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Club Picks Up Fees on all Tickets Purchased for Balance of the 2017 Regular Season
FLUSHING, N.Y., July 16, 2017 - The New York Mets today announced they will pick up ticket fees for all remaining home games starting Monday, July 17 at 12:01 a.m. through Thursday, July 20 at 11:59 p.m. as part of the popular "No Fees" promotion. This limited time offer applies to all 34 remaining regular season home games including the Marvel Entertainment Syndergaard as Thor Bobblehead giveaway (July 22) vs. the Oakland A's and the Subway Series vs. the New York Yankees (August 16-17). Tickets can be purchased at mets.com/NoFees or by phone 718-507-TIXX.
The covered fees will apply to any individual game ticket purchased during this four-day period, regardless of the date of the game. Throughout the four days, fans will be able to purchase individual game tickets to any of the remaining 2017 Mets regular season home games at Citi Field with the Mets covering the associated ticket fees.
For example, a fan purchasing two tickets online or over the phone on Monday, July 17 for the Saturday, July 22 game against the Oakland A's will not be charged any ticket fee for placing that order.
Highlights from the final 34 home games include:
July 21-23 vs. Oakland A's (Marvel Entertainment presents Syndergaard asThor Bobblehead) – Friday (July 21) is Free Shirt Friday presented by Memorial Sloan Kettering where all fans in attendance will receive, Super Saturday (July 22) will be a Marvel Entertainment Syndergaard as Thor Bobblehead presented by Delta Air Lines, and Family Sunday (July 23) is a Yoenis Cespedes compression sleeve presented by McDonald's for the first 15,000 fans in attendance.
August 4-6 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers - The NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers make their only appearance of the season at Citi Field. Friday (August 4) is Free Shirt Friday presented by Geico and will be a replica Jacob deGrom jersey for all fans in attendance, Super Saturday (August 5) is a Yoenis Cespedes #52 chain for the first 15,000 fans, and Family Sunday (August 6) is a Toy Truck presented by W.B. Mason for the first 15,000 fans in attendance.
August 16-17 vs. New York Yankees – The continuation of the Subway Series takes place at Citi Field on Wednesday, August 16 and Thursday, August 17. A limited number of tickets remain for both games.
September 22-24 vs. Washington Nationals - The NL East rival Washington Nationals make their final appearance of the 2017 regular season. Friday (September 22) is Free Shirt Friday presented by Monster Energy for all fans in attendance, Super Saturday (September 23) will be postgame Fireworks presented by Verizon, and Family Sunday (September 24) is a 2018 Magnetic Schedule for all fans in attendance courtesy of Hyundai.
*The only fees not covered by the team during this promotion are Express Mailing, including mail and UPS. Offer does not apply to previously placed orders.
Tickets for this promotion can be purchased at mets.com/NoFees or by phone 718-507-TIXX.
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HCM CITY (VNS) — Viet Nam expects a number of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth billions of US dollars currently under negotiation to be finalised this year and in 2016, experts have said.
After separating its LCD and OLED businesses, Samsung Display is considering moving its LCD module (LCM) plant in South Korea to China or Viet Nam as labour expenses in South Korea have been rising dramatically, according to the Korean-language AJU Business Daily report.
Since the assembly of LCD modules requires manual labour, Samsung Display wants to move production lines out of South of Korea to save costs. The manufacturing of the cell, which is highly automated, will stay in the country.
Local experts said that it was likely that Samsung Display would choose Viet Nam to save costs in comparison with China.
Samsung Display opened its US$1 million plant in March in the northern province of Bac Ninh to produce a high-resolution display to supply Samsung smartphone manufacturers in Viet Nam and around the world.
Recently, the Bac Ninh Province's People's Committee asked the Bac Ninh Industrial Park to negotiate and sign agreements with Samsung Display to develop a project to expand production of Samsung in Viet Nam.
If the plan is successful, there will be billions of US dollars poured into Viet Nam.
In addition, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to also give priority to the Victory-Nhon Hoi petrochemical and oil refinery project, valued at $22 billion.
The project, located in Binh Dinh Province's Nhon Hoi Economic Zone, is to be funded by the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) and its strategic partner, the Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco.
The chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Ho Quoc Dung, speaking to a meeting held last week with local authorities and ministry leaders, said he would work with PTT's representatives to complete the investment license, scheduled to be issued in the second quarter of this year.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is also expected to sign a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract and complete investment registration procedures for the 2,640MW Van Phong Thermal Power Plant 1 in the third quarter of this year.
When the investment certificate is issued, at least $2 billion worth of FDI would be poured into Viet Nam.
In addition, a $5billion complex will be built by a South Korean firm on land near the Ba Son Shipyard. South Korea's EUNSAN & OUE Group is expected to begin construction of the project on National Day (2 September).
This is one of the key projects that would help develop the city in line with an adopted master plan. But as the location is special in terms of national defense, the Government and the Ministry of Defense will decide on further procedures before the project is executed.
There are also many other projects worth billions of US dollars, especially power projects under the BOT model, experts have said.
Dang Xuan Quang, deputy head of the Foreign Investment Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, said there was a drop in FDI investment in the first four months because many of the big projects have not been issued investment certificates.
"Some large projects worth billions of US dollars are now under negotiation," he said.
In a related issue, disbursement of existing FDI recorded a year-on-year rise of 5 per cent to hit $4.2 billion in the first four months of this year, according to the Foreign Investment Department. Tran Tuan Anh, deputy minister of Industry and Trade, said within the first four months, disbursement of two projects of Formosa and Samsung, to import machinery for production, reached more than $1 billion. Also on May 19, work will start on a Samsung project in HCM City with investment of $1.4 billion. It is estimated that the disbursement of FDI would continue to rise in the coming time.
Although FDI and the disbursement of FDI are showing positive signs, experts are concerned how to fully take advantage of FDI investment for socio-economic development.
Tran Dinh Thien, director of the Viet Nam Institute of Economics, has raised concerns about what would happen when FDI businesses no longer find Viet Nam an advantage for their investment.
FDI is a main resource and driver of the country's economic growth. — VNS


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St. Germain Investment Management Announces New Hires
SPRINGFIELD — St. Germain Investment Management announced the hiring of Richard Bleser as vice president and portfolio manager, and Thaddeus Welch as portfolio manager.
Bleser manages investment portfolios, assists with trading, and performs analytical duties on both the fixed-income and equity sides. He brings experience and knowledge in fund analysis and portfolio management. He was previously the chief investment officer at Berkshire Bank in Pittsfield. While at Meridian Capital Partners Inc., he was responsible for macroeconomic, S&P 500, and hedge-fund analysis.
Prior to Meridian, Bleser was an equity analyst with Paradigm Capital Management Inc., where he generated long- and short-investment ideas in the small-cap specialty retail, leisure, and technology-distribution sectors. He began his career as a client analyst with Ayco Co., a Goldman Sachs Company.
Active within the community, he has been involved with nonprofits and is also a trustee for the Berkshire Housing [401(k)] Plan. He holds bachelor's degrees in economics and business administration from the State University of New York at Albany.
Welch is responsible for managing trading activities and performing fundamental economic and sector research to assist in investment strategy development. He comes to the firm from Berkshire Bank in Pittsfield, where he managed portfolios in addition to providing analysis and research on market, corporate, and economic activities.
Prior to Berkshire Bank, Welch was an assistant portfolio manager and a member of the investment committee at Spinnaker Trust in Portland, Maine. He received his bachelor's degree in economics from Bowdoin College. He has completed all three levels of the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) program.


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Baking Day...
Baking Day is pretty much most days for me. I have to go to my horticulture class tonight and I have several writing deadlines I am working on,but I also am home baking because there is basically always a need for me to be baking goodies to deliver to one of my local customers. Today: gluten free magic bars, gluten-free brownies, unicorn bars (the pink sparkly darlings above), coffee cardamom bread, and some mini-quiches. But I kind of want to make cupcakes today, even though I won't get to it. The ones pictured are coffee walnut cupcakes that are super delicious. I got the recipe from the New York Times.
