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|hi as i have experianced this myself.i suggest you might have the same problem, after having my engine eat 3 cams i had my lifter bores checked they were out.i tossed the engine only to get another block with lifter bores out of aliment,not by little but heaps.i had kept the old lifters in order to referance back .put new rings,bearings,cam and lifters and run in as per usual proper cam manufacturs recomendations.60 miles and cam was for the scrp heap .so i checked the old with new lifters and they correspond with marks in old lifters.so i had the block lifter trued and now is fine.hope this is of some help.
|Lloyd Topping Jr
|With 1.6 Rocker arms you are running into coil bind.Clay your pistons and make sure you have plenty of piston to valve clearance - .080 to .100 on the exhaust valve. The intake valves should never hit - piston is going down as the valve is opening. When the exhaust valve is all the way open you should be able to put a .050 feeler gauge between the coils in the springs. Check the installed height of the valve springs.Measure from the bottom of the spring pocket to under side of the valve spring retainer, where the top of the spring rides.
|Al Mather
|lots of good ideas.anyway run the engine with out a valve cover,make sure push rods are rotateing,and oil is coming up,i think if you had a binding problem,push rods would go first.cam walk is a possibility,check your chain cover.good luck.
|Nasty Nova
|E, I don't know what your problem is, but I had a similar problem on my 355 Chevy. It ate 2 hydraulic cams. I went with a 280/290 solid lift cam (.520-.521) (2500-7000 RPM) from Herbert Performance, and have run it over a year now without any problems (that includes over 200 passes at the strip). Never did figure out what the problem was with using the hydraulic cams.
|I had the same problem with a comp cam, and I also followed the breakin to a T. I was told by a guy at the local rod shop that he also went thruogh 3 comp cams with the same outcome. Don't know for sure but I heard comp cams is farming out thier grind work and quality control is suffering. My solution was to boycott comp cams and switch to Isky. Comp cams had poor customer service. They would replace the cam for me but offered no reason for the failer. Thier attitude seemed like they get flat cam calls all day long. Call Isky and you'll get someone who really wants to help with all your cam troubles. No I don't have stock or work for Isky, but thier cam works good for me.
|dont have a clue what's causing this but i don't think you have to. you said a quality shop did the machine work on the heads. that means you take the heads right back there and have them do all the explaining or you shove them done their throats.
|Thanks for all your replies I'll do some more checking on your suggestions .I've been bussy setting up my new garage with electricity,water and what not. I'll post another message on what I find. It may be a few days. Thanks again and if anyone else has a suggestion feel free to post a reply.
|4 Jaw Chuck
|I just thought of one more thing, did you find any slightly bent pushrods? This would indicate a binding/clearance problem.
|Hate to point out the obvious, but have you checked piston to valve clearance?
|78 monte
|Do you have oil restrictors in this engine? That could be it if its killed 2 cams in 10,000mi.
|HQ Pete
|ive learnt alot from 4 jaw chuck(that man is a machine) and he has good reason to suspect bearing clearances.might this be due to the rear lobes going fisrt maybe ?
|4 Jaw Chuck
|Eblyon, what was the clearance on the cam journals? HQ Pete has some good advice on the clearance for the springs and valve train.
|HQ Pete
|ps...if you have the right rpm for breck-in ,heaps of lube ,and no machanical bind of any sort there sould be no reason why its eating lobes ,and just something else i thought i'd throw at ya is wot about the cam chain gear or sprocket is it new ? if so make sure the cam is going the full distance back into the block so its running on the lifters correctly and it should spin freely in there. i'm sorry for the double post ,i just had to get it out tho ..
|HQ Pete
|ok that cam sounds ok but maybe the rocker ratio is too much .507/.510 lift.....is it just the exhaust lobes that are gone or intake as well ?...i would check the valve lift without a spring on there ,if its not coil bind then maybe it is bottom of spring retainer hitting on valve guide .it might just be that extra .010" lift that puts the damageing presure on the lobes ....i have preasures for a 272-h10 and they are 105lb closed 265 open but theres alot more too it than that (installed height and all that stuffs)sounds like your pretty on to it with the breckin procedure.seems strange that its the back cylinders with most wear(#8,7,6,5).i would look at simulating the lift on inlet and speaclly the exhaust without a spring in there and see wots going on .i have a set of gm 041 heads with a .467 exhaust lift and the spring retainer only just clears the guides with valve stem seals,depending on your installed height and rocker ratio this could be a problem . these are just suggestions and hope some else can shed some more light on the subject ....good luck ,get back to us soon
|my engine has around 10,000 miles on it since it was bored and new cam bearings installed. Also I did use new lifters with both cams. I also inspected the cam bearings and they looked fine. Thanks for your replies. I was searching for more power with the cam & head swap.
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|Thanks for the info. DMC I have bench tested starter. MI2600 it sits squarely when it engages as I have looked at the teeth when it meshs and freezes,and it looks fine starter teeth in flywheel straight and proper clearance. Its easy to check the clearance when it freezes in flywheel. Will take out all plugs and try. It's beginning to look like something internal,will keep the board informed.
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It sounds as though the starter (which works fine out of the vehicle) is not engaging the flywheel squarely. Are the bolts in good condition and are you using a rear brace?
I might have missed this part, but I'll ask just in case it helps. Have you tried engaging the starter with it laying on your work bench? I usually hook a booster pack up to mine (gm's, not ford's) and touch a wire from the relay post to the + and see if everything is getting spun and kicked out properly.
