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Daily Links, July 27: Olympic silence, Muslim fears, and an inspiring example of forgiveness
Today is the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London. Despite calls from Catholic and Jewish groups, however, there has been no word on whether a moment of silence will be observed for the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympics tragedy.
Michele Bachman has stirred up an outcry with her comments about Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedein possibly infiltrating the government on behalf of Muslim extremists. The U.S. bishops have joined other religious leaders in condemning Bachman's comments.
A Denver-based HVAC company won an injunction in court that will at least temporarily prevent them from having to adhere to the contraception coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act on religious grounds, because the owners are Catholic.
Many are still searching for an explanation for the horrific killings last week in Aurora, Colorado. One Catholic priest thinks he has the answer: demonic possession.
Meanwhile, a survivor of the shooting has a message of forgiveness for the shooter.
And if you're going to be in Illinois this weekend, you might be able to join Catholics who will flock to see a visiting statue of Our Lady of Fatima.

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Facebook used to be a place where I could find out where classmates were going to college or where my mom could "see" what I was up to, she of course was on limited profile. Now it's a place where people pretending to work post articles like "15 Celebrities Who Dropped off the Earth", which I read, or a reminder that I'm not engaged. With all the personal sharing that goes on, here are 7 things you shouldn't tell me via Facebook.
One. You're in jail. I think I'm more shocked that you get wi-fi and can keep your iPhone in jail than I am over the fact that you're in jail. Thanks for the update though, I'll be sure to stay as far away from you as possible in the next 3-5 months. Also "good behavior"? What a joke, maybe if you knew what that was in the beginning you wouldn't currently be LOCKED UP!
Two. You're in rehab. Again, why do you have internet access, aren't you in there to kick your drug habit or stop punching walls? I feel like you shouldn't go to Facebook to vent about how boring rehab is or let everyone know how well you're doing. That's great that you've been addressing your issues for 48 hours, but maybe update me after 30 days.
Three. You're single. Although I loved reading the 20 paragraph novel detailing the "lies" and "eye opening" details of your previous relationship, I no longer care what a terrible person your ex is. I understand he's out of your life by your Facebook status, 300 deleted pictures and your lack of weekly updates on your surprise trip to the pumpkin patch with "honey boo".
Four. You got drunk last night. Unless you're 13 or my great aunt, I don't care. If you were either of the two, I'm a little concerned with your life choices. Come Saturday morning you don't need to detail your hangover, I get it, you're fun and living life. I probably saw you out last night. So just pop an Advil or two and read a book. It will be good for you.
Five. Political rants. While I enjoy a good political train wreck as much as the next person, your rant about Obama and the Affordable Care Act makes you sound slightly less educated than the average West Virginian and don't get me started on the comments section. If you don't agree with something, I have no problem with you posting something on Facebook, just keep it short and sweet. Also let's all remember that House of Cards is a fictional show. Frank Underwood is not a real person and it's very unlikely any politician could achieve the presidency that way.
Six. Stop telling me what you had for lunch. Corn on the cob and BBQ chicken are almost always delicious. If they were absolutely disgusting then you should post about it. Same goes for sports. I don't care that you watched the Kings game alone. I don't even know who the Kings are.
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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (US - BD RA)
Gabe is excited to say that he likes a Tsui Hark film for the first time in many years.
Tsui Hark is largely responsible for my personal love of Hong Kong cinema. Like most Americans my age, my real introduction to martial arts movies came in the form of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan films. But thanks to John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China, and a now defunct Discovery Channel series called The Incredibly Strange Film Show, (which ran on the channel in 1990 after an initial run on UK television in 1989) I discovered Tsui's early masterpiece – Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain. This highly fantastical, wire-fu melodrama/slapstick comedy hasn't aged as well as I might have preferred, and I can't exactly except everyone to love it as much as I do, but I still recommend it to anyone looking to experience the eclectic power of Eastern cinema, and would include it without question in the same conversations as Wong Kar-wai's, Zhang Yimou and John Woo's best work. It's likely that because I discovered Zu Warriors at a relatively young age (probably 11 or 12) that I was able to take Tsui's bizarre mix of genres and erratic storytelling for granted, and develop a taste for more of the same as I got older. Thanks to Tsui, I also discovered similar wire-fu/fantasy/comedies like Ching Siu-tung's Chinese Ghost Story (which Tsui produced, and arguably co-directed), Ronny Yu's The Bride with White Hair, Ricky Lau's Mr. Vampire, and Sammo Hung's Encounters of the Spooky Kind at a relatively young age. It's also worth noting that as a producer Tsui also ushered important non-fantasy pictures like John Woo's A Better Tomorrow and The Killer into existence.
