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Tuning In The 21st Century
Carburetor tuning has always been up to the driver and his/her senses, to determine how a car behaves and performs. We can use vacuum gauges to get the idle side of the carburetor correct, but the main circuit of the carb can be quite tricky. What does a lean bog versus a rich bog feel like? Can you easily determine which direction the jetting needs to go? Since fuel changed back in the '70s to unleaded mix, we can no longer read the spark plugs for mixture; most unleaded plugs look completely white when the fueling is correct. The best way to set up the main jet calibration has always been at the dragstrip. Tuning the jetting for maximum mph in the quarter-mile is what the engine wants, but with ever-changing weather conditions between the density altitude and wind conditions, some jetting changes will only yield small changes in mph, which can then be skewed by a shift in the weather.
For years we've been using wideband oxygen sensors on engine and chassis dynos. They have given us a window into the combustion chamber and the air/fuel ratio (AFR) of the burnt gases. These dyno-grade sensors have been expensive and require data-logging capability. This past weekend I had the pleasure of setting AFR with a very inexpensive wideband oxygen sensor for permanent installation into your vehicle. Advanced Engine Management sells a complete Universal Exhaust Gas Oxygen (UEGO) Gauge Controller featuring a Bosch UEGO "laboratory grade" sensor. This sensor has an accuracy and repeatability to 0.1 AFR. The gauge is a standard 21/16-inch with a sweeping LED readout, and a digital readout in the center of the gauge. We had one on our Stock Eliminator wagon tuning the highly modified Quadrajet, and another on an EFI-equipped Stocker. Within two runs on the wagon and two metering rod changes, we had the AFR honed right into 12.8:1. This is where the engine made peak power on the engine dyno. On the EFI car we had been chasing our tail working out other calibration issues. The EFI was commanding 12.5 AFR but was actually at 15:1 going down the track! We quickly adjusted the fuel tables in the EFI and the AFR came right in line at 12.9:1, and we picked up 0.4 in the quarter-mile. I sure wish that the simple rod change would have given me that kind of performance increase in the wagon.
The AEM Gauge-Type UEGO controller kit, PN AVM-30-4100, is available from Summit for $218.95. For the price of this sensor you can have your car dialed in quickly and accurately. After doing this for years, and using a wideband at the track for the first time, I will never tune another car without one. This is just another easy tuning tool you should have in your toolbox and install when changes have been made that require new jetting. I'm tired of working so hard!
Thumpr On
Q: Can you offer a recommendation for my project '55 Bel Air? I purchased a 400hp LS2 from an '06 Corvette with less than 10,000 miles. I want to deviate from stock a little, to give the engine a better sound and a lope, as well as gain some power, and need some help with a cam choice. I have read a little about the Thumpr from Competition Cams and wanted your opinion on which version will best suit my needs. Can I use the stock lifters and pushrods since they are still somewhat fresh? Will I have to have the computer reprogrammed to compensate for the different bumpstick? Will the injectors need to be upgraded to make the whole package work? Is there a better choice or combination to give the engine a lope with a gain in horsepower and torque? I love your articles and layout of the magazine. Thanks for the help, and keep them coming!
Mike Yore
Indian, AK
A: Having a cool, choppy idle in a '55 Chevy is just about mandatory. Doing this without killing all the slow-speed torque to pull your very nice street rod around is another thing. The Comp Cams Thumpr camshaft line does give you somewhat the best of both worlds. With the advanced inlet lobe and tight separation angles, it helps boost slow-speed torque while maintaining idle quality. We'd recommend going with the smallest of the Thumpr line for your project. The 275THR9 camshaft specs out with advertised numbers of 275/295 degrees duration, 219/233 degrees at 0.050-inch tappet lift, 0.553/0.536-inch max lift, ground on 109 centers. Anything more than this will hurt the slow-speed driveability of your very refined LS2 small-block.
The original injectors will feed this combination just fine. You will probably need to do some calibration work to clean up any driveability glitches. With the swap, you'll need to create an air ducting system to feed the air valve. Incorporating the mass air sensor correctly into this tube will make the most difference in the calibration. Whatever the factory ducting size is at the actual mass air, must be maintained in the fabricated air inlet system. This will keep your fuel trim numbers as close as you can in your calibration. This is where you will want to do any final cleanup with your engine swap and camshaft installation.
The rest of your factory LS2 components will work well with the Thumpr camshaft. Enjoy your engine swap and many years of happy cruising!
Need A Little Content
Q: Are there any magazines or catalogs out there with performance parts for Chevy Cobalts? I see little things here and there in the import magazines, and pretty much nothing from the Chevy magazines.
Jeff Anderson
via email
A: The Cobalt SSs are little rocket ships, first with their supercharged Ecotec engines, and then in '08-and-up with the turbocharged upgrade. Sorry for the lag in coverage here in CHP. However, our sister publication GM High-Tech Performance has run a few stories over the years on these models. Just lately they featured an '09 turbo direct injected tuning story. They came away with some pretty impressive horsepower gains.
As for component parts, you'll find most of the performance parts in the sport compact arena. After some digging we've come away with several one-stop shops out on the internet. Check out Cobalt Addiction and Modern Performance. Both feature a wide range of performance upgrades for Cobalts of all years. Modern Performance supports most sport compacts, and Cobalt Addiction only caters to the Cobalt enthusiast. Hopefully, these three avenues will feed your need for content.
Sources: cobalt-addiction.com
Bucking Nova
Q: I am having a problem with my '68 Nova. For the past couple of years I have been doing improvements and have run a best of 11.69, but the stars must have been in alignment that night because the car usually runs high 11.80s. This past Christmas, I treated myself to a Coan TH350 with a transbrake and Coan 4,500-stall converter. The car leaves hard off the line, lifting the front wheels about 3 inches, but then nosedives for just a millisecond and recovers, running hard all the way to the finish. The only changes I made were the transmission and converter. Even with this problem, the car will run 11.90s and the 60-foot times are about 0.20 slower.
I have since installed jet extensions on the secondary side. I launch this car by placing the gas on the floor with the transbrake button depressed. The rpm of the car runs up to about 4,400. It seems like the car needs an accelerator pump shot, although I am past the accelerator circuit. I am not using a rev limiter; I've been told this would help with my problem, but I don't understand why, since I would still have the gas on the floor when leaving the line. Do I need to jet up the carb more? Thanks for any help you can send my way.
Tom Pogue
via email
A: Jet extensions should have taken care of any lean situation you may be encountering. You're right about the fact that you're well past the accelerator pump circuit of the carburetor. When you go wide open on the transmission brake, the carburetor is fully open and running on the main circuit of the carburetor. We'd be looking for a rich condition, and here's why. When the car leaves off the transbrake, there is an instant of very hard acceleration. When this happens, the fuel in the primary bowl can slosh out and through the bowl vent, dumping fuel into the airstream. This will create a rich bog for a split second. Most performance Holley carburetors are equipped with an anti-slosh vent extension to help prevent this. But if you have a crack in the plastic extension, or it's not there at all, fuel can easily come out the vent tube on the primary side.
A quick test to see if this is your problem: Install a piece of neoprene fuel line between the two bowl vent tubes of the carburetor. Cut an opening in the top of the hose at the peak between the two vent tubes. This will allow the primary and secondary bowls to breathe and prevent fuel from sloshing into the airstream.
Finally, a two-step may be a good addition to your race car. It won't help with your off-the-line stumble, but it will give you a tuning aid for when the track gets hot and slick. Rarely can a track take full power all the time unless your car is completely overtired. Also, as weather conditions change, the launch rpm of your engine will vary. The better the air the higher the stall speed, and inversely when the air gets hot and muggy. If you keep the chip rpm 400-500 below full stall, this will prevent repeatability problems related to weather changes.
Hope this helps you find your problem, and maybe win a couple of more rounds with your Nova.
Sources: holley.com
New School Teaches Old Dog New Tricks
Q: Having been a gearhead for almost 40 years now, I can say without a doubt that this tech column is the best I have ever seen! Last year, I built a 383ci small-block Chevy in a high-performance engine-building class offered by Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. In this class you build any high-performance engine; only your imagination and budget will hold you back. The best part is not only do they teach you the different machining procedures, but you actually do the work yourself. The big payoff is at the end of the year when you put your engine on the dyno and see the results of nine months of work. Here is my list of the major components: a '78 four-bolt main bored 0.030 over, a Scat 4340 forged crank, Carrillo 6-inch forged rods, Probe SRS pistons -12.8cc dish, AFR 195 Eliminator heads, a Comp Cams hydraulic roller 230/236 duration with 0.510/0.520-inch lift, Comp Cams Magnum 1.6 roller rockers, an Edelbrock RPM intake manifold, and a Holley 750-cfm carb.