I'm sure you could work up something similar with your remote solenoid and starter just to see.
Heres the latest I've tried and emails and PM's I sent to different members:
Thanks for the email. I have bypassed everything and still no luck. I disconnected everything from starter and ford remote solenoid. I connected directly to the starter using a fully charged good battery and booster cables. Positive from battery to B+ on starter solenoid and negative from battery to one of the starter bolts for a ground. I then jumped the B+ with the "S" terminal on starter solenoid. Gear came out and froze and then just clicks. I have tried shimming but to no avail. I have marked the flywheel and can rotate engine by hand even with the plugs in all the way around till I see my mark. I have tried engaging the starter at different positions on the flywheel but still the same.It is a little easier after I removed 4 plugs. To-morrow,time permitting I am going to take out all the plugs and try bumping the starter the same way described above.I havn't tried to engage the starter with any of the plugs out. I hope nothing internal is the problem.Thanks again, and if you come across any more ideas or suggestions greatly appreaciated. Docvette suggested checking crankcase end play..how do you do that without tearing it down?
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OK, you probably don't want to hear this...
Have you checked for too much Crankshaft end play? Can you move the Crank in and out?
You might want to look at that.
Hi Doc,
I can roll it over by the crank pulley, and the flexplate after I took out the 4 easiest plugs. I even exchanged the new starter for another and it engages and just freezes in the flexplate. I've tried shimming, still the same. The only difference now is that the electrics (dome light ,etc.) stay on and the cables don't get hot but the starter gear still stays engaged with the flexplate. This happens when I jump the "s" terminal with the B+ terminal on the starter solenoid, and also using the start push button inside the car. This is also the same with the remote solenoid connected and than bypassed, it still makes no difference. Battery, cables, grounds everything is up to snuff. I cannot figure this one out and like I said in my original post it was cranking over fine and than just nothing, no click, nothing as if there wasn't a battery in it. I just don't know what the hell to do!and believe me it is so frustrating, I get so mad I just have to walk away from it for a while. Someone has to have the answer I hope. Thanks again,
Froze engine..
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Yeah, If you have done and check all that and it's all good....It's not lookin' Good fur the home team here...
Check to be sure you didn't freeze it up... and if it turns, shims might help, however as you said the other worked well for 2 years then this started...
Keepin' my fingers crossed fur ya here...
Thanks again Doc.
I bypassed the remote solenoid and the results are the same. The starter gear meshs with the flywheel and than just freezes there(stays out) and won't roll it over and everything goes dead. If I leave the booster cables on they begin to get really hot as I guess the starter is still being energized. This starter has the number of teeth as the other one which worked OK for almost 2 years. All grounds are good. Main ground to engine block, block to frame,and these are with heavy cables. There is also 2 braided copper wires from each head to firewall. I even installed a separate ground wire on the remote solenoid which is bolted to the firewall. I'm going to pull a few plugs and roll it over by hand again to make sure nothing is seized, and maybe try shimming the starter away from the flexplate. What do you think, and more suggestions are really welcome from you and anyone else. I'm completely baffled! Summer will be over here soon, and would love to get her going to enjoy whats left.
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I would try a new Ford solenoid first.
Are you Sure the starter drive has the right amount of teeth for your flex-plate?
Next how are the grounds? Is the Engine CABLE grounded to the battery?
Try those,
Hope it helps!
Thanks for the quick reply Doc
All connections on the remote solenoid are good and it is wired correctly. When I push the starter button the starter engages and then the gear comes out with one click and freezes and everything goes dead. The remote solenoid has no discolouration, nor appears to have ever been hot or shorted unless something inside of it is screwed. Is it possible its just not engaging properly on the flywheel, and would you recommend getting another remote solenoid and trying it? Teeth are all good on both starter and flywheel gears. I even took the new starter to 2 different alternator, starter shops, and both tested it and says it works fine as I watched.
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Sounds like the Remote solenoid may be shorted or miswired or failed. like it's hanging, holding the solenoid drive in when you hit the key, but not suppling power to the main start battery cable. have you checked the connections on that?
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I purchased another Delco mini starter and put on last nite. My other post "no power" explained my problem. Now the problem is the stater gear comes out and stays frozen to flywheel or flexplate and than everything goes dead again like before,no power, to anything. I think I've read every link Dutchmen supplied in a post and thanks Dutch its a valuable link. When I loosen the 2 starter bolts and wigle the starter gear retracts ok. This is identical starter I had before and never required shimming. When I take the starter off and hook up a booster battery with booster cables(batteries disconnected in trunk) + to ford remote solenoid and ground I get all electrics back. This has got me baffled and I'm ready to....the sob. I can wire a house and no prblems, but auto wiring I'm useless. Any help or solutions greatly appreaciated!
-grounds are all good, the same with all connections
-remote ford solenoid appears to be ok.
-no burn't wires anywhere
-horn relay wires cleaned and reconnected
-battery fully charged
- hidden kill switch ok, no blown fuse
-starter button ok,(don't need key)no blown fuse.
