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AP Image: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, shake hands after a signing of agreement meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011.This is Karzai's second trip to India this year and comes just days after he accused neighboring Pakistan of failing to help end the Taliban-led insurgency. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan) Bought Here: http://www.apimages.com/OneUp.aspx?st=k&kw=karzai%20singh&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=None&sh=10&kwstyle=and&adte=1318000124&pagez=20&cfasstyle=AND&rids=1e8fd42fd46f4bb8af457cdaf5e68399&dbm=PThirtyDay&page=1&xslt=1&mediatype=Photo
President Hamid Karzai's provocative two-day trip to India this week continues to resonate across the subcontinent. His announcement of an unprecedented strategic partnership with India has put Pakistan on edge, with potentially significant consequences for the region.
We talked to C. Christine Fair, an assistant professor of South Asian affairs at Georgetown University, to make sense of the unfolding geopolitical drama and what it bodes for America's intentions to draw down troops in Afghanistan.
Why was President Karzai in India, and what were his objectives for the trip?
India has been a longstanding partner, not only of President Karzai, but of Afghanistan. India has certainly been the biggest regional donor to Afghanistan, and it's been one of the Afghanistan's most important global donors.
There's a lot of antagonism towards Pakistan in Afghanistan, whereas India is held in high regard. So I think [the visit was motivated by Afghan] interest in understanding where India is vis-à-vis Pakistan in Afghanistan. What will be its long-term goals as the U.S. security umbrella continues retreating?
India is having a big debate about how important it is for India to remain in Afghanistan, with what objectives and at what cost.
During his trip, President Karzai signed a strategic partnership agreement with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh under which India will provide assistance to Afghanistan, including stepping up trade and training Afghan forces after U.S. forces leave in 2014. What's the significance of this accord and why has it set off such fears in Pakistan?
Pakistan's concerns with this partnership stem from their conviction that India will use its position in Afghanistan to the detriment of Pakistan.
The basic problem is that, according to my sources, who are not Pakistani – British diplomats, UN diplomats and increasingly Americans as well – India has been supporting the Baloch insurgents from Pakistan, [who are waging an ethnic nationalist rebellion in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan].
This is not the first time that India has done this. Balochistan has been a historical place of intervention for the Indians, so this is very disconcerting to the Pakistanis.
The Indians have also historically – although they haven't made the official proclamations to this effect in recent history – supported Afghanistan in its irredentist claims on Pashtun parts of Pakistani territory. Pakistan is concerned about India using Afghanistan to deny Pakistan strategic depth.
Finally the Northern Alliance – and of course [assassinated former president Burhannurdin] Rabbani was a key figure in that – was aided and facilitated by the Indians, and they were the only rival to Pakistan's proxy, the Taliban.
For all of these reasons, Pakistan sees this strategic partnership between India and Afghanistan as completely detrimental to its interests.
Are Pakistan's fears well-founded?
The Americans would dismiss Pakistan's fears, and so would Indians. They would basically say the Indians have no interest in destabilizing Pakistan, but that's not entirely true. If that were true India would not be manipulating affairs in Balochistan to the varying levels that it is, and it's certainly not at the levels that Pakistan claims.
So Pakistan does have concerns. Pakistan fears India and its partnership with the Americans: the American commitment to build it up as a global power; the Indian-American nuclear deal. … So the Pakistanis want to have the opportunity to deny India's rise as a regional hegemon, much less a global power.
President Karzai has tried to do some damage control. He clarified the agreement wasn't directed at Pakistan and said, "Pakistan is a twin brother, India is a great friend. … The agreement that we signed yesterday with our friend will not affect our brother." Will his words placate any concern in Pakistan, or are they merely lip service?
Pakistan will not be reassured by this. Karzai can say whatever he wants to say; it's not going to reassure Pakistan.
Pres. Karzai also announced that Afghanistan would be calling off peace talks with the Taliban, saying, "We have decided not to talk to the Taliban because we do not know their address … therefore we have decided to talk to our brothers in Pakistan." Has Karzai given up on negotiations with the Taliban?
I think he's realized that rather than talking to the floor manager, he has to talk to the CEOs, and the CEOs are Pakistani intelligence and military officials in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
What does that mean for the peace process, and for the American military's role in Afghanistan?
The American's military role in Afghanistan is going to end no matter what, in terms of this high-intensity counterinsurgency initiative. There's just a growing realization that there are limits to what the Americans can do given Pakistan's intransigence on supporting the Afghan Taliban.
I think the best that the Americans can hope for is to put some modicum of stability and to try to put some pressure on Pakistan, but I think there is a growing realization that without some massive scaling down of the conditions for security transfer to the Afghans, the Americans won't get out when they want to get out.
