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Source: No-trade wouldn't impact Red Sox' chances of landing Asdrubal Cabrera | 12.03.12 at 2:21 pm ET |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A source confirmed to WEEI.com Monday that the Red Sox are one of six teams on Asdrubal Cabrera's no-trade list. However, the source indicated the clause would not be an impediment to any deal and that shortstop would be open to a trade.
Cabrera's limited no-trade clause simply represents a form of leverage in the event that a deal involving the 27-year-old were to be struck. The list consists of the Sox, Yankees, Tigers, Nationals, Giants and Mets.
An All-Star in each of the last two seasons, the switch-hitting Cabrera hit .270/.338/.423 last season with 16 homers, 68 RBI and nine stolen bases.
Sunday's Red Sox-Indians matchups: Jon Lester vs. Corey Kluber | 08.12.12 at 9:37 am ET |
Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester will start against the Indians in the final game of the four-game series at Progressive Field on Sunday afternoon.
In his last outing, the 28-year-old threw 6 2/3 innings and allowed four runs in a 6-3 loss to the Rangers. Lester (5-10, 5.36) is on a two-game losing streak. The Red Sox have lost six of his last seven starts.
Boston defeated the Yankees when Lester pitched six innings and allowed four runs in late July. The lefty has not won a start since June 27, when the Red Sox defeated the Blue Jays 10-4. Lester pitched seven innings of four-run baseball in that game.
Lester hasn't pitched against the Indians since May 25, when he allowed zero runs through six innings in a Red Sox victory.
Corey Kluber, who will be starting for the Indians, has never faced the Red Sox in his career. In two years in the majors, Kluber (0-0, 6.10) has pitched in five games. He has started twice in his career, both times this season.
Both of Kluber's starts ended in losses. In his last outing, the 26-year-old allowed one earned run in six innings as the Indians lost to Minnesota. In his first start of the season, on Aug. 2, Kluber allowed six runs through 4 1/3 innings to the Royals. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Bard regrets shaking off Salty and watching his streak come to an end | 08.02.11 at 12:21 am ET |
Daniel Bard hasn't gotten this far in his big league career and had the success he's had without paying attention to the little details.
That's why Monday's game might stick in his craw just a little longer than normal.
He threw a pitch – that in hindsight – he had no reason to throw since recent history dictated that you don't sneak a slider down and in on Asdrubal Cabrera.
And the last thing Bard wanted was to have his career-best 26 1/3 scoreless innings streak end and have it end costing the Red Sox a game. But that's what happened Monday night when he gave up a two-run homer to Cabrera in the eighth inning, leading the Indians to a 9-6 win over the Red Sox at Fenway.
Ironically, it was Cabrera who last got to Bard for an RBI hit when he doubled off the Sox reliever on May 23 with two outs to help the Indians to a 3-2 win in Cleveland. Between that May 23 appearance and Monday night, when he shook off Jarrod Saltalamacchia and went to a slider to Cabrera, Bard had gone 25 straight outings without allowing a run.
The second Cabrera homer of the night came on a 1-2 pitch, a slider that Bard was trying to sneak past Cabrera. Instead, it was blasted like a rocket to right, caroming off a fan's left knee and flying back out to right fielder Josh Reddick. After ruling it initially a single, the umpires went back in and looked more closely. Verdict: Ball struck the fan sitting down clearly on the other side of the fence and in fair territory.
'Apparently, hit a lady in the knee," Bard said after seeing the stitches from the ball leave a mark in the woman's left knee. "From my perspective it looked like it stayed in the park but it looks like they got it right. The pitch to Cabrera I thought was a pretty good pitch and I didn't realize Lackey had thrown him quite of few of those same sliders down and in. I think he was probably sitting on that one. So I probably should've stayed hard with him there. Read the rest of this entry »
Transcript of Terry Francona on The Big Show: 'When [Daniel] Bard's in the game, Bard's pitching' | 05.24.11 at 4:12 pm ET |
Red Sox manager Terry Francona joined The Big Show Tuesday afternoon to talk about the injury status of Dustin Pedroia and Daisuke Matsuzaka. He also addressed his decision to let Daniel Bard pitch to Cleveland's red-hot Asdrubal Cabrera in Monday night's 3-2 loss to the Indians. Boston had a 2-1 lead heading into the eighth, but Bard (1-4) gave up two runs in the inning and took the loss. Cabrera's RBI double proved to be the game-winner.
"When Bard's in the game, Bard's pitching." Francona said. "The reason we took him out is we lost the lead and we're trying to minimize his workload. But we never match up Bard with lefties or righties or take him out for a lefty. I think last year he led the league vs. lefties, so he's almost like having a lefty. That right there for me, it's not an option.
"I actually don't mind facing [Cabrera] — and again I know Cabrera is hot right now — but having the open base sometimes can really be an advantage. Bard, if you look back at the at-bat, he threw [Cabrera] a breaking ball that I don't know how he fouled off and kept himself alive. I think if I'd have [intentionally walked Cabrera], it would have been more for me to maybe cover my backside and I wouldn't have agreed with it, so I really don't want to do something like that."
Francona also said that Bard has not performed as well as he did last season.
"What he did last year was probably hard to duplicate. He was on such a run for such a long period of time," Francona said. "I don't think his command at times is exactly what it was last year, because when he throws the velocity is tremendous. I think there's times when the life through the zone isn't quite the same. Not always, just sometimes. Because you see right now like last night when he makes a mistake, he got hit, and we didn't really see that last year. Now saying that, it's obvious how much confidence I have in him because we go to him almost every time somebody's on base or the game's on the line because of the amount of confidence we have in him."
Following is a transcript of the conversation. To hear the interview, go to The Big Show audio on demand page.
How's [Pedroia] doing today?
You know what? He's OK. He popped his head in about an hour ago kind of gave me a thumbs up. I think he gave us all a scare last night, including himself. He went around the bag [Monday night against Cleveland] and kind of slipped. It was wet and he turned an ankle and he's got that screw in there and gave him a little zinger, kind of a bolt of lightning going up that leg. We obviously needed to get him out of there because of that.
The doctors came over right away and looked at him and he's OK, and again he got the feeling back real quick. I was kind of thinking about giving him today off anyway, because we've got the noon game tomorrow, and that kind of clinched it after that.
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Phoenix Jones....it'd behoove some people to know who exactly it is they're fighting. I can see they don't have time for that in between all that yelling and getting the shirt off.
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My mum has recently been reading a lot of self-help books and articles, and the main theme of all of them is to do what you want and not live your life for other people. She is very keen on this (she says she's been a doormat long enough, etc, etc) and has several times warned me not to waste my life in the same way. She has also been encouraging me not to feel obliged to do things I would normally have done, so I've missed a number of dreary family gatherings, with her support. Now, however, my brother's graduation is coming up, and mum is organising a celebration afterwards, at my parents' home. I told her I wasn't going - it will be very boring, I can't afford the journey and overnight stay and there is quite a big age gap between my brother and me, so although we are on very good terms it's not as if I will enjoy his party very much. She hit the roof, went ballistic, told me I was being selfish and now is refusing to talk to me unless I go along. What's happening?
