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The day of watermelon, corn on the cob, BBQs, picnics, friends, family and fireworks is here. Come celebrate America's Independence Day with Mesa at the annual Arizona Celebration of Freedom event. Bring your family and friends and enjoy a car show, musical performances, food and fireworks!
This annual Fourth of July celebration takes place at the Mesa Convention Center and Mesa Amphitheatre Saturday, July 4 from 6 - 10:30 p.m.
Admission and parking are free, although there may be a fee for some of the activities within the event.
Enjoy and All-American dinner including watermelon, hot dogs, and other BBQ favorites, plus you can even pick-up a beer at the event. Picnics and personal coolers are also welcome, just be sure to check and make sure your cooler is no larger than 26" long x 16" wide x 16" high.
Kids will have a blast at the celebration with inflatable water slides and face painting stations. Don't forget to stop by the vintage car show and check out the live performances and programs, one of which being a reenactment of the revolutionary war.
There will also be a recognition of veterans and their families in "A Hero's Welcome," so nominate a veteran you know to the City of Mesa so the city can show them their appreciation. (The email to send nominations is listed on the website.)
Finish up your night by sitting on a blanket on the lawn and watching the firework show at 9:45 p.m.
Celebrate our freedom with family and friends this 4th of July!


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The depth and breadth of agricultural innovation rose to the surface once again at Lamma 2017. Geoff Ashcroft talks to this year's innovation award winners.
Witham Oil and Paint won the environmental award for its Prolan environmentally protective lubricant, which is available in heavyweight greases through to super-fine sprays.
Suitable for use on metals, wood, rubber and electrical components, it uses lanolin derived from sheep's wool, to provide long-lasting protection through hydrophobic properties to repel moisture and halt corrosion. Lanolin is also a natural non-toxic moisturiser and protector.
"We were delighted to get such recognition for this relatively new product," said Nigel Bottom, Witham Group managing director. The versatility of Prolan makes it suitable to a wide range of on-farm uses, and with NSF approval as a food-grade lubricant, it is safe to use within dairy, vegetable processing and fishery sectors."
"Prolan won't wash off with a cold-water jet wash – it needs steam or a degreaser to remove, so its long-lasting credentials make it a must-have treatment for those looking to prevent corrosion."
The Farm Machinery and Equipment Innovation Award in association with Farmers Guardian, was awarded to Ubiqutek's Touch Pro, a professional hand weeder which uses electricity to kill weeds.
"We are absolutely thrilled to have our techhnology recognised for an award," says Andrew Diprose, executive director of the Birmingham-based firm. "We are looking to extend the concept from a hand-weeding device to a field scale machine, so that commercial growers can take advantage of electrified weed control."
The Touch Pro uses a 32 amp electrical feed, either from mains power or a generator, to power its probes. Touching the offending weed with the electrified probe causes near instant destruction of plant cells, with electrical current running from leaf to root to effect a systemic kill.
A first-time exhibitor at the Lamma show, Ubiqutek says it has been over-whelmed with the level of interest from growers and manufacturers. "There has been a lot on interest from organic crop producers, and also from those who are struggling to combat those weeds with a high resistance to chemicals," he said.
Pace Mechanical Handling won the crop production award for its Orion CBC complete bag control system.
With electric motors gaining encoded measuring devices, the firm says the device offers fully automatic bag stitching with a level of repeatable accuracy which delivers 100 per cent productivity.
"We were over the moon to win an award," said Nick Cesare, managing director of Pace Mechanical Handling. "We like Lamma's grass roots approach to agriculture, and to win an award adds an element of prestige to us and our customers."
The Orion CBC can handle a wide variety of paper and polypropylene sack materials to pack a broad range of products including potatoes, vegetables and animal feeds.
"Our pneumatics also use a centrifugal fan to create a vacuum, rather than relying on a more complex compressor. It is mechanically simple, yet very robust."
Irish manufacturer Acres Machinery, based at Roscommon, won the new technology award for its Supercrop1; a three-in-one crop wilting machine which can rake, condition and ted mown grass.
"I am extremely happy that we won such an award on our first visit to Lamma," said David Doran. "It is great to be recognised for a technological innovation."
The trailed Supercrop1 uses a conditioning rotor to lift and aerate a swath, before placing it back on the ground. It is fed from two rake attachments which extend the working width to 6.2m, enabling the machine to gather multiple rows or a crop that has been spread.
Supplementary tedding is available, from a pair of hydraulically driven tedding rotors which can be lowered into the flow of crop leaving the machine.
"We're looking to expand the range, and to offer the raking elements as a front-mounted attachment to suit baling contractors," he said.
With innovation and safety in mind, Northern Engineering received the livestock equipment award for its Cow Tipper.
"We are really excited to have been given an award for our Cow Tipper," said Joe Quinn Sr, managing director of Northern Engineering. "It boosts operator safety, cow comfort and convenience."
The fully hydraulic roll-over cattle-squeezing side crush, incorporates a side-opening panel for vets to perform caesarean operations, offers rubber matting and padding to improve animal comfort and carries a sluice box to contain manure and preventing it from flowing beneath the animal.
Ratchet handles and chains are used to secure the animal's legs during hoof trimming, and a mesh-style toolbox places the grinder within convenient reach of the operator.
"We have been surprised by the high level of interest that show visitors have shown in our Cow Tipper," he said. "We'll be coming back next year."
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This handy kit comes with everything you need to provide a KNOW YOUR RIGHTS training workshop in your community!
Our toolkit for book donations to county jails makes it easy and fun to gather support from your community!
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Welcome • Bienvenue • استقبال • वेलकम • Karibu • Soo Dhaweyn
Jamma Umoja means families in union in Swahili. Jamma Umoja was established in 1996 as a private limited company to offer social work services to families.
The residential family centre is a Family Resource Service offering assessment and treatment services. Our aim is to provide an independent service which offers a spectrum of services in respect of children and their families.
The assessment protocol within the residential units is based on the concept of "good enough parenting". Each family is assessed on their ability to offer their child(ren) adequate care and to prioritise the needs of their child(ren). The assessment model is based on the Department of Health guidance 'Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families'. The programme covers the three domains within the 'triangle' framework, including the day-to-day physical care of the children, assessment of risk and evaluating the quality of the attachment and bonding between the children and their parents.
The method of assessment is active assessment i.e. working alongside parents, offering guidance, modelling behaviour, working with parents around their own background history of being parented, helping them to identify and understand patterns within their own childhood, which could potentially replay themselves in their current family. The assessment process aims to work with families around a wide range of areas including assisting them in understanding the concerns of the placing agency, to develop an awareness around what constitutes abuse and the impact this has had or might have in the future upon their child(ren). The assessment also looks at how to develop more robust protective parenting strategies as well as establishing patterns of care which meet their child's requirements. The assessment will also consider the parent's future capacity to meet their child's capacity as the child's needs become increasingly complex.
Observations of families are carried out on all appropriate physical care tasks initially, reducing these observations when and if it becomes apparent that the parents / caregivers are competent in these areas. >From admission staff escort the parent(s) out at all times when they leave the Family Centre with their children. This is considered at the first placement review two weeks after admission. Escorting is only lifted by mutual agreement with the local authority.
There are arrangements in place with the local doctor's surgery for all families to be registered in order to access medical care whilst at the centre. Families of children under five years old are also seen by a Health Visitor on a regular basis according to the needs of each child and the concerns in the case. The clinic is held at the centre and the Health Visitor provides feedback on each child to staff as well as noting this in the client held record (red book). It is customary for Jamma Umoja to accompany parents to the GP regarding medical appointments for children and can be available to support to adults to attend appointments if they so request.
Jamma Umoja's Family Centre offers parents their own room with a fridge and TV. Bathroom and cooking facilities are shared. There is also a communal living room.
Parents are expected to purchase their own food and prepare and cook meals for their own family.
The family has access to laundry facilities on site. There are no charges at the centre for service users.
The communal nature of the centre is designed to enable staff to see parents outside of their own living space mixing with other families. These observations enable workers to make an assessment of parents' social skills, their capacity to engage with others and their capacity to make judgements about the risks that other families might pose to them and their children.
These arrangements also offer an opportunity to assess a family's capacity for social integration – who do they gravitate towards, do they isolate themselves, how do they share facilities and space?
As well as attending formal sessions much of the assessment occurs around the day to day exchanges with parents.


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Call buyers streamed into Broadcom yesterday, as the chip maker ran higher with the rest of the technology sector.
The option action centered on the December 36 strike with buyers paying about $1.43 to $1.78 throughout the day as the largest block of 3,943 calls went for $1.46. More than 6,700 calls traded against previous positioning of 1,778, indicating that these are newly opened positions.


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The channel will be available on Freeview, YouView, Sky and Virgin Media across the Edinburgh area. Test transmissions are already on-air on Freeview channel 23 and follows last year's successful launch of STV's local TV channel for Glasgow.
