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In August 1861, support for emancipation began to gain momentum in the North. With the realization after the Battle of Bull Run/Manassas the previous month that the Civil War would not be settled quickly, and that it would be costly both in treasure and lives, sentiment grew that only slavery's end would make the conflict worth it. A good example of this feeling is a letter from Connecticut that appeared in the New York Times on August 9, 1861. Its unnamed author wrote:
To the Editor of the New-York Times:
You say truly that this war in which we are engaged has for its object simply to put down the rebellion against our nationality. This is the object and the whole of it.
But how are we to accomplish this object? Many say, "Gather an immense Army, pay hundreds of millions of money, and go on from battle-field to battle-field, till the treason is stamped out; meanwhile, scrupulously respecting the institution of Slavery."
What is this Slavery? What has it done that it should be treated so tenderly, and be marked as the last thing to be thrown overboard in the endeavor to save the laboring ship? Here we are, proposing to sacrifice great commercial and manufacturing interests, hundreds of millions of ready money in the shape of taxes, and tens of thousands of precious lives in an experiment to get along without harming the institution of Slavery by this war. What have these rebels and traitors done that we should be so much more chary of their property than of our own–so much more tender of their investment in human flesh and blood than of the lives of our own sons and brothers? What is there so very precious about this very peculiar institution of our deadly enemies that we should shield it from harm with our own fortunes and bodies up to the last possible minute; that we should dare and sacrifice to the last extremity before consenting to have it perish? One would think Slavery to be the Kohinoor of the country, instead of the nation's shame, the by-word of Christendom, the incorrigible fire-brand and disintegrator of our nationality, the mother of treason and rebellion. Was not this rebellion got up in the interests of Slavery? Are not these men who are stabbing at the public heart, slaveholders, and is it not because they are slaveholders that they are so stabbing? Is not Slavery at this moment the right arm with which treason is working against us? Who plant the masked batteries, who make the intrenchments, who drag and manipulate the munitions of war, who furnish the food to support the armies of our enemies, who raise the cotton from which, if at all, our foes must get the sinews of war–who but slaves? The system of American Slavery does not deserve the forbearance and sacrifices we are practising in its favor. On my conscience, I believe we are acting like fools in this whole matter.
Another unnamed Times reader from Massachusetts wrote similarly a few weeks later, their letter published in the newspaper on August 26, 1861. This person, while mindful of the property rights of loyal slaveholders, could not see any proper end of the Civil War without slavery's destruction. They wrote:
So, also, if upon proper effort we find that we cannot, while sparing Slavery, so subdue the rebellion as to offer the loyal citizens adequate protection and encourage them to act out their principles freely, then also the time will have come to admit the law of necessity and turn our arms directly to the extermination of Slavery itself. This will then be the only and most direct way of keeping good faith with the loyal citizens whose rights and blessings treason is destroying.
In few words, is it not possible now to see with great certainty that our present difficulties cannot, by any possibility, be satisfactorily settled, and in a way to insure our national safety and prosperity, except by abolishing Slavery in our national domain? So long as it remains, is it not everlastingly the same evil thing? Will force or subjugation change its moral or political nature, its interests, its sympathies, its subtle and perverting, but constant influence? Will men become wiser in evil and more harmless in sin? Can the spirit of despotism, of pride, of hate, of scorn, of violence, be forced out of it? Or will the weight of subjection laid upon it cause it to harmonize with the spirit and working of our free institutions? Are we not, then, to-day authorized in assuming that the removal of this enemy to our liberties is the only way to union and peace? And, if we are not to go back, but onward, and if we can foresee the result to which we must come, is it not prudence to take the tide we cannot stem or change, and aim at once to realize the end towards which events are tending? The time was when the North could stand still and see the dealings of God with Slavery, the rivers of his power surrounding it and sweeping it away, but the South has now forced us from this neutral position, and plunged us in the swelling waves where Slavery or Freedom, the one or the other, must go down.
Certainly the belief that the war must not end without emancipation was a minority position in the North in August 1861. The majority northern sentiment at that point still favored no challenge to slavery's legal status. It was hard to overcome the prewar conventional wisdom that chattel bondage was a state and local concern, and the federal government had a duty to protect property rights even of slaveholders. Congress voted early that month it was legal as a war measure to confiscate the slaves of disloyal slave owners, but it did not challenge legality of slavery itself.
Still, there was a subversive potential in the Confiscation Act that northern conservatives recognized. An editorial in the Washington Star, reprinted in a Chambersburg, Pennsylvania newspaper in August 1861, stated of this legislation: "As sent back to the Senate from the House, it seems to amount to a scheme for taking any and every man's negroes from him, who choose to fancy to be turned loose upon society. Or, in other words, to a virtual proclamation on the part of the Government that the end and aim of the war is to abolish slavery throughout the South." While the editorial exaggerated the law's intent, many of its backers certainly hoped that the Confiscation Act merely would be a step on the road to the full abolition of slavery. The Lincoln Administration and others in the North, fearful of the loyal slave states, avoided in August 1861 linking the war to slavery's future in the United States. But the increasing expenditure of lives and money to save the Union would cause them to reconsider that position. A particularly poignant example would present itself before month's end, but that is a story for another time.
Sources: New York Times, 9 August 1861, http://www.nytimes.com/1861/08/09/news/popular-ideas-of-the-rebellion-the-war-and-slavery.html; New York Times, 26 August 1861, http://www.nytimes.com/1861/08/26/news/shall-end-present-war-be-end-aemrican-slavery-editor-new-york-times.html; Washington Star editorial: http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/news/vs1861/pa.fr.vs.1861.08.21.xml#01


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Above: McKayla Is Not Impressed – The Best Thing to Come Out of the Olympics Since Wall-to-Wall Opening Ceremonies Coverage Let's be clear about one thing first: We were just as disappointed as McKayla Maroney was that she didn't take home the gold medal in the vault (or at least pretty bummed). BUT if this is the consolation prize, we'll take it. The Photoshop meme of McKayla not being impressed with Kanye West or moon landings was great, but when it turned to Maroney herself in the Oval Office doing the disappointed face with President Obama? That was pure gold. Photo: Pete Souza/White HouseSlip of the Tongue: Romney's 'Binders Full of Women' Poor Mitt Romney. Even before he lost the presidential election he lost his battle with foot-in-mouth syndrome. From threatening to fire Big Bird to his now-infamous gaffe about "binders full of women," he couldn't catch a break during his run for president. But what Romney giveth, the internet taketh and run: His blunders launched hours of fun on Tumblr – some of which remixed already-existent memes like Texts From Hillary (above) – and gave women everywhere a great last-minute Halloween costume. Thanks, bro. Image via Binders Full of WomenEveryone Else Is Doing It: "Call Me Maybe" A lot of people love Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe." Quite a few people hate it. Some started out liking it and then fell into a pit of despair after hearing it every freaking where. But that's how memes work. They're really fun, until everyone throws in their contribution. After Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and company did their lip-sync of Jepsen's hit (above), almost everyone got on board: Katy Perry, the U.S. Olympic swimming team, Barack Obama (sorta). But that's also how memes work. Their vibes are infectious.NASA Having a Mohawk Guy Becomes Bigger Deal Than Landing on Freaking Mars Bobak Ferdowsi likes having cool hair. This should not be news, except that he also happens to like landing rovers on Mars and people tend to have preconceived notions about dudes who work at NASA. The activity lead for the Curiosity mission, Ferdowsi became everyone's geek best friend/boyfriend as they nervously watched to see if the rover would land safely on the Red Planet. Pretty much by the time he was done celebrating, Bobak was an internet sensation with a Tumblr dedicated to his punk nerdery. And from the concept "Mohawk Guy" sprung more meme images than there are stars in the sky (give or take). Image via 9gagOde to an Empty Chair: Eastwooding During the Republican National Convention all-around tough guy and director Clint Eastwood addressed an empty stool as if it were President Obama. No one really knew what was going on. It was a little confusing. Anyway, in the hours and days that followed, people would post photos of empty chairs full of Invisible Obamas and scorned them for kicks. It doesn't really sound fun, we know, but in the general nervousness that was the presidential election cycle, really weird stuff got laughs. You kind of had to be there. Image via Know Your MemeThere, I Fixed It! I Just Ecce Homo'd It. Ok, so this one is legitimately sad. A nice old lady in Spain just wanted to try to restore a painting of Jesus known as Ecce Homo. It didn't turn out so well, which is to say the image of Christ ended up looking like a potato. Everybody got a good chuckle and began putting that little potato head on everything, including – funnily enough – the Last Supper. Image via Know Your MemeThat Dance Everyone Started Doing at Weddings: 'Gangnam Style' Propelled by the most ridiculous (and ridiculously great) music video in recent memory, Korea's Psy pretty much got everyone to recognize "Gangnam Style." The video now has nearly one billion views – those are McDonald's numbers, people! – and is the most watched clip on YouTube ever. 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Eden Hazard and Ramires scored second-half goals as defending Chelsea rallied for a 2-2 tie at Manchester United and forced a replay to determine which team will play Manchester City in the semifinals.