The unicorn bars? They're just Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Pan Cookies, made with white baking chips instead of chocolate, and frosted with vanilla buttercream and sprinkled with my own blend of crazy colorful sprinkles. They make me happy to look at them! And they're super popular at the movie theatre; the employees love how pretty they are and the customers find them hard to resist. They're very tasty too.
This blog has been sitting fallow and Byron thought maybe we should get it going again. I have had issues with the changes made to Blogger so it may be a learning curve trying to change cover photos and design etc. But we'll give it a go, so watch this space!
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The subject of this article or section was part of the Scourge Invasion, a world event that heralded the opening of Naxxramas in patch 1.11 or for the opening of Northrend. Once the world event has run its course, this will no longer be available.
Sever is a level 25 elite abomination mini-boss found in Shadowfang Keep during the first and second Scourge Invasion. He sits in a square room along the corridor that runs parallel to the Great Hall and Kitchen in Shadowfang Keep.
Sever is arguably harder than any of the other mini-bosses in Shadowfang Keep. He hits hard, is immune to roots, berserks at low life, and has a ton of life. Fortunately for groups that have a hard time on him, he is also completely optional and isn't along a route that is normally used by players going through the instance.
It is a good idea to bring him out of the room that he starts in and onto the ramp outside, as he uses Intimidating Shout, which can fear you into adds if you fight him in the close quarters of his initial room.


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Karanga people under attack – Zodwa Wabantu rescues Masvingo
My lengthy bachelorhood and living in Harare – which is a cultural melting pot – enabled me to date women from different tribes. I can't say I found Karangas to be better kissers than Ndebeles. With the lights dimmed and Marvin Gaye CD rotating, Karanga, Korekore, Matebele and Zezuru lips possess the same texture and taste.


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Final Airtightness Test completed!
October 19, 2016
Today we had our final airtightness test and the result was... drum roll... 0.18ach @50Pa - again! Phew!
As described in this post about our intermediate test it is very common for a passivhaus building to have this test repeated during the course of the build so that any remedial works that may be required can be done at the appropriate time i.e. before the works are completely covered and the 'problem' areas are covered over.
The final test should be undertaken when the building is 'complete' in the sense that all components relevant to the test are finished i.e. wall linings, doors and windows fully installed, all services installed, all penetrations through the airtight and insulated envelope completed, and so on. It is worth noting that the MVHR exhaust and intake should either not be connected to the unit yet (as that constitutes a large hole to the outside) or all valve heads should be sealed temporarily.
This final test is also used for Building Warrant completion and so the tester will provide a report that states both the air changes rate and the permeability. These two values have different units and so measure the 'leakiness' of the building against different parameters.
The test is repeated a number of times to gain an average reading, and the building is tested when it is both pressurised and de-pressurised as this allows the test to reflect the performance of the building fabric in both conditions, and tests window seals under both of these conditions.
More information regarding airtightness testing and the differences between air changes (required for passivhaus) and permeability (required for Building Standards compliance) can be found in several publications on the Passivhaus Trust website.


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Are you being controlled by the subtlety of sin?
"Then let it see the Crystal Shard and destroy it," Entreri remarked, and he felt a twinge then as Crenshinibon (the Crystal Shard) cried out. "Why?" Jarlaxle asked suddenly, and Entreri recognized that his ever-opportunistic friend had heard that silent call. "Why?" the assassin (Entreri) echoed, turning to regard JarlaxleRead more


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One of the many stereotypes that Black women have confronted, in addition to the Mammy, Sapphire/Angry Black Woman, and Jezebel stereotypes, is the Tragic Mulatto.
Often portrayed in literature and film as a young woman or young girl, (never an older woman of a certain age), she is seen as doomed in her search for love, validation of her humanity from other non-Black women people, and has to contend with the constant fight against the negation of her womanhood.
The word mulatto has its origins in deriving from the Portuguese and Spanish word mulatto, which is itself derived from mula (from Old Spanish, from Latin mūlus), meaning mule, the hybrid offspring of a horse and a donkey. Many Europeans did not think that the offspring between a White European and a Black African would live very long and most notably is the main reasoning behind the word's origin ("Mulus") is that all offspring of such a union would be born sterile and incapable of reproducing themselves.
But, mulattos did not start occurring in America. They started in slave holding pens along the Slave Coast of West Africa, on slave ships bound for the so-called New World, and on afterwards in the original colonies, through race-based slavery, and through Jane Crow segregation.
In historical documentation of mulatto ( a word I will only use in reference to its historical context as it is an outgrowth of how mixed-blood/bi-racial Black people were categorized), light-skinned Black women were often spoken of, literally and figuratively, by authors and historians. So great is the plethora of the written word on mulatto women, that one would think that during American race-based slavery that there existed only female mulattos, and no male mulattos.
Take the famous story of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly.
The principal character, Eliza, is a very light-skinned mulatto.
Full page illustration by Hammatt Billings for Uncle Tom's Cabin (First Edition: Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1852). The engraving shows Eliza telling Uncle Tom that she has been sold and is running away to save her child.
Uncle Tom's Cabin theater poster, showing Eliza crossing the ice. Color lithograph, 71×106 cm, 1881.
SOURCE: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-1298 (color film copy transparency), uncompressed archival TIFF version (18 MB)
Here, in a stage production of Uncle Tom's Cabin:
Poster for "George Peck's grand revival of Stetson's Uncle Tom's Cabin, booked by Klaw & Erlanger," 1886. (Stage play based on Uncle Tom's Cabin)
SOURCE: United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division under the digital ID var.0685.
Also ubiquitously mentioned are the placage women of New Orleans.
Creole women of color taking the air, from a series of watercolors by Edouard Marquis, 1867.
The system of placage was found in other places, as in the cities of Natchez and Biloxi, Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama; St. Augustine and Pensacola, Florida; as well as Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti). Placage, however, drew most of its fame—and notorious historical legacy—from its public application (left-handed marriage) in New Orleans. Mulattos were not the only mixed-blood women found in the placage–so were quadroons and octoroons–terms that came out of the hated ODR system of categorizing Black people as if they were nothing more than a lesser form of humans.
Other authors besides Stowe, wrote of female mulattos, as in the case of William Wells Brown , in his novel Clotel, The President's Daughter:
Front page of the novel, Clotel, the President's Daughter.
Still, other authors wrote famous novels on mulatto women, such as Nella Larsen (herself the child of a Black Father and Danish mother), with her two most well-known novels of mulatto heroines: Passing and Quicksand.
Not all women of the placage system were fictional———-some were real-life women:
Marie Laveau, a famous Voodoo queen of New Orleans.
Henriette DeLille (1813-1862) was born in New Orleans to Jean Baptiste DeLille Sarpy , a wealthy Frenchman who had immigrated to Louisiana and Poupone Diaz, a quadroon.
Even in film, female Tragic Mulatto reign supreme, as in the case of two films based on the novel by Fannie Hurst, Imitation of Life:
Imitation of Life film poster, 1959.
Film poster of Imitation of Life, 1934. The film also starred (not pictured) Freddie Washington, as the doomed Tragic Mulatto character.
As can be seen, there is no dearth of information on female Tragic Mulattos, but, in the case of male Tragic Mulattos, the information is scant at best, or practically non-existent. You would think that nothing but female mulattos were born, and no male mulattos ever existed.
One would think that male multi-racials were either 1) born in low numbers in comparison to females; or 2) because of who wrote much of the history on American race-based slavery (and segregation)–predominantly male authors–that male multi-racials never had any impact on America in any way.
In films and TV, the issue of the Tragic Mulatto as Male has never been shown in large numbers with male representatives, only more so in the person of a woman or girl.
Which brings me to this episode of the situation comedy, The Jeffersons, created by Norman Lear.
In this episode, "Jenny's Low," Jenny Willis, daughter of the IR couple, Helen and George Willis, is visiting with her fiance, the Jefferson's son Lionel, and discusses with him the long absence of her brother, Alan. Two years earlier, Alan simply up and left his family, took off for Europe, and spent two years living in Paris, France. He decides to return back to America, and to his family—-much to the consternation of Jenny. Lionel questions her as to why she is so angry about the reappearance of her brother and chalks it up to a long deep-seated envious jealousy of her brother due to colorism.
