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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (seminoles.com) – Redshirt sophomore Morgan Jones netted a season-high 24 points, including five closing free throws in the final minute, to help Florida State women's basketball earn a 76-68 win at Florida on Thursday night at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla.
The win for the Seminoles (4-0) marks their fourth win over the Gators (3-2) in the last five seasons dating back to 2009-10. Jones' 24 points on 6-of-12 shooting were a product of spot-up jumpers from beyond the arc and some key drives to the basket. For the remaining 1:34 of the game, the Lake Mary, Fla., native also assumed point-guard duties as UF made a serious effort to get itself back in the game.
Florida State drained a season-best eight 3-pointers in the contest, and used a 55.6 percent shooting effort in the second half (15-of-27) to grab a 16-point lead with 10 minutes and hang on at the end.
"I think our runs were key tonight," head coach Sue Semrau said following her 500th game at Florida State. "I think sustaining the runs was big and Morgan Jones really helped us there when Cheetah fouled out late. Overall, it was a good win for us."
The `Noles were also effective at the free-throw line, hitting 18 of 22 shots (81.8 percent) as it began to attack the lane with greater efficiency in the second half. With both teams employing zone defenses, shots from the inside were hard to come by in the first half until things opened up more in the final 20 minutes.
Jones, who went 8-of-10 from the charity stripe, also had nine boards and hit four three-pointers. It was the seventh 20-point performance of her collegiate career and her 28th double-figure outing.
Delgado tied her career high with 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting and added eight assists. When the offense would break down, Delgado did a great job of making plays by driving to the hoop or finding the open shooter.
Freshman Brittany Brown gave FSU a big boost in the second half, scoring 13 points overall and draining some big shots during an important stretch in the second half where FSU outscored UF 24-13 in the first 10 minutes. Senior Natasha Howard added 11 points and eight boards, and put together some quality post baskets when UF was creeping back into the game with five minutes remaining.
FSU out-rebounded the Gators 42-38 and forced 23 turnovers. The `Noles held UF's leading scorer Jaterra Bonds to just 12 points on 1-of-11 shooting. UF shot just 31.7 percent from the floor (20-for-63) and relied heavily on its nine three-pointers for scoring chances.
Lauren Coleman's three-pointer from the corner gave FSU a 58-42 lead with 10:03 left off a nice drive and dish from Delgado. However, the Gators got a couple turnovers and went on a quick 7-0 run to make it a nine-point game at 58-49. Howard stopped the bleeding by catching the ball in the post and putting it off the glass to make it 60-49. A nice seal by Kai James resulted in an easy basket underneath to then put FSU ahead 64-50 with 7:21 left.
UF made a run and cut the `Noles lead to 69-62 on a layup by January Miller with 3:07 remaining. Ronni Williams then put in a left-handed layup to cut the deficit to 69-64, but Delgado came back to make two clutch free throws 2:28 left. The `Noles then clung to a 71-66 lead with Delgado fouled out, and Jones executed down the stretch with her five three throws to seal the game.
In the second half the `Noles started by countering every Florida basket, as Brown canned two three-pointers from the wing including a long-range one from about 23 feet to put FSU ahead 42-35 with 17:34 left. Delgado then came down the floor and used a few seals from her teammates for a quick drive to the basket for two, making it 44-35 `Noles.
Florida State took a 34-29 lead into the locker room at halftime, holding Florida to just 7-of-27 from the field. Jones was already halfway toward her career high in points as she had 14 which include three treys to help the `Noles to a five-point lead. FSU was able to force 12 turnovers by UF, which helped it to its largest lead of the first half which was a 30-19 advantage on a jump shot inside by Kai James.
Both teams showed their defensive prowess early as the `Noles held just a 5-4 lead going into the first media timeout at the 15:44 mark of the first half. FSU's first two baskets were a result of Delgado's driving in the lane, as she kicked out a three-pointer for Brown and made a nice pass to Jones for an easy basket.
Jones began to heat up as FSU held a 22-14 lead with 7:13 remaining in the first half. In the hot-scoring stretch, she delivered three 3-pointers and Brown capped the lead with a nice dribble and drive to the hoop to force a timeout by the Gators.
Florida State is back on the road as it travels to face No. 3 Louisville on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 2 p.m. at the KFC Yum! Center. Fans can listen to the action by tuning into WNLS 1270 AM or by logging onto Seminoles.com.
For more information on Florida State women's basketball, follow the Seminoles on Twitter at @FSU_WBasketball and like their official Facebook page (Facebook.com/FSUWomensBasketball).


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Lol......it is hard to take a guy seriously who thinks that getting stomped in an election is a win.
OK, everyone. Or anyone.
There was a time, once upon a time, when this little place was lotsa fun.
Then, as we became so polarized, the haughty "conservatives" took over.
The right wing lean was so strong, so heavy, so lopsided, so ignorant of reality, everything collapsed.
Now we are living in the most interesting time, where the GOP is destroying itself.
We are gonna elect a woman president. Obama has had 7 years of success after success.
The bluster and confidence of the "conservatives" has turned to quiet despair.
I tune in here because I have a TPa tab, it's always there, reminding me.
And I almost posted a thread elsewhere, titled "TPa Toast" LOL.
But, there's been a resurrection. Or someone hooked up the AED paddles and shocked the place back to life.
So to [you], GFYS. We got this. You "conservatives" are toast. Good riddance.
Here's to the New Year. When the Progressives step up and nail you assholes. You know who you are.
Too mean? Look at your sigs. Look what you post. Look inside yourself.
Trump! Cruz! Fucking embarrassing. Losers. Rubio, Jeb, Carson. Even you know they're losers.
Lol......it is hard to take a guy seriously who thinks that getting stomped in an election is a win.
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Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Results.
You're team is toast, anyway.
All you'll get from me is derision. Cause you've earned it!
If you could reason with Liberals there wouldn't be any.
Talk PA should be a place for a mixture of people...after all that is what makes a discussion interesting.
Of course i did say discussion not bashing. I hate labels liberal, conservative ..socialist..
I have watched all of the debates some other interesting some (yawn) and I see good and flaws in all. I want to morph
some of them into one. Just my opinion. glad i checked back in
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Those who claim perfect mental health are truely insane.
Speaking of asshole and needing self-reflection -
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Mancini hits out over Kompany selection
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has hit out at Belgium counterpart Marc Wilmots for selecting captain Vincent Kompany for international duty this week.
Kompany made his first competitive appearance in eight weeks when he featured in his country's World Cup qualifier against Macedonia on Tuesday. The 26-year-old defender had been sidelined since suffering a calf injury in the FA Cup fourth-round win at Stoke on January 26 and had a potential comeback date put back several times.
That did not prevent him being called up by Belgium and although the national skipper did not play in last Friday's game in Macedonia, he played all 90 minutes of the return fixture in Brussels, and Mancini said: "He didn't play for us for 60 days and then he went to play for the Belgium team. I did not agree with this."
He added: "I think sometimes some managers of national teams should understand the situation.
"This player plays for the club and the club, every month, pay his salary.
"I don't know if he is okay or not. One week before the international break he was not fit to play for us. I didn't see Vinny yesterday. I will see him today."
Mancini hopes Kompany will be fit to return for his side in Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash with Newcastle at the Etihad Stadium.
Mancini, speaking at a press conference to preview the game, added that striker Sergio Aguero is fit and could make his comeback. The 24-year-old has missed City's last three games with a knee injury.
He returned to Argentina for treatment during his lay-off, and linked up with the national squad, but did not play and has been back training at Carrington for the past week.
Mancini said: "Sergio is okay. I think he could be ready for Saturday."