Coming off Champions League elimination against Real Madrid on Tuesday, Manchester United built a 2-0 lead on goals by Javier Hernandez in the fifth minute and Wayne Rooney in the 11th. Hazard began the comeback when he scored in the 59th minute, and Ramires tied it nine minutes later.
"The emotions and the intensity of Tuesday night took their toll on some of the players," United manager Alex Ferguson said.
Chelsea was coming off a 1-0 loss Thursday at Steaua Bucharest in the first leg of their third-round matchup in the Europa League.
Millwall was held to a 0-0 tie by visiting Blackburn in an all-second tier matchup, and they will have a replay to decide who faces Wigan. The semifinals are April 13 and 14.
In the Premier League, third-place Tottenham (16-7-6) wasted a second-half lead in a 3-2 loss at Liverpool, wasting a chance to extend its two-point lead over Chelsea (15-6-7). Newcastle moved nine points above the relegation zone with a come-from-behind 2-1 win at home over Stoke.
At Anfield, Luis Suarez put Liverpool ahead in the 21st with his 50th goal for the club, but Jan Vertonghen scored in the 45th and 53rd minutes, set up both times by Gareth Bale.
Stewart Downing tied the score in the 66th and Steven Gerrard converted a penalty kick in the 82nd after Benoit Assou-Ekotto fouled Suarez. Liverpool (12-8-9) moved into sixth place with its third straight win.
At St. James' Park, Papiss Cisse scored in second-half stoppage time for Newcastle. Stoke went ahead on Jonathan Walters' penalty kick in the 67th, but Yohan Cabaye tied the score five minutes later.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to give Real Madrid a 2-1 win at Celta Vigo.
Ronaldo scored from a loose ball in the 61st minute. After Iago Aspas tied the score against the run of play two minutes later, Ronaldo converted a penalty kick in the 72nd following a foul on Kaka.
Ronaldo has 26 league goals this season, second only to Lionel Messi's 40 for Barcelona.
Defending champion Real Madrid (17-5-4) is 13 points back of Barcelona (23-2-2) and moved into second place as Atletico Madrid (18-5-3) lost 1-0 at home to Real Sociedad. Xabi Prieto scored in the 53rd minute.
ROME (AP) - Juventus opened a nine-point lead in the Italian league with 10 games left, beating visiting Catania 1-0 while second-place Napoli lost 2-0 at Chievo Verona.
Emanuele Giaccherini scored in the first minute of second-half stoppage time for Juventus following a cross from Paul Pogba, the 19-year-old French forward let go by Manchester United after last season.
In Verona, Chievo got goals from Boukary Drame in the 12th minute and Cyril Thereau in the 43rd. A penalty kick by Napoli's Edinson Cavani was saved by goalkeeper Christian Puggioni in the 13th.
Juventus (19-4-5) has 62 points to 53 for Napoli (15-5-8), which is two points ahead of third-place AC Milan (15-7-6).
Fiorentina (14-8-6) moved into fourth place, two points behind Milan, with a 2-0 win at Lazio on goals by Stevan Jovetic in the 20th and Adem Ljajic in the 49th. At the start of the match, Lazio supporters targeted UEFA President Michel Platini with an offensive banner after the team was ordered to play its next two European home matches in an empty stadium due to persistent fan racism. UEFA is scheduled to hear Lazio's appeal Monday.
Bologna won 1-0 at Inter Milan as Alberto Gilardino scored in the 57th minute, leaving Lazio and Inter tied for fifth at 14-9-5.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Eintracht Frankfurt failed to score for a fifth straight match, tying 0-0 at Hannover and dropping into fifth place in the Bundesliga.
Artjoms Rudnevs scored with a spectacular volley in the 50th minute to give Hamburg a 1-0 win at Stuttgart, which has lost seven of its past nine games and fallen to 14th. Hamburg moved up to sixth.
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) - Hibernian was denied a goal when a free kick went over the line but was not credited in an Edinburgh derby against Hearts that ended 0-0.
Leigh Griffiths' shot went off the underside of the crossbar and the ball bounced well over the line.
The incident came a week after soccer's rule-makers met in Edinburgh and approved regulations for the global rollout of technology to rule on disputed goal-line incidents.
FIFA will give referees high tech aids at the Confederations' Cup in Brazil in June and the 2014 World Cup, while the English Premier League will introduce technology next season.
The Scottish Football Association, which has championed goal-line technology, says it will have to wait for costs of the systems to come down. Four systems have been licensed by FIFA, with the cheapest costing at least $100,000 to install in a stadium.
PARIS (AP) - Second-place Lyon was held to a 0-0 tie by visiting Marseille in the French league, a result that prevented both from gaining much ground on Paris Saint-Germain.
PSG (17-5-6) has 57 points, four ahead of Lyon (15-5-8) and seven in front of Marseille (15-8-5).


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Lovers and Runders with Susanna HanssonMany knitters are familiar with the knitted braids that are typical decorative elements on mitten cuffs from the Baltic and Nordic countries. However, they can make a great design element on a sock cuff as well as on the brim of a hat. Worked in bright colors they can add a pop of color to the sleeve cuff of an otherwise plain sweater.
Learn about the 'anatomy' of the braids and then build your own multicolor versions. Depending on how you use your colors, your braids can look rounded or pointed like chevrons. Susanna developed some special tricks for creating balanced braids and she'll share all of them with you so you can create perfect looking braids every time.
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According to him, the decision by the ICGC founder to hold a press conference and somewhat clarify matters, is the reason why he is being flaked ceaselessly in the media.
Mr Pratt adds that Pastor Otabil deserves his comeuppance for using unsavoury words against some members of the the ruling party.
The ICGC General Overseer pleaded earnestly with President John Mahama at a press conference held on Monday, to rein in "surrogates" whom he claimed had twisted his messages for political gain.
He was setting the records straight on his alleged condemnation of Nana Akufo Addo's free Senior High School education policy as well as the 'all die be die' mantra.
He accused the surrogates of piecing together separate messages he had preached in the past to make it appear as though he was ridiculing the free SHS policy being preached by the opposition NPP.
"My voice and sermons have been sampled, spliced and manipulated to appear to take a political position on a very heated political issue….Let me state clearly that the sound bites that have been played with my voice have been taken totally out of context…This is defamatory. It is unethical. It is criminal. It is malicious. It is Machiavellian and it is evil," the livid pastor stated.
But speaking as a panelist on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo', Kwesi Pratt held the view that Pastor Otabil should have taken advantage of the press conference to state his stance on the issue of free education instead of scurrying away from the subject.
