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*Characters including [[Officer Carver]], [[Larry]] and [[Poncho]] were removed.
*Characters including [[Officer Carver]], [[Larry]] and [[Poncho]] were removed.
*Both Sweet and Big Smoke originally looked different. Sweet was originally dressed in black and wore a black beanie. Big Smoke wore a white jersey and did not wear a hat, exposing his shaved head.
*Both Sweet and Big Smoke originally looked different. Sweet was originally dressed in black and wore a black beanie. Big Smoke wore a white jersey and did not wear a hat, exposing his shaved head.
*'s face model was completely different and she wore different clothing.
*Gang members looked different and wore different clothing.
*Gang members looked different and wore different clothing.
*Each city had its own motorcycle cop model , whereas in the final release the same model is used for all cities (The beta cop models can still be found on the game´s files).
*Each city had its own motorcycle cop model , whereas in the final release the same model is used for all cities (The beta cop models can still be found on the game´s files).
Revision as of 20:57, 22 February 2010
Before the release of any Grand Theft Auto game, there were features that were removed from the final product. These changes range from deleted vehicles and player skins to the removal of entire characters and mission strands.
- 1 Grand Theft Auto 2
- 2 Grand Theft Auto III
- 3 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- 4 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- 5 Grand Theft Auto Advance
- 6 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- 7 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- 8 Grand Theft Auto IV
- 9 Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned
- 10 Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
- 11 Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
- 12 See Also
- 13 References
Grand Theft Auto 2
- The vehicles in the beta version looked vastly different, and were more detailed. Several cars also never appeared in the final version.[1]
- A weapon called the "Microwave" was removed.
- A weapon called the "Instant vehicle bomb" was removed.
- A weapon called the "ElectroBaton" was removed.
Grand Theft Auto III
- Claude's appearance went through many different designs. Some screenshots show a poorly detailed Claude, who looks completely different from the final version. Other pictures show a more final Claude with different hair and a more "chubbier" appearance.
- Curtly was removed from the final version.
- The character of Darkel, a revolutionary domestic terrorist, was cut.
- Tom Novy was meant to make an appearance in the game as himself, but was removed along with his song, "Back to the Streets" for unknown reasons.
- 8-Ball's name was originally going to be Mullan.
- Joey Leone's original surname was Sorvino.
- Salvatore's original name was Frankie Sorvino.
- The Liberty City Triads originally had a black outfit.
- Certain player skins, accessible with cheat codes, were removed.
- Elderly pedestrians with walkers were removed.
- Children were planned for the game.[2]
- Police Officers originally had moustaches.
- The LCPD Police and the Enforcer vehicle liveries were changed from then-current NYPD blue with white stripes to LAPD-style black and white.
- Army Helicopter was cut.
- Driveable School Buses were cut.
- The Dodo's wings were cut down - They probably made this change to fit the vehicle into the Import/Export garage in Portland.
- The Esperanto (and probably the Idaho too) had hydraulics.
- There were many vehicles on the Capital Autos website that were changed or did not make it in the final game.[3]
- The Manana was called Ariant.
- The Moonbeam was called Aster.
- The Sentinel was called Beamer.
- The Infernus was called Dyablo.
- The Esperanto was called Esparanto.
- The Idaho was called Hachura.
- The Patriot was called Hum Vee.
- A box van similar to the the Mule, called Luton was cut.
- The Perennial was called Maurice.
- The Panto was cut.
- The Cheetah was called Rocket.
- The Kuruma was called Sentinal.
- The Stinger was called Shark.
- The Blista was called Space.
- An unknown vehicle that appears in green on a picture was cut from the game, it is believed by fans that the car was called Brigham.
- The Yardie Lobo had a blue and yellow design. It's not none if this was the primary color, or a secondary color.
- Some, but not all, of Darkel's missions were subsequently given to other characters. It is said that Darkel had 13 missions for Claude that most of it was cut.
- A mission that involved flying the Dodo was cut.
- Originally, when doing Vigilante, Paramedic, or Firefighter missions, the vehicles radio could go out of range - requiring the player to drive closer to the nearest police station/hospital/fire station.
- A mission where you need to bomb a school bus full of children was cut due the violence and gore.
- The Old School Hall changed appearance. It previously looked newer and lit up.
- Punk Noodles was originally just with a small grass park with two statues. The statue model still exists in the game's files.
- In the beta, the airport was once in Staunton Island and there are many roads in Shoreside Vale. Callahan Bridge is also absent.
- The airplane landing at Francis International Airport was destroyable with a Rocket Launcher.
- The ability to blow limbs off of non-playable characters was cut, but only from the PS2 version of the game.[[1]] This can still be activated in the PS2 version via cheat codes.
- You could originally run with the baseball bat.
- Online multiplayer was cut.[4]
- The graphics were originally "cartoonish".[[2]]
- A very early HUD was very different.
- The radar was light blue instead of yellow.
- One of the missions was marked with a head on the radar.[5]
- The ability to name the character, much like in Grand Theft Auto, was cut. An unused line of text reads "[DEFNAM] Claude----------------------" - interestingly, this confirms that the protagonist's name is Claude.
- Unused lines of text within the game's text files contain phrases, such as "You're perfectly healthy, get out of here!" and "I'll just fix you up". These lines of text seem to imply that the game's hospitals were, originally, accessible/useable.
- The "Busted!" text and target arrows were originally red instead of blue.
- The song "Back to the Streets", was deleted out of the track with no explanation.
- Grand Theft Auto III was originally going to be released for GameCube.
- The Baseball Bat was originally red and yellow.
Some of these changes are thought to have been as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, although others were made well before that time.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- A character called Mr. Moffat was originally going to be in the game but was cut.
- Tommy Vercetti was older and worn a blue Hawaiian shirt in the beta. [6]
- Diaz's name supposedly called was Fernando Diaz.
- Pastor Richards was scheduled to give protagonist Tommy Vercetti a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
- The Blista Compact originally looked almost identical to the Honda CRX, it even featured the letters 'GPX' on the back. [7]
- The Infernus had thin rectangles for its headlights and taillights. [8]
- The Moonbeam was originally, implied, to have sliding rear doors. [9]
- The Police Car were originally white with red and blue stripes, similiar to early Miami police cars. [10]
- The Sentinel originally had different rear styling. [11]
- The Virgo originally had a different look. Its beta model is still inside Vice City's files, named "Cougar", implying that the beta Virgo was named the Cougar. [12][13]
- The Washington originally had different frontal styling. [14]
- The Sabre Turbo had different front grille, as seen in the GTA Vice City Trailer Video.
- The Mesa Grande's beta name was Desperado.
- A helicopter called Coastguard Maverick was cut during development.
- The Patriot was originally from GTA 3, as it can be seen in early screenshots.
- The Cabbie was originally from GTA 3, as it can be seen in early screenshots.
- It is believed by some fans that trash collecting missions based on the Paramedic missions were in the beta.
- Fort Baxter Air Base originally included an air traffic control tower and a runway. The runway is totally absent, but the tower can still be seen in the distance from Vice Beach.
- There was no stadium in the beta.
- The northeast part of the beach didn't exist in the beta.
- Vice Port has a waterway and ships are absent in the beta.
- There are no shacks in the sea in the beta.
- Some roads didn't exist in the beta version.
- There were no rocks and even the lighthouse is absent in the beta.
- There were bus shelters around the city. The bus shelter model, bustopm.dff, is still inside Vice City's file. [15][16]
- The long road from the police station going to the Ammunation is absent in the beta map.
- The Deli across from the Little Havana Police station had it's large Exploder bilboard replaced with a different, smaller one. [17]
- A Grenade Launcher was cut.
- The beta MP5 looked shorter and very different, it can be seen in the Intro of GTA Vice City
- The PSG-1 didn't have a silencer in the beta.
- There is a model and textures for an AK-47 in the game files. However, it has never appeared in any of the screen shots or trailers for the game. What some fans claim to be an AK-47 in one of the trailers, is actually the Ruger with its brown texture from the PS2 version of the game.
- There was a Tazer, a Nailgun and Landmines in the beta version, textures exist in the game files.
- The shotgun from GTA III was originally in the game.
- Shown on a poster featured in the flash version of the official website, there was a silenced Ingram.
- The M4 had a longer barrel and a different aim in the beta.
- Kruger (or Ruger in the original PS2 version) had wood parts and a longer barrel.
- The Colt Python was renamed to .357 in later versions of GTA Vice City, possibly to avoid copyright and trademark infringements.
- The was orginally a Steyr Aug in the beta version, files of exist in the PS2 Version.
- There were many phone conversations between Tommy and Mercedes Cortez. [18]
- There were many lines cut from characters such as Kent Paul, Umberto Robina, Mercedes Cortez, Mr. Moffat and BJ Smith in Sunshine Autos. [[3]]
- Tires were able to be slashed and recorded into the stats. [19]
- There was going to be an additional outfit called the "MC Tommy" but was taken out. It was originally a brown biker jacket that could be found in Howlin' Petes Biker Emporium
- The Haitian gangster who wears the blue shirt used to have a picture on the shirt instead of the word "Relax". [20]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Out of all the Grand Theft Auto games San Andreas might have been the one to have the most changes done before release. For the 1st and only time in the series there was Animals included, the player was able have uncensored sex, drink and do drugs. There was many interiors that were cut and left unused (most of them were left in the game). There was a considerable amount of missions cut. There were also numerous weapons, vehicles and character models that were cut. All in all San Andreas was going to be a completely different game. Below are some of the numerous changes the game went through.
- Characters including Officer Carver, Larry and Poncho were removed.
- Both Sweet and Big Smoke originally looked different. Sweet was originally dressed in black and wore a black beanie. Big Smoke wore a white jersey and did not wear a hat, exposing his shaved head.
- Kendle's face model was completely different and she wore different clothing.
- Gang members looked different and wore different clothing.
- Each city had its own motorcycle cop model , whereas in the final release the same model is used for all cities (The beta cop models can still be found on the game´s files).
- The Bullet had a different look.[21]
- The Clover had different taillights.[22]
- The Savanna had a different grille [23]
- The Sadler was meant to be Ryder's car, instead of the Picador.
- The Jester had a different front bumper.
- The Reaper had a different design.
- A very early screenshot showed a Sparrow in place of a Police Maverick, (either the Maverick model wasnt finished or at one point the Sparrow was gonna be used as a second Police aircraft).
- There are many deleted missions which include The Truth is Out There and Impounded or missions with different objectives which include Doberman, Photo Opportunity and Beat Down on B Dup.
- During the mission Saint Mark's Bistro, CJ had communication with Francis International air traffic control.[24]
- In the hidden text in-game, there was a mission where while you were talking to Cesar, your car got towed, then you had to go retrieve it. The mission was supposed to be called Impounded.
- Fish in a Barrel was supposedly an actual mission instead of a mere cutscene.
- In Sweet's Girl, originally Sweet did not have a gun, so CJ escorted him out.
- In Farewell, My Love..., unused lines of text imply that Catalina was having sex with Claude during the race.
- In Photo Opportunity, unused text implies that CJ hijacked and used a helicopter.
- There was going to be a mission involving a search for Big Smoke.
- There was going to be different a race in Los Santos Stadium.[25]
- Originally, if Carl Johnson killed a pedestrian, a news van would arrive and the crew would report on the event.
- If Carl crashed into a lamp post a mechanic would arrive to fix it. If the player killed the mechanic the lamp post would remain broken for a time, even if the player left the immediate area.
- The Mulholland Safehouse seemed to have a full interior that can be seen from the outside. The change on final version made a glitch, which caused the player can go through the wall.[26]
- Donut shops such as Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts were places Carl Johnson could eat.
- San Fierro in the beta had very few docks and had more parks. The beta map of San Fierro was very detailed and can be seen in Driving School.
- The empty lot near the hospital in Downtown Los Santos had a crane.
- The Easter Naval Base had a different outline, it had a dock and the ship is missing.
- San Andreas was much bigger and had several different land masses, such as a bigger San Fierro (which resesmbled San Francisco more closely), A full beta map of San Andreas can be found on a wall in the Lil Probe inn.
- Las Venturas had a different name by the initials "LG". In early screen shots of Las Venturas, Police Cars had the initials "LG" printed on their doors.
- Santa Flora Medical Center had 2 helipads on its roof, these were most likely meant for the Maverick and Raindance the spawn there in the alpha. Oddly enough the helipads were cut from the alpha making it so the choppers simply spawn on the roof.
- The Clown's Pocket Casino was originally called The Ringmaster, its original name can still be seen on the paper map included inside the game box.
- The Skateboard was cut from the final game (its icon is still on the disk and it can still be used but only as a weapon).
- Strategy guides and other prints speak of a Gun Cane available alongside the Cane. The Gun Cane does not exist anywhere in the game.
- Animals that would roam the rural areas were cut. (Their models are still available in the game's files, albeit without their AI's present)
- The ability to create and run your own casino was taken out of the alpha version.
- Car-washes, similar to those in GTA IV, were cut. (an non functioning model can be found in Las Venturas, possibly a leftover)
- The ability to ride the Trollies in San Fierro was cut.
- Early magazine previews showed that cops would hold on a vehicle's bumper if the player tried to speed away.
- The mobster who Carl kills in Saint Mark's was originally going to be called Marco Forelli but due to deleted audio, his name was never mentioned in the final version.
- The Grove Street Families were originally going to be called The Orange Grove Families.
- Homies would walk into accessible places like safehouses, stores, etc.
- Pool tables were originally going to be colored green instead of blue.
- The motor bikers had a different design.
- Carl Johnson would be able to smoke weed which would make the camera wobble around making hard to control CJ.
- The ability to drink beer was cut from the alpha version
- Through the hidden interiors universe unused Brothels can be found, these were most likely to be placed on top of Strip Clubs.
- Pre-release magazine articles showed that jacking cars was to be much difficult and that it involved smashing the car's window and then hot wiring it (a few screenshots even made it out). This was all removed possibly due to the limitations posed by the PS2, however it's present on GTAIV.
Grand Theft Auto Advance
- The Barrel was cut in the alpha version.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- Joseph Daniel O'Toole's glasses were originally blue.
- Toni Cipriani originally looked older.
- The police cars were originally blue before being changed to the same black-and-white design seen in GTA III.
- There was a golden Stinger in the BETA.
- There was a golden PCJ-600 that was cut.
- There was an orange Landstalker that was removed.
- There was a blue Perennial in the BETA.
- The Liberty News cut-scenes were cut.
- Toni's casual clothes were a purple shirt with a green vest.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- Bryan Forbes originally had a mustache
- An unnamed motorcycle (possibly a different Streetfighter or PCJ-600) was cut.
- According to screen-shots, there was going to be a mission where Bryan and Vic were attacked by the Mendez Cartel.
- In the mission, Last Stand, there was an additional man that Vic had to kill other than Martinez and Diego Mendez. It is widely believed that the third man is Armando Mendez.
- The Casual clothes were originally yellow.
- The Control Tower in Fort Baxter Air Base was cut again. As in Vice City, it can be seen from Vice Beach.
- Tattoo Parlors, similar of those in San Andreas, were cut.
- The Army Fatigues originally had USMC on the shirt, suggesting that Vic would join the Marines instead of the army.
- The Fort Baxter Air Base said "Sempter F1" on one of the building.
Grand Theft Auto IV
- Buses were planned as a form of public transportation, much like taxis.
- The Coach was cut from the final version, although it can be seen briefly in the commercial for Higgins Helitours.
- Taxis have a black variant, as seen in Vlad's video. Although it could be a carcols.dat mess up.
- The Enforcer was originally a Boxville.
- The Merit had a different grill.
- The Annihilator was missing its yellow stripe.
- The Helitours Maverick was originally replaced by normal Mavericks.
- There was a sedan similar to the Marbelle [27]
- The Dodo plane was planned.[28]
- The Andromada plane was planned.[29]
- A plane named "Fighter" was planned.[30]
- The SWAT Tank or another vehicle linked to SWAT was planned. It should been the APC, which was represented on The Ballad Of Gay Tony DLC.[31]
- There were many beta vehicles that can be seen from the very first screenshots. Although it cannot be recognized well
- There were originally women police officers.
- A mobster, Raymond Alberga, was deleted from the final version.
- Little Jacob originally did not wear glasses.
- Michelle had a different looking face.
- Fingerless gloves were probably available during game play. Pre-release screen-shots and videos of the PC version also show Niko with fingerless gloves but were still not available in the game. They still however can be found in the game files.
- Binco was going to be the first clothing store. It is replaced by the Russian Shop.
- Beta weapons include a Silenced 9mm, Pool Cue, Revolver and a Minigun.
- In an early preview, Little Jacob would sell a rocket launcher to Niko. It was originally attached to the underside of his truck.
- As mentioned in early previews or heard in trailers there were several songs that were removed from the final version:
- Burn it all Down - VHS or Beta
- Cocaine - Humble Pie
- Downtown Swinger - MOP
- Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
- How About Some Hardcore - MOP
- Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Angel y Khris - Ven Bailalo
- UNKLE (feat. Josh Homme) - Restless
- Res - They Say Vision
- Junior Kirkstart - The Go! Team
- Fat Joe - Shit it Real
- The first removed haircut design for Niko was a cut that seemed to resemble helmet-hair.
- The second removed haircut design for Niko was a buzz cut.
- Pedestrians were to carry planks. A model is still present in the game files.
- According to previews, Niko could climb telephone poles.
- Niko would have been able to get limo rides just like taxi rides.(?)
- Niko would originally bring prostitutes to his home.
- According to the model names of Roman's taxi depot, he was originally supposed to do limos. This may have a connection with the limo rides mentioned above.
Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned
- The Tampa was originally supposed to spawn around Liberty City. Now, it is limited to the beginning cutscene.
- Content from the mission Politics was cut.
- A Game Informer preview states Johnny could originally change outfits.
- According to previews, Johnny had the access to date girlfriends.
- The Rhino was cut from the final version.
- The Bati 800 was originally called "Bati 801"
- The Bati Custom was originally called "Bati 801R"
- The Double T Custom was originally called "Double T Drag"
- The Hakuchou Custom was originally called "Hakuchou Drag"
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
- The Brickade was cut from the final game.
- The Skylift looked more like its real-life counterpart, Sikorsky S-64 "Skycrane".
- An Early Interview stated that there would be a random character encounter, that would have a crazy ex-girlfriend of Luis, rig a bomb to his car (most likely Margot).
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
- According to rumors, a tank that could drive through water called the "Sea Dragon" was going to be included in the game.
See Also
- ↑ GTA 2 Beta Vehicles - WikiGTA.org
- ↑ Grand Theft Auto 3 First Impressions - Gamespot.co.uk retrieved from Internet archive
- ↑ Capital Autos - Rockstargames.com
- ↑ FEN_PLA: Number of players: FEN_TY0: Deathmatch FEN_NCI: NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET in American.gxt
- ↑ Beta Radar Icon - GTAForums.com
- ↑ Tommy Vercetti
- ↑ Blista Compact
- ↑ Infernus
- ↑ Moonbeam
- ↑ Police Car
- ↑ Sentinel - Gouranga.com
- ↑ Virgo - Gouranga.com
- ↑ models\gta3.img>cougar.dff
- ↑ Washington - Gouranga.com
- ↑ Bus Shelter
- ↑ Bus Shelter Mod
- ↑ Page 13 of the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Manual, "Street Racing".
- ↑ text\american.gxt>MAIN>MOB54_A-MOB59_F
- ↑ text\american.gxt>MAIN>TYRESLA>Tires slashed with a blade
- ↑ Page 5 of the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Manual, "Population and People".
- ↑ Bullet
- ↑ Clover
- ↑ Savanna
- ↑ text\american.gxt>CASIN10>CAS11BA>This is private flight CJ101 on approach to Liberty, over.
- ↑ models\txd\LD_RACE.txd>race12
- ↑ Mulholland Safehouse
- ↑ GTA IV Sedan
- ↑ common\data\handling.dat>planes>DODO
- ↑ common\data\handling.dat>planes>ANDROM
- ↑ common\data\handling.dat>planes>FIGHTER
- ↑ common\data\handling.dat>SWAT


