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Franklin girls basketball team wins Rathke Tourney for the first time
The word of the day for Franklin girls basketball coach Tony Kathrens leading into his team's appearance in the championship game of its own Rathke Memorial Tournament Saturday was really the only one that could be chosen just before the Sabers won the event for the first time in its five-year history with a 68-57 decision over Middleton.
"Coach told us it was 'Christine (Rathke)'," said senior forward and event MVP Cassidy Mihalko, "and it means a lot. She played here and put so much heart and effort into the program. Winning it like this means it all."
Rathke, the school's all-trime leading scorer and symbol of the program's powerful continuing surge from the mid-1990s on, had the tourney named in her honor after she died tragically about six years ago.
"And I see the Rathke family over there (in the far stands)," said Kathrens as he was giving out awards after the game, "and I continue to be inspired by their presence."
An inspiration that carried the Sabers through the powerful three-day grind of the tournament, one of the finest girls' hoops events in the state. They had to beat Oshkosh Lourdes (on Thursday) and Arrowhead (on Friday) in order to meet Middleton on Saturday.» Read Full Article
Looking for something to do this winter? Check out WhatNOW
Winter can feel pretty long in Wisconsin, especially once all the holiday hoopla is over.
In that spirit, MyCommunityNOW invites you to check out our special WhatNOW? section for some tips on how to stay busy this winter. You'll find a list of stories on interesting winter activities, a map of some great places to spend time this winter and more.
We also invite you to share your own ideas on what you like to do during the winter. Your comments may appear in a future issue of NOW newspapers.
Franklin cougar mystery solved? Tracks ID'ed as coming from dog
which at least one county parks worker believed belonged to a cougar, were identified as the prints of a large dog by a state wildlife specialist.Franklin - Mayor Tom Taylor told NOW Newspapers that tracks seen near the Oak Leaf Bike Trail last week,
Local police departments have taken a handful of reports of large cat sightings in the area over the past several weeks.
Sightings have been reported in Franklin, Hales Corners and Oak Creek.
Oak Creek police search for two men in baby formula thefts
Oak Creek - Police are seeking two men who stole more than $500 worth of baby formula at Target, 8989 S. Howell Ave., on three separate occasions the week of Dec. 16.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
A loss prevention officer called police at 6:40 p.m. Dec. 20 to report store surveillance video had captured two men shoplifting large quantities of baby formula on three consecutive days.
According to store security, the men stole $144 worth of formula Dec. 17, $160 worth of formula Dec. 18 and $224 worth of formula Dec. 19. In each case the men concealed the formula under their coats and exited the store. The men wore the same coats on all occasions and drove away each time in a dark-colored pickup truck.
A license plate number for the truck was obtained when it was involved in an attempted formula theft at Pick 'n Save on South Howell Avenue on Dec. 19. Police obtained a picture of the registered owner through the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, and it matched one of the people captured on video surveillance at Target.» Read Full Article
Off-duty security officer nabs shoplifter in Oak Creek
Oak Creek - An alert off-duty security officer thwarted a shoplifting attempt at Pick 'n Save, 2320 W. Ryan Road, at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 18, and detained one of the suspects until police arrived.
According to the Oak Creek police log:
An off-duty loss prevention contractor for Roundy's was shopping at the store when he saw two men loading a cart with baby formula. The officer recognized one of the men as a shoplifting suspect from recent store alerts and immediately told the store manager. When the manager attempted to stop the men at the store exit, one, a 51-year-old Milwaukee man, pushed the manager back and reached toward his waistband. Fearing the man had a weapon, the security officer wrestled him to the floor and held him until police arrived.
Pick 'n Save employees locked the front doors during the incident for the safety of incoming customers.
The second man involved in the theft attempt is described as a stocky black man wearing a multi-colored plaid shirt. He drove off in a silver or tan Buick Century.» Read Full Article
Man stabbed to death in Cudahy, suspect arrested
A 25-year-man is in custody in connection with the stabbing death in Cudahy of a 52-year-old man early Saturday.
The victim was stabbed in the back in his apartment in the 3700 block of E. Layton Ave. about 1:30 a.m., Cudahy police said.
Less than an hour later, St. Francis police arrested the 25-year-suspect. Police say the victim and suspect are known to each other.
The victim was taken to Froedtert Hospital, where he died about 8:20 a.m.
Is a cougar roaming the Oak Leaf Trail? Latest sighting on Puetz Road
Franklin - A Milwaukee County parks employee who responded to the scene of yet another report of a cougar sighting on the Oak Leaf Trail last week said he discovered evidence that may link a big cat to the area.
According to the Franklin police log:
A Franklin resident reported that his wife saw a cougar near the Oak Leaf Bike Trail about 9:30 a.m. Friday. The caller's wife stated she saw a cougar walking south, crossing Puetz Road between 51st Street and the trail.
Although no cougar was found, a county parks employee checked the area and said he found what appeared to be cougar tracks and possible cougar scat (droppings) along the grass trail close to the river - but no tracks or other evidence was found along the hardened bike trail.
After talking with the witness, the parks employee verified the animal described by the woman was a cougar and that the tracks were found in the area where she allegedly saw the big cat.» Read Full Article
Oak Creek police seek suspects in pull-tab machine thefts
Oak Creek - Police are seeking two men who stole pull tabs from machines, then cashed them in for money at local gas stations last week.
According to the Oak Creek police log:
Two men began playing the pull-tab machine at Mobil Gas, 9510 S. 27th St., about 4:45 p.m. Dec. 8. They continued to play the machine for about two hours, according to the station manager, and cashed in their winning pull tabs for $725.
The theft went unnoticed until the next day, when a gas station employee told the manager he thought it was strange when he found the machine was completely out of pull tabs and no money had been deposited into the machine.
According to the manager, the men apparently used some kind of device or fraudulent bill to obtain the pull tabs without payment being deposited into the machine. The men apparently emptied the machine of 929 pull-tabs, valued at $1 each, adding up to a total loss of $1,654 to Mobil Gas.» Read Full Article
Early morning fire damages Oak Creek home
Oak Creek - Firefighters and police responded to a basement fire at a home in the 8500 block of South Parknoll Drive during the early morning hours Tuesday.
The homeowners called police at 3:23 a.m. after they woke up and smelled smoke inside their home, then heard the smoke detector sound a short time later. The couple located their two daughters, ages 8 and 6, and one of their two dogs and exited the residence.
Smoke was seen coming from the basement when emergency personnel arrived. After the Oak Creek Fire Department arrived, it was determined the was fire started by a pilot light in the water heater due to items in the basement.
The fire caused major damage to the water heater and basement. No official damage estimate was available at the time of the report.
No injuries were reported; however, paramedics attended to the children, who complained of slight smoke inhalation. The second dog later was found.
Social media users share images of today's snowfall
Snow. It's here, whether you're ready for it or not. And social media users shared a bunch of photos as it began to fall Tuesday.
Read the story and see the photos of snowfall today.
Visit Today's TMJ4 for more on today's snowfall and a winter storm watch later this week.
Pedestrian, 82, killed in intersection in Greendale
An 82-year-old woman was killed Monday evening after she was struck by a car at the intersection of W. Grange Ave. and S. 68th St., Greendale police said Tuesday.
Beatrice Salo of Greendale was struck by a 21-year-old delivery driver around 7:45 p.m. Video surveillance from a traffic camera at that intersection shows the woman in the crosswalk wearing dark clothing. Police said the driver had the green light, according to the driver and the traffic control signal for W. Grange Ave.
Drugs or alcohol do not appear to be a factor, and the driver is cooperating with the investigation, police said.
The investigation is ongoing. The Wisconsin State Patrol has been called in to produce an accident reconstruction.
NOW bloggers talk about Newtown shooting
There have been a lot of national gun-related shootings this year, but Friday's in Newtown, Conn., took the country by surprise perhaps more than any other.
And several of the NOW bloggers took up their virtual pens to share their thoughts on the latest tragedy.
- Tom Ceparski of Oak Creek writes of the conflict he feels being a father of a young girl and a gun owner.
- Tom Gaertner of Wauwatosa writes that he spent time cleaning his firearms after his hunting season.
- Lester Schultz of the North Shore believes it is time to do something about gun control.
- Karen Waldkirch of Wauwatosa says we need to look at ourselves in order to change the culture in America.
- Robin Zdroik of Greenfield thinks we should look inward to do the best that we can.
- Kevin Fischer of Franklin wonders what would happen if shooter Adam Lanza were alive.
- TJ Meyers-Jansky of West Allis reminds us that the shooting occurred because of human choices.
One killed in fiery South Milwaukee crash
A person was killed in a car crash in South Milwaukee early Thursday morning near 9th and Edgewood avenues.
According to police, an officer was running a speed gun at 1:51 a.m. when a car passed clocked at 25 mph over the posted limit. Using squad lights and siren, the officer attempted to pull over the driver, who did not stop. The vehicle crashed into a tree. The car started on fire, which spread to a house. The residents in the house were not injured.
The South Milwaukee Police Department did not release any information about the victim. The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office confirmed it dispatched an investigator.
Oak Creek police called after customers vie for spot at gas station pump
Two customers refused to move for the other for a spot at a gas station pump in Oak Creek.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