"If he hadn't organized the press conference, I think it would have helped. I have listened to the tape and I can say that there is no doctoring on that tape…everything on the tape flows perfectly and so there is no doctoring on the tape and he knows it…To go to the extent of referring to some political party members as evil, mischievous and so on, he has now made himself more political than the politicians…he has now positioned himself in the political arena firmly. I feel sad for him. He shouldn't have gotten to this level…" Kwesi Pratt said.
He marveled why the man of God would expect the public to seek his go-ahead before quoting him or using his works after making his tapes commercially available.
"Meanwhile his sermons are to help shape our lives and politics is part of our life; and so if a politician quotes him, is it wrong? If it is wrong then why is he wasting his time delivering those sermons? I don't understand him…" he added.


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The paper discusses the impact of corruption on the probability of violent conflict events and traces the shifts in the composition of corrupt transactions during and in the aftermath of violent conflicts in an informal way. So far there has been little interaction between empirical corruption research and the empirical research into civil wars. When the two strands of research are brought together and their results are combined, some patterns become apparent that would have been difficult to detect if the results within each field were analysed in isolation.
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1. I think that the paper needs to have an historical context of the type of violent conflicts that are being dealt with are they after World War II? post cold war? Post 9/11?
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3. The links between the two strands of work that are reviewed in the paper (corruption and cause of conflicts) need to be re-worked as the conclusions show that perhaps some of the concepts in the different strands of work have not been fully comprehended and are presented in a messy way. Some analysis of the actual numbers used in the papers being reviewed would be good.
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This week in new hires, Commonfund Capital named Donald Pascal president; Paul Knight, Michael Gyure and Michael Gorman joined Janney Capital Markets; Litman Gregory Asset Management welcomed Meredith Shuey Etherington; George Foreman and James Quinn joined Zeigler; and Miles Kirkland joined Truxton Trust.
Also, Christine Carolan moved up at Mercer, Steven Hobbs was named senior portfolio manager for the Private Client Reserve in Minneapolis, Chris Creed joined AFAM Capital, and Richard Brooks was appointed as an external director of Prudential Bank and Trust.
Commonfund Unit Names New President
Commonfund recently announced the promotion of Donald Pascal to president of Commonfund Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Commonfund focused on private equity, venture capital and natural resources investing. He succeeds Susan Carter in the position. Carter will retain her role as CEO of Commonfund Capital and retain overall strategic leadership of the group.
Pascal joined in 1998. He previously worked at Victory Ventures, Noel Group and The Prospect Group, all private capital funds organized by Louis Marx Jr. Earlier, he worked at E.M. Warburg Pincus & Co. and Strategic Planning Associates. He has 30 years of direct private capital and multimanager investment experience.
Janney Adds Three Senior Equity Research Professionals
Janney Capital Markets recently announced the hiring of Paul Knight as managing director and senior analyst covering life sciences technology. Additionally, the firm hired Michael Gorman as director and senior analyst covering the REIT sector and Michael Gyure as director and senior analyst, forensic accounting.
Knight brings more than 25 years of equity research experience, including time spent at CLSA, Thomas Weisel Partners and Solomon Brothers. His knowledge of the life sciences industry encompasses the segments of instrumentation, genomics and diagnostics industries.
Gyure joins with over a decade of experience on the sell side as a forensic accounting analyst. He began his career at Arthur Andersen, where he audited public and private companies across a myriad of industries.
Gorman, who has spent more than a decade on the sell side, will be covering the REIT sector. He joins from Cowen & Company where he specialized in retail and healthcare-related REITs. He also spent time at Credit Suisse and Prudential.
New Senior Investment Advisor Joins Litman Gregory Asset Management
Litman Gregory Asset Management announced that Meredith Shuey Etherington has joined the firm as senior investment advisor. She has been providing investment advisory services to individuals, family groups, foundations, and endowments since 2000.
Prior to joining, Etherington served as a portfolio manager with Brown Investment Advisory & Trust. She also previously served as a financial analyst in the private wealth management division of Goldman Sachs.
Foreman, Quinn Join Ziegler
Ziegler has hired George Foreman as a financial advisor in the firm's recently opened Glen Allen, Va., office, and James (Jay) Quinn as a senior vice president and branch manager of its Greenwood Village, Colo., office.
Foreman served as an advisor for AXA Advisors before joining Ziegler and brings 12 years of industry experience to the Glen Allen office.
Quinn, with more than 25 years of advisory experience, is a CFP who works with high-net-worth clients and specializes in the equity markets. Truxton Trust Welcomes Miles Kirkland to Wealth Management Team
Truxton Trust announced that it has named Miles Kirkland vice president and portfolio manager in its wealth management services division.
Prior to joining, Kirkland served as principal and portfolio manager for Mastrapasqua Asset Management in Nashville. During his tenure he focused on stock selection and portfolio management for style-based portfolios, including large-cap growth equity, large-cap core equity, small-/mid-cap core equity and equity income.
Mercer appoints Christine Carolan as Investment Director for the West Market
Christine Carolan has been appointed by Mercer Investments as investment director for the west market of the U.S. In this position, she will be a senior member of the firm's U.S. investments business and will have responsibility for integrated delivery of investment services and solutions to the firm's current as well as prospective clients.
Previously, Carolan was outsourcing market leader for the Western region. She has 20 years of experience in employee benefits, with a specific expertise in defined contribution plan administration and investments. Prior to joining in 2010, she was a vice president at T. Rowe Price Group and served as a senior sales executive for T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services for more than 13 years. Previously, she worked in the defined contribution groups of Barclays Global Investors and Watson Wyatt. She began her career at IBM Corp.
Hobbs Named Senior Portfolio Manager for Minneapolis Private Client Reserve
U.S. Bank Wealth Management announced Tuesday that Steven Hobbs has been appointed senior portfolio manager for The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank in Minneapolis.
Hobbs brings more than 25 years of financial services experience in investment management and trusts, working with high-net worth individuals and families and institutional clients. Before joining, he was a senior portfolio manager at U.S. Trust, Bank of America. Prior to that, he served as a portfolio manager for Wells Capital Management.
AFAM Capital Appoints Chris Creed Vice President of Business Development
AFAM Capital announced the appointment of Chris Creed as vice president, business development for the company's private client group.
A CFP since 2002, Creed has 19 years of experience in the financial services industry. Before joining, he was with Fisher Investments PCG, where he was regional vice president for Louisiana and Mississippi. Until 2006, he was the owner of an independent wealth management practice, Creed Capital Management, through Wachovia Securities Financial Network. From 1994 to 2003, he was an investment representative with Edward Jones.
Richard Brooks Appointed to Prudential Bank & Trust Board of Directors
Richard Brooks has been appointed as an external director of Prudential Bank and Trust, FSB (PB&T), announced John Kalamarides, CEO and chairman of the PB&T board of directors.
Brooks, a professor of law, was appointed to a renewable, one-year term. Currently, he is Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He previously taught law at both Cornell University and Northwestern University. His expertise is in contracts, organizations, culture and law and economics.
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CHARLOTTE � Whether it was the pageantry and excitement of the opening game against the Campbell, the comeback against Gardner-Webb or the season-high point total in the finale against Morehead State, the Charlotte 49ers football delivered on many levels in their inaugural season.
At least that�s the sentiment of those involved with the program, particularly when you realize standing-room-only tickets allowed 15,314-seat Jerry Richardson Stadium to average 15,541 in attendance this season.
�It�s actually gone pretty much the way we planned it, which is a tribute to a lot of folks� hard work,� said coach Brad Lambert, whose team closed its inaugural season with a 5-6 record following a 61-17 win at Morehead State last Saturday. �But we know we�ve got to continue working, improving and recruiting in order to go through this process.�
Expectations entering the season ranged from fans just happy to have a team to those who were ready to take on the best college football had to offer after blowouts in the first two games.
But it was a year in which the foundation, Lambert hopes, has been laid for a solid program for years to come.
Fans clearly were excited, as evidenced by the overflow crowds.