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Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) - Phil Kessel capped his fifth career hat trick with the game-winner at 14:02 of the third period as the Toronto Maple Leafs took a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
Tyler Bozak and Nazem Kadri each had a goal and an assist while Joffrey Lupul also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won three straight. Jonathan Bernier gave up three goals on 26 shots.
"It was a big win for us obviously and the fans were good and we found a way," said Kessel. "I've had chances in a couple games before and obviously they went in tonight."
Chris Neil posted two goals and an assist while Colin Greening also had a goal and an assist for the Senators, who had won two straight coming in. Craig Anderson allowed five goals on 36 shots.
"I felt we played hard. We gave up some chances in the second, but I thought we settled it down there in the third and got back after them," said Neil. "I don't think it's a 6-3 hockey game, that's for sure. It was pretty close back and forth."
With the score tied late in the third, Ottawa's Eric Gryba had the puck along the deep left boards and attempted to pass it behind the net, but Bozak picked up the errant pass and quickly centered it for Kessel, who snuck home a shot for his 30th of the season.
Bozak sealed the win with his goal at 18:37, and Kadri put one in the open net with 29 seconds to play.
Ottawa scored inside of a minute to play in the first period as Neil gained the line through the middle and slipped a wrister past the glove of Bernier.
It was a 2-0 game for the Senators at 6:46 of the second period, as Neil skated down the right wing and sent a saucer pass over to his left for Greening, who wristed the puck home for his fifth of the season.
Toronto, though, got one back at 13:01 as James van Riemsdyk slipped a pass from the left boards to the low right side where Kessel was waiting for the easy tap-in.
Just 1:38 later, Toronto tied the game as Kadri slammed Cody Ceci face-first into the boards behind the Ottawa net, causing a turnover and quickly throwing the puck out front where Lupul snapped it home.
The Leafs took their first lead of the game at 7:34 of the third as Kessel's quick wrister from the left circle through traffic made its way past the glove of Anderson for a power-play goal, but the Senators tied the game just 1:32 later on Neil's second of the game.
Game Notes
Toronto plays a pair of road games against Florida on Tuesday and Tampa Bay on Thursday ... Ottawa plays in Pittsburgh on Monday ... The Maple Leafs have won all three games against the Senators this season, although the other two wins came in shootouts ... Toronto went 1-for-5 on the power play, while Ottawa was 0-for-2.

