another mile per gallon, giving a total of 17 highway.
Intrigued? Follow along as we show you how easy it could be for you to have undercover EFI
|650-cfm Holley Street HP
|11/13 mpg
|Powerjection self-tune (fuel only)
|13/15 mpg
|Powerjection manual tune (fuel only)
|13/16 mpg
|Powerjection plus timing control
|13.5/17 mpg
Driving ImpressionsWhile overall peak horsepower and torque increases were modest, the torque increase on the low end was noticeable, particularly in quick starts from stoplight to stoplight. It helped overcome the disadvantage of the small 3.00 gears and get the Ranchero moving more quickly. The throttle also felt more responsive at cruising speed due to the increase in torque, especially at less than 3,000 rpm. It took a little time to remember to let the fuel pump prime first and resist pumping the pedal, but starting was always quick and consistent regardless of temperature or how long the truck sat idle. Once the idle settles down from the initial warm-up, revs come in at a steady 750.
A gain of 4 mpg is nothing to sneeze at, but of course, unless you drive the car a lot, the difference at the pump will take a while to really add up. It sure feels nice to get those extra miles per tank, though. For comparison, 10,000 miles per year (solely freeway driving) at the current average of $4.50 would cost roughly $3,462, while just L.A.-style commuting would be in the range of $4,091. With the mileage increase, savings over the same 10,000 miles are $815.00 highway and $758.00 city.
How do they know it will work?Because they've tested every single one of them. Before the kits are even boxed, every Powerjection system is placed on a stock 350 Chevy to set the idle and to ensure all components function as they should. If you have an issue, Farrell and his crew are just a phone call away to walk you through the troubleshooting process.
The kit we'll be working with is the Powerjection Stage 2 EMS. The batch fire-style Smart-Tune software uses adaptive learning coupled with a wide-band 02 sensor to dial in everything from stock TBI to blown multiport EFI simply by adjusting the air/fuel ratios nearly instantly to the preset safe levels or your input. It's also compatible with all ignition systems-factory or aftermarket, electronic or points-and can operate coil-on-plug engines when paired with an aftermarket ignition control. All sensors are standard GM/Ford style, so they can be found at any major parts house, including the provided one bar MAP sensor (two and three bar sensors are available for boost up to 30 psi).
The dual-feed inlet is also a standard length, so you've got options should the braided line not suit your taste. Our MAP sensor is hidden on the firewall behind the engine using a factory bolt. It only requires a small length of vacuum line attached to a port at the rear of the throttle body. The small black plug is the throttle position sensor, which will be wired to the EMS. Hopefully, you have a vacant coolant bung, as the EMS needs a temperature sensor reading as well.
Here's the secret to the minimal fuel system modifications. The pulse width modulation (PWM) fuel system regulates the pressure by switching on and off as necessary to maintain roughly 40 psi. As such, wires for both power and correspondence with the EMS need to be plumbed to the pump. Typically, the pump and prefilter (left) must be mounted below the fuel pickup.
It's not necessary to get the vehicle running, but to view what's going on with the engine or make changes, the Smart-Tune software must be loaded onto a laptop PC. The software is user-friendly for the unfamiliar but also doesn't impede the experienced. The Smart-Tune will let you go as deep into the programming as you'd like for tuning purposes-provided you accept the related warnings along the way.
Back on the chassis dyno at Westech, the Powerjection was initially down across the board. Farrell said, "You obviously haven't been driving it very hard. Run it again." On the second pull with no adjustments, the Powerjection curve laid perfectly over the previously dyno-tuned 650 Holley, repeating the original 269 hp and 332 lb-ft of torque peak carb numbers. Below 3,000 rpm, however, the Powerjection produced more torque.
Man, we really need some heads on this thing. The excessively early power peak followed by a long plateau shows our small-valved GT-40P heads just can't flow enough air for the cam. Still, it's not too bad for a $2,000 carb-to-pan 351W. "You don't need a dyno. I usually find a nice, big, empty parking lot and just light 'em up to tune it," Farrell tells us. That's coming from one of the guys who designed the system, by the way.

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A vote for independence from the U.K. in Scotland scheduled for September 2014 could pave the way for a new currency—or not, depending on whom you ask.
The Scottish government, led by the Scottish National Party, issued a 670-page "blueprint for independence" at the end of November that called for many changes—but for an independent Scotland to retain the pound sterling as its currency. However, opposition parties, and London officials, have said keeping the pound is not possible for many reasons.
The British government has said it is not likely to agree to Scotland's retention of the currency, citing issues such as lack of political unity and pointing to the eurozone and its woes as an example of the problems that can ensue when independent political entities share a currency. However, believers have said that London will eventually recognize reality and give in—or that, if it refuses to share, Edinburgh may walk away from its share of the U.K.'s debt.
While there are plenty of other issues of major importance that must be decided should Scotland decide to go it alone, such as whether the newly independent country will still be a member of the European Union—opinions differ on that as well, particularly since Spain would not be likely to welcome a split-off Scotland over fears that its own rebellious Catalonia would follow suit and seek its own independence—the currency issue is one that's getting a lot of folks on both sides of the issue hot under the collar.
Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister, has insisted that not only would the country keep the pound, but the Bank of England would still come to the rescue if Scottish banks needed a bailout. But British Prime Minister David Cameron called the possibility of Scottish retention of the pound unlikely. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has said that London was not likely to share its currency with an independent country, and Sir John Major, former British prime minister, said during a London speech that "Independence means Scotland walking away from the U.K. and its institutions. This must include the Bank of England and sterling."
Others have said that whether or not Scotland wants to retain the pound, Northern Ireland, Wales and, of course, England would have the final vote on the matter. Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has said that he's willing to hold currency talks with Salmond to explore the issue.
Currency traders are supporting the notion of a shared pound, with both Deutsche Bank AG and Citigroup Inc. saying the notion makes sense because of the way Scotland is connected to the British economy.
Fitch Ratings, which explored the possible effects of an independent Scotland on the residual U.K. late in 2012, has not changed its basic position, according to Peter Fitzpatrick, Fitch spokesman. He pointed out that at that time, Fitch said it could not take a stab at rating an independent Scotland because of so many variables, including the question of currency. However, it could and did review how such an event might affect what would be left of the U.K. after such a split.
"If the public debt stock were divided in proportion to GDP, both the residual U.K. and Scotland would be left with identical public debt ratios, and the residual U.K.'s debt profile would therefore be little changed. Our current expectation is that Fitch-rated gilts would remain the responsibility of the residual UK, which would enter into a separate bilateral agreement with an independent Scotland regarding how the latter would contribute to servicing and repayment," the ratings agency said.
Fitch also said that a split of North Sea oil—another Scottish independence hot button—would probably be reached by compromise rather than either a straight geographical or population-size determination, resulting in "marginal" budgetary impact. Overall, Fitch concluded, "Scottish independence would probably be neutral for the sovereign credit profile of the residual U.K. (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)."
Michael Fry, historian and Scots Tory who has come out in support of the nationalist position, cut through most of the arguments on whether Scotland might be "allowed" to retain the pound by saying in a highly critical opinion piece in The Scotsman that England could not prevent such a move without damaging its own economy.
Fry wrote, "Sterling is a fully convertible reserve currency, just like the U.S. dollar and the euro. Any country in the world can, if it wishes, make use of such a currency for both domestic and external transactions. Even Communist Cuba in effect utilizes the U.S. dollar, as a hard currency in parallel to its own soft peso, and it certainly does not ask permission from Washington to do this. Montenegro has adopted the euro, without being a member of the European Union or of its eurozone."
Hong Kong has also adopted the use of the U.S. dollar, "with no involvement from Washington," and when it first gained independence, Ireland retained the use of the pound, adopting it via the Currency Act of 1927. "I do not think Irish governments of those days were in the habit of asking permission from Westminster to do whatever the newly independent country, recently liberated by violence, wanted to do," he said.
Fry said the only way the U.K. could prevent Scotland's use of the pound would be "by abandoning sterling's status as a fully convertible reserve currency, which would entail introducing exchange controls." This would cause so many complications for businesses, if enforced, that London would end up " reducing itself to the same level in international commerce as Poland or Turkey." It would lose so much business, he said, that " [n]o doubt the world would take note of how this global financial center no longer wanted to be a global financial center."
The entire argument may be moot, and currency traders have a while to wait to find out. The referendum will not be held till September of next year, but 2014 marks the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, when the Scots routed the English. It remains to be seen whether tradition will be upheld.


