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Yemeni-American professionals (scientists, public leaders and business people) with some of their counterparts from Yemen as well as American academics who have worked in Yemen will convene to discuss Yemen and its future. Among the topics to be covered are: women and youth, economic development, political and legal reform, and the water crisis. In addition to critical analysis of the complexities of the current situation, presentations will stress concrete policy recommendations and suggestions for their implementation. Organized by Steven C. Caton, Harvard University, and the Yemen Working Group. Sponsored by the American Institute for Yemeni Studies, Ash Institute (Harvard Kennedy School of Government), Crown Center (Brandeis University), Dean of the Social Sciences (FAS, Harvard), Islamic Legal Studies Program (Harvard Law School), Middle East Initiative (Harvard Kennedy School of Government), MIT Middle East Program, Outreach Center (Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies), and Women and Public Policy Program (Harvard Kennedy School of Government). Additional support from Steven C. Caton and the Yemen Working Group.


text: Anna Pogorilaya: I jumped up and down when I saw myself ahead of Carolina Kostner! http://www.team-russia2014.ru/article/figur/12392.html Third event in the Grand Prix series has finished yesterday in Beijing, China. It was a senior debut for Russia's Anna Pogorilaya and she started with a win. The score she got at this competition - 178.62 for two programs - placed her ahead of 2013 European silver medalist Adelina Sotnikova (174.70) and 2012 World champion from Italy Carolina Kostner (173,40). Anna Pogorilaya shares her impressions of the victory with the TEAM RUSSIA 2014 correspondent Maria Vorobyeva. Anna: The thought that I ended up ahead of Carolina Kostner had a tremendous effect on me. I was just jumping up and down for joy! My main goal at this event was to place in the top 3. And I needed to skate cleanly for that, because my coach, Anna Vladimirovna Tsareva, and I realized perfectly well that my competitors are ranked much higher than I. Therefore, it was very important to have a good outing at my first ever Grand Prix event. Of course, winning was completely unexpected for me (smiles). There was no goal to place higher than any of other skaters, it was more important to have a decent skate. Kostner gets incredible PCS, in the free program she got nearly 10 points more than me! It's fantastic! But I got 20 points more in TES (smiles). On the other hand, Carolina just not skated her best in both programs, and both her TES and PCS were lower than usual. If she skated clean, no one could have come even close to her at this event. MV: What about Adelina Sotnikova? Anna: Adelina managed to overcome herself in the short program and skated brilliantly. But, you see, it was difficult to skate here - time zone change, jet lag, the air at the rink was not very good, smog in the streets, and Adelina skated last yesterday. She had her own thoughts pressuring her, she must be always thinking about the Olympic Games - I understand how hard it was for her. It was much easier for me. MV: But you also had to feel the pressure? Anna: When I was in the hotel, I was shaking with fear (smiles). But on the ice, I realized that I left all the fear behind, in the hotel. There was an upbeat music playing before my skates, I listened to it - and forgot everything. It was very uplifting and helped me to get in the right mood. MV: Anya, what did this victory cost you? How did your preparation to your first Grand Prix go? Anna: Preparation was hard (smiles). Very hard. I realize only now that it wasn't a waste and it all paid off. My coach and I often argued, my body hurt because of endless painful training. My massage therapist is probably tired already of getting all the kinks out of my muscles, I often had muscle spasms, was in constant pain. I cannot even describe how hard it was! MV: It will probably get even harder now? Anna: Yes. At the Grand Prix in France I will have to face even more serious competition. Look at the French girls, they are so powerful and strong. I'm getting nervous just looking at them. In Paris it will be much tougher! Here everyone is nice and smiling, there it will be tough (smiles). MV: Are you ready for battle? Anna: Yes! My coach will always support me, just in case (smiles). MV: Winning Cup of China made you more confident? Anna: It rather has shown me how much I lack yet. I wasn't happy at all to see such a gap in PCS between me and Kostner. I realized that I was very tired by the end of the free program, which means I need more run-throughs, working out the bugs. And, considering that everyone will from now on see me as an additional threat, they will work harder and try to be even better. MV: Anna, you said that it was easier here for you than for Sotnikova. And earlier you said that you don't have a goal to get to the Olympic Games Anna: I didn't say I wouldn't try to get to the home Olympics (smiles). I just think that realistically I'm likely not to be sent to the Olympics in Sochi. There are already enough candidates for the two spots, I'm in the second-tier group, and it is unlikely they'll place a bet on me. But I definitely have to fight (smiles). MV: Does it mean you will prepare for the National championships even more seriously than for the first Grand Prix? Anna: Oooh! Russian Nationals is everything to me! Of course, we count on placing high enough at Nationals to be able to go to the big international competitions - European and World championships. But we have a plan B as well - if anything, I can go again to the Junior Worlds, and I need to raise my ranking for that, too. It happens sometimes that you place third at Nationals, but the Federation decides that someone else should go. Then I will have nothing to lose - I have to compete somewhere. But, in general, I just have to skate well!

