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We saw this being sold at a stall in Manila Ocean Park. Err.. No description necessary. It is what it is. And no, I didn't try it. I don't even eat isaw or balot, so yea.
New Pole Tricks :)
I started going to pole twice a week for summer and I feel like that's not enough already! I have fallen in love with the vertical dance. It's amazing to be in such peace with myself during class. I love the feeling of being able to do something you worked hard for. I'm actually getting muscle-y arms and thighs but that's okay, that just means I'm getting stronger. And I love our school. I love our teachers and I love their story. Pole has been very therapeutic for me.
Anyway, these are the new tricks I've learned so far. These pictures aren't mine. I haven't had the chance to take any shots of my tricks because I go to class alone and I'm shy to ask anyone to take my photos :)) Even if I did, I wouldn't know if I'd post them online though.
FRONT CUPID - I learned to do this December I think then I had a one month break from pole
CROSS KNEE - I'm really proud of learning this! It's the first upside-down pose! :) Idk what the variation is called but you bend the outer leg and reach that foot with your other hand. I can do that as well but I still have trouble getting up sometimes, having no hands gripping the pole. It's really a core exercise. It's like sit-ups on the pole :))
PLANK - Last week, Teacher CD finally let me do the plank which is harder than it looks. You start with a dream girl, lower your right hand grip, let go of the pole with your left hand and bring it below you then arch your back and throw your head back. Here the strain is really on your thighs.
When I get stronger I can remove my top hand. Hopefully I can do this in one or two more sessions because my teacher says maybe in 2 weeks, I can do the Cross Ankle which is the last photo in this post. :) I'm really really excited about that because that's one of the last tricks for our level. I cannot wait to "level up".
In other news:
My Girlfriend, The Pole Dancer
Teacher Kayleen has such a sweet boyfriend :)
disclaimer: article and photos are not mine click on the link below for original post and learn about the awesomeness of pole dancing and the best pole school in the Philippines - POLECATS Manila
source: http://polecatsmanila.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/my-girlfriend-the-pole-dancer/
What makes the Polecats such a happy group is the support system that we have. We call them our "Police", and they keep us safe, they advise us on different issues and even go as far as wiping our poles during a gig. We wouldn't be the group that we are now without them.
James, one of our Police, wrote about his ongoing experiences as the boyfriend of a pole dancer. We got teary eyed upon reading this, and it pulled all sorts of heartstrings. Check it out, and see that it will do the same to you
I've always had a hard time explaining what I do for a living. You see, I have a very nuanced set of skills, to paraphrase Liam Neeson's character in "Taken". I am a Security Consultant. Now before your mind runs through thoughts of Bond and Paul Blart: Mall cop, I am neither; but in my head and especially during job highs and lows I am somewhere in between. If this seems vague; wait till you hear what my girlfriend does.
My girlfriend is a Pole-fitness instructor. Her name is Kayleen and she's the company manager of Polecats Manila, the true blue no-hype, see for yourself, finest pole school in the country. Now, usually I would avoid using the term pole dancer. The work she and the other girls put into the school is astounding and as much as I would like to say otherwise, the label "pole dancer" doesn't do the girls justice. The connotation of what a pole dancer and the thoughts you can read in a guy's mind is just not worth the hypothetical tussle and real world fistfights. But I'm confident that at the blink of an eye me and the other boyfriends would jump in a riot if any of our girls felt harassed.
When Kayleen first started taking classes under CD, their founder, I think she only owned 2 pairs of shorts that she used sparingly. Now, it's almost the only thing that makes her feel comfortable at all. Not that shifting to a predominantly short-pants based wardrobe was of concern to me. But the emergence of unexplained nasty bruises on her thighs, legs, arms and shoulders probably caused people to speculate if I was beating her up on a regular basis, Chris Brown style. It didn't help that she never offered clarifications to curious people back then. I'm pretty sure other pole boyfriends and husbands went through the same phase. New pole students go through the stages of being worried at first then transitioning to being proud of their bruises as if they were battle scars. In the meantime, partners just hope they don't get arrested on battery suspicions.
When the Polecats were formed, things got to get more intense as rehearsals and training went from a casual twice a week session to almost daily. And when I say daily, I mean it with the odd mix of tiny annoyance but 100% support. We literally saw everyone every single day. But truthfully, I was happy that she found a strong group of girls in the Polecats. Even without a dance background, Kayleen took to it like fish to water. Little did we know the girls would explode into the fitness scene the way they did.
As it is now, boyfriends and husbands aren't allowed inside the studio, so it was only after class that I'd get to hear how her session went and what new things she learned. In my head, I tried my best to understand the names of constellations and contorted mythical references she was describing: Gemini, Scorpio, Cupid, Twisted skater, Bow and arrow. They were all so foreign to me, but I was developing an interest since Kayleen seemed so engrossed in what she was learning.
But until you see the girls perform, all these names won't make sense to you. It's like describing food; you will never get it until you're able to taste it. After class, we'd eat at nearby places in Wilson St where the old studio used to be. Using a straw and her fingers, she would mimic the moves she learned every night. The idea of a person supporting her body weight using her armpit and knees is beyond my comprehension. To be honest, after hundreds of training nights, so many events, a couple of titles and international recognition for the members, I'm still not sure how they do it exactly.
One of the things I appreciated about CD's school of thought at the time, was how the girls were against the idea of the traditional pole-dance connotation of gyrating on the pole to look sexy, or as we would call it, "giling-giling". This was the school of thought that the Polecats believed in. If this was the premise, then this was also a mission. Slowly, I was becoming indoctrinated into a renegade group who wanted to take back what sexy being meant. There's nothing like a nice good cause to rile up support.
One by one, I would get to meet the other men in what eventually would become the Polecats Family. Lester, Bennett, AJ, King, Niki & Chot all come from different backgrounds, a C-Level Executive, a business man, a Banker, a Med Rep, a Radio Jock & a multi awarded director. All different as different can be with very little in common, but somehow working well together and getting along even better than the girls expected.
We are the girl's protectors first and foremost, and even when our partner isn't in an event, the protection is shared to all. To some degree, we became consultants and collaborators, applying our different specializations in life and some of our inane skills for the Polecats Family. For example, I take the photos while AJ drives the pickup truck and CD distracts the city traffic enforcer on a busy Makati road. I talk to the mall security, set up a barricade while Chot stays in front of the stage ready to throw out anyone who crosses the line. King shoots the video while Niki does the smooth voice over and the occasional smoothing over of a jack-ass in the audience. Bennett digests the business model and spits out the soundest advice, as he is one of the most supportive of us and the harshest of their critics. Lester, well he does everything else that matters, most of the time.
It's different when you just bring your girl to and from the studio than to spend your nights and weekends watching them rehearse and train to become stronger. It's different when you hear about the training and actually attend trainings with them, watch them become better students and better teachers for the benefit of the other girls who train under the Polecats School. It's different when you buy your girlfriend a pole as opposed to actually helping her set it up and take it down countless times in a month. It's different when you just come to a show than actually carry the stages and the poles to a venue, wipe the poles and take a million photos and edit videos for the girls. That feeling is something I can only share with the other Police, as the men are fondly called.
Having to worry about the safety of your girlfriend does not go away. But it helps to know that these girls do things in the safest possible environment and care for each other. They let students progress towards a technique instead of just showing them how to do tricks. They don't let the student misjudge her own skill level when she hasn't even gotten the fundamentals down. The way I see it, you earn each move and technique because you work hard for it. You don't jump a building on your first day of parkour and neither do you bench press two times your weight on your first gym session. If you want to be good at what you do and grow old doing what you love, you build up to it. Method is what sets them apart, and trust me, it shows during gigs and performance.
