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HER2 Testing for Breast Cancer
October 7, 2013
To help doctors give their patients the best possible care, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) asks its medical experts to develop recommendations for specific areas of cancer care. In 2013, ASCO and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) issued an updated joint clinical practice guideline about human epidermal growth receptor 2 (HER2) testing for breast cancer. This guide for patients is based on ASCO and CAP's recommendations.
Key Messages:
- HER2 is a specialized protein found on breast cancer cells that controls cancer growth and spread.
- All patients with invasive breast cancer should have their tumors tested for HER2 with at least one of the two approved testing methods.
- If the cancer has spread to other parts of the body, HER2 testing should be done on the areas where the cancer has spread, if it is possible, and especially if results would influence a patient's treatment options.
- This testing should be performed by an accredited laboratory that follows specific testing procedures.
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HER2 is a receptor (specialized protein) on the surface of all breast cells. When a breast cell has abnormally high levels of HER2, it can drive breast cancer growth and spread. Usually, a breast cell has two copies of the HER2 gene, which controls production of the HER2 protein. About 15% to 20% of patients with invasive breast cancer have abnormally high levels of the HER2 gene and/or the HER2 protein. These cancers, referred to as HER2-positive, tend to be higher risk cancers, but certain types of chemotherapy and targeted therapy work well to treat these cancers.
Drugs that specifically block HER2 to stop the growth of cancer cells are called HER2-targeted therapies. Examples of these drugs include trastuzumab (Herceptin), lapatinib (Tykerb), pertuzumab (Perjeta), and ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1; Kadcyla). These drugs are effective against HER2-positive invasive cancers, but they are costly. Rarely, these drugs cause serious side effects, such as heart problems, liver inflammation, diarrhea, and skin problems. Therefore, it is important to accurately determine how much HER2 your cancer makes so you can receive these drugs if the cancer is HER2 positive, or avoid receiving ineffective drugs if it is HER2 negative.
The two FDA-approved methods currently used in the United States to test for HER2 are immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in-situ hybridization (ISH). IHC testing can show how much of the HER2 protein is present on the cancer cell surface, while ISH testing measures the number of copies of the HER2 gene inside each cell. There are two main types of ISH tests: fluorescence and bright-field ISH.
Recommendations for HER2 testing
To help your doctor decide if HER2-targeted therapy is a treatment option for you, ASCO recommends the following:
- If you have been diagnosed with invasive breast
cancer, HER2 testing must be done on your cancer when first diagnosed to determine whether HER2-targeted therapy is a treatment option for you. In addition, if the breast cancer has spread to another part of your body or comes back after treatment, testing should be done again on the new tumor or areas where the cancer has spread, especially if results would influence your treatment options.
- Either IHC or ISH testing may be used, as long as it is correctly performed, validated, and reproducible. The pathology laboratories that perform HER2 testing should follow specific testing procedures and handle tissue samples consistently.
- Most HER2 tests are clearly negative or positive, meaning that your cancer has either a high or low level of HER2. If your test results are not clearly positive or negative, testing may need to be done again, either on a different tumor sample or with a different test. Sometimes even with repeated testing, the results may not be conclusive so you and your doctor will have to discuss the best treatment.
- If the cancer is HER2 positive, HER2-targeted therapy is a recommended treatment option for you. If the cancer is HER2 negative, HER2-targeted therapy is not a treatment option for you, and your doctor will give you other options for treating the breast cancer.
What This Means for Patients
It is important that you and your doctor know if your breast cancer is HER2 positive or negative, whether the cancer is newly diagnosed, has spread, or has come back after treatment. Your doctor will use the results of HER2 testing to make sure you receive the appropriate treatment and avoid the side effects of a treatment that is unlikely to work. Use this information to talk with your doctor about the results of your HER2 testing, including what they mean and how they affect your treatment options.
Questions to Ask Your Doctor
To learn more about HER2 testing for breast cancer, consider asking your doctor the following questions:
- Are the results of HER2 testing on my tumor clearly negative or positive? What does this mean?
- What test was used and does the lab that did the testing follow the ASCO/CAP guideline?
- Will the test need to be repeated? If so, is another tumor sample needed?
- If my cancer has spread, will HER2 testing be done on the metastases? If so, what does this involve?
- Can I obtain a copy of my pathology report (laboratory test results)? Is my HER2 status indicated on the pathology report?
- Are you comfortable with the results?
- Based on these test results, what treatments do you recommend? Why?
- What are the possible side effects of these treatments?
Helpful Links
Read the entire clinical practice guideline at www.asco.org/guidelines/her2.
Guide to Breast Cancer
Understanding a Pathology Report
After a Biopsy: Making the Diagnosis
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Actor Stephen Baldwin has been arrested in New York on felony charges of tax evasion.
The star was taken into custody on Thursday after allegedly failing to pay up more than $350,000 in back taxes between 2008 and 2010.
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe tells TMZ.com, "At a time when Rockland County and New York State face severe fiscal shortfalls, we cannot afford to allow wealthy residents to break the law by cheating on their taxes.
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Don't know why, but I always thought an Alaskan cruise was for older people. So now that I am older, I figured it was time to try one. After finally taking a cruise last month, I wish I had done it when I was younger. I found adventure around every turn. And the cruise ship kept me on my toes, too.
Of course, my cruise just happened to be a "Dancing With the Stars at Sea" theme on Holland America's Westerdam. So, I found myself hanging out with Mirror Ball Trophy competitors like Emma Slater, Tristan MacManus and Kym Johnson, as well as celebrities such as Sabrina Bryan and Carson Kressley.
I even tried some of the dance classes, where fellow passengers were chosen for an onboard competition. Like the television version, half the fun is rooting for your favorite dancer.
But physical prowess and timing also came in handy for the side trips, like hiking on the Mendenhall Glacier and dancing with the tribal clans in Sitka. Choosing from everything available on the cruise can be a dilemma if you're expecting a laid-back cruise. But nothing ventured, nothing gained — so I jumped into the Alaskan adventure with both feet.
It began while docked in Seattle, when national park rangers came aboard to talk about the wonderful places we would see over the next week: Glacier Bay National Park, Tongass National Forest, Misty Fjords National Monument. Cruise Director Michael Headla talked about the exciting events and entertainment on the cruise.
"I know many of you are here to meet the stars from 'Dancing With the Stars' and you'll have many chances to meet them," Headla explained. "But we have many other shows and entertainment for you to enjoy throughout the cruise."
We toasted our trip with a glass of sparkling wine as the ship slowly backed out of its Seattle slip.
The rest of the evening was spent at welcome aboard parties.
After dinner, we slipped over to the Vista Lounge theater for the musical production "Marquee." There was also a special performance by the "Dancing With the Stars" troupe.
We spent the next day at sea, steaming 880 miles to Juneau. Five diesel generators and one gas turbine pushed the 82,000-ton ship to 20 knots.
On board were more than 2,000 fellow passengers served by an attentive staff of 800. Even with that many passengers, the 935-foot ship didn't seem crowded.
While we had planned to relax the first day, there were simply too many interesting activities to keep us in our cabin. Passengers could take classes in everything from floral arranging to Windows 8.1.
Holland America has partnered with Microsoft to offer many digital workshops during the cruise. Guests can learn how to use the advanced features of Photo Gallery to make pop art, collages and panoramic photos. I learned how to use Movie Maker.
In the Culinary Arts Center, celebrity chef Bobby Moore showed how to prepare Grand Marnier Prawns. Cooking classes continued every day.
Soon it was time for the first dance lesson, learning the cha cha with the ship's professional dancers.
Many passengers had booked this Alaskan cruise just to meet celebrities from "Dancing With the Stars." They got their chance that afternoon at a fun question and answer session with the stars. Everyone wanted to know what it was really like to be a part of the most popular dance show.
