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Swaziland launches tender for second solar park29 January 2018 - The small, land-locked southern African country of Swaziland may soon host its first large-scale ground-mounted solar power facility. The Swaziland Water Services Corporation (SWSC) has issued a tender to seek consultants for the feasibility study of a 10 MW PV power plant to be developed in the country. In June (2017), the Swaziland Electricity Company issued a similar tender for the Lavumisa 5 MW solar PV plant to be developed in Nhlalukane at Qomintaba, in the Lavumisa Region. (more)
Swaziland: Women find strength in numbers3 January 2013 - Swazi women are organizing to promote their rights and welfare, convinced that discriminatory laws are at odds with the essential roles they play in their families and in their country's economy. The Swaziland Coalition of Concerned Civil Organizations has noted that the Swazi government has signed various international accords pledging to end gender discrimination, but it has never enacted legislation to put those pledges into action. In the past year, the Swaziland Single Mothers Association (SWAMASO), which aims to improve the lives of single mothers and reduce high teen pregnancy rates, doubled its membership. Other women's groups include the Swazi Women for Positive Living, the Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse, and the Swaziland Young Women's Network. (more)
Swaziland: Alternative crops take root6 May 2007 - After years of cajoling by nongovernmental organizations and Swaziland's ministry of agriculture to plant drought-resistant crops and diversify from maize, the staple food, small-scale farmers are finally heeding the message. (more)
Swaziland: Women plough ahead in farming26 April 2007 - The women of Swaziland, once legally powerless to do anything, have taken agriculture in their own hands, ensuring that their families are provided for. (more)
Swaziland: Volunteers provide essential services in cash-shy towns17 April 2007 - Volunteers from the community and welfare nongovernmental organisations are regularly called upon to perform services that would normally be provided by municipal governments and financed by taxpayers, in order to help their under-resourced local government. (more)
Swaziland: Crimes against children reduced by a third17 November 2006 - A year after establishing a specialised unit to combat domestic violence and child abuse, Swaziland is claiming to have reduced crimes against children by a third. (more)
Swaziland finally tackling corruption17 July 2006 - King Mswati III, Swaziland's executive monarch, has finally signed a law empowering the government's Anti-Corruption Unit, 10 years after the body was established. (more)
Swaziland focusing on children24 June 2006 - Swaziland is drawing up legislation focusing on the protection of children's rights. (more)
Swaziland: King says democracy is too expensive28 April 2006 - Sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati of Swaziland, said his country is not ready for political parties and criticized foreign governments for meddling in the internal affairs of the country he has ruled for 20 years. (more)
Swaziland: New approach to shanty towns gives residents rights and responsibilities11 January 2006 - Authorities in Swaziland are trying a new approach: rather than bulldozing shanty towns, they will give dwellers land rights, provide utilities, and enable residents to obtain home-improvement funds to rebuild on their plots and transform their own communities and quality of life. (more)
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Sweden: Teens' poor breakfast choices predict later health problems7 February 2014 - Teenagers who didn't eat a good breakfast were more likely to be obese and have elevated blood sugar in middle age, a new study shows. Researchers at Umea University in Sweden found that teens who reported eating no breakfast or only sweets were two-thirds more likely to develop a cluster of risk factors linked to heart disease and diabetes when they were in their 40s than their peers who ate more substantial morning meals. 'It may be that eating breakfast aids in keeping to a healthier diet the rest of the day,' the study's lead author, Maria Wennberg, told Reuters Health in an email. Kids who miss breakfast experience hunger surges and tend to overeat later in the day, Dr. David Ludwig, a pediatrics and nutrition researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, said. In the study, those who reported missing breakfast or eating a poor-quality one as a teenager were 68 per cent more likely to have metabolic syndrome in middle age. About 35 per cent of US adults have metabolic syndrome, according to the American Heart Association. In addition to a large waistline and high blood sugar, components of the syndrome include high blood pressure and low 'good' cholesterol. (more)
Swaziland: IMF walks away from the Kingdom18 May 2012 - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has withdrawn its advisory team from Swaziland, saying it is unable to support the government's proposed financial reform programme. The IMF was assisting the government in implementing the Fiscal Adjustment Roadmap (FAR), to right-size the budget, where government spending currently exceeds its revenue. Swaziland's severe financial woes began after the global slowdown in 2008, when revenue from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) plummeted. The union -- comprising Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland -- applies a common set of tariffs and disproportionately distributes the revenue to member states. The spending habits of King Mswati III - sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch - and the royal household are routinely splashed across newspapers, from the overseas shopping trips of his 13 wives to a 'birthday present' for the king this year of a multimillion-dollar private jet. The South African daily newspaper, The Star, reported on 17 May that one of Mswati's wives had run up a bill of US$65,000 at a luxury Johannesburg hotel during her month-long stay. About two-thirds of Swaziland's 1.1 million population live in chronic poverty in a food insecure country that also has the world's highest HIV/AIDS prevalence, with one in four people aged 15-49 infected. (more)
Swaziland: Appeals for international aid fall on deaf ears29 August 2007 - Despite the worst harvest in the country's recorded history, drought, and the aftermath of fires that destroyed crops and plantations, Swaziland's appeals for international assistance are falling on deaf donor ears. (more)
Swaziland: Economic decline as investors spurn kingdom8 April 2007 - Poor management of its resources, unskilled labour, and the inability to attract foreign investors has left the land-locked country of Swaziland highly dependent on neighbouring South Africa. Overgrazing, soil depletion, and successive years of drought have left around a quarter of the population dependent on food aid since 2002. (more)
Swaziland: Growing number of children working14 November 2006 - Rights activists have demanded laws to protect Swaziland's children, particularly its growing population of AIDS orphans, from being exploited as cheap labour. According to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) orphans are twice as likely to engage in child labour, while a World Bank study pointed out that Swaziland has the highest number of school dropouts in Southern Africa. (more)
Swaziland: Global pollution, not home-grown overgrazing causing desertification13 June 2006 - Swaziland says global warming is the key culprit in encroaching desertification. (more)
Swaziland: Well-connected loansharks swim in a sea of poverty26 April 2006 - The Swazi media have launched an attack on the country's exploitative moneylenders who are often the only source of finance for the poor, and in doing so have exposed the reach of the networks. (more)
Government reports poverty on the increase in Swaziland24 February 2006 - Releasing Swaziland's budget this week, Finance Minister Majozi Sithole revealed that two-thirds of the population earned less than a dollar a day. An estimated 69 per cent of the population survive on about US$21 a month, enough only to buy a loaf of bread per day. (more)