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2014-05-07 12:03 Post: #3061
Lots of modern TVs have all sorts of backlight and contrast processing. If you go from a dark scene to the same scene with peak white in it, you can see the black levels change horribly on some displays.
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2014-05-07 16:24 Post: #3062
(2014-05-07 07:21)macmus Wrote: Why this is intel bug ? netflix cannot address that ? I like addon for XBMC but this one does not have dolby
It is very clearly an Intel driver bug because the workaround involves changing the settings on the Intel driver. It has to do with protected audio path and DRM, so ultimately you should blame the studios for forcing us to deal with this garbage. To MrCrispy, I don't think this is the same bug you're talking about.
I use XBMC to launch the Netflix app.
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2014-05-07 16:41 Post: #3063
Wait, there's still the audio bug in Intel drivers? I thought this was only for BayTrail and not in Haswell.
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2014-05-07 19:34 Post: #3064
(2014-05-07 09:25)fritsch Wrote: It does not. Could be a known feature by your TV ... "optimizing Contrast" or something. Try xbmc Limited option unset and keep your hdmi on limited (remove the xrandr hack) and compare.
fritsch, your ability to remotely diagnose subtle weird stuff is truly amazing. My TV settings didn't seem to have any effect (I had all "smart" algorithms turned off anyhow), but doing what you suggested made a difference. In summary:
xbmc limited unset, no xrandr hack -> test images display correctly in thumbnail and full screen
xbmc limited set, xrandr full RGB -> test images display correctly in thumbnail but blacks are crushed in full screen
I don't pretend to understand this, but thought you might be interested ....
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2014-05-07 21:49 Post: #3065
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2014-05-07 23:25 Post: #3066
(2014-05-07 09:25)fritsch Wrote: It does not. Could be a known feature by your TV ... "optimizing Contrast" or something. Try xbmc Limited option unset and keep your hdmi on limited (remove the xrandr hack) and compare.
My many years old limited-rgb-range 46" LCD has almost no post processing. The pp-options that are there are fully deactivated.
(2014-05-07 19:34)ahgee2 Wrote: In summary:
Similar results here (Limited range LCD, HDMI connected directly without AVR):
Case 1:
Quote:xrandr to FULL range
Case 2:
Quote:xrandr to LIMITED range
So you would guess Case 2 would be unlogical UI-wise for a limited-rgb-range TV, but still worth testing.
If i understood lmyllari correctly, Case 1 would be the preferred way for a limited range LCD (and more logical in terms of UI).
Since i don't use pictures at the moment, i don't mind that much which way i'm using. But if we can work towards a fix, would't hurt, would it? I'll stick with preferred Case 1 for now.
If i can do more testing to narrow the potential bug down, please let me know.
BTW: Also to confirm: Everything else seems to work great since the kernel USB-bug was patched. Live-TV/PVR more stable than ever (even compared to my beloved 3.2.4 build from lmyllari)
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2014-05-08 11:08 Post: #3067
(2014-05-06 15:24)fritsch Wrote: Onkyos have a "Postprocessing Setting" which needs to be turned off.
Have now set to limited added the line to autostart.
I'm getting the same results on both thumbnail and full screen on the images, but not sure west I'm looking for. What boxes should we be able to see on the test images to test black?
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2014-05-08 15:38 Post: #3068
I am considering buying a Haswell based NUC in the near future. I would like to go with a fanless set up but it seems all the nice small cases are sold overseas. I am based in the U.S. and was wondering where I can get a good passive heatsink style case without paying customs fees?
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2014-05-08 16:01 Post: #3069
I just don't get why people are concerned with the tiny fan in this box. It's not like it is mounted to your head and makes a lot of noise. Mines been working just fine with openelec and would recommend.
Motherboard P5N7A-VM, E8400 C2D 3.0 processor. NVIDIA 9300 graphics card. OpenELEC Stable - Generic x86_64 Version:3.2.4
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2014-05-08 16:33 Post: #3070
I'm very very much a silent lover, so here my experience regarding fan noise:
D54250WYKH (i5, stock intel case, internal 2,5" SATA SSD)
I was willing to give the stock case a try before buying passive.
Fan control set to AUTO min 25 max 100.
Incredibly(!) silent while using OpenELEC. Fan stays at 25% all the time for me while watching fullscreen media. 25% means dead silent for this case. You can make the fan spin up very little and for a short time when you make stuff like putting transparent menus over a running video or transparent background video while going to homescreen. But even then the fan spins up only very little stops again almost right away when you resume watching media in normal fullscreen.
Summer isn't quite there yet but i've been happy for month now. No need for passive in my case.
It may be different for you if you live in a area with permanent high temperatures or you want to run windows.
I can only recommend buying the larger nuc case (H-models) with 2,5" option and trying it out with fan control auto 25-100. You may be surprised.
If i ever feel the need to switch to passive, i found the Akasa Tesla H a good option. Not the smallest case, but because of that larger surface it should do better than some smaller cases as some tests seem to confirm (afair).
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2014-05-08 16:39 Post: #3071
I only have experienced that Aeon Nox 4 can make some fan spin... I dont recall playing games on (like Lego Harry Potter, Grid 2, etc) playing any video and other programs did spin up the fan up.
And I can be quickly annoyed by fan.
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2014-05-08 16:39 Post: #3072
To be fair, i did not ever test load-intensive skins. I only use Confluence with black background.
Even fullscreen Live-TV with HW-decoding+SW-deinterlacing doesn't spin up the fan for me. (Stays at 25%)
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2014-05-08 20:37 Post: #3073
Couldnt find the answer anywhere online but can you use a NUC without any SDD and just a USB stick with OpenElec. Would save me a couple of bucks since I use a NAS for all my data.
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2014-05-08 20:41 Post: #3074
Yes, i used my i5 NUC with OE on an USB 3.0 stick.
On some BIOS versions (i'm still on 0024) you have to disable SATA completely to make USB 3.0 boot work.
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2014-05-08 21:08 Post: #3075
My STB makes some noise, I can easily hear its hard disk spin. Even the receiver will emit a whine now and then. But these things are only audible when no media is playing, so I don't really mind. My main pc is quite loud because of fan noise, but I'm guessing the NUC fan even at full load will be nothing like that. I'd be more concerned about dust buildup and having to clean it periodically.
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Theo Walcott has paid tribute to the 'gladiatorial' qualities of Thomas Vermaelen and the hunger he has shown at both ends of the pitch during the Gunners' fine run of form.
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Ya Got To Love It Karl,,,, being a hot rod guy and even haveing to paint my muffler clamps on my rods,,,cause I'm so DAMN FUSSY I can't help but laugh when I see stuff like that. I can't say much though, on the truck in my avitar I broke one of the coil over shock mounts on a RR crossing and had to drive home >100 miles with it strapped to the frame with a friggin bunjee cord. DOWWWWW!!!
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The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter (2002)
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After reading a lot of reviews about this book I was debating on whether or not I should read it. I am glad I did. I enjoyed the book, but I could see why people gave it so-so reviews. The basic story was good and interesting. There were a lot of side stories that I felt detracted from the basic storyline and it got tiring trying to keep up with everything.
The Emperor of Ocean Park is a legal thriller involving a law professor, Talcott Garland, whose father was a prominent judge who was disgraced after being nominated for a Supreme Court chair by Ronald Reagan. The judge's nomination ended in disgrace because of his association with Jack Ziegler, a former CIA agent turned organized crime kingpin. After the judge dies, he leaves Talcott with cryptic clues involving some deep dark secret that Talcott must figure out, with a host of others either trying to help or prevent him from doing so.