An employee called police after two customers, a 69-year-old Franklin man and an 18-year-old Oak Creek man, pulled up to a gas pump at the same time and neither one would move for the other to access the gas pump at Speedway, 8667 S. Howell Ave., shortly before 1 p.m. Dec. 8.
No one became disorderly but the two were upset with one another and neither one was willing to switch pumps.
The Franklin man switched pumps after a passenger in the Oak Creek man's car prepaid $20 on the pump, and no further police assistance was needed.» Read Full Article
Germantown, Hamilton the top-ranked teams in NOW's Roundball Rankings
The Hamilton Chargers are the top-ranked girls team and are coming off a 64-10 victory over West Allis Central in the Greater Metro Conference opener.
In addition to the top five boys and girls teams in the area, Roundball Rankings includes a player of the week, poll, area scoring leaders and more.
Man arrested for blackmailing woman with nude photos
A 32-year-old Racine man was arrested Dec. 5 after he attempted to blackmail an Oak Creek woman with nude photos he received from her through a "personals" website.
According to the Oak Creek police:
At 6:40 p.m. Dec. 5, a 29-year-old Oak Creek woman called police to report a man she met on Craigslist personals was threatening to post nude photos of her online and share them with her family and co-workers unless she paid him money.
The woman admitted exchanging hundreds of emails with the suspect, and least one nude photo of her breasts and several other photos including pictures of her face, between Nov. 29 and Dec. 5. The victim told police the suspect began sending her numerous emails on the morning of Dec. 5 demanding she give him $2,000 in cash or he would tell her husband, post the photos online, place photos on her co-workers' cars and various other threats.
To catch the suspect, Oak Creek police placed a bait envelope at a predesignated location. A white Buick was later stopped in the parking lot at Woodman's, 8131 S. Howell Ave., with the bait envelope inside.» Read Full Article
Oak Creek girls basketball team's fast start does in Franklin, 52-38
Franklin girls basketball coach Tony Kathrens had two defenses, one a zone, another a man, set up to battle Oak Creek's mighty 6-2 post players Stephanie Kostowicz and Tamya Sims Tuesday night in the local rivals' showdown.
What he did not have is a defense for junior guard Katie Finn's outside shooting, as Finn drained three first-quarter three-pointers, as the Knights took an 11-0 lead and then never looked back in gaining a critical leg up in the Southeast Conference with a 52-38 decision.
"I think if you look at the box we held both of them (Kostowicz and Sims) to well below their averages," said Kathrens. "Their bigs just did not hurt as much as we thought they might, but give credit to Finn. She hit her threes."
Finn, who finished with 18 points, noted that she has put in extra practice time on her three-point shooting.
"The shot felt good all night," she said. "I work hard on that every day after practice. It's been my thing since I've been little."» Read Full Article
Woman threatened while walking through Oak Creek parking lot
A 60-year-old Milwaukee woman was allegedly threatened by an unknown man who asked her for money in the parking lot at Pick 'n Save, 6462 S. 27th St., Oak Creek, the morning of Dec. 7.
The victim told police she was walking across the parking lot when she was approached by a man who asked her for the time. The woman stated she pointed to the clock at Tri-City National Bank and told the man it was 6:30 a.m.
The man then asked the woman for some money. When she said no, the suspect pointed his finger into the left side of her ribs and told her he wanted to kill her. The victim ran into Pick 'n Save and the suspect ran toward the Hy-View Mobile Home Park, according to the police report.
The suspect is described as a male in his 20s. He was wearing a black hooded sweat shirt with the hood pulled over his head.
No money was taken from the victim and she was uninjured. Officers checked the area but were unable to locate the suspect.
Oak Creek burglar takes $2,000 of electronics, silverware
More than $2,000 of video gaming equipment, electronics, silverware and cutlery were stolen during a burglary at a residence in the 100 block of West Oak Leaf Drive, Oak Creek, on Dec. 8.
According to Oak Creek police, the unknown suspect(s) apparently entered the locked condominium through an unlocked sliding patio door on the front balcony sometime between 5:30 and 8:25 p.m. Saturday.
Some of the items stolen during the burglary were a PlayStation 3 and Halo 4 Xbox 360 gaming systems, four Xbox controllers, two hand-held PSP video systems, an iPad2, a silverware set and a set of cutlery. The victims also stated that approximately 20 to 30 Xbox games were also stolen.
Police are investigating but there are no suspects at this time.
Oak Creek police investigating suspicious phone call by fake detective
Police are investigating a phone call to an Oak Creek woman by someone who stated he was a detective with the Oak Creek Police Department.
According to the police:
A 25-year-old Oak Creek woman reported she was driving home from a movie when she received a call on her cellphone from an unknown number. The unidentified caller stated he was a detective from the Oak Creek Police Department and asked her what kind of car she drove. When the woman questioned the suspect about his identity, he stated he would send an officer to her house if she gave him her address.
The woman did not give the caller any information before hanging up, and told officers she did not recognize the voice or the number. She also stated she called the number back but no one answered. Officers are following up on the cell number.
Police investigating assault at Franklin's Park Motel
A 48-year-old woman called police after she was allegedly urinated on and beaten by a man she was drinking with at the Park Motel, 7273 S. 27th St., Franklin, on Dec. 8.
According to Franklin police:
Officers responded to the Park Motel shortly after 5 a.m. Dec. 9 after receiving a call from a woman who stated she had been beaten by a man she met on Saturday afternoon.
The victim told police she and the suspect, known only to her as "Mike something," decided to go to the Park Motel after they met at the Walmart bus stop on Saturday afternoon. While in a room they began drinking heavily, she said, and the suspect told her he wanted to have intercourse. After the victim refused to have sex the suspect urinated on her and then punched her in the right eye. She also told police the suspect took $120 from her before leaving the motel.
The victim suffered a black eye and a bruise on her right ring finger during the assault. Police noted she was still highly intoxicated when she was transported to the hospital at 6 a.m.» Read Full Article
Residents push to restore wonder at South Milwaukee pond
South Milwaukee - What is the price for regaining some of the good old days?
Mary Nelson and a couple thousand supporters are asking Milwaukee County to spend several hundred thousand dollars or more on restoring one page of South Milwaukee's past.
The county should dredge several feet of accumulated muck from an old mill pond on Oak Creek to restore recreational opportunities for youth, particularly ice skating, said Nelson, a former alderman. Two long mounds of dirt rise high above the water like sandbars and cover one-fourth of the pond's surface along Oak Creek Parkway near Grant Park.
Nelson envisions a return to the 1960s and '70s, a time when her six children were growing up in South Milwaukee and skating on the pond formed by a historic county-owned dam. They warmed their toes at a fireplace inside the shelter house on the south bank of the pond.
The pond and dam, and winter activities, go back decades earlier in the city's history. A dam was built about one mile upstream of Lake Michigan around 1840 for a grist mill and it was rebuilt in the 1860s. The structure was reconstructed in the 1930s for recreation and aesthetics, state dam records show.» Read Full Article
Brown Deer boys basketball team ralies for 85-70 victory over Greendale
It was a personal challenge from Brown Deer coach Kelly Appleby to senior forward Donte Harmon and to the Falcon team in general.
Their unbeaten start to the season was serious jeopardy Tuesday night in Greendale, as Panther guards Jordan Perez (17 points in the first half) and Nick Dalton (15 points in the same session) ran around and through the Falcon defense to the tune of a 31-17 second quarter outburst that put Brown Deer in a 49-36 hole at the break.
"We struggled big time in the first half defensively," said Appleby. "Perez is a very fine player, but we were letting him get to the basket much too easily. We had to go out there and make a bit more uncomfortable."
"We were going to put Donte (Harmon) on him in the first half, but he (Harmon) picked up two fouls, but once we did it in the second half, he (Harmon) was spectacular. We took away the main focus to their offense and then we found a little rhythm ourselves."
Indeed, Perez scored only one more point the rest of the game and Dalton was held scoreless in the second half as the Falcons turned up the team pressure, flipping the score with an impressive 28-7 third quarter run that eventually led to an 85-70 Brown Deer victory.» Read Full Article
Greendale adopts new online reporting system for bullying
In the wake of a high-profile bomb threat at Greendale High School this fall that brought conversations about student bullying to the forefront, the Greendale School District is implementing a new online reporting system for problematic behavior.
The district announced last week that a new Safer Schools online reporting form is available from the district's high school and middle school websites. It can be used by parents, students and members of the community to report bullying, harassment or illegal activity to the administration, according to the district. Those who submit the forms can identify themselves or remain anonymous.
The Greendale Schools Climate and Culture Task Force, made up of school staff, community members and students, has been meeting to discuss bullying in schools and gaps in existing services.
Results from a recent school climate survey reveal data points that many parents and students probably already suspect about bullying: Most student respondents said verbal insults happen rarely in the classroom at GHS, but often over text messages or social media. Close to three-quarters of students do not believe specific students are continuously targeted; about three-quarters of the staff do believe specific students are continuously targeted.
The task force was formed after Nicholas Olsen, a Greendale High School student at the time, was arrested for writing a bomb threat in the boys' bathroom before homecoming weekend. Prosecutors recommended a lesser misdemeanor charge for Olson because of reports that he had endured prolonged bullying at the hands of his peers. Olson's plea date is scheduled for Jan. 2.


