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Posted: January 15, 2011 | Author: Mona (aka Wonk the Vote) | Filed under: morning reads | Tags: Alice Neel, Arizona shooting, Barack Obama, Bayesian inference, Bill Clinton, Bruce Reed, China, decline effect, Diane Von Furstenberg, Eirini Vourloumis, ESP, GDP, Hillary Clinton, Husk Power, Jeannette Rankin, Jeh Johsnon, Kay Bailey Hutchison, MLK, Phoebe Hoban, Reince Priebus, Richard Holbrooke, Ron Reagan, satyagraha, Shirin Neshat, significance testing, Susana Chavez, Tunisia, Wikileaks, William Fitzhugh | 38 CommentsGood morning, news junkies!
Today is January 15, 2011… Eighty-two years ago, in 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born. Thirty-nine years later, in 1968, the Jeannette Rankin Brigade gathered in DC to protest the Vietnam War (links go to two great photos). At the end of the march, the 88-year old Rankin–on behalf of a delegation of women that included Coretta Scott King–presented to then-House Speaker John McCormack a petition calling for an end to the war (link takes you to another amazing photo).
I dedicate my Saturday offerings this weekend to Dr. King, his family, congresswoman Rankin, and everyone who stood with them in the fight for nonviolence, a movement largely spurred on in the twentieth century by Gandhi and his strategy of nonviolent resistance — satyagraha.
And, with that, I'll dive right into my current event picks, the first of which takes us to Gandhi's homeland. From earlier in the week, at the NYT Opinionator: "A Light in India," in which David Bornstein discusses the exciting new 'frugal innovation' of turning rice husks into electricity that is "reliable, eco-friendly and affordable for families that can spend only $2 a month for power."
Husk Power is bringing electricity AND jobs to poor villagers — what a story! Check it out.
The top story on memeorandum right now is the developments coming out of Tunisia with President Ben Ali fleeing amid protests. Mother Jones' Nick Bauman has a helpful primer up which brings the Wikileaks connection into focus: "What's Happening in Tunisia Explained." Joe Coscarelli at the VV's Runnin' Scared blog also has a post up called "Tunisia in Turmoil: Where to Learn the Most Quickly" with some good links to CNN, Salon, and an AOL News piece by Theunis Bates.
Also, saw this story on Runnin' Scared while I was there — it's a bizarre headline that I heard yesterday as well: "Pac Man to Get Reality Series…" I'm a child of the '80s. I grew up on Pac Man. I really don't get it. The blogger at VV says suggests that this is the moment "'reality tv' jumped the shark." Funny, I would have said that television jumped the shark with infotainment and reality tv!
And, while we're on the subject of games–in national political news, looks like the RNC played musical chairs on Friday. "CNN: RNC bounces Steele, taps Wisconsin GOP leader as new chairman." The NYT has more info on the new head of the RNC, Reince Priebus.
Over at US News & World Report's Washington Whispers blog, Paul Bedard has the scoop on Ron Reagan's upcoming book: "Reagan Son Claims Dad Had Alzheimer's as President."
I have a lot of ground to cover from this week, so stay tuned for more after the fold. Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday Reads
Posted: January 6, 2011 | Author: bostonboomer | Filed under: Barack Obama, morning reads, psychology, Team Obama, U.S. Economy, U.S. Politics | Tags: "professional left", 2010 Census, Barack Obama, BP oil spill, child pornography, Daryl Bem, dying birds and animals, Emptywheel, ESP, Howard Dean, John P. Wheeler III, memeorandum, murder, Pentagon, political advertising, Poverty, psychology, Robert Gibbs, senior citizens. social programs, smear campaigns | 48 CommentsGood Morning!!
Gee, it's great to be back in Beantown, even though my house looks like it was hit by a tornado. I already had books stacked all over the place because of my book selling project. I brought more books with me from Indiana, and I haven't completely unpacked and put my stuff away. I'll be cleaning up for a couple of days. At least I got everything out of the car today and went to the grocery store. Driving 1,000 miles in two days makes me really spacey though, so if I don't make sense in this post, please try to make allowances.
You've probably heard already that Robert Gibbs plans to leave the White House in February to be an "outside political adviser" to Obama's 2012 campaign. It's the top story on Memeorandum right now.
"Robert, on the podium, has been extraordinary," Mr. Obama said, declining to answer questions about who he intends to hire for any position. "Off the podium, he has been one of my closet advisers. He is going to continue to have my ear for as long as I'm in this job."
Mr. Gibbs will remain part of the president's inner circle of political advisers, along with David Axelrod, a senior adviser, and Jim Messina, a deputy chief of staff, who also are leaving the White House to focus on the president's re-election effort. Mr. Gibbs will defend Mr. Obama on television – and will expand his presence on Twitter and other Internet platforms – as well as beginning to define the field of 2012 Republican presidential candidates.
"Stepping back will take some adjusting," Mr. Gibbs said in an interview Wednesday morning. "But at the same time, I have a feeling that I will keep myself quite busy, not just with speaking, but continuing to help the president."
He said he has no intention of establishing a political consulting or lobbying business, but he intends to work from the same downtown Washington office where David Plouffe has spent the last two years.
When I first heard this news, my first thought was about the role that Gibbs played in 2004, when he resigned from the Kerry Campaign and joined an "independent" group that produced the infamous attack ad that showed a photo of Osama bin Laden while the announcer described Howard Dean's supposed deficiencies in foreign policy. It sounds like Gibbs will be more out front in 2012, but I'm betting he'll still play the attack dog role–smearing opponents and generally saying the things Obama doesn't dare say himself.
According the NYT story,
The leading potential replacements for press secretary include Jay Carney, a spokesman for Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., along with Bill Burton and Josh Earnest, who work as deputies to Mr. Gibbs. Other candidates also could be considered, an administration official said.
Emptywheel says Robert Gibbs will now become part of the group he derided as press secretary: "the professional left."
Back when Gibbs was attacking the Professional Left, he made a distinction between the Progressives outside of DC and those inside DC squawking on the cable programs.
But if Gibbs is going to stay in DC, hanging out on Twitter, and appearing on the speaking circuit, doesn't that make him a card-carrying member of the Professional Left?
Except the bit about him being so conservative, of course.
Out in the land of real Americans, 1 of 6 of us lives in poverty–including many senior citizens.