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Clutch adventures and questions
Posted 14 May 2006 - 12:25 PM
Anyway, in my experience with other cars, a worn clutch usually goes the other way (it wears out and will no longer fully engage, leading to slipping). What does it mean when it's worn out so that it's engaged all the time?
I figure i probably need a new clutch, but i'm wary of doing the work myself here since i don't have a garage or a particularly full set of tools. Also, this car has a fair amount of rust on it, and the engine has never been pulled. I don't want to get myself into a bad situation doing the work on the side of the street. Do any of you know what a fair price would be for a clutch replacement in a repair shop?
My other option is to order a new cable, put it in, hope it lasts the 450 miles back to Maine, and try to do the repair up there where i have garage space.
Thanks for any comments, criticisms, or advice!
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Posted 14 May 2006 - 07:53 PM
I've heard that pulling the engines in EA-81s is a pretty easy job. I've pulled engines from VW beetles and Karman Ghias before, and it seems like it should be pretty simple. Do you think it'd be a lot tougher though given that it's been through 17 New England winters without being pulled?
Posted 14 May 2006 - 08:49 PM
Subarus tend to be self-oiling , so most of the parts that you need to break loose shouldn't be too difficult, with the probably exception of the exhaust flange bolts (assuming that you are going to remove or shift the engine to gain access). Of course, what we consider rust here on the West Coast would hardly be noticed in your area.
Posted 14 May 2006 - 11:46 PM
I would go ahead and install a new clutch cable, as you eventually need to do it anyways. Pay particular attention to the cable routing (following the original routing), as it sems that if you route it a little differently it is harder to depress the clutch (more friction, sometimes dramatically so).
ditto. I'd replace the cable, get it adjusted, and go from there.
I believe, once a clutch is worn out, even if it is adjusted properly, it will still slip. In your case, since you say you had to put the pedal to the floor to disengage it, it sounds like it's just way out of adjustment, or your cable was really stretching.
Posted 15 May 2006 - 12:14 AM
On the other hand, I've had pressure plates wear out and be tough the disengage as well. Best thing is to try the cable as it's cheap and you obviously need one anyway. Then if it's still extremely tight just replace the whole clutch. It's not hard and the engine does not need to be pulled. Just remove the radiator and pull the engine forward enough to get the clutch out.
You can drive the car with no cable at all - you just the rev-match to shift, and start the engine in first gear. Warm it up in neutral and then shut it off and restart in first gear.
Posted 15 May 2006 - 11:14 AM
You can drive the car with no cable at all - you just the rev-match to shift, and start the engine in first gear. Warm it up in neutral and then shut it off and restart in first gear.
Posted 15 May 2006 - 11:49 AM
Posted 15 May 2006 - 04:02 PM
People are funnay - it's amazing how many people will push a car when they could easily just crank the starter in first gear....
unless it's in my loyale, in which case the darned clutch switch prevents this (I should probably disable the switch so this can be done)
but yes, it is a good thing to know about and use when needed.
Posted 18 May 2006 - 03:42 PM
Thanks for the tips. The cable should be coming in in the next few days, and the vice-grip repair has held so far. I hadn't thought of just driving it without. Now i kinda want to give it a try just to see how it feels!
Anyway, i appreciate the advice, and i'll be back on here if i have trouble installing stuff!
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High speed internet comes to the Beverly, Waterford area today.
The Marietta area was the first to get the service... and now the Beverly, Waterford area.
Smart Networks says each tower serves for about a 15 mile radius.
"We're going to have improved internet service. Right now a lot of the community has DSL which really isn't fast enough and so on, so there is a lot of interest in it in the community and getting hooked up to broadband," explains Assistant Chief of the Beverly- Waterford Twp. Rescue Squad, Jim Black.
First on the list to get the service- the Beverly-Waterford Rescue Squad. They say a lot of their training is online and now they'll actually be able to stream it and actively participate with online trainings. "Well it gives us a lot more access, it's very exciting that we'll be able to have high speed internet here in the building where we can do our training on and do our training sessions."
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The Ribbon is cut and Smart Networks has their Marietta Tower up and ready to go!
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That tower will serve those in the city but that's just the beginning. Next Smart Networks plans to open their tower in Beverly, then make their way from there.
"It's just a momentous time, it's a great day for us but also the community," says founder and chief of operations for Smart Networks, Chad Henson.
But the whole projected started with a Marietta student who had to travel almost an hour to his grandma's just to do his homework. "Because I needed the Internet to look up stuff and do research on and I had to go to her house half the week, so it just makes it easier," says Jarod Knight.
And now because of Jarod, a few county officials, and Smart Networks hundreds are now able to get high speed Internet. "It's just great," continues Henson, "it brings joy to your heart because you're helping that person out and they don't have to travel to get on the Internet they can just stay at home and get stuff done that way."
Connect Ohio has been a big supporter of Smart Networks throughout the process and during the ribbon cutting they announced their full partnership with Smart Networks. Connect Ohio is dedicated to getting high speed Internet across Ohio.
"There's no words to describe it, just so many different people and the whole state of Ohio being behind us," explains Henson. "We're going to push from here, we're going to go into all of Washington County and try to expand from there as well, just help out other communities."
Having this access provides a long list of benefits to students, schools, and organizations across the area. Connect Ohio says high school graduation rates increase by 8% in communities that add high speed Internet. "The fact about being an area that's going to be more marketable for industry and bringing more jobs in here because you can't have an industry that doesn't operate off high speed Internet," explains Sheriff Larry Mincks.
Sheriff Mincks explains this will even allow them to connect with the community better giving updates, warning, and information out.
Also deputies will now be able to access their server right from the car. "That way we can keep officers in their cars, out on the road, and it cuts down on our response time."
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"It will help all of the other students as well," says Jerod's Grandma, Susan Burkhart. "So if one child's story will help thousands of students in our county and across the state and I think that's just wonderful." In Marietta Brittany Lowe WTAP News
Connect Ohio has also teamed up with Washington, Morgan County Community Action to provide discounted high speed Internet to low income families.
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Those not in the Marietta area wanting to sign up can still call and pre-order theirs, once the tower is up and ready, those will be the first in line.
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Business starts at 49.95 and goes up from there.
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One step closer to bringing six-thousand plus a high speed Internet option.
"To have this day finally here, is just a dream come true," says, IT Director for Washington County, Eric Skomra.
It's signed on the dotted line, Smart Networks proudly agrees to bring high-speed Internet to Washington County.
"I guess the word it momentous, knowing that the commission has put such hard work into and to know that personally the story is behind the people that have no broadband," explains Smart Networks President, Eric Mostrom. "Like the soldier whose family has to go to Walmart to see him. The ten year old boy that has to find hot spots at McDonalds to do his homework, it's not so much a business decision, it's a personal decision."
It's been a long journey for all those involved, trying to bring affordable, fast, Internet access to nearly six-thousand county wide.
"This is a fulfillment of a dream, really for myself personally, as well as many Washington County residents to have broadband at their home is something that I've had heard for the past ten years, people just crying out," explains Washington County Commissioner, Cora Marshall.
The agreement between the County and Smart Networks means the county is allowing access to their towers, to better serve everyone.
"This utility is so valuable for new businesses,"explains Washington County Commissioner, Cora Marshall. "With oil and gas coming to our area where we will have wireless available out into the communities, for our Sheriff's department to see them to be able to drive up to a hot spot and be able to access information."
Smart Networks says they've changed their dynamic opening an office in Marietta and hiring local workers.
From here now, the work starts with the company looking for dense areas to bring service to everyone possible.
"With what towers serves the most people and we're going to start right away basically," explains Mostrom.
"This is a great day for the Jerod's, for the soldiers, for our public safety, it's just a great day," says Marshall.
From here the state has to sign the agreement as well.
Commissioners says only those who want Internet access will be paying.
Smart Networks does plan to include television options as well in the future.
Six-thousand county wide who can't access high-speed Internet. Thursday the Washington County Commissioners will officially make that Internet an option.
Smart Networks will sign an agreement with the commissioners to provide high speed wireless Internet service to the county.
Ohio Multi-agency Radio Communication system must then agree to giving access to their towers.