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Onions are a cold-season crop, easy to grow because of their hardiness.
We recommend using onion sets, which can be planted without worry of frost damage and have a higher success rate than direct seed or transplants.
Onions grow well on raised beds or raised rows at least 4 inches high.
Select a location with full sun where your onions won't be shaded by other plants.
Soil needs to be well-drained, loose, and rich in nitrogen; compact soil affects bulb development.
Till in aged manure or fertilizer the fall before planting. Onions are heavy feeders and need constant nourishment to produce big bulbs.
At planting time, you can mix in some nitogen fertilizer, too, and side dress every few weeks until the bulbing process begins.
Seeding? Onion seeds are short-lived. If planting seeds indoors, start with fresh seeds each year. Start seeds indoors about 6 weeks before transplanting.
Plant onions as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring, usually late March or April. Make sure temperature doesn't go below 20 degrees F.
For sets or transplants, plant the smaller sets 1 inch deep, with 4 to 5 inches between each plant and in rows 12 to 18 inches apart.
Think of onions as a leaf crop, not a root crop. When planting onion sets, don't bury them more than one inch under the soil; if more than the bottom third of the bulb is underground, bulb growth can be restricted.
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Fertilize every few weeks with nitrogen to get big bulbs. Cease fertilizing when the onions push the soil away and the bulbing process has started. Do not put the soil back around the onions; the bulb needs to emerge above the soil.
Generally, onions do not need consistent watering if mulch is used. About one inch of water per week (including rain water) is sufficient. If you want sweeter onions, water more.
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Cut or pull any onions that send up flower stalks; this means that the onions have "bolted" and are done.
To control thrips—tiny insects about as fat as a sewing needle—take a dark piece of paper into the garden and knock the onion tops against it; if thrips are present, you will spot their tan-colored bodies on the paper. A couple of treatments with insecticidal soap kills them. Follow the package directions. Spray the plants twice, three days apart, and the thrips should disappear.
Onion Maggots: Cover your emerging onion crop with a fine mesh netting. Seal it by mounding soil around the edges. The onion maggot likes to lay its eggs at the base of plants, so the netting should prevent that. You should also keep mulch away because the insects like decaying organic matter, and make sure you completely harvest your onions as the season progresses. Onion maggots are usually a problem in very rainy periods, so these precautions may be unnecessary if you have a dry season.
When onions start to mature, the tops become yellow and begin to fall over. At that point, bend the tops down or even stomp on them to speed the final ripening process.
Loosen the soil to encourage drying, and after a few days turn them up and let them cure on dry ground. Always handle them very carefully—the slightest bruise will encourage rot to set in.
When tops are brown, pull the onions.
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Allow onions to dry for several weeks before you store them in a root cellar or any other storage area. Spread them out on an open screen off the ground to dry.
Store at 40 to 50 degrees F (4 to 10 degrees C) in braids or with the stems broken off.
Mature, dry-skinned bulbs like it cool and dry, so don't store them with apples or potatoes.
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P&W–supported poet and playwright Robert Francis Flor, graduate of the the Artist Trust EDGE Writers Development Program and former board member of ArtsWest Theater, blogs about making connections with other writers.
My favorite part of a reading is the Q&A. At a reading I recently attended, a young man raised his hand and posed a question to Rick Barot, one of the poetry panelists. He asked what a career as a poet was like, as he was interested in pursuing the writing life. Rick is a highly respected poet and has authored two collections, The Darker Fall and Want. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow and a teacher at both Warren Wilson College and Pacific Lutheran University, I knew Rick's answer would be meaningful. As it turned out, he had so much to share he conversed with this young man after the program.
This month, Voices of the Asian American Experience from the University of Santa Cruz included twelve poems about my Alaska cannery experiences, and The Thymos Book Project out of Portland, Oregon, will include three of my poems. In addition, Pinoy Heroes, a vignette about my father and uncles, will soon be published. On April 18, I read the vignette for first time at Seattle University. I hope that if I am asked about writing careers, I'll be able to offer the same level of sage advice to students as Rick.
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The peanut industry is a vital economic engine for many rural economies in the Southeast.
Trouble is, it tends to run in fits and starts, resulting in a bumpy ride for those who are dependent on it.
"Over the past several years, the engine has been running at many different speeds, all dependent on supply and demand and the impact of high production years on the acreage and total production in following years," says Marshall Lamb, research director at the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga.
The United States peanut industry, says Lamb, generates approximately $4 billion annually in economic activity, and much of this activity is located in rural areas that are directly dependent on peanuts to sustain rural economies and foster rural economic development.
"Our industry is a vital component of the economic engine that supports these rural economies," adds.
Taking a look back at what has led the peanut industry to where it is now will give us an idea of where we're headed in 2013, says Lamb.
"In reality, all of this started in 2008 when we delivered a 2.58 million ton crop that led to a carryout of more than 1 million tons going into 2009."
Carryout, he says, is the amount of peanuts carried forward from one crop year to the next, basically reflecting the amount of peanuts available to keep the mills supplied from August until October.
"In the United States, we have a shelling capacity of 165,000 tons per month which means we need a carryout of at least 500,000 tons for this three- month period.
"Although production in 2009 was down, the amount of peanuts carried in from 2008 led to a carryout of more than 900,000 tons going from 2009 into 2010.
"Then, in 2010 and 2011, we had back-to-back droughts that led to significant problems in peanut quality resulting in high losses in processing due to re-milling and blanching.
"Supplies of edible quality peanuts quickly tightened which led to the price un-contracted farmer stock peanuts in 2011 reaching the $1,000-per-ton mark, as shellers and manufacturers scrambled to secure peanuts, says Lamb.
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This then spilled over into 2012, when early contracts were offered at about $700 to $750 per-ton to secure more acreage to get supply back in balance with demand, he says.
"We responded and planted more acres and planted just over 1.5 million acres and were blessed with some ideal growing conditions during the season," says Lamb.
"I've heard a lot of people jokingly say, 'I wonder what these new peanut varieties would yield in a good growing season?'" Well, he says, we've found out. Record yields were reported for both irrigated and non-irrigated peanuts from throughout the Southeast.
"This has led us to record-high production in 2012, exceeding the 3-million-farmer-stock-ton mark.
"No one is sure right now where the final production number will land. But the math is simple — we have a much over-supplied market. In just one year, we went from basically no edible quality carry out to producing a crop exceeding 3 million tons and basically flooding the market."
With the U.S. peanut supply where it is and the amount of time it will take to shell and move the 2012 crop, Lamb doesn't think farmers should expect attractive contract offers going into 2013. "By attractive, I mean a price that will cover all costs of production and leave a decent return, and a price that will be competitive with other crops that farmers can plant."
At the time of this writing, the 2013 prices for cotton, corn, soybeans and wheat were $0.765, $6.60, $13.50 and $8.79, respectively.
"A lot can happen with these prices between now and planting, and more so between now and the 2013 harvest. The question is, how do they translate into competitive peanut offers such that the returns per acre are equal?"
No one is sure, says Lamb, what contract offers will be made prior to planting the 2013 peanut crop.
"And I'm certainly not going to speculate at all about this because there are too many things that can happen prior to then. Our export numbers are up, hopefully we'll see steadily increasing domestic usage of peanuts, Argentina has just started their 2013 production season, and we'll have to see the quantity and quality that they produce, along with many other factors."
The outlook going into 2013 is that peanut producers delivered a huge, high-quality crop in 2012, and there will be a reduction in acres in 2013.
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Editor's note: Embed America is a partnership between CNN Radio and CNN iReport. This series tells the story of the 2012 U.S. presidential election through the people most critical to the campaigns: the voters. CNN Radio is traveling across the country to interview iReporters on election issues close to their hearts. These issues were named important by iReporters during phase 1 of the iReport Debate.
