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Surprise! Spillovers Exist!
Eurostat GDP data are out. The eurozone is in recession, and it is worse than expected (-0.6% in 2012). Austerity is not working, and is recessionary. Wow, who would have said it…
Seriously, so long for the widespread optimism of a few weeks ago. The crisis is not over, we actually are in the middle of it. The way I see it, things will get worse before they get better (if they do get better).
Also interesting, Germany's export-led growth strategy is panting. The fourth quarter of 2012 was rather bad (worse than in France, for example), and this is due to lower investment on one side, and to weaker trade (exports fell more than imports). Here is an excerpt of today's press release of the German statistical office, Destatis:
In a quarter-on-quarter comparison (adjusted for price, seasonal and calendar variations), signals from the domestic territory were rather mixed according to provisional calculations: household and government final consumption expenditure went up slightly. In contrast, gross fixed capital formation in construction decreased a bit and gross fixed capital formation in machinery and equipment was down markedly on the third quarter of 2012. The decline of the gross domestic product at the end of 2012 was mainly due to the comparably weak German foreign trade: in the final quarter of 2012, exports of goods went down much more than imports of goods.
Germany stubbornly refuses to accommodate austerity in the periphery with a domestic impulsion. This makes adjustment for the rest more painful, and impacts expectations at home. This is why investment dropped significantly. My take on this is that if Germany had been only moderately more expansionist at home, expectations would not have been dashed (even if slightly increasing, in January the IFO index of German business confidence stagnates at around 104 at the moment, after hitting an all time high of 115.40 in February of 2011). And investment figures would be substantially better.
So, we learned today that austerity does indeed reduce growth, and that it spills to other countries. Two surprises in one day. It will need a hell of an effort to forget all of this before tomorrow!