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For Deetee, in a scheduled poster session, you cannot take off and leave your poster during a scheduled poster presentation. You have to stand in front of the poster for the 90 minutes and be 'on' for everyone and anyone who comes by.
She told me she had just finished her advanced degree and was starting her post-degree job, and her boss had been nice enough to let her come to this conference even though she was brand-new. Also, there was no one else around that she seemed aware of (like, someone she was trying to impress).
However, I will give you one of my pet peeves. I want to know information about a poster and will ask what method is used and the sensitivity of the method. Many times, a get the 'deer in the headlight' look and the poster presenter says...'well, I didn't do that so I don't know'. As far as I am concerned, if something is on the poster, it is fair game and the presenter should be schooled in how they got the data that they are presenting....even if it is only 10% of the poster.
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A local distillery is hoping to ride swelling demand for craft spirits with an intoxicating mixture of local products.
A local distillery is hoping to ride swelling demand for craft spirits with an intoxicating mixture of local products.
Donner-Peltier Distillers opened its doors on St. Patrick Highway this month. It's the collective effort of Thibodaux residents Tom Donner, his wife Elizabeth, Henry Peltier and his wife Elizabeth.
The outfit held its grand opening last week and is now scrambling to meet burgeoning local demand and with one eye on spreading to other states.
Close observers say the industry for craft spirits is still in its infancy but provides a window for the Thibodaux business with nationwide demand trending upward.
Less than 10 years ago, there were as few as 65 craft distillers licensed in the U.S. Today, there are more than 250, with demand for craft spirits steadily trending upward, according to Pennfield Jensen, vice president of operations for the American Distilling Institute.
"A lot of people are into wines, and California has great wineries where you can buy wine there you can't get here," Henry Peltier said. "The spirit industry is moving that direction where you don't have to just go out and buy Bacardi; you have other options."
Including Donner-Peltier, there are four such outfits in Louisiana with two in New Orleans and one in Lacassine, outside Lake Charles.
Jensen said the popularity of craft spirits is following the path craft breweries took to their current popularity.
"The volume (of spirits sold) is still with the big companies, but the trend is really toward craft products," Jensen said. "People want something they can identify with and make part of their lifestyle choices."
Peltier said his distillery's hook is the uniqueness of the liquor made from local products.
The distillery is currently selling three spirits.
Oryza, the latin word for rice, is the distillery's vodka offering. Peltier said the distillery will be one of few to make vodka from long-grain rice. which it gets from Crowley. It's an 80-proof spirit and so far is the most widely circulated product the distillery has produced.
The distillery more recently began distributing two different Rougaroux Rums, named for the supernatural creature of Cajun folklore.
The Sugarshine rum is a clear 101-proof spirit. The Full Moon Dark is an aged 80-proof rum. They are both produced using molasses from the Lafourche Sugar Mill near Thibodaux.
A fifth of each sells for about $28.
Jensen said it is crucial for craft distillers looking to grow their business to establish an identity through the quality of the liquor and the uniqueness of the process.
"Everybody is into Cajun culture right now," said Beth Donner, another co-owner. "It adds some character to the product."
Donner-Peltier uses Houma's Buquet Distributing locally and Metairie-based Southern Eagle Distributors for statewide distribution.
The distillery has its rum and vodka in numerous groceries, bars and restaurants. Its products have hit the New Orleans market and are also being sold in Baton Rouge and Lafayette.
"The key factor is a regional embrace of the authenticity and the quality of the product. You really start close to home, you start with the restaurants, with the liquor stores nearby," Jensen said. "You then have to build demand in specific spots where you know the brand is going to be well-received."
Beth Donner said the distillery is seeking licenses to sell outside Louisiana but is already scrambling to meet southern Louisiana's demand.
"I guess any business would tell you to not being able to make your product fast enough is a good sign, but we don't want to lose customers because they can't find it," said Tom Donner, another co-owner.
The distillery has to split time making rum and vodka and will spread into north Louisiana once it can catch up with demand, Donner said.
"It is very hard to go from zero to 90," Jensen said. "In this market, people really want that authenticity. They want to know who the seller is, and they want to see the distillery."
Knowing this, Peltier said the owners eagerly watched a bill in the state Legislature this summer that ultimately allowed their liquor to be sold where it is made.
Now the distillery not only sells related merchandise, but has a tasting bar and sells the spirit in-house.
The bar and distillery is open Monday through Wednesady from noon to 6:30 p.m., Thursday to Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
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Bell Mobility has brought forth OS 18.104.22.1680 for the Curve2 today. We all know by now that this device is surely not getting OS6. So on that note, it's nice to see carriers still bumping up the numbers on the "about" screen for the OS5 devices. Head on over to Bell's Software Downloading page by clicking the jump below. Remember if Bell is not your carrier you want to delete the Vendor.xml file.
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By Margaret Scott
Sports Editor
The Bedford County swim meet took place at the Bedford YMCA on Tuesday, Dec. 6.
The Jefferson Forest boys placed first with 172 points, Staunton River placed second with 18 and Liberty placed third with 14.
In the boys 200 yard medley relay, Jefferson Forest placed first and second. SR and LHS didn't have relay teams.
There was a crisp breeze in the 40 degree weather and fans filed into the Stadium, the band came in and the student section came in, everyone was there to support the Golden Eagles first ever State Championship appearance. Everyone bundled up so tight, just so they could enjoy watching some Staunton River football as the Golden Eagles got set to face the Blacksburg Bruins.
The Liberty boys basketball team struggled in its first game against E.C. Glass last Thursday. The Minutemen lost 51-38.
Liberty scored 13 points in the first period, seven in the second, 12 in the third and six in the fourth.
The Hilltoppers scored 14 in the first, 16 in the second 10 in the third and 11 in the fourth.
Jefferson Forest defeated Culpeper 47-42 to become the tournament Champions last Saturday at Western Albemarle.
Forest's leading scorers were Emily Deitrick with 17 pts and 17 rebounds and Cassie Pelletier with eight points and 11 rebounds.
Tiffany Carey made All-Tournament Team and Emily Deitrick was MVP.
If it wasn't for the Staunton River offensive line Grayson Overstreet, Kalip Jones and T.J. Tester would struggle getting points on the board.
The Staunton River line may not be the biggest line in the state of Virginia but with the guidance and help of their coaches they have definitely proven themselves to be one of the toughest.
This is the first time the Staunton River football has made it to a State Championship and have the possibility of becoming the 3A State Champions.
The Staunton River Golden Eagles made the State Semifinal game look as though it was just another regular season game last Saturday.
Forest has a young boys basketball team
When staring at the Staunton River offensive line, behind the line you'll find Kalip Jones standing next to Grayson Overstreet. The two guys are the Staunton River football's team ticket to gaining quick rushing yards. If Overstreet doesn't have the ball Jones most likely does.
After last Friday's win over 3A West top seed Rustburg, Staunton River will host 3A East top seed Hopewell.
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STATELINE WIFR) -- 60 million people are bracing for what could be a catastrophic storm.
Hurricane Sandy has already shut down cities all along the east coast. Even wall street was closed today and will be once again tomorrow.
Hurricane force winds are blowing 175 miles from the center and it gets even worse as Sandy is combining with two other weather systems to create what's being called a Superstorm.
Flooding has already started in New Jersey and New York. Almost a million people have already lost power, just a fraction of what's expected. Dozens of local volunteers are already in place along the east coast preparing for the worst.
Lori Braun is glued to the TV, with remote in hand and cell phone nearby, anxiously watching the weather channel.
"I'm pretty much on edge," she said.
Her husband, Zach, a journeyman lineman with Intren was sent to Long Island over the weekend. He's bracing for Hurricane Sandy and preparing to help in the aftermath of destruction and downed power lines.
"It's very uneasy, there's a method to their madness that way they are actually down there so when the storm does hit they can get out and start working right away," said Braun.
The Red Cross is also waiting to help. The Rock River Chapter sent a volunteer to Maryland on Saturday and it's waiting to send another. Andy Thompson was supposed to fly out of O'Hare yesterday, but her flight was canceled. She'll now wait until the storm makes landfall.
"You prepare for the work part of it you know what you have to do but the emotional part, you don't prepare for it, it just breaks your heart to see the devastation that storms can cause," said Thompson.
The anticipated damage that could keep workers tied up for weeks.
RFD was not affected. ComEd is also helping out with the storm. The electric company sent 40 people from the Rockford area to the east coast and the Freeport Red Cross is on standby. It anticipates sending volunteers as well.