But, here the episode gets even deeper that. Even for its sometimes buffoonish antics of the lead character, George Jefferson, played by Sherman Hemsley, this series (like Lear's famous original All in the Family, from which The Jeffersons is a spinoff), tackles more subjects in its thirty-minute episode, than any of the vapid and listless TV series and Hollywood movies can ever do in taking on the issue of the Tragic Mulatto, and turns the stereotype on its head—–
—–but, this time from the perspective of a man, instead of a woman.
Jenny is angry at Alan for being born much lighter than her. She is angry at Alan at leaving the family and then just nonchalantly dropping back in as if nothing happened. She is angry that Alan went away and lived in Europe and did not have to face the issue of race back home.
But, Alan has had some doubts himself about his life in Europe. That no one cared or questioned him on what he was, was just as dismaying to him. That he began to question what he was, not just as a multi-racial, but, as a person with an identity, a history that was part of two cultures (White and Black), and that his life began to seem aimless and without roots, began to push him back towards the world from which he ran two years before. Yes, he passed in France to achieve basic humanity, better economic opportunities, and a social standing that did not defile nor debase him, but, that passing left him devoid of himself. He began to question, "Who am I?" He sorely missed a part of himself, even if it meant returning back to a nation that worshipped the ODR for Black Americans.
He acknowledged that even though passing may have helped him in France, in the end it cut off a very important part of himself—-his family, his relationship with them, his knowledge and understanding of self and the alienation and isolation it caused him in France. That Alan had to deny what he was in Europe ("Because nobody asked. Nobody cared.") was just as painful as taking a knife to himself in not acknowledging his mixed-blood ancestry. By keeping mum about what his racial ancestry was, Alan was living a lie and that lie was suffocating him.
————there is another aspect of this episode that is not directly addressed.
Besides the racism issue, as well as the colorism issue, the issue of sexism/genderism is not brought out into the open.
"Why you?"
Jenny asks this questioned repeatedly of Alan, but, not only must the issue colorism be acknowledged, so to must the issue of genderism.
Alan, being a man, can traverse the world in ways that Jenny, a woman, cannot.
There are places he can go, to some degree, and not be met with swift condescension, derision, contempt and disrespect.
There are places he can go through and not have to face sexism.
Racism, yes, especially when confronting the bigots of the world who would castigate him for his mixed-blood ancestry.
But, sexism is not a factor he would have to face, conjoined with racism.
That double jeopardy falls at the feet of many a Black woman.
"Why you?"
In her pointed question to Alan, maybe Jenny was seeing only race and color.
In her question to Alan, I saw a much bigger factor of genderism.
I saw that in this scenario, gender trumped race.
Life for a man is just as fraught with perils as it is for a woman, but, life for a woman, involves many intersections of oppression, that include the dismissal of women as always less-than, not-quite adequate as a man, especially if that woman so happens to be a Black woman.
But, the episode is so good on so many levels in how it had the backbone to bring out into the open the issue of color, passing, fear of what one is, running from what is, and finally turning around and facing up to all that is a part of what one is.
That so many films, as well as TV shows, have not shown the Tragic Mulatto from a male perspective is deplorable, but, I will give The Jeffersons its due.
For a series that was produced in the 1970s, it was way ahead of its time.
Today, ten years into the 21ST Century, the idea of making a movie about a prominent multi-racial male character is zero to none.
That many people still conjure up the image of a woman or girl multi-racial is sad.
There are a few novels that address the Tragic Mulatto from a male perspective, most notably James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man .
Yes, there have been a very few movies that have finally tried to address the issue of the Tragic Mulatto from a male standpoint, The Human Stain is one such movie. I have not seen the movie yet, but, here is a trailer of it:
Even then, the use of a White male actor still rears its head. What, there were no bi-/multi-racial men who could play the lead part?
But, the fact must be acknowledged that the Tragic Mulatto is not just a feminine subject; it is a masculine subject as well.
In real life—and in reel life—mixed-blood/biracial/multi-racial men do exist.
High time that TV and Hollywood paid more attention to this, and not in the pathetic vein of all mixed-blood people as being tragic.
High time that TV and Hollywood take a page out of The Jeffersons and create more media on the fictional and real multi-racial men:
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
Jean Toomer
The Tragic Mulatto.
It never was something that mixed-blood people ever created. The propaganda of the Tragic Mulatto is a creation of White Supremacy and contempt towards the humanity of Black people with mixed blood.
High time TV and Hollywood started showing and creating films that show the humanity and depth of the life of a people who but for the circumstances of their ancestry still are relegated to the corner of the room and ignored for all they have contributed to this country, even with the hell of a history they have had to shoulder—-and still do.


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1999 Pontiac Trans Am - Bolt-On Boulevard Bruiser
This '99 Pontiac Trans Am Gets It Done With a Stone-Stock Long-Block
It's no secret that the GM LS series of V-8 engines are very strong runners right out of the box. One would be hard-pressed to find a late-model Trans Am or GTO that can't run a 13-second quarter-mile in stock form. What's even more attractive to performance enthusiasts is just how easy it is to wring more power out of them using traditional bolt-on upgrades. It's not unheard of for these engines to power cars to 12-, 11-, or even 10-second quarter-mile times with a stock or nearly stock bottom-end.
Jason Seger of Mount Holly, New Jersey, is someone who has embraced the bolt-on potential of the LS1 V-8, perhaps to an extreme level. He has scienced-out a combination that uses a stone-stock long-block and puts out a stout 537.4 hp at the wheels! It's an interesting story that shows how some careful planning and realistic goals can make a flexible, reliable combination that can be duplicated by any hobbyist.
"This isn't my first Firebird," Jason explained. "My first one was a '96 V-6-powered car. My father bought it for me; he wouldn't let me get a V-8 because I was just a kid at the time. Unfortunately, my dad died in 1997 and he didn't get to see this one."
By 1999, Jason was of sufficient experience that he felt an LS1 Trans Am was the right choice for him. He knew he'd be modifying the Pontiac, so he passed on the WS6 version, opting for a standard Trans Am and saving a few thousand dollars in the process. Within a year, he was trying to keep up with his buddies who were driving supercharged Mustangs, and so the mods began.
At first, he concentrated on intake and exhaust upgrades. An SLP Performance Parts Ram Air HO hood and airbox were added to get the air in more efficiently, and the exhaust is ably handled by a set of Mac 1.75-inch primary, mid-length headers with 3-inch collectors and Jet-Hot coating. They are connected to a high-capacity MAC 2.5-inch Y-pipe, which is also Jet-Hot coated. The Y-pipe flows into a pair of MAC 2 high-flow converters and a 3-inch Flowmaster three-chamber muffler with dual outlets.
The above mods helped out quite a bit, jumping the output up to an impressive 316 rwhp as recorded on a Dynojet chassis dynomometer. It was an improvement, but Jason wanted more. After all, those Mustangs were using centrifugal superchargers and were making serious horsepower. Inspired, he launched into Phase II of his modification plan for the Trans Am, and this is where things got interesting.
Figuring what's good for the Pony is also good for the Bird, Jason purchased a Vortech aftercooled centrifugal supercharger system that features a G-trim compressor. The entire unit is polished, and the boost is set at a conservative 5 psi. Of course, the addition of the blower required upgrading the injection system. Stock 28-lb/hr units gave way to 38-lb/hr injectors, and the fuel system was similarly upfitted with the installation of a T-Rex inline pump. The Vortech-supplied computer programming was replaced with a custom tune by East Coast Supercharging.
Also added was a Compucar single-stage nitrous system with choice of 50-150hp nozzles--a 100-horse shot is in there now. The purges are located under each parking light. Even with such a low boost pressure, the LS1 responded with a sharp increase in horsepower, 457.8 at the rear wheels on motor alone as measured on the same DynoJet. Increasing boost to 9 psi and upgrading to Motron 60-lb/hr injectors and a Racetronics 255 gal/hr pump resulted in a whopping 537.4 hp at the wheels without nitrous. This power increase was achieved retaining the factory-issue 75mm MAF, 75mm throttle body, LS1 intake, and an untouched factory long-block featuring 2.00/1.55 valves in the heads and a stock 209/198-degree duration at 0.050 cam with 0.500/0.500 lift using 1.70:1 rockers. The ignition system is stock as well.