When the stage is lit and the girls are mid-air, just stand in awe of your woman's lines and figure. That there is real sexiness, that there is your girlfriend the pole dancer. Despite your fears, you just have to trust in the training as well as the strength of your girlfriend or wife. Prayer doesn't hurt either. At the end of the day, you will come to learn that these ladies are tough little things. Have you ever tried getting a jujitsu arm-bar from a pole dancer? Can you imagine if all that core, back and leg strength were used against you? That experience was not fun. But that story is for a different time. My girlfriend is a pole dancer and she can kick your ass.
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At our next genealogy program at our library on December 11, 2012, we will be having our Quarterly Break-Out Tables.
At our previous Quarterly Break-Out Tables program on September 11, 2012, we initiated a "new" table that I called "Sharing Your Printed/Published Family History Book Table". The purpose of this table was to have those that have actually created a printed version of their Family History, either in book form, print form or even website form, to share the methodology on exactly how they went going about creating their book, report or website.
Our first effort turned out to be a good, successful start!
We had about 10 people total at the table, almost equally divided between those that had created a book and those that wanted to know how they did it.
We are going to do this again at our upcoming December 11, 2012 program. I am certainly seeking the help of those that have created such a Family History Book/Report to once again come out to share with others how they did it!
I hope to keep the successes of the September 2012 program continuing into this upcoming program for this "new" table topic.
Soooooooooooooooooo ……. Come on down and share your Family History Book creating experience with those that are interested in doing the same. You will be in a small setting sharing your ideas around a table.
I greatly appreciate your consideration to help share your successes.
Thanks as always.
I have also included the text from my original blog post about this idea back in August 2012 as a refresher after the separator line.
Tony Kierna
Genealogy Coordinator
Schaumburg Township District Library
Hi Everyone!
I recently received a request from Jacquie S., a frequent participant at our monthly genealogy program.
Jacquie was asking if there was a way that I could make it easier for participants at our program to actually see the variety of family history books, reports etc. that have actually been created by participants at our programs. Seeing these actual family histories can be a big help for those that have not yet done that so they may be able to see a finished product. This would provide tangible ideas to others on how to go about putting something together.
I thought Jacquie had a wonderful idea!
As you may be aware our monthly genealogy programs are very structured, especially when we have speakers. It would appear to be very difficult to be able to take time away from a speaker's program in order to add on a sort of "show and tell" on family histories that other participants have actually created.
I did some thinking and I may have come up with a workable arrangement on how we could accomplish a very good idea.
At our Quarterly "Breakout" programs we do not have guest speakers. Instead the room is set up with tables based on ethnic areas of genealogy research e.g. Irish Table, German Table, Polish Table, Italian Table etc. in which like-minded researchers sit together and share with and help each other out on the nuances of researching a particular ethnic line of research. These exchanges can be very helpful allowing more skilled and seasoned researchers to share great pieces of research strategy to those that are not as seasoned yet as researchers in that particular area of ethnic interest.
During these quarterly "breakout" sessions, I also have a Beginner's Table and I was having a "Troubleshooting" table that was intended as a "catchall" table if someone wanted to sit together there rather than at a specific area of interest or a Beginner's Table. Over time that table has just not had a good record of being very meaningful.
However, now may be the time to reorganize the quarterly breakout programs by eliminating the "Troubleshooting" table and replace it with a new table that could be used by those that have created a family history book, report etc. to share with others at the table that have not created such a family history book. Details could be shared on how the family history book, report was created, compiled. This would allow for a "hands-on" experience of actually being able to see the document and discuss with the creator how the creation was done.
Obviously, the most important part of this new idea hinges on those that have published, created such a family history document, report AND would be willing to attend these quarterly programs and share what they have created with those interested in knowing how to go about this creation process.
I am certainly willing to try out this new "table" and see how it goes over time, making sure I keep making our participants aware that there will be a new table dedicated to sharing and viewing created family histories.
I know that many individuals that have participated at our monthly programs have personally shown me some wonderful family history books and reports that they created. I was always impressed with the documents and their efforts that went into the creation.
Here is a request to those of you in our area that have actually created a family history book, report, web site or some other media format to share your family history. How about planning on bringing your life's work to show others that are interested in doing for themselves what you have already done for yourself. Sit with others and show them your work in a more relaxed interactive setting.
I would encourage you to come to our September 11, 2012 Genealogy Program during which time we will have our Breakout Groups. More importantly, this would be the first session that this new Family History Book/Report Sharing Table would be operational.
Inspire others with your work!
Mentor someone who wants to put to paper what you have already successfully accomplished. Show them and tell them how you did it!
Let's give it a try.
A big thank you to Jacquie S. for sharing her thoughts on what is a great idea.
Let's give this a try on Tuesday evening, September 11, 2012 at 7:30 PM and see what happens. I do need the help from those of you that have created family histories on paper to come on in and be willing to share your ideas and methods on how you went about the process.
Let's make this new "table" a great success!
Thanks in advance.
Tony Kierna
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Schaumburg Township District Library


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Dan Aykroyd is notorious for filling in as much detail as possible in the plots of his movies but this is why his scripts have always been edited way down to half their original length or less, and as such might have plot holes that he does have answers for. There still exists a longer cut of Blues Brothers that answers certain questions like 'where did Elwood get that spray-glue' (he stole it from the factory where he works) and 'how can the car do such impossible stunts' (Elwood routinely parks it next to a power generator which imbues it with energy, OBVIOUSLY).
The cut with those scenes is pretty much the standard version now - it's the one you get on DVDs, certainly. There's also Elwood quitting work, lying that he's becoming a Priest. A few others too, that I forget now... think there's Curtis explaining to the band that the gig is for charity.
Aretha Franklin swearing is funny. It just is.
Getting out from under the pile of bricks without any acknowledgement or curiosity about what just happened
Marvellous film. I first had it on a VHS recorded off the telly, so hearing all the swearing years later was a real eye opener. Watching it recently, it's amazing how transgressive the car chases in the shopping mall and Chicago city are.
It's so strange seeing deleted scenes from a film you know inside out, they're like transmissions from a parallel universe.
Fortunately, no one was killed during the making of that particular John Landis film.
the coolest authentic bluesmen ever
Where do people keep getting this concept from? It's very strange to me seeing folks missing the point that the Blues Brothers exist in the same kind of universe as your Pee Wee Hermans and Elviras as bizarre cartoon people played by comic actors who are meant to look out of place everywhere they go.
Watched it for the first time a few months ago. It's a strange film with a curious low energy. I don't remember laughing much, in fact bemusement was more likely - more like The Bemuse Brothers!!!!!11But the musical numbers are pretty great. And the car chase is fantastically exciting and OTT - they don't make 'em like that anymore!
I think he was referring to John Lee Hooker, who does look cool as ever doing his thing, but in the deleted scene gets into a squabble with another fellow over which of them wrote "Boom Boom".
Really? I swear I watched all of the deleted scenes in order and didn't catch that part at all. Welp, that's enough booze for me tonight.
Gospel practice and stage performance, respectively. Jake is moved by what Preacher Brown tells him and the beam of light through the window, not the song per se, and the country and western bar is their first paid gig.
Watching it recently, it's amazing how transgressive the car chases in the shopping mall and Chicago city are. You'd never get them made nowadays, what with La Terroristas.... even BB 2000 had to do the car crashes out in a boring field.
Correct! They turn on a "bit of business" and start a comedy skit, it's not very becoming
It's a classic. One of my favourite comedy films and one of the very very few musicals I like (although you could easily argue that it's not really a musical).More controversial than the above is that I genuinely quite like BB 2000. Nowhere near in the same league of course, but I've always had a non-ironic soft spot for it.