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I'm a Non-EU student studying in the UK.
Is it possible to apply for the Spain visa with a bank statement less than 3 months? Mine is only 2 and a half months because that's how long I've been in the UK.
The simple answer is no. It's a requirement from the embassy to provide bank statements for the last three months, and if you haven't had a bank account that long your Schengen visa application is very likely to be rejected.

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My site is not yet up and was wondering if I can apply for Google AdSense when my site is not yet up or when my is up and just a template? Any suggestions when I should apply for Google AdSense and what conditions my site should be in?
You can apply at any time, but unless you have substantial traffic on your website, AdSense will not pay for the time it took you to put it there. Unless you count on 1 cent/month a good pay for your money.
You can create AdSense ads for non-existing websites as well, but having that on top of your priorities when you don't even have a website is not the best thing to do.
Google will deny AdSense applications for very new sites, often due to "insufficient content." You should wait to apply to AdSense until your site is built enough that the AdSense servers can pick relevant ads, and the person that reviews the application can feel confident that the site has appropriate content. Here is an article that recommends the following before applying:
There is no restriction on when to apply for adsense, but adsense will approve:
It is to be remembered that Google won't approve websites that are only templates or websites that are underdevelopment. So if you applying for an underdeveloped website, you are wasting some valuable web development time.
Please note that the amount of traffic is NOT a criteria for selection of websites for Google adsense. But it is worthwhile to mention that without a huge amount of traffic, you may not be able to generate any money out of adsense.
In addition, there is a truckload of other selection criteria that Google strictly follow. Here is a list from Google.


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No (Republic) Double Guilding (meaning you join more than one (Republic) guild), this is not tolerable by most guilds and shows you have split loyalties. This shows your uninterested with showing respect and loyalty towards everyone in here and you will be immediately removed.
Always be loyal and dutiful to the Guild. I ask that all members of Clan of the Five Rings show loyalty to the Guild Leader, Members of the Guild Council, Guild Superiors and its members, and show loyalty to the guild itself.
Always show respect, honesty, maturity, and compassion to all members, guest and allies. We are all equals in the world and the galaxy, thus we must respect one another as who they are and what they wish to be.<Sith are not included in this rule >
If a member is in need of help, has a question, or is in any need of assistance, do not hesitate to help them or assist them in any way you can, if your unsure if you can help or assist the one in need of assistance, please report this issue or make it known to either the Guild Leader, a Member of the Guild Council or a Superior and let them handle and assist the person.
We do not accept Racism, Sexism or Homophobia of any kind. Insulting other members, or making a personal attack on any other member in our guild. There shall be no inquires on any members sexual orientation or sex. This will be resolved by an instant kick from the guild. If you have any problems or gripes with another player in the guild, please contact a Clan Superior or Clan Leader.
Guild Leaders/Higher Officers (aka "Division Heads") - The Division Heads are held accountable to activity guidelines just as everyone else but even more so due to the nature of the types of things a Division Head might have to deal with at any given time. Any Division Head that goes AFK for more than 5 days without prior notice in the AFK section will be demoted to officer.
Officers/Deputies - Like guild leaders, officers must also be readily available to field issues/questions and display a high level of activity. Any officer that goes AFK for more than 7 days without prior notice in the AFK section will be demoted to Regular member.
Regular members - Regular members are the lifeblood of the guild, but they may not have responsibilities to fulfill on a regular basis that requires devout attention to the forums or elsewhere. Their main responsibility is to be active, contribute to the overall atmosphere and befriend each other to help establish the tight knit community that we strive to be. Any member that goes AFK for more than 21 days without prior notice in the AFK section will be removed from the guild.
Clan of Five Rings is to be a guild where equality, respect, honour, compassion and hope is at. We want everyone to be equals in this guild and treat everyone as an equal. We wish to be a guild that shows that Republic guilds can also accept Grey and Dark siders if they wish to fight for the Republic and the People.
To eradicate the Sith Empire, restore the Republic back to its former glory, defend the people of the Republic, and end corruption and all the wrongs in life.
To create a strong, supportive and reliable guild to rival other Republic guilds, one with vast numbers of active members and a buzzing community working together, both guild members and superiors, to create a fun, entertaining and fantastic guild and place to be a part of for the long run.
Raven Sazen Grand Khan of the Clan
Srest, Vice Khan of the Clan
Jovana Grand Priestess of the Temple(Jedi)
TBA, Master Warrior of the Five (Trooper)
TBA, Shadow Master (Smugglers)
Force Sensitive
Jedi Novice
Senior Knight
Staff Sergeant
Sergeant First Class
Master Sergeant
Lieutenant Colonel
Freight Handler
You must own a legitimate copy of Star Wars: The Old Republic
You must own a legitimate copy of Teamspeak 3
You must own a working microphone / headset
You must be above the age of 18, exceptions may apply
You must be able to speak English, to a satisfactory-standard
You must not be in any other organization under the affiliation of the Galactic Republic
You must be active on the forums and be able to commit to at least some guild-hosted events
Go to the Clan of Five Rings HQ page and apply to join CoFR.
Go to the Official Guild Website and register with us at the website.
Fill in a Guild Recruitment Application form and submit it, found in the link provided or in the above menu bar on the website under recruitment.


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Seattle Parks and Recreation Jesús Aguirre, Superintendent
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Best Management Practices
In January 1998, Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) convened a group of in-house experts in landscape maintenance, horticulture, and urban forestry to develop best management practices (BMPs) for landscape maintenance operations. This project was undertaken at the request of the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation as part of the City of Seattles Environmental Management Program. Newly revised in 2005, this document consists of nine chapters and provides insights, guidance, regulatory information, applicable policies, and management practices for landscapes within City of Seattles park system.
In this manual, BMPs are defined as a clear and consistent set of directions to SPR staff for the management and maintenance of landscaped and natural parkland, and the individual assets contained within those areas. Resource areas identified within Seattle parks include landscaped, horticultural, and urban forest landscape types. SPR, through its staff, is charged with responsibility as primary steward of these vast and valuable resources.
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The Euro Zone crisis, which has long been playing an absolute carnage in the global market, has now hammered the final nail to seal the coffin for European economy.
Adding to its woes, the Euro on Monday dipped one percent against Yen to strike its lowest since November 2000.
Earlier on Friday, the Euro slipped under 95 Yen as the majority of dealers were seen sweating bullets over the possible debt crisis in Spain which, if came into picture, will force Spain to sought a complete sovereign bailout.
"Against the euro, we've been seeing quite a strong yen," the authorities admitted. Also, the Euro nose-dived to its two-year low against Dollar, landing on $1.2093 at close on EBS.
Dealers favoring Japan
Yen, the currency of Japan which registered a record-shattering rise against the dollar in 2011, is turning out to be the zone of comfort for investors as well as dealers who are no longer taking interest in the Euro.
The safety of Japanese currency is enticing the bulk of investors because of the ongoing European crisis coupled with a bumbling recovery of the economy in US. However, the boom in Japanese currency has directly made an impact on exporters by increasing the cost of products they ship overseas, along with reducing their net income from shipments.
Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said, "As I've been saying, I will take decisive steps against speculative movement of excessive volatility."
Spain in sorrow
Spain, which is severely in a state of bother due to heavy debt, met another setback over the weekend. In a recent statement, it was announced by Spain's Murcia region that it would soon be soliciting financial help from the government in order to stabilize the fragile economy.
Over the weekend, dealers were seen abandoning euro mainly since the cost of borrowing spiked up rapidly on ten-year Spanish bonds, gliding way beyond seven percent. The direct consequences of such a rise will result in a period of lackluster sustainability for the government.
Seeing the overall scenario, analysts are anticipating the recession to stay throughout the next year as well, and no doubt, the Euro will be smashed to smithereens. The major reason inspiring such speculations is that the yields are getting high, while unemployment is already soaring to 24 percent.