Backing the formidable powerplant is the stock Tremec T56 six-speed transmission with an SLP- aluminum flywheel and McLoed RevLock II clutch, shifted with a Pro 5.0 shifter and a Hurst T-handle. Roll Control and nitrous are controlled with a single button on the handle, and a selector switch in the ashtray determines which is being used. The left position is for the Roll Control, the right is for the juice. From there, power is transferred through a custom driveshaft to a Moser 12-bolt rearend with 3.73 gears and posi-traction.
The chassis was also upgraded to control the abundance of power provided by the blown LS1. Hotchkis subframe connectors and a six-point rollcage by Wolf Racecraft keep the unibody from twisiting. Hotchkis also supplied the lowered coil springs, control arms, and panhard bar. A BMR torque arm was installed to replace the stock unit that was ripped out of its mounts by the supercharged powerplant. Stopping power is aided by Baer Racing EradiSpeed zinc-coated, slotted rotors, while the rolling stock consists of 18x8.5-inch Elite Barb wheels shod with Ventis 245/40ZR-18s all around.
Visual aspects weren't ignored. Noting that his Trans Am was being mistaken for similar-looking cars around town, Jason had Auto Body by Duie in Bordentown, New Jersey, repaint the Trans Am to eliminate any confusion over its identity. They covered the Bird's panels in DuPont Black with DuPont Chromalusion Absolute Purpleen flames. They change color as one walks around the car, adding motion and a very unique character to the Pontiac. Simply put, it's one car that's impossible to miss.
Jason added several upgrades inside as well. The three A/C vents in the center of the dash were filled with 21/16-inch diameter Auto Meter Z-Series gauges, which monitor boost, fuel pressure, and air/fuel ratio, by The Sound Source in Burlington, New Jersey. Nitrous tanks were installed after the rear seat was removed but not before the area was covered in matching leather by Al's Custom Interior in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Al's also covered the rollcage tubing in leather to match the rest of the interior--a subtle but classy touch. The stock Monsoon audio system was upgraded with a 10-inch, powered subwoofer, also by The Sound Source. It's almost loud enough to cover the roar of the engine--almost.
Jason is quick to mention those who helped him create the Trans Am of his dreams. Sutton's Speed Shop in Pemberton, New Jersey, installed the rearend, clutch, and Baer Racing rotors, as well as the complete exhaust system. East Coast Supercharging in Cream Ridge, New Jersey, sorted out the supercharger installation and replaced the fuel system after another shop messed up the job, going out of business shortly thereafter. "Those guys really worked out all the bugs," Jason explained.
HPP Editor Tom DeMauro spotted and photographed Jason's Trans Am at the 26th Annual High-Performance Pontiac Show and Go at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey, and an interesting thing happened that day. When Jason's car was given an award for Best in Class, the announcer called out John Seger, his departed father's name, even though Jason's name was clearly printed on the tech card. "Of all the people who helped me get my Trans Am to where it is now, my dad's influence is what inspired me to get it done, Jason said. "He definitely had a hand in this one," bolt-ons and all.


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I'm not a fan of Nicki Minaj. Yeah, I said it. Her voice and "characters" already took my last nerve. But with her much anticipated freshman release Pink Friday dropping November 22, Minaj is in the mouths of fans and haters alike.
I'm not concerned here, however, with Minaj's lyricism or talent. I'm interested in what Minaj's multiple identies suggest about women in hip-hop.
During the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards, DJ Khaled introduced self-proclaimed entertainer Minaj as "Nicki Minaj, Nicki Minaj, Nicki Minaj, Nicki Minaj, and Nicki Minaj." As Minaj began to speak, she significantly altered her voice five times to show her "multiple personas." People cheered.
Whether in the capacity of video models or (f)emcees, women in hip-hop are so underrepresented that they are always fighting against the current. In the powerful (and long overdue) documentary My Mic Sounds Nice old school artists like Roxanne Shante, Salt-N-Pepa, MC Lyte, and Yo Yo talked about the need to lyrically keep their game up. Battling for them was a way to be acknowledged, heard, and visible.
Back in the day, women rappers' worth was proved by their freestyle form instead of their physical one. Unfortunately, as time marched on, femcees rapping off the top of the dome dwindled to spitting about giving it. Hide your Sprite cans and two liters.
Black women and hypersexuality is not a new conversation. The contemporary moment in which hip-hop women exist, however, is unique. Unlike the earlier wave of female rappers, the most visible women in mainstream hip-hop take stereotypical notions of black women and make them profitable. Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Trina, Khia and Jacki-O branded themselves as peddlers of the freak nasty.
Cue Nicki Minaj—who is building on this tradition—and making bank as one of the most visible women in the game.
What is particularly striking about her rebranding this old idea is the way she interconnects brand and identity. To Minaj, like Lil' Kim before her, there's a need to navigate both hypersexuality and what I call "hypo-visibility," the underwhelming presence of black women to construct their own, independent identity.
So on the one hand the beef between her and Lil' Kim is laughable because Minaj uses her sexuality to grab attention and, um, entertain. Young girls sing Minaj's lyrics down the hallway at school the same way I did Kim's back in '97. In much the same way that Lil' Kim rode with Notorious B.I.G. and Junior Mafia, she's aligned with the male dominated Young Money. Ditto Karrine Steffans (who got her "big break" on Mystikal's "Been So Long" video by wearing the most hoochie coo outfit available), Trina who got put on with Trick Daddy and Slip-N-Side), and others.
So what's the difference? What stands out about Minaj is the way she juggles black women's sexuality with notions of insanity to create her own space that she colored "pink." Minaj collapses accepted notions about black women, and in their wake she carves out an alternative space of expression.
Minaj's images of mental instability pivot on the fear of the crazy black woman and materialism. In her collabo with Ludacris "My Chick Bad," Minaj rhymes "they say my shoe game crazy, the mental asylum's lookin' for me." Trey Songz' "Bottoms Up" video visually demonstrates instability by using an unstable camera and jagged movements to show unbalance. Minaj's delivery follows suit, using a shaky sounding delivery to ask (beg?) Songz for alcohol and attention.
What's crazy for Black women's identity politics is that it's difficult to distinguish Minaj's acting from her reality. This is especially significant when looking at Minaj's impact on young women.
A few years back a young, excited woman called in to speak with Minaj on a Shade45 radio interview. After pleasantries, the woman proudly declared that her three year old daughter could recite Minaj's lyrics verbatim. While Minaj gushed about "how cute that is," the little girl could be heard in the background reciting explicit lyrics.
A three-year old. Probably in diapers and barely counting to five. But she has a future—as a Nicki Minaj impersonator. Chile boo.
Unfortunately, it is common occurrence that performance identities are removed from their intended spaces. Once removed, they heavily influence social interactions and often promote stereotypes. This is especially true for women. Here's to hoping American popular culture doesn't slay Nicki's monster celebrity out of revenge. Roman or otherwise.
Regina N. Bradley is a doctoral candidate in African American Literature and Culture at Florida State University. She blogs about identity politics, African-American humor, and popular culture at Red Clay Scholar (http://redclayscholar.blogspot.com).
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Sunday, June 5, 2011
Happiness is....
....spending most of the afternoon fishing with good friends at our little bitty lake just outside of town.
....being able to be the rescuer for friends who were stranded with a broken-down vehicle, after the numerous times that I've had to be rescued myself.
....having all 5 of my kids under one roof again for the first time in almost 2 weeks.
....getting hugs and kisses from the kids as soon as they saw me when I picked them up from their father's house.
....hearing the older 3 kids recount every. single. second. of their vacation and seeing the excitement in their faces as they shared story after story.
....having 4 kids want to sleep in the same bed because they all missed each other so much.