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By Cengiz Çandar
November 5, 2019
Turkey's intrusion into northeastern Syria will have far-reaching consequences for Turkey, the balance of power in Syria and in the Middle East. The Rojava invasion also leaves a durable imprint on international relations at a global scale. It has left the United States in a weaker position, while Russia has strengthened its grip on Syria. Turkey's dependence on Russia has been reaffirmed. The Russo-Turkish partnership in Syria may not prove long-lived since Moscow and Ankara have different, indeed fundamentally irreconcilable political priorities. It is unlikely that Turkey, dependent on the acquiescence of Russia and with an ailing economy, will be able to establish a permanent military presence on Syrian territory.
By Halil Karaveli (vol. 8, no. 10 of the Turkey Analyst)
The Turkish military's capacity for intervention in politics has been inversely proportional to the ability of the bourgeoisie to establish hegemonic rule. The dynamic that set the stage for all the coups was the fact that the most developed fraction of the Turkish bourgeoisie always needed a helping hand in order to prevail against other fractions and classes. History could have ended with the AKP, as the party secured bourgeois hegemony. Today, however, industrial interests have reason to be much less satisfied with the course that the regime is pursuing. Conjuring the specter of class warfare, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claims that "capital is changing hands." That is a process that is bound to unleash new political convulsions.
Ali Bayramoğlu in Yeni Şafak writes that AKP's otherwise legitimate struggle against the Gülen fraternity will remain flawed from a democratic perspective until the party acknowledges its own responsibility for the acts of the "cemaat" when the two were still allies. Fatih Yaşlı in Yurt writes that Turkish intellectual and political life suffers from a predilection for what he calls "easy opposition" that does not question who one is allied with as long as the cause is deemed to be good, which today blinds the opponents of AKP to the responsibility of the Gülenists in bringing about the present authoritarian rule. Murat Yetkin in Radikal writes that the talk in political circles is that AKP is preparing for a coalition with MHP after the general election in June. Orhan Bursalı in Cumhuriyet writes that Erdoğan is distancing himself from the Kurds, and is instead teaming up with the military. Umut Özkırımlı on the news site Diken writes that AKP's, and generally the Islamists' lasting legacy is a generalized hatred that has become a permanent, defining feature of Turkey's society.
By Halil Karaveli (vol. 7, no. 21 of the Turkey Analyst)
The Turkish generals are no longer afraid to speak out and they exert influence over government policies. Erdoğan invited the military back into the power equation when, faced with the Gülenist challenge to his power, and in need of a new ally, he gave the signal to open the prison doors for the convicted officers. But more than anything else, it is the persistence of an authoritarian mindset that sets the stage for the recurrent assertion of the power of the military in Turkey.
By Burak Bilgehan Özpek (vol. 7, no. 21 of the Turkey Analyst)
The strategies of the Turkish state to deal with the Kurdish question has undergone a dramatic change since the 1990s, but what has remained constant is the state's stance toward freedom of expression. The ruling party of Turkey has repeatedly demonstrated that it uses lofty goals like democratization to severely restrict the freedom of expression and to suspend the rule of law. "Peace" is another such goal. The AKP's strategy in the "solution process" with the Kurdish movement rests on keeping the process secret, and stigmatizing and intimidating those who raise questions. The AKP's strategy indicates that "peace" can be just as viable as a strategy to secure and defend authoritarian power as armed conflict.
The Turkey Analyst is a publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Joint Center, designed to bring authoritative analysis and news on the rapidly developing domestic and foreign policy issues in Turkey. It includes topical analysis, as well as a summary of the Turkish media debate.


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As a female who thinks porn is really fun, I hold a special place in my heart for adult film stars — they're fun, sexy, confident, and share their fun, sexy confidence with us, what's not to like? Good news — turns out they're pretty happy.
A recently published study from the Journal of Sex Research (best job ever?) has reported that they found no evidence to support the "Damaged Goods Hypothesis;" a theory which claims that adult film stars commonly come from difficult backgrounds, and have poor self-esteem.
Quite the contrary, this new study shows that the 177 adult actresses surveyed had a better body image, quality of life, and were more positive and spiritual than the selected sample of women outside of the industry whom they were compared to. The sample women were matched to the actresses by age, marital status and several other factors.
Why is this so important? Because painting women in porn as victims without their consent takes away all of their power, and gives it to censors who would like to shut down the industry. From the report:
"Stereotypes of those involved in adult entertainment have been used to support or condemn the industry and to justify political views on pornography."There are a lot of adult films out there that are degrading, for sure. It is also true that many adult film actresses come from backgrounds of poverty, homelessness and abuse. However, you can also find women with similar backgrounds working for McDonalds, and as CEO's of large corporations. It is unfair to stigmatize an entire group of people based on a hunch, and this study will make that stigma much harder to defend.
See? Statistics really are useful for something after high school.


