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Cramer, Samuel (1842-1913)
Samuel Cramer, a Mennonite minister and theologian, professor at the Amsterdam municipal university and the Mennonite seminary, was born 3 July 1842 at Middelburg (capital of the Dutch province of Zeeland), died at Amsterdam, 30 January 1913. His father was Alle Meenderts Cramer, his mother a daughter of Samuel Muller. In his home the boy received the deep religious impressions and the outstanding character education of which he gave evidence throughout his life.
His education began in the elementary and Latin schools of his home town. In 1861 he attended the Athenaeum in Amsterdam, which later became the Amsterdam university, and the seminary where Willem Moll, S. Hoekstra, J. G. de Hoop Scheffer, P. J. Veth, and other capable teachers initiated him into the mysteries of church history, the problems of philosophy, and the manifold questions of theology. His independence was early apparent in an article he published in the student almanac in cooperation with his friend H. D. Tjeenk Willink, in which they sharply criticized the seminary. This naturally evoked some disapproval on the part of the professors and the board of directors. But his untiring and thorough theological work protected him from any adverse consequences of this bold critique. He was most attracted by S. Hoekstra, his professor of ethics and dogmatics. Though Cramer was a thorough liberal, he was also permanently influenced by his maternal grandfather, who was in his advanced years a genuinely pious, sincere, and rather conservative person.
On 16 April 1866, Cramer acquired his doctor's degree with a summa cum laude at the university of Utrecht, since the Athenaeum was not yet giving the degree, with a treatise on Zwingli's theology (Zwingli's Leer van het Godsdienstig Geloof, Middelburg, 1866). His professional adviser in his graduation was Prof. J. J. van Oosterzee, who was noted as a theologian and preacher and who was a competent co-worker on Lange's Bible commentary.
With the consent of the seminary board Cramer had spent a semester at the universities of Heidelberg and Zürich. On 18 November 1866 he entered the Mennonite ministry at Zijldijk in the province of Groningen. He was introduced by his father with a sermon on 1 Corinthians 4:1-2, which he himself followed with a sermon on 2 Corinthians 5:20. True to the thought of the text, Cramer was untiring in preaching, religious instruction, pastoral visits, and studies. He devoted all his time and his extraordinary strength to his congregation and the brotherhood in the wider sense, then as always consuming himself in the service of his office. The first fruits were reaped by the Doopsgezinden Bijdragen. The first issue of the new series under Harting and Cool was opened with an article by Cramer, "Verdraagzaam of bekrompen?" (Tolerant or narrow-minded?) This article is evidence of his wide reading and of his comprehensive interest in Mennonite history and the objectives arising from that history. The second issue also began with an article by Cramer, this time a genial account of his visits to Mennonites in other countries. He also wrote articles for scholarly journals.
On 18 September 1870 Cramer left Zijldijk and went to Emden, taking charge of the small congregation on 25 September. Here he became the good friend of Antje Brons, the wife of the outstanding Isaak Brons, who was currently the deacon of the Emden congregation and filled an important place in national affairs. In intimate association with this family he received inspiration and information. His own contribution is indicated by the words Mrs. Brons wrote to me nearly 25 years later (1893): "I am very happy to know that a man so zealous and so filled with a high calling as Professor Cramer is your teacher."
Cramer was not long in Emden. In 1872 he accepted a call to Enschede, preaching as his farewell sermon at Emden "Ons Koninkrijk" (Harlingen, 1872) on 13 October. In Enschede he found a challenging field. For more than 12 years he served this congregation, constantly developing his talents. Though he apparently devoted all his time to theological study, his actual interest lay only in the building and strengthening of his brotherhood, his congregation being merely the small portion of total Christendom entrusted to his care by divine Providence. When in 1877 dissension broke out in the Reformed congregation in Enschede he did not hesitate to speak words of admonition to both sides; his interest was valued as the Christian advice of a dear brother. When Cramer transferred to Zwolle in 1885 the Reformed congregation of Enschede also presented him with gifts. In Enschede Cramer continued his literary work. One of his books was Konservatief Modernisme, Godgeleerdheid en Volksleven (Leyden, 1882). In addition he published many articles in Dutch and German periodicals: Doopsgezinde Bijdragen, De Hervorming, Het Theologisch Tijdschrift, Volksalmanak, Protestantische Kirchenzeitung für das evangelische Deutschland, Mennonitische Blätter, Schweizerische Reformblätter, etc.
