text: Adult Soapbox Kart Make] Projects hhiiilH ho/ 1 !/ tuMaal/ chare r\icf*f\\tat* build, hack, tweak, share, discover,- Adult Soapbox Kart Written By: Jeremy Ashinghurst TOOLS: PARTS: Angle grinder (1) Belt Sander (1) Brake (1) Caliper (1) Chop saw (1) Conduit Bender (1) Countersink (3) 3/8". 1/2". 3/4" Drill bits (12) drill bits required for this project: 3/32". 1/8". 1/4". 5/16". 3/8". 1/2". 5/8". 3/4". #7. #3. Q. I Drill press (1) Hole Saws (3) 3/4". 1". 1-1/4" Hydraulic Tube Bender (1) Lathed) Milling machine (1) Phillips 2 Screwdriver (1) Azusa 5" nylon wheel (4) #1057 Azusa Ribbed Tire (4) #7164 Azusa Inner Tube (4) #7131 Azusa Brake Platform (2) #2259A Azusa brake shoes (2) #2270A. Straight Lever Azusa Brake drums (2) #2211 -ID Azusa Throttle Pedal (1) #1811 Azusa Brake cable (2) #2331 • Azusa Cable Conduit (2) #2322-60 Azusa Cable Clevis (2) #2366 © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 1 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Portable Drill (1) Rivet gun/ rivets (1) Separating Tool (1) Side/End Mills (3) 3/4". 1". 1-1/4" Tap (7) taps required for this project: 1/4-20. 1/4-28RH and LH. 5/16-24. 3/8-16. 3/8- 24RHandLH Tape measure (1) Tin snips (1) Tubing Notcher (1) Welding, either wire welder or gas welder. (1) Wrenches (5) 7/16". 1/2". 9/16". 5/8". 3/4" Azusa Conduit Retainer (2) #2372 Azusa Wire Stop (2) #2360 Azusa Shock Absorber (4) #1700-128 quick release steering hub (1) Wilwood #950-270-2016 5-point racing harness (1) 3/4" Bearing (2) SUMMARY This guide will teach you the basic design aspects you'll need to consider in order to make yourself a road-worthy gravity-powered vehicle. Full suspension on go-kart wheels, driver restraints, a rigid frame with roll bar, and balanced drum brakes are features of the example kart I've built. It weighs in at under 1001b. Original build thread Full Photoset A variety of vehicles that may be built using the principles in this guide You may, however, use the information in this article to make your own kart that looks different or incorporates some different features, as do the large variety of karts in the video above. This guide assumes basic experience with a wide variety of metalworking tools. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 2 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 1 — Adult Soapbox Kart • Creating a full-suspension soapbox kart capable of highway-speed travel from raw parts & materials is a monumental undertaking. • My kart in its current state represents a total time investment of around 300 hours over the course of a year and the current configuration uses approximately $600 worth of parts and materials. • Think of this as doing your part to stimulate the economy and keep yourself off the couch. The sheer breadth of tools required to build it will leave you proud of your hard work as you roll down nearby hills in your super-cool soapbox kart. • Before starting to build karts 2 years ago, I had no experience in metalworking. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 3 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 2 — Prep • You may want to jump into this project with wild, reckless abandon and that's OK, but you may also be the kind of person to plan everything out. • What I recommend is to make drawings (detailed ones) of your frame and suspension components, make cut lists for all your materials so you know how much to order (50% more than you think you may conceivably want), and share your designs with other people who might be able to guide you. • I recommend a Moleskine and the book How to Make Your Car Handle. While it's an old book, it is readable and well-suited to this project. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 4 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 3 — Seat intra and mock-up • Of all the parts to make first, I chose the seat. Not the frame, the wheelbase, suspension parts, etc.; the seat. The thinking was that it would give me something to sit in while I test- fitted everything around me. • The way I made a seat was as a single sheet of thin metal that was cut and riveted to form a 3-dimensional object. It should be concave, and if you want it to have convex bends in it you must use more than one piece of metal. • To work out the basic shape for the seat, start with a piece of paper. Draw the centerline of the seat and trace an approximate outline of your body; that will be the back/bottom. From there, draw lines perpendicular to your body outline toward the edge of the paper. Cut along these lines and that's what will allow the center portion to bend to your body. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 5 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 4 — Actual Seat • For the real seat, do the same process as the mock-up, but with sheet metal instead of paper and rivets instead of tape. Clamps are handy to hold things in place while you drill holes for the rivets. • If the edges are too sharp, feel free to attach upholstry to your seat; I used some black and red cloth-backed pleather from a fabric store. • I held it on by riveting on some extra scraps of metal on top of the fabric. • My upholstered seat has held up to 8 months of sun, rain, and snow so far... © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 6 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 5 — Materials Selection • You may make your soapbox kart out of anything you want! Steel, aluminum, fiberglass, carbon fiber, wood, anything! • Make sure that you make it strong enough to keep you as protected as you need to be for your intended use. • We have a wooden kart that was made for more traditional quarter-mile, straight, head- to-head soapbox racing but nobody has been brave enough to try it on the open road. • Also consider ease of construction/modification. For frames, metals are easier to start working with and modify than composites like fiberglass. • Expect to have to modify your kart. My kart has gone through several changes as I've built it so it needs to be modifiable. • My kart was made with 1" and 1-1/4" black pipe, plus 1/2" and 3/4" EMT from Lowe's. Both are steel and thus can be MIG welded with ease. • A kart intended for really rough hills or high-speed races should be made to be more sturdy than lightweight. I would suggest using larger sizes of EMT or switching it out for equivalent sizes of black pipe. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 7 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 6 — Frame members • Straight frame members are pretty simple. • Cut them to the proper length either straight with a chop saw or, to make welding easier, fish-mouthed with a tubing notcher or milling machine. • If you are making fish mouths, make sure to double-check your intended length. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 8 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 7 — Bending frame members • Frame members made out of EMT or other lightweight tubing can be easily bent using a hand bender from Home Depot. • Heavy pieces that need to be bent require a hydraulic bender. • Pieces I bent using the hand bender: the upper frame rails, the rear shoulder harness crossmember, and the upper crossmembers that hold the steering shaft bearings. • Only one piece on this kart required bending in a hydraulic bender: the rollbar • Rather than just make one tight bend on the rollbar, I opted to go for one central bend and two side bends. It didn't turn out nearly as symmetric as I had hoped, but my subsequent attempts have been better. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 9 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 8 — Assembling the frame • Weld together the frame in accordance with whatever material you have chosen • If, like me, you're mostly working with EMT, make sure to sand down the areas you're going to weld since the galvanization on the tubing degrades the quality of your welds. • Use a thicker, stronger material for the frame members surrounding the body of the driver. In my kart the rollbar, a pair of side bars, and a bottom crossbar are all made out of heavy-duty steel pipe rather than wimpy 1/2" EMT. • Once your frame is fully together, don't cut or drill anything out of it as this will make it weaker. If you have to attach things to your frame then weld on tabs or tube stubs and attach to those. • Give it a test fit. Be sure to make car engine noises to pretend you're going fast! © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 10 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 9 — Wheel selection • Your wheel selection will determine what sort of road your kart does best on. • Flat profile tires (especially at lower pressures) offer a larger contact patch and grip but have relatively high rolling resistance. They may handle well in corners but will not accelerate as well or have a high top speed. • Round profile tires (especially at higher pressures) have very low rolling resistance but have smaller contact area. They will reach higher top speeds but may slide easier under tight cornering. • Tall wheels like bicycle wheels will not have to rotate as fast as go-kart wheels at a given kart speed, but are more prone to folding under extreme cornering loads or bumps. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 1 1 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 10 — Full suspension or rigid frame? • Foregoing suspension will mean lower weight, complexity, and cost. • The benefits of suspension are comfort and coolness. In my experience, handling and speed are a wash between the two options. • If you make suspension, you must make it well or it will hurt the kart's handling and speed. My first iteration severely impacted my cornering ability. • Your suspension must have as little slop and unpredictability as possible. Use only high- quality parts and materials, double-check all your measurements, and make sure your welds are good. • Do NOT use the inline ball-joint linkages shown in the upper right of image 2. They have too much play for a suspension system, and were replaced shortly after this picture was taken. A © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 12 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 11 — Lower suspension members • These lower members really need to be beasts, they'll have the shocks attached to them so they're bearing the load of the entire kart. Even if you're going for a lightweight kart, don't skimp here. • Tube-end weld nuts serve as the attachment point for the spindle-end ball joint, and a pair of bushings will rotate about a 3/8" rod attached to the frame. This allows the arms to swing up and down but not side-to-side. • Gussets help absorb the stress on the frame end welds. • For the rear suspension, the shocks are mounted on tabs above the member. For the front, shocks are mounted directly to the suspension members. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 13 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 12 — Upper suspension members • The suspension I use on all 4 corners is unequal-length A-arm. The top arm is shorter than the bottom arm so the wheels will show negative camber at bump and positive camber at droop. • This keeps the wheels perpendicular to the road under cornering to maximize the contact patch. If you're using round-profile tires, equal length A arms will be easier. • The shocks aren't attached to the upper arms so they won't be bearing much load in any direction besides compression. I felt free to make these lightweight and not very strong: the main arm is 1/2" EMT. • Higher-quality steel tube at the frame end allows for precision bushings, and a 3/8-24 ball joint attaches to the spindle end for suspension articulation as well as steering/alignment. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 14 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 13 — Mounting suspension to the frame • I mounted the suspension to the frame using 3/8" rods with bushings on the suspension members. • Except for the top rear arms (pictured in middle image), the 3/8" rods are held to the frame via simple cotter pins. • Shocks are attached to the frame via welded-on studs. Be careful when working out suspension placement; it can get very crowded with arms, shocks, tie rods, wheels, the frame, etc. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 15 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 14 — Spindles • The spindles are the thing that brings your suspension together. They connect the upper and lower arms, hold the wheels and the brakes, attach to the steering system, and are the single biggest pain in the butt about this project, especially if you're trying to minimize weight like I am. • Some go-kart suppliers sell ready-made spindles for karts with brackets that weld directly to the frame. If you've opted for no suspension, these are probably a good idea as spindles are the component I find myself revising the most often. • If you do opt to make spindles yourself, there are 3 or 4 parts you will have to make: kingpin (vertical element that is the axis of rotation when turning), axle (for the wheel), drag link arm (for turning/alignment), and (optionally) mounting points for brake hardware. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 16 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 15 — Spindles, continued • Be careful what materials you choose for the kingpin and the axle, as they must be sturdy enough to support the weight of the kart under stress, even if you have suspension. Use your most precise tools when drilling holes for spindle parts, as they must all be at the correct angles or steering/suspension geometry will be off. • To accentuate the camber change of the unequal length A-arm suspension, use a total kingpin length slightly greater than the height difference between the upper and lower suspension mount points on your frame. • Here you'll need to tap some threads into the ends of the kingpin for the ball joints to thread into. I used a 3/8-24 ball joint on top and a stronger rod end on the bottom which I attached via a 3/8-16 fully-threaded stud. • If you have to tap two different thread sizes, be sure not to confuse top and bottom. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 1 7 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 16 — Spindles, continued: Axle • If you ordered some sort of tube to use as your axle, it may be a little too big for your application. (If you ordered solid, precision axle material you're probably OK.) Test your wheels to make sure they fit on and, if not, do the following: • Before you weld your axle material into the spindle, turn it down on the lathe and make sure your wheels fit onto the axle without (too much) difficulty. If you take off too much material, however, the wheels will be loose. • To hold the wheels on the axle you may use one of two things: a cotter pin or a nut. A cotter pin simply requires a hole drilled through the end of the axle, but may require shimming to eliminate lateral wheel travel. A nut requires that threads be cut into the axle with a die, but allows you to eliminate wheel travel without shims. • I used a cotter pin for the lighter weight, the simplicity, and the fact that my axle tube has a rather thin wall and might not hold up too well once threads were cut. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 18 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 17 — Spindles, continued: Drag link • Wherever you vertically position your drag link arm, there must be another mount at the corresponding height and location on your frame if you are to avoid bump steer (again, see How to Make Your Car Handle). Note the rightmost picture. • Make sure the drag links are reinforced well: I had problems with the drag link arm twisting on big bumps until I welded some gussets on it. Eventually the front drag links became part of the original brake backing plate, a much more sturdy piece of hardware. Step 18 — Spindles, continued: Brake mounts • For a kart this lightweight and with such a high percentage of weight on the rear axle, drum brakes on the rear wheels stop this kart very well. • The brakes are mounted onto the axle and secured with two 1/4-20 bolts to the brake mounting bar, which is 3/4" square tube. • in order to make sure the wheels maintain their proper position, once the brakes are on you will need to put a spacer over the axle. This spacer will keep the inner wheel bearing from wandering too far inward during cornering. • The other addition the spindle will need is a tab with a hole in it where the cable conduit will end. It doesn't need to be anything special. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 19 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 19 — Spindles, continued: Putting it all together • In my application, since I am using drum brakes on the rear and nothing on the front, my rears have the kingpin, axle, and horizontal brake mounting bar all intersect at the axle level. The drag link arm for wheel alignment is at the top of the spindle. • My front spindles have the kingpin, axle, and drag link arm for steering all intersect at the axle level. • When you weld it all together, use jigs and measure the angles of everything to be sure you're getting it right. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 20 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 20 — Brakes • When routing cable for your brakes, using cable housing is a trade-off. It is easier to use one long run of cable housing than to break it into multiple runs, but friction from the guide as well as compression in the guide will reduce braking power and feel. • Where possible, brake cables should be routed as straight as possible and with as little cable guide as possible. • A balance bar makes sure that both sides of the kart get equal braking force so you don't feel a pull to one side when braking. A balance bar can be just a piece of bar stock with 3 holes drilled in it, with one hole directly between the other two. • It's easiest to put the balance bar right on the brake pedal, with the braking cable attached to either end of the balance bar and the central pivot rotating on a pin attached to the pedal. • Where possible, use brakes that mount easily to your wheels. These Azusa drums mount directly to the wheels through a bolt-extension platform. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 21 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 21 — Steering: wheel and shaft • If your kart is going to be cramped for space like mine, a quick-release steering wheel hub is the best option for easy entry. • simply press the button on the left of the black hub, and the wheel pops right off. • A steering yoke can be as simple as a BMX handlebar riser or two pieces of tube welded to a plate of metal. As long as it fits and works, there's not much to be picky about. One of our drivers uses a decades-old minivan wheel and loves it. • The steering shaft must be held on in two places, and I've found that pillow block bearings are the easiest way to do this, though others in my group have used large-sized rod ends. • Note the bolt that goes through the steering shaft in the middle picture. The shaft separates into two pieces for (relatively) easy removal. • The steering shaft should have a Pitman arm, which is the part that attaches to the rest of the steering system and causes the wheels to turn. Alternately, you may use a steering rack. I do not recommend rope steering as on children's soapbox karts. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 22 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 22 — Steering: Tie rods • To make your steering adjustable, you need tie rods with threaded sections on either end and rod ends to attach to. • Making the threading right-handed on one end and left-handed on the other end allows you to lengthen/shorten the tie rod without removing it from the kart. • Measure and cut the tie rods to exact lengths, if you have a lathe, make sure the ends are as flat and square as possible so your tightening nut will have a good surface to mate to and won't slip. • For this steering design, we need four tie rods. One, shown in the third picture, to go from the Pitman arm to the main steering linkage. You need one for each side to go from the spindle to the frame, and a third to connect each side's tie rods together. • All tie rods are tapped 3/8-24RH on one end and 3/8-24LH on the other • You may buy tie rods from suppliers like Azusa or McMaster-Carr. They cost a lot compared to the cost of raw materials, but they'll save you time. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 23 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 23 — Steering: bringing it all together • This is another operation where good planning helps: In the first picture you can see that the steering area will be very cramped with your brake pedal and the suspension system. • In the second picture you can see the Pitman arm tie rod connected to a swing arm. The swing arm rotates and also moves the right side tie rod going off to the right and the center tie rod going off to the left. Since the center tie rod won't have to articulate with the suspension, you can save some weight and cost by welding some 3/8-24 thread onto a nut. • The third picture shows the left-hand swing arm with the center tie rod going to the right and the ball joint for the left-hand tie rod • To adjust wheel center position, make the Pitman arm tie rods shorter or longer. To adjust toe-in/toe-out, make the center tie rod longer or shorter. • If you're feeling ambitious, you can adjust Ackerman geometry as well by playing with left-center-right length ratios. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 24 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 24 — Seat attachment • Rather than drill/tap into the frame and risk weakening it, add extra stub members to attach your seat to. • Pick at least four mounting places, preferably more, to attach your seat to. • This may not sound important now, but drill a drain hole in your seat, especially if you plan on leaving your kart outside. • Use screws rather than rivets to attach your seat. If you ever have to change something, you'll be glad you did. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 25 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 25 — Safety belts • Quite possibly the most important part of the kart, safety belts will keep you secure relative to the kart whether on the road or in a crash. • Some prefer open karts with no belts so they are thrown clear in a crash. But if your kart wraps around or above your body, you must have belts to avoid getting tossed around in your own frame. • Shoulder belts, though they may not come with mounting brackets like side belts, should be fixed so they can't move side-to-side. If they can move, they may slide off your shoulders. Keep them in place by restricting their movement. • Note that my belts are attached to the tube, not the thin rod. • Side and crotch belts should be attached to the frame as securely as possible. Weld a 1/2" bolt to the strong parts of the frame to ensure they don't go anywhere. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 26 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 26 — Underbody • The underbody for this kart is a simple piece of sheet metal laid underneath the frame and bent straight up on either side of the body. • The benefits of a one-piece construction are that there are no seams on the bottom of the kart to interfere with airflow or catch debris, there are fewer pieces to deal with, and you can get by with fewer attachment points on the bottom. Also, it looks nicer and prevents your feet from striking the ground at high speeds. • Rather than drill holes right into your frame members and weakening them, weld tabs onto the frame and rivet or tap into those. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 27 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart Step 27 — Finished! • If you're in the Baltimore/DC area, come drive with the Maryland MISFITS soapbox group • Now drive off into the sunset! Downhill, of course, and make sure you have cameras recording. If you made your kart light enough, putting it on a car's roof rack should be a viable way to transport it. • Please wear the proper safety gear when driving a kart like this. A good kart can reach or exceed highway speeds on gravity alone and doesn't have as much crumple room as your everyday car. A motorcycle helmet is an absolute must, with gloves, a neck brace, closed shoes, and tough clothing being highly recommended. • For more build images, visit my Flickr photoset . • for videos of this kart in action, see my Vimeo and Youtube pages. a Step 28 — Now, make it look pretty • Even if it drives well and really moves, it won't be as satisfying until you put some paint on it and make it look like it deserves to go fast. • If, like me, you waited too long to paint it, you'll have to break out the grinder, wire brush, sandblaster, etc. in order to get all the rust off. • I recommend priming it with rusty-metal primer first. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 28 of 29 Adult Soapbox Kart This document was last generated on 201 2-1 1 -03 01 :1 0:55 AM. © Make Projects www.makeprojects.com Page 29 of 29


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Question about SanDisk Sansa c250 (2 GB) MP3 Player (SDMX7-2048)
I have a Sansa e280 and it worked just fine with xp. I now have vista on a new machine and when I plug in the e280, vista "looks for drivers", then fails. In short, it won't recognize it in the mtp mode. It will allow me to look at only video/voice in the msc mode, but I can't see the folders with all my music. What's going on? Any ideas? Thanks
I am using vista and not able to transfer any song. Some time it says driver not istalled. Some time it says driver installed successfuly. In either cases I am not able transfer anything.