Edinburgh residents even had an opportunity a week ahead of the launch to be part of the opening titles for The Fountainbridge Show when filming of the titles took place outside Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms.
The Fountainbridge Show will be presented nightly from the studio by former Heart and Real Radio breakfast show host, Ewen Cameron and broadcaster and presenter Hayley Matthews. The Fountainbridge News will air from 6:30 – 7:00pm each evening, followed by The Fountainbridge Show from 7:00 – 8:30pm.
STV Edinburgh's launch line up also includes Edinburgh's Murder Mysteries at 9pm, STV Edinburgh News at 10pm and Peter & Roughie's Football Show at 11pm.
Popular archive programming will return to the STV Edinburgh schedule on Tuesday 13th January with the very first episode of Take the High Road at 5:30pm. STV Edinburgh will also broadcast one hour of non-English speaking content per week with Polish drama, Czas Honoru (Days of Honour), beginning on Friday 16th January, with subtitles.
STV Edinburgh will be on air midday to midnight each day with an entertaining mix of news and features, live and interactive formats, and quality acquired and archive programmes.
Paul Hughes, channel editor for STV Edinburgh said: "The response from local people to the launch of the brand new channel has been fantastic. We've been inundated with requests from local bands and chefs from the capital who want to appear on the The Fountainbridge Show which is really encouraging ahead of launch.
"STV Glasgow launched to a terrific reception last June and we anticipate the people of Edinburgh will welcome this new platform that will reflect everything going on in the city on a daily basis."
The new channel will complement STV's current portfolio of locally focused services on air, online and on mobile. STV has recently applied for further local TV licences, which would allow the broadcaster to launch similar local TV services in Aberdeen, Ayr and Dundee.
Local TV is rolling out across numerous locations in the UK. Local TV stations already operate in the other UK capital cities: London Live, Made in Cardiff and NVTV Belfast.
Available on all major digital TV services. Check your coverage and applicable channel numbers.
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Achieving Manchester United hero Gary Neville's success would be dream come true for Kyle Walker
Achieving Manchester United hero Gary Neville's success would be dream come true for Kyle Walker
Achieving the success that Manchester United hero Gary Neville achieved with club and country would be a dream come true for young protégé Kyle Walker.
The 22-year-old fullback – who scooped PFA Young Player of the Year in April – is currently training with his England teammates at the FA's new £105million St George's Park.
And as the Tottenham ace prepares to replace Glen Johnson as rightback, he is hailing the work he and England coach Neville are doing and hopes the ex-United ace can influence him positively.
"I'm young, I want to improve, I want to become the best I can be and Gary Neville is really helping me with that aim," he said.
"He's a player that I looked up to and watched often. He had a fantastic career and he gives me tips and coaches me through things. I'm excited to be working with him.
"I've always liked to go forward but he has helped massively in terms of myself improving defensively. I just want to keep on learning."
Neville's unforgettable link up play with David Beckham for the Reds and Three Lions was the foundation for attacking fullbacks, and Walker hopes he can emulate his success at both ends of the pitch.
"My defending is improving every time, every week," he added. "I think it is just about experience and learning off people like Gary plus the likes of Joleon Lescott, Phil Jagielka and Gary Cahill.
"The decision-making has to be key. There is club level but then you step up to international level and have to be even more precise."
Walker was forced to sit on the sidelines through injury as Roy Hodgson's men travelled to Poland and Ukraine for Euro 2012.
And the stress of watching his opportunity go by is being used to spur on his performance, insists the former Aston Villa man.
"It is a fantastic opportunity for me to get into the team," he added. "I've been patient and waited for that.
"Hopefully on Friday [against San Marino] I can show everyone what I can do and have a good game.
"A first competitive start is what I've been waiting for, for a long time now. For my entire career, since I was seven, I've wanted to play for England, and put that jersey on.
"It's been a very up and down year for me. I won the young player of the year at club level so it's been good in that sense.
"At the end of the season it was a disappointment, having worked so hard to get into the England team, to have that little niggle on my toe.
"But it was fantastic the manager gave me the phone call, saying it was sad he couldn't take me there but saying I was in his plans and he had belief in me."
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This vanity card is dedicated to a very pretty and very talented young actress named Lexie Contursi. Let me explain. In tonight's episode of "The Big Bang Theory," Penny struggles emotionally when her small guest role on "NCIS" is cut. In an unrelated story, which oddly became very related, Koothrappali and Stuart go to a shopping mall with a plan to talk to unattractive strangers in order to build up their confidence with attractive girls. Almost immediately they are approached by a beautiful young woman, played by Lexie, who asks them for directions to a coffee shop. Sadly, or hopefully, comically, they run from her because they've yet to do the grunt work of talking to regular-looking folks. And here's where the two stories intersect. We had to cut it in order to get the episode down to the required running time. Penny gets cut. Lexie gets cut. One is make believe. One is real. Which is why I wanted to take this opportunity to tell Lexie, and all her friends and relatives, that she nailed the part. Just nailed it. The fact that it did not appear in tonight's episode had absolutely nothing to do with her performance. So, on behalf of everyone at "The Big Bang Theory," I'd like to extend a heartfelt apology to Lexie Contursi, and assure her that we will try to find a way to get her back on the show. Of course an even better resolution would be if she became a big movie star and got to tell David Letterman the funny story of the time she had one stupid line in a sitcom and it got cut. It happens, Lexie. Ask Sharon Stone about the time she didn't get the part of Paul Reiser's girlfriend on "My Two Dads."
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Cloward and Pivin for Conservatives?
You may be familiar with Cloward & Pivin. In a nutshell, their political strategies called for community level organizing aimed at overwhelming governmental and social systems to bring about radical social and political change by way of creating and sustaining social and financial crisis. They were the strategic darlings of the radical left in America for quite some time.
The Cloward and Pivin strategies were applied with varying degrees of success to welfare, housing and voting rights campaigns.
Conservatives, by nature, aren't of a mind to purposefully overwhelm systems or create crisis as a transitional vehicle or political strategy. Perhaps, however, the time has come to adopt exactly the Cloward & Pivin mindset.
How would a conservative go about such an effort? There is no conservative equivalent of ACORN, the unions are obviously not in the conservative picture, and the GOP…., not exactly a bastion of convervatism lately either. However, it's clear that conservative issues are not going to get a whole lot of attention from the current White House or Congress. Maybe, just maybe, we need a Cloward & Pivin strategy for conservatives.
Just for giggles, try this on for size and fit. Every conservative in the country immediately changes their withholding status to the maximum number of dependants allowable. That simply means less withholding tax and more cash in your pocket as long as you stay on the maximum number of dependants. (Don't spend the extra money you'll need it later.)
The resultant impact on Federal and State cash flow would be immediate and dramatic. A political and a financial crisis all rolled into one! An overloading of the system by way of a legal option! Tax collections would plummet, state governments would cry foul and aim their anger at a tone deaf, free spending Washington; what to do? The problem for the politicos is vexing as it's perfectly legal to change your dependant status and "manage" the amount of withholding taken from your pay check.
The message delivery is simple, get off the current path, stop the deficit spending, reduce the budget, shrink the scope of government intervention and support a strong dollar policy or we stay right where we are, all 50 million of us claiming 8 dependants each and taking care of the cash ourselves.
Ah, just another exercise in Astroturf they will say. Get off it you'll have to pay your taxes eventually yea, not so fast, Homer!
Stage two: on March 15th we all file for extensions on our 2010 taxes. 50 million requests for extensions! Still not getting the message?
Stage three: we wait for the IRS to catch up, send us those nasty letters and then we all ask for tax court hearings, yup, all 50 million of us. Under normal circumstances it can take 8 months to schedule a tax court hearing. 50 million tax court submissions might just, wait for it …….overload the system. It could, literally, be years before the tax court even processed the requests let alone schedule the hearings. Spoken from experience! Can you hear me now?
Cloward & Pivin were, for a time at least, highly successful and their strategies are applied to this day by organizations such as ACORN, Rainbow Push Coalition, Labor Unions and others. Perhaps we should attempt to emulate that success in a different direction!
We have a proud tradition of civil disobedience, we have a political and legal class that veers Constitutional interpretation farther and farther from the belief system that created it. We also have power! We may have forgotten that we have that power but it is there, just waiting for organizing influences and ideas.


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Activities for Preschool Age Children About Self Awareness
Self-awareness is the mental picture preschoolers have of who they are in relation to the world. Self-awareness is synonymous with self-identity, a concept children begin understanding from age 18 months on. For most preschoolers, self-awareness means discovering their bodies and emotions and realizing body differences in relation to their peers. Preschool activities that cater to this development will help your child make positive connections with his body and society as a whole.
Same vs. Different
Preschoolers recognize physical differences before similarities and tend to sort these based on color and size. Preschoolers commonly notice differences in skin color and other physical characteristics. To guide this process, you may get out knee-high nylons of different colors for your child to try on. Pretend that they are skin, and emphasize the beauty and uniqueness of each color. Your preschooler will learn to appreciate his own skin color and the colors of others, says childhood specialist Barbara Biles.