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Travellers are willing to pay less for in-flight Wi-Fi than in previous years, a new survey from Innovation Analysis Group (IAG) finds.
IAG has been surveying the in-flight connectivity market for three years. In 2006 the typical traveller who opted for a fixed annual payment was prepared to pay $200. But that average has dropped to $137, according to IAG.
"Clearly this decline puts pressure on the few providers in the market and certainly puts a question mark on the decision by one vendor to charge $49 per month, which translates into $600 per year," says IAG chief Addison Schonland.
He says that while respondents still like the idea of a flat fee, they are now "prepared to pay a lot less for the service than even three years ago".
IAG's survey was conducted online among travellers who frequent both Twitter and selected web sites that attract people who have an interest in in-flight connectivity, including Flightglobal's Runway Girl blog. The report is based on 185 responses.
The majority of respondents live in North America, where in-flight Wi-Fi is becoming more prevalent, and is considered to have the greatest potential in the near-term due to the quick expansion of Aircell's air-to-ground (ATG)-based Gogo broadband system.
Asked to comment on the results of the survey, Richard Owen, former executive director of the World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA), said one reason why there has been a drop in what passengers say they are willing to pay for Internet access on airplanes is that there has been a drop in Wi-Fi access fees on the ground, such as at low-cost hotel chains and other areas of the hospitality industry.
"So that has become almost an expectation for a number of business travellers that they will be provided [Wi-Fi] at low or no cost, and that has translated I think to some degree into what passengers, particularly business passengers, may be expecting on commercial flights."
Owen, who now heads up IFE&C consultancy GlobalPoint Group, also points out that when IAG first conducted its survey three years ago, commercial Wi-Fi on US aircraft "was still seen as one of the holy grail things that was on the near horizon that wasn't quite happening".
However, now that the service has arrived - and is being offered on more and more US domestic flights, and passengers know it is possible, "they're starting to think much more about, 'what would I actually pay for this service if I had it on a plane'?"
Providing Wi-Fi to passengers is much more challenging than providing it to hotel occupants, however, as there are many more technical and certification hurdles that need to be overcome. "So while the consumer may have an expectation for very low prices, there is also going to be a learning curve for the passenger to understand that this is not as simple as putting in a wireless router and making it work on an airplane. There are technical as well as airworthiness protocols that need to occur for that to happen on a plane," says Owen.
Boeing played a pivotal role in bringing in-flight connectivity to passengers. Several international carriers, including Lufthansa, adopted the airframer's high-speed Connexion by Boeing service, which was supported by Ku-band satellite links. However, Connexion was ultimately a commercial failure, and ceased providing services to airlines at the end of 2006.
Owen says the proliferation of personal electronic devices among passengers has made the pricing equation for in-flight Wi-Fi different today than in the days of Connexion.
Aircell, which has become the dominant provider of in-flight Wi-Fi in the USA, offers a number of pricing options for Gogo usage, for example. Passengers with laptops are charged standard fees of $9.95 for using Gogo on flights of three hours or less, and $12.95 for flights of more than three hours. The company also allows users to access Gogo on their smartphone - on flights of any length - for $7.95 per trip.
"I think part of what we're seeing evolve is a pricing mechanism that charges based upon what people do on a plane," says Owen, noting that there are different bandwidth requirements for using full in-flight Internet versus simple text or Blackberry email back and forth.
IAG's survey also asked respondents to divulge the frequency of their in-flight Wi-Fi use if it was made available to them. A full 47% said they would use it on every flight, and another 48.6% said they would use it occasionally.
"Together the 'users' group accounts over 95% of respondents. We would suggest this demonstrates a rather steep demand curve," says Schonland. "While it could be argued the respondent base for this survey is predisposed to make use of the service since we sought out technology users and sought them in places where connectivity information is available. That said, the same argument can be made about people who are adamantly opposed to in-flight connectivity. Our research, we believe, clearly shows the market is going to show strong demand. Indeed, the anecdotal feedback from vendors is that service take up is higher than they projected. This result is consistent with our data."

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I'm back today with a really colorful project I started on this past weekend at one of my favorite spots, Memories and More.
As in my previous posts I have been on an Alcohol Ink train for the past couple of weeks. I had some of them in my craft stock but never really knew how to really make them look lovely. The colours I had previously purchased were fairly dull so it didn't inspire too much as I tend to be drawn to more colorful projects. I purchased some new colours and then had a quick tutorial from a dear friend and off I went and I'm having so much fun!
I changed things up a bit when I created the background for this card (thank you Maresa for the tip). I used the "swipe" method to get this amazing background. I followed the basic instruction of dropping the ink but I did it onto my craft mat this time, instead of directly onto the paper. I took my cut out piece of Specialty stamping paper and dropped it onto the ink, face first, and then swirled it slightly and then swiped it across the ink. After lifting I titled the paper a bit to get those really neat "running" effects you see near the bottom right of the photo. The possibilities are really endless when it comes to how you can get the ink onto your paper. I'm looking forward to trying some new ways over the next couple of weeks so stay tuned!
For the second layer of the card I took my Altenew Wild Hibiscus stamp set and stamped one of the flowers randomly around my paper using Versamark ink. I added some Lindy's stamp gang embossing powder to my stamped images and heated it with my heat gun to set. Once the paper had cooled I dropped some of my alcohol inks onto an acrylic block. I also dropped a dab of plain alcohol onto the same block. I then took my aqua brush and dabbed it into the alcohol and then into my chosen ink color. Once my aqua brush was filled with colour I proceeded to paint in my flowers directly onto the paper. I varied between two of the colours to fill in the flowers.
The floating flowers you see on the third layer is vellum, embossed with the same stamped images in the second layer using the technique in step 2. Then I took my aqua brush I coloured in the flowers as in step 2 but onto the vellum this time. The embossed edge of the flower helps to contain the alcohol/ink. Once dried, which is really quickly, I fussy cut out the flowers and then applied them over top of the existing flowers with glue dots. I curled up the edges of the vellum a bit so that you could see more of the three dimensional effect.
My second to last step was to add the sentiment to my card. Using the sentiment from the Altenew stamp set Wild Hibiscus I stamped it onto my card using Altenew crisp ink in Dusk. I then quickly applied my Lindy's stamp gang powder over top and applied heat to set.
I added a little touch of sequins to my card. Pretty pink posh (rose gold 4mm) to the center of the flowers and then the additional sequins are from Memories and More.
I'm hoping to film a YouTube video in the near future on my alcohol ink backgrounds but for now you can visit the awesome Tim Holtz on YouTube and he has some really great videos on using alcohol inks. You can find him here.
Thanks for dropping by and stay tuned for more alcohol ink adventures.


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Raccoon has been put to sleep; rabies tested under way.
Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identifies 59-year-old Euclid man found dead in freezing cold.
Lessie Brown, who lived in Cleveland Heights, had more than 50 descendants, including two great-great-great grandchildren.
Each of the 102 councils that met the challenge will receive a $10,000 planned gift from Belk and Calder and an additional $4,000 gift from Erik and Eva Andersen.
State has spent $1 billion a year combating the opioid epidemic.
Service to more than 2,500 was shut down on Thursday after workers found air in the lines.
Former homeowners face charges of cruelty to animals, abandoning animals, failure to maintain a property and solid waste violations.
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Seven former Buckeyes wrestlers have contended that Rep. Jim Jordan knew about Strauss' misconduct and did not report it; other ex-wrestlers and coaches have said the congressman would never have overlooked such a thing.
Ohio Farm Bureau and corn, soybean and wheat farmers critical of Kasich executive order.
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China is an increasingly aged society. But too often "old age" has been associated with bleakness and despondency, when that is far from the case.
An estimated 450,000 elderly Chinese people have relocated to Hainan island, mostly for the agreeable climate. CGTN's Wu Haojun went to the island to see how a group of so-called "migratory elderlies", originally from up north, are living and enjoying life to the full.


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There's just something about a mouse with a paintbrush, isn't there?
Janson, named after art historian H.W. Janson, lives in the museum and is delighted by the art she finds in the modern wing. Inspired, she creates her own spinoffs of the classics and eventually creates enough art to have her own showing. In the end, she creates original work of her own, employing her own unique style and truly becomes an artist.
Will the Caldecott committee take a look at Janson's story and her gallery? I think they will.
Here's why:
1. It's a picture book. Essentially a visual experience. The illustrations extend the text and are lovely to look at. Janson, like many youngsters, is amazed when she sees art for the first time. Her little corner (drawn on most pages) of the world is opened up by the great works she stumbles upon. Zalben uses white space, line and color with great success, incorporating a mouse shape in nearly every creation, from Rousseau to Warhol. It's a treat to turn the page and see what will inspire her next. When the gallery is closed for renovation, the white space goes gray/blue, mirroring both her mood and her chapeau.
2. I love the way Zalben makes references to the originals in humorous and subtle ways. For instance, Janson is framed, comic style, in the Lichtenstein manner.
4. The backmatter. Brilliant backmatter allows Zalben to mention each artist and extend the learning in a gentle and easy way. I am using that list to create a picture gallery of the originals to introduce the book to my students.
It's light and breezy and fun–three adjectives not often honored by the Caldecott. Somehow the word "distinguished" cancels out these adjectives.
But, a girl (or a mouse) can dream.