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The man behind a secret twitter parody account has revealed how he cost Liverpool £300,000 during talks with Roma over the sale of striker Fabio Borini to the Merseyside club over the summer.
@duncanjenkinsfc - a high profile Twitter parody account of a man who is a 'perspiring journalist' - has garnered a cult status amongst football fans for his advertently inaccurate tweets as well as his messages about Liverpool's transfer activity, procuring over 36,000 followers on the social network site along the way.
Thanks to his popularity on Twitter, Duncan Jenkins was given his own column for Goal.com during Euro 2012, and has also featured in the Football Ramble, the website of the well-known football podcast of the same name.
Jenkins appeared to have insider information at Liverpool, and along with correctly pre-empting the transfers of Fabio Borini and Nuri Sahin to Anfield, he also regularly tweeted team line-ups before they were made public.
According to the man – known only as 'Sean' - behind the account, Liverpool's director of communications Jen Chang arranged a meeting with him in order to find out who his 'mole' was at the Anfield club, despite his insistence that it was all guesswork, before revealing the impact his tweets apparently had on the Borini negotiations.
"He (Chang) went on to tell me that Duncan had cost the club money, specifically on the Borini deal," he said, writing on duncanjenkins.blogspot.co.uk
"He told me Liverpool had been involved with difficult negotiations with Roma over the transfer of Borini.
"He claims Roma asked for absolute discretion from Liverpool, that if news of the proposed deal got out Roma's fans would be unhappy about the sale of a young Italian international. Talks were then concluded for the day, he said."
"Later that very day, Chang claimed, Duncan Jenkins tweeted about Borini to Liverpool being a genuine possibility. Chang claimed Roma were furious about it, and that they then upped the transfer fee by around £0.3m (£300,000).
"Chang gave me an analogy - he said it was like promising to take your wife out for meal, only to have an argument before the meal, and by the time you'd made up with your wife you have to agree to take her to a more expensive restaurant."
In the article Sean also accuses Chang of using threatening behaviour in order to dissuade him from tweeting sensitive information about the Merseyside club, and details how the former journalist allegedly threatened to ban him from Anfield for life, and said it could ruin his father's business, of which he had discovered after hiring men to investigate the men behind the Twitter account.
"He said I would be banned from Anfield for life. I told him the season ticket - which I share - was not in my name. He said it didn't matter, and that both I and the lad who owns the season ticket would be reimbursed and then given lifetime bans from Anfield.
"He then started to talk about what a disaster this would be for me - how not only would I lose the season ticket and be banned for life, but I would upset a friend who would be banned for life through no fault of his own.
"I told him I'd known my friend since we were both 4 years old (my point being that our friendship would not be jeopardised by a ridiculous situation like this). He took it the wrong way and re-emphasised what a disaster it would be for me to lose a lifelong friend.
"He then told me that most journalists despised Duncan Jenkins, and some had been actively trying to find out who was behind it so they could run smear stories on me in the press.
"I asked why would any journo hate him, I asked was it because it was perceived that Duncan was making fools out of them - beating them to several exclusives, "outscooping" and out-performing them. He said that was exactly it.
He added: "He told me that if I didn't tweet as requested by Thursday night, and/or that further checks with their suspected mole revealed links to me, that he would hand over all of my info (from the dossier compiled by the people hired to find me) to the embittered journalists and ask them to do their worst, to run smear stories on me in the tabloid press.
"He said "they will make your life hell, and will turn all Liverpool supporters against you. The papers will say you cost the club you claim to love serious money, that you wilfully damaged the club".
"You know how crazy football fans are", he said, "You'll have dog shit coming through your letterbox, you'll have to take your Facebook page down, you might even have to move house".
The incident comes at a bad time for Liverpool, with press coverage heavily focused on Luis Sureaz's dive against Stoke, for which Potters boss Tony Pulis said the Uruguayan deserved a three game ban. Chang is yet to respond to the blog or the allegations made against him.
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Even for the time, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion had slightly dodgy animations. Fortunately, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has a shiny new animation system in its revamped engine, with all sorts of motion-captured shininess, as developer Bethesda details in a new developer diary.
"We didn't want to have the 'one size fits all' for all characters. In the past, we had a very rigid system--every character, whether they were a bipedal humanoid, or a robot, or a quadraped, all had almost the exact same animation structure. And they don't move the same, and that was very limiting, and it just didn't make sense."
"We wanted to have a lot of flexibility to animate the characters as the animators wanted it," lead animator Josh Jones explains in the new podcast.
Many other topics, from perfectionism to animation conundrums posed by Skyrim's complexity, are chewed over too. If you're actively hoovering up every last Skyrim fact-nugget ahead of its launch this Friday on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, check out the podcast and article.
If you simply want to look at moving stuff, and don't care about all the hard work put into the podcast by former Shack editor (and current Bethesda community manager) Nick Breckon, Bethesda's Sal Go also did a thing:
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Sandberg named interim coach/manager of the Phillies.
We're interested here of course since he is from Spokane.
His team of choice was of course the Cubbies but they passed him over twice for a managers job before he got the point he wasn't wanted there and moved on. He was a former minor league manager of the years for the Phils so it wasn't just a name thing.
I fear he's in a dead end job at Philly as they need help getting their "old guys" to play.
I would have posted a link to our paper but if you aren't a subscriber they charge for it. If you're interested its Spokanesman.com