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Logan County is celebrating yet another addition to highway 68-80.
The East Logan Water District has added a water line along the highway stretching from Auburn to the Warren County line.
A ribbon-cutting was held today and water flowed for the first time from a fire hydrant along the highway.
Executive Director of Economic Development, Tom Harned says the water line is another step toward expanding Logan County, and creating more jobs.
"We want jobs for this part of Logan County and for this part of our region so water and have adequate supplies of water is a very big deal in the economic development world," Harned says.
"Our number one goal is to get water to all of the people in our district. And we've pretty much done that, but we are going to try and expand some more," says East Logan Water District Board Chairman, Bill Stokes.
The new water line gives the East Logan Water District the ability to deliver more than 3 million gallons of treated water-per-day to areas of Logan, Simpson and Warren Counties.


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"The great ballerina"...?...Why is that I notice an uncompromising feeling here..? He avoids to go too far as to name her "The GREATEST ballerina", or to be too soft to write "A great ballerina"... Is "THE GREAT..." phrase grammatically correct...? What is he really saying here...?
No, he means by 'The Great' the same thing as 'the Greatest', it's just a more theatrical thing to say 'The Great'. Gramatically it's all right, just a bit annoying. In this case also, since he wants to emphasize her 'a great ballerina' is probably not quite enough, but he should be content with 'one of the greatest ballerinas' or 'one of the two or three greatest ballerinas' (in that case, he wouldn't even have to say 'American', which is pretty much beside the point these days anyway, since everything is more accessible than in past epochs. But critics are sometimes able to promote performers they want to by hyping them up, so it's no big deal really. That's probably all it means.
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1937 Ford Truck - Homage In Red OxideWritten by Chris Shelton on April 1, 2009 A Decade After It Debuted, People Still Copy Rudy Rodriguez's Down-And-Dirty Pickup. Only A Few Get It Right.
Nearly a decade ago, an up-and-coming builder named Rudy Rodriguez built a faded-green pickup that changed the scope of the traditional themed hot rod. The late '30s pickup body he used wasn't so different as far as hot rods went, but what he did with it certainly was: He built it as a highboy.
And boy, was it a hit. People who were getting priced out of the hot rod hobby felt vindicated: an orphaned pickup cab-even one from the late '30s-is still practically a giveaway. Naturally, copies abound.
Rudy's pickup deserves great praise, but some of those copies are a tough sell. For some reason, most builders picked up on that truck's radical elements, like its roof chop, its ride height, and its unlikely grille, yet seemed to ignore the essentials.
But every once in a while, someone gets it right: the tall, skinny bias-ply tires, the relatively short wheelbase with the grille centered over the axle, and the collection of parts that point to a specific era, just to name a few.
Laurie Peterson has a history of getting things right. Back when Pro-Street cars fell from grace, he redeemed his tubbed Stude by reconfiguring it as a Pro-Tourer. Remember the pagan-gold '54 Chevy sedan with the Packard taillights that we featured in the October '08 issue? That's his work, too. In fact, it was while he was crafting that tail-dragger for Mike Frisk that he cobbled together this pickup for himself.
The truck just sort of happened, he admitted. "I was at the Monroe swap meet when I came across this rolling '36 Ford passenger-car chassis," he began. "I'd been thinking of building something like Rudy's pickup for a while, and there just happened to be a Ford pickup cab at that same swap." Here's how he put it all together.
With the cab and chassis at his West Vancouver shop, Canada Customs, Laurie channeled the cab 7 inches and whacked its lid by an equal amount. "At one point, though, I noticed that the windshield was getting a lot smaller than the rest of the windows," he noted, "So I cut the cowl and pushed the whole frame down about an inch or so to get it to look right again."
With the body back on the chassis, Laurie mocked up the front suspension components, in this case a Speedway Motors spring and hairpins and a Super Bell '32-36 axle. Laurie shortened the chassis by about a foot but pushed the front axle so it centered on the spring crossmember, as it would've on a '34 and earlier car. But instead of using that crossmember, Laurie crafted another flatter one to establish the uncannily low ride height with the spring-over-axle arrangement.
The '36 chassis came with its own '40 rear axle, which Laurie retained; however, to make the frame sit right over it, he kicked it up about 10 inches. To make it ride properly with the lighter bed and lack of fenders, he pulled four leaves. He also split its radius rods when he converted it to open-drive configuration.
What necessitated the open-drive conversion was Laurie's driveline choice. Remember the Stude reference earlier? Well, Laurie's is a Studebaker family. In fact, the pickup's transmission came from the '63 GT Hawk that his dad bought in 1965 (incidentally, Laurie learned to drive in that very car). A few years back, a brake failure put the car into the rear end of another, and until he could get around to repairing it, he decided to allocate its 289 and Borg-Warner T-10 four-speed transmission to the pickup project.
The cab might've fallen into Laurie's lap, but he certainly had to work for its bed. Long story short, he and his brother Geoff drove to Spokane, all night and in the snow, to get it. And to make it fit, they clipped both the areas ahead of and behind the wheel arch to preserve the bed's proportions.
There are a number of benefits when building a mongrel, as Laurie will note. Among them is the freedom to use whatever cool-looking parts show up, like the '40 Mercury dash and late '40s Chrysler steering wheel. The Terraplane grille just sort of showed up, a good thing, as not too many cars can pull off a beak like that.
"I think it all worked out because I sort of knew the look I was after," Laurie observed. "It's because I was more or less copying Rudy's truck. And I'm not ashamed in the least to admit it, either."
Facts & Figures
Laurie Peterson
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1937 Ford truck
|Frame / Manufacturer
|1936 Ford passenger car
|shortened 12 inches, front axle
relocated forward, spring
moved above axle, flat fabricated
crossmember over axle, rear
frame kicked up approximately
10 inches
|Chassis plumbing
|Steel and rubber
|Rearend / Ratio
|1940 Ford station wagon / 4.10:1
|Rear suspension
|1940 Ford radius rods, 1936 spring
|Rear brakes
|1940 Ford
|Front suspension
|axle & shocks by Super Bell
(Peculiar, MO); hairpins and spring
by Speedway Motors ({{{Lincoln}}}, NE)
|Front brakes
|1941 Lincoln self-energizing, '{{{57}}}
{{{Buick}}} drums
|Wheel make, size
|1935 Ford, 16x4
|Tire make, size
|Firestone Deluxe Champion, 6.00-16
and 7.50-16
|1963 Studebaker {{{GT}}} Hawk
|Valve covers
|Offenhauser with four-bolt Offy adapters
|Manifold / Induction
|Offenhauser 2x2 for 331 {{{Cadillac}}} / Rochester 2GC
|Ignition / Wires
|stock / rubber-insulated
|stainless, by owner with motorcycle baffles
|Studebaker Hawk/Borg-Warner
Super T-10
|Body style / Material
|pickup / steel
|Body mods
|chopped 7 inches, cowl pushed down
to preserve windshield size, channeled
7 inches
|1937 Hudson Terraplane
|single-stage flattened enamel tinted to
look like red-oxide lacquer primer
|Headlights / Taillights
|1935/6 Ford with sealed-beam conversion
/ 1932 Ford lenses, reflectors, and rings
|Outside mirror
|1937 Ford pickup
|Other body items
|rolled rear pan, unknown grille
|1940 {{{Mercury}}}
|Steering wheel
|1947/48 {{{Chrysler}}}
|Steering column
|36 ford passenger
|unknown, likely MG
|Gary Economy, Tuck & Cover,
East Vancouver
|Material / Color
|canvas / tan
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Laurie's still not sure where the seats came from, but he believes them to have an MG pedigree. Gary Economy at Tuck & Cover in East Vancouver trimmed them in a canvas. The shifter stalk that Laurie bent and drilled bolts to the Stude shift assembly. Imagine explaining the decommissioned grenade to the border authorities.There are a number of benefits when building a mongrel, as Laurie will testify. Among them is the freedom to use whatever cool-looking parts show up, like the '40 Mercury dash and late '40s Chrysler steering wheel. Naturally, Laurie whacked about a third out of the dash.Above and beyond taking about 18 inches from in front of and behind the wheel house, Laurie made up the roll pan. Nobody knows the origins of the grille in that pan, but its radius makes a perfect fit. Incidentally, the finish isn't primer; it's a flattened enamel mixed to resemble a pint of red-oxide lacquer primer that sat on a shelf for decades.


