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Got one for my boyfriends YZ 125. He absolutely loves the look and super easy and fast to install. Make the bike look super clean!
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Have always had Boyesen clutch covers and they are the best easy install gasket fits like a glove and they add that stylish look!!
Perfect fit easy to install and seems to be much more durable than factory clutch cover
Ordered this for my 2006 kx250. My first issue was that the dwell pins used to line up the cover were not drilled out from the factory so i had to do it myself. After doing that and getting it on the bike, it was fine and looked great until i rode it the first time with it on there and it leaked horribly. Spent half of my day of riding driving back home to put my old factory cover back on.
Easy install, gave my bike a fresh look!!
Boyesons aluminum clutch cover is stronger than the stock magnesium cover. Fit and finish was exact and comes with a heavy duty gasket. Everything lined up perfectly and the black and silver look fits well with the stock bike without being garish.
Its just perfect.
My bike had a hole in the clutch cover when i bought it. I couldnt buy just the stock cover unless i bought all the small pieces with it and this cover was cheaper than that would have been. it looks great and installed exactly as it should have. great instructions too.
I recently bought and installed this product on my 2014 YZ250, Very easy to install and looks great. The only thing that would make it better, is if Boyesen would have incorporated an o-ring style gasket like the stock clutch cover gasket and they where inter changeable. Boyesen uses a paper gasket, and there for have to go to Boyesen for a replacement gasket.
Really looks good on the bike. Installation was easy. Most of all my son loves it !!!
I have Boyesen clutch covers on all of my bikes and have been very happy with their durability. I have had a few challenges getting the gasket to seal properly but it eventually works out and never leaks.
Its a nice cover, had the torq spec up to 10lbs, should have been 7. Never had this issue on OEM. It cracked along the edge of the bolt holes. Pretty cheap if I don't say so myself. BUT.... Looks awesome.
Perfect fit, effortless installation, very cool looks. Lets face it, this thing isn't making my CR go faster but dang it looks cool. Felt great slapping it over the brand-new clutch I just installed.
fits like a glove
way thicker then OEM - looks great ....black wears off really fast
I bought this and i'm impressed. great clutch cover.
Its a clutch cover, it fit great and looks great. I haven't had it long enough to speak about durability.
the boysen clutch cover looks good on my cr450f comes complete with the gasket easy to install and gives your bike that works look thebossman
Looks great. Easy to install. Even includes replacement gasket. Great product!
I wore down my stock cover and needed to find a replacement. This one fit perfect on my 2008 KTM 300 XCW(e) and also came with a gasket. Can't beat that. I installed it in no time and had zero leaks. Just finished a 2 hr harescramble with it. No complaints.
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Verizon Wireless on Thursday will start selling Motorola's highly anticipated smartphone, the Droid X, a faster and multimedia-savvy successor to the original Droid that was introduced in October last year.
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"May you be inscribed in the Book Of Life."
Millions of Jews express this sentiment in countless synagogues during the High Holidays. But what does the saying mean? God isn't human, so God couldn't write names in a book. On the other hand, God is all-powerful, so God could presumably do whatever God wants. Say God does have a book. Is it a Siddur-like book or a Torah-ish scroll — or a Kindle? What does it take to be written into and/or deleted from the Book Of Life? Does it come down to following the Ten Commandments or is it a more general, Santa-esque, naughty-or-nice kind of thing? What, exactly, is the Book Of Life?
"You are your own Book Of Life," says Rabbi Yudy Shemtov, senior rabbi and executive director of the Lubavitch Chabad in Yardley. "You have a beginning, a prologue, an epilogue, chapters, action, drama, love, tragedy, settings, dialogue, symbolism and, most of all, character."
Other area rabbis agree with Shemtov. Each one of us writes our own Book of Life, they say, and the High Holidays are the time to read the manuscript, make corrections and plan the next chapter. To believe in a mystical, magical Book Of Life that only God controls, the rabbis say, is to abdicate responsibility for our books to an editor in the sky and miss the very essence of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
"I don't believe that there is a literal Book Of Life or an old man with gray hair writing it," says Rabbi Michael Knopf, assistant rabbi at Temple Har Zion in Penn Valley. "But I do believe that our actions have consequences. I believe that there is a power in the universe, a collective whole, in which every activity that we do, large or small, even morally neutral things, impacts us and impacts others.
"For that reason, I think we should live our lives believing that, in fact, someone is observing all of our actions, all of the time, and writing them or recording them," Knopf says. "How would you live differently if you felt that you were being watched all the time? Imagine that everything you do in private is public. What kind of person would the world see? Which actions would you do — and which would you not do?"
To be clear, the Book Of Life was real to ancient Hebrews, as it still is to many Jews and Christians. The book is mentioned in many prayers and throughout the Torah. For these observers, the Book Of Life is part of a holy literary trinity that includes the Book Of Death, which is mentioned in the Talmud, and a third, untitled book.
"In the section of the Talmud dealing with Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Akiba talks about the Book Of Life, the Book Of Death, and the book of the in-between, which is not given a name," Knopf says. "He posits that, on Rosh Hashanah, God writes the names of the completely righteous in the Book Of Life and the names of the completely wicked in the Book Of The Dead. But everyone else gets written in the third book and has their sentence suspended with a wait-and-see approach. That was interpreted as meaning that you had a chance to redeem yourself and be taken out of the third book and put into the Book Of Life."