-cannot find any fusible links but think if there are any they may be ok as I can get back electrics
-the wires from starter to ford remote starter are good
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The recent story which hit the world media about sale of "Hitler dolls" in the Ukraine is a classic example of how the media spreads misinformation. The story began two weeks ago when Andriy Kapustin wrote an article in a Ukranian newspaper under the deliberately shocking headline: "Undress Hitler or BarbieFuhrer as a gift." He claimed to have found the doll in a Kyiv shop and said the price was "1200 hryvnias" which is rather expensive. It appears a few such dolls were made in Taiwan but there is no evidence Ukrainians were actually buying them. Kasputsin was being ironic since such a doll would hardly be sold for such a high price in a city that lost 60% of its residents in WWII.
The "story" was picked up by a Russian newspaper where Oles Buzina, who is known for his dislike of the Urkraine, wrote that what else could one expect from Ukrainians and sonn every child will be given a Hitler doll. The BBC then picked up the story from Buzina and presented it as though factories in the Ukraine were producing Hitler dolls.
Within days stories were appearing in British newspapers about Ukranian toy manufacurers who most probably were going to put out a toy version of a concentration camp. The BBC was told by Ukranian sources its story was spurious and it did remove the story but never issued an apology. The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail which printed the story have never issued a retraction.
Naturally, the story is still circulating on Internet and other such media outlets, and, given time, it will live on as an example of how Ukranian manufacturers were willing to use Hitler to make a buck.


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Effective Date: April 4, 2001
System Number: 60-0295
System Name:
Ticket–to–Work and Self-Sufficiency Program Payment Database
Security Classification:
System location:
Social Security Administration
Office of Systems Operations
6401 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21043
Contractor sites:
Addresses may be obtained by writing to the system manager(s) at the address below.
Categories of individuals covered by the System:
All title II and title XVI disability beneficiaries who are eligible to receive a Ticket under the Ticket-to-Work program and individuals who have been placed on inactive status.
Categories of records in the System:
The information maintained in this system of records is collected from title II and title XVI disability beneficiaries and from other systems of records maintained by SSA. Specifically, it will contain the beneficiaries' name, ticket number (which represents the SSN), payments requested by and made to employment networks (ENs) for specific beneficiaries under the Ticket Program. This information will be housed under both the EN's employer identification number (EIN) and each beneficiary's ticket number (SSN). Additional records will include: type, amount and date of the payments made, as well as EN payment requests that are denied.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
Section 1148 of the Social Security Act.
Information in this system of records will be used by SSA to implement and administer the Ticket-to-Work Program under section 1148 of the Act. Information in this system of records will also be used to produce management information and program evaluation data and reports providing such information as:
· Number and classification of beneficiaries being served by ENs.
· Number and classification of beneficiaries with increased work activity.
· Classifications of ENs providing service.
· Type of payments requested.
· Amount of payments requested.
· Type of payments made.
· Amount of payments made.
· Disposition of payment requests.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
Disclosures may be made for routine uses as indicated below. However, disclosure of any information constituting "returns or return information" within the scope of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) will not be disclosed unless disclosure is authorized by that statute.
1. To the Office of the President for the purpose of responding to an individual pursuant to an inquiry received from that individual or from a third party on his or her behalf.
2. To a congressional office in response to an inquiry from that office made at the request of the subject of a record.
3. To student volunteers and other workers, who technically do not have the status of Federal employees, when they are performing work for SSA as authorized by law, and they need access to personally identifiable information in SSA records in order to perform their assigned Agency functions.
4. Disclosure to contractors and other Federal agencies, as necessary, for the purpose of assisting SSA in the efficient administration of its programs.
5. Non-tax return information which is not restricted from disclosure by federal law may be disclosed to the General Services Administration (GSA) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under 44 U.S.C. Sec. 2904 and Sec. 2906, as amended by NARA Act of 1984, for the use of those agencies in conducting records management studies.
6. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), a court or other tribunal, or another party before such tribunal when:
(a) SSA, or any component thereof; or
(b) Any SSA employee in his/her official capacity; or
(c) Any SSA employee in his/her individual capacity where DOJ (or SSA where it is authorized to do so) has agreed to represent the employee; or
(d) The United States or any agency thereof where SSA determines that the litigation is likely to affect the operations of SSA or any of its components, is a party to litigation or has an interest in such litigation, and SSA determines that the use of such records by DOJ, the court, or other tribunal is relevant and necessary to the litigation, provided, however, that in each case, SSA determines that such disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which the records were collected.
Wage and other information which are subject to the disclosure provisions of the IRC (26 U.S.C. 6103) will not be disclosed under this routine use unless disclosure is expressly permitted by the IRC.
7. Information may be disclosed to State or private alternate providers having an approved business arrangement with SSA to perform vocational rehabilitation services for SSA disability beneficiaries and recipients.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining and disposing of records in the system:
Data are stored in electronic and paper form.
Records in this system are retrieved by name and SSN of the beneficiary, the employer identification number and the name of the employment network (EN).
Only authorized SSA personnel who have a need for the information in the performance of their official duties will be permitted access to the information.
Security measures include the use of access codes to enter the database and storage of the electronic records in secured areas that are accessible only to employees who require the information in performing their official duties. Any manually maintained records will be kept in locked cabinets or in otherwise secure areas. Also, all entrances and exits to SSA buildings and related facilities are patrolled by security guards.
Contractor personnel having access to data in the systems of records and contractor personnel involved in the evaluation of the Ticket Program will be required to adhere to SSA rules concerning safeguards, access and use of the data. Specifically, the contractor will maintain the data in their data center, access to which will be restricted to those with electronic proximity cards. Access to the data files is further restricted by use of a three-tiered password which allows access to:
(1) the system;
(2) the specific application; and
(3) the specific portion where the Ticket-to-Work and Self-Sufficiency Program Payment Database is stored. Further, this data will be stored on a secure server separate from other health benefit information the contractor maintains.