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The results of the first fiscal year of operation of Tokyo's cap and trade program are in – and they go far in validating the city's groundbreaking initiative to introduce a market-based approach to emissions reductions at the urban scale. Reports on 1,159 building facilities show collective emissions reductions of 13 percent over base-year figures; this was due to the active implementation of more than 5,700 measures by building owners to reduce energy use and corresponding emissions.
Cap and trade systems, more formally known as "emissions trading systems", set a limit on total emissions for a given period of time, and allocate initial allowances to participants who may then buy or sell the allowances as needed.
Launched in April 2010, Tokyo's mandatory program is backed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Environmental Security Ordinance. Importantly, the program targets 1,348 of Tokyo's largest CO2-emitting buildings in the commercial and industrial sectors. Owners are obligated to cut emissions from between six and eight percent from base-year levels by 2014, in addition to continuing to publish their emissions reports and reduction plans on an annual basis (mandatory emissions reporting began in 2000).
The cap and trade program uses both "carrots" and "sticks" to ensure compliance — and it is working exceedingly well. According to the first-year results, an impressive 64 percent of facilities succeeded in meeting the compliance factor in FY2010, while one quarter of facilities have already reduced emissions by 17 percent or more, which is the expected compliance factor for the second compliance period (FY2015-2019). The Tokyo Metropolitan Government estimates that about 71 percent of facilities will fulfill their reduction obligations through their own reduction efforts, if all reduction plans included in the reports were carried out through the end of FY2014.
Cited as a "world-leading policy" by World Green Building Council (WGBC), Tokyo's cap and trade program provides a compelling example for other cities to follow. It demonstrates — once again — that C40 Cities are at the forefront of climate action, achieving verifiable and consistent monitoring of urban emissions and implementing innovative actions for tackling the problem.


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Starving hackers
It is probably not hyperbolic to state that San Francisco has a housing crisis. Despite a general sympathy and frustration with the shortcomings of capitalism, unfortunately Noisebridge simply does not have the resources to address all these issues - either to function an adequate homeless resource center, nor remain a conducive environment for others to hack while doubling as a shelter.
The nature of creative work means it doesn't always pan out financially, so every now and then even the best of us can have a cash flow problem. This is pretty serious in San Francisco due to its high cost of living. We want you to come to Noisebridge, but we also want you to have a place to call your own and to be able to get to and from there safely. Many of the following items are linked to from San Francisco Homeless Resource, which is a fantastic resource for anyone who finds themselves in a tough situation in our great city.
General Resources
- Project Homeless Connect
- The SF Help Charts offer a variety of guides to local social services including hot meals, pantries, shelter, medical care, mental health care, and neighborhood assistance
- GlideSF offers a variety of programs and services including emergency shelter placement, women's services, health services, a hot meals program, and bagged groceries programs
- Berkeley Homeless Survival Guide
- 211 - Call 211 for food, health care, shelter referrals, resources and info
- [1] - SF Homeless Outreach Team, connects people with resources. (415) 401-2660, (415) 554-8471
- Volunteer at SF Food Not Bombs
- The SF Food Bank offers a variety of ways to get free or reduced cost food.
- The Print List's Free Eats chart
- Martín de Porres House
- GlideSF provides a daily free meals program with three service times, and unlimited repeat trips through the line until tickets run out. Recommend you get in line early for a quick trip through.
- Breakfast: 8am - 9am
- Lunch: Noon - 1:30pm
- Dinner: 4pm - 5:30pm Monday - Friday, bagged lunch served Noon - 1:30pm Saturday & Sunday
- Breakfast: 8am - 9am
- Look up Tastebridge meeting nights
- Apply for Food Stamps
Shelters, Housing, Camping, Sleep
- If you need a safe place to sleep try The Gubbio Project. It's open every weekday 6AM-3PM, 133 Golden Gate. No reservation needed.
- Sleeping at Noisebridge is not excellent
- Neither is trolling those who are not bothering you. Offer kind, constructive suggestions and understanding. It could be you in this position.
- Get involved with Homes Not Jails
- Free shelter chart (PDF)
- Reserve a bed at a shelter
- GlideSF
- Tenderloin Housing Clinic
- Hostels (some will let you do work trade), co-ops (some rent cheap bunks or sublets)
- Larkin Street Youth Center provides emergency shelter placement and a variety of other services to at-risk or homeless youth under 19
- Couchsurfing
- Find some roommates or an apartment
- Camp in Golden Gate Park or one of SF's forested areas
- Martin de Porres
- Mission Neighborhood Resource Center
- Join a gym or the Y. Many 24 Hour Fitness branches are, as their name implies, open 24 hours. Or if you're a student your school may have shower facilities.
- Storing stuff on member shelves is not excellent. Member shelves are for projects, material for hacking, and so on. They are not for general posessions.
- City Storage, 150 Otis St. (between Gough and Duboce), 415-557-6339, Hours: 9am-3:30pm
Employment, Job Skills, Self-improvement
- San Francisco Personal Assisted Employment Services (PAES)
- Noisebridge Jobs mailing list
- SF CAAP General Assistance
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Forum Post: News Article: Ferguson Solidarity, Ways to support the fight
Posted 5 years ago on Aug. 24, 2014, 7:17 a.m. EST by 99nproud
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Occupy Supports the Fight
"Hands up don't shoot"
All eyes are on the fight for justice for Michael Brown and the growing movement against the systematic targeting of black and brown communities across the country. The use of excessive force by law enforcement on black and brown youth is a product of racism, hyper criminalization, and mass incarceration in cities across the country. We all stand in solidarity as we demand for justice for Michael Brown, Eric Garner, John Crawford, and countless others black and brown people killed by law enforcement.
The loud call coming out of Ferguson, Missouri has become a national rally to action. There is a growing energy around the country to engage and support the fight in Ferguson and to build it out nationally. Below are ways that people can support the local struggle on the ground and help build the nation-wide call to action.
You Want to Give Money
These are different ways you can support monetarily:
Support to the Family: Justice For Mike Brown
If you want to donate online to support Michael's family please donate to Michael Brown's Memorial Fund – http://www.gofundme.com/justiceformikebrown. We have confirmed this as the official donation portal with the family's attorneys. These funds will assist his family with costs that they will acquire as they seek justice on Michael's behalf. All funds will be given to the Michael Brown family.
If you would prefer to support the family with a donation via check, the Brown family has established a memorial fund at Fifth Third Bank. You can make a donation at any branch (https://www.53.com/site) or you can mail a donation with "Michael Brown Jr. Memorial Fund" in the memo line and send it to:
Fifth Third Bank, 8013 West Florissant Ave., Jennings, MO 63136
You can call the branch at 314-685-3200 with any questions.
Bail and Legal Fund
A bail and legal fund has been established to support the people who are being arrested in Ferguson, MO for exercising their constitutionally protected right to assemble and protest against systematic use of excessive force against black and brown communities. More information about the bail and legal fund and ways to donate below. http://bit.ly/1AfAE2l
Long-Term Organizing: Organization for Black Struggle
Organization for Black Struggle (OBS) is on the ground in Ferguson, MO. They are calling for help in raising the money necessary to hire an organizer dedicated to organizing youth in Ferguson and manage the movement building happening on the ground.
From almost the moment that Michael Brown was viciously killed by Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson OBS has been on the ground. OBS is a black led organization that has been doing anti-police violence work for nearly 35 years. We invite people to donate to support long-term organizing infrastructure. Direct people to our website where a PayPal account has been set up separate from our regular donations. You can donate directly at http://obs-onthemove.org/support-obs/
Resources to Sustain Protests and Local Movement Building
Young black and brown people are self-organizing daily in Ferguson in a fight for justice for Michael Brown. Local organizations and leaders have been going out nightly to provide crowd control, medical support, document violent actions of the police against protesters, coordinating national support coming into Ferguson, and building relationships with the young people that are out leading the fight every day. Donations will be used support purchase of medical supplies, local meeting space, communication support, and other infrastructure resources. If you would like to donate to this fund click here.
You Want to Come Ferguson
We need you now in Ferguson if you have any of the following skills or expertise: •Medics (Doctors, Nurses, EMT) •Attorneys •Photographers & Videographers (not press affiliated ) •Organizers of color with experience working with youth, especially those with experience in Street Theater & Civil Disobedience •Spiritual Healers/Counselors •Tech folks ( Data, Coders, CRM, Graphic Designers)
As you can imagine, there are a lot of moving parts that local organizers need to manage, so if you DO NOT have these skills there are ways that you can show solidarity and provide support from your home geography.
To be properly oriented and connected with local organizing infrastructure and make the best use of your skills we ask that you fill out this link BEFORE coming to Ferguson. Once you have filled out this link, someone will contact you to discuss the details and ensure you are properly integrated into the local infrastructure. In order, to ensure we leverage our resources and capacity effectively it is really important that you NOT come to Ferguson without filling out the link and being properly connected with local leaders.
You Want to Build the Movement Locally Where You Are
If you are unable to come to Ferguson or you do not have the skills or experience local organizers need on the ground now, there are still ways you can show solidarity and support the movement. •National Call in Days •New Media/Social Media •Tech folks (Data, Coders, CRM, Graphic Designers) •Local Solidarity Demonstrations •Participate in Rapid Response Mobilizations •Collect stories of police brutality in your community and share in our story bank •Create art for this moment
So that local organizers can stay in touch with you and understand how to best utilize your skills from where you are please fill out this link.