Cultural Identity
Preschoolers often accept the stereotypes and prejudices of their immediate environment as acceptable social norms. This is due to their overall inability to categorize people, including themselves, in multi-dimensional ways. You can help your child obtain a sense of cultural identity and tolerance by exposing him to music and dance from around the world. From this he will learn that other people like to sing and dance, but every group does it differently.
Physical Awareness
Physical self-awareness comes naturally with age 3. You can help your preschooler understand and accept his developing body by encouraging positive, interactive growth activities. Hang a height chart on the wall and allow him to pencil in his progress. Have him point to and name his body parts in a mirror, or draw monthly outlines of his hands and feet. This will promote physical awareness and self-acceptance in your preschooler 3.
Younger preschoolers do not always have a firm grasp of personal responsibility in relation to the world. They may be messy, leaving toys or personal belongings scattered on the floor. Making your preschooler responsible for his possessions in a fun and interactive way will teach him self-esteem and personal responsibility, says child educator Jean Warren. Your preschooler can also attain self-worth and group identity by helping you and others with house chores.
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News this week was dominated by the feud between the Daily Mail and Labour leader Ed Miliband. It began with the Mail's allegation that Ed's father, socialist academic Ralph Miliband, "hated Britain". Ed Miliband asked for right of reply so as to defend his father (who died in 1994). The Mail refused to apologise, and a national debate began. Embarrassingly for the paper, the fallout has brought to light their founder Lord Rothermere's Nazi sympathies.
Suffice to say I am with Ed Miliband every step of the way. There cannot be a politician in the land – certainly not one to the left of Godfrey Bloom – who hasn't at some point been smeared or misrepresented by the Daily Mail.
One of my most recent run-ins came in 2010, when they wrongly reported that I had "refused to say which way I voted" on the EU's Pregnant Worker's Directive. The article was wilfully misleading, aiming to destabilise a measure which supported working women and thus went against the paper's hard-right ideology. The subsequent retraction – which came 6 months later after 15 letters and the involvement of the Press Complaints Commission – was as disingenuous as it was belated.
More recently, in 2012, the paper published an untrue article claiming the EU were trying to ban certain children's books, under the headline 'Now Brussels takes aim at The Famous Five!' I wrote to them explaining that the story was unfounded. They refused to publish my letter on the puzzling basis that that, even if the original story wasn't true "in so many words" at the time of reporting, it might one day become so. As they put it, "It may, of course, be something which isn't legally binding today – but tomorrow? … Forewarned is forearmed."
The Mail thrives on infamy, and will try to brush off this week's events. However, my suspicion is that the Ralph Miliband episode – and the things it has drawn to light about the paper's history and working practices – will damage them in the long run. The British people have a stronger antennae for what 'Britishness' is than any newspaper or politician. I feel certain that they will ultimately decide casting slurs, distorting the truth and closing down debate should not be part of it.
Earlier in the week, meanwhile, David Cameron used his Conference speech to again put young people between the cross-hairs, this time by arguing that those under 25 should lose their benefits. "There are still over a million young people not in education, employment, or training," he said. "Today it is possible to leave school, sign on, find a flat…and opt for a life on benefits."
The proposal, which would hit single mums – who comprise 40% of the group – hardest, shows a staggering disconnect between cause and effect. In an era of austerity and high unemployment, with tuition fees trebled and EMA abolished, young people have been backed into a corner by Conservative policies. To penalise them for then needing to claim benefits is a failure of logic as much as a failure of compassion.


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Types Of Surveys
We have tried to put together a list of the most common Types Of Surveys and their Definitions to better help you understand surveying and how it works.
Boundary, Land,or Property Survey: A survey to locate and determine the property line or perimeter and establish or re-establish corners, monuments and boundary lines for the purpose of describing and locating fixed improvements, platting or subdividing a parcel of land and preparing a description of land or parcels.
Closing, Loan, Mortgage Survey: A survey used to secure a mortgage loan on a residence, building or property.
Control Survey: A survey that provides either horizontal , vertical position, or both with monumentation and data to control or support a subordinate survey, for mapping or a reference for other surveys.
As Built Survey, or Record Survey: A survey that obtains, or documents horizontal and vertical dimensional data as required to locate and delineate construction improvements.
Topographical Survey: A survey of the natural,artifical, or selected man-made features and elevations of a portion of the earth`s surface by using sensing, ground measurements or both used in perparing a map.
Construction Staking or Layout Survey: Measurements made prior or during construction to provide line, grade, horizontal position, elevation control, dimensions, and configuration for construction purposes.
Hydrographical Survey: A survey defining shorelines and depth of lakes, streams, reservoirs, oceans or any body of water and, may also contain the configuration of bottom, directions and forces of currents, height, times and water stages, it may also show location of fixed objects used for surveying and navigation purposes.
Mining Survey: A survey performed above and below the earth surface for the exploration of mineral and energy resources, along with the guiding of tunnels and other mining associated operations.
Geodetic Survey: A survey of areas and points affected by and taking into account the curvature of the earth and astronomic observations.
Quantity Survey: A survey intended for the purpose of obtaining measurements of quantity.
Easement, Right-of-Way Survey: A survey in which the purpose is to obtain specific rights into property for private or public use.
Also check out; Why A Survey, Measurements, Selecting A Surveyor, Right Of Entry, Q & A.


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Ministers came under fire in the Commons today over "tactics" used to limit, and possibly block altogether, debate on abortion law.
It emerged yesterday that Harriet Harman, the leader of the Commons, was planning to block a series of parliamentary votes to liberalise Britain's abortion laws through a raft of amendments to the human fertilisation and embryology bill planned by pro-choice MPs.
These included liberalising abortion controls by pushing for changes that would allow one doctor, rather than two, to approve an abortion and to legalise the procedure in Northern Ireland.
Anti-abortion MPs were also seeking amendments after their bid to shorten the time limit from 24 weeks was defeated earlier this year.
They want to see a committee of both Houses of Parliament set up to investigate and report on changes to the abortion law.
Under a timetable motion tabled by the government, MPs will have just four and a half hours to debate a raft of amendments to the human fertilisation bill.
New clauses on the law relating to abortion are at the end of the list and unlikely to be reached.
Backbench Labour rebel Diane Abbott, who has tabled a clause to the bill to extend the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland for the first time said: "It seems to me that this programme motion and particularly the order of discussion is a shabby manoeuvre by ministers to stop full debate on some very important matters."
It was important to be able to discuss the "special case" of Northern Ireland, she said.
"If we do not debate my new clause today, women in Northern Ireland will lose the opportunity to have the rights that women in the rest of the UK have enjoyed for 40 years. They will lose that right for a generation."
Faced with a series of protests about the timetable, the Speaker, Michael Martin, insisted that all the amendments, including those on abortion, were "within the scope" of the bill.
He confirmed that the government's programme motion in effect changed the order of business and insisted: "The house, if it so wishes, can vote that down."
Kenneth Clarke, the former Tory chancellor, attacked the "politically cynical" move and said it was the first time MPs had been allowed the chance to discuss abortion in government time since 1990.
The subject was "very important" and there was "an enormous range of opinion" among MPs and the public.
He shared his suspicion that the Scottish byelections - the Glasgow East byelection in July and the forthcoming byelection in Glenrothes in two weeks' time - had determined the progress of the bill "all the way through".
He said: "Cynicism would take my breath away if I was not becoming ever more accustomed to this process on the part of a control-freak government that regards the House of Commons as an embarrassing nuisance to be silenced on all suitable occasions."
The bill itself has attracted controversy for its central measures, which include allowing scientists to carry out research on human-animal hybrids, relaxing guidance to make it easier for lesbians and single women to have IVF treatment and letting parents choose "saviour siblings" for seriously ill children.
Dawn Primarolo, the health minister, opening debate on the timetable, said that the bill's provisions had a potentially profound impact.
"One in seven couples need help with fertility treatment, 350,000 people live with Alzheimer's, every week there are five children born and three young people die from cystic fibrosis - all issues that this bill addresses."
Without mentioning the abortion issue, she said today was the last opportunity for MPs to debate the bill before it returned to the Lords.
Primarolo said: "We have amendments which cover embryo research, the definition of embryos, the parenthood of people who receive assisted reproduction treatment, and saviour siblings.
"These are matters that go to the heart of the bill and need consideration before the bill finally leaves this chamber."
Norman Lamb, the Liberal Democrats health spokesman, said his party also had a free vote on the bill. He told MPs he would oppose the programme motion because there had been no consultation and ministers could have provided two days of debate.
Citing newspaper reports that suggested there might have been "some secret deal" to avoid debate on abortion, he said: "The government has indicated that it is not appropriate to debate these issues at this time. If that is the case, when is an appropriate occasion to debate abortion issues?"
Frank Field, the Labour former minister, who wants to see a reduction in abortion limits, called for a joint select committee of both houses to see how the laws could be reformed.