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April 17, 2012 The CAMTC Money GrabBy Donald M. Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h) It is a sad time for the massage therapy profession. A disturbing trend has continued, despite my hopes that the people involved would recognize how unhealthy it is for massage. I'm referring to the decision by the California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC) board to vote themselves unnecessary travel money so they can attend a convention later this week, all expenses paid. This money was originally approved for attending a convention as "roving ambassadors" with no real duties or responsibilities. After news of this decision was publicized last week by Massage Today, CAMTC CEO Ahmos Netanel submitted a list of duties board members will now be expected to perform.1 The decision was made on a board conference call on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Kathryn Feather, Massage Today's Senior Associate Editor, was on the call. While it was not unanimous, the majority of those voting in favor of the measure were the ones who would receive the money. For the record, this is who voted for and against a motion to take money for unnecessary travel:
Actions Reveal Intent The vote was to reimburse board members to attend the American Massage Conference (AMC) in San Diego. This was in addition to already receiving free registration and free Gala tickets ($115 total value). This was the second time in the last 6 months that this board has voted to spend money on themselves for a convention. What was strange is that attached to the board's meeting agenda was a worksheet listing those board members who had already decided to attend the AMC and how much they had already spent for their airfare and hotel registration. A per diem allowance of $213 ($71 per day) was also included in the worksheet along with mileage reimbursement for those who would be traveling by car. In short, these board members had already decided to go and were making an effort to see if they could get free money from the CAMTC. Note that these board members are attending in addition to the 6 staff members who will already be present. As a means of comparison, the ABMP, which is the global educational sponsor for the event, will only have four staff members there. And they have to coordinate seminars and speakers, as well as maintain their exhibit booth. The CAMTC will have a total of 14 staff and board members. Efforts were made to contact these board members, but only four of those who voted for the motion responded; one through the CEO, two via e-mail and another declined to comment as he is not attending the convention. They appeared to be in hiding over their decision. When Ahmos Netanal, the CAMTC CEO was contacted, he waited to respond until after the first article deadline. His ultimate response can only be described as one of panic. In fact, this is the most confused, poorly rationalized response I have seen in 30 years of journalism. When he finally responded to direct questions regarding the board's actions a few days later, his initial response had to be rescinded as his answers did not have the board's approval. In an effort to justify the board's decision, the response included statements which were obviously untrue. Here are just a few examples:2,3
In September 2010, the board adopted an expense reimbursement policy that allows for reimbursement for costs related to "Council service" and "Council business." There was specific conversation during the April 10 board meeting that made it clear that the attending board members did not have any particular duties. Neither the 2010 nor an earlier 2009 policy mentions a cap on how many board members can go or even when they arrive and depart. Some of the board members are arriving on Thursday, April 19th, when the only event is the golf tournament. The exhibit hall, where the CAMTC has a booth, does not open until 1 p.m. Friday. Had all 20 board members decided to participate in the money grab, the total cost to the CAMTC could have been more than $20,000 for this single event. Keep in mind that this is the second event where the board has decided to pay themselves. The first was in October 2011, the board okayed reimbursements for travel to the FSMTB convention in Southern California. With several massage events in California every year, it's not a stretch to imagine tens of thousands of dollars going to such expenses, the equivalent of hundreds of certificate fees per year. Following the Money The question that quickly comes to mind is: Why approve so many people for travel to an event already being covered by six staffers? Ahmos Netanal introduced the resolution for reimbursement. As CEO, he currently earns more than $259,000 under a very lucrative contract that we understand is up for review later this year. While I have a hard time justifying over a quarter of a million dollars a year for this position, I have to assume it had something to do with the need to build the CAMTC from the ground up. But now that they have been up and running since August 2009, the CEO compensation package should be reduced to the $85,000 per year that the chiropractic Board and other similar professional boards pay their executives. For example, the same position with the California Board of Chiropractic Examiners pays $6,694 to $7,239 per month. The annual difference between these two positions is $173,112, equal to approximately 1,100 more certificate fees per year. According to Board records (April 2011), "Mr. Netanel's base salary (was decreased) from $16,666.66 per month to $15,833 per month and add an additional $330 per month to his existing benefits allowance (from $3,000 per month to $3,333 per month). In addition, provide Mr. Netanel with $1,666 per month toward dependent benefits, and $833 per month (for 12 months only) toward his home office expenses. Total annual compensation package would increase from $236,000 to $259,980." One would think that if the CAMTC is so drunk with money that, at the very least, they would reduce the amount they charge therapists for registration. I would actually prefer to see them just make better use of the money. With three years under their belt, one would think that the board would decrease Netanal's compensation instead of increasing it by $2,000 per month. Given the recent reimbursement decision one has to wonder what their motive is. Is the liberal travel reimbursement for unnecessary travel part of a quid pro quo? It is not hard to see that if each of them collects a few thousand dollars a year, that they would be more than willing to let him have his quarter million. It will be easy to see if this is correct, just watch and see what the board does when the contract renewal comes up. If they don't severely reduce the compensation package, then their votes were bought and paid for. The End of the CAMTC The CAMTC is a nonprofit corporation operating under strict laws. It is also unique in that it is not directly under the state of California like most professional boards, at least not right now. The CAMTC is an experiment to see if the profession can manage itself without heavy-handed oversight by the state. The experiment may come to a close at the end of 2014 when the CAMTC is set to sunset unless it is renewed. The current self dealing by the board and overpayment of Netanal puts the future of the CAMTC in jeopardy. With their current actions now public, it is not unreasonable to think that enemies of the massage therapy profession will be contacting their state legislators asking them to take action against the board. And our legislative friends may be embarrassed and hard-pressed to defend us particularly when the board comes up for renewal. So why risk the future of the CAMTC by overpaying Netanal and allowing the board to take money to go places they were scheduled to go anyway? What You Can Do This issue is not something I ever expected to see in massage therapy. It seems counter to our culture. Having exposed this type of behavior in the chiropractic profession,4 I can tell you it is incredibly embarrassing for the profession and damaging to its reputation. It has a lasting impact that is not easily forgotten. While you can't vote to elect or replace the board members, you do have a voice. You can encourage the board members to stop lining their pockets with travel money and reduce the CEO compensation to a level that will not anger the California legislature when it votes on the fate of the CAMTC in the next two years. We have established a web page (www.massagetoday.com/moneygrab) where you can write an e-mail and, with one click, send it to the board members and Mr. Netanal. The hope is that they will see the importance of doing the right thing and make the necessary changes. Please understand that I still have faith in this board. I know some of the people on it and believe that those who voted for the motion have been mislead in their decision to take money from the certificate holders. And while it may appear that we are "attacking" the CAMTC board or have some sort of axe to grind, the truth is that Massage Today has strongly supported the organization since its inception, most notably in the bruising fight over AB1822. If they will make the changes necessary, the CAMTC can live on to do great things for our profession. If not, they will sunset in two years, ending the money grab. Rest assured that the legislature will receive an analysis from our enemies that will compare how this Board operates verses how they would be required to operate under State oversight. It is easy to see the legislators alienated by self dealing and by a CEO compensation package that is more than two and half times their pay. Less than six months ago, Massage Today recognized the CAMTC for their investigation into human trafficking.5 How sad that this same board could themselves come under investigation for self dealing. Last year MT named the CAMTC Board the "2011 Heroes of the Profession." How heroic will they be if their desire for a few thousand dollars a year is one of the reasons the California legislature decides that we can no longer oversee our own certification. With millions of dollar at stake, the future of the CAMTC will get plenty of attention. Please, take a few moments and make your voice heard. This is not just a California issue. This will impact the entire profession nationally: www.massagetoday.com/moneygrab. References:
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According to a June 10 post on the blog ImprobableResearch.com, German and Italian researchers independently studied the link between football matches and heart attacks and arrived at differing outcomes.
The Germans said, "Our results show a strong and significant increase in the incidence of cardiovascular events (including the acute coronary syndrome and symptomatic cardiac arrhythmia), in a defined sample of the German population, in association with matches involving the German team during the FIFA World Cup held in Germany in 2006."
Whereas the Italians are now challenging the German study's results (as they are on the football field) with a more comprehensive study looking at "25,159 hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) among the Italian population during three international football competitions: the World Cup 2002, the European Championship 2004 and the World Cup 2006."
The Italian study's findings were published in the Advance Access March online edition of the International Journal of Epidemiology.
The authors from the University of Turin concluded, "The cardiovascular effects of watching football matches are likely to be, if anything, very small," noting "with the exception of the recently published German study and two small Swiss studies, all relative risk estimates were between 0.7 and 1.3."
That being said studies in the US, Germany and Switzerland have found differing results, so you may want to follow the advice of Dr. Al Sears, a nutritionist, physician and author of P.A.C.E. The 12-Minute Fitness Revolution, who has 10 key strategies to avoid having a heart attack while watching an exciting match (World Cup fans pay attention).