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Set Your Tivo: 03.06.11Posted by Brian Otskey on March 6th, 2011
***** – quit your job and divorce your wife if that's what it takes to watch this game live
**** – best watched live, but if you must, tivo and watch it tonight as soon as you get home
*** – set your tivo but make sure you watch it later
** – set your tivo but we'll forgive you if it stays in the queue until 2013
* – don't waste bandwidth (yours or the tivo's) of any kind on this game
Brian Otskey is an RTC contributor.
What a Saturday it was. The final day of the regular season for BCS teams is today while another ticket will be punched, this time out of the Missouri Valley. All rankings from RTC and all times Eastern.
#22 Kentucky @ Tennessee — 12 pm on CBS (****)
Tennessee likely locked up a bid Thursday night at South Carolina but a loss today would drop them to 8-8 in the SEC. A win in the conference tournament would be advisable but their solid non-conference resume and strong schedule should probably be enough to push the Volunteers over the top.


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Rolex Fastnet Race pace slows
After a brisk first 48 hours, pace in the Rolex Fastnet Race has slowed up with high pressure encroaching into the Celtic Sea and towards the south of Cornwall. Since yesterday afternoon there have been just been five finishers: the last two IMOCA 60s completed the course with Alex Thomson's black and white Hugo Boss reaching the line at 22:10:01 BST yesterday while DCNS arrived at 00:22:22, skipper round the world sailor Marc Thiercelin racing on board with Luc Alphand, the 1997 World Cup winning skier who in 2006 also came first in the Paris-Dakar Rally.
Between the IMOCA 60s, the US entry on the STP65 Vanquish crossed the finish line at 00:19:35, while Lloyd Thornburg's Lamborghini orange-hulled Gunboat 66 catamaran Phaedo pulled into Plymouth's Sutton Harbour after arriving at 03:03:24.
Phaedo's captain Paul Hand, from Tasmania, commented: "The most exciting part was the hull flying out off the Needles and the more anxious moments were during the beam reach up to the Rock in 35 knots of breeze, with 20 knots of boat speed and one hull in the air. No one was sleeping that much then..."
Hired guns, navigator Ian Moore and tactician Andy Beadsworth, were crucial in getting Phaedo into Plymouth so quickly, making the most from the tide and smallest wind shifts. Nonetheless, just short of the finish line their progress slowed as they had to wait for the tide to turn.
The Phaedo team also played a vital role in the rescue of the Rambler crew as off southwest Ireland it was their media boat which picked up the five crew, including skipper George David, after they had been in the water for 2.5 hours, having drifted away from their capsized 100ft supermaxi.
The only arrival since dawn this morning has been Franck Noël's TP52 Near Miss from Switzerland, which crossed the line at 10:46:05 BST. Her skipper, French match racer and offshore sailor Benoit Briand, was pleased to have finished: "Last night were we stuck off the Lizard withtide and no wind. We spent four hours in a circle of one mile!"
Like the boats that finished yesterday, Near Miss' rounding of the Fastnet Rock was good in terms of the weather, coinciding with a wind shift from the southwest to northwest. Briand said the most wind they saw was 25-29 knots on the approach to the Rock. "The wind was okay, but the waves were 'enough' for the boat." Conditions started to go light for them last night as they rounded the Scillies.
Unfortunately Near Miss lost her main competition, Johnny Vincent's TP52 Pace, which retired on the first night, and subsequently they spent most of the race sailing on their own.
"We were very happy to sail this legendary race," Briand summarised. "For us it was a challenge. Our TP52 [formerly the 2008 generation Artemis] is not made for offshore racing and we are very happy with the way we were sailing. We come back without damage, we had a very good time and we sailed well. The boat is in good shape and we very much enjoyed this race."
Another boat reached Sutton Harbour yesterday in RORC Commodore Andrew McIrvine's First 40 La Réponse, which retired overnight on Monday with steering trouble.
"We were charging along about one third of the way up the Celtic Sea with gradually increasing breeze, gusting 30 knots and quite big waves and we were down to a jib top and a reefed main, going really well," recounted McIrvine. "I was sitting on the rail and the next thing I knew the boat had tacked and I was half under water. The wheel had just gone loose and wasn't connecting with the steering at all."
They managed to deploy their emergency steering (effectively two pieces of scaffolding that fit into a hole just aft of the wheel, forming an aft-facing tiller), but sadly their race was over. They subsequently established that their steering trouble was due to the failure of the central spline connecting the steering wheel to the drive mechanism.
This morning several of the boats rounding the Scilly Isles were more or less becalmed. Jonathan Goring, owner of the Ker 40 Keronimo reported that there was a band of very little wind around 10-20 miles from the Scillies. They had just managed to keep moving in the light patch with the German-flagged Rogers 46s Shakti and Varuna and had been first into the new breeze.
Similarly Ross Applebey's Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster was becalmed on her approach to the Scilly Isles, although Applebey said the reprieve had come when the wind had filled in from the east. To the south of the Scillies they were now upwind in light breeze. "We hope the wind holds until the finish - that is what the GRIB files have suggested but we've had consistently less wind than forecast all day today so it is hard to tell. It would be nice if we don't park up again as kedging a mile from the finish line could be a bit stressful!"
The next boats due in are the Lithuanian Volvo Ocean 60 Ambersail and Chris Bull's canting keel Cookson 50 Jazz which had both just passed the Lizard mid-afternoon today. Meanwhile the remaining slower Class Z boats are still approaching the Lizard with on the water leaders in IRC 1, are currently a trio - the Ker 40 Keronimo, the German Andrews 56 Norddeutsche Vermögen Hamburg and the Swan 62 Uxorious IV all more or less neck and neck. On the water leaders in IRC 2, Peter Rutter's Quokka 8 and the French J/122 Nutmeg IV were making slow progress to the south of the Scilly Isles.