These books, Shemtov maintains, are metaphors. "God is the reality of all of existence and the source of all of existence," he says, "but any physical words or imagery that we ascribe to him are metaphors."
What are the books metaphors for? Knopf suggests looking at them through the lens of depth theology. "Depth theology is the thinking that what we really encounter when we encounter Judaism are answers to questions that ancient Jews asked," he says. "Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the proponents of that line of thinking. All of the challenges and sufferings of life were examined by rabbis who then came up with answers. Those answers are often stories, filled with metaphors, that we tell over and over to help explain the world in which we live. So we have the answers, but we no longer have the questions that inspired them.
"Instead of just accepting those answers, Heschel challenged everyone to recover the questions. The Book Of Life, the Book Of The Dead — these are perfect examples of this. What was the intent behind them? What was the question that rabbis were trying to answer with them? Well, it seems that the question was, 'Why do some people live and some people die?' "
Rabbi Peter Rigler, of Temple Sholom in Broomall, puts a finer point on it. "No one asks 'Why did this happen?' at weddings," he says. "They only ask that at funerals. And even the death of someone who has lived for many years is normally not questioned. The questioning arises when someone dies young, through illness or accident. It is in trying to make sense of tragedy that we seek answers from God."
"When God's reality challenges our reality, then we question Him — His motives, power and, sometimes, His existence," Shemtov says. "When the challenges are greater, the questions are greater. We will never have the answers, and they wouldn't change the reality of what has happened. But still, we question."
Having a Book Of Life and a Book Of The Dead may have answered ancient Hebrews' questions about who lives and who dies, and it still has resonance for modern Jews. Indeed, it is the question captured in the bestselling book, When Bad Things Happen To Good People (Avon), by Rabbi Harold Kushner. In it, he, too, seems to discount the power of a Book Of Life.
"I no longer hold God responsible for illnesses, accidents and natural disasters, because I realize that I gain little and I lose so much when I blame God for those things," he writes. "I can worship a God who hates suffering but cannot eliminate it no more easily than I can worship a God who chooses to make children suffer and die, for whatever exalted reason.
"God does not cause our misfortunes," Kushner continues. "Some are caused by bad luck, some are caused by bad people, and some are simply an inevitable consequence of our being human and being mortal, living in a world of inflexible natural laws.
"The question we should be asking is not, 'Why did this happen to me? What did I do to deserve this?' That is really an unanswerable, pointless question. A better question would be, 'Now that this has happened to me, what am I going to do about it?' "
This, the rabbis say, is the question every Jew should ask himself or herself during the High Holidays. "God gave humans free will, and part of that is the responsibility of self-evaluation," Rigler says. "Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the times to examine your Book of Life, atone for your wrongs and forgive those who have wronged you. Close that chapter and move forward, with purpose, into your next chapter with the intent of being a better friend, spouse, parent, child — a better Jew."
Knopf agrees with that concept. "Instead of wondering what God is writing about me and if I will make it into the Book Of Life, I ask myself questions. If I am writing a book about my life, using the past year as evidence, how do I judge myself? Do I deserve to be in a Book Of Life? Do I deserve the blessings that I have? These are haunting questions for me. I have to be an honest judge. Did I really take care of my relationships this year? Did I do everything I could to make the world a better place? It's not just 'I didn't do anything wrong.' It's 'Did I do anything positive? Did I actively make the world a better place?' If not, what do I want to change? What could I do to stand here next Rosh Hashanah and say that I do deserve to be in the Book Of Life?"
"I view the High Holidays as a gift," Rigler says. "We have the opportunity now, while we are alive — instead of waiting until we are dead — to atone for our sins, to correct mid-course, and begin a new chapter. That is a very, very Jewish gift. It is the opportunity for you — not a member of the clergy — to evaluate yourself, your relationship with God, your community and your loved ones. It is the opportunity to ask yourself — not be told by a member of the clergy — 'What will I do differently in the coming year?' and find your own answers. Write your own next chapter."
Shemtov continues the metaphor. "I played a board game one year, and it was a game where you pulled cards from a box of questions," Shemtov says. "I drew a card that said, 'If you were a punctuation mark, what would you be?' A question mark, exclamation point or period? A hyphen or a comma?
"I turned that into a Rosh Hashanah sermon about the Book of Life," he says. "If you believe that God writes us in a book, I believe that we put in the punctuation. Punctuation changes how a sentence is structured and how the reading of it is perceived. So what kind of punctuation are you going to use to write your Book of Life?"
This article originally appeared in the fall 2012 edition of Inside Magazine.
Melissa Jacobs is the senior editor of Inside.


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Lily Allen's 'Hard Out Here' Video Draws Charges of Racism
British pop singer Lily Allen's just-released "Hard Out Here" video aims to poke fun at the objectification of women in pop music–but it's also drawing charges of racism from some critics for the way in which some dancers are deployed in the satirical clip. The furor has prompted a response to be posted on Allen's Twitter page.
Representatives for Allen didn't respond to a request for a comment.
On sites like Jezebel and Flavorwire, critics have been debating the sexual and racial politics of the clip. Critical comments by viewers of the video on YouTube include such statements as "white middle-class woman playing ringleader to anonymous black women," "I am a feminist and I acknowledge that this video is racist. Real feminism is inclusive," and "I love me some lily Allen, but this video made me uncomfortable. I don't think she meant harm, but god did it came of wrong! A privilege women talking about the objectification of women with out realizing that she herself objectifies women through the process. The irony, the burn!!"