Many tips are common sense like exercise, select healthy snacks and eat and drink moderately but perhaps a friendly reminder will prevent heartaches this season. Sears does have some less known tips, including:
- Take co-enzyme Q10, an anti-oxidant, before the game to reduce risk of heart disease.
- Manage your anger, excessive anger and yelling at the TV will increase your chances of heart problems.
- Avoid gambling or wager an amount you're comfortable losing. Excess adrenaline caused by excitement, worry, or excess anxiety increases the risk of heart attack.
- Pay attention to heart attack warning signs: dizziness, chest pain, shortness of breath and nausea. Call emergency medical services if you experience any of these on game day or any day.
Full study, "It is just a game: lack of association between watching football matches and the risk of acute cardiovascular events":


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I've put off blogging about my two-day trip to Cincinnati last week for the GWA Region III Meeting and Cincinnati Flower Show, because I hardly know where to start to recount all the fun Mom and I had. Not kidding either. It almost reminded me of the time that I went on our older daughter's 8th grade trip to Washington, D.C. Not a wasted moment!
We had a pizza and salad lunch to start out, and I spent most of my time renewing friendships with those I'd met before (Carol of May Dreams Gardens and Carolee of Carolee's Herb Farm), meeting friends I'd made on Twitter and Facebook (Patty Craft from Horticulture Magazine, Maria Zampini from Lake County Nursery, and Stacy Walters from The Good Life With Stacy), and chatting with all the other wonderful people that were in attendance.
After we got our tummies full, we embarked on a short tour of some of the zoo's horticulture facilities, namely the CREW (Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife) building, where research takes place. It is a state-of-the-art facility devoted to the preservation of endangered animals and plants.
One of the goals of the center is to propagate and reintroduce endangered species so as to preserve them and increase their population in the wild. One of the plants they are actively working on is the Northern Wild Monkshood (Aconitum noveboracense), growing near Akron, Ohio.
The zoo has a large rain garden which contains a number of native plant species.
After the short zoo tour, we drove to Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, where we took a short walking tour. In addition to many famous people being interred here, it is home to 21 state champion trees and 2 national champion trees.
We returned to the zoo for dinner, where we were privileged to hear two speakers: Brian Jorg, who spoke to us about spring wildflowers (a favorite topic of mine!) and Steve Foltz from PlantPlaces.com, which is a database of the location of specific plants, including trees. On this website, you can see photos as well as find the location of the actual plant, as the GPS coordinates are included in the listing.
The meal was wonderful and the chocolate lava cake dessert really hit the spot. But the pièce de résistance (for me, anyway) was when the lovely Patty Craft drew names for the gifts provided by the sponsors. There were t-shirts, planter boxes, color wheels, and two gift certificates for plant samples from Proven Winners for next spring, among other things.
Guess whose name was drawn for one of the Proven Winners certificates?
The garden writers were also gifted with wonderful swag bags containing books from Timber Press, plants and idea books from Proven Winners, plants from Lake County Selections, gloves from Womans' Work, a certificate for plant samples from Blooms of Bressingham, seeds from Natorp's (a local independent garden center), a nylon bag, hat and magazines from Horticulture Magazine, and many informational tidbits.
I'll be blogging about the second day of the meeting, too. Yes! There's more! The Cincinnati Nature Center, Bill Lee's Garden, Beth Karp's garden, and of course, the Cincinnati Flower Show. Stay tuned!
Thank you to those who made all of this possible - the sponsors, the GWA, the Cincinnati Zoo, Spring Grove Cemetery, and the Cincinnati Flower Show. I hope I didn't miss anyone!


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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 | |
Looking through the opaque screen for sharper images |
(Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from the Netherlands and Italy has succeeded in making sharp pictures of objects hidden behind an opaque screen. This breakthrough in research has been published in the world-leading research journal Nature ("Non-invasive imaging through opaque scattering layers"). | |
Materials such as skin, paper and ground glass appear opaque because they scatter light. In such materials light does not move in a straight line, but travels along an unpredictable and erratic path. As a result, it is impossible to get a clear view of objects hidden behind such materials. Powerful methods have been developed to retrieve images through materials in which a small fraction of the light follows a straight path. To date, however, it has not been possible to resolve an image from light that has been completely scattered. | |
(a) The test object used was the Greek letter π, written in fluorescent ink and 100x smaller than the one printed here. The test object was covered by a strongly scattering ground-glass diffuser that completely hid it from view. (b) A laser beam was then scanned in angle, always hitting the diffuser in the same spot. The test object only yielded a diffuse glow of fluorescent light. (c) The intensity of this fluorescence was measured versus the angle of the laser beam and recorded by a computer. The seemingly random pattern bears no resemblance to the test object. (d) The computer then searched for similarities in the measured pattern which are used to calculate the true shape of the test object. | |
A team from the MESA+ Institute for nanotechnology at the University of Twente in the Netherlands has now succeeded in doing just this. The researchers, led by Dr. Allard Mosk, scanned the angle of a laser beam that illuminated an opaque diffuser. At the same time, a computer recorded the amount of fluorescent light that was returned by a tiny object hidden behind the diffuser. | |
Dr. Mosk point out that: While the measured intensity of the light cannot be used to form an image of the object directly, the information needed to do so is in there, but in a scrambled form. The two young scientists who are the first authors of this paper had the brilliant idea to find out whether that scrambled information is sufficient to reconstruct the image and they found a way to do so. Their method involves a computer program that initially guesses the missing information, and then tests and refines the guess. They succeeded in making an image of a hidden fluorescent object just 50 micrometers across the size of a typical cell. | |
The researchers expect their work to lead to new microscopy methods capable of forming razor sharp images in a strongly scattering environment. Allard Mosk notes that: This will be very useful in nanotechnology. We would like to bring structures to light that are hidden inside a complex environments like computer chips. They also dream of extending their method to examine objects under the human skin. But for the moment, says Dr. Mosk, our method is too slow for that. |
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Clients face tougher reporting rules if dealers don't become systematic internalisers
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The former England international and Everton captain Phil Neville is in the frame for a senior coaching role at Stoke City following the departure of manager Tony Pulis after seven years in charge at the club.
The interest in Neville, 36, who is out of contract at the end of next month is understood to come from chairman Peter Coates' contacts at the Football Association where he has served on the main board. Neville is highly rated at the FA and has been fast-tracked to play a role with the England Under-21 side this summer, although it is still possible that he could be offered jobs by Everton or David Moyes at Manchester United.
Pulis, 55, came to an understanding with Coates at a meeting to leave the club after growing dissatisfaction with the changes being implemented. The club have spent more money on the development of the academy and have brought in the former goalkeeper Mark Cartwright as technical director at the end of last year, alongside academy director Terry Robinson.
There has also been a serious disenchantment among fans with Pulis's defensive approach that has yielded just three victories since the turn of the year. The club believe that they need a comprehensive overhaul of their playing staff in the summer. The differences of opinion on the course the club has been taking prompted Pulis, who has never finished lower than 14th in the Premier League, to negotiate his exit
The club's next manager is likely to mark a sea-change in style from the focus on defence and a reliance on set-pieces for goals that have become Pulis's trademark. Roberto Di Matteo is a possibility but he still has another season of compensation due to him from Chelsea following his sacking last year. Gus Poyet, currently suspended by Brighton during a club investigation, is another possibility.