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Radio station, Jack FM helped out folks with the most important piece Saturday, the turkey.
The station started the coalition to save Thanksgiving because they felt that everyone was in a rush to get into the Christmas spirit and were forgetting about Thanksgiving. ...
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Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts is hosting an Amazing Race program for Cadette, Senior, & Ambassador Scouts on Saturday, May 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Program: The race starts in a US city - Worcester, Massachusetts! Teams must follow clues and instructions and make their way to checkpoints in places around the city, eventually racing to the finish line! Along the way teams perform tasks that represent the culture and adventures of the city - past and present. Teams will come across obstacles and challenges in the form of road blocks, detours and pit stops. Do you think you have the brains, brawn and street-smarts to win the race? Form your team and become a contestant in the AMAZING RACE!
Teams are made up of girls (with their adult chaperones/drivers), with one vehicle per team. Many teams will enter; only one team will win.
Event #: 4802
Registration cost is $20 per Scout.
Minimum 8 teams (1 vehicle per team) and no maximums.
Registration deadline is May 1
To register, contact the Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts Council.


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Linked by Brooss on Sat 26th Feb 2011 16:49 UTC
Google has released a new set of tools for the WebP Image format. The release includes a completely rewritten encoder with improved image quality. Also available is a Windows Imaging Component providing WebP import to any application that supports WIC such as Microsoft Office 2010. There is a side-by-side comparison between the new encoder, the old encoder and JPEG here.


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Police placed a woman found lying in the northbound lanes of the 1000 block of Main Street on Saturday on a mental health hold, police reported.
A man told police that his vehicle was broken into and audio equipment and personal items were taken Sunday, police reported. There are no suspects and the case is closed.
A thief stole a purse from the 2200 block of Ken Pratt Boulevard on Saturday, according to reports.


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On the ThinkPHP blog today, Bjorn Schotte points out a PHP extension that has the potential to be very useful for developers wanting to monitor the current usage of the parts of their scripts - mod_top.
mod_top is a PHP extension that is able to monitor PHP 4.4.x and PHP 5.x based applications. Sounds cool. Unfortunately it seems there's no source available, but the FAQ says that mod_top is free.
Check out some of the screenshots to get an idea of what the output looks like. There's three simple steps to getting it up and running - installing the Lamp1701 libraries, installing the PHP Probe extension and, of course, running the software. Check out the project's page for more information including the downloads.


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New Adventures
Old people think everything is old—it's the "been there, done that" attitude. Get over it. Start to find new things that get you excited or renew your interest in the things you love—hobbies, fashion trends, movies, causes, or even advanced education. The young are continually exploring the world and pursuing future dreams. You may not have your whole life ahead of you, but you can still have some dreams for the future. Ever notice how young people get excited when a new restaurant in town opens up or their favorite actor makes a new movie? Get back into the mindset of exploring the new things all around you.


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Suppose an investor who pays £120 on 15 July 2007 for £100 nominal of a six-year stock with half-yearly coupon payments of 13% pa and is not subject to tax. The stock is redeemable at par. Calculate the running yield?
I understood entire question but what actually is running yield?


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I bought a used 9850 and unlocked it. But I have no internet or email capabilities.
Im using it on t mobile and yes I have the BB internet package.
I'm unable to use my pin on this phone and I have no host routing table.
Tmobile support says the pin number for this device is registered under sprint still and they dont know how to release it.
Anyone have any suggestions
Thank you


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SUT really simplifies my work life. Here are some of the things I really love:
1) I can specify conference call numbers in my phonebook, and then have it just connect me automatically if my preferred device is my computer, or show me the passcode I need to dial if my preferred device is a hard phone. I have a lot of conference calls, so this one saves me a ton of work!
2) I can set routing rules so that my calls come in where I am, regardless of how people try to reach me. For example, I like to use my office phone when I'm in the office, but my computer softphone when I'm working at home.
3) If i need to switch devices, I can easily do that. For example, I can transfer a call to my cell or my home phone as need be (e.g., if I'm walking from one meeting room to another).
4) I can easily click someone's name in my contact list and call them when I need to talk, or turn a chat into a call if the conversation gets complicated.
5) I can use the live text widget to click any name or number in a Notes email or chat history to place a call -- no need to reach for a phone.
Have you tried SUT? I'd love to hear your feedback if you have!