And players� expectations will be even higher heading into the final season before their Football Bowl Subdivision debut in Conference USA in 2015.
�Most of our fans are very pleased,� athletic director Judy Rose said. �No we haven�t won every game we played. We didn�t know how it would all work. And we played a really tough schedule with ranked opponents and with teams that have had football.
�We haven�t had football until this year. So we�ve got such a young team. I hope fans will understand that we�re playing for today but we�re not. We�re playing for 2015. We have to get age on the team in 2015 because we�re going up quite a notch.�
No one knows that reality more than Lambert, who will manage a roster that has 56 scholarship players now, will have 75 before next season and 85 when the 49ers jump up in competition in Conference USA in 2015.
�Being consistent from a practice and preparation standpoint sticks out to me when I think back on the season,� Lambert said. �The guys and the staff were always professional and always prepared. So it was a lot of fun for a first year.�
Allowing redshirt freshmen or true freshmen to make 154 starts was a curse initially, but it is certain to pay off big in the future.
However, perhaps Lambert�s toughest challenge will be in whether or not to redshirt some of the true freshman who played this season next year.
�We�ll make that decision after spring ball, but we�d like to redshirt them all,� Lambert said of the seven true freshmen who played this season. �But can we redshirt Trent (Bostick) or Kalif (Phillips) or JBT (Justin Bridges-Thompson)? They were all very beneficial this season, but we have to balance our roster by classes.�
How important were freshmen to the 49ers this season?
The leading passer (Matt Johnson 2,581 yards), rusher (Phillips 744 yards), scorer (Phillips 13 touchdowns), pass rusher (Larry Ogunjobi 2 1-2 sacks) and top two receivers (Austin Duke 62 catches for 727 yards, Bostick 42 catches for 594 yards) were redshirt freshmen or true freshmen.
�So we�ve got a lot of talented, young players who got an awful lot of experience,� Lambert said.
In truth, only six players were seniors.
So while the players may be the same, the facilities will be improving and preparing for the future.
The biggest change for next season could be night-time football after lights will be added to the stadium in the spring; All six Charlotte home games this season were played at noon.
�It�s to be determined,� Rose said of potential night home games. �But having lights certainly gives us some flexibility that we didn't want before.
�We would have had to add lights in 2015 anyway because, when we�re in Conference USA, we�re going to have night games � maybe during the week � since television dictates a lot of the timing of these games.�
Rose says the feedback she�s gotten on the inaugural season has been positive � and she�s hopeful the entertainment value and stadium experience keeps getting better and better.
�We�ve done surveys and with most people they say what we�ve provided has exceeded their expectations,� Rose said. �I think the people could not envision the stadium being this nice. When we travel to other places, it�s made our fans realize what we have here. So it�s been nice to provide an environment that makes them proud.�
You can reach Richard Walker at 704-869-1841 or by twitter.com/JRWalk22
2013 Charlotte 49ers schedule
August 31 � Campbell (W 52-7)
September 7 � Chowan (W 47-7)
September 14 � N.C. Central (L 13-40)
September 21 � at James Madison (L 7-34)
September 28 � at Presbyterian (W 45-21)
October 5 � Gardner-Webb (W 53-51)
October 12 � UNC-Pembroke (L 22-45)
October 19 � Open Date
October 26 � at Charleston Southern (L 14-36)
November 2 � at Coastal Carolina (L 25-50)
November 9 � Wesley (L 28-35)
November 16 � Open Date
November 23 � at Morehead State (W 61-17)
2014 Charlotte 49ers tentative schedule
August 28 � at Campbell
September 6 � Johnson C. Smith
September 13 � at N.C. Central
September 20 � at Elon
September 27 � Charleston Southern
October 4 � at Gardner-Webb
October 11 � at The Citadel
October 18 � Open Date
October 25 � James Madison
November 1 � Open Date
November 8 � Coastal Carolina
November 15 � Wesley
November 22 � Morehead State
Other future games
Conference USA schedule
Host Presbyterian, Temple
Visit Georgia State
Conference USA schedule
Host Eastern Michigan, Elon
Visit Kansas State, Temple
Conference USA schedule
Host Georgia State
Visit Eastern Michigan
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On the mask task -- when the mask roadblock came up in Venice in season 4, it was regarded as the most difficult roadblock ever to that point. (And all the teams struggled with it). This version as a detour task seemed to combine to waltz dancing fast forward in the sense that the Racers had to work around the dancers to find the right masks, and the masks themselves were far more difficult and thus harder to match up. I don't think it was an easy task at all. The chandelier one probably wasn't chosen because the teams probably reasoned that it would be difficult to complete because of the requirement that teams would have to start over if any chandelier wasn't assembled correctly or fell to the ground before completing the attempt.For the same reason I felt the singing task wasn't any less difficult than the piano tasks that had been done with a couple of variations in past seasons, or the other singing tasks that have shown up in different seasons as well.I'm not sure that knowing a romance language (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese) would have been as helpful because German is used in opera and there are no soft sounds in German as they are in the Romance languages whether spoken or sung. When I was in a chorus in junior and senior high school years ago we did have to learn and perform a few songs that were in German, and for most people it was harder. But it helps to have studied German at the time, and so I could evaluate that task with experience. I'm not surprised some teams had more trouble with that task than others, and people who couldn't sing, and who weren't familiar with languages other than English could expect problems, especially with certain US dialects.
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Suit: Louisville lounge denied access to blacks
Maker's Mark Bourbon House named in lawsuit
A restaurant emblazoned with the Maker's Mark name is accused in a lawsuit of civil-rights violations by allegedly refusing to allow a party for a black group. The claim has stirred the Kentucky bourbon maker to distance itself from the downtown watering hole.
Andre Mulligan claims in his lawsuit that he was making party preparations when he met with officials from Maker's Mark Bourbon House and Lounge last Aug. 17, the day before the event. The Louisville man, accompanied by his brother, was pressed to specify the ratio of blacks to whites who would attend the event, the suit claims.
Mulligan responded that all the guests would be black, the suit claims. Lounge officials then told Mulligan that none of the blacks would be allowed to hold the event there and he would not be served if he tried to enter the lounge on that date.
The entertainment district, Fourth Street Live, flatly said it wasn't involved in the alleged incident and said the restaurant denied the allegations.
The suit filed this week in Jefferson County Circuit Court claims the lounge refused service to all blacks planning to join the party who tried to enter the establishment on the evening of Aug. 18.
Mulligan, described in the suit as a University of Louisville graduate with bachelor's degrees in political science and history, was at one point denied access to the downtown entertainment district that includes the Maker's Mark lounge.
He claims he was told by security guards to "shut up," that he was trespassing and would be "locked up" if he didn't leave. At the same time, Mulligan saw numerous whites entering the entertainment venue without incident.
Defendants in the suit are Louisville Bourbon LLC, doing business as the lounge, and the operator of the entertainment district, Cordish Operating Ventures.
Fourth Street Live was not involved in the alleged incident nor were any of its employees, spokesman Mike Leonard said. And neither Cordish nor its employees were involved, he said.
"The tenant has vigorously denied the allegations and stated they are totally false," Leonard said. "In addition, we have conducted an independent investigation of the allegations and believe them to be without merit."
A manager at the restaurant did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
The suit claims the actions violated Kentucky's Civil Rights Act. It seeks a jury trial and unspecified punitive and compensatory damages.
"Allegedly, they have made a determination that their venue and restaurant will be better served by excluding African-Americans and courting a group they believe feels more comfortable spending money in an environment without African-Americans present," Mulligan's attorney, Kurt Scharfenberger, said in an interview Friday.
Scharfenberger said the party had been booked, but the event was scuttled when Mulligan showed up and was questioned by lounge officials about how many blacks would show up.
"This was an organized event that had been planned and when they got there, they said, 'no, you're not doing this,'" he said.