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By Keith Goble, state legislative director
Election season is here again. Gone from most ballots this time around are the big races for federal and state offices. Instead, voters will make decisions on issues closer to home.
For truck drivers, each election should create impassioned involvement because ballot issues and elected officials at every level of government can have far-reaching effects on the trucking industry.
Be heard.
OOIDA has worked for the interests of truck drivers for 40 years. During that time, elected officials at all levels of government have witnessed the commitment of professional drivers.
In 1982, the Association coordinated a "call to action" that resulted in more than 24,000 telegrams, mailgrams and letters flooding U.S. Senate offices. Truckers made it known to lawmakers how they felt about a tax package targeting their wallets.
Today, OOIDA continues to offer truckers resources to make their voice heard. Included in this issue is information on registering to vote, early voting and absentee ballots.
Truckers who have not yet registered to vote or requested a ballot are encouraged to get involved. Visit TruckVote.com for information on voting in your home state.
Truckers who do not have Web access – or those who have questions or need assistance – can call the OOIDA Membership Department at 800-444-5791, ext. 4906.
It is worth the effort. Professional drivers have every incentive to use the information available to take advantage of opportunities to have a say in who's representing them and what issues they support or reject. LL


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The game's controls are very simple. There's a throttle, an air brake, landing gear, and radar on your screen and you tilt your phone/tablet to "steer". There's a demo version in the Market to get you started with a simple flight where you're flying in for a landing, but the full game (come on... it's only a buck) adds missions. I was able to complete the training course pretty easily, but the next missions requires taking off from a carrier (the easy part) and landing at a nearby base on land. Holy cow that was rough. You'd think with such a simple control scheme it would take just a few tries to get it right, but apparently landing an F18 isn't easy. I joke... I don't really think this is like landing an F18. I suspect that might require more than a 2 minute training course, but this arcade like simulator provides enough for me and it's a lot of fun and frustratingly difficult. It's easy enough to slow on approach and drop the landing gear, but coming in at the right angle while maintaining the right elevation such that you're in a position to cut the throttle and hit the air brake hard after a touch down is just the right mix to keep things interesting.
The missions are pretty basic and are all a form of take off and land. And the graphics... they're so-so as well. A year ago I would have been writing a glowing review with respect to the graphics, but by today's standards with some of the Tegra titles available they're just a little better than average. The audio is on target and the in game instructions are pretty easy to follow although I miss the voice prompting regarding missions that the Ace Combat series had. In this game you just get little, green text blurbs with your orders in them.
All in all I'm really enjoying this game. It's inexpensive, it's challenging, it's fun, and it's right up my alley... plus it doesn't keep trying to sell me new planes or other junk like that (aka no in app purchases... yet). If flying games are your thing then check this out or, at least, try the demo. 4/5 stars.


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I like this photo a lot. It's not often I'll open a post like that. The thing is, I'm not sure if it's that this is that good a photo or if it's more to do with the memory associated with it. We stopped here for our first lunch on the Lower Zambezi. This is actually on the Zimbabwe side of the river and is the first of two times I've set foot in the country (both within a day of each other). You can see where we actually set foot in Zimbabwe for the first time, down by where the canoes are beached. We'd spent about two hours paddling to reach this spot and it was pretty nerve-wracking. We weren't used to the canoes and were still pretty paranoid about wild animals. It's funny comparing those first couple hours with the next few days where we became perfectly comfortable floating down the river… for the most part.
When I took this, HDR was still quite new to me (I guess it still is) and I was fascinated with the textures I was able to portray. When I saw this tree I knew that I had to photograph it's old wrinkled and cracked bark. I also liked the idea of capturing the canoes on the shoreline through the trees, which would be difficult with more traditional photography methods. After eating lunch everyone took a snooze. I thought this was interesting as we were completely exposed to any wild animals that should decide to stroll past. I became numb to this threat over the next five days, except for a couple of moments when I wasn't in sight of the rest of the group (bathroom breaks mostly).
As the group snored around me, which I decided was a natural wildlife deterrent, I set about taking the following photo, which I must have tried to process twenty times before. I hope you like it.


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CHICAGO, May 17 (Reuters) - The junk-rated Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on Thursday more than doubled a planned bond refinancing issue to $561 million and accelerated its pricing amid rising rates in the U.S. municipal market.
The district had initially sized the issue at $260 million and set a tentative pricing date for next Tuesday through senior underwriter Loop Capital Markets.
CPS said it moved up the sale due to market conditions that allowed the debt refunding to meet savings targets.
"Today's successful bond sale, which will save CPS $30 million next year and reduce debt costs in all years, is yet another product of the historic funding reform that our families and elected leaders worked so hard to achieve last year," Janice Jackson, the school system's chief executive officer, said in a statement.
School officials have touted an improved financial outlook under a new Illinois school funding formula enacted last year that boosted the flow of state funding to CPS by $450 million.
Rising yields in the market may have speeded up the deal's pricing schedule.
"I guess they are taking advantage of the market while rates are increasing," said Daniel Berger, Municipal Market Data's (MMD) senior market strategist.
The 10-year bond yield on MMD's benchmark triple-A scale has climbed 10 basis points since Monday.
Yields in the deal topped out at 4.95 percent for general obligation bonds due in 2035 with a 5 percent coupon, according to a repricing released by underwriters. Insurance by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp on an additional 2035 maturity produced a lower yield of 4.05 percent.
Spreads over MMD's scale ranged from 193 basis points to 224 basis points for uninsured bonds and were as high as 135 basis points for insured bonds.
Escalating pension payments have led to junk credit ratings, drained reserves and debt dependency for CPS, the country's third-largest public school system.
The district still has an "extremely weak cash position," according to S&P Global Markets, which last week rated the bonds at 'B' with a positive outlook.
The sale came a day after the Illinois State Board of Education placed the district's special education services under supervision after finding some CPS policies and practices violated a federal law protecting disabled children's' right to a free and appropriate public education. (Reporting by Karen Pierog, editing by G Crosse)


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Is everyone trying to stay warm? I can't get over this coverage of the monster snow storm that dumped on Buffalo, New York! Unreal! It's been super cold in here in NYC, sunny–but cold! I just hope that snow holds off and doesn't come my way! I am so not ready for that.
This week, one of my best friends from college came to stay with me for a couple of days so I was able to take him around and experience some fun things in New York!
First stop, Mexican for lunch! I can never turn down Mexican food and margaritas. I'd eat burritos and margs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day of the week if I knew I wouldn't gain 100 lbs from the delicious-ness. Just typing this is making me think I should call in an order for lunch. Yummmm.
When I first moved here, someone recommended a place call Rosa Mexicano (located just blocks from Union Square in Manhattan) for their amazing guacamole. I loved the vibrant and festive atmosphere of the restaurant and I was definitely not disappointed with the award-winning authentic Mexican cuisine, so I knew I wanted to take my friend there. Needless to say we both left in a food coma and weren't sorry for scarfing down that guac like complete hogs. (links for the restaurant will be listed at the bottom of this post)
After lunch, I wanted to unbutton my pants and take a nap but that wasn't on the agenda so we decided to be tourists and visit the Empire State Building. Neither one of us had ever gone inside and if you want to do the whole tourist-y sightseeing thing while in NYC, you honestly can't beat the view from the top of the Empire State Building. It was incredible!
Rosa Mexicano: http://www.rosamexicano.com/index.php
Visit the Empire State Bulding: http://www.esbnyc.com/