Murdock, Minnesota (CNN) -- Jannet Walsh is not waiting for the presidential candidates to encourage more jobs. Instead, the unemployed Minnesotan is trying to create one on her own.
"I think it was February, after I don't know how many (job) rejections," the 48-year-old told CNN Radio, the frustration still clear in her voice, "I actually remember sitting here kind of yelling, 'This is it! This is enough!' "
That moment, Walsh decided to create her own business, a one-woman photography and media company based in her family's century-old home. With that decision, the energetic former newspaper photographer took a gamble that is central to the debates over the economy and the White House.
Small businesses generated 65% of the new jobs in America over the past 17 years, according to the Small Business Administration. And such firms, defined as having fewer than 500 workers, employ half of all workers in the private sector.
Both President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have spoken about the importance of small businesses and their commitment to supporting them. But Walsh already understands the bigger issue: how to make sure a nascent business survives.
"Right now, I'm not making much money," Walsh sighed, her laptop perched on the antique writer's desk that used to belong to her grandfather, "but I think once more people know who I am and actually see me out more, I think that could change."
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In addition to the normal steep hill involved with starting a business, this entrepreneur faces a hurdle with her location. Walsh moved back to the small town of Murdock, Minnesota, two years ago to help her mother, who was ill and died last fall. She has stayed in the farming community of 278 people for a number of reasons. Her aunt is ill and in a nearby nursing home, and after returning to Murdock, Walsh has had a renewed sense of family and easy-going community.
"There's not a lot of nightlife here," she admitted. Then the former newspaper worker paused, her face then lighting into a smile, "but in the evening, when it gets cooler, you'll see people walking, and they'll walk through town or through the old cemetery. It's very nice."
Walsh pointed out the homes of relatives, friends and perhaps the town's most knowing resident, Mrs. Clark, whose house has a clear view of the church steps.
Now, she hopes she can beat the odds and make a small business thrive in this quiet town. According to the SBA, a third of all small businesses shutter in the first two years, and half call it quits in the first five.
This is what the men running for president say they want to change, and both men say they'd try to help by changing the tax code.
Romney would like to cut all individual income taxes by 20%. But critics say the Republican's plan would result in higher tax rates for the smallest earners, like Walsh, and lower tax rates for some bigger companies.
Obama has not made a specific proposal for individual income tax cuts but insists that he is for tax reform that would lower most rates.
He has signed and proposed other specific tax help for small businesses, including a deduction on $125,000 worth of expenses. As with Romney's plan, critics point out that larger businesses could end up with lower tax rates than some small companies under the president's proposal.
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In Minnesota, Walsh's business, with just five paying clients, is about as small as they get. In part, that is because her starting strategy has included a few nonpaying events so that she could get more attention for her work and name.
"Hopefully ... someone will see, wow, there's this woman in Murdock, Minnesota, and she has a lot of skills and talent," she mused, "I think we should hire her."
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Walsh has invested money in equipment and advertising for her new venture. But, like many people starting a small business, she is not counting on that as her only source of income. She's not sure the candidates understand the juggling act a startup requires.
"How we're going to work has changed," Walsh said, her wide eyes getting narrow, "It's possible, and this is scary, I never receive another full-time job. ... We need to rethink how we earn our money to live, and it might have to be through several flows of income."
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Walsh won't say which candidate she believes could improve her life more, adding that she doesn't want to push away potential clients with political thoughts.
But, she added, "I do want something to change."
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Commission boost for mobile satellite services paves the way for EU-wide high speed data communications
The Commission today has adopted a proposal to select systems for mobile satellite services at European level. If adopted by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Telecom Ministers, this new selection mechanism will allow innovative services, such as mobile TV, broadband data and emergency communications to develop smoothly throughout Europe as of 2009.
"The potential for Europe-wide mobile satellite services is massive - Think mobile television, think broadband for all, think public protection and disaster relief," said Viviane Reding, the EU's Telecoms Commissioner. "The new way the Commission proposes today to select mobile satellite services will give Europe's industry the necessary confidence to invest in new EU-wide services for citizens. It will also help bridge the digital divide by improving coverage in the EU's remote areas."
The overall market for space and its applications is about €70 billion globally, growing at some 7% per year. Mobile satellite systems can provide many advanced services, even reaching remote areas that were previously uneconomic to serve.
But existing international rules for satellite communications do not cover licensing. And under current EU Telecom rules, the selection of operators is essentially national, leading to diverging national approaches to selection and authorisation. This risks impeding the growth of pan-European mobile satellite systems.
If adopted by Parliament and Council, today's proposed new mechanism will ensure that there is one, not 27 markets in Europe for mobile satellite services.
Stakeholders and Member States have strongly supported this proposal for EU-wide coordination because satellite communications reach across borders and significant economies of scale will result from consistent national authorisations throughout Europe.
Such coordination will also lead to a more efficient use of spectrum and will reduce the risk of harmful interference.
Today's proposal will provide the basis for a single comparative selection procedure organised by the Commission in cooperation with Member States. Once the decision proposed today by the Commission to install the new mechanism is adopted, the Commission will publish an open call for applications. The candidate systems' quality will be assessed technically and commercially. Further assessment criteria will include geographic coverage, consumer and competitive benefits, the fulfilment of public policy objectives, and spectrum efficiency. Selected operators will be subsequently authorised nationally, based on the process in the new EU Decision.
Thanks to the new mechanism proposed today, the selection and authorisation of services will follow the same format throughout all 27 EU Member States. This will reduce uncertainty for operators and will accelerate the creation of EU-wide services. However, the procedure to arrive there is still lengthy and quite cumbersome. Therefore the Commission will consider further improvements in this autumn's review of the EU telecom rules (on the review, see IP/06/874). This will include provisions to establish a generic mechanism to deal with similar future pan-European cases.
To bring the mobile satellite service-reserved 2 GHz bands into use as soon as possible while ensuring fairness for potential applicants, the target date for completing the EU selection process is early 2009.
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AN action group to help Somerset flood victims says it has been 'overwhelmed' by people's support.
Bryony Sadler, of the Flooding on the Levels Action Group (FLAG), says it has been working with the people who are putting together a six-week plan which will be sent to Environment Secretary Owen Paterson.
Bryony's home and smallholding near Stoke St Gregory, and her car were flooded six weeks ago.
Her mobile hairdressing business was ruined, and her husband, two children and their grandma are living in rental homes week by week just to have a roof over their heads.
She said: "It has been absolutely distressing.
"But we have been blown away by the support and are eternally grateful for everything that has been done, from food to massive hay bails.
"We have enough supplies now but if people still want to donate, they can send money to the Somerset Community Fund.
"Somerset County Council are picking up the supplies and the experts are coming in to take over, we will still be in the background though."
Bryony said she hoped the Government does not forget about Somerset amid floods on the River Thames adding: "Somerset produces 12% of the UK's food source so if you don't look after the source then it will affect the food on the dining room table."
o VOLUNTEERS from FLAG have been coordinating relief efforts across the area.
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My father used to say if he ever were to live anywhere besides his native Alabama it would be Colorado. He came to love the natural beauty of the Rockies almost as much as I did.
My father used to say if he ever were to live anywhere besides his native Alabama it would be Colorado. He came to love the natural beauty of the Rockies almost as much as I did.
The last time I saw him alive was Father's Day 1997. He died a few days later at age 80. If he were alive today, he would be intently following the news of the devastating fire in Colorado's Black Forest and pointing to where he walked across the Royal Gorge Bridge.
