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First came the school. Next came its playground. The next planned undertaking around the new Mark Twain Elementary School will be the grinding off of the existing street surface and replacing it with a new layer of asphalt.
First came the school. Next came its playground. The next planned undertaking around the new Mark Twain Elementary School will be the grinding off of the existing street surface and replacing it with a new layer of asphalt.
The Hannibal City Council approved the mill and overlay work on Hill and Bird streets in August. While the work has yet to begin, Brian Chaplin, project manager for the city of Hannibal, is still optimistic the work will occur in 2012.
"I don't want to speak for Bross (project contractor), but I think we're going to get it done this year," he said, acknowledging he's been asked when the work will take place by members of the City Council.
One reason the street project has been put on hold is because Bleigh Construction was wrapping up work on the school's new play area, which was dedicated earlier this week.
"Bleigh still had construction going on with the playground being asphalted and all the equipment being brought in. Bross didn't want to be in the way," said Chaplin.
The Hannibal street repaving is not the only thing on Bross' plate.
"Bross is working out on (Missouri) 19. They've got a lot of asphalting going on," said Chaplin. "I know they're making a lot of asphalt, but we're not going to get the asphalt we need with everything else running."
Temperatures could soon become a factor.
"We've got to keep that surface temperature halfway warm and it hasn't been that cold yet," said Chaplin. "Once we get consistently low temperatures then our surface temps will drop tremendously."
Before any fresh asphalt can be applied, the old material must be removed, which brings up another challenge - the equipment necessary to mill the existing surface is cumbersome.
"It's tough to have that milling machine traveling back and forth from job to job," said Chaplin. "Once that milling machine comes in and gets it milled out, then we'll be right behind it putting asphalt back in."
Once Chaplin is told that the work is ready to start he plans on notifying residents in the area.
"I'll probably just go knock door to door along those two streets by the school and let them know that we need them to park off street. We'll be in milling and overlaying, and then we'll be out of their hair," he said.
In addition to the work on Bird and Hill by the school, some resurfacing on Market Street is also planned.
"It won't be that big of an inconvenience (to Market Street motorists) because we'll do one lane at a time and we'll actually keep moving traffic back and forth," said Chaplin. "Give us a couple of days on Market, a half day to mill it and a day and a half to pave it.
"I'd say we're looking at three days total on the project with the streets we have remaining."
Bird, Hill and Market are the last of the city's 2012 resurfacing projects.
"We've accomplished four so far this year. Those four were overlays with no milling involved," he said.


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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Engines Power the Rocket Boosting the Latest Communications Satellite for U.S. Department of Defense
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne demonstrated the consistent reliability of its propulsion systems by successfully boosting the fourth in a series of Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites to increase communications capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense. The mission launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV medium rocket with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RS-68 and RL10B-2 engines providing the booster and upper-stage propulsion, respectively.
The WGS satellites are part of a larger system that increases military communications capabilities for U.S. and alliance forces deployed worldwide. They help support the exchange of information, execution of tactical command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
The RS-68 is the world's largest hydrogen-fueled engine, designed for heavy lift with 758,000 pounds of vacuum thrust and 663,000 pounds of sea-level thrust. The RL10B-2 is a unique cryogenic upper-stage engine that provides 465 seconds of specific impulse and 24,750 pounds of thrust.

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Last Friday, I accomplished something I have wanted to do ever since I went to my first Cardinal football game, I hung out in "The Nest."
The Nest is the student section of H.A. Lynn Stadium and once I saw how energetic they were, I wanted to experience that. I love seeing kids doing positive things and I was more than happy to take part and help support "The Pink Out."
Although, I got to experience why The Nest is the best seat in the house for myself, I asked NHS senior Haleigh Lamb, who is also one of the "Horsewomen," to elaborate on this.
"Cause were the 'Horsemen' and the 'Horsewomen,' that's why it's the best section," Haleigh yelled over the cheers of her excited classmates.
The Horsemen and Horsewomen are the leaders of the students section and essentially act as cheerleaders for The Nest. These kids are awesome! They do pushups for however many points the Cardinals' have, they are usually adorned with red and black paint (Friday they were painted pink), and they lead a series of unique cheers.
"Each year we make up new ones (cheers), because they have to work out with last names," Haleigh said. "A lot of them are handed down, it depends on if we like them or not."
She also gave an example of some of the cheers they've developed for the players.
"Caught that Easley," is the cheer for Nick Easley. "We've got Wood" is the cheer for Tyler Wood, Tristian Peters' cheer is "We like Peters" and Deonne Harris' cheer is "Throwing Up the Deuces," because his jersey number is 22.
Haleigh also explained the history of The Nest to me.
"The Nest just started this year, but this has always been the student's section. This is where everybody sits," Haleigh said.
I hung out in The Nest for a few series and tried to learn a few of the synchronized dances with the kids (which I failed at miserably). I also saw the traditional "Kissing of The Leg." The Leg is an old manikin leg, that is painted red and has a white 'N' on it.
Legend has it a group of Horsemen stole the leg from an actual manikin a long, long time ago.
Hanging out with those kids was pretty refreshing. Here it is a Friday night, and they could be out doing a million other things, most of them not good mind you, but instead they were out supporting their school and classmates.
Moments like that are what Red Pride is all about.
I asked Haleigh if she thought they had the best student section in the state and she gave me a kind of cocky smile before she answered.
"Pretty close, we are up there," she said. "Even last week, there was like 10 people in the crowd, but we still had fun."
I agree with Haleigh and the fact Newton dominated ADM 45-28, made my foray into The Nest even better.
Saydel better get ready Friday, for not only the Cardinals, but the best student section in the state led by the Horsemen and Horsewomen.


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I bought a new vehicle the other day. they pulled my credit at the dealership as expected, I wasn't worried about it as I would soon have a loan and my previous vehicle paid off.
well 4 days later I receive an alert from a credit monitoring company saying there has been another 4 hard pulls done on me. two are from the same bank. Is this normal? I a very un happy about this. advice?


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Back in 2008, one of Chivas, America, Cruz Azul or Pumas was the first choice club for a huge 68.3 percent of soccer fans in Mexico. This year, that figure has gone down to 55.4 percent – almost 13 percent in just five years, according to Mitofsky's annual poll on Mexican soccer.
So what has changed?
The most obvious factor is that the Big Four teams have not been lifting trophies. In the last 40 league championships in Mexico, those four teams have won the title just nine times, of which five were won by Pumas alone. Take away the university club and Chivas, America and Cruz Azul have won four titles in 40 seasons. Cruz Azul is still without a league title since 1997.
With that in mind, it is not surprising that support has dropped off, in spite of heavily biased promotion within Mexico in favor of those clubs; the most obvious example of which is the huge hype surrounding the Chivas versus America "clásico de clásicos" game.
Leading the pack to catch up with the big four has been last season's runner-up, Toluca. The Red Devils won seven titles between 1998 and 2010 – the same amount as all the big four combined in that same period. Toluca sits on 10 titles, one behind Chivas and level with America.
Then there are the northern teams that seem to be generally much better organized than your average Mexican club.
Tigres is at the top of the league and has been challenging consistently in recent years, as has neighbor Monterrey, which has won two consecutive CONCACAF Champions League titles.
Santos Laguna has also got organized, reached four finals in the last six tournaments and looks set to remain a force in Mexican soccer.
Meanwhile, in the far northwest of Mexico, upstart Tijuana has big plans, a title already in the bag and seems intent to stay at the top of the Mexican game with its deep pockets.
Northern clubs have taken nine spots out of a possible 14 in the last playoff finals and that level of consistent success has led to a wider fanbase.
Santos Laguna won over five percent more fans between 2012 and 2013 and Xolos got an extra three percent, as did Tigres. With those figures, it's easy to see where fans of the Big Four are heading.
Perhaps most importantly, those northern clubs mentioned are not short of a few pesos, but they aren't the only ones.
The entrance of the world's richest man Carlos Slim into the Mexican game via Pachuca, Leon and Estudiantes Tecos has lifted the bar even higher in terms of wealth floating around the league. The impact of Slim's entrance into the Liga MX and Ascenso MX is still to be seen, but we can assume that he won't be happy if his teams don't do well. He'd likely find some spare change floating around to improve them if that was the case over a long period.
With San Luis and Puebla up for sale, it will be interesting to see what kind of investors come in and whether they become more competitive.
Those famous periods like the Campeonismo Chivas side of the late 50s and early 60s, the America of the 80s or the Cruz Azul team of the 70s are becoming more difficult to create.
America could previously prize away top quality players by simply offering more money. That is not so easy now with other teams also willing to splash massive amounts of money. Just look at Monterrey signing Colombian Dorlan Pabon for a reported 4.3 million Euros. According to Mexican press reports, he was wanted by a host of clubs in Europe and South America, but Monterrey was able to seal the deal. Money had to be a major factor.