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Academic Dr Justin Gengler writes for Foreign Policy on some of the local dynamics structuring opposition to (and support for) the Bahrain Grand Prix:
Since its first running in 2004, the Bahrain Grand Prix has been a mainstay of the country's complex political calendar. Indeed, controversy brewed well before a single race could take place, with critics decrying the expense of constructing the vast Bahrain International Circuit even as many citizens struggled to find jobs, housing, and affordable land. At the same time, the track's isolation in the far south of the island — well, as far south as one can go before hitting military fences — fed the notion that the race, hosted not far from Sakhir Palace, was conceived mostly as a diversion for society's elite, and aptly demonstrated the misplaced social and economic priorities of the ruling family.
As such, the Formula One event consistently has been the occasion for popular protest and violence, giving the impression that the event is but a microcosm of Bahrain's larger opposition-government divide, with the latter pursuing self-serving policies while ordinary Bahrainis try in vain to effect meaningful change.
The reality, however, is more complex. Whereas Bahrain's decentralized street movement vowed to target the Financial Harbor "to demonstrate revolutionaries' rejection of the Formula One race," the continuing protests of the moderate opposition aim instead to capitalize on the event for its own political ends. "We do not want to hold up the race," explained al-Wefaq Secretary General Sheikh Ali Salman, "but we are trying to benefit from the increased media presence."
Accordingly, that Formula One has returned to Bahrain following its absence in 2011 is most notable not for overcoming domestic or international pressure, but for having escaped the fate of [Crown Prince] Sheikh Salman's other flagship political and economic initiatives. These include innovative but (among business owners) unpopular labor market reforms that incentivized employment of Bahraini citizens over foreign migrants, as well as the Economic Development Board, once a virtual shadow cabinet chaired by the crown prince that today barely functions.
Like these now-defunct institutions, the Bahrain Grand Prix represents part of a larger economic strategy launched by King Hamad bin Isa shortly after his 1999 succession and eventually superintended by his son Sheikh Salman. The program, a complement to simultaneous (if largely illusory) political liberalizations, aimed to end Bahrain's overwhelming fiscal reliance upon natural resources in general and upon oil and gas provided by Saudi Arabia in particular.
Among other efforts to diversify the sources of state revenue, Bahrain courted Western and Gulf Arab tourists through the promotion of a liberal social climate and high-profile international events. In addition to making the country's economy more competitive and diversified, this long-term strategy also sought to chip away at the lines of economic-cum-political patronage upon which the king's challengers within the ruling family, in particular the powerful prime minister, depended.


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Ki-Be Wrestling Schedule
Kiona-Benton vs. Connell
|Kiona-Benton 25
|Connell 42
|Brandon Ashley
|Edgar Mendez
|Ryan Corke
|Dago Velasquez
|Sergio Avila
|Jose Mendez
|Ryan Burns
|Taylor Jenks
|Justin Mack
|Derrick Gray
|Jose Gonzalez
|Brad Prather
|Tony Chapin
|David Rae
|Josh Corke
|Tony Lee
|Mickey Salinas
|Juventino Orozco
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|Ricardo Magana
|Kyle Nickerson
|Brian Freeman
|Josh Corriell
|Josh Tamsen
|Cody Roos
|Armondo Morfin
|Kevin Hunter
|Doug Dearborn
The Eagles were prepared for the Bears and showed it by scoring first in 9 of the 14 matches. The Bears pulled out to an early lead and after 7 matches the score stood at 18-16 Ki-Be. The Eagles won 5 of the last 7 matches to pull away for the win. Brad Prather and Juventino Orozco were very impressive for the Eagles.
103 - Brandon Ashley showed a good quality for a wrestler, escapability. He fought off a number of good shots by Mendez and also escaped a couple of bad moves off his own. Ashley wrestled patiently in the first round and then used his upper body strength to takedown Mendez to his back for a 5-0 lead. Ashley also showed quickness and his conditioning looks to be very good. Brandon could be in for a big freshman year.
171 - Kyle Nickerson went up against Brian Freeman who finished 7th at state last season. Nickerson wrestled like a 4 year veteran. He was aggressive, smart and never gave up. Freeman used a couple gut wrenches to help him to an 8-0 win. Kyle is not to far away from giving Freeman an even better challenge. It could be a different story come tournament time. Kyle has a habit of improving greatly from the start of a season to the end.
145 - Josh Corke had a tough time with Tony Lee, but was never in trouble in the match. Josh won 9-1 and the match really wasn't that close. Lee wrestled a good defensive match and did not allow Corke to pile on the points. Corke started the match by knocking Lee to the mat and bull rushing him for the takedown. He finished the match by throwing Lee to his back with a few seconds left. Josh roughed up Lee as he does to all his opponents, win or lose.
119 - Jose Mendez gave Sergio a good match. Mendez wrestled defensively and was never able to get any offense going. Sergio unveiled a leg ride, and nearly got himself in serious trouble. Avila moved away from the leg ride and was satisfied with man handeling Mendez the old fashioned way. An escape and a takedown in the 3rd gave Sergio all he needed to put Mendez away for a final score of 7-1.
189 - When he finally figured out how to use a double arm bar, Josh Corriell was unstoppable. Midway through the second period, Josh achieved the double arm bar and looked to the Bears bench to find out what to do with it. With his teammates going through all kinds of gyrations Josh turned Tamsen on his back for the pin.
215 - Roos made quick work of Morfin with a bear hug to his back for the pin in 1 minute. Cody was the first Bear wrestler of the night to get the first takedown in a match.
135 - Brad Prather looks very, very good!!! Jose Gonzalez stepped onto the mat with confidence and even showed that he had the moves and new how to use them. Prather, however, was just better and had a counter for everything. He also has 3 years high school experience. Gonzalez will be okay this year, he will just have to adjust to the learning curve.
160 - Sean McCullough won his first career varsity match although he took his time in doing so. Trailing 4-1, McCullough reversed Magana and then put him on his back for three points with about 30 seconds to go in the match, for a 6-4 win. McCullough nearly turned Magana at the end of the 2nd round, but it came as the period ended.
130 - Justin Mack gave a good showing with a 7-9 lose to Derrick Gray. Gray got the first takedown, but Mac fought back to take a 4-2 lead by putting Gray on his back at the end of the first. Mack still led 5-4 after 2 periods. Mack did not seem to get gased in the fourth but did lack a bit of motion and Gray took advantage of this to pull ahead and win.
Mickey Salinas (152) And Ryan Corke (112) got some experience wrestling state veterans and both were pinned. Kevin Hunter (275) ran into a big and tall Doug Dearborn. After getting the first takedown of the match, Kevin was pinned with a Dearborn bear hug. Ryan Burns (125) made a few too many mistakes and was tech falled by Taylor Jenks. Tony Chapin (140) ran out of gas in his match with David Rae and was pinned after a close 2 1/2 periods.
JV Results
119- Bryce Livesey lost by fall to Al Prather
125- Jerry Haug won by fall over Ricardo Vergara
152- Freddy Taylor lost by Tech fall to Bryan Prather
171- Justin Rolland won by fall over Jonny Bechenov
215- Daniel Ayers won by fall over Jose Nunez
160- Joseph Delangel lost by fall to Jose Saavadra