Sarah, Durham
He says: How very brave of your mother, presumably at quite an advanced age, to have thrown off the shackles of convention! However, it is difficult to transform one's outlook overnight or even over months or years. Under the pressure of your brother's graduation, an important event for her, she is regressing to her former downtrodden state. Gently but firmly point out that you are following her own advice to you; she will come round in time (and indeed might tell your brother to organise his own party). But a word of warning: don't be too hasty to cut all family ties, however dreary you may find your older relatives at this point in your life. Remember, families are a support network that you may need one day.
She says: It's virtually impossible for two people at once to try to do their own thing without some fireworks. When people say "Do as you want, live for yourself" what they tend to mean is "Do as you want, live for yourself, as long as it doesn't encroach on what I want you to do or spoil my fun". Your mum is quite happy to support you in cocking a snook at a few elderly aunts or whatever - it underlines her own new role as free spirit. But, as you see, avoid any party she throws herself at your peril. It sounds as though you haven't seen much of your family recently: this might be a golden opportunity to get the lot of them out of the way at one go. If you really can't face it you could try enlisting your brother and ask him specifically to tell your mother he doesn't mind if you don't come.
I want to take exception to an unkind comment you made in your column last week. You said that faddy eaters, when staying with other people, should take their own sandwiches or stay home. I am a strict vegetarian and allergic to dairy products and none of my friends seem to have the slightest problem in feeding me. Also it makes an opportunity for them to experience a different way of eating as well. Surely if you ask people to stay it is your responsibility to make them feel comfortable.
David, Southampton
He says: I quite agree. The guest/host relationship is one of the most deeply entrenched of all human social links. It should be one of give and take, with all on their best behaviour and prepared to work hard to make the occasion a success, and if all it takes is for everyone to drink soya milk for a weekend, then so be it.
She says: My objection is not to the vegetarians of this world but to those who are faddy. My heart went out last week to our correspondent who, if you remember, had to feed a vegetarian who didn't actually like vegetables. Faced with attempting to feed a houseful of guests on the whim of the one who eats only beetroot, organic alfalfa and honey, any hostess would be justified in throwing in the towel.
One of my best friends has recently got engaged, and is planning a wedding for this spring. The trouble is that she had known her fiance for only a matter of days before taking this big step with him. I don't have any particular objections to this man - well, neither of us know him very well. For all I know he is very nice and will make the perfect husband but then again he could be an axe murderer. I am very worried that she is rushing into things too fast and wonder if I should say anything.
Anna, Deptford
He says: Draw on your knowledge of your friend. Is she usually impulsive and do her impulses usually prove correct, or is her life a series of predictable disasters in one field or another? If she has already made a success of life on the edge she may be on the verge of pulling off another triumph. If not, it would probably be kindest in the long run to point out her track record and advise caution. If you take the latter route, however, be warned: she will not thank you for pointing out her repeated pattern of foolish behaviour. Good advice is not always welcome!
She says: Luckily covert axe murderers are pretty thin on the ground, and, in any case, everyone's marrying on impulse these days: look at that couple the other day who hadn't even met each other but got married because some radio station offered it as a prize in a competition. Whenever this kind of situation hits the headlines for some reason, newspapers and magazines wheel out couples who have supposedly experienced love at first sight and interview them. Normally they find one set who have been blissfully married for 30 years and have four lovely grandchildren and one set who hate each other like poison and were divorced the week after the wedding, so it's impossible to call. I'd keep quiet for now, but be ready to help pick up the pieces afterwards if need be.


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Russell T Davies will write two new drama series for Channel 4, his first for the channel since 2000's popular Queer As Folk.
Penned by the man behind the re-launch of Doctor Who, the dramas, entitled Cucumber and Banana, will explore "the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life".
The first, Cucumber, will run on Channel 4 for eight episodes and follow the lives of Henry, 46, and his long-term boyfriend Lance. Life for the couple is happy, until death, a threesome, police cars and the Glee Christmas album turn a date night into a disaster and herald a new beginning for Henry.
Banana will serve as a companion piece on E4, also for eight episodes. This series will follow the lives of characters connected to Henry in Cucumber, from 19-year-old Dean and his family secrets to a young lesbian's first love.
Channel 4 have also commissioned "an anarchic online guide to sex" to air alongside the two dramas. Factual series Tofu will investigate sex in the 21st century in a unique and entertaining way, by giving people the chance to share their personal stories and experiences.
Davies has spoken about finding his inspiration while reading about a scientific institute that had studied the male erection:
"It divided the hard-on into four categories, from soft to hard. One, tofu. Two, peeled bananas. Three, banana. And four, cucumber. Right there and then I knew I had my drama."
Channel 4's head of drama Piers Wenger has praised Davies' unrivalled ability to "look into the heart and soul of modern relationships". "He paints an unflinching and forensic portrait of how our sex lives affect us all," he said.
The representation of LGBT characters on television came under fire last year when a BBC report found that examples of gay people in comedy scenarios often relied too heavily on outdated stereotypes.
The study showed that gay male representation is improving on our screens but overtly camp gay men are still portrayed as the standard, particularly for comedy.
Recent ITV sitcom Vicious, starring Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi, was a comedy about an ageing gay couple who had lived in a small London flat together for 50 years.
The show rated very poorly but was praised as an example of incidental sexuality portrayal for not presenting the main characters as funny because they were gay.
Davies' three new projects will enter production in spring 2014 for broadcast later next year.
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Where can you buy a Big Green Egg at a sensible price?
Big Green Egg protect their distribution channels fiercely and they claim that this is because they remain in control of the quality of distribution and so ensure that the product arrives with you in one piece. In my opinion it's so that they can protect the price, but that's just my opinion.
Let's face it, the product is beautifully marketed and it does do what they say in the brochure, I know because I've cooked on one. But look at how an official distributor delivered my Egg - just a pallet on expedited freight.
So where to buy a Big Green Egg? You have to go through an official distributor and the best place to find this is on the Big Green Egg website but unfortunately this doesn't always get a good result.
As I've traveled and cooked I've come across a few "nice guys" who sell these critters:-
If you're in California you can buy a once used egg from the organizers of the SoCal Eggfest. Note that these units are sold as used, they therefore are discounted from the new price but it's collection only and no refunds.
Finding where to buy an Egg in the UK is a real challenge, the only UK distributor is Alfresco Concepts
Click here for the distributor in Canada
Click here for the distributor in Netherlands
Click here for the distributor in New Zealand
When you do find a distributor near you, most recognise that the product is premium priced compared to the competition and they will be willing to offer a discount. It's just that they won't publish it so you have to ask.
I know that it's a rotten thing to say (no rotten egg pun intended) but if getting an Egg presents you with too great a trauma either price-wise or because there's nowhere near you then consider some of the alternative kamados that are readily available, delivered to your door and easily purchased on the internet.
My personal favorite is the Primo XL oval, because it's larger than the Egg and more flexible in its cooking capabilities but it's still bloomin' expensive. You can effectively split in in half either for reasons of economy if doing a small cookout or to separate direct and indirect cooking. Dragon Fire appear to have gone into decline if their website is anything to go by and probably it is in part to the rise of the super competitively priced Grill Dome and Saphire.