Still, many fans have argued in favor of the video. "If it would've been all white girls dancing they STILL would find it to be racist because of "appropriation" or some bullshit reason like that," one user wrote on YouTube.
The note responding to criticism posted on Allen's Twitter page is headlined "Privilege,Superiority and Misconceptions." The message goes on to say "If anyone thinks for a second that I requested specific ethnicities for the video, they're wrong" and " If anyone thinks that after asking the girls to audition, I was going to send any of them away because of the colour of their skin, they're wrong."
"The message is clear," the note continued. "Whilst I don't want to offend anyone. I do strive to provoke thought and conversation. The video is meant to be a lighthearted satirical video that deals with objectification of women within modern pop culture. It has nothing to do with race, at all."
The note goes on to say "If I could dance like the ladies can, it would have been my arse on your screens; I actually rehearsed for two weeks trying to perfect my twerk, but failed miserably. If I was a little braver, I would have been wearing a bikini too, but I do not and I have chronic cellulite, which nobody wants to see. "
The note concluded with the comment "Ask the ladies yourselves @shalaeuroasia @monique_Lawz @ceodancers @TempleArtist @SelizaShowtime @melycrisp."
What do you think of the video and the controversy? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
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— Lily Allen (@lilyallen) November 13, 2013
Here's the "Hard Out Here" video (warning–there's some NSFW satirical content):
And, by the way, Jon Stewart ran a segment on "The Daily Show" last night on the media's seeming obsession with asking the question "Racist or Not Racist?" Watch the clip.


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Secretary Clinton held the second trilateral meeting with Afghan and Pakistani leaders today. During the meeting, the Secretary said:"I am pleased to announce that Afghanistan and Pakistan have reached an important milestone in their efforts to generate foreign investment and stronger economic growth and trade opportunities. Before President Karzai and President Zardari meet with President Obama this morning, the two ministers, Minister Qureshi and Minister Spanta, will sign a Memorandum of Understanding committing their countries to achieving a trade transit agreement by the end of the year, which we believe will have great economic benefits for both peoples.
This is an historic event. This agreement has been under discussion for 43 years without resolution. But when I think about Afghanistan and Pakistan, and I look at the map of the world and see how strategically located both countries are, this is an agreement that will bring prosperity to both countries, along the trade routes and beyond. Nothing opens up an area to economic development better than a good road with good transit rules and an ability to transport goods and people effectively. So we think this will be enormously beneficial, and I congratulate both countries."
Read the full remarks from today's meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari or Secretary Clinton's statement at the first trilateral meeting with Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta and Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi.
Masood in California writes:
Indeed an historic event getting a commitment on trade transit agreement that will open up much needed trade for both Pakistan and Afghanistan. And would certainly open up logistic routes for U.S. and NATO to fight terrorism effectively. Secretary Clinton you have done an excellent job in trilateral meeting.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Regardless of what governments do, it is the populations of Pakistan and Afghanistan who will determine the outcome.
Governments act most effectively when they set the stage for a renassance.
Thousands flee Swat and Pakistan must assure their safe return home, and sustenance in the meantime.
This situation represents the Pakistani government's quickest way to gain the trust and confidence of its own people, that this can be handled successfully by the government and its armed forces.
Can't do this by military means alone, true, but "without security, nothing can be built." to quote Karzai.
Lot of folks saying this will be "a long, hard slog" but when the population turns against the taliban and al-quaida, having recognized their insideous attempts to manipulate old animosities, one may anticipate miracles.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
All the coziness and false humility in the world does not end up on the bottom line. I simply wonder if they are not instigating the problem to continue to gain buckets of money from U.S. citizens and not actually have any responsibility. After all, if they fail at any juncture, they seem to fall back on the U.S. or UN as the responsible parties and seldom, if ever takes absolute responsibility for any decisions or actions which fail.
1. First get them to verify what Pakistan did with the 3 billion we gave them to fight this problem recently? Or was it 30 billion over the last years?
2. Since Pakistan wants the US as an ally and we gave them their WMD, why not ask them to give them back first? For what reason do they need them in actuality? What express reason does an unstable government need a WMD? How to they differ from North Korea at this juncture? At least we know where Kim stands and will stand even without him.
These are just general questions I hear others ask and wonder what some here may think along these lines.
Is it possible that the leaderships of both countries are milking the U.S.? Without the U.S., what exactly does each country have to offer, even by export? We seem to be paying a high price for Strategic land and they know it.
Ron in New York writes:
The key to driving down Taliban/AQ/Terrorism and Warlordism; lies in taking control of the Afghan-Pak border passes, through which, illicit guns, gems, trafficked goods, and other supplies finance the enemies of a democratic region. Let's get on with it. Go State!
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Hi, Peoples of the States Department & Netizens :)
I thought the speeches of the Presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan ,were very good. Their working togetheron the terrorist problem, trading, farming and economy of both their countries is a step towards a closer friendship between all three of our Countries.
It's good to see that Democracy is working so well for the Pakistian people. I think for just seven months, that their government has come a long way for a new democratic country. I wish them the best in their future.