Maker's Mark Distillery said in a statement Friday that it licenses its name and trademark for the venture but has no ownership or involvement in the lounge. The distillery is not part of the lawsuit and said it was unaware of the complaint until seeing media reports.
"The allegations in the complaint are extremely serious and, if true, reflect behavior that is abhorrent and unacceptable, as well as absolutely contrary to the core brand values of Maker's Mark," the brand's Chairman Emeritus Bill Samuels Jr. and his son Rob Samuels, the brand's chief operating officer, said in a statement.
The brand, famous for its distinctive square bottles sealed with red wax, is owned by spirits company Beam Inc., based in Deerfield, Ill. Maker's Mark is produced at its distillery in Loretto, a quiet rural community 45 miles south of Louisville.
The Samuelses said the brand "does not accept, and will not tolerate, discrimination in any form, and has so notified and warned the company which is solely responsible for the operation of the lounge."
They said the brand would closely monitor the lawsuit and "take all actions it feels necessary under the circumstances."
The distillery declined to say how much it makes from licensing fees for the lounge. There is another Maker's Mark Bourbon House and Lounge in Kansas City, Mo.


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JC Penney closing stores in Wilkesboro, Salisbury
JC Penney is closing at least two stores in North Carolina, including one in Wilkesboro.
The store in Salisbury also will close, company officials said in a statement to WXII.
Company officials didn't say in a statement when the stores would close.
The company has been struggling recently, with sales down 32 percent in the last quarter.
Company officials released the following statement regarding the closings:
"Each year, we evaluate our store portfolio to determine whether there's a need to close or relocate underperforming stores....While it's never an easy decision to close a store, especially due to the impact on our valued team members and customers, we would not have moved forward with this difficult decision if we did not believe it was absolutely necessary."


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MONTREAL — It's not often Eastern Canadians feel like cheering when a Progressive Conservative government is re-elected in Alberta.
But that's what happened this week when Premier Alison Redford scored a Hail Mary victory over the right-wing Wildrose Party, which had been widely expected to topple 41 years of Tory rule.
In the end, Albertans were spooked by Wildrose, whose leader, Danielle Smith, cast doubt on climate change, bashed Quebec's social programs and failed to censure candidates who claimed gays will burn in a lake of fire and that white politicians have a natural advantage over minorities.
Most Alberta Conservative MPs backed Wildrose and were said to be devastated by the outcome, although Prime Minister Stephen Harper remained officially neutral.
But the results came as a relief to many in the rest of the country who worried a U.S. Tea Party-style government would further fragment Canada's already divided political landscape.
One year into Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first majority government, Canada seems increasingly split between rival political visions.
Canadians used to view themselves as centrists who didn't identify strongly with either the right or left side of the political spectrum, says Frank Graves, president of EKOS Research Associates. That has changed in the past decade, coinciding with the rise of the Harper Conservatives, first elected in 2006, he said.
Voters are sharply divided over Conservative policies like laxer gun laws, harsher sentencing, looser environmental regulation and a more militaristic foreign policy, Graves said.
"In terms of the whole panoply of issues, from foreign policy to economic policy to crime and justice policy to issues about parliamentary democracy, I have never seen Canadians this polarized," he said.
Polarization is the tendency of political parties to move toward opposite ends of the political spectrum instead of hugging the centre. As the parties move farther apart, their supporters find they have less and less common ground.
Two-thirds of Canadians tend toward middle-of-the-road or progressive positions but their votes are fragmented between the NDP, Liberals and Green Party — a situation that favours the Tories, Graves said.
Liberal MP Justin Trudeau unloaded on the government's neo-conservative values in February when he told a Radio-Canada radio show he was so appalled by the country's new political culture, he was almost ready to contemplate Quebec's separation.
"I'm sorry, but I don't recognize this country. And millions of Canadians don't recognize this country," said the son of the late prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who defined the federalist cause.
While the media portrayed Trudeau's outburst as a gaffe, to some his words seemed to ring true.
Geoff Norquay, a public policy and communications specialist who was communications director to Harper while Opposition leader and a senior adviser to former prime minister Brian Mulroney, dismissed the idea Canada is becoming more polarized.
"I don't think it's more partisan or contrary today. That's the way politics is. That's just the way it is," he said.
Norquay said the average Canadian avoids political labels and simply wants a government that runs things efficiently and stays out of citizens' hair. "Run the government, don't steal my money, make it relatively efficient and effective and don't bother me because I've got a lot going on in my life here," he said.
However, Graves noted that polls show Canadians are, in fact, more politically aligned than in the past.
Eight years ago, fewer than half of Canadians identified with a particular political orientation. Today, seven out of 10 define themselves as on the political right or left, with 30 per cent calling themselves small-c conservatives and 40 per cent small-l liberals, he said.
The time-honoured recipe for success in Canadian politics used to be to straddle the centre in order to appeal to the widest possible audience, said Antonia Maioni, an associate professor of political science at McGill University in Montreal.
Parties acted as brokers, mediating between different interest groups and regions, she said.
"Political parties in Canada have normally seen their role as being more of generalists, trying to capture a variety of different voices. What we're seeing now is that political parties are finding ways of being more strategic, in terms of addressing themselves to certain types of groups or interests and using that as a way of building a political base," Maioni said.
In the U.S., polarization has risen dramatically in recent decades, fuelled by a dramatic increase in campaign spending and the greater role of special-interest groups such as the anti-abortion movement or the gun lobby. The trend has resulted in a bitterly partisan atmosphere that has deadlocked the government at times and alienated voters.
Technology has also enabled parties to target groups more likely to be receptive to their message and avoid wasting time on voters who don't support them.
In Canada, the Conservative Party pioneered the use of archetypes to build support among certain groups, for example, Jews concerned about Israel, rural hunters opposed to gun control and people worried about crime, Norquay said.
"What we see is what might be termed a parcellization of policy according to the interests of readily identifiable groups," he said.
Brooke Jeffrey, a professor of political science at Concordia University and a former research director for the federal Liberal party, said the Conservatives' tactics are modeled on those developed by Republican media gurus like pollster Frank Luntz, known for inventing emotionally charged labels like "government takeover" for President Barack Obama's health-care plan and "death tax" for a proposed inheritance tax.
Tory innovations like attack ads in non-election periods and policies that play on fear and anger, for example toward criminals or illegal immigrants, have ramped up the confrontational tone of Canadian politics, said Matthew Hayday, an associate professor of history at the University of Guelph who specializes in modern Canadian politics.
"Where I think there really is a shift is not necessarily, or not entirely, in terms of the policies, but in terms of the way that the political culture has changed. It's clear that we have shifted into an era of constant campaigning. The 24/7, 365-days-a-year media campaigns and really virulent partisanship, I think that is new. And it's an angrier, nastier form of politics that was less evident in an earlier era," he said.
Hayday suggested the strategy of constant attack ads might be intended to cause regular Canadians to dial out of politics. "It might be deliberately designed to turn people off of politics, to deliberately disengage voters who don't respond well to that message and to make them think that politics is about nasty partisanship," he said.
Disengagement is strongest among young voters, a trend that favours the Conservatives, since Tory support is highest among people over 65. Elderly voters are also six times more likely to vote than people under 25 and nearly four times as likely as those age 25-44, Graves said. The median age of eligible voters last year was 47 (compared to 39 in 1986). The median age of those who actually voted was close to 60, he said.
The split opposition was hampered by both the NDP's and the Liberals' lack of a permanent leader for much of the past year, Hayday noted.
"Part of what is fuelling that polarization has been an ineffectual opposition, an inability to counter the types of advertisements and tactics and strategies that have fuelled the discourse of the right in Canada," he said.
Key to Harper's long-term success is whether he will succeed in redefining Canadian values by shifting public opinion to the right, Hayday said.
Many people think of certain values — multiculturalism, official bilingualism, public health care, Canada's international role as a global peacekeeper, for example — as being quintessentially Canadian. But the national narrative evolves over time, Hayday said.