Other players in the market include Kamado Joe and Monolith (UK & EU only).
A final word of warning, if you find a new Big Green Egg being sold on the internet, the warranty will have been invalidated so if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
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UEFA announced three countries have earned additional spots in the Europa League next season - Norway, who finished top of the fair play table, followed by England and Sweden.
Fulham - the only team not to have had a player sent off in the league this season - look the most likely beneficiaries as they are in second spot in the Barclays Premier League's fair play table behind Chelsea, who have already qualified for the Champions League, with one match remaining.
European wish: Mark Hughes would be happy to qualify for Europe via Fair Play
The Cottagers - who host Arsenal on Sunday - reached the final of the Europa League last season under Roy Hodgson.
Hughes, appointed in July after Hodgson left for Liverpool, would relish the opportunity of another crack at Europe, having guided Manchester City to the quarter-finals of the 2009 UEFA Cup.
'If we get into the competition, we will be delighted and we will try and progress as far as we can,' Hughes told the club's official website, www.fulhamfc.com.
'I think we are very close, but a lot of things have to fall into place before we can say we are playing in Europe next season, but if we are, we will give it a go.
High flyers: Fulham currently sit in 8th place
'We should embrace it, and if we are in it, we will try our best to be successful.'
Hughes added: 'It is a difficult competition to negotiate because of the time frame and the amount of games you have to play.
'If you want to progress you have to come back very early and start playing football almost immediately when you come back.'
Northern Ireland international Aaron Hughes played in last season's Europa League final against Atletico Madrid, which the English side lost 2-1 in Hamburg.
Happy memories: Aaron Hughes (right) would relish another European campaign
The 31-year-old defender would relish another crack at the competition, even if it means an early return to pre-season training.
'To play in Europe again would be a massive thing - the whole European experience was fantastic,' he said.
'Last time pre-season was basically competitive Europa League games and we came back very early.
'We approached every game like a Premier League game and the further we went in the competition the more the belief grew, and then we found ourselves in the final.'
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College basketball teams shortened their seasons and "churches and moving picture shows were discontinued," according to The Tar Heel, at the time the "Official Organ of the Athletic Association of the University of North Carolina." Over in Durham, the local machine gun company suspended its weekly drills to comply with health officials' urgings to ban public gatherings.
Athletic relations between UNC and Trinity College had been suspended for years; the private institution had dropped "foot-ball," the premier intercollegiate sport, from 1895 through 1919. In 1920, the schools agreed to play home-and-home in the relatively new game of basketball.
Both squads were laden with military veterans, including Carolina coach Maj. Frederick C. Boye, a West Point graduate. The first meeting
Perhaps this photo of the 1920 team was taken before everybody earned his letter. Besides games with in-state rivals and Virginia, Maj. Fred Boye, former West Point captain, took his team on a "northern tour" of Georgetown, Catholic University and Navy. UNC finished 7-9. Captain Billy Carmichael ' 21, for whom the auditorium is named, is at center, holding the ball.
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Debt Buyers
Has an unfamiliar debt collector called or written to you, or even filed a lawsuit against you, to collect money you don't believe you owe? If so, you may be the target of a debt buyer.
More and more these days, individual citizens report being pursued by debt buyers they have never heard of, sometimes for collection of money they do not owe. In some cases, the debt buyer may pursue the wrong person altogether, while in other cases the debt buyer may pursue the collection of debt that was already paid or that was in dispute (e.g. where the customer was a victim of identity theft).
What is a "debt buyer"?
In today's economy, many creditors—including credit card companies, utilities, phone companies, banks, and lenders—regularly sell to debt buyers old debts that they have been unable to collect. The creditors package these old debts into portfolios, which they sell to debt buyers for pennies on the dollar. It is not uncommon for a debt buyer to pay less than five cents per dollar owed. The debt buyer purchases from the creditor an electronic file, or "datastream," of information about the portfolio of debts. The debt buyer usually does not purchase copies of individual contracts, account statements, etc. to substantiate that the individuals whose names are included in the portfolio actually owe the money.
Once the portfolio of old debt is bought, the debt buyer either aggressively pursues an individual for payment of the supposed underlying debts, or re-sells the portfolio to another debt buyer. When collecting, debt buyers often cast a wide net to find people who owe money. Some citizens report being targeted by debt buyers for debt that isn't theirs. For example, individuals report being targeted by debt buyers for repayment of credit card bills for a credit card they never had, for utility bills at a place they never lived, for phone bills from a company they never received phone service from, etc. Others report being pursued for debt that was long-ago paid or for which they were a victim of identity theft, which had previously been reported to and resolved with the original creditor. Other people say they were pursued by a debt buyer for debt that was discharged in bankruptcy, or that is far beyond the applicable statute of limitations for filing a lawsuit in court.
The Debt Buying Industry
The debt buying industry has grown enormously. Many attribute the start of the industry to the savings and loan scandal. In the 1980's, the government liquidator of failed savings and loans auctioned off for collection over $450 billion in failed S&L assets to the private sector. Seeing a new market niche, debt buyers thereafter began to purchase other kinds of debt as well. In 1993 an estimated $6 billion in old debt was sold to debt buyers, but that figure has spiked to over $100 billion each year. Debt buyers are often financed in part by large national banks and Wall Street private equity funds. In other words, many of the credit card companies and banks that sell their old debt to debt buyers partially fund the debt buying industry. There are believed to be hundreds of debt buyers operating in America today, including small regional companies, but the Federal Trade Commission estimates that the nine largest companies buy 75 percent of the nation's delinquent consumer debt. The two largest debt buyers reportedly have purchased over $200 billion in defaulted consumer debts.
What makes debt buyers different?
There are several facts that make debt buyers somewhat different than original creditors in their collection efforts.
First, when purchasing a portfolio of old debt, a debt buyer generally only purchases an electronic file of information that contains names of supposed debtors, amounts owed, etc. The debt buyer usually does not purchase any documents or other evidence that shows that individual citizens owe the money, such as account statements, charge slips, etc. These electronic files are often rife with errors. For example, some citizens report that an original creditor sold debt that the citizen paid off years ago.
Second, the debt that is purchased is often very old. This debt is often called "zombie debt" because it is so old. Some citizens report being pursued for collection efforts by a debt buyer for debt that originated ten or more years ago. To make matters worse, debt buyers often take the position that they will continue to pursue an individual citizen for payment of a debt unless and until the person can prove they don't owe the money. Many people, however, don't keep cancelled checks, account statements, etc. that go back that far and therefore have a hard time coming up with the proof that they paid the bill. Further, individuals are often unfairly stuck attempting to prove a negative (i.e. that they don't owe money), when under the law a collector is not supposed to pursue a citizen for payment of a bill unless the collector has substantiation that it is owed.