Do you have any suggestion?
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I have this same problem. When I look at the device in Device Manager, I can see the error message "This device cannot start. (Code 10)". SanDisk has offered a few suggestions but they have not worked yet.
I can't do the format suggestion in Media Player since the device is not recognized. What other suggestions do you have?
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I am having the same problem and when I try your option, Mp3 Doctor, the MP11 doesn't recognize it either. The issue I and the others are having are when we are in the MTP mode. Sandisk hasn't been any help with this issue either. I keep getting bounced around betweeen HP, Microsoft and Sansa. My player is on the compatibility list for Microsoft which means it should be a "playforsure" device but obviously this is a Sansa and MS issue because this issue does not occur on my XP computer. SOMEONE, ANYONE, PLEASE HELP! I am about to throw this player through the window.
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Format - Erases Everything: Connect your Sansa player to the computer and open Windows Media Player. Click on the Sync tab. Pull down the drop down menu underneath the Sync tab by moving your cursor over the Sync tab and left clicking on the little black arrow underneath the Sync tab. Highlight "Sansa 1GB" (wording may vary slightly), and then select "Format." - this should erase everything.
Firmware Upgrade- Erases Everything: Get the latest firmware upgrade from Sansa - it updates the firmware and erases every song in the player all at once. Note: this method doesn't work if already have the latest firmware. Go to this website and click "Firmware Updater" to find out: http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/DriverDownloads.aspx
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I have a e250 and it works great with my laptop which is running window vista. One thing i do remember missing with is the usb setting on the mp3 player. Maybe you can try switching between the usb opinions to see if that will fix your problem. the usb setting screen is under "setting", "usb mode".
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i would suggest reinstalling the device or removing the device and letting the computer restart to see if that works if that dont work then use the CD that came with the device finally if that dont work contact Customer Support and see if that helps =)
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New Delhi, Sep 18 (UNI) India has switched next year's World Badminton Championships from here to Hyderabad because of a delay in the venue being built for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, said a senior official today.
Director general of the 2010 Commonwealth Games organising committee V K Verma said the world governing body has already been informed about the switch and it has approved the decision.
''We could not afford to risk the world championships with the last-minute completion of the venue,'' Verma said.
Verma, who is also the president of the Badminton Association of India (BAI), said, ''We have no reason to complain and the Badminton World Federation are equally happy.'' The BAI president further assured that work on all stadia here would be completed by December next year and test events will be held as scheduled before the Commonwealth Games.


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• Economically speaking, the Conference Board releases its index of leading indicators, and three top Obama administration officials hold a news conference to "discuss support for job creation and Economic growth," capital E.
• NOAA releases this year's Arctic Report Card, which tracks changing conditions in the Arctic atmosphere, sea ice, biology, land, and in Greenland. To almost no one's surprise, it will show continued widespread warming.
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• At the Lewis-McChord base in Washington state, two hearings are set for two separate crimes allegedly committed by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. One involves a Boise, Idaho, sergeant implicated in the alleged murder of civilians, the other a sergeant from Vacaville, Calif., accused of helping beat up a private to keep him from blowing the whistle on drug use among soldiers.
• NASA announces additional findings from its two lunarorbiters.
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Discussion in 'Locker Room' started by GrammarNazi82, Jun 20, 2013.
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Sounds like the kind of stuff I read in hentai mangas.
Wow. So the guy abuses his wife and somehow it's her fault. Misogyny at it's finest.
If it's true that she initiated the "kinky sexual acts," that she aborted their baby behind his back and that she set it up to be his abusive doing in a case to try to get money from him, as a jury found to be the case, then yes it's her fault.
I live in a fucked up state, this shit isnt irregular. DUde has money, she married him without generating income (painted as gold digger) and therefor had every opportunity to leave the dude she planned on spending her life with. $$$ = not guilty. shameful.
Regardless of the state, I think this happens a lot more than we like to acknowledge. Despite the woman being victimized, some men get away with their crimes despite the conclusive evidence against them. There's still rampant misogyny in our culture. It's disgusting that despite how we're supposed to have equal rights and treatment, women are still treated at times like secondhand citizens.
yeah im cool with your last sentence.
IF it's true. But how can you know it's not just a story weaved by the defense in order to distract the jury? Which is quite likely, considering that is exactly the defence's job.
The article was kind of vague. They didn't mention if there was any proof this abortion. It mostly seems a case of his word against hers. And apparently his word is more plausible. Which why I mentioned misogyny. The jury seemed very eager to believe the woman in question was a submissive gold digging whore rather than a victim of abuse. So do you, it seems.
But like I said, I don't know the details. I could be totally wrong, I don't know. Just giving an observation based on the article. Who cares anyway? She's a slut, he's a bastard. It's not really something worth analyzing.
Everything goes both ways. While there are cases where men are treated higher then women, there are others where women are treated higher then men. It's all discrimination and fear of a public reaction for a lot of these reasons. Equal rights is something that we will probally never see in this lifetime, or many to come.