Stoke made an official announcement confirming Pulis' departure and the feeling among those at the club was that he had eventually left his post willingly having felt that he could no longer manage in a way that was acceptable to him. His director of football John Rudge was among a number of figures at the club who were also due to leave in the summer.
Pulis had tried to take steps to change the club's style and had hoped that the signing of Peter Crouch two years ago would open the door to a better quality of players at the club. However, the feeling was that he has returned to tried-and-tested methods whenever Stoke have lost games. His team has scored just 34 goals this season, only four better than lowest goalscorers, Queen's Park Rangers.
Michael Owen, who made just one start for Stoke this season, in the FA Cup, in his final year a professional, tweeted this afternoon that Pulis had left the club. He posted: "Just heard that Tony Pulis has left Stoke. No denying he did a great job getting them to the Premier League and keeping them there."


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From All about Linux swap space:
- Linux divides its physical RAM (random access memory) into chucks of memory called pages. Swapping is the process whereby a page of memory is copied to the preconfigured space on the hard disk, called swap space, to free up that page of memory. The combined sizes of the physical memory and the swap space is the amount of virtual memory available.
Swap space will usually be a disk partition but can also be a file. Users may create a swap space during installation of Arch Linux or at any later time should it become necessary. Swap space is generally recommended for users with less than 1 GB of RAM, but becomes more a matter of personal preference on systems with gratuitous amounts of physical RAM (though it is required for suspend-to-disk support).
Swap partition
A swap partition can be created with most GNU/Linux partitioning tools (e.g. Template:Codeline, Template:Codeline). Swap partitions are designated as type 82.
To set up a Linux swap area, the Template:Codeline command is used. For example:
# mkswap /dev/sda2
To enable the device for paging:
# swapon /dev/sda2
To enable this swap partition on boot, add an entry to fstab:
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
Swap file
As an alternative to creating an entire partition, a swap file offers the ability to vary its size on-the-fly, and is more easily removed altogether. This may be especially desirable if disk space is at a premium (e.g. a modestly-sized SSD).
Swap file creation
As root, use Template:Codeline to create a file the size of your choosing. For example, creating a 512 MB swap file:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=512
Set the right permissions (a world-readable swap file is a huge local vulnerability)
# chmod 600 /swapfile
After creating the correctly-sized file, format it to swap:
# mkswap /swapfile
Activate the swapfile:
# swapon /swapfile
Edit Template:Filename and add an entry for the swap file:
/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0
Ensure proper swap file size and activation with Template:Codeline:
$ free -m
Swap file removal
To remove a swap file, the current swap file must be turned off.
As root:
# swapoff -a
Remove swapfile:
# rm -rf /swapfile
Resume from Swap file
Resuming the system from a swap file after hibernation requires an addition parameter to the kernel compared to resuming from a swap partition. The additional parameter is resume_offset=<Swap File Offset>.
The value of <Swap FIle Offset> can be obtained from the output of filefrag -v; The output is in a table format; the required value is located in the 'physical' column from the first row. Eg:
# filefrag -v /swapfile Filesystem type is: ef53 File size of /swapfile is 4290772992 (1047552 blocks, blocksize 4096) ext logical physical expected length flags 0 0 7546880 6144 1 6144 7557120 7553023 2048 2 8192 7567360 7559167 2048 ...
From the example <Swap FIle Offset> is 7546880.
Swap over USB
Thanks to modularity offered by Linux, we can have multiple swap partitions spread over different devices. To add a a USB device to SWAP:
First, take a USB flash and partition it with a swap partition. To do this you can use graphical tools such as Gparted or console tools like fdisk. Make sure to label the partition as SWAP before writing the partition table.
Next edit the Template:Codeline
# nano /etc/fstab
Now add a new entry, just under the current swap entry, which take the current swap partition over the new USB one
UUID=... swap swap defaults,pri=10 0 0
where UUID is taken from the output of the command
ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/ | grep /dev/sdc1
Just replace sdc1 with your new USB swap partition. Template:Codeline
Last, add
in the original swap entry for teaching fstab to use HD swap only when USB is full
- access time is lower than traditional HD
- avoid power on HD when is in stand-by
- USB pendrives are cheaper than HD (meaning: you can't get a $5 HDD, price per gigabyte is obviously much higher for flash drives)
- flash memories have limited write cycles
- another device attached to the computer
To check if the tweak works, run
swapon -s
and see if your new swap partition is listed.
Naturally this guide will work for other memory such as SD cards, etc.
Performance Tuning
The swappiness sysctl parameter represents the kernel's preference (or avoidance) of swap space. Swappiness can have a value between 0 and 100. Setting this parameter to a low value will reduce swapping from RAM, and is known to improve responsiveness on many systems.
If you have more than one swap file or swap partition you should consider assigning a priority value (0 to 32767) for each swap area. The system will use swap areas of higher priority before using swap areas of lower priority. For example, if you have a faster disk (Template:Filename) and a slower disk (Template:Filename), assign a higher priority to the swap area located on the faster device. Priorities can be assigned in fstab via the Template:Codeline parameter:
/dev/sda1 swap swap defaults,pri=100 0 0 /dev/sdb2 swap swap defaults,pri=10 0 0
Or via the Template:Codeline (or Template:Codeline) parameter of swapon:
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2nd November 2003, 12:12 AM | #1 |
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Considering playmaster pro series 3... Opinons?
Has anyone built/listened to the playmaster Pro series 3 amp (Electronics Australia 1994).
I'm guessing that it can't be all bad if they are still selling 10 years on, but thought I'd see what people think. Link to blurb http://www1.jaycar.com.au/productVie...=&SUBCATID=557 there is a Link to actual instructions including ciruit diagram on the above page, note big file approx 4.5MB. Regards, Tony.
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3rd November 2003, 12:24 AM | #2 |
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Yes, I built one about 9 years ago.
It was/is the worst sounding amplifier ever designed/built in my opinion. Basically just a souped up Hitachi configuration out of their data sheet for MOSFETS. It totally killed my enjoyment of music. It sounds like a bad PA amp - grainy and harsh. The funny thing is it was meant to improve on the old eti5000 amp of 1981, and yet the "Pro Three" is a far inferior design both objectively and subjectively. The fact that Jaycar have been selling it for years doesn't prove anything - Tricky Dicky are still selling the ETI480 module (probably the second worst sounding amp ever designed)! I would recommend looking up the Leach amp - you will find a link to it by searching these pages. It is a really musical and nice amp and as a bonus is just about blow-up proof. And it is designed by someone who knows what they are doing rather than a bunch of clowns at EA ;-).
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3rd November 2003, 02:39 AM | #3 |
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I haven't built a playmaster Pro series 3 amp but have built 3 or 4 other amps. I would recommend an AKSA, might end up costing a bit more but well worth it IMHO.
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3rd November 2003, 06:39 AM | #4 |
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Thanks Guys Much appreciated!!!!
I'll check out the Leach and AKSA amps. Regards, Tony.
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3rd November 2003, 09:52 AM | #5 |
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ETI-480 Is Not All That Bad.........
With a few mods the ETI-480 makes an acceptably good entry level amplifier.
Faster output transistors, correct the power and earth arrangements and change a few passive components and these are reasonably good, easily available and cheap. Eric.
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3rd November 2003, 07:41 PM | #6 |
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Hi Eric,
I guess that's the difference between someone with an understanding of how the circuit works (and what can be tweaked) and someone like me who has only a basic understanding, but good enough soldering skills to build something someone else has designed! I can make it but it will have whatever limitations were in the original design. You on the other hand can look at it and say hmmmm, I think it would be better if I changed this, and end up with something much better...... Maybe one day I'll be at that stage, but for the moment I'm concentrating more on learning about designing speakers. I'm Looking at another amp, as I'm thinking of using my existing one for a sub amp and building a new one for the main speakers Regards, Tony.