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THREE PANELS OPEN is an open invitation. Perhaps you'd like to do one. A comic that is three panels in duration and 640px wide. I'm only going to run the ones I like best, I'm afraid. However, there's no time limit on submissions. You can email the image email@example.com, and please include your name and the website and/or twitter account you'd like it to be associated with.


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What if you bought a portable music player and found that it was already loaded with hundreds of songs selected by an online digital music service? You might be delighted to be getting all this content with no effort, or you might be annoyed that a huge portion of your new player's storage capacity has been taken up with music you may not want.
That's the issue with the Sansa Rhapsody, the latest portable music player to challenge Apple's iPod hegemony. This is the first player to be specifically designed to work with RealNetworks' Rhapsody music-subscription service, and it's no mere iPod clone. The player, made by SanDisk, is designed to show off the Rhapsody music-rental model, which is about music discovery rather than individual song or album purchases.
Sansa Rhapsody
Like other subscription services, Rhapsody charges a monthly fee for unlimited access to millions of songs. You don't actually own these songs, and any music you've rented and downloaded from Rhapsody becomes unplayable if you stop paying the monthly fee, which is $14.99 a month if you want to hear the music on both a PC and on a portable device.
But Real believes that for people who love to try new artists or hear "channels" of music, this is better than buying individual songs and albums that never expire, which is Apple's model. It stresses quantity and variety, and for the new Sansa Rhapsody player, it drives this message home by filling the devices with music. You can play this music free for up to two months before you have to buy a subscription.
Microsoft's forthcoming Zune player will also come loaded with a small sampling of music, but the Sansa Rhapsody goes much further. On the base, 2-gigabyte model, fully half of the storage capacity is taken up with preloaded music. On the higher-capacity models, which feature up to 8 gigabytes of total storage, 2 gigabytes is taken up with preloaded music.
The Rhapsody service itself also has been overhauled, with a new, cleaner interface. Best Buy stores will be launching a store-branded version of Rhapsody and sell the new player.
I've been testing a Sansa Rhapsody player for the past week or so. I've compared the player with Apple's midrange iPod Nano, the closest iPod model in size and capacity. The base-model, 2-gigabyte Rhapsody player I tested is a bit cheaper: $140 versus $150 for the 2-gigabyte Nano.
The Sansa Rhapsody isn't really new hardware. It's a variation of existing SanDisk players, and is formally called the e200R series. But this isn't just a marketing gimmick. Unlike previous players that worked with Rhapsody, which relied on Microsoft software, this uses Real's own music formats and copy-protection software and is more tightly tied to the service. The player can be switched into Microsoft mode for use with Microsoft files.
Personally, I found the preloaded music more of a hassle than a boon. It included both canned playlists and channels — preprogrammed radio stations. They featured numerous artists and genres I didn't like, or actually hated, and I was forced to delete most of them and replace them with music I wanted to hear.
Before I could do this, however, I was amazed to find that Rhapsody wanted to keep adding its own choices to my player. The minute I plugged it into my PC, the service began downloading 73 songs of its own choosing to the Sansa, to "refresh" the choices that came on the device. Real says it plans to change this behavior to ask users first whether they want such a refresh.
The player itself is small, black and good looking. It has two big advantages over the iPod Nano. First, it has a larger screen, allowing for a better display of album art and text. Second, it has a replaceable battery.
But in most other respects, the Sansa Rhapsody is inferior to the iPod Nano. It is bulkier — more than twice as thick and almost twice as heavy as the Nano. It doesn't have a feature for playing audiobooks or podcasts, and its battery life is lower than the Nano's. I also found transferring music to the player from Rhapsody to be slower than on the iPod, despite Real's claims to the contrary. And when I added my own tracks to the Sansa, it failed in many cases to display the album art.
Also, after the initial 60 days, you must plug the player into your computer and synchronize with the Rhapsody service at least once a month to verify that your subscription is paid up. Otherwise, all the songs on the device become unplayable. (Rhapsody also sells nonexpiring tracks a la carte, like Apple, but that's not its main business.)
The player does a good job of displaying photos and videos, but getting them onto the device was more of a hassle than on the iPod. You need separate software, and that software was confusing to use.
For people who don't want to choose their own music, or who value discovering new artists over hearing familiar ones, the Sansa Rhapsody may be just the ticket. For those who place a higher value on personal choice, the iPod is better.
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have you ever talked to someone who not only thinks theyre smart, but talks condescendingly to people as well? So not only are they false in what theyre saying, they take the stance of an dik and talk down to you as if YOURE the idiot! Ive seen this phenomenon more and more lately here in Toledo, Ohio and im quite at a loss as to the cause of it. Im reasonably well educated and articulate, can hold my own in a debate and pour a mean drink behind the bar. But more and more i feel unwilling to even talk to new people since im tired of being right yet talked to as if i were the idiot. How did this come to be?? People used to atleast TRY and know what theyre talking about, and if they didnt they atleast tried to sound like they did. Surely though they wouldnt act like a professor of physics when in reality they couldnt outsmart jeff foxworthy in a spelling bee. The rub here is is that these people actually THINK theyre smart, and right no less, all of the time. How did i miss the memo that a whole generation of idiot savants immigrated to the mid west and set up shop just to annoy the fuck out of me? is it the same where you reside? or is it just something in the brown paper bag beer thats making toledoans act like its a 24/7 paint thinner huffing contest and fillibuster talk-off???? let me know, im feeling more and more like a genious here by the minute...
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You just need to learn how to be condescending back. And of course the same people exist everywhere.
I find the older I get the less I like people. I am a hairdstylist but also study psychology , I have had people talk slow to me, I have been told I am an idiot because I am an Atheist and that I know nothing, and the things I read and talk about "science" is written by people that no nothing. I am at the point of just not taking part in any conversations, and cutting myself from people. I am becoming less tolerant by the day. And the best one is if they ask you a question, you start explaining and not even a third into the explanation they tell you to get done with it as they already know what you want to say. After them opening their mouth for 30 sec you know they are cleuless!
I've had a string of run-ins with this personality type from time to time. Really depressing experience. Makes you wonder about humanity. Thankfully there are other people out there who do listen with an open mind or at least follow social conventions regarding false humility (they'll act humble but inside are quite arrogant and closed-minded). You just need to find a new set of people.
People have told me that I act like I know it all but am really full of it. In actuality, I am frustratingly aware of my intellectual limits! I enjoy engaging difficult ideas and often use formal patterns of speech with moderately advanced vocabulary. I believe this contributes to the daft-know-it-all impression some people make.
So i should sink to the level of the very idiots im bashing? Not what i'd call my first choice...not to mention i would therefore become a dick with brains running into all of those dicks without. No, i really didnt mean i need an answer as to how to deal with these mentally challenged individuals, i was just curious if i was having an illustion (minus the shrooms), or if others come across this phenomenon as much as i do. Im a bartender so i have to deal with drunken idiots on a daily basis, but atleast they have an excuse, theyre drunk. these people tend to make less sense and lack the proper alcohol content to be excused. i just dont know where people get off having such terrible information rattling around their heads, then the balls to shout about it as if they knew how the world really is. they must listen to rush limbaugh and wayne lapierre daily to become so fucked...