By all means, please show me where I said that. I said if everything the JURY found to be the case is true, then yes, it is her fault. "Innocent until proven guilty" is all fine and good. This case, however, has already been settled and closed. I come from a long line of women in abusive relationships, thank you very much. I'm a southern woman, after all. So fuck no. If the woman was genuinely abused then by all means, hang the guy up by his nutsack for all I care. I wasn't on the jury. Neither were you. I wasn't in the courtroom. Neither were you. Cast stones and make blind judgments about me all you wish, but the fact remains that the jury who was present and heard all testimony from BOTH sides saw enough evidence to side with the man. Do I believe women are abused and that the males who abuse them should be properly punished? Abso-fucking-lutely. Do I believe some females play the vagina card and try to manipulate others to get what they want, thinking being a female automatically means they gain sympathy and win whatever they're going after, playing the victim in a relationship with a man? Again, abso-fucking-lutely. As the article states, she had plenty of time and opportunities to leave her husband if she was indeed being abused. In this instance, given what the full article reveals and how the JURY found the case, then yes, I'm inclined to believe that the ex-wife purported to be a victim of abuse to get money. Why? Because believe it or not, in this fucked up world we live in, that is just as likely a scenario as the ex-husband abusing her sexually. Also, again given my history, as pissed off as I get about women being abused, I also get pissed off about females claiming to be abused and making that shit up.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you. I'm not good with text. I really didn't mean to judge anyone, least of all you. I don't even know you. Like I said, I was just making an idle observation. My post wasn't even hostile. It was just a post. I had no idea what you thinking or what you were really saying. I just read it and replied. Sorry again.
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Was a good cruise with grandkids
Sail Date: December 12, 2011
Reviewed: 5 years ago
Traveled As: Family (older children)
Room Type: Oceanview
Pros: The casino was better then most ships
Cons: Ship is in need of updating and repairs , food service is slow and many errors made with what you ordered. Food is not that great!
Recommends Norwegian Sky? No.
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Deborah R. (Hurley) Hawkins, 68, of Hudson, died Wednesday, March 6, at home after a brief illness, surrounded by her family.
She leaves her husband of 46 years, Nich W. Hawkins; her daughter, Jennifer Hawkins McPartlen of Hudson; a grandson, Dillon J. McPartlen of Hudson; her sister, Pam A. Hurley and her spouse, Claudia J. Dent, of Berlin; and her two pets, Maddy and Casey.
Mrs. Hawkins was born in Marlboro, daughter of the late Thomas P. and Ruth C. (Cook) Hurley, and lived in Hudson for the past 45 years.
She was a 1963 graduate of the former St. Anne Academy of Marlboro and later graduated from the Chandler Secretarial School for Women in Boston.
She was the program director and former residential counselor for over 20 years for the Greater Marlborough Program Inc., of Marlboro.
She loved watching her grandson, Dillon, play sports, especially the week in Cooperstown, N.Y.
She was an avid reader and was always up-to-date on current events. She enjoyed being on Facebook.
Funeral services and burial in Forestvale Cemetery, Hudson were private. The John P. Rowe Funeral Home Inc., 57 Main St., Marlboro, were in care of arrangements.
Donations may be made in her memory to either: Pittielove Rescue, PO Box 3532, Framingham, MA 01702-3532, or to Baypath Humane Society, 5 Rafferty Road, Hopkinton, MA 01748.


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Criterion is set to back-up in the 2014 Mackinnon Stakes and trainer David Payne believes that the talented entire will relish a return to a larger track in the Group 1 event at Flemington on Saturday.
Criterion was well-backed in the lead-up to the Cox Plate following his fast-finishing second behind Fawkner in the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield on October 11, but nothing went his way during the run and he was always on the wrong leg.
The son of Sebring was still able to work home strongly to finish seventh, just over half a length behind impressive winner Adelaide, and Payne told Racing Ahead this morning that the four-year-old had come through the run well and he was happy to back him up just seven days later in the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes (2000m).
"He missed the break, got cut off at the winning post and the horse that ran last kept falling back into him," Payne said.
"He was always on the wrong foot.
"He will just have an easy week and he is as fit as a fiddle.
"The plan wasn't to run him, but when everything went wrong there we thought what the hell we may as well have another crack."
Criterion is yet to record a win in his three race starts at Flemington, but he has produced outstanding performances in each of his runs at the home of the Victoria Racing Club.
The two-time Group 1 winner made his Flemington debut when he worked home strongly to finish a brave fourth behind Polanski in the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) last year and he started his autumn campaign with a fourth place finish in the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) in February this year before he finished a strong second behind Shamus Award in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m).
Payne believes that Flemington is the ideal track for Criterion and he feels that the long straight will give the Sebring entire every possible opportunity to record his third win at the highest level of racing.
"It is a nice big track and he will love that long straight," Payne said.
"He will be able to at least get balanced up.
"He is better ridden quiet and we are not going to change his pattern now.
"He is a beautiful horse, he has really developed and is a nice strong bloke."
Criterion is currently available at 2014 Mackinnon Stakes odds of $6 and he is on the second line of betting with Ladbrokes behind Epsom Handicap winner He's Your Man ($5.50).


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LINDA WERTHEIMER, host:
Millions of Americans are saving for retirement through 401(k) accounts. These are company-based retirement plans that allow employees to put a portion of their salary into mutual funds or other kinds of investments and save towards retirement.
But 401(k's) and similar plans do have fees, and sometimes they're too high.
Ron Lieber has been writing about this for The New York Times. He is their personal finance columnist, and he joined us to talk more about 401(k) fees.
Welcome, Ron.
Mr. RON LIEBER (Columnist, The New York Times): Thank you for having me.
WERTHEIMER: Now, how serious a problem is this?
Mr. LIEBER: Much depends on where you work, Linda. Depending on the company and how conscientious it is about this, it may have a very low-cost plan or a very high-cost plan. The problem is it's difficult for an everyday employee who is investing money in a 401(k) plan to figure out exactly how expensive it is and how the different expenses break down.
WERTHEIMER: Well, could you just explain what the consequences are of a relatively high fee? I mean, give us an example. What would it mean?
Mr. LIEBER: Well, here's the problem. Let's say you're paying one-and-a-half percent of your balance each year towards fees and expenses from your 401(k) account.
WERTHEIMER: The fees and expenses would be, like, the management of the accounts, recordkeeping, that sort of thing?
Mr. LIEBER: Exactly. Its administrative costs. It's recordkeeping. Plus, it's the underlying fees for running the mutual funds or other investments that you're invested in. So all of that kind of gets lumped together.
WERTHEIMER: Okay. So you said, say it's a 1.5 percent fee.
Mr. LIEBER: Right. So the problem is is that if you're losing that much money each year, over time, and you're investing over many decades in these funds, it's a lot of money to be losing each year. I mean, it's, you know, $1,500 out of a $100,000 balance each year. And so as your money grows, those losses compound. It could end up being six figures, over $100,000 by the time you are done and are ready to retire.