Tsui himself took the director's reins on plenty of impressive films including the Once Upon a Time in China trilogy (the films that rocketed Jet Li into superstardom), the extremely fanciful and fantastical Green Snake, Peking Opera Blues, The Lovers and The Blade. But like John Woo ( Face-Off not withstanding) and Ringo Lam, Tsui's talents largely failed him when Hollywood came calling in the '90s. Tsui's only American directorial efforts are Double Team and Knock Off, both of which star Jean-Claude Van Damme at his career worst. Double Team was also basketball star Dennis Rodman's motion picture debut, and is easily one of the worst major motion pictures I've ever seen. After returning to China, Tsui made an awful, all-star pseudo-remake of Zu Warriors entitled The Legend of Zu, a largely forgettable sequel to The Black Mask ( City of Masks), and a pretty, but empty homage to Kurasawa's Seven Samurai called The Seven Swords. Having missed Tsui's last few films (I've heard mixed things), I was close to desperate for a real return to form from him as a director, specifically something big and fun. Early buzz on Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame had me excited.
Detective Dee isn't a perfect film, but it is a perfect blend of Tsui's classic sensibilities, traditional Chinese historical fiction, and modern Hollywood's most popular visual themes. It's also breathtakingly gorgeous. It's a ten times larger than life epic, where hyper colourful backdrops threaten to swallow up the actors, and characters can't even ascend a set of stairs without spectacular acrobatics. But it's also a relatively personal story about only a handful of surprisingly realistic characters that battle constantly against the intimidating scale. Tsui's patented brand of oddball comedy is alive and well here too, and that may be the thing I've missed most in recent years. Besides the more obvious slapstick gags, occasionally hammy characters, and pitch-perfect sarcasm, Tsui takes full advantage of his soft-fantasy setting to explore some pretty incredible absurdities. The persistent levity of the first half of the film also allows Tsui to adequately earn the heavier drama, and even the tragedy of the latter half. I'm often quite critical of melodrama in modern Chinese productions, but this time I was genuinely touched. Not as touched as I may have been by many other films, but still touched. The consistent balance of genres, visual elements and thematic intonation is the film's major strength, and what will likely transcend the foreign nature of the story and characters.
The story follows a 'true legend' of a Tang Dynasty official named Di Renjie, who is compared in the press materials to Sherlock Holmes and James Bond. The character/actual person was made popular outside of China thanks to a series of pulp mysteries by Robert van Gulik. In this story a series of loyal senior officials are violently dying from what appears to be spontaneous internal combustion. These deaths threaten to delay the inauguration of Wu Zetian (Carina Lau), China's first and only Empress. The Empress summons the infamous Detective Dee (Andy Lau), who she herself had sent to prison eight years earlier for conspiring against her. Dee jumps at the chance to solve the case, but is hampered when he is assigned two assistants – Wu Zetian's assistant Shangguan Jing'er (Li Bingbing), and Pei Donglai the Albino Detective (Deng Chao). Meanwhile, the assassination plot thickens.
Tsui and screenwriter Chen Kuofu make the interesting choice of setting the film after Dee's forced retirement, so to speak. This separates Detective Dee from the majority of Hollywood superhero movies over the last decade (including the Sherlock Holmes and James Bond reboots), which are normally either a direct origin story, or a definitively early adventure. I have to admit I had a hard time following parts of the film, and this mostly had to do with me not understanding some of the era politics, and Di Renjie's history as both a historical and fictional character (it was also kind of hard to look away from the beautiful imagery to read the subtitles, but that's hardly a problem). The choice to set this story later in the fictional Dee's history helps to create the appropriate sense of legend, however, and I kind of enjoyed the sense of watching the sequel to a film that was never made (there was a Di Renjie TV series, apparently). For the most part the culture shock is a slightly bigger problem than Fellowship of the Ring was the first time I saw it, having not read the book, but Fellowship of the Ring wasn't a mystery story on top of being a bit foreign to my sensibilities. Hark and Kuofu mostly fill in the important plot gaps, but I was so busy keeping up (and there are some wacky doings going on here) that I didn't have much time to make any guesses in reference to the whodunit aspects of the plot. Still, I suspect even if I had been able to keep up enough to make educated guesses I seriously doubt I'd be prepared for the final fourth of the story, which features some genuine surprises.
Martial arts choreography master Yuen Woo-Ping also made a sort of 'come back' film recently (even more of a come back than Tsui, who hadn't really gone away) entitled True Legend,
The fights here were choreographed by the great Sammo Hung, a long time collaborator of Tsui's who is also credited as directing the fight scenes, and who likely had sizable input on the entire film's direction (Tsui often collaborates as a director). What's refreshing about the action in this film as opposed to the many other recent Hung-choreographed films is how playful it is. I've quite enjoyed Hung's spree of brutal, definitely R-rated fisticuffs, but like his 'little brother' Jackie Chan, Hung got his start in comedy. He was also quite famous for more special effects driven, fantasy based choreography for some time, so even though the digital effects here aren't quite up to some of the standards set by Detective Dee's Hollywood counterparts (we're talking $20 million vs. $200 million here), Hung brings the right mix of realism and flashy hyperbole. The wirework is plenty graceful, and the landings are more weighted than usual, which adds a hint more of believability to the mix. Hung also maintains a strong sense of geography, even in Tsui's busiest production design, which is more than we can say for the aforementioned Hollywood counterparts. Wuxia fanatics should be warned, however, that Detective Dee isn't exactly what I'd call a fight heavy film. There are spectacular fisticuffs, but they're simply a part of a mixed mystery/fantasy/comedy/period/wuxia hybrid (there's even a hint of horror), and none of these elements takes full precedence over any other by any real margin. Excepting basically two major sequences, the bulk of the action here is of the adventure variety, more like Tsui and Hung's version of an Indiana Jones or James Bond movie. And that's not a bad thing.