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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) -- Two people have died following a motorcycle accident around 2 a.m. this morning.
It happened on Ewing Ford Rd. just past Cemetery Rd. in Bowling Green. Kentucky State Police say a Bowling Green Police Officer witnessed the driver driving recklessly just before the crash, and attempted to make a traffic stop.
"At which point the motorcycle took off at a high rate of speed. Due to the motorcycle having a passenger on it, the officer turned off his emergency equipment off and disregarded the pursuit, and the motorcycle continued on, went through the intersection here, and had a collision," said Kentucky State Police Trooper Jonathan Biven.
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Major Concepts/Content: To improve reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills of students not achieving at grade level.
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- Understanding text structure to analyze and respond to literature.
- Using text processing strategies "before", "during", and "after" reading to build a foundation for a text, make sense of reading as it occurs, and to synthesize, apply, evaluate, or bridge understanding.
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This page is a long scroll. It needs to be tightened up and linked out...
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The sections for Info, Status, Meetings, Emergency, and Events and Classes, and Incorporation include overlap and encourage long scrolling additions.
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You could try out BrowserShots, its free ;)
This will also be useful if you want to look at the site in multiple different versions of the same browser (IE6, IE7, IE8 etc), without having to go through installing each version, checking the site then moving on to the next version.
Browsershots is one way.
Another one would be Expression Web with SuperPreview which is much nicer integrated into web authoring tools. But you need some browsers for that.
There is also Litmus, of course. They have a free version of their service that might fit your needs.
Litmus is made by the folks that make doctype, which is another member of the Stack Overflow League of Justice.
You should check out BrowserLab , from Adobe, which "provides web designers exact renderings of their web pages in multiple browsers and operating systems". The list is limited but it's working alright.
Another alternative is to use some addons, such as those in Firefox, under Windows, that will actually launch an IE session, from inside of Firefox, which means that for the two biggest browsers, you can test them under a single program, Firefox.
As well, Opera also has some settings where you can "fake" the actual browser name reported to the web server.
this one's been really good to me. you can run multiple IE versions concurrently and see how things look in say ie5 vs ie7, etc. good stuff
http://spoon.net/browsers/ - this site allows you to download and run multiple browsers AND versions of browsers without needing to actually install them. They each get virtualized into their own little sandbox automatically. I've used this site QUITE regularly for testing our sites we design.