WERTHEIMER: So how do you know if the fees in your plan are unreasonable? I mean, 1.5 percent sounds tiny.
Mr. LIEBER: Well, that's a big problem. The law says that the fees most be quote-unquote "reasonable." And there have been some lawsuits trying to establish when they are excessive. But a good baseline is that, you know, if your plan costs under 1 percent, that's at least halfway decent. If it's more than that, it's time to start asking questions.
WERTHEIMER: So what should employees do about this? I mean, say that they find out what the fees are. What then?
Mr. LIEBER: Well, I think the first thing you do is you need to figure out who it is in your employer that's responsible for the retirement plan. And you need to go to them in a polite way, right? I mean, you don't want to accuse them of being ignorant. What you want to say to them is say, hey, we're all in this together, here. Your retirement's on the line, as well. And right now, we're paying you 1.25 percent or 1.5 percent. And I bet if we looked hard at this and put it out for bid and looked at some other organizations that might be able to help us, we might be able to lower costs.
Or failing that, you can say to them, well, at least give me more options in my plan to invest in index funds, because those are cheaper and I'll be able to, you know, avoid paying a lot of these if I have those options available to me.
All sorts of companies, including big companies, don't give their employees a full suite of index funds to select from. So you don't even have the option of making the choice for yourself.
WERTHEIMER: Thanks very much.
Mr. LIEBER: Thank you for having me.
WERTHEIMER: Ron Lieber is personal finance columnist for The New York Times. We reached him at his office in New York City.
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Cherry Fest FREE TASTING
Whole Foods Market Dedham Culinary Center
Friday, June 27, 2014 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT)
Who's Going
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Event Details
Cherry Fest is an annual WFM celebration honoring one of summer's most beautiful fruits! We'll show you the various types of cherries and how to use them during this sweet (and free!) tasting event.
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Whole Foods Market Dedham
300 Legacy Place
Friday, June 27, 2014 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT)
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For [population], is caffeine intake above [exposure dose], compared to intakes [exposure dose] or less, associated with adverse effects on bone and calcium balance outcomes?
Problem formulation was based on providing an update of Nawrot et al. (2003), "Effects of caffeine on human health," [PMID 12519715]. No comprehensive studies of similar scope have been published in the peer-reviewed literature, and thus the overall objective is to conduct an update to Nawrot et al. that applies the rigor of a systematic review. This review is one of five systematic reviews being conducted simultaneously (other endpoints include acute toxicity and adverse effects on behavior, cardiovascular, and reproductive and developmental outcomes. Exposure and comparators were thus based on levels determined by Nawrot et al., (2003).
Associated with the primary PECO question, there is a secondary objective to identify and characterize information regarding the pharmacokinetics of caffeine. Specifically, with respect to studies that advance the current understanding of differences/similarities between our populations of interest, characterization of pharmacokinetics in non-adult populations of interest, and characterization of pharmacokinetics (e.g., fast/slow phenotypes) in the context of adverse effects on bone and calcium balance outcomes.
The searches will be conducted using: PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Review.
The restrictions will be articles published in English between 2001 and June 8, 2015. EMBASE searches were exclusive of MEDLINE and restricted to selected journals (430 journals were selected based on relevance). The Cochrane library was searched between Jan 2001 and June 2015 for review articles.
Search strategies were informed and reviewed by a librarian.
All study types (excluding case studies) characterizing a quantitative exposure to caffeine and an adverse bone and calcium balance endpoint will be included. Both exposure and response must be evaluated at the individual level.
Reviews will not be included in the systematic assessment (unless original data, such as a meta analysis, were conducted), but selected reviews will be consulted for context.
Include: studies reporting parameters or effects associated with adverse effects within a benefit/therapy study.
Exclude: Studies assessing only beneficial or therapeutic endpoints or outcomes following exposure to caffeine.
Bone and calcium balance
Populations: healthy adults, healthy pregnant women, healthy adolescents (aged 12-19), healthy children (aged 3-12).
Exposure: = 400 mg/day, 300 mg/day, 2.5 mg/kg-bw day*, respectively (by population).
Comparator: < 400 mg/day, 300 mg/day, 2.5 mg/kg-bw day*, respectively (by population).
*Applies to both adolescents and children.
Include: Studies evaluating a healthy population; this will include athletes, military, and pregnant women, unless otherwise noted as unhealthy. Healthy in this context was defined as subjects who were not specifically described as hospitalized, diagnosed with disease, and/or receiving medical treatment for a disease at the time of the study.
Include: Studies that evaluate the effects of caffeine exposure in humans. This included studies in which healthy individuals were included as a control group (or similar) as part of a study on unhealthy populations (only information from the healthy individuals would be carried forward).
Include: crossover balance studies could with a control period rather than a control group.
Exclude: Studies evaluating unhealthy populations with no healthy control arm; this includes asthmatics and smoking populations.
Exclude: Studies that describe effects of caffeine exposure in animal species or in vitro studies.
Exclude: Case studies with no comparison group.
Exposure to caffeine: = 400 mg/day, 300 mg/day, 2.5 mg/kg-bw day*, respectively (by population).
Include: Studies that provide a quantitative exposure to a caffeine source associated with an adverse effect. Acceptable forms of caffeine are coffee, tea, chocolate, cola-type beverages, energy drinks (e.g. Monster, Red Bull, Rockstar), supplements, medicines, energy shots, caffeinated chewing gum, caffeinated sport gel, and caffeinated sport bars.
Include: Studies evaluating the effects of caffeine alone, in one of the aforementioned forms, or in combination with one or more compounds occurring in the approved sources at levels designed to match constituents of valid sources (e.g., caffeine and green tea extract).
Exclude: Studies that do not provide a quantitative exposure to an acceptable caffeine source associated with an adverse effect. This includes studies that evaluate only decaffeinated coffee/tea and caffeine placebo exposures (i.e. exposures where participants were expecting caffeine but did not receive the drug), Yerba mate, guarana, damiana and/or contaminants of caffeine or caffeine metabolites.
Exclude: Studies that evaluate the effects of caffeine in combination with another pharmacologically active compound in an OTC medicine such as Excedrin (acetaminophen + caffeine) or in a prescribed drug, alcohol, or nicotine.