As far as I can recall Detective Dee is the first big release Chinese film I've seen shot on Red One cameras. This, along with the film's rather sizable budget, set my expectations very high for this 1080p, 2.35:1 transfers. Vevendi Entertainment has dropped the ball hard in the past, but for the most part I am not disappointed. As stated in the feature section, Detective Dee is an incredibly ornate and colourful film, so the RAW Red format data's super-sharp and super-clear abilities are well utilized. This transfer excels in its sharpness, both in the incredible textures of close-up details, and in the complex, layered backgrounds. I say this a lot in my reviews (there are only so many ways to praise a good transfer), but this time the mix of superior digital HD format, and the film's hyper baroque production and art design leads to incredibly complex compositions, the kind I don't always expect even in the Blu-ray age. The clarity does minor damage to some of the digital backdrops, which appear far too smooth in comparison to the intricately detailed concrete sets and costumes. The digital effects don't look very good altogether, actually, but not in anyway that the transfer itself needs to take blame. The Red One's smooth blending abilities are well utilized in terms of mixed colours in lighting, which combine beautifully with no noticeable banding effects. The palette features a basic theme of warm amber elements juxtaposed against steady blues, but this vibrant film doesn't really rest on any constant palette mix for too long. There are plenty of rich greens and blindingly bright reds here too, and almost everything both separates sharply and remains consistent. Black and white levels follow suit. There's an uptake in the minor digital noise on a few odd, inconsistently detailed shots, but the most consistent issue is the blurring, and even slight ghosting that occurs during some of the action scenes. I suspect this may be an issue of Tsui messing with the frame rate abilities of the Red One cameras, and not a mastering process error.
This DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Mandarin track isn't quite the best of its kind, but it's pretty aggressive. Sometimes the choices made by production in terms of sound are a bit strange, especially when it comes to 'stage whispering', but these all seem to have been done with purpose. The film opens with a tour of the massive central Buddha statue, and its noisy construction acts as a backdrop for the early plot setup. This strong introduction to the universe fills the channels with the busy echo of metal clanging against metal, wood winding against wood, and workers yammering at each other. All the while the dialogue in the center channel is presented strongly and clearly (though I did notice the lip-sync was a bit off at some other points throughout the film). The most incredible moments from here are, for the most part, the fight scenes, which feature the usual multi-channel whoosh, and heavy LFE impact. Dee's battles with mystical forces (which should not be specified for the sake of spoilers) are pretty clearly the mix's most effective use of directional movement. Other standout aural moments include a spectacular rainstorm, an elephantine arrow attack, an eerie decent into a Hades-like black market, and the crisp twang of booby trap wires.
The extras begin with The Making of Detective Dee (4:10, SD), a fluffy, elongated trailer that includes brief interviews with writer Chen Kuofu, director Tsui Hark, producer Jinwen (Peggy) Li, VFX supervisor Nam Sang-woo, and action director Sammo Hung. It includes glimpses of the behind the scenes process, and talks up the film's scope quite a bit. Creating the Characters (5:20, SD) follows suit, talking up the production and art design, and includes more interviews with production designer James Chiu, and actors Carina Lau, Andy Lau, Li Bingbing, and Deng Chao. Weapons, Stunts, and Action (3:50, SD) kind of speaks for itself, and includes interviews with the usual suspects, along with some brief footage that seems to verify that Hung and Tsui co-directed the big action spectacle. The World of Dee (5:20, SD) finishes out the featurettes with a more specific look at the digital effects. Other extras include three image galleries (cast, behind the scenes, posters), an international trailer, and trailers for other Vivendi releases.
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame is mostly what I needed from Tsui Hark at this point in his career, and marks a definitive return to form based on what I've seen from the director's more recent catalog (it's entirely possible that The Warrior, Missing, and All About Women are great films). It's not quite going to make a list of new mixed genre classics, but I suspect I'll be visiting it again, which is not something I can say all that often these days. This Blu-ray's 1080p transfer looks pretty spectacular to me, and the DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack is loud, wide and busy. The only real downside is that the extras are disappointing and fluffy.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Andy Lau did not appear in True Legend. The star of that film was Chiu Man Chuk
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Well that's embarrassing...Corrected with credit to you gwailo.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 15th December 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Mandarin, Dolby Stereo English
Subtitles: English, French
Extras: The Making of Detective Dee, Weapons, Stunts and Action, Creating the Characters, The World of Dee, Still and Poster Gallery, Trailers, QR Game Codes
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Li Bingbing, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Deng Chao
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery and Romance
Length: 122 minutes
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This is our framed grouping of military memories of Cecil Sandercock. Cecil was my husband's great grandmother Myrtle's brother and he was killed in WW1, at the age of 20. Myrtle kept all her treasured memorabilia of her brother Cecil and eventually every object was passed down to us. This is one of two framed tributes we have for Cecil.