I love this film so much, but none of those musos can act their way out of a paper bag. Doesn't matter does it? "Damn, we were so close!"
I was thinking about the soul food scene the other day there - did they discuss how they would play it before going in? Like, let's place a shibboleth of a food order and see if Matt and Blue Lou twig it's us? I think they're quite disrespectful of Mrs Murphy.I love this film so much, but none of those musos can act their way out of a paper bag. Doesn't matter does it? "Damn, we were so close!"
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FULTON - Fulton hired a familiar mid-Missouri face to evaluate the Callaway County 911 Call Center on Thursday. Zim Schwartze, worked for the Columbia Police Department for 17 years and then moved into the role of head of the Columbia Emergency Call Center. Schwartze will now conduct an evaluation of Callaway County's 911 Call Center.
Gary Jungermann, presiding Callaway County Commissioner, said they are happy to get someone who has run a call center before. "Who better to get than someone who has run a large call center before," said Jungermann.
Jungermann added the call center has a high turnover rate and that's something they hope Schwartze can work on. So far, very minor problems have been found in the call center, and Callaway County officials are fixing them to make sure they are up to par.
Schwartze will present her suggestions for improvements to the 911 call center in mid-December, and Commissioners will look into them in early 2013.


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In an age where mammoth SUV's command the streets, it takes a car like Kali Murphy's 2002 Volkswagon Beetle to put them all to shame, reminding folks that good things really do come in small packages.
"It's all zippy and small, and it just fits me!" Murphy gushes.
Besides an adorable facade, driving around in a miniature automobile provides other pleasures.
"It's little, so when I drive I don't hit things," she says.
Among its other extraordinary features is the radio display screen.
"It shows fishes, motorcycles, and scuba divers," Murphy explains excitedly.
Standing just taller than the "luna green" bug, Murphy explains where her love of the curiously round car began.
"I have always wanted a VW bug since I was little," she says, "because it's just unique, less square than other cars."
The childhood dream stuck with Murphy until she reached driving age and received the fluorescent bug as a gift from her grandparents.
"When I first got it, I would go places just so I could drive." Murphy says. "That was until I realized I had to pay for gas."
Murphy's car is primarily an item of convenience, transporting her to school, work, and wherever the expanding responsibilities of a rising high school senior take her. However, as summer wanes, what's more exhilarating for a teenager than a pint-sized beetle and the open road?
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Hoop It Up Girls Basketball Clinic
SOMERSWORTH — The Hoop It Up Middle School Girls Basketball Clinic will be held Nov. 17-18, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Somersworth Middle School.
The cost is $45 and the camp directors are Gordon Hilliard and Cecelia DeMarco.
Send application and check to Gordon Hilliard, 1 Indigo Hill Road, Somersworth, NH 03878. Make checks payable to SMS Basketball.
For more info call Hilliard at 603-692-2594.
Spaulding H.S. gymnastics seeks gymnasts
ROCHESTER — The Spaulding High gymnastics team seeks students interested in joining the girls varsity gymnastics team for the 2012-2013 winter sports season. Students with prior gymnastics experience are welcome. tudents with strong tumbling, acrobatics and competitive experience are also encouraged to join. ractices are held 2-3 times a week during the competitive season at Kelly's Gymnastics in Rochester and Tri-Star Gymnastics in Dover. Tam leotards and warm ups are provided free of charge by the school. For more information about practices and team meetings call 603-335-0973 for coach Chrane or 603-923-9988 for coach Smith.
Great Bay Volleyball Club Boys Training Academy
DURHAM — Great Bay Volleyball Club will offer a program for high school aged boys looking to develop their volleyball skills and IQ. The program will run 12 Saturdays, 4 to 6 p.m., from Dec. 8 to March 4 at Oyster River High School. The cost is $200.
It will help improve each player's chance of making a team now or in the future; whether it is for this club, their high school team or any other team. Any player interested in learning will be welcomed regardless of their level of knowledge or skill, within the limitations of court space and available coaches.
Cory Lund and Sean Stewart are the coaches.
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Dover High alumni basketball games
DOVER — The Dover High School alumni basketball games will take place Nov. 23 in the Ollie Adams gym. The women play at 6 p.m. and the men will play at 7:15 p.m.
These games raise money for the basketball programs and for a nursing scholarship in Maryellen Driscoll's name.
Please join us as either a player ($20) or spectator ($3). Questions? Contact Sue Vitko at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Court Jesters coming to Traip
KITTERY, Maine — Court Jesters comedy basketball will come to Traip Academy this Friday and will take on the Kittery Dream Team.
Tickets are $8 for children and seniors in advance, and $10 for adults in advance. Prices are $2 extra at the door.
Tickets available at the Kittery Community Center and Traip Academy.
For more info contact Kittery Rec at 207-439-3800.
Churchill Rink fall/winter public session schedule.
DURHAM — Churchill Rink at Jackson's Landing has undergone a major facelift and is open for the season. Following is a summary of the public session schedule for Fall/Winter 2012. More details on, pricing, session definitions, equipment requirements, skate sharpening, and season passes is available online at www.churchillrink.com.
Public Skating is offered Monday, Wednesday, & Friday from 2-3:20 p.m., Tuesday & Thursday from 12-1:20 p.m. and 3-4:20 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 2-3:45 p.m.
Adult Drop-In Hockey is Co-Ed for adults 18-and-over and is offered Monday, Wednesday & Friday 12-1:20 p.m., Friday evenings from 8-9:20 p.m., and Sundays from 9:30-10:50 a.m.
New this year, Women's Drop-In Hockey is scheduled on Saturdays from 12:30-1:50 p.m. Family Pond Hockey is Sundays from 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m., followed by Youth Drop-In Hockey from 12:30-1:50 p.m.
Open Stick & Puck is offered Monday through Friday, 10:30-11:50 a.m.
All hockey sessions minimally require a helmet for all participants. The rink is located on Old Piscataqua Road just West of the intersection of Routes 4 and 108 in Durham. You may contact Churchill Rink by calling 603-868-3907.
Three-on-three basketball tournament
DURHAM — The Oyster River Youth Association (ORYA) is holding their fourth annual season-opening three on three basketball tournament.
The tournament runs from 11-4 on Saturday at the Oyster River High School gym. The tournament has both boys and girls divisions in each of two age groups: 5th-6th grade and 7th-8th grade. Teams consist of 3-5 players and can be pre-registered at www.oryarec.org or by calling 603-868-5150. Changes to team members can be made at the time of the tournament. Registration costs $45 per team and all proceeds go to support the ORYA basketball program. ORYA encourages kids to run/coach their own teams.
Rochester Sports Hall of Fame nominations
ROCHESTER — The Rochester Elks Sports Hall of Fame Committee is currently seeking nominations for the 23rd Hall of Fame event to be held in May, 2013. Nominations are being accepted for athletes and contributors who are at least 21 years old. Forms are available on the website at www.rochestershof.com or at the Rochester Elks Lodge and may be submitted online or mailed to PO Box 385, Rochester, NH 03866. Nominations must be received before Jan. 1, 2013 to be considered for the 2013 class.
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Jury picked in 3rd trial of Policarpio Espinoza-Perez
Man accused of killing 3 young relatives in 2004
Baltimore City prosecutors have begun trying for a third time to convict two men accused of killing three young relatives in 2004.
This time, however, Policarpio Espinoza-Perez, 31, and Adan Canela are being tried separately. Twelve jurors, including five alternates, were picked on Monday for Espinoza-Perez's trial.
"We're thrilled that we're getting another chance to try this case. Policarpio has maintained his innocence since day one, since I've met him, and we're happy to finally get this going. We're happy to be trying this on our own," defense attorney Nicholas Panteleakis said.