In 1883 Cramer was delegated by the Dutch Protestantenbond to attend the German Protestantentag at Neustadt a.d. Hardt. On this occasion he visited the congregations of the Palatinate and the school at the Weierhof. On his journeys he made as many contacts as possible with like-minded persons. At Neustadt he made the acquaintance of C. H. Zimmermann and his wife of Danzig, a member of the city council. The dilapidated state of the Weierhof school, information received from his Danzig friends, and his experiences among the Palatine Mennonites led him to undertake an extended journey among the German Mennonites, including also those in Polish Prussia. On this journey he persuaded the Danzig church council to call the meeting held in Berlin on 2 and 3 October 1884, which resulted in the organization of the Vereinigung der Mennonitengemeinden im Deutschen Reich. Thus this institution, so fraught with importance to the future development of the Mennonite brotherhood in Germany, owes its existence partly to Cramer. The account of his visits to the German, French, and Swiss congregations in 1883 and 1884 is found in Doopsgezinde Bijdragen 1885, 1-53 (East Friesland, Hamburg, along the Rhine, the Palatinate, Alsace, Switzerland, Baden, etc., Danzig, East and West Prussia); Doopsgezinde Bijdragen 1886, 1-72 (East and West Prussia and Poland).
While at Enschede Cramer married Maria Charlotte de Clercq, who was also descended from an old Mennonite family. This union was blessed with a daughter and two sons. Maria died on 18 March 1898 after a long illness.
In his last year at Enschede Cramer published Christengodsvrucht in Doopsgezind gemeenteleven (Enschede, 1885). Soon afterward he was called to Zwolle, and served there from 15 March 1885, to 20 April 1890. Then he succeeded J. G. de Hoop Scheffer as professor at the Amsterdam seminary and university. The topic of his inaugural address was "Beschrijvende en Toegepaste Godgeleerheid in haar verschil en onderling verband" (published in Amsterdam, 1890). In 1894, upon the sudden death of de Hoop Scheffer, he also assumed the editorship of the Doopsgezinde Bijdragen, a large part of the obligations indirectly connected with the professorship having already fallen to his lot.
At that time he could hardly have been called a man of outstanding scholarship. After the dissertation with which he earned his degree, no really scholarly work had appeared from his pen. He was not a pioneer, nor did he represent any particular theological view which would have attracted general attention to himself. He was only a man of scholarly education who devoted his leisure hours to study, and in addition worked in various intellectual fields at the same time. He later warned his students against making a similar error. Nevertheless he was a successful teacher and in 1900 served with honor as the head of the rectorship of the Amsterdam university. Before 1899 no works of outstanding merit were published by him. In that year he published in the Doopsgezinde Bijdragen an extensive study of the dependability of van Braght's Martyrs' Mirror. The next volume of the Bijdragen contained his conclusion of the above study and an article on the history of Mennonite church music. After that his productions followed in rather rapid succession, especially in the Bijdragen. Most of these dealt with Mennonite history; he was also the author of the sketch on the Mennonites in the third edition of Herzog's Realenzyklopaedie. But his principal work, a monumentum aere perennius, did not appear until 1904-1912. This was the Bibliotheca Reformatoria Neerlandica, which he edited in cooperation with Dr. F. Pijper, professor of theology at the university of Leiden. It is a collection of writings from the period of the Reformation in Holland, published in the original with minute exactness and provided with introductions and notes based on modern scholarly research. Cramer worked through four stately volumes, the last of which was published posthumously by Dr. Pijper. A history of the Algemene Doopsgezinde Societeit which he had planned to write in collaboration with the author of this biographical sketch and for which much material had been gathered, was interrupted by the failing of Cramer's strength and his death.
But Cramer's significance cannot be measured by a merely scholarly standard. His aim was rather to produce capable preachers and faithful shepherds for their future flocks. In this he was outstandingly successful. His influence consequently increased, so that the celebration of the centennial of the Algemene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit in 1911 became as a matter of course a tribute to Cramer. To the congregations he was like a father; not always a gentle father, and in the beginning of his professorship his too personal regulation of the management of some rural congregation produced some displeasure on the part of the deacons. But he won their hearts by his frank acknowledgment that he had erred.
He entered his second happy marriage with Maria A. Stuart in 1900, and was privileged to spend his last years in a blessed family life. On the occasion of the commemoration of the centennial of the founding of the A.D.S. on 28 September 1911, where he delivered an address, he was not in the best of health. In June 1912, he gave his last lecture at the university, and on 30 January 1913, his suffering came to an end.
Doopsgezind Jaarboekje (1914): 21-35, with portrait.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 v. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 377-381.
Kühler, W. J. "Levensbericht van S. Cramer." Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1916): 1-32, where the stately list of Cramer's publications is also given.