As I write Thursday evening, the most destructive fire in the state's history has burned 8,000 acres, destroyed 379 homes, killed at least two people and forced many thousands from their homes. When faced with such an incomprehensible scene on the television screen, it is natural to look for something familiar, just as we look for a face we know among tens of thousands in a football stadium.
As I know my father would, I look for the Royal Gorge Bridge. The fire has burned right up to the bridge, consumed the buildings at Royal Gorge Park and threatened the bridge itself.
The bridge's structure is steel, but its floor is wooden planks. You can feel the bridge sway as you walk across it and through the cracks see a ribbon that is the Arkansas River 1,053 feet below. It is an experience to remember. And to repeat.
They say the fire may have scorched some of the bridge's floor planks and the intense heat could have harmed its metal cables. An inspection will determine its condition after the immediate emergency is over.
If you want a lot of company, move to some beautiful place like Colorado. My former wife, our young daughter and I lived twice in Aurora. We bought a house and lived in it for three years, leased it while we were in Russia and moved back in when we returned.
Everybody we knew came to visit, and our parents came several times. We took all our guests up Pikes Peak at least once, but Royal Gorge was my parents' favorite tourist spot.
They had been to Estes Park with my brother and his family when they lived in Wyoming. They had tossed snowballs in mid-summer on Hoosier Pass (11,542 feet) when we crossed the Continental Divide into Breckenridge. They had toured the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and stood on the step at the state capitol in Denver that is exactly one mile above sea level. But no matter where we took them, they were always eager to get back to Royal Gorge. They never tired of it.
We walked across the highest suspension bridge in the world and rode the steepest incline railroad in the world to the bottom of the gorge. From the river's edge, the bridge looked like a wire stretched across the sky.
We have dozens of touristy photographs of the family on the bridge, at the bottom of the gorge and in the open park near the bridge. In one, Papa encourages granddaughter to pet a small deer that was (unfortunately) tame enough to cadge treats from tourists.
I was the driver and tour guide for all our trips, but Daddy became an authority on Royal Gorge. Back in Alabama, he reeled off statistics like a pro as he showed his photos to the home folks.
On each trip to the gorge, I drove my guests along the one-way road known as Skyline Drive. On one side, the road pressed our cheeks to the cliff through its many sharp curves.
On the other side, not even a guardrail stood between us and the valley hundreds of feet below. We could see rows of crops where residents of the state prison in Ca�on City grew part of their food. Mother would never look down, but the old man liked the excitement.
Smoke from the fire closed the precarious cliff road and forced the evacuation of about 900 prisoners. It also drove many residents of Ca�on City and Colorado Springs from their homes.
It may seem trivial to speak of tourist attractions in the face of such loss, but I look for some sign of survival. When the sun came up the Friday before Father's Day, it was good to see my father's beloved bridge was still there.


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Mildred S. Baker passed away on October 7, 2007 in Iola, KS. She was born on May 29, 1925 in Albany to Clarence Higby and Helen Mildred (Dean) Stafford. She grew up in Willsboro, NY, and graduated from Willsboro High School. In 1947 she married Ernest Baker. They made their home in Cold Spring. They retired in 1975, at Rangeley, Maine. They then moved to Alabama, followed by California. Mr. Baker died in 2003, and she moved to Kansas in 2004. She is survived by her son, Ernest and his wife, Patricia, of Rochester, NY, daughters Deborah Jackson and her husband, David, of Iola, and Victoria Baker of Staten Island, as well as her sister, Rebecca, of NC, 6 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Services are to be held in Iowa, followed by burial in Californial.


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Speeches from the 2012 Democratic National Convention
Chris Van Hollen
Remarks to the 2012 Democratic National Convention
Charlotte, North Carolina
September 5, 2012
A week ago today, Paul Ryan accepted his party's nomination for vice president. He's chairman of the House Budget Committee. I lead the Democrats on the committee. We have sharp differences over policy, but we get along well.
I'll admit, I was glad Paul was picked. I hoped it would result in a serious debate about the choice before us. Then I heard his acceptance speech—it kept the fact-checkers up all night. The Republicans had this gigantic clock in the arena showing the size of the national debt. Paul told America, "If you elect Republicans, we can fix that." But, if Paul Ryan was being honest, he would have pointed to that debt clock and said: "We built that."
Here are the facts. When President Clinton left office, America had projected surpluses of trillions of dollars over the next decade. Then came two wars, two huge tax cuts tilted to the wealthy and a new entitlement. Republicans didn't pay for any of it. Paul Ryan voted for all of it. On top of that, they left behind an economy in free-fall.
So when President Obama took office, the Republicans handed him the bill: projected deficits of trillions of dollars. Congressman Ryan, America is literally in your debt. So President Obama got to work. He established a bipartisan commission to get smart folks from both parties together to develop a plan to reduce the deficit and grow jobs. Guess what? It worked. They produced a balanced, bipartisan plan that would cut $4 trillion from the deficit. Lots of Republicans supported it, including Senator Coburn from Oklahoma. And Paul Ryan. He was on the commission. He voted against the plan.
And last week, Paul Ryan criticized the president for not acting on the bipartisan plan that he himself opposed. Then, he said that President Obama doesn't have a plan to reduce the deficit. But the president does have a plan. Here it is. He submitted it to Congress. It's on the Internet. President Obama's plan uses the bipartisan commission's balanced approach. It reduces the deficit by more than $4 trillion—cutting spending and asking those at the very top to pay the same rates they did under President Clinton, when we created nearly 23 million jobs and balanced the budget. So when Paul Ryan told America that President Obama didn't have a plan, that was false.
The truth is, he and Mitt Romney just don't like the president's plan. They both pledged that they would never ask millionaires to pay one more dime to reduce the deficit. Mitt Romney even said he would reject a budget with ten dollars in spending cuts for every one dollar in new revenue. Now, a third-grader can do the math. If you refuse to ask the wealthiest to pitch in, then you hit everyone else much harder. And that's exactly what the Romney-Ryan plan does. They call their plan bold, brave and courageous.
I ask you: Is it bold to give millionaires another tax break while forcing seniors to pay more for Medicare? Is it brave to reward companies that ship jobs overseas while cutting education at home? Is it courageous to raise taxes on middle-class families while giving tax cuts to people with Swiss bank accounts?
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan's obsession with tax breaks for the wealthy is part of a rigid ideology. Give people like Mitt Romney a break, and hope something will trickle down and lift others up. But this theory crashed in the real world. We all lived through the recession when jobs went down and the deficit went up. So when they say they'll turn around the economy, beware. They mean a U-turn back to this failed theory that lifted the yachts while other boats ran aground.
And don't buy the lie that asking the wealthy to contribute more is about punishing success. It's about asking them to share responsibility for reducing the deficit. It's about growing the economy—not from the top down, but from the middle out and bottom up, making success possible for all Americans.
This election is a choice. That choice will determine whether America is a place where people climb the ladder of opportunity and pull it up behind them or whether America is a place where people who reach the top help the next person up. Which America do you believe in? You know the facts. You know the choice. You know what we have to do: Re-elect Barack Obama.
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As expected the Brisbane newspapers had quite a few mentions of the ship
Prior to its arrival we have
THE QUEENSLANDER Saturday 27 May 1882
English Shipping.—From our latest English files to hand we learn that tho Scottish Hero, barque, arrived at San Francisco, on the 3rd April from Bundaberg. The ship Zamora sailed from Liverpool on tho 28th March, and from Plymouth on the 2nd April, for Brisbane ;
The Brisbane Courier Wednesday 31 May 1882
Zamora, ship, 1180 tons, from Liverpool for Brisbane. Sailed 25th March, and left Plymouth on the 2nd April.