This grouping, which is in a 15"x24" frame, is Cecil's photo in his Canadian Military WW1 uniform, his medals from the Great War (WW1), his death plaque and the official notice of death which went out, with the plaque, to every next of kin of a soldier killed in that War.
We decided to mount Cec's medals and death plaque directly on to, instead of recessed in, the charcoal grey mat we chose as the contrast mat for the objects were were framing. We chose a lighter grey for the overall mat which would go around the edges. We could have gone with a narrow light grey mat but we felt the framed group was too long and skinny if we did that, so we opted for a fairly wide light grey area around the interior grouping.
The outside frame we chose is a semi-gold frame (although it looks like silver in this photo) with marbled reddish brown flecks. To complement this we chose a reddish brown mat for the death notice and Cec's photo. The outside frame is very large and also raised in two levels, rather than being flat to the wall.
Because the mats change from light grey around the outside to charcoal grey on the inside, we outlined the charcoal grey mat with a detailed gold frame. The interior frame has a raised design which appears sculpted.
Choosing the right spot to hang a framed Family Heirloom or grouping is almost as important as framing it! Because this framed set of family treasures is very large and clunky we wanted it to be above a piece of furniture that was also large and clunky.
This tribute to Cecil Sandercock has a place of honour on our living room, above our Victorian bow-front china cabinet. You may notice another military photograph to the right. That is my grandfather in England circa 1910 in his Kent Buffs uniform, with his rifle and bicycle.
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Displaying Family Heirlooms - WW1 Medals and Photo
2 comments:
- Nikki-ann said...
You've displayed these items wonderfully and given them the pride and place they deserve :)
- wendy said...
I have several of my grandfather's WWI & other medals in a framed display as well. However, it was like that when I got it. My husband has spent lots of time trying to run down exactly what each medal & ribbon is for.
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We need to return to the principles upon which America was founded in order to reclaim our economic prosperity. In the summer of 1775, Thomas Jefferson proclaimed "Our attachment to no nation upon earth should supplant our attachment to liberty." Greater liberty means greater freedom of choice for employees and small business owners and comes only with limited government power. When our tax money is used to make arbitrary decisions about what is best for Michigan, we are surrendering our liberty to those who we should have elected to instead protect our freedom.
As Michiganders, we need to be conscious about our attachment to liberty. It was the desire for liberty that made America prosperous. Jobs were not created by government subsidies and tax credits, or state programs funded with tax dollars, but by men and women with the freedom to invest their money where they thought it would be most beneficial for themselves and others.
We shouldn't elect representatives based on how they are going to spend billions more of our hard-earned money, or our children's and grandchildren's future incomes. Representatives should be elected to restore and protect liberty by instituting policies that allow individuals the ability to choose for themselves who is worthy of their time and money. More liberty means lower taxes, less spending, and the choice to work outside the influence of union compulsion.
If we want to see economic recovery in Michigan, and throughout America, we need to reinstate and reaffirm our attachment to liberty and limited government by voting for candidates who exhibit the same passionate affirmation for individual freedom. Development and growth will follow.
Claire Forman is research assistant to the president at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a research and educational institute headquartered in Midland, Mich. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is hereby granted, provided that the author and the Center are properly cited.


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WARSAW (Reuters) - The party of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk lost an election for mayor of a provincial city that had been one of his strongholds, a sign of the toll the economic slump is taking on the government's popularity.
The city of Elblag, near Poland's Baltic Sea coast, has a population of only 124,000, but it took on nationwide significance after Tusk traveled there several times to campaign for his party's candidate.
Jerzy Wilk, of the conservative opposition party Law and Justice, won Sunday's election with 52 percent of the vote, against 48 percent for the candidate from Tusk's Civic Platform party, official results showed. Civic Platform had previously held the mayor's office.
"This is a signal that we can win in the country," said Adam Hoffman, a member of parliament with Law and Justice.
Polish voters will decide whether to keep Tusk's government when the next parliamentary election takes place in 2015. He has overseen a period of political stability, and investors worry the next government could be more volatile.
A survey last month by pollster CBOS showed national support for Civic Platform at 23 percent against 26 percent for Law and Justice.