Panteleakis said the third time will prove to be the charm for his client. He said new information will come out showing that his client is innocent.
"You're going to get to hear things that you didn't get to hear in the first two trials -- things that were done to protect the co-defendant. Now, it's open and fair game for everyone to hear," he said.
Panteleakis said although he's confident in the case, it's not a slam dunk.
"The state can still win this case. They have evidence that they think they can use against us. Let's just say that I think this is the best chance we have. Half the evidence is out in the first two trials -- one resulted in a hung jury, the second one took them five days to find a conviction. So, if you take away half the evidence, mathematics shows I think we've got a pretty good chance," he said.
The case is expected to take four to six weeks, with opening statements beginning Tuesday morning.
This time, prosecutors will not be allowed to use certain DNA evidence and witness testimony used in the first two trials.
Canela will go to trial later this spring.
The pair's first trial ended in a mistrial. They were convicted in 2006, but that conviction was overturned by the state's highest court.


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SMH: Teens Getting Drunk Off Hand Sanitizer! (6 California Teenagers Sent To The Hospital)
"Six teens were taken to emergency rooms in California after guzzling hand sanitizer to get drunk, prompting doctors to issue a warning to parents about a dangerous new trend, KTLA reported. Dr. Bill Mallon, who works in the emergency room at Los Angeles County USC Medical Center, told KTLA he had seen too many young people come into the hospital with alcohol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer. "It doesn't sound appealing, but you have to remember that kids don't have access to alcohol so they're very creative," Mallon told KTLA. Liquid hand sanitizer is inexpensive and accessible to teenagers, and there are instructions for distillation online. Sanitizer is 62 percent ethyl alcohol and 120-proof after distillation. "It's essentially a shot of hard liquor," Cyrus Rangan, director of the toxicology bureau for the L.A. County Public Health Department and a medical toxicology consultant for Children's Hospital Los Angeles, told KTLA. "All it takes is just a few swallows and you have a drunk teenager." -Fox News
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A Tip from Heaven
After hearing a personal story of Divine Providence from a cab driver in Jerusalem, I had the opportunity of hearing an even better one from him.
He started off one day in a very bad mood. There was a debt of one hundred dollars due for payment that evening and he had no idea how he was going to get that kind of money. Driving through the city streets in a depressed state he picked up a tourist couple, obviously non-Jewish, who asked him to take them to a particular hotel.
After dropping them off he picked up a religious Jewish passenger who informed him that there was a pouch on the back seat. The cabbie asked for it to be put on the seat next to him and soon heard a cell phone inside the pouch ringing. He answered the call and a worried voice on the other end of the line asked him to immediately bring the pouch to the hotel, assuring him that it would be worth his while.
Our hero drove to the hotel and returned the pouch to its relieved owner who anxiously began examining its contents. Satisfied that nothing of these valuable contents had been touched, he presented the cabbie with a tip of one hundred dollars. This simple G-d-fearing cab driver clearly saw that this was a tip from Heaven.


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It's no secret that the Raiders are in need of a long-term solution at quarterback. On Monday, coach Dennis Allen attended the pro day workout of Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater in an attempt to gauge whether Bridgewater might be the answer.
Bridgewater is one of a handful of quarterbacks considered potential first-round picks in the NFL draft in May. Johnny Manziel, Blake Bortles and Derek Carr are other options.
The Raiders hold the rights to the No. 5 pick, and they should have a shot of at least one of the aforementioned quarterbacks.
Several analysts in attendance at Bridgewater's workout Monday came away less than impressed. That didn't prevent Allen from meeting with Bridgewater soon after the session concluded.
As of now, the Raiders have three quarterbacks on their roster — Trent Edwards, Terrelle Pryor and Matt McGloin. Allen and general manager Reggie McKenzie have made it clear that they aren't convinced that their starting quarterback for 2014 is on the roster right now.
Bridgewater is projected by some as the first quarterback drafted, if not No. 1 overall.


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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Review
It's hard to believe it's been 12 years since the original Tekken Tag Tournament. It seems like only yesterday when my mother and I went to EB as quickly as possible on the PS2's launch and picked this game up alongside the system. I got it home, played it a ton, and recently replayed it to find that it's still a blast to play. Both the main game and Tekken Bowling still rule. Now, with 12 years of time between the two one might expect a huge improvement and while that's true in some ways, it isn't true in others.
For one, there isn't anything here other than the core fighting – no bowling, volleyball, or even a game of Galaga to pass the time. Thankfully, that fighting core has been improved tremendously. There are a ton of double team attacks and the pace is the fastest yet for a Tekken game. Well, usually – there's an annoying outright pause in the gameplay at times even offline that is quite jarring. That part definitely sucks, but when it isn't a problem, the game moves at a smooth clip. The controls are as sharp as ever, and the inclusion of so many double team moves (including the LOL-inducing double Rock Bottom from Heihachi and Jinpachi and a silly powerbomb/ref count from King and Armor King) makes experimenting with different character combinations a joy. Joy is something you'll want to revel in here because this is easily the hardest Tekken game yet.
If you're used to breezing through the games except for the end bosses like I am, prepare to be humbled. Really humbled, because this is the second-hardest 3D fighter I've played this gen. I'd put it right behind DOA 4 as something that will kick your ass time and time again. And that ass-kickery only intensifies online where you'll face people who you'll swear at and be convinced that they're using a turbo pad for seemingly everything possible due to their ability to chain every move together, but also air juggle, tag out, double team you, and then destroy you in mere seconds.
After one trouncing like that, you know it'll take some time to shake off the rust. Luckily, TTT 2 comes armed with an outstanding training mode that teaches you the basics like combos and…bomb avoidance alongside SHOTGUN BLASTS, so you won't find yourself too overwhelmed. At least in theory. The hardest part is still finding a way to make sense of all the pieces of the puzzle you've put together since every character plays so differently, and successfully use them during a battle. The game's best moments don't come from an ending, but from when you finally get over the hump with some area you've struggled with. The key is to not get too excited and to save that YAY YAY YAY for when you've won, and not right after you've successfully sidestepped certain death…only to have your opponent tag in their fresh partner. To further aid the player, the rage system from Tekken 6 is back, meaning that if you're low on health, you can get a damage boost and hopefully make up for some lost ground. While it's not quite a hail mary play, it still does allow for some amazing come from behind victories.
While one can't help but feel slightly disappointed due to the lack of non-fighting things to do here given the franchise's history, the fighting itself is awesome and you've got a ton of modes to use it in. Offline, you've got arcade mode, team battle, survival, and my favorite ghost battle, that allows you to unlock endings and earn tons of gold quickly without having to deal with the frustration of the arcade mode's boss rush at the end. It's definitely the mode to stick with for offline play, and allows to rank up and unlock items very quickly. Sadly, unlike VF 5: Final Showdown, it costs a LOT to unlock items and the menus for assigning items are incredibly clunky. Ghost battle reminds me a lot of the quest mode in VF 5, only with slightly less silly costumes and the lack of a set ladder system for opponents. However, you can still pick which set of enemies (or single enemy at points) you face – choose someone with a gold bar for a nameplate and you can unlock endings and items for beating them. Fail, and you've got to hope to run across them again to unlock stuff.
As great as the offline play is, online is probably the most impressive aspect of the game. The World Tekken Federation setup is great and really easy to use. Unlike the item menus, the menus here are a breeze to navigate and finding a match is easy. You'll spend maybe 30 seconds doing that before you're ready to go, and then when you get into a fight, it's amazingly lag-free. I've actually had more hitches in offline play than online, which not only tells me that a patch is needed to fix that offline issue, but that they really nailed online with this. It's even more impressive given the sheer speed of what's going on. As noted before, this is the fastest-paced incarnation of the series yet, and it also provides the best online experience. Granted, one that can be as frustrating as it is smooth due to the high learning curve before you step into the deep end, but playing against friends of a similar skill level alleviates that and allows you to see just how good a job was done here.