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Project Car Ideas - Build It!Written by on January 4, 2010 Contributors: courtesy of the owner Photo Motivation To Get You Off The Couch
So the economy sucks and you're trying to choose between living at home or in the back of your Chevelle. So what? We have found that the solution to any problem is to wrench on your project car or street machine. Wouldn't your new home look better with some curtains or maybe a blown 572? To get you motivated, we've collected a group of project cars, including late model, early stuff, and even a couple of Mopars from around the country strictly for your entertainment. So get out there and work a piece of metal with a hammer and torch. Trust us, you'll feel much better.
Project Car Ideas: Ethos
Even though this Mustang has style elements from the late '60s Japanese Skyline GTR, it has nothing to do with the import market you see today. Steve Strope at Pure Vision in Simi Valley, California, hopes to create a car that is a very distant cousin. "The guys who will like this car will like a properly prepared Shelby track car as well," Steve says. The fender-mounted mirrors, bolt-on fender flairs, and lightened, vintage, road race wheels are throwbacks to American and Japanese street and open track racing. It will be low and fast, using an engine setback and ultragigabuck suspension pieces instead of being loaded with big stereos and hollow NOS bottles. Look for it to be stripped and lightweight, almost a race car, yet able to work well on the street. Inside, the rear seat will be removed for a small rollbar hoop with reworked buckets and a '60s vibe-maybe in vinyl or leather. The rest of the car will be all function with minimal fanfare and maximum fun.
Project Car Ideas: The Monster Charger
Car owner Chris Perna designs computerized monsters for Epic Games, so builder Muscle Car Restorations (MCR) focused more on interior gadgets and electronics to make him feel at home. The center console will be handmade and coated with rich, creamy leather and will feature black-anodized brushed aluminum and black chrome. In the center of the dash a DVD screen will take care of navigation and the audiovisual. That's all nice, but what is important is the 572-inch Hemi with twin Garrett turbos and a shot of nitrous. To keep the family around, there will be a 'cage and four interior buckets along with giant tires and wheels to keep the car on the road. It might even wheelie like the car in The Fast and the Furious, or not.
Project Car Ideas:The Medical-Grade Valiant
The other current MCR build is going to be a fun one to watch. The '62 Dodge Valiant's owner is a physician, so many of the accessory parts will be made from medical-grade materials. Look for chromium alloy, stainless steel, and some other elements that will make this car interesting. It's going to be a driver, so the emphasis will be on electronically controlled drivetrain parts and comforts such as A/C.
'10 Mustang By Lethal Performance
Our buddy Dustin Whipple at Whipple Super-chargers tipped us off to this psycho build at Lethal Performance of Wellington, Florida. Lethal's President, Jared Rosen, described his goal of building a 9-second street car that still retains creature comforts such as air conditioning and satellite radio. He and his crew started with a new, off-the-showroom-floor '10 GT500 Mustang, taking delivery in mid-August. They made a couple of dyno pulls and dragstrip passes to establish a baseline, and the car performed like a champ in stock form-hustling down the strip in 12.47 seconds at 116.37 mph. They eventually whittled that down to an 11.76-second, 117.63-mph pass on drag radials with a mild ECM reflash.
Since then, they tore into the car with abandon, building a wicked engine out of a Ford Racing Boss block, forged internals, custom-ported heads and cams, and Whipple's new 3.4L Crusher supercharger. They've also strengthened the drivetrain and chassis with a McLeod twin-disc clutch, a 3 1/2-inch aluminum driveshaft, a BMR K-member and adjustable control arms, Steeda rear suspension, and coilover shocks.
Jared expects to make 900 hp at the wheels, run 9s at the track, and cruise home in the humid Florida air with the A/C cranked.
New Camaros
Everything has already been written about the new '10 Camaro-except how to make one go faster. We spent a day at Lingenfelter Performance Engineering (LPE) to check out a parking lot littered with '10 Camaros, all there for superchargers. The Camaro trick of the week is a bolt-on Magnuson TVS2300 supercharger, the same blower the factory is using on the LS9-powered ZR1 Corvette. But in true LPE fashion, the company doesn't just offer a simple blower install. There are actually four stages of the install, with the killer deal being a ridiculous LS7 engine option with the blower. LPE takes a factory LS7, adds a lower-compression forged piston, bolts on the blower, adds a cam and some head mods, and sits back and watches it all make 750 flywheel horsepower. We also got a sneak peek at the drawings for a trick set of body panels that will convert a new Camaro to LPE's vision of a Super Duty Pontiac Trans Am plus a whole lot more.
LPE tweaks the blower package a little differently than the other guys. Using a TVS2300, LPE specs its own software package and also moves the intercooler fill tank to the driver side of the engine compartment to leave room for a slick set of optional aluminum LPE engine covers. The first upgrade package is rated at 570 flywheel horsepower and 570 lb-ft. Stage II bumps the power to 650 hp and 630 lb-ft using CNC-ported LS3 heads, Mahle forged pistons, Oliver rods, and a ported LS3 throttle body. The big-dog option is the 750hp version pulling 685 lb-ft that uses a complete LS7 427ci long-block and rotating assembly complete with the titanium rods, forged crank, and LS7 heads. JE forged pistons reduce the compression so it will run on pump gas. LPE recommends a dual-disc clutch assembly with this much power and that you buy stock in a tire company since you will shred everything that's round and black in back.
'10 Super Duty 455
LPE has devised a 455ci surprise for Pontiac true believers. This illustration is exactly what you think it is. With a trick Shaker hood, some fender bulges, and a new fascia, LPE has transformed the Camaro into what Pontiac might have pulled off if GM were run by gearheads. And the 455 reference is much more than a decal, with a true 455ci Gen IV motor sitting between the fenders, just to complete the Pontiac vibe. The car is still a work in progress as we write this, but if LPE can promise 750 hp from a 427, imagine what it can do with a 455.
V-6 Blower Camaro
If a heavy insurance premium is preventing you from buying a new Camaro SS, don't give up just yet. LPE is developing a bolt-on centrifugal supercharger, and we drove its maiden test ride. LPE is aiming for 450 hp for this direct-injected package.
Drivetrain Strain
While too much horsepower is exciting, keep in mind that the new Camaro also rolls on an IRS. While that makes churning corners more exciting, word is that all that extra torque puts the IRS in jeopardy. First of all, tall 20-inch tires and wheels are heavy, which puts more load on those IRS halfshafts. But the biggest problem is axle tramp. LPE is working on a cure that includes stiffer mount bushings for the cradle and spherical rod ends to minimize unwanted movement. Plus, LPE now offers heavier axleshafts that will no doubt help to minimize breakage. The company's also working on a larger-diameter ring gear set that will grow the stock 8.58-inch diameter up to something around 9.5 inches.
10-Flat ZR1 Corvette
While not Camaro news, we couldn't resist this story. Everyone should know by now about the '09 ZR1 supercharged Corvette. It's powered by a 6.2L, all-aluminum, 9:1-compression engine with an Eaton TVS2300 supercharger that from the factory makes 638 hp at 6,500 rpm. A production ZR1 will run 11.30s at 131 mph, but the guys at LPE decided they could do better. We got a look at the prototype of a new inlet casting that fits between the throttle body and the blower. LPE's new casting offers a much more direct shot to the supercharger, which does wonderful things for horsepower. LPE's chassis dyno testing measured 739 rwhp and 720 rear-wheel torque with the addition of this part, a smaller blower pulley, a larger crank pulley, software tuning, a larger intercooler, a larger intercooler reservoir, and race gas. With these changes plus 345/45R18 Mickey Thompson ET Street radials on CCW wheels, the Vette ran a tire-spinning 10.03 at 141.50 mph at Muncie Dragway on an 80-degree day. In three runs, the car never ran slower than 10.16. What's impressive is this was with an otherwise stock suspension. LPE engineer Jason Haines says, "We never even pulled the valve covers." If you want to see the video, go to Lingenfelter.com.
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You might remember these guys from a feature we ran in the Dec. '08 issue. Chad Maskrey and Blake Hughes built a primer '67 Chevy II with a couple of hair dryers and a 6.0L swap to cruise on the Hot Rod Power Tour. We caught up to them recently at the NMCA LSX shootout in Memphis and watched them click off a couple of low-10-second e.t.'s with the very same car. "You've seen this pile before," Chad said. He'd spotted us staring at the engine in lanes. "Check out what we're working on." Chad waved his iPhone with a miniature shop photo featuring a Nova Wagon with a big engine parked at Blake's shop, 417 Motorsports in Springfield, Missouri. The plan is to build a wagon, throw in a Duramax turbodiesel engine and a huge gas tank so Chad and all his friends can pile into it, go on the '10 Tour, and share costs. Camping in it isn't out of the question, either. The car was spotted online and dragged from rust-free California to the shop. The outside will remain bone stock, and much of the original Aztec Bronze color will be retained. The stock Duramax manifolds will be flipped and welded for twin turbos, and the drivetrain will be a 4L60E transmission with a Lincoln Versailles rearend.
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This is all that is left of the original Mustang. The Windsor-based 427 will have an aluminum block and a cross-ram intake all hooked to a TKO-600 five-speed. The brakes will have 14-inch rotors and six-piston calipers behind custom three-piece rims from EVOD that resemble the road race rims of the era.Ethos means the fundamental character or spirit. This car will carry the ethos of an early Japanese mountain racer.The original rust-free body was located in Texas by MCR owner Mark Balow. He keeps a selection for guys who just want to show up and build a scratch car.The basis for the engine is a 528-inch Mopar Performance crate engine that has been punched up to 572 inches with a 4.500-inch Callies crank. To get ready to take the punishment of the twin Garrett GT4094R ball bearing turbochargers, the Hemi was upgraded with Manley billet connecting rods and main caps and Diamond 9.0:1-compression pistons. The contraption on top is a single-plane intake from Indy Cylinder Head with a FAST XFI port fuel-injection system.The Valiant will be mini-tubbed for 275/50ZR17 rubber and have a Reilly Motorsports front K-member for the Gen III 6.1L Hemi and RFE 545 transmission swap.The interior will be mostly stock with twists like a cobalt chromium femoral head used as knobs on interior instrumentation. How do you top that?
If you cringe at the thought of your Camaro looking like every other one in town, LPE has you covered with a body kit that will set your ride apart. The changes include a bulged hood, front fascia and rocker extension, a grille bar extension and meshed insert, rear fascia extension with exhaust tips, a rear decklid spoiler, and a taillamp panel. Add a set of black wheels and you're so there.There are new Camaros sitting in line at LPE's Decatur, Indiana, shop just waiting for a supercharger. This is no trick photo; LPE has actually ripped apart this Camaro as a mule for LPE's new body panel experiments and will eventually get a thumpin' LS7.If you're looking for a simple makeover for your new Camaro, GM Performance Parts offers an exterior kit that includes the front and side spoilers plus a rear diffuser. The PN for the metallic-gray pieces for SS Camaros is 92208008 and can be purchased through LPE. The stripe kit is also a GMPP piece available in several different colors. This one is the gray Rally Stripe Kit PN 92225519.You have your choice of polished or the standard black finish version of the Magnuson TVS2300 supercharger. What we love about this package is not only its simplistic installation but that it requires no hood swap. This also gives the blower major stealth points. Stealth is good.If you're looking for a simple makeover for your new Camaro, GM Performance Parts offers an exterior kit that includes the front and side spoilers plus a rear diffuser. The PN for the metallic-gray pieces for SS Camaros is 92208008 and can be purchased through LPE. The stripe kit is also a GMPP piece available in several different colors. This one is the gray Rally Stripe Kit PN 92225519.One of LPE's resident engineers, Jason Haines, tells us LPE can install a complete supercharger package in roughly two days, but it takes additional time to test the vehicle and verify the power on the chassis dyno before releasing the car. The base supercharger package on an LS 3 Camaro is worth 570 flywheel horsepower if you include the optional Corsa exhaust. You even get a three-year warranty.The factory intentionally has an axle cross section of different stiffness to reduce axle tramp, but it is this smaller diameter that becomes the obvious weak point (arrow). LPE custom-builds stronger axleshafts that also feature different thicknesses and stiffnesses while eliminating the taper area to increase strength.The factory intentionally has an axle cross section of different stiffness to reduce axle tramp, but it is this smaller diameter that becomes the obvious weak point (arrow). LPE custom-builds stronger axleshafts that also feature different thicknesses and stiffnesses while eliminating the taper area to increase strength.
This is the stock Camaro IRS cradle. The rubber mounts and locating bushings contribute to axle hop, and LPE is working on improvements that will include spherical rod ends and stiffer bushings. Even a stock Camaro will axle tramp and break stuff if you abuse it.The '06 Duramax is a GM product found in the Chevy Silverado and GMC trucks and vans. The horsepower numbers are average, but the torque is a crazy 660 lb-ft at 1,600 rpm. That number will rise with a set of 62mm Precision turbos.The front end was unceremoniously sawed off for a Mustang II rack-and-pinion swap. This is standard procedure to get early Novas to handle.The paint on the wheels represents the stock color. The underside had enormous amounts of undercoating that preserved the floorboards, so there is zero rot. Blake is going to build a 30-gallon aluminum fuel cell that uses the existing mounting holes.The interior will be cleaned, but that is about it. The gauges will be stuffed in the glovebox to keep the stock appearance.There is some custom stuff going on here, but it is based on a Mustang II clip kit you can get anywhere. Blake made his own motor and trans mounts and will make the core support and intake plenum as well.