(Additional reporting by Karolina Slowikowska; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Mark Heinrich)


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Borough lowers retirement age
JOHNSONBURG – Borough employees in Johnsonburg can now retire at the age of 58 after council members unanimously approved the plan during their regular meeting.According to council member Ronald King, the additional cost per year of $2,300 is to be absorbed out of the employee's retirement plan.The retirement plan is to become effective Jan. 1, 2015.In other business, council voted in favor of putting secured properties throughout the community up for sale to adjacent landowners first."They will receive a letter stating that if they decide to purchase they are responsible for all of the costs involved," King said. "This includes the deed, surveys; whatever plus a dollar."The FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] Ordinance 2011-03 was also approved.Solicitor Elizabeth Feronti said the ordinance is required by the federal government and the Department of Community and Economic Development [DCED] prompted its drafting."It's for flood management, if you want to put new properties within the flood management areas as set by the flood management map there are certain procedures that have to be involved including an application fee," Feronti said.According to Feronti, the application fee will be at the borough's discretion."Then there will have to be followup by a code enforcement officer," Feronti said. "The code enforcement officer is to go out and inspect regularly and follow the guidelines set forth in this 30-page ordinance."Council appointed E&M Engineers as the code enforcement officer during November's meeting.Fertonti noted that the ordinance applies not only to new construction, but for repairs on old construction."I have a 35-page document that I had to go by to do the ordinance," Feronti said. "I wasn't allowed to take anything out except for the optional parts. I left it as least restrictive as I could because then the borough could always change that later if they wanted to. I didn't want to put all of the restrictions in because there are a lot of odd restrictions in there and I had to get approval of it before I could bring it to you guys. It will have to be forwarded to the state and they forward it to the federal government, because if the borough did not do that and does not enact this ordinance you will lose funding from the federal government for flood projects."King said workers have been making headway on the construction of the handicap restroom in the Community Center. King said it is being installed in the old restroom area by the swimming pool."They have got the walls up and they are ready to start putting it back together," King said.Council member Harriet Stahli recognized Robert Dunworth, Carmen Cannella and Elmer Ferragine for their service."Again thank you so much for your service," Stahli said. "On behalf of the council and the ciitzens of Johnsonburg, we thank you."Police chief Bryan Parana expressed his appreciation as well."I would like to thank Elmer, Bob and Carmen for being on the council," Parana said. "This will be your last meeting and it was pleasure working for you. I really appreciate it."


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'12 Focus MK3 Titanium X Aircon taking a while to warm up,
iNVADER84 replied to iNVADER84's topic in Ford Focus ClubDoesn't seem to be, it took just as long to heat up from 0deg as it did today at 8deg and was nigh on instant last time it was at 0deg, as said, it gets there but not before I've had to go through the chill, first world problems yes, but since having the car, the only thing that seems to have a fault.
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'12 Focus MK3 Titanium X Aircon taking a while to warm up,
iNVADER84 posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubNot sure when it's started but certainly noticeable in the colder weather, but my Aircon (dual zone) seems to be taking longer to warm up. Temp generally set to about 21-23deg. Blows cold fine and does eventually get to temperature, just nowhere near as the almost instant I was used to, maybe 20-30 seconds, even up to a minute. Any ideas as to what might be the issue Many thanks in advance.
Focus Mk3 Software And Map Updates
iNVADER84 posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubHi there, never looked into it until this point, but can you update the cars software yourself or do you have to take it to a dealer? If you can do it yourself, where might I find the updated software? Also, I have the Tit X with the Sony stereo with Satnav and rear view camera, but NOT the assistance pack, the maps are on a memory stick in the console of course, but can they be updated yourself?
Xenon Headlights Europe Adjustment
iNVADER84 replied to iNVADER84's topic in Ford Focus ClubCalled the dealer who couldn't find anything for the Mk3. He stated however that he'd been over to France with the same setup and didn't change anything with no issues. However I guess he just didn't get caught. He's given me the number of the Ford helpline, but it's crazy to think no one around here had been to France in a bi-xenon.... I'll look for this lever, total shame it's not computer controlled, everything else in the TitX 3 is....
Xenon Headlights Europe Adjustment
iNVADER84 posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubHi there, I own a Mk3 Focus Titanium X 1.0Eco I'm planning a trip to France, my first time overseas driving and was wondering if anyone might have advice on how to adjust the headlights without the need for stick on deflectors (assuming they work with Xenon) and without paying the dealer to do it for me! Any advice would be great :-)
Focus Mk3 System Update
iNVADER84 posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubHit here, is anyone aware of a system update for the Focus, assuming this is ever meant to happen? I noticed an ad for a Fiesta the other day doing texts and this isn't an option on my 2012 Tit X, however, one assumes that the systems must be pretty similar?
Focus 2012 Isofix - Does It Have It?
iNVADER84 replied to iNVADER84's topic in Ford Focus ClubMany thanks! The focus was basically my man pram. Looked it up and isofix is listed alright. Not a bad little tool. I can now look up my friends New Fords and see if they've lied about the spec!
Focus 2012 Isofix - Does It Have It?
iNVADER84 posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubCan anyone confirm whether the 2012 Focus has this as standard or if its an option? Basically, I'm new to the Focus, but newer to the 'about to be a father with a Focus' gang. The bad seats feature some little black 'buttons' in the bottom corners of each back seat with what looks like a child in a seat. It is this or some kind of gang symbol from the previous owner. Not finding a lot of info on it. If it makes any difference, it's the Titanium X 1.0 ecoboost. Thanks in advance.
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Drum Brake Paint/rust Prevention
iNVADER84 replied to iNVADER84's topic in General Ford Related DiscussionsWhat would be the best way to clean them? Do I need to run then down with an abrasive first or some brake cleaner?