Third, debt buyers are often particularly aggressive in their collection attempts. They cast a wide net to find people who may owe money, and they often pursue the wrong people. Debt buyers often run assembly line-like "mills" and quickly turn to courts and lawsuits to collect money. It is routine for debt buyers to continue to hound individuals for debt after such individuals have stated that the debt is not owing. Since it is costly or impossible for debt buyers to actually verify a debt, they often do not do so, but instead continue with their collection efforts. Some individuals pay debts they do not owe just to get debt buyers to stop calling, or to ensure that the debt does not wrongfully end up on their credit report. Because the debt buyer has no relationship to maintain with the consumer, debt buyers may be particularly aggressive and unprofessional in their dealings with individuals.
The Reappearing Debt
It is not uncommon for a creditor to sell a debt portfolio to an initial debt buyer, who pursues collection for awhile and then sells the debt to another debt buyer, who may sell it to yet another debt buyer. In this way, some debts are bought and resold many times over for a period of many years. As a result, some citizens report that they thought they fixed a problem with a debt buyer who wrongly pursued them for money they didn't owe, only to later be pursued by other debt buyers for the same debt.
What are your rights?
Some citizens who are incorrectly pursued by a debt buyer for money they don't owe simply ignore the collection efforts. After all, the person doesn't owe the money, and it is unfair to ask them to spend time resolving a problem that isn't their fault. In order to fully protect yourself, however, the Minnesota Attorney General's Office recommends that you exercise your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). If a debt buyer pursues you for money you don't think you owe, you should dispute that you owe all or part of the debt under the FDCPA in writing. To do so, you should write to the debt buyer within 30 days after you receive an initial call or letter about the debt. Your letter—which you should send by certified mail so that you have a record of its receipt—should tell the debt buyer that you dispute that the debt is owed and ask the debt buyer to substantiate the debt. You may wish to request the following substantiation in your letter, as applicable:
- name and address of the original creditor;
- date on which the alleged debt was incurred;
- an itemization of the debt (e.g. total principal, interest, fees, other charges);
- a summary of your payment history on the debt;
- copy of the applicable contract giving rise to the debt;
- copy of the underlying account statement and other written validation and explanation of the debt.
While it takes time for you to write such a letter, it may save you time and headaches down the road--and may prevent the debt buyer from wrongly suing you, reporting the debt to a credit reporting agency, or reselling the debt to another debt buyer.
Check Your Credit Report
If you are wrongfully pursued by a debt buyer, you should obtain a free copy of your credit report to find out whether the original creditor or the debt buyer has reported the debt to the credit reporting agencies. To obtain your free credit report, go to www.annualcreditreport.com, or call 877-322-8228. If there are inaccuracies on your credit report, you have certain rights under federal law to correct the mistakes. (For more information, see Attorney General's bulletin entitled, Credit Reports.)
If a Debt Buyer Sues You
As noted above, debt buyers often turn to the courts to aid in their collection process. Some people who are sued by debt buyers do not recognize the name of the party who is suing them and ignore the lawsuit. It is very important that you not ignore a lawsuit. If you want to contest the debt, it is very important that you serve a formal Answer to the lawsuit. The Answer is the legal document a person serves to contest a lawsuit. If you do not serve an Answer, the debt buyer may obtain a default judgment against you, which will harm your credit and may result in your bank accounts or wages being garnished. (For more information, see Attorney General's bulletin entitled, Answering A Lawsuit.)
If a Debt Buyer Seeks a Default Judgment Against You
A Minnesota law, Minn. Stat. § 548.101, applies to cases filed by debt buyers seeking default judgments against Minnesota citizens in district court or conciliation court for claims upon an assigned obligation arising out of any consumer debt that is primarily for personal, family, or household purposes and in default at the time of assignment. This law provides that such claims expire if not brought within six years of the date of last payment on the debt, and that debt buyers must give consumers notice of their intent to apply for a default judgment and allow consumers an extra 14 days to serve an Answer to the lawsuit. The law also requires that debt buyers provide certain basic admissible evidence to district courts and conciliation courts with any request for default judgment, including admissible evidence (1) that the amount claimed to be owed is accurate, (2) of the contractual terms they seek to enforce to show that the person sued actually owes the debt, (3) of a valid and complete chain of assignment of the debt from the original creditor to the debt buyer seeking the default judgment, with documentation evidencing that the particular debt at issue was included in the assignment or assignments, and (4) if included in the request, application, or motion for judgment, a breakdown of any fees, interest, and charges added to that amount. In addition, in district court cases, the debt buyer must provide proof that a summons and complaint were properly served on the debtor and that the debtor did not serve a timely answer or, in conciliation court cases, the debt buyer must provide proof that the party seeking the judgment or the party's attorney used reasonable efforts to provide the court administrator with the correct address for the debtor. If you believe a debt buyer is not following this law, please contact the Attorney General's Office and consider notifying the judge in your case of the law and the debt buyer's potential non-compliance with it.
If you have questions or have been wrongfully pursued by a debt buyer, contact the following agencies:
Office of Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson
445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651) 296-3353 or (800) 657-3787
TTY: (651) 297-7206 or TTY: (800) 366-4812
Minnesota Department of Commerce
85 7th Place East, Suite 280
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651) 539-1500 or (800) 657-3602
Federal Trade Commission
Consumer Response Center
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
(877) 382-4357
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I usually play these games with all the patches on, but I'm making an exception for Devastation.
Devastation Patch Notes 390
The main fix from this patch is the single player AI. The NPC attack AI has been fully rewritten. Your teammates fight better and more tactically with you, they cover each other and look for cover when outnumbered. Also the enemy AI has been greatly improved, making the game more challenging. You have to play it to believe it!
If they patched out all the NPC AI in an update, I've gotta see what they were like originally.
As well as three difficulty modes, I've got a choice between 'Arcade' style, which promises 'Fast and furious action. More speed and heart-pumping combat.' and 'Simulation' style, which offers 'Realistic, more challenging action. More strategy and life-like combat.'.
If that's a choice between a Serious Sam bullet splermer and an Operation Winback hyper-sniper, I'll take 'Simulation' every time.
The game opens with some narration...
"A bright and peaceful future? Not even close. More like a twisted version of World War II Europe. Martial law was the only law, the governments were gone. The only economy was that of survival. Technology was outlawed, and pacification squads were established. A few of us defied oppression. We were willing to give what little we had left to regain our freedom and perhaps, some hope. This was life in the Resistance."
"This is how we uncovered the truth and sparked the revolution."
Is it just me, or did that not make much sense?
Thursday April 7th, 2075. 3:53PM Grathius Genetic Research Laboratories San Francisco, California.How can there be a mega-global corporation without technology...?
What's going on?
Here's our dude Baxter in the glasses. Him and his colleague Eve are Grathius geneticists and ardent dead rat collectors.
He was innocently whiling away his work day in the lab, not doing much of anything... apart from mucking around with a conspicuous flashy hacking program on his computer. He must've forgotten to turn on the Trace Tracker because no sooner has he started than alarms begin flashing all over the place and the security monitors fill with the company's elite anti-hacking paramilitary task force rushing down the corridors to save the day.
It was only a bit of fun!
Also, he kind of planted a bomb. Or seven.
He shoves a data disk into the woman's hands and suggests that they run like hell. Good plan.
This is the part where I play as Baxter and have to protect the woman from the goons, right?