Using 15/8-inch headers, this combo made 479 lb-ft at 4,400 and 468 hp at 5,800 with 36 degrees of timing. What effect can I expect to see using a set of 17/8-inch primaries into a 4-inch collector, such as a Hooker Corvette-specific side pipe/headers system? What intakes can be used with the stock L82 hood? I have a Weiand single-plane low-rise Stealth model
Thanks for any info and thanks for being here for guys like me.
Bud DeWitt
Dayton, OH
A: Well thank you very much for the kind words. Last year my son Daniel went through a semester of an engine design and troubleshooting class at the Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, California, that sounds very similar to the course that you took. They teach you about the engine combo, how to machine it, and, finally, assemble it. Taking your first or hundredth engine from cradle to engine bay is very rewarding. Many community colleges around the country offer very similar courses and are looking for men and women just like you to fill these classes. Keep them full to continue the education of our young people-and a couple of old dogs at the same time. Thanks for reminding me of a very good find.
Nice little small-block you got to learn all about. The 17/8-inch primary header with 4-inch collectors is a bit too large for your 383. You will lose some of the slow-speed torque (10 or so lb-ft), and may gain very little top-end horsepower. As for the manifold, the Corvette doesn't lend itself well to inlet upgrades. The low-rise Weiand dual-plane will be very small and really limit the top-end potential of your engine package. It may be down on power to the tune of 30 hp! Check out the Edelbrock Torker II PN 5001 single-plane. This is the only other manifold we know of that will fit under the L82 hood without mods.
In the mid-'80s, Vic Edelbrock had a '79 Corvette with a Donovan aluminum small-block and a Doug Nash five-speed, and it was one nasty piece. We used this car for the development of the Torker II engine packages, which consisted of the single-plane manifold and a camshaft package. These components installed in an old-school 350 produced 400 hp at the time. That was a nice-running street small-block back then.
Congrats on your engine build and the knowledge that you will have for the rest of your life. Enjoy your engine that you designed, machined, assembled, and dyno'd in your Vette. Keep us old guys rocking!
Sources: edelbrock.com, holley.com
Whoa, Baby
Q: I am the luckiest man in the world. My wife is just as big a car nut as I am. (You've got to love a woman who's actually happy to get a carburetor for her birthday.) We have a few old Camaros, a couple of '68s, a '69, and a '72. My wife got me into drag racing a few years ago; she drives and I get to make the car go faster with her '81 Camaro. We run 6.50s in the 1/8-mile. Although the car still isn't fast enough for her, she can hardly get it stopped at the big end of the track. No vacuum means no power brakes! Does anyone make a kit that I can convert this power-brake car into a manual-brake car? Or what would be the easiest and least expensive way to make this thing easier to stop?
Steve Burch
Harvest, AL
A: Getting our wives' support for our habit is a blessing. My mom warned my wife before we got married that I wasn't going to change-and I haven't. Enjoy racing with your best friend. Let's see if we can keep her safe.
A couple of things jump out with your question. First, you're right that the vacuum level is quite low because of the camshaft you are running. This should only affect the brakes' operation when idling around, or from a fresh startup. When you're lifting off the throttle at the top end, the engine vacuum goes very high (20 plus inches of mercury) and the power brakes should function normally. If they are not, look to the booster's condition and the check valve in the booster line from the carburetor. The check valve is to hold vacuum in the booster when the vacuum falls, to give you at least one good brake application.
Manual brakes were standard on your '81 Camaro, but very rare. It used a smaller master cylinder diameter and a specific pedal pushrod to give you the proper pedal ratio and brake pressure. You could try to round up these components and convert the car over with factory parts. The master is discontinued, as is the pedal pushrod. You could also go with a vacuum booster pump to increase the vacuum supply to the booster. There are some very nice pumps on the market and may be the cheapest option. Check with Master Power Brakes for all your brake needs. MPB offers a very nice Heavy Duty Vacuum Pump kit, PN AC2724K, which will produce a constant 18-20 inches of vacuum. This kit comes complete with pump and vacuum switch to turn the pump on only when needed. Also, if you still wish to convert the brake system over to manual, MPB can hook you up with the components to make this happen.
Get these brakes working soon-you don't want one of your wife's legs to be bigger than yours! Good luck, and be safe racing.
Source: mpbrakes.com
Q: Do you know if the '67-69 Camaro Z/28 302 motor was a bored-out 283 or a destroked 327 (283 crank used in the 327)? Thanks for your time!
Daryl Lange
Oroville, WA
A: The last year of the 283s comes in right at '67, which is the first year of the 302 small-journal engines. The 327s had been around since the '62 model year in Vettes and Impalas. Sliding a 3-inch stroke crankshaft into the 327 is the simple answer. Most of the 283s won't accommodate a 4-inch overbore without the cylinders becoming dangerously thin. Only some of the early blocks could handle a 4-inch overbore, and it certainly wasn't into the late '60s. The tops for most of the 283s were 0.060 inch over, bringing the engine to 292 inches. We know this isn't a definite answer, but it makes sense logically.
Sensor Madness
Q: Can you help me install a '95 Z28 engine in my '96 Impala? The '96 has a crank sensor behind the harmonic balancer, and the '95 does not. Using the '96 harness and computer, can I trick the '96 sensor plug and computer by grounding off one of the wires coming from the sensor? Thanks for your help.
Cliff Blacke
Piqua, OH
A: The sensor you're referring to references engine misfire for the OBD II computer system mandated in 1996. There is a small reluctor wheel behind the front cover that gives the sensor a 4X signal to the computer. With the differences in the water pump and damper between the Camaro dress and the B-car Impala, it would be easiest to just swap over the front cover, sensor, and reluctor wheel into the '95 engine. This would make the computer happiest and complete the swap properly.
When converting over the '95 engine, make sure you use the damper hub from the '96 engine because it's 0.100 inch shorter to accommodate the reluctor wheel spacing. Also, you'll need to swap out the Woodruff key that indexes the crank sprocket. The Woodruff key is slightly longer (0.100 inch) to engage the reluctor wheel.
Fooling the computer is really not an option without tuning software. You can disable the misfire detection with calibration software, but a little more labor will make this a painless swap.
Stovebolt Racer
Q: I've been trying to find drawings showing the hole locations and sizes, center hole size, for various bellhousings and transmissions. I need to machine a trans adapter. We just finished building a 261 (0.060 over) inline-six for my '50 Chevy station wagon. I'm putting a T5 from an S-10, and an S-10 4x4 rearend with 4.10:1 gears in it. Isky ground a custom cam for more low-end torque for this heavier-than-average car.
Yeah, I'm a geezer, but I also help with tuning an NHRA TAFC and race go-karts during our Minnesota winters, so I'm not done yet. I realize this question probably doesn't fit the column, but I thought you can probably steer me to the info I need. Thanks for any help.
Darryl Bergerson
Prior Lake, MN
A: From most of the digging around we couldn't find an adapter plate available for your combination. Surprisingly, Advanced Adapters no longer lists this swap. Surely it had this adapter available in the past, but it's been 45 years since the last time the old Stovebolt six-cylinders were produced. But we've found something else.
The factory 261 manual transmission bellhousing has the same bolt pattern as the mid-'80s T-5 transmission! The input shaft is slightly longer than the three- and four-speed transmissions of the day, and it is a standard 27-spline shaft. Even the pilot bushing stub is the same size. You may need to shorten the pilot bushing stub of the input shaft slightly with a cut-off wheel and dress it with a sanding disk. You will need to check for clearance to prevent the input from bottoming out in the crankshaft. Next, drill out the transmission ears to accommodate the 1/2-inch bolt from the 13mm fasteners used in the later-model applications. The rest is just simple bolt-ups and driveshaft shortening. The original clutch, throwout fork, throwout bearing, and pilot bushing will work. You will need to pick up a clutch disk from a '71-and-later manual application with the 27-inch spline count. Just match the pressure plate size that you have.
Good luck with your very cool '50 wagon. My dad is going to be jealous. He's about half done with his '50 sedan delivery but has too many projects going on to finish it.
Serpentine Solutions
Q: A while back in "Performance Q&A," you talked about a company that puts together GM serpentine kits for crate engines. Could you please give me the name and how to get a hold of them? My son gets your rag and since it's my mailbox, I get to read the Performance Q&A first. Thank you very much.
Bob Bussworth
Avoca, NE
A: We're glad to see your son has good taste-and that you've got quick hands. He should learn that age and treachery will win out over youth and enthusiasm every time.
Our buddy Ken Casey at Burt Chevy is the hookup for factory GM Serpentine kits. He has sold a ton of GM crate engines and the components to make any swap easy and free of surprises. If he hasn't seen it all, we're just a phone call away. You can reach Kenny at 800.345.5744 and he will be glad to help you out.
Source: burt.com
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SANTA TERESA, N.M. - An industrial park near the New Mexico-Texas border reopened Wednesday a day after about 200 people were sickened by an unknown substance.
The complex of factories and warehouses in Santa Teresa, N.M., was reopened at 6 a.m. after testing for hazardous materials came up empty, Dona Ana County emergency officials said. The Dona Ana County Airport in Santa Teresa also reopened.
