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Erin Katherine O'GRADY - Drunk DrivingSource: Area OPP
Date: Wed May 16 03:12:54 MST 2018
(TOWNSHIP OF GUELPH-ERAMOSA, ON) - On May 13, 2018 at approximately 6:00 pm. Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was dispatched to a single vehicle collision on Highway 6 near County Road 22, Township of Guelph-Eramosa.
Police attended, spoke with the driver and formed the opinion that she was under the influence of alcohol. She was arrested for impaired driving and transported to a local detachment for testing.
33-year-old Erin Katherine O'GRADY of Waterloo has been charged with Driving with Over 80 mgs of alcohol in 100mL of blood and Impaired Driving contrary to the Criminal Code. A 90-day Administrative Driver's Licence Suspension (A.D.L.S.) and 7-day Vehicle Impoundment was initiated as per statute. She is scheduled to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on June 6, 2018 to answer to the charges.
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Frances H. "Grammy" (MacKinnon) Howarth
Frances H. "Grammy" (MacKinnon) Howarth, 94, of Warwick, RI passed away on March 24, 2013. She was the wife of the late Thomas B. Howarth, Sr.
Born in Providence on December 8, 1918, she was the daughter of Leo and Maud MacKinnon. Fran was a graduate of Central High School in Providence and Katherine Gibbs. She worked as a sales lady at Cherry & Webb for more than thirty years, first in Providence and later at Midland Mall. She also worked at Sears of Warwick and then volunteered at the Kent Hospital gift shop.
She is survived by her sons, Thomas B. Howarth, Jr. and his wife, Susan, of Warwick, and Gregory M. Howarth and wife, Lynn, of Plano, Texas; brother Ronald L. MacKinnon of Warwick/Florida; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a niece and three nephews; and many grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by a son, Robert L. Howarth; and sisters, Beatrice Cook and Ann Nomandin.
A funeral service will be held at the Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Home, 2435 Warwick Ave. on Friday, March 29, at 11 a.m. followed by burial at Highland Memorial Park in Johnston. Visitation will be on Friday from 10-11 a.m. prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Salvation Army, 1515 Elmwood Ave., Cranston, RI 02910 would be appreciated. Information and condolences, visit TheQuinnFuneralHome.com.

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Comcast Sues The FCC Over Telco Favoritism
from the no-surprise-there dept
We've been pointing out that the Kevin Martin and the FCC's opinion on certain subjects seems to change over the same issue depending on whether the issue deals with cable companies or telcos. For Martin, it seems the telcos can do no wrong, and the cable co's can do no right. Comcast has finally had enough and has sued the FCC over the questionable 30% cap that Martin proposed last year soon after granting yet another huge telco merger. Even worse, the 30% cap seems to have been based on questionable data and without any reasonable justification. It seems punitive more than anything else. Comcast is hoping that Martin will now have to explain himself in court.


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On 18-20 April, European leaders will come together in Brighton, United Kingdom, to decide the future of the European Court of Human Rights. The importance of this meeting - and the potential for damage - cannot be overstated. For over 50 years, the European Court on Human Rights has helped define state obligations and individuals rights in jurisprudence that is readily cited in national and regional courts worldwide.
Over the years, the Court has clarified that states cannot criminalise same-sex relations, must provide pre-emptive protection to prevent domestic violence from happening in the first place, and has to make access to legal abortion effective, including by providing services. That's in addition to the many cases dealing with the absolute prohibition of torture, equal access to justice, and compensation for discrimination and abuse.
Of course, the court has not been perfect. A key reason for this has been its unequal application of the so-called 'margin of appreciation', a legal concept that is meant to allow governments some room to determine how they plan to fulfil a specific human right within their territory, while not relinquishing the most basic concept behind human rights: that they are universal and apply equally to everyone.
The court has used this concept, among other things, to abdicate responsibility on sex education and broadening access to necessary health care. And while it is absolutely true that human rights are not implemented in a cultural and historical vacuum, it is also true that if the main adjudicator of what is right and what is wrong adopts a relativist and overly subjective approach to making that determination, the very idea that human dignity can be protected is at stake.
In Brighton this week, the UK and some other governments will actively seek to broaden the application of the 'margin of appreciation'. In fact, these governments are so hell-bent on hampering the European Court of Human Rights' ability to determine when they have violated the dignity and livelihood of those living in their territory that they hope to prevent cases from reaching the court in the first place, by giving "margin of appreciation" a meaning it never had.
So far, the court has deferred to governments through the 'margin of appreciation' only when a case has reached the level of substantive discussion, and not in its determination of whether an individual is allowed to bring a case or whether the subject matter is within the court's jurisdiction.
In other words, even where the court has given states wider wiggle-room to limit human rights than one might desire, the individual whose rights were at stake had her or his day in court.
In advance of the Brighton meeting, the UK government has circulated a proposal that would require the court to defer overly to national courts, even before it looks at a case at all. The proposal urges the court to refuse to hear most cases in which the national court has already applied the European Convention of Human Rights in its deliberations.
It is easy to imagine a situation where a national court is unaware of the proper application, status, and scope of legislation and precedents its judges have limited experience with. But more damningly, the proposal undermines the very objective of the European Court of Human Rights: as an additional forum of appeal for human rights issues that may not have been adequately considered at home.
If this proposal is adopted, the UK would have succeeded in limiting oversight of its own human rights practices (and there are any number of issues that merit review). The UK would, however, also have succeeded in significantly weakening an institution that helps--even if at times imperfectly--to uphold standards celebrated worldwide as necessary and just.
All eyes should be on Brighton this week to ensure that the European Court of Human Rights is allowed to do its job: hold governments to their promise to protect the human rights of all.


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Hi everyone.
Worked from 10:00 to 5:00 yesterday, ran to the bank, cashed my paycheck, got grocheries and some stuff for the Pontiac (should be getting it by possibly Monday for a while), and got some Wendy's and watched some Ancient Aliens and F1 practice. By about midnight, I had enough for the day--I was spent.
I do have some plans on looking up some stuff and finally finishing chapter 10 of my fan fic, as well as watching the F1 race tonight. Hopefully I'll have the stamina for that, because yesterday was a pretty long day.
Everyone at Euro HH-con, enjoy your time there
And Lynne, enjoy your book launch
I'll be back later


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My Life, So Far, with Howard – Part 2.