Visually, Tekken Tag 2 is the best-looking entry in the series. Character models are beefy and full of little details. Then you've got the blistering pace of the game, and outside of the second-long freezes, there's no slowdown of any kind. Lighting effects for the stages and other little touches are great. Seeing mud pack onto your character in the mud bath part of the spa is very impressive, and is one of those things that doesn't seem impressive on paper, but is in execution. Like Tekken 6 before it, the animations haven't really changed much over the course of the series and are pretty much exactly what you'd expect outside of new moves. While there isn't much new outside of the character models, I'm mostly satisfied with the graphics.
What I'm blown away with is the audio. The Tekken series has been known for having some outstanding music mixed in with a lot of forgettable stuff, and that trend continues here. Thankfully, the new Tekken Tunes option allows you to customize the soundtrack completely. So if you'd like to swap out the schoolyard stage's wacky techno music for the palace's super-epic song that is easily my favorite in the game, you can. The tune-swapping is so extensive it even covers the character select screens and menus. If you'd like to change the soundtrack to something completely different that you have on your system's hard drive, you can.
This works great for "what if" scenarios, like playing through a few stages with the Super Mario Bros. 1-1 theme blaring, or changing out the palace theme for something from God of War to keep the epic feel, but just mix it up a bit. Having the ability to customize the soundtrack like this reminded me of the glory days of the original Xbox's custom soundtrack, where the music you chose was seamlessly integrated into the game, as opposed to how most games do it now where you have to clunkily change the master volume settings for the in-game music, then drudge through menus to pick your own songs. You still have to go through a couple of menus, but they're laid out really well and are easy to use.
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is a very good game overall and gives you a ton of fighters to play as and many ways to play with them in the game. It's the fastest-paced entry in the series and will test your fighting game mettle very quickly both online and off. If you're in the mood for a challenge, this is the game for you, and if you want something a bit easier, just stick to fighting online with friends and using the ghost battle feature for offline play. Online play is incredible, but offline play is held back by the game freezing for a second or two and really killing the flow of fights. However, it's not a killer and should be fixable with a patch. If nothing else, newcomers should give it a rental, while series vets can feel confident in a purchase. Even without non-fighting activities, you'll definitely get your money's worth out of the game.
Reviewed By: Jeremy Peeples
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Rating: 83%
This review is based on the Xbox 360 version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 provided by Namco Bandai.


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – When he was acquired from the NASL Atlanta Silverbacks on September 14, defender Chris Klute wasn't expected to factor into the Colorado Rapids' final six games of the season.
But on Saturday night in the Rapids' 2-0 win over the Houston Dynamo Klute made his MLS debut, starting at left back, playing all 90 minutes, and drawing rave reviews from his teammates and coaches post-game.
"I thought he was one of the best players on the field," fellow defender Drew Moor told MLSsoccer.com post-game of Klute's debut. "He was doing all the right things. That's positive to see. Hopefully he can remain confident."
Klute battled nerves to nearly record an assist in his debut. In the 77th minute, the 22-year-old crossed for Martin Rivero, and Rivero's shot was spectacularly saved by Dynamo 'keeper Tyler Deric. But Andre Akpan followed Deric's save to record an easy goal.
So Klute didn't get onto the scoresheet, but that's the kind of overlapping play that head coach Oscar Pareja wants to see from his fullbacks.
"At the beginning of the game, we wanted him to gain confidence. I told him 'Chris, I want you to be a good defender first, and the game is going to dictate to you when to start going up,'" Pareja said post-game. "And he did well in that part. The game went on, and he kept going [forward]. He showed personality today."
He also showed speed and physicality. But most importantly, Klute avoided making any critical errors and was able to contribute offensively while performing his defensive responsibilities as well.
"I was nervous and I didn't want to use all my energy early on in the game," Klute told MLSsoccer.com about his debut post-game. "It was my first game so I didn't know what to expect."
Chris Bianchi covers the Colorado Rapids for MLSsoccer.com.
Klute leaves an impression for Colorado in MLS debut
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – When he was acquired from the NASL Atlanta Silverbacks on September 14, defender Chris Klute wasn't expected to factor into the Colorado Rapids' final six games of the season.


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That said, I do know that I've developed a reputation here. By the 10% it's a bad one. But for everyone else, it's someone who is VERY knowledegable about the company and has good and accurate info for the group as a whole. And one who conveys out a positive attitude for everyone to catch on to.
So.......branding. I know that I am kind of a hot commodity and the name Dacuj is known company wide and beyond. That also said, I am looking into the possibilities of trademarking the name Dacuj and in addition starting a limited line of Dacuj apparel and accessories. Specifically I had in mind starting with blue ball caps with DACUJ in white letters that mimic an NYPD hat, a blue shirt with the same along with beer huggers as well. If I were to agree to meet and debate the guys in this forum at a neutral site, would any of you be interested in being first in line to purchase your Dacujwear?


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Bellator MMA takes its customary "off week" this week and instead of a live show airs a "Road to the Championship" highlights special.
The half-hour-long special airs tonight at 11 p.m. ET on Spike TV.
It recaps the organization's five current Season 8 tournaments, all of which conclude in the next few weeks.
In this season's 12-week Bellator run, tournaments were held in the featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight tournaments. Each winner gets $100,000 in total pay and a guaranteed title shot.
The "Road to the Championship" special is hosted by Jimmy Smith and features special guests Joe Warren, Michael Chandler, Ben Saunders, Emanuel Newton, Doug Marshall and Manny Rodriguez.
The schedule of tournament finales includes:
- Bellator 93 (March 21): Marcin Held vs. Dave Jansen (Season 7 lightweight tourney finale)
- Bellator 94 (March 28): Saad Awad vs. David Rickels (Season 8 lightweight tournament final) and Emanuel Newton vs. Mikhail Zayats (Season 8 light heavyweight tournament final)
- Bellator 95 (April 4): Magomedrasul Khasbulaev vs. Mike Richman (Season 8 middleweight tournament final) and Brett Cooper vs. Doug Marshall (Season 8 middleweight tournament final)
Additionally, the Season 8 welterweight tournament final of Douglas Lima vs. Ben Saunders is expected to be scheduled for later this year.
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Diving was something I'd always done.
As a kid, while swimming, I spent more time beneath the surface than above it. But my free dive obsession really started with a SCUBA diving trip in Egypt. During that trip I actually was snorkeling with a friend, and trying to get our depth gauge as deep as we could. Which is a stupid thing to do, by the way. But I was having so much fun, I took a course in freediving… and haven't been dry since.
My best was good enough for a Dutch National Record.
With fins to 60m, without to 55m, and free immersion to 65m. But I was a very average free diver during the time I was competing. At the time, 2011, the 55m was top 20. It's nowhere near that anymore.
I've had seals kiss my camera
Last year, here in Cornwall, we were swimming with seals. Really shy in the beginning, but after a while, one was interested in my fins. Then he got close enough to my camera dome that his whiskers touched it. That was an interaction where you feel someone looking back at you.
I get in the water with a different mindset than the diver.
We both dive, but they have to go within themselves – all I do is look outside of myself. I look at them, the environment, the light. The same actions with completely opposite goals.
Safety dives helped me train.
At every comp, I did safety dives. There is a diver at depth and 30m. And because I did a lot of that, I knew I had a lot of stamina to do repeated dives. The deep guys go to 100m but do it once. The safety guys – and me – go to 30m, but we do it all day long.