....listening to the aforementioned 4 kids bickering because someone is hogging up all the space in the bed.
....looking around the house and surveying the damage done in the short amount of time that we've been home (less than an hour) but realizing that in the grand scheme of things, clutter and dirty laundry and empty Capri Sun packages are worth it to have my family back together again, even if it's only for a day.
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Screw dating, you are blessed.ReplyDelete
But yeah, you probably should get back on that dating pony no matter how it bucks.
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly a few kids can destroy a house.ReplyDelete
In my case, they're happy to see one another for about fifteen seconds, and then someone's breathing too loud or looking too hard or something equally annoying.
I'm envious that yours get along better!
Oh trust me....it didn't last. They got sent to separate beds shortly after I posted that, and there have been several fist fights already this morning. LOLReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 1:51:00 PM CDT
<3 Very sweet.ReplyDelete
Thank you SOOOO very much with your help last night. I was getting worried.ReplyDelete
Lovin' the little things!ReplyDelete
Love this post. Oh - and I totally got a mental picture of you dragging kids into church the way we do. (And we only have 3 - not 5) ... but it seems every Sunday it is a SPRINT from start to finish and I end up looking like I just rolled out of bed because of all the running around I do. Anyway - that is how I pictured you too :) KristenReplyDelete
Roy, not a problem! Glad I could help!ReplyDelete
Kristen, luckily I only had the two little ones, and they LOVE to go to church so that they can play with Miss Cindy (they lady in the nursery). So they are always ready to go way before I am. I usually end up jumping in the shower at about 9:40, throwing some clothes on, tossing them in the van, and getting there by 10:05 or so. LOL
AHHHH, welcome home little ones!ReplyDelete
I have only two rules - don't reveal anyone's personal information, and be respectful. It's not difficult, honest. Now, go on and play.


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Mountain View, California (EastBayDaily) — Appcelerator®, the leading mobile cloud platform for rapidly developing native mobile, desktop, and tablet applications using web technologies, today announced it has teamed with Teens in Tech Labs to launch the first annual Teens in Tech Incubator program. The new program helps young entrepreneurs start their own high-tech companies. Founded in 2008 by Daniel Brusilovsky, Teens in Tech Labs provides a community and support network for young entrepreneurs to gain access to and learn best practices from established mentors and tech veterans.
The Teens in Tech inaugural incubator program officially kicked off on June 22 and runs for 6 weeks. The incubator is housed in Appcelerator's new headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Each team consists of one to three teens, all under the age of 19, who will work alongside mentors and advisors to build their own startups. The program culminates with each team launching their product as part of a Demo Day during the annual Teens in Tech Conference, taking place on August 5 at Palo Alto Research Center in Palo Alto. Three of the teams will use Appcelerator's app development platform, Titanium, to build fully native apps that can run on desktop, web or mobile devices. The select teams are:
Codulous (Santa Cruz, CA): an online code editor that works in the cloud and syncs with your desktop and many other services
BuyNomial (Oakland, CA): helping you budget for whatever you want in a faster and smarter way
MySchoolHelp (White Plains, NY): making it easy for high school students to find and share their classmates' notes
Bubbls (Palo Alto, CA): a geo-social mobile application that lets your friends know when you can hang out
CM Studios (Atherton, CA): bringing a zombie game to the iPhone, and soon Android
Workcrib (Walnut Creek, CA): a social sharing site for your workspace
The Teens in Tech Incubator program features numerous experiential and hands-on learning opportunities. More than 60+ tech veterans, VCs, and others volunteer as mentors and advisors are teaching classes weekly on everything from HTML to CSS to marketing and presentation skills. Some of the program's mentors lead weekly dinners, sharing their own personal life stories, such as when David Crane, a partner at Google Ventures, spoke to the teens about how Google got started. There are also "Office Hours" and "Workshops," where mentors join the teams on-site and help them work on their business plans, presentations, coding, etc. Held throughout are various white board and collaboration sessions.
"Entrepreneurship should not be defined by age but should be all about fostering the most promising innovation," noted Daniel Brusilovsky. "With the broad support from the tech community, our new incubator program will encourage today's youth to start early, think big, take risks, learn from failures and gain from successes. We're very grateful to all the companies, mentors and advisors who have graciously contributed to our endeavor and mission. The support ecosystem inherent throughout Silicon Valley gives evidence to why the region is one of the most innovative in the world. However, it also lays a solid blueprint for others to adopt and benefit from."
The Teens in Tech Incubator program boasts a stellar lineup of mentors and advisors, some of who include: Jeff Haynie, co-founder and CEO, Appcelerator David Hornik, general partner, August Capital David Krane, Partner, Google Ventures Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO, Box.net Chris McCann, co-founder, Startup Digest Marcus Nelson, director of social media, Salesforce Alex Pachkov, VP of business development, Evernote
In addition to providing the technology and serving as mentors, the team at Appcelerator is also providing the physical office space to host the incubator teams throughout the program's duration.
Jeff Haynie, co-founder and CEO of Appcelerator, noted, "I started my first company when I was 14, and there were a lot of people who generously helped mentor and provide me with valuable guidance along the way. Having benefited from that support network, I think it's important for seasoned entrepreneurs to pay it forward and proactively lend a guiding hand to our next generation of aspiring tech entrepreneurs and contribute to them hopefully building the next Google or Apple."
Along with Appcelerator, the Teens in Tech Labs has support from Microsoft, General Motors, Softlayer, Globumbus, Eventbrite, Meshin and Gagnier Margossian LLP.
To see the full list of mentors and learn more about the Teens in Tech Incubator program or the Teens in Tech annual conference please visit: http://incubator.teensintech.com/.
About Teens in Tech Labs Based in Mountain View CA, Teens in Tech Labs provides tools and resources to young entrepreneurs globally to help foster entrepreneurship at a young age. Founded on the premise that entrepreneurship doesn't happen at a certain age or a certain location, Teens in Tech Labs provides a support community and network to help young entrepreneurs create innovative and disruptive businesses. For more information, please visit http://www.teensintech.com.
About Appcelerator Appcelerator is the leading enterprise-grade, cross-platform development solution on the market today, with over 1.5 million developers using its software to power more than 23,000 cloud-connected mobile, desktop, and web applications used by tens of millions of users every day. The company's flagship offering, Appcelerator Titanium, is the only platform to enable fully native, cross-platform development, from a single codebase, at web development speed for these three platforms. Appcelerator's customers can leverage their existing skills and open, industry standard technologies to decrease time-to-market and development costs, increase customer adoption and revenues, and enjoy greater flexibility and control. For more information, please visit http://www.appcelerator.com.
Appcelerator is a registered trademark of Appcelerator Inc. Appcelerator Titanium is a trademark of Appcelerator Inc.
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McCain Calls Moore Accusations 'Disturbing,' but He Was Accused of Sexual Misconduct in '08
Guest post by John Roberts at Right Observer:
Arizona Sen. John McCain recently called for Alabama candidate Roy Moore to drop out of his state's Senate race in light of the unproven sexual harassment allegations against him. However, McCain's skeletons have just resurfaced…
From America News Hub:
What a lot of people seem to forget about John McCain is that he's been a womanizer for decades. In fact, he was accused of sexual misconduct during his 2008 presidential campaign and he immediately dismissed the charges.
From Western Journalism:
However, McCain sang a different tune during his 2008 presidential when the senator faced his own accusations of sexual misconduct with a lobbyist 30 years his junior.
McCain was among the very first so called "establishment Republicans" to rush to judgment about the allegations against Moore, characterizing them as "disqualifying" and declaring that the candidate should "immediately step aside and allow the people of Alabama to elect a candidate they can be proud of."
The allegations against Roy Moore are deeply disturbing and disqualifying. He should immediately step aside and allow the people of Alabama to elect a candidate they can be proud of.
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) November 9, 2017
In February 2008, The Post and The New York Times published stories alleging McCain had had an improper relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman. The stories both related that the senator had developed a close relationship with the lobbyist who had business before the Commerce Committee, which he chaired.