I also thought that the President of Afghanistan was very nice, to have thanked the Army Troops for their work inhis Country.
It's good to see Hillary is feeling better. Have a good weekend ...Cya.... :) ..
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Hello to everyone at the Department of the State,
Pakistan's army vowed Friday to eliminate militants from a north-western valley but warned that its under-equipped troops face thousands of Taliban extremists who have seized towns, planted bombs and dragooned children to be suicide bombers. As air force jets roared overhead and gun battles raged, terrified civilians from the Swat Valley and neighbouring districts accelerated their exodus, with UN and Pakistani officials predicting one million refugees will soon burden the turbulent Afghan border region.
I commend the efforts of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Obama Administration in working with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in mapping out a comprehensive war strategy to pacify large areas on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border currently controlled by Islamist rebels.
The army formally announced Friday that an offensive was under way. It has drawn praise from U.S. officials alarmed at the Taliban's recent advance to within 60 miles of the capital, Islamabad
Washington describes the militants as an existential threat to nuclear-armed Pakistan itself, as well as to US chances of destroying al-Qaida or of winning the war against the insurgent allies in neighbouring Afghanistan.
The army is now engaged in a full-scale operation to eliminate the militants, miscreants and anti-state element from Swat. They are on the run and trying to block the exodus of civilians from the area. Since Pakistan has a nuclear arsenal and neighbours Afghanistan, I'm gravely concerned about the country's stability. Is there hope that a peace agreement can be made?
Happy Mother's Day
Donald in Virginia writes:
I believe most Americans have seen the movie, "First Blood" and if you recall Stallon character hid in a cave. Which makes me think is it remotely possible that Usama bin laden had an escape plan inside the cave of Tora Bora? I believe our Soldiers in Afghanistan should go back to Tora Bora and do a complete CSI of the cave. A complete verification of what's inside, and if there were any escape routes deep in the cave. Then I would also make a suggestion to do a 50 miles radius around where Tora Bora is located and run ground radar to verify if there are any tunnels buried beneath the surface. The hunt for Usama bin laden should continue until he is found dead or alive.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
Before Saddam Hussein was our enemy, he was our friend.
Before Osama bin Laden was our enemy, he was our friend.
Before Fidel Castro was our enemy, he was our friend.
Before Hitler was our enemy, he was our friend.
Before Stalin was our enemy, he was our friend.
So before Pakistan and Afghanistan get too excited about being our friends, they may want to consider our track record.
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(little something I found in my in-box recently)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2009 Press Office: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator, Alonzo Fulgham administered today the oath of office to William Frej as the new mission director for Afghanistan.
Frej is a Minister Counselor in the Senior Foreign Service and has worked for USAID for the past twenty years in both overseas and Washington, D.C. assignments.
"This is not an easy job, and certainly not one that anybody can do. It is a job that requires USAID's brightest and most capable staff. I have worked with Bill for many years and know from personal experience that USAID is sending one of its most talented leaders to Afghanistan," said Fulgham prior to administering the oath.
Frej will manage USAID programs in Afghanistan estimated at $2 billion in FY 2009, supporting the President's new counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He will oversee activities which focus on increasing the effectiveness of the delivery services to the Afghan people by the Afghan government and reducing the numbers of potential insurgents through economic growth and job creation. Frej will also oversee continued efforts in the social sector, including health and education programs that provide tangible evidence of government service delivery.
In 2002 and 2003, Frej was a staff member of President Bush's foreign policy team, serving as Director for Development Issues at the National Security Council in the White House.
Prior to this appointment, he held the position of Director of the Office of Market Transition in the Europe and Eurasia Bureau at USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C.
In his last two overseas posts, Frej was USAID Mission Director in the Central Asian Republics and USAID Mission Director in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he led the United States Government's relief and reconstruction program following the historic tsunami and earthquake in Aceh.
He was awarded the Presidential Meritorious Honor Award in 2006.
While based in Warsaw, he served as Director for the Regional Urban Development Office for Central and Eastern Europe, managing municipal development programs in Albania, the Baltic countries, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
Prior to his European assignments, he served for seven and one half years in the USAID Mission in Jakarta, Indonesia, as municipal finance advisor, Director of the Housing and Urban Development Office for East Asia and as Director for the Office for Private Sector Development.
Frej studied architecture at the University of Notre Dame, earned a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Arizona, and a Master of City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining USAID, he served as an administrator with the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and as a social policy planner with Berkeley's National Housing and Economic Development Law Project.
He was raised in Maquoketa, Iowa and he and his wife, Anne, now consider Santa Fe, New Mexico as their home town.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for nearly 50 years. _____
I wish Mr. Frej all the best as he embarks on his new assignment.
Since we both call the "city different" home (city dysfunctional in some respects), sending him on his way with local support seemed appropriate.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Men come and go, but diplomacy abides.
E.K. in New Hampshire writes:
What a wonderful exchange between the people who will be of great importance for the peaceful direction of this beautiful world we all share. Thank you ALL.
Many happy returns,
Ron in New York writes:
Thinking outside the Box:
Project Af-Pak Sting:
Controlled deliveries of illicit commodities between Afghan and Pak border regions would yield invaluable intelligence on links between organized crime, corrupt officials and terror groups.