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2001 Hot Rod Virtual Power Tour - Day Four, May 6
Exclusive Daily Updates From The Road. Effingham, IL to Springfield, MO: Driving the Chevy Train, a Chat with the Highway Patrol, and Fishing with Uncle Buck
Even though the bulk of the Power Tour cars are owner-built hot rods, this doesn't mean the manufacturers don't like to play as well. This year Chevrolet brought along a slew of modified production vehicles that we were invited to check out on this leg of the trip. Hot Rod magazine's Jeff Koch, along with your online editor and video producer, hopped on board this compelling collection of vehicles, and took turns with each one. While the two Corvettes were clearly the favorite rides of the day (especially the blown Mallett), we found the others each had some distinctive appeal. A bad black Blazer with a Corvette LS-1 under the hood was a real Q-ship, except for the fat rear meats (315/35ZR17), which fill out the wheelwells perfectly. There was also a supercharged Cavalier (with pretty healthy performance for a four-banger), a 260hp S10 Xtreme, and a Monte Carlo Pace Car. (You'll be hearing more about them as the trip goes on, and when Jeff catches his breath from the trip, check out his upcoming features in Hot Rod magazine as well.)
Although we encountered the first serious rainstorm of the Tour, it didn't slow the Chevy convoy down one bit. We did wonder how the T-bucket contingent fared that day, however. Despite the downpour, we continued to encounter spectators along the roadside--it amazes us how many people eagerly anticipate our arrival, even when we just buzz on by. Speaking of buzzing, one of our more prominent Power Tour participants had an encounter with the highway patrol due to a suspiciously absent license plate. No worries, but some state trooper is now the proud owner of a nicely embroidered Hot Rod shirt. (We havent tried this tactic before, but well keep it mind for the future.)
The sun finally broke through by the time we rolled into Springfield, Missouri at the Bass Pro Shops. While the parking lot of this mega-mall may not have been quite as scenic as our previous stops (weve been getting a bit spoiled), it sure was packed with spectators. Thats partly because Bass Pro Shops is the top tourist attraction in the state. With enough acreage under one roof to cover seven football fields, this is a Mecca for outdoor enthusiasts, stocked with just about anything youd need for fishing and camping. More than that, inside this mammoth facility youll find waterfalls, duck ponds, diver-fed fish in aquariums, restaurants, and even a barber shop. The only thing missing is the great outdoors.
Edelbrock supplied a tasty barbeque that evening, and we all managed to duck inside before the thunderheads rolled through again. But we plan to make our own sort of thunder on our way to Tulsa on the next leg. Oklahoma, here we come!

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Coat the fish fillets in the cornflour, then set aside. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan, sizzle the fillets for 2-3 mins on each side until crisp, then remove and keep warm. In the same pan, briefly fry the spring onion, garlic and ginger, then add the soy sauce, brown sugar and lime juice and simmer until slightly syrupy. Spoon the sauce over the fish, scatter with chilli, Thai basil or coriander, then serve with the lime wedges.


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In Defense Of Liberty
The government has responded to the credit crisis with a massive expansion of its balance sheet and its role in the economy. Is there nothing for a good libertarian to do but head for the hills? No, you can stand and fight.
Libertarians and fans of small government, do not abandon all hope. There are lessons to be learned from the financial crisis, and battles to be fought. The first lesson to learn is that the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 was a mistake. The law forces banks with branches in poor neighborhoods to lend money there–which is to say, to lend money to people with poor credit ratings. This price is exacted from any bank looking for permission to add a branch or buy another bank. The rule is enforced by private community organizations like Acorn.
There are two ways that banks cope with the law's demands. One is simply by avoiding poor neighborhoods altogether, leaving the business of providing financial services there to pawnshops, check‐cashing outlets and businesses making usurious payday loans. The other is by writing a lot of mortgages. That means issuing subprime mortgages with low down payments and low teaser rates. The monthly payments, that is, start out looking affordable. After a while the loan resets to a much higher rate.
The problems occasioned by the latter approach were compounded by a 1995 law permitting the securitization of subprime loans. Securitizing frees the mortgage originator from an obligation to hold weak loans in its own portfolio and thus makes that originator more indifferent to the risks. Beginning in the late 1990s the White House and Congress also put strong pressure on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy securities backed by these mortgages. Over the years 2005-07 about 40% of the mortgages that the two enterprises added to their portfolios of single‐family loans were junk loans.
Now that Fannie and Freddie have been nationalized–adding $5 trillion of debt to the government balance sheet–what is the next step? At the moment the U.S. Treasury is trying to restore them to health so that it can send them back into the private sector. This is a mistake. The government should liquidate them.
The two megathrifts are based on a profoundly unsound business model in which their profits accrue to shareholders and executives and their losses accrue to taxpayers. That is a recipe for warped incentives. It's why Fannie and Freddie stacked giant asset piles atop slim equity cushions. It's why they went bust when house prices declined.