The Times' story also suggested his staff was concerned the relationship with Iseman had turned romantic, given the amount of time the two were spending together. The lobbyist has a strong resemblance to McCain's wife Cindy.
Iseman was in her early 30s when the relationship began in the late 1990s, and McCain was in his early 60s. Both McCain and Iseman denied any affair.
McCain began a romantic relationship with Cindy while he was still married to his first wife Carol, according to FactCheck.org. A month after divorcing Carol, he married Cindy, when she was 25 and he was 43.
More, per Los Angeles Times:
"The Bezos-Amazon-Washington Post that dropped that dime on Donald Trump," Bannon told a New Hampshire audience, "is the same Bezos-Amazon-Washington Post that dropped the dime this afternoon on Judge Roy Moore. Now is that a coincidence?"
This is typical of Bannon's demagogic style. Because the Post is allegedly out to get Moore, not only can we not believe what the Post reports, we don't have to credit what any of the people talking to the Post on the record actually said. It's a kind of motivated reasoning that lets audiences connect dots and reach conclusions unsupported by the facts.
Bannon uses lots of adjectival nouns — "Bezos-Amazon Washington Post"! — to insinuate a nefarious conspiracy everyone is supposed to know about. He appeals to intellectual vanity and insecurity: Surely you don't believe this is a coincidence! This is a classic example of the paranoid style, inferring evil intentions from objective facts.
The most telling detail is Bannon's claim that the Post "dropped a dime" on Trump with the "Access Hollywood" tape. Translation: they're snitches!
Time to clean out that closet, senator?
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Mentions Brand Reporter -
In August 2001, Zee TV had a new look, and in 2004, Zee Cinema's logo was also changed.
The re-branding initiative was taken for all 20 channels
According to Media 24 by 7, . On the cards is a change in the on-air packaging, logo, graphics and music of the channels.
The designs have been done by FCB-Ulka to give them a global look that can connect with all sets of audience. Is it a case of old wine in new bottles? Guess, what the viewer demands today is not so much of the top right screen, than what appears in the rest of the screen!
According to Ashish Kaul, VP, corporate brand development, Essel Group, "over a period of time" the re-branding initiative would extend to the content of its channels… Wow.. so they ARE considering it, aren't they ;-) ?
Mr Kaul averred that "the re-branding is aimed at adding the extra zing and edge which reinvents the spirit of the brand and brings it closer to our younger audience"
Sure, it "really" connects with us Mr Kaul. but ... just am wondering .... which part ?
According to Business Standard,
" As a part of this exercise the three English channels of the Zee will be renamed as well. Fashion and lifestyle channel Trendz is now Zee Trendz, Zee English is Zee Café and Zee Movie Zone (ZMZ) has become Zee Studio.Central Chronicle has reiterated the same thing... verbatim..
Also, Smile TV is now Zee Smile. The regional channels network of the group is also being given a new identity and branding. The regional Alpha channels are now renamed as Zee Marathi, Zee Bangla, Zee Gujarati, Zee Punjabi and Zee Telegu. "
This move by Zee Telefilms comes at a time when the Indian broadcasting sector is seeing a sudden rush of channels and broadcaster are trying to give a distinct identity and feel to their
By the way, I was wondering where in the world did ZMZ come from, and this is what I could gather. Supposedly, ZEE MGM was renamed to ZMZ from October 1 last year!
Whether Zee group is contemplating the launch of a new English movie channel, following the buy-out of its current partner Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by a group headed by Sony Corp, is not forthcoming. But the latest is that starting 1 October, Zee MGM is being renamed as Zee Movie Zone (ZMZ).Incidentally, the website of Zee Telefilms still reflects the old channels only !!
Though, the index page has been corrected..the international site is still not updated !
Also, surprisingly, no press release was made for this change..
By the way, speaking of Zee Network also reminds me of a continual debate over one thing - Is Zee Telefilms an FMCG company? It is already one of the 30 in the list of items on the BSE, but is it part of the FMCG index also? Will find out more on this later, for the time being, have a look at this discussion . Discusses if Zee Telefilms is a media or a consumer stock!


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Ex-England defender, Rio Ferdinand's decision to pursue an Indian summer within the ring may yet prompt other footballers to step through the ropes.
Earlier this week, Rio Ferdinand revealed his intentions to join the ranks of footballers who've decided to ditch their boots for gloves. He follows fellow ex-Premier League stars Curtis Woodhouse and Leon McKenzie into the squared circle, both of whom having amassed respectable enough records (Woodhouse even snaring a British title before a temporary retirement). Whilst Ferdinand would defy all expectations if he were to get close to either of those fighters' ledgers, it prompts the question – who's next?
Duncan Ferguson
Curtis Woodhouse famously tracked down a Twitter troll to scare him into an apology. Duncan Ferguson went one better, and knocked several shades out of a would-be burglar he disturbed in his house. This intruder goes down as one of the UK's dumbest ever criminals: not just for attempting to steal from a man with history of assault, but also for thinking there'd be any silverware to pinch in an Everton player's gaff. Add Big Dunc's penchant for violence to the fact that he has a potentially great ring-name in Duncan 'Disorderly' Ferguson, and we've got ourselves a winner.
Boxer most like: A Scottish Kovalev.
Roy Keane
The Irishman carved out a career as a combative midfielder that was able to strike fear into opponents by reputation alone in much the same way Mike Tyson used to be able to. Unfortunately, Keane got into trouble for excerpts of his autobiography, which revealed that he had planned to hospitalise one of his opponents before attempting to do just that, in much the way Mike Tyson used to.
Boxer most like: Marauding Irishman Gary O'Sullivan
Peter Crouch
Height is a great attribute in boxing if used right. This is one of the reasons that we see boxers killing themselves to make the scales in weight divisions in which they can be the bigger man. Step forward 6'7″ featherweight, Peter Crouch. Those long skinny limbs would strike terror throughout the lighter divisions, enabling Crouchy to keep foes at arm's length without them ever getting in the same postcode as him. Want to talk about relentless pressure? Crouch could jab his opponent whilst both are sat in opposite corners inbetween rounds.
Boxer most like: 6'3″ welterweight Paul Williams
Cristiano Ronaldo
Who wouldn't want to see Ronaldo get punched? Referees may perpetually keep sending him back to his corner to attend to his overly-greased-up features though. Cautious referees meanwhile may call fights off prematurely if mistaking his obnoxious winking for an eye injury. No, I still haven't got over the 2006 World Cup.
Boxer most like: Skillful, pretty and wildly successful – Oscar De La Hoya
Adebayo Akinfenwa
16 stone Wycombe striker, 'The Beast' ploughs through League 2 defences like a bowling bowl through skittles. I won't say anything disparaging in regards to the underrated hot-shot Akinfenwa, as it's likely Wycombe will be playing at my hometown again next season and I don't want to be snapped into a pre-match snack.
Boxer most like: Musclebound heavyweight Larry Olubamiwo
Have we missed anyone? Which footballers do you think could make it as a boxer? Let us know below.
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The fight is far from over—anti-gun legislators are determined to quickly pass sweeping gun control measures and your active support is still needed to protect our firearms freedoms
Your National Rifle Association, in conjunction with the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen and the Connecticut Citizens Defense League, hosted a critical Lobby Day today. Over 3,000 Second Amendment activists descended on Hartford to communicate to their state legislators that they oppose legislation that would infringe on their Right to Keep and Bear Arms and inhibit their inherent right to self-defense.
The NRA thanks all who attended this important event and signaled to their state legislators that restricting the rights of law-abiding citizens will do nothing to curb criminal misuse of firearms. However, some anti-gun legislators are still determined to oppress your Second Amendment rights in the so-called "Constitution State."
This Thursday, March 14, the Public Safety and Security Committee will hold an important public hearing at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2C of the Legislative Office Building. As currently scheduled, this committee will hear eleven different gun control bills. Click here for the full committee agenda.


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Project Clean (www.projectclean.org) is an initiative founded by Meena Venkataramanan, a 17 year-old from Tucson, Arizona, to raise awareness of youth substance abuse and mobilize youth to take the lead in its prevention.