Chivas used to be able to count on the very best Mexicans wanting to play for the Rojiblancos. Now they want to go to Europe.
To get those supporter numbers swinging back the other way, the Big Four are really up against it.
Other stats from the Mitofsky poll:
Chivas is the most popular club in Mexico with 20.4 percent of soccer fans supporting them. America is second on 16.6 percent, Cruz Azul third on 10.2 percent and Pumas fourth on 8.2 percent.
America was the most hated club at 41 percent, followed by Chivas at 15 percent and Cruz Azul on five percent.
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European Commission
Brussels, 10 October 2012
Key findings of the 2012 Progress Report on Albania
The Progress Report on Albania is part of the 2012 Enlargement Package adopted by the European Commission on 10 October. The European Commission concluded that Albania made good progress towards fulfilling the political criteria for membership of the EU, delivering a number of substantial reforms against the key priorities of the Commission's 2010 Opinion. In view of this, the European Commission recommends that Albania be granted EU candidate status, subject to completion of key measures in the areas of judicial and public administration reform1 and the revision of the parliamentary rules of procedures are revised. The Commission will also assess the further efforts of Albania in the fight against corruption and organised crime. In order to be able to move to the next stage and open accession negotiations, Albania will have in particular to demonstrate sustained implementation of commitments already undertaken and completion of the remaining key priorities which have not been met in full. The focus should be on the rule of law and fundamental rights. Sustainable political dialogue will remain essential for a successful reform process. The conduct of the 2013 parliamentary elections will be a crucial test in this regard and a pre-condition for any recommendation to open negotiations.
Political criteria
Albania has made good progress towards fulfilling the Copenhagen political criteria for membership of the EU. The coordination of work related to integration into the EU has further improved, leading to the revision of the national Action plan to address the EU's key priorities. This process was transparent and participatory, including discussions with opposition in the parliamentary committee for European integration. Political dialogue between parties substantially improved allowing Albania to meet four of the key priorities, namely those concerning the proper functioning of parliament, the adoption of pending laws requiring reinforced majority, the appointment of the Ombudsman and the hearing and voting processes for key institutions and the modification of the legislative framework for elections.
Albania is well on its way towards meeting the two key priorities regarding public administration reform and improving the treatment of detainees. Progress was made against the remaining key priorities, including some significant steps such as the adoption of the law on administrative courts, the increase of seizures of criminal assets, the adoption of a comprehensive strategy on property reform and strengthened sanctions for domestic violence. The adoption of constitutional amendments limiting the immunity of high officials and judges marked an important step in the fight against corruption.
Albania continues to play a constructive role in maintaining regional stability and fostering good neighbourly relations with other Western Balkan and EU countries.
However, additional and sustained efforts will be necessary to fully comply with the Copenhagen political criteria. As regards democracy and rule of law, it is essential to build on recent progress and ensure sustainability of the political dialogue and joint reform efforts. Concrete measures to strengthen the accountability, independence and efficiency of the judiciary are necessary. The track record of investigations, prosecution and convictions in corruption cases at all levels needs to be strengthened. Fight against organised crime needs to be further upgraded. Particular attention needs to be paid to consistent implementation of the property rights strategy. Implementation of legislative and policy tools in the field of human rights, in particular regarding Roma, needs further improvement.
Economic criteria
The Albanian economy continued to maintain macroeconomic stability. Albania has made further progress towards becoming a functioning market economy. It should be able to cope with competitive pressures and market forces within the Union in the medium term, provided structural reforms are stepped up and deepened, including by reinforcing the legal system and strengthening physical and human capital.
Domestic demand contributed most to GDP growth of 3,1% in 2011, yet economic activity has stalled in the first quarter of 2012 amid weather related power disruptions. Inflation has remained stable thanks to Albania's sound monetary policy. However, the Albanian economy remained vulnerable due to a high current account deficit and the fiscal deficit increased in 2011. Shortcomings affecting the rule of law and the protection of property rights hinder enforceability of contracts and have negative impacts on investments and the business climate. Concerns remain over the high and increasing level of non-performing loans in the banking system. The informal sector and weak tax collection remain a challenge.
EU Legislation
Albania has made moderate progress in improving its ability to assume the obligations of membership by approximating its legislation and standards to the EU, in particular in the areas of competition, taxation, statistics, justice, freedom and security, education and culture, and customs union.
However, increased efforts are needed as progress has been limited in other areas such as freedom of movement for workers, public procurement, intellectual property law, agriculture and rural development, food safety, energy, and environment and climate change. Sustained efforts are needed to strengthen administrative capacity for the implementation and enforcement of legislation.
1999: The EU proposes the new Stabilisation and Association Process for five countries of South-Eastern Europe
June 2000: The European Council states that all the Stabilisation and Association countries are potential candidates for EU membership
June 2003: Thessaloniki Summit; the EU perspective for the Western Balkans is confirmed
June 2006: The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU is signed
April 2009: The SAA enters into force. Albania presents its application for membership of the EU
November 2010: The Commission issues its Opinion on Albania's application for EU membership, including a set of 12 key priorities to be fulfilled in view of opening of accession negotiations
December 2010: Visa-free travel to Schengen area for citizens of Albania
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Clearly Mitchell Johnson is currently the most destructive bowler in world cricket. But is Australia the world's best team? Right now?
The Australians are catching everything in sight, their bowling is incisive and they are scrambling enough runs when they need them. They are tactically innovative – witness the dismissal of Graeme Smith at a cannily poised short backward square leg in the second innings at Centurion – and they are playing with confidence. Australia, suddenly, is achieving feats beyond the sum of its individual talents, less than a year after presenting in India as a directionless rabble.
Momentum is a mighty force to counter in tightly-scheduled Test series, so Australia is favoured to win the second Test, and hence their series against the incumbent world no.1 South Africa.
But Test cricket supremacy is more of a matter of opinion than in most sports. The official ICC Test rankings are complicated. Without a Test World Championship, assessing the comparative worth of teams is difficult. They play different amounts of games against different opponents at different times of the year. It may be that the inability of cricket to definitively assess its Test-playing nations has sustained the 50-overs World Cup. Limited-overs cricket can be handled by a regular tournament. The five-day format defies such neat devices.
The criteria behind the oft-ignored Test ratings are worthy. Performances are rated over a four-year period, with more recent series given twice as much weight as older performances. The rankings reward wins away from home, and against stronger opponents. A team has to play well over a stretch to gain top billing.
At the outset of the current series, South Africa was rated the dominant Test team, at 133. India was second at 117, Australia third at 111. After its shock first Test capitulation, South Africa is 127, Australia 115. But a 3-0 win to the visitors would only narrow the gap: 124 to 117.
The Proteas deserve to maintain a high rating. They last lost a series in 2008-2009 (to Australia at home). In its past 31 matches, it has won 20, drawn seven and lost just four. Before its recent purple patch, Australia lost seven Tests out of eight, and went nearly a year without a win. In its past 32 Tests, Australia won 17 Tests, drew five, but lost 10 times. It won only four times off Australian soil, two of those wins coming against the beleaguered West Indies in the Caribbean.
The ICC guidelines state the following: "A rating above 120 suggests consistently strong performances. Above 130 is rarely achieved and suggests a high degree of dominance over all other teams."
In building such a record, South Africa has been more than a bullying front-runner. Against India in its most recent series, it made 7-450 in the fourth innings, chasing 457, to draw. It then won the second Test comfortably to take the series. Prior to that, the Proteas drew with a resurgent Pakistan in the Middle East after losing the opening Test of the series, fighting back with a completely dominant second Test, winning by an innings and 92 runs.
The Proteas again overcame a sluggish start to defeat Australia in late 2012, surviving 148 second innings overs in Adelaide before pummelling a weakened Aussie bowling line-up in Perth.
These are the performances of a team with depth, experience and self-belief. South Africa has a record of sustained excellence, playing at home and away.
But the Test rankings, however worthy, are achieved by obscure maths. The evidence of one's own eyes is always more compelling.
It may too early to declare Australia the world's best team, but a win in the Second Test would be definitive. Series wins at home, comprehensively, and away to the Proteas would provide a strong case that the rankings are lagging behind a newly dynamic paradigm, where the balance of power between the Test nations can shift dramatically with minor changes in personnel.
Pakistan and now New Zealand are starting to re-emerge as competitive Test teams. India is formidable on home soil. It could be that we are about to enter a period in which overall supremacy will be more keenly contested than in decades, no single power as dominant.
The first Test of the current series felt a lot like the seismic shift experienced during the recently completed Ashes marathon. Australia's previously dominant foe, supposedly superior, being shocked by a happy, keenly focused team effort, and totally overwhelmed by its revitalised quickie Johnson.