He said: "I think the way we go about in this place debating abortion, picking bits and pieces off as though we were at a bingo, is not an appropriate way to consider a major issue."
He added: "My own preference would be that we should make abortion much easier earlier on and much tougher later on."


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Publisher: New York, Humanities Press: 1965
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Octavo (25.5cm), pp. 136. Full color illustrations throughout, essay by Alexander Cockburn. Signed and inscribed by Alexander Cockburn, "To Doug and Andrea" on front free endpaper. Cover shows some light rubbing and scratching, front head of spine shows a small bump. View more info
By: Fox, Tommy
Price: $125.00
Publisher: San Bernardino, CA, Tommy Fox: 2016
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 24120
Condition: Very good
Presentation copy, both volumes inscribed by author to actor and activist Margot Kidder: "To Margot- I respect you as a normal person with civic virture. Yours, Tommy"; and "To Margot- Keep up the good work! Best wishes, Tommy." Octavo (23.5 cm), pp. 632, 666. White paper wrappers with text. Splatter marks mar the first three pages of volume one, wrappers have light edge wear. The two volumes together contain 719 essays of social, political and economic analysis, with eight appendices at the end of Volume II. Fox is a veteran of the Occupy Wall Street protests. View more info
By: Gellert, Hugo
Price: $275.00
Publisher: New York, Ray Long & Richard R. Smith: 1934
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 24420
Condition: Very good
Quarto (25.5 cm), pp. [128]. Publisher's black-stamped buckram cloth, pictorial endpapers. Sixty numbered pages of text are each accompanied by a full-page lithograph. Boards and a few pages of text block are stained along bottom edge, with chipping to pages. Notation on dedication page (in pencil), that "I found this among old discarded law books at San Quentin in 1946." Gellert writes, "In this book only the most essential parts of the original text are given. But with the aid of the drawings the necessary material for the understanding of the fundamentals of Marxism is included.... View more info
By: Lhamon, W.T. Jr
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Cambridge, Harvard University Press: 1998
Seller ID: 9072
Condition: Near fine
Octavo (24 cm), pp. 263. Blue boards with black quarter cloth binding and red text on spine. Small stain on bottom text block. Jacket shows light wear. Dust jacket present. View more info
By: Lynn, Barry W.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Harmony Books: 2006
Edition: First edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 3448
Condition: Very good
Presentation copy signed by author and inscribed to actor Margot Kidder. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 261. Blue and white boards, pictorial jacket. Includes index. Jacket and boards with very slight edge wear. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Saginaw, MI, Heal The Earth Press: 2004
Edition: First edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 4452
Condition: New
Octavo (22.5 cm), pp. 99. Signed by Beaudin on title page. Contains poetry, essays, speaches and letters by several members of the anti-war community of mid-Michigan, in support of Tri-City Action of Peace. First Edition. View more info
By: Martinez, Ruben
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Henry Holt: 2001
Edition: First edition
Seller ID: 10854
Condition: Very good
Octavo (23cm), pp. 332. Some corner curling and wear on cover at upper right corner, some minor rubbing at head of text block. First Edition. View more info
By: Mudd, Roger
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, PublicAffairs: 2008
Edition: First edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 906
Condition: Very Good
Octavo (24 cm), pp. 413. Inscribed and signed by author on title page.Tan boards with blue half paper and gilt spine text. Minor bumping to corners, jacket has minor edge wear and 1/2" closed tear at fold of front flap. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press: 2006
Edition: First edition
Seller ID: 11826
Condition: Very good
Octavo (21.5cm), pp. 299. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Corners of book and dust jacket show some bumping at corners and spine ends. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info
By: Wicklund, Susan and Alan Kesselheim
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Publicaffairs: 2007
Edition: First edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 1843
Condition: Fine
Octavo (21 cm), pp. 268. Signed by both authors on half title page. Black boards, gray quarter binding with silver titling. Jacket and boards with very slight edge wear. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info


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The city of Budapest was formed in 1873 through the joining of Buda, Pest and Old Buda (Óbuda). As the largest city in the Republic of Hungary, Budapest is the country's political, cultural and commercial center.
The beautiful Danube River both divides and connects peaceful, hilly Buda in the west and the flatter, lively Pest in the east. Óbuda, the oldest part of Budapest, is also on the west side of the Danube and is an extension of Buda to the north. Seven bridges and two railway bridges join Buda and Pest, and six islands on the Danube are located within city limits.
What would you like to know? Basic Info About Budapest | Tourist Information Kiosks | Districts in Budapest | Electricity | Opening & Business Hours
Basic Info About Budapest
Population: 1,7 million
Currency: Forint (HUF)
Airport: Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)
Country code: 36
Budapest area code: 1
Time Zone: Central European Time (GMT+1, EST+6), Daylight Saving Time observed
Nicknames: Pearl of the Danube, Queen of the Danube, Paris of Eastern Europe, and Heart of Europe
Additionally, here are 10 interesting facts about Budapest.
Tourist Information Kiosks
Budapestinfo kiosks are located at both airport terminals and in the city center at:
- Sütő utca 2 (near Deák Ferenc tér) in District 5 - open: 8 am to 8 pm
- Liszt Ferenc tér 11 in District 6 - open: noon to 8 pm
They also have a 24-hour hotline: (+36-1) 438-8080
Districts in Budapest
Budapest has 23 districts (kerület or ker., in Hungarian). The districts are numbered, and many have official names. Each district can be associated with one or more neighborhoods named after former towns within Budapest. On Hungarian maps and street signs, districts are marked with Roman numerals. Districts can also be identified by the two middle numbers of the four digit postal codes in Hungary. Click here to see Budapest's districts on a map.
District 1 (I) - Buda Castle District (Includes: Vár, Tabán, Krisztinaváros, southern Víziváros)
District 2 (II) - (Includes: Adyliget, Hűvösvölgy, Rózsadomb, northern Víziváros)
District 3 (III) - (Includes: Óbuda, Aquincum, Óbudai-sziget, Rómaifürdő)
District 4 (IV) - Újpest (Includes: Újpest, Megyer, Káposztásmegyer)
District 5 (V) - Downtown (Includes: Belváros, Lipótváros)
District 6 (VI) - Terézváros
District 7 (VII) - Erzsébetváros
District 8 (VIII) - Józsefváros
District 9 (IX) - Ferencváros
District 10 (X) - Kőbánya
District 11 (XI) - Újbuda (Includes: Gazdagrét, Gellért-hegy, Kelenföld, Lágymányos)
District 12 (XII) - Buda Hills (Includes: Farkasrét, János-hegy, Kútvölgy, Sas-hegy, Sváb-hegy, Széchenyi-hegy)
District 13 (XIII) - (Includes: Újlipótváros, Angyalföld, Vizafogó, Margit-sziget)
District 14 (XIV) - Zugló
District 15 (XV) - (Includes: Rákospalota, Pestújhely, Újpalota)
District 16 (XVI) - (Includes: Mátyásföld, Cinkota, Rákosszentmihály, Árpádföld)
District 17 (XVII) - Rákosmente (Includes: Rákosliget, Rákoshegy, Rákoskert)
District 18 (XVIII) - (Includes: Pestszentlőrinc, Pestszentimre)
District 19 (IXX) - Kispest
District 20 (XX) - Pesterzsébet
District 21 (XXI) - Csepel
District 22 (XXII) - (Includes: Budatétény, Nagytétény, Budafok)
District 23 (XXIII) - Soroksár
When searching for a specific address it's always important to know the district number as a street of the same name can be located in several districts.
Hungary uses 220 volts AC and the European-style plug (two circular metal pins). If your appliance has a 120/240-volt switch, all you will need is a plug adapter – otherwise, a current converter is required.
Pay attention to sockets in bathrooms and on trains marked "Shavers Only". While these put out 110 volts, they will burn out with a more powerful appliance.
Opening & Business Hours
Shops and stores
Monday-Friday: 10 am to 6 pm
Saturdays: shops close at 1 pm and remain closed on Sundays.
Shopping centers are open 7 days a week.
Grocery stores
Mondat-Friday: 7 am to 7 pm
Saturdays: stores close at 2 pm
There are several smaller non-stop shops scattered around the city and shopping centers are also open 7 days a week.
Museums are closed on Mondays, except for the Jewish Museum, which is closed on Saturdays.
Office hours
Monday-Friday: 8 am to 5 pm
Monday-Thursday: 8 am to 2 pm, OTP National Savings Bank is open from 8 am to 4 pm
Fridays: all banks are open from 8 am to 1 pm
Post Offices
Most post offices are open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 6 pm. The two main post offices near the Nyugati (Western) and the Keleti (Eastern) Railway Stations are open longer, Monday-Friday 7 am to 8 pm, Saturday 8 am to 2 pm. A 24-hour service is available at the TESCO Post Office at Pillangó utca 15 in District 14.