Retention and disposal:
Payment and management information maintained in this system are retained 10 years or until it is determined that they are no longer needed. Means of disposal is appropriate to storage medium (e.g., deletion of individual records from the electronic site when appropriate or shredding of paper records that are produced from the system).
System manager and address:
Associate Commissioner
Office of Systems Operations
6401 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21235
Notification procedure:
An individual can determine if this system contains a record about him/her by writing to the systems manager(s) at the above address and providing his/her name, SSN or other information that may be in the system of records that will identify him/her. An individual requesting notification of records in person should provide the same information, as well as provide an identity document, preferably with a photograph, such as a driver's license or some other means of identification, such as a voter registration card, credit card, etc. If an individual does not have any identification documents sufficient to establish his/her identity, the individual must certify in writing that he/she is the person claimed to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense.
If notification is requested by telephone, an individual must verify his/her identity by providing identifying information that parallels the record to which notification is being requested. If it is determined that the identifying information provided by telephone is insufficient, the individual will be required to submit a request in writing or in person. If an individual is requesting information by telephone on behalf of another individual, the subject individual must be connected with SSA and the requesting individual in the same phone call. SSA will establish the subject individual's identity (his/her name, SSN, address, date of birth and place of birth along with one other piece of information such as mother's maiden name) and ask for his/her consent in providing information to the requesting individual.
If a request for notification is submitted by mail, an individual must include a notarized statement to SSA to verify his/her identity or must certify in the request that he/she is the person claimed to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 CFR § 401.40).
Record access procedures:
Same as notification procedures. Requesters also should reasonably specify the record contents they are seeking. These procedures are in accordance to SSA Regulations (20 CFR § 401.50).
Contesting record procedures:
Same as notification procedures. Requesters should also reasonably identify the record, specify the information they are contesting and state the corrective action sought and the reasons for the correction with supporting justification showing how the record is untimely, incomplete, inaccurate or irrelevant. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 CFR § 401.65).
Record source categories:
Data contained in the Ticket-to-Work Self-Sufficiency Program Database are obtained from SSA, Employment Networks and Program Managers. Records from this system are also derived from the Supplemental Security Income Record and Special Veterans Benefits (SVB), 60-0103, Master Beneficiary Record, 60-0090, and the Completed Determination Record – Continuing Disability Determinations, 60-0050.
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Sponsored Projects. Non-University Investigators must provide
evidence of the subrecipient organization's fCOI policy that is
compliant with the PHS regulations. If no fCOI policy is available
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the Investigator (and those of the Investigator's spouse and
dependent children) that reasonably appear to be related to the
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(i) With regard to any publicly traded entity, a significant
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remuneration received from the entity in the twelve months
preceding the disclosure and the value of any equity interest in
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not otherwise identified as salary (e.g., consulting fees,
honoraria, paid authorship, travel reimbursement); equity interest
includes any stock, stock option, or other ownership interest, as
determined through reference to public prices or other reasonable
measures of fair market value; "
(iii)With regard to any non-publicly traded entity, a
significant financial interest exists if the value of any
remuneration received from the entity in the twelve months
preceding the disclosure, when aggregated, exceeds $5,000, or the
Investigator (or the Investigator's spouse or dependent children)
holds any equity interest (e.g., stock, stock option, or other
ownership interest); or
(iv) Intellectual property rights (e.g., parents, copyrights),
royalties from such rights, and agreements to share in royalties
related to such rights. If an individual is debarred or suspended,
she or he is ineligible to receive federal funds. Any individual
meeting these conditions must immediately notify the OGSP and is
precluded from receiving federally-funded grants or contracts or
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All significant financial interests must be disclosed before a
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as new significant financial interests occur. The Associate Provost
shall conduct an initial review to determine whether a potential
conflict exists. If a potential conflict is revealed, then the
disclosure and supporting materials will be referred to the
Associate Provost of Academic Affairs. The Associate Provost will
work with the investigator(s) to develop a written Conflict
Management Plan that details steps to manage, reduce, or eliminate
conflict of interest.
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and upon approval by the Provost, signed by the investigator(s) and
the Provost. Investigators dissatisfied with the Plan may appeal to
the Provost, whose decision is final. The Conflict Management Plan
shall be kept on file with the investigator's funding application
materials. The Plan must be approved before any award funds can be
expended. Violations, such as willful concealment of financial
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TravelThe revised Public Health Service financial Conflict of Interest
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projects to disclose the occurrence of travel paid by outside
entities, which can be done using the Financial Disclosure
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which is paid on behalf of the Investigator so that the exact
monetary value may not be readily available), related to their
institutional responsibilities; provided, however, that this
disclosure does not apply to travel that is reimbursed or sponsored
by a federal, state, or local government agency, an institution of
higher education as defined at 20 U.S.C. 1001(a), an academic
teaching hospital, a medical center, or a research institute that
is affiliated with an institution of higher education. This
disclosure does not apply to travel that is reimbursed through the
University. The Investigator should disclose the occurrence of
travel, not the cost of the trip, within 30 days of travel
Records of financial disclosures and reimbursed or sponsored
travel as well as actions taken to manage conflicts of interest
shall be kept in strictest confidence and retained by the OGSP
until seven years after the termination of the award, or the
resolution of any government action involving those records.