England's 3-0 home victory in 2013 over the Aussies proved a little flattering to the hosts, unprepared for the intensity of the assault unleashed on Australian soil. South Africa's previous series against Australia had been very tight as well. The Proteas have made a habit of overcoming slow starts to series, but they looked sluggish and shell-shocked at times during the First Test.
The gap between Test teams is not as great as the rankings, and individual averages indicate, and the addition of a couple of powerful forces on one side, and their subtraction on the other side, is enough to tip the balance.
England eventually lost a batting linchpin Jonathan Trott, and the cornerstone of its bowling attack, offie Graeme Swann, by the end of three Tests in Australia. It became apparent an era had swiftly come to an end before our eyes.
It is tempting to think the same of South Africa, but surely it would be premature.
In that series-losing Test in Perth in late November 2012, Johnson was a second-string replacement for the sidelined Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and James Pattinson. Injury subtracted Ryan Harris from the entire series.
Johnson in his present form is a completely different creature to the 2012 model which leaked 4.40 runs per over in the second innings as Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers walloped the Australians out of the match and the series at the WACA.
And Ryan Harris has claims to be considered the equal of any other fast-bowler in the world. They are two huge changes, enabling Australia, with the continued consistency of the redoubtable Peter Siddle, to pressure a batting line-up throughout an innings.
The glaring change on the Proteas side of the ledger is the absence of Jacques Kallis.
He did not leave international cricket with his powers much diminished – a match-defining century in his final match set the Test win up for South Africa. His stints at the bowling crease eased the load on the pacemen, and invariably yielded wickets. There is an argument that the impact of the quietly spoken all-rounder was underrated. It is unlikely to be so in his retirement.
When South Africa last beat Australia, Faf du Plessis, fresh off a monumental, match-saving debut hundred, batted at seven.
He now bats four, a key plank of the Proteas efforts to combat Australia's ebullient bowling attack.
With Johnson the most potent force in world cricket, Siddle and Harris as formidable as Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander, and Nathan Lyon clearly a superior spinner to Robin Peterson, Australia has the edge in its bowling.
South Africa possesses more proven batsmen.
Right this minute, the Proteas deserve to retain their status as the best Test team in world cricket.
But they must find a way to survive Mitchell Johnson. Rarely has one player so single-handedly changed a Test team.
If they don't, the crown may slip by this time next week.


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Posh put in five-star display
Peterborough produced a masterful attacking display to over-run FA Cup quarter-finalists Millwall 5-1 and move off the foot of the npower Championship table.
The Lions, suffering what could be seen as an FA Cup hangover, were second best for the majority of the game at the New Den and their evening was compounded when Shane Lowry was sent off in the second half.
Lee Tomlin bagged a brace and George Boyd pulled the strings for Posh, who leapfrogged Bristol City to move to within five points of safety.
Tomlin stuck early with James Henry equalising for the home side before Tommy Rowe and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scored either side of a second goal from Tomlin and Boyd capped a wonderful display by adding a fifth late on.
Millwall, despite their run to the last eight of the FA Cup, have not won in the league since New Year's Day.
The visitors took the lead in the seventh minute as Boyd controlled the ball in the penalty area before cutting it back into the path of Tomlin, who rifled past David Forde for his ninth goal of the season.
Millwall reacted well to falling behind and almost levelled four minutes later as Liam Trotter found Henry, whose cross just evaded the on-rushing Rob Hulse.
The equaliser soon followed as Lowry released Henry who lofted a beautiful chip over Robert Olejnik for his third goal in as many games.
Posh looked sharp whenever they attacked and took the lead for a second time 13 minutes before half-time with Boyd again the architect.
The 27-year-old showed a mixture of determination and skill to beat Millwall right-back Adam Smith, showing good awareness as he rolled the ball into the feet of captain Rowe who arrowed Posh back in front.
Darren Ferguson's half-time team-talk was nearly made easier with 40 minutes gone as Tomlin's flick released Dwight Gayle whose near-post effort had Forde sprawling to save.
Millwall boss Kenny Jackett made two changes at the break with Martyn Woolford and Alan Dunne replacing Benik Afobe and Smith.
But it was Boyd, looking to turn from provider to scorer, who struck a 51st-minute effort that flashed wide of Forde's left-hand post.
The game settled into a rhythm with neither side forcing the issue until an error by Millwall defender Karleigh Osbourne let Posh in for their third goal.
Osbourne played a pass across his defensive line that was too short and Peterborough reacted quickly with Kane Ferdinand robbing Jimmy Abdou of possession and Tomlin was again on hand to finish another perfectly-weighted Boyd pass.
The Posh fans were soon cheering another goal as Mendez-Laing drifted past two Millwall defenders with ease before unleashing a fierce effort that gave Forde no chance.
Andy Keogh bundled home a 67th-minute effort but was flagged offside after Olejnik had palmed an initial shot into his path.
Osbourne then forced the Austrian goalkeeper into a reaction save as the hosts looked to give themselves hope of achieving an unlikely result.
That hope was extinguished moments later as Lowry was shown a straight red card by referee Darren Bond for hauling down Gayle when he was clean through on goal.
Howls of derision rang around the remaining Millwall fans inside the stadium with Boyd grabbing a well-deserved goal to make it 5-1 and to leave Jackett's cup heroes languishing in 14th place in the Championship table.
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SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pat Quinn's troubled anti-violence program faces another layer of scrutiny after a legislative panel approved subpoena powers for itself Tuesday to dig into how the program's money was spent before and after Quinn's election campaign in 2010.
The bipartisan committee acted as more details emerged about Quinn's Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, with a prominent Democrat, Cook County Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown, acknowledging that she worked for a nonprofit founded by her husband that received money through it.
The Legislative Audit Commission, which helps review the use of public funds, voted 10-1 in favor of the rarely used maneuver to look into the 2010 program, which critics have likened to a "political slush fund." Already it is the subject of a scathing state auditor's report for mismanagement and spending as well as federal and Cook County probes.
"We've got to get to the bottom of this," said state Sen. Jason Barickman, a Bloomington Republican on the committee.
Barickman did not detail how he wanted the panel to proceed on the matter, but spoke of gathering a list of witnesses who could testify about it.
The committee's vote followed Brown's acknowledgment that she had worked as an unpaid accountant for her husband's Dream Catchers Community Development Corp. Benton Cook's program contracted with Chicago Area Project, which oversaw organizations receiving money through the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative.
The Chicago Sun-Times first reported the connection. The newspaper also has reported that Cook had a prior financial crime conviction, which prompted Quinn's administration to launch an internal review last week.
Dream Catchers was awarded thousands of dollars, but its contract closed in 2011 after the Chicago Area Project learned of a potential conflict of interest with Cook also being paid by it to oversee other programs.
The anti-violence program has dogged Quinn during his re-election campaign against Republican businessman Bruce Rauner, who has used it to try to discredit Quinn's reputation for maintaining a relatively scandal-free administration after two predecessors were imprisoned.
Quinn has defended his actions in connection with the program, saying he identified problems before the auditor's report earlier this year and disbanded the agency that ran it. He has said he was surprised by Brown's involvement and did not know of Cook's criminal record ahead of news reports last week.
"We have to look into it, all of us do, to make sure that nothing wrong was going on," Quinn said after an unrelated event in Springfield.
However, he called the committee's move Tuesday "politics as usual" just months ahead of the November election.
Critics, including Barickman, have accused Quinn of using the money for the program to shore up support ahead of the 2010 election. Quinn's office has said no money was spent before he won office.
The audit commission's move was rare. It has only once given itself permission to issue subpoenas in the last 30 years.
Four Democrats voted for the measure, while stressing that the new power should also be used to scrutinize other agencies.
"I only see value (in this) if we apply this to other audits," state Rep. Fred Crespo, a Hoffman Estates Democrat, said citing pervasive problems at the Department of Children and Family Services, among other agencies.
Meanwhile, Brown defended the work of her husband, a clinical psychologist she said was recruited by Chicago Area Project to work on Quinn's initiative in 2011. She said he took the job to help combat violence in a neighborhood where he was born.
"I proudly support my husband's commitment to reaching out to and helping at-risk youth," she said in an emailed statement.


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The exhibition consists of a space-filling installation made by Véronique Bourgoin. Drawing on a vast collection of contemporary and historic photographs, this French artist is playing with the concepts 'true' and 'false'. This subject matter is central in a life-sized trompe-l'oeil installation where visitors are taken along in an illusory world.