This novel was certainly competently written. The author, a law professor, knows his legal wrangling, and there is enough action and tension to keep it interesting, but there were other things that kept it from being a good novel instead of just an okay one. For one thing, through two thirds of the book, everyone seemed to know more about the mystery than Talcott, and it didn't make sense that if they knew more about it than him, then why were they so reliant on him to find what the judge was leaving behind instead of finding it on their own. The other issue was that the reveal at the end wasn't as earth-shattering as all of the drama leading up to it. It was a bit of a yawner, in fact. A solid novel, but not one that you should go out of my way to read.
Carl Alves - author of Blood Street
This book was recommended to me and initially it seemed promising. The problem was the further I read, the less I cared about the main character. Something was missing and the ending just fell flat. Not something I would suggest be picked up.
My first experience with an audio book and it was horrible! It's my fault for not paying attention to the abridged part...but still! Abridged audio books should NOT be allowed. Totally ruined this book for me. I was so bored! It felt like half the book was missing...probably because it was!
Yet this is not a novel exclusively about politics or even about blacks maneuvering in a white world. It is at its center a book about the pleasures and miseries of family life, and the scenes in Talcott's house, the pauses and silences and evasions and eruptions when one spouse is having an affair and the other isn't, are very well done; similarly, the tensions between brothers and sisters; and the comfort and coherence an intelligent preacher can bring to the disconsolate; and at the end, a realization that it's wise to draw a line between past and present, due diligence be damned.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0375712925, Paperback)A complex, smart mystery filled with intrigue, drama, and more than a little danger awaits in Stephen L. Carter's engaging debut novel, The Emperor of Ocean Park. After the funeral of his powerful father (a federal judge whose nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court became a public scandal), Talcott Garland, an African American law professor at an Ivy League university, is left to unravel the meaning of a cryptic note and carry out "the arrangements" his father left behind. Armed with fortitude and familial devotion--though paranoid of his wife's fidelity--Talcott soon finds himself in an investigation that entangles him with a number of questionable Washington, D.C., denizens, including attorneys and government officials, law professors, the FBI, shady underworld figures, chess masters, and friends and family. All the while Talcott tries not to hurt his attorney wife's chance for a judicial nomination--and their fragile marriage--but the closer he comes to unraveling his father's dark secrets, the more dangerous things become.
Clocking in at over 650 pages, the novel could easily have been streamlined; many of Talcott's thoughts are unnecessarily repeated. But Carter's storytelling skills are adept: tension builds, surprises are genuine, clues are not handed out freely. The prose, while somewhat meandering, can be crisp and insightful, as demonstrated in Carter's description of the misguided paths of young attorneys who sacrifice
all on the altar of career... at last arriving... at their cherished career goals, partnerships, professorships, judgeships, whatever kind of ships they dream of sailing, and then looking around at the angry, empty waters and realizing that they have arrived with nothing, absolutely nothing, and wondering what to do with the rest of their wretched lives.--Michael Ferch
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"The Emperor of Ocean Park is set in two privileged worlds: the upper crust African American society of the eastern seaboard - old families who summer on Martha's Vineyard - and the inner circle of an Ivy League law school. It tells the story of a complex family with a single, seductive link to the shadowlands of crime." "The Emperor of the title, Judge Oliver Garland, has just died, suddenly. A brilliant legal mind, conservative and famously controversial, Judge Garland made more enemies than friends. Many years before, he'd a earned a judge's highest prize: a Supreme Court nomination. But in a scene of bitter humiliation, televised across the country, his nomination collapsed in scandal. The humbling defeat became a private agony, one from which he never recovered.""But now the judge's death raises more questions - and it seems to be leading to a second, even more terrible scandal. Could Oliver Garland have been murdered? He has left a strange message for his son Talcott, a professor of law at a great university, entrusting him with "the arrangements" - a mysterious puzzle that only Tal can unlock, and only by unearthing the ambiguities of his father's past. When another man is found dead, and then another, Talcott - wry, straight-arrow, almost too self-aware to be a man of action - must risk his career, his marriage, and even his life, following the clues his father left him."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)
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The Lakeland Fire Department is fortunate to have some of the finest firefighters in the field today. Although all are great at what they do, some stand out as exceptional due to their work in the community and their abilities as trained professionals.
Every year, spanning from January to April, four separate organizations in Lakeland recognize an outstanding member of the fire department as Firefighter of the Year. The first of these recognitions for "Firefighter of the Year" is given by the Knights of Columbus of Lakeland.
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Firefighter and Paramedic Margaret Orozco. Photo courtesy of The Ledger.
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Heating water once: Many producers purchase a boiler and install it to provide "instantaneous" hot water. As unheated water passes through the boiler, producers can expect a nominal temperature increase of 80 to 100º F. For example, water entering the boiler's tube system at 40º F exits at 120º F. This setup works well for an operation with about six trucks, but the plant's production capacity is limited by the rate at which the boiler transfers heat to the water. As production demands increase, some producers increase hot water availability by adding a hot-water storage tank. Producers operate their boilers at full throttle to keep their storage tanks full of hot water. The tank's pre-loaded hot water then allows producers to batch trucks at a usage rate that exceed greater than the boiler's production rate. But in many situations we have found that a large, poorly designed surge tank actually limited the system's total hot-water production. One problem is that once the water is in the tank, producers must constantly heat it to maintain proper batching temperatures. Maintaining heat in a large tank with a small boiler is like using a candle to heat a large fireplace. Another common problem is that the hot water flows across the top of the tank from boiler input to batcher output, resulting in a lower water temperature in the storage tank.
Looping heat through the tank: Producers can eliminate these problems and increase their boiler's heat-exchanging capacity by looping it together with their storage tank. This is similar to the way a small boiler heats a large residential home. After heated water passes through the home's boiler, it expands, decreasing its specific gravity. In a closed piping system, the hot water's lower specific gravity causes it to "float" or rise in relation to the colder water. The hot water passes through the home's radiators, warming the room. Once cooled, the higher-specific gravity water sinks to the boiler, to be reheated and begin its journey again.By converting the boiler from instantaneous duty to recycling duty, producers can create this same radiant-heat loop inside their storage tank. The conversion requires producers to add a pipe path from the storage-tank's bottom to the boiler and back to a blending valve at the tank intake area. A steam-to-water heat exchanger is added to the boiler. The boiler tubes become a closed circuit system, which heats process water up to 210º F, just below steam level. The water from the storage tank passes through the exchanger, where it's heated by the boiler tubes.The key to the system's success is the manner in which water is added back into the storage tank. Adding super-hot water at the feed intake tempers new make-up water. As the tempered make-up water goes into the tank, the lighter hot water rises to the top. The colder tempered water continues through the tank back to the heat-exchange path. The efficient exchanger's heat transfer quickly provides hot water for batching. The entire system is controlled by a computer system that monitors temperatures at the fresh water intake, tank midpoints, blending valves and batching-water meter. The controller regulates boiler burner levels to control natural-gas consumption.
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Tasty Baking Workers say "BCTGM YES!"
Since Tasty Baking Company in Philadelphia was founded in 1914, workers have been without a union. That all changed in August when Tasty Baking Co.'s bakers, warehouse workers, food-safety technicians, auto mechanics, and vending drivers voted to become members of BCTGM Local 492 (Philadelphia). The company closed its old non-union North Philadelphia bakery and transferred […]Read More