Drum Brake Paint/rust Prevention
iNVADER84 posted a topic in General Ford Related DiscussionsAs ones focus Ecoboost features drums at the back and they are prone to discolouration and rust I'd like to coat them in black paint or some other treatment to prevent them from looking bad. Thankfully, I have the standard titanium x 12-spokes which obscures them enough but would like to seal them for peace of mind. Any suggestions/experience with this sort of thing?
Iphone Connection Cable - Do I Actually Need It?
iNVADER84 replied to iNVADER84's topic in Ford Focus ClubThanks for the info :-) could've saved a few pennies but for £5 I'm not too fussed (maybe a little). I am also assuming that calls are still handled by the car through the single USB cable connection? I haven't tried it.
Iphone Connection Cable - Do I Actually Need It?
iNVADER84 posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubI was using Bluetooth connection initially but preferred the idea of a plug in connection (as the iPhone battery life is rather pap) so went with the dealer recommendation and found the connection kit (£5 on amazon)...however, plugging the iPhone in with the normal cable seemed to work and give me the stuff I needed... Is there any difference between the connection kit and the standard cable? What's with the aux connection?
Focus Titanium X
iNVADER84 replied to iNVADER84's topic in Ford Focus ClubAlexp999, we basically have the same car, sMe colour and trim, even down to the options (exactly the same), just a different engine! The 1.0 Ecoboost really is a fantastic engine for its size pulls well(and maintains it), good uphill (a weird criteria I have) and sounds great (this ranges from whisper quiet to the distinctive growl of the 3-pot when you open her up). It does require some specific gear changing around town and, due to my driving style I have been left without the power I've wanted but that's really my fault. It isnt overly rev hungry and I'm seeing about 37mpg at the moment after 1 day of ownership with some heavy throttle testing. I bought it as a family car for my upcoming child in October and wanted something quicker, better and moderner (it is a word) to last me for a while. I toyed with a 1.6 ecoboost and I toyed with the diesel, but I don't do the miles to justify the diesel and the 25bhp boost in BHP the 1.6 gives over the 1l doesn't warrant nearly £90 a year more for me, or the additional fuel which I am almost sure will be more. I've got the performance I need, and its pretty damn chuckable when I need it to be. I haven't taken many pics yet, attached is an artsy version I took yesterday. I was apprehensive about the colour as I was dead set on Black or dark grey but pleasantly surprised. I also haven't seen many of this colour in or around Weymouth (with the possible exception of alexp999 who at least lives in the same county) so it's good to be a little different :-) Overall, it's easily the most glorious car I have owned, taking the crown from my beloved GTi-6, and p***ing all over my part-exes 307 1.4.
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V14 Tax Refund
iNVADER84 posted a topic in General ChatHas anyone done this before? Just PXed my car and took the tax disc for a refund. The v14 has confused me a little though. Do I just fill out the form, attach the tax disc and send it off or do I have to write a covering letter saying when/where it was part exed and/or include the yellow part of the v5c I have been left with as well? Basically, I don't want them denying me the 4 months left on it. Any advice would be appreciated.
Focus Titanium X
iNVADER84 posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubPicked up my Focus Titanium X 1.0 (125PS) Ecoboost today. Very impressed indeed. Just a few questions and comments really: The only downer was that the 307 I traded in has been found to have a shot clutch, I k ow it sounds completely stupid, but I have always felt the clutch was weird but put it down to an older engine (up until now, I never knew what a shot clutch felt like) and I had asked a 'reputable' mechanic to take a look at it and he said it was fine, clearly not. Anyways, as I got a good deal from the garage I was happy to let him keep £100 of my deposit, is that fair or was one ripped off? Other than that, has has anyone used the Ford iPhone lead? I'm using Bluetooth at the moment but the control is limited (from what I have found anyways) is it a worth buy? I was surprised to see drums on the focus, but I don't see it as a problem, the lightest car of the range probably doesn't need the braking power if the larger engines/estates. I guess they can look a little mixed through 5 spoke alloys but with the standard 17" 12 spokes on the TitX it masks anything major.


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When this renowned chef's life was drastically changed after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he turned to the experts at UPMC for treatment.
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Deep brain stimulation at UPMC has proven to be an effective treatment for involuntary movements associated with Parkinson's disease and epilepsy, such as tremors, slowness of movement, rigidity, and problems with walking and balance. Deep brain stimulation is also approved for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) treatment under a Humanitarian Device Exemption.
Deep brain stimulation is a surgical procedure in which a hair-thin wire (electrode) is implanted in the area of the brain that is responsible for abnormal movement. The wire is connected to a pulse generator that is implanted under the skin below the collarbone. Once activated, the generator sends mild electrical pulses through the wire to the brain. These electrical pulses modify the brain's electrical signals to help control or stop abnormal movements.
Deep brain stimulation is both adjustable and reversible. New technology allows patients to use a remote control to adjust the level of stimulation needed to provide the greatest symptom relief with the least amount of side effects.
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During the "awake" or traditional surgical method, you are scanned in an MRI suite prior to surgery. The surgical team uses these preoperative images to plan the procedure and as a roadmap to guide the implementation of an electrode into the brain. In certain cases, multiple electrodes are used.