Santa Teresa is just northwest of El Paso.
People in the complex began complaining of difficulty breathing, light-headedness, nausea and dizziness about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Some reported a burning sensation on their skin, but no serious injuries were reported.
An investigation initially centered at the FoamEx plant on the industrial park campus but was expanded to other areas in the park.
A 1-mile area surrounding the Dona Ana County Industrial Park and Mexico border crossing at Santa Teresa was evacuated for a few hours and the county airport was closed. Workers a few miles away said they could smell something in the air.
"I got there after they barricaded the road. When I rolled down the window, I started feeling irritation on my skin," said Gerardo Gomez.
He was on his way to work. "It felt like when you get chile on your skin."
Officials said some people from businesses in the industrial park were taken to Santa Teresa High School as a precaution.
Classes were cancelled Tuesday at a medical college located in the industrial area, which is also home to wire and paper manufacturing businesses and warehouses.

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Head to Toe: Rainproof
- Najib Benouar
April showers are here—which means it's in your best interest to wear as much water-resistant clothing as possible.
Luckily the recent tech-meets-tailoring boom in menswear has turned out a handsome lot of gear that wouldn't look out of place when swapped into your everyday getup. So we picked out the best new stuff for spring—though we wouldn't advise wearing it all at once.
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… especially for Sam 🙂
Formula One™ – The Great Design Race will have 9 cars on display – so I thought I'd give you a taster of what you'll see when you come. Of course an image on a blog doesn't come close to seeing the real thing!
This car seriously rocks – it dominated the 1988 season, and of course owes some of its success to its driver, the legendary Ayrton Senna. Together they won the Drivers' Championship for that year.
Alain Prost drove the other MP4-4 that year. The team racked up 15 out of 16 Grand Prix wins, 10 second places, 15 pole positions, 10 fastest laps, and the Constructors' Championship…phew!
So what was its advantage? Well, Senna and Prost were mighty fine drivers but it was also partially due to the car's turbocharged Honda RA168E V6 engine which deliver up to 900 bhp. 1988 was the final year that turbocharged engines were permitted in Formula One.
You can come and see this beastie here at Te Papa from July 15.


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ABOUT the only blemish for the Wanderers so far in their inaugural season has been their mediocre record at home.
They've made serious inroads into that peculiarity in recent weeks, but no more so than on Saturday night, overcoming Melbourne Heart despite spending all but the first 12 minutes of the match with just 10 men.
''That's another first for us,'' coach Tony Popovic said afterwards. ''The boys have shown that, down to 10 men, they're not just going gung-ho. They're playing within a structure, they're playing with belief and confidence. I certainly would have been proud after the game whether we won or lost that one.''
In a pulsating clash in front of a raucous 14,624-strong crowd, the Wanderers seemed doomed after the dismissal of Jerome Polenz for a last-ditch foul on David Williams. But a game-changing save by Ante Covic from the resulting penalty sparked a home-team revolt that lasted the rest of the match.
Appearing to play in a higher gear, the Wanderers earned a penalty of their own when David Vrankovic - already on a yellow from an infringement in the first half - brought down Youssouf Hersi in the 72nd minute. Shinji Ono went to the same side Josip Tadic had earlier, but Heart goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne went the other way. It was cruel for Redmayne, who was superb amid the onslaught. But the win was no less than the Wanderers deserved.
''You could see at half-time in the change room, they really believed they could win,'' Popovic said. ''It wasn't just hope. There was a lot of belief in that dressing room. I thought we got a deserved goal in the end.''
John Aloisi agreed. ''We can't be performing like that,'' the Heart coach said. ''It's not good enough - from everyone. Everyone talks about Fred being out, Simon Colosimo and Aziz [Behich], but we've got a squad and the squad has to turn up and play, no matter who plays.
''We were flat from the word go. We weren't good. They totally outplayed us. They were better than us. It's disappointing because, 10 against 11, you expect it to be the other way around.''
The win puts the league's newest club into third place and even Popovic is starting to get excited.
''We've had an outstanding second third [of the season] - we can't deny that,'' he said. ''Now we come into the real business end, the final nine games. The goal for us is to see how far we can go, how far we can maintain this run. I'm sure there will be hiccups but we're in a good place.
''If you finish in the six, you have a chance of winning the title. That's how the format is this year. There's no second chance for first and second. So the team that comes sixth has an opportunity to win it. If we're in that six, we've got as good a chance as anyone.''
Pleasing for the coach, too, is their improving home record, which stands at five wins from 10 matches.
By the end of a breathless first half, two players had been booked, one sent off, a penalty had been saved and both goalkeepers had been worked over. Yet, the score remained 0-0. The penalty came after Polenz was shown a straight red. Tadic struck to Covic's left and the goalkeeper smacked it away with his palms.
Popovic replaced Aaron Mooy with Iacopo La Rocca, who went to right full-back. But the Wanderers continued to press, particularly on the right wing where Hersi caused problems. The home side attacked until the dying moments of the half.
In the second half, Heart held some possession. But the Wanderers rose again, with Hersi and Dino Kresinger each thwarted in one-on-ones by Redmayne.


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After a preliminary review of conduct following the publication of student discussions in a private Facebook group, Willamette University has suspended Sigma Chi as a campus organization pending a review by both the university conduct system and the Sigma Chi national office.
Campus Life staff will continue the confidential conduct review process for students involved – as well as the organization collectively - based students' actions, per the university's standards of conduct.
"The review process will focus on individual students' conduct" says Dean of Campus Life, David Douglass. The conduct review process will extend into the summer. Some students involved in leadership or campus employment positions have already been dismissed, and others are under review.
The national leadership for Sigma Chi stated that discipline procedures have begun, and it's likely that 10-12 members will be expelled from the fraternity.
In an email to campus Wednesday afternoon, President Steve Thorsett shared the community's commitment to addressing the issues raised within the Sigma Chi posts.
"As an institution, we have a zero tolerance policy on harassment and sexual violence, and we must continue to work towards the elimination of cultural or social practices that promote or allow violence. As an educational institution, our main weapon in this fight is education, both in the classroom and in informal settings in the co-curriculum, and I welcome the engagement of students, faculty, and staff in strengthening our existing programs and developing new approaches."
Willamette students, faculty and staff gathered for a discussion forum Wednesday afternoon to discuss the issues, related conduct review process and to express how such conduct affects individuals and the community.
"We hope to channel this attention and students' energy into a sustained dialog and increased awareness about these important issues," said Douglass.


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I found an answer to all your Call of Duty problems!
I remember maybe fifteen years ago, in seventh grade we read this book called The Phantom Tollbooth and taken directly from my seventh grade English teacher's mouth, "Shut the hell up! It's only a story!" That, can take down any problems with realstic problems in Call of Duty. Peter Griffen Boy 00:28, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
No game will ever be perfect, the closest thing to realstic, without being real, would be Shootout, by History Channel, but I've noticed several mistakes, such as how someone just shoots someone with an M9 and the gun makes the sound of a Desert Eagle, or how they confused an AK-47 with a drum magazine for an RPD, but still it's pretty realstic.
If you want unrealsim, I flipped it onto this show called Dude! What would happen!, and I wish had I just kept on going to Tru T.V. One of these chups came up with the idea, Dry Ice v.s. M2 Flamethrower, and they burned themselves, honestly who gives teenagers blocks of dry ice and flamethrowers? Peter Griffen Boy 01:26, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
Seems like you can't handle the fact...
That I know you don't like me. If I make a little comment about you, for example your love to make fun of me being a Morman and my beliving in the Bible, to the fact of pushing the fact one of my best friends makes a mistake. I'm sorry, you're prentending and acting like a spoiled bitch no longer will affect me. I don't really care about my block, in fact I wish Bond well, because I'll be laughing while you're burning in hell. Now go ahead and say how hell doesn't exist, and make of religons. Peter Griffen Boy 18:22, June 29, 2010 (UTC)
I least I have scored points with God. Template:PGB
Please point out exactly where I said you get points for believing in God, I merely said I had earned points, I did not say HOW you earn them, you, one of the most (annoyingly) smart person I know, still doesn't seem to get out bad assuming can be at times. Peter Griffen Boy 02:46, June 30, 2010 (UTC)
My opinion
People/Things I hate: Jews, Homosexuals, Athiests, Westboro Christains, Giants (Football) Fans, Colts Fans, Communist Power, Democrats, Santinists, You. Peter Griffen Boy 19:18, June 30, 2010 (UTC)
Who gave the idea I was eight? Template:PGB
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DENVER (AP) -- Marijuana should be regulated like alcohol, according to Colorado voters. But state officials are just starting work on how to do that.
Two smaller groups of a state marijuana task force pot are meeting Thursday. One is looking at consumer safety and how to label pot. The other is considering whether pot should be treated like alcohol or like medical marijuana.
Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed the task force last month to examine how Colorado moves ahead regulating a drug that's illegal under federal law. Law enforcement, government officials and marijuana growers and users are among the task force members.
Colorado's various pot work groups have a quick timeline. Their suggestions about regulation are due back to the governor by the end of next month.


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An ally is anyone who advocates for and supports members of a community other than their own. At the 18th annual Northeast Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Conference, hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology April 12–14, the ally can be you.
The conference aims to celebrate, educate and empower LGBT community members and leaders, including straight allies, to become supportive agents of change. The conference features a series of workshops, films, panels and speakers, including keynote Zach Wahls, an LGBT rights activist whose address to the Iowa House Judiciary Committee on redefining marriage in Iowa went viral in 2011.
"The conference theme—The Ally is You—refers not only to the supportive people outside of the LGBT community, but also to those within who make an effort to include and support identities and cultures other than their own," says Henry Hinesley, coordinator of RIT's GLBT Center and organizer for the event. "The conference will encompass the topics of inclusion, equality, identity, culture, ethnicity, race, politics and socio-economics."
The event features multiple tracks for students, administrators and professionals who work with LGBT students, as well as anyone interested in learning more. A Deaf Culture track is also featured at this year's conference. The registrants arriving from more than 12 universities throughout New York and the northeast can also attend open networking events designed to build lasting personal and professional relationships among participants.
Featured speakers include: RIT President Bill Destler; Empire State Pride Agenda co-chair and RIT alumni Frank Selvaggi '79, '81; Ugandan LGBT rights activist Daniel Ngecha; bisexual activist Robyn Ochs; comedian Jennifer Joy Pawlitschek; RIT Vice President for Student Affairs Mary-Beth Cooper; historian and author of Queer America, Vicki Eacklor; and NCAA athlete Kye Allums.
Registration for the conference is open to the public. For more information and to register, go to nelgbtc.com, call 585-475-6355 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Sign language interpreters will be available at most sessions and may be requested as part of registration. For information about becoming a vendor or sponsor, call 585-475-2091.


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Palmer of Tuskegee Airmen dead at age 87
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Walter Palmer, one of the Tuskegee Airmen from World War II, has died in Indianapolis at the age of 87, his daughter says.
Janice Carter said her father, who flew a P-51 Mustang dubbed "the Duchess" in honor of his wife during World War II, was proud to serve in the famed military group of black fighter pilots, The Indianapolis Star said Monday.
"He was very proud of his service to his country," Carter said of Palmer, who died Saturday of stomach cancer.
While serving in the Tuskegee 99th Fighter Group, Palmer flew 158 missions in "the Duchess" above Germany and Italy.
During their World War II service, the Tuskegee Airmen were credited with downing more than 100 enemy airplanes while never losing a bomber they escorted.
Carter said despite the group's successes during the war, its members were never fully embraced by U.S. society due to their race.
"They weren't allowed to march in any of the military parades," said Carter, who survives Palmer along with four children, 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. "It was just a different time back then with so much segregation."
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The Morning Sun (http://www.themorningsun.com)
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Kissing your sister is one thing. Playing rock 'n' roll with her is another, and Dex Romweber has made that work well for the past seven years.
The guitar-and-drums duo's new album "Images 13," which comes out March 18, is its third since 2009 — fourth if you count a live release they did for Jack White's Third Man Records. And that achieves a mark Romweber set when he brought the influential Flat Duo Jets to an end, for good, circa 2008 after sister Sara joined the group.
"It was my goal after the Duo Jets ended to have three records out in two years," explains Romweber, 47, a pioneer of the two-member band format subsequently adopted by the White Stripes, Local H, Sleigh Bells and others. "It took a lot longer to do that, but I wanted to finish the work that I had started, and I felt like I could get three record out post-Duo Jets, even if we were to end today I'd be really happy with the work we did."
Why three? "It's hefty amount," Romweber explains. "Kiss put out three records before they put out 'Kiss Alive!' Three records is kind of a hefty segment of a musical career, I think."
Romweber is mostly joking about the Duo stopping, though he notes that he and drummer Sara have "suffered a lot of frustration in the past couple of years with income" and performing opportunities. But while he acknowledges that "the stress of keeping it all together definitely played on our minds and we were wondering if we should fold where we're at," he's glad they soldiered on to make "Images 13" — and hopes they maintain that spirit in the future.
"I told Sara ('Images 13') is probably the last record I'll make, but I don't think that's true," Romweber says. "It never is. We could get a decent record deal or something. You never know. But if our energy and desire hold up, I imagine we'll do it again."
• The Big Damn Roots Revolution Tour with the Dexter Romweber Duo, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and the Dom Flemons of Carolina Chocolate Drops plays Saturday, March 15, at the Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave., Ferndale. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18. Call 248-544-3030 or visit www.themagicbag.com.
Gary Graff writes about music for the Oakland Press and Digital First Media. His work can also be found at www.goanddomichigan.com, www.twitter.com/GraffonMusic and in the Facebook group Gary Graff on Music, while his Classic Rock Insider reports appear at www.wcsx.com.


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LeBron James had 39 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as the Miami Heat trampled the Oklahoma City Thunder 110-100 in a Thursday night showcase before the All-Star break.
Chris Bosh chipped in 20 points and 12 rebounds as the Heat won their sixth straight against the Thunder dating to last year's NBA Finals.
Miami swept the season series after winning on their home court on Christmas Day, following up after taking the last four games of the Finals.
James was in position to continue his NBA record run of games with at least 30 points and 60 percent shooting to seven, but missed from a couple steps beyond the three-point line as the shot clock ran down with just over a minute left.
That dropped him to 14 for 24 in the game (58 percent). James had said before the game that he did not care if the streak continued, as long as Miami kept winning.
Kevin Durant had 40 points and eight rebounds, but missed his first seven shots as Oklahoma City fell hopelessly behind.
Russell Westbrook had 26 points and 10 assists, with six turnovers.
In Los Angeles, Chris Paul had 24 points and 13 assists and Blake Griffin scored 18 of his 22 points in a spectacular first quarter as the Clippers cemented their supremacy in Los Angeles with an easy victory over the Lakers.
Chauncey Billups hit five three-pointers while scoring 21 points for the Clippers, who roared into the All-Star break by clinching the season series in their city rivalry for the first time in 20 years.
The Clippers have won the Staples Center co-tenants' first three games of the season, with Los Angeles' longtime underdogs burying the 16-time champions in their latest meeting under a wave of 16 three-pointers.
Kobe Bryant had 20 points and 11 assists for the Lakers, who head to the break in 10th place in the Western Conference.
Caron Butler had 13 points and eight rebounds for the Clippers, who lead Golden State by seven games atop the Pacific Division standings after their fourth straight victory.
The Lakers had won eight of 11 overall heading into the meeting, but the Clippers scored the first 15 points and never trailed.


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"This rail maintenance work is another example of our efforts to maintain a state of good repair as we accommodate nearly 700,000 boardings a day," said Edward Reiskin, director of transportation.
The Switch Replacement Project is part of regular rail maintenance by Muni's maintenance-of-way personnel. It will ensure a safer, more reliable transportation network by replacing worn infrastructure and keeping Muni in a state of good repair. This project is part of an upgrade of the existing track work along the L Taraval, as well as the N Judah and J Church lines. There will be a total of four switches replaced along the L Line and two on the J Line over the next of few weekends.


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iPhone Homescreen Exposé Concept Surfaces
It's been a want by many that Apple would introduce a system in which its users could organise their homescreens. The introduction of iPhone OS 3.0 saw the first step, with the addition of a system wide search engine - Spotlight. Next came the recent release of iTunes 9.0, and this saw the second step, introducing better syncing functionality with more control over where our apps are positioned and placed, even before we sync.
But with the iPhone running a watered down version of Mac OSX, with an operating system this powerful people are starting to wonder if this form of organisation could (and should) be taken to the next level. The only question is: Is Apple prepared to take it there? We're talking Exposé people, and yesterday, Sweedish design house Ocean Observations showed off their interpretation of what this functionality could look like, to MobileCrunch - and I have to say, I was impressed. Not by the invention of the concept, but by how easy it could be to navigate homescreens, with it.
The system they're proposing is simple. In the video above you can see exactly how Ocean Observations see it happening. Tapping the home button and you'll watch all your homescreens turn into a grid-like layout. From here, instead of swiping from left to right (which was supposedly why Spotlight was introduced in OS 3.0), you'd just tap the homescreen you want to shift to.
The amount of bubble notifications you had on each homescreen would then be displayed above the corresponding 'homescreen tile'. A neat concept, one I personally think Apple should implement. But you do have to ask the question: Would you use it? As it is now, I don't even use Spotlight. That said, something like this could be quite useful, don't you think?
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FYI it's a very tiny number of believers that think the creation is literal.
Yes, it is a small number, compared to the 4 billion believers.