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I need some advice here--two weeks ago i moved two hives(2 deep and one shallow apiece)to pollinate a 5 acre pumpkin patch about 15 miles from the original location. One is doing fine and the other is declining very rapidly since the move. Since i did not plan to extract honey from either one both received 4 Apistan stips and a terramycin patty. Today when I checked them out all of the bees including the queen on the weak colony were on the outside of the hive,
I put the queen back in carefully and the others flew around wildy for about 10 minutes the returned inside. :


text: you need to do more research on mason bees. they are solitary bees and do not go in a box. also, they need to be ordered in winter for spring delivery every place i know. i think you are to late for this year unless you can find a private seller.they are not hard to keep, but spend some time learning about them before you invest.


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Hey guys,
Sorry I haven't checked in in a while. Times have been tough.
Anyway, Not too long ago I made a video featuring a brief summary of my 3 year ROTJ Boba Fett costume build, and culminating with my first ever Halloween troop.
Special thanks to all who made this dream possible.
Hope you enjoy.


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Has anybody taken a look at this pistol I am very interested into getting one of these in the near future any info would be appreciated
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Has anybody taken a look at this pistol I am very interested into getting one of these in the near future any info would be appreciated
What specifically do you want to know? The CM9 is a very sweet gun.
The CM9 is the exact same size as the PM9. There is a few things that make them different, such as the PM9 has double rifling in the barrel and other small things. No better than i shoot i would never be able to tell the difference. i will tell you this though, i have a PM9, and 100% love it.
I got my CM9 this past Tuesday, cleaned it and fired 200 rounds of assorted fmj with zero failures. I was just shooting to
break it in and not for accuracy, but all the rounds were on the 12" square paper. Now to pick up some carry rounds.
I have had mine for over two months now, did the 200 round break in and no problems, always fired, always worked, and shot well. for a self defense gun its great. point and shoot, I have owned a PM9 in the past and i cant tell any difference other then the price and it only comes with one mag. already purchased three more so im good.
Got mine a couple of months ago. After 200 rds, it is my primary in warmer weather. I love the gun and my wife is going to get one now. Haven't picked up extra mags yet.
I bought a CM9 about 6 months ago and have much more than 200 rounds through it. Never a failure to run perfectly. It's become my EDC. Sold my G26.
do you think the CM9 is ok for pocket carry?
I sold my G26 also to get a single stack 9
I picked up a CM9 in December & took advantage of the free 7 rd mag. Previously I carried a Taurus Slim 9 OWB or a Keltec 380 for pocket carry when clothing prevented the larger 9. I have 150+ thru the CM9 with 0 problems and am going to sell the Keltec, have an unbranded pocket holster that makes it look like a wallet and the Kahr works fine that way, as well as a nice IWB or OWB carry. Soon the Taurus will also go down the road.
Most of the rounds thru the Kahr have been Rem 115 gr FMJ, but also have tried 115 gr HP, Hornady Critical Defense FTX, and snake shot. All OK thus far.
I love my CM9. It is totally reliable with any ammo. I've never had a failure. Very suitable for pocket carry. I put mine in a Blackhawk pocket holster and stick in my pocket. No problem.
After the 200 shot break-in period, my CM9 has been flawless. Easy to carry and accurate. A friend shot mine a couple of weeks ago and bought a Kahr this week, although he went with the CW40.
i've had my cm9 for close to a year, more than 500 rounds, no problems. it shoots hornady critical defense just fine, so thats what i carry in it. very easy to conceal and carry
Went to the range this weekend - another 250 rounds downrange without a bobble! That makes the round/malfunction count on mine 625/0. I find the CM9 a great carry piece for a belt gun, but too big and heavy for a pants pocket - perhaps a jacket pocket in cold/wet weather.


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Categories: Buildings
The center was known originally as the multipurpose building. Ground breaking took place on May 12, 1980, the building was completed in 1981 and dedicated on May 12, 1982. On October 11, 1992 the building was rededicated and named the Hilliard Gates Sports Center. The original cost of the building was $4,117,000.


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Today was the last day (for this season) in which I had the pleasure to hunt with some of my marine friends with whome ive met this year.
I ended the year with 5 different groups of service members that I had the pleasure to hunt with. I am still waitng on the pictures to be developed of my 2nd, 3rd, & 4th groups and will post them as soon as I can. I really enjoyed meeting and hunting with these fine individuals and cant wait to do it again next year.
I am going to try to get more of the local guiding outfits in my area to do like wise by way of contest/challenge (i.e. g-service w/ the most military persons hunted plus number of birds they took wins a beneli shotgun or case of black cloud, ect.)
Here with me in this pic are marines code named (by their own request) "Jug" and "Big Country" of Mississipi. As you can see they made quick work of these geese.


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|Tweets about "#PhoenixFutbol"
Editor's Note: The Green Bay women's soccer team will be in London, England from June 12-21 for a trip that will include training, games, team bonding, sightseeing and much more. Throughout their trip, the Phoenix players and coaches will be documenting their experiences with written and video blog entries on this page, as well as via social media (Facebook | Twitter) #gophoenix #PhoenixFutbol
The Green Bay Phoenix Women's Soccer Facebook page has been asking fans questions throughout the team's trip to London. The answer to Sunday's question (Who scored the most goals in yesterday's games?): Ellen Joppe. The junior talks about scoring three goals in the video below.
Green Bay women's soccer players give fans back home a look at their first few days in London.
Within the first 10 hours of our trip, which one of these did not happen?
• Chandra ran through Dublin Airport because she left her phone on the plane
• Team Black (Keepers) spoke in British accent on both flights
• Sydney left her passport on the second flight
Visit the team's Facebook page to guess and find out the answer! The team will be posting questions on Facebook throughout the trip.


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Report: Petraeus and Allen asked Jill Kelley for help in preventing Koran-burning
posted at 10:48 am on November 17, 2012 by Allahpundit
A few months ago, after we found out that Martin Dempsey had phoned Terry Jones to beg him not to burn a Koran, I wondered if the Pentagon's next step would be to establish a full-time PR bureau for insta-denunciations of private citizens who criticize Islam. Hey — at least it would free up America's top officers to tend to their actual duties:
In a series of emails with Buckhorn in March, for example, Kelley told the mayor that Petraeus, Allen and Vice Admiral Robert Harward had sought her help in preventing a local disc jockey known as Bubba the Love Sponge from deep-frying a Koran.
The stunt – which never took place – was scheduled for roughly a year after a Florida pastor's burning of a Koran led to protests and several deaths around the world.
Before the stunt this year was called off, Kelley told Buckhorn that her military friends had asked her to get involved to try to stop it.
"I have Petraeus & Allen both emailing me about getting this dealt with," Kelley told Buckhorn in an email on March 7.
In a brief reply, Buckhorn said Tampa's police chief was planning to talk to the radio station manager about the issue.
"Ok. Can you keep me in the loop?" Kelley wrote back. "Gen Allen will be calling me from Afghanistan at 1 p.m. on this – and our next step."
Whether Petraeus, Allen and other military leaders actually called on Kelley in such matters could not be verified on Friday.
"Buckhorn" is Bob Buckhorn, the mayor of Tampa. So that's two four-star generals, a vice admiral, the mayor of a major American city and his police chief, all scrambling to mobilize prominent members of the local social scene … to stop a shock-jock stunt by "Bubba the Love Sponge."
I'd sure like to hear more about the police chief's involvement, at least. What was he planning to say to "Bubba" to "persuade" him not to fry up a Koran?


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Anyone who looks at the Audi A3 3.2 DSG and sees an overpriced economy car should not be allowed to play with Rottweiler puppies.
Robert Farago, The Truth About Cars
sorry i meant the whole mirror housing + skeleton
What did you hit
nothing just wanna upgrade to 2011+ mirrors
please help anyone have the part # for the mirrors?
Is this what you need? These are off my 2011 A3. I replaced with Oem S3 mirrors.
thank you sir!
but i am looking for the metal unit. whats it called? skeleton?
are you looking to sell those caps?
u wanna sell the caps?
ttt need part #


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After a bit of research, and some inspection, I was able to tweak the database configuration (Percona MySQL 5.5), on the new server, which decreased load time, and reduced MySQL CPU utilization by a rather remarkable degree… The slowness of the site had me worried that I would have to spin up a separate server to handle the database immediately–though I do plan to do exactly that around a February to March timeline as well as replace this current server with a MUCH stronger one. After watching it perform I think we are ok for now…
Also, I am investigating the issue with the images messing up for guests and members that are not logged in. Hopefully I can resolve this pretty quickly after some consultation with the people at Simple-Press.


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and the morale of the Story. When showing something cool in TV, a couple of Weeks later someone will adapt it. XD
Wow! I knew it wouldn't be long before we started seeing these costumes pop up, but Jeez! You work fast.
Costume looks great, dude.
Very nice real world look Pre Viszla!
Great Job! found this today at Star Wars .com,
final details maybe?
Here are the guns..
Nice find there!