Exclude: Studies less than six months in duration. Six months is the minimum time needed to see bone outcome endpoint effects on most any intervention (this does not include balance studies).
Comparator: < 400 mg/day, 300 mg/day, 2.5 mg/kg-bw day*, respectively (by population)
*Applies to both adolescents and children
Adverse bone and calcium balance effects include, effects on bone fracture, bone mineral density, calcium absorption and any other adverse bone and calcium balance effects reported (inclusive investigation).
Studies assessing hypertension and menopausal symptoms (not considered adverse).
Studies addressing rare bone disorders like Paget's disease, Osteoporosis Imperfecta, etc.
Pharmacokinetic data that could be used to interpret the primary outcome (e.g., contextual information).
Risk of bias will be evaluated using the U.S. National Toxicology Program: Office of Health Assessment and Translation Risk of Bias Rating Tool for Human and Animal studies (2015).
Study reliability will also be characterized using the systematic approach for evaluating and scoring human data proposed by Money et al (2013) [PMID 23579077]
The body of evidence will be evaluated and integrated using the U.S. National Toxicology Program: Office of Health Assessment and Translation Handbook for Conducting a Literature-Based Health Assessment Using OHAT Approach for Systematic Review an Evidence Integration (2015). The process will involve generation of evidence tables and a qualitative synthesis of the available data. Evidence analysts will use a weight of evidence approach incorporating concepts such as consistency, dose response, imprecision, indirectness, magnitude of effect, confounding, and risk of bias to determine conclusions regarding levels of caffeine associated with acute adverse effects. Analytical tools, such as forest plots and descriptive statistical parameters, will be used to aid in the weight of evidence assessment. Pending the availability of data, considerations will also be made regarding the severity of the outcome as well as the event(s) relative to the progression of the outcome.
Conclusions will be drawn, where data are available, for each of the populations under investigation.
Final systematic review will be published in the peer reviewed literature.
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Dr Daniele Wikoff, ToxStrategiesDr Candace Doepker, ToxStrategiesDr Brian Welsh, ToxStrategiesDr Jon Urban, ToxStrategiesDr Rayetta Henderson, ToxStrategiesDr Janice Britt, ToxStrategiesMs Seneca Harvey, ToxStrategiesDr Jeffrey Goldberger, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityDr Esther Myers, EF Myers ConsultingDr Charles O'Brien, Department of Psychiatry, University of PennsylvaniaDr Jennifer Peck, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Science CenterDr Harris Lieberman, Research Psychologist, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental MedicineDr Connie Weaver, Head of the Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue UniversityDr Milton Tenebein, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health University of Manitoba
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31 August 2016
The systematic review of the adverse bone and calcium balance effects of caffeine consumption in healthy adults, pregnant women, adolescents, and children is sponsored by the North American Branch of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Caffeine Working Group and unrestricted grants from the American Beverage Association (ABA) and the National Coffee Association (NCA). ILSI North America is a public, nonprofit foundation that provides a forum for government, academia and industry, to advance understanding of scientific issues related to the nutritional quality and safety of the food supply by sponsoring research programs, educational seminars and workshops, and publications. ILSI North America receives support primarily from its industry membership. ABA is the national trade association that represents the U.S. non-alcoholic beverage industry. NCA is the national trade association that represents the U.S. coffee industry. ToxStrategies and some of the members of the Scientific Advisory Board received funds or an honorarium from ILSI North America for conducting the work on the systematic review of caffeine.
Each study team member and scientific advisory board member completed a comprehensive COI questionnaire. This process included documentation of both financial and non-financial COI. The questions addressed investments, employment, consultancies/advisories, contracts/grants, patents/royalties/trademarks, expert witness testimonial, speaking/writing, past financial interests, other involvements and relationships, personal beliefs, previous published opinions, career advancement, advocacy/policy positions, and other conflicts of interest. Declarations were reviewed and determined, overall, not to exert undue influence on the primary interest of the systematic review. It is recognized that the project team includes experts on caffeine (CD, CO, JG, JP, HL, and MT); the inclusion of these team members is consistent with recommendations of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidance, "Finding What Works in Health Care – Standards for Systematic Reviews, regarding inclusion of knowledgeable experts in the field of interest (as well as other expert areas). The scope of the relationships between the authors with declarations and conduct of the systematic review will be cautiously managed via implementation practices; none of the team members conducting literature review, individual study assessment, and body of evidence assessment declared any conflicts of interest. None of the authors will directly benefit from the conclusions of the systematic review.
CW, DW, BW, JU, GB, RH, and SH declare that they have no known conflict of interest.
As a recognized expert in caffeine, CD is employed by a consulting firm that conducts work on caffeine and coffee for various confidential clients. CD has given talks on this topic at seminars, conferences, and meetings for which travel and accommodation has been paid for by the organizers; she has also been asked to provide opinions in various public forums on caffeine and health as part of her role with previous employers.
CO has published in the area of caffeine withdrawal and has previously provided expert consultation to ILSI (<$7,500).
Cardiotoxicology expert (JG) has published a review on the effects of caffeine on cardiac arrhythmias and has provided expert consultation and expert witness testimony (single event) for an energy drink company (total combined compensation <$20,000 USD).
HL has published 10 peer-review articles on the topic of caffeine and authored/co-authored 4 book chapters. HL (uncompensated) serves as a scientific liaison for the ILSI-NA Caffeine Working Group.
EM reported being a member of the Committee on Dietary Supplement Use by Military Personnel and Food and Nutrition Board (IOM) as well as the Chief Scientific Officer for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (EAL oversight). EM also reported a bias toward a stance of moderations in intake.
JP reported previous consultancies to ILSI to serve as a scientific advisor to the caffeine working group and published a peer-reviewed review of caffeine and reproductive outcomes (total compensation <$15,000).
MT reported making a public statement that consumption of routine amounts of energy drinks would be not be expected to produce significant adverse effects.
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Subject indexing assigned by CRD
Adolescent; Adult; Bone and Bones; Caffeine; Calcium, Dietary; Child; Female; Humans; Pregnancy
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Для получения актуальных цен по гостинице The Lovat, Loch Ness, пожалуйста, укажите интересующие вас даты и выполните поиск.