Records will not be provided to sponsors unless the agency requires
it, the agency submits a written request, or there is a documented
instance of research misconduct. The Associate Provost will be
responsible for communicating with sponsors. The investigator will
be notified any time such records are released.
The University assumes responsibility for resolving allegations
and investigating misconduct in research and scholarship by its
faculty, staff, and students. These responsibilities exist
regardless of whether the activity is funded by federal, state, or
private sources, or is the result of unfunded efforts. This
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This stuff is rampant today. Most comes from the left, elitist, liberal agenda.On Fox just this morning, two strategists were debating the Arizona immigration law. The Democrap commented along the lines "Gov Brewer does not even have a college degree, so who is she to make policy"What?Since when does one have to be college educated to run for ANY public office in this country? I think what we need is MORE common folks, lacking the college indoctrination of elitism and class envy, and based more on common sense and service. The liberal democrat viewpoint expressed by this "guest" on the news, shows the mindset and attitude of not this one strategist, but I'm sure the larger agenda since they all play off the same playbook.Imagine that....don't discuss policy or law...but attack Gov. Brewer because she lacks some perceived required education to hold and serve a public office. Academia elitism stinks.Yesterday there was a report that teacher unions were not happy with the Obama administration. That public opinion was at an all time low with teachers, unions, etc. Some of this of course is due to the lack of full support from Obama in regards to union voting policies, etc. But they also blame Obama in creating an atmosphere of negativity against the broader unions, and teachers in particular. (GO NEW JERSEY GOVENOR....GO!)So one day, teacher unions are upset with obama for public perception. The next day, democrat strategists attack not just Gov Brewer for not being college educated, but the average hard working "Joe" who happens to be in the same boat.Just Crazy..... :shock:
BjornBee This has to be one of your best post.
Quote from: Irwin on July 07, 2010, 10:14:57 AMBjornBee This has to be one of your best post. You don't read too many of them do you.... ;)
I believe that most politicians are over educated. Look at college professors and "professional" students. They only know about going to school and nothing about the real world. They could not function in it. The schools take care of them to much. And look at how many people in Washington came from the education back ground or government back ground and have never worked for a company that requires more out of them or to think out of the box. The education sector is a part of big government.
"The bride 23 made headlines last year after making controversial remarks during the Miss USA pageant that marriage should be between a man and a woman"....... Since when is it a controversy for a man and a woman to marry each other?
You remember the USA don't you? Land of the free.... remember? So I guess the controversial part of it is that a person should be free to marry whom ever he/she wants to.
Could it possibly be that some people with liberal politics could have college degrees AND be stinkin' hard working AND have common sense
Land of the free.... remember? So I guess the controversial part of it is that a person should be free to marry whom ever he/she wants to.
QuoteLand of the free.... remember? So I guess the controversial part of it is that a person should be free to marry whom ever he/she wants to.JM, if it's so important to you, get to work in your state and get the law changed. it is a state issue. convince the people.
We just disagree on WHAT the gov't should be involved in and to what extent.
Could it possibly, possibly be that liberals and conservatives have different values? Perhaps sexual preferences and the state of the world economy are not the most pressing issues that keep me awake at night. Perhaps what YOU see as the liberal agenda don't even make it to my consciousness. It could be all the other liberal agenda items that matter to me.


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It's 'Two Years On week' on Arsenal.com as we reflect on the impact of the Club's move from Highbury to Emirates Stadium.
To kick us off, here's an exclusive interview with Danny Fiszman. The Arsenal director gives his progress report after two years at our new home. He also discusses:
- his Emirates highlight of year two
- the demand for tickets
- the lessons learned from the first season
- why ticket prices have gone up
- stadium revenue compared to TV income
- the new Ticket Exchange scheme
- non-Arsenal events at the stadium
- the Queensland Road development
- making the stadium feel like home
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The next professional development seminar hosted by Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology will be held Wednesday, June 18 at 10:30 a.m. in the Schaffer 3 Auditorium. The speaker is Maya Suraj, new Director of Graduate Admissions and Enrollment for Arts & Sciences and Engineering at the Homewood campus.
Prior to Hopkins, she was at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where she focused on streamlining the graduate process. This included making the graduate office proficient in credential evaluation, redesigning workflows, integrating technology and developing recruitment plans. Suraj will talk to the students about the graduate admissions process from cradle to grave, best practices and tips. A Q&A will follow.
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Two-time Grammy nominee Bettye LaVette is no mere singer. She is an interpreter of the
highest order. Whether a song originated as country, rock, pop, jazz, or blues, it becomes
pure R&B when she takes it over. LaVette is one of very few artists who were recording
during the birth of soul music in the 1960s and is still creating vital music today. She
gets inside a song and shapes and twists it, conveying all of the emotion that can be
wrought from the lyrics.
She was born Betty Jo Haskins on January 29, 1946, in Muskegon, Michigan. Unlike her
contemporaries, she did not get her start in the church, but was instead raised on the
country and R&B records of the time that were playing on the juke box in her parents'
living room.