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Nano Skate-shoeEastman Tritan™ copolyester provides excellent mechanical strength through injection molding
Heelys, the skate-shoes with a hidden wheel
Nano, an inline footboard that bridges a gap between traditional Heelys and skateboards, aiming to retain the utility of the former, while seizing the toughness and customizability of the latter.
The Nano needed a material tough enough to endure the hammer they would inevitably get. To appeal to their market, the Nano features swappable lenticular inserts and offers special editions with LED wheels. These artistic qualities required a material that would maintain its clarity over an extended period of time. "We wanted something that can be clear, or tinted, but still strong and durable," explained Ryan Wills, director of innovation for Heelys. "We needed a material that would withstand the impact and rigors of daily use with a reasonable level of wear." Wills also needed a BPA free material with excellent mechanical strength that could be easily injection molded.
All-Plastics Molding, Inc., of Addison, Texas, recommended Tritan, a BPA free alternative to polycarbonate that's impact-resistant and durable. "Tritan is exactly what I was looking for," stated Wills. He added "The whole thing with wheels in and graphic and axles weighs slightly less three pounds. The average wall thickness of the board is about 3.5 millimeters. The chassis is in two pieces with a tongue and groove around the outside and it's screwed together with nine stainless steel screws."
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Miles: 26,518
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Options & Features
Ext / Int Color
Summit White with Jet Black Leather Interior
Luxury Features
Air Conditioning
Climate Control System
Heated Mirrors
Rear A/C
Rear Heated Seats
Remote Trunk Lid
Steering Wheel Radio Controls
Tire Pressure Monitor
Power Equipment
Power Driver's Seat
Power Lift Gate
Power Mirrors
Power Passenger Seat
Power Steering
Power Windows
Safety Features
All Wheel Drive
Anti-Lock Brakes
Daytime Running Lights
Driver's Air Bag
Dynamic Stability Control
Fog Lights
HID Headlamps
Intermittent Wipers
Parking Sensors
Passenger Air Bag
Rear Defogger
Roll Stability Control
Security System
Side Air Bags
Side Curtain Airbags
Traction Control System
3rd Row Seating
Carpeted Floor Mats
Compass And Temperature Display
Cup Holders
Roof Rack
Running Boards
Audio / Video
CD Player
Navigation System
Premium Sound
Reverse Camera
Surround Sound
Touch Screen
Voice Control
Voice Control
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Engine, 6.2L EcoTec3 V8 with Active Fuel Management, Direct Injection and Variable Valve Timing, includes aluminum block construction (420 hp [313 kW] @ 5600 rpm, 460 lb-ft of torque [624 N-m] @ 4100 rpm)
Transmission, 8-speed automatic (Only on vehicles built after 10-5-14.)
Rear axle, 3.23
Suspension Package, Magnetic Ride Control
Keyless start, push button start
Tow/haul mode selector, button located at end of shift lever
Air cleaner, high-capacity
Differential, heavy-duty locking rear
Transfer case, active, 2-speed electronic Autotrac with rotary controls, includes neutral position for dinghy towing. (Requires 4WD.)
Alternator, 170 amps
4-wheel drive
Trailering equipment, heavy-duty includes trailering hitch platform, 7-wire harness with independent fused trailering circuits mated to a 7-way sealed connector and 2" trailering receiver
Trailer brake controller, integrated
Cooling, auxiliary external transmission oil cooler, heavy-duty air-to-oil
Cooling, external engine oil cooler, heavy-duty air-to-oil integral to driver side of radiator
GVWR, 7300 lbs. (3311 kg) (Not available on 2WD model.)
Suspension, front coil-over-shock with stabilizer bar
Suspension, rear multi-link with coil springs
Steering, power
Powertrain grade braking
Brakes, VAC power, with VSES
Exhaust, aluminized stainless-steel muffler and tailpipe
Tools, mechanical jack and wheel wrench stored in rear quarter trim
Vehicle Name : GMC Yukon
Body Style : Sport Utility Vehicle
Drivetrain : Four Wheel Drive
Gross Axle Wt Rating - Front (lbs) : 3600
Gross Axle Wt Rating - Rear (lbs) : 4300
Curb Weight - Front (lbs) : 2873
Curb Weight - Rear (lbs) : 2873
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating Cap (lbs) : 7300
Gross Combined Wt Rating (lbs) : 14000
Dead Weight Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) : 5000
Dead Weight Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) : 500
Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) : 8100
Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) : 810
Engine Order Code : L86
Engine Type : Gas V8
Displacement : 6.2L/378
Fuel System : Direct Injection
SAE Net Horsepower @ RPM : 420 @ 5600
SAE Net Torque @ RPM : 460 @ 4100
Trans Order Code : M5U
Trans Type : 8
Trans Description Cont. : Automatic
First Gear Ratio (:1) : 4.0
Second Gear Ratio (:1) : 2.4
Third Gear Ratio (:1) : 1.5
Fourth Gear Ratio (:1) : 1.2
Fifth Gear Ratio (:1) : 0.9
Sixth Gear Ratio (:1) : 0.7
Reverse Ratio (:1) : 3.1
Transfer Case Model : Magna
Transfer Case Gear Ratio (:1), High : 1.00
Maximum Alternator Capacity (amps) : 160
Frame Type : Ladder
Suspension Type - Front : Coil-Over Shock
Suspension Type - Rear : Multi-Link
Spring Capacity - Front (lbs) : 3600
Spring Capacity - Rear (lbs) : 4200
Axle Type - Front : Independent
Axle Type - Rear : Semi-Floating
Axle Capacity - Front (lbs) : 3925
Axle Capacity - Rear (lbs) : 4200
Axle Ratio (:1) - Front : 3.42
Axle Ratio (:1) - Rear : 3.23
Shock Absorber Diameter - Front (mm) : 46.0
Shock Absorber Diameter - Rear (mm) : 46.0
Stabilizer Bar Diameter - Front (in) : 1.41
Steering Type : Pwr Rack & Pinion
Steering Ratio (:1), On Center : 17.8
Turning Diameter - Curb to Curb (ft) : 39.0
Brake Type : Pwr
Brake ABS System : 4-Wheel
Disc - Front (Yes or ) : Yes
Disc - Rear (Yes or ) : Yes
Front Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) : 13.0 x 1.2
Rear Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) : 13.6 x 0.8
Rear Door Type : Liftgate
Wheels, 20" x 9" (50.8 cm x 22.9 cm) ultra bright machined aluminum
Tires, P275/55R20 all-season, blackwall
Wheel, full-size spare 17" (43.2 cm) steel
Tire carrier, lockable outside spare winch-type mounted under frame at rear
Tire, spare P265/70R17 all-season, blackwall
Luggage rack, roof-mounted black (Includes bright accent.)
Moldings, body-color body-side with bright inserts
Assist steps, Black with chrome strip
Headlamps, projector beam, high intensity discharge
Fog lamps
Mirrors, outside heated power-adjustable, power-folding and driver-side auto-dimming, body-color with integrated turn signal indicators and ground illumination.
Wipers, front rain-sensing, intermittent
Wiper, rear
Liftgate, power, hands free (Only on vehicles built after 10-5-14.)
Front Tire Order Code : QSS
Rear Tire Order Code : QSS
Spare Tire Order Code : ZRS
Front Tire Size : P275/55R20
Rear Tire Size : P275/55R20
Spare Tire Size : P265/70R17
Front Wheel Size (in) : 20 x 8.5
Rear Wheel Size (in) : 20 x 8.5
Front Wheel Material : Aluminum
Rear Wheel Material : Aluminum
Spare Wheel Material : Steel
Wheelbase (in) : 116.00
Length, Overall w/rear bumper (in) : 203.90
Width, Max w/o mirrors (in) : 80.00
Height, Overall (in) : 74.40
Ground to Top of Load Floor (in) : 35.91
Ground Clearance, Front (in) : 8.00
Ground Clearance, Rear (in) : 8.00
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Seat 1 (in) : 100.30
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Seat 2 (in) : 63.60
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Seat 3 (in) : 31.60
Cargo Box (Area) Height (in) : 33.94
Cargo Volume to Seat 1 (ft³) : 94.7
Cargo Volume to Seat 2 (ft³) : 57.6
Cargo Volume to Seat 3 (ft³) : 15.3
Audio system, 8" Diagonal Color Touch Screen Navigation with IntelliLink includes New text message alerts and Siri Eyes Free functionality through voice command, AM/FM/SiriusXM/HD with USB ports, auxiliary jack, SD card slot, Bluetooth streaming audio for music and most phones, hands-free smartphone integration, Pandora Internet radio and voice-activated technology for radio and phone, and an articulating screen with hidden storage. Includes 5 USB ports, 1 auxiliary jack and 1 SD card reader (See "gmtotalconnect.com" for phone compatibility information.)
Audio system feature, Bose Centerpoint Surround Sound premium 10-speaker system
Audio system feature, CD player (Replaced by (U42) rear seat entertainment system when (U42) is ordered.)