A harbor pilot climbed on board at 7 a.m. under rainy skies to guide us into Juneau. We joined two-time mirror ball champion Kym Johnson for her fitness class. The vivacious dancer put everyone through a real cardio dance workout that even had Johnson sweating.
Then we had time for a tour of the Westerdam's kitchens before docking in Juneau. Executive chef Vinod Patil showed us how his staff prepares more than 12,000 meals every day.
"We just had a surprise inspection and got a perfect score," Vinod bragged. As well he should, meals are a huge part of any cruise.
The food in the Vista dining room was exceptional. The Pinnacle Grill soon became a favorite, serving Northwest steak and seafood in a lovely setting on the lower promenade deck.
But now it was time to work off any of the extra calories exploring the capital of Alaska. There is a wide variety of shore excursions available. I stopped counting after 50.
Passengers can go whale watching or go underground into an old gold mine. Tourists can step off the boat next to the Mt. Roberts Tramway or fly far inland to visit a fishing camp or Mendenhall Glacier.
If you've never been to a glacier, I'd recommend it. I still remember my first glacier trek in Chile. The ice is an unbelievable blue — glaciers absorb all colors of the visible light spectrum except blue.
One of 38 giant glaciers, Mendenhall Glacier flows from the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield. Gravity pulls the glacier downhill on a 13-mile trip to Mendenhall Lake.
Watch out for the crevasses shearing the glacier. These cracks run up to 800 feet deep, so you won't get your iPhone back if you drop it.
Other passengers tried canoe trips and a salmon bake. But those are subjects for future stories on Alaska.
Returning to the Westerdam, we had another memorable dinner. Then we stopped at the piano bar, where we met Kym Johnson and her mother. After some friendly chitchat, it was off to the Vista Lounge to see comedian Rich Aronovitch.
Up early the next day, we were anxious to see Glacier Bay National Park. They opened the bow of the ship at 6:30 a.m. under heavy clouds and light fog. This park is huge, covering more than 3 million acres of scenic mountains, picturesque glaciers and deep fjords.
"The fog should lift by the time we're done looking at Johns Hopkins Glacier. You're getting the bonus plan today, normally we don't come up here," said hotel director Mark Pells, as stewards served wine and cheese.
The ship slowly rotated in place, giving every passenger a view of the glacier. When a passenger inquired how the ship could do that, Pells replied, "We have thrusters on the bow of the ship, and the propellers in the back are on pods that spin, so we just basically spin around."
National Park Rangers came on board to narrate our tour.
"Margerie Glacier is one of the more active glaciers in Glacier Bay," explained one Park Ranger. "It drops about 70 feet of ice every day. We've been lucky to see some of it fall already. This glacier is relatively quick moving; you can see that by the spires of ice that make that texture across the top of the glacier."
As we watched, a small part careened into the bay. Back at the Seaview Pool, guests jumped into the ice-filled water as part of the Polar Bear Plunge. Another Glacier Bay tradition.
Then it was off to another "Dancing With the Stars" dance class. This time to the Latin rhythms of the samba.
After a quick overnight cruise, we arrived in Sitka at 7 a.m. Jumping on the ship's tender, we joined a tour of the Sitka State Historical Park, the Raptor Center and the Native Center. This is a fascinating look into the history and culture of native clans.
Back on board, we had to break out the tuxedos for the first formal night. The penguin suit was worth it, as passengers gathered to have their photos taken with celebrities from "Dancing With the Stars."
And it added an elegant touch to dining at the Pinnacle Grill, which had been transformed into the legendary Le Cirque restaurant in New York City. The one-time event featured French Continental cuisine. Over the chateaubriand, everyone agreed it had been a very special evening.
The "Dancing With the Stars at Sea" show in the Vista Lounge followed. The dance pros were fabulous and Kressley was very funny.
Another day, another port as we sailed into Ketchikan at 7 a.m. Once again, passengers had a wealth of shore excursions to choose from. Stay in this lovely little seaport or cruise out to Misty Fjords National Monument.
Afterward, passengers enjoyed an Alaskan salmon bake by the main swimming pool on the Lido deck. Others learned how to dance the jive for the upcoming dance contest.
That night, the Westerdam's dancers and singers performed an exciting homage to Hollywood in "Soundstage."
On the final day of our cruise, we decided to relax and head to the spa. Some opted for massages, while others praised their facials. The Greenhouse Spa rivaled those on land.
Leading up to the grand finale, our very own "Dancing With the Stars" competition. Six of our fellow passengers competed for a free cruise in December. While our favorite didn't win, she gave it her all. Just part of the adventure on an Alaskan cruise.


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The house that inspired the phrase "Keeping Up with the Jones" is on the market. Lauren Schuker joins the News Hub. Photo: Coldwell Banker.
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March 29th, 2010
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The Exhibit of April — presented in the entrance to the UPM's Permanent Collection — is connected with the prepared exhibition
(Galerie Rudolfinum – Small Gallery, 22 April – 4 July 2010).
Jindřich Eckert (1833–1905)
No title, c. 1870s
Photograph, oil paints
Signed lower left: Eckert
Purchased in 2009
The image on view showing the Hvězda Summer Palace
is a unique example of the combination of photography
and painting. The intention of the photograph touched
up with oil paints was perhaps not only to produce
a coloured picture, but to achieve a genuine synthesis
of the photographic and painted image. This assumption
is supported by the brushwork and unified colour
treatment, accentuated with earthy tones of brown and
green. Photography studios of those days employed numerous
retouchers and colourists, including the painter
Josef Tulka.
Jindřich Eckert
Indisputably the most accomplished Czech photographer
of the 19th century, Jindřich Eckert, began his career
in the 1860s in Prague, where he opened his own
portrait studio. His varied work included a wide range
of genres and enhanced the field's technical possibilities
(e.g. roentgenograms). However, Eckert became
best known for his topographical and landscape photography,
which he took up in the late 1860s. In the early
1870s, he published his first collection (Prague), using
the collotype printing process. Soon his topographical
pictures were used to accompany illustrated periodicals
(such as Světozor) and travel books. Eckert began creating
his most important landscape collections in the early
1880s, when he made a series of shots of the Šumava and
Krkonoše mountains, regions that had been very popular
with landscape painters already in the past. Eckert's
choice of subjects and composition schemes was actually
based to a large degree on landscape painting. In
the 1890s, in his Collection of Physiognomically and Geologically
Interesting Landscapes of Bohemia, he explored
the structural aspects characterizing Bohemia's countryside.
It was no coincidence that at the time the particularities
of Bohemia's topography were also central
to Czech landscape painting. Moreover, Eckert photodocumented
the production facilities of foremost industrial
companies (Ringhoffer, Křižík). Not only of aesthetic,
but also of documentary value are his photos of Prague
prior to the demolishing of a section of the Old Town that
appeared in the first illustrated books on Prague (Royal
Prague, 1898, The Prague Ghetto, 1902). Even during his
lifetime, Eckert received many awards and generated international
acclaim (some forty medals and a number of
honorary titles). He actively engaged in Prague's social
life, and in 1872 was made an honorary citizen of Prague.
A prominent figure in the field of photography, Jindřich
Eckert influenced the activities of many photography
organizations and the first photographic journals.
Pavel Scheufler, Jindřich Eckert, Odeon, Praha 1985;
Pavel Scheufler, Stará Praha Jindřicha Eckerta, Forma,
Praha 1993.
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I swear in a '70 issue of HOT ROD magazine they showed a 454/460hp 3×2-barrel carbureted factory '70 Corvette. I remember seeing a picture of it, and I think it may even have been on the cover. Did Chevy in fact make a '70 454/460hp Tri-power setup for factory Vettes?