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Announcement - Amendment Process Announcement for H.R. 4899
Dear Colleague:
The Committee on Rules may meet the week of June 23rd to grant a rule that could limit the amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 4899, the Lower Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014.


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5-1 • 0-0 Big Ten
Box Score | Season Stats
Individual Leaders
|Maggie Lucas
|Morgan Stroman
|Maggie Greene
|Maria Brown, Keyona Hayes
|Maggie Lucas, Dara Taylor
|Stefanie Yderstrom
November 29, 2012
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- Morgan Stroman scored 15 points, leading Miami to a 69-65 victory over No. 6 Penn State on Thursday night.
Suriya McGuire's layup with 14 seconds remaining broke a 65-all tie. Alex Bentley had a chance to tie it but her jumper with 5 seconds left bounced off the rim. Miami's Michelle Woods grabbed the rebound and was fouled.
Woods made both free throws with 2 seconds remaining to secure the win for Miami (5-1).
Stefanie Yderstrom finished with 13 points and Woods scored 11 for the Hurricanes.
Maggie Lucas led the Lions (5-1) with a game-high 20 points.
Woods' 3-point play with 35 seconds left gave the Hurricanes a 65-62 lead. The Lions Lucas hit a 3 to tie it with 23 seconds remaining.
Bentley's layup with 8:47 remaining in the second half gave the Lions their first lead at 51-49. Lucas' two free throws with 8:22 left increased Penn State's lead to 53-49 and ended a 10-0 run.
Miami responded with a 3-pointer and jumper from Yderstrom and a layup by Stroman in the next 3:01 and retook the lead, 56-53.
Penn State rallied from a 10-point deficit midway through the first half and outscored Miami, 13-4, during a 5:03 stretch. Bentley's short jumper with 5:35 remaining pulled the Lions to 24-23.
The Lions twice tied it but couldn't overtake Miami in the first half. After Mia Nickson's basket with 2:00 left tied it at 29, the Hurricanes finished the first half on a 7-0 run. Woods' driving layup with 15 seconds remaining ended the surge and gave Miami at 36-29 lead at halftime.
The Hurricanes forced nine Penn State turnovers in the first 4:25 and opened an 8-0 lead. Stroman's two baskets keyed Miami's early surge. The Lions tied their season high for turnovers for a game in the first half with 20.
Keyona Hayes' short jumper with 11:48 remaining gave Miami their first double-digit lead at 20-10.
- Tonight's Starters: Maria Brown, Suriya McGuire, Morgan Stroman, Michelle Woods, and Stefanie Yderstrom.
- UM beat a ranked Big Ten opponent for the first time since Dec. 19, 1991 when the Canes topped Purdue at home 65-63.
- Stefanie Yderstrom tied her career-high with seven assists on the night. She previously had seven against SIUE on Feb. 7, 2010.
- The Hurricanes had a season-high 19 steals. The previous best was 15 in the season opener against North Florida.
- Morgan Stroman had a season-high five steals (topping two, last done against Radford on Nov. 24).
- Michelle Woods and Stefanie Yderstrom both had a season-high four steals. Woods previously had two at Richmond, and Yderstrom had three multiple times.
- Krystal Saunders scored eight points off the bench to lead substitutes from both teams in scoring.
- Miami beat a top 10 opponent for the first time since being on the road at Maryland on Feb. 12, 2012
- This was the Hurricanes' first game against Penn State in program history. Miami has now faced 11 of the current 12 Big Ten members.


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Here it is folks, the new, the beautiful, the one-of-a-kind CallBar 1.0 is live on Cydia!
Do you like the notification system in iOS 5; the banners that pop up when you are playing a game and disappear instead of the annoying pop up menus that get in your way and pause your game on you? Then folks, CallBar 1.0 is for you. CallBar 1.0 takes the idea of iOS 5's banner system and integrates it with phone calls as well. Usually, when someone calls your iPhone, your entire screen becomes dedicated to a phone interface which allows you to slide to answer the call, or press the power button to decline it. One of the alternatives to being forced to slide to answer was John Heaton's EZDecline, which you can read more about here. Albeit EZDecline seems less iOS 5-like compared to CallBar 1.0, CallBar 1.0 makes the call appear like an iOS 5 banner notification. On top of that, CallBar 1.0 looks better, acts better, and feels better than the previous CallBar.
CallBar 1.0 is a collaboration work between our very own Joshua Tucker and iOS jailbreak developer Elias Limneos. Joshua Tucker was responsible for the concept of CallBar 1.0 and also for the appearance and GUI of it. Elias Limneos was responsible for coding out and building CallBar 1.0 from scratch. That being said, both of them had a massive input in the design of this awesome tweak and without either one of them, CallBar 1.0 could not exist today.
CallBar 1.0 has all new settings, interfaces, and functions. In the new CallBar 1.0, when receiving a call, you can swipe left on the banner to decline the call or swipe right on the banner to accept the call. It's pretty intuitive compared to the traditional method of answering phone calls on the iPhone. Moreover, have you ever noticed the options that are on your screen when you are in the middle of a call with someone; the Speaker, Mute, Keypad, Hold buttons? CallBar 1.0 doesn't do away with that instead, when in the middle of a call, you can tap on the CallBar 1.0 banner and a small spry menu will appear that shows those same options. The spry menu looks like this:
As you can see from the image above, when you are in a call, CallBar 1.0 automatically adjusts itself so that it is under the status bar. This gives you access to Activator actions and the time and battery life while you're in a call. Additionally, CallBar 1.0 works on the lock screen as well as on the SpringBoard or while you're in an application. When you're on your lock screen and you get a call, CallBar 1.0 will simply appear like a regular banner and offer the same functionality as if would from an application or on SpringBoard when your iDevice is unlocked. It looks like this on the lock screen:
Joshua Tucker and Elias Limneos didn't slack off with landscape applications either. There are two orientations of the iPhone; portrait mode, which is long ways up and down and landscape mode which is long ways side to side. CallBar 1.0 works with both orientations. To show you this, I started writing myself a note in the Notes application in landscape mode when I suddenly received a call:
In case you were wondering about CallBar 1.0's settings, here they are:
You can enable or disable CallBar 1.0 entirely, or you can control if it works on both SpringBoard and the lock screen or just the SpringBoard (applications included). Under that you have the option to turn off CallBar 1.0 for phone calls. This means that CallBar 1.0 will only appear when you are receiving an incoming FaceTime call, Skype call, or Viber call. It won't show up from a phone call. Under that is the Dialer Activation Method which lets you select an Activator action for the built in dialer. Under that, the Answer in-Place option lets you choose between having the phone call through the CallBar 1.0 GUI or having the phone call through the stock iOS GUI. What this means is that when you answer a call, either the screen will show what you normally see, the full screen engulfed by Apple's stock phone GUI, or you will see the SpringBoard or application you are in with your phone call information showing up in CallBar 1.0 instead. The in-Place options are what give you the ability to pull down the spry menu. You can have one of two spry menu options. You can have the black pull-down look which is the default, or you can choose the buttons that are built right into the banner notification itself. I personally prefer the default because it seems more lively. Under those options you have the ability to select which applications get to use CallBar 1.0. By default they are all turned on; CallBar 1.0 can be configured to work with FaceTime, Skype, and Viber as well as the Phone application. Last but not least, you can choose to use the power button to either decline the call or lock the device. I prefer to leave this at the defaults as well, i fact, I like the entire menu of settings at the default. CallBar 1.0 will also put an application shortcut icon on your SpringBoard to gain access to the settings faster.
In my opinion, I like CallBar 1.0 more than its predecessor. It is sleeker, more useful, and has less bugs in it. I love all of the settings and I love how it looks so Apple-ish. I recommend CallBar 1.0 to anyone who wants a more convenient way of answering calls on their iDevice. CallBar 1.0 is compatible with all iOS 4 and iOS 5 iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches. I use it on an iPhone 4 and an iPod touch 4G and it works great. There are some bugs in CallBar 1.0, one being that you must turn off LED notifications and the other being that your custom vibrations will not work; CallBar 1.0 defaults to the default vibration. Elias Limneos has confirmed with me that these issues will be addressed in a near-future update. CallBar 1.0 can also be themed to your liking using Cydia themes and there is also a guide on the CallBar 1.0 Cydia page on how to do it yourself.
EDIT: CallBar 1.0-3 was released to update CallBar 1.0-1. It fixes some problems that were addressed in CallBar 1.0-1. The update includes fixes for:
- Fixed a crash issue when Led Flash on Alerts option was enabled in accessibility on iOS5
- Added Voicemail button on the Dialer Interface
- Fixed custom ringtones playing texttones if a custom texttone for the contact was selected
- Added support for custom vibration patterns
- Improved dialers Favorites and Recents UI
- Added ability to see the numbers dialed when in a call
- Phone numbers now appear with localized format
- Added ability to tap the status bar to scroll on top into dialers tables
- Passing through status bar touches when CallBar is visible, for several gestures compatibility
- The package now doesnt depend on Activator, its optional
Name: CallBar
Price: $3.99
Version: 1.0-3
Repo: BigBoss
Developers: Elias Limneos, Joshua Tucker
Editor's Rating: 5/5
The Giveaway!
Joshua Tucker and Elias Limneos were generous enough to offer to giveaway TEN copies of CallBar 1.0 to the wonderful Modmyi readers!
Here's how to enter the drawing:
Follow me @BouchardAnthony
Follow ModMyi @Modmyi
Retweet this article with your Cydia number in the tweet; if you do not have the Cydia number in your tweet, you will be disqualified from the drawing. Within the tweet you must also mention @BouchardAnthony so that I can easily see who has entered the drawing. If you don't mention me, you will also be disqualified. The tweet must include the following text, "I entered a contest to win CallBar 1.0 for iPhone!"
Winners will be announced on Friday, December 2. Good luck to all of you that enter!
Sources: Elias Limneos, Joshua Tucker