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Zarina Linen Mini Dress in Yellow
Embroidered linen mini dress.
- 100% Linen
- Dry clean
- Made in Ukraine
- Length: 85 cm
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Model is 177 cm / 5'10" and is wearing a size XS
Model's measurements: Bust 87 cm (34") / Shoulder 40 cm (16") / Waist 62 cm (24") / Hip 92 cm (36")
Our sizes are designed to fit the following body measurements based on the height range of 163 - 175 cm.
XS (US 2): Bust 85; Waist 66; Hips 92.
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Review: Lightning fast SSD with a decent price tag
Solid State Drives are no longer reserved for the highly privileged part of the market that is willing to spend over €500 for a 32GB SSD. Prices have gone down dramatically, and although SSDs are still far from being competitive with traditional HDDs in capacity/price segment, they excel in speed/price department.
Another good side of the SSD is its lack of moving parts, so you end up with noiseless operation, higher shock resistance and improved reliability. These features make an SSD a perfect candidate for any notebook. The write and read speeds are something that you must not overlook as SSD easily beats an HDD, especially a 2.5-inch laptop HDD.
With its Warp series, Patriot became a very serious player on the SSD market and it is clear that Patriot is intending to stay and become the one to look at if you are shopping for an SSD. The TorqX line is no exception either, as 64MB of DRAM cache and rated speeds of up to 260MB/s for read and up to 180MB/s write for 128 and 256GB versions and 220MB/s and 135MB/s for a 64GB version, are a proof that Patriot is definitely here to impress.
During the process of writing this review, Patriot has informed us that its entire TorqX line now has a ten year warranty. This is a great plus that you must have in mind when you are shopping for an SSD, and as far as we know, Patriot is the first company to make such a move.
Patriot TorqX comes packed in a simple and small but rather practical box that contains the drive, a jumper for firmware updates and a 2.5-inch to 3.5-inch adapter bracket. Drive and adapter bracket are packed and secured in separate compartments.
At this year's CeBit show, Patriot showed us this adapter bracket and we were hoping that Patriot will include these with any SSD as a lot of consumers use SSDs in their desktops systems.
Case manufacturers have only recently started to include 2.5-inch bays or brackets and these are also quite rare.
We honestly think that if you are paying premium for such high end and expensive product it is at least fair that you get an adapter bracket for free and that you do not have to buy it or waste time looking for it.
Unlike some SSDs on the market that are made using plastic, Patriot has decided to use aluminum on this one, as it is much more sturdier and should help reduce temperatures a bit. Do not be fooled by marketing talk that Solid State Drives do not produce much heat, as there are no moving parts. Solid State Drives do produce heat, they might be cooler than most HDDs, but they are still not stone cold.
Patriot TorqX shares the same specifications as OCZ's Vertex and other various SSD on the market because it is equipped with Indilinx controller and a single Elpida 64MB SDRAM cache memory chip that is one of the key parts that removes the famous stuttering effect that occurs with MLC-based SSDs.
Next to it is the Indilinx IDX110M00-FC "Barefoot" chip controller that supports capacities of up to 512GB.
As you can see from the picture below, Patriot has used Samsung's K9HCG08U1M-PCB0 memory chips. These are lead-free RoHS-compliant 48-pin multi-layer chips with an operating voltage of 2.7-3.6V and a 25ns speed rating.
Our Patriot TorqX 128GB sample came with ver. 1370 firmware, and shortly after we received a notice from Patriot about the new ver. 1571 firmware which should bring additional performance gains for TorqX. Patriot also noted that this new firmware will be available soon on their web site for download. It was also a perfect opportunity to try out that "firmware upgrade" jumper and to get a good look at the actual upgrade firmware procedure.
The procedure is quite simple and all you have to do is use the included jumper, boot into Windows and use the firmware upgrade applications and sit back for a 1-minute show. The only negative point is that it wipes out the complete data from the SSD which is well noted in the firmware upgrade manual.


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Women's Golf to Host Lipscomb
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee State women's golf team returns to action after an off-weekend as the host Lipscomb University in a dual match. The two teams of five, best four scoring, will play one, 18-hole, round at the Par-72, 6, 058 yard Harpeth Hills Golf Course on Friday. The first pairing's will tee off at 12:00pm with the next groups teeing off 10 minutes apart.
Freshman Natalie Spicer will team-up with sophomores Kelly Merkel, Laura Bremer, Amelia Dap and Sarah Needleman in the head-to-head match. Lipscomb will counter with Sami Khan, Savanna Schubert, MacKenzy Carter, Sabrina Ferreri and Sarah McFarlin.
The Tigers look to improve on its ninth place finish two weeks ago at the SIUE Intercollegiate. Four golfers improved their score during the second round of play, including Spicer who cut seven strokes. Merkel chopped five strokes on her way to a team leading 84 on day two.
Full results can be found at tsutigers.com.