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Tri-power 427s were a popular '67-'69 Corvette option, as seen here on Phil Philson's numbers-matching '67 427/435hp undergoing a complete body-off-frame restoration. Noticeably taller than later versions, the '67-only Tri-power intakes (casting nos. 3894374, rectangular-port; 3894382, oval-port) are said to offer superior performance over the '68-'69 casting.>
Tri-power utilizing three two-barrel Holleys was a factory option on '67-'69 427 big-block Corvettes. Two versions were offered: a 427/400 hp (with iron oval-port heads and a hydraulic cam) and a 427/435 hp (with closed-chamber iron or aluminum rectangular-port heads and a solid cam). Although there were 3×2 454 prototypes, they were never sold to the public. In a copy of GM's official '70 Corvette loose-leaf assembly manual issued to the production-plant employees, the installation instruction sheet for the projected '70 3×2 454 (RPO LJ2) carries the notation "Canceled 6-16-69."
Hot Rod featured the then-new 454 on its Oct. '69 cover, but it was a single four-barrel version.>
Can you tell me if there are any identifiable differences between a 235 Chevy six-cylinder and the 261 Chevy six? What vehicles did the 261 come in? I would also like to know the difference in the bore and stroke between the two engines and if the crankshaft is interchangeable.
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Chevy 235 and 261 L6 engines with full oil-pressure lubrication systems were produced from 1954 to 1962. They were superseded by the 235, 250, and 292 L6 engines, which lasted through the '80s. The 261 was available in 2-ton 6000 or C60 series trucks and schoolbuses, as well as some Canadian fullsize Pontiac passenger cars.
Both engines used the same 3151/416-inch-stroke crankshaft. The displacement difference was achieved by changing the cylinder bore diameter-391/416 for the 235, 311/44 for the 261. A 261 had heavier connecting rods and a bigger piston pin. Most 261s had 7.8:1 stock compression ratios, slightly lower than the 235's 8.0:1 ratio.
GM installed a higher-lift cam with mechanical lifters in U.S.-built 261s, the same one used on the 235ci six-cylinder Corvette. Canadian-built 261s and all passenger-car 235s except the Corvette used hydraulic lifters. Truck 235s had solid lifters. Canadian 261s never received the full-flow oil filter added to U.S. 261s in 1958.
An original 261 will be painted green or yellow. The 235s were gray. Overall external engine dimensions are the same, and a 261 will go right in where a 235 came out. Because they are dimensionally interchangeable, it is not unknown to find a 261 lurking in a U.S. passenger car, even though it was never installed as original equipment.
One of the best identifiers is cylinder block and head casting numbers. Inliners International, a Chevy and GMC six-cylinder club, catalogs the following 261 casting numbers on its Web site:
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The block casting numbers are located on the passenger side between the fuel pump and starter, except for in '54 models, which have the casting numbers located forward of the fuel pump. The cylinder head casting numbers are located beside the rocker-arm cover. A 235 head can be installed on a 261 by drilling the steam holes to match those on the 261 head and block (use a 261 head gasket as a template).
Inliners says another 261 identification clue is the "Captain's Bars"-two pairs of raised parallel 11/44-inch bars cast into most 261 blocks. On the 235, these bars are seen only on '54 models. One bar pair will be found above the starter mount. The second pair is on the driver side, top middle, close to the head. Identification photos and additional information can be found on Inliners' Web site.
Where Do I Get…rear glass for a '65 Bel Air four-door sedan?
Jesse Miller
Dallas, TX
Pilkington Classics (Columbus, OH; 800/848-1351; www.pilkington.com) still has some clear rear glass for your model-year.
…steel fenders and parts for my original '34 Ford five-window coupe?
Carlton Hall
Whitney, TX
The following outfits offer various steel body-parts for '34 Fords: Gaslight Auto Parts (Urbana, OH; 937/652-2145; www.gaslightauto.com), Showcars Bodyparts Unlimited (Toronto, ON, Canada; 905/857-6345; www.showcars-bodyparts .com), and Steve's Auto Restorations (Portland, OR; 503/665-2222; www.steves autorestorations.com)
…those radiator springs that insert into the hoses to prevent them from collapsing when under suction from high-output water pumps?
Chris Anderson
Aiea, HI
Good-quality replacement-style radiator suction hoses often have an internal support spring factory installed. But if they aren't included with the new hose, and your local auto parts store doesn't stock them separately, contact a large industrial, marine, or aerospace hydraulic hose distributor. In your area, check out Hydra-Air Pacific (Honolulu, HI; 808/834-7656; www.hydraairpacific.com).
…headers for my '65 Ford 11/42-ton 4×4 pickup? It has a 352 FE and a four-speed trans.
Don Zollars
St. James, MN
Sanderson Headers (S. San Francisco, CA; 800/669-2430 or 650/583-6617; www.sandersonheaders.com) offers block-hugger headers (PN FE427) that are said to fit FE engines in '54 and later F-100 pickups. For tri-Ys, contact Stan's Headers (Auburn, WA; 800/962-6467 or 253/854-5310; www.stans-headers.com); its PN244Y fits FEs in '65-'76 four-wheel-drive Ford pickups.
…the header collector megaphones mentioned in Header Design Theory (Pit Stop, Sept. '07)?
Rich Duffer
Beaver Falls, NY
Burns Stainless (Costa Mesa, CA; 949/631-5120; www.burnsstainless.com) sells rolled and seam-welded mild steel and 304 stainless megaphones in a variety of configurations.
Wondering Why It Wanders
I have a '68 Camaro SS clone with all new front-end parts, including ball joints, bushings, the idler arm, and so on. The car wanders horribly down the interstate. It is very difficult to drive a straight line. What do you suggest?
Greg Lewis
Nashville, TN
Let's start with the basics. To begin with, the original factory alignment specs permit too much variance, and they are out to lunch anyway with today's modern, wide-contact-patch radial tires. As a rule, you need considerably more positive caster than the original specs. If you have zero caster or negative caster and/or the alignment is toe-out, it could wander.
Global West suspension expert Doug Nordin advocates about 2 degrees of positive caster. Because of typical road crown, put a little more on the right side than the left side-so shoot for 0.5 degree difference, about +1.5 degrees left/+2 degrees right. (Depending on the specific vehicle, this could require aftermarket control arms if you run out of adjustment.)
With modern radials and a basically stock suspension, Nordin recommends -0.5-degree (negative) camber and 1/4-inch toe-in on both sides. When using wheel gauges to measure toe-in, push out gently and simultaneously on the inside of both tires to simulate the running toe under actual road conditions. There always will be some deflection; just make sure you still have toe-in. If the car toes out, check the wheel-bearing adjustment: While rotating the wheel/tire, tighten the bearings down until you can feel resistance (this will seat the bearing), back the nut off, retighten back down into contact with the washer, and torque it to 12-18 lb-in.
If the problems still persist after you've set the alignment, check the amount of play at the steering wheel. Stand outside the car, place a hand on the top of the steering wheel, and lightly (exerting fingertip pressure only) rock the wheel left and right. Observe how much travel the steering wheel generates before the tire starts to move. Over an inch of deflection before the tire starts to move indicates a problem. (If you have power steering, perform this check with the engine running.)
If there's excessive deflection, the problem is most likely in the steering-shaft-to-steering-box coupler or steering box itself. Couplers have been known to wear out. There should be no deflection and no lateral pivot on the coupler.
If the coupler's OK, at this point the problem is most likely in the steering box. First try adjusting the gear backlash by turning the set screw on the box's cover. Follow the backlash specifications as listed in the factory service manual. Do not overtighten or the box could bind. If setting the backlash to spec helps the on-center feel but the box still doesn't feel right at full lock and/or doesn't self-return smoothly from full lock, the steering gears are worn out. Rebuild or replace the box.