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Feb 2, 2010
Arrest Made in Janet Abaroa Murder Case
Abaroa, 30, of South 8th Street in Montpelier, Idaho was arrested February 2, 2010 at his home without incident. He was placed in the Caribou County (Idaho) Jail without bond. He is being held for extradition to North Carolina. The arrest was a joint operation by the Durham Police Department, the FBI Task Force, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), the Montpelier (Idaho) Police Department, the Southeast Idaho STAR (Special Tactics and Response) Team and the Bear Lake County (Idaho) Sheriff's Department.
"This arrest is the result of hard and tenacious work by our investigators and a strong partnership with the FBI and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Investigators continued to follow leads and never gave up," said Durham Police Chief Jose L. Lopez Sr.
"We are grateful for all the agencies that assisted in the arrest of Abaroa. When you have a suspect that dangerous you can never have enough help," said Montpelier Police Chief Greg Butler.
Janet Abaroa, 25, was stabbed to death inside her home at 2606 Ferrand Drive on Tuesday, April 26, 2005. The Abaroas' 6-month-old son, Kaiden, was uninjured. There were no obvious signs of a break-in, but a laptop computer was missing from the house.
In the hours before her death, Janet Abaroa, who was in the early stages of pregnancy, picked up her child at day care and went with her husband to drop her car off for repairs. The Abaroas met with a church member at their home that evening before Raven Abaroa left the house around 8:30 p.m. in a gray Dodge Durango to play in an indoor soccer game in Morrisville. Raven Abaroa told officers he found his wife when he returned home from the game around 11 p.m.


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Sunday, Jamuary 20th, 2013
Setup: 4 pm
Dress Rehearsal: 6 pm
Concert: 8 pm
Performance Duration: 14 minutes
After-Party and open jam with the Noisebridge Orchestra: 9:30 to ?
Register here: [1]
Note: this project is about good vibes and good humor. No drama please, and let's not take ourselves too seriously :)
Also, this is a little-to-no experience necessary project :D
Detailed Rules
(in the form Obligatory/Permitted/Forbidden. I think it's something called Deontic logic, but don't quote me on that).
- Build or program your own instrument.
[Basic goal: be original, don't dominate the sound-space.]
- unaltered, pre-recorded music.
- being continuously louder than everyone else.
- playing continuously (you should have LOTS of silences in your performance when other sounds can be heard). Exception: rhythmic core patterns (which should have lots of silence between beats).
- using the whole frequency spectrum (Ie, using all the notes from the bottom, middle, and top of a piano keyboard. You should play just low-pitched, or just middle-pitched, or just high-pitched sounds).
- software
- hardware (electronic)
- mechanical - metal, wood, etc
- traditional acoustic<ref>Anything that makes a noise is "acoustic", but I'm using the idiomatic meaning of the word: an instrument that generates sound without electricity.</ref>
instrument from any culture/time
- NON-traditional, original acoustic instrument from another dimension or planet
- percussive/rhythmic
- tonal/melodic
- atonal/unpitched
- live processing of other instrument sounds during our performance (you must build/program the process, and use your own microphone/sensor/pickup (or we might be able to provide an effect-send from the mixer)).
- group-built instruments
- circuit bending
- hacked acoustic instruments
- electro-acoustic (pickups or contact mics)
- an original style of vocalization
- flesh and bone
- amplified vegetables
- etc
Volunteers needed
Roomist: help to set up room (chairs,tables, lighting, etc) Amplificist: to ensure we have amplification, loudspeakers, mixer. We do not need a stadium PA. Noisebridge's own amplifier and speakers will be adequate, if you can make them sound clean. Need someone to take charge of ensuring they are in working order and properly set up for the event. Limitist: Procure/lend and operate a limiter (not compressor), to protect our ears and loudspeakers. Might be built into whatever mixer or amplifier we end up using. Volumist: Stand at the ready to cut the master volume in case of emergency. Mixerist: May need lent mixer (don't know yet how many inputs we'll need). Mixist: To "play" the mixer, ie. judiciously boost/cut mixer channels during jam. Recordist: with own hardware or software recorder. Stereo recording is sufficient. Need two microphones, ideally two omni's. Nice recording option: Zoom digital recorder (not a "voice recorder"): jo.my/zoomrec. Not desirable to record off the mixer. Hospitalitist: to ensure we have snacks and drinks. Artist-Coordinatist: inform performers, handle signups, etc.
THEME: Organic Produce vs. GMO's Movements: not meant to parallel actual history 2 minutes per movement, 14 minutes total 5 second silence between movements, except where noted "Natural instruments" means non-amplified, non-electrified acoustic instruments: plucked strings, flesh, voice, coconuts, etc. Overall direction is downward motion of tonality from movement to movement, until final movement leaps up an octave. I. Nature: Pre-GMO, Pre-Pesticide Organic Fruits and Vegetables. Natural instruments only. Tranquil, harmonious, gentle rhythms. Key: A-440. II: Iron Age: mechanical and electro-acoustic instruments only. Precise, soulless, mechanical, brutal. Very rhythmic, start slow and gradually increase tempo. Cohesive: instruments match tempo. "Industrial" beats. 60 BPM at start of movement --> to 120 BPM by end of movement. Key: down to G. III: Electronic Age: Electronic and software instruments only. No mechanical, no natural. Techno, drum n bass, house, etc. Syncopated, cohesive. Starts happy, then grows dark. Start at 120 BPM --> accelerate to 480 BPM by end of movement. Key: down to F. IV. Epic Struggle: - All instruments. Chaotic, arrhythmic atonality. (no break) V. Earth's Vengeance: Destruction of GMO's and toxic pesticides. The sounds of dying machines, as natural instruments grow more powerful and cohesive, obliterating non-natural instruments. Arrhythmic, keyless chaos --> 60 BPM, down to key of D. VI. Earth Rise: Return to organic, non-pesticide produce. Natural instruments only. Start at 60 BPM, down to key of C --> slow to 15 BPM, rise up an octave to Key of B.
Register here http://uuu.my/noisejam


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Yesterday on 8th June, Facebook unveiled its App Center for web-based apps that integrate with the company's social networking site being a competition with Apple iOS developers to leverage the benefit in social cause.
Unlike Apple's iOS App Store (or its direct competitors including Google Play and Amazon Appstore for Android-based platforms, RIM's Blackberry App World or Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace), the Facebook App Center doesn't exist primarily to sell apps.
Facebook aspires to direct the attention of its millions of social network members to Facebook web apps. This positions App Center as more of a competitor to Google's Chrome OS, which similarly hopes to shift users from conventional desktop software to web apps operating within a web-based platform plugged into a particular social tam meter.
However, most Facebook apps don't exist only in the bubble of Facebook itself. A variety of apps are actually cloud based services that interact with Facebook to tap into its rich social network features.
From within Facebook, users can interact with "Goodreads" web app to highlight books (physical or electronic) they are reading or have read, and leave reviews. Facebook friends can comment on review and track each other's progress in reading new books.
"Goodreads" also exists as an iOS app for iPhone and iPad (as well as having an Android counterpart), allowing iOS users to interact with the Facebook community both on and off of Facebook itself. The Goodreads app is free on both iOS and Facebook; the service is supported by advertising (and to a smaller extent, affiliate links to books users buy directly though the app).
Unlike other apps "Goodreads" provides social network features by piggybacking on Facebook and plugging into a user's existing group of friends.
Another app "Voxer" allows users to send voice messages via any network connection, which are then sorted temporarily on the cloud. Friends receive notifications when they receive a voxer message, and can immediately launch the app and begin listening to messages even as they're being recorded. As a conversation builds, users on both ends can review what was said, fast forward through speech recordings, and trade photos and text messages. The app is currently free.
Users can now post their runs to Facebook as they begin, and anytime their social circle "Likes" or comments on their post, the runner hears cheering to encourage their progress. After running, users can post their runs, join a challenge and set goals.
At the same time, while noting that "Apple doesn't have to own a social network," Cook added, "But does Apple have to be social? Yes." He further cited Apple's existing Twitter integration in iOS and its already announced integration in OS X Mountain Lion, as well as iMessage and Game Center features as examples of Apple's interest in being socially connected.
"You'll see more things like that in the future," Cook said. And when asked if Apple was ready to kill its Ping service, Cook answered, "Will we kill it? I don't know. We'll look at that." Cook also referenced a "very solid" relationship with Facebook and said to "stay tuned" for news of how Apple and Facebook would continue to work together.
While Apple may announce the beginnings of those plans at next week's WWDC, Facebook is already working to extend the reach of its social network by partnering with existing mobile apps to give them socially connected features. In fact, Facebook's rush to deploy its new Apps Center just days ahead of WWDC suggests that the company wanted to make a splash before Apple reveals its hand.