Nope. Baxter runs off alone and gets shot in the arm by the goons and is presumed dead. One protagonist down and I haven't done anything yet.
This is the part where I play as the unarmed woman and have to sneak past the guards, trying to find an exit where I can leave undetected, right?
Nope! The bombs go off and the woman escapes unharmed in the confusion.
This is the part where I wander around the city looking for the Resistance, right?
Nope yet again, the cutscene just keeps rolling on.
Eve finds the Resistance easily enough and is greeted warmly by the big boss, Flynn.
Turns out the Grathius goons are a little bit tense after the unprovoked bombing attack, and the thought that they might tail her to the secret Resistance base didn't occur to her... it's a massacre.
This is the bit where Flynn throws a gun into my hands and we try and save as many Resistance members as we can before the whole place is torched, right?
Nope. The duo escape 'somehow' and Flynn demands to be taken right back to the Grathius lab so he can use their supercomputer to decode the data disk.
That's a terrible, terrible plan. I love it!
When is this game actually gonna let me play?
Oh, here we go. I'm playing as Flynn? Nifty!
I thought I might be playing as Eve and end up with crappy weak guns and Flynn yelling at me every five seconds.
This place is suspiciously detailed. The game promised 'Devastation', and this place certainly looks devastated. Full marks!
This starting area is more of a movement tutorial, we do the now-standard movement tutorial dance: jump, crouch, run. If Eve gets too far ahead, she just waits for me patiently. There's a curious lack of enemies here; there's not even many dead folks lying around. I suppose the whole 'no economy' thing really means you can't have corporations after all.
She leads me all the way through the wreckage of the building, through the back to Baxter's lab from the intro. I put the data disk into the computer... and it explodes in my face.
Eve's long since ran off, locking all the doors behind her. Son of a bitch!
Now I have to escape from the Grathius building, surrounded by a paramilitary security force of God-knows how many people, armed with only a pistol and a knife.
Hazmat trooper! One shot to the bonce and he slumps onto his knees, dead.
I'm grinning from ear to ear. I've got guns that work! Thank you, Simulation mode!
Could sneaking up on Hazmat guards and clobbering them on the back of the head with a bottle possibly be as fun as it sounds?
Yes it could.
This laboratory is a huge maze... there's several floors, all in varying states of surprisingly intricate destruction. There's ramps, holes and fire blocked corridors, making the place seem a lot bigger than it really is. The exit wasn't that hard to find and there were no bloody keycards!
After climbing down to the basement, I ignore the very obvious creaking noise above me like a complete idiot and look around for health kits. The elevator car smashes into my head at high speed, turning me into goop.
Quick load!
Gee, that was lucky. That could have been me!
This security station is another unusually well-thought out room. You can fiddle with all the computer screens and kick the furniture about. I got stuck in here thinking it was an important room looking for a switch, but it turns out this was just a secret room that had lots of health pickups in it.
Remember those?
Working security cameras!
There's only one thing better than running through a wrecked laboratory shooting everything in sight with a pistol!
Running through a wrecked laboratory shooting everything in sight with two of 'em!
The enemies seem to have a very limited hearing range. I've been completely ignoring my stealth options and leaping through air, guns blazing, all the time. Must be the suits.
Get a load of that dynamic character shadow! Cor!
Whatever Grathius are doing, it involves lots and lots and lots of dead bodies.
And three pickled rats.
I'm sure when I've decoded this disk, I'll be able to collect all this evidence together with the camera I don't have and present a thorough and compelling case to the proper authorities, which don't exist.
DREENK! Lookit those cute angry cat faces!
Some folks say that Flynn looks like Eminem. That's nonsense, he's clearly Ryan Key from Yellowcard (external link).
By ridiculous fluke, Ryan manages to find Eve again. She's just about to be executed by the very last goon when Ryan shoots him dead.
"I should have trusted you.", she says, overcome with relief.
She has absolutely no idea how these first person shooters work when I'm in charge.
With the Grathius lab a complete bust, we need to find a different super-computer to read this disk (assuming it's still got the correct number of holes in it). First, we need to get out of the city.
Wait, is she packing heat? She's gonna try and help?
I don't like the sound of that at all. She's just going to get run off and get shot.
My first enemy is... some builders? Huh?
I was hesitant to shoot these guys. They're not soldiers or anything. They're just guys with planks of wood!
There's more than a few regular soldiers about, but it's really difficult to get a good picture of them.
The bullets in this game have a reassuring shove to them. When you kill an enemy, the force of the bullet gives them a hefty shove, making every death a unique, slightly overdramatic GoldenEye 007 style blast.
The bots all went to the multiplayer school of AI design; the moment they see you they're running back and forth and side to side and climbing up the level. Some of them try to find cover, but there's some screwy interactions between the enemies and the physics objects which means that you're in just as much danger of having a wooden crate flying at you and knocking your head off as getting shot.
Eve's a really helpful team-mate! I'm worried about her running into my shots, but there's no friendly fire!
The satisfyingly short loading screens contain tips related to the current level. In this level, it has a short guide on how to control my team-mates. For example, if I wanted to, I could tell her to wait at the starting point until I'd cleared out the level. Or I could order her to run in shooting.
Here she is taking cover and mocking the enemy with her calm stance. I can even give her weapons from my inventory or take hers away. I accidentally did that without noticing, and she ran off behind my back to attack someone who'd snuck up behind me by climbing a building. She beat them to death with her bare hands before I'd reloaded.
Oh, and you know what she HASN'T done this whole time? Spoken. She hasn't quipped, complained, acknowledged, ordered, suggested or mumbled a single word.
Long live Dr. Pack-heat.
These levels are more complex than I first thought. The labs were all linear corridors connected up, but when you're in the city the game lets you use it. It's still a linear level, but you've got more control over your elevation and choice of route than Call of Duty.
You know what I hate about this game?
That I don't hate anything about this game! No auto-aim, no recharging health!
Eve's got recharging health, but that can't be helped. I lose the mission if she dies. If she gets surrounded, she does die fairly quick, but that would be my fault for not recalling her fast enough after hearing gunshots.
AAARGH! He's runnin' right at me!
Why aren't you dying!?!?
Boom, cutscene. Turns out this guy was someone we were searching for! It feels like half the plot is missing sometimes.
His name is Gus, and he's a gun smuggler. He heard about the SNAFU at the Grathius labs and has offered to lead me to his secret stash of weapons for the Resistance, now that the war has fully hit the streets. He says he's brought a little present for me to get me started.
Silenced micro-Uzi! SILENCED MICRO-UZI!
And I get to keep it on top of the three different types of paired pistols I've found so far! Huzzah!
In other news, I've found the missing plot. It's in the pause menu of all places.
The route to Gus' stash leads us through Chinatown, which means we have to cross a lot more open ground.
I've lost control of Gus at this point temporarily, because he's decided to be a putz and take point. If either Gus or Eve dies, I lose the mission, so I have to keep up the pace. Not that I've been a slouch so far! Even though I'm sure I picked 'Simulation' style gameplay, there hasn't been a lot of considered action on my part... I've been running, sliding, jumping and kicking debris all over the place. I can't imagine what 'Arcade' style ends up like.