Editor's note: Tuesday, Jay presented the first part of his dedication speech presented at a recent edition of the Burlington Book Festival. The Festival celebrated the work of the Irasburg writer during an opening night tribute. This week's installment concludes Jay's presentation. ~~~I was raised by a Texas grandmother who turned me on to movies, but the films she took me to were westerns and Tennessee Williams pictures. So while my 7 year-old peers were watching "Dumbo" and "Lady and the Tramp," I was checking out "Red River" and "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof."In looking at Howard Mosher's stories, I saw elements of Shakespeare's "Henry IV" in "Stranger" and traces of "King Lear" in "Rivers" and "Disappearances," but I also found something that resembled the Western. After all, isn't Reverend Walter Andrews in "Stranger" a bit like Shane, striding into town, filling a moral vacuum, and standing his ground to rid the place of the outlaws running the town?And doesn't "Disappearances" explore some of the same themes as John Ford's "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," where the aging gunslinger played by John Wayne recognizes his own extinction and yields to Ranse Stoddard, Jimmy Stewart's modernizing force of civilization? Except in "Disappearances" we see a father strangely yielding to his ironically named son, Wild Bill.Which leads us to another Mosher staple, even in today's post-modern world, Howard's love of family - his insistence on the ever-presence of the past and his deep connection to culture. Here, his stories part company with westerns, which are mostly set in places inventing themselves for the first time, with no law, no community, no traditions, and no transmitted culture. Indeed, no real past.Mosher's Kingdom County is a place where, to quote William Faulkner, "The past is never dead. It's not even past."Think of the unresolved killing of black school teacher Pliny Templeton and Elijah Kinneson's closely held secret about madness and murder in "A Stranger in the Kingdom;" of Quebec Bill Bonhomme's thirty-year search for his abandoning father in "Disappearances." Or Cordelia's recitations of Shakespeare, Milton, the Greek poets, and that great New England transcendentalist, Ralph Waldo Emerson, who, like Cordelia, trusted intuition and imagination to the point of defying more "rational" thought.Howard's stories also provide an uncommon connection to the natural world. I've found that many urban critics dismiss films that treat the natural world as inherently nostalgic, as if nature were inert and already extinct. But in "Where the Rivers Flow North," Noel Lord cannot let go of this spectacular natural setting that has both tortured and rewarded him — but neither can he tame it. In "Disappearances," another dimension opens up. Here's a note from an Enosburg dairy farmer: "I saw "Disappearances" last night at Enosburg and had to write," he said. "I'm a third generation Vermonter on my father's side; my mother was Canadian. I was brought up on a dairy farm and my wife and I still run the same farm, milking 30 Jerseys. I feel I can give some perspective on your film. Although the hills of Vermont are outwardly very pastoral and full of grandeur, I have always believed them to be full of mystery and secrets — even ghosts. The story hits close."In our time of intensifying environmental crisis, isn't it appropriate to see our natural world as something more than a cesspool that we must clean up? Isn't it also a vital cultural and even spiritual force? Howard's also funny. Think of Bangor in "Where the Rivers Flow North," in her floppy hat and ill-fitting clothes; or the perpetually cranky Rat Kinneson in "Disappearances;" or world-class scoundrel Resolved Kinneson in "A Stranger in the Kingdom," drawn straight from Italian commedia del arte with his insatiable appetites for whiskey and the imported "housekeeper" Claire LaRiviere. A little know fact: leathery old Oscar winner Jack Palance was lined up to play him. "They'll never forget a son of a bitch like Resolved," said Palance. "No one will. He's damn funny, too. Of course, I'll play him." After we made our deal, according to his agent, Palance vanished on a drinking spree into British Columbia. He understood Resolved, all right.Writer Jeffrey Lent said it best during a recent conversation. "Howard Mosher is simply the funniest writer – then he paused and completed his sentence. "Anywhere."Finally, I love women, most of all my supportive and sacrificing wife in this twenty-two year film endeavor, Bess O'Brien. And I love Howard's women, even though I sometimes tweak them a bit in a way that Howard once remarked, "makes everyone deal with each other a bit more than I do." It's the movies, after all.But in a film industry that regularly sells women characters short, Howard's women are distinctive, powerful, and dimensional. Again, think about Marie Blythe, Cordelia in "Disappearances," Athena Allen in "Stranger," and Bangor in "Rivers," a character even hard-bitten New York Times film critic Caryn James praised for "a freshness rarely seen on screen." "She is so tough and blunt," James wrote, "that when she begins to cry about the children she never had it becomes clear that emotion has been a luxury in her hardscrabble life." Despite all this, Howard has gotten some bad reviews. We all have. And even though he says he secretly thinks the negative reviews are probably right and he's suspicious of the outright raves, Howard also reserves a special place for his bad reviews – on his Irasburg garage door, where he blasts them to smithereens with his shotgun.The twenty-two years I've spent working this material has been the most challenging and satisfying period of my professional and creative life, and I can't imagine having done it with anyone more generous than Howard Mosher. Ask Leland Kinsey, who will be reading his fine poems later. Or a first-time writer like Joda Dodge, a Northeast Kingdom kid with a determination to simply write down his experiences from a cross country motorcycle trip, or Chris Bojahlian whom Howard encouraged from his early days. Thank you, Howard, for what you've given to us individually and collectively, stimulating our imaginations, challenging us, and rendering to us a fresh and original vision of our own world. In our increasingly hyper-commercialized and homogenized culture, you've helped us lay claim to our own stories and speak with our own voices. We tribute you here tonight as our kindred spirit, for all of this and for allowing us to inhabit the unforgettable, evocative, haunting, magical, mystical, tough, and deeply human worlds you've created, writing out on yellow legal pages draft after draft after draft, shaping these indelible stories that become a part of us.And now, as you would say, "All this makes me want to read the books."


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Pew Study: Mainstream Media Biased Toward Marriage Equality
A new survey from Pew Research has found that mainstream media outlets (even Fox News) have a "bias" in positive reporting of marriage equality... as if reporting positively about equality and civil rights should be considered a "bias."
The researchers assessed a representative sample of mainstream coverage for two months this year, and found that many stories contained either a balanced mix of views or no views at all. But of the rest, roughly five times as many stories were weighted toward support for same-sex marriage as were weighted toward opposition.
"A story was deemed to be in support of or opposition to same-sex marriage if the statements expressing that view outnumbered opposing statements by at least 2-to-1," the report stated.
It added, "The level of support conveyed in the news media examined here goes beyond the level seen in public opinion surveys." The imbalance was evident both in reporting and in commentary, and on all three of the major cable news channels, Fox News, MSNBC and CNN.
Should we be outraged by this or somewhat satisfied? After all, if the survey was studying the reports of the KKK instead of marriage equality, we'd want the media to hold bigots to task 100 percent of the time, not just 2 to 1, right?
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June 14, 2010
PALO ALTO, Calif., -The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument aboard the NOAA GOES-15 spacecraft has seen "first light." SXI was designed and built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), at its Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto, for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md.
GOES-15 launched on March 4, 2010 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., but the first image from SXI was a long time coming. Scientists and engineers from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Lockheed Martin have been working to bring the Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument to full functionality since the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-15, formerly known as the GOES-P satellite achieved orbit.