After auctioning off the assets of Fannie and Freddie, the government should stop playing any role in providing subsidized credit to the general housing market. How, then, will we help low‐income families that want to own their homes? With a narrowly targeted mortgage subsidy. It would be keyed to people's incomes, rather like food stamps, and it would be a far more efficient way to increase home ownership among poor people than the combination of the Community Reinvestment Act, Fannie and Freddie. The two mortgage giants are allowed to buy loans as big as $625,500. How can that possibly be the way to help poor people? One advantage of a mortgage subsidy is that it would be a line item in the budget rather than a cost imposed on private‐sector banks or a hidden risk imposed on future taxpayers.
The second lesson from the crisis–a lesson that taxpayers will learn painfully over the next few years–is that it's a bad idea to award immense new powers to the executive branch while ignoring the need to oversee the wielding of that power. Just as members were about to head home to campaign for reelection, Congress handed the Treasury Department a $700 billion credit card with which to bail out banks, brokers and issuers of commercial paper. The bill was a lot for the legislators to swallow. It went down more easily after the addition of $100 billion of expenditures and tax breaks for purposes wholly extraneous to the legislation's main objective.
There are three precedents for blank‐check authorizations on this scale, and none is reassuring. One is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that authorized the Vietnam War. The next allowed Richard Nixon to impose wage and price controls and a 10% surcharge on imports. The third authorized the Iraq War. Our political system cannot maintain a balance of power between the Administration and Congress on such important matters when the authorizing laws are so unbalanced.
My first piece of advice to Congress: Don't be rushed. Very few decisions of any importance need to be made within days, even in an election year. In any election year two‐thirds of incumbent senators are not running for reelection. They could provide a valuable forum for reviewing any important proposal from the Administration, while their colleagues and all the members of the House run to keep their jobs.
My second: Ask a bipartisan group of respected former government officials who have faced similar problems before to review the conditions that led to an Administration's proposal, evaluate the proposal, and consider and evaluate feasible alternatives to it. For the recent financial crisis I would have recommended a panel that included Alan Greenspan, Paul Volcker, William Isaacs and Lawrence Summers.
And what do I tell fellow libertarians? Stand your ground. You do not win elections, but you influence them. Work across party lines if you want to have any effect. The number of voters who have generally libertarian political preferences is larger than the vote difference between the major parties. On important issues libertarians must be among the best informed and be willing to support the position of whichever major party is most consistent with their beliefs.


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In Woody Allen's 1971 political satire, "Bananas," a prisoner is forced listen, over and over, to the cast recording from the 1920s musical "No, No Nannette."
The scene is good for a laugh. But there's nothing funny about reports that Guantanamo Bay detainees were blasted with loud and repeated playings of everything from the "Sesame Street" theme to the old "Meow Mix" commercial jingle to Queen's "We are the Champions."
A coalition of musicians, including Pearl Jam, R.E.M. and the Roots, is supporting a Freedom of Information Act request demanding details of interrogations reportedly accompanied by an ear-splitting soundtrack. The National Security Archive submitted a list of some 30 performers – including the Bee Gees, Britney Spears and Tupac Shakur – and asked which of those artists' songs were used against prisoners, The Washington Post notes.
The move, part of a larger effort pushing for Guantanamo Bay's closure, marks the latest chapter in the often uneasy relationship between politics and popular music.
Folk music long has given voice to protest, well before Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger plucked a guitar or banjo and bucked the establishment. In the rock era, you can draw a squiggly line between George Harrison's "The Concert for Bangladesh" and Bono's mix of music and world causes. Bruce Springsteen, a meld of Guthrie and garage band, has used his platform, for better or worse, to tout John Kerry and Barack Obama for president.
He probably wasn't pleased by reports that "Born in the USA," blared at Gitmo during the Bush years.
But the artists' personal feelings or political bents aren't the primary issues. Using music as an instrument of torture is cruel and potentially counterproductive.
Music is as close as we come to a common language, and can help bridge cultural and political divides. A documentary set to air on PBS next month – "How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin" – argues that the youth movement spurred by the Fab Four seeped through the Iron Curtain and ultimately helping bring about Glasnost.
That all may sound overblown, but when Vladimir Putin, a child of the Soviet 1960s, winds up giving Paul McCartney a personal tour of the Kremlin in 2003, the theory doesn't seem so far-fetched.
Speaking of PBS, the alleged use of the "Sesame Street" theme at Guantanamo Bay is particularly insidious given that the children's show is seen in one form or another in 120 countries, making the Muppets cloth cultural ambassadors and promoters of understanding.