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Ronaldo won't join Man City until Ferguson retires
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who recently claimed he was unhappy at Santiago Bernabeu, will never join his former club Manchester United's fierce rivals Manchester City till Sir Alex Ferguson is the boss at Old Trafford.
According to sources close to Ronaldo, the Portuguese international shares a very close bond with Ferguson, whom he treats as a father figure, and he won't risk hurting the Scott by joining wealthy City.
"Cristiano has always been close to Alex Ferguson, and even now, they still talk. Cristiano simply would not risk hurting him by joining Ferguson's immediate rivals," the Sun quoted a source close to Ronaldo, as saying.
Ronaldo recently spelt out just what Ferguson meant to him.
"When I arrived at United I was 18, and Sir Alex was like a father to me. He taught me many things. I worked with him for six years, and he is a great human, a great coach. Sir Alex and Jose Mourinho are the two best coaches in the world," Ronaldo said. (ANI)


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The first Red Sox hitter of the 2014 season will be Daniel Nava when he steps into the box to face Orioles starter Chris Tillman on Monday afternoon at 3:05.� From a personal accomplishment perspective, Nava�s journey to this point is nothing short of amazing � for Boston the significance of having Nava batting lead-off will be the club�s need to figure out a way to compensate for the loss of Jacoby Ellsbury.�
The 2013 World Champions lead the majors in runs scored with 853 (57 more than the second highest total � which belonged to the Tigers) and no small contributor to the success of Boston�s offense was their ability to steal bases � which started with Ellsbury.� Boston stole 123 bags in 2013 with an impressive 87% success rate.� The Yankees� new centerfielder had an on-base percentage of .355 with a league-leading 52 stolen bases and was caught stealing only 4 times.� By contrast, while Nava�s 2013 on-base percentage of .385 was near the top of the league and there is little doubt that he should be able to run up a pitch count with his selective eye, he was on base close to 200 times last season and did not have a single stolen base.
Statistics aside, we all realize that replacing Ellsbury�s production on the bases is not going to be an easy task � the concern that I have is that the Sox will lose the ability to play small ball and pick up a run here and there because they are missing that rare element of speed.� In that regard the 2014 Red Sox look to be built more in the image of some of their forefathers in that they may need to rely more on the long ball to score runs.� This was a team that hit 176 homeruns last year and it will be interesting to see how many more they hit this year if Will Middlebrooks is locked in from the beginning of the season, Xander Bogaerts has the break-out season that many expect, and Dustin Pedroia rebounds from the thumb injury he sustained last April; however, while the Sox may have the potential to hit more homeruns you have to wonder if they are going to morph into an Earl Weaver dream team � relying on pitching and a three-run long ball to carry them to victory.� Unfortunately, this philosophy reminds me of last year�s Tigers team.� It is this type of club that always seems to struggle in the post season � when pitching and defense rule the day and scratching out a run every once in a while can lead to a Duck Boat Parade (or whatever parades they put on in other cities).
Naturally, from a financial savings stand-point (Nava will make less than $1M in 2014, Ellsbury will make more than $20M) only, the Sox make this trade every time.� Nava can reach base at an advanced level.� The question I have is whether or not he�ll jumpstart the Red Sox offense and give them that early 1- 0 lead that takes a little heat off their pitching staff and puts a strain on the opposing pitcher.� It will be interesting to see where the Sox rank in total runs in 2014 � one thing is certain, they will not lead the league in steals without Ellsbury.


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In the CED Clinic, students provide legal counsel to neighborhood-based groups, citywide advocacy organizations, and local political officials on a broad range of community development, land use, and policy issues impacting the Tenderloin, Mid-Market and other low- and moderate-income neighborhoods in San Francisco. Projects vary, but typically involve advocacy, counsel, and factual development related to proposed land use developments, to ensuring that Tenderloin and Mid-Market residents benefit from new economic initiatives, and to participating in City and State policymaking around development issues. The Clinic focuses on the intersection of law, policy, and politics and reveals the full complexity and institutional infrastructure of the Tenderloin and Mid-Market community.
The Clinic is taught by Professor Ascanio Piomelli.
Regularly scheduled class time will meet for 4 hours each week. In Spring 2016, classes will meet on Mondays and Wednesday from 10:50 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. There is also a mandatory all-day session on Saturday, January 9th. Seminar sessions involve discussions of assigned readings and "rounds" discussions of fieldwork projects. Topics include the historical and institutional context of the Tenderloin and nearby neighborhoods, the history and politics of San Francisco development, key local and state legislation shaping community economic development, and the role of lawyers in CED work. Students write an analytical paper comparing the transformation of a low-income Boston neighborhood to historic and current efforts in San Francisco to protect and revitalize the Tenderloin, Mid-Market, and other low-income neighborhoods. Students interview a local Tenderloin resident, business, service provider, or other stakeholder and add the interview to the Clinic's ongoing "Tenderloin Chronicles." Students also closely monitor local political and economic developments, attending community meetings and sharing information on the Clinic's internal blog.
Students will work an average of 16-20 hours per week on legal work for Clinic clients. Students work in pairs or threesomes, write weekly field notes describing and analyzing their fieldwork, and meet weekly with Prof. Piomelli to discuss their work. Fieldwork activities typically include interviewing clients, carrying out extensive factual and legal research, attending community meetings, and counseling group representatives. Depending upon the project, students may also draft proposed legislation or regulations, position papers, community education materials, requests for public records, or comment letters, and may make public presentations and/or brief public officials and their aides.
Open to: 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th semester students.
8 units: The Clinic a one-semester, 8-unit clinic. 4-unit non-GPA class and 4-unit fieldwork must be taken concurrently. Students receive a letter grade for the class (based on all aspects of their work in the seminar and fieldwork), as well as credit/no-credit for the fieldwork units. Fieldwork units count against the maximum of 20 non-classroom units that a student can earn. There may be an option for some students to continue fieldwork in the Fall 2016 semester for 3 or 4 additional units of fieldwork.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
You may view the Fall 2014 version of the course syllabus here.
To enroll: This clinic will not be offered in 2016-17.


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In the 4th Century there was a strong monastic tradition, which usually involved living in solitude or small groups in the wilderness. By the 12th Century the monastic life was being lived in large groups, and generally close to large communities. How did one tradition evolve into the other?
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Monasticism was unknown until the end of the third century. Paul expressed that he preferred celibacy, but there was no "command from the Lord" to remain unmarried. (Simon) Peter, according to Catholic tradition the first Pope, was himself married.
Widows were treated with special respect, but encouraged to remarry and bear children if still within child bearing age. More emphasis was placed on missionary and charity work than meditation or spiritual development.
Over time, the custom developed of going into the desert (or otherwise being alone), when faced with an important life decision, a desire to commune with God, etc. These people were called hermits, a term which means "desert dwellers". The most famous of these early hermits was Anthony of Egypt (251-356). Athanasius' Life of St. Anthony began to make the hermit life popular, both because it portrayed it as a path to eternal life, and because Anthony was portrayed as an athlete for Christ, a heroic figure.
Now there were so many hermits that it was starting to get crowded. A hermit named Pachomius (290-346) instituted some rules; that the monks should live in isolated huts, produce their own food and clothing, and should never speak to one another. Because they were no longer dependent on public charity, their growth was unlimited, and monasteries and monks began to spread rapidly.
See http://orthodoxwiki.org/Pachomius_the_Great
St. Pachomius the Great is one of the figures instrumental in moving monastic life from the life of hermits (old as dust) and small communities.
As for cenobitism, the widows in the New Testament were parochial nuns. If you consider the function of old widows in almost every church, you will find they generally fulfill the duties that nuns do, though in a local setting. A large church would have a fair number of these celibate (since post-reproductive age), prayerful and godly women. If you consider how Paul treats 'the widows' it is precisely as an order of nuns would be treated by the overseeing abbess or bishop.
The mens' tradition seems to have grown out of the former mens' tradition of hermit life, such as what St. John the Baptist lived. It is with Antony (my own patron) and Pachomius that we see people gathering around a single elder or abbot and forming a community. It is with Pachomius that the communites became sizable; Scetis (Antony's) still exists, but it has never been large. Pachomius' communities did not themselves survive (as many of the pilgrim cities did not) but his tradition and practices which allowed this organization did.
There are basically three forms of monastcism and they are still extant.
Anachoretism - the first form to emerge was living in complete solitude. Hermits however sometimes accepted disciples that would watch their life and then leave. There are still hermits living e.g. in rocky parts of Mt. Athos that don't see other monks for long periods of time.
Idiorythmia - when monasticism became popular, some areas fit for monastic life started attracting monks and monastic societes as e.g. Nitra emerged. Monks would meet at Liturgy and would counsel some things together, yet every brother would be econimically independent.
Cenobitism - as Bob already said - this form was instituted by St Pachomius. Monks live in a commune. They work together and their material needs are fullfilled by the community. This form is the safest and easiest, because monks can comfort each other and the strict obedience protects them from straying on their spiritual path. This is why it is most popular form today. But the two former are not extinct.
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