The Brisbane Courier Wednesday 21 June 1882 & Wednesday 12 July 1882
Zamora ship 1180 tons from Liverpool for Brisbane Sailed 28th March left Plymouth on the 2nd April and was spoken on the 3rd April in 40° N lat and 10° W long
which according to google earth places it just off the coast of Portugal near Lisbon.
Then we have the arrivalThe Brisbane Courier Friday 14 July 1882
July 13- ZAMORA , ship 1180 tons Captain Canning from Liverpool 28th March and Plymouth on the 2nd April with 338 immigrants and a general cargo
My review of the shipping list summary says 338 embarked + 3 births equals 341 souls landed.
and this one where I think they mean July not June
The Brisbane Courier Saturday 15 July 1882
and the Zamora, ship, in Moreton Bay on the 13th June, from London, via Plymouth, with a total of 338 immigrants and a general cargo.
also reported in other Queensland regional newspaperssome news about the ships doctor and that the voyage was 102 days.
THE CAPRICORNIAN (Rockhampton) 22 July 1882
The ship Zamora, with 338 immigrants, reached Brisbane on Wednesday from Plymouth, after a protracted voyage of 102 days. The immigrants are in charge of Dr. O'Doherty, a son of the Hon. Dr. O'Doherty, so well known here. Brisbane, 14th July, 1882
Warwick Argus Saturday 15 July 1882
July 14.
Tho immigrants by the Zamora were landed this evening.
and from the Warwick Examiner Saturday 15 July 1882 a bit more detail about arrival in Moreton Bay Thursday, brought up to Brisbane Friday
And reported in interstate papersTHE ARGUS (Melbourne) 15 July 1882
Arrived- July 13 Derwent and Katoomba, from Sydney , Zamora, from Liverpool
And another from THE ARGUS same day which tells us about the weather on the day - is cloudy & threatening
And from the South Australian Register Saturday 15 July 1882 similar news, different order with the addition of mineral finds in Ravenswood.
The Sydney Morning Herald 15 July 1882 reported very similar news
But in the
THE LAUNCESTON EXAMINER Saturday 15 July 1882 we get some some slightly different news & a different departure point - Glasgow?
QUEENSLAND. BRISBANE, July 15 The Zamora with immigrants has.arrived from Glasgow. Miners are much wanted. The Chinese are leaving in large numbers for,other portions of the country,, being afraid of the European miners.
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The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction film about a human-looking, apparently unstoppable cyborg who is sent from the machine-dominated future to assassinate the eventual mother of the human resistance leader.
- Directed by James Cameron. Written by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd.
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Kyle Reese[edit]
- [as he and Sarah prepare special explosives] John Connor gave me a picture of you once. I didn't know why at the time. It was very old - torn, faded. You were young like you are now. You seemed just a little sad. I used to always wonder what you were thinking at that moment. I memorized every line, every curve... I came across time for you, Sarah. I love you. I always have.
Sarah Connor[edit]
- [When Sarah proceeds to crush the terminator with a hydraulic press] You're terminated, fucker!
- [the Terminator is checking out a gun store]
- Terminator: The 12-gauge auto-loader.
- Pawn Clerk: That's Italian. You can go pump or auto.
- Terminator: The .45 long slide, with laser sighting.
- Pawn Clerk: These are brand new; we just got them in. That's a good gun. Just touch the trigger, the beam comes on and you put the red dot where you want the bullet to go. You can't miss. Anything else?
- Terminator: Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.
- Pawn Clerk: Hey, just what you see pal!
- Terminator: [looks around] The Uzi nine millimeter.
- Pawn Clerk: You know your weapons, buddy. Any one of these is ideal for home defense. So uh, which will it be?
- Terminator: [pointing shotgun towards the door] All.
- Pawn Clerk: I may close early today. [takes out forms] There's a 15-day wait on the hand guns, but the rifles you can take right now. [sees Terminator loading shell into shotgun] You can't do that.
- Terminator: Wrong. [kills clerk]
- [Kyle Reese has successfully rescued Sarah Connor from being killed by the Terminator at a disco]
- Kyle: All right, listen. The Terminator's an infiltration unit: part man, part machine. Underneath, it's a hyperalloy combat chassis, microprocessor-controlled. Fully armored; very tough. But outside, it's living human tissue: flesh, skin, hair, blood - grown for the cyborgs.
- Sarah: Look, Reese. I don't know what you want from...
- Kyle: Pay attention! I gotta ditch this car. [parks car] The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy. But these are new, they look human. Sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot. I had to wait till he moved on you before I could zero him.
- Sarah: Look, I am not stupid, you know. They cannot make things like that yet!
- Kyle: Not yet, not for about 40 years.
- Sarah: [disbelieving] Are you saying it's from the future?
- Kyle: One possible future. From your point of view. I don't know tech stuff.
- Sarah: Then you're from the future too - is that right?
- Kyle: Right.
- Sarah: Right.
(They struggle together, she bites his hand in her attempt to escape)
- Kyle: [coldly] Cyborgs don't feel pain. I do. Don't do that again.
- Sarah: [weakly] Just let me go!
- Kyle: Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!
- Sarah (with a sob in her voice): Can you stop it?
(Reese settles back in his seat, running a hand through his hair)
- Kyle (tiredly): I don't know. With these weapons...I don't know.
- Sarah: Reese. Why me? Why does it want me?
- Kyle: There was a nuclear war. A few years from now, all this, this whole place, everything, it's gone. Just gone. There were survivors. Here, there. Nobody even knew who started it. It was the machines, Sarah.
- Sarah: I don't understand.
- Kyle: Defense network computers. New... powerful... hooked into everything, trusted to run it all. They say it got smart, a new order of intelligence. Then it saw all people as a threat, not just the ones on the other side. Decided our fate in a microsecond: extermination.
- Sarah: Did you see this war?
- Kyle: No. I grew up after. In the ruins... starving... hiding from H-K's.
- Sarah: H-K's?
- Kyle: Hunter-Killers: patrol machines built in automated factories. Most of us were rounded up, put into camps for orderly disposal. [pulls up his right sleeve, exposing a mark] This is burned in by laser scan. Some of us were kept alive... to work... loading bodies. The disposal units ran night and day. We were that close to going out forever. But there was one man who taught us to fight, to storm the wire of the camps, to smash those metal motherfuckers into junk. He turned it around. He brought us back from the brink. His name is Connor. John Connor. Your son, Sarah... your unborn son.
- [Kyle Reese has shared his origins and what he knows about the Terminator with Dr. Silberman]
- Dr. Silberman: Why didn't you bring any weapons, something more advanced? Don't you have, uh, ray guns? Show me a piece of future technology.
- Kyle: You go naked. Something about the field generated by a living organism. Nothing dead will go.
- Dr. Silberman: Why?
- Kyle: [frustrated] I didn't build the fucking thing!
- Dr. Silberman: Okay, okay. But this cyborg, if it's metal...
- Kyle: Surrounded by living tissue!
- Dr. Silberman: Oh, right, right. [pauses the interrogation tape] This is great stuff. I could make a career out of this guy! You see how clever this part is, how it doesn't require a shred of proof? Now, most paranoid delusions are intricate, but this is brilliant! [resumes the interrogation tape] Why were the other two women killed?
- Kyle: Most of the records were lost in the war. Skynet knew almost nothing about Connor's mother. Her full name, where she lives. They just knew the city. The Terminator was just being systematic.
- Dr. Silberman: Uh-huh. Okay, now let's get back to where I was...
- Kyle: [interrupts] Look! You've heard enough! I have answered your questions! Now I have to see Sarah Connor!
- Dr. Silberman: I'm afraid that's not up to me.