If you want to tie other religions into it, the number of literal believers is going to go way way up. About 38% of your 4e9 believers are Muslim, and non-heretical Muslims believe the Qur'an (in the original Arabic) to be the literal word of God (as part of the Aqidah). As many of the older Jewish & Christian biblical stories are recounted in the Qur'an, I'd suggest that whether or not you consider 100 million people to be a tiny number, i
Well that certainly is convenient. I wonder why the bible has so many specific dates if its not literal. Anyways if you read any book that was filled with non-literal stories why would you believe any of it. Thats the exact same as trusting a known liar. If creation is just a metaphor then so is god, jesus and everything else in the bible. Either believe it all or none of it. I hate pick and choose believers. Too cowardly to abandon an ancient book yet too sensible to believe it.
"The Bible" is not a single entity - it is an accumulation of stories gathered over a thousand years or more. Your rant here is no less ignorant than the fundamentalist Evangelicals who think that Baby Jesus gave us the King James Version of the Bible. The creation story very well could be an ancient myth passed down from nomadic tribes 3,500 years ago while a person named Jesus actually lived 2,000 years ago. These are not mutually exclusive.
"This is a great discovery. There is nothing at all to worry about." said the oddly-behaving scientist who discovered the sled dog.
Maybe we should introduce this bacteria to the Previously uncontacted Amazon Tribe. [slashdot.org]
Hell, I've got bacteria in my refrigerator that's as old as that.
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... have any immunity?
If you put the bacteria into a radioactive, poisonous desert with a rat, a cockroach, Cher and a lawyer, which would survive longest, and would it actually eat the others?
To pass through a microbiological filter, how did they find it?
Most likely they were examining part of the core and they "slabbed" it for ease of handling and recording. Core comes out of the ground as cylinders, so all faces are curved, and that makes it hard to examine, measure and photograph (looking for dust bands, flow lines etc). So SOP is to cut the core along a chord (leaving two unequal segments) and then to cut the larger segment into two equal halves. Typically (for rock cores, in the oil industr
While evolution isn't, life is. It seems there are two purposes in every form of life:Evolution is not teleological (which means "purposive" or "goal-oriented").
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(RNN) – Netflix, you have met your match with Amazon Prime's latest move.
The Amazon-based streaming service announced Wednesday that they will stream HBO original series beginning May 21. This is the first streaming deal HBO has signed with an online video service in its history.
The list of shows that will be aired includes all seasons of The Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Deadwood, Rome, Oz, Flight of the Concords, Eastbound and Down and Enlightened. It will also provide in limited release currently-running series Boardwalk Empire and True Blood, with a multi-year deal that will provide The Newsroom, Veep and Girls in the future.
HBO's miniseries collection including the WWII-themed Band of Brothers and The Pacific as well as comedy specials and original movies are part of the deal.
Not included is the popular Game of Thrones or shows in cable syndication like Sex in the City, Entourage and Curb Your Enthusiasm, a few of their most popular series. You will still need your HBO Go accounts and a cable or satellite subscription for those, so don't cancel them – yet.
With the announcement that Netflix will increase their rate at some point in 2014 and Amazon Prime starting at $7.99 a month, this might be the first streaming service that can pick away at Netflix's more than 2 million subscribers.
Time's Alex Fitzpatrick asserted that this move by Amazon and HBO is specifically geared toward millennials obsessed with on-demand television they missed because they were too young to watch Tony Soprano fade to black.
But it really applies to everyone in this go-go-go society who wants to keep up with friends and coworkers in conversations. No one wants to hear spoilers because they can't afford HBO.
Bunny rabbits have become the unofficial spirit animal of Easter (thanks a lot, Peter Cottontail).
But given the other close association (their propensity to procreate), the anchors at WBIR in Knoxville, TN, might try to get another animal to represent the cutesy theme for Easter.
Two rabbits fell in love on the anchor desk during a live broadcast and did what rabbits do best. Hey – sometimes a rabbit's got to do what a rabbit's got to do.
In their best effort to take over sports, ESPN announced Tuesday that it will air its first NFL playoff game in its 35-year history, beginning in January 2015.
The network will air a wild-card playoff game as well as the NFL Pro Bowl as a part of the network's new rights agreement with the NFL. ESPN will continue to air Monday Night Football.
The broadcast crew of Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden and sideline reporter Lisa Salters will call the playoff game and the Pro Bowl.
ESPN President John Skipper said the network is "thrilled" to be airing the games. The Pro Bowl, the NFL's all star game, will be leaving the scenic sights of Hawaii and will be played at the site of that year's Super Bowl, beginning in 2015.
The NFL released its complete 2014 regular season schedule Wednesday night. The schedule includes the season opener on NBC, where the Green Bay Packers will visit the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks on Sept. 4. A Super Bowl XLVIII rematch will also take place in Seattle during Week 3, when the Denver Broncos visit the home of the 12th Man; New England will visit Kansas City in Week 4 and the 16th installment of Manning vs. Brady will take place in Week 9 in Foxborough.
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But according to the NBC Nightly News managing editor and anchor Williams, he's never said "hippity" – and would never say it in a warzone.
So as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, Williams read Fallon the riot act and even threw out a few suggestions for the eighth installment of the popular late night talk show skit.
"What about some pre-hearing loss Foxy Brown?" Williams asked hilariously. "What about – any Luda [Ludacris]?"
The usually tempered and mild mannered Williams showed off his funny bone Tuesday night, but did admit whoever the guy is who has been splicing up five years of Williams' news footage is a little spooky. But I want to be the intern who had to tell Williams a few lyrics to Ludacris' Roll Out.
The entire interview, in two parts on Jimmy Fallon's YouTube page, is worth a watch. It will make you love Brian Williams.
There is no stopping Captain America.
The comic book sequel spent its third week atop the box office, with a total gross of more than $200 million worldwide. Last week's debuts, Transcendence and A Haunted House 2, entered the Top 5 at fourth and fifth place, respectively.
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Brick Mansions – In the last completed film before his untimely death, Paul Walker plays an undercover cop in Detroit who teams up with a shifty ex-con to take down a powerful drug lord who rules in a crime empire behind a containment wall. The movie also stars RZA (from the Wu-Tang Clan) and David Belle.
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Quality is very important in Islam. Our Prophet (saas) has lived a very high quality life.
Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9TV dated December 7th, 2012
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ADNAN OKTAR: The Islamic world is going very well, Islam is wide-spreading but quality is a very important matter. Without quality live will be all broken. I mean quality is a very important matter in Islam, it is an important aspect of life. If you do not attach importance to quality; without aesthetics and beauty, the world will appear to be like Hell. The Mosques should be high quality, the houses should be high quality, clothes should be high quality, the speeches should be high quality, perfumes worn should be high quality. I was watching a TV Channel [the other day], there were some people talking, they all lacked quality in their appearance. For instance there were some ladies, they all lacked quality. They were Muslims but their appearances lacked quality. Well, I looked at their way of speaking- I consider the religious matters clear from this- it was really lacking quality. Well, are you going to bring about such a system, is that what you think should be, is this the ideal life you have? I mean will the people be living like this? For instance Europe attaches great importance to quality. The French, English people all attach great importance to quality. They make a point of attaining quality in their lives. It is apparent that it is crucial for Muslims' lives to attain high quality.
A book should be prepared about this point as well.
DIDEM URER: Insha'Allah Master.
ADNAN OKTAR: A book that should be called "Islam and Quality". Let us a prepare that book.
DIDEM URER: Insha'Allah Master.
ADNAN OKTAR: Our master Mehmet Şevket Eygi always talks about quality in his writings. Yet that blessed person never could really make them understand I mean many people do not listen to our Masters that important warning. He explains the importance of quality in every aspect of life, he explains very comprehensively that quality is an essential attribute of life. However some of our brothers strive to recite a very low quality understanding of Islam. That is why they are getting harsh reactions from the world. However if a high quality understanding of Islam was to be preached, the whole world would turn to Islam in crowds. People adopt an attitude against Islam because they are describing an understanding of Islam that lacks quality. That is the reason of the hatred people feel about Muslims. These people attempt to present a ragged, filthy, ugly, thoughtless absurd structure as Islam. And that causes an immense discomfort and reaction in people. Some people come up and say that people react against Islam. Actually these people are reacting against lack of quality. They are reacting against that horridness, that evil, that ugliness. And some people presume that those people are reacting against Islam. There is no such reaction against Islam, there is a reaction against lack of quality. Many of them are very determined about lack of quality. They are quite determined. They lack quality in eating, they lack quality in their clothes, they lack quality in their way of talking. I look at their ladies, they also lack quality. They only concentrate in cooking and giving birth. I mean they have houses lacking in quality, they are primitive. I mean that has nothing to do with money. It might be cheap but their appearance could be high quality. I mean a person might have only one dress but it can be really high quality. It is very important to be ambitious about quality, to advocate it determinedly.