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Life's like a box of chocolates & there's gotta be some gelt in it too! ~ Chocolategelt.com Since 2003
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Very happy with the timing of the arrival of the products I ordered and the products themselves. Just curious though - supposedly i was being given a free gift with my order. My order arrived, but no ...
- Wholesale
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Florida man finds 1.95-carat diamond at Arkansas park
By Rachel Hook
This article was published November 28, 2012 at 2:06 p.m.
Doug Lay, 40, of Hernando, Fla., shows off the 1.95-carat brown diamond he discovered Tuesday at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro. It's t...
This 1.95-carat brown diamond, discovered by 40-year-old Doug Lay of Florida at Crater of Diamonds State Park Murfreesboro on Tuesday, is about the si...
A Florida man vacationing with his father in Arkansas unearthed a brown diamond Tuesday at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro.
Doug Lay, 40, of Hernando, Fla., made the discovery about 1 p.m. while he and his father were wet sifting in the East Drain, the park said.
The 1.95-carat coffee-colored gem — which has a metallic, pitted surface and is about the size of an English pea — is the second-largest diamond to be discovered at the park this year. The largest was a 1.99-carat yellow Stacy Diamond discovered in March by a ninth-grade student from Garland, Texas, the park said.
Lay told park officials he has not yet picked out a name for his diamond but plans to keep it as a memento of the times he has enjoyed outdoors with his father.
The park said nearly 500 diamonds have been found on its 37 1/2-acre site this year.
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Emmabuntus:Community portal
From Emmabuntus
Distribution Linux
refurbishing of computers given to humanitarian organizations, especially Emmaüs communities, where the name comes from, and to promote the discovery of Linux by beginners, but also to extend the life of the equipment and to reduce waste caused by over- consumption of raw materials.
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Jerry - Do It Together project. Jerry is an open source hardware project that is fully up-cycled and very low-cost. It gives a new life to computer components that would otherwise go in the trash. About a year ago this project chose Emmabuntüs as a favourite distribution on the Jerry desktop version, and the JerryClan Ivory Coast work and create: JerryTub for the monitoring patients of tuberculosis, and M-Pregancy for the monitoring of pregnancies and pregnant women.
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Almost all of us are familiar with the ubiquitous presence of Secret Service agents surrounding the President of the United States. With their sunglasses, conservative suits and squiggly earpieces, their presence projects a warning to any person who ponders attacking the president. Yet, out of view, but always nearby, is a vehicle that contains five or so heavily armed and armored agents, ready to respond to an attack at a moment's notice. These agents are members of the Secret Service CAT (Counter-Assault team) teams.[1]
The CAT's mission is "to neutralize organized attacks, multiple attackers, snipers from a known location, and rocket attacks against the president of the United States through the use of speed, surprise, and violence of action" (Within Arm's Length by retired Secret Service agent Dan Emmett, 2012, p.70). CAT teams today enjoy an international reputation for expertise and professionalism. While the need for them in motorcades and presidential public appearances is painfully obvious, it wasn't always the case.
The Secret Service, ironically established by Abraham Lincoln on the day of his assassination, was originally created to combat the proliferation of counterfeit money in Civil War America. It was only after the assassination of President McKinley in 1901 that the Secret Service assumed the permanent assignment of protecting presidents. Throughout most of the 20th Century the Secret Service perceived the primary threat to the President as emanating from a lone gunman, since that is how presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy had been murdered.[2] In keeping with this threat perception the Secret Service's leadership did not see the need for the development of a counter-terrorist unit. This was despite the fact that local police forces and many federal agencies already had established such units by the early 1980s.[3]
However, events in the 1980s finally forced the issue. With terrorism on the rise and America a target, the Secret Service leadership came to the realization that the lone gunman was no longer the sole or even primary threat to the president. Agents now had to be concerned with a well-planned terrorist attack consisting of several heavily armed assailants. Shift agents with revolvers would no longer suffice. It was this reality that led to the creation of CAT teams in the late 1980s. Initially, however, CAT teams were used only haphazardly. It wasn't until 1992 that they became a part of the PPD (presidential protection division) and a permanent part of presidential security.
Leaders must stay in touch with what the current challenges and opportunities are for their organizations. The Secret Service leadership took too long to acknowledge the change in their mission. Only by the grace of G-d and the brave work of their agents did they avoid a major catastrophe. The shameful truth is that for much of the 1980s the Secret Service wasn't ready.
Informed by this example, we can understand an additional reason for the Chazal quoted by Rashi at the beginning of this week's parsha regarding the requirement that the Sanhedrin have its official seat near the mizbayach. The Rambam (Hilchot Be'at HaMikdash 6:11) explains that the reason the Sanhedrin was situated within the confines of the Beit HaMikdash was to enable its members to be readily available to determine the halachic suitability of individual Kohanim to perform the Temple service. The Rambam's ruling is based upon the Mishnah in Middot (5:4).This explanation presents a functional relationship and obvious necessity for the Sanhedrin's location.
In light of the lesson from the Secret Service, namely, that leaders must be in touch with their people and their environment, and the Mishnah's functional explanation, I believe we can suggest an additional related reason for the Sanhedrin's location. Besides being the final arbiter of difficult legal cases and the licensing agency for Kohanim, the Sanhedrin was also responsible for the maintenance of the religious well-being of Bnei Yisrael. At times, to maintain a proper religious equilibrium, the Sanhedrin found it necessary to enact various laws, Takanot and Gezeirot. The essential difference between these two categories is that Takanot involved a law requiring the performance of a positive action whereas a Gezeirah required refraining from certain actions. The key determinants for such legislation were necessity and doability on the part of the people.