- Kyle: Then why am I talking to you? Who is in authority here?
- Dr. Silberman: Please, I...
- Kyle: [interrupts again] Shut up! [glares at the camera] You still don't get it, do you?! He'll find her! That's what he does! That's all he does! You can't stop him! He'll wade through you, reach down her throat, and pull her fucking heart out!
- Ed Traxler: Doc?
- Kyle: Aagh! LET GO OF ME--!
- Dr. Silberman: [pauses the interrogation tape] Sorry.
- Sarah: So is Reese crazy?
- Dr. Silberman: In technical terminology, he's a loon.
- Terminator: I'm a friend of Sarah Connor. I was told she was here. Could I see her please?
- Desk Sergeant: No, you can't see her. She's making a statement.
- Terminator: Where is she?
- Desk Sergeant: Look, it may take a while. Want to wait? There's a bench over there. [points to bench]
- Terminator: [looks around, examining the structural integrity of the room, then looks back at him] I'll be back.
- [Kyle and Sarah escape the Terminator's assault at a police station and hide in an abandoned house to tend to his wounds]
- Sarah Connor: Would you talk about something?
- Kyle Reese: What?
- Sarah: I don't know. Anything. Just talk. Tell me about my son.
- Kyle: He's about my height. He has your eyes.
- Sarah: What's he like?
- Kyle: You trust him. He's got a strength. I'd die for John Connor.
- Sarah: Well, at least now I know what to name him. I don't suppose you know who the father is so I won't tell him to get lost when I meet him.
- Kyle: John never said much about him. I know he dies before the war-
- Sarah: Wait! I don't want to know. So, was it John that sent you here?
- Kyle: I volunteered.
- Sarah: Why?
- Kyle: It was a chance to meet the legend... Sarah Connor. Taught her son to fight, organize, prepare from when he was a kid. When you were in hiding before the war.
- Sarah: You're talking about things I haven't done yet, in the past tense. It's driving me crazy. Are you sure you have the right person?
- Kyle: I'm sure.
- Sarah: [angry, irritated] Oh, come on. Do I look like the mother of the future? I mean am I tough, organized? I can't even balance my checkbook! Look Reese, I didn't ask for this honor and I don't want it, any of it!
- Kyle: Your son gave me a message to give to you. He made me memorize it. [reciting] "Thank you, Sarah, for your courage through the dark years. I can't help you with what you must soon face, except to say that the future is not set. You must be stronger than you imagine you can be. You must survive, or I will never exist." [examines the bandage Sarah has put on his hand] It's a good field dressing.
- Sarah: [bitterly] You like it? It's my first.
- [A very pregnant Sarah begins recording a taped message while driving through the Mexican desert.]
- Sarah: Tape 7, November 10...Where was I? What's difficult is trying to decide what to tell you and what not to. But I guess I have a while before you're old enough to understand these tapes. They're more for me at this point just so that I can get it straight.
- [pulls up at a gas station; a clerk comes out]
- Sarah: Gasolina, por favor?
- Gas Station Clerk: Cuánto?
- Sarah: Llena el tanque.
- Gas Station Clerk: Fill 'er up! Sí!
- Sarah: [recording] Should I tell you about your father? Boy, that's a tough one. Will it affect your decision to send him here, knowing that he is your father? If you don't send Kyle, you can never be. God, a person could go crazy thinking about this. I suppose I will tell you. I owe him that. Maybe it'll help if you know that, in the few hours we had together, we loved a lifetime's worth. [stops recording because a boy has just taken a Polaroid picture of her]
- Boy: Usted es muy hermosa, señora, y tengo apena decirle que me dé cinco dólares americanos, pero si no, mi padre me va a pegar.
- Sarah: [to clerk] What did he just say?
- Gas Station Clerk: He says you're very beautiful, señora, and he's ashamed to ask you for five American dollars for his picture - but if he doesn't, his father will beat him.
- Sarah: Pretty good hustle, kid. [raises four fingers] Cuatro.
- Boy: Sí, sí! [accepts two two-dollar bills] Gracias. [leaves, but calls back a warning] Miren, miren! Allá! Viene una tormenta!
- Sarah: [to clerk] What did he just say?
- Gas Station Clerk: He said there's a storm coming in.
- Sarah: [contemplatively] I know.
- In the 21st century, a weapon will be invented like no other. This weapon will be powerful, versatile and indestructible. It will feel no pain. No pity. No remorse. No fear. It will have only one purpose: to return to the present and prevent the future. This weapon will be called the Terminator.
- It came from a war-torn future to destroy the past. Its target: an ordinary woman - Sarah Connor. Her only ally: another traveler through time.
- The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present. Tonight...
- In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. They created the Terminator.
- The thing that won't die, in the nightmare that won't end.
- Your future is in his hands.
- There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
- Although John Connor recalls this as part of the message his future self had given to Kyle Reese to pass along to Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and a version of this line appears in some script drafts, Kyle Reese never actually recites this line in the film.
About The Terminator[edit]
- Before Terminator came out I began to hear from people, 'Gee, there's this script they're going to shoot that reads an awful lot like your script for Soldier. Now Soldier had been available on videocassette for many years. Demon with a Glass Hand had won all the awards but Soldier was right there in popularity.
- Now, I get invitations to everything and anything, but for some reason, I never got an invitation to the screening of The Terminator.
- It was not my desire to find a similarity. I was sitting in there thinking, 'Please don't let it be.' But if you took the first three minutes of my Soldier episode and the first three minutes of The Terminator, they are not only similar but exact. By the time I left the theater, I knew I had a case against someone who plagiarized my work.
- Harlan Ellison "When Ellison Attacks", James Cameron Online.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger – Terminator
- Michael Biehn – Kyle Reese
- Linda Hamilton – Sarah Connor
- Paul Winfield – Lieutenant Ed Traxler
- Lance Henriksen – Detective Hal Vukovich
- Bess Motta – Ginger Ventura
- Earl Boen – Dr. Peter Silberman
- Rick Rossovich – Matt Buchanan
See also[edit]
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Terminator Salvation
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Terminator Genisys


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With factory performance levels continuing to chart an upward trajectory into the troposphere, it's increasingly difficult to build a speed-modded Corvette capable of reliably slackening jaws at the weekly club night or cruise-in. But while opinions may vary slightly as to what constitutes the "new normal" among the horsepower elite, a figure of 1,000 ponies seldom fails to elicit the desired outbreak of hushed awe and wholesale gawping.
Dave Cell took a significant step toward dyno-sheet superstardom early last year when he installed one of ProCharger's new P-1SC blower kits on his Atomic Orange '09 Z06, a process we covered in detail in our July '10 issue ("Air to the Throne"). Thus fortified, the car cooked up a rousing 583 horses and 512 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels, handily outpointing its uplevel sibling, the ZR1, in both measures.
For most Corvette enthusiasts, that would have been a logical stopping point, but Cell—a former GM powertrain engineer—soon found himself dreaming up ever more outrageous forced-induction engine combinations for his daily driven Z. When his febrile imaginings finally coalesced around a supercharged, 1,000hp mill capable of withstanding the rigors of top-speed, standing-mile, and open-road racing, Cell set about compiling a list of hardware upgrades needed to make that dream a reality.
The first piece to come in for scrutiny was the blower itself. While the P-1SC head unit already installed on the car was ideally suited to its intended mission—namely, inflating the output of street/strip cars equipped with stock or lightly modified engines—it was never intended to support the Can-Am–quality power levels Cell hoped to achieve with his new combo. ProCharger's Jeff Lacina recommended a step up to the company's F-1A supercharger, a larger, race-oriented unit that also happened to be compatible with Cell's existing bracketry. An eight-rib drive—to keep the belts wrapped tightly at high rpm—completed the simple-but-effective blower upgrade.