Minitubs For Nova
My son has a '70 Nova. We were thinking about doing a minitub to run a wider wheel and tire combo. I've read articles about owners having a minitub, but I never knew what it involved. Right now I'm stationed in Iraq and don't have time to research or do trial-and-error stuff. I know I'll be installing a new Posi rearend when I get back, but at the same time we would like to do the minitub
CW4 Johnny W. "Chuck" Johnson II
B Co., 115 BSB, 1 BCT, 1CD
Camp Taji, Iraq
Detroit Speed & Engineering (DSE) offers minitub kits for most popular GM cars that make the job go a lot easier, but some basic fabrication and welding skills are still needed. These kits work with either a narrowed rearend (recommended if you plan to install a new rearend anyway), or (if keeping the existing rear), aftermarket wheels with custom backspacing. With a narrowed rear or custom wheel backspacing, DSE's kit is said to accommodate anything from 15×10- through 18×11-inch wheels shod with up to 335mm (approximately 13-inch) section-width tires. If desired, DSE can supply a narrowed Ford 9-inch or GM 12-bolt rearend.
You can purchase just a pair of two inner minitubs with instructions (DSE PN 040402 for a '68-'74 Nova) or a complete kit that includes the minitubs, upper crossmember (that supports the new shock towers and welds into the trunk floor), upper shock mounts, offset leaf-spring shackles, new leaf springs, new spring perches, lower shock mounting tabs, U-bolts, and an installation CD and written instructions. The complete kit for a 2-inch spring drop is PN 041207; for a 3-inch drop, order PN 041208. Additional options include shock absorbers and a Quadra Link rear suspension utilizing a four-bar system with coilovers.
Depending on your expertise, facilities, and equipment, these kits typically take anywhere from 30 to 50 hours to install. Basic bodyworking knowledge is helpful. You'll need grinding equipment, a cutoff wheel, and a rotor-broach spot-weld cutter. Although not strictly required, a plasma cutter can greatly speed up the job. Welding is required; a MIG welder is preferred. It probably will take most of a full day drilling out the spot welds, removing the existing inner wheelhouses, cutting the floor, and making close-outs. Then it's on to the more complex stuff: Filler panels that fit between the tubs and framerails' closeouts must be fabricated. The framerails must be notched for clearance by cutting a section out of the box structure, then welding a new plate back in place. You'll also have to weld in the new crossmember and of course the tubs themselves. Thanks for your service and stay safe out there.
Weird T5 Swap
I have a five-speed transmission from a '98 Camaro with a 3.8L V-6 engine. What bellhousing will fit this transmission to a small-block Chevy V-8? I plan to use it in a street rod.
Ed Chwascinski
Washington, MO
Warning! This trans has an ultralow 3.75:1 First gear and is only rated at 230 lb-ft. Designed for low-torque four- and six-cylinder engines, it won't last long behind a V-8. Consider what else you'll need to change when the trans suffers a destructive failure. Like the man says, "You can pay a little now or a lot more later." But if you're bound and determined to play transmission roulette.
The listed blank cap part number has no trans mounting pattern. It can be custom-drilled with the Ford trans-mounting pattern rotated 17-degrees to conform to the transmission's stock Camaro orientation. Another alternative is cap PN 8702-2, which comes predrilled with the standard Ford V-8 T5 5-degree rotated pattern. Use of 8702-2 would require a custom wedge-shaped adapter or other crossmember mods to properly position the trans in the chassis.>
The late GM '94-and-up Camaro V-6 T5 is a weird hybrid that combines both Ford and GM characteristics. Essentially, it uses a Ford T5-style main trans case with a Ford trans-to-bellhousing mounting pattern (the distance between the bottom two mounting bolts should measure 631/48 inches instead of GM's traditional 911/44 inches). But just like other GM Camaro T5 installations, the bellhousing mounting-bolt pattern is still rotated 17 degrees counterclockwise from straight up for floorpan clearance in the stock installation, and the transmission's rear mount pad is machined at a corresponding angle so it mounts flush with the trans crossmember.
A typical McLeod modular system: The multipattern bellhousing fits most '55-and-up Chevy engines (except late "metric" V-6s), as well as the classic Buick/Olds/Pontiac V-6/V-8 pattern. It has right- and lefthand starter pockets, a clutch-fork hole, and early '55-'57 Chevy-style engine mounting lugs. Swapping spacer plates, caps, and rings accommodates most any trans.>
The late Camaro V-6 T5's input shaft length (as measured from the trans case face to the shaft tip) is 7.17 inches, similar to a typical '83-'93 Ford V-8 T5 (versus 6.71 inches for a GM V-8 T5, or traditional musclecar Muncie, Saginaw, and T10 four-speed). Overall, this means your V-6 T5's input-shaft length is approximately 51/48 inch longer than a traditional GM V-8 manual-trans input shaft. However, the late Camaro V-6 T5 input shaft still has 26 splines like a GM V-8 T5, and it still retains GM's traditional 4.680-inch main drive-gear bearing retainer-to-bellhousing pilot hole dimension.
The solution is mixing and matching components from McLeod's modular bellhousing system. The parts needed are shown in the adjacent table. When everything is bolted up, the total assembly stack length from the trans front face to engine rear face totals out at 7.337 inches. This means that the input shaft tip ends up 0.167 inch (7.337 – 7.17 = 0.167) farther back than the theoretical blueprint depth, but this slight discrepancy can acceptably be accommodated by the standard Chevy crankshaft pilot bearing.


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Foreword This conference on Partial Differential Equations and its Applications was held at Universite Toulouse 1 (UT1) in Toulouse, France, to honor the scientific contributions of Professor Jacqueline Fleckinger to this subject. Nineteen invited lectures, presented over two days, covered a number of "hot topics" of current research in Partial Differential Equations, including asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues of an elliptic operator on a domain with fractal boundary (e.g. a "snowflake"), positive solutions to (systems of) elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations, both, regular and degenerate (or singular), and and a number of other topics with applications in Mathematical Physics, involving e.g. the Schroedinger and p-Laplace operators.
The organizing committee consisted of: Benedicte Alziary (coordinator), Jacques Giacomoni, Ian Schindler, and Peter Takac.
Some of the papers presented at the conference appear in the conference proceedings. They reflect the authors' contribution to the conference. Please see the table of contents.
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| Ian Schindler
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2 Week Specials, Medicine in Nepal by Iley Johnson
My name is Iley and I live in Queensland, Australia. I chose to go on the Nepal Medicine placement in the summer holidays before commencing my final year of school. I have always known that I would like to pursue a career in medicine and science when I'm older, but nearing the end of school, I had to start making some decisions and developing concrete goals. At school one Wednesday afternoon, I was presented with the perfect opportunity: a high school volunteering project which ran over the summer holidays.
A Projects Abroad staff member came to our school and talked to us about the various programs offered. I was immediately drawn to the medical placement in Nepal, as it was the perfect blend of appreciating an entirely new culture, stepping way out of my comfort zone and gaining experience in my potential future profession.
The year of anticipation and planning for my trip went by surprisingly fast. Before I knew it, I was sitting in the airport waiting for my flight to board. I have to say that sitting alone in the gate that night was probably the most scared I've ever felt. I had no idea what to expect, and I had never flown internationally by myself before. However, the incredible view of the Himalayas and the city of Kathmandu from the plane window quickly renewed all of my excitement for the trip.