At the age of 16, she became Bettye LaVette. Her first single was "My Man-He's a Loving
Man" on Atlantic Records, climbing to number seven on the R&B charts and earning her a
spot on a national tour with Ben E. King, Clyde McPhatter, and other Atlantic stars of the
time. She continued recording throughout the 1960s, '70s and '80s, including stints on
Atco, Epic, and Motown. She also worked alongside Charles "Honi" Coles and Cab Calloway in
the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Bubbling Brown Sugar in the role of Sweet
Georgia Brown.
LaVette's resurgence in the 21st century is an amazing tale of perseverance. In 2004, her
CD A Woman Like Me won the W. C. Handy Award for Comeback Blues Album of the Year.
The following year, she signed with ANTI- Records and released the critically acclaimed
I've Got My Own Hell to Raise, consisting of songs that were written by women. In
2006, LaVette won the prestigious Pioneer Award from the Rhythm & Blues Foundation. She
has also collaborated with alt-rock group Drive-By Truckers for the Grammy nominated
The Scene of the Crime. She received the Blues Music Award for Best Contemporary
Female Blues Singer (2008), in addition to performing an unforgettable "Love Reign O'er Me"
at The Kennedy Center Honors in a tribute to The Who. In 2009, she performed "A Change Is
Gonna Come" with Jon Bon Jovi on HBO's telecast of President Barack Obama's inauguration
kick-off concert We Are One. Her CD, Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
earned her a second Grammy nomination in 2010.
In 2012, LaVette celebrated her 50th year in show business with the release of both a new
album, Thankful N' Thoughtful (ANTI- Records), and her autobiography, A Woman
Like Me (Penguin), written with David Ritz. The book is currently being developed as a
feature film by producing partners John Wells (The West Wing, ER) and
Alicia Keys's company AKW. At President Obama's personal request, she also performed at the
prestigious Ford's Theatre Annual Gala in Washington, DC.
In the fraternity of artists who got bum deals in their initial music industry go-rounds only to burn bright in maturity, Bettye LaVette stands as a queen. The dreamy achievements of her early years—charting R&B singles when her contemporaries were learning to drive, touring alongside legends named Otis and James—too often got overshadowed by the slights handed down by the gods of record companies and timing. She is the type of singer who recorded a debut album in the early 1970s, only to see it shelved until the early 2000s. Were LaVette to tumble into the plot of a Nick Hornby novel, she would feel right at home.During the singer's fruitful 21st-century renaissance, she has been in full-on revisionist mode. Her albums include I've Got My Own Hell to Raise, featuring material composed entirely by female songwriters, and The Scene of the Crime, which returned LaVette to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where she recorded the fateful LP that had been scrapped decades earlier. On Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, she performed standards of the British Invasion—well-trodden material that, one would assume, needed no further airing. Yet LaVette does not cover songs; she disembowels them, carefully twisting perspective and emphasis until they belong to her outright. These are fresh creations with familiar words and melodies. Witness her recording of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" from her 2012 album Thankful N' Thoughtful: LaVette strips a pop hit of recent omnipresence of any contemporary archness or sheen, rendering it desperate and weathered.Why have this singer's fortunes so improved with the years? Perhaps LaVette makes the most sense as a veteran artist and a perennial underdog. Her voice is certainly not that of some young angel—this music is gritty, knowing, blue collar. She has a work ethic unique to those who have been gifted second acts. People who attend cultural events around New York City are likely to stumble upon her. I have seen LaVette sing as part of a starry charity event, in a tribute show devoted to another musician, and at a studio taping of Late Show with David Letterman. She has a way of popping up. But the performance that hit me in the gut was the singer's headlining concert in Madison Square Park. It was a free show, with an audience that not only included fans, but also people on their way home from work, young children of the Flatiron District, and curious passersby. The musician voiced songs both familiar and obscure, then introduced what was perhaps her set's most known quantity: "Blackbird," from The White Album. "Who needs to hear this old number again?" I thought. In a flash, she proved me wrong. LaVette dragged the tempo down and seemed to crawl inside the song, acting as both singer and subject. Everybody—kids, tourists, office workers—seemed to stop in their tracks to stare down the source of sound. And for a brief moment, a bustling New York City park stood perfectly still.
—Jay Ruttenberg is the editor of the comedy journal The Lowbrow Reader and of its book The Lowbrow Reader Reader (Drag City). He has written for The New York Times, Fashion Projects, and Mad magazine.


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Arsenal Football Club has revealed its new home kit for the 2010/11 season*, available to pre-order from today, Thursday 1st July, via the Online Store and through Club outlets.
On sale from Thursday 29thJuly, the 70s style shirt is made up of a block red body with a white round neck collar, and white sleeves. Inside the shirt on the back of the club crest is inscribed Arsenal's motto: "Victoria, Concordia, Crescit". The shorts and socks are white.
While the design is traditional, the technology is cutting edge. Every shirt is made entirely from recycled polyester, crafted from up to eight plastic water bottles as part of Nike's 'Considered Design' programme, which sees discarded plastic bottles diverted from landfills to be used in the manufacturing process.**
The improved Nike Dri-Fit fabric, now 13% lighter than previous kits, helps to quickly evaporate moisture by drawing it through the fabric to the surface, to keep players dry. Ventilation zones on the sides of the jersey and back of shorts enhance breathability by up to 7%. And the double knit structure of the jersey gives it 10% more stretch.
The classic design and ethical makeup of the kit has already proved a big hit with the Arsenal players.
Alex Song said: "The shirt is traditional, it's red and white which the fans love, and it shows the history of the Club.