"Values are not fixed, static things necessarily. They do change over time. And that can be done whether through direct persuasion or more subtle forms of altering people's perceptions around given interests," he said.
"If you looked back 60 years ago, we wouldn't have talked about public health care as a Canadian value, but it did become one. It's one of the few semi-sacred cows left in terms of the welfare state as part of Canadian values," he said.
Crime and punishment are an example of the Conservative government's efforts to shift opinion. The Tories have focussed attention on victims of crime and heinous offenders in order to paint the need for stiffer penalties, even though in fact, the crime rate has been declining for years.
"If you switch to a system that is more based on punishment, and let's assume that our current trend of declining crime rates continues, eventually people won't necessarily think critically about it," Hayday said.
"So I think what's happening right now is that the government is trying to lay the planks for changed attitudes towards different sectors like crime, on the basis that this will become institutionalized, and something that just is in the background for Canadians, that they accept as part and parcel of what Canada does."
The government has also tried to redefine Canadian identity by re-introducing symbols of the British royalty and celebrating military history, particularly the War of 1812, he noted.
The abortion issue — which many Canadians thought had been laid to rest — has resurfaced, with the government allowing debate on a private member's bill that could open the door to restrictions.
Hayday said that so far, the opposition parties have failed to counter the Tories' aggressive attacks, which have inflicted considerable damage.
"There has been an unwillingness to engage in the same sorts of tactics but I think there will probably come a realization that fighting back is necessary, if there is going to be a shift in the political terrain. This has proved to be a very effective strategy for the Conservative government," he said.
However, Tory messaging has notably fallen flat in Quebec, the most liberal region of the country for attitudes on social issues and the role of the state.
The 2011 election marked a realignment of federal politics when the Conservatives won a majority without support from Quebec — long seen as a prerequisite for power, pointed out McGill's Maioni.
"It's marginalized what used to be thought of as a necessary accessory for that national base, which is Quebec, she said.
"What that means in the longer term for national unity I think remains to be seen. Certainly, it opens up the question for Quebecers of, 'are our values still congruent with what's going on in the rest of Canada?' " Maioni said.
While the Tories seem determined to shift public opinion to the right on issues like the role of the state in health care and pensions, and law and order, she noted, in fact, the Harper government has tacked toward the centre, as seen in the last budget, which fiscal conservatives painted as a betrayal of the party's agenda.
"This is a Conservative government that, if you look at what's actually happening, in terms of the budget, in terms of different kinds of positions on issues, it's not completely radical. There's a calibration at hand, which is, I think, important to recognize," Maioni said.
Canada's future political equation will reflect the Conservatives' success at moving Canadians to the right, and voters' influence in moving the government toward the centre, she said.
"I think the point now is how the government actually figures out what it's going to do between now and the next election and how it intends to maintain power, either by calibrating further to the centre or by really embarking on that polarization and taking a wider group of Canadians along with it," Maioni said.


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The little hidden spots along the highway that runs through our smaller towns are usually interesting, if not wonderful surprises. How did I not see this before? What a gem! Oh, that's odd — all comments I make when I wander into place such as these.
The little hidden spots along the highway that runs through our smaller towns are usually interesting, if not wonderful surprises. How did I not see this before? What a gem! Oh, that's odd — all comments I make when I wander into place such as these.
Savory Square Bistro has actually been around for a bit under Chef Ron Boucher in the space next to his Chez Boucher Cooking School but in January he turned it over to Chef Myles Underwood and his fiance Kathleen Murphy. You'll find it in Depot Square in Hampton, in the old Hampton Union building, along the highway that runs through the "village." What a gem.
There's a bar to the left and a dining room to the right. The bar is a fun hang with locals stopping in for snacks. It's a cozy, welcoming place with a few brews on tap and some feisty cocktails made by affable bartender, Keith. For what I believe is the first time, I dined with a restaurateur for a review — Keith from Rudi's and his partner Chris — and it was a good match because the food reminds me of Rudi's fare. It's a bit upscale, finely crafted, but sticks to those "bistro" roots so while the food is familiar, there are just enough hints of creativity to set each dish apart.
But first, a note on atmosphere. I think the decor in the dining room needs a touch-up, one that gives it some identity. The basic theme is "European" with a mural of the Italian countryside on the wall, but overall there's not much interesting about it. I think the atmosphere could be sparked up and tweaked a bit in look but also in sound. The music was inappropriate to the point of distraction. It didn't fit with anything else at all. End of lecture.
On to food. There's a "bites" menu, which is a bit like choosing your own amuse bouche. The scallop bite was perfect, the shellfish perfectly cooked with a light crispness to the outside, all atop a puree of cauliflower, creamy yet surprisingly light ($5). An appetizer of duck confit with an arugula salad, toasted hazelnuts, cranberries and a snappy balsamic vinaigrette was nice and crisp outside, but a tad dry inside. I found it large for an appetizer. I'd like it to be a "small plate" to have with a few others.
You must get the Gouda Bites, golden fried jewels of hot smoky Gouda cheese with a house made ranch sauce for dipping ($8). They're my new favorite bar snack or a great way to stave off your hunger if you want to have a cocktail and chat at the table for a bit before ordering. French onion soup is also delicious. Robust, gooey with cheese and with a crust that gives even more terrific texture ($8). They also have a charcuterie and a cheese board, which looked intriguing, as well as blackened shrimp, a dish of mussels with chorizo and some creative salads.
When a restaurant presents itself as a bistro (and here in the United States, our bistros are different from our traditional European counterparts, but still distinct from other genres of restaurant), I always try the steak frites. Here it's a hangar steak with perfect hand cut fries, hot and crisp. The steak was tender, cooked just right to medium and covered in a creamy and surprisingly traditional sauce au poivre ($24). While the sauce was delicious and hard to stop eating, there was a bit too much of it, which overpowered the meat. Although that might just be an aesthetic issue rather than a flavor issue because I almost couldn't get enough of it.
Seafood Cioppino Pasta had very fresh mussels, scallops, shrimp and chunks of white fish, all over egg fettuccine with long crisp baguette toasts topped with thin slices of pecorino Romano cheese, presumably for dipping ($24) This was a variation on a more familiar cioppino in that there wasn't a broth, but a tomato sauce instead. Tasty and fresh as this dish was, I want broth. I want to dip that terrific bread in some rich, tomatoey, spicy broth.
Espresso roasted pork tenderloin is fantastic. The tenderloin was about the most tender loin I've ever had — I'm not sure how he did it — brining perhaps — but it was "like butter." The espresso rub was a great hint of rich flavor against a "drunken" cherry with a touch of sweetness. It's served with a crispy polenta cake, a simple alternative to the usual "mashed" and a pile of sweet and tender sauteed leeks ($19). You'll also find grilled duck breast with a pomegranate sauce, pan roasted salmon and a grilled rib eye with a marsala-mushroom demi glace.
Chef Underwood went through a Cordon Bleu program in San Francisco and Kathleen, who warms up the dining room with her charm and friendly attitude, went through the Chez Boucher professional program and can she make a dessert. They're very familiar styles — a chocolate pot de creme, a small lemon tart, a flourless chocolate torte — reminiscent of about a decade ago, but they were some of the most perfectly executed desserts I've had in a long time. Each element — the texture of the pot de creme, the bruleed crust on top, the tartness of the lemon custard and the texture and crumble of its crust, the rich fudgy quality of the torte — excellent.
What a team in this little bistro, tucked away in Hampton Village. And yes, what a gem.
Rachel Forrest is a former restaurant owner who lives in Exeter. Her column appears Thursdays in Go&Do. Her restaurant review column, Dining Out, appears Thursdays in Spotlight magazine. She can be reached by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemalan police have arrested a radio host who leads a team's fan club on charges he incited fellow fans to kill a supporter of a rival team.