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This set of FAQs accompanies MIT's Dec. 19, 2011 announcement regarding MITx.
Why is MIT doing this?
MIT seeks through the development of MITx to improve education both on the MIT campus and around the world.
On campus, MITx will be coupled with an Institute-wide research initiative on online teaching and learning. The online learning tools that MITx develops will benefit the educational experience of residential students by supplementing and reinforcing the classroom and laboratory experiences.
Beyond the MIT campus, MITx will endeavor to break down barriers to education in two ways. First, it will offer the online teaching of MIT courses to people around the world and the opportunity for able learners to gain certification of mastery of MIT material. Second, it will make freely available to educational institutions everywhere the open-source software infrastructure on which MITx is based.
Since it launched OpenCourseWare (OCW) 10 years ago, MIT has been committed to using technology to improve and greatly widen access to education. The launch of MITx represents a next step forward in that effort.
Who is leading the development of MITx?
The initiative is led by MIT Provost L. Rafael Reif.
When will MITx go live?
MIT plans to launch an experimental prototype version of MITx in the spring 2012 timeframe. Once the open learning infrastructure is in stable form, MIT will also release the open-source software infrastructure and will establish ways for other universities, as well as interested individuals, to join MIT in improving and adding features to the technology.
Why is MIT announcing this now, before MITx has been built?
Many schools and faculty within MIT and other universities are interested in online education and exploring ways in which to offer their content online. MIT wants its community and the communities of other institutions to know that they can continue to look to MIT to bring innovation to online learning and teaching, as it has done with OCW. MIT also wants to make available an adaptable, free platform for any school to use for its own online initiatives. Furthermore, the time is right from a technology perspective, because within MIT we have already gained experience in online technologies through many courses that already include significant online components. These technologies include online tutors, online laboratories, crowd-sourced grading of programs, machine learning and automatic transcription.
How will this affect the MIT on-campus education?
MIT's residential-based education is the heart of the MIT community, and an MIT degree holds special distinction. MITx will be coupled with an MIT-wide research initiative into online learning that will study ways in which students, whether on campus or part of a virtual community, learn most effectively. To the degree that MITx demonstrates highly effective online learning tools from which campus-based students might benefit, such as self-paced online exercises, those tools will become part of the experience of MIT students. These tools will enable campus faculty to automate some of the more repetitive and less creative tasks, such as grading, thereby liberating more time to devote to innovative ways of teaching the material and to additional contact time with resident students.
Is MIT signaling a lack of support for the traditional, residential model of education?
Not at all. MIT believes firmly in the residential model of education. MIT's new initiative in online education is meant not only to improve the experience of traditional, residential MIT students by continuing to innovate with the latest pedagogical technologies, but also to lower the existing barriers between residential campuses and millions of learners around the world.
Will MIT students and online-only non-MIT learners use MITx in the same way?
No. MIT faculty and students will determine what use to make of the new platform for their on-campus classes: The platform may serve as a way for students to reinforce and explore what they are learning in the classroom and lab. We have observed that the same is true of OCW: MIT's residential learners use OCW materials to augment their residential experience.
Will this platform offer MIT degrees?
No. MIT awards MIT degrees only to those admitted to MIT through a highly selective admissions process.
If credentials are awarded, will they be awarded by MIT?
As online learning and assessment evolve and improve, online learners who demonstrate mastery of subjects could earn a certificate of completion, but any such credential would not be issued under the name MIT. Rather, MIT plans to create a not-for-profit body within the Institute that will offer certification for online learners of MIT coursework. That body will carry a distinct name to avoid confusion.
Who can take courses on MITx? Will there be an admission process?
As with OCW, the teaching materials on MITx will be available to anyone in the world for free, and in general, there will not be an admission process. However, credentials will be granted only to students who earn them by demonstrating mastery of the material of a subject.
In MITx, what will be free and what will cost money?
All of the teaching on the platform will be free of charge. Those who have the ability and motivation to demonstrate mastery of content can receive a credential for a modest fee.
What will it cost to get a credential for a given course?
MIT is in the process of determining a fee structure for individual courses and groups of courses. The aim is to make credentialing highly affordable.
Will MIT remain committed to OpenCourseWare?
Yes. OCW will continue as before: It will make course materials from across the MIT curriculum available to the world for free. There will be no reduction in the level of what OCW offers.
How will MITx be financed?
MIT's online initiative will be a not-for-profit activity consistent with MIT's mission, but it is expected to generate positive net income from various revenue sources, including fees for certification from learners who demonstrate mastery of course material. MIT also anticipates substantial interest from foundations, companies and individuals positioned to support the endeavor. MIT will share the expected positive net income with faculty members who develop courses for the platform. Net income from the initiative after revenue sharing will benefit MIT and its mission.
OCW provides course material for nearly all MIT classes. Will MITx offer interactive online courses at that same scale?
No. MITx will begin by offering a portfolio of selected courses, which will grow over time. The selection of courses will depend on the interests of MIT faculty and online learners and will be determined on a course-by-course basis.
What resources will MIT make available to the faculty in support of MITx?
MIT will actively support faculty members in creating online courses.
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Can Picafort is nine kilometres from Santa Margalida. It is the tourist, residential and urban hub par excellence in the municipality, and one of the oldest on the Alcudia Bay, in the north of Majorca.
Playa de Can Picafort is a bustling, kilometre-long beach of fine and golden sand along which there are all kinds of services: A walkway for disabled people, telephones, showers, washrooms, boat launch, Red Cross, rubbish bins and nautical sports area.
Incidentally, the writer Concha Alós based her novel Las Hogueras (which won the Planeta award in 1964) on the quiet Can Picafort Beach at the end of the 1950s.
The beach is 1,300 metres long and 30 metres wide. It has a moderate swell and a constant breeze varying from N, NE to SE. The slope is gentle, making it ideal for families. This beach in Majorca has a lifeguard service, deck chairs, umbrellas, etc., and as is customary, the blue flag is granted every summer.
All these features explain the massive influx of local and tourist beachgoers.
Access by highway is easy following the signage. Private vehicles must be parked on the streets near this beach, and the nearest bus stop is 100 metres away.
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Based on the new 22nm Ivy Bridge CPU, the Core i7-3770K is the fastest and most powerful variation of this architecture made available upon launch. It has a base clock of 3.5GHz and a Turbo Clock of 3.9GHz. Denoted by the K-suffix, it's multiplier unlocked and overclocking friendly.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chevron Corp sought to open an investigation on Tuesday into New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, claiming he pressured the oil company to settle environmental litigation in Ecuador in exchange for campaign contributions from supporters of the lawsuit's plaintiffs.
Chevron said it filed a complaint before the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, seeking a probe of DiNapoli and current and past members of his staff.
In a statement, Chevron said the plaintiffs' supporters have contributed more than $60,000 to DiNapoli's campaign, as well as "other political benefits."
The complaint alleges that Steven Donziger, the plaintiffs' U.S. legal adviser, and his associates wooed DiNapoli into applying pressure on Chevron through campaign donations and an offer to meet with the rock musician Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler.
The company said DiNapoli and Donziger and his associates engaged in "an apparent quid pro quo exchange."
DiNapoli oversees the New York State Common Retirement Fund, which owns more than $800 million of Chevron stock, the company said, citing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
"This is a baseless attempt by big oil to intimidate me," DiNapoli said in a statement. "The allegations are without merit."
A spokeswoman for DiNapoli, Jennifer Freeman, said the comptroller has never met Sting.
"Having failed at derailing the lawsuit, (Chevron) now seeks to discredit anyone associated with it," a spokeswoman for Donziger, Karen Hinton, said in an email.
The specific actions Chevron objected to by DiNapoli include sponsoring shareholder resolutions "and making public statements against Chevron that were explicitly intended to pressure the company to settle" the lawsuit.
In a statement, DiNapoli said his call on Chevron to settle the Ecuador litigation "is about protecting shareholder value and fulfilling my fiduciary responsibility to the New York State Common Retirement Fund."
Chevron has been locked in an almost two-decade conflict with residents of Ecuador's Lago Agrio region over claims that Texaco, which Chevron bought in 2001, contaminated the area from 1964 to 1992. The plaintiffs from the villages in the oil-rich Amazon won an $18.2 billion judgment from an Ecuadorean court against Chevron. The company claims the judgment was fraudulent and unenforceable.
Graham Erion, an attorney representing the Ecuadorians, said in a statement that DiNapoli "has every right to question Chevron's actions... Turning on its own shareholders shows how desperate Chevron has become. Chevron needs to listen to its investors instead of attacking them and own up to its responsibilities in Ecuador."
Chevron, based in San Ramon, California, has not settled the litigation in Ecuador.
Because Chevron has few assets in Ecuador that can be taken as compensation, the plaintiffs are trying to get the ruling enforced in other countries.
Earlier this year, DiNapoli sponsored a shareholder resolution that would have required Chevron to appoint an independent director with environmental expertise. At the time, he and 39 other Chevron investors also called on the company to settle the protracted legal battle. DiNapoli made a similar appeal last year and in previous years.
A U.S. trial has been set for next fall in the Chevron lawsuit that accuses Ecuadorean residents, their lawyers and advisers of fraud in obtaining the pollution award.
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Lee Jerseys Hot Item
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote how quiet it was at Citizens Bank Park. Well, this place is buzzing today.
Cliff Lee's return to Philly became official at a major press conference this afternoon. The Media Room was packed. 17 TV cameras, over a dozen still photographers and a rows of reporters. It was carried live by MLB.com, MLB Network and Comcast SportsNet.
The ticket office is selling Six-Pack ticket plans in record numbers. The Majestic Clubhouse store was shoulder-to-shoulder with fans looking for Lee memorabilia.
Around 1 this afternoon, official Lee t-shirts arrived, #33. Authentic jerseys with his name and numb from Majestic should be here later tonight or first thing Thursday morning. But, the store is capable of putting that info on a jersey in a few minutes. That process was continuous throughout the afternoon.
The team's commemorative coffee table book that came out in May (Phillies: An Extraordinary Tradition) is a hot seller this holiday season. Well, Lee's photo is among the montage on the cover (lower left corner). Must be honest, that cover was designed over a year ago.
December 16, 2009, Lee was traded, setting off a wave of unhappy emotions by fans and the pitcher himself. Now, he's back where he wanted to be. Phillies fans and Lee couldn't be happier. He talked about the passion of Phillies fans and how that impacted his decision.
Ruben said it would be a quiet winter meetings and it was. But, the week after, WOW. He delivered a surprising, shocking, stunning free agent signing. Sort of like POW.
As everyone has written or said, the Phillies now have the premier starting pitching in the NL. Folks in San Francisco would argue and they have that right because they are the World Champions, mainly because of their pitching.
Yes, pitching is the key to winning a championship. Ruben acknowledged that pitching and defense are so key.
Some people say it is the greatest foursome in baseball history. That may be a stretch as they haven't thrown a pitch. Others say in modern history.
They've been called the Fearsome Foursome, Fabulous Foursome, Four Horsemen. Undoubtedly, they are the best this franchise has ever had.
20 years ago in the Phillies Phantasy camp, one of my teammates was a pitcher named Kurt. He sent an e-mail yesterday: "Halladay, Lee, Hamels, Oswalt….is that legal?" Good question.
The depth of four outstanding starters also makes it possible to survive the nicks and bruises that pitchers can experience during a long journey of a season. That's a plus.
Lee's signing has certainly created a buzz among the fans and media be it print, electronic or the online universe. It also pushed the Eagles to the side as they prepare for a first-place showdown with the Giants.
59 days until spring training. It will be cool to see the rotation of #33-34-35 and 44. Can imagine how many photo requests will come their way.
We're living the greatest era in the 127 years of this franchise and it just got better.