The White House reportedly put a quick end to the musical interludes on Guantanamo Bay in January after President Obama took office. Let's see if the administration is as speedy in filling the FOIA request so we can get a complete accounting of possible abuses.
Music can be a powerful force that can connect people. It shouldn't be used to break them – or, potentially, the tenets of the Geneva Conventions. Whether the tune is being called by The Boss or Big Bird, the idea of using music as a weapon is, well, bananas.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Three people are dead after a police pursuit that ended in a crash in Danbury, Connecticut, early Saturday morning.
The pursuit began in New York state and crossed into Danbury where it crashed on Mill Plain Road, according to Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton.
According to the Putnam County Sheriff's office, a deputy sheriff noticed a car driving on Route 6 in Southeast, New York, around 4 a.m. Police said the vehicle was moving erratically and swerving over the center line of the road. The deputy tried to pull the car over but the driver did not stop and continued driving east toward Connecticut.
Authorities said the deputy followed the car, which was initially driving under the speed limit. The deputy reported that the car then accelerated about a quarter mile from the Connecticut line. The deputy turned off his lights and sirens, but the suspect car continued to accelerate until it ran off the road and collided with a utility pole at the intersection of Route 6 and Milestone Road in Danbury.
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text: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is officially in service. All Nippon Airways carried its first load of paying passengers on a special flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong on Wednesday. There was plenty of pomp and circumstance surrounding the flight, and the passengers — including some who paid many thousands of dollars to be on the first flight — were all enthusiastic about flying on the composite airliner. As much fun as it might be to ride in the back of the new Dreamliner, we thought it would be more fun to look up front for a detailed look at where the pilots sit. So here is the tour of the newest airline cockpit around. The photos were taken in one of the two 787 Dreamliners delivered to All Nippon Airways this month. The Japanese airline expects to have seven by the end of the year. Everything in the cockpit seen above is part of the normal 787 airplane except the small panel on top of the glare shield which is used during flight testing.Like all Boeing airliners, a yoke is front and center for both the captain in left seat and the first officer in right seat. The control column contrasts to Airbus which uses a small side stick located on the left armrest for the captain and right armrest for the first officer. One of the big goals in developing the 787 from the perspective of the pilots was to create a familiar cockpit for those who currently fly Boeing airplanes. An airline pilot flying the 777 can be transitioned to the 787 in just a few days. The two large switches on the top of the left side of the yoke are the horizontal stabilizer trim switches. Pushing the buttons up or down causes the horizontal part of the tail to be changed in very small increments and is used during climb and descent to reduce the force needed on the control column. Other buttons include the autopilot disconnect and a push-to-talk button used to communicate on the radio.The center console between the pilots is dominated by the power levers near the top of the photo. The two white, round handles are at the top of the levers that control the power of the engines. Though with autothrottles, it is possible to perform most of the flight without actually physically moving the levers. Just in front of the power levers are the thrust reverse levers that are used to help slow down the 787 after landing by redirecting the thrust out the back of the engines forward. To the left of the levers is another large handle for the speed brakes, also used during descent and landing. Most of the buttons and screens on the center panel are related to navigation and communication. The large glass panel display in front of the power levers can be used to display just about anything related to the flight — as can the other four large displays — but the center display is most often going to have systems information and communication information displayed. The smaller screens display radio frequencies or satellite phone information or text messages. Most of the buttons are related to programming the communication inputs or simply choosing the communication or navigation information.Other important items located with the power levers include the flap lever on the right (usually controlled by the first officer), fuel switches in the center and the stabilizer cutout switches on the left. The flap lever controls the large movable surfaces on the inboard trailing edge of the wings. The flaps are moved part way down before takeoff to add to the lift generated by the wing, and partially to all the way down (30 degrees at 170 knots or slower) during landing to add drag and help slow the down airplane. When the first officer moves this lever, passengers often hear the sound of an electric motor as the flaps are lowered on the wing. The large fuel control switches located in the middle are used when an engine must be shut down after a flight is over or during an in-flight emergency. This might occur if there is a fire or if an engine is malfunctioning and the captain wants to prevent any further damage. The switch is pulled out and simply moved to the cutoff position and the engine is shut down as we discovered during our visit to the 787 simulator. The switches on the left protected by the red guards cut the trim power to the horizontal stabilizers. This is typically only used during a 'runaway trim' situation. Normally when the pilot moves the trim switches on the yoke, it is only done in small increments. If the switch or some part of the trim system were to fail, the stabilizer could continue moving without the pilot input. This could be particularly dangerous