Despite the overwhelming experience of stepping out of the airport to an onslaught of drivers, noise and unfamiliar sights, I settled in quite quickly. Our supervisor was extremely helpful and kind and I found myself making friends easily. Over the first weekend, the other members of my project arrived. Before we left for Chitwan, we did some sight-seeing and souvenir shopping, and adjusted to the new culture, climate and food. I was definitely not used to the freezing weather of Kathmandu in wintertime, and I was very thankful for the scarves I bought at a local shop. Nepali tea became my staple during the cold mornings, and I even tried coffee for the first time.
Arrival to Chitwan and Medical Placements
We travelled down through the mountains for about 5 hours in a bus to get to Chitwan, where we spent the 2 weeks of our placement. Chitwan was a lot warmer and quieter than Kathmandu, and on most days we woke up to Western music from a Nepali wedding happening at the hotel.
Generally we would eat breakfast together and then divide into smaller groups of 4 to go to our respective hospitals and clinics, ranging from a small community clinic, to a large teaching hospital, a cancer hospital and an eye clinic. I was lucky enough to see an endoscopy being performed on a patient, a child's birth and meet many unfortunate patients of throat, stomach and mouth cancer as they recovered from their various maladies.
We would have lunch at the hospital cafeterias, eating traditional Nepali food like Mo Mos and vegetable curries, where we suffered through the conflicting wonderful tastes and burning spices that were usually reserved for the locals. After our day touring the hospitals, we went back to the hotel where the whole group was given the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the culture, from shopping at the local markets to participating a Nepali yoga class and taking a lesson in the Nepali language. After dinner, we bonded as a group, playing card games and learning about each other's lives to such an extent that it almost felt like we had known each other for years.
During the weekend, we visited the Chitwan National Park where we trekked through the jungle filled with elephants and deer, canoed through a misty abyss of crocodile-infested waters and visited an elephant breeding centre.
The most rewarding experience however, was easily the day that we went to a local community primary school and taught the young children the correct way to brush their teeth, creating a catchy song and demonstrating with several eager kids. Later that day, we visited Devghat, a cultural and spiritual area which included an elderly retirement home and we walked the trails and across swinging bridges to beautiful temples by the river. That day was actually my 17th birthday, and I couldn't have imagined a more incredible way to spend it.
After our two weeks in Chitwan, we travelled back to Kathmandu. We spent our final couple of days on the placement visiting an HIV clinic and nutritional centre for children, and doing some more sightseeing. We walked up to a temple and we felt on top of the world as we looked down on the sprawling city below us and the mountain tops of the Himalayas.
While becoming immersed in the culture of the country, I also found myself picking up on the very basics of the language and met kind and helpful locals who were more than happy to show us around or hold a broken conversation in half-Nepali, half-English.
Final Word
If there was anything I could suggest for future volunteers, it would be to embrace the culture, take advantage of every opportunity and don't be afraid to make suggestions. For example, our group suggested a dance class and an opportunity to have mehndi done for us and our supervisor organised it for use a few nights later. Also, be sure to pack back-up clothes in your hand luggage and I would definitely bring chocolate from home and tissues (I got a bit of a cold and they were surprisingly hard to find there). The project co-ordinators will tell you that the trip will only be as exciting as you make it, and this is more than true. Find any excuse to ask questions, be engaged and involved in the activities, and try to focus on the positives, even when things go wrong.
I am so glad that I undertook this trip and I can certainly say that it had been the most gratifying experience of my life so far. I was exposed to some of the harsher realities of the world and it opened my eyes to different world views. I met beautiful people in a country filled with beauty, and I want nothing more than to go back and do it all again. It has strengthened my desire to work in medicine so I can visit Nepal again and make a difference in the lives of the people who have inspired me.
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Areas with a normal risk of flooding include Montevideo, Granite Falls, Long Prairie and St. Cloud.
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You only have 20 minutes a day and really can't get to the gym. Here are three great exercises with a resistance band that will work your upper and lower body.
• Stand on the band with your feet shoulder-width apart and a handle grip in each hand.
• With your elbows glued to the side of your ribs and your knuckles facing outward, hold the handle grips at shoulder height.
• Bend your knees and push your buttocks back, as if sitting in a chair
• Return to standing position while lowering the handle grips to your hips and raising them to your shoulders for a biceps curl.
• Place the resistance band around your mid-back with the handle grips in front.
• Hold a handle grip in each hand with palms facing inwards.
• Extend your arms out to your sides. Keep a soft bend in your elbows and bring both hands in front as if hugging a large tree. Only move your arms and think of working your chest.
• To target triceps, keep your elbows glued to the side of your ribs and alternately punch an imaginary opponent at chest level.
• Sitting on the ground, with legs and back straight, wrap the resistance band around the middle of your sneakers. Keep your toes pointed to the ceiling and your abdominals pulled into your spine.
• With a handle grip in each hand, bend at the elbows and pull the resistance band into the side of your ribs.
• Squeeze your shoulder blades together and push your chest forward.
• Depending on the tension of the band, perform 12-15 repetitions of each of these exercises.
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I wonder why Assemblyman David Weprin, standing to the left looking over the shoulder of former council member and Democratic primary winner in Queens Borough President race Melinda Katz, appears to be frowning rather than smiling. (Pol Position - September 19).
Was he thinking, "I could have been a contender and become Queens borough President?"
Weprin has to drive himself three hours each way back and forth to Albany for $79,000 per year, while Queens borough president-elect Katz (it is a 100 percent sure bet she will win in November) will have a driver with a 15-minute commute each way to Borough Hall earning $160,000 per year.
Remember, to the victor goes the spoils. Don't be surprised when the Queens County Democratic Party chairman, Congressman Joseph Crowley, and Katz reward Councilman Leroy Comrie, Deputy Borough President Barry Grodenchik and State Senator Jose Peralta for being loyal members in good standing.
They all took the "hint," folded their tents and endorsed Katz. Even State Senator Tony Avella assisted Katz by dropping out of the race, but not endorsing losing candidate Councilman Peter Vallone, Jr.
Each will be rewarded by Crowley by either becoming deputy queens borough president, go to work for the next mayor, comptroller, or public advocate, or be designated as the "official Queens County Democratic Party clubhouse" candidate for future public office.
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DETROIT (AP) — Simon Pagenaud took advantage of a series of restarts, making moves each time to thrive in a crash-filled Detroit Grand Prix for his first IndyCar victory.
The Frenchman finished 5.6 seconds in front of James Jakes on Sunday in the second of two races on Belle Isle.
"Luckily enough, my reflexes are pretty sharp," Pagenaud said.
The reigning IndyCar Rookie of the Year hadn't finished better than second in 39 IndyCar and Champ Car races, a fact he thought about late in the race.
"Those last two laps were very emotional in the car, but I kept saying, 'Keep pushing,'" he recalled. "When I crossed the finish line, it was a sweet moment."
Jakes, meanwhile, was a little salty that the start-and-stop nature of the race hurt his chances of winning an IndyCar event for the first time.
"Whenever we managed to get in a rhythm, the yellow flags kept coming out," Jakes said.
Mike Conway, who won Saturday's race with just three cautions, finished third.
"I couldn't imagine that coming into this weekend," said Conway, who was tending his dad's garden in England during last week's Indianapolis 500. "Hopefully, there's some more races for me."
Conway's next scheduled race for Dale Coyne Racing is in Toronto, where IndyCar will have its second of three doubleheader weekends this year.
Scott Dixon was fourth, followed by Dario Franchitti and Marco Andretti, who pulled into a tie with Helio Castroneves for the IndyCar points lead.
"It's good to get back up there in the points and we'll keep marching forward at Texas next weekend," Andretti said.
After racing on a tight, 2.36-mile street course, IndyCar's next race is on an oval at Texas Motor Speedway.
Pagenaud's victory for Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports was another one for the lesser-known IndyCar teams.
Six drivers, including three first-time winners, have won seven races this year and none of them are driving for traditionally successful Team Penske or Chip Ganassi Racing.