By get out, I don't mean pull out and then go home. I mean scale down counterinsurgency activities in preference to a more normal relationship with Afghanistan, with the ability to conduct robust counterterror operations when needed.
Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have reached new heights since Rabbani's assassination. Afghan officials say Pakistan's intelligence agency was involved in the murder, a charge Pakistan denies. Is this an unusually low point in Afghan-Pakistan relations, and how long will these tensions likely last?
They're going to last forever. They've never had good relations.
Pakistani is waging a proxy war in Afghanistan. Pakistan has shown that it has no intention of backing away from the Taliban, and that it was likely involved in the Rabbani assassination. The ISI has twice been tied to attacks on the Indian embassy in Afghanistan. So I would say it's pretty bad and I don't really see a lot of prospects for improvement.
Afghanistan hasn't handled this in a terribly sophisticated way either. Afghanistan has been really happy to use the Indian card to beat up on the Pakistanis, and this will not be in Afghanistan's advantage, because no matter what India does, it's not going to be able to insulate Afghanistan from what the Pakistanis are doing.


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A University of Chicago clinical trial of early physical and occupational therapy in critically ill patients has been selected by the Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy (CEBP) as one of the 15 most significant randomized, controlled, physiotherapy trials ever published.
CEBP, one component of the multinational George Institute for Global Health, invited therapists to nominate trials. Submissions were judged by a panel of international physiotherapy experts. Only two submissions from the United States made the list.
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Gabriela Ejea is creating a network of socially committed consumers to improve the living conditions of small-scale coffee producers in Mexico through political activism, cultural support, and direct-service projects. Her ultimate objective is to build an experiential bridge between the increasingly disparate realities of urban and rural Mexico, to ensure that small producers are not left out of the debate on the country's development.
The New Idea
Gabriela Ejea wants to take another step in the "fair trade" movement. After ten years of work with grassroots producers and careful study of their target markets, she understands that an important segment of coffee consumers - students, young professionals, activists, and entrepreneurs - is also interested in social issues, and can contribute to improving the lives of small producers beyond simply purchasing their goods. Working from that insight, Gabriela is building a network of urban coffee consumers committed to lobbying in favor of public policies that improve the living conditions of coffee-producing communities, and to supporting social service projects and cultural activities that benefit producers and their families. She founded Coffee of Our Land (Café de Nuestra Tierra), a civil association dedicated to the commercial and cultural promotion of organic coffee. The association draws on Gabriela's ties to twelve coffee growing organizations from six states in Mexico, embracing nearly 48,000 small producers. Coffee of Our Land seeks to disseminate the cultural and economic realities that grassroots producers face, then build solid links between these producers and their consumers.
Gabriela's innovation lies in her ability to link the urban population's growing desire for involvement in social justice concerns with its love of organic coffee, as a way to raise consciousness and improve the lives of rural producers. Her proposal deepens people's awareness of their role and potential as consumers and, building on that self-identification, provides them with tools to participate in social transformation.
The Problem
Coffee is one of the world's most popular drinks. Transnational companies invest large amounts of money in marketing different brands of "gourmet" coffee. Mexico is the world's fifth largest coffee producer -- an average of five million sacks annually, which generates US$900 million in foreign exchange -- and coffee is the nation's main agricultural export product.
Despite the significance that coffee retains on world commodities markets, and its importance to Mexico as a source of foreign exchange, most of those who produce it still live in abject poverty and cannot share in the profits their labor earns for others Mexico has no government policy aimed at protecting the interests of the country's nearly 283,000 producers, 69 percent of whom are indigenous farmers working plots of two hectares or less. These small producers, spread across two-thirds of the country, contribute 30 percent of the total output. They earn an average annual income of only US$650 dollars; 345 of 400 coffee-growing municipalities have average incomes below the poverty line. Since 1989, the drastic fall in the international price of coffee has generated significant migration from the countryside to urban areas or to the United States. For example, during the 1998-99 growing season, in just one region of Coatepec, Veracruz, with eight coffee-producing communities, some 2,550 producers or family members migrated.
Over the same decade, the prevailing free-trade sentiment in government has all but eliminated any comprehensive state policy to promote local coffee production and export, further weakening the industry. The Mexican Coffee Institute has been replaced by a much less influential department of the Agriculture Ministry. The result is an increase in low-grade coffee imports from Colombia or Brazil or instant coffee from the United States, into a country that has the potential for developing a high-quality coffee industry capable of enhancing sustainable forms of rural development. Consumers have no connection to the rural producers, nor are they aware of the importance of their purchasing power as a means of supporting development in their own country. One of the most significant contributions that an organized consumer group could make would involve lobbying in favor of government policies to restore the industry to the prosperity it enjoyed prior to the price collapse of the late 1980s.