SiriusXM Satellite Radio includes 3 trial months (If you decide to continue your service at the end of your trial subscription, the plan you choose will automatically renew and bill at then-current rates until you call 1-866-635-2349 to cancel. See SiriusXM Customer Agreement for complete terms at siriusxm.com. Other fees and taxes will apply. All fees and programming subject to change.)
Audio system, SiriusXM and HD Radio SiriusXM Satellite Radio is standard on nearly all 2015 GM models. Enjoy a 3-month All Access trial subscription with over 150 channels including commercial-free music, plus sports, news and entertainment. Plus you can listen to SiriusXM Internet Radio everywhere on your computer, smartphone or tablet. Welcome to the world of SiriusXM (IMPORTANT: The SiriusXM Satellite Radio trial package is not provided on vehicles that are ordered for Fleet Daily Rental ("FDR") use. If you decide to continue listening after your trial, the subscription plan you choose will automatically renew and you will be charged according to your chosen payment method at then-current rates. Fees and taxes apply. To cancel you must call us at 1-866-635-2349. See our Customer Agreement for complete terms at www.siriusxm.com. All fees and programming subject to change.)
Antenna, integral in rear quarter glass
Wireless charging (Only on vehicles built after 10-5-14. Not compatible with all phones. Compliant batteries include QI and PMA technologies. Reference Mobile devices manual to confirm what type of battery it uses.)
Active noise cancellation
Seats, perforated, leather-appointed, full-feature reclining bucket with 12-way power driver and front passenger seat adjuster, including 6 way power driver and passenger, 2 way power recline. 4 way power lumbar for driver and passenger, heat/cool with memory (no memory lumbar)
Seats, second row bucket, power
NavTraffic is available in over 130 markets and works with your vehicle's navigation system to give you detailed traffic data right when you need it most - while you're driving. You'll avoid traffic tie-ups, save time and gas by getting alternate routes, and, in some cases, receive traffic speed and drive-time information. Plus, you can use NavTraffic at the same time you're enjoying SiriusXM Satellite Radio. You'll find that once you start using NavTraffic, you won't want to drive without it. (Includes 90 days of service. Included and only available with (IO6) Audio system with navigation. Requires a subscription sold separately by SiriusXM after trial period which is continuous until you call SiriusXM to cancel. Available only in select markets. For more information, see siriusxm.com/navtraffic.)
Seats, third row 60/40 split-bench, power fold
Seats, heated and cooled driver and front passenger seat cushions and seat backs with perforated leather-appointed seating
Seats, heated outboard second row
Console, floor with storage area, cup holders, SD card slot and auxiliary jack
Cargo net
Floor mats, color-keyed carpeted first and second row, removable
Floor covering, color-keyed carpeting
Steering column, power tilt and telescopic
Steering wheel, leather-wrapped
Steering wheel, heated, leather-wrapped
Steering wheel controls, mounted audio controls and cruise controls, Driver Information Center controls and OnStar Hands-Free calling
Display, driver, 8" customizable
Instrumentation, analog with speedometer, odometer with trip odometer, fuel level, voltmeter, engine temperature, oil pressure, tachometer, compass and outside temperature gauge
Windows, power all express down, front express up
Door locks, power programmable with lockout protection
Passive Entry System includes (AQQ) Remote Keyless Entry.
Remote vehicle start includes extended range Remote Keyless Entry
Cruise control, electronic with set and resume speed
Pedals, power-adjustable for accelerator and brake
Universal Home Remote includes garage door opener, programmable
Climate control, tri-zone automatic with individual climate settings for driver, right-front passenger and rear passengers
Defogger, rear-window electric
Theft-deterrent system, vehicle, PASS-Key III
Theft-deterrent system, electrical, unauthorized entry
Power outlet, 110-volt, 1.1 Amp, 150 Watt
Power outlets, 5 auxiliary, 12-volt includes outlets in the instrument panel, console, back of the console, 1 in 3rd row and 1 in the cargo area.
Mirror, inside rearview auto-dimming
Assist handles, all seats
Lighting, interior with dome light driver- and passenger-side door switch with delayed entry feature, cargo lights, door handle or Remote Keyless Entry-activated illuminated entry and map lights in front and second seat positions
Lighting, interior includes courtesy lighting with theater dimming, lighting for front and rear door handles, front and rear passenger footwells and door storage area
OnStar, 6 months of Directions and Connections plan for 6 months including Automatic Crash Response, Stolen Vehicle Assistance, Roadside Assistance and Turn-by-Turn Navigation (Visit www.onstar.com for vehicle availability, details and system limitations. Services may vary by model and conditions.)
OnStar with 4G LTE provides a built-in Wi-Fi hotspot to connect to the internet at 4G LTE speeds (Only on vehicles built after 10-5-14. Visit www.onstar.com for vehicle availability, details and system limitations. Services and connectivity may vary by model and conditions. 4G LTE service available in select markets. 4G LTE performance based on industry averages and vehicle systems design. Some services require data plan.)
OnStar Basic plan for 5 years including RemoteLink Key Fob Services, OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics and Dealer Maintenance Notification (Access is available for 5 years from the date of vehicle delivery, and is transferable. Does not include emergency services. To cancel RemoteLink Key Fob Services or if your vehicle is sold, contact an OnStar Advisor. See www.onstar.com/mobile for full details.)
Passenger Capacity : 8
Front Head Room (in) : 42.80
Front Leg Room (in) : 45.30
Front Shoulder Room (in) : 64.80
Front Hip Room (in) : 60.80
Second Head Room (in) : 39.10
Second Leg Room (in) : 39.70
Second Shoulder Room (in) : 65.10
Second Hip Room (in) : 60.30
Third Head Room (in) : 38.10
Third Leg Room (in) : 34.50
Third Shoulder Room (in) : 62.60
Third Hip Room (in) : 49.30
Brake Assist designed to assist the driver in stopping or decreasing vehicle speed
Brakes, 4-wheel antilock, 4-wheel disc
Hill Start Assist Brakes
StabiliTrak, stability control system with brake assist, includes Traction Control
Daytime Running Lamps, with automatic exterior lamp control
Air bags, frontal and side-impact for driver and front passenger driver inboard seat-mounted side-impact and head curtain side-impact for all rows in outboard seating positions (Always use safety belts and child restraints. Children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat in the appropriate child restraint. See the Owner's Manual for more information.)
Safety Alert Seat (Included and only available with (Y65) Driver Alert Package.)
Passenger Sensing System sensor indicator inflatable restraint, front passenger/child presence detector (Always use safety belts and child restraints. Children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat in the appropriate child restraint. See the Owner's Manual for more information.)
LATCH system (Lower Anchors and Top tethers for Children), for child safety seats; lower anchors and top tethers located in all second row seating positions, top tethers located in third row seating positions
Parking assist front and rear
Rear Cross-Traffic Alert
Rear Vision Camera
Side Blind Zone Alert with Lane Change Alert
Tire pressure monitoring system (does not apply to spare tire)
EPA Fuel Economy & Specification
EPA Greenhouse Gas Score : 4
Fuel Economy Est-Combined (MPG) : 17
EPA Fuel Economy Est - City (MPG) : 15
EPA Fuel Economy Est - Hwy (MPG) : 21
Tons/yr of CO2 Emissions @ 15K mi/year : 10.6
Transfer Case Gear Ratio (:1), Low : - TBD -
Cold Cranking Amps @ 0° F (Primary) : - TBD -
Maximum Alternator Watts : - TBD -
Total Cooling System Capacity (qts) : - TBD -
Front Tire Capacity (lbs) : - TBD -
Rear Tire Capacity (lbs) : - TBD -
Spare Tire Capacity (lbs) : - TBD -
Revolutions/Mile @ 45 mph - Front : - TBD -
Revolutions/Mile @ 45 mph - Rear : - TBD -
Revolutions/Mile @ 45 mph - Spare : - TBD -
Spare Wheel Size (in) : 17 x - TBD -
Steering Ratio (:1), At Lock : - TBD -
Turning Diameter - Wall to Wall (ft) : - TBD -
Fuel Tank Capacity, Approx (gal) : 26.0
Overhang, Front (in) : - TBD -
Overhang, Rear w/bumper (in) : - TBD -
Rear Door Opening Height (in) : - TBD -
Rear Door Opening Width (in) : - TBD -
Step Up Height - Front (in) : - TBD -
Step Up Height - Side (in) : - TBD -
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Console (in) : - TBD -
Cargo Area Width @ Beltline (in) : - TBD -
Cargo Box Width @ Wheelhousings (in) : - TBD -
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Chinese New Year was upon us, so I decided to do something with noodles. The only gluten-free noodles that I could find in the pantry were some sort of rice vermicelli, which I was later told was pretty ghastly anyway. Whilst I had made reasonably successful gluten-free pastas before with maize (corn) and amaranth (not in the same batch), rice was a new venture for me.