"We never know who is going to be on top of any weekend," said Pagenaud, who hadn't finished better than sixth this season and was 12th on Saturday. "It's great to see what IndyCar has been able to provide, a product that allows every team to be competitive."
Pagenaud put Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports atop an IndyCar podium for the first time.
Sam Schmidt is winningest team owner in Indy Lights history, but said those victories don't compare to the one Pagenaud provided.
"This is better," said Schmidt, a former driver, who became a quadriplegic following a 2001 practice-session wreck. "This is really huge."
For the second straight year, Honda went 1-2-3 in the Chevrolet-sponsored race in the shadow of General Motors' world headquarters.
"They've put in a lot of work to do it again in Detroit," Jakes said after a career-best second-place performance. "We didn't have the month of May that we wanted, but the guys have bounced back."
Honda had quite a weekend — with a 1-2 finish Saturday — after a Chevy-powered car driven by Tony Kanaan won the Indianapolis 500.
Dixon won last year's Detroit Grand Prix — a race marred by poor track conditions — and was followed by Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Dario Franchitti and Pagenaud.
Kanaan led for 10 laps on Sunday before slipping to 12th, one spot better than his finish Saturday.
The 29-year-old Pagenaud survived a demolition derby in Detroit.
It didn't take long for there to be trouble on the track.
AJ Allmendinger was in a pack of cars when he hit a wall on the opening lap — crashing soon after the start for the second straight day — to trigger the first of six cautions that stunted the first half of the race. Five of the 25 cars couldn't finish because of contact.
"I'm embarrassed," Allmendinger.
Side-by-side restarts, which IndyCar uses on its road and street courses as well as at Milwaukee and Iowa, seemed to lead to some of the wrecks on the tight track.
"They need to rethink these double-file restarts for open-wheel cars," Penske Racing driver Will Power said.
Power's shot to compete for a win ended when he was bumped from behind by Sebastien Bourdais, a move that affected nine other cars. After Power got out of his car, he threw his gloves toward Bourdais.
"The safety worker was being very aggressive with me. I was like, 'Hey, I'm just trying to show the Frenchman my displeasure with him and that was it," Power said.
Bourdais was penalized during the race for avoidable contact, but the damage was done.
Pagenaud, though, avoided the fray and fared very well by leading 31 of the 70 laps, including the final 11 after passing Jakes.
"The race was pretty eventful," he said. "My goal was to attack and not look behind."
On the biggest day of his career, Pagenaud was flooded with reflections on his path to a podium. It was a spot he wanted to stand on since he started racing at the age of 8.
After racing the full 2007 Champ Car schedule, he was looking for work when the series merged with IndyCar in 2008 and ended up competing in the American Le Mans Series and was 14 seconds short of winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2011.
Unlike Pagenaud's dad, he never doubted he could do it.
"You always have to believe to make it happen," he said. "But there were a lot of tough moments."
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Michael Dell's Buyout Offer Gets a Key Thumbs-Up
Jul 8, 2013 4:03 PM PT
Things are looking better and better for Michael Dell's proposed US$24.4 billion leveraged buyout offer for the company he founded.
Following hard on the heels of repeated disapprovals of a competing offer from billionaire investor Carl Icahn, a special committee of Dell's board of directors announced on Monday that independent proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services has agreed that Dell shareholders should vote for Dell's proposed transaction.
"We are pleased that ISS has recommended, as we have, that Dell shareholders approve the $13.65 per share cash sale transaction," wrote the committee, which was formed to weigh the company's various financial options.
"Given the company's business challenges, intensifying competition and deteriorating industry trends, a sale at $13.65 per share in cash provides the highest value and greatest certainty of any available alternative," the committee explained.
Neither Dell nor ISS responded to our request for further details.
'A 25.5 Percent Premium'
The committee also believes that "rejection of this transaction would expose Dell and its shareholders to serious risks and uncertainties that will harm the company's business and erode shareholder value," it said.
ISS' reasoning, meanwhile, was straightforward. Essentially, it weighed the risk of accepting the offer versus the risk of rejecting the offer and found the latter outweighed the former.
Dell's offer, it concluded, "offers a 25.5 percent premium to the unaffected share price, provides certainty of value, and transfers the risk of the deteriorating PC business and the company's ongoing business transformation to the buyout group."
Dueling Offers
Icahn, who owns about 13 percent of Dell along with partner company Southeastern Asset Management, argues that the leveraged buyout offer made by Michael Dell undervalues the company.
As an alternative, Icahn has proposed keeping Dell public while offering $14 per share. Icahn and Southeastern would receive additional shares rather than cash, with both parties holding controlling interests in Dell.
The special committee, however, determined that Icahn's plan "lacks credibility" and undervalues the company.
A Potent Decision
It's generally assumed that Icahn and other opponents to the buyout will continue their public battle to win over undecided shareholders until the last moment when shareholders vote on the offer July 18.
That seems particularly likely given Icahn's well-chronicled stubborn streak, but the ISS decision is viewed as a major setback, not least because it comes as a surprise.
Many had speculated that the advisory firm would come out against Dell's offer, so this new thumbs-up is all the more potent given the gravitas ISS has with shareholders and on Wall Street.
"Michael Dell took a risk standing his ground when the board asked him to raise his $13.65 offer to get closer to Icahn's $14," Val Wright, principal of Val Wright Consulting, told the E-Commerce Times. "It may well pay off now ISS are backing his proposal."
The Speed Factor
That said, however, July 18 won't be just a popularity contest between Dell and Icahn, despite how it is sometimes portrayed in the media.
"The decision is to accept Dell's $13.65 offer at 25.5 percent premium or not," Wright explained. Any subsequent decision to accept Icahn's $14 offer instead "would require a vote at a subsequent annual meeting to replace the entire board and CEO," which would all take time.
For her part, Wright agrees with ISS' assessment.
Speed is critical in any business transformation, and "taking Dell private will allow for this in an industry that is changing rapidly," she explained. "Otherwise, the vote is for more uncertainty."
'There Is Little Buzz'
Investors, however, will likely be considering several factors, not just the specter of ongoing uncertainty.
In fact, there are probably many investors who have been disappointed that Dell has continued to trade in a tight range for nearly four and a half years, Joseph Cerra, at attorney with Forman Holt Eliades & Youngman, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Even now, there is little buzz about Dell or its products," Cerra said.
Shareholders probably don't have to worry about an imminent Dell bankruptcy, he continued.
'A Sobering Read'
"I think the real short-term risk here is that the company continues to post disappointing numbers," Cerra said. "Dell's profits were down 79 percent for the quarter, which ended May 3, which was extremely disappointing because some investors thought the launch of Windows 8 would spur PC sales."
At this point, many investors might just decide to take the offer, he predicted.
"The Institutional Shareholder Services recommendation is a sobering read," he concluded, "and could cause share price to depreciate should the shareholders turn down this offer."


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#1 What I heard at my child's school stopped me dead in my tracks04-14-2011, 04:42 PMFourScore (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-13-11 05:13 PM
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I was walking in the hall at my child's middle school this morning when the announcements came over the intercom. After the gentleman who usually leads the announcements finished reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, he handed the microphone to another teacher. This is what I heard:
Ms. XYZ: "That is so gay!" "You are so gay!" "Stop acting so gay!"
I stopped dead in my tracks.
Ms. XYZ: These statements, even when said in jest, are used in a derogatory manner. They are said as though being gay is inferior. They are discriminating to our gay and lesbian community. For that reason, we do not, and will not, condone such comments at our Middle School. Middle school is a time when young people may begin to discover their sexuality. Some of the students at this school are beginning to recognize that they are gay or lesbian. Such derogatory comments can cause a gay student to experience confusion and depression. They may feel "less-than" or as though something is wrong with them. Such feelings may cause that student to withdraw from social interaction or social events. In the most tragic cases, such feelings of inadequacy and confusion may lead a young person to commit suicide."