The Strategy
Previous initiatives to help small coffee producers have focused on isolated attempts for direct export from the community without thought to creating a Mexican market for locally grown goods. In contrast, Gabriela is uniting the output of thousands of small producers under one brand name and certification process to facilitate marketing within Mexico instead of relying solely on exportation. By linking distribution outlets for this product in major cities to cultural activities and informational displays about coffee-producing regions, Gabriela engages consumers more directly in network activities, from tourism to financial contributions, from direct service projects to lobbying efforts.
Gabriela's insight that a certain segment of urban consumers would be willing to extend their sense of social responsibility beyond the purchase of products came in 1996, when she mounted an exhibition in Mexico City about the history and traditions of small-scale coffee production. Many of the 400,000 visitors asked for information about how they could relate to the communities presented in the show. Responding to the challenge, Gabriela thought about the contributions a "social consumer" could make, and she created strategies for harnessing their interest. She began by creating a strong and recognizable brand name, "Coffee of Our Land," that would attract socially responsible consumers. She has negotiated relationships between producer groups and Certimex (the Mexican Certifier of Ecological Products and Processes) so that output sold under the label will carry the appropriate seal of compliance with organic standards, and certification that it is distributed and handled by small-scale producers. She is also promoting the development of Coffee of Our Land cafés in Mexico City and the marketing of regional variations of small-producer organic blends
The brand name and outlets serve as organizing points for three types of ambitious initiatives - political, cultural, and socioeconomic. The simplest and least-demanding way for an interested consumer to support the interests of small coffee producers is by signing petitions in favor of specific policy proposals that the producer groups present to the Mexican Coffee Council (CMC), a department of the Agriculture Ministry that has become the only forum in which all the players in the industry come together. For example, small producers would like Mexico to regulate the importation of what they refer to as "falsely certified organic coffee" from Africa, or to join the international Association of Coffee-Producing Countries, in an effort to exert greater influence on global prices. Consumers willing to go beyond mere signatures can help circulate petitions more broadly, attend roundtables on the subject, and eventually participate at the CMC negotiating table along with other industry stakeholders. They can also support broader initiatives for comprehensive development policies for impoverished coffee-producing municipalities.
Cultural activities offer a convenient and appealing way to engage consumers. Soon after Gabriela mounted her exhibition, she began to organize events with traditional music, dance, and theatre productions from coffee-producing regions, the proceeds of which are applied to community-development projects. Gabriela is also planning to promote "coffee tours," a variation on "ethno-tourism" that would bring groups of urban dwellers on vacations in areas of the country where traditional culture is strongest. The urban outlets for Coffee of Our Land products will serve as organizing points for cultural and tourist activities.
The most ambitious dimension of Gabriela's plan involves engaging coffee consumers in socioeconomic projects for regions inhabited mainly by small producers. She hopes to solicit direct donations and the involvement of consumers in fundraising campaigns. With special reference to the student segment of the coffee market, Gabriela Ejea is designing opportunities for professional graduates to fulfill their social service obligations in the communities with which she works. These will range from provision of educational and health services to technical assistance with all aspects of the coffee production, distribution, and marketing process. The coordination of these placements is made possible by the fact that the local producer organizations with which Gabriela works are also involved in social development programs in their regions.
Gabriela's network is now emerging. Based on the response rate to the museum exhibit, where nearly 10 percent of visitors suggested they would like to be more involved in the concerns of domestic coffee producers, she expects the network to attract at least 10,000 members interested in cultural and educational activities, along with tens of thousands more who will demonstrate their support through brand preference for Coffee of Our Land. Eventually, Gabriela hopes further to expand the network by engaging consumers who are marketing professionals to help develop the concept of the "social consumer" in the public consciousness.
The Person
Gabriela Ejea's parents taught her to recognize social injustice and be indignant toward it. Her father overcame poverty through a successful commercial career, and passed on to his children a feeling of empathy toward the less fortunate. Young Gabriela showed her ability to organize people around common objectives, demonstrated by her success in establishing literacy classes for adults while she was still in high school. Meetings with poor people taught her about their hopes and expectations, the limitations they confront, and their efforts to overcome them.
At the university she studied law, with the idea of becoming a public defender, but after a year and a half switched to social communication because she thought it would be more useful as a means of helping people. She participated in a movement demanding access to better educational services, and then, toward the end of her studies, got involved with the coffee-growing issue through an invitation by the National Coffee Institute to produce a video about coffee-growing. This fit perfectly with her interests in group organization and her desire to resolve practical and immediate problems. At the National Coordination of Coffee-producing Organizations (CNOC), she held various positions in the departments of Communications and Outreach and then become Executive Director. She has gained a reputation as an impartial "interpreter of needs" between the countryside and government agencies. Gabriela left her post as Executive Director of CNOC in order to dedicate herself to promoting support for rural development and a link between the communities and their consumers.