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On Saturday March 17, 2012 iHipHop, Babygrande and The Madbury Club put on a one of a kind SXSW showcase at Haven in Austin, Texas. Thousands left happy after witnessing the legendary GZA of Wu-Tang Clan perform alongside Grammy Award winning Latin funk band, Grupo Fantasma (Brownout). In addition to this monumental performance, Jet Life, Marz Lovejoy, Flatbush Zombies, T. Mills, The Airplane Boys and Mod Sun all took the stage to deliver incredible showings, while DJ Statik Selektah held down the wheels of steel for the evening. For those in attendance, click through this slideshow to relive this eventful occasion, and for those who couldn't make it, click through to check out some tremendous photos from the showcase. All photos by Lucas Alvarado / Far Fetched Future. Copyright 2012 Gadfly Communications, Inc.
iHipHop will return to SXSW this year for yet another incredible official showcase. Being that it's our third-year in a row bringing the best and brightest in all of hip-hop to Austin, Texas, we had no choice but to pull out all of the stops. We couldn't have done it all by ourselves, so big shout outs to our co-presenters Babygrande and The Madbury Club.
This year GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan will headline the event, while being backed by none other than Grammy Award winning band Grupo Fantasma (Brownout). The showcase will also include performances by east coast hardcore veterans M.O.P. as well as Curren$y's entire Jet Life crew (Trademark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy, Smoke DZA, Sir Michael Rocks of The Cool Kids, Fiend, Cornerboy P & Street Wiz), Marz Lovejoy, Flatbush Zombies, T. Mills, Airplane Boys, Mod Sun and DJ Statik Selektah.
Whether you're a hip-hop head or a casual listener, this is place to be. The showcase will take place on Saturday March 17, 2012 at Haven, located at 409 Colorado, Austin. Doors at 8pm. For more information, visit SXSW.com