during take off and lead to the airplane entering a very steep climb and most likely an even more steep descent would follow. If the pilots detect a runaway trim situation they simply lift the red guards and flip the switch(es) from normal to cutout and the stabilizer will be disconnected from the trim power source.In addition to the numerous buttons that can be used to input information into the glass panel display, pilots also have a track pad to navigate the screen.A closer look at the power levers in charge of the Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines on the ANA 787.At the bottom of the photo, which shows the area to the left of the left seat, is a small storage area with a simple clip to hold paper on top of the access door. A small side table can also be unfolded. The black, triangle-shaped handle is the tiller which is used to steer the airplane on the ground at slower speeds. Most smaller airplanes are steered on the ground using rudder pedals, but larger jets typically have a tiller that is used until takeoff. The screen next to the tiller is the display for the electronic flight bag that displays charts and information such as takeoff weights and speeds.The 787 comes standard with dual heads up displays. Here the HUD is seen in the stowed position. When the HUD is used it is moved down and is in the pilot's line of vision. All of the important flight information is projected on the glass screen and pilots can read the information while continuing to look outside the cockpit.This photo taken from the floor, looking straight up to the overhead panel, shows both HUDs and the myriad of switches and knobs on the overhead panel. Switches lower — toward the front of the cockpit — include controls for the lights, alerts for passengers ('ding,' please fasten seatbelts) and even the windshield wipers. Toward the middle and back of the overhead panel the switches and buttons control everything from electrical, hydraulic and fuel systems, as well as cargo and passenger cabin temperatures and even the on/off switch for the primary flight computers. At the bottom of the picture is a simple, old-fashioned, liquid-filled compass.Icing is always a big problem for airplanes. Ice on the wings, engines or sensors has caused many accidents over the years. These switches can get frequent use any time a 787 flies through the clouds.The 787 Dreamliner has been touted as one of the most technologically advanced airplanes ever made. But when it comes time to get out of the cockpit in an emergency, it might simply come down to putting on the gloves and breaking your way out with the axe. The axe and fire extinguisher are located directly behind the left seat, in case you've been called to the cockpit to land the airplane and want to know.Another rather simple part of the cockpit of the 787 is the rudder pedals. Not a whole lot of fancy technology here. Just simple pedals. Though they are connected to the fly-by-wire system so your feet are really just telling the computer that you would like to move the rudder.The autopilot controls are located on the glare shield panel above the glass panel displays. The knob in the middle selects which system will be active for input from the pilot. The 'A/T' switches are for arming the autothrottles, the 'F/D' for the flight director and the small display shows the pilot has selected a speed of 136 knots (indicated air speed).More of the autopilot control panel and proof that even test pilots need a simple reminder of what airplane they are flying when talking on the radio. These photos were taken when this ANA 787 was still undergoing production flight tests last month.The primary flight display in front of the pilot shows relevant information needed during flight including airspeed (on the left, displaying 30 knots), altitude (on the right, displaying 420 feet), and an artificial horizon that helps the pilot keep the airplane level when there is no outside reference to the actual horizon. In this particular presentation there is also navigation information being displayed beneath the primary instruments as well as on the other display on the right. And yes, the most advanced airliner in the world does come with a cup holder.Like every aircraft operating in the United States, this 787 has an airworthiness certificate visible in the cockpit. In this case, it is a special airworthiness certificate issued to Boeing for production flight testing of the new airplane before delivery was made to ANA.Photos: Jason Paur/Wired.com


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The Emanuel Ungaro label is sticking with Lindsay Lohan as an artistic adviser, the president of the fashion house told Reuters.
"Yes [she's staying on], she has a job to do," Mounir Moufarrige said.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan - From Teen Queen To 'Mean Girl'
The label head also deflected criticism of her first outing as artistic advisor for the line, including some barbs from the retired founder of the house, Emanuel Ungaro himself.
"Mr. Ungaro has his views, he can keep them. I have no comment," Moufarrige said, though he added that Lindsay's line – done with designer Estrella Archs – was a financial success.
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"The criticism was harsh. I am sure we can do better in the collection to be honest… But it did sell well," he said.
Ever the busy star, Lindsay, who previously broke news to Access Hollywood that she's also working on a line for Bebe, previously told People that she was hard at work on the next Ungaro collection.
"It's already in January," she said at the time. "I thought it was in March."
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Graveyard Creatures
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- wicKED said...
The fog around the tombstone.... can't get much better than that!
- February 29, 2012 at 8:49 AM
- Pam Morris said...
love that zombie coming out of the ground--good pic!
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There are many things we here at Reliance have learned over the years, especially when it comes to taking care of and maintaining furnaces. This month, we want to share our tips for what should and should not be done with your furnace and furnace room.