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Welcome to the iRacing Blog
February 8th, 2010 by TonyG 41 Comments
Welcome to the iRacing blog. It's a forum for those of us at iRacing to share our ideas and experiences with you and, we hope, stimulate some lively and thoughtful discussion.
It's not quite spring, but this is surely a time of exciting growth and anticipation. In the racing world, of course, but in just about any sport you can think of, and the world at large.
Think about it, with the Rolex 24 a new racing season is underway. The Daytona 500 is in two weeks time and with it endless possibilities for the NASCAR season to come. Will Jimmie Johnson score a five-peat? Will Juan Montoya take his first oval win, or even compete for the title? Can Mark Martin take that elusive first Sprint Cup title? Can Dale Jr. regain his winning touch? And, of course, what's in store for Danica?
What many are rightly calling the most highly anticipated Formula 1 season in memory is on tap, what with Jenson Button joining Lewis Hamilton at McLaren, Fernando Alonso joining a fully-recovered Felipe Massa at Ferrari and, oh by the way, Michael Schumacher making his return to F1 with the new Mercedes GP effort. Three young world champions at their peak form joined by the most dominant driver in F1 history? I can't wait.
Welcome to the iRacing blog. It's a forum for those of us at iRacing to share our ideas and experiences with you and, we hope, stimulate some lively and thoughtful discussion.
IndyCar racing has gone through a tumultuous few months and heads into a new decade with a new leader – Randy Bernard – and with many crucial decisions on its plate, among them the so-called Delta wing chassis and the continuing effort to attract additional engine manufacturers. The American Le Mans Series is reshuffling its deck, with a higher focus on a consolidated GT class even as Aston Martin dips it toe into the reconstituted waters of LMP1 that already include Acura and Mazda. And the GRAND-AM season got-off to a remarkable start with a new team winning the series' featured event, overcoming some of the series traditional powerhouse teams.
But motorsports doesn't have a monopoly on anticipation and growth. Sunday saw an entertaining Super Bowl and a dramatic win by the Saints that got Mardi Gras off to an early start. The NHL season is well underway, with teams positioning themselves for a run at the Stanley Cup; ditto the NBA and college basketball's run to the NCAA's Final Four. Let's not forget the coming gathering in Vancouver called the XXI Winter Olympic Games . . . and in just a few weeks players will be reporting to spring training.
Lest you think it's all about sports, how about the Apple's new iPad? Will that revolutionize the way we live and do business like the iPod and iPhone? Will I be eating the words I shared with my iRacing colleagues at lunch the other day when I said – mainly in jest – that we could probably have made a ton more money by developing a high-end lanyard for the iPad than we'll ever see from our efforts at iRacing.com!
So just in case you think it's all about iRacing here at iRacing.com (where it's always 72 degrees and sunny – as long as you can see past the snow banks outside our office), I'm here to tell you there's lots on the minds of everyone here besides iRatings. And we'll be sharing some of that with you in this space in the days, weeks and years ahead.
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41 Comments
Very nice. Glad to see this finally happen. I look forward to reading everyone's thoughts. Thanks!
February 8th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
+1 to Iracing!
ryan terry
February 8th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Plus Motogp ,starts again soon, Go Rossi!
Guy Leach
February 8th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Great questions, Tony! Here are a couple of more: will the switch from the wing to the spoiler in Sprint Cup change the balance of power at the top (i.e. Hendrick)? Will the Challenger and Mustang bodied Nationwise cars compete with the Chevys and Toyotas? What will Indy (and the IRL) be like without Tony George? Are rumors of turbocharging back in IndyCars just that (rumor)? And when will iRacing let us create our own paint schemes? 😉
February 8th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
I've been looking for one
thank you
February 8th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
@ Russ "And when will iRacing let us create our own paint schemes?" -> They already do 🙂
David Beattie
February 8th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Jayson, there's already an ability to create your own skins. There is even a site to exchange and upload/download them easily at http://www.tradingpaints.com/
Andy Kirschetorte
February 8th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Honestly i love iRacing. I raced from N3, NR2003, ARCA, and now iRacing. Its very realistic, BUT….i dont get why people get wrecked and docked points. This needs to be fixed. I hate when i get spun then hit the wall and lose points! Drives you crazy!!!!!! But everything else….love it!
February 8th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
I can't figure out how to create / use the skins – I also don't understand something which said that the skins can only be seen by those who also have the skins, otherwise they see a white car?? I read the instructions, but….