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3rd November 2003, 11:26 PM | #7 |
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To improve your ETI-480 do not use the existing power and output points (pins/pads) for power and speaker output. Use fuses external to the module and bring B+ and B- to the board where the emitter resistors are connected. Take the output from the track connecting the output transistor colletors (the existing setup causes causes imd because the NFB line is carrying speaker currents). The speaker return line should go straight to the centre of the power supply and nowhere near the pcb. Use a larger (10x) value low esr cap for the NFB shunt capacitor, and bypass this with a smaller value. Use better/faster transistors for the outputs - I used Jap flatpacks - MJ15003/004 would be bullet proofing. That's off the top of my head right now - 15 years since I did this - if you want I can take a closer look tonight. These simple mods will improve the performance markedly. Eric.
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4th November 2003, 01:54 AM | #8 |
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Hi Eric,
My existing amp is actually a somewhat modified Playmaster Series 200 (mods all in the preamp section). Yeah I know It's probably even worse than the pro series III........ I've had some suggestions for improvement of it (power amp section) in another thread, which I'm yet to implement. I'm looking to go for something fairly high end to replace it, not sure that a modified ETI-480 would be as much of an improvement over the 200 as what I'm after (of course I could be completely wrong there!)..... Regards, Tony.
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4th November 2003, 03:00 AM | #9 |
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The ETI 480 has been effectively superseded by the SC 480. It's on special this month at Dick Smith's for just under AU$40 per channel. I haven't heard one so I can't comment on the sonics but I woun't expect miracles as both the ETI480 and SC480 cheap output transistors. The enhancements mentioned will obviously improve the situation. I am building one of these at the moment and I suppose you can sum by saying "you get what you pay for."
I can't offer much on the Leach Amp other than the design looks very good and his web site is a great source for learning how these amps work. I've just brought my second AKSA so I may be a little biased towards them. There are considered by many to be high end at a budget price, but I must admit I have not compared them myself to high end equipment. You might want to look here for more information and maybe find someone in your area to get an audition. http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewforum.php?f=19
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South Island of New Zealand - Winter's Wonderland
Trip Start
Feb 02, 2006
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You are sat aboard your Air New Zealand flight NZ206 at Brisbane airport awaiting take-off when the pilot makes this announcement: "Good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard. We should be underway in just a few minutes, heading east out over the Tasman Sea and flying into Christchurch". And then "I'm not 100% I'll actually be able to land today, they seem to be having problems over there with ice. But it's a good three hours until we arrive, so we'll take off anyway and just hope for the best. Do have a good flight."
WHAT?! Suddenly the prospect of 'flying into Christchurch' took on an altogether more catastrophic meaning.
But with a communal sigh of relief from passengers and crew alike we were able to land safely into Christchurch. And into a blustery, snow covered winter. Overnight much of the central south island had been hit by a freak blizzard bringing 8 inches of snow and the bus ride into town was filled with those familiar scenes of the first day of snowfall: cars slowly slushing tracks in the road; uncompleted snowmen scattered across front gardens; school kids throwing snowballs at us as we passed by. It was all fabulous and we were filled with that nostalgic yuletide fire in our bellies. But when the bus deposited us in Christchurch's deserted Cathedral Square and we struggled to locate our hostel, the realities of winter soon hit us. It was -2 degrees and we were very, very cold. That afternoon we emerged from our hostel sporting every item of clothing we possessed to embark on a hurried yet determined exploration of Christchurch, but before long the winter's chill beat us back to the comfort of a bar, and World Cup highlights.
The blizzard which had threatened our landing the day before now threatened our route out of Christchurch. Our intention had been to head inland towards Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook, but we only got as far as Pleasant Point, a town with no dentist, pharmacist or optician, but two taxidermists, before we met a dead end. The kindly, if slightly retarded, young lady at Transit New Zealand informed us that the road was closed due to snow, and that we might have more luck getting to Tekapo from Omarama, 40km south, so off we set. But with the direct road closed it was a 260km drive to Omarama, and by the time we arrived the light had gone and we were now stranded here in a village of 350 people where the downtown consisted of two petrol stations and where the only backpacker's hostel had closed for winter. We drove a little while along SH8 until we found, quite by chance, a sheep farm offering rooms for the night so we pulled in. This area of New Zealand, like much of the South Island, is farming country where men are men and sheep are scared, but if ever we have been blessed with good fortune tonight was it because the Buscot Station, and Tony, provided cheap, faultless accomodation and excellent conversation for the night.
We had more luck the following morning as our friend at Transit New Zealand happily informed us that SH83 was open, so we bid Tony and his sheep farewell and made with haste for the country's highest peak. The drive was devastatingly beautiful as the Southern Alps glistened in the morning's sun, and Mount Cook stood grand and imposing at the end of the windy road. We felt compelled to stop at every available opportunity to take photos but were repeatedly frustrated that we couldn't caputure the magnificence before us. This is the problem with New Zealand, though, no words or photos ever come close to conveying the true magic of it's natural beauty. We had fallen in love.
After a long drive from Mount Cook it was late afternoon before we arrived into Queenstown, the self-titled 'adventure capital' of NZ. Our friends from home, Lucy and Quinn, just so happened to be in Queenstown that night too so we arranged to meet up for a drink. Well, I don't think any of us took a breath all night we talked that much! It was great to see them both and we had such a good time hearing about all the things they had done so far. The next day we took the 'Gondola' up the mountainside to ride The Luge which is great fun - like driving go-karts down the side of the mountain on a race track. When night fell we did our first bungy jump - 'The Ledge' - with Queenstown lit up beneath us. They harness you up, tell you to take three big steps back and then you take a running jump off the edge. It was great fun, very scary and very quick but what an adrenaline rush! Sweet As!
The following day I was due to jump 'The Bridge' (43m) and both Brendan and I were jumping 'Nevis' (134m - in other words very very high). All I can say is that I've never been so scared in my life. The Bridge wasn't so bad because like The Ledge I didn't really have time to think about it, they just harness you up and it's time for your jump. But for Nevis, 15 of us went out to a pod suspended over a valley from where you jump. Being the last jumper gives you a lot of time to think about what you are about to do and by the time my turn came I was petrified. I stood on the edge, clinging to the guy harnessing me up. One look down and my heart was in my mouth. You cannot believe what you are about to do. Suddenly its the countdown: 3,2,1 and you just do it. The fall felt so long, like time had slowed down, and then after the first bounce you feel completely weightless. It is amazing. I screamed the whole way down without stopping - I didn't know my lungs could hold that much air. What an incredible feeling. I would definitely recommend bungy jumping to anyone without a heart condition!
From Queenstown we headed further south to Milford Sound, a mountain-hedged fjord on the South West coast. It is the starting point for the popular Milford Track, a five-day hike through the Fjordland, though in winter much of the track is out of commission. We had planned to walk some of the shorter trails on offer but in the morning we woke to thick snow - the first at ground level here for two years - and our plans were quashed. As an alternative we settled for a cruiseboat tour of the fjord, an interesting though expensive exploration of the surrounding mountains and waterfalls. The next day we had more luck, however, and were able to walk the untouched, snow-hidden trail to Lake Marian, an utterly breathtaking ramble. We were completely alone, knee deep in fluffy snow. It was just like Narnia; a winter wonderland of fantasies. It doesn't come any better than this.