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Hello and welcome to the Dive Centre ATLANTIK
When you come visiting Tenerife, have a close look under the surface!
You haven't discovered Tenerife if you didn't decend into the depth.
The underwater world of Tenerife, specially in the north of the coast of Puerto de la Cruz, is just spectacular, incredible, thrilling, .....
Here you may discover dropoffs, volcanic caves, wrecks and an unbelievable variety of marine life.
The team of the Dive Centre ATLANTIK will guide you on all your scuba dives or will teach and train you professionally from beginner to pro.
The dive centre ATLANTIK has been foundet in 1994 by the german brothers Thomas and Dirk. We are a PADI GOLD PALM 5 STAR IDC RESORT.
We offer PADI courses from beginner level to Instructor.
In our shop we carry first class scuba equipment, and our technical service can help you with all your equipment problems or yearly services of regulators and cylinders.
Our dive boat "GITANO" has been renewed completely in spring 2018. Now it's waiting fresh painted for divers and ready for the next years.
We hope to see you soon here in Tenerife
Sunny greetings
Dirk & Thomas & Crew


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Recipe of the day
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
Kosher salt
1-1/2 pounds flank steak
2 pears, peeled, halved and cored
Crumbled blue cheese, for topping
For extra flavor, the marinade can be mixed with beef broth, then boiled and reduced until thick (while the steaks cook), then drizzled over the finished dish.
Start to finish: 30 minutes (plus marinating); servings: 4
In a blender, combine the vinegar, garlic, peppercorns and 1 teaspoon of kosher salt. Blend for 20 seconds, then transfer to a wide, shallow bowl.
Add the steak to the marinade, turning to coat. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
When ready to cook, heat the broiler with a rack 6 inches from the heat. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil, then coat it lightly with cooking spray.
Cut each pear half into 4 slices, then arrange them on one half of the prepared baking sheet.
Remove the steak from the marinade and set it on the other half of the sheet. Broil everything for 5 minutes, then use tongs to flip the steak and pears. Broil for another 5 minutes for medium-rare.
Let the steaks rest for 10 minutes, then cut into thin slices against the grain. Divide the slices between 4 serving plates, then top each with pear slices.
Top each serving with a bit of crumbled blue cheese.
Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 360 calories; 110 calories from fat (30 percent of total calories); 12 g fat (5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 60 mg cholesterol; 22 g carbohydrate; 39 g protein; 4 g fiber; 700 mg sodium.