It's so nice to see a colour that's not grey.
We've finally reached Gus' stash, with all our dudes intact. I had to keep an eye on them sometimes, they've got a keen sense of smell and love any excuse to get into a fight.
Gus suggests to Eve that wandering around in a Grathius uniform is a good way to get shot, and asks her to go into the back and change. She's decided this going to be her new look from now on. Yes, she's now using a katana.
This is my band. We're called 'Devastation'.
At the start of every level, the game has been giving me an equipment selection screen, just like in Chrome. You can pick any combination of weapons you like from all the weapons you've picked up in the game so far, up to a (very generous) weight limit.
Why can't every game do that? WHY?
One thing that perhaps every game shouldn't try and copy is the absolutely awesome glitches I've seen. These aren't boring Navy SEALs style glitches, either. Every time I kill a guy, there's a 50/50 chance that his body will start violently twisting and rise up into the air, kicking up a cloud of dust as he disappears into the heavens. On this ramp, the floor is like quicksand to enemy bodies. A headshot causes the enemy to start flailing his hands desperately as his legs are sucked into the ground. Other times, the enemies simply disappear instantly when they're dead.
And they leave their gun behind, always. This game plays fair.
We're running across rooftops now. The way forward is less clear, but all the dead ends lead to health kits and pretty cityscapes, so there's no complainin' here.
And I've got a sniper rifle.
And a second Micro-Uzi! It's all I've ever wanted!
I can't carry the six pistols, two Uzis, sniper rifle and shotgun all at once, sadly... unless I cheat. There's a silly glitch in the game where you can trick it into letting you hold more guns than you normally can. Sure, the game complains you're ENCUMBERED in big (small) letters from that point on, but it's had absolutely no noticeable effect on my movement or accuracy.
I've not had many ammo troubles so far, I've noticed. I have to remember to manually pick up the guns the enemies drop, and the guns do disappear over time. Items that you can pick up are lit up brighter than the rest of the level, so there's no way to miss them. If the team-mates are feeling heroic, they'll kill enemies on rooftops before they've had a chance to complete their entrance animation which means that their guns don't land in a place where you can pick them up. Messing around with guns let me discover a disgustingly obvious and absurd glitch for infinite ammo that makes me chuckle even thinking about it.
DREENK! Fuel for the badass in you.
We open up an electronically sealed door temporarily and Ryan slips inside. No sooner has he entered the hidden Grathius base than the door slams shut!
Ryan must venture on... alone!
Devastation: Starts with you escaping a place with only a pistol. No auto-aim. No recharging health. No keycards. Quick saves and quick loads if you want them. Every enemy drops their gun. Guns work at distance. Guns work at all. You get lots of them. You can hold lots of them. Head shots. Single handed weapons that can be optionally dual-wielded from the moment you find a duplicate. Controllable team-mates. Silent team-mates. Configurable controls. Decent alert music. Decent looking levels. Linear, but the game lets you get on with it, instead of treating you like an idiot. These are good things.
The bad things I noticed... um... well, it doesn't have an objective highlight button. And the dual-firing guns are a bit wonky. And you can't aim down the sights for max accuracy.
I was under the impression that this was going to be one of the cheaper games, like Red Ocean. And, well, it was. But I was expecting a lot of bland or repeated rooms, and it simply doesn't do that. This game's got attention to detail all over it. They were really, really trying. The voice actors weren't, but whatcha gonna do?
It's a half-finished mess, sure, but if it were slower and more grounded, you'd have time to worry about how little sense it all makes, in terms of plot or gameplay. All the glitches fit into Devastations fast-paced larger-than-life nonsense world. What's important is that the actual shooting works.
I'd heard scary stories about Devastation. I'd heard it's like dust held together with sticky tape and falls to pieces the moment you try to pick it up. It probably does. Later.
But, for now, it's damn spiffy.


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When was this project approved? In November 2008, voters in the Puget Sound area approved "ST2," the mass transit expansion plan for our region. The ST2 plan included funding for a First Hill Streetcar to link the First Hill employment and residential center to Sound Transit's Link light rail system via its Capitol Hill and International District stations.
Who is managing this project? The City of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is the lead agency responsible for the First Hill Streetcar.
What is the project's estimated cost, and how is it being funded? The total project is estimated to cost $134 million. Sound Transit is providing $132.8 M to the City of Seattle via an interlocal agreement with the balance funded through partnership agreements with Seattle utilities.
Where will it go and how many stops will there be? The streetcar will operate on Jackson between Occidental & 14th and on Broadway between Yesler & Denny via 14th & Yesler. It will connect the diverse and vibrant neighborhoods of Capitol Hill, First Hill, the Chinatown/International District, and Pioneer Square and serve employment areas, medical centers (Harborview, Swedish and Virginia Mason), institutions of higher education (Seattle Central Community College and Seattle University), and major sporting event locations (CenturyLink and Safeco Fields). Passengers will be able to board at any of the 10 stops shown on the First Hill Streetcar map (http://www.seattlestreetcar.org/images/project_area_map_lg.gif).
What is the total distance of the First Hill Streetcar route? 2.5 miles end to end from Jackson and Occidental to Broadway and Denny.
What transportation systems will the First Hill Streetcar connect to? Riders will be able to connect to Amtrak's intercity passenger rail service, Sound Transit's Link light rail and Sounder regional train service, regional and local bus lines, local bike networks, and ferries and water taxis.
What will the hours of operation be, and how frequently will streetcars arrive?
The streetcar will run at 10-minute intervals during peak hours (Monday through Friday 6-9 AM and 3-6 PM), 12 minutes midday and Saturdays, and approximately 15 minutes at other times. How many people are expected to ride the First Hill line? Rides are expected to exceed 3,000 per day.
Will I be able to use my ORCA card on the streetcar? Yes, the ORCA card will be the primary payment system.
How much will it cost to ride, and how will I purchase a ticket? The fare will be established by the Sound Transit Board of Directors and is anticipated to be similar to Link Light Rail and Metro peak hour fares. Riders without ORCA cards will be able to purchase single ride tickets at a fare box machine located on the station platform.
When did construction begin, when will it end, and when will service begin? The construction of the First Hill Streetcar started in April of 2012. The anticipated completion and beginning of operation in the late summer or early fall of 2014.
What are the typical hours of construction? Typical weekday work hours are 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 7 days a week. There are also many instances of night work both on weekdays and weekends.
How will bus routes and schedules be impacted by construction? Bus service will be maintained within the project area during construction; however, certain bus stops may be closed or relocated. Buses may also be rerouted during weekend work when streets are closed. Advance notice of changes will be provided to riders via Metro. Information about changes to Metro's stops or schedule can be found online at Metro's Alerts Center at http://metro.kingcounty.gov/up/rr/alertscenter.html, or by phone at 206-553-3000.
What are the primary elements of construction?
What should I expect during construction? Streetcar construction impacts will include:
-Long-term parking and loading restrictions around work zones -Lane restrictions -Full intersection closures on nights and/or weekends -Bus stop closures and relocations (King County Metro will post rider alerts) -Short-term water utility interruptions (Seattle Public Utilities will provide advance notice) -Nighttime and weekend work -Sidewalk and pedestrian detours
What is the construction schedule?