February 8th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Why am I typing in here! I have Daytona 500 Practice to get into!
That draft , The close calls , the excitement.! (and i'm a road racer!)
Greg C
February 8th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
@ David B: I agree that they do, but using pre-created templates. I would like to start with a clean car, and no limitations on how to paint it. However, what they provide is better than nothing!
February 8th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
@Russ: I really don't see them giving us that much freedom due to the agreements with the manufacturers and contingency stickers. I could be wrong though.
Ryan Carwile
February 8th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Great to see ! I'll be following it.
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Darin Gangi
February 8th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Custom "user created" paints are allowed now.
Reed Rundell
February 8th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Guy shame on you, Go Casey, GO SON, GO………………….!!!!!!!!!
Wayne Anderson
February 9th, 2010 at 3:07 am
iRacing Staff,
I'm fairly new to the iRacing community and really enjoyed the opportunity to practice, qualify and race at Indy last week. I hope to advance to the Indycar series by May. I see that there will be an iRacing Indy 500 the night before the real 500 of which I would really want to participate in, but there is one problem, I will be traveling to Indianapolis as always to attend the Greatest Spectacle in Racing…
I was just wondering how many other iRacing members are also in the stands at these racing events,(upcoming Daytona, Indy etc.) and miss out on such great events!! Would it be possible to also have them a few weeks before the real event if it turns out there are many iRacing fans in the stands??
Tim Miller
February 9th, 2010 at 3:12 am
Great idea iRacing!!! fantastic way go get some inside news and developments from the team!
Dave M
February 9th, 2010 at 4:11 am
One thing I am keen to hear about on the blog is the move into Asia. I just read on the forum that iRacing is moving into the Chinese and Japanese market this year. This is a critical step for iRacing as it will begin to overcome the time zone issues that disadvantage us Australian drivers (very difficult to find high SOF fields at reasonable times). iRacing will finally become a truly 24 hour sport. Imagine full grids with four splits at any time of the day! Not to mention SUZUKA! What a track, definitely Top 5 in the world…PLEASE iRacing 😉
Ben Styles
February 9th, 2010 at 6:23 am
@Russ – I guess you haven't heard. You can paint your cars in Photoshop or similar paint programs now.
Matt Huston
February 9th, 2010 at 9:49 am
russ, this is exactly what you can do. no limitations.
you think of the ingame paintshop with only chosing colors to a scheme, but in addition
there is the possibility to take a blank peace of parer, ähm template, and do whatever you want.
February 9th, 2010 at 11:29 am
nice one!
what about an RSS feed, so we can follow the blog more easily?
the feed available through the icon in the upper section of the page is empty.
also, using firefox, this comment box is getting cleared everytime you re-enter it.
thanks iRacing!
Alexandre Martini
February 9th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
@Russ the only limitation is the manufacturer— Chevy
February 9th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Waiting for my G27 wheel to get here any day now. Former avid NR2003 league participant from "back in the day" anxious to return to the hobby I loved. I just wanted to say hello and I look forward to racing with you all.
February 9th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
I'm new here, used to race on NR2002 and NR2003. I enjoyed it there, and even more here. I like the idea of being able to import your own paint schemes and setups. I can see new sites springing up already. However, I would also like to see a switch if you want to be able to view other people paint schemes or not. For two reasons: 1# Loading of the sim and keeping in mind of everyone's video performance on the track. #2 The content of the paint schemes. I also would like to see more race times, specific server maintenance days, and better notification of unscheduled maintence and ETA on when it will be back up. I'm not for all the extra spending for cars and tracks. You can spend $100.00 easily, and I much rather take my family out for that much money. But I do somewhat understand that it does help manage who is doing real racing and who is just wrecking. That might be my 'make or break' deal with this sim. However, I would like to see much better deals on packages for different series that require different tracks. Many online applications offer expansion packs for their applications with more content and less money.
February 9th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Setting up cars is somthing many of us know little about and when we have time to race we want to race. Is Iracing going to add something like what Nascar 4 had where you place cuser over adjustment and it tells you what that ajustment will do far as changing setup? That made it much easier for us who don't know much about setting up cars, at least it gave you a brif on what that certain adjustment would do and what it would help. I think the setup area is where Iracing is lacking for those who don't know how to setup cars. Having it so say you placed curser over (track bar on right side) It would say raising bar will tighten or lossen car. I only know that really was a big help in Nascar 3/4.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:20 am
I own my own outfitting service can I have my logo placed on my cars?
February 10th, 2010 at 3:24 am
can i get advise about what to do when having problems loading the races or practices?