I'm definitely, absolutely doing more work than the guys diving
I'm just not going as deep. I have to swim to 15m, see the diver, swim around him, get in front, crane your neck – and it's a bad position. They're going for maximum depth efficiency, I'm going for bursts of speed to get my shot. Totally inefficient as far as diving goes. I don't become a better free diver by being a free dive photographer.
I love Will Trubridge
I met him first in 2007, but it took me till 2012 to work with him. Now we're actually friends. He can be a bit shy. It took until I found out he had a wicked sense of humor for us to become friends. It's nice to work with him – he's a good delegator who tells you what he wants or expects, and he's really clear about what he can do.
At Vertical Blue, I do fifty dives a day
Mostly hanging out between 10 – 20m. That's my office, ten to twenty meters deep. That's a depth where the light is still good, the background is good, and it's easily achievable –I can do it on repeat all day long.
My dream dive is The Arch in the Blue Hole in Dahab
It's an opening in a natural reef. The arch is at 58m, and then there's a 30m overhang, then you have to go back up. To do the arch, with a camera, that would be spectacular.
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Mustang MonthlyHow To Interior Electrical
Ford Mustang Instrument Panel Troubleshooting
Get Your Mustang's Gauges Back On Track By Understanding How They Work
If you've driven classic Mustangs for any time at all, you know that their instrument panels go haywire from time to time. Thankfully, Mustang instruments are easy to diagnose and fix once you learn how they work. Aside from the speedometer, which is mechanical and cable-driven, Mustang instruments are all electrical in function. And that's what we're going to talk about here.
Mustang instrument function tends to be about resistance to the flow of electricity across a circuit to achieve a given function. This resistance, also called ohms, creates heat. It also controls how fast something operates or how brightly. Ohms are an important element to understand when you're checking resistance values in a circuit.
Temperature, Oil, and Fuel
Temperature, oil pressure, and fuel quantity gauges operate on five-volts of regulated current thanks to a small voltage regulator on the back of the instrument panel, also known as a voltage limiter or voltage reducer. Inside, the voltage regulator has a bimetallic arm and heating element (resistor). It is this balance of heating element and bimetallic arm with contact points that regulates current flow to your instruments in half-second pulses of electricity. Voltage regulators fail when contact points burn and pit or the resistor burns out and doesn't get warm anymore. "Bimetallic" means two metals - two dissimilar metals that expand and contract at different rates to open and close contact points inside the voltage regulator. It is a micro-fine, constant pulsing process of contact points that keeps voltage close to five volts. Because vintage Mustangs were born in the age of AM radio, this pulsing causes radio interference. A radio noise suppression choke wired in series with the constant voltage supply lead reduces the noise.
These five-volts of regulated current from the voltage limiter flow through your instruments, which have their own unique function inside. Temperature, oil pressure, and fuel quantity gauges are all identical instruments behind the face, although they have different sending units and faces. All sending units, which are variable resistors (also called rheostats or potentiometers), do the same basic thing. They vary current flow to negative ground to provide readings on the instruments. When current flow is high to ground, instruments read high. And when current flow to ground is low, instruments read low. Each gauge's sending unit works like the volume control on your stereo or dimmer switch. Raise the volume or brighten the light and you are reducing resistance to current flow (low ohmage). Lower volume or dim lights and you are increasing resistance to current flow (high ohmage).
Each instrument (except ammeter) works similar to the voltage regulator - heat and its effect on dissimilar metals cause an immediate expansion along with needle movement. Each gauge has a bimetallic band tied to the needle. And each has a heating element (resistor) designed to act on the bimetallic spring and needle. When current flow across the heating element increases along with corresponding temperature, the bimetallic spring expands, moving the needle higher on the gauge face. When current flow is low, the heating element cools, causing the bimetallic spring to contract, moving the needle back to the left. When you turn the ignition off, current flow stops altogether, causing instrument heating elements to cool and returning needles to rest. These bimetallic springs are very sensitive so they respond quickly to temperature change.
Each sending unit varies resistance to current flow to negative ground. The coolant temperature sender in your engine's water jacket has an electrical conducting spring, temperature sensing element, and heat conducting disc inside. Like other sending units, it operates on variable resistance. When you start a cold engine, current flow across the temperature gauge is nil and the needle remains on "L." As the coolant warms, resistance across the sender decreases, allowing more current flow to ground from the gauge. As resistance decreases with heat, current flow across the instrument increases to move the needle higher.
Oil pressure senders work the same way, only with spring-loaded variable resistors instead of a bimetallic contact. Oil pressure acts on the piston and resistor. When there's low oil pressure, there's high resistance to ground and current flow to ground is low, which makes the instrument read low. When pressure is higher, there's less resistance across the sender and oil pressure reads higher.
Fuel quantity works the same way, only with a float in the tank with a variable resistor. When fuel is low, resistance across the sender to ground is high and the gauge reads low. Fill up the tank and the float rises, reducing resistance across the sender and increasing current flow to ground, which makes the gauge register "Full."
Idiot Lights
Warning lights, also affectionately known as "idiot" lights, are simple in scope and easy to troubleshoot. A coolant or oil pressure warning light works off a grounding "on/off" sender, which is either open or closed. When it is closed, the warning light illuminates. When open, the light is off. A coolant temperature light (TEMP) closes at a specific temperature, typically around 210 degrees F. Like a coolant temperature sender for a gauge, there's a bimetallic switch inside. However, instead of a variable resistor, it's a simple on/off function with contact points. An oil pressure light illuminates at 10 psi when contacts close to illuminate the OIL light. When you start the engine, oil pressure is low and the switch is closed. The oil pressure builds right away, contacts open, and the light goes out.
GEN/ALT lights work an entirely different way. When the ignition is on with the engine off, power flows through the ALT light and a parallel 15-ohm resistor (shunt) through the voltage limiter contacts to the alternator field. The voltage limiter is inside the voltage regulator. Battery voltage through the light is enough to allow the alternator to make electricity once the engine is started. The ALT light is shunted via the 15-ohm resistor just mentioned. When the engine is started, enough voltage is made to close the field relay contacts in the regulator, causing the ALT light to go out.
With generator charging systems, the GEN light is connected between the armature terminal on the voltage regulator and the coil terminal on the ignition switch. This makes the GEN light an integral part of the circuit where it is in parallel with the voltage regulator contact points. If the ignition is turned on with the engine off, the voltage regulator contacts will be open and the GEN light will illuminate. When the engine is started, the regulator contacts close. Power then bypasses the GEN light and the light goes out.
ALT and GEN warning lights are simple to understand and troubleshoot based on the previous description. These warning lights illuminate only when the battery isn't being charged. When they become inoperative, it's typically a burned out bulb or a break in the wiring. Keep the black/yellow wire (37) squarely in mind and you can't miss.
Ammeter, as its name implies, monitors or measures amperage flow in and out of the battery via the alternator. It does not measure battery voltage like a voltmeter. As the alternator charges the battery, an ammeter reflects this charging process as the needle swings right. As the battery discharges, the ammeter also shows this process as its needle swings left. It all happens via a magnetic field caused by the flow of current across the ammeter. Two basic types of ammeters have been employed in classic Mustangs. In '65, Mustangs had an induction-style ammeter with no connections, only an induction loop (also called a magnetic loop) on the back of the ammeter that picks up current flow (magnetic field) through the main power lead.
For '66 and beyond, Ford thought it had a better idea in its shunt-style ammeter where two leads - red and yellow in color - bring current through the ammeter. The red lead goes to the battery and yellow to the alternator. The problem with these post-'65 ammeters is that they weren't durable enough for the demand. Most burned up and failed early in their service life, which is why your ammeter needle probably never moves. We looked at many '66-'73 Mustang ammeters in the used parts inventory at Mustangs Etc. and were amazed at how many of them had burned up and failed. Most do not work.