Ron in New York writes:
AF-PAK: Outside-the-Box
Get beyond war, drones, cyber-attack......go to Nano-Techmarking of cash and other currencies (dual-use commodities) to track and trace the flows from corrupt officials, crime groups, terrorists.....Get inside the AF-PAK cash flow and break it.


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Advanced Micro Devices said that its twelve-core microprocessors for servers are more popular than eight-core Opteron chips among server customers. The fact proves that customers prefer to have larger amount of cores amid lower amount of servers since this generally provides higher performance per watt ratio.
"In looking through sales data for the first half of 2010, 12-core processors clearly outsold their 8-core counterparts – by a wide margin. I was expecting that there would be a slight bias towards the 12-core, but I figured there were plenty of applications where the extra clock speed of an 8-core might be popular. Apparently I was wrong, customers are voting with their budgets, and cores matter," said John Fruehe, director of product marketing for server/workstation products at AMD.
Many customers reportedly have want to run one virtualization machine per core, so with twelve-core processors, their consolidation can get very dense. With 24 cores in a 2P server, there are plenty of resources to allow all of the VMs to have plenty of access to compute power whenever they need it. In addition, having a dozen cores in a socket helps ensure that all of queries come back rapidly. Finally, high-performance computing environments benefit greatly from enhanced amount of cores.
AMD Opteron "Magny-Cours" processors with eight or twelve cores are the first chips designed for the AMD G34 "Maranello" platform for Opteron processors 6000-series with quad-channel DDR3 memory interface, 2 or 4 CPU sockets, up to 12 memory modules per socket and some server and enterprise-specific functionality. Magny-Cours microprocessors feature two six-core or quad-core dies on one piece of substrate. The AMD G34 server platform will be compatible with next-generation server chips based on Bulldozer micro-architecture.
"When it comes to core counts, our customers are sending a pretty clear signal to us: Cores Matter. That message is very good to hear because next year will see 16 total cores in our Bulldozer-based products," said Mr. Fruehe.
Tags: AMD, Opteron, Maranello, Magny-Cours, 45nm


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Sheriff supports stricter gun laws, Second Amendment rights
Chautauqua County Sheriff Joe Gerace knows a thing or two regarding gun laws in New York state.
For instance, he's fully aware laws in place before Tuesday were riddled with loopholes and did little to curb gun violence involving assault weapons.
The sheriff also understands the need to protect the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms, while ensuring those with mental health problems receive proper care.
Gerace expressed his views as state lawmakers passed some of the nation's strictest gun law measures that will halt the sale of assault weapons, reduce the number of bullets magazines can hold and expand Kendra's Law regarding mental health outpatient support.
Gerace said he understands the need to enact tougher assault weapon bans, especially in the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 26 students and staff dead, and the shooting deaths of two firefighters in West Webster.
"I am obviously a strong supporter of the Constitution and the Second Amendment, and part of that is people should have the right to bear arms," the sheriff said hours before the state Senate passed the comprehensive legislation. "But I have a serious problem about high-capacity, high-powered assault rifles.
"I have to take care of my people," Gerace said. "We are outgunned when it comes to these types of situations involving these assault rifles and magazines that carry so many bullets."
As anticipated, the state Assembly on Tuesday easily passed the sweeping legislation. Assemblyman Andy Goodell, R-Chautauqua County, while on the Assembly floor criticized the hasty legislation – which bypassed the usual three-day aging period.
"There are over a million responsible people who owns guns that are now classified as a rifle," Goodell said.
Joseph Giglio, R-Gowanda, in a news release, also was critical of the quick legislation. "The (bill) does not do enough to enhance public safety and protect the most vulnerable in our society," he said.
Goodell and Giglio both voted against the bill in the Democratic-led Assembly.
Gerace, meanwhile, said he has not had a chance to fully review the gun law bill, but knows loopholes must be eliminated that allow the sale of assault weapons.
"We need to fix those loopholes," he said. "That's why the current laws don't work right now."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his State of the State Address last week proposed a seven-point gun-control agenda, aimed at further establishing New York as a strict gun law state.
The governor called for the closing of loopholes on sales of assault weapons as well as eliminating sales of ammunition magazines that carry more than 10 bullets. Laws passed by the state Legislature will limit magazines to seven rounds.
"Some weapons are so dangerous and some ammunition devices so lethal that we simply cannot afford to continue selling them in our state," Cuomo said in his address. "With military-style features that are unneeded and unwanted for hunting and sporting purposes, assault weapons are this kind of weapon."
The governor's seven-point plan calls for:
Enacting the toughest assault weapons ban in the nation;
Closing the private sale loophole by requiring federal background checks;
Banning high capacity magazines; enacting tougher penalties for illegal gun use, guns on school grounds and violent gangs;
Keeping guns from people who are mentally ill;
Banning direct Internet sales of ammunition in New York; and
Creating a state criminal background check system on all ammunition purchases.
"Our state has had a ban on assault weapons since 2000, but it is so riddled with loopholes and so difficult to understand that it has become virtually unenforceable," the governor said.
Gerace, meanwhile, said he would like to see stiffer penalties for those breaking gun laws. "We need those penalties to be tougher," he said. "I support stronger penalties for those who use guns in an illegal act."