February 10th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
iRacing should add night races at all the track in the sprint cup series that are run at night =]
Tyler Pendleton
February 10th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Thanks for all your comments. Read every one of them and took them all to heart. Thanks for taking the time to give us your thoughts and comments. Nice to read. Alexandre will look into RRS feed and firefox issue. Many Thanks Tony
Tony Gardner
February 11th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
@Alexandre Thanks for the heads up! You can subscribe to the blog rss feed by clicking the icon to the upper right of the page in the blog-bar.
February 11th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
I have been here since the first invite and would have imagined the sim would come this far this fast.
I really do appreciate you guys putting the blog up and letting us share thoughts and ideas. I have overall been very happy with the service with the only thing I has bummed me a bit is the scheduling of some of the classes. Some simply do not race enough. Hopefully the numbers are started to get where that issue will be a thing of the past. Looking at the numbers signing up daily it does look encouraging.
A blog about updates that are coming and a general list of new content would be great. Like what track and car is next and some news and screenshots of night racing and how that will work.
Bruce Morse
February 11th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Any thoughts as to dirt tract racing in the distant future?
Eric Hoggarth
February 13th, 2010 at 5:39 am
I finally got my wheel, but I can't get the NASCAR Promo to work.. Can someone please assist.
February 15th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Two thumbs up to iracing support!! Not only was the e-mail support great, but also recieved a follow-up phone call as well. Got the NASCAR promo to work and now I am ready to race.. See you all on the track!
February 16th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
I am very interested in joining the iracing community, the first concern is if my cpu in compatible im not the most tech savvy person, it seems like everything i have is compatible my main concern is with the video card im not sure if my cpu came with one or how to check really. And my other interest is more information about pit stops, are they automatically completed or do you have to get down to pit road speed and make your stop cleanly in the box, also Im wondering about on track communication either through a spotter or between other drivers on track and what products would be recommended to be used for optimal use of this feature. Thank you for your time and comments
February 18th, 2010 at 7:37 am
I have a few questions….. I just ordered a whole gaming pc/g27 wheel just for this game!
My questions:
* Where is the actual file to make custom paint schemes? Is it something that can be done in photoshop?
* When doing a practice, do you drive out from the garage, or start in your pit box?
* Like Alan, I am curious about the communication during the race…. do you have a spotter? Because in all the videos- they don't have spotters.
Dan Shelley
February 19th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
how do i try it out without having to pay from my card, i tried to do the 1 month trial but because i had no money on my card it wouldnt let me get it correct me if im wrong but i shouldnt have to pay for a trial. cheers
May 6th, 2010 at 7:43 am
i'm not sure like peter above… if i pay and my computer isn't compatible do i get my money back??????? also, is this site easier to download than simraceway a.k.a. rfactor.. i have that but it's hard downloading … TYVM …
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Caitlin Hennessy, 1st Year recipient, Class of '16
I am so honored to have received it in her beautiful name. I know Bridget is always with me in spirit and I am so blessed to have grown up with her and to have her in my life. She has the most beautiful personality that I will remember forever.
Caitlin Hennessy, Class of '16
Casey Hogan, 1st Year recipient, Class of '16
I'm honored to received this scholarship in Bridget's name. She has always been a person that I looked up to and will forever remain in my heart. She was the main reason I chose to go to McAuley. When I shadowed with Bridget, I enjoyed all the classes and how the students and teachers related. Bridget showed me that McAuley was the place that I will love and should attend after graduation from 8th grade. I pray for Bridget and her family daily.
Casey Hogan, Class of '16
Thank you so much for choosing me to be the recipient of your generous scholarship. It means a lot to me and my family. We appreciate it very much! I will try my hardest to keep Bridget's spirit and the McAuley alive where ever I go.
Thank you again,
Emily LePretre, Class of '18
Thank you so much for helping my parents send me to Mother McAuley. I know that the road ahead may be difficult but my faith, family and friends and preparation from the Mother McAuley community will help me grow not only as a child of God but as a well-rounded young woman. I believe the academic career along with the social opportunities will prepare me in the life challenges both during and after my Mother McAuley experience.
Leah Sheerin, Class of '18
Meghan Scanlon, 2nd Year recipient, Class of '18
I hope I can spread McAuley's spirit as well as Bridget Anne Cullen did and still does. I want to attend McAuley for it's high academic standard, Catholic education and great sense of community and team spirit.
Most Grateful,
Meghan Scanlon, Class of '18
Erica Hollander, 3rd Year recipient, Class of '19
I would like to thank you again for the generosity of the scholarship. It has helped not only me but also my family. It has helped my family because they are putting four children through catholic education. I will take all the opportunities Mother McAuley has to offer me and I will continue Bridget's legacy even after I leave McAuley.