While the electrode is being advanced through the brain, you do not feel any pain because of the unique nature of the human brain and its inability to generate pain signals. The surgical team is able to communicate with you and assess your brain functions to determine the best placement of the electrode.
Using the newly developed ClearPoint® Neuro Intervention System, UPMC neurosurgeons are able to perform deep brain stimulation inside a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner while you are asleep, allowing real-time images of the brain to guide the procedure while you are under general anesthesia.
The ClearPoint system includes:
The system allows neurosurgeons to respond to shifting conditions and helps the entire procedure go smoothly and efficiently. Utilizing this technology also alleviates the fear of awake brain surgery and may open the doors to people previously not considered surgical candidates, such as children and people not physically able to undergo awake surgery.
UPMC is one of only a small number of institutions in the United States performing this advanced technique and offers expertise in both MRI-guided and traditional deep brain stimulation techniques.
People with Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia, tremor due to multiple sclerosis, or with movement-related symptoms that cannot be controlled by medications are possible candidates for deep brain stimulation.
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PRN: Next Generation Gadgets & Biometrics Technology Setting Up For Strong Start in 2014 with Leading Edge Smart Wallet Platforms
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Next Generation Gadgets & Biometrics Technology Setting Up For Strong Start in 2014 with Leading Edge Smart Wallet Platforms
CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, January 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Mobile technology innovations pave way in 2014 as consumers go digital: NXT-ID, Inc. (OTCQB: NXTD), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), NII Holdings (NASDAQ: NIHD), Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) and ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CKSW)
2014 will mark another year in which digital money continues to forge forward. NXT-ID (OTCQB: NXTD) is prepared to take full advantage of digital currency's rising popularity, as the company will release its much-anticipated "smart wallet", the Wocket in the first quarter of this year. The Wocket is a next generation platform that is designed to provide consumers with the convenience of packaging all cards in your wallet into one dynamic card. This includes debit, credit, loyalty cards, coupons and more. The Wocket will also avoid any assimilation obstacles, as it will work wherever credit cards are accepted.
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"It's been heavily publicized that the U.S. is using outdated credit card technology," wrote Julie May of the Tennessean. "But not for long, because digital wallets such as COIN and The Wocket® will be hitting the market in 2014. Digital wallets aggregate multiple credit cards and, in some cases, personal identification onto one card that can be used for purchases anywhere that accepts credit cards. They provide an additional level of security over current credit cards."
NXT-ID, Inc.: NXT-ID, Inc.'s innovative MobileBio solution mitigates consumer risks associated with mobile computing, m-commerce and smart OS-enabled devices. The company is focused on the growing m-commerce market, launching its innovative MobileBio suite of biometric solutions that secure consumers' mobile platforms. The Company's first product is the Wocketâ¢. NXT-ID's wholly owned subsidiary, 3D-ID LLC, is engaged in biometric identification has 22 licensed patents in the field of 3D facial recognition. http://nxt-id.com/ Â
MacRumors has discovered a batch of new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) patent applications, included 17 published last Thursday, related to the use of Liquidmetal Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: LQMT) alloys. The applications cover button/switch pressure sensors, tamper-resistant screws, and touch sensor substrates, among other potential use cases. Liquidmetal shares, which made new 52-week highs last week before retreating, have rallied again on the pink sheets. Shares also moved higher in November in response to Apple patent applications covering Liquidmetal usage.
Telefonica (TEF) and NII Holdings (NASDAQ: NIHD)Â have signed agreements whereby Telefonica will provide NII's subsidiaries, operating under the Nextel brand in Brazil and Mexico, nationwide voice and data coverage services on Telefonica's 3G wireless networks. When implemented, the agreements will expand the areas in which Nextel customers using 3G services in Brazil and Mexico can access voice and data services, supporting NII's growth strategy. Both companies will work closely to implement the agreements as soon as possible. Telefonica and NII's subsidiaries will continue to manage their spectrum and network assets separately to provide competing services.
Elliott Management Corporation, which owns 6.2% of the common stock of Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR), filed a Schedule 13D and released a presentation Monday entitled "Juniper Networks: Elliott Management's Perspectives," available at http://www.new-juniper.com. "Juniper's new CEO along with its existing management team and Board have a unique opportunity to immediately unlock significant value at the Company through three straightforward and much-requested courses of action," said Jesse Cohn, Portfolio Manager at Elliott. "Investors and Street analysts have been calling for Juniper to implement these value-creation initiatives for years, and we believe the three-pronged approach laid out in today's presentation would be very well received."
ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CKSW), the leading provider of automated workforce management and optimization solutions for the service industry, announced that it expects record revenues of approximately $30.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, exceeding its guidance of $26 to $28 million. For the full year 2013 revenues are expected to reach approximately $103 million. Based on preliminary estimates of operating costs it is also expected that profitability will be achieved in fourth quarter of 2013. Cash, cash-equivalents, short and long-term investments continued to grow, increasing by about $2.3 million during the fourth quarter, reaching about $58 million as of December 31, 2013.