Next up was the engine itself. For all its putative "race-inspired engineering," the LS7—with its frangible rod configuration and high-compression cast pistons—makes a singularly poor forced-induction motor when high boost levels are required. Since Cell's recipe called for up to 16 psi of puff from the new ProCharger setup, a replacement mill was clearly in order.
After weighing his options, Cell settled on an iron LSX cylinder block from GM Performance Parts to undergird his new combination. Topped with ported GMPP LSX-LS7 heads and assembled by Fast Forward Racing Engines in Zephyrhills, Florida, the bombproof LSX casing should prove more than capable of withstanding the sustained full-throttle torture sessions to which Cell is sure to subject it.
There were, of course, innumerable other upgrades and fortifications required to support the new combo, most of which we've attempted to address in the accompanying photos and buildsheet. As you'll see, wringing 1,000 hp out of a reliable, street-worthy package requires a patient, holistic approach to engineering that is quite at odds with the zeitgeist of instant gratification promoted in many Internet forums and, yes, magazine articles. No, the new normal doesn't yield itself readily to quick fixes, but for those willing to follow a meticulously conceived build plan like the one outlined here, the payoff should prove well worth the wait.
ProCharged LSX Z06 Buildsheet
Second-generation LSX block; bored to 4.125-in, decked, and line-honed
Callies Dragonslayer crank; 4-in stroke, LS7 configuration
Oliver Speedway 6.125-in rods
Diamond custom forged dished pistons, 9.8:1 final compression
Diamond tool-steel piston pins
Steel-top ring set
Calico coated main and rod bearings
ARP main studs
ARP "6-bolt" head studs
GM LSX 6-bolt steel head gaskets, 0.041-in
Stock LS7 oiling system
ATI eight-rib Super Damper, 7.53-in
GM LSX-LS7 cylinder heads
Stage II porting by Richard Reyman/West Coast Cylinder Heads
Combustion chambers opened up to 73 cc's to unshroud valves
Del West titanium intake valves, stock size
REV stainless exhaust valves, stock size
PRC EHT valvesprings
Comp Cams custom grind (0.630-in lift, 232/256-deg duration, 114-deg LSA, 110 ICL)
Morel link-bar lifters, 0.750-in rollers
Trend custom 3/8-in pushrods, 0.080-in wall
Cloyes Extreme HexAdjust timing set
Stock LS7 rockers, converted to bushed bearings by CHE
LS7 intake manifold, ported by Pete Incaudo/VMax Motorsports
LS7 throttle body, ported by Pete Incaudo/VMax Motorsports
Katech valve covers and coil mounts
MSD ignition wires
CoolTech plug-wire shields
Stock coils
NGK BR7EF plugs
All engine work by Joe Irwin/Fast Forward Racing Engines
ProCharger F-1A with eight-rib drive
ProCharger intercooler from standard Z06 kit
ProCharger racing blow-off valve with custom mount by Greg Lovell/AntiVenom
"Big Mouth" air filter and ducting from Taylor Sims/Dallas Performance
Intake-manifold inlet tube from Taylor Sims/Dallas Performance
4.75-in pulley for "street" tune, 3.7-in pulley for "race" tune
ProCharged LSX Z06 Buildsheet (Continued)
American Racing 1 7/8-in headers, ceramic-coated and modified for wideband/thermocouple installations
American Racing high-flow cats and X-crossover pipe
Stock LS7 exhaust with "muffler mod" by Greg Lovell/AntiVenom
Mild 2 Wild exhaust switch
Modified Dallas Performance "1,800hp" fuel system with custom hard lines by Greg Lovell/AntiVenom
Fuelab 515 boost-referenced fuel-pressure regulator
Siemens 80-lb/hr fuel injectors
Dallas Performance fuel rails
AlkyControl methanol-injection kit with custom drain line and valve by Greg Lovell/AntiVenom
Dallas Performance frame mount for methanol pump
Dual Dallas Performance stainless steel methanol-injection nozzles
RPS BC3 billet triple-disc carbon clutch, steel flywheel
RPS slave cylinder
Clutch-bleeder kit
QuickTime SFI-approved bellhousing
The Driveshaft Shop "1,000hp" 3.5-in custom heavy-duty aluminum driveshaft
The Driveshaft Shop 12mm polyurethane driveshaft couplers
Stock Z06 transmission/rearend
MGW shifter
The Driveshaft Shop "1,000hp" Level 5 axles
East Coast Supercharging halfshaft safety loops
Stock Z06 brakes with Carbotech 1521 one-piece pads
Quantum Motorsports spindle ducts and cooling kit
Doug Rippie Motorsports stainless steel lines
Motul 660 fluid
Pfadt Sport Shocks
Additional Instrumentation
AEM wideband, connected to an HPTuners MPVI for datalogging and tuning
SPA Technique dual fuel-pressure/boost gauge
SPA Technique dual EGT gauge
Autometer A-pillar gauge mount
Mounting and custom reset buttons by Greg Lovell/AntiVenom
Custom catch can by Taylor Sims/Dallas Performance
Catch can/PVC plumbing by Greg Lovell/AntiVenom
DeWitts A05A aluminum radiator, modified by Taylor Sims/Dallas Performance for oil-cooler-line clearance
Liberal use of CoolTech heat insulation products where advisable


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Re-visiting Exchange Rate Regimes
The choice of exchange rate regimes by governments has evolved since the 1990s. In the early 1990s, as transition economies joined the world economy, they pegged to the Deutsche Mark, while the East Asian countries were pegged to the US dollar. The Mexican crisis of 1995, The East Asian crisis of 1997-98, the Russian Ruble crisis and the collapse of Long Term Capital Management both in 1998 revealed that the capital account crises in these countries was the result of a sudden stop or reversal in capital inflows. This brought about the vulnerability of countries with fixed exchange rate regimes.
By 1999, the re-thinking was hard pegs such as the currency board in Argentina (where peso was pegged to US dollar in a one to one basis) or a monetary union were better suited netter for exhibit commitment and discipline among some countries where credibility was historically low. At the other extreme, Asian countries where the macroeconomic fundamentals were strong both before and after the 1997 Crisis, were advised to move to a freely floating exchange rate regimes as the world became more and more integrated into a global economy. So in practice a bipolar exchange rate arrangement was in place in the developing world.
Calvo and Reinhart [1] showed that emerging economies are in fear of floating and de facto maintain a 'managed float.' The fear arises from the fact the when the value of local currency declines significantly the government is worried about imported inflation and balance sheet effects of foreign currency borrowing (both by private and public sectors) as the costs of debt service go up. On the other hand, when the value of local currency rises there is a loss of competitiveness and hence lowers growth.
Countries were therefore preferring an intermediate exchange rate regimes (where the exchange rate was relatively rigid but not pegged to a single currency). Central banks are now cognizant that a fixed exchange rate regime brings in benefits in terms of low inflation, lower nominal and real exchange rate volatility and more prone to over-valuation (as currency depreciation is politically sensitive and takes months for government to announce a new depreciated rate), and this over-valuation erodes competitiveness and likely lowers growth. On the other hand, full floating regimes while avoiding over-valuation do not yield lower inflation or reduce exchange rate volatility. Growth performance is shown to be best under intermediate exchange rate regimes as it avoids too much over-valuation.
Eastern European countries with an intermediate arrangement with Euro enjoyed strong growth in the years leading up to the present crisis, but they did build up large external imbalances and were vulnerable to the crisis and they did not have fiscal room to take counter-cyclical macroeconomic policies.