She paused and continued. I stood there like a statue:
"All of my students and the staff here at XYZ Middle School know that I am a lesbian. If any student at this school feels a need to discuss and understand homosexuality better, they should know that my door is always open to such a discussion." (I felt my arm do a fist-pump)
She then went on to talk about a national campaign, a day of silence, to honor those homosexuals in our community who have suffered from discrimination. And to remember those lives that were tragically lost along the way. Pledge cards would be available in the office. Students who wish to participate in the Day of Silence are required to fill out a pledge card. They would then be distributed to the staff so that each teacher will know which students are participating.
After the announcement was over, I went straight to the office and asked for Ms. XYZ's room number. When I arrived, her class was full of students and she was about to begin her lesson. She looked at me quizzically and asked what she could do for me. "I just want to shake your hand," I said as I entered the room. The kids fell silent. Ms. XYZ looked baffled. "I heard your announcement over the intercom," I continued, "and I just can't thank you enough." She smiled at me and shook my hand. We shared a few more words, and she told me how successful last year's Day of Silence had been. And then I left. It was a great way to start my day.
This afternoon, after I picked my son up from school, I asked him if he was going to participate in the Day of Silence. "Of course I am!" he exclaimed. "I did it last year too! It's really hard to do all day, but it's pretty powerful. Most of my friend's are doing it, too." I gave him a big hug and told him I was proud of him.
He nodded. Then he asked for a cookie.
This almost seems like a bouncy. BUT.....if it is not.....That teacher should be out of a job.Lets just paint some happy clouds over at the sunshine and lollipop land
This is so gay.
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I think the DUmmie needs to turn her sensitivity meter down.
They are the FIRST ones to use the crudest terms for people they don't like and the FIRST ones to tale offense and the slightest hint of anything that even remotely sounds offensive said in the same room in which they are standing.
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Lets just change "that's so gay" to "that's so progressive".
Same meaning but the DUmmies will then take it as a compliment.
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Apparently the poster has never seen South Park."Today, [the American voter] chooses his rulers as he buys bootleg whiskey, never knowing precisely what he is getting, only certain that it is not what it pretends to be." - H.L. Mencken
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By Jeremy Borbon
Oversight is a loosely defined term that covers a wide variety of obligations and responsibilities of the United States Congress. Generally the term congressional oversight refers to the act of the congress looking over the executive branch as well as the monitoring and supervision of the implementation of public policies. Throughout its history congress has used many tools to pursue its oversight responsibilities, these includes special investigations, appropriations and legislative review. The origin of congressional oversight comes from the legislative branch of government's implied powers in the United States constitution. Over the past half century the implied powers of the constitution have been compounded upon by public law with the passing of the legislative reorganization act of 1946. This bill provided congressional oversight with explicit recognition in the public domain. With this new found recognition the congress moved towards an era of increased interest in oversight, congress was encouraged to maintain a certain level of continuous watchfulness (James, 2002). With this in mind the idea of congressional oversight has proved to be an ever changing organism that has adapted from its constitutional origins to a living breathing being that is a constant concern in our government.
Congressional oversight is conducted in one of two manners. First, police patrol oversight is the constant supervision of agencies and bureaucracy. This type of oversight is a result of the past half century and the idea of continuous watchfulness among congress. Under this type of oversight congress pursues constant and regular surveillance over the executive branch and its agencies. This is similar the way police officers constantly patrol the streets to provide security. Though police patrol oversight would be preferable in most situations, fact of the matter this type of oversight is quite costly. It is quite expensive to continually maintain surveillance over something as large as the bureaucracy (Roberts, 2009).
The clip below is an example of Police patrol oversight. It is a brief clip of a hearing after the sub-committee of management integration and oversight of the House committee of Homeland Security during regularly conducted oversight discovers poor spending policies and a lack of internal controls in the department.
The second type is fire alarm oversight; this is oversight is generally conducted as a result of concern among the constituents or the media. With this type of congressional oversight congress puts in place ways for others to bring issues to their attention. This can happen through agency whistle blowing, constituent reporting, or media backlash. This, un like police patrol where the goal is to catch the issue before anything happens, is designed to deal with issues after it causes fire and some outside entity pulls the fire alarm to alert congress. Though this seems significantly inferior to the police patrol model to most individuals, to congress it had a greater deal of benefits. First it is significantly cheaper to just let issues be brought to their attention rather than seeking out issues before they occur. Second and more importantly this method of oversight allows individual congressmen to take credit with their constituents with regards to handling an issue that is brought to their attention. Looking good to their voters is a priority
From its inception the purposes of congressional oversight has been a means to check the powers of the executive branch. However in today's government congressional oversight is a tool used to check the power of the government and the private sector. One of the largest responsibilities of congressional oversight is to monitor the effectiveness of and efficiency of governmental operations. This duty includes the monitoring of the federal bureaucracy to en sure that each individual program is working at its peak performance. The tool of oversight also allows the congress to prevent the encroachment of the executive branch on the legislative powers. This includes the investigation of administration, behaviors, and fraud. Finally the last check on the executive branch is to ensure that the public's interests are represented in the executive branch, this includes the protection of individual civil liberties and rights. Other less demanding purposes' of oversight include the review of agency processes, to encourage cooperation between branches of government, to investigate constituent and media complaints, and to study and evaluate federal activities (Oleszek, 2007). With all this in mind it is easy to see the reasoning behind the need for congressional oversight. Recently the concerns over the safety of vehicles manufactured by Toyota caused congress to hold special hearings regarding the situations that led to this concern.
In the following clip of a congressional hearing, a former administrator from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration testifies in front of congress regarding the safety standards in auto manufacturing. This is an example of congress looking after the safety and interests of the public by using oversight on a bureaucratic agency.
Moving on to how congress conducts oversight, there are many options available for congress to supervise the bureaucracy and executive branch. These methods range from very formal congressional hearings to quite informal means of personal contact. One of the more common forms of congressional oversight takes place at the committee and sub-committee levels. The committee or sub-committee holds hearing in which they question the heads of agencies on their bureaucratic ways. These are generally used as a method of gaining information to report on the situations to others. These also include more publicized hearings such oversight held for Watergate or the Iran Contra affair. Less formal forms of congressional oversight are also used to monitor bureaucratic agencies. Such as personal contact, whether it is, in person, by telephone, or written correspondence with agency officials. Other useful tools include public relation campaigns and even just the threat of legislation against an agency.
The following clip is an example of the most popular tool for congressional oversight, the committee hearing.
All and all congressional oversight is a very important function of the legislature. Our founding fathers designed the constitution to provide the government with a system of checks and balances, and oversight is the Congress's greatest form of control over the executive branch. This is a tool that allows the members of the legislature to police the government ad protect the citizens of the United States.
James, M. (2002). Congressional Oversight. Huntington: Nova Science Publishers.
Oleszek, W. J. (2007). Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process (Congressional Procedures & the Policy Process) (Congressional Procedures & the Policy Process) (7 ed.). Washington, D.C: CQ Press.
Roberts, J. M., Smith, S. S., & Vander, W. R. (2009). The American Congress (6th Revised edition ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
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The Chicago Bears added their primary backup to Matt Forte in the fourth round.
General manager Phil Emery nabbed Arizona running back Ka'Deem Carey with the No. 117 overall pick.
A favorite of NFL Media's Bucky Brooks, Carey was a dominant runner in the Pac-12 for the past two seasons. Carey ran for 22 100-yard games in those two years.
The Bears hadn't drafted a running back since taking Forte in the second round in 2008.