Marlo Puente Rimola and two other men were arrested Tuesday for the April 27 beating and stabbing death of Kevin Diaz, a 17-year-old fan of the Comunicaciones team who had been heading to a game with his girlfriend.
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Sealing solutions
SAF and SAW pillow (plummer) block housings are available with different standard sealing solutions.
Table 1 provides an overview of the characteristics and suitability of each sealing solution. Details are provided in the following text. This information should be used as a guideline, which cannot substitute for testing a seal in its application. Table 2 provides an overview about which seals fit what housing.
Labyrinth seals
Labyrinth seals are the standard sealing solution for SAF and SAW housings. They are available in two variants depending on housing size:
- Labyrinth seals with the designation LER (fig.1), also called triple ring seals, are supplied standard with small SAF housings (shaft diameter ≤ 25/8 inch). The rings form a multi-stage labyrinth seal with the housing seal grooves. If operating conditions warrant it, the sealing effect can be enhanced by filling the cavity between the housing and seal ring with grease.
- PosiTrac labyrinth seals, designation LOR (fig.2), are supplied standard with larger SAF (shaft diameter ≥ 21/8 inch) and all SAW housings. These seals have an additional O-ring made of acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) to make the labyrinth ring rotate with the shaft.
Labyrinth rings with an internal contact element
PosiTrac Plus seals (fig.3) consist of a PosiTrac labyrinth ring (designation LOR) and a contact element made of acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR). The labyrinth ring is located on the shaft and held in place by an O-ring.
The contact element is located in the seal groove in the housing. It can be mounted either for best contaminant exclusion (fig.4) or for best lubricant retention (fig.5). When the contact element is mounted for best contaminant exclusion, the sealing effect can be enhanced by filling the seal cavity with grease. The designation for the contact element is B10724 followed by a size code, for example B10724-122.
Taconite heavy-duty seals
To further protect against the ingress of contaminants, SKF taconite seals have a grease fitting to purge grease and any trapped contaminants from the seal cavity, through the outboard seal.
Contact seals
Contact seals (fig.8) are solid seals that fit into the seal groove. Contact seals are available for smaller housing sizes (SAF 513 and smaller) where PosiTrac Plus seals are not available. The designation for contact seals is B9784 followed by a size code, e.g. B9784-15.
End plugs
Housings at the end of a shaft should have an end plug (end cover) (fig.9) that fits into the seal groove in the housing. The plug consists of a metal plate with a strip made of acrylonitrilebutadiene rubber (NBR). Details of the permissible length of the shaft end are listed in the product tables for:
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Right. So a pizza company creates a crazy YouTube choose your own adventure film as a lead gen tool and sales driver? I love it. Hell Pizza, a little New Zealand Pizza startup that has rapidly grown to about 100 stores (in multiple countries) have just launched a very cool campaign with YouTube's Annotations feature allowing them to create a "Choose Your Own Adventure" style promotion that's making some serious impact since launching a few days ago.
Called "Deliver Me To Hell" the campaign is essentially a 15 minute film, broken down into 3 minute chunks as you choose your own adventure through this hilarious and somewhat ridiculously stupid video, and by stupid, I mean I can't stop watching it! Shot pretty raw, the film has a street style script that plays perfectly to anyone who knows NZ youth, in fact I think it's genius copy-writing from an Aussie's perspective!
The campaign is taking off in a big way over in NZ with over 110,000 views in the first 4 days, that's huge for a series of 3 minute videos. But then again, they are promising the chance to win a years worth of free pizza which clearly ranks pretty highly over the ditch! I applaud the fun, grounded advertising approach, the content is brilliantly no-frills and people are loving it.


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If you don't want to read the whole post, all I propose is:
- create single-locale as usual
- continue with multi-locale build
For more details: we currently generate a single-locale build for Maemo devices (tar balls and deb files) which is composed of Fennec + XulRunner and as soon as we are done we trigger the localized builds for it. The process can be seen as:
- normal scheduler triggers the build
- check out code
- make -f client.mk
- repackage binaries, tests and deb files for Fennec and XulRunner
- upload tar balls and deb files
- trigger L10n parallelized jobs (the # of them is as many locales are defined in all-locales)
The changes I have made to the MaemoBuildFactory class to generate the multi-locale and the new MultyNightlyL10n can be seen like this (NOTE: The changes to the process are highlighted):
- The MultyNightlyL10n scheduler is triggered and passes as a property a list of locales based on the file maemo-locales (which currently contains 7 locales)
- check out code
- make -f client.mk build (we pass L10NBASEDIR variable)
- repackage binaries, tests and deb files for Fennec and XulRunner
- upload tar balls and deb files
- trigger L10n parallelized jobs (the # of them is as many locales are defined in all-locales)
- checkout compare-locales
- remove any tar balls or deb files
- for each locale defined:
- checkout the locale's code
- run compare-locale
- add the .jar files to the build (currently l10n-merged)
- repackage the Fennec tar ball and the deb file (NOTE: I pass the parameter AB_CD=multi instead of AB_CD=en-US)
- upload them
This means that beside the single-locale build we will upload the multi-locale build and we will still be able to generate the individual locale repackages based on the single en-US build.
Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.
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Tips For Dog Obedience Training
If you keep a dog either for sporting, competing, or simply for leisure, you probably know how significant it is to have him go through dog obedience training. A pet dog that is well behaved is always pleasurable to take along because he is less likely to go wild and cause troubles to other people. […] Read more


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1 granny smith apple, diced
½ pound mushrooms, diced
1 onion, diced
5 ounces (1/2 package) frozen spinach, thawed and drained WELL
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ teaspoon salt
8 turkey cutlets
1 egg, beaten
½ cup seasoned bread crumbs
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sauté apple, mushroom and onion in oil until soft. Remove from heat and mix with spinach, lemon juice and salt. Lie turkey cutlets flat and spread spinach mixture over, leaving a 1 inch edge. Roll up jelly-roll style and tie with kitchen string. Dip in egg, then roll in crumbs. Place in greased baking pan and bake for 45 minutes. Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes; then slice.


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USS SAN ANTONIO, At sea -- Several Navy sailors aboard the USS San Antonio are participating in a 60-Day Push Challenge to lose weight, increase overall health and look their best before heading home at the end of deployment.
Challenge organizers designed the program to run the last 60 days of the crew's deployment at sea. Participants will be judged by the percentage of weight lost or by the number of inches lost during the challenge.
In addition to a fitness contest, the 60-Day Push Challenge includes nutritional coaching to help sailors make healthy lifestyle choices. Correct portion sizes are being posted in the galley so sailors are aware if they're eating too much. Water intake also is stressed, and sailors are encouraged to use food journals to keep track of what they are eating and how much.


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Here's a scientific finding you probably never saw coming: two studies that examined over 50,000 people between them have revealed that pot smokers — despite being prone to serious cases of the munchies — actually have a lower risk of obesity than people who pass on the grass.
The survey used body mass indices as a measure of obesity. The researchers then used survey participants' self-reported smoking habits to reveal that about a quarter of people who didn't smoke pot were obese. By comparison, only 16—17 percent of cannabis users were found to be overweight. In fact, obesity was found to be even less common among people who smoked pot more frequently.
According to MyHealthNewsDaily's Rachael Rettner:
The researchers said they were surprised by their initial results, because they expected to find the opposite. So they examined a second sample of people, and found exactly the same result.
Yann Le Strat, the psychiatrist at Louis Mourier Hospital in France who led the study, told MyHealthNewsDaily that the reason behind the link is not clear. He says one explanation could be that components of cannabis may simply help people lose weight.
He also proposed that people who smoke pot might engage in behaviors that lower their risk of becoming obese; that perhaps they exercise more, or maintain diets that keep them slimmer than their non-smoking peers. Though Le Strat has doubts about that whole "exercise" bit:
"On a personal point of view, I would be surprised that cannabis use is associated with a higher rate of physical activity, but this cannot be ruled out," he said.