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November's Art Walk is a busy one, with three shows opening at the state museum, two shows at the city museum, and lots more activity around town. Read on for details.
"Original Children's Book Illustrations" by Jim Fowler
JAHC Gallery
Juneau Arts & Culture Center
Reception: 4:30–7 p.m.
Local illustrator and painter Jim Fowler -- whose kids' books include "Patsy Ann," "Arctic Aesop's Fables" and "Benny's Flag" -- will show a selection of his original illustrations from 14 different books.
Fowler's first kids book was a collaboration with the late Jean Rogers, "The Secret Moose," in the early 1980s. Since then he has produced many titles with his wife, local writer Susi Gregg Fowler, as well as others.
In explaining his illustration process, Fowler said, "When constructing an illustration I start with the text, then look for ways to enhance it with one or more visual subtexts — a clumsy pet, a trying younger sibling, caribou grazing against a sun that refuses to set, a toddler's plaster hand-print hanging on the wall. But the story drives the choices. Style, materials, and palette all affect the way the characters and the story are communicated."
Faces and Places: Artwork by Marianne Manning
The Canvas Community Art Studio & Gallery
223 Seward St.
Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.
Longtime local artist Marianne Manning will show recent oil paintings and other works at the Canvas. Manning, a former art teacher at Harborview and Juneau-Douglas High School, will show portraits, landscape paintings and stained glass, among other works.
While creating pieces for her show Marianne said that she was inspired by Eileen Duffy, Jan Neimeyer, and Grace, an elementary student at Sandy Hook Elementary School, all of whom recently passed away and shared a love of art. She hopes that her paintings and glassworks "encourage people to enjoy their families and friends. To pursue the things in life that bring them joy. Art brings me joy and I feel blessed to be able to work on my art and share it with friends and family."
"Infinite Visibility," photography by Toby Harbanuk
Jewelry by Allison Tazlina Kane in the gift shop
Juneau-Douglas City Museum
Fourth and Main Streets
Reception: 4:30-7:30 p.m.
The Juneau-Douglas City Museum will feature Toby Harbanuk's stereographic and aerial photography in an exhibit, titled "Infinite Visibility." Harbunuk, a lifelong Alaskan, was given a digital camera at age 17, after being hired to work on a Tracy Arm excursion boat, and the artform soon became a passion. He gained additional perspective while working for a helicopter flightseeing company in college, and some of the work in this show reflects that experience. The exhibit includes images of glaciers and forests printed on 12-inch square aluminum tiles that have been hung in grid formation to form 5-by-5 foot murals. His show will be on view through Dec. 28.
Allison Tazlina Kane will present her collection of handmade porcelain jewelry in the gift shop. Some of Kane's jewelry features high-fired ceramic decals, other pieces are embossed with floral and lace images. Her work will be for sale at the gift shop through Nov. 21.
New work by Barbara LaVallee, Alice Teersteeg and Meg Jones
Annie Kaill's
244 Front St.
Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.
Annie Kaills will feature three artists: visual artists Barbara LaVallee and Alice Teersteeg and jeweler Meg Jones.
LaVallee, a well known illustrator and artist, will show several new originals and will be doing signings of her work as well as calendars.
Juneau artist Teersteeg will show work including a painting of antique fire truck that the city just received and raven images from Taku Graphic's 2014 Raven calendar.
Jones, of Eugene, Ore. and Petersburg works in sterling silver and beads and creates sea creatures — including jelly fish, salmon, halibut, crabs — that she oxidizes, patterns, patinas to create original works of art.
Work by Dianne Anderson
Juneau Artists Gallery
175 S. Franklin St.
Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.
Multi-media artist Dianne Anderson, a longtime member of the Juneau Artists Gallery, will show work in a variety of artistic media, including oil paintings on canvas, dyes on silk and intaglio (etched plate prints) on handmade paper, made from blue jeans or local plant material. Anderson, who taught art in Alaska for 22 years, was reenergized in her own art after a visit to Paris in 2010 in which she studied the French masters. For example, one of the paintings in this show, "The Governor's Manion/House," bears evidence of these influences in its impressionistic dots and surrealistic imagery. Other works include intaglio and silk scarves.
"Sketches and Scribbles," original work from the sketchbooks of Patrick Race
Alaska Robotics Gallery
Front Street
Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.
For this exhibit, Alaska Robotics Gallery co-owner Pat Race will be sharing work from his personal sketchbooks, including pieces from the gallery's Wednesday night life-drawing sessions.
Solo exhibit by David Rubin
"From Out," a solo exhibit by Dick Benedict
"Ten Years of Alaskan Art"
Alaska State Museum
395 Whittier St.
Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.
Three new exhibits will open at the Alaska State Museum on Friday, all of which will be on display through Jan. 25.
David Rubin and Dick Benedict will both open solo exhibits at the museum. Rubin, a Ketchikan resident since 1983, is known for his portraiture. He studied at the Frank Reilly League of Artists for a year in 1987 before returning to Ketchikan where he teaches art twice a week. "Everybody starts off coloring; I just never stopped," said Rubin.
He will be leading a free portrait drawing workshop on Saturday Nov. 2 from 1-3 p.m. for kids in middle and high school. The kids will draw from live models in costume.
Benedict, of Juneau, uses the centuries-old oil and egg tempera mixture to create surreal images on panel. Much of his work is executed using a small, diamond-shaped pallet knife, and inspiration for his paintings comes from abstract images in nature or images from a dream.
The third exhibit, "Ten Years of Alaskan Art," will showcase selections from a decade of works acquired through the support of the Rasmuson Foundation Art Acquisition Fund, which provides grants for Alaska museums to purchase current work by practicing Alaskan artists. Artists whose works will be on display include local artists Rick Beaseley, Constance Baltuck, Archie Cavanaugh Jr., Mary Ellen Frank, Dan Fruits, Ben Huff, Sue Kraft and Jane Terzis. Also featured are Kesler Woodward, Nicholas Galanin, Da-ka-xeen Mehner, Ray Troll, David Mollet and many others.
First year anniversary celebration
Aurora Healing Arts
114 S Franklin St.
Reception: 4;30-7:00
In celebration of the shop's first year anniversary, Aurora Healing Arts will feature original paintings and dream catchers by Lily Killbear, art by Clarissa Rizal, and Alaskan Railroad Commemorative Prints. They will also be offering Alaskana Botanicals Devil's Club Chai Tea and free chair massage demos.
"People Watching" by Barbara Craver
917 Glacier Ave, #102
Reception: Coppa will be open until 10 p.m. on First Friday
Barbara Craver's exhibit, "People Watching," features images of people playing music, drinking coffee, shopping and going about life. Also included are some of Craver's pastel drawings focusing on portraiture from life drawing sessions.
Book Signing with Katherine Hocker and Cheryl Cook
Hearthside Books downtown
First Friday booksigning: 5-7 p.m.
Katherine Hocker and Cheryl Cook will sign copies of their new children's book, "When You See Flukes." The 32-page book, illustrated by Hocker, is geared toward elementary school kids. Hocker is a naturalist, writer and illustrator, who has worked as an Artist in the Schools in Juneau, and Cook is a tour boat captain and naturalist.
Aunt Claudia's Dolls museum
114 S Franklin Suite 105, above Hearthside Books
Open hours: 2-7 p.m. Friday, 12-5 p.m. Saturday
Aunt Claudia's Dolls, a Juneau museum displaying the large collection of Claudia Kelsey's dolls and miniatures, will feature a collection from the Philippines, with work by internationally acknowledged art doll maker, Akira. A slide show of Akira's work will be projected during the opening. The collection of Akira's work is now part of the museum's permanent exhibit.
The collection curator, Douglas doll artist Mary Ellen Frank, will host the event with the collection's current owner, Bea Shepard. Frank's doll making studio, located within the museum, will also be on view.
Crabstract, by Julie Crabtree
The Rookery
111 Seward St.
Reception: 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Local artist Julie Crabtree will show a selection of paintings and stained glass work at the Rookery.
Live music from the Taku Gales
Rainy Retreat Books
113 Seward St.
Reception: 5:30-7 p.m.
Local musicians the Taku Gales will perform during Friday's Art Walk at Rainy Retreat.
A new collection of quilts
360 Egan Drive
Reception: 4:30–6:30 p.m.
Quilts from The Monday Night Sewing Circle and The Gold Street Quilters will be on view at KTOO building. The two groups created the quilts for the AWARE Shelter and children in foster homes.
Free First Friday yoga class
Rainforest Yoga
174 South Franklin St.
Class: 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Carol Race will teach a free yoga class on First Friday at Rainforest Yoga Studio, located above Gold Town Theater in the Emporium Mall. Each First Friday class features a different teacher and style. All levels are welcome.


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Today I bought a small Christmas sock for Molly, so she can get a present (dog treat!) each day from the 1st to the 24st of December. In Denmark this is called calendar gifts. We hung up the sock, and it quickly caught her interest. Actually, we hadn't even shown it to her, but soon after she started howling and barking at it, so in order to make the sock more "friendly" to her, I put in a treat and gave it to her. BIG mistake, now the sock just became even more interesting, so the howling increased
It's gonna be a LOOONG Christmas


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If you have rice in your pantry, you're well on your way to a great meal - something you have in common with home cooks around the globe. Martha offers a lesson on the world's most common grain, starting with a perfect pot of fluffy white rice that you can incorporate into a main course or serve as an accompaniment to a host of other dishes. From there, she'll show you her tried-and-true techniques for flavorful pilaf, risotto and Thai fried rice.
Visit the Website: http://www.pbs.org/food/shows/martha-stewarts-cooking-school/
Episode #106 / Length: 26 minutes


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Google rejects tax-siege claims
The head of Google Australia has rejected the suggestion that the company is under siege from tax authorities around the world despite many governments saying they intend to crack down on tax minimisation by multinational corporations.
In November, Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury took the unprecedented step of criticising by name two US technology giants, Google and Apple.
Google Australia reportedly paid tax of either $74.176 or $781.471 in 2011 on its estimated Australian revenue of at least $1 billion.
"If enormous multinational corporations aren't paying their fair share of tax on economic activity in Australia, then that's not fair game," Mr Bradbury said.
An expert panel set up by Mr Bradbury has recommended legal changes to make public more information about how much tax is paid by multinational companies such as Google.
However, on Wednesday the managing director of Google Australia and New Zealand, Nick Leeder, said: "We don't feel particularly under siege. We understand the issue and it is an important issue."
He said the issue could only be resolved through international co-operation and Google looked forward to working with the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, which has called for an overhaul of international tax laws.
"We understand there is an issue around the world and it is one that requires co-operation from different countries," Mr Leeder said. "You can't solve this issue one country a time. I think the OECD is exactly where this issue needs to be dealt with."
In a report published last week blaming "profit shifting" for eroding the tax base, the OECD warned the practice "constitutes a serious risk to tax revenues, tax sovereignty and tax fairness" around the world.
Mr Leeder defended Google's record, saying that "as a company you have a duty to your shareholders to make sure that your structure is efficient so we can compete with other big companies".
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I just noticed a significant size variation on the PDF downloads. For example, 174, 176, 177 and 178 weigh in between 11 and 17MB whereas 175 is 180MB. The ones I have downloaded do seem to vary in file size, avaraging around 50MB.
Just wondering why issue 175 is more than ten times bigger than the issues either side of it. Is this a PDF production issue?


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Student Life
President's Award for Outstanding Community Service: Call for Nominations
April 09, 2013
Do you know an outstanding junior or senior that has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to community service? Nominate them for the President's Award for Outstanding Community Service! Students, faculty, and staff may nominate seniors for this prestigious award.
The following criteria will be used in determining a recipient of this award:
1. The student must be a Lewis & Clark senior with a strong academic record
2. The student must demonstrate a commitment to servant leadership through on-going direct and indirect service to the Lewis & Clark and greater-Portland communities
3. The student should champion, through direct and indirect service, one or more of the following issues below; AND, demonstrate a critical understanding
of both the symptoms and roots causes of the issues championed:
• Food and Hunger Issues
• Homelessness
• Education: Children and Youth
• Healthcare
• Senior Citizen Assistance and Advocacy
• Civil Rights, Human Rights, and Social Justice
• Environmental Sustainability and Education
• Political Activism
• Special Needs Youth and Adults
4. The student must inspire and motivate other Lewis & Clark students to become actively involved in both the campus and greater-Portland communities.
Please complete the online nomination form.
Nominations are due Monday, April 15th by noon.
After you submit your nomination, we will follow up with you to gather additional information about why you think this student embodies the criteria of the President's Award. Please direct questions to Kelsey Domann-Scholz, Program Coordinator, at email@example.com