When quality is attained in arts, science and aesthetics, politics, when there is quality everywhere, such an understanding of Islam would be embraced by everyone. The only reason Islam is not spreading around is lack of quality. Even if you talk to an irreligious person and say; "Love, compassion, mercy, friendship, amicability, democracy, well intentions, a sociable environment, social justice, cutting edge progress in science, art and aesthetics; What do you say to that?" He would say; "I'd embrace it right away." That is what Islam actually is. But what you are presenting people is not a high quality understanding of Islam. You have turned religious services into a hardship. You have turned them into torture, some of them. A completely different frame of mind has overtaken the place of friendship and love. They cannot make friends, they cannot become amiable. It is even difficult to form a connection in between religious communities. Yet it is very easy to form friendship and to make conversation with an irreligious person but it is quite hard to make friends with a religious person in some places. That is why the main problem in front of spreading of Islam, in people not accepting Islam is lack of quality. There is no other reason. If someone says; "I've been preaching but Islam is not spreading around," that person should look for the mistake in him. It means that his way lacks quality.
And some circles get people and give them food and drinks, let them stay in their houses and of course such people might show a tendency towards them because of this if they are in need. I mean such people might show a tendency towards Muslims and Islam. But a sound result cannot be attained from that. The style they are talking about, the method they are employing is very hard for someone in the middle. It is very difficult for them to accept. They misrepresent Islam as such an intricate, such a difficult and hard religion and they show the understanding of quality in Muslims' lives as such a sheepish, such a deficient life that it seems like –may Allah forbid- a living Hell to people. Well my brother, what is the need for that? Why do you not present Islam like Paradise as it actually is, why do you not present an ambiance like that of Paradise, a manner that reminds Paradise? Why would anyone deny something like that? I mean they are presenting such a model for women that it is really hard to find anything to be called high quality. There is a severe lack of quality. They base themselves on ugliness, they base themselves on lack of quality. There is a model that intends to put away beauty completely. They present beauty as if it is something atrocious, as if it is unlawful for a woman. And they attempt to present "ugly" woman as devout and to present beautiful woman as if she has committed an unlawful act. For a well groomed, clean and class woman they say; "well, such a woman can have nothing to do with Islam. " Yet for an ugly and ill groomed woman they say; "well, such a woman is a devout woman." Or for an ugly and ill groomed man, with a bushy, ragged outlook they say; "Well, this must be a saint." He doesn't listen to music, he doesn't like paintings, he keeps away from people, he doesn't speak much, he doesn't pay compliments, he leads a weird life yet they appraise such a person. They appraise him but nevertheless they keep away from him. They feel embarrassed about him, they feel discomfort but in secret, if they find someone to talk to, they say; "Well, it appears that he is such a devout person, but he should not come to my house, he should not talk to my children." They find such a person dangerous in that respect and say; "such a person should keep away from us." Yet towards the people they found to be high quality, even if they are irreligious, they show love. They admire such people but again they are hostile towards quality. They admire quality, for instance their children, their family, they all admire quality, but they themselves in practice present quality as if it is a wrong way to follow. For that reason we should explain this dilemma about quality by preparing a book.
DIDEM URER: Insha'Allah.
ADNAN OKTAR: Of course, because we will be using a polite language it will not be in a destructive manner. Yes.. For instance our Prophet (saas) was very high quality person. He used to grow roses around his house. That was a desert environment and he was growing roses. Even under harshest conditions he took quality as a basis. His house was small yet very high quality and very clean, it was immaculately clean. The means they have had was quite limited yet his hair was bright and clean. At that time there was a viscous, beautiful smelling oil and our Prophet (saas) used to use olive oil as well as that viscous oil. That was an oil mixed with a beautiful smelling rose extract. Our Prophet (saas) used to wear it on his hair as brilliantine, so his hair was shinning brightly, of course it showed his hair even darker and bright. It showed him even more youthful. He used to comb his hair everyday many times. His hair was very neatly parted in the middle and in plaits on both sides. In very nice and neat, beautiful plaits. So look how much importance he attached to grooming and beauty. His eyes were tinged with kohl. He used to ting his eyes with kohl. His attire was all white and immaculately clean. The frock he wore and the shirt he wore underneath were all white. His teeth were sparkling. That for instance is a sign of quality. When he smiled his teeth were sparkling like light. He smelled very beautiful. That for instance another sign of quality. The quality of his perfume.. He wore the highest quality perfume, he wore the highest quality clothes for that time. His addressing was high quality, the words he selected were all very high quality, very beautiful. His gait was high quality, the way he sat and the way he stood up were all very high quality, the way he ate was very high quality. Quality prevailed all around him. Quality unburdens one's heart, it would bring one delight. Quality is one of the most important ornaments of life. Once the quality is lost, a person would become introverted. For instance there are many people very weary of life with faces as long as a fiddle. They perform their prayers and fast yet many of the Muslims are weary of life. They are experiencing that depression of lack of quality. Their houses are miserable. They go out, everywhere is unkempt. That is the case in Afghanistan, in Iraq, that is the case in Syria, in Pakistan. Lack of quality is quite prevalent. People visiting there all say so. In pilgrimage, in Mecca and Medina in places pilgrims are very crowded, for instance in Arafat, in Jabal al-Nour a tragic neglect is prevalent. People there, the administrators are saying; "do not go and say anything about this." That is why people do not say anything about this. That is the reason why it is not very well known among people. They are saying; "That might cause bad assumptions so you should not say anything about this." Well my brother, instead of telling people not to speak, why do you not clean those places, why do you not make it well-kept? People have written their names all around, on the rocks, on the stones, these are the places our Prophet(saas) wandered around. In the entrance of the Cave of Hira, there are plastic bottles throw , rags and tissues, all on the ground. It is inconceivably dirty. Well my brother, you should be ashamed of that. First of all clean those paintings, why do you let people paint those rocks? Why do you keep that places all unprotected? Why do you let this happen? A grave lack of quality is prevalent. For instance during the pilgrimage they show many attitudes lacking quality. They pull and push each other, push women around, knock down people praying.. These never take place in the media and are never talked about. People going there only say that "it was very nice." They do not talk about these atrocious acts and repugnant behaviors. Actually these should be openly talked about. People seeing such behaviors take a dislike towards Islam, they are very negatively affected.


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2008 Volleyball
Bluffton 3, Ursuline 1
Beavers improve to 4-1 with four-set victory over Ursuline College
Sept. 3, 2008
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University volleyball team continued to impress, posting a 3-1 victory over visiting Ursuline College in the Beavers' home opener on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. The Beavers improved to 4-1 on the season while all Bluffton teams have combined to put together a 7-1 mark since competition started last weekend. The Arrows fell to 2-3 with the four-set loss to the Beavers.
Bluffton used the strong serving of freshmen Jenna Eshleman (Landisville, Penn./Hempfield) and Morgan Hicks (Convoy/Crestview) to open up a 10-5 lead over the Arrows in game one. Ursuline kept itself within striking distance until Shauna Rowland (Bucyrus/Wynford) found Michele Rosen (Harrison/Harrison) for back-to-back kills which made the score 22-14 in favor of the home team. Following a Rowland kill, sophomore Crystal Augsburger (Bowling Green/Bowling Green) finished the match with a spike from Christiana Sindelar (Napoleon/Napoleon).
To open the second set, Shauna Rowland served four straight points to give the Beavers a 4-0 cushion. A Rowland ace followed by an Allison Streicher (Continental/Continental) kill made the score 14-9 before Jamie Fox took over at the service line for the visitors and scored five straight points to give Ursuline the 16-15 advantage. Game two went back and forth before Ursuline pulled out the 26-24 decision.
The Beavers and Arrows kept pace with each other early in the third set, trading the lead until Rowland went to work at the line and rallied the Beavers for three straight service points which made the score 13-9 Bluffton. Following a Rosen smash, Michele found a hole in the Arrows defense with an ace to help Bluffton open up a 20-14 lead. Rowland served the final three points for a 25-18 Bluffton victory in the third set.
Bluffton again jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead with Rowland on serve to open the fourth set. Morgan Hicks and Michele Rosen both notched consecutive aces midway through the set to propel the Beavers to a 13-6 lead. After Bluffton made it 17-8, Ursuline used three Lauren Ferguson serves to cut the deficit to five points. Eshleman scorched a pair of aces and Brittany Roth (Findlay/Findlay) finished the Arrows off with three straight serves, including the set clincher in which Rosen pounded a kill.
Rosen led the Bluffton attack with 13 kills and only three errors for a .333 hitting percentage. Eshleman picked up her second double-double, 12 kills to go along with 10 digs. Sindelar smoked nine kills for a .208 hitting percentage.
Rowland set up her teammates with 42 assists and she tallied 18 digs for her second double-double of the season and 11th of her career. Roth paced the Bluffton defense with 20 digs while Hicks added 13. Rosen smoked a team-high four aces and Eshleman added three aces.
The Beavers racked up 57 kills compared to just 27 for the Arrows. Bluffton also made its mark at the service line, rifling 11 service aces.