"Since the early checkout of GOES-15 and the anomalous turn-on of the Solar X-ray Imager, the team has been aggressively pursuing all avenues to recover the instrument," said Andre' Dress, GOES N-P Deputy Project Manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "Frankly, we were down to our last straw when all the teams' hard work and efforts finally paid off. We now believe we have a full recovery of the instrument's functionality! It's an incredible story and a true testament of our NASA/contractor teams expertise, hard work and determination."
On June 3, the GOES 15 Solar X-ray Imager finally came on-line. Scientists and engineers had subjected SXI to a series of long duration turn-on tests in the hopes of clearing the short. About 16 hours into the testing, the instrument voltages returned to normal values and SXI now appears to be functioning properly.
"We were facing a tough problem when we first attempted to bring SXI on line," said George Koerner, SXI program manager at the ATC. "But because of our ability to bring together subject matter experts from both government and industry, to move forward step by step, and to work as a team patiently and persistently, together we achieved mission success. This is an enormously satisfying outcome."
Since its recovery, several test solar images have also been subsequently taken successfully. The GOES team continue to assess the health of the instrument. This new round of testing will assess SXI's total functionality. That functionality means the team will capture images of the sun with the camera to assess whether the camera is properly processing image data.
"I don't think most people realize how important these space weather instruments are in our everyday life," Dress said. "This data is used by the U.S. Department of Defense, NOAA, NASA, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in protecting our space assets, land-based assets and directing flight paths for the FAA."
GOES-15 will join three other NOAA operational GOES spacecraft that help the agency's forecasters track life-threatening weather and solar activity that can impact the satellite-based electronics and communications industry. NASA's testing of the spacecraft and its instruments will continue through the entire post-launch test period expected to end in late August 2010. This will be followed by a series of NOAA Science Tests. The GOES series of U.S. satellites are developed by a joint NASA-NOAA-Industry partnership, launched by NASA (with industry partners), and operated by NOAA.
NOAA's environmental satellite system is composed of two types of satellites: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) for national, regional, short-range warning and "now-casting"; and Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) for global, long-term forecasting and environmental monitoring. Lockheed Martin and its heritage companies built all of the POES satellites going back to the very first weather satellite launch on April 1, 1960, and is currently developing the next generation GOES-R satellite system, with a first launch set for 2015. Both GOES and POES are necessary for providing a complete global weather monitoring system. Both also carry search and rescue instruments to relay signals from people in distress.
The ATC has a 47-year-long heritage of spaceborne solar instruments including the Soft X-ray Telescope on the Japanese Yohkoh satellite, the Michelson Doppler Imager on the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, the solar telescope on NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer, the Solar X-ray Imager on the GOES-N, O and P environmental satellites, the Focal Plane Package on Hinode, an Extreme Ultraviolet Imager on each of the two spacecraft in NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly and Helioseismic Magnetic Imager on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The laboratory also conducts basic research into understanding and predicting space weather and the behavior of the sun including its impacts on Earth and climate.
The ATC is the research and development organization of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC). LMSSC, a major operating unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, designs and develops, tests, manufactures and operates a full spectrum of advanced-technology systems for national security and military, civil government and commercial customers. Chief products include human space flight systems; a full range of remote sensing, navigation, meteorological and communications satellites and instruments; space observatories and interplanetary spacecraft; laser radar; ballistic missiles; missile defense systems; and nanotechnology research and development.
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Springfield-based Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. climbed the most in two months to lead a rally of firearms manufacturers as traders speculated that President Obama's reelection will spur gun sales. After sidestepping gun-control issues in his first term, Obama last month said he would consider reintroducing a ban on civilian purchases of military-style assault weapons. Firearm sales have grown 10 percent annually since 2008, when Obama was first elected, compared with a 7 percent rate from 2001 to 2007, according to Benchmark Co.
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Kate Makaroff and the Crimson have only allowed a total of three goals in the last five games (Gil Talbot).
The Game:
The Harvard women's soccer team, which is unbeaten in its last four games (2-0-2), looks to jump back into the Ivy League title race, as the Crimson visits conference rival Brown Saturday at 4 p.m.
Harvard (5-3-3, 1-1-1 Ivy) enters this weekend fifth in the conference with four points, while the Bears (6-5, 0-3) are searching for their first Ancient Eight win and are tied with Yale for seventh place.
Around The Ivy League:
Nearly midway through conference play, Princeton and Penn sit 3-0 in Ivy games and are tied for first. Dartmouth and Columbia are tied for third place with four conference games remaining.
In other Ivy games this weekend, Yale visits Cornell, Columbia hosts Princeton and Dartmouth welcomes Penn.
The Series:
Harvard narrowly holds a 21-18-3 advantage in 42 all-time meetings against Brown, dating back to the first game between the schools in 1977.
The Crimson has taken three of the last four contests against the Bears, including a 2-1 victory in Cambridge last fall. Since 1996, Harvard is 5-3 against Brown in Providence, R.I.
About Harvard:
Peyton Johnson paces Harvard with five assists, nine points and 19 shots on goal, while Meg Casscells-Hamby and Taryn Kurcz are tied for the team lead with three goals apiece. Elizabeth Weisman and Emily Mosbacher have also contributed to Harvard's offense, tallying two scores each.
In net, Bethany Kanten stands at 4-3-3 with three clean sheets, 38 saves and a 1.34 goals-against average. Kanten has also boasts a .745 save percentage and has started 10 of Harvard's 11 games this fall.
Opponents are outscoring the Crimson, 17-16, but Harvard owns an advantage in shots, 199-152, and in corner kicks earned, 57-45.
About Brown:
After winning four straight between Sept. 8-20, the Bears are looking to snap a four-game losing streak since Sept. 23, falling to Dartmouth, Columbia and Princeton. Brown played Dartmouth again Oct. 9 in a non-conference game and lost to the Big Green by a score of 1-0.
Chloe Cross has tallied four goals for Brown this fall to lead the team, while Mika Siegelman has netted three scores on only nine shots on target. Siegelman also has scored three game-winning goals. Eliza Marshall, Louisa Pitney and Alison Mullin have each handed out two assists and are tied for the team lead.
Amber Bledsoe has started all 11 games between the pipes for Brown and is 3-1 with a 0.67 goals-against average and 26 saves. MC Barrett has played in 10 games, coming in for the second half and is 3-4 with 34 stops and a 1.20 goals-against mark.
Brown is outscoring teams, 11-10, and has an edge in corner kicks, 51-48, through 11 games.
Crimson Among the Nation's Best:
Peyton Johnson ranks 55th in the country with 0.45 assists per game and stands 83rd overall in total assists with five.