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There are a number of different diagnostic procedures and tests available to hearing healthcare professionals to measure hearing ability. Pure-tone audiometry is by far the most common method. This guide aims to help you understand hearing test results obtained from audiometry. These results are usually shown in the form of an audiogram.
An audiogram graphically represents how an individual has responded to a series of calibrated sounds which are produced by an audiometer; usually presented via headphones. The person being tested is asked to push a response button or raise their hand every time they think a sound is being presented.
Each ear is tested separately. The first aim of the test procedure is to determine the hearing thresholds for the different tones or frequencies. A threshold refers to the softest decibel level (volume) of a frequency required for a reliable response from the individual; i.e. the softest sound they are able to hear.
The frequencies tested are within the range of 250Hz (low) through to 8000Hz (high). One of the main reasons for this is that this 250-8000Hz range covers the frequencies of human speech production. Some audiometers are however capable of producing much higher tones, but are not commonly used in standard audiometry.
Your audiogram may look like this, where each ear is shown on a separate graph, this is an example of the right ear:
or like this: where both ears have been combined.
First the fundamentals: Frequency (or pitch) is depicted on the horizontal axis, from low frequencies on the left (250 Hz) to high frequencies on the right (8000 Hz). The amount of hearing loss is shown on the vertical axis with the higher numbers indicating a greater degree of hearing loss.
If the results are shown in color, red is used for the right ear; and blue for the left.
The symbols used are circles for the right ear and crosses for the left. A mark on the graph thus shows a measure of the person's hearing threshold at this frequency; i.e., the loudness (intensity) point where sound is just audible.
Thresholds from 0 to 20 dBHL (decibel Hearing Level) are considered to be within the normal hearing range for adults. After that point, people will usually begin to display some communication difficulties because of the elevated hearing thresholds. The higher the number, the greater the impact of the hearing loss.
The circles and crosses for the right and left ears are referred to as air-conduction thresholds. They measure how an individual hears when the sound is presented via headphones or foam ear-inserts. The sound has travelled through the whole of the auditory system; from the air in/around the outer ear, through the middle ear and into the inner ear where it is transmitted to the brain via the nerve fibres.
In order to rule out any potential problems in the outer or middle ears, bone conduction testing may also be done as part of standard pure-tone audiometry.
Here, the pure tones are not transmitted via headphones, but via a transducer that is put directly onto what is known as the mastoid bone – which is the bone you can feel just behind your ear. The inner ear is stimulated directly. The same frequencies are tested with the same procedure (respond to the softest level you can hear); and then plotted on the audiogram as bone-conduction results. If there is a significant difference between the air conduction and bone conduction results; it will alert the tester to a potential problem in the outer or middle ears.
Bone conduction results are indicated by arrows or brackets on the audiogram.
Once all the frequencies have been tested; a hearing loss, if present, can be described in terms of its degree; shape and type.
The degree of loss is usually one of the following:
The 100 dB point should not be confused with a 100 percent hearing loss, (or a total lack of hearing). Hearing sensations do continue past this point, with some audiometers able to produce loudness levels up to 120dB.
The shape of hearing loss refers to the way the different thresholds follow on from each other. The audiogram in our example shows a sloping loss – meaning the thresholds gradually slope down as the frequencies get higher.
Other terms could be:
Type usually refers to the suggested cause of the hearing loss.
This may be described as 'sensori-neural' or 'conductive'. Sensori-neural implies the cause of the loss is due to damage within the inner ear – either the cochlea or nerve fibres. This is usually the case in age-related hearing loss. Conductive loss refers to the hearing loss being caused by a problem in the middle ear or outer ear (e.g. perforated ear drum or middle ear infection). 'Mixed' losses can be a combination of both conductive and sensori-neural elements. E.g. where a person with age-related hearing loss has a perforated ear drum.
If the ears are different in terms of degree; shape or type, they are described separately. If they are similar, the loss is usually referred to as 'bilateral'.
Uncomfortable loudness testing may also be done as part of audiometry. This is to check a person's range of hearing ability in terms of loudness. UCL or ULL measurements are indicated by the 'L' type symbols; and should occur towards the bottom of the audiogram. The difference between the thresholds and ULLs is referred to as the 'dynamic range' of hearing; and can be useful when a hearing aid is considered.
It is important to be familiar with the details of your audiogram so changes over time may be tracked. Hearing loss, particularly adult onset hearing losses, may get gradually worse (anybody experiencing rapid changes in their auditory thresholds should check with their GP as soon as possible.)
It is worth noting that some people with very similar audiograms can "hear" quite differently. While an audiogram can help explain much of the auditory behavior of a person, it does not explain it all. There are other dimensions to auditory experiences that cannot be explained by the audiogram.
Still, the audiogram is a good place to begin when trying to understand someone's hearing difficulties.
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I went to Comic Con last year and had a lot of fun. It was not what I expected, my plans were shot on the first day, and there is a lot of wasted time standing in lines, even so I loved it enough I'm going back again this year. At lest this time I will know what to expect and have a better idea of how to see events I really want to see.
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You know that old diet maxim about eating small meals throughout the day being so effective for weight loss? A discovery by a UBC researcher could turn that notion on its head.
The study by James Johnson, an associate professor of cellular and physiological sciences, looked at insulin, the hormone that allows the body to store blood sugar for later use as an energy source. Johnson's study of mice and, by extension, humans, could mean that how quickly we lose weight is a matter of controlling our insulin levels.
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The Volkswagen Beetle has been the test subject of for some bizarre experiments in its lifetime. Volkswagen decided they should highlight some of the more successful results in this ad including footage of a floating amphibious Beetle.
This Volkswagen ad would be confusing and hilarious even if it was in a language I could understand. The transitions are classic, the music is excellent, and seeing a Beetle driving in the water is equal parts funny and weird. The ad appears to be pointing out some of the crazy things people do with Volkswagens as a testament to the car's merits.
Volkswagen is a company that was known for a long time for not taking themselves too seriously in their advertising. This ad certainly follows that philosophy closely and is strangely effective. Although it does make blasting through the sand in a dune buggy or skidding through a corner in a Formula Vee race car look like a lot of fun, more than anything I want to buy a 70s Bug and see if it floats.


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We all know the engine supplies power to the race car, but what supplies power to the engine? Fuel is where the engines power comes from and getting it to the engine is one of the most important systems in the race car. To help understand what is involved with installing a fuel system in your race car, we talked with representatives from Holley Carburetors, ATL Fuel Cells and Earls Performance and visited Hooters Cup driver Mario Gosselins shop for some guidance.
We started out in the rear of the car with the fuel cell. Gosselin ordered an ATL Super Cell All Pro (PN SU122E-FV) with a flapper valve assembly (PN TF 193A-184A). Prior to installation, Gosselin disassembled the fuel cell to check all the components, making sure all was as it should be.
I always check the fuel cells interior to rule out any possible damage during shipping and for human error when the fuel cell was assembled, Gosselin said.
Once the fuel cell was checked out, it was reassembled and lowered between the framerails. ATL manufactures this particular fuel cell with or without a mounting flange around the top, Gosselin ordered his fuel cell with the flange, which is designed with bolt holes to hold the lower section of the fuel cell and the top together. Gosselin also used these holes to bolt the fuel cell onto the framerails. Once the cell is secured in place, the filler and overflow hoses are attached.
With the fuel cell in place, safety was the next issue. Gosselin installed a non-restrictive safety valve in the fuel line. This valve was put as close to the fuel cell as possible. If the engine or fuel pump stops operating, or the fuel lines are severed in any way, the fuel will be instantly shut off, minimizing the risk of fire.
Next, Gosselin moved to the fuel filter. A bracket was welded onto the fuel cell retaining cage and a screen-type filter was mounted in place. Holleys VoluMAX screen-type filter will clean out particles as small as 115 microns and comes with -8 and 3/8-inch NPT ports. The filter is designed so it can be opened it for inspection, cleaning and reuse.
The fuel line was routed to the front of the car where it was connected to a Holley VoluMAX Race Series Fuel Pump. This pump flows 170+ gallons per minute and is designed so the fuel body casting can be rotated 180 degrees to accommodate any pumping situation. When installing the fuel pump, be sure the fuel pump pushrod is in place. Gosselin used a hacksaw blade to hold the pushrod. Once the fuel pump is in position, the hacksaw blade is removed and the pumps bolts are tightened. Some engine blocks have a threaded hole in the front corner, where a single bolt can be tightened to hold the pushrod in place. Gosselin prefers not to use this method to prevent scratching of the pushrod.
The final item to be installed is a Hooters Pro Cup-regulation Holley 600cfm four-barrel carburetor (PN 0-80540-1). Before the carburetor is ready for racing, it is sent to Gosselins engine builder, Jeff Dorton, at Automotive Specialists in Concord, N.C., to have the fuel curve matched to the engine to obtain optimum performance.