Bluffton returns to action on Friday, Sept. 5, when it travels to Ohio Wesleyan for the Bishop Invitational. The Beavers open against Otterbein College at 4 p.m. on Court 2.


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CINCINNATI (AP) - Authorities in Cincinnati say four people were hurt in a downtown shooting that occurred just as fans were leaving a game at the Great American Ball Park.
Police said the victims Wednesday night knew their attackers and were involved in an ongoing dispute. The suspects sped across the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge into Kentucky and are still being sought.
Those hurt included a 15-year-old boy who was critically injured when shot in the head while riding in a van. The other victims were also riding in the van. They are expected to recover.
An unrelated shooting in Cincinnati on Wednesday night left a 14-year-old boy injured, but he is expected to recover.
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(Wyo.)- House Advances Measures On UW Trustees
By: Jeremy Anderson Posted at: 02/07/2013 03:35 PM CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The state House of Representatives has given initial approval to proposals that would allow up to two nonresidents on the University of Wyoming governing board.
The House on Thursday endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment and a related bill that would allow nonresidents on the UW Board of Trustees. The two measures face two more debates on the House floor.
Currently, the UW trustees consist of 12 members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate. The state constitution requires that all be Wyoming residents.
Proponents of the measures say UW could benefit from the knowledge and experience of successful nonresidents being on the board.
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The opening was there. All Correll Buckhalter had to do was keep going and he was home free.
Buckhalter made the mistake of acknowledging his pursuers, however, and suddenly he was stopped.
Fret not, Philadelphia Eagles fans.
Not yet, anyway.
This incident did not happen on the practice field at Lehigh University, or in any of the contact drills that do not begin until today.
It happened in the parking lot, and it was the media that caught your current feature back.
''I think we have the best group of running backs in the NFL with Brian and me and Duce ,'' Buckhalter said. ''But I don't know what Duce is doing, so I really can't comment on it.''
Wideout Todd Pinkston shrugged, too. ''It'll work out,'' Pinkston said. ''Duce will be around soon, hopefully. It's not a distraction. Everybody just focuses on what they have to do.''
And that was how it went Tuesday in Eagles' training camp at Lehigh University, where the Eagles are shrugging and trying to move on without Staley. The six-year veteran is due to make $2.2 million for the final year of his contract, but is absent in an attempt to force the Eagles into contract extension talks. In an odd twist to the situation, Staley would be in the second-to-last year of that contract, but a performance incentive kicked in and voided 2004 from the deal.
''The other issue that won't be an issue is Duce Staley,'' Eagles coach Andy Reid said.
''I'll say the same thing about Duce's situation that I say about any football player,'' Reid said. ''When you miss camp as a player, it's not a good thing. Players need to . They need to get their timing. That's certainly true for training camp, no matter how long they've been at it.''
Then Reid tired to play it a little tougher: ''When you miss, you give other players an opportunity. And we have other talented players on this football team.''
Reid could have pointed to the 2000 season, when Staley fractured his foot in the fifth week of the season and the Eagles still went 11-5 and made the playoffs with a feature back-by-committee offense.
But this isn't 2000.
The stakes are higher now, however or at least they will be in a month.
In Buckhalter and second-year all-purpose back Brian Westbrook the Eagles have more raw talent and potential available to fill in for Staley.
But until today, the player next in line behind Staley won't begin to confirm if he is all the way back from a knee injury.
''I'll know after contact how my knee feels,'' said Buckhalter, who missed all of last season after tearing up his knee in the first minicamp workout in April, 2002.
A lot of people will be watching Staley today: Reid. Offensive coordinator Brad Childress. The rest of the Eagles.
Undoubtedly Staley, too, even if he does so via snippets of highlights or some Internet live shots.
Injuries: Rookie fourth-round draft pick Jamaal Green, the ''other'' defensive end the Eagles selected out of Miami of Florida, has a sore patella tendon as the result of a bout with dehydration during Monday's two-a-day workouts. Defensive end Brandon Whiting has a sore hamstring that Reid said is the result of his offseason workouts. Reid indicated it was a minor problem.
Today in camp: The Eagles begin two-a-day workouts at 8:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. The workouts are open to the public, with the defensive backs due in the autograph tent following the morning practice. Fans are encouraged to call the Eagles' information line (610-758-6868) daily to confirm workout times and accessibility.


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Country Perspectives on AIDS and Disabilities
July 22, 2010
In order to raise awareness on these gaps, as well as provide a platform for exchange of good practice and innovative advocacy ideas, there is a disability and HIV networking zone at this year's International AIDS Conference and a range of events on the conference calendar.
On 21 July a satellite session was convened by Health Canada in collaboration with the Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD), to look more specifically at the integration of HIV and disability issues into HIV programmes at the country level.
Dr. Paul De Lay, Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS was one of the keynote speakers at the event.
He described UNAIDS' work with WHO and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to develop a Policy Brief on HIV and Disability. This was achieved with valuable inputs from organizations representing people with a disability, networks of people living with HIV, UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights, and a number of others.
The policy brief gives recommendations for governments, civil society and the UN, for a range of challenges currently in the response to AIDS and disabilities.
These challenges include:
Dr. De Lay noted that a key challenge is to ensure that organizations representing people with a disability are part of the development of National Strategic Plans on HIV and, where it exists, the national partnership forum.
Dr. De Lay emphasized that "a normal part of "doing business" in today's HIV response should be ensuring the full accessibility of mainstream services and information. Standalone programmes should be used where the community says that this is the best way to address our needs. This agenda needs to be planned for, fully funded, and evaluated," he continued.
Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, Deputy Minister of Public Works, South Africa underlined that the Treatment 2.0 approach is important agenda as simplified treatment regimens and services closer to where people are would make a huge difference to the lives of people with disabilities who are living with HIV.
There was a consensus in the discussions on the need for enhanced collaboration between development actors, donors, national partners, and civil society to foster the scale-up, integration and development of inclusive HIV programmes for persons with disabilities.
People With a Disability
Around 650 million people, or 10% of the world's population, have a disability. Although people with disabilities are found within the populations at higher risk of exposure to HIV, not much attention has been paid in the past to the relationship between HIV and disability.
Persons with disabilities experience all of the risk factors associated with HIV, and are often at increased risk because of poverty, severely limited access to education and health care, lack of information and resources, lack of legal protection, increased risk of violence and rape, vulnerability to substance abuse, and stigma.
This article was provided by UNAIDS. Visit UNAIDS' website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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Published: 2013/06/28
by John Patrick Gatta
Picking Dave's Brain: The Grateful Dead Archivist Discusses May '77 and Sunshine Daydream
With the box sets do you think there would come a time when there would be a release based on a city, all the shows from Pittsburgh or St. Louis or…New York would be kind of tough just because of amount but…
Not really because, again, our releases always come down to the music. Always. When you're picking dates on a city, all of a sudden, you're picking on something that has really nothing to do with the music.
For example, they played some good shows in Cleveland but they also probably played some mediocre shows, and if you were going to do a complete Cleveland box, all of a sudden, you've got to put in shows that you know are mediocre in there, but you're doing them because of…I hate to put it this way, the gimmick of doing a Cleveland box set. So, no. The idea has come up a couple times and it's been very quickly, I won't say quickly, we certainly do our due diligence on these things. When you start looking at it, yeah, it's a cool idea like Red Rocks. Do all the Red Rocks. Now, Red Rocks is interesting, they usually play pretty darn well at Red Rocks but we do have very inconsistent tape quality from Red Rocks. All of a sudden you're putting out a box that has some very subpar sounding shows. We haven't put serious thought about it but we put a lot of thought into it and we've done a lot of background and research into it but I would absolutely say we've never got to the point of saying, "Okay, let's do it. A complete St. Louis box." There were a lot of good shows in St. Louis but, nonetheless, you're picking on something other than the music and that's something that we've never really done.
I see or even as a compilation over the years like five CDs based on Oklahoma City.
Possibly. Yeah, yeah possibly. Then, you're getting into putting in some Pigpen and then some Keith and Donna and then some Brent and then some Vince and Bruce and then some Vince. How well does a box like that hold together on five CDs or ten CDs? I don't know. That's, again, another thing. So, not really. We really haven't done it. We'd rather let the music be the driving force in choosing a box.
There are a lot of very eclectic box sets like that that would work but…I would never say no. I never say never when it comes to these kinds of ideas but in our previous talks about them that's what it always comes down to. Well, ultimately, musically it would be a challenge to make this thing a perfect box. I'd think you'd see a lot more future box sets where like the Winterland '73 box or things like that where we take a complete run of shows. We could do it…St. Louis October '72, a great three-night run at the Fox in St. Louis in '72. That's the kind of thing that I would be more inclined to do than start trying to wedge some later St. Louis or earlier St. Louis that might not be great. So yeah, I see other box sets that would be more along the line of a complete run from a certain year.