Project Clean hopes to do this by conducting youth-led projects that raise awareness of the issue within Arizona as well as providing resources to both youth who struggle with substance abuse (and their parents and educators) and youth who hope to alleviate it in their communities. Some examples of Project Clean's youth-led projects include visiting local treatment centers to gain insight on prevention and treatment strategies and creating original videos that showcase real teens' experiences and advice with respect to substance abuse and its prevention.
Meena was inspired to start Project Clean through her experiences as an Arizona Governor's Youth Commissioner and as a volunteer at Pima County Teen Court. She is grateful to these organizations for fueling her passion about the issue, and hopes to use Project Clean to drive positive change in both her Tucson community as well as in Arizona at large.
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Having spent his entire life in conflict-riven Florence, Niccolo Machiavelli composed this classic study of power and politics in response to the governmental troubles of his day. Controversial but nonetheless highly influential, this tract has impacted such major figures as Napoleon, Frederick the Great, and Mussolini. This edition is accompanied by G. W. F. Hegel's commentary on Machiavelli in his "Constitution of Germany.


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Agra as a city is such a brand among tourists all over the world, that it needs no introduction. It is a city which is famous not only for the Taj Mahal and its Mughal-era architecture but also for its leather products and cuisine. Because of its proximity to Delhi one can easily plan a to-and-fro trip that can be accomplished in a day. The city experiences extremes of heat and cold during the summer and winter seasons respectively.
Places to Stay
Despite being a global tourist hotspot, Agra still offers a wide variety of good budget hotels. Some of the options you ought to try are Sakura Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 500), Aditya Palace Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 540), Aryan's Taj Resort (Tariff – Rs. 900) and Vanshika Palace Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 800).
The official languages of Agra are Hindi and Urdu. English is also understood in certain places such as hotels.
The important festivals celebrated are Diwali, Hanuman Jayanthi, Holi, Dussehra and the two Eid(s).
Places of Interest
The most important place worth a visit in Agra is the Taj Mahal without doubt. It is considered to be a sign of love as the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan constructed the mausoleum over the tomb of his beloved wife Mumtaz. The structure has been designed with architectural brilliance by experts from Central Asia, Persia as well as India. The other important sights which are bound to hold the visitor in awe are Agra Fort and Akbar's Tomb.
How to Get There
The nearest airports are the Kheria airport, Gwalior airport and the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi at the distances of 5 km, 116 km and 193 km respectively.
The nearest railway stations are Bilochpura Agra Railway Station and Raja-ki-Mandi Railway Station. The Agra City Railway Station is a major railway station at a distance of 5 km from the core of Agra.
Various state transport buses connect Agra city to different parts of the state as well as cities of neighbouring states such as Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi. Mahalakshmi Travels is a popular operator on this route. There are a number of bus ticket booking sites like Ticketgoose.com from where you will get good offers and discounts while booking your tickets.


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text: Urinary or fecal incontinence can be embarrassing and impair quality of life, but both can be treated more easily now than ever before. Incontinence – the inability to contain urine or fecal matter – isn't a topic often discussed in social circles. Posted by BJ Towe on Thursday, June 25, 2015 Your Local Health | Written by BJ Towe Urinary or fecal incontinence can be embarrassing and impair quality of life, but both can be treated more easily now than ever before. Incontinence – the inability to contain urine or fecal matter – isn't a topic often discussed in social circles. Although advertisements for products such as Depend® and Poise® have helped bring urinary incontinence out of the closet, fecal incontinence remains largely in the dark. Yet both forms of incontinence are more common — and more easily treated — than you might think. Urinary Incontinence Urinary incontinence can affect anyone, although women experience it twice as often as men. Symptoms range in severity from a little leakage that comes with coughing or laughing to involuntary release of urine that can be socially debilitating. "The uncontrollable leakage of urine is reported to affect over 30 million Americans, but reluctance to discuss the problem means the real number is probably significantly more," says Stephanie Powell Morgan, M.D., a fellowship-trained, board-certified Urogynecologist who focuses on disorders of the female pelvic floor (the muscles, ligaments, and tissues that support the uterus, vagina, bladder, and rectum) and reconstructive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. Morgan often sees women with incontinence issues stemming from pregnancy and childbirth, which can damage the nerves and muscles that are supposed to help hold and release urine. In addition to anatomical changes caused by childbirth, Morgan says other factors can increase a person's risk of developing urinary incontinence: Lifestyle factors such as alcohol, caffeine, smoking, weight, and medications. Easily treated medical conditions including constipation and urinary tract infection. Chronic medical conditions such as bladder conditions, hysterectomy, urinary tract obstruction, and neurological disorders. "If you have early symptoms of urinary incontinence, discussing those with your doctor is a very simple way to get started toward treatment and preventing it from becoming socially debilitating. Don't be afraid that surgery is the only option." -Dr. Stephanie Morgan, The Iowa Clinic's Urogynecologist Based on the type of incontinence, extent of the problem, and the underlying cause, current treatment options may include: Behavioral changes, such as modifying food and fluid intake, training the bladder to hold urine longer, or scheduling trips to the bathroom throughout the day. Medication may also be indicated. Physical Therapy, which may also be used in conjunction with medications. These help strengthen muscles that control release of urine. Medical devices, including a vaginal ring insert or pessary. Morgan explains: "A pessary is a small silicone ring that sits in the top of the vagina. Some women who have worn pads 30 to 40 years come in, get fitted with a pessary, and leave the office able to do jumping jacks. It can provide instant treatment gratification with no risk. Many very active women choose this form of management as there is no risk and it is adjustable to her symptoms." Tension free vaginal tape slings have an excellent success rate and a low complication rate for urinary incontinence. Types of Urinary Incontinence Overflow | Unexpected leakage of small amounts of urine because of a full bladder. Stress | Leakage of small amounts of urine during physical movement (coughing, sneezing, exercising). Functional | Untimely urination because of physical disability, external obstacles, or problems in thinking or communicating that prevent a person from reaching a toilet. Overactive Bladder | Urinary frequency and urgency, with or without urge incontinence. Urge | Leakage of large amounts of urine at unexpected times, including during sleep. Transient | Leakage that occurs temporarily because of a situation that will pass (infection, taking a new medication, colds with coughing). Mixed | Usually the occurrence of stress and urge incontinence together. Risk Factors Leading to Fecal Incontinence Diarrhea Constipation Muscle damage or weakness Nerve damage Loss of elasticity in the rectum Difficult childbirth with injuries to the pelvic floor Hemorrhoids and rectal prolapse Rectocele, a condition causing the rectum to protrude through the vagina If you're having trouble with urinary or fecal incontinence, visit The Iowa Clinic Urogynecology Department or call 515.875.9290 Source: National Institutes of Health Other Articles When is OMM Right for You? FAQ on the Flu: How to Protect Your Family This Flu Season Is That Painful Bump on My Foot a Bunion? Tags diagnosis obstetrics & gynecology treatment urogynecology urology women's center


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Although I have made some amazing scones since going gluten free, I have been seeking the perfect plain gluten free scone recipe for a long time. In my search, I have frequently asked myself the question 'what makes a great scone?' When I ask the question, I recall my pre-gluten free days and some of the best Cream Teas in my history.
One of my favourite nostalgic Cream Tea memories dates back (way too many) years to when I was a mere slip of an adolescent and I took a holiday to Devon with my sister in the family 'hand me down' orange Mini. In those days, Minis were tiny and noisy, but so so much fun. I still have the number plate indelibly etched on my brain, so memorable was that Mini…… RUR 598M! Yep….. we've been through the number plate suffix and prefix year 'letters' and have completely revamped to numbers since then…… Old I may be, but I am proud to say that we owned a Mini in the 70's…… It was bright, it was bold and it was fun.
But back to Cream Teas….. We took this Mini down the then empty motorways to Devon and there we stayed (with my brother's ex-girlfriend) in the palm-lined town of Torquay. We did what any self-respecting young women do and sought out beaches to lie on….. and the best ice creams, fish and chips and cream teas we could find. We were of an age when eating vast quantities of sugar, carbs and fats made little dent on our weight, so we indulged to our limits…..