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Friday, March 15, 2013
Marenco Appoints Heliflite as SH09 Distributor in Oceania
As Marenco Swisshelicopter's SKYe SH09 progresses into prototype development and first flight during 2013, the manufacturer has chosen Heliflite to serve as a distributor in Australia, New Zealand and throughout Oceania. Sydney-based Heliflite has been a Robinson distributor since 1977 and an AgustaWestland distributor since 1997.
SH09 montage in the transport configuration. Courtesy of Marenco
During Heli-Expo in early March, the Marenco team including Martin Stucki—founder and SH09 designer—updated operators, suppliers and attendees on the assembly of the prototype helicopter and efforts to achieve type certification. For more from Rotor & Wing's interview with Marenco Commercial Director Mathias Senes, read "Marenco Swisshelicopter: Tickling Giants from the Industry" at www.rotorandwing.com


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I am curious and wondering if you called your tea distributor and they told you that the new black tea batches are coming in about 45 days for the new 2011 batch and they are sill selling 2010 batch would you either:
A) Wait to order.
B) Order just enough up to that date the new batch is available.
C) It does not matter.
And why you would choose so e.g., would the new 2011 batch taste much better (flavor wise)? Or between the two batches you wouldn't notice a difference?
Thanks for your input!


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Religious Sites in Jerusalem
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Jerusalem is one of the most significant and certainly the best-known religious city in the world. The city is considered a holy place by a number of religious traditions, including the Abrahamic ... Read more
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Whether or not you are religiously inclined, visiting Jerusalem at Christmas time is a wonderful experience. Though the typical trappings of the holiday are not omnipresent, the city has a lot ... Read more
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While visiting Jerusalem , you?ll discover many tantalizing excursions both in and out of the city. The following come highly recommended. Jericho : A short bus and/or ?sherut? trip from ... Read more
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Over 125 students gathered today at the Serena Hotel to kick off their pre-departure orientation for the Fulbright Scholarship Program. The Fulbright Scholarship covers travel, living stipends, health insurance, and tuition for the entire period of study for master's or doctoral degrees at American universities. This orientation program, which is organized by the U.S. Education Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP), plays a key role in preparing students with the required skills, attitude, and knowledge to study successfully in the United States.
Speaking to the students, U.S. Embassy Consular for Public Affairs Mark Davidson said, "We are very fortunate to have the world's largest Fulbright Program in Pakistan. This is one example of the U.S. government's long-term commitment to the education of Pakistanis and to increasing mutual understanding between both countries." Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman, Dr. Javed Laghari, also advised the students.
Of the 94 students studying in master's programs and 32 in doctoral programs, 37 percent are women. The Fulbright scholars come from all regions of Pakistan, including Azad Kashmir, Balochistan, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh, and are studying a wide variety of academic disciplines, such as public policy, health, social sciences, and fine arts. The students are required to return to Pakistan after completion of their studies to play a positive role in the country's economic and social development.
In 2011, Fulbright scholarships allowed 386 Pakistanis to study in the United States. Since USEFP's inception more than 60 years ago, nearly 4,000 Pakistanis and 800 Americans have participated in USEFP administered exchange programs.
Taj M. in India writes:
I was very glad to read this article and really appreciate US government's role to increase mutual cooperation and understanding through fulbright. I have also been a fulbrighter. My suggestion is that other countries should also come forward and host same kind of programmes for better understanding.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Courtney Beale,
CC: @ Taj in India,
Here's a friendly challenge from one who's had to teach himself all he ever wanted to know about foreign affairs, to all Fullbright students from the region.
Come up with a working viable plan both the Pakistani and Indian governments and peoples can live with; to turn Kasmir into a co-national park and prosper in partnership in the next "green revolution" and mitigating any desire to go to war with each other.
Looking forward to seeing the results of your thoughts posted here on Dipnote,
Palgye in South Korea writes:
So far, Koreans in Korea or abroad, I strive to be always helpful to look can we do about it? Please upload to your blog many times in the article that you think people are bullied. Without giving help, help ... just ask ....
However, in Durban, South Africa, which is determined. 2018 Winter Olympics to South Korea to attract the opposite. If I did not have these stories to believe. Please help me to think that saying it. Is just the opposite. Perhaps, the difficulty and the pain I went through so far, the efforts of the killer, I think he wants to become a vain effort.
Frankly, if they ride together on the return flight, crashed into the sea, you no longer bothering me in Korea, I think people are missing. How many times for the killer, trying to access, and help many times - your power - I think he gave. However,'re still harassing me. Why, I do not know. I asked him to do something like offer them, and do not want even to approach, meet with others, will bother. The fundamental way of thinking, I think how humans are entirely different. - In front of the big powers to Abu, and to ignore the poor people for self than justified, and thinks, I think. Please, come back on board their plane to crash into the sea, hoping the 2018 Winter Olympics held in South Korea is the opposite.
Honestly, if try to access it dozens of times more conversation was impossible even.
Ummara R. in Pakistan writes:
I am msc chemistry and gold medalist from BZU and i want to be Phd. Can i helped by a scholarship? I am very passionate about chemistry. Please guide me.
Mahwish in Pakistan writes:
i want to get scholarship for my MBA.i am not in position to support myself.
Zahid in Pakistan writes:
i am studing in veterinary science at sindh agri culture university tandojam pakistan.I want to study in us at full bright scholarship in animal science
Kashif S. in Pakistan writes:
I am a student of M.Phil Government And Public Policy and i am not financially strong to study abroad for P.hd. Plz guide me in this.