The American Journal of Epidemilogy via MyHealthNewsDaily
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Eve Of Destruction?
This story appears in the February 1999 issue of . Subscribe »
The collapse of the economy. The end of democracy. Complete anarchy. Is this what we have to look forward to at the turn of the century? That's what some experts say. A computer glitch known as Y2K, or the millennium bug, could cause worldwide upheaval because governments, banks and businesses big and small aren't prepared for the moment the zeros roll over.
While the reality may not be that extreme, plenty of agencies and companies will suffer delays, if not losses, of vital information--losses that threaten your business's very survival.
Tina Gasperson (firstname.lastname@example.com) writes about current events, technology and business. She's currently stocking up on M&Ms, just in case the chocolate industry is wiped out by the Y2K bug.
What is the Y2K bug, anyway?
Back in the dark ages of computer technology, memory was very expensive. To save space, PC programmers coded computer hardware and software to accept input of the last two digits of a year; the system would then automatically place a `19' in front of the digits.
Next year, when the PC (or its mainframe, or microchip) starts getting input that reads `00', it will interpret the data to mean the year 1900. Surprise! Suddenly, you haven't been born yet. Worse, your bank account hasn't been born yet, and the IRS is calling because you haven't paid taxes in 50 years.
Any business that relies on computers (with the exception of all you Mac users out there!) could go haywire if its hardware and software can't process millennium data correctly.
How can I prevent problems?
Several simple steps will make sure all systems are go. First, check your hardware using one of several free software programs downloadable from the Internet. Many of these quickies can fix the problem in a keystroke. (See "Cyber Solutions")
After making sure your hardware is Y2K-compliant, check your software. If you use prepackaged programs, back up all your data and test post-millennial operation. Enter imaginary figures into the programs, using dates in the year 2000, to see how the software reacts to processing millennium data. If your software passes this test, try a second check: Set the computer clock to one minute before midnight, December 31, 1999. Then use the software as you normally would. If any program malfunctions as the clock passes 12:00 a.m., stop and contact the manufacturer's technical support department.
If your company uses customized software, ask the vendor if it's Y2K-compliant. If it's not, have them test it and make any necessary repairs. Be sure to ask for a warranty that covers you if the program goes belly-up. If the vendor balks, it's time to consider another software manufacturer. Sure, changing your software is a major hassle--but better to deal with it now than see your business slam to a halt after the millennium.
Once you're in the clear, take steps to stay that way. Before you upgrade your hardware or buy new software, make sure the product is guaranteed to be bug-free after the millennium. Don't assume a product is Y2K-compliant just because it's new.
No sweat, right?
Well, sort of. Even if all your bases are covered, it may be the other guy you have to worry about. If your bank account disappears, your suppliers can't ship to you, and your customers can't pay, it won't matter if your computers are up and running.
First things first: Call your bank, and ask what kind of progress they're making to become Y2K-compliant. Most larger banks are on track for compliance, but for the sake of your business and your money, don't take chances. If you don't feel comfortable, now's the time to change banks.
What about suppliers? "Work with reputable vendors," says Bob Janacek, vice president of Safetynet Inc., a Springfield, New Jersey, software company that produces a Y2K "fix" for individual PCs. "Ask to see their Year 2000 compliance statement"--a written account of steps the company has taken to remediate software code, plus contingency plans for any problems that crop up after the millennium.
If your business depends on one or two key customers, beware. "If those customers are unable to pay or buy [because of Y2K problems], it could put a start-up out of business," says Rick Harris, a Hartford, Connecticut, attorney who consults with businesses about the risks of Y2K. To help your customers, point them to the Internet--the best place to get reports on compliance issues and forecasts on damage control, plus resources for dealing with Y2K (see "Cyber Solutions").
What else do I need to know?
Once you've tested your computers and talked to vendors and customers, what's left to do? According to Charlie Richardson, a member of the Year 2000 team at the Indianapolis law firm of Baker & Daniels, there's no substitute for going through a detailed self-analysis.
If you own a mail order company, for instance, you'd want to make a step-by-step list of every function, from the incoming order all the way to delivery of that order to the consumer. At every step along the way, look for areas vulnerable to Y2K problems. Phone systems, order processing software programs, purchasing procedures, inventory calculations and shipper availability are all examples of potential risks. Examine each step of the process, contacting equipment suppliers and software vendors, applying "fixes" where possible, and writing contingency plans just in case something does go wrong when the new year hits.
If the numbers turn over on January 1, 2000, and you still haven't noticed anything unusual, don't kick back and watch football just yet. You still need to scrutinize all your transactions carefully in order to catch any unusual data that may show up on invoices, purchase orders, inventories and the like. Be on the lookout for abnormally high or low figures caused by Y2K glitches.
Preparing for Y2K takes time and energy, but for the sake of your business (not to mention your sanity), it's worth it. Your investigation may reveal you have less to worry about than you thought . . . or that you have your work cut out for you. Either way, you'll be ahead of the game because you're prepared.
All Systems Go
Keith Kraemer takes Y2K seriously. "Because we're an Internet company, if something malfunctions--either hardware or software--it could interrupt cash flow while we're waiting for repairs," notes Kraemer, 31, who started Wish-List.com in 1997 with his wife, Gina, 30. The Manhattan Beach, California, company allows Internet users to register for gifts from a variety of retailers online; friends and relatives can access the site to see what's on a person's wish list.
With a business so reliant on technology, it's no wonder Kraemer wasted no time getting ready for the Y2K transition. He contacted his hardware and software manufacturers to ensure their products were Y2K-compliant. To keep things simple, he's continued to use the same manufacturers whenever the company adds new hardware or software.
"Outline the scope of [your Y2K-compliance] project to make it consistent with the risks," Kraemer advises other entrepreneurs. "It's a balance--overkill versus complacency."
Team Effort
"[All entrepreneurs] should take the time to educate themselves and their employees about the [Y2K] problem," says Kyla Tilton, 26. The owner of Atlanta marketing, public relations and event management firm KT Enterprises practices what she preaches: Tilton and her staff hold regular meetings to discuss Y2K issues and bring up ideas for preventing potential problems.
"Luckily, we've been able to test a lot of things ourselves," says Tilton, who found test software on the Internet and entered several different test dates to see how her software reacted. "We'll probably test [the computers] again in another three months just to be doubly sure we're OK."
Better safe than sorry is the motto for Tilton, who offers three succinct tips for other business owners: "Don't panic. Be practical. Think ahead."
Cyber Solutions
Prevent millennium bug problems with these online resources:
Free hardware analyzers:
The 19TO Solution (http://www.19t0.com)
The Holmes Fix (http://www.wsnet.com/~designer/holmesfx)
Test2000.exe (http://www.rightime.com)
Bios Patch (http://www.cix.co.uk/~harlend/y2k-3.html)
Free software analyzer:
Year 2000+ (http://www.bozemanlegg.com/y2kanalyzer.html)
News about Y2K:
Y2K News Magazine (http://y2knews.com)
IBM (http://www.ibm.com/ibm/year2000)
The Year 2000 Information Center (http://www.year2000.com)
Government Y2K sites:
SBA: Help For The Year 2000 (http://www.sba.gov/y2k)
President's Council: Year 2000 Conversion (http://www.y2k.gov/java/index.htm)
Internet broadcast updates:
Y2K: The Coming Computer Crisis (http://22.214.171.124/whY-2K.html)
Y2K Bookstore (http://www.year2000.com/products/NFcowles.htmlM)
Contact Sources
Baker & Daniels, (317) 237-0300, email@example.com
Rick Harris, (860) 275-0100, http://www.dbh.com
KT Enterprises, (770) 529-9151, http://www.kt-enterprises.com
Safetynet Inc., (800) 672-7233, http://www.safetynet.com
Wish-List.com, (310) 372-8692, http://www.wish-list.com