2 cups (200ml cups, that is) of rice flour, a teaspoon of guar gum and two eggs yielded a not-too-sticky dough that was ideal for the pasta extruder. Whilst my extruder lacks a die for any form of noodles or spaghetti, it does have one for very small maccharoni (probably maccharonininini or something) which I used to produce my 'rice worms'.
There was little problem with the extruded and cut pasta sticking to itself or the plate so I was able to dry it on a tea towel without having to be careful to keep the pieces separate.
As this pasta is a little more physically delicate than the wheat variety, I added it to my chicken chow mein after the vigorous stir-frying had been done and actually let it cook by steaming, with the lid on the wok.
The result was very nice indeed – both of us enjoying it immensely.
It does take a fair bit of effort to make pasta like this – at least it does when I do it – but the yield of the batch was a large one so there was enough left over for Jane's lunch the next day, which justifies the time spent. Larger batches would probably be even more economical on time, allowing me to prepare enough for a few meals, most going in the freezer.


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The History of
Genesee County, MI
Online Edition by Holice, Deb & Clayton
The history of Gaines Township began later and developed perhaps less rapidly than most of the other townships of the county. This was due partly to the large acreage of dense and heavy timber, the lack of streams large enough for mill purposes, and the situation of the township[ on the western bank of the county. Philander McLain, who moved his family from Oakland county to this township in December, 1838, has stated that the only settlers in the town of that time were Hartford Cargill, the Fletchers and the Darts--probably the Darts had not yet come in.
Hartford Cargill, the first settler of the township, moved in from Bloomfield, Oakland county, in 1836, and settled on section 36. Ephraim Fletcher, from "York state," settled in the same year in the locality known as "Fletcher's Corners." Joshua Dart settled a little to the east of the "Corners," in 1839. As the oldest man in the township at the time of its separate organization, he was given the privilege of naming it, which he did, after an acquaintance of his, General Gaines.
The first township meeting for the election of officers was held in 1842 at the house of Ephraim Fletcher, at which twenty-one votes were polled. The following officers were elected:
|William B. Young
Township Clerk
|Martin Dart
|Ephraim Fletcher
School Inspectors
|Martin Dart, Marvin Williams and Walter B. Beers
Directors of the Poor
|Martin Dart and Ephraim Fletcher
Commissioners ofHighways
|James P. Allen, Lyman Perkins and William Gazlay
Justices of the Peace
|James P. Allen, Philander McLain, Walter B. Beers and Frederick Wilcox
|Elisha Martin and Lanman Davis
Overseers of Highways
|William B. Young, Jonathan Yerkes, Marvin Williams, William Gazlay, Walter B. Beers, John Rood, Hartford Cargill, Fred Wilcox and Elijah Lyman.
Owing to the relatively slow development of Gaines township, it was not until 1842 that the number of children warranted the formation of a school district. About 1845 the settlers living in the Van fleet and Cargill neighborhoods hired a teacher and had a school kept in the Cargill place. It is probable that a daughter of Mr. Cargill was the teacher.
It was 1856 before the first settlement was made on the site of the village of Gaines. On the fourth of July in that year the first passenger train over this portion of the Detroit & Milwaukee railroad passed over the site of the village, then in the midst of heavy forest. In that year the first dwelling house was built there by Thurston Simmons, who came in from Livingston county. In the same year came George B. Runyan, who was appointed postmaster at the new "Gaines State Post office." The village was platted in1859.
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American Women Try to Sharpen Aim for Semifinal Vs. Finland
Shooting the puck is not an issue for the Americans. Finding the back of the net is, especially considering how many shots they are taking at the Olympics.
The United States has outshot each opponent in each of their first three games with a combined margin of 137-60. Yet they have just nine goals to show for all that work. Their offense withered in a opening 3-1 win over Finland. It's not for lack of trying: Knight tied for the team-high with six shots in a win over the Russians and had four in the loss to Canada.
"Any good shooter knows that you've just got to take shots and some are going to go in, some aren't going to go in," Knight said. "So hopefully the pucks start bouncing in the direction we want them to go."
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Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson leads the Americans with three points after setting an Olympic record for the fastest back-to-back goals by a man or woman by scoring in 6 seconds in a 5-0 win over the Russians.
Stauber reunited Lamoureux-Davidson on the same line with her sister, Monique Lamoureux-Morando, just before these Olympics, and the twins have combined for five points in three games on a line with Kelly Pannek. Lamoureux-Davidson said they simply need to bury their chances.
"We had a lot of shots on net and a lot of opportunities, some loose pucks on the net in scrums, a few inches off in a lot of them, so we've just got to find a way to get those goals," she said.
With the United States winning the last four world championships and seven of the last eight , the easy and usual assumption is the Americans would square off against Canada for the gold medal the Canadians have won each of the past four Olympics . But the United States lost to Sweden in 2006 and took home bronze from Turin.
The Americans are 7-0 against Finland in the Olympics and have won 22 games in international competition with one overtime loss and one tie. But Finland beat Canada in pool play at the world championships last spring and has worked to take advantage of this opportunity.
"It's sort of a one-game tournament now," Knight said. "We've got to win to advance to where we want to be. Can't take Finland lightly. Every game is 50/50 going in, so just trying to sway the odds in our favor during the time of play."
Stauber said he has tinkered less with the game plan based on their familiarity with the Finns, the world's third-ranked team last year. Combined with how they've been shooting the puck, that's why the Americans are focused on converting within 15 feet of the net.
Easier said than done with opponents working to clog up the middle to keep the United States from doing just that.
"Now we've got to execute and get the puck across the goal line," Stauber said.
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Of all the real estate jargon, bureaucratic buzzwords and plain old insults exchanged over the proposed Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, no term has evoked quite such unruly passion as "blighted."
During the last two years, the word has hung like a scythe over the 22-acre site, most of it on the northern edge of the Prospect Heights neighborhood, where the developer, Forest City Ratner Companies, hopes to build its $4.2 billion project.
For the developer, it is a fitting description of the abandoned auto-repair shops, collapsing brownstones and gloomy vacant lots that blemish the area, and of the eight-acre railyards that slice through the neighborhood just south of Atlantic Avenue. For many of the several hundred people who still live there, "blighted" is a term of abuse, one that ignores the sleek, recently renovated buildings on Pacific and Dean Streets, the bustling neighborhood bar, and other signs of revival. Even some supporters of the project, like Assemblyman Roger L. Green, disagree with the description.
"That neighborhood is not blighted," Mr. Green, whose district includes the Atlantic Yards site, said at a hearing last year. "I repeat, for the record, that neighborhood is not blighted."
The long-running blight debate took a major turn in favor of Forest City Ratner last week, when the Empire State Development Corporation, the state's lead economic agency, formally declared the project site blighted. It was the first step in a process that could eventually allow Forest City to acquire, through eminent domain, the few remaining parcels that the company has not been able to acquire privately over the last few years.
But for all the freight the word carries around Prospect Heights these days, "blighted" is a word with no fixed definition, legal or colloquial.
It is not unlike Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart's famous remark about pornography — "I know it when I see it" — said Joseph M. Ryan, a land-use lawyer who has consulted for the development corporation before but has no involvement with the Atlantic Yards project. "Usually it's a high crime rate, debilitated buildings. Often you'll have pollution, or inadequate usage of land."
Under past court rulings, for example, an area can be declared blighted even if particular parcels within it are not. Similarly, a given plot of land can be declared "underutilized" if what is built there is smaller or shorter than zoning laws would otherwise allow, even if the building in question is not dilapidated. Moreover, it is largely up to government officials to decide how prevalent a condition must be — how much crime, for instance — in order to label an area as blighted.
"There are no hard and fast rules regarding blight," said Jessica Copen, a spokeswoman for the development corporation. "There's a large area of subjectivity in evaluating the indicia of blight."
Such rules as there are have been carved out by state and federal courts over the years. But because condemnation itself is essentially a legislative power rather than a judicial one, courts have tended to grant government officials wide latitude to make findings of blight.
"Reasonable people could differ as to whether something is overcrowded or has too much crime or too many sanitary problems or is losing jobs," Mr. Ryan said. "But the courts will defer to the agency if they have a reasonable and rational basis for condemnation."
Hence the 381-page blight study issued by the development corporation last week. Conducted by AKRF Inc., a consulting firm with long experience in land use and environmental engineering, the study amounts to a painstakingly detailed walking tour of the Atlantic Yards' potential home. Hardly a crack in the sidewalk escapes notice in the study, which declared the project site replete with "structurally unsound buildings, debris-filled vacant lots, environmental concerns, high crime rates and underutilization."
Fifty-one out of 73 parcels on the 22-acre site "exhibit one or more blight characteristics," the study found, including buildings that are at least 50 percent vacant or are built to 60 percent or less of their allowable density. The study also noted that, before Forest City came along, 76 parties controlled the land making up the site. Such fragmented ownership, real estate developers say, is what makes large-scale private urban development difficult without government intervention.