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Greetings TeaFriends, it is a new TeaDay. We all wonder what teas will be enjoyed, so please share yours with us!
Yesterday we discussed avatars. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic has nothing to do with tea at all, sort of. Is tea your number one inanimate passion? If yes, what is second, etc. If not, what is first. A chance to learn a little about each other!
In other words, share your inanimate passions with us!
We are all looking forward to sharing this TeaDay with everyone, and our passions! Bottoms up.


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Topic: HABTM or has_many :through and uniqueness?
Hi guys,
I've been using a "has_and_belongs_to_many" relationship to assign categories to items in my database. It's working great but it's quite easy to mistakenly add a category to the same item twice.
So the question is this: Is there a method similar to "validates_uniqueness_of" that will check for duplicate HABTM associations?
-- Marsvin
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|Erika Brown throwing with the sweepers
|Waiting to march at Opening Ceremony
|Cab ride to practice at the Kerlinga Halle
|Watching a rock
|Team USA
|Ann and I hanging out with our sixth player
We did it! We won!
But this is just the beginning…
After placing sixth at nationals in 2012, we knew we had to step it up if we had any chance of making it to the Olympic Trials. This season we added more training, practice weekends as a team and competitions to be able to compete at the level we know we are capable of. We openly dissected our weakness as a team and found ways to turn them into strengths.
Our busy travel schedule paid off and we won the 2013 National Championships in Green Bay, Wis.! The championship final was a close game that came down to the last rock in an extra end (overtime). The winner automatically qualified for the Olympic Trials in November and goes on to represent the U.S. at the World Championship in Riga, Latvia. The loser awaits a phone call from the USCA hoping for a chance to get the last spot into the Olympic Trials. The final spot is hand-picked by a board of directors; they can pick individual players to form a team or pick a whole team to fill the last spot. Obviously we were ecstatic with the win.
Riga, Latvia and Fargo, N.D. here we come.
Going into the World Championship we were pretty confident in our ability to compete at this level. We had recent successes on the World Tour this season, winning three events and placing third in Switzerland, not to mention all of our past history of playing internationally. However, there is always added pressure and excitement to go along with the World Championships.
Our little team of five grew to 10 within 24 hours of winning the National Championship. We picked an alternate, Sarah Anderson, and added more coaches and support staff. We also had unlimited amounts of resources in the crowd, with family members, media and statisticians at our fingertips. In about a week's time, we all had to learn how to work with each other as a unit, while feeling out what worked for the team to help us perform at our best.
The added media at a world event can be daunting. Camera crews walking up and down the sheets, the clicking of camera shutters while you are delivering, and Terry Kolesar (the director of communications for USA Curling) waiting for a comment after the game, win or lose. I am thankful I can often bypass this area and let Deb or E handle the dirty work. Sometimes, when you are on the ice, it feels like you can't do anything unnoticed and missing a shot becomes amplified.
We had a lot of positive support from family and friends back home. Holy cow did our Facebook page grow. It was fun to read the posts and watch the number of likes go up. This can also add a bit of pressure because we don't want to let any of them down; however, we used everyone's positive energy to focus on the task at hand.
Don't let me forget to mention that the United States' berth to the Olympics for curling was riding on this event. We had to place better than sixth, ahead of China, Denmark and Germany, to solidify the spot for the women's field. As if trying to win the event wasn't pressure enough!
Leading into the event we were practicing almost every day, working out, all while trying to maintain a regular job and family life. We had one team practice weekend leading into the event in Blaine, Minn. (thank you Four Season's Curling Club) – this was the first time on the ice with our alternate Sarah, and our only practice together as a team before heading overseas to Riga.
Live Riga
Our travels went fairly smooth, aside from a snowstorm scare in Frankfurt and some interesting cab rides (one in which Deb was temporarily "kidnapped" on the way to a practice session due to miscommunications). Everything else seemed to be aligning for a good week. We had productive practices at the KerlingHalle- 2 sheet club in Riga. No one was swept to sea while skating along the Baltic. There were "Live Riga" signs everywhere in Old Town Riga, which left a lasting impression that this trip would be memorable. Our sixth player hung out in central Old Town, forever stuck as a statue. "The Dragon" may never fully understand his place on our team. They even sold tiger hats at the local market, completing the tiger theme that took center stage at this year's nationals.
Starting out at worlds you are guaranteed 11 games; two games a day, sometimes with a night draw, followed by back-to-back draws starting the next morning (draws = games in curling lingo). For each game we are on the ice for about three hours, give or take. The World Championship is often compared to a marathon. It's important that if you fall behind in the standings early that you keep your head up and play hard to get some "W's."
We are a team that takes full advantage of that marathon. Falling to a 1-2 seeding after day two, we knew the rest of the week was going to be a battle. We still had some of our biggest games ahead of us. We bounced back, finishing day three with two big wins. We beat Canada in our second game that day, helping our momentum swing and building the team's confidence in the right direction.
Side note – secretly I had a few bad in-turn throws the day before which sent my mind into overdrive. Overthinking a shot instead of letting it go and moving on to the next one can be detrimental, especially when shots should be coming automatically at this point in the season. I started to over think every mid-weight in-turn throw to the point where I was scared to throw an in-turn, afraid of what the outcome might be. Why was this happening? I have never had an issue like this with my in-turns (counter clockwise rotation). I was very frustrated with myself, and felt I was letting my team down. Thankfully I have some awesome teammates who had my back, bailing us out of trouble when needed.