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Surendra Singh, 55, a senior official with the Punjab National Bank (PNB) here, first shot his wife Anamika, 50, with his .32 bore licensed-revolver at around 9 a.m. killing her instantly at their sector 5, Vikas Nagar residence, police said.
He then shot his 27-year-old daughter Niharika in the temple and as his 23-year-old son Nishant came to her rescue he shot at him before turning the gun on himself.
Nishant, who returned home recently after completing his engineering studies from Pune, was shot in the head but managed to dial 100 and inform the police.
The police rushed the profusely bleeding four to the trauma centre where Anamika was declared dead on arrival.
Niharika battled for life for a while but succumbed to her injuries, doctors said. Singh's condition is said to be extremely critical and doctors say his chances of survival were grim.
Nishant may, however, survive, doctors said.
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Not plate readers, it's on the 2012 fully marked cruisers. I'm not exactly sure what the purpose of it is, but they haven't retrofitted the other fully marked.....yet
Sounds like Cruise Lights, and they're fairly common. I use them when going through developments at dusk and night.....I call them my "PR" lights cause it lets the people know I'm "patroling" their neighbor hood. Or my"do nothing lights" so if shit heads see me coming, they screw before I get there. Also usefull if you're at a medical and the driveway is off the beaten path or or house number is not clear, Lets ambulance see you without being obnoxious and leaving all overheads on.
We had one car equiped with it but it was wired all wrong.. 15 seconds after activation, it would diengage and regular siren would take over. It is a great traffic mover when it works. I hope they reconsider getting them again oi in the newer cars
I think that was how they were set up on purpose from what I read years ago when the Rumblers first came out. I will say that I never used one so I don't know for sure. I was lucky to have a car with a functional siren at all; it took me and another guy over six months of complaining to get the siren fixed in our patrol car.
I think almost all the new Whelens have a built in amber or colored arrows in the back. I was stunned to see people actually go around me when I turned mine on for the first time. A couple of other great features of the new whelen light bars are when you open your door that side of the light bar turns off so you don't blind yourself, the full bar take downs (as you mentioned) and the angled alley lights. The angled lights are especially useful when you are rolling up on a pedestrian or a guy on a bike.
We got a couple of cars with the new lightbars with the cruise thingy and that rumbler thing. I'm damned if I recall which ones since no one on my shift uses a siren if we can help it and if we do, it's very short burst. I prefer the airhorn. Less noise. I gotta admit, that rumbler things IS very impressive and deafening.
The timeout is set short for safety purposes. Had a Rumbler in my sector car for about three years now. Best traffic mover ever. Reading? Texting? Stupid? They all get out of the way. There "may" be a tiny hole in the coltrol head which allows you to lengthen the tone.
Another link for the upcoming Ford products http://www.lawofficer.com/article/patrol/next-gen-patrol-vehicle After years of careful attention to the marketplace, Ford has finally released the "new" 2012 Police Interceptor Sedan and SUV. I say "new" because I spent time with these two vehicles in 2010 and wrote about it in my April 2010 column. Back then, the two vehicles represented a quantum leap in tech advancement over the Crown Victoria. But as nice as it was to see what the future might hold for Ford police vehicles, I wasn't allowed to drive those prototypes—only view them. Since then, Ford has continued to adjust the vehicles, even when that meant Chevrolet and Dodge would beat them to market with the all-new Caprice and heavily reworked Charger. Even upstarts like Carbon Motors added vehicle options, but Ford remained patient, observing and tweaking the sedan and SUV based on years of feedback and market research. When Ford finally announced its release of the 2012 Interceptor Sedan and SUV, I was excited to get some seat time in the new vehicles. I headed to New York City to see if the driving experience made all that waiting worthwhile.
We've had the Chargers for about 5 years now. Everybody was bitching how small the Charger was compared to the Crown Vic on top of all the mechanical issues with them. We were supposed to go back to Ford and get three PIs this year. We got one of the first PI sedans in the state back in April and let me tell you, this thing is tiny compared to the Charger. The B-pillar is too far forward for tall guys like me. My bat belt keeps hitting it getting in and out of the car. The height of the windshield is kind of low for me too. It was hilarious watching one of our larger guys get in an out of that thing. Supposedly the car has stalled on officers trying to flip a bitch via three point turn. Needless to say, the department cancelled the order for the other two and now who knows what we will be getting.
We're due for Ford Fusions. GO GREEN. The selling point they keep throwing at us is that the NYPD uses them. I DON'T CARE. As long as I'm comfortable and don't have to pay for the gas, I'll make due. I'd rather a Plymouth Fury, but, shit, they don't make 'em anymore.
I used to have a 79 Dodge pickup with a Slant 6 in it and three on the tree, it had 140K on it when I bought it. I used to hammer the piss out of that truck unmerciful, but I couldn't kill it. That engine kept humming away like a sewing machine, happy for the experience. I finally sold it when some whore in Holyoke decided to take a left turn from the adjacent lane on a one way street and caved in the passenger side.
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Ex-abortionists expose America's greatest scandal
Doctors, staffers tell electrifying story of corruption, greed, betrayal, death
"Safe and legal abortion is every woman's right." That's what Americans have been told since the Supreme Court's momentous Roe v. Wade decision – 30 years ago this month – that opened up the floodgates of abortion in the U.S.A.
But behind the slick marketing campaign, beyond the slogans and public posturing of abortion-rights activists, is what can only be described as the wretched reality of the abortion industry.
- Human babies, at or near full-term, are regularly butchered as they are being born, their intact body parts sold for profit.
- The link between abortion and breast cancer is now undeniable, proven by the vast majority of medical studies. Yet, while physicians recognize the risk factor and admit it to each other, most are fearful of telling their patients because the issue is "too political."
- Millions of women suffer other profound physical and psychological effects of abortion, but despite at least five peer-reviewed studies published just within the last year – all showing clearly the negative aftershocks for women who abort – the mainstream press has ignored the subject.
- While the media occasionally report high-profile horror stories of abortion doctors raping and abusing multiple women, the true picture is obscured: Young women are being raped and sexually assaulted with alarming frequency in America's abortion clinics.
- The abortion industry itself is in severe distress and contraction because, after 43 million abortions since 1973, the doctors and clinic staffers are self-destructing from the long-term effects of their grisly business – or else they are getting out and telling their story.
In the shocking January issue of WND's monthly print magazine, Whistleblower – titled "ABORTION: The 30-Year War" – they tell their story.
Leading off is Norma McCorvey, the real-life "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade – the unmarried, pregnant young woman who 30 years ago was the abortion-seeking plaintiff and focal point of the fight for legalized abortion in America.
Today, having experienced a profound change of heart, McCorvey tells: how the Roe v. Wade case was fraudulent because she fabricated her story of being raped and thus impregnated, how she was callously used by heartless pro-abortion attorneys, and how she never actually had the abortion. She also relates the incredible story of how she turned around and came to be a Christian and a pro-life activist, working tirelessly to undo the results of Roe v. Wade.
Next up to bat in January's issue is Bernard Nathanson, M.D., co-founder of the fiercely pro-abortion NARAL (The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League) and one of the pioneers and creators of the abortion movement in America. It was Nathanson who made up the early slogans – "Freedom of choice" and "Women must have control over their own bodies."
"I remember laughing when we made those slogans up," recalls Nathanson, reminiscing about the early days of the abortion-rights movement in the late '60s and early '70s. "We were looking for some sexy, catchy slogans to capture public opinion. They were very cynical slogans then, just as all of these slogans today are very, very cynical."