In other big Grateful Dead news, after I don't know how many times we've discussed it in the past "Sunshine Daydream" is finally getting a public viewing.
It's so worth seeing and I've seen probably as much as you have with bootlegs, VHS and now DVDs and online and whatever, and the restored version looks so good and the sound was so good. It was mixed over at Bobby's studio at TRI in San Rafael and Jeffrey [Norman] spent a very long time mixing. It's perfect. It's really great. And then they mastered the audio for the screening at Airshow Mastering in Boulder, Colorado with our good friend, Dave Glasser. He's been doing a lot of video and surround sound work with us. He mastered the "Europe '72" box as well. Certainly, it couldn't be better.
It's going to be a great night out. I'm excited to see it. I've been watching it now for months during this production process, watching clips of it with the new sound and that kind of stuff, and that's watching a DVD or stream online. To see it like this, it's going to be very, very cool. I think it's one we've all been waiting for.
Is there going to be different or additional footage than what we've seen in the bootlegs?
Yeah. I don't think you've seen "Bird Song," not in its entirety, for sure. And "Bird Song" has been restored and put back in. Now, the filmmakers, they filmed, luckily, most of the best stuff of the day – "China">"Rider," "Dark Star," of course, "Playing in the Band," "Jack Straw," all that kind of stuff — but they didn't film the entire show. So, everything that was filmed was in there and that now includes the "Birdsong," which is very cool. It's very similar in terms of structure to what you've seen over the last 20 or 30 years.
It's still very sunny when they're playing "Bird Song." It's right in the middle of the second set and it's very, I used this the other day, in talking about it on Sirius, it's very crisp. It's a very crisp "Bird Song." They're very engaged, and Jerry just punching the bottom end on this thing is incredible. That's the one thing that always lacking on the circulating audio copies of the show. And the video, of course, has never really had good audio but the bottom end they produce on this is just amazing. So, yeah, big news as you say, big, big news. It's going to be a great night.
Is there going to be a soundtrack?
There's been no officially released Veneta. I don't know I'm not sure what the specific plans after the screening. Certainly, I would say we tell people to check dead.net 'cause that's where any announcements get made. But certainly our focus the last few months has been this screening on August 1 and beyond that it's really just a matter of how much work we've all put into this screening, not to mention the May '77 box.
The screening has really been the focus because the screenings have really proven to be incredibly popular in terms of getting people out. We do a lot of really great stuff in terms of making the archives accessible in terms of the May '77 box, the Europe '72 but the one thing we don't do that often is get people out and dancing and into a room together because we're not a live band. We're an archival release record company but we did something in Port Chester, New York with the Capitol Theatre. We played a complete Grateful Dead show (2/24/71) and they have a full light show, the in-house light show, and they played it through the huge sound system. A thousand people came out to come and listen to this. It was a very good Dead show from a very good era that happened to also be at the Capitol Theatre.
What it showed us is that there's really an appetite…well, we know that there's an appetite for Deadheads together. Look at the crowds at Furthur shows, at Dark Star Orchestra shows. People love getting out and hearing Grateful Dead music, whatever the content, and for us to go to play a Dead tape or CD as the case were of an unreleased show certainly there was in interest in that.
Likewise, the meet-ups at the movies. Two years ago, we did The Grateful Dead Movie. Last year, we did the July 18, 1989 in Alpine Valley show, the middle night at Alpine '89. The response was just absolutely huge in terms of both the amount of people that came out and we played it at more than 500 theatres around the country. Then, the feeling about it after the fact is, "Could you please do more of this at least once a year but hopefully even more than that?" To us that's what we've really been focusing on. It's nice to once in awhile get people out.
Okay, because it would just make sense to package the DVD and CD together. "Here's the video. Here's the audio. You're set."
I love it, man. I really do think it's a great show. The legend of the show is certainly matched by the performance. You think of so many of the legendary Dead shows like Woodstock and Egypt and Watkins Glen and I'm not talking about sound check, but the actual show. And the legend is there but the performance sometimes doesn't match up with the legend. Europe 1990. Europe '81. Some very good shows there but these didn't end being at the level of Europe '72. That kind of thing.
So, a lot of legendary performances don't measure up to the legend where this one not only is that but I think performance absolutely surpasses the legend. You take the legend of this show away, the 20,000 hippies in a field at a benefit show. You take all that stuff away and you listen to this as music and it's one of the best Dead shows ever. And obviously, you've got the songs like "Dark Star" and "Playin' in the Band" and "China">"Rider," which are some of the bigger songs of 1972. They're some of the best versions of those songs ever. "Bird Song," all that stuff, it's the smaller songs that are absolute monsters. You think "Jack Straw," "He's Gone"…I was working on "He's Gone" from the show, just a few months ago. It's a great show, the smaller songs. So anyway, the point is I would love to see this thing come out. It's a show I certainly would put on the top of my CD pile as I listen through things.
Speaking of unreleased, when you were at the Rock Hall you played some unreleased stuff.
Right. Well, we released a couple of 'em. We played a little bit from Fillmore Auditorium12/2/69. I played that really spacey sequence from "Dark Star." That was released ( Dave's Picks Volume 6) and then I played that sequence of "Lovelight into "Not Fade Away" back into "Lovelight" in St. Louis on 2/2/70 (also packaged on Dave's Picks Volume 6). So, those have been released.
I think I also played some May 1979 material from Brent Mydland's third and fourth concerts. No plans to release those. You know, the problem with some of those shows is we don't have complete shows from…actually of few of them. Hampton on 5/4/79 we don't have a complete show. We've got a good chunk, but not a complete show. We've got Easton, Pennsylvania. We've got the end of the first set and the end of the second set but we don't have the rest of that show. What else is there? Amherst, Massachusetts, I think we're missing a few songs on 5/12/79.
So, no specific plans to release that material but it certainly is good that you heard…there was a great "Estimated Prophet" and it sounds good and crisp. We're just beginning to wrap up selections on Dave's Picks Volume 7. We're really not that far ahead of the curve.
Even releasing that little bit of Brent stuff was surprisingly strong for how early it was in his time with the band. Even if you put it out on like an odds and ends compilation…
I agree totally and I've looked into that, actually. I've looked at some of the material from that tour and I think it's just such a unique sound for the Grateful Dead. Brent has joined the band literally two weeks before and he was really working through the sounds that work and which ones didn't work and the most interesting thing is how seamlessly his voice and his organ playing and all those people playing fit in perfectly with the Grateful Dead sound.
And they transformed the sound but they transformed it in incredibly good ways, really, from the beginning. You listen to stuff and you think, "How could this band have ever existed without him?" kind of thing. Don't get me wrong! I'm a huge fan of Keith and TC and Pigpen's organ playing but boy, It transformed the Grateful Dead sound.
You listen to Dave's Picks Volume 3, which is from October of '71, Keith's second or third show, and it's the same thing. It just transformed the band's sound immediately. It's still that core of…in that case it was Billy, Phil, Bob and Jerry but then all of a sudden you add this keyboard player, this piano player, that is unlike anything you've ever heard with the Grateful Dead sound and yet, it's absolutely Grateful Dead music.
To me the cool thing about Dead music, it's so different. People say, "How do you listen to so much?" And that's the cool thing is that you can listen to '67, '68, '69 and then you can listen to '79 and you can listen to '84 and then you can listen to '91 and they're very, very different, and yet it's still the Grateful Dead.


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LAKE PLACID - The state Liquor Authority scheduled a public hearing for Thursday, June 13 on changing last call for Essex County bars.
The county Board of Supervisors passed a resolution in May that would move the closing time for bars and nightclubs from 4 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Now the Liquor Authority must authorize the measure, in a process that begins with Thursday's public hearing.
Originally, supervisors weighed changing last call from 4 a.m. to 2 a.m., a move supported by local organizations including the Lake Placid-Wilmington Connecting Youth and Communities Coalition and the Substance Abuse Prevention Team of Essex County. But some bar owners in Lake Placid, a popular resort destination, said losing an hour would hurt their bottom line and adversely affect their employees. The only three establishments in Lake Placid that are open past 2 a.m. close at 3 a.m. already anyway, so supervisors comprised by moving the closing time to 3 a.m.
The resolution also asks the authority to remove a restriction prohibiting liquor and wine stores from selling alcohol from noon to 3 p.m. on Good Friday.
Mac McDevitt, of the Substance Abuse Prevention Team, wrote said an in email that he anticipates a good discussion at the hearing.
"I know this has been a hot issue in Lake Placid," McDevitt wrote. "I think it might be quite lively with multiple points of view being expressed."
The hearing is set for 6 p.m. June 13 at the Board of Supervisors chambers of the county courthouse in Elizabethtown. Organizers are asking anyone who wants to speak to sign in starting at 5:45 p.m. the day of the hearing. People are not required to sign in to speak, but those who sign in will be given the first chance to speak.
Contact Jessica Collier at 891-2600 ext. 26 or jcollier@