Battle we did, the rest of the week; moving up and down in the standings maintaining our middle of the pack status. Going into the last day of round robin we still had a chance to make it into the semifinals, or at least a tiebreaker, depending on how other teams finished, and if we won at least one of the next two games. It was a big game day, playing Scotland who was ranked No. 1, and Russia who was ranked fifth, I believe. We lost a tough one to Scotland but rallied to beat Russia in an extra end. This put us into a three-way tie for fourth place, with Russia and Switzerland. Meaning there would be two tiebreaker games before the page playoffs began the following evening.
One team would get a bye into the second tiebreaker game based on their results of the last shot draw (LSD). The LSD is determined before every game in the round robin. Each team draws to the button (middle of the circles) to see who gets hammer (last shot advantage) for the first end of that game. The officials measure the LSD and the results are recorded and accumulated over the week. We had a good accumulated number for our LSDs, which earned us the bye into the second tiebreaker game. The winner of Russia and Switzerland advances to play us, and the loser is out. Switzerland won. We played a good game against the Swiss to give us the fourth spot into the playoffs. Not only that but it solidified the United States' berth into the Olympics in 2014!! What a relief!
With little time to celebrate the good news, we immediately started to prepare for our next game against Canada. In a page playoff system the top two teams play each other, winner advances to the finals, loser awaits to play the winner of the 3-4 game (U.S. and Canada). Loser of the 3-4 game awaits to play the loser of the 2-3 game for the bronze medal. The winner of the 2-3 game goes on to play in the final. Following?
We knew playing Canada in the 3-4 game would be tough, but my goodness, when Team Homan gets on a roll as a unit, and your team falls behind even by a point, there is no stopping them. It was difficult to get a steal lined up due to their lead's ticks and second's perfectly placed hit and rolls. Needless to say we lost that game feeling a little bruised and battered.
Canada continued to the 2-3 game to play Scotland and try their hand at getting into the final, while we dropped to the bronze medal game. Awaiting to see who our opponent would be, we tried not to dwell on the loss and disappointment of not getting into that game. We looked at the positives – we still have a chance at a world medal and we secured the Olympic berth. :)
Losing still stinks.
Scotland beat Canada in the 2-3 game. Scotland advances to the final to play Sweden (Sweden beat Scotland in the 1-2 game). Now they play for gold and silver, which means we get another shot at Canada for the bronze.
We were excited to play them again, and may have done a little happy dance. We knew we could beat them; we did it earlier in the week. We just had to show up, with a goal to get Homan into a draw game. We played a better game than the last time we played them, average 88 percent as a team. After getting two in the second end, I remember feeling that we definitely could win this game. They even played "Eye of the Tiger" between ends (during commercial breaks they usually play music), then Homan makes a good shot to get three in the third end (I'm beginning to think the tiger is not a good omen…). Here we are battling from behind again. We had difficulty capitalizing on their misses and struggled with generating points. We lost. No medal to bring home… this time.
Bring it home
Riga definitely leaves a bittersweet taste in my mouth. We had our chances and we weren't able to capitalize on them. The feeling that we could have done better is the fuel we will use heading into our summer training.
We finished the season on a high note. Placing fourth at worlds is not easy and qualifying for the trials brings us one step closer to our ultimate goal. We qualified the U.S. for the Olympic berth and placed higher than any U.S. team in the last six years.
The week, this season, every win and every loss is something we will learn from. We are now venturing into our "off-season" and training for the trials is already in full swing.
The schedule is set and I look forward to our next meeting.
Team USA -- Erika Brown, Debbie McCormick, Jessica Schultz, Ann Swisshelm, Sarah Anderson


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Cross Country - Girls Varsity
The Girls Cross Country team takes advantage of Berkshire's beautiful setting with a course that has striking views of the campus. The course is challenging, but idyllic in that it truly incorporates a variety of different terrain. There are hills, meadows, woods, and even a brook to cross. It is clearly marked each year per NCAA regulations, with double white lines and directional signs. Additionally, favorite running loops on country roads in the surrounding rolling hills of southwestern Massachusetts provide even more territory than Berkshire's own 400 acres.
Berkshire runners compete in the annual Canterbury Invitational, a number of Division I and II dual, tri, and quad meets, and the New England Prep School Championship - which Berkshire has proudly hosted a number of times. Though we have established a tradition of excellence, runners of every talent level are encouraged to come out for Cross Country at Berkshire. Creating a team that appreciates each other and the sport of running is the ultimate goal every season.


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Topic: Rewriting URL's
Hi Guys,
I want to create nice URL's that use the page name instead of the row id. Basically instead of this:
instead of this:
The reason I want to do this is because it makes nicer URL's and because my database contains an active column that denotes whether or not the row is selected for display. To explain this a little better, this is how the db works:
When you update a page, the db will change the active column from 1 to 0 in the existing entry and add the new entry with an active state of 1. This allows us to maintain all updates for comparison, roll backs and so on.
I assume it will be a change in routes.rb. This will be the same for all other controllers as well (some will chow the course_code row instead of name and so on though).