Vrai ou Faux? emphasizes the subjective character of concepts such as 'true' and 'false'. 'Truth' and 'real' have become relative notions, both in and outside photography. The boundaries between real and artificial have been blurred, not only in the image (through forms of manipulation that are increasingly becoming accepted), but also as a consequence of the more and more radical relativization of 'truth' in society, economics, politics and even science. Experts and institutions are forfeiting their authority in favour of laymen. Views and opinions have come to be more important than knowledge and facts. The exhibition Vrai ou Faux? aims to visualize that transformation.In the exhibition of the Nederlands Fotomuseum it involves work by Erik Kessels, Paul Kooiker and Bastiaan van der Velden. From the collection of the Nederlands Fotomuseum Bourgoin selected images by Violette Cornelius, Bob van Dam / Combipress, Wally Elenbaas, Bernard F. Eilers, Ed van der Elsken, Lucebert, Cas Oorthuys, Peter Martens, Hans Spies, Hannes Wallrafen, Lies Wiegman and Piet Zwart, among others. Of Bernard F. Eilers she selected magnificent Amsterdam School interiors of the Binnenhuis, J.A. Snellebrand and Pieter Vorkink.


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HARVARD -- The boat launch at the town beach on Bare Hill Pond will be soon be closed to allow storm water drainage improvement work to begin, so anybody whose boat is racked there should get moving. Now.
That was the urgent warning Selectman Bill Johnson delivered Monday night.
Citing a likely deadline date of Oct. 15, Johnson issued a public alert during the recent selectmen's meeting: Get all boats off the beach, please, including kayaks and canoes stacked in the boat rack. The message was clear: No exceptions and the sooner the better.
A notice is posted at the beach and on the town common, and the Pond Committee plans to send out "colorful postcards" to abutters, he said, adding that the Parks and Recreation Commission has already sent out notices to people who rent rack space.
Johnson called for a town-centric media blitz to get the word out.
The boat launch will be off limits to all but the construction crew "as early as Oct. 15," he said, and residents who park their boats there should take them home. Otherwise, the boats will be removed.
Asked for particulars, he said Park and Rec would store them. No word yet on where the boats will be stored or if storage fees will be charged.
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Liverpool are monitoring developments at Real Madrid after it emerged that Xabi Alonso is stalling over a new contract, according to talkSPORT.
The former-Anfield midfielder has been a key player for Real Madrid and Spain since joining the reigning La Liga champions from Liverpool in the summer of 2009.
But reports in Spain claim that Alonso is yet to sign a new deal with Real Madrid. The Spain star is thought to be holding out until the future of Jose Mourinho is resolved in the summer.
Alonso's Madrid contract runs until the end of the 2013-14 season, and he's in no hurry to extend as uncertainly continues to surround the club.
Mourinho has been linked with a move away from the Bernabeu, with Chelsea and Paris St Germain both thought to be keen to lure him away from the Spanish capital.
The report claims Real Madrid are not entertaining the notion of selling Alonso, but Liverpool are hopeful that they can convince him to return to Anfield as his contract runs down.
The Premier League club have reportedly enquired about his availability in the past few months, and his reluctance to put pen to paper will only serve to encourage Liverpool in their pursuit.
The Reds have never really replaced the Spaniard, with Joe Allen brought in last summer to get the Merseyside club passing again. But in Brendan Rodgers' possession based system, Alonso could be a real asset.
The 31-year-old has won the Copa Del Rey and La Liga with Real Madrid, and his side progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League last week with a 3-2 aggregate victory over Manchester United.
Alonso won the Champions League with Liverpool back in 2005.
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Sometimes index references are surprisingly detailed e.g. in 1880 'George Macleroy requests that the remains of his son, who was killed at Isandhlwana, may be left undisturbed where they were buried by a party of the Natal Carbineers'. Another reference chosen at random concerns the recommendation of Corporal Vinnicombe of the Frontier Light Horse for the Distinguished Conduct Medal. William Dommet Vinnicombe received the D.C.M. for his gallantry at Hlobane when he gave his horse to two other men, in a situation when, according to his citation, 'to be dismounted appeared to be death'. (WO 146/1/18 TNA).
Men of the Natal volunteers who survived the campaign resumed their routine occupations but most retained an interest in and membership of local units. Trooper Henry Lugg of Rorke's Drift fame became one of the founders of the Umzimkulu Mounted Rifles, which was later absorbed into the Alexandra Mounted Rifles and still later reformed as the Border Mounted Rifles with Lugg as Captain and Adjutant. Some volunteers - and their sons and grandsons, went on to serve in other conflicts, including the Anglo-Boer War and the 1906 Rebellion in Natal.
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If a member of one of the volunteer units died in South Africa some time after the Anglo-Zulu War, there could be a relevant deceased estate reference on NAAIRS. Such references used in conjunction with local newspapers for funeral notices, obituaries etc can provide interesting additional information.
There are other databases on the SA National Archives site: under MAN, search for photographs and manuscripts held by various SA institutions, while the GEN database may offer information on a military ancestor's burial place (in South Africa).


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In a weird way, I hope she delivers an honest, introspective account of how she managed to clear away the emotional rubble, if indeed she has, and if indeed our celebrity-train-wreck culture will let her 14 years after her world imploded.Yeah, Lewinsky has a book to sell, even though she "gave hours of interviews to Andrew Morton, Princess Di's British biographer, for his 1999 book, 'Monica's Story,' the same year she spilled her guts along with some tears in a long, unpaid ABC News sit-down with Barbara Walters." She has a book to sell because she's lived through a long expanse of years since the 1999 glossy media blitz that she might have imagined would get her life going on a rewarding new track.
What's it been like being Monica Lewinsky all these years? That's the new story. Monica, The Middle Years. Of course, she wants money, but she wanted money in 1999 when she gave away those interviews. She must have thought it would work out well. Now, she can tell us how she thought that and how it didn't go so well.
And of course, she can retell the old story, with new more honest/more lurid details, and with revelations about all the times she fudged the truth with Morton and Walters, to serve what she believed were her interests at the time.
She's also earned a master's degree in social psychology from the London School of Economics. That along with the maturity of her advanced age (39) might bring some actual insight to the story of Monica and Bill — which is never going to go away.
IN THE COMMENTS: Rabel notes that the word "unpaid" — seen in the quote I extracted above — no longer appears at the linked article and provides, via Wikipedia, the information that "Lewinsky made about $500,000 from her participation in the book and another $1 million from international rights to the Walters interview."


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Mr. Paul Mooney was born in Louisiana and grew up in Oakland, California. As a youth, he literally ran away from home and joined the Charles Gody Circus, going down in history as the first African-American ringmaster. He was always writing comedy. He says "When I was Ringmaster, I was doing jokes I thought were funny."
Mooney's first professional gig in comedy was with Richard Pryor. He wrote most of the hilarious routines for Pryor's "Saturday Night Live" appearance, co-wrote material on the groundbreaking "Live On Sunset," "Bicentennial Nigger," and "Is It Something I Said" albums, as well as Pryor's film "Jo Jo Dancer." As head writer for the Richard Pryor show, he was responsible for the national television debuts of Robin Williams, Sandra Bernhard, Marsha Warfield, John Witherspoon, and Tim Reid. As head writer during the first year of FOX's "In Living Color", also debuting the young Jim Carey, he also created the characters Homey the Clown, and the brothers Tom and Tom, to name a few. He co-starred with Damon Wayans and Jada Pinkett-Smith in the Spike Lee film "Bamboozled. He's presently on Showtime, Premiering his latest "Live Taping" entitled, "The Godfather Of Comedy, Paul Mooney".
Paul Mooney came into his own with his controversial debut album "Race. "Masterpiece" continues to stir anger, laughter, and thought. His latest DVD's, Analyzing White America, Know Your History, It's the end of the World and his Latest Release Currently on Showtime, "The Godfather of Comedy, Mr. Paul Mooney. "I always drop history" he explains "It's knowledge; There's always a message in my comedy and you may not get it that night - it's like time bombs. It'll get you a week later. You'll understand."
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hello all - I'll be on holiday for a few days... going to a wedding in the Florida Keys (yippee!). funny thing is, the minister cancelled at the last minute, so I might get to marry my friends (thanks to the universal life church!)... it would be pretty funny if I did it.
anyway, my brother has access to the servers... and should be keeping an eye on things (spot checks, etc.). I doubt there will be any troulbes though.... (crossing my fingers )
if there are problems, feel free to AIM me (AIM ID=offroadgeek) or email me (michael at offroadgeek dot com). I'll have my phone with me (which has access to AIM and email) so I won't be completely out of touch, unless of course I drink way too much and pass out on the beach... which is very likely.
oh yeah... and I'm hoping to see Team America while I'm away... I can't wait!
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Food for a feast day: Epiphany Bread
It's no secret among my family that their daughter, sister, and cousin Meghan loves to cook. It's also well known that I experience a strong connection between food and my faith. Eating simply and sustainably is an expression of my values. Hence the particularly appropriate Christmas gift from my parents: From a Monastery Kitchen: The Classic Natural Foods Cookbook.