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Common Norton Online Backup errors
Norton Online Backup records any errors that are encountered during a backup or restore process in the Activity Log page. See View the backup and restore activity report.
The following table lists some of the common Norton Online Backup errors that appear during the backup and restore processes and their solutions:
Backup or Restore failed.
Internet connection was lost or reset.
Check your Internet connection and restart the backup or restore process.
Make sure that you leave your computer turned on and connected to the Internet while performing a backup or restore.
A previous session connected, but was not released.
You must restart your backup or restore at a later time.
This error is a temporary error.
This error indicates the possibility of other tasks running at the scheduled timeframe. The error gets automatically resolved before you run your next backup. If you encounter this error more than once, change the scheduled backup to run at a different timeframe.
Backup failed (out of storage space).
You do not have enough online storage to complete the backup.
This error also indicates that the backup that you performed was not successful. You need to perform another backup without errors to restore or download data successfully.
You can solve this issue in one of the following ways:
Restoring files back to the computer fails.
Norton Online Backup has detected some errors that prevent one or more files from being restored. For example, unable to write the file, unable to overwrite an existing file, decryption or decompression error (for corrupted file).
Your computer's local hard disk 'C:' is full.
You must access the following folder and delete its contents: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Norton Online Backup\work.
Do not remove the files that end with the following file extensions: .txt, .log, .ini, or .slg. However, you can remove the .arc files as the backups have failed.
This error indicates that there is no Internet connection.
Stop the current backup or restore activity, check your Internet connection, and try again. This error occurs if you use a hardware-based firewall such as one built into a router or modem.
Your computer firewall blocks the backup software from connecting.
This error message is typically a software-based firewall error message. Check your computer's firewall settings. Change the settings to allow online backup run.
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American policymakers are pressing for more trade with Mexico and Canada as more Americans lose their jobs. Jobless claims rose 10,000 last week, above expectations and a 3.5% jump from the prior week. The Department of Labor study saw more Americans looking for work, causing the four-week moving average of jobless claims to remain steady.
Several recent studies, both official and from third-party research firms, have shown continued weakness in the labor market. Economists disagree on the cause of this stagnation, although the Federal Reserve has increasingly warmed to Harvard economist Lawrence Summers's hypothesis that America and the world are facing a stage of secular stagnation, in which economic growth remains stubbornly low. This is driving more Americans out of work and making it harder for them to find new jobs.
One response to this trend from politicians both in America and abroad has been to press for more free trade. While controversial, trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) are being promoted as ways to get more international trading activity that will boost growth and cause a rising tide to help workers.
An earlier and much older free trade agreement, NAFTA, was the focus of a summit between Canada, the United States, and Mexico this week, as President Barack Obama met with his counterparts in the North American countries to discuss ways to boost the countries' economies.
"The integration of national economies into a global economy—that's here. That's done," Obama said, adding that America needed to set the standards for global trade in the future. "The question is under what terms are we going to shape that economy."
Political critics note that free trade has had a deflationary effect on wages, noting American workers are earning the same on an inflation-adjusted basis since NAFTA began. Dismissing these criticisms as "nativism, or xenophobia, or worse—it's just cynicism," Obama argued that increasingly popular complaints that free trade are not benefiting workers is economically inaccurate.
The most recent and noteworthy popular response against globalization has been the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, while Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has repeatedly decried free trade agreements as a negative for American workers. Obama dismissed these increasingly popular arguments.
"I'm not prepared to concede the notion that some of the rhetoric that's been popping up is 'populist,'" he said, adding that politicians arguing against free trade are "something controversial in order to win votes. That's not the measure of populism."
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is increasingly conceding that America's economy is not as strong as they had asserted just a few months ago. James Bullard, historically one of the most hawkish Federal Reserve chiefs, said in a recent speech that output growth remains low, but "growth could improve if productivity growth improves."
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Sarah Palin has made the phrase "death panels" part of the national lexicon. Sarah brought to light the fact that any time you have a government take over of health care, you will have rationing of services, and someone in government, a nameless, faceless drone, will decide who gets life saving treatments and who is deemed "unworthy." Sarah has called this "downright evil," and we agree.
The new 2000 page PelosiCare fiasco takes 22 pages to set up the structure for these "death panels." (Pages 739-760) The "Comparative Effectiveness Panels" will be made up of doctors, bureaucrats, and experts on "health economics."
It doesn't explicitly give government the power to dictate treatments. In fact, it does explicitly say that federal officers cannot dictate them, but findings by this panel will be used as baselines for payment by insurers, including the federal government, when it comes to deciding what options for treatment are available to whom. After all, comparative effectiveness is explicitly a rationing process.
Rationing, by definition, will lead to certain people who are deemed "past their usefulness to society" being denied life saving health care. Those coming up with the criteria for this are indeed "death panels."
Read the whole 2000 page bill here.
As frightening as "death panels" are, this is just the start of what a run away Big Government nanny state can do to you. Once you let the Statist in, you are stuck with him, and he is not a nice guest.
This story comes from the United Kingdom, which has some of the poorest health care in the civilized world. The people are at their wit's end, and the country is trying to figure out how to get away from their public system, their government controlled behemoth, and revert back to a system that makes sense.
Just how bad is the Big Government mess over there? Well, now their "death panels" are determining who is allowed to marry, and who is not. Who is allowed to have children, and who is not.
Hitler and Mengele would be proud. So would Chairman Mao.
From the Brussels Journal:
Kerry Robertson, 17, and Mark McDougall, 25, haven't broken any law. But they are on the run from the authorities, and from their home in Dunfermline, Scotland.
Less than eight weeks ago the couple were excitedly planning their wedding. They had booked church ceremony for the 5th of September, a Saturday. She had already chosen and bought her wedding dress. They had bought the rings, and invited 20 guests. Two days before the big day, however, social services told them that their wedding would have to be cancelled. Fife Council wrote a letter, objecting to the marriage, to Dunfermline Register Office, who consequently refused to marry the couple.
Social services claim Kerry cannot understand what marriage means, because she has learning difficulties. They are mild, it seems. She is able to read and write, and is going to college to "catch up." Her partner Mark told the Daily Mail: "'I didn't even know she had learning difficulties until we'd been dating for two months."
Kerry is 29 weeks pregnant – with a boy they have named Ben. "Although Ben isn't born yet," Kerry says, "I already love my baby and know I will be a good mum. Mark and I talk to him inside me every day and tell him we love him. We've already bought him clothes and my cousin, who recently had a baby, has handed down a beautiful crib for him."
Social services say that Kerry – a college student – isn't intelligent enough to bring up her child with Mark. They plan to allow the couple only a few hours with Ben after he is born. Then Ben will be taken from Kerry and Mark, and placed with foster parents.
Let's think about this for a minute.
Here are a couple of young kids in love. They were excited and planning a nice wedding, when all of a sudden, a Big Government drone steps in and through their own "expertise" decides they are not fit to be parents because the girl is a little "slow."
Under those guidelines, if adopted in America, would Barack Obama be allowed to keep his kids? I mean this is the guy that thought he had traveled to 57 states on the campaign, and had 1 or 2 to go. Would that make Obama a little "slow" in the eyes of the almighty bureaucrat?
Can you imagine?
This story isn't something that happened in Hitler's Nazi Germany or Chairman Mao's Red China, this is happening right now in Scotland, a supposed free nation.
These aren't mentally defective kids. The girl, Kerry, is in college for goodness sake!
Now I realize having a college "education" doesn't equal smart, and certainly doesn't guarantee common sense or ability, I mean look at the Ivy League buffoons who we have in charge of things now. Educated well above their intelligence, that's for damned sure!
With that being said, just how "slow" could Kerry be if she managed to get herself in college?
Now I know, you are saying: "This is America, it can't happen here." Uh huh, we were saying the same thing about ObamaCare and PelosiCare just a day ago!
The same people who are bringing you "death panels" here in America, and who knows what else are EXACTLY the people who will tell you who to marry and whether or not you will be allowed to keep your child.
Remember, Obama's "Science Czar," John Holdren, thinks our Constitution gives the government the right to force you to have an abortion! Margaret Sanger is probably looking up from her Klu Klux Klan or Planned Parenthood meeting in hell, with great approval.
These people who will bring you "death panels" are the same people who have forced trans fats out of restaurants "for our own good." These purveyors of tyranny are the ones who have forced people to stop smoking cigarettes, a legal product, almost everywhere, including in some cases, their own homes.
These nanny staters who will run you "health care" are the people who are trying to tax soda water and other soft drinks and juices in order to get you to "modify your habits," you know, "for your own good." They also want to tax fast food, and even regulate where these eatin' joints are allowed, again, for your own good, because well, you didn't go to Harvard, and you are obviously too "slow." to get it!
Wait a minute, didn't our "president" go to Harvard? Not a ringing endorsement for higher education, is it?
As Thomas Jefferson once said: "Any government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take away everything you have." That includes all of your liberties and freedoms. You know, like the freedom to get married and have a baby.
One should also reflect long and hard these words by Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would sacrifice their freedom for temporary security deserve neither."
You have a choice to make, right here, right now. Are you going to allow this government to pass this unconstitutional monstrosity known as Obama/Pelosi care, and lose every single ounce of your liberty and freedom, or are you going to fight these maniacal communists with your dying breath to retain your freedom and liberty, and the liberty of all of the future generations to follow?
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
____Ronald Reagan