The study also dwells in some detail on the eight-acre railyards that make up about one-third of the site, and which also fall within an urban renewal zone the city established along Atlantic Avenue in the late 1960's. The railyards hindered hoped-for development in the renewal zone for decades, the study notes, and continue to do so on those blocks to the south and west of the yards where the project would be.
Critics have long accused the development corporation of favoring developers. Opponents of Atlantic Yards, say that in that project, the corporation is essentially using the railyards, which constitute blight almost by definition, as a cudgel to obtain additional land through eminent domain or the threat of it.
"No one is arguing that the railyards should not be developed. That's a pretty commonly agreed-upon point," said Marshall Brown, an architect who helped draft the beginnings of an alternative plan for the railyards that would not have required eminent domain. "It just doesn't make sense that the railyards themselves cannot be developed alone."
The study also included a look at crime in the area. Because the Police Department does not collect crime statistics block by block, the study could measure only indirectly whether the site has more crime than the area surrounding it. AKRF examined three police "sectors" in Brooklyn, each of which overlaps parts of the site but extend well beyond it. The study compared the combined crime rates in those three sectors with the combined crime rates for their respective police precincts. Finding the precinct numbers lower, the study declares that "residents and businesses on the project site are more susceptible to crime" than those in surrounding neighborhoods.
Overall crime in the three precincts, however, decreased slightly between 2004 and 2005.
"They make the footprint sound like it's a Lower East Side slum," said Daniel Goldstein, the spokesman for Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, an umbrella organization for groups opposed to the project.
The building that Mr. Goldstein lives in on Pacific Street is now owned by Forest City and is one of two within the footprint of the project that were redeveloped into luxury condos during the past several years. (Mr. Goldstein moved into his apartment shortly before the project was announced in 2003.)
Another building within the project footprint, an old bakery, was widely considered ripe for conversion by its owner, the real estate developer Shaya Boymelgreen. He has since sold it to Forest City, which now owns almost all the property it needs for the project. Company officials say they have paid high premiums on that land to minimize the need for eminent domain.
The blight study began last summer, after Forest City, the development partner of The New York Times Company in building its new headquarters on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, had already bought up large parcels of land for the project. Some critics have questioned whether Forest City's acquisitions — and the implicit threat of eminent domain since the project was announced in late 2003 — deterred development.
"How much of the blighted conditions were the result of the cloud of eminent domain hanging over that property, and of Ratner's successful efforts to purchase property there?" asked Tom Angotti, a professor of urban affairs and planning at Hunter College, who studied the site with his graduate students this year. "We call it 'planner's blight.' You create the cloud of eminent domain, you force people to sell, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy."
Residents also point to several Dean Street buildings just outside the project site, and Prospect Heights' generally strong residential real estate market, to argue that much of the site might have developed on its own.
Deborah Wetzel, a spokeswoman for the state development corporation, stood by the study's findings. "Irrespective of the recent property acquisitions by Forest City," Ms. Wetzel said, "we believe it highly unlikely that the blighted conditions currently present will be removed without action by the public sector."


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Media Consumers for Entertainment Equality
Racebending.com engages fan communities, media consumers, community organizations, content creators, and studios to encourage diversity in entertainment media. Below are some of of the media projects where we've taken formal advocacy steps. Click on the project to learn more!
Hollywood is adapting the classic manga and anime AKIRA to the silver screen. Given the current lack of lead roles for actors of color in the science fiction genre, the complex characters of AKIRA would be a great opportunity for Asian American actors.
The latest draft script for Akira is reportedly set in "Neo-Manhattan" instead of Neo-Tokyo. Given the prominence and popularity of the original Akira, we know fans will be closely following the development of this Warner Bros. production.
Will directors Albert and Allen Hughes cast Asian American actors to play the iconic roles of Kaneda and Tetsuo?
United Defense Force recruit Keiji Kiriya can't stop dying.
Japanese author Hiroshi Sakurazaka's science fiction novel about a soldier caught in the time loop of his own death is being adapted to film by Warner Bros and director Doug Liman. In the film script, Kiriya's name has been anglicized to "Billy Cage" and Liman has told interviewers the cast will be "totally American."
Story changes are common in adaptations, such as setting a story in the United States instead of in Japan. Will the All You Need is Kill movie reflect America's diversity, or will it exclude totally American actors of Asian descent from playing a lead heroic action role?
With so many characters of color, The Hunger Games, based on the dystopian young adult novels by Suzanne Collins, heralds an unprecedented opportunity for young actors of color to star in a tentpole film. We have received several emails from fans expressing their concerns about depictions of diversity in the film. The production's casting call for Katniss, the dark-haired, olive-skinned heroine of The Hunger Games only asked for "Caucasian" actors.
We urge Lions Gate Entertainment to affirm its commitment to diversity, encourage the production of The Hunger Games to pursue a fair and open casting process, and hope that the final cast will reflect the author's intent of diversity.
In August 2010, Marvel Studios released a casting breakdown for an upcoming film, Runaways, using a non-descript casting call to cast an Asian American character, Nico Minoru. With the support of several Asian American community organizations, Racebending.com successfully persuaded Marvel Studios to reissue the casting language and affirm that they will be casting an actor of Asian descent in the role.
Racebending.com will be tracking the production of Runaways, which is scheduled to go into production in 2012. Since 2003, the comic book series by Brian K. Vaughn and Adrian Alphona has featured a diverse cast of characters.
The Last Airbender campaign is the film protest that launched Racebending.com. From March 2009 to July 2010, Racebending.com coordinated the protest against The Last Airbender (2010),a film that discriminated against actors of color and reinforced glass ceilings by casting white actors to play Asian and Inuit characters.
Fans of the original animated series organized to write letters to the production and alert journalists and film critics to the situation. We also exchanged correspondence with Paramount Pictures to discuss public concerns about the film, and organized live protests to protest the movie with Asian American community organizations.
In October 2009, Racebending.com mobilized hundreds of people from the Asian American community and fan community to send emails to Platinum Studios, decrying the casting of a white actor, David Henrie, to play a Chinese American comic book hero, Tommy Zhou, in The Weapon.
The casting of a white actor to represent a Asian American superhero was particularly egregious given the lack of representative opportunities currently available to Asian American actors.
Perhaps in part due to the negative press generated by Henrie's casting, the production has not moved forward in production.
Nickelodeon purchased the rights to the successful Power Rangers franchise in 2010. In May 2010, despite the franchise's past history of diversity and 'colorblind' casting, Nickelodeon restricted auditions for the lead role in the 18th season of Power Rangers (2011) to only white actors.
Racebending.com contacted Nickelodeon CEO Jeffery Dunn requesting that the casting call be re-released to allow all actors to audition. Although Racebending.com did not receive a direct response from Dunn, the casting call was re-opened to actors of any ethnicity in June 2010.


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Details: Written by CKS STUDENT CORRESPONDENTS
The CKS class of 2022 made a trip the Phillips Center at the University of Florida Thursday for a special school day, theatrical performance. The opportunity to be exposed to cultural events not available in Levy County was made possible by the UF Performing Arts program. The program covers the artist fees, facility fees and school bus costs.
In order to make this trip possible, the Travel Club will be hosting a spaghetti dinner in the CKS Auditorium on November 29th. The meal includes a spaghetti dish, rolls, salad, a dessert, and a drink. The dinner will be held from 5:30-7pm with multiple door prizes, and live music from Grace Cowart. During this time, the book fair in the library will also be open. Tickets are $10 a piece, sold by any member of the Travel Club.
Spero di vedervi lì! Hope to see you there!
PIE AUCTION The 25th Annual Junior Class Pie & Cake Auction will be held Tuesday, November 21 inside the Doug Bishop Auditorium at CKS.
This is a once-a-year chance to enjoy some of the finest baking on the island, to support the junior class, and to pick up some yummy desserts to share over Thanksgiving. The doors will open to bidders at 5:30 p.m. and the auction will begins at 6:00. (Anyone donating pies or cakes can drop them off at the main office after noon.)
For more information, contact junior class sponsor Mrs. Kim Bishop at CKS.
The basketball season is getting underway for all of the Sharks' teams.
CKS varsity girls will play at Ocala Christian on Monday, Nov. 20 at 5:30 p.m. The first home varsity games are scheduled for Monday, Nov. 27, against Meadowbrook with the girls playing at 5:30 and the boys at 7 p.m. The next night, Tuesday, Nov. 28, the Sharks' varsity teams will host Dixie County.
The Sharks' middle school basketball schedule opens in Chiefland on Thursday, Nov. 30 with the middle school girls at 3:30, followed by the middle school boys, then the varsity girls and finally the varsity boys.
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Type 2 Misty: A Teen Taking Control Of Diabetes
In honor of Diabetes Awareness Month, Maria Hinojosa talks about the importance of preventing today's growing number of Type 2 diabetes in younger individuals. Take a cue form 18-year-old Type 2 Misty Anaya who was diagnosed at the age of 12 but who's turned her lifestyle around to become healthier and in control of her diabetes!
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