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Controversy Continues in the UK Legal Translation and Interpretation Community
ALS Interpreters Make Another Costly Translation Error
Another mistake in court interpreting has brought more negative publicity to Applied Language Services (ALS). ALS, a well-known interpretation service online and throughout the UK, is the sole translation service contracted by the Ministry of Justice system for legal translation services in court and other legal purposes. The MoJ has since allowed for the former system of using the National Registry of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI) while problems with ALS interpreter procurement and service quality are being sorted out.
By the end of February and well in to March, a pile of court costs from expensive delays, re-trials, and much more were accumulating, directly due to the lack of consistently supplied or aptly qualified ALS interpreters and translators for court and legal translations, on short notice. Several incidents were reported where interpreters failed to show up at all for a trial or hearing.
There are dozens of reports about ALS court interpreters and government translation services, since being contracted by the MoJ:
Ongoing Controversy in Legal Translation and Interpretation Community Over the MoJ and ALS
The MoJ system of using ALS as a sole legal translation and interpretation source has resulted in a major backlash from the professional legal interpreting community, which has exploded into a major cooperative boycott of ALS by the majority of the UK's NRPSI (National Registry of Public Service Interpreters). Because of the extreme pay-cuts interpreters from the NRPSI would be forced to take under the MoJ contract with ALS, the vast majority of NRPSI interpreters have refused to work for the MoJ at all, resolving to obtain translation and interpretation work elsewhere.
ALS was contracted by the MoJ based upon its promise to cut the annual £60M translation costs by a third. This is largely being accomplished through extreme pay reductions for court interpreters. In addition to the cut from £85 per hour to £20 an hour for court interpreting, the contract initially paid nothing for travel and waiting time expenses - something ALS has recently made an addendum to by allowing £10 of travel time after the first hour of travel. They also claim to have added unspecified waiting time pay, and raised hourly pay by £5 an hour - none of which has been enough to convince any of the NRPSI professional translators and interpreters to resume court interpreting for the MoJ under the ALS contract.
The most recent event to make the news for ALS involved an interpreter of Romanian translation who made an expensive mistake in translation. During a London court trial held April 10, it a Romanian translator misinterpreted the word "beaten" as "bitten," and though reportedly recognized the mistake immediately, said nothing. This ultimately resulted in a trial suspension, dismissal of the jury, and an additional £25,000 for a retrial.
Said Dhaneshwar Sharma, the defending lawyer in the above case, which is scheduled for retrial:
"Out of all the interpreters I've used from ALS, there's been just ONE good one. My clients deserve proper representation and proper interpreters."
A solicitor from Hines Solicitors, Jacqueline Ng, said,
"There's been a lot of unnecessary delay and expense with many interpreters not turning up and trials having to be adjourned. Many of the interpreters that have come are not registered and don't understand legal jargon.
The controversy has yet to come to a satisfactory compromise or solution for all parties involved, and is yet to be seen how the MoJ will resolve the problems within its current court and legal interpreting system.
Green, Ruth. "Interpreting Error Leads to £25,000 Retrial Costs," The Lawyer. April 17 2012. www.thelawyer.com
Green, Ruth. "Lawyers Slam Government's New Court Interpreting System," The Lawyer. February 16 2102. www.thelawyer.com
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Silfra, diving between two continents
As we mentioned in our previous articles on what to see when in Iceland, the country is stunning, and it features some unique natural landscapes.
While going through all the places that must be visited when in Iceland, we found one that we thought was actually worth dedicating a whole article. This spot is fascinating and wonderful both from a geological point of view and from an aesthetic one.
Nestled away on the bottom of Þingvallavatn Lake—a water basin located in Thingvellir National Park—is a rift that is part of the divergent tectonic boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates. This fracture of the crust is called Silfra.
Silfra is the one spot we want you to go see and experience when in Iceland.
As we mentioned above, Silfra was formed as a consequence of the tectonic drift of the Eurasian and the North American plates.
Due to the active geological activity in the area, every 10 years there is an earthquake, which is caused by the plates drifting 2cm further apart every 12 months.
When the earthquakes happen, the crust breaks forming cracks and fissures. One of those cracks is Silfra, which is the largest one of all.
While visiting Silfra, you will notice that inside the crack there are numerous caves. Those were also formed during the earthquakes. Every time the ground shakes, boulders and rocks fall into the fissure, deepening and widening Silfra's base.
Silfra is located on the bottom of the Þingvallavatn Lake, so in order for people to go see the crack, they need to submerge.
Despite the cold weather and even colder waters, numerous scuba divers swim down to Silfra to witness on first hand the geological phenomenon. The fact that the lake is freezing cold is actually a positive thing as the waters are clear and when swimming down the visibility reaches 100 meters.
Travellers that dare to dive down to Silfra could decide which part of the fissure to visit. Indeed, the place has been divided into three sections: Silfra hall, Silfra cathedral and Silfra lagoon.
When exploring the crack of Silfra, divers would literally be swimming between two continents: Eurasia and North America.
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NEW YORK — Is Israel just a nation among nations?
On one level, it is indeed an ordinary place. People curse the traffic, follow their stocks, Blackberry, go to the beach and pay their mortgages. Stroll around in the prosperous North Tel Aviv suburbs and you find yourself California dreaming.
On another, it's not. More than 60 years after the creation of the modern state, Israel has no established borders, no constitution, no peace. Born from exceptional horror, the Holocaust, it has found normality elusive.
The anxiety of the diaspora Jews has ceded not to tranquility but to another anxiety. The escape from walls has birthed new walls. The annihilation psychosis has not disappeared but taken new form.
For all Israel's successes — it is the most open, creative and dynamic society in the region — this is a gnawing failure. Can anything be done about it?
Perhaps a good place to start that inquiry is by noting that Israel does not see itself as normal. Rather it lives in a perpetual state of exceptionalism.Continue reading the main story
I understand this: Israel is a small country whose neighbors are enemies or cold bystanders. But I worry when Israel makes a fetish of its exceptional status. It needs to deal with the world as it is, however discomfiting, not the world of yesterday.
The Holocaust represented a quintessence of evil. But it happened 65 years ago. Its perpetrators are dead or dying. A Holocaust prism may be distorting. History illuminates — and blinds.
These reflections stirred on reviewing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the U.N. last month. The first 30 paragraphs were devoted to an inflammatory conflation of Nazi Germany (the word "Nazi" appears five times), modern Iran, Al Qaeda (a Sunni ideology foreign to Shiite Iran) and global terrorism, with lonely and exceptional Israel standing up against them all.
Here's Netanyahu's summary of the struggle of our age: "It pits civilization against barbarism, the 21st century against the 9th century, those who sanctify life against those who glorify death."
That's facile, resonant — and unhelpful. Sure, it's an outlook that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's unacceptable Holocaust denial and threats comfort. (Several Iranian leaders have also spoken of accepting any deal on Israel that the Palestinians agree to.)
There's another way of looking at the ongoing struggle in the Middle East — less dramatic and more accurate.
That is to see it as a fight for a different balance of power — and possibly greater stability — between a nuclear-armed Israel (an estimated 80 to 200 never-acknowledged weapons), a proud but uneasy Iran and an increasingly sophisticated and aware (if repressed) Arab world.
Some of Israel's enemies contest its very existence, however powerless they are to end it. But the death-cult terrorists-versus-reasonable-Israelis paradigm falls short. There are various civilizations in the Middle East, whose attitudes toward religion and modernism vary, but who all quest for some accommodation between them.
One casualty of this view, of course, is Israeli exceptionalism. The Jewish state becomes more like any other nation fighting for influence and treasure. I think President Obama, himself talking down American exceptionalism, is trying to nudge Israel toward a more prosaic, realistic self-image.
Hence the U.S. abstention last month at a U.N. nuclear assembly vote calling on all states in the Middle East to "accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear weapons" (N.P.T.) and create a nuclear-weapon-free Middle East — an idea Obama administration officials have supported in line with a nuclear disarmament agenda.
A shift is perceptible in the decades-old tacit American endorsement of Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal. This is logical. To deal effectively with the nuclear program of Iran, an N.P.T. member, while ignoring the nuclear status of non-N.P.T. Israel is to invite accusations of double standards. President Obama doesn't like them.
I'd say there's a tenable case for Israel ending its nuclear exceptionalism, coming clean on its arsenal and joining the N.P.T. as part of any U.S.-endorsed regional security arrangement that stops Iran short of weaponization.
It's also worth noting the sensible tone of Defense Secretary Robert Gates — in flagrant contrast to Netanyahu. "The only way you end up not having a nuclear capable Iran is for the Iranian government to decide that their security is diminished by having those weapons as opposed to strengthened," Gates says.
In other words, as I've long argued, Iran makes rational decisions. Rather than invoking the Holocaust — a distraction — Israel should view Iran coolly, understand the hesitancy of Tehran's nuclear brinksmanship, and see how it can gain from U.S.-led diplomacy.
Cut the posturing and deal with reality. This can be painful — as with Justice Richard Goldstone's recent U.N. report finding that both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants committed possible crimes against humanity during Israel's military operations in Gaza.
But it's also instructive. Goldstone is a measured man — I've known him a long time. The Israeli response to his findings strikes me as an example of the blinding effect of exceptionalism unbound. Ordinary nations have failings.
The Middle East has changed. So must Israel. "Never again" is a necessary but altogether inadequate way of dealing with the modern world.Continue reading the main story