So what's the fix for burned out ammeters? There really isn't one short of having yours converted to a voltmeter by Auto Instruments. Auto Instruments can convert your ammeter to a voltmeter so the needle is centered when everything is normal (around 12-14 volts). We've learned from Ray Sanchez at Mustangs Etc. that classic Mustang shunt-style ammeters are problematic and can be an unsafe fire risk because they're live all the time and not protected with a fuse or fusible link. This is why it's a good idea to have Auto Instruments do a voltmeter conversion, which makes things reliable and safe.
Your Mustang's tachometer gives an rpm readout based on frequency of ignition point closures. As engine rpm increases, the greater the frequency of these closures per minute along with a higher tachometer reading. The tachometer will have two leads - one red and one black. Red is a male plug that gets its power from the ignition switch, known as "switched" power. The black lead with a female plug goes to the positive side of the ignition coil. When tachometers fail, it's either a bad connection or a problem in the tachometer itself. Tachometers rarely fail. They're as reliable as oil, fuel, and coolant temperature gauges.
When a tachometer fails, the engine typically won't start either because the ignition coil gets its power via the tachometer. In fact, if you disconnect the factory tachometer, your engine will not start. Mustang factory tachometers get their signal via ignition points cycling (closing). With electronic ignition, the basic principle is the same - the cycling of coil collapses and spark plug firings.
Tachometer service and calibration isn't something you should tackle yourself. When your tachometer becomes inoperative and all troubleshooting efforts are exhausted, we suggest sending it to Auto Instruments for service and calibration.
Questions and Answers
Problem: My gauges won't register with the ignition turned on. What's wrong?
Probable Solution: Replace the instrument voltage regulator.
Question: Can my instruments be calibrated?
Answer: Yes, you can calibrate them yourself or send them out for calibration. Ideally, you will calibrate them yourself on the vehicle.
Question: How do I know if the problem is the sender or gauge?
Answer: Go to the sender, disconnect the plug, and ground it directly to the body or engine block. If the gauge moves to maximum, replace the sender. If the gauge is unresponsive, suspect the gauge, wiring, or voltage regulator.
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It is surely an old cliché, but knowing true fuel quantity has never been an exact science. Just because the gauge is on "E" doesn't always mean the tank is empty. Or, it can be empty but the fuel gauge shows a quarter tank. Here's how you can get it spot on.
When it comes to fuel quantity, there are three forms of calibration designed to get you close to what's in the tank. First, don't begin with handicaps such as a bashed in fuel tank, damaged sender, or trash in the fuel tank. Begin your calibration process with good parts and a clean tank. We're going to show you how variable resistance translates to needle position on a fuel gauge using a multimeter (ohmmeter) and a simple 12-volt light bulb.


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Fr. Allan Wolter, O.F.M., and Dr. Oleg Bychkov published a volume that ranks among the finest contributions of the Franciscan Institute to medieval studies to date. They edited and translated a listener's report on Duns Scotus's Paris lectures on Peter Lombard's Sentences. The title is as weighty as the 1288-page volume: John Duns Scotus. The Examined Report of the Paris Lecture. Reportatio I-A. The book itself is the first of a two-volume work to be completed in 2006.
Fr. Allan Wolter first taught in the Franciscan Institute in the 1940s. He returned to The Institute, one last time, to take the Josepah A.Doino Visiting Professorship of Franciscan Studies in 1997. In 2002, in his eighty-ninth year, he retired to St. Louis. Dr. Oleg Bychkov, Associate Professor in the theology department of St. Bonaventure University, worked with Wolter on the edition, reviewing the Latin text as well as Wolter's English translation, espcially after Fr. Allan's retirement.
Scotus (1265-1308) is known as the inventive thinker who continued the Franciscan tradition that began in Paris in the late 1230s with Alexander of Hales and built upon the thought of Bonaventure. His influence has continued into modern times. After an eclipse of sorts as a consequence of the prominence of Neothomism in the Church, Scotus has slowly won again the great respect of thinkers, philosophical and theological, that he enjoyed in previous centuries. The present publication both justifies that respect and will certainly stimulate its development.
In such a way, the Franciscan Institute helps give past Franciscans a voice today. Wolter and Bychkov have not only enabled Scotus to speak again; they have given him an English tongue as well.
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Fr. Karris is a former professor of New Testament at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and a former Provincial Minister of Sacred Heart Province and General Councilor of the Order of Friars Minor. Currently, he is research professor at The Franciscan Institute of St. Bonaventure University.
He has been widely published and his most recent New Testament books are "John: Stories of the Word" and "Faith and Eating Your Way through Luke's Gospel."
He is a past president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America and for the last four years he has preached in more than 120 churches in the United States on behalf of the poor served by Food for the Poor. He is general editor of the 15-volume Works of St. Bonaventure series published by Franciscan Institute Publications.
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Some of the richest biodiversity that resides in a sprawling archipelago nearly midway between Norway's northern coast and the North Pole is ripe for inspection, not with high-powered binoculars, however, but with the exacting imagery afforded by the lens of a magnifying glass. The Svalbard Islands are home to polar bears, whales and walruses. Yet equally consequential in the island ecosystem are more than 1,100 species of invertebrates, including beetles, wasps, flies, moths, springtails, mites, aphids and spiders, that eke out a living in Svalbard's soil, streams, and even on its glaciers.
Many of them have evolved unique ways of handling the extremes of the Arctic's seasons, relying on tricks like self-desiccation or natural antifreezes as survival mechanisms for the 10-month polar winter. During summer's brief window, invertebrates rev up to play integral roles in the high-latitude environment, turning over nutrients to enhance the fertility of arctic soils.
>> View a slide show of Svalbard's wealth of invertebrate diversity
Their usefulness aside, an overriding mystery remains as to how these organisms arrived in this forbidding spot. Steve Coulson, an arctic ecologist of The University Center in Svalbard, has a hunch. Coulson has spent more than 20 years sifting through soil, overturning rocks and swiping the air with butterfly nets in his pursuit of Svalbard's invertebrates. He reckons that some of these small creatures may have originally hitchhiked their way to Svalbard by hiding in the plumage of migratory birds. Researchers refer to this form of freeloading as phoresy. If correct, Coulson says, "colonization to remote areas may be a lot faster than we thought."
This summer, Coulson and his colleagues set out a handful of clam traps, or small netting tents that spring atop curious birds lured in by bait. After experimenting with a couple different size traps (40 by 40 centimeters was "too obvious"), they managed to bag 11 snow buntings, a common Arctic migratory bird. The team examined the snow buntings' plumage for any invertebrates they may be carrying and then let the birds go.
They found three nonparasitic soil invertebrates: one oribatid mite and two mesostigmatid mites. One of those latter species had never been recorded in Svalbard before. "This implies that the mite must have come from the mainland to Svalbard on the bird, and therefore must have been on the bird for some time," Coulson says. Avian delivery services were known to the likes of Charles Darwin, who suggested that birds may spread insect or plant eggs stuck to their feet or that the ova could survive a trip down their digestive tract. But as far as Coulson knows, no one has ever shown that soil insects with no parasitic ties to birds can travel long distances on a bird's plumage.
This finding has implications for understanding both past and future colonization events on Svalbard. Although researchers have lacked clear knowledge of invertebrate history on the islands, they agree that most, if not all, invertebrates likely did not survive the last glacial maximum, which blanketed Svalbard in a sheet of ice for around 7,000 years. Rather, invertebrates reinvaded Svalbard after the ice subsided, beginning around 10,000 years ago. Birds, Coulson thinks, may have played a pivotal role in this process.