Since receiving it, I haven't had a chance to test any recipes. However, I noticed one I thought I should share on this Feast of the Epiphany. The recipe is below.
Some quick research has taught me that there are many traditional cakes and breads to eat on this feast day. Do you or your family have a traditional food you make and eat on Epiphany?
Epiphany Bread
Makes 5 loaves*
4 cups milk, scalded
3 1/2 cups sugar
3 1/2 teaspoons salt
11 eggs
1 cup butter, melted
7 packages yeast (dissolved in 1 1/3 cups warm water)
2 1/2 pounds raisins (soak in 1/4 to 1/2 cup warm water)
16-17 cups flour
1. In a large, heavy pan, scald the milk. Add sugar and salt. Cool. Beat eggs and add with melted butter and dissolved yeast to the cooled milk mixture. Add raisins, including the extra water.
2. Measure 14 cups flour into a large bowl and beat in the above mixture. Add additional flour as needed, but the batter should be a little sticky. Cover and let rise to double in size, then punch down.
3. Form into loaves and place in greased loaf pans. Let rise in pans until double in size. Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for about 50 minutes.
*If you'd like to adapt the recipe to make fewer loaves, I suggest Mark Ruhlman's bread-baking ratio.
Also, I'm not a fan of raisins, so I plan to make this with dried cranberries instead.


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Hi there, this is the weirdest thing I have ever seen. I have this script which is mostly dynamically generating the entire page to create a dynamic menu. The actual DHTML menu script I'm using is one that I've edited and added to from webmonkey.
In an attempt to make it a little for those updating it to do so easily, and because it is a very structured page I thought I'd have a go at dynamically generating the HTML for it... almost all of the page is created with a document.write statements which use data from a user defined object that represents a menu.
Anyway, when I run the thing in IE (NN isn't quite happening yet, seems to like crashing sometimes) and look at the code of the page after the obligitaory error messages I see that all MY code has been overwritten with the output of the script (which I must admit seems to be pretty right ) with addition of a space between every character and all the CTRL/LF's as well. In doing this it deletes all the functions and just about everything else that makes it work. I am completely stumped.
To add to the problem, some of the scoping of the variables seems to be wrong. Is an object member with the same name distinct from a normal document var?? I would have thought yes but I seem to be having a problem with that too.
The way things are going I think I will just create this page statically but any input into these goings on would be appreciated.
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Asian stocks rose this week, sending the regional benchmark index to its biggest advance in three weeks amid optimism that US lawmakers would make a deal to raise the US' borrowing cap and avert a default.
Taiwan's Hiwin Technologies Corp (上銀科技) surged 9.1 percent this week after the precision machine component manufacturer reported higher sales, while carmaker Honda Motor Co gained 5.5 percent this week in Tokyo and casino operator MGM China Holdings Ltd (美高梅中國控股) rose 5.4 percent in Hong Kong after table revenue rose during China's National Day holidays.
Online mall operator Rakuten Inc had the biggest drop on the Asian equity benchmark this week, tumbling 19 percent to 1,138 in Tokyo after Yahoo Japan Corp said it would scrap vendor fees for its shopping and auction sites.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 1.3 percent to 140.91 this week, after dropping last week as the US government entered a partial shutdown and concern mounted that the political impasse could lead to default. The benchmark rebounded after US House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Republicans and Democrats will seek a "path forward" on the US$16.7 trillion debt ceiling.
Stocks also climbed after US Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen — an architect of the Fed's stimulus program — was nominated to lead the central bank.
Asia's benchmark index was valued at 13.55 times estimated earnings on Friday, compared with multiples of about 15.35 for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and 14.26 for the STOXX Europe 600 Index, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
In Taipei, the TAIEX slid 0.2 percent this week to end at 8,349.37 on Friday, compared with 8,364.55 on Friday last week. Hiwin jumped 9.1 percent to NT$223, leading gains on the MSCI Asia Pacific Industrials Index, which had the biggest advance among the gauge's 10 subgroups. Shares climbed after sales last month rose 19 percent annually.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) was 1.43 percent higher at NT$106.5 on Friday, while Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd (鴻海精密) fell 0.13 percent to NT$75.4.
Japan's TOPIX climbed 2.9 percent this week amid optimism that the US dollar will strengthen after Fed minutes from last month's meeting indicated that stimulus tapering was likely this year. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbed 2.7 percent.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 0.3 percent this week, while the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, the gauge of mainland stocks also known as the H-share Index, added 0.6 percent.
Developers led gains this week in Hong Kong. China Resources Land Ltd (華潤置地) surged 6.1 percent to HK$23.35, while Country Garden Holdings Co (碧桂園) — which is controlled by China's richest woman, Yang Huiyan (楊惠妍) — jumped 9.7 percent to HK$5.55 after exceeding its property sales target for this year by the end of last month.
China's Shanghai Composite Index climbed 2.5 percent this week after reopening from a week-long holiday on Tuesday.
HSBC Holdings PLC's and Markit Economics' purchasing managers' index showed that growth in China's service industries slowed to 52.4 last month from 52.8 in August, with 50 the dividing line between expansion and contraction.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 Index gained 0.4 percent this week. Data showed that the country's unemployment rate dropped last month, while business confidence surged last month to the highest level in 3.5 years.
In other markets on Friday:
Wellington ended 0.50 percent, or 23.39 points, higher than on Thursday to close at 4,740.77.
Mumbai rose 1.26 percent, or 255.68 points, to 20,528.59 points.
Manila added 0.84 percent, or 53.83 points to end at 6,489.80.


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Jeff Francis doing the gem thing through seven for Louisville: 1 H, 7 K. It's 2-0 Bats on a HR by Mike Costanzo.
Jeff Francis doing the gem thing through seven for Louisville: 1 H, 7 K. It's 2-0 Bats on a HR by Mike Costanzo.
Corcino's trying to keep up with Francis: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R. Rodriguez and Guzman, who both went 4-5 last night, have two hits tonight, along with Fleury. Guzman's HR is the big blow so far in a 3-0 Pensacola lead in the sixth.
Quezada gave up a 3-run HR to the third batter he faced and Dayton trails 3-0 in the third.
Francis gave up a HR in the eighth. Judy gave up two singles in the ninth but got out of it on a DP ball to Valaika. Bats win 2-1.
Not only HenryR, Guzman and Fleury, but LaMarre, Fellhauer, Yordanys Perez and Miguel Rojas all have two hits, as well. Pensacola added 4 in the seventh to go up 7-0.
Edit: Make it 5 in the seventh. 8-0.
Corcino left after 5.1 innings, 3 H, 3 BB, 3 K.
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Pensacola won 8-2.
Dayton lost 3-0. After another scoreless inning, Dan Jensen's ERA remains at 0.00 (14 IP).
Hamilton led off with a single and stole second, but was thrown out trying to steal third. Vidal doubled and scored in the second to give Bakersfield a 1-0 lead, with Lotzkar pitching.
I'm not sure I remember a Red's prospect ever making quite the mockery of a circuit as Slidin' Billy is of the California League.
3-3 so far in the 6th tonight, with 2 runs, an RBI, and 2 more steals (26 on the year). As noted above, he did get thrown out trying to swipe third base in the 1st. I suspect he just wanted Modesto to feel they were doing well.
Blaze win 7-0.
Again trying to console Modesto, Hamilton fouled out to the 3rd baseman in the 9th.
Lutz was 2-5 with a double and 2 RBI.
Lotzkar pitched 5.2 innings for the win (3-0) giving up 3 hits and 3 walks with 4 Ks.
.462IIRC, Gary Redus laughed his way through Billings back in the early 80's to the tune of .453 BA or something like that.
One of those indelible baseball numbers.
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Official Weber thread for OffRoad.........
Posted 17 April 2005 - 05:49 PM
the Company that owns weber has gone belly up and was told good luck finding jets or anything for weber carbs so hopefuly there will be alternate ways to get stuff
found this out from 2 different stores while trying to find idle jets for my weber so I can mount it on the 83
so now I am asking if anyone has a 60 Primary Idle and 55 Secondary Idle jet and don't want them let me know cause want to mount the carb this week unless I can run a 65 Primary and 60 secondary on the carb cause what it has in there right now is a 45 primary and 50 secondary
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Posted 10 June 2005 - 12:42 PM
Anybody know where to get a weber double barrel manual choke carb for an EA81. I tried the other listed sites and coudln't find a reasonable deal on one. Can I get any 32/36 because there are a lot on ebay for cheap.