Ivy Elite:
Peyton Johnson is tied with Princeton's Jessica Haley for the conference lead with five assists. Harvard paces the Ivy League with 18.1 shots per game, and Meg Casscells-Hamby leads all players in the conference with 4.1 shots per contest.
March To 250:
Head coach Ray Leone needs only three victories to reach 250 for his illustrious career. Leone sports a 247-134-39 (.635) record over the course of 22 seasons entering Saturday afternoon.
In his six years with the Crimson, Leone owns a 55-31-12 (.622) mark. Entering the season, Leone ranked 21st in NCAA history in victories and 39th in career winning percentage.
Scoring Late:
Harvard has scored 11 of its 16 goals this season in the second half or overtime of contests. Opponents, meanwhile, have tallied nine of their 17 goals in the first half, outscoring Harvard, 9-7, in the opening 45 minutes.
Coming Up:
Harvard will host Holy Cross Tuesday, Oct. 16 before traveling to face Princeton in a crucial Ivy League matchup Saturday, Oct. 20.


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Monster Mouse is now in full swing. For those not familiar with our latest LS project engine, the 418-inch stroker LS3-based short-block came courtesy of Texas Speed & Performance. The impetus for Monster Mouse came from our original LS series Modern Mouse, or more accurately from the limitations imposed by the Modern Mouse series. Modern Mouse started out life as a 5.3L LM7, but was bored and stroked to 383 ci. Despite the displacement hike, Modern Mouse was still limited by a maximum bore size of 3.905 inches. Given the 4.065 bore employed by GM on the late-model LS3, mods to Modern Mouse could not utilize hardware designed for the big-bore LS3 motors, more specifically the rectangular-port (big bore) cylinder heads. Measured stock to stock, LS3 heads are a serious upgrade to a cathedral-port motor. Aftermarket versions are much more comparable, but the bigger bore motors tend to further improve head flow. Recognizing the popularity of the LS3, we decided the big-bore boys deserved their own series.
Back in part 1 (July 2012), we introduced the 418 stroker from Texas Speed by comparing it to a stock and modified Chevrolet Performance crate mill. Run on the engine dyno in stock trim, the LS3 crate motor produced 493 hp and 484 lb-ft of torque. After adding a cam and ported factory LS3 heads, power jumped to 569 hp and 522 lb-ft of torque. The cam was responsible for most of the power gains, since the LS3 was already sporting heads that flowed well. The final test in part 1 involved replacing the stock LS3 short block with the 418 stroker assembly provided by Texas Speed & Performance. Using the same heads, cam and intake, the stroker upped power output to 609 hp and 570 lb-ft of torque. The torque curve offered by the normally aspirated combination was impressive, bettering 550 lb-ft of torque from 4,200 to 5,700 rpm. Torque production exceeded 445 lb-ft as low as 3,000 rpm. Strokers offer not only significant peak power gains, but torque gains through the entire rev range. You will use the extra 50-60 lb-ft of torque at 3,500 rpm a lot more than the extra 50 hp at 6,500 rpm, but it is nice to have both.
As change is the only constant with any engine dyno series, we decided it was time for a change. Off came the ported stock heads, and on went a set of Black Label LS3 heads from Mast Motorsports. The 11-degree Mast LS3 heads were designed specifically for the 4.070-inch bore motor, offering full CNC porting, a 2.165/1.60-inch valve package, and 69cc combustion chambers. The chamber size on the CNC-ported Mast heads was combined with a set of Fel Pro MLS head gaskets (0.041 thick) to produce a static compression ratio of 11.4:1. This was less than ideal for the Kenne Bell blower we had in mind, but we wanted to maximize the power output of the NA combination before stepping up to the blower.
The Mast heads were combined with a new cam profile from Crane Cams. The Crane cam offered 0.600-inch lift, a 240/246-degree duration split, and 114-degree LSA. The combination was topped with a FAST intake and 102mm throttle body. Run with the Holley Dominator EFI system, the new combination produced 639 hp and 578 lb-ft of torque, with torque production exceeding 550 lb-ft from 4,300 to 5,900 rpm. This 418 stroker was starting to get serious, but we were just getting started. Having further improved the power output with Mast heads and Crane cam, it was time for some boost, but not before lowering the static compression ratio. Off came the Mast heads once again, and on went custom MLS head gaskets from Cometic. The head gaskets thickness increased from 0.041 to 0.065, reducing static compression by 6/10ths of a point. In truth, we could well have just run the motor with the elevated static compression, but we wanted to hedge our bets and make some pump-gas runs before cranking up the boost.
On went the new head gaskets secured by ARP head studs, followed by a Kenne Bell 3.6L supercharger. Designed for a 2012 Camaro, the Kenne Bell supercharger featured a dedicated air-to-water intercooler, massive single-blade throttle body, and 4.5-inch air intake system. Also present to ensure uninterrupted airflow to the supercharger was the Kenne Bell Mammoth intake manifold. Supercharger systems are only as efficient as the airflow going to them. Recognizing the fact that airflow restrictions to the blower equate to reduced flow and boost out of the motor, the gang at Kenne Bell took all the necessary steps to maximize airflow through the induction system.
Due to available dyno time, we did not have the opportunity to test the 418 in NA trim after reducing the static compression ratio. In previous testing, we know that every point of compression was worth 3-4 percent in power, so 6/10ths of a point could drop power by roughly 2.5 percent, or around 15-16 hp. Since the Kenne Bell supercharger also eliminated the factory long-runner intake, the comparison between NA and supercharged power was less direct anyway.
What we do know is that as much as LS engines love boost, modified LS3-based strokers love it even more. It does, however, bear mentioning that the key to a successful supercharged motor is starting with a healthy normally aspirated combination. With our stroker pumping out over 600 hp in normally aspirated trim, we were already well on the way to reaching our self-imposed goal of 1,000 hp.
Testing the supercharger kit from Kenne Bell required installation of the factory accessories. The blower shared the same belt as the accessory drive, and required the components for proper belt orientation and tension. Obviously it was necessary to augment the fuel system to feed the supercharged stroker. Normally the kit comes with 47-pound injectors when run at 9 psi on the stock motor, but we stepped up to 75-pounders combined with 60 psi of static fuel pressure and a boost-referenced fuel pressure regulator. Aeromotive supplied both an A1000 pump and adjustable fuel pressure regulator for our testing, so we had no concerns about fuel delivery.
Tuning was provided by a Holley Dominator EFI system, while exhaust chores were handled by a set of 1-7/8-inch headers from American Racing Headers. Initially the boost was set at just over 10 psi and run on pump gas. Putting a maximum of 10.75 psi of boost to Monster Mouse on pump fuel resulted in 883 hp at 6,700 rpm, and 769 lb-ft of torque at 5,100 rpm. True to form for a positive displacement supercharger, torque production was impressive, exceeding 700 lb-ft from 3,500 to 6,500 rpm.