As the climate in Svalbard and the rest of the planet warms, it will likely widen the breadth of organisms that could potentially live in the Far North. But to become established, mites and other minute creatures must reach the archipelago. Normally, a researcher assumes that a tiny, flightless soil invertebrate may take thousands of years to find its way to a place like Svalbard by means of serendipitous mixing of ocean currents, winds and haphazard events. If invertebrates hitch a ride on migrating birds, however, these species may be arriving all the time. "Now, they can't persist because it's too cold, but if they are migrating already, it might just take a switch to the right climate," Coulson says.
Questions remain, such as how long the mites can persist on their unsuspecting hosts, how many species may be undertaking this dispersal method and how often this occurs. To pursue answers, Coulson and another colleague, Natalia Lebedeva, have established the Avian Vectors of Invertebrate Faunas research project, or AVIFauna, an international team composed of ecologists, taxonomists and molecular biologists. Now that they have collected a few invertebrates, they plan to compare DNA sequences of the Svalbard hitchhikers with potential invertebrate source populations found in the birds' overwintering locations in Russia and Europe. Their findings, they think, will apply to invertebrate colonizers on other polar islands as well. "It could be that dispersal to remote islands," Coulson says, "happens much, much faster than we think."


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Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium known to cause peptic ulcers, is also the primary cause of gastric cancer, which is a leading cancer killer globally.
A large clinical trial at seven sites across Latin America has now found that a standard three-drug regimen for treating H. pylori is more effective, at least in the population studied, than either of two four-drug regimens that proved superior in studies in Europe and Asia.
"This study turns recent literature a bit on its head," says study coauthor William D. Chey, M.D., of the University of Michigan. "Specifically, virtually all other randomized, controlled trials that have tested the four-drug therapy, either sequentially over ten days or concomitantly over five days, have found it superior."
But most of that literature reports on research done in Italy and Taiwan, Chey points out. The new study, published online July 20th by The Lancet, suggests H. pylori eradication approaches need to be validated locally rather than relying on findings from studies of other populations. The authors speculate that geographic variations in H. pylori's resistance to antibiotics might account for part of the discrepancy between populations.
Coordinated by SWOG, one of the National Cancer Institute's cooperative groups, the study took place at both urban and rural sites in Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Researchers randomly assigned 1,463 volunteers infected with H. pylori to one of three treatment regimens, making this the largest trial of its type ever conducted.
One group took a five-day, four-drug regimen, and a second group took these same four drugs but sequentially over a period of ten days. A third group took a standard, 14-day course of two antibiotics plus a proton-pump inhibitor.
Six weeks after starting treatment, each participant was tested for H. pylori infection.
Of those volunteers who took the three-drug, 14-day treatment, 82.2 percent were infection-free. Only 73.6 percent of the group on the five-day regimen and 76.5 percent of those on the ten-day regimen – the same therapies earlier studies had found superior – had overcome their infection.
The trial was part of an initiative exploring ways to reduce the incidence of gastric cancer.
"The ultimate goal is to advance the discussion about whether we should approach gastric cancer prevention by mass eradication programs for H. pylori," says lead author E. Robert Greenberg, M.D., an epidemiologist with the SWOG Statistical Center and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Wash. "There's lots of thinking that needs to be done and information that needs to be gathered before that decision is made."
Complicating the gastric cancer prevention picture is a small but controversial body of evidence hinting that H. pylori infection may bring benefits as well as harm, reducing rates of childhood asthma and allergies and lowering rates of esophageal cancer, for example.
No large studies comparing the effectiveness of H. pylori treatment regimens have been conducted in the United States, and a pressing question now is which regimen should be recommended to U.S. doctors treating H. pylori. "Before this trial I thought I knew the answer to that question," Chey says. "Now I'm not so sure."
Gastric cancer statistics: According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, stomach cancer was the fourth most common malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer death in the world in 2008, with an estimated 990,000 new cases and about 738,000 deaths. Approximately 72% of new cases occurred in developing countries.
Funding: Support for the trial came from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (grant OPP43930).
Other authors:
G. L. Anderson, Ph.D., and J. J. Crowley, Ph.D., SWOG Statistical Center; G. E. Goodman M.D., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; D. R. Morgan M.D, M.P.H., University of North Carolina; J. Torres, Ph.D., Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico; L. E. Bravo, M.D., Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia; R. L. Domniguez, M.D., Hospital Regional de Occidente, Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras; C. Ferreccio, M.D., M.P.H., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; R. Herrero, M.D., Ph.D., Fundación INCIENSA, San José, Costa Rica; E. C. Lazcano-Ponce, M.D., Ph.D., and E. Salazar-Martínez, M.D., Dr.Sc., Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Mexico; M. M. Meza-Montenegro, Ph.D., Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón, Mexico; R. Peña, M.D., Ph.D., and E. M. Peña, M.D., Centro de Investigación en Demografía y Salud, León, Nicaragua; P. Correa, M.D., Vanderbilt Medical Center; M. Elena Martínez, Ph.D., University of Arizona Cancer Center; M. Valdivieso, M.D., and L. H. Baker, D.O., University of Michigan
Reference: The Lancet, DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60825-8, published online July 20, 2011
SWOG (formerly the Southwest Oncology Group) is one of the largest cancer clinical trial cooperative groups in the United States. Funded primarily by the National Cancer Institute, the group designs and conducts clinical trials to improve the practice of medicine in preventing, detecting, and treating cancer, and to enhance the quality of life for cancer survivors. The more than 4,000 physician-researchers in the group's network practice at more than 500 institutions, including 19 of the National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers. The Group is headquartered at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., and has an operations office in San Antonio, Texas, and a statistical center in Seattle, Wash.
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pumpkin & chocolate cookies
A popular recipe in our house, these easy and delicious cookies are certainly worth a try!
I bought nutmeg and pumpkin puree, assuming the rest of the ingredients were in my
cupboards. Excitedly I started mixing but soon realized I was short on sugar, cloves,
cinnamon and butter. It was late and I didn't want to drive to the store so I just made due
with what I had.
2 1/2 cp flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cp butter
1/4 cp butter flavored shortening
1/2 cp white sugar
1/2 cp brown sugar
1 can pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 pkg milk chocolate chips
Measure and combine dry ingredients, minus sugars. Cream butter, shortening and
sugars. Add pumpkin, vanilla, egg and mix. Add dry mixture and chocolate.
Bake for 11 mins @ 350.
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mmm...these sound so yummy!! this might be a great treat to make for thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
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those look yummy, think i love yours, anything with chocolate added completely ups their value :)ReplyDelete
Sounds delicious, can't wait to try this recipe!ReplyDelete
those look fantastic!!ReplyDelete
and I am totally smitten with your bowl!!
mmmm... That sounds good, might have to try it out!ReplyDelete
this is perfect for the bit of pumpkin puree i have left over from making pumpkin cake, thanks for the recipe!ReplyDelete
i definitely like the idea of your version better with the chocolate and no frosting, but why did you use MORE butter? I wonder how it would work with molasses instead of sugar, or instead of part of the sugar? applesauce instead of more of the sugar? I am going ot have to experiment I suppose *huge sigh.....ReplyDelete
These look amazing. Definitely going to give them a go!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2010
Loved the recipe, but i had to cook my cookies a little longer (mabey just because my oven) but they were still delicious! Thanks!ReplyDelete
pumpkin and chocolate. my two favorite ingredients. i'll be using your recipe soon!ReplyDelete
My family made this recipe every year while I was growing up (we added oatmeal and shaped the 1/4c spoonfuls into pumpkin shapes with stems). Now that I'm a wife & mom, I've carried on the tradition. It's not fall in our home until we've made pumpkin cookies! :)ReplyDelete
These do look yummers!ReplyDelete
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