March 2012
Pre-Construction Mobilization
April 2012
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Summer 2012
Start of Track Construction
March 2014
Complete Track & Roadway Construction
Summer 2014
Systems Testing
Late summer or early fall 2014
Start of Streetcar Service
To find out more about the construction timeline, click here.
How will bicyclists be impacted during construction? During construction bike riders should expect:
-Shared lanes with general traffic -Grooved pavement and raised castings -Detours -Open trenches, steel plates and exposed streetcar rail -Increased truck activity and traffic stoppages
How will the First Hill Streetcar benefit bicyclists? In addition to welcoming bikes on board, the First Hill Streetcar will provide:
-A new 2-way bikeway on Broadway between Yesler Way and Denny Way -New road surfaces -Bike friendly drainage grates -More green bike lanes to highlight areas where bicycles and cars cross paths These changes will enhance safety and mobility and improve bicyclists' riding experience.
To learn more about the First Hill Streetcar and biking, go to http://www.seattlestreetcar.org/fh_bikes.htm.
Are there any other streetcar projects on the horizon? The City has identified priorities for improving transit in the Transit Master Plan. SDOT will be pursuing these projects as funding becomes available. Currently, SDOT is studying alignment options in the Center City that would improve transit from Pioneer Square or the Chinatown/International District to Seattle Center or Lake Union Park. This study, funded by a $900,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration, will initially investigate what kind of transit would be best – streetcar or improved bus service - and on which streets it should operate (SDOT is also beginning study in Fall 2012 of an extension of the First Hill Streetcar to the north end of Broadway, click here for more info).
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The moment the news hit the air Monday that South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was going to appoint Rep. Tim Scott, an African-American, to fill the remainder of outgoing Sen. Jim DeMint's term, Olivia Adams tweeted, "Congrats to new senator Tim Scott! Great news. Now, let the racist liberals come out in full force. cc: @MSNBC"
Demetrius Minor picked up on this and sent out his own tweet. "Waiting for the meltdown by MSNBC on Tim Scott being chosen to replace Jim DeMint."
Adams and Minor didn't have long to wait. The first answer came from someone calling himself only "Bernie," who wrote, "Cheer the token black. He joins MSteele, HCain, CThomas, AWest, & CRice. No impact on blacks voting 4 #GOP. Another HOUSE #NEGRO @theGrio
None of the people "Bernie" lists are anyone's "token black." They all — each and every one of them — made it on their own.
Then someone calling herself "lovelyladypa" entered the fray with two quick tweets:
"TOKEN NEGRO: SC Gov Nikki Haley to name Rep Tim Scott, SC's first African-American GOP rep since 1901, to replace Sen Jim DeMint. Event" followed by:
"lawd nikki haley picking a token for senate scott to say they hv a blk lawd"
After that, the name-calling escalated a bit. "Token black" and "token negro" became "America's newest 'House Negro,'" "Uncle Ruckus," "Uncle Tom" and "Uncle Tim."
For the most part, the vitriol came from tweeps hiding behind a nom de plume. If they used a real name, it was generally only their given name — until Indianapolis radio host Amos Brown flexed his Twitter muscles and "observed" that Scott isn't "black enough." Under his handle, [email protected]," he tweeted the following:
"Gee, courtesy of S Carolina GOP, the nation gets Tim Scott an ultra-rightwing, Tea Party devotee US Senator who's Black only in skin color"
Stephen Shelko called Brown out on his remark. [email protected] You are a racist. Demanding that a person hold a certain set of beliefs on account of skin color is the epitome of racism."
Brown responded wirh, [email protected] From what I've seen many of his beliefs holds back African-Americans. Which is a third of his state." and later, "If it benefits the wealthy and not relief for working class folks, then Mr. Scott's tax reforms would hold back African-Americans"
So it all comes down to "what's in it for me?" The president's rhetoric of "There are no black-Americans or Asian Americans or Latino-Americans — we're just Americans," was exactly that — simply rhetoric.
Someone with the Twitter handle "LiberateTheUSA" observed this exchange and brought Brown's argument to its basest element. [email protected] Because he won't be playing Santa Claus for votes, straight talker, independent thinker. Excellent nominee! #Cheers!"
Realizing he'd lost the argument at this point, Brown switched the subject to gun control. Wise move.
As I read the above tweets I couldn't help but think to myself — had Gov. Haley not appointed Scott to his new post, would these same people have been calling her a racist?
H/T to Twitchy.com.
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We've decided to started this blog so that people can share their experiences and advice on each state's process. I've added a Blog area for each state, under which you all can share your comments. Here's the DE Regulations by State, a helpful State Matrix, and related resources: http://www.usg.edu/academics/distance_education_regulations/
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How did you interpret this one -- out-of-state public institutions are not specifically mentioned except in the earlier paragraphs where it states that the "DAA requires all [provate or public institution (sic) to hold accreditation by an accrediting agency.....". We don't fit under BPOS -- private for profit post secondary institutions or DAA 4 categories.
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This post is part of the MyShingle Solos summer series which will run between June 17 and July 3, 2014. This post is written by MyShingle Guest Blogger Alex Freeburg I am a criminal defense attorney and I don't charge a trial fee. Most attorneys in my area do. The standard procedure is that … [Read more...]
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Earlier this week, I dropped a few hundred dollars to attend one day of an industry conference. I didn't do it for the CLE. Rather, I had to guard against other lawyers poaching my client. Even with my oversight, at least one consultant made an overt, brazen play for my client as I stood … [Read more...]
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There's a small law firm in South Carolina with a Client Expectations policy that's made a big splash online. The policy, which bluntly states, "We do not work weekends and do not provide emergency numbers for weekends....We make mistakes..." attracted notice from the ABA Journal and generated … [Read more...]
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Right now with school, work, and studying I am always trying to find more time to be with my family without being distracted. I'm really looking forward to being done with school and being able to just do something fun with them without worrying about a test or project.
ReplyDeleteI always make time to play w/my little one when it gets home from school, and we always take time to read before he goes to bed.
What I wish I made time for was a regular exercise routine. I used to get up early and do it before everyone got up, but now little man has started school and it changes everything (not for the bad, but there's no time to work out, that's for sure).Today, I'm making lots of time for my daughter who had oral surgery this morning. Her little mouth needs popsicles and mama TLC. The past two weeks, I spent way too much time on the blog! UGH! Of course, my favorite way to spend time is through travel!!! So much to see, and so little time!
ReplyDeleteI WISH I made regular time exercise and READING. I buy books our of habit and never read them anymore. I have a stack next to my bed. Like you, my eyes start to blur soon after my head hits the pillow.
ReplyDeleteRepliesexercise, how it always seems to be the one thing i don't have time for ; ) i am a such book hoarder. i recently just cleaned a stack from my bedstand because after months i wasn't kidding anyone with the same pile never moving! i am trying to let go of feeling like i have to devour a book in order to read, because i just can't spend whole days reading and i just end up not reading at all. someday, there will be plenty of time for that.