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From scuba diving to water skiing or swimming at the pool, LASIK surgery can make a world of difference in how you enjoy water sports during the hot summer months. Imagine how much better the experience will be with clear vision!
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Could Hollie Cook Be The New Face of Reggae?
I finally had a chance to catch live video of Hollie Cook (daughter of Sex Pistol drummer Paul Cook) performing on U.K. music TV show 'Later With Jools Holland' which was broadcast last week. After playing her eponymous album over and over this summer, I can say without hesitation she could be the new face of reggae! Her album, produced by none other than Price Fatty, has been the soundtrack to my summer and is without a doubt the finest UK reggae set of this year - if you haven't already, get it here.
Her self-coined 'Tropical pop' sound is a bit of a misnomer since her songs and style are really an homage to British Lover's Rock reggae singers Janet Kay and Phyllis Dillon crossed with the sound of classic 60s girl soul and pop groups.
For those of you living outside the U.K. or who were not lucky enough to catch the program, here is Cook and her co-vocalist Horseman (and their excellent backing band) performing 'Body Beat' and 'Milk and Honey'. Enjoy some of the sweetest sounding reggae recorded and performed this year.
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- Steve from Moon said...
No question about it, she is! Check out The Duff Guide to Ska review of her album: http://duffguidetoska.blogspot.com/2011/07/duff-review-hollie-cook-hollie-cook.html
- November 16, 2011 at 4:12 PM
I have to agree 100%. One of my favorite albums this year (and finally a new British vocalist not being forced on us as the next Amy Winehouse).
- November 16, 2011 at 4:21 PM
- daniel said...
is it just me or this has a very nice "In the Studio"-era Specials influence? Brilliant.-
- November 19, 2011 at 7:32 PM
- Jeremy Shatan said...
Yes - it's a wonderful record.
- November 30, 2011 at 4:00 PM
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Onomastics and Statistics in Second Temple Judaism
By Claude Cohen-Matlofsky
University of Toronto
IUEJ Elie Wiesel, Paris
July 2012
This essay is, for the most part, an excerpt from my contribution in the forthcoming Eerdmans volume on the Talpiot Tomb A, the so called Jesus Family Tomb.
Various statistical studies have been undertaken by scholars, including K. Kilty and M. Elliot, A. Fuerverger and C. Fuchs, on the cluster of names found inscribed on the ossuaries of the Talpiot Tomb A. One may read their contributions especially in the forthcoming above-mentioned Eerdmans volume.
Statistics applied to onomastics in Second Temple Judaism were already used by André Lemaire in the context of the so called James Ossuary.1
For the statistical analysis of the Talpiot Tomb A, the so-called Jesus Family Tomb, in my judgment, one has to follow a strict methodology. First, in order to make a relevant statistical analysis based on the prosopography of early Roman Palestine, one has to establish a sample based on the whole spectrum of contemporary sources at our disposal. In my book2 (Cohen-Matlofsky 2001), I carefully did so.
A sample based exclusively on ossuary inscriptions would be erroneous by nature for at least two reasons:
- not all Jewish residents of early Roman Palestine practiced the secondary burial in an ossuary, let alone with an inscription
- it seems at least that some Diaspora Jews buried their dead in and around Jerusalem for resurrection purposes as recommended in the Old Testament. Therefore it would be impossible and erroneous to draw conclusions of a statistical nature from deceased peoples names found in funerary inscriptions of early Roman Palestine, about the living population at the time in this country.
In my research, I drew names from the writings of Flavius Josephus and other ancient authors, biblical, and rabbinical sources, including the New Testament , the documents of Qumran, Murabbaat and other caves of the Judean desert and finally the archeological material, especially funerary inscriptions mostly found in rock-cut tombs excavated in and around Jerusalem. In terms of chronology, my window is 63 BCE to 138 CE. Therefore, my sample for the distribution of names in early Roman Palestine is indeed broader than just ossuary inscriptions and is more reliable than T. Ilans lexicon since the latter comprises data from 330 BCE to 200CE as noted by Andrey Fuerverger himself.3
Therefore to be really scientific for the purpose of the statistical analysis of the Talpiot Tomb A, one should carefully use in Ilans lexicon, exclusively the names found in Roman Palestine sources of people known to have lived between 63 BCE and 70 CE. As if this were not a challenge big enough, Rahmanis catalog of ossuaries has to be completed with the Israel Antiquities Authoritys collection that should have, compiled, all the ossuaries found after 1994, the second edition of Rahmanis CJO. In the meantime, the most recent Corpus of Judaean and Palestinian inscriptions of Hannah Cotton and al., at our disposal since 2010, must also be taken into consideration.4
However following my reasoning in the lines above my sample is the most relevant for statistical analysis since the spectrum of my sources is exhaustive and my chronological window is the closest to the Talpiot Tomb As.
Moreover Ilan and I sometimes disagree on renditions of names. This explains why in my results Yochanan (and variables) comes as the second most common name after Shimon; Yeshua` (withYa`aqob) is the least common male name in my list. I also come up with many more variables of the name Shlomsion than Ilan does; therefore, in my chart, it is the most common female name before Maria (and variables).
In order to use statistics in a historical perspective, one does not need necessarily an exhaustive list but rather a chronologically correct sample taken from all the sources at our disposal.
I propose to draw a revised chart of name distribution in early Roman Palestine based on Cohen-Matlofsky 2001: 194, as follows:
On a sample of 549 Jewish names taken in either Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek from the various sources, there were among the male names:
43 Shim`on and variables [Simai, Simewn (read Simeon), Simwn (read Simon)]
41 Yehochanan and variables [Ananias, Ananos, Chanan, Chananah, Chananyah, Chanin, Chanina, Choni, Iwanhs (read Ioanes), Iwanna (read Ioanna), Iwannes (read Ioannes), Yechoni, Yochanan]
37 El`azar and variables [Elazaros, Eleazar, Eleazaros]
31 Yehoseph and variables [Iwshph (read Ioseph), Iwshphos (read Iosephos), Iwshpos (read Iosepos), Yoseh, Yoseph]
27 Yehudah and variables [Iouda, Ioudas, Ioudhs (read Ioudes)]
13 Yehonathan and variables [Iwnathhs (read Ionathes)]
10 Ya`aqob and variables [Iakkwbos (read Iakkobos), Iakwbos (read Iakobos)]
10 Yehoshua` and variables [Ihsous (read Iesous), Yeshua`]
Among the female names were:
26 Shlomsion and variables [Salamsi, Salampsiw (read Salampsio), Salwmh (read Salome), Selampsin, Shalom, Shlomsi,
24 Miryam and variables [Mara, Maria, Mariah, Mariam, Mariamh (read Mariame), Mariammh (read Mariamme)].
As for the names of the Talpiot Tomb A, in light of the chart above: Yeshua` is the least common, Yehudah is the fifth least common, Mathiah is not even listed among the top 8 most common male names. I have treated Yoseh as a rare rendition of the name Yehoseph. Mariam/Mar(i)a is not the first most common female name in early Roman Palestine. Concerning the cluster of names as found in the Talpiot Tomb A, I wish the statisticians could revisit it in light of the above.
1 See A. Lemaire, Burial Box of James, Brother of Jesus, BAR, 28, (2002): 24-33.
2 See C. Cohen-Matlofsky, Les Laïcs en Palestine dAuguste à Hadrien: étude prosopographique, Paris, 2001.
3 See A. Fuerverger, Statistical Analysis of an Archeological Find, in Annals of Applied Statistics, 2, 2008, pp. 3-54, especially p.15.
H. Cotton et al. Eds, Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/
Palaestinae, Volume I Jerusalem Part I, Walter De Gruyter, 2010.
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Soundgarden fans unite! Chris Cornell and the gang have revealed a full version of their brand new song 'Live to Rise' — their first in well over 15 years. The tune will be featured on the upcoming blockbuster film 'The Avengers.'
Soundgarden is expected to release a new record sometime this year, and rumor has it that the planned May release date may be pushed back to fall 2012. The upcoming disc will be the band's first record since 1996's 'Down On the Upside.'
Cornell spoke to Billboard.com about the album. "It sounds to me exactly like it should sound — like we took a break and we got together and we're making an album," says the frontman. "We've all had a decade-plus of more experience in writing and recording
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Soundgarden are also gearing up to embark on a brief tour in 2012, beginning with their May 25 appearance at the Sonisphere Festival in Madrid, Spain.


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The West Haven Family Resource Center earned a prestigious endorsement by Parents as Teachers national center as a Blue Ribbon Affiliate, making it one of the top performing early education and home visiting affiliates within the international Parents as Teachers network. The official designation was made on October 1, 2017.
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Chirinos sharing catching position with Arencibia
ARLINGTON -- Manager Ron Washington is starting to approach his catching situation in the same manner as second base. It has become a shared position without a clear-cut No. 1 catcher.
Robinson Chirinos was in the lineup for the second straight game on Wednesday, giving him back-to-back starts for the second time this season. He also started back-to-back games in Boston and has seven starts overall in 15 games. J.P. Arencibia has started the other eight.
At second base, Donnie Murphy has started eight games while Josh Wilson was in there for the seventh time on Wednesday. Wilson has also started twice at third base.
"With the makeup of the club, I've got to keep everybody involved," Washington said. "I'd like for somebody to take off, but everybody is contributing so I'm trying to keep everybody engaged."
The Rangers are getting some offensive production out of second base. Their second basemen have combined to hit .283 with a .340 on-base percentage and a .370 slugging percentage. Catching has been a different story. Rangers catchers, going into Wednesday, were hitting .128 with a .196 on-base percentage and a .234 slugging percentage.
"I'm not expecting offense out of the catchers," Washington said. "I want them to get the pitchers through their innings. Whatever offense I get out of them is a plus. I'll get something. I got a game-winner [single on Friday night] from Chirinos. We know what our catchers are. We can't make up something they are not. But I have confidence in them."


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What's This Secret SUV Prototype Testing In Arizona?
The profile of these camouflaged test mules looks like a Dodge Durango, and the rear reminds me a little like an older Jeep Grand Cherokee. Could this be the 2018 Jeep Grand Wagoneer? Looks a bit like a Ford Explorer too, but then again, everything does.
Our spotter says these SUVs were running hard in parking lots up in mountainous Arizona, and "thinks they might have been hybrids," but didn't elaborate on why.
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An Air Force commander was relieved today amid a growing sex scandal involving basic training instructors and recruits in boot camp.
Col. Glenn Palmer was relieved as commander of the 737th Training Group, which trains more than 35,000 airmen a year at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
He was relieved by Col. Eric Axelbank, commander of the 37th Training Wing at Lackland.
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