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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday tapped a veteran Vatican diplomat to be his top aide, replacing the Holy See's secretary of state who in recent years increasingly became a divisive figure in a church hierarchy mired in embarrassing scandal and financial probes.
The Vatican announced that Archbishop Pietro Parolin, 58, an Italian and former deputy foreign minister at the Vatican, on Oct. 15 will assume the post held since 2006 by Italian Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
The cardinal will remain in the position until then, giving Parolin, currently serving as papal envoy to Venezuela, time to prepare for his new duties as the Vatican's No. 2 official.
Benedict XVI, who retired as pontiff earlier this year, had relied heavily on Bertone as one of the few advisers in his inner circle. Bertone, a Genoa archbishop, had served the German pope for many years at the Vatican.
The Vatican noted that Bertone, 78, was retiring under a church law that requires cardinals who hold top curia posts to offer their resignations when they turn 75. Benedict had kept him in place, reportedly to the irritation of a rival faction of Vatican bureaucrats loyal to Bertone's predecessor, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a former longtime secretary of state.


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Is there a list somewhere about of the frame and engine numbers for the T500 by year ? The only one I've seen is here, and it seems to be incorrect for 1968, 1969 and 1970. I'm pretty sure the start point would have been 10001 rather than an odd number like 12518 as shown.
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Federal College Work Study
Eligibility for Federal College Work Study is based on established financial need. Jobs are located on campus and in the community (nonprofit charitable organizations). Work schedules are planned around class schedules. Students must have a FAFSA application on file.
When students are hired, they must complete the proper employee paperwork with Human Resources (Chris Lyons - email@example.com) before the first day of work.


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Los Angeles • The Jazz tried a different approach Sunday.
However, playing from behind is no way to beat the Clippers, either.
The Jazz (15-17) fell victim to the team with the NBA's best record for the third time in the Clippers' winning streak, which they stretched to 17 on Sunday with a 107-96 win over the Jazz in front of 19,111 at Staples Center.
The Jazz blew double digit leads in losses to L.A. on Dec. 3 and again on Friday, when they lost 116-114 after leading by 19 points in the third quarter. On Sunday, in a twist, the Jazz overcame a 12-point third-quarter hole, taking a 76-75 lead with 2:05 left in the third quarter.
Al Jefferson scored 30 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, but he was one of only four Jazz players to score in double figures as the team continues to miss Mo Williams' scoring.
Randy Foye scored 10 points, and made two 3-pointers, but it was the starting shooting guard's least productive game against his former team. In fact, it was Gordon Hayward, in 27 minutes off the bench, who performed the best of any member of the Jazz backcourt.
He scored 17 points, including 6 that were timely during the Jazz's third-quarter comeback.
The Jazz get credit for once again playing the Clippers (25-6) closely, this time doing it without either Mo Williams, who missed his fourth game with a sprained right thumb, and Marvin Williams, who sat out with inflammation in his right knee.
However, the Jazz are beyond the moral victories phase of their season. They have lost seven of their last nine games, and 6-13 on the road.
What ails the Jazz? Injuries, sure, but also an offensive black hole that has been problematic throughout the season.
"We're not making the shots that we're getting," coach Tyrone Corbin said last week. "I think we're getting good looks. We're just not making them, and it's not one or two guys, it's as a group with this group of guys right now. We'll work on it and continue to take the right shots, and they'll fall."
However, nothing the Jazz have done has worked. Not against the Clippers and certainly not in earlier losses to Memphis, Miami, Indianapolis and, well, others.
On Sunday the biggest villain was yet another Clipper. After All-Stars Blake Grifin and Chris Paul led the Clippers in earlier wins, on Sunday it was veteran small forward Caron Butler.
Butler scored 29 points and made each of his six 3-point attempts. The small forward did most of his damage in the first quarter when he scored 17 points and made his first 5 3-pointers.
The Jazz, who jumped out to a 13-10 lead, quickly fell behind 22-13. In some ways, the Jazz were fortunate to trail only 54-45 at halftime.
In the second quarter, they made just seven field goals for a 26.9 field goal percentage. Meanwhile, the Clippers were on fire, making an efficient 11-of-16 shots from the field. The Jazz finished at 41.3 percent for the game.
The Jazz took the lead on a 17-4 run in the third quarter, but the Clippers responded with an 8-2 run to regain control.
The Jazz stayed close, cutting the lead to 5 on a 3-pointer by DeMarre Carroll with 3:38 remaining.
Carroll started in place of Williams and scored 6 points to complement 8 rebounds. Carroll had played just nine minutes in the Jazz's last three games, and struggled defensively against Butler, his primary matchup in a season-high 25 minutes.
Twitter: @tribjazz • The Jazz overcome a 12-point deficit to lead in the third quarter, but can't stay ahead of the red-hot Clippers.
• The Clippers have won 17 straight games, including three against the Jazz.
• Al Jefferson scores 30 points and grabs 8 rebounds to lead the Jazz.