Thank you again,
Erica Hollander, Class of '19
Abigail Joiner, 3rd Year recipient, Class of '19
I would like to express my gratitude for your generosity. The scholarship you have rewarded me with has helped my family tremendously. It means so much that you have allowed me to attend Mother McAuley High School with less of a tuition payment. My parents work very hard to send me to school and this scholarship will help my family very much. I am going to use the education you helped provide me with to give myself the best life I can have.
Thank you once again,
Abigail Joiner, Class of '19
Thank you so much for choosing me for one of the scholarship awards for McAuley. I am so sorry about Bridget. I am really sad about what happened and I want you to know that she was a wonderful person. She was truly wonderful. I miss her and she is included in my prayers.
Emma Hennessy, Class of '19


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It's important that our dots came back. Wherever we look, we feel a bit like Cruel Deville, there are many points, big, small, shiny, matted, black and white-colored. But, here, our world is just a bit more colorful than Cruel.
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This texts explains how to obtain a suitable archive file for installation of decimal with Python 2.3.x. Companion file README explains how to perform the installation if the archive you download doesn't do everything for you, and also contains other useful information and pointers.
Module decimal.py already comes with the standard Python 2.4 and newer versions; in these cases you don't need to download it separately. Note that decimal is not officially supported for Python 2.2 and older versions -- if you're into archaeology, you're on your own!
You can make either of two different choices here: download a module installer archive file, or download the files separately.
In the first case, the procedure is simple, but maybe you won't get the latest version. In the second case, the procedure has more steps, but you'll be sure of getting the module latest version.
Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/sigefi, to the file releases section, and choose the package type to download:
In the first case, just execute the installer. In the second case, do rpm -i decimal-x.x-x.rpm as root.
In the third case, also as root, in any shell/command window, unzip and untar the package, cd to the directory thus created, and execute the installer -- for example, on a typical Linux or Unix installation:
$ gunzip decimal-x.x.tar.gz $ tar -xf decimal-x.x.tar $ cd decimal-x.x $ su [[ enter password appropriately when requested ]] # python setup.py install # [[ close the root session with Ctrl-D ]] $
Alternatively, if your machine is set up appropriately, instead of su followed by the execution of the installer and then the exit from the root session, you can mode compactly use sudo (again, you may have to enter your password appropriately if sudo asks you for it):
$ sudo python setup.py install
This assumes that Python 2.3 is the one found as python on your PATH. Otherwise, equivalently, enter a complete path to it, such as:
$ sudo /weirdly/placed/python2.3 setup.py install
The decimal module itself is just one file: decimal.py, which you can download from the Python CVS:
You can use any browser, or utility programs such as curl, wget, etc, to download this decimal.py file to some location on your machine.
You must then copy this file into your Python installation site-packages directory (for example, depending on your platform and exactly how you installed Python 2.3, C:\Python23\FIXME\site-packages or /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages). Note that you may need administrator privileges to put the file there, which may mean, as explained previously in this document, using su or sudo or other means yet as appropriate to your installation.
On MacOSX 10.3, Python 2.3 is part of the operating system and is an OSX framework -- but if you work at the Terminal, which basically means at the BSD Unix level underlying MacOSX, you can still treat it as a directory, and (typically with sudo from a user who is an administrator, since root is normally not enabled in a good MacOSX installation) copy decimal.py into the rather long "directory path" named:
Whenever you install anything it's always a good idea to test whatever you have just installed. To test the decimal.py installation you need additional files: test_decimal.py and all of the test files (inside a directory), that you can also download from the Python CVS repository:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/python/python/dist/src/Lib/test/test_decimal.py http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/python/python/dist/src/Lib/test/decimaltestdata/
and then you can proceed to the next section of this document.
If you chose to download and unpack an archive, in the directory in which you executed the installer you'll already have a test subdirectory. If you downloaded the files separately, or used a self-executing installer format that doesn't come with the tests (so you also downloaded the tests separately from CVS, as per the previous section), you should have downloaded placed, in any appropriate test directory of your choice, the test_decimal.py file and a decimaltestdata subdirectory with data files in it.
In any case, go to that test directory and execute the tests with:
python test_decimal.py
You do NOT need administrator privileges to run the tests, so it's best to run them with a normal, non-privileged user (the tests can't break anything, but "least possible privilege" is a key security practice).
You'll see a lot of messages while different module parts are tested, ending with a message similar to:
OK doctest (decimal) ... nn tests with zero failures
If there's any problem with the tests, please contact the developers.
In the same directory which you entered in order to execute the installer, you'll have a docs subdirectory. Directory docs contains documentation in several formats:
The .tex file was extracted from the Python CVS, and the HTML files were extracted from the on-line Python documentation (modified to get all the Decimal-related links pointing to the downloaded files).