Posted 10 June 2005 - 12:47 PM
In my first post with all the links there is a "what cars have Webers" thread. Try that one. With Weber carbs there is no such thing as a free meal, you are going to spend so money. Whether you spend $400 for a brand new one of $150 to buy and rebuild a used one, you gotta spend money. Sorry, that's just the nature of it. Tim
Are you done messing around with ancient fuel delivery technology and gone SPFI yet or what?
Posted 10 June 2005 - 12:53 PM
Are you done messing around with ancient fuel delivery technology and gone SPFI yet or what?
I just took off my weber but didn't replace it with SPFI.....
Posted 10 June 2005 - 01:39 PM
With Weber carbs there is no such thing as a free meal, you are going to spend so money. Whether you spend $400 for a brand new one of $150 to buy and rebuild a used one, you gotta spend money. Tim
I know that I'm not worried about spending money I just don't want to pay 350-400 dollars. If anyone has an extra one lying around or a used one that is still in good condition I'll buy it.
Posted 15 June 2005 - 03:23 PM
Thought I'd try to gather some (local) knowledge. Checked the yellow pages. Found a Soob "specialist". Called his shop. You know, just to gather another opinion. Told him what I had in mind. He went to a lot of effort to discourage me. I explained that my rig is lifted, want to run bigger tires. Maybe no bigger that 26 inch, (which was PKs recomendation for a dual purpose rig.) So I told him (the Soob "specialist"), that I was just looking for "little" more grunt to run the bigger tires.
Basicaly, he said "don't do it"
Here is a partial list of his reasonings:
Webber 32/36 are no longer being made, where ya gonna get parts?
You won't really get any more power.
Hard to tune.
Hard to get jets right for your altitude. And where ya gonna get them ? Even if ya do, then ya hange altitude, then it won't run.
Actually, he went on and on. He seemed unfazed when I offered that on the USMB, there were bunches of guys doing it successfully. I even offered that no one was saying it was particularly easy. But many many saying it was worth it. He was still not impressed.
So how full of it is the guy? Or not for that matter?
What do you Weber enthusiasts think?
Posted 15 June 2005 - 03:43 PM
Posted 15 June 2005 - 03:59 PM
parts are not an issue. has that guy heard of the interweb yet?
by itself, you wont get any more power, but add exhaust also, and it all works well together.
basicaly id say keep the hitachi over a weber, unless you need a replacement carb. if its your only option, its better than a leaky stock one that wont idle.
seems like most people have trouble gettin them right. they either have good full throttle and no low end and bad mileage... or good mileage, and bad performance... some people are completely happy with them
basicaly if your a carb guy, and have been all your life, they might be a good deal. but... instead of learning about some tube with holes in it, and a bucket of gas underneath it..... i learned EFI. efi has never let me down.
i love it!
Posted 15 June 2005 - 09:58 PM
as far as getting parts, there are usually some on eBay.. and can be had pretty cheaply sometimes....
when I had a new weber on my old 82 wagon, I made some idle mixture changes on the fly as I drove from Iowa to Washington, and back. probably didn't get the best mileage, but it never quit working on me....
(the Idle mixture circuit is always used, as the primary and secondary circuits just add to the total amount of fuel being supplied...
Posted 15 June 2005 - 11:26 PM
hehe, i said basicaly to start two seperate sentences in my last post.
Posted 15 June 2005 - 11:35 PM
did you rejet it mcbrat? the way it was set up, it had low end power, but nothin mid to hi range. on an ea82
hehe, i said basicaly to start two seperate sentences in my last post.
no, didn't rejet it. replaced the missing hing pin on the float, and fied up the choke linkage, It had plenty of low end, but even with the lift, and 225/70R14's on it, it had better highway speed than any of my other ea81's.
I had a '86 Brat hydraulic lifter ea81 with 192k miles on it, installed with the weber in a '87 wagon....
I wrote down all the jetting numbers so I can compare it to my other 3
Posted 16 June 2005 - 07:57 AM
not a HUGE difference, but surely noticable. im all about the power =]
good to know it was at least jetted close to where its supposed to be. i always figured it was Way off.
i have a new one, jetted for a subaru(supposedly) sittin on an ea81 hatch. it has bad throttle response, when i stomp on it. what am i doin wrong mcbrat?
Posted 16 June 2005 - 08:22 AM
hope this isnt gettin too far off topic, but. i went from the carb motor, with a weber, to the mpfi motor, with 95 hp or whatever.
not a HUGE difference, but surely noticable. im all about the power =]
good to know it was at least jetted close to where its supposed to be. i always figured it was Way off.
i have a new one, jetted for a subaru(supposedly) sittin on an ea81 hatch. it has bad throttle response, when i stomp on it. what am i doin wrong mcbrat?
I would check to see if your vac advance on the disty will hold a vacuum first. then I'd work with adjustments to the idle mixture screw. I knw all of camerons docs, and the weber docs say if you are more than 2 or 3 turns out, it's too far, but I've had the best performance when I was nearly 4 turns out......
Posted 16 June 2005 - 08:30 AM
I would check to see if your vac advance on the disty will hold a vacuum first. then I'd work with adjustments to the idle mixture screw. I knw all of camerons docs, and the weber docs say if you are more than 2 or 3 turns out, it's too far, but I've had the best performance when I was nearly 4 turns out......
Posted 16 June 2005 - 10:03 AM
Posted 16 June 2005 - 07:18 PM
So this A.M. I jammed down to the NAPA. Zippo on Weber anything. They made some calls, and nothing. I wanted a kit and the adapter.
So off I go across the street to the local "discount" parts house. Huge suprise, they had both, some one had ordered them , and then changed their mind. I jumped on both since it appears to me that this stuff is getting hard to find.
Jammed home. Pulled the Hitache, slapped on the adapter. Should have done the rebuild, but thought I'd just stick on the old DGV to see how bad bad was. Much to my suprise, it ran! I made no attempt to tune anything.
So I got the linkage wraped up, and went for a drive. HOLY CRAP! I really had no complaints about the Hitache, it ran fine, but the improvement in 1st, 2nd and 3rd are really noticable. Lots more grunt. Not much change in the higher range, but thats not really where I needed it anyway.
Heck, I'm half scared to do any tuning or rebuilding. Maybe I should leave well enough alone!
So far, I am totally happy with this change. I have no idea what has happened to my miliage, but thats a secondary consideration for me.
So thats my story, and I'm stick'in to it.
I suspect that when I increase tire diameter by 2 inches, to 26, I'll be right back where I started, which was the point in the first place, so thats ok.
Posted 22 June 2005 - 10:33 AM
thats sounds too crazy to be true.
Posted 25 June 2005 - 09:32 AM
you found a weber adapter for a subaru, and a rebuild kit, instock?!_!
thats sounds too crazy to be true.
Yea, it was crazy luck. Probably one in a million. Bear in mind this is a little discount parts house in a little podunk town with only two parts houses. (NAPA across the hiway from the discount joint)
Like I said, somebody ordered these items a while ago, then changed their mind. Both items were pretty dusty.
The other crazy luck was that this used weber was internaly in great condition, and made my car run like a raped ape. It was running pretty rich at first, but using Redlines tuning instructions, I think (hope) I've resolved that.
Low end was encreased very significantly. But much like some others experience, top was not, untill------
I kept fooling around with my jury rigged linkage, and found that I was not utilizing that last 1/4 of the throttle at the carb. Had to make some adjustments under the accelerator pedal. (very haywire, almost embarresing, but it worked) Now that I'm utilizing the entire range of the carb, top end is much increased as well.
At this point, I couldn't be happier. Miliage appears, so far, to be about the same, or slightly worse.
However, I'm quite concerned about cold weather when it arrives. My manual choke instalation seems to be fine and trouble free, but it's summer. I'm looking into aquiring Redline Part #99010.301 [universal intake adapter, weber DGV series]., thinking that this would enable me to adapt a stock Soob airbox (or something) to it, and then use a preheat tube down to the punched out cat heatshield. But that Redline part is probably going to hard or impssible to find. Just thinking.
Posted 25 June 2005 - 09:59 AM
Posted 25 June 2005 - 11:49 AM
Lemme guess you got it in LaPine huh lol
Yes, La Pine.
Common bumper sticker around here is availiable at hardware store and elsewhere:
"La Pine Oregon, Life on the Edge"
Nobody knows on the "edge" of what.
Civilization? Sanity? Oh well. I've got one on my truck.
Posted 26 June 2005 - 11:20 PM
Posted 27 June 2005 - 12:18 AM
I ran a weber no problems at all in the winter time in Iowa....
That's good to know, thanks for that. The only reason I worry is from reading a few or a couple of posts from others that complain about webers and winter.
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The Sixth Annual University of Montana Western Research Symposium will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 13 and 14 in the Swysgood Technology Center (STC) Great Room on the UMW campus.