One of the principal architects and strategists of the abortion movement in the United States, Nathanson tells an astonishing story.
"We persuaded the media that the cause of permissive abortion was a liberal, enlightened, sophisticated one. Knowing that if a true poll were taken, we would be soundly defeated, we simply fabricated the results of fictional polls," he confesses. "We announced to the media that we had taken polls and that 60 percent of Americans were in favor of permissive abortion. … We aroused enough sympathy to sell our program of permissive abortion by fabricating the number of illegal abortions done annually in the U.S. The actual figure was approaching 100,000, but the figure we gave to the media repeatedly was 1,000,000."
Noting that "repeating the big lie often enough convinces the public," Nathanson adds: "The number of women dying from illegal abortions was around 200-250 annually. The figure we constantly fed to the media was 10,000. These false figures took root in the consciousness of Americans, convincing many that we needed to crack the abortion law."
He and a handful of other early abortion proponents succeeded in "cracking" the nation's abortion laws – beyond their wildest dreams, says Nathanson.
Ultimately, however, although he performed some 5,000 abortions with his own hands and supervised another 10,000 in his clinic, Nathanson also changed. Something profound happened to him – and today, like McCorvey, he is a tireless pro-life advocate and speaker, laboring to stuff the abortion genie back into the bottle.
But there is a great deal more in the January Whistleblower. Indeed, this is an issue full of whistleblowers. For following in McCorvey's ("Jane Roe") and Nathanson's footsteps are many other physicians and clinic personnel who tell all – no punches are pulled, no holds barred – in describing what the abortion industry is really all about.
"ABORTION: The 30-year war" blows the lid off of the extraordinarily deceitful, destructive but lucrative abortion business, long protected by the establishment media's reluctance to investigate it.
"This issue of Whistleblower is shattering," said Editor and CEO Joseph Farah. "I don't think the reality of abortion and the surrounding issues have ever been communicated in a more compelling way. The story laid out here is comprehensive, documented, gut-wrenching and totally, undeniably, scandalously true. You simply won't be the same after you read it." (Editor's note: This issue contains graphic photographs of abortions, and may not be suitable for children.)
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Rock buggy driveline...
I found a '96 Dodge 2500 Passenger van at a boneyard that seems to have a complete drivetrain including a F.I. V8 that doesn't seem to have been touched. I'm looking into engine options for a rock buggy I'm building from a Jeep YJ frame. I would like to use an automatic and if possible use no expensive adapters to hook a tranfercase or transmission up.
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Not a bad choice.
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If you're looking for a list of players Dave Richard won't draft easily, you've come to the right place. Cam Newton, Robert Griffin III, C.J. Spiller and Julian Edelman are among Dave's busts for 2014.
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This is our second go-round with busts after our first list was criticized for being too lame.
So, naturally, we found some names of more prominent players to give you a heads up on while keeping a little more than half of the previous list. It's a step in the right direction, even if there are Raiders on here. And Shonn Greene .
Hey look, if you don't like it this time around, then pretend that the first five players who go down with a season-ending surgery in 2014 were written about.
Who's no longer here? Russell Wilson , who has shown a complete command of the Seahawks offense and is seemingly playing with even more confidence than last year. Fred Jackson has won us over, as has Reggie Wayne . We're getting a weird feeling about Knowshon Moreno , especially at an ADP of 105th overall, and Martellus Bennett ... well, he was one of the lame ones from the previous list that we tried to upgrade on.
Here are a dozen players we're definitely trying to avoid drafting in 2014 ...
Robert Griffin III , QB, Redskins
Grown men shouldn't admit when they're scared, but dang it, I'm scared.
Not only am I afraid of RG3 taking on another body-rockin' hit that
sidelines him, but I'm also afraid that he doesn't know what the heck
he's doing out there. The worst part? Jay Gruden's offense shouldn't be
any more complicated than Mike Shanahan's. Both are rooted in the West
Coast scheme and might even share a little terminology. But Griffin
doesn't seem smooth this preseason and there's some fear he won't adjust
quickly enough to what Gruden asks him to do. Worse yet, who knows how
often he'll actually run -- it might be a lot less than what
we've seen the past two years. Going with a different quarterback is a
lay-up this season considering how deep the position is.
rather draft:
Nick Foles
Russell Wilson
Andy Dalton
Cam Newton , QB, Panthers
The only positive we can take away from Newton this preseason is that
Kelvin Benjamin
looks like the real deal. When Newton made a
1,100-plus-yard receiver out of
Steve Smith
in 2011-12, he did it by targeting him over and over (129 times).
Benjamin should be next in line ... but the rest of that receiving corps
is junk. What's more, Newton is definitely tentative in the pocket and
is not nearly as well protected as he's been in the past. We pointed
this out in
the first bust list go-round. With his ankle still not 100
percent and his rushing stats already trending in the wrong direction,
Newton is going to let his Fantasy owners down.
I'd still rather
Jay Cutler
Philip Rivers
Ben Roethlisberger
Shonn Greene , RB, Titans
You probably already know that Greene isn't an ideal Fantasy running
back, but Ken Whisenhunt hasn't gotten the memo. Whiz is set to start
Greene in Week 1 at Kansas City simply because he trusts him and isn't
quite there yet with rookie
Bishop Sankey
But make no mistake that Sankey is the future at the position in
Tennessee even if his preseason was a struggle. Sankey averaged just 3.2
yards per carry against backup defenses and lost a fumble, though he
also caught three passes for 38 yards with a touchdown. Greene, on the
other hand, managed a 4.3 rushing average against starting caliber
defenses with a touchdown along the way. But he also has battled a knee
injury that required surgery and frankly has never been a backfield
dynamo. Greene's more like a physical grinder. That's a bad label to
have if you have a balky knee. The only people who should draft Greene
are Fantasy owners who take Sankey with a fifth- or sixth-round pick and
want to have a player who will at least begin the year as a
15-touch-per-week player. Everyone else could stake out Greene with a
late pick, but don't jump on him just because he's atop the Titans depth
I'd rather draft:
Jeremy Hill
Darren Sproles
Christine Michael
Steven Jackson , RB, Falcons
Jackson is an obvious bust at this point. On our earlier list we ran
down why he was ripe to get hurt, and then he got hurt! Jackson messed
up his hamstring and cost himself pretty much all of training camp and
the preseason. Some have even speculated that he won't make the Falcons'
final roster. Meanwhile, rookie
Devonta Freeman
has looked good and the Falcons have gotten by with
Jacquizz Rodgers
Antone Smith
splitting first-team reps for much of the preseason. Even if Jackson is
fine for Week 1, how long can he last? Admittedly, his Draft Average of
98th overall gives him some value, but I'd rather aim for young players
than have cheap faith in Jackson lasting even 12 games.
I'd rather
DeAngelo Williams
Carlos Hyde
Devonta Freeman
Trent Richardson , RB, Colts
Look, we've given him all offseason and the preseason to blow us away
with some explosiveness where he hits the hole designed for him. We've
gotten nothing consistent -- a few nice rumbles for five-plus yards but
ultimately, he's averaged a familiar 2.6 yards per carry over 20 rushes.
The Colts can't go with this for another season regardless of the
investment they made in him last September. He's headed toward a
part-time role. I can't take him even two rounds after his current ADP
of 67th overall.
I'd rather draft:
Pierre Thomas
Maurice Jones-Drew
Andre Williams
Stevan Ridley , RB, Patriots
Given his relatively low salary, the Patriots would have to be
completely sour on him to cut him. Seems unlikely. But even if he
retains his role in the Pats offense, we all know he's a fumble away
from being sent to the bench for a while. He's fumbled eight times and
lost six over the last two seasons (468 carries, so about one per six).