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Arctic Hare
Photograph by Paul Nicklen
Shortened ears and thick, white fur are among the physical traits that arctic hares have adapted to survive in the harsh, frozen tundra.
Arctic Fox
Photograph by Norbert Rosing
The lush white coat of the arctic fox provides both warmth and camouflage in winter.
Baby Harp Seal
Photograph by Norbert Rosing
A baby harp seal rests on the Arctic ice. Its mother can distinguish it from hundreds of others by scent alone.
Desert Cottontail Rabbit
Photograph by Joel Sartore
Ubiquitous throughout North and South America, cottontail rabbits, including this desert variety, are noted for their fluffy "cotton" tail.
Snowshoe Hare
Photograph by Michael S. Quinton
The aptly named snowshoe hare has particularly large feet and a winter-white coat. In the summer though, their fur turns brown, taking up to ten weeks to change color completely.
Photograph courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Thick, shaggy fur keeps musk-oxen warm in the harsh Arctic tundra.
Siberian Tigers
Photograph by Michael Nichols
Of the three remaining species of tigers, Siberian tigers are the largest. While there are only 400 to 500 left in the wild, the population is considered stable, and conservation programs are introducing captive-born tigers to the wild.
Bighorn Sheep
Photograph by Donald J. Crump
Bighorn sheep live in divided herds: ewes and lambs together in larger groups, rams in smaller bachelor herds. They usually only cross paths in the fall for mating.
King Penguins
Photograph by Steve Raymer
King penguins' flippers are distinctively large, helping them dive deep in the icy ocean. On land, they waddle and toboggan across the ice—sliding on their bellies, and propelling themselves with their flippers.
Emperor Penguins
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Emperor penguins are the largest penguins, standing about 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall.


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Equal Pay Day: Nine Examples Of Right-Wing Media Obscuring The Facts On Gender Wage Inequality
Blog ››› ››› HILARY TONE & SAMANTHA WYATT
Breitbart.com and National Review Online (NRO) are using today's Equal Pay Day holiday to misinform about gender wage inequality. Right-wing media have routinely downplayed and obscured legitimate concerns about wage inequality.
Equal Pay Day was created by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages. According to a White House proclamation released on Equal Pay Day in 2012, "National Equal Pay Day represents the date in the current year through which women must work to match what men earned in the previous year, reminding us that we must keep striving for an America where everyone gets an equal day's pay for an equal day's work."
Breitbart.com and NRO both posted a video today that claims the gender wage gap is a myth, positing that the gap fails to account for women's choices, which are primarily responsible for any discrepancies in salary. The video comes from the conservative Independent Women's Forum, a group The New York Times described as "a right-wing public policy group that provides pseudofeminist support for extreme positions that are in fact dangerous to women."
Although the wage gap has decreased since the 1963 passage of the Equal Pay Act, women's earnings remain far below that of men. A report by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) found that "in 2011, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 77 percent of what men were paid, a gap of 23 percent." According to the National Women's Law Center, the wage gap for minority women is even worse: African-American and Hispanic women make 64 and 55 cents for every dollar their white, non-Hispanic male counterparts earn. The claim that personal choice is responsible for the gender wage gap has also been debunked, mostly recently in the AAUW's 2013 Gender Pay Gap Report.
Breitbart.com and NRO's misleading claims about gender wage inequality follow a long trend of right-wing media's misinformation on equal pay. Here are just a few examples since 2012:
- January 3, 2012: Rush Limbaugh Characterized Income Inequality As A "Myth." Rush Limbaugh claimed on his radio program that there are "so many myths" about income inequality, including that "the income gap getting wider - it isn't."
- February 8, 2012: Fox News Host Eric Bolling Denied That Income Inequality Exists In The U.S. During a discussion of income inequality on The Five, co-host Bob Beckel stated "there has been a bigger number - a larger number of people who believe that there's income inequality in this country," to which Bolling responded, "Well, whatever. There is - not in this country, Bob."
- April 26, 2012: Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Claimed That "Women Earn Less Because They Work Fewer Hours." A Wall Street Journal op-ed claimed that gender wage inequality is "to a considerable degree a gender-hours gap," despite research that still found pay inequality between men and women working full-time.
- April 30, 2012: Fox News Host Dana Perino Suggested The Paycheck Fairness Act Could "Actually Hurt Women." On Fox & Friends, Dana Perino called the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation aimed at addressing the wage inequality between men and women, a "distraction" and claimed "there is an argument that it could actually hurt women."
- May 14, 2012: Fox News Host Bill O'Reilly Said "Income Inequality Is Bull." During a discussion of income inequality on The O'Reilly Factor, O'Reilly claimed that "income inequality is bull. Nobody gives you anything, you earn it."
- May 25, 2012: Regular Fox News Guest Kate Obenshain Attacked The Paycheck Fairness Act As "A Real Joke." Fox's Eric Bolling and conservative commentator Kate Obenshain attacked the Paycheck Fairness Act during Your World with Neil Cavuto, with Obenshain calling the legislation "a real joke."
- September 26, 2012: Fox Chief National Correspondent Claimed That Women Earning Less Than Men Is Not A "National Problem." Discussing President Obama's "Equal Pay for Equal Work" campaign on Happening Now, Fox News chief national correspondent Jim Angle denied that wage inequality existed, calling the wage gap "not true," claiming that women work less hours than men and that it's the "result of personal choices." Angle even went so far as to say that though "there may be some discrimination somewhere, it is not the national problem President Obama says he's fixing."
- October 17, 2012: Fox News Reporter Called Gender Wage Inequality "A Myth That Has Endured For Years." On Happening Now, Fox News reporter Doug McKelway used a gender wage gap question from the second presidential debate to claim that women earning 72 percent of what their male counterparts earn is "a myth that has endured for years."
- March 16, 2013: Kansas City Star Columnist E. Thomas McClanahan Dismissed The Gender Wage Gap As "Grossly Misleading." In his column for the Kansas City Star, McClanahan called Equal Pay Day an exaggeration of workplace discrimination and dismissed the percentage of what women earn compared to their male counterparts as "grossly misleading."
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CNN Polling: 2 + 2 = 11?
posted at 1:59 pm on November 5, 2012 by Duane Patterson
CNN has decided to throw in with Marist and Quinnipiac for the 'Which Pollster Can Be The Most Wrong" contest, funnily enough being decided tomorrow night as well. They've got the race tied at 49 all, but with a very interesting sampling number that stands out in their methodology.
Among those likely voters, 41% described themselves as Democrats, 29% described themselves as Independents, and 30% described themselves as Republicans.
You read that right. CNN, the night before the election, has a turnout model in their poll that is 57% higher for the President than it was four years ago. So the economy hasn't improved, wages haven't improved, energy production hasn't improved, the Middle East hasn't improved, Defense hasn't improved, health care costs haven't improved, the debt hasn't improved, the deficit hasn't improved, partisanship hasn't improved, MSNBC's ratings haven't improved, Iran hasn't been deterred from their march towards nuclear weaponry, and we're still heading towards the entitlement fiscal cliff.
But CNN is happy to report that the country is no longer a 50/50 country, and that the spread in turnout Barack Obama got in all his hopeychangey glory is now half again wider? And the race is still tied?
By the way, Scott Rasmussen finished October with a report that shows party ID favoring the Republicans by 5.6%. That's almost a 17 point swing from what CNN shows. Just a reminder for today and tomorrow. Do not let what a poll tells you cloud your decision on whether to turn out or not.