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I've noticed something about my frequent purchases lately… other than food, drink, gasoline, music/live events, and bills, the majority of what I buy falls into one of two categories: books or shoes. I thought I'd share (read: brag about) my recent acquisitions of the latter.
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And last are those I'm probably most excited about – the Earth Meets Sky Flats (from ModCloth as well). These guys haven't even come in yet, but I plan on wearing them out.


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Ouch! Did my back in and can't walk at present. This was the last day of term too. I was in my office reaching for a book to show the folks doing my HERA interview (Higher Education Role Analysis – another surveillance exersize from the dark side that also makes us do quality assurance, research assessment, cv maintenance in a different format every time, and a dozen other tactics for interrupting the actual work of teaching and research, but hey, what's my view on all this worth, what answer would I give to stop them inventing new ways to get their happy sheets filled in?).
Anyway, the book was an issue of Left Curve, and then there was this crunching sound across the base of my back, and the next day I could not move. Gregor Samsa from the "Metamorphosis" is my role model now. Given Goldies new 'brand value', that we offer a 'transformatory experience', perhaps this role thing does make a kinda twisted sense. I am a bug, flat on my back, can't get out of bed. Faced with the creeping commercialisation of the sector, this seems a valid response, or repose, or refusal, or whatever. Anyway, hopefully it will have cleared up before I get on thee plane to Melbourne on tuesday.
Cat from Brighton, possibly a friend of Piper Jones.