You can also check the documentation online, currently at: http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/lib/module-decimal.html.
I would like to thanks to Alex Martelli for the help with these docs and his gentle pressure in order to package this Decimal independent distribution.


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Prolegomenon. There is an old joke about a man looking for a watch on Broadway when it was lost in the Bowery; when asked why he was looking on Broadway instead of where the watch was lost he replied "the light is so much better here." Similarly, activists don't use the incident that best exemplifies their cause, they use the most highly publicized event that can be linked to their cause, even if that link is tenuous. Because the light is so much better.
A meme that's long gone. Take a look, a gander at this image. Norman Rockwell painted this ("The Runaway", shown here) for a Saturday Evening Post cover that was published September 20, 1958. The imagery is perfect. Understanding cop — with a lot of time on his hands — reasoning with a lad who ran away. What would today's version be? A kid sedated by a psychotropic cocktail, under lock and key or recovering after having been Tasered or beaten (or worse) for mouthing off to a cop. This is the crux of the problem: the militarization of the police. The destruction of the idea and notion that they're to help and assist and not necessarily kick ass and take down names.
Compare this theme with today's.
Seeming disparity of coverage and concern. Kelly Thomas, Dillon Taylor, Gil Collar. White guys beaten and shot to death by cops: white, non-white and black. (I still don't know what the hell non-white means.) It's relevant, it's pertinent and it needs to be explored. Not because that excuses any alleged police overreaction but because it adds perspective. It adds light. The problem is endemic, inherent and knows not race as a primary factor. Correlation versus cause are two distinctly different considerations. Critial thinking and precise issue analysis are needed desperately.
Let me be brutally frank. I hate, no! I loathe discussions that victim categorize by race. What is this? Are we keeping a tally? No, that's not the basis of my indictment. If a behavior is wrong, if a reaction is unwarranted, it's wrong simply because it's wrong. Likewise you can't excuse wrongdoing simply because it's rare and infrequent. A black suspect mistreated by cops is as wrong as a white suspect mistreated by cops. Cops who are trained professionals, I might add.
But what I cannot understand is the selective categorization of victim demographics. Yes, without a doubt, there are discrepancies between white and black treatment. True. The history of police treatment is marred and horrible to be sure. But issue analysis and critical thinking a required here. Let's stick to the particular issue and framework that this disquisition attempts to address. Work with me in this one.
What the problem is and has been is an attitudinal militarization of police that has been exacerbated by the recent injection of 1033-like programs into police departments already burdened by historically entrenched and intrinsic racism. Without a doubt. let's be clear: Racism has existed, the disparate treatment of criminal detainees and suspects still exists. Fine, let's all stipulate to that and move on.
Here is the gravamen of my indictment.
- Police training and institutional mindsets need immediate and drastic revision.
- The celerity in the use of deadly force must be addressed. Alternatives to force and dispute resolution must be included in officers' arsenal.
- Racial arson, especially when fueled by those who seek to enjoy pecuniary gain, must be decried and attacked for what it is.
- The mainstream media must seriously readdress the way in which it covers incendiary matters, especially in view of the 24/7 cable news wheel that feeds data and coverage without surcease with no recognizable sense of proportion, sobriety or responsibility.
- The notion of the peace officer has gone the way of RoboCop. So long, Sheriff Andy. The message of the role of officer must be retooled and readdressed.
- The principles of Posse Comitatus must be revisited to readdress the division between civilian law enforcement and military.
Good luck explicating this perspective. Ted Baxter and Ron Burgundy would be proud.


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Within our Catholic schools we are called through religious and family life instruction, as well as through a distinctively Catholic curriculum in all areas of learning, to form young people with a dynamic, personal faith, which will empower them to liberate and transform the culture with the life-giving message of the gospel.
The following statement proclaimed by the Ontario Catholic Bishops in 1989, describes the vocation to which we are called within Catholic schools:
* In a world which ignores the human thirst for God,
we are called to share the living waters of our faith.
* In a time when there is little reverence for the image of God in the human person,
we are summoned to care for human life with an ultimate respect.
* In a culture where communication is increasingly commercialized,
we are invited to prayer and to worship.
* In a world marked by poverty, oppression and war,
we are commanded to work for justice and peace.
* In a society marked by personality cults,
we are called to bear witness to Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord,
and to reverence him in the poor, the lowly, and the marginalized.
* In a time which often seems to be without goals or ennobling aspirations,
we are challenged to declare ours and to dedicate our lives to their achievement.
* In an age which seems more fearful of the future,
we are directed to give an account of the hope that is within us. (1 Peter 3.15)
Taken from "This Moment of Promise"
A Pastoral Letter on Catholic Education in Ontario
Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops1989