Customer safety and education is of the utmost importance to us. Furnace rooms are typically among the most neglected rooms in the house. Nonetheless, they require attention and could pose a threat to you and your family if proper precautions are not taken.
To help ensure your family's comfort, safety and health, we have pulled together a list of simple tips on what not to do with your furnace and furnace room. Not only will these actions keep your family out of harm's way, but they will also impact how well your furnace functions.
Make space. Since furnaces and hot water heaters are powered by electricity or fossil fuels such as oil, propane or natural gas, it is important to ensure the furnace has adequate space for proper ventilation. You will also want to be sure there is enough space to allow for any maintenance or repair work that might need to be done.
Storage solutions. Don't store any unnecessary items in your furnace room. Furnace rooms should be kept clear of clutter that can obstruct service and maintenance work as well as interfere with how well your equipment runs.
Keep it clean and safe. We know that not every home has a separate furnace room and that sometimes it's necessary to use it for storage. If your furnace room doubles as storage or laundry space, be sure to keep it organized and clean by doing the following:
- Don't hang laundry or clotheslines from your equipment. Not only is this a major fire hazard, but it can also impact airflow and your equipment's ability to ventilate properly.
- Don't place kitty litter near the furnace. The ammonia fumes from the litter can actually corrode the furnace's heat exchanger and the odours can circulate throughout the home.
- Don't keep any cleaning or laundry products near the furnace. Store them in airtight containers.
- Don't store anything that is combustible at low flash points such as gasoline, paint and paint thinners.
- Don't leave used filters or old furnace parts lying around.
- And finally, don't forget to tidy your furnace area regularly. Be sure to vacuum and clean around the furnace, and the burner compartment to prevent any dust buildup.
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A report compiled by Dr. Geoffrey Shannon, the Government's special rapporteur on child protection, has recommended that cyberbullying be classified as a criminal offense in Ireland.
The Irish Times writes that the report, which is expected to be published this week, also puts forward recommendations for all schools to enact stricter disciplinary actions when it comes to cyberbullying and the misuse of social media.
Dr. Shannon says in the report, "Cyber-bullying has almost overnight created a readily accessible forum for bullies to target children with little or no regulation or sanction. Whilst there are some legislative provisions in being that might be interpreted in such a manner as to tackle this growing problem, a focused response is required."
The report goes on to add, "When cyberbullying is being described as an epidemic, we need to examine why this is the case. Specifically, is there reticence to investigate complaints of cyberbullying?"
The move to classify cyberbullying as a criminal offense comes partially in response to a number of suicides over the past year that have been apparently linked to online harassment.
The report goes on to recommend amendments be made to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act in order to include specific offenses of cyberbullying.
The report also moves to make homophobic bullying in schools a matter of child protection. This would require schools to address these issues and report them to social services, if necessary.
The report says there is scope for uniform disciplinary measures across schools to tackle the problem, as "schools have too much latitude to determine how to discipline students engaged in bullying."
Fergus Finlay, the chief executive of Barnardos, said, "We have made significant progress in recent years but we still have a long way to go before we can say that we've really put children at the centre of the laws and policies that affect their lives."


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) -- Cash is pouring into money market funds run by brokerages and mutual fund companies, much if it siphoned from ordinary bank savings. Should regular folk join in?
Probably not. With the average money market fund yielding only 0.04%, you might well do better in a money market account at a bank. They average 0.12%, according to the
. And, although money market funds have an excellent
, they don't provide the FDIC guarantee against that you'd get at the bank.
To be clear:
are offered by brokerages and mutual funds, while money market accounts are provided by banks.
The Investment Company Institute, the trade group for the fund industry, says that nearly $76 billion flowed into money market funds in December, while about $30 billion flowed out of stock funds and a mere $7.4 billion flowed into bond funds.
There are various reasons. Money market funds are a relatively safe place to park money ultimately destined for other investments, and year-end bonuses and investment sales for tax reasons cause a flood of cash in December.
The Wall Street Journal
reports that the Dec. 31 expiration of temporary FDIC protection for bank accounts over $250,000 eliminated a reason for big investors to favor banks over money market funds that are slightly more generous.
Chasing yield might pay for big investors, but not for small ones. Even if you could find a fund paying more than a money market account at a bank, the difference would hardly be worth thinking about. At 0.04%, you'd earn $4 a year for every $10,000. Even at five times that rate you'd get only $20.
For most small investors and savers, it's just fine to leave cash in the bank -- in savings accounts, money market accounts, checking accounts or certificates of deposit. In addition to the FDIC insurance, which you don't get at a brokerage or mutual fund company, bank savings are easy to get at. (Look
for details on FDIC coverage.)