We added a mixture of Rocket Brand race fuel to the mix before cranking up the boost, then increased the pressure to a maximum of 13.5 psi. Monster Mouse responded with a jump in power to 951 hp at 6,500 rpm and 866 lb-ft of torque. Being ever so close to our goal of 1,000 hp, we turned up the boost one more time to 18.7 psi. The supercharged stroker pumped out 1,051 hp at 6,600 rpm and 988 lb-ft of torque.
We can't help but suspect this is about the reasonable limit for the 8-rib serpentine system, though race applications have run successfully at higher boost and power levels. The most impressive thing about this exercise with Monster Mouse was how easy it was to make 1,000 hp. Time was when 1,000 hp was the holy grail of power outputs, even for a big-block. This thing could be driven around on a daily basis at a reduced boost level, and then with a pulley swap and race fuel, transformed into a serious track animal.
An argument can be made about just how necessary 1,000 hp is in a street car (or many racecars!), but the fact remains that combining a big-bore Texas Speed stroker LS with big Kenne Bell boost can yield four-digit power levels. Stick around--we aren't done with Monster Mouse just yet.


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All four commissioners voted to raise the rate from 51.22 cents to the "effective" rate of 52.23 cents—the amount needed to generate the same amount of revenue the county received for the present fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. It was the third consecutive year the court has increased the rate.
All 52.23 cents of the new rate is for maintenance and operation, with none for debt service.
Afterwards, in statements to The Mirror, Pct. 4 Comm. Mike Spencer and Pct. 2 Comm. Cole Hefner cited unforeseen circumstances as triggering the tax increase, with Spencer acknowledging the court had pledged last year to eliminate part of the rate this year. The court voted 3-2 last year to raise the rate by 4.21 cents, and County Judge Dean Fowler said at the time that the incease would be effective for only one year.
But on Tuesday, Spencer and Hefner cited the fact the court had budgeted $150,000 for prosecuting a capital murder case which had arisen since then, and another $150,000 in contingency funds if needed for that prosecution.
In addition, Spencer cited the $995,000 budget shortfall that was publicly revealed in the middle of the current fiscal year as a factor in the tax hike, while Hefner cited the $100,000 budgeted for computer upgrades as another reason.
Hefner said the expenses related to computers and the capital murder cases are "beyond our control."
The court, which has two different members than it did last year, set the tax rate hike and budget in separate 4-0 votes. Pct. 1 Comm. Paula Gentry and Pct. 3 Comm. Frank Berka, who both took office Jan. 1, joined Spencer and Hefner in approving the moves.
Fowler, who normally votes only to break ties, did not vote. During Tuesday's meeting, he said the $13,178,592 budget is "roughly the same as last year," but that it now had funds for the capital murder case and did not contain funds (as did last year's budget) for renovating the courthouse to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Following the meeting, Spencer said, "I nearly voted no (on the tax rate hike), but we needed the money. . . I'm disappointed that we couldn't show that the note rate went away. . . (as) we had promised last year. . .(although) the note (itself) did go away."
The reference to a note involved the county's paying off a loan it had received from First Natonal Bank of Gilmer. When the court raised the tax rate by a 3-2 vote last year, Fowler said then that the hike would pay off the county's entire debt and "this is going to balance the budget, and put us on a cash basis."
That was before the nearly $1`million shortfall surfaced in the middle of the budget year, prompting commissoners to make nearly that much in mid-year budget cuts soon afterward. Fowler and then-County Auditor Janice Tucker essentially blamed each other for the shortfall, and some commissioners criticized Ms. Tucker.
Spencer said after Tuesday's meeting that he is "not happy with the way the effective rate (of 52.23 cents) was calculated," and that the State Comptroller sets the formula for determing that.
Hefner told the newspaper that "I did not want to adopt a tax rate that included the INS (interest and sinking, or debt service) rate from last year. However, we have a Constitutional duty to provide criminal defense for indigent defendants. . .We have a capital murder trial we have to fund."
Hefner also said the court had no choice but to update an "aging" computer software system and computer hardware in the new budget. The software is 30 years old, and effective Jan. 1, 2016, can no longer be updated, he said.
"It's important to note we have a surplus budget," which means the court will be ready next time there are unexpected expenses like the capital murder case, Hefner added.
As for the pledge to eliminate last year's tax hike this year, Hefner said Thursday, "I did not make that promise last year. Others did." (Hefner voted against the tax hike last year.)
Unlike then, when several citizens protested the tax hike, Tuesday's 7-minute public hearing portion of the meeting on the new budget/tax increase drew no criticism of the latest 1.01-cent hike. Only about 11 persons, more than half of whom are on the county payroll, attended this time.
When County Treasurer Myra Harris asked if the budget included any pay raises, and was told it did for only Road and Bridge Dept. employees, she replied, "I'm sorry. I think all the employees need a raise."
Mrs. Harris said some employees, such as county library workers, "are very underfunded." (County employees have not received an across-the-board raise in about seven years).
But Pct. 1 Comm. Paula Gentry responded that county workers and officials got to keep their full health insurance benefits in the new budget (after the court considered reducing them). And Fowler joined Hefner in observing that the Road and Bridge Department's bottom line budget didn't change from its current budget, despite the raises for its workers.
Hefner pointed to what he considered the low salaries that had been paid those employees, noting they work in adverse weather conditions, including heat.
Added Spencer, "They're also short-handed."
Fowler said it is not yet known exactly how much of a raise those workers will receive. County Road Administrator Andy Jordan had recently asked the court to hike their pay $1 hourly.
Also during the hearing, Upshur County Democratic Party Chairman Dan Miles Jr. asked the court to budget "special money" for elections next year so that Diana residents would not have to drive to Gilmer to vote in a particular election.
He and Mrs. Harris were the only citizens offering comments during the public hearing.
After that portion of the meeting ended, but before the votes, County Auditor Brandy Lee successfully recommended the court increase its funding for court-appointed attorneys in the new budget by $20,000.
Hefner, who voted against last year's tax increase, pointed out that when he went on the court in 2011, the county was looking at a $1.8 million deficit and that the court made "some pretty hard changes. . . (a) lot of cuts." It also "had to increase revenue a little bit," he said.
The new budget cuts expenses $2 million from their onetime level, while revenues are up $1 million, which "in effect" is a "$3 million dollar change over three budgets," Hefner continued. The new budget also establishes a $208,000 surplus to begin to build reserves for "rainy days," he added.
Hefner said he was happy to be "a part of this" progression from a deficit to a surplus.
Berka then warned that "if we do not get ahold" of health insurance expenses, "next year's problem with medical (matters) could be what this year's was." Fowler recently said the county's expenses for that are "out of whack."