Carey has a clear path to the No. 2 job behind Forte, an Around The League favorite, in Marc Trestman's offense, after the Bears jettisoned Michael Bush.
Carey is not a blazer. NFL Media's Daniel Jeremiah said he is a player who will hit "a lot of singles, a lot of doubles" but not the home run.
The 5-foot-9 Carey is a tough runner who doesn't fumble. Off-the-field concerns aided his dropping to the fourth round.
"He's not a 4.4 guy, but when he sees it, he can go," Mike Mayock said of Carey.
Emery might have just drafted his running back of the future, and a near-Forte facsimile.
The "Around The League Podcast" wraps up the draft by picking our winners and losers.


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It's a new day in cotton insect control, as each advancement in technology brings with it fewer required sprays for growers. A Georgia survey shows that insecticide applications went from an average of 15.8 per acre in 1986 to an average of three per acre in 2008.
"And the numbers are similar in Alabama and other states," says Ron Smith, Auburn University Extension entomologist. "This is due primarily to the Boll Weevil Eradication Program and new technology."
During the active phase of boll weevil eradication, cotton producers were making 12 to 15 insecticide applications per acre, says Smith. "Then we entered an era where we didn't have weevils, but we had worms — especially resistant tobacco budworms — so we were still making a number of sprays. Then the Bt technology came in, and that reduces us down to the boll-feeding bugs, knocking our sprays down from about 1.3 to 3 per acre," he says.
That's where we are now, he adds, and things will change even more as cotton varieties advance from single-gene to multiple-gene technology.
"Some of our current sprays are for escaped bollworms on single-gene Bollgard cotton. We've traditionally had escapes since the technology was introduced in 1996. It's a numbers game. When we have high pressure, there's a certain percentage of these worms that escape from the Bollgard technology. The higher the pressure, the more escapes we see. It varies from year to year and from field to field," says Smith.
When growers shift to Bollgard II and WideStrike varieties this year, these escapes will be reduced by about 10-fold, he says.
"We can't say there still won't be a need occasionally to over-spray, particularly for the July generation of the species. It's going to be a little more likely in the WideStrike than in the Bollgard II, and whoever is monitoring the field will have to know which variety has been planted because the escapes will occur differently. The escapes in the Bollgard II won't be as many as in Bollgard I, of course, but the ones that do occur will be associated with the white bloom — they will be in the zone of the plant where the white blooms are located. A scout could focus on that area and not waste a lot of time looking in other places," says Smith.
On WideStrike cotton, the lowest concentration of the Bt gene is not in the white bloom, but in the terminals, he says. So escapes in those varieties will be in the top of the plant, and there will be no need in looking down lower.
"You need to be sure of the variety that is planted to make the most of your time. WideStrike is going to allow a few more escapes, but it's still going to be perfect for the pyrethroid chemistry because it's still active on the bollworm species. It's the beginning of the stink bug phase of the season, and you'll be knocking the front off of stink bugs, so it's a perfect fit. Even if you don't have high numbers of any of these pests, it serves the purpose of helping to set more fruit by working across several species," says Smith.
Turning to fall armyworms, Smith notes that the 2x bollworm threshold has been used for 20 years now. "But this past year, we had the first heavy pressure we've seen since 1996 in many fields. In Alabama, there were some fields as far north as Shorter and Montgomery with high pressure. But the worst of the problem was in south Georgia, where some fields exceeded the threshold for six consecutive weeks, from mid-July to the first of September, and growers were spraying as much as they could with expensive chemistry."
Based on experiences from last year, growers, in general, spent more money trying to control fall armyworms, says Smith. "The damage wasn't that bad, but when you see those big worms lying in the blooms, it scares you. We were validated in using the 2x bollworm threshold. We're wondering now if we might could go to an even higher threshold. The point here is that just because a farmer or scout sees a worm, they're not all equal because they don't all do the same damage."
When cotton entomologists rated the effectiveness of different products on fall armyworms, the ratings, with five being the highest and one the lowest, were as follows, says Smith: Diamond — 3.86; Belt — 3.73; Steward — 2.94; and pyrethroids — 2.28. Bollgard was rated at 1.84 while Bollgard II was rated at 3.84 and WideStrike at 4.42.
"In WideStrike, the second gene is the armyworm gene, and that's what makes it better."
For stink bug control, it is now recommended growers use a "dynamic" threshold for control, says Smith. "This just means we recognize the shifts as we go through the season, and it depends on the number of bolls that are at risk. When you start off, there are very few bolls at risk. Then, each week, you move into a greater number. As cotton matures out, there's a decrease in the threshold. This takes advantage of utilizing a lower number when you have fewer bolls at risk."
The efficacy of the dynamic threshold has been proven in research conducted throughout the Southeast, he says. "Our benefits from spraying for stink bugs are coming from that three- to four-week period when most of the bolls are being set on the plant."
When scouting for stink bugs, it's recommended that the bolls be quarter-sized in diameter and soft, about 10 to 12 days old. The bolls should be soft enough so they can be crushed with the finger to help detect internal damage. Sample 20 to 50 bolls per field and use internal damage as shown in the dynamic threshold guidelines, says Smith. Also, correlate external to internal damage.
"We're working with correlating the external to the internal damage because it's much quicker to see the external. If we can correlate the external to the internal, we can breeze through a lot of bolls in a short amount of time — we need a faster system. Many cotton fields, especially in central and south Alabama, are being damaged by stink bugs from corn, says Smith. It appears stink bugs are moving from wheat, winter weeds or other hosts into corn and from corn into cotton, he says.
"From May to June and in early July, the only attractive crop making seed is corn. We think most of the stink bug populations are going to corn, and from corn, they're spilling over into cotton, peanuts and soybeans for the remainder of the season. If we control stink bugs on corn, not only will the corn crop benefit, but we could also use it as a trap crop to help suppress the overall population. If you knock them back, it may be fall before they re-build."
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Liberty News
Global charity merges with TRBC
Liberty University has long supported Gleaning for the World, a charity that provides surplus medical and essential supplies to humanitarian projects worldwide. Now, that support will go even farther as Thomas Road Baptist Church recently announced a merger with the organization, allowing it to collectively target the millions of people around the world who are suffering from poverty, hunger, sickness and natural disasters.
|The Rev. Ron Davidson, founder of Gleaning for the World, speaks at a Liberty University convocation on April 4, 2008.
The Rev. Ron Davidson, GFTW president and chief operating officer, was the pastor of a mega church before he founded Gleaning for the World in 1998. The nonprofit organization, headquartered in Concord, Va., has since distributed 1,692 truckloads of life-saving supplies, worth nearly $400 million, within 57 nations. For two consecutive years Forbes.com has recognized GFTW as the nation's top charity in terms of fundraising efficiency and charitable commitment.
Jonathan Falwell, vice chancellor of spiritual affairs at Liberty and senior pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church, said, "I am excited about the opportunity for our church to get involved in providing assistance to many hurting people, as well as having new opportunities for sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them."
Liberty students have done volunteer work with Gleaning for the World through Liberty's Christian/Community Service Department and through TRBC. They have done everything from loading trucks with supplies for hurricane victims to donating money to help send medical supplies to children's AIDS clinics in Africa.
Davidson addressed students at a convocation last year, where he explained Gleaning for the World's mission and expressed excitement for Liberty's faithful support.
"I've been watching Jonathan [Falwell], I've been watching Jerry Falwell, Jr., and I've been watching your church and your campus, and I have seen the moving of the Holy Spirit in a way that I have never seen God touch souls," he told students last April. "I've got news for you: God's not through with what He's doing with this place. He is not through with reaching Central Virginia and your heart. God is going to use Liberty University to reach all over the world, all over Africa and win new souls for Christ."