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Intruding on a Sacrament
Print Version August 13th, 2005
This morning's Guardian gave me plenty to think about:
- Justin Cartwright writes about the meaning of life or, rather, its meaninglessness. Religious belief he sees as somewhere between pathetic and pernicious. What strikes me? I think its the tone of the piece: it sounds like its pointing out the obvious to those who should know better. It's another sign of the intellectual marginalisation of belief in the UK — for which people of faith must bear the responsibility. The measure of the shift underway (or almost over?) is that the non-theistic perspective of belief is no longer seen as belief at all but as background knowledge.
- Maybe that why I winced especially at the report on the collection of religious jokes being assembled to test proposed anti-hate speech legislation. I think the legislation is misguided but couldn't help feeling profoundly saddened by the implicit view of my profession. Bring back Dave Allen!
- I was moved, in contrast, by an article about the testimony of emergency workers in New York on September 11. Firefighter Maureen McArdle-Schulman in particular struck me:
"Somebody yelled something was falling. We didn't know if it was desks coming out. It turned out it was people coming out, and they started coming out one after the other … we saw the jumpers coming. We didn't know what it was at first, but then the first body hit and then we knew what it was. And they were just like constant … I was getting sick. I felt like I was intruding on a sacrament. They were choosing to die and I was watching them and shouldn't have been. So me and another guy turned away and looked at a wall and we could still hear them hit."
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1. Rob | August 19th, 2005 at 9:15 pm
Mark commented:
Justin Cartwright's argument, while certainly articulate, to me seems to betray its conceit in the final three sentences: it's really a sort of injuction for 'secular liberal' fundamentalism. I'm foxed; how can it be plausible to assert the mutual exclusivity of liberalism and religion? That, after all, is the very same conceit perpetuated by the US right!
I went through a period of feeling as he does; locally, it was just too easy to blame the difficulties of growing up in Belfast in the 80's and 90's on religion, because of the feeling of living in the clutches of tribes, really, identified by our churches. But there comes a point when the laziness of that line of thought starts to become itself exhausting to bear. Don't you sense Justin's fatigue in the article?
I 'awoke' on an October walk on a beach at Malin Head in Co Donegal several years ago. Looking around, I thought: of course there's an explanation for the form and function and beauty of the landscape, the weather – and for my wonderment!
Rob, I want to thank you most sincerely for this site – I've already added it to my bookmarks. Thanks also for the advice on the shoulders – it was most welcome!
2. Rob | August 19th, 2005 at 9:17 pm
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I'm having trouble posting comments for some reason – a glitch? – but I'll try one more time …
Cartwright writes … we behave morally and responsibly not because God commands us to do so, but because it is in our nature and because it makes profound common sense to do so.
I'm a fan of existentialism but I think Cartwright is wrong … we behave morally for many reasons and doing so doesn't always make sense – and I think our "nature" would tend to send us in the opposite direction of what's moral/resonable, if our history of violence is any indication.


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Stitched Sleeves Mockneck Sweater - Yak - Toffee - FW18
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This boxy knit features a relaxed mock-neck and drop shoulders for the perfect slouchy fit. Exaggerated stitch details along the shoulder seams add a modern twist to a classic cut. This easy silhouette pairs well with wide-legged bottoms.
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You can never have too much of a good thing. This yak and extrafine merino wool blend combines two of our favorite wool fibers.
Dubbed the "new cashmere", yak wool is an and incredibly soft and warm fiber that we can't get enough of this winter. It derives from the coat hairs of the yak, a bovine animal found mainly in the Himalayan region, Tibetan plateau and Mongolia. Yak wool is incredibly warm and its softness and strength is comparable to that of cashmere. Yak wool is harvested by hand-combing when the yak hair sheds annually in the spring.
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- Model is 5'8 and wearing an M
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Hello all you lovely people,
On the 27th and 28th of June 2015, I travelled down to Whitchurch, Hampshire, to go to the Sylvanian shopping weekend. The weather was nice and warm on Saturday but unfortunately not so wonderful with light showers on Sunday. But I had an absolutely lovely time regardless. I spent the Saturday with a very good friend of mine and we picnicked outside, did a sneaky bit of shopping and just chatted with everyone and it was so lovely. I want to also add that the displays were absolutely amazing! I want to thank all the people from the shop and the volunteers at the Sylvanian weekend for organising this event, you are all amazing and so nice :). Sunday I returned alone and looked around a bit more and bought a few things as well.
I had a lovely time and I'm really glad I went for the third time :) - if you want to find about my trip last year click here http://sylvanianmemories.weebly.com/blog/sylvanian-shopping-weekend
Hope you enjoyed reading this and have a nice weekend.
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As with various race products, new driveline components specifically for road racing often require a learning curve by racers, who frequently rely on retailers' product knowledge and installation expertise.
To help strike a balance between performance, reliability and budget, the proper selection of components is critical. Understanding local sanctioning bodies' rulebooks is important, too.
Several manufacturers of such components offer helpful resources, we discovered.
For example, Weddle Industries in Goleta, California, prides itself on offering essential support to race teams for installation and use. "Feedback from our customers is very important to us," Ron Weddle said. "It informs all of our development and improvements to our products."
Evan Cline of Exedy Clutch in Belleville, Michigan, agreed that education is imperative when helping retailers and racers address certain problems. "One of the biggest issues we see is the consumer being sold the wrong kit for the use the vehicle is seeing," he said. "Education and research by the reseller as well as the consumer can help overcome these issues."
Jeff Neal of Quarter Master in Lake Zurich, Illinois, advised racers and retailers to closely follow manufacturers' instructions to ensure all gaps and tolerances are set to factory standards. "And if your customer is a weekend warrior who doesn't have the option of spending a lot of time working on his car," he added, "you don't want to recommend components that wear quickly and need to be replaced frequently."
Another common challenge involves fitment, which our sources were quick to address. "We try to make that as painless as possible," said Tony Salloum of VAC Motorsports in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "If there's a fitment issue, some people have to make some kind of modification to their driveshaft. But if the racing retailer is not really knowledgeable on how to do the work, then they should be as open as possible with the racer." And that is where the product's manufacturer or distributor becomes a valuable source of information—to both complete the sale and properly install the component.
Roger Chilton of G Force South in Asheboro, North Carolina, cited the importance of making room for an aftermarket transmission when replacing a stock transmission. "A lot of times it's a very compact unit made especially for that car," he said. "When you change over to an upgraded transmission that's custom built for racing like our transmissions are, a lot of times the shifter doesn't come out where the old shifter does, and they have to make modifications to accommodate for it."
He added, "Retailers should spend time with their customers at the race track in the series that they're trying to supply parts for. That way they have a better understanding of what is expected in that series."
Retailers must have all the pieces required for a complete package available to racers, advised Kirk Skaufel of Tilton Engineering, Buellton, California. "We try to develop a complete clutch package for specific applications," he said. "In doing so, we include all the bits and pieces they'd need to install it."
Holinger America in Aliso Viejo, "takes that extra step in that we can get the product into a client's car with as little fuss as possible," said Dana Clark. "We can design all the related components that go along with it, like the clutch, the driveshaft, and the other related components that need to be put into a transmission of a car. We try to do the whole package so there's nothing left to chance. The better it's engineered from the beginning, the more durable and the better performing the product is."
Problems often arise from misalignment between the driveshaft and the pinion in the rearend, noted Gabriel Casella of Saenz, Buenos, Argentina. This causes the input shaft to flex at each turn, with premature fail of the bearing and shaft, in addition to loss of power. "The bellhousing has to be aligned with the main bearing line of the engine block," he noted. "The gearbox has to be guided without backlash into the bellhousing. The gearbox has to be mounted and fixed with no effort, and the driveshaft has to turn freely, moving back and forward without touching the seals."
Geoff Gerko of Mantic Clutch in Raleigh, North Carolina, noted that in full function, the clutch often sees less wear than when racers are loading up from the track, or paddock driving. As such, he offered a stern warning: "Don't try to slip till you're out of the pits. Don't drive your car onto the trailer. Tack it up and drop the clutch. Things of that nature will save a lot of wear and tear and money down the road."