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How hard is it to drive over water in a snowmobile? Pretty hard, as these Swedish hoons found out not once, but twice.
Why get a jet ski when you could just power over the water with a Ski-Doo? Oh, the jet ski doesn't sink when you lose too much speed? Right.
Skip the first minute and a half if you don't want to see them prep the snowmobiles/film their dog.


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Nineteen months before Election Day, 2014, it appears that election season is back in full swing.
In what appears to this political analyst to be an unprecedented move in Maine politics, Gov. Paul LePage's political arm, Maine People Before Politics, has purchased $41,775 worth of television advertising time.
I confirmed the buy with operatives from both sides of the aisle and the public records of at least one TV station. The buy begins today (Thursday, April 3) and covers the next week.
The ad focuses on LePage's plan to pay the hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars in past debt. It begins by attacking former Gov. John Baldacci with the classic grainy photo used in negative attack ads (a little nervous about him running again, are we?), before it pivots backs to a smiling LePage over narration that encourages people to tell their legislator to pass LePage's plan.
Here's the ad (the first 30 seconds is what is running on TV).
But the great irony is that on the same day the purchase was made, the spokesman for the PAC, Brent Littlefield, sent out a press release in response to polling about the governor's re-election. In it he says, "Some people would like the race for Governor to begin more than a year in advance. Governor LePage is focused on his success creating jobs and paying the state's debts left behind by his predecessor."
Since the ads will have zero impact on the legislative negotiations, its purpose can only be to strengthen the governor as early as possible in his efforts to be re-elected. Not sure it's the Democrats who have started campaigning "more than a year in advance."


text: Penn State professor of international affairs, Distinguished Scholar of International Peace and Security, and former Australian Ambassador to the United Nations, Richard Butler reviewed the agreement on the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons soon after it was reached and provides his insights on the agreement and possible outcomes. Ambassador Butler has a deep expertise in the disarmament of nuclear and chemical weapons. In 1997, Secretary General Kofi Annan appointed Ambassador Butler Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission to disarm Iraq.


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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Wacky Reference Wednesdays, No. 65
Man, oh man. And this still isn't the worst of the pics.
I should mention that the Spidey costume was made by my indulgent parents. Mom sewed the costume and Dad airbrushed the webbing.
And this is how I repay them?
Posted by Paolo Rivera at 9:00:00 PM
Labels: Painted, Wacky Reference Wednesdays
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Oh no you didn't!!! At least you didn't try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_5GJCW_JjoReplyDelete
Thank goodness. And while we're at it, at least I didn't try this:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousThursday, July 23, 2009
Huh. I'd wondered if you had Matt pose in costume for that issue.... I guess not?ReplyDelete
Fortunately, Christina, I spared Matt from such embarrassment — I had him pose in his regular clothes, then filled in the gaps later.ReplyDelete
so....you have a home made spider-man costume? Y'know...i see nothing wrong with that. If only my wife were that understanding.ReplyDelete
Janimal, maybe that's the only think keeping me from having a wife.ReplyDelete
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(A) These rules set forth procedures for the Elder Law and Miscellaneous Remedies Division of the circuit court of Cook County. The rules supplement the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, and the Rules of the Illinois Supreme Court, and are designed to facilitate the adjudication of cases heard in the Elder Law and Miscellaneous Remedies Division of the circuit court of Cook County.
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1. Boy, Pig, Power at PeregrineProgram
Work by Doug Ischar.
PeregrineProgram is located at 3311 W. Carroll Ave. Reception Sunday, 1-4pm.
2. THE COLLECTORS / VISITATION RITES II at The Franklin
The Collectors features work by Corinne Halbert, Chris Lin and Ryan Richey. Visitation Rites II is curated by Chris Smith and E. Aaron Ross.
The Franklin is located at 3522 W. Franklin Blvd. Reception Saturday, 6-10pm.
Work by Holly Murkerson and Neal Vanderbergh.
Roots & Culture is located at 1034 N. Milwaukee Ave. Reception Friday, 6-9pm.
4. Chicago Style at David Weinberg Photography
Work by Zacharias Abubeker, Matt Austin, Matthew Avignone, Clarissa Bonet, Kate Bowen, Dan Bradica, Molly Brandt, Billy Buck, Debbie Carlos, Claire Demos, KK Depaul, Todd Diederich, Thomson Dryjanski, Jackie Furtado, Daniel Hojnacki, Kelly Kristen Jones, Kimberly Kim, Natalie Krick, Megan Lee Miller, Meg T. Noe, Jessica Pierotti, Jonathan Pivovar, Josh Poehlein, Greg Ruffing, Justin Schmitz, Christopher Semel, Rafael Soldi, Sonja Thomsen, Michelle Wang, David Weinberg, Nicole White, Krista Wortendyke, Victor Yanez-Lazcano and Gurl Don't Be Dumb.
David Weinberg Photography is located at 300 W. Superior St. Reception Friday, 5-8pm.
Work by John Marks.
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Folk Art in the South: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Folk art—often characterized as outsider, visionary, or self-taught—varies widely in medium and subject matter. The range of descriptive terms applied to it does little to describe the imaginative ways in which folk artists express deeply personal ideas in visual language. They employ readily accessible materials, including found objects, to produce their work, putting mundane materials to fresh and ingenious uses.…Find out more »
The Charleston Renaissance: Art, Architecture, Literature, and Music
If you have not had the opportunity to view The Charleston Renaissance, be sure to do so before it closes on Sunday, October 27. Organized by guest curator Jay Williams, the exhibition includes art from the Morris Museum's permanent collection and special loans from the South Caroliniana Library of the University of South Carolina. It includes paintings, drawings, and etchings…Find out more »
The Eugene Fleischer Collection of Studio Art Glass
The history of the studio art glass movement in America is relatively brief. Its origins can be pinpointed precisely to two workshops conducted by ceramist Harvey Littleton, who was interested in the potential of glass as an artistic medium, and chemist and engineer Dominick Labino held at the Toldeo Museum of Art in 1962. Littleton had envisioned a more or…Find out more »