The Symposium is presented by the UMW Biology Club but also features cross-disciplinary research by Montana Western students from a variety of majors. The Biology Club received 46 abstracts this year, and the Symposium will feature 22 talks and 24 posters detailing a diverse cross section of novel undergraduate research.
Student research will represent the University of Montana Western Departments of Biology; Environmental Sciences; English; Mathematics; History, Philosophy and Social Sciences; and Health and Human Performance.
Topics will include pre-professional health internships, molecular level research (including the work of Beaverhead County High School students), history senior theses, biomechanics of sports, a senior thesis on Sherlock Holmes, a Bramlette Reality internship, a gunfight reality versus Hollywood project, a number of environmental interpretation internships and class projects from a mathematics modeling class.
On Friday from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., local veterinary consultant Charlotte Quist will deliver a keynote address, "One Health: Integrating Human, Animal and Environmental Health."
Quist specializes in wildlife disease and pathology and has extensive professional experience in a wide range of veterinary fields.
Quist earned her Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Colorado College and her D.V.M. from Colorado State University. She worked in a small animal and equine private practice before joining the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a wildlife disease investigator. Quist eventually returned to graduate school to complete her residency and Ph.D. at the University of Georgia where she became board-certified in veterinary pathology and joined the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine faculty.
Quist also taught in the University of Montana Western Equine Department for several years before returning to the private sector to pursue her passion in veterinary consulting in wildlife disease and pathology.
Quist said her keynote address will focus on the pressing issue of how human, animal and environmental health are intertwined.
"The expansion of human populations and increased interaction with animal populations around the world has resulted in recognition by the medical community that human, animal and environmental disease no longer occur in isolation," Quist explained.
"The expansion of human populations and increased interaction with animal populations around the world has resulted in recognition by the medical community that human, animal and environmental disease no longer occur in isolation," Quist explained. "Approximately 75 percent of emerging human diseases are caused by pathogens that move across species lines (zoonotic diseases). The One Health Initiative facilitates collaboration and cooperation between human and veterinary medical professionals, various health industries, academic institutions and government agencies to aid in the assessment, treatment, and prevention of both non-communicable and communicable disease. The global movement toward this 'one health' concept provides exciting new challenges for science and health professionals as well as avenues of study for enlightened investigators of the future."
Montana Western Associate Professor of Biology Mike Morrow said the Research Symposium highlights UMW's commitment to experiential learning as realized through the university's unique block scheduling system, Experience One, in which students focus on a single class at a time. Montana Western is the only four-year university in the nation to offer a block scheduling program.
"Research and student experiences inside and outside of the classroom represent the pinnacle of experiential learning that students obtain at Montana Western," Morrow said.
"This annual event highlights research and experiences that students from across campus performed over the last year," Morrow explained. "Research and student experiences inside and outside of the classroom represent the pinnacle of experiential learning that students obtain at Montana Western. This year's event will be the largest we have had."
Students in Associate Professor of Mathematics Eric Dyreson's fall 2011 stochastic modeling class will be a prominent feature at this year's symposium. Stochastic modeling is a method of presenting data or predicting outcomes while taking into account randomness and unpredictability. There are generally two types of models: deterministic, which are the same every time a model runs, and stochastic, which run different every time.
Dyreson said stochastic models have many practical applications, which his students successfully exploited for their projects.
"We can use stochastic modeling to model a lot of phenomena in the real world," Dyreson explained. "A lot of processes in the real world don't happen the same every time."
The students in Dyreson's class represented a broad range of disciplines represented by their model subjects, which included microsatellites, molecular hydrodynamics, the growth of wheat, the history of the northern Yellowstone elk herd, Dow Jones predictions, wolverine population dispersal, amino acid evolution and brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone area.
Double mathematics and secondary education majors Susie Bleken and Sydnee Crosser also worked with cellular and molecular biology major Ben Gilboe on part of their model. Boll said the collaboration gave them real-world experience with similar situations they would encounter as professionals or graduate school students.
"We had to establish a new way of communicating across disciplines so we knew what each other was talking about, which was really cool because that's hopefully what our careers will be about," Boll said.
"We had to establish a new way of communicating across disciplines so we knew what each other was talking about, which was really cool because that's hopefully what our careers will be about," Boll said.
Bleken said the project and posters she and her group created for the project and symposium gave her a tangible outcome she will use to help educate her own students.
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We drove to the modern winery, a few miles outside of downtown Walla Walla and were met by winemaker Billo Navarane, who, along with his brother Pinto, own the winery. Their background in mathematics is behind the names of some of their wines. The wines we tasted along with my very brief notes:
2010 Vox Populi $45: 100% Mourvedre, rhubarb and spice, ripe dark fruit flavors, excellent, 93
2009 Living in the Limelight $55: 90 % Petit Verdot, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, nose of earth and dark fruit, dark fruit plummy flavors, balanced, needs a couple of years, 92+
Occam's Razor Syrah Block 10 Seven Hills Vineyard $60: spicy dark berries on nose and palate, excellent, balanced, give it a couple of years, 93+
2009 Doctrina Perpetua Syrah Bacchus Vineyard $60: plummy nose, tart blackberry flavors, 92
2008 QED GSM blend $50: spicy nose with a hint of barnyard, tart black fruit on the palate, 92
2008 Principa Reserve Syrah $85: baking fruit pie nose, smooth, 93+
2009 Plus One Cabernet Sauvignon $65: pencil shavings and forest floor nose, blackberries on the palate, needs time, 92-94
2009 In Order to Form a More Perfect Union $85: 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Franc, barrel sample nose, balanced, can be drunk now but sure to improve, impressive, 92-95
2011 Composer Riesling $30: 1.1% residual sugar, light nose of honey, tart light fruit flavors, 91
2010 Lyricist Riesling $30: 44% botrytised grapes, 4.9% residual sugar, light nose of botrytis and honey, beautiful balance between sweetness and acidity, 95+
Everything we tasted was well-made with the structure to improve and hold for many years. The winery has been in existence only since 2007 and is the most impressive young winery I've ever visited. I love what they're doing with Rhone varietals. This is a must visit for anyone fortunate to find themself in the area.
Just one more sip.
Need to find out if they have distribution to other parts of the US. If you have a contact email Board-O please email it to me. Impressive based on your write up. It looks like they also have a wine called Creative Impulse which is cab and merlot. WS and WA both loved the '08 at 95 and 94pts respectively.
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The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living - Socrates
"Wine....offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased" ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1889-1961)
I'll send you an email. Their wines are all very impressive.
Just one more sip.
This is what it's all about!
I have not had their wines, but appreciated your note greatly. You gave me something to seek out and learn about and made my hobby better.
Thank you.
"What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning, with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine?" -Isak Dinesen
My pleasure. The fact that only one other post on this board references this fine winery is surprisng to me.
Just one more sip.
Very interested to try and schedule a visit here in early October. Thanks for the notes.
I am in touch with Pinto. We are going to try and get them a distributor for here so I can get access to their wines for the store. Thanks for the info.
Life without wine?...... Yeah Right.
The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living - Socrates
"Wine....offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased" ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1889-1961)
Your customers will thank you. I'm guessing you'll get soime of their friends coming in for the wines also. This is the only other thread I found with tasting notes for their wines.
Just one more sip.
This is what these Boards are all about: learning about a new discovery before the general population, and sharing it with the other wine fans.
Thanks, Board-O!
Great tasting notes!
If anyone in Ontario is interested in purchasing wines from Rasa Winery, e-mail me.
matt_fowler52 at yahoo dot com
We went to Rasa today and had an awesome tasting served up by Billo. There was a young-ish couple from Seattle there when we arrived. Great conversation all the way around. I will post my notes in the next week or so. Billo is extremely friendly and engaging - just an awesome guy. I don't think I've ever had as enjoyable a tasting experience.
Phenomenal wines. Everything was exceptional, and the sweeter of the two Rieslings was mind-blowing to me. I ended up buying a mixed case at Rasa for shipment.
My credit card is gonna be pissed at me after this Pacific NW trip, but I'll deal with it. Heading back towards Portland tomorrow and will do some more Willamette Valley PN's over the weekend. I really owe my gf a nice non-wine vacation next year! Even though she isn't nearly as enthusiastic about wine, she loved the Rasa juice as well. If any of you plan a trip to Walla Walla, you MUST make an appointment there.
Hey, production is limited and the wines are already pricey enough as it is. Besides, I thought all you guys drank was European wine anyway...
I drink as much American wine these days as European wine. Rasa's wines are worth the money. They are in the top echelon of Washington wineries. I'll take them over Quilceda Creek any day.
Just one more sip.
Just opened an email from Full Pull Wines. They are offering Plus One, Creative Impulse and In Order to Form a More Perfect Union.