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The Search for Irishmen
As I was reading this blog post about Irish family members, it really made me think about the "simpler times" during the Civil War and how heartbreaking it must have been for the Irish families searching for their loved ones. Since there was no mass media or internet, it was more difficult to keep track of soldiers within the battles of war. Some Irish families would pay $1 to put in an advertisement to help search for loved ones lost in battle in the New York Irish-American. The advertisements contained some information on the soldier (age, hometown, rank, etc.) and where he was last seen and the ads would be put up in three issues. Not only is it hard to send off a loved one to war, but also having to sit and wonder when or if he will come back. Sometimes, men would be dead for months before their families even found out about him. In today's world, when you have someone close to you sent off to war, you usually find out their current state on a regular basis. Back in the Civil War days, it wasn't the case. Since finding out about soldiers was seen as a waiting game to these Irish families, I could only imagine the grief they must have felt as the months went on, constantly wondering whether their son or brother was dead, captured, or (hopefully) alive and well. Although receiving news of a loved ones death is tragic, we are lucky to be living in a time of advance communication because back in those days, the waiting of that kind of news could almost be just as bad as the news itself.
Reference: http://irishamericancivilwar.com/2013/08/26/any-information-will-be-most-thankfully-received-by-his-mother-tracing-missing-irishmen-in-1860s-new-york/


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I LOVE IT!!! How clever!
It is my opinion that only one person need ask in order for another picture to be taken. ;-) Thank you for showing it, because now I'm in love with the beaded light/garland thingy on the shelf! Is that two things or one. LOVE it! And that tree?? GoodNESS. I love the toy soldier, the santa...everything. How fun.
LOVE that tree. Mine is very similar but I am always in search for more BIG ornaments...would you be willing to share where you got those huge white snowflakes?!?! I am crazy about them!!
Wonderful tree! I bet the grandkids love it!
Oh good heavens! That is the stinkin' cutest tree...possibly ever! I LOOOOOVE it! The Who's would be proud!
Hi Kari,
I got the big snowflakes from a local boutique in town. They're from the Company, RAZ. So if you can find any store that sells RAZ Christmas items, you might find them. RAZ is a HUGE Christmas decoration distributor.
My BIG Red and green striped ornaments came from CVS Drug store, but I had to hit about 5 of them to get enough. : ) Good luck. I'm about to take off for the day, but I'll check back tonight, in case you had any other questions.
Wow! I just want to eat it! It looks like a giant frosted Christmas cookie. Very whimsical and very YUMMY!
The tree is beautiful! I'm really in love with your mantle, too. ;)
Your tree is perfect! Love all the bright ornaments and snowflakes!
I love that tree!! I want to do a themed Christmas tree in addition to our regular one - and a Who-ville one is such a great idea!!
Beautiful. As usual. Love your mantel too. Mimi
I love love love your tree! Wish we had a Costco near us!
I love the tree! I think it is wonderful!
As he grabbed the tree, as he started to shove, he heard a small sound like the coo of a dove. He turned around fast and he saw a small Who. Little Cindy Lou Who, who was no more than two. And she stared at the Grinch and said...
Santy Claus, why? Why are you taking our Christmas tree, why?
But you know, that old Grinch was so smart and so slick, that he thought up a lie and he thought it up quick.
Why my sweet little tot...
The fake Santie Claus lied...
...there's a light on this tree that won't light on one side. So I'm taking it home to my work shop, my dear. I'll fix it up there, then I'll bring it back here.
it's wonderful!you may find it missing but now you know why!
Oh my gosh, it's beautiful!
I absolutely love it!! I thinking more Department 56 or is it...57...I forget...anyway, than Who-ville. I think your tree looks fabulous!!!
Oh you have totally outdone yourself!!
I LOVE it! It looks so amazing! I love the huge snowflakes & the glittery sprays on top are beautiful! Love it!
Hey, I almost bought those too! Your tree looks FAB:)
Your Whimsy just amazes me...great tree!
HOW GREAT!!! I love it!! Very fun! PS how do you get the snow to fall on your pictures??
I am ABSOLUTELY in LOVE with your tree!!! FABULOUS!!! Next year can you just come to Oklahoma and decorate my whole house and tree for me????? The mantle is also just to die for!!!!
The tree looks great. Very creative!
Oh, It is gorgeous tree! I love, love, love it!
Loving the fire place too!
I love a fat, full, whimsical tree! I like the stuff spewing out the top!
What a fun and cheerful tree!
WOW!!! I love love love that tree!!! In fact my heart grew three sizes bigger from looking at it LOL
Merry Christmas,
How cute is that tree!? Just awesome!!!
So creative you are.
Wow, that is very impressive! How long did it take you to get all those ornaments on?
I thought my trees were full of ornaments until I saw this one. It is totally awesome. But how do you get all of that to stay on the tree and not fall off?
I LOVE THat tree.........simply wholicious! Love the top! cHERRY
AWESOME tree... you are so talented. I love it. How do you get such great photos of your tree? can you share that.. I cant get a good one for anything.
I thought I was in Macy's tonight! :)
OK...we have "twin" trees! LOL!! LOVE YOURS!! I would love to have those polka dot ornaments!
Tina~ Cherry Hill Cottage...
I just jumped over from my daughter Chris' blog "Just-a-Girl". Your tree and house is absolutely gorgeous. I love it all. The mantle is FAB and the tree so whimsycle ? spelling?.....
I am going now to search how you did the snow flake thingy.
Oh so beautiful -- love it - the red and white -- Kathy - ga
Did I see "shatter proof?" Hummmm. I love the tree. It is beautiful!
This is amazing. Wow!
That is the most beautiful tree! Great job.
can i buy your tree?
(never hurts to ask, right) :)
its gorgeous!
Have a wonderful holiday :)
I Absolutely LOVE the tree with the polka dot and stripped ornaments......TOO FUN! If you look at my blog you'll see I LOVE, LOVE,LOVE that kind of stuff! Thanks for sharing,.
WOW too cute!
That is a fantastic tree. Well done!
I LOVE this tree! I think it is my favorite that I've seen.
I absolutely love that tree! How fun is that! You are so talented!
And awesome tree! LOVE IT! Merry Christmas!
So cute! Love those ornaments you got and the topper is so cute!
found your blog via Sundrenched Moments...LOVE your tree!
Very nice.
Love that tree! I love how full it is!
This is the cutest tree I've seen all season! LOVE IT! (By the way, I love your blog and all your ideas!)
Love it!!!!
Your tree is stunning!!! Gotta love Costco!! Laurie
Love the Who-ville tree!!!! SO cute & whimsical.
I have been following your blog for awhile now and I absolutely love your ideas! I think that this is a great idea and I bet the kids and adults loved it as well.
You are so creative, I love your ideas
I realize Christmas has long past, but am always planning for next year. Would you mind telling me where you found the tin soldier ornament? I saw it in a magazine and could not find it anywhere! Love your blog! I just found it and had to see what you had done for Christmas.
I love it! So glad you linked up with us!
OMG!! I absolutely love your tree!! So inspiring!! I've been wanting to do this same idea the last 2time years! Now I gotta do it! Thank you for sharing!