During the meeting, Berka asked The Mirror to print that he was begging county employees to "pay attention" to the new third-party administrator on insurance, The R. Brown Co. of Gilmer, on how to utilize benefits.
Berka, who had pressed for reducing the county's expenses on employee retirement benefits, also told the newspaper Thursday the new budget reduces the county's match for the benefit from 2-1 to 1-1.
The court voted on the budget, then the tax rate, just before adjourning Tuesday's 21-minute special meeting. The court will hold its regular semi-monthly meeting at 9 a.m. Monday.


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"May woud be much plasenter time than April"
In March of 1767, George Washington went to Williamsburg for a legislative session. He wrote back to Mount Vernon that he was going to be there longer than he'd expected, or perhaps that he'd visit the Dismal Swamp before returning.
On 30 March, Martha Washington wrote back, in a postscript to a letter by plantation manager Lund Washington:
My DearestFascinating stuff, huh? You might well wonder why Boston 1775 is devoting a whole entry to this letter. That's because this is the only signed letter from Martha Washington to George that's known to have survived. (There's also an unsigned note, now owned by the Virginia Historical Society.)
It was with very great pleasure I see in your letter that you got safely down. We are all very well at this time but it still is rainney and wett. I am sorry you will not be at home soon as I expected you. I had reather my sister woud not come up so soon as May woud be much plasenter time than April. We wrote you last post as I have nothing new to tell you I must conclude myself
Your most Affectionate
Martha Washington
In 1994, when Joseph E. Fields published a volume of Martha Washington's papers, he knew the text of this letter but didn't know where it was. In 2003 the document resurfaced at a Christie's auction, and Mount Vernon bought it. The image above comes from a report in Antiques and the Arts.


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Corn Growers thank President Obama for signing farm bill
The National Corn Growers Association thanked President Obama for signing the Agricultural Act of 2014 today. The farm bill passed the House on January 29 and the Senate on February 4."This new five-year farm bill means certainty and stability for farmers. It means food on the table for hungry families. And it means taxpayers will save money," said NCGA President Martin Barbre. "We thank President Obama for signing this important legislation and we stand ready to work with the Administration and communicate the value of this new law for our growers and those they help feed and fuel. Because of its very topic - food and the farms that provide it - this is one of the most important pieces of legislation Congress has passed in some time."


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This week European Tour Weekly travels to Turin for the BMW Italian Open presented by CartaSi. Three of Europe's Ryder Cup team, Francesco Molinari, Martin Kaymer and Nicolas Colsaerts will be in action at Royal Park I Roveri and ETW will be on the range with all the latest thoughts from the players on the eve of the event.
With the successes on The European Tour of the Molinari brothers and Matteo Manassero, along with the likes of Marco Crespi and Allesandro Tadini on The Challenge Tour, Italian golf looks to be particularly strong at the moment. ETW recently paid a visit to Italy to speak to several golfers and other sportsman from Italy to hear their thoughts.
Our review this week comes from Holland and the KLM Open and ETW will bring you the best of the action from Hilversumsche Golf Club in Hilversum.
Whilst in Holland ETW caught up with David Lynn, who was still excited about his runners-up finish at last month's US PGA Championship at Kiawah Island. David spoke to ETW about that performance as well as looking back at his only European Tour victory that occurred at the KLM Open in 2004.
European Tour Weekly recently met up with the latest Challenge Tour sensation, Kristoffer Broberg. Broberg has won three events on The Challenge Tour this year in just five starts, in doing so automatically progressing to The European Tour. He spoke to us about his unbelievable run of form at the recent Omega European Masters.
Together with all of the latest news and statistics from the Tour, this completes another edition of European Tour Weekly.


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They named him William the warrior,
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Bayern Munich moved top of the Bundesliga despite a 1-1 draw at Freiburg ending their 100 per cent Bundesliga record on Tuesday.
Xherdan Shaqiri put the visitors ahead after 32 minutes when he fired past Oliver Baumann in the Freiburg goal.
But Bayern were pegged back five minutes from time when they conceded only their second goal of the season as substitute Nicolas Hofler volleyed home from close range.
Ahead of the UEFA Super Cup clash with Chelsea on Friday, Pep Guardiola made six unforced changes from his side's 2-0 win over Nuremberg, with the likes of Franck Ribery, Arjen Robben and Mario Mandzukic all dropping to the bench.
The hosts were without the suspended Francis Coquelin, while Christian Gunter replaced Mensur Mudzja.
It was Freiburg who had the first goalscoring chance of the match when Julian Schuster's powerful strike forced a good save from Manuel Neuer after 11 minutes.
Soon after, Bayern's Toni Kroos and Xherdan Shaqiri both stung the palms of Baumann during what was an entertaining opening period.
Guardiola's much-changed side then began to exert dominance and were rewarded just after the half-hour mark when Shaqiri gave them the lead.
The Switzerland international controlled a Thomas Muller cross from the right, which evaded Oliver Sorg, and drove home past Baumann.
Despite dominating possession for the remainder of the half, the champions could not add to their slender lead before the break.
Shaqiri then almost doubled his tally for the game 10 minutes into the second period, forcing Baumann into a save with his feet, before Charles Laprevotte cut in from the left and hit the post with a curling effort for the home side.
With the game finely poised, Bayern should have doubled their lead when Kroos found himself clean through. However, the Germany international was thwarted by Baumann one-on-one before the goalkeeper reacted well to deny Muller's follow up.
But, with just five minutes to go, the home side drew level.
Substitute Hofler was the man on target, as the German hit a left-footed volley past Neuer from close range.
Dante almost restored Bayern's lead three minutes later when he poked over from inside the six-yard box, but Guardiola was forced to settle for a share of the spoils for the first time this season.
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Release Notes: This release adds a new capability to generate PDF files for a single schematic, a schematic and its hierarchy, or a whole library of schematics. The PDF links any symbols to their respective schematic for easy navigation. The graphics in the PDF are vector, so they scale very nicely. Also added is a new keypoint mode. Keypoint mode for edit commands selects the object nearest the place the hotkey was depressed, to save a button click. Data entry commands add their first point at the key position.
Release Notes: Check/save time was improved by orders of magnitude for very large schematics. An ECL mode was added to automatically place/route ECL schematics. Tcl expressions can be used to specify a reference library. Log files for the program can be directed to a common directory by setting an environment variable. New library lock mode was added for faster single user operation.
Release Notes: Several minor enhancements were added, including the option to magnify a symbol placement in a schematic. Magnifying symbols is supported to allow easier import of foreign schematics, such as cadence composer. Checking a schematic can now optionally widen a bus'ed wire. PPM images are now allowed as a schematic object, so a company logo image can easily be imported to the schematic. The LVS option to the sister program slam was updated to allow graphical cross-probing with the layout after the LVS is executed.