As for me, I wish I had less time to worry and feel sad. I've just been going through a lot lately, and I wish I finally make it out of this emotional mess.
Oh but yes, I wish I had more time in my hands to be with the people I love the most. I want to be able to stop time and freeze the moments I'm with them. For busy people like you, yes, it's important to MAKE time. That's still possible even in the midst of all the work we have to do everyday.I wish I have more time to cook, really cook...I cook emotionally. I love the tastes, the smells, the procedure...
I always make time to read....I love ral books, I enjoy bending back the first pages of a new book, and running my finger down the page to settle into a read.
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SimplyClassyMe.blogspot.comI'm really trying to make time for my friends - I've historically been really bad about it and always prioritized my "alone" time over them. It's an effort but worth it :)
ReplyDelete*sigh* I completely understand you (I loved the pictures by the way). With a four and one year old at home i don't think I've finished one magazine article in the last four years (infact I've stopped buying them now) but every now and again i run a deep bath with lots of bubbles and have time to myself - a bliss rarity :)
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This book presents the first broad intellectual response by labor and working-class historians to the larger transnational turn in historical studies. Drawing on an international conference of U.S., Canadian, Latin American, and Caribbean scholars, the book brings together emerging studies on workers, the state, and international labor activism and institutions. Fourteen chapters, each transnational in scope, address themes of indigenous peoples and labor systems, labor and empire, international feminism and reproductive labor, labor recruitment and immigration control, transnational labor pol ... More
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Have you ever wondered why when you drive in a car in the UK or in the US the driver is always on the inside of the road so that when you meet another car the drivers are on the inside of the lane and the passengers are on the outside of the lane? Why does this matter? One word….passing.
When you have to pass another car on a two lane road – you want the driver to be on the inside so that they can see the oncoming cars and know when it is clear enough to pass. Simple.
Now its not so simple when you are driving a UK drive car in a country where they drive on the other side of the road than the UK. This means you are trying to pass people when you the driver are on the outside of the road trying to see the oncoming traffic. I actually wrote a post about it a long time ago when I was traveling through Laos – but then I was the passenger. This time I am the driver.
As I took my turn to drive from Budapest Hungary to Cluj Romania and it of course was pissing down rain. It seems that whenever I get behind the wheel it's pouring rain. As if the giant gray rain cloud is just following me overhead as if I were an unlucky cartoon character.
Little did I know, but today was the day where we lost our lovely autobahn type interstates with smooth tarmac and 2 or 3 lanes to choose from. Today we entered the world of two lane driving and left the massive interstates of the western world behind.
Passing was a team effort in which we had to perfect our signals. Rick and Deb were riding on the inside lane of the car as passengers and they were responsible for giving me the signals. A clear "Go!" if it was clear and a clear "No" when it wasn't – none of this maybe stuff! Together we worked as a team to get past the massive trucks bunched up on the two land road. We celebrated after the first successful pass and we fell into a good rhythm. However, it pained me every time we had to stop and I knew that I had to start all over again getting around the slow vehicles I had just worked so hard to pass previously.
Video of passing cars – Dave and Deb from The Planet D have it under control!
This is one of the things about driving in the Mongol Rally that intimidated me most. Yet I actually found it really exciting in a way. It certainly gave me a rush to be a part of the driving culture and trying to learn all of the unwritten rules.
We crossed the border into Romania with a slight delay as the authorities took our passports and our car papers to do God knows what. We sat and waiting for abot 20 minutes and they handed back out passports with a new stamp in ti! Finally – a stamp! We had already passed through 7 countries in Europe and no stamps!
I settled down to a big Romanian beer once we reached our camp site. – a great team effort today!
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700r4 Lockup Kit
I got a lockup kit from TCI and the wiring instructions are useless.Anybody know how the wiring should be? it says to disconnect 1 switch (and not use it) and install a new supplied 4th clutch switch with 2 pins.Theres a solenoid with 2 pins and something at the end of 2 wires that run thru a plastic "Z" holder, not sure what that is. I got to hook up to 1 ground coming in and 2 power feeds.
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I'm having trouble wiring my TCI lockup kit.The instructions suck! Can anyone identify the switches and/or solenoids and explain what they do? If I knew that ,I'll have no problem wiring it up. Thanks
your photo shows the OEM wire harness. Where is the lock up kit stuff?
IF you want lock up in OD only do this: The silver switch with the green colored plastic connector.... move the black wire from the lock up solenoid to this switch. Then however you wish , you need to hook the red wire from the l/up solenoid to a 12 volt power source . Obviously you need to connect the red solenoid wire to the case connector so a 12 volt source can be hooked up. With the wire setup I have provided the tranny will lock the converter up in OD each time when 12 volts is at the tranny solenoid red wire. Not sure of your instruction troubles. The sheets I have seen provide the proper information.
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I opened up the tranny to check my wiring.I have 12 volts feeding the brown wire.The black jumps to the coil. The red from the coil goes to one terminal of the new 4th clutch switch.The other side of the 4th clutch switch goes to ground. Does this sound OK?
Does anyone know what is this pce. is called and how does it work? Current doesn't flow thru.I checked with an ohmeter. |
I have no ecm as this is in a 76 chevy.Instructions call to remove the wires from the 4-3 discreet switch.Is this OK?
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if you install paper clip across temp switch reinstall plug that will complete circuit for ground, then install a 12 volt key on fused wire to the a terminal. leave everything else alone this works I use the same method all the time, no need to buy the lock up kit..... some people want a more complexed system but this works. there are many ways to rig lock up this is only one....
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OK , so now i've got 12 volts (A) to the temp switch which I know is working.From there it goes to the coil in series then in series thru the 4th clutch switch to ground on the (D terminal) How's this sound.Will it work?
This is a simple 12 volt DC circuit. Power to the red wire. Black solenoid wire to the silver switch I pointed out many posts earlier. The silver switch is self grounding. Do you know what "self grounding" means? When pressure is applied the switch closes which provides a ground. You may need to splice a wire or two for the 12 volt power for the solenoid through the plastic case connector. The case connetor is where the wires plug into on both sides of the aluminum case. Cut and remove all other wires. THe temp switch & all , remove them , unneeded, dont use them.
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Thanks.I know what what self grounding means.It means I'll just leave the 2 pin switch thats in there now and run the ground out thru the harness.I've got a vacuum switch to put it thru.I'll just jump the power across the temp. switch to bypass.How about the 4-3 discreet switch? Do I need this?
Hey airworld ,thanks for your input also.I"ve got no problems with electrical once I know what the parts are and what they do. Last edited by 123pugsy; 04-23-2006 at 06:14 PM. |
OK,so now I think I've got it.The temp switch is not necessary.I will bypass that and give the solernoid (red wire) 12 volts.The black from the solenoid runs thru my new 2 pin 4th clutch switch to ground.I'm assuming the 4th clutch switch only closes with pressure to allow the circuit to ground thus allowing the solenoid to lock up the torque convertor.Simple, huh?
So now I think as per my original post ,I know the parts and what they do. Thanks. |
sometimes we are clear as mud here.
It is a simple process for the lockup wires. if more problems arise , simply ask..
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