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help with brown algae on plants, substrate, glass
I'm hoping someone can give some advice on how to get the brown algae I'm starting to get on my tank under control. It's newly set up (running two weeks now) 29 gallon but I took all my water over from my six gallon and I also floated my biowheel from the old tank, my old filter from the old tank, and bagged at least 1/3 of the old substrate and put it in the new tank to hopefully kickstart the bacteria in the new tank. I have eco complete substrate in the new tank and driftwood from the old tank covered in java fern. I right now have a 36 watt 6700K cfl running on the tank for about 10 1/2 hours a day and I have a light fish load in the tank with moderate plant load in there. The brown algae is starting to show up on the hairgrass, the small cryptos, on the glass and some on the substrate (although it's harder to see there since it's black eco complete). I currently don't have CO2 in the tank yet but I do add in Excel almost every other day per bottle recommendations. All water conditions seem normal and PH is on the higher side at 7.8 but I believe that's what the water runs around here for the most part. Please help!
as a follow up question too, how do you gravel vac the eco complete substrate when it's so fine? It seems to suck up in the vac. My old tank had small gravel substrate and that was never a problem. I'm new to this eco complete substrate so I don't quite know how to properly vac it. maybe in a moderate planted tank with light fish load you don't really???
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here's a pic of the tank. I'd like to make it a nice planted tank and get another piece of driftwood with some height and get the rear plants to grow up and block the back. But first I need to get this brown algae under control!
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As far as vacuuming the substrate, you kinda do a hover and swirl above the substrate. Little circular motions to get the waste to float a bit. As far as the algae, you sure it's not diatoms? If it's diatoms, it will either go away on its own (common in new tanks), or you can put some ottos or similar clean up crew in there to take care of it.
thanks for the tips on the vac. I was trying that the other day with some success but then I started thinking maybe there was another way or maybe when you have a heavier planted tank with eco complete and light fish loads maybe for some reason you don't vac the substrate...
For the diatoms, how would I know if it is? On the algae cleanup crew, I do have an Oto in there already but I only have one since he came over from the original tank. I was about to buy some nerrite snails and red cardinal shrimp to help out but I wanted to figure out what was causing it before I just tried to keep it at bay.
I think it probably is diatoms now that I read upon them/it again. I haven't had a new tank cycle in so long... I guess the only thing now is I wonder if I should run my second bulb on the tank too since what I read so lower light conditions can cause them too. I have a second 10000K bulb that I had turned off when I saw the algae starting because I thought was causing it with too much light. But it's been off for two days and I'm still seeing more...
Maybe I need to order those snails and shrimp ASAP.... and/or get another Oto...
I would get a few ottos mainly cause they prefer groups. I personally don't vacuum my substrate in my heavy planted tank except for occasionally by the filter intake. The plants take care of the rest. But if you go that route you need to make sure that the nitrates aren't building up with the waste and that you have good ecology in place. Diatoms are more of a bacteria that eat the silicone etc in a new tank. They are pretty much harmless, just an eyesore. So run your tank as you normally would.
thanks. you're probably right. I'm still in the mindset of a 6 gallon tank and one otto being more than enough. I guess I'll try turning the second bulb back on again since maybe it's not a light thing. how long do you run your two bulbs on your tank? And what's your opinion of the 10,000K other bulb I have? I was thinking two slightly different wavelength bulbs would be better but maybe it should be two 6700K bulbs at 36 watts each.
The 10k is fine, gives a bit better color to the fish than the 6700. I run mine for 7 hours per day. But had to adjust it a few times to get that time. I also run two 65 watt bulbs over, so it's a bit more light. You will need to tinker with the timing to find what's right for your plants and your tank. It's a work in progress, you'll make errors along the way, we all do. Learn from it and eventually you'll be able to tell the condition of your tank and fish just by sight alone without testing etc.
so the brown algae is still there and coming back but now I've started to add hair algae on the plants. I've done little water changes after cleaning the glass and I've lightly gravel vac'd the substrate to keep trying to get the stuff out. I just did a 10% water change today. I turned up the 10000K bulb time to seven hours on top of the 10 that the 6700K bulb runs because I was thinking that maybe I didn't have enough light on and that was helping the brown algae. But now I'm seeing the hair algae growing on the cryptos and stuff that wasn't there last week. Nitrates/trites are good. I don't have CO2.
Can the lack of CO2 really be causing all this or do I possibly have something else out of whack that's causing this? I'm going to get some more ottos if I can at LFS this weekend and I just ordered nerite snails. But I want to fix the problem and not just try to clean it!!!
I suggest doing a total black out for 4 days. If not you could get a few ottos, golden algae eaters, or sae. This worked for me. If not you can removed them manually by scraping or syphoning them out.
Will the blackout kill the brown and hair algae??
And does anyone think running a few small lunar blue LEDs at night on the tank has any negative effect?
The blackout has minimal effect on brown algae. Blackouts are generally good for blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) and mild green water.
To remove the brown algae, invest in some more oto's and maybe Amano shrimps. You can always remove it yourself using a soft sponge - gently. This is a tedious process but then you can remove it ALL in one go if you are patient.
In regards to the lunar blue LEDs at night:
Plants require light during the day for photosynthesis and they DO NOT require any form of lighting at night (like us, when we sleep!) so that is one reason to not add additional lighting at night. Secondly, fish want darkness at night so that they can 'sleep' also (again, like us), lights just distract them and keep them 'awake' causing their energy to drain etc (once again, like us!).
I would stick to lighting during the day (8~ hours) and no lights at night. Not even the small LEDs you want.
Best of luck,
Thanks Dan. I bought one additional oto today and the LFS is getting more in on Weds. Plus, I have 10 nerite snails coming later in the week. Sounds like even before that though I'm going to have to go after the majority of it with a sponge... Not sure how I'll get it off the grass though without uprooting it; especially since it's newly planted (few weeks ago).
Is the brown algae just a result of a tank cycling though and once I get it out of there it shouldn't come back? Or is there something that's not right in the tank that's causing it?
For the lunar lighting, what you say makes sense. I had just read that in the wild fish don't normally have pitch black water since there is typically moonlight out. Now maybe that would be more for saltwater?? Would saltwater fish would be different from fresh in some respect with regard to nightlighting? Thanks again for the advice. I can't wait till I can things straightened out and the tank starts looking nice! I'm holding off on adding any other fish (other than cleaning crew) until I get the plants and algae under control..
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