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The Philadelphia 76ers are unanimously considered the worst team in the NBA right now, they currently sit at 0-10 on the season and the only headlines surrounding the ball club is their suspected 'tanking'.
The nature of their losses recently have been so dramatic they are being questioned about their level of professionalism, in their 123-70 Loss to the Dallas Mavericks they were down by 44 points at half time, the Mavericks first half output of 73 points would have won them the game.
The embarrassment for Philly is reaching such heights that the genuine question has been posed whether they would lose to the nations top college team.
The deep and talented Kentucky Wildcats were ranked the top team in the nation, a great expectation sat with this young team as they prepared to face another powerhouse college in the Kansas Jayhawks on Tuesday night.
In a nationally televised game, the Wildcats ripped apart their opposition and hinted at future greatness when they dismantled the Jayhawks 72-40 in the Champions Classic.
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Bledsoe taking the Wildcats
The Wildcats have been impressive and the 76ers have been dreadful, it didn't take long before serious questions were asked as to whether the college players could really beat the professional athletes in a seven-game series.
However Kentucky head coach John Calipari was quick to dismiss the notion that his team could beat an NBA team:
His position was frankly opposed by a former Kentucky Wildcat and Suns point guard Eric Bledsoe.
Bledsoe flat out disagrees with Calipari's position and should be careful on his next trip to Philadelphia after he conceded how bad the 76ers currently are.
The point guard appeared on SiriusXM's The Starting Lineup with Brian Geltzeiler and Malik Rose and was asked who would win a seven game series between Kentucky and Philadelphia and in how many games.
"I'd definitely take the Kentucky Wildcats, I think Philly would probably get, maybe one game."
The hosts quickly reminded Bledsoe that he would now become the number one target in Philadelphia but he responded by reiterating the fact he was sticking with his alumni.
Rather disrespectful to the professional players on the 76ers roster who are now believed to be less talented than some teenagers in college.
We'll be sure to keep an eye out for when the Phoenix Suns and Eric Bledsoe travel to Philadelphia to take on the 76ers, the crowd will certainly let the point guard know how they feel about his comments.


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New Labour has only got itself to blame for the terrible mess (pdf) facing the public finances. Its failure to see that a debt-fuelled economic boom would end in tears lies at the heart of the shocking rise in the deficit projected for this year. Its neo-liberal strategy lies in tatters.
But we should not allow the mendacity of the Conservatives – and the Liberals for that matter – to lead their counter attack on public services. Their arguments are based on prejudices, not an interpretation of facts. Contrary to their repeated assertions, public spending is not out of control. The deficit has risen because of the stunning collapse in the banking system. Those who caused this crisis should be made to pay, not the workers delivering public services and those who rely upon them.
Central government current expenditure was up just 2.4% year on year (y/y) in March in nominal terms. That was a decline of 0.5 % y/y when adjusted by the consumer price index. For the whole of the last fiscal year, spending rose by a real 1.5% y/y. Public outlays typically accelerate in a recession due to higher payments on unemployment and social security benefits. However, in contrast to previous economic downturns, spending is slowing, even though this is by far the deepest post-war recession. The government is already cutting frontline services. By contrast, tax revenues fell 12.4% y/y in March alone, and were down 10.7% y/y in the last three months. Corporation tax receipts collapsed 26.9% y/y over the same period. One does not need to be an economist to see where the problem lies. And still the mainstream media peddles the Tory lies that a failure to control spending caused the deficit to explode.
Perhaps we should consider a revamp of corporation tax, basing it not on dwindling profits, but on turnover. That might obviate some of the leakage from offshoring. If companies want to do business in this country they have to pay up, wherever their chief executive resides and wherever their headquarters is located.
Perhaps we should also defer to the OECD, which publishes figures on the deficit adjusted for the economic cycle. In 2007, this "cyclically adjusted" deficit was 3.3% of GDP. That compares with an average of 1.7% since New Labour came into power. The average under the last Tory years was 3.4%. Out of control spending? Hardly.
In any case, was it really too much to expect inner-city schools to be provided with the funding to raise standards? Was it too much to try and get NHS waiting times down, to try and lift millions out of poverty?
Perhaps we should consider the ratio of government spending to GDP. In 2007, it was 44.5%. The average since 1998 has been 41.4%. Compare both numbers with the Tory years. From 1980 to 1997, spending averaged 44.6% of GDP.
The government policies were perfectly prudent. It was its economic strategy that was flawed. But it was based on the same pursuit of deregulation, globalisation and credit-fuelled growth that the Tories supported – and started. The folly of stripping away our manufacturing base and replacing it with bubble jobs has been exposed. But still the Conservatives have no strategy for rebuilding the economy.
Instead of admitting they were wrong too, the Tories are going on the offensive. They are back on familiar ground, seeking to penalise those who benefited least from the boom and stand to lose most in the bust.
The bleating against a 50% tax rate for higher earners is reaching fever pitch, led inevitably by the Financial Times, as it warns of an "exodus" from the City.
But should we worry? A bloated financial sector has not only destroyed our public finances, it also fundamentally unbalanced our economy. Financial inflows to sustain record lending have pushed sterling up for years and undermined the competitiveness of our manufacturing base. They have accelerated the loss of jobs overseas and impoverished many of the regions outside London and the south-east. Sterling may have fallen by a quarter last year, but our trade deficit has barely shrunk. The necessary rebalancing has barely begun.
A smaller financial sector must surely be in the country's long-term interests. Reduced financial flows and an even weaker exchange rate would give the UK a chance of reducing its trade deficit, creating real jobs for the many, not the few. In short, the 50% tax rate is a necessary tool to create a more balanced society. It is not the politics of envy, but a grudging admission from New Labour that ultimately, Britain might be better off with a smaller City.


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NEW YORK: In the 1982 sci-fi movie "Blade Runner," there are hints that the hero, played by Harrison Ford, is an artificial human – an "android" or "replicant." His job is to go out and kill other, rogue androids.
If he's an android, he's of the latest model, Nexus 7. That's also the name Google has picked for the first tablet to bear the Google brand. Clearly, its mission is to go out and kill rogue tablets running Google's Android software.
Specifically, the Nexus 7 seems to have been designed to give anyone who bought a Kindle Fire from Amazon.com or a Nook Tablet from Barnes & Noble a lethal case of buyer's remorse.
The Nexus 7 costs $199, the same that Amazon and Barnes & Noble charge for their tablets. Google announced the tablet last week and is taking pre-orders for delivery in mid-July.
Why is Google targeting the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet? Because they've been relatively successful competitors to Apple's iPad tablet, yet Google is getting no benefit from their success.
Google makes its Android operating software available for any device manufacturer to use.
Amazon and Barnes & Noble took Android and modified it heavily. Namely, they took out the applications that point to Google's services and the advertising it sells. Instead, the apps point to the companies' own stores.
In other words, these tablets are rogue Androids.
Other tablets, such as Samsung's Galaxy, use the "proper," Googlish version of Android, but they've been more expensive than the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet. Apparently, Google thought it was time to make a really good, proper Android tablet for $199.
It's succeeded. Nexus 7 is a really good value. It's made by AsusTek Computer, a Taiwanese company that was originally planning to sell a similar tablet for $249.The Nexus 7 is a plain black slab with a screen that's 7 inches on the diagonal – the same size as the Nook and the Fire. The most noticeable feature it has over the competition is a low-resolution camera, facing the user. That means the Nexus 7 can be used for videoconferencing, but it's nearly impossible to use for snapshots. It also has a microphone, which the Fire lacks, making Amazon's device useless even for audio
conferencing.The screen has a higher resolution than the Fire, and colors look more vivid. The whole tablet is slightly thinner and appreciably lighter than the Fire.
Other nifty but invisible hardware upgrades on the Nexus 7 include Bluetooth and GPS chips for use with headsets and navigation software. The tablet even has a chip for near-field communications, which means it can "talk" to some phones and store payment terminals when tapped against them.
But the most important difference between the Nexus 7 and its prey is the software. Not only is it running stock Android, but it's also the first device to run the latest version of Android. Google, with its trademark combination of cute and cutthroat, calls it "Jelly Bean."
Stock Android gives Nexus 7 access to a much wider array of applications than its competitors, running into the hundreds of thousands. The diversity also applies to content: You can use a wider range of e-book stores and movie services on the Nexus 7. You can read Kindle books on the Nexus 7, for example, but you can't read Google books on the Kindle. Google does its best, though, to steer users to its "Play" store for apps, movies, music and books. Buyers even get a $25 credit toward store purchases, partly defraying the cost
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