No one should want to deal with that headache. What's more, the Patriots
have some nice depth at the position --
Shane Vereen
is capable of taking handoffs and rookie
James White
could be in for some opportunities if Ridley struggles.
Ridley's current draft average of 85th overall doesn't scream risk, but
I might rather take a shot on some other backs on safer ground with
their teams.
I'd rather draft:
Bishop Sankey
Danny Woodhead
Darren Sproles
C.J. Spiller , RB, Bills
Is Spiller a terrific athlete? No doubt. But there are major questions
about his role in a suspect Bills offense, and it crushes his upside.
Last year we saw
Fred Jackson
play in
passing situations, the two-minute offense and the goal line when both
were healthy. Already this preseason we've seen Jackson play in those
same situations as well as in other spots when Spiller normally would.
Maybe that's the Bills tinkering, but chances are Buffalo isn't
tinkering with the appearance of their passing game. That's going to
make teams bulk up against the run. Spiller might get off to a nice
start at Chicago and perhaps at home versus Miami, but it'll take week
after week of him maximizing what he does on what appears to be limited
carries in order to meet his still high Fantasy expectations.
rather draft:
Joique Bell
Rashad Jennings
Ray Rice
Maurice Jones-Drew - Darren McFadden , RBs, Raiders
Maurice Jones-Drew
deserves praise for looking fairly good this
preseason, and it might even be enough to justify his ADP of 85th
overall. That still seems too soon for a player who looked rough last
season and somehow landed on a team worse than the squad he
previously played for. For however long
Darren McFadden
is healthy, he'll cut into Jones-Drew's workload. And
we haven't even talked about the Raiders O-line (it's not great), the
Raiders schedule (it's not great) or the likelihood of playing from
behind weekly (which takes touches away from MJD).
I'd rather
Frank Gore
Fred Jackson
Pierre Thomas
Eric Decker , WR, Jets
Decker's preseason has not been bad, and his draft average makes him a
pretty good bargain at 98th overall. But he's still someone I wouldn't
be excited about drafting unless his catches counted for at least a full
point each in my league. Going from
Peyton Manning
and a pass heavy offense to
Geno Smith
and a run heavy offense will definitely result in lower stats. Defenses
are sure to key in on Decker as the Jets' top receiving threat, whereas
he did well in single coverage fairly often in Denver. And if he was
inconsistent with the Broncos (six games with 10-plus Fantasy points
last season) should we expect anything less with Gang Green? Decker is a
guy you end up drafting because he falls to you around the 100th pick in
the draft. He's not worth getting excited about.
I'd still rather
Emmanuel Sanders
Mike Wallace
Terrance Williams
Julian Edelman , WR, Patriots
Edelman's value in Fantasy hinges on
Rob Gronkowski
. If Gronk plays, Edelman might only average about
four grabs for 46 yards and a touchdown every third game, which was his
average last season when he played with the big tight end. Without
Gronkowski, Edelman had more of everything -- more targets and nearly
twice as many catches and yards with touchdowns coming at a slightly
faster clip. Certainly, Edelman has reached the penthouse in Tom Brady's
condominium of trustworthiness. He won't be taken off the field much
unless he gets hurt. But so long as Gronk is lurking -- along with
Shane Vereen
and anyone else who could take looks away -- Edelman's
stats could slide to disappointing levels.
I'd rather draft:
Torrey Smith
Marques Colston
Kelvin Benjamin
Wes Welker , WR, Broncos
When we first listed Welker on the bust list, the primary issue was that
a hit to his helmet could force him off the field. Since then, Welker
has taken on another concussion -- his third in 10 months -- and now
there's concern about his well being and quality of life, much less his
football career. The Broncos are optimistic -- they say Welker will be
fine. But the fears remain the same: another concussion could be the end
for one of Fantasy's most prolific and lovable Fantasy options. It also
could spell the end of him being an every-down player for the Broncos,
as they could end up using him in a part-time role to cut down on his
exposure to injuries. Fantasy owners should have nothing but respect for
Welker, but chancing him with a pick before Round 8 is risky.
rather draft:
Rueben Randle
Mike Wallace
Brandin Cooks
Jordan Reed , TE, Redskins
If we're going to get the heebie-jeebies over Welker's concussion
issues, then we should feel the same way about Reed. Like Welker, he
suffered multiple concussions last season, which cost him the last six
games of 2013. If he takes another hit, will he miss more time? And even
if he doesn't, the potential-laden Reed averaged 7.2 Fantasy points per
game (standard scoring) and had three games out of effectively nine with
eight-plus points. How will he improve on that if he's sharing the field
Pierre Garcon
DeSean Jackson
? There's potential but there's also too much risk.
still rather draft:
Jason Witten
Greg Olsen
Dennis Pitta
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Hi! I'm a 15 years old.I have been self conscious about the shape of my nose for a while now. I wanna know what kind of rhinoplasty I should get.So basically what I wanna change it's the form of the tip. It's too round! Also I wanna make it maybe a little bit more "sharpy". I'm aware that I'm still young and my nose may change overtime, but still I don't think there will be much difference. I am open to any suggestions! P.s: I'm sorry if I made any grammar mistakes. I'm not a native speaker.
What Kind of Rhinoplasty I Need? Asian Nose with a Round Tip. (photo)
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Your concerns are shared by many patients choosing to undergo Asian rhinoplasty. I agree with your assessment that making your tip a bit more "sharp" and refined, along with raising the bridge of your nose, will improve its appearance.
Web reference: http://www.spaldingplasticsurgery.com/face/ethnic-rhinoplasty/
You would benefit from a classic Asian augmentation rhinoplasty. I would recommend augmenting your nose bridge and tipplasty to refine the tip and increase the projection. I would not recommend alarplasty.
Regarding the timing of surgery, what's more important than your actual age is your level of maturity and discernment. You need to understand not only the benefits of surgery but all the risks involved.
Thank you for posting your question and your pictures. The type of changes you want for your nose are definitely possible, and would include adding tissue to the bridge of the nose, refining the tip with sutures and possibly grafts, and perhaps reducing the size of the nostrils. This requires an open approach to make sure that everything lines up exactly, and I always recommend that we use your tissue (usually from the rib cartilage) rather than grafts, because the risk of complications or infection is lower. Best of luck moving forward!
Web reference: http://www.sanfranciscofacialplasticsurgery.com/ethnic-rhinoplasty.php
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At 15 years of age or nose is fully formed and it will change little. Therefore the bridge is usually augmented and the tip refined to give a more aesthetic look. I do not like foreign materials such as implants in the nose. These can often become infected and need to be removed. Choose an experienced rhinoplasty surgeon who is familiar doing Asian noses for the best result.
You are young so I would wait a little before undergoing surgery. Generally building up the height of the nose as well as refining the nasal tip are common requests from my Asian patients. I recommend staying away from implants but using tissue from your own body to build up the height of the nose. Please consult with a board certified specialist who can assist you in achieving the results you seek.
Web reference: http://www.kimberlyleemd.com/procedures2/asianrhinoplasty
For the tip changes you describe, an open rhinoplasty would be the best approach. Augmenting your dorsum (building up your bridge to make it taller) will also give you a more attractive nose. I would advise you to stay away from synthetic implants and opt for autologous grafts (using tissue from your own body). This will give you the safest, most permanent result.
Web reference: http://www.rhinoplastyspecialist.com/blog/asian-rhinoplasty-techniques/
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