That doesn't mean money market funds at brokerages and mutual fund companies have no purpose. They're very convenient if you want to move money in and out of other investments such as mutual funds.
But some of these money market funds come with a bit of extra risk aimed at increasing yields, a tradeoff that isn't worth bothering with. The
notes that these higher-yielding funds, while still paying well below 1%, are investing in securities such as foreign bonds that carry more risk than the short-term Treasury securities held by the safest money market funds and accounts.
Until interest rates rise, it's best to put desires for yield on the back burner and focus on the chief benefits if cash holdings -- safety and liquidity.


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When a magnitude 5.6 quake rattled through the Bay area on Oct., 30, 2007, Tom Bleier and his team rushed to their headquarters in Palo Alto.
The quake was later found to have been centered near "Alum Rock Park" near San Mateo.
They looked at the peaks and valleys sent to them from specially designed monitoring stations around the state, but did those stations actually "predict" the event?
Local news from across Southern California
"We looked at it a little bit closer and we saw these very strange pulsations," said Bleier, CEO and Chief Technology Officer of QuakeFinder.com.
The pulses happened five days in a row, two whole weeks before the quake hit Alum Rock.
The pulses are generated, says Bleier, from electro-magnetic energy coming off of stones and boulders beneath the earth, and through the air above his monitors.
Bleier says it's like "underground lightning" set off by movement precluding a major event.
"We're not claiming to be able to do it yet," said Bleier, "but man, the pattern is there."
Before the earth moves, millions of things happen below the soil's surface. Part of the challenge of earthquake prediction has been cataloguing those events, in a timely fashion.
But Bleier's critics, most notably one geophysicist from the U.S. Geological survey say the pulse findings are inconclusive at best.
Too many things generate measurable impulses, they said, from the sun, to non-moving rocks, even to man-made events, like trains or traffic.
But Bleier says his data is newer, and more precise, that the data from the USGS, and he says he just needs a couple more events of magnitude five or larger to work with.
"The earthquake has a very distinctive pulsation," Bleier said. "It's usually about three to four seconds long. The shape of it is very different."
This week his team is in LA to add three more monitors near the dreaded San Andreas fault.
He said if he sees the same "pulses" there, he'll call California's Office of Emergency Services and tell them to prepare for a major quake within days.


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Poet Tomás Morín wins prestigious American Poetry Review prize
By Ann Friou
University News Service
January 31, 2012
Tomás Q. Morín
Tomás Q. Morín, senior lecturer in English at Texas State University-San Marcos, has been awarded the 2012 American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize for Poetry, for his manuscript A Larger Country.
His book was chosen by this year's guest judge, poet Tom Sleigh, who will also write an introduction for the book.
The annual American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize in Poetry offers publication of a book of poems, a $3,000 award, and distribution by Copper Canyon Press through Consortium. The purpose of the prize is to encourage excellence in poetry and to provide a wide readership for a deserving first book of poems.
Morín is a Texas native. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Texas State, and a Master of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University. He is the recipient of scholarships from the Fine Arts Work Center, Bread Loaf Writer's Conference and the New York State Summer Writers Institute, and he was a fellow at the Idyllwild Summer Arts Program.
His poems have appeared in New England Review, Narrative, Boulevard, Slate, Threepenny Review, Best New Poets and elsewhere.
The American Poetry Review is considered the nation's preeminent poetry publication, and it is the most highly circulated poetry magazine in the world.
The Honickman Foundation and its affiliate, the Honickman Charitable Trust, are dedicated to supporting projects that promote the arts, education, health, social change and heritage.


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Eismann wrote:I have The Final on dvd for tonight. The last couple Horrorfest movies I've watched have been hit/miss, so we'll see.
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On a side note, Kim Basinger 60 this year?
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it wasnt bad. but it was not the normal award winning movies they ususlly produce. that is what i meant.
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Even though animal testing for cosmetics is not required by law in the U.S, a current bill sitting before a congressional committee could make tests on animals for cosmetics ingredients mandatory. Luckily, huge AR organizations like PETA and Leaping Bunny have been all over this since day one.
Supporterss of the Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2013 claim to be acting to protect public health, but animal testing is not indicative of real, useful data (i.e. humans, mice, bunnies, etc. have different physiologies). There are so many alternative testing methods that are cruelty-free, less expensive, and WAY more accurate. If the Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2013 passes as it is currently written, as many as 11.5 million animals would be killed in product tests in the first 10 years alone.
And According to PETA, animals could be in even more danger: "The cosmetics industry trade group, the Personal Care Products Council, has been negotiating for months with the FDA on possible changes to regulatory testing requirements. The most recent draft of the proposed regulations, if accepted, may also open the door to more tests on animals."
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