"I watched Arsenal on TV lots when I was young and just saw red and white. If someone told me six or seven years ago I'd be able to wear these colours it would have been unbelievable, so today I'm so happy to wear this shirt and to do my best for this shirt."
Thomas Vermaelen agreed, saying: "I really like this new kit. It's the typical colours for Arsenal, white and red, and it's really nice. Every club has their own traditional colours. For Arsenal it's red and white and that's the way it's supposed to be."
Theo Walcott summed the new kit up: "The colours are very traditional, it feels nice and it's made from recycled plastic bottles so what more can you ask for?! It fits and feels nice, and that's the most important thing. I think it's important that you feel comfortable in it."
Those who pre-order the new home shirt at arsenal.com or an official Arsenal store, will receive a redcurrant Arsenal polo neck t-shirt in the same size, worth £20***, absolutely free while stocks last!
The new Arsenal home shirt is priced £45 for adults (£50 long sleeved) with children's shirts at £35 (£40 long sleeved). The Armoury, All Arsenal, Finsbury Park and Enfield stores will be open 9am – 5.30pm on Thursday 29th July. Further information for activities taking place on kit launch day will be posted on www.arsenal.com in due course.
- Pre-order the new home kit now
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- Exclusive picture gallery
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*The new Arsenal home kit is for one season, with a commemorative kit being introduced to celebrate the Club's 125th anniversary to coincide with the 2011/12 season.
**Nike's 'Considered Design' programme, aims to create performance products that minimise environmental impact by reducing waste during the design and development process, use environmentally preferred materials, and eliminate toxics. To make the kits, Nike uses discarded water bottles destined for landfill sites in Japan and Taiwan, where they can take up to 500 years to decompose. This saves precious raw materials and reduces energy consumption by up to 30% compared to conventional fabrics.
The bottles are placed in a large washing machine to clean them and get rid of labels before they are chopped into tiny flakes and melted down into a yarn that is ultimately spun to make the fabric for the jerseys and shorts. Use of recycled polyester across its new range of club kits means Nike has saved nearly 13 million plastic water bottles, a total of around 254,000 kg of polyester waste - enough to cover more than 29 football pitches, and to stretch over 3,000 kilometres if laid out end-to-end.
The process is used for all shirts and shorts, whether worn by the players or available to fans. Other clubs using Nike kits using recycled materials include FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Manchester United and Celtic. On the international stage, the technology is used for Brazil, Portugal, The Netherlands, USA and Australia.
***Normal retail price: Mens/Ladies £20, Boys/Mini £15 & Baby £10.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Jennifer Saunders gets the top spot, because it is Jennifer Saunders.
Jay Z and Beyonce have a blanket to cover Blue if she starts to make too much noise. Yeah, like a bird.
Britney Spears out in LA enjoying her Uggs.
Courteney Cox after a dinner date with her new guy.
Camille Grammer protecting herself. It would have been a good time to have a nose job without anyone noticing.
Courtney Love forgot her shoes.
Richard Madden and Abbie Cornish seem to be getting along.
Emily Blunt out shopping just a few days after dropping $35K on stuff for her baby. I bet baby #2 gets a box of diapers and a couple of new onesies.
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|I've had Italian Greyhounds for about 15 years. I love sighthounds! Pretty opposite of a GSD, but delightful just the same.
We've had Boxers, Collies, Dobermans.
My first love is the Collie. But it's hard to resist those chocolate GSD eyes looking up at you waiting for you to throw his ball.
|Charlie W
Years ago I did obedience with two Terveurens, lovely dogs, then we had our Dalmatian who got to me in such a way that I don't think I could have another one, I would always compare it to Oscar. He was with me through some good and also some difficult times in my life and also emigrated from England to New Zealand with us. He was the best watchdog I've ever known, by far.. We had a Dogo cross for a while, he was a rescue, he was lovely, but had to go to another home because the old Dal didn't get on with him and it wasn't fair on either dog, especially the old one.. We got our dobie as a pup and briefly tried a shepherd cross rescue, but that didn't work out, she had severe aggression issues towards people, we have children and lots of visitors to the house and couldn't take the risk, it was a shame because she was great with people she knew.... Then we got Norah our GSD, and because of her, I don't think I'll have another breed again. She's whip-smart, loyal, sensible and just the loveliest dog. She and the dobe get on well, he's lovely, but I wouldn't get anther one, just too goofy, although there aren't many days where he doesn't make us laugh!
As for experience, I do obedience with the GSD and all our dogs are well behaved, friendly and obedient. They live in the house with us, but have consistency and masses of exercise.. I think that keeping them mentally and physically active as well as being consistent with what is expected of them makes for happy dogs. I don't expect much of them, they need to come when they're called, stay when they're told, go to bed when they're told, accept guests and not chase our cats or stock...!
I love the look of Malamutes, but I don't think I would like to take on that prey drive, I take my dogs riding with me through sheep-country and need them to have a good recall, I also have cats at home..Added to which, the climate where I live now is not ideal for them, too warm..
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As far as experience goes, I'm just a pet owner, who grew up with dogs my whole life. I feel like the I know them pretty well, but understand there is always more to understand.
What about you, What's your story, and experience level?