I bought the Vox Populi and the Lyricist. This is a top echelon winery, not just in WA, but in the country. The value here is especially great when you think of how overpriced, in comparison, some better known wines from CA are.
Just one more sip.
They had a bottle of grenache blended with something on the wine list last night at Michys. Almost pulled the trigger
It was probably excellent, based on their other wines. What was the wine list price?
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Not sure but I think $90.
SQN, Rasa, Barroche, Pegau
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I thought I posted this tasting on Wine Spectators forum, but I was mistaken.
I believe these are the best wines that I have tasted in Washington. Both Cab based and Rhone based. I have not tasted any Cayuse, but pretty well everything else. They are far bigger, brawnier and structured than Reynvaan.
Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:02 pm
After a few warm up celebrations for my 50th. The Northern Fanatics [3 of us] convened to taste a line up of Syrah's and Grenache based wines.
All wines were opened at 10:00am, tasted by me, and decanted at 4:00pm. Started wine tasting at 7:00pm.
My wife was in charge of pouring into the test decanter and bringing it downstairs for us. I wrote out the lineup for the other two winos. We always usually taste double blind.
Wine #1 Big nose of red fruit. Same on palate. Great finish. SINE QUA NON B20. One of the fanatics concede later he wanted to hate this wine, he wanted to find it OTT with a hot alcoholic finish. He found neither. Everybodies first SQN. 100% Syrah
Wine #2 I will be repeating this a lot. Big nose of red fruit. Moderately tannic grip, black fruits, smoke. Another great lip smacking finish. 2006 FIANCE. Years of life ahead of it. Very similar to one tasted in 2008. 50/50 Syrah Grenache
Wine #3 Smoke, coffee, black fruit nose. Smoke, coffee, black olives, black fruit. Sorry about the broken record, but, a great finish, with slight tannins. Young with years of life. 2007 Rasa QED.
94% Syrah 3% Grenache and 3% Mouvedre
Wine #4 Huge sweet nose of raspberry.Slight tannins, blast of red fruit. Longest finish of them all.Not at all what I remember tasting it with the Fiance in 2008. Back then it was real sweet and gooey. It has grown up since and also has years ahead of it. 2006 PURE. 100% Grenache
Wine #5 Wow what a nose. Smoke, coffee, tar, liquorice. All of these carried over to the palate with an olive component added. The most complex wine by far. Again a terrific finish. Wow wine for everybody. Less tannic than the QED. 2008 RASA PRINIPIA. 100% Syrah
Wine #6 It is too bad that my wife left this for last. I loved it, but the other two didn't. Big ass brett nose. Intense palate of dried fruit and leather. Rioja like. Good solid finish. Still has tannins and more acidity than all of the other wines combined. 2001 CUVEE LAURENCE. Cndp blend I don't know the cepage.
The Principia was the clear cut best wine for us, tied for second was the Pure and the B20, after that it is splitting hairs as the Fiance and the Qed are both awesome wines. I loved the Laurence but it stood out as lean in fruit in this lineup.
Buy more Rasa, and try to source Pure and Fiance at reasonable prices. I bought these by the 6 pack for 65.00 each. Know I see Pure at 230.00 retail, thanks Uncle Bob.
We have visited Rasa a couple of times and Pinto and Billo are great hosts who know what they are doing in such a short time as winemakers. I am hoping to visit Julien Barrot in May.
We had a bottle of the 2010 Vox Populi last night. It's 100% Mourvedre. This is a wonderful wine with the attributes foir which I prize and excellent Chateauneuf-du-Pape. No notes taken but a solid well-made spicy gem that's sure to improve. 93-94
Rasa is one of America's great wineries.
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My visit, on 11/10/12:
2010 PB Wines Cabernet Franc ($29)
What a nose. A mélange of dark fruit, plum, Crhsitmas spice and minerals. Zero trace of alcohol. Long, detailed finish. 92 points
2009 Rasa Vineards QED ($50)
(71% Syrah, 14 Grenache, 12% Mourvedre, 1% Viognier) I was amazed when Billo told us how many blind trials go into deciding on the final blend for QED. Darker profile than so many GSMs, but not so much that it isn't clearly a GSM. Floral, spicy, so dense, but still light. 91 points
2009 Rasa Vineyards Principia Reserve Syrah ($85)
(100% Syrah) Very dark. Brooding, highly complex nose. Rocks, spices, black raspberry, light soy, meat, and an undeniable streak of mineral under everything. Huge in the mouth with great lift. Inner-mouth energy. 94 points
2009 Rasa Vineyards 'Plus One' Cabernet Sauvignon Kiona Vineyards Red Mountain ($75)
(their first single-vineyard Cab) An exceptional effort from this vineyard. Very clearly a Cab, with currant, anise, blackberry. Very fine yet stiff tannins. So deep and broad. 94 points
2009 Rasa Vineyards 'Creative Impulse' DuBrul Vineyards ($95)
(71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot) One of the most memorable wines I've had in quite awhile. Power, but still so elegant. Wow, what a mouthful! Textbook DuBrul nose of olive/tobacco currant jam. Effortlessly long and pure. Wow. 97 points
2009 Rasa Vineyards 'In Order to Form a More Perfect Union' ($95)
(41% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Franc) Slightly more subdued nose than the prior wine. Black cherry, slight cedar, blackberry, sappy, juicy. Bright and complex. 93 points
2011 Rasa Vineyards 'Composer' Riesling ($30)
Easily the finest WA Riesling I've had. His equivalent of a Kabinett. Close your eyes, and you're sipping something from the Mosel. Very light color. Minerally, with apricot, white peach, jasmine. Such a great, complex nose. Pear spice on the very bright, dry palate. 93 points
2011 Rasa Vineyards 'Lyricist' Riesling ($30)
An Auslese equivalent. Orange and peach, sweet, and not at all cloying. 88 points
Nice notes! You must be a faster note taker than I am. Sorry you missed the Vox Populi. We liked the Lyricist a lot more than you did, quite a lot. Maybe bottle variation or time open? We bought the Vox Populi and Lyricist.
Just one more sip.
I remember thinking about the Vox Populi, but I wasn't going to push my luck. They opened a lot of yet-to-be-released stuff, so I was pleased as punch. I had plenty of time to write out my notes. The other couple there was asking lots of questions, as were we, and Billo was a gracious host, willing to answer all our questions. I'll remember that tasting for quite some time.
Thanks for the notes, Board-O.
The folks on the CT forum clamor for this producer's wines.
This is killing me ... I *love* Mourvedre, and, despite not being able to access anything I order for a couple years, might take a flyer on a 3-pack of this wine based on your notes.
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We might never know what caused a cluster of brain cancers in and around McCullom Lake.
But the victims and their surviving family members deserve to present all of their evidence in a court of law.
In 2010, a Pennsylvania judge prematurely dismissed the first of 33 lawsuits against a Ringwood chemical manufacturer. The lawsuits claim that years of air and groundwater exposure to vinyl chloride and other volatile organic compounds caused the plaintiffs' brain and pituitary tumors.
The judge, Allan Tereshko, ruled that the epidemiologist hired by the plaintiff's attorney misled the court during his testimony. Tereshko dismissed the case without allowing the remaining three witnesses to be heard.
While that dismissal remains under appeal, Tereshko was reassigned from the civil division this month after being criticized by fellow judges for his handling of a separate case. According to a story in Sunday's Northwest Herald by senior reporter Kevin Craver, the state appellate court that overturned Tereshko's 2011 ruling in favor of a defendant insurance company chastised him for not disclosing his wife's employment with the law firm representing it. Judges should recuse themselves in situations in which their impartiality could be reasonably questioned, according to judicial codes of conduct.
While we agree that Tereshko should have recused himself in the case involving his wife's law firm, we can't speak to his motivations there. We do question his decision to dismiss the first McCullom Lake lawsuit without first hearing all of the evidence, however.
The Northwest Herald has been investigating the McCullom Lake story since 2007. One thing we can say with certainty is that, no matter how you look at the evidence, a cluster of cancer cases exists in McCullom Lake and the Lakeland Park subdivision of McHenry, which sits directly south.
By definition, a cluster exists when a greater-than-expected number of similar cancers turn up within a group of people within a specific geographic area over time. Of the 33 plaintiffs, 26 have suffered from some form of brain cancer. Of those 26, 10 are victims of glioblastoma multiforme, which affects only about three people in 100,000.
To us, it's clear that a cluster exists. What's not clear is what caused the cancers.
Each of the plaintiffs deserves a full trial on the merits of the case. That means they should be able to present all of their evidence in front of a jury of their peers.
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The National Security Agency is collecting the phone records of millions of Americans for three months. The news was first reported by the Guardian newspaper. The request for the records was placed with a special intelligence court days after the Boston bombings.