This family-run country hotel, totally refurbished in April 2007, offers a high level of comfort in the traditional Victorian surroundings of a building dating back to 1869. Always aspiring to be innovative, the hotel's newly installed central heating and water system is revolutionary in using an environmentally friendly biomass wood chip burner. Its grace and charm is complemented by natural d?cor, modernism and genuine, warm hospitality offered by a devoted and passionate team. Guests can choose from a total of 29 rooms and facilities on offer at this family-friendly establishment include a lobby area, a hotel safe, a lift, a caf?, a bar, a TV lounge, 2 restaurants, conference facilities and WLAN/Internet access. Guests may also take advantage of the room and laundry services and there is parking for those arriving by car.
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Published: 12th Mar 2015
The majority of people in the UK want Ofcom to impose a Universal Service Obligation (USO) for the provision of basic broadband, according to a new survey.
ISPreview.co.uk polled 1,445 of its readers and found that 71.5 per cent wanted to see an USO imposed, specficially one that came with guaranteed download speeds of at least 2 Mbps.
Currently, the government and BT are collaborating to roll out super-fast broadband, with a speed 24 Mbps, to 95 per cent of the UK by the end of 2017, through the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) programme, leaving five per cent of the country without improved connectivity.
The government has also pledged to make sure that everyone in Britain has access to basic service of 2 Mbps by 2016 through a Universal Service Commitment (USC), but this is not legally binding.
Ofcom, a telecoms regulator for the UK, does currently have a binding USO, but this does not outline a minimum speed, only mandating that BT deliver a telephone service that includes the ability to offer "data rates that are sufficient to permit functional internet access", only after the customer has made a "reasonable request".
Mark Jackson, founder of ISPreview.co.uk, said that in today's age, internet connectivity is often perceived to be a fourth utility, that is crucial to the way people communicate.
He added: "Never the less the current USO is limited and gives consumers no protection or assurance that their home will be able to support a proper broadband connection, which in today's world has become a necessity."
Recently, a number of MPs from the Labour Party and Scotland's SNP have waded in on the argument, explaining that they would review the current USO if they were in power and suggesting they would add a minimum speed as a requirement.
There is a strong possibility that this issue could be used as a platform for debate in the upcoming general election.
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According to The Times, &13;the move came as Woolmer's personal effects were released to his wife in South &13;Africa, apart from his mobile phone and laptop computer, which were being &13;examined for possible clues as to who killed the late Pakistan coach. &13;
Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields said a second post mortem &13;would pre-empt likely claims by a defence lawyer at a murder trial that the &13;local pathologist who concluded Woolmer was strangulated to death had made &13;mistakes.
''If we arrest someone and charge them, the defence counsel &13;will want a second post mortem,'' the newspaper quoted Shields as saying. &13;
By ordering a follow-up examination now, probably by flying in a &13;pathologist from the United States, Shields will be able to release Woolmer's &13;body for burial in South Africa without waiting for an inquest, which could be &13;weeks away.
It also removes the possibility of having to exhume the body &13;if a defence team tries to cast doubt on the findings of Dr Ere Seshaiah, the &13;Kingston pathologist who concluded that Woolmer was killed by ''manual &13;strangulation''.
''Although there is no evidence that Seshaiah bungled &13;the post mortem, allegations have been privately levelled by former Test players &13;in the Caribbean and officials of the International Cricket Council (ICC) that Woolmer &13;was not murdered but died of natural causes,'' the report said. &13;
According to the report, Shields, however, claimed that he was in &13;possession of evidence from the crime scene that had not been made public and &13;that made murder a certainty.
''There is very clear evidence of &13;murder,'' he said.
Shields also gave warning that there could be no &13;quick solution to the case. He added that Jamaican officials were poring over &13;hours of closed-circuit TV footage taken from Woolmer's 12th-floor bedroom at &13;Pegasus Hotel ''frame-by-frame''.
Woolmer, a former England Test player, &13;was found murdered in his Kingston hotel room hours after Pakistan had been &13;knocked out of the cricket World Cup by Ireland.


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Traversals: School of Architecture Student Exhibition
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 5:30pm to Friday, July 11, 2014 - 5:00pm
The School of Architecture at Portland State University continues the annual tradition of celebrating the design work of our architecture students with an end-of-year show. Hosted by the American Institute of Architects, Portland chapter, the show will highlight the creative achievements of students throughout the graduate and undergraduate programs. The reception and exhibition are open to the public. We invite you to join us!
First Thursday, June 5, 5:30 to 8:30pm
Exhibition Dates:
June 5 - July 11, 2014
AIA Portland | Center for Architecture
403 NW 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon
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Thankgiving trip
Sail Date: November 19, 2016
Reviewed: 6 months ago
Traveled As: Large Group
Room Type: Balcony
We had a great time and LOVED JOE HOLLYWOOD!! The food was excellent, the employees were friendly and the ship was very clean. Wish the entertainment was first come first serve with no reservation needed as we didn't know this at the begininning and were blocked out of EVERY in the main theatre and comedy clubs. Thank goodness for Joe Hollywood as he was so entertaining that he made the trip because we went to wherever he was performing in the ship the entire week.


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Keema Matar - Indian Minced Chicken and Peas
Recipe by Da Huz
Keema Matar is a traditional Indian dish. It is usually made with lamb, but this recipe is adapted for chicken. From "1000 Great Indian Recipes" by Roli. Heat is "medium", adjust the red pepper as desired.
Top Review by windhorse23
I was torn between three and four stars, but gave the four stars because the recipe is really pretty healthy and quite easy to make. I halved the meat and consequently used a bit less of the peas as well. I think this recipe would benefit from more Indian spices. It was a bit lacking in flavor in spite of the ginger, garlic, and so on. I also had to turn the heat down a bit after cooking the onions or I would have had a burned mess on my hands. I served with naan.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 907.18 g ground chicken
- 453.59 g green peas (fresh or frozen)
- 29.58 ml vegetable oil
- 4.92 ml cumin
- 1 onion, chopped
- 5 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
- 29.58 ml ginger paste
- 9.85 ml crushed red pepper flakes
- salt
- 44.37 ml tomato paste
- 14.79 ml cilantro, chopped
Directions See How It's Made
- Mix ground chicken with cumin, garlic, ginger, red pepper, and tomato paste.
- Heat the oil on high heat in a large skillet and cook the onion until it begins to brown.
- Add the chicken and cook until done.
- Add the peas and cook until they are heated through and softened.
- Add salt to taste.
- Serve with rice and garnish with chopped cilantro and hard-boiled eggs.