Release Notes: This release adds a fast formless command to update wire, pin, and symbol names directly on the screen. The new command can modify symbol parameter values such as W/L too. After invoking the new command, simply click on the name or parameter value. A cursor is displayed on the window, and you can start typing. Keys such as arrows and delete move the cursor displayed on the screen. This is simpler and quicker to use than the existing form-based interface to change these values.
Release Notes: Very minor GUI changes were made to scheture in tandem with the changes made to its companion product slam.
Release Notes: Support for Postscript printers has been added. Prior versions only supported PCL and GL2 printer/plotters. The push command has been altered slightly for faster pushing/popping. Support has been added for any angle wire connectivity extraction. An option to allow parameter and pin text to rotate to any angle has been added. Prior versions always made this type of text "right reading". A number of minor database Tcl interface inconsistencies have been corrected.
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Release Notes: Minor bugfixes and 3 minor enhancements. The first enhancement adjusts wires attached to symbols when they are moved to maintain their attachment to the symbol's pin. The second enhancement allows you to force a comment when saving a schematic to disk. When enabled, the comments assist in tracking changes prior to a major event such as a tapeout. The third change enables the title block symbol to dynamically display the original author and last modifier of the schematic as a convenience.
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|2006-02-17, 17:42
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Peek a boo
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Episode 16 has become one of my favourite episodes.
Tomoko just steals the limelight here, from her wry sense of humour for the novel plots... to deliberately changing "brother and sister" to "cousins", poking fun at Hiroki and Elis.
And Hagino, you can't go wrong with her.
Also, a bit of background story with Kiri.
So she does know where Hiroki was all the while.
Perhaps chosing Nadesico Academy was just an excuse to "accidentally" bump into Hiroki.
|2006-02-17, 18:49
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 60
Just viewed ep 16 myself.... I think it just put a wobble on ep3 as my favorite.
Tomoko rocked .... yes, love stories *must* be tragic
Lots of Hagino for the money despite the abundance of snore-time. Damn, why couldn't Elise have been 5 seconds later onto the balcony at the end. Then we might have seen something worthy of a pillow-smack
Looking at Hiroki and Hagino... if I guess Hiroki at 5'8", that probably makes Hagino.... about 4'10" (an inch shorter than my wife). Poor Hagino is destined to be thought of as jailbait into her 40s I predict (or perhaps thats a compliment).
Very interesting connections between devil-editor, Kiri, Hiroki, etc... and now it is abundantly clear Kiri may be consciously interested in decided what to do about Hiroki.
Not Shakespeare, but very entertaining ep...
|2006-02-17, 19:55
|Link #263
It's what's for dinner
Join Date: Dec 2005
Anyway, there's no question Tomoko stole the spotlight. No wonder she won a recent popularity vote on the official website (Kiri placed second).
|2006-02-18, 18:40
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finally got around to ep 16 i loved it Hagino was so cute and it was nice to see a episode just about her. I the devil editor made me laugh with all the yelling in public and how conveint was it that she happen to be Kiris sempai from college. i though the ep was very refreshing especially how all of Hagino's friends came together to help her plus the brain storming where "and they died" was funny yes love stories are kind of better when they are tragic. Kiri seems more sure of her self when it come to Hiroki and i think we might see some progress in their relationship soon which means we might see a change in Hiroki's and Elis relationship as well looking forward to the next ep.
Oh yeah and the almost kiss on the balcony was very funny if only Elis had come a little later we really would have seen some fireworks, just way too much jailbait hanging around this guy.
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Location: The European Bunion
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|2006-02-19, 02:29
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 60
|2006-02-19, 03:55
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Is it just my imagination, or is Kiri getting the shaft in the anime? Something tells me that Kiri's story was a LOT more compelling in the game. I find it surprising that the "title" character would play second banana to a "secondary" character.
|2006-02-19, 14:09
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Manila, Philippines
By the way, hello everyone I'm back hello world sorry for being away for so long, but you must forgive me,
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|2006-02-19, 14:28
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Now Contracting an Assissan to take out Yanagi
All i can say what in the HELL is that Yanagi bastard back for hes been poping every now and then and its really bothering me he is exactly the kind of friend no one needs i really dislike him and i hate the fact that everyone is ok with what he did except Elis, then dinner with Kiri i sware if she ends up with him at the end of the series i am going to flig my self from the nearest cliff I dont know what Yanagis deal is he already destroyed Hirokis art career now he wants to destroy the relationship he has with Kiri i mean how low can you go. The celebration party was very cool, and it was nice to see everyone come out to support Hiroki, even though he failed the exam. I am so surpised that Kiri chose to go to dinner with Yanagi and be late for Hiroki's party but at least she did show up. Plus Hiroki says sorry for not being able to talk with her more even though she was there. I feel like they are opening up more to one another now that Kiri knows why Hiroki stop painting (thank you again Yanagi) but some of the other guys are right it seems like her role is waining a bit. i am really pulling for a HiroliXKiri ending i thini they would make a great couple. I mean Kiri has been carrying this torch around for him since high school you know she cares about the guy. i thnk theres like 4 Episodes left i hope they wrap it up with an ending we can all not go beserk about
What Elis trying to use red very cool indeed?
|2006-02-19, 14:38
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Sexy Tornado
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The European Bunion
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|2006-02-19, 14:53
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I desire Tomorrow!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: As far away from reality as possible
Age: 35
And about Elis -> Elis FTW Elis should go kick Yanagi's ass if he approaches within 5 miles of Hiroki. Although it IS in her best interest to get Yanagi and Kiri together you know. But she doesn't do that. Isn't she wonderful?
Bleh, Hiroki doesn't know what he's losing.
|2006-02-19, 16:00
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Join Date: Dec 2005
By the way, in episode 17, when the damn bastard tries to hit on kiri at the italian restaurant, there's a shot of the restaurant's sign and it's spelt "resrante"
As always looks like japanese have big problems with italian spelling, it should be "Ristorante"
I really wonder why animation studios never work with some kind of foreign spelling advisors... i don't think it would be such an incredible expense.
|2006-02-19, 16:58
|Link #278
Join Date: Jun 2004
Age: 39
Just like how 99.9% of the people in the western world don't give a damn about what the chinese characters says outside of their china restaurant. It looks good, and that's about it.
|2006-02-20, 00:17
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 60
note: I'd appreciate it if you'd use something else than the term "jap" ... it is considered derogatory in most of the world. The japanese I know react pretty much the same as one might to the terms "nigger" or "wop". If you're in that much in a hurry, type "JP" (the country domain name).