My breed is the Samoyed. I'd wanted one since I was a teen. I got my first Samoyed 11 yrs ago and my second when he was 2. Kenai passed away last May at 10 and we still miss him
My dog experience is mostly through 4-H. Our daughter is in her sixth year. She used Koda our goofy life is good Samoyed for her first few years. But we had to retire him a couple years ago as he seemed to think showmanship (junior handler) was boring and he didn't like being walked away from in obedience. He did enjoy doing the jumps and A frame in agility, but he was not fond of the dog walk and liked to stop after his jumps for his applause
Sabrina started Nita in 4-H as a puppy and this will be her third year at fair. Last year they took home high score in obedience for their age group & level This year they have moved up to the next level and will be completely off leash - luckily the daughter isn't phased by this at all
We were really lucky that one of the obedience trainers that worked with our 4-H club was really good. She passed away last June from brain cancer and we miss her dearly She was a wonderful person and a great trainer.
My experience is very limited to what I've learned watching and listening to more experienced people. I volunteer with 4-H and have enjoyed learning about Rally, but don't have my own dog to train. Well other than the sits, downs and recalls I practice with Nita
I grew up with a Cocker Spaniel/Lhapso Apso/Poodle mix that passed away when he was 15 years old and a female German Shepherd/Siberian Husky mix that passed away a couple of months shy of her 15th birthday.
I had a Siberian Husky/German Shepherd mix that I got off of Craigslist, he was 1.5 years old and I had him for several months before I made the decision to rehome him. I improved on several of his bad behaviors but I couldn't handle his more serious issues.
When my cousin lived with me, she owned a male Rottweiler and that also lived with me for about 4 months.
I had a female German Shepherd for 8 months, but her and I were not a good match so she went back to her breeder.
I currently have a GSD named Sinister, he is 5 years old and I got him when he was 11 weeks old and I also have a male Dalmatian named Draven, he will be 1 years old at the end of this month and I got him when he was 11 weeks old.
I interact with a lot of Dobermans, I am very close to 4 Dobermans (2 males and 2 females) and I babysit 2 of them at my house, a male and a female. My next dog will be a female Doberman and I will probably get one in 2 years.
I wanted to add that I will always have a GSD and a Dalmatian in my life. My ideal/dream pack is a GSD, a Dalmatian and a Doberman. I would also eventually like to have a Border Collie, an Australian Shepherd, a Sheltie and a Pomeranian.
My sisters and I train Alaskan huskies, Seppala Siberian huskies and Siberian huskies, as sled dogs. Currently, we have eighteen of these awesome guys, plus four house dogs! We also have an English Mastiff, a Jack Russel Terrier, and my man, my GSD. We have had Golden retrievers, English Setters, a Bichon Frise, and have had experience with many other breeds. Whoo hoo!
Unless something truely horrible happens, I'll always have GSD's, Huskies, and horses
Boxers, mixes, Dobies, schnauzers, English Mastiff.
But GSD are my favorite by far.
|We had a cocker spaniel and a toy poodle and a pekanise mix(?!) growing up! Nice little dogs, but a couple of them could be a little nippy and yippy! We had a couple of dobermans which were really nice dogs and a couple mixes! Then I got my gsds! There is just something about a gsd! Cody was my heart dog, gsd. Clipper was such a wonderful boy too! Now I only have Hooch a little Pitt bull. I never thought I'd own a pittbull, didn't ever really know one before my son got him and due to life's going ons, he came to live with me! He is a good dog and I love him. Loves people, loves car rides and walks in the park! Very quiet, doesn't bark very much at all. He pretty much ignores other dogs, but doesn't like another dog to get right in his face. I plan on getting a rough collie in a couple years, but will also get another gsd! All of the larger dogs were after I was an adult! I prefer a big dog! One you can wrap your arms around!
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They have a great personality, very loving, happy; active when you want to be, happy to lie around with you when you feel lazy. Very velcro dogs. Mine's always been a ball hound .. could play fetch for hours. Now he sleeps most of the time at 14, but still in good health. I used to keep him in full coat, but now keep it cut fairly short, which translates into not having to have it dne quite so often.
(Struddell barely made that mark) DM hit at the 8 year mark. We carried her across the finish line with pretty much 24/7 care for two years! Never left her alone for more than 4 hours at a time! DM is rampant in Boxers! Finding two clear only parents eliminates 80% of all dogs!!! Thats straight up from Breeders!!
There have been a few on Rainbow bridge that made it to 13! By and large..we don't let go! But you know when the day comes that the fight is over!
Now I know! Still I will have another Boxer...they are worth the pain!
The first dog I remember was a yorkie but we didn't own her for long and I was really young. I've owned 7 GSDs in my life and am about to get my 8th. I've also owned a rottixbullmastiff, a beagle, and currently own (in addition to 2 gsds) an American pit bull terrier and a border collie mutt. When I was with an ex he had a beagle x, a border collie x lab and a pit bull.
Gsds are definitely my heart breed, as are pit bulls. And I have a soft spot for beagles. Someday I would love to own a boerboel and maybe a saint Bernard
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Posted by Diego Lo Giudice on January 22, 2012
Think of a medieval fortress: It was originally used for a small army, it has walls nine meters thick, and it's surrounded by buildings hundreds of years old. Upon entering, you are confronted with the concept of eternity.
This fortress is located in the smallest state on earth — though it is also perhaps the best-known state in the world. The business housed within the fortress is what many might classify as a SME but with with complexity of a large enterprise, holy but busy, centralized but truly global — its work spans hundreds of countries with hundreds of currencies and hundreds of languages — and it serves very special and demanding clients.
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