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Hebrew language
Hebrew language, member of the Canaanite group of the West Semitic subdivision of the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages (see Afroasiatic languages). Hebrew was the language of the Jewish people in biblical times, and most of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew. The oldest extant example of Hebrew writing dates from the 11th or 10th cent. BC Hebrew began to die out as a spoken tongue among the Jews after they were defeated by the Babylonians in 586 BC Well before the time of Jesus it had been replaced by Aramaic as the Jewish vernacular, although it was preserved as the language of the Jewish religion. From AD 70, when the dispersion of the Jews from Palestine began, until modern times, Hebrew has remained the Jewish language of religion, learning, and literature. During this 2,000-year period, Hebrew has always been spoken to some extent. At the end of the 19th cent. the Zionist movement brought about the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language, which culminated in its designation as an official tongue of the state of Israel in 1948. There it is spoken by most of the 4.5 million Jews of that country.
Grammatically, Hebrew is typical of the Semitic tongues in that so many words have a triconsonantal root consisting of three consonants separated by vowels. Changes in, or omissions of, the vowels alter the meaning of a root. Prefixes and suffixes are also added to roots to modify the meaning. There are two genders, masculine and feminine, which are found in the inflection of the verb as well as in noun forms. Modern Hebrew has experienced some changes in phonology, syntax, and morphology. Pronunciation of various orthographical forms has changed, as well as the rules for prefixing and suffixing prepositions to nouns and pronouns. Ancient Hebrew seemed to favor a word order in which the verb precedes the subject of a sentence, but in modern Hebrew the subject typically precedes the verb. Hebrew vocabulary has been updated by the addition of many new words, especially words of a scientific nature.
The earliest alphabet used for Hebrew belongs to the Canaanite branch of the North Semitic writing and is known as Early Hebrew. Later the Jews adapted the Aramaic writing and evolved from it a script called Square Hebrew, which is the source of modern Hebrew printing. Most modern Hebrew handwritten text uses a cursive script developed more recently. Today the Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters, all consonants. Symbols for the vowels were apparently introduced about the 8th cent. AD and are usually placed below the consonants if employed. Their use is generally limited to the Bible, verse, and children's books. Hebrew is written from right to left.
See W. Chomsky, Hebrew: The Eternal Language (1957); D. J. Kamhi, Modern Hebrew (1982); E. Kutscher, A History of the Hebrew Language (1984); L. Glinert, The Grammar of Modern Hebrew (1989).


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Striga wrote:Shu Ryorin wrote:I realized last night that every paper I have written since entering grad school has been about monsters, gender, or both.
I am okay with this.
What kind of study are you going into that has grad papers on monsters? :O
Japanese Literary History. I started off studying Japanese History, and then I realized that I could be reading about monsters instead of thousand-year-old legal texts.
It makes explaining my thesis topic to the grandparents a bit odd, though.


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What is the best external flash for Nikon beginner?
Total newbie here. Used my D90 + Nikon 18-200mm VR II to take holiday photos. But I am fascinated by portraits and generally do mostly indoor shots. I would like to get better, try new things.
What would be the first indoor light that I could buy for portraits and indoor shooting? Price is of a big concern here, so I wouldn't mind DIY advice too.


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Historic public building in Hopkinsville, KY
The construction of the Christian County courthouse was completed in 1869. The previous courthouse was burned by Confederate General Lyon in 1864 to prevent it from falling into Union hands. (I guess it made sense to him, at the time. He burned seven courthouses in western Kentucky.)
The courthouse originally had a large cupola on the top front, just behind the balcony roof. It was replaced in 1903 with another cupola. (Hopkinsville Nostalgia has a postcard image from 1908 of the second cupola.)
In 1960, the first major alteration was done to the exterior of the building. I believe the cupola was lost at that time. According to Christian County historian William Turner, the alterations from 1960 and onward were architectural disasters. Nonetheless, I think it's an interesting old building.
In the photograph at right, the front door is seen from the inside. The twin staircases lead to the former court chambers on the second floor. (Court sessions are now held in a new building, the Christian County Justice Center.)
The old courtroom is still used for various official meetings and also for driving school for people who have received a speeding ticket. (Hmmm, how would I know about that?!)
The image at left shows the first floor hallway as you would see it when walking through the front door. The county clerk's office occupies most of this floor. The sign at the end of the hallway points to a section of the county clerk's office that I visit a couple of times each year -- motor vehicle registrations. I may have been in the other county clerk sections two or three times in the last ten years.
My kids have unique memories of feeling excited and nervous in this hallway. When the Hopkinsville High School choirs performed at the Alhambra Theater, just north of the courthouse, the 120 (or so) choir members met in the courthouse hallway. Here, they warmed up, and from here, they processed to the theater when it was their group's turn to perform.
For this post, I chose to use sepia-tinted images because the building looks so old fashioned. You can hardly tell whether these photos were taken in 1940, 1980, or 2008. If you'd like to see the same photos in color, they are linked below:
Christian County Courthouse
Front door, Christian County Courthouse
Main hallway, Christian County Courthouse


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Fernando Asks for a Sombrero So He Can Throw It to the Sky
Image courtesy of the Los Angeles Dodgers
Random rantings and ravings about the Los Angeles Dodgers, written by a small consortium of rabid Dodger fans. With occasional comments on baseball, entertainment, pop culture, and life in general.
Happy birthday, Fernando!
No pinata?
Isn't Fred short for Alfred?
Think you meant Fern?
...or Frederick or Ferdinand (and thus Fernando).
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