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When we think about mobile technology access to services, opportunities and products – particularly in remote, rural corners of the developing world – we occasionally miss the chance to emphasize the importance of tackling macro-level regulatory frameworks and policy-making functions. Instead, we contemplate what it takes to provide women and men with the critical, micro-level social services and infrastructure they need to drive economic growth and strengthen family and community livelihoods. We focus on reaching "the last mile" and the components necessary for rural connectivity.
But both ends of the spectrum must be targeted.
Many assume if the mobile infrastructure has been built, connectivity exists and people can afford it, customers will sign-up and use the service. Doing so will allow people the prospect of maximizing mobile technologies that can drive development change. But this is often not true for many women in the developing world, where – although the infrastructure exists – they are 21 percent less likely to own mobile phones than their male counterparts. There are greater factors at play -- primarily cost of mobile services, limited technical literacy and traditional attitudes around women owning productive assets. These key barriers have shaped the objectives behind the GSMA mWomen Program.
The GSMA mWomen Global Development Alliance between USAID, AusAID, GSMA and Visa aims to halve the mobile phone gender gap in the developing world by 2014, enabling 150 million more women to own mobile phones. One key objective to reaching the program's goal is to improve the policy environment for female beneficiaries. This includes, as noted in the GSMA mWomen Policy Recommendations paper, the collection of "accurate and comprehensive data about women's use of ICTs [Information and Communication Technologies] and mobile technology."
By regulators encouraging the disaggregation of mobile ownership by male and female users, the private and public sectors gain a more nuanced understanding of their end-users, and are thereby better able to design products and services that meet consumers' unique needs. This is particularly true for women who face larger constraints to mobile access. As an example, recent research suggests that only 2 percent of women living on less than $2 a day have used the mobile Internet.
Simultaneously, regulators can play a key role in establishing, shaping or unlocking existing Universal Service Funds (USFs) and applying them to where they are more strategic and efficient in reaching underserved communities. Several countries are sitting upon a golden opportunity with respect to unused or under-used USFs. Why not capitalize on the potential to redirect them towards lasting, positive change?
Stakeholders and partners have been calling for such policy adjustments for a while now. Given the magnitude of mWomen and the increased focus on this issue, there is no better time to collectively commit to making it a reality.
In order to create the enabling environment that drives women's access to mobile technology, we must engage a host of actors working in tandem, including MNOs, host governments, development practitioners, financial institutions, regulating agencies and female beneficiaries themselves. As the GSMA mWomen Program moves forward, we look to each of these entities – but in particular, our regulatory colleagues – to think creatively about how the existing legal and regulatory hurdles can be overcome to help connect a key demographic of society that, without our support, may never benefit from the innumerable opportunities provided by mobile access.
More information is available through the Program's Fact Sheet and on the GSMA mWomen website.
Christopher Burns serves as Economic Growth and Agricultural Development Advisor in the Office of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
To learn more about women in ICT see: WISENET: the Women in ICTs Shared Excellence Network


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Version History of NVIDIA ForceWare 327.23 (Vista/7/8)
New in GeForce R326 Drivers
- Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 19% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 320.49 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:
- GeForce GTX 770:
- Up to 15% in Dirt: Showdown
- Up to 6% in Tomb Raider
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- Added SLI profile for Spinter Cell: Blacklist
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- Installs new PhysX System Software 9.13.0725.
- Installs HD Audio v220.127.116.11
- Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit
- Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
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TOLEDO -- Bob Seger has long told us, in song, that "Rock and Roll Never Forgets."
But on Wednesday night, Feb. 27, he gave an arena full of fans some new things to remember.
Opening his Rock and Roll Never Forgets Tour and playing his first show in more than 13 months at the Huntington Center, Seger and his Silver Bullet Band -- sounding tight and well-rehearsed throughout the 24-song, two-hour and 10-minute show -- freshened their tried-and-true repertoire with a selection of songs that, he promised, "will be on the new album, if I ever get it done."� And he didn't take long to get into that new material, starting the concert with a cover of John Hiatt's rocking "Detroit Made" that he told the Ohio crowd was "a little local song about a little ways up the road, but I think you'll get it."
Seger, clad in all black (including his headband), also tossed in a melodic, midtempo original called "All the Roads" that he wrote in September and is "kinda about the career," as well as a genuinely surprising and stellar rendition of "California Stars," whose Woody Guthrie-written lyrics were turned into a song by Wilco and Billy Bragg for their 1998 album "Mermaid Avenue." "I heard this on the radio once and said, 'I have to record this,' " noted Seger, who added a rich arrangement by the Motor City Horns to his version.
Also spicing up the night was the return of "Like a Rock" to the set for the first time since Seger's 1996 tour, with new Silver Bullet member Rob McNelley nailing the slide guitar solo. Two video screens, meanwhile, marked Seger's first tour use of that technology, and to good effect; fans even got a close-up of saxophonist Alto Reed's trademark one-foot shuffle during "Old Time Rock and Roll." And Seger wisely dropped the odd eight-minute "intermission" he employed on his last tour, keeping the show cruising without losing any momentum.
Those changes were all for the better, and they were all done without sacrificing the cavalcade-of-hits approach that routinely make Seger's shows such a delight and was greeted with home town-style enthusiasm by the Toledo crowd. McNelley earned his Silver Bullet stripes with his perfectly executed breaks during "The Fire Down Below," "Her Strut" and the "Travelin' Man"/"Beautiful Loser" medley, as well as trading solos with Reed on "Old Time Rock and Roll" and "Sunspot Baby." Ike & Tina Turner's "Nutbush City Limits" was as fiery as ever, while "Mainstreet" and "Turn the Page" were sturdy changes of pace.
The encores, meanwhile, remained the same as last time, but who can really argue with a lineup of "Against the Wind," "Hollywood Nights," "Night Moves" and a show-closing "Rock and Roll Never Forgets?"
"It's so much fun to be back here," Seger, who opened his last tour nearly two years ago to the day in Toledo, said at one point of the show. And there was no doubt the feeling was mutual.
Seger and the Silver Bullet band perform April 11 and 13 at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Tickets are $85 and $65 for both shows. Call 248-377-0100 or visit www.palacenet.com.


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- When washing the baby insert, remove the inside cushion before washing.
- Canopy and visor can only be hand washed separately. Unzip the visor and remove the front rib from the canopy before washing.
- Seat lining, back cover and harness protectors can be machine washed at 40°C/ 104°F.
- Seat rail padding can be washed at 30°C/ 86°F.
- See the user guide for further instructions.
Hard parts
- The stroller should be cleaned using a mild mixture of water with soap. Make sure that any sand/mud/grit is removed prior to cleaning.
- All technical solutions are hidden in the chassis making it easy to clean and maintain.
- If any function of the stroller is not working properly, please contact your nearest Stokke® retailer.