Down there in Badgers Holt, we found the best, softest, tallest, jamiest, clotted creamiest Cream Tea ever. The weather was scorching and we took our two huge scones (each!) and accompanying tea pots outside, where we sat on a grassy bank and scoffed until we were bursting……. compelled to lie on the grass for a good couple of hours, before we could subject our stuffed bodies to further movement…….. A memory was made!
What made these scones so good? They were perfect of texture…… Soft, but close of crumb and slightly dense…… Tall in rise, with little crinkles and cracks around the edges, but still slightly warm….. Mild in flavour, but with a hint of sweetness to complement the cream and jam which was generously delivered….. Rich, decadent, smooth, creamy, slightly clumpy-topped dollops of West-Country Clotted Cream spread in a thick layer across the top of each half-scone, begging to be crowned with a spoonful of joyous, dark red, gooey strawberry jam.
There you have it….. the perfect Cream Tea….. just needing to be recreated with a culinary update that is gluten free.
And here it is. The best gluten free scones….. No. The best scones I have ever eaten! Made with a rice free flour blend which is light and oh so soft to the touch, moistening buttermilk and a little ground almond, these gluten free scones are incredible….. And whereas gluten free scones will often be stale and hard within hours, these are still soft two to three days after they come out of the oven.
The jam is also home-made, with our wonderful local Kent strawberries….. At this time of year, I feel so lucky to live in the Garden of England. I often think jam is going to be a hassle to make, but it isn't and is well worth a little effort for the fruity satisfaction it gives. Better still…. this recipe has a lower sugar content for less guilt and all the pleasure. I have shared my recipe below, although there really is no magic to making it!
As I don't have any cows or a dairy, the Clotted Cream is my very favourite…. Rodda's…. all the way from Cornwall!
So before the summer is out, why don't you create your own Cream Tea memory with these delicious gluten free scones…… I promise you won't regret it……
I am sharing the Gluten Free Alchemist Best Ever Gluten Free Scones with Simple (lower sugar) Home-Made Strawberry Jam with :
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Other gluten free scones on Gluten Free Alchemist :
Blueberry & Lemon Buttermilk Scones
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Scones with Nutella Mascarpone Cream and Roasted Caramelised Hazelnut Crumbs
Asparagus & Stilton Scones
Cheese Scones (no buttermilk)
Sun-dried Tomato, Cheese & Basil Scones
Best Buttermilk Cheese Scones
Buttermilk Scones (makes 10 to 12 large scones)
2 teaspoons xanthan gum
pinch fine sea salt
50g ground almonds
1 tablespoon GF baking powder
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
90g unsalted butter – cold and cubed
30g caster sugar
1 large egg – beaten
1 pot (284 ml) buttermilk
a beaten egg mixed with a little milk for glazing
- Preheat the oven to 200 C/400 F/Gas 6. Line a couple of baking trays with baking paper and set aside.
- Weigh and mix together the flour, xanthan gum, salt, almonds, baking powder, and bicarbonate of soda until well-blended (I weigh mine into an airtight container and shake vigorously). Transfer to a large bowl.
- Rub the cold butter into the flour mixture until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Add the sugar and stir through.
- Make a well in the centre and add the beaten egg and buttermilk.
- Use a flat-bladed knife to mix the wet ingredients into the dry, until it clumps together and continue to mix, until it comes together as a very sticky dough. If it looks like the dough is too dry, then add a little milk.
- Lay a large piece of baking paper on the work surface and sprinkle liberally with gluten free flour/tapioca flour.
- Flour your hands well and gently bring the dough together. It should be quite wet.
- Tip the dough out onto the floured baking paper, sprinkle a little more flour on the top and lay a further piece of baking paper over.
- Gently roll out the dough between the paper to a depth of about 3 to 4 cm.
- Use a round/fluted cookie cutter (I used one 3 inches/7 cm) to cut rounds from the dough and carefully transfer them to the lined baking sheets.
- Bring any remaining dough gently together (trying not to over-work) and repeat the rolling and cutting process, until all the dough has been used and transferred to the baking sheets.
- Brush the top of each scone with egg-wash and bake in the oven for 15 to 18 minutes, until well-risen, firm and golden.
- Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- Eat warm or cold, with butter and/or jam and/or cream.
- Store the scones in an airtight container for 2 to 3 days if necessary.
Simple (lower-sugar) Strawberry Jam (makes 2 jars of jam)
- Sterilise a couple of jam jars whilst you make your jam : Wash the jars in warm soapy water and rinse thoroughly. Place the clean jars and lids (rubber seals removed if using Kilner jars – these should be washed in boiling water) on a baking tray and place in the oven. Turn the oven on and heat to 140 C/275 F/Gas 1. Leave at heated oven temperature for at least 20 minutes whilst you make your jam.
- Place all the ingredients into a large, heavy-based saucepan and gently heat, stirring until the sugar has completely dissolved.
- Bring the mixture to the boil stirring frequently, breaking down the strawberries with the back of a spoon.
- Use a cooking thermometer (I use a Thermapen) and continue to boil, stirring frequently until the liquid reduces significantly and the temperature reaches jam set point (220 F/105 C).
- Remove from the heat and carefully pour into the sterilised jars straight away and top with the lids (be careful not to burn your fingers). As the jam cools, the tightly screwed lids will 'suck in' to create a sterile vacuum.
- Cool completely.
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Thumb or finger sucking are habits that occurs in infants. Children usually give up thumb-sucking by the age of four.
If the child continues past the age when their permanent teeth start to erupt, they may develop crooked teeth and a malformed roof of their mouth. This results from the frequency, duration, intensity and position of the thumb in the child's mouth. This can also effect the position of the upper and lower jaw and can also affect speech.
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Powerful cartel leader Sin Diaz lives a dangerous life filled with secrets and lies, and surrounded by people who claim to have known him all his life. Yet flashes of another life, totally unrelated to the jungles of Cosio, hang tantalizingly on the edges of his memory. He'll trust no one until he recalls his true past.
T-FLAC operative Riva Rimaldi's mission is simple. Go undercover, learn terrorist Escobar Maza's agenda, then kill him. But when the helicopter she's on crashes deep in the jungle of the small, volatile country of Cosio, she finds herself in the wrong hands. Is the sexy as hell leader of the ANSL, Sin Diaz, the enemy of her enemy, worse than Maza himself? Or is he someone entirely different than his reputation – and will he become her lover?
Sin and Riva must work together to stop a madman who will go to any lengths to attain his terrifying goal. But can they unravel the truth in time? The timer is ticking.
What they don't know could get them killed.
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T-FLAC operative Riva Rimaldi had a clear mental image of the chopper she was on: It was hurtling toward the ground, following a fiery explosion.
Five out of the six people on board would die. She was sorry she couldn't forewarn the two operatives accompanying her of their impending death. The warning would be useless and come too late. That was the bitch of her ability. When she received a vision, she knew precisely what would happen, but not precisely when. Even more of a bitch was that she while she could see the future, her ability to modify it was typically nonexistent. Riva had to let the nightmares that ran through her brain play out in real life.
She saw it as the pilot did. A bright, swiftly moving light headed up at them from the trees below.
"SAM." Surface-to-air missile? Out here? In the middle of nowhere?
Curling into a ball around her duffel, one hand wrapped in the backpack's straps, Riva braced for impact. She might as well kiss her ass good-bye. Despite what she'd seen, no one would survive the hit, and if she did, she'd wish she hadn't.
Between one heartbeat and the next, the missile slammed the tail with a loud, fiery explosion, spinning what was left of the chopper end over end. A blast furnace of heat engulfed her as she was thrown around the cabin like a rag doll. Everything gyrated like a kaleidoscope around her, as if she were separate from the event. In the split second when rational thought was possible, Riva knew she couldn't jump out. Even if she had a chute, which she didn't, she'd be sliced and diced like chopped salad by the swiftly spinning blades if she attempted it.
I'm screwed.
Primal fear set in and all she could do was scream as she, and what was left of the burning chopper, hurtled uncontrollably toward the trees.
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