What is happening since the global crisis of 2008?
At the time of the crisis of 2008, most large developing countries were on a more flexible exchange rate regime. Local currencies depreciated sharply during August-October 2008, but on average the depreciation was in the range of 8-10%. But Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, Turkey and South Africa had much larger depreciations in the initial months of the crisis. Some central banks intervened heavily to slow down this depreciation and lost large reserves in doing so. The immediate response by countries during those 3 months was that developing countries appeared to be targeting policy more to address domestic conditions rather than to defend exchange rate levels. Interest rates were increased during the early months of the crisis but when compared with other emerging market crises of previous decades…
Since the early months of the crisis, expansionary fiscal policy and monetary easing in 40+ countries have been put in place to avert a serious economic downturn. This will put additional pressure on specific currencies to depreciate against the US dollar and other major currencies.
For almost a decade, international economic observers have advised governments that the world needs a major adjustment. Sustained global growth requires that the U.S. cut back on its domestic demand and let the dollar depreciate to increase net exports, which will enable the U.S. to improve its current account balances. Conversely, China and other Asian countries should stimulate domestic demand and let their exchange rates appreciate. This would rebalance aggregate demand from the U.S. and towards China, which would help sustain a global recovery. If this rebalancing does not happen quickly, global growth may be flat.
With the U.S. at the epicenter of the financial crisis, countries such as BRICs and oil producers with large foreign exchange reserves primarily in U.S. dollars began to worry about the efficacy of the dollar as the main reserve currency. Barry Eichengreen (2009) [2] points out that the US dollar is still widely used around the world and that in the recent crisis, the power brokers around the world fled to safety in the US dollar and US safe haven when they had an opportunity to move to the Euro, Yen or Yuan. While the Euro is a major challenger to the US dollar as the world's currency, it is still widely used only in Eurozone countries. The Yen is still more limited in its use around the world. The Yuan is hampered by China's closed capital account. Therefore, the Euro and Yen may find it hard to dislodge the dollar as the reserve currency. The rising US public debt reaching unsustainable levels however is putting a lot of pressure on the US dollar as the world's currency. The worst case scenario will come to fruition if surplus countries such as China, Japan and South Korea move away from dollar-denominated Treasuries in favor of accumulation of gold or alternative currencies. For example, some of the BRICs met in Russia in early 2009 to think about pushing the International Monetary Fund to make the Special Drawing Right [3] (SDR) a reserve currency.
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The Stages of HIV Disease
August 22, 2008
HIV Is a Continuum
Most of us are used to thinking of disease in very simple terms: if you feel sick, you are sick; if you feel healthy, you are healthy. However, because HIV may begin causing subtle changes in the immune system long before an infected person feels sick, most doctors have adopted the term "HIV disease" to cover the entire HIV spectrum, from initial infection to full-blown AIDS (which is also called "advanced HIV disease").
The HIV continuum described below is representative of the experience of many people with HIV. The time that it takes for each individual to go through these stages varies. For most people, however, the progression of HIV disease is fairly slow, taking several years from infection to the development of severe immune suppression.
Following exposure to the virus, HIV enters the bloodstream and begins to take up residence in the cells; this is when HIV infection occurs. People with HIV are considered to be infectious (able to transmit HIV to others) immediately after infection with the virus.
A person with HIV is infectious at all times. Also, a person does not need to have symptoms or look sick to have HIV. In fact, people may look perfectly healthy for many years despite the fact that they have HIV in their bodies. The only way to find out if you are infected is by taking an HIV test.
Primary Infection (or Acute Infection)
Primary HIV infection is the first stage of HIV disease, typically lasting only a week or two, when the virus first establishes itself in the body. Some researchers use the term acute HIV infection to describe the period of time between when a person is first infected with HIV and when antibodies (proteins made by the immune system in response to infection) against the virus are produced by the body (usually 6 to 12 weeks) and can be detected by an HIV test.
Up to 70% of people newly infected with HIV will experience some "flu-like" symptoms during this stage. These symptoms, which usually last no more than several days, might include fevers, chills, night sweats, and rashes. Afterward, the infected person returns to feeling and looking completely well. The remaining percentage of people either do not experience symptoms of acute infection or have symptoms so mild that they may not notice them.
Given the general character of these symptoms, they can easily have causes other than HIV, such as a flu infection. For example, if you had some risk for HIV infection a few days ago and are now experiencing flu-like symptoms, it is possible that HIV is responsible for the symptoms, but it is also possible that you have some other viral infection instead. If you believe you may have been exposed to HIV, you may want to consider calling an AIDS hotline to discuss whether you were in a situation that put you at risk for HIV infection and whether you should take an HIV test. Within California, you can call the California AIDS Hotline toll-free at 800/367-AIDS. Outside California, call your State's AIDS Hotline or the CDC-Info line toll-free at 1-800-232-4636. To find the number for your state's hotline go to www.aidshotline.org and click on Other Hotlines.
During acute HIV infection, the virus makes its way to the lymph nodes, a process which is believed to take three to five days. Then HIV actively replicates (makes copies of itself) and releases new virus particles into the bloodstream. This burst of rapid HIV replication usually lasts about two months. People at this stage often have a very high HIV "viral load" (amount of virus in the body). However, people with acute HIV infection usually will not test positive for HIV antibodies, since it takes the body approximately one to three months to produce antibodies against HIV.
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hi all i am studying the nature history and performance of empi for my 2nd dan not having much look so far any and all help would be greatly appreastiated
Hi Stewart
Which Karate system are you doing it for?
There's quite a few threads on Empi bunkai here, but I'm sure members could give you a bit more direction if they knew precisely what you are after.
Hi Stewart, it's not much to go on but the only stuff I could come up with was from a google search for empi kata history. The shotokan way website has some good notes.
cheers and sorry for the late reply as for are club we are largely shotakan but we have lots of influance from othere styles
empi to fly like a swallow, great kata also called wanshu, its old kata, i believe it is from the 1680 or there about. the creator is though to be sappushi wang ji. he was supposable noted for grabbing his opponent throwing them to the ground and then jumping up and landing onto of them. hence the last movement were you jump.
i lve that kata it is one of my favorites
Hi all,
Personally I don't subscribe to the idea of this person Wang Ji being known for throwing an opponent to the ground and jumping on them, firstly because there is much debate about whether Sappushi Wang Ji was even the person after which the kata was created and if he was the inspiration for the kata why put his signature move at the end of the form, it doesn't fit with my way of thinking.
As with any kata I see a complete system, a syllabus in and of itself. However, this syllabus doesn't just focus on good form, it actually presents the possibilities for a violent encounter.
Stewart attended my Wanshu open session at which I gave a full explanation of my interperatation from an academic/ theoretical angle. As for the history it really is tough with claim and counter claim, one person trying to prove a finding or discredit another.
From a grading point of view maybe that might be the way to go, the answer being that there is no definitive historical answer, but I would suggest you might want to also put great emphasis on how YOU view and understand the kata, because in the end that will be the most important thing. As I said at the beginning of my Wanshu session, that was my take on it and you are perfectly within your rights to agree with me 100%, on parts or not at all.
All the best
.....he was supposable noted for grabbing his opponent throwing them to the ground and then jumping up and landing onto of them. hence the last movement were you jump.
Really? i have always taken the view that the final set of moves in Enpi is a throw following a series of controlling techniques, equivalent to a fire-mans lift then a body dump.
The reason I have never excepted that the jump is a jump is for the same reason/logic I apply for Heian Godan.. The jump respresents a throw and is the only way to represent significant body weight shift in a solo kata (it may not have even intially been a jump, just an expansive movement that has evolved over time to become more athletic in the solo kata form)