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APD Bomb Squad robot destroys package
A tense situation was diffused in front of the Sweetwater Post Office after an Abilene Police Department bomb squad robot destroyed a suspicious package this afternoon.Officials in Sweetwater were reportedly on heightened awareness following the presence of several protesters outside the Nolan County Courthouse yesterday and its close proximity to the post office.The package reportedly contained a cellphone.There were no injuries.Original Story:Streets were blocked off in front of and behind the United States Post Office in Sweetwater around lunch time on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. Police officers and sheriff's deputies blocked the streets and talked to postal workers while an engine from the Sweetwater Fire Department stood by. A suspicious package left outside of the Post Office might be to blame. The Abilene Police Department Bomb Squad is enroute to the Post Office. Visit this site for more details as they emerge.


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Spicy Black Bean Cilantro Dip
Note: If you try this recipe, get a grownup's help because it requires using a food processor.
Prep time: 8 minutes
What you need:
- 15-ounce can unsalted, fat-free black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- ¼ cup cilantro
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ cup water
- ½ small jalapeño pepper (optional), ribs and seeds removed
Equipment and supplies:
- Food processor or blender
What to do:
- Place beans, garlic, lemon juice, cilantro, olive oil, water, and jalapeño (if desired) into the bowl of a food processor or blender. Process until smooth, about 5 minutes, stopping halfway through to scrape down the sides.
- Serve with fresh cut-up vegetables — try carrots, broccoli, bell peppers, and celery — for dipping.
How much does this recipe make? 2-4 servings
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Timbre of Timber
Dan Gottwald/Analogous Ensemble
Artist Dan Gottwald describes his Analogous Ensemble as "a group of gracefully formed 'sculptures' made of wood, metal and fiber, with which players interact to produce sound." This isn't the first time he's presented the ensemble locally, but iterations of this work are bound to be pretty darn anomalous. Gottwald explains that the sculptures' forms enhance focus on the visual and tactile nature of the whole's parts. The ensemble's free improvisation process follows a "loosely designated structure provided by a prose score/narrative evoking the different parts of and ideas associated with a tree." See (and hear) the forest for the trees at The Tannex (1417 Fourth Street SW) on tonight. The aural arboreal happening begins at 6 p.m., and the free, all-ages performance ain't over 'til the Log Lady sings—or 8 p.m. Tannex • Sat Jul 20 • 6 pm • $5 • View on Alibi calendar


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Many people think of sleep as a passive activity, but our brains are actually very active during sleep. Moreover, sleep affects our daily functioning and our physical and mental health in many ways.
Nerve-signaling chemicals called neurotransmitters control whether we are asleep or awake by acting on different groups of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain. Neurons in the brainstem, which connects the brain with the spinal cord, produce neurotransmitters such as serotonin and norepinephrine that keep some parts of the brain active while we are awake.
Other neurons at the base of the brain begin signaling when we fall asleep. These neurons appear to "switch off" the signals that keep us awake. Research also suggests that a chemical called adenosine builds up in our blood while we are awake and causes drowsiness. This chemical gradually breaks down while we sleep.
During sleep, we usually pass through five phases of sleep: stages 1, 2, 3, 4, and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. These stages progress in a cycle from stage 1 to REM sleep, then the cycle starts over again with stage 1. We spend almost 50 percent of our total sleep time in stage 2 sleep, about 20 percent in REM sleep, and the remaining 30 percent in the other stages. Infants, by contrast, spend about half of their sleep time in REM sleep.
The first REM sleep period usually occurs about 70 to 90 minutes after we fall asleep. A complete sleep cycle takes 90 to 110 minutes on average. The first sleep cycles each night contain relatively short REM periods and long periods of deep sleep.
As the night progresses, REM sleep periods increase in length while deep sleep decreases. By morning, people spend nearly all their sleep time in stages 1, 2, and REM.
People awakened after sleeping more than a few minutes are usually unable to recall the last few minutes before they fell asleep. This sleep-related form of amnesia is the reason people often forget telephone calls or conversations they've had in the middle of the night. It also explains why we often do not remember our alarms ringing in the morning if we go right back to sleep after turning them off.
We typically spend more than 2 hours each night dreaming. Scientists do not know much about how or why we dream. Sigmund Freud, who greatly influenced the field of psychology, believed dreaming was a "safety valve" for unconscious desires. The strange, illogical experiences we call dreams almost always occur during REM sleep.
REM sleep begins with signals from an area at the base of the brain called the pons These signals travel to a brain region called the thalamus , which relays them to the cerebral cortex - the outer layer of the brain that is responsible for learning, thinking, and organizing information.
The pons also sends signals that shut off neurons in the spinal cord, causing temporary paralysis of the limb muscles. If something interferes with this paralysis, people will begin to physically "act out" their dreams - a rare, dangerous problem called REM sleep behavior disorder.
A person dreaming about a ball game, for example, may run headlong into furniture or blindly strike someone sleeping nearby while trying to catch a ball in the dream.
REM sleep stimulates the brain regions used in learning. Like deep sleep, REM sleep is associated with increased production of proteins. One study found that REM sleep affects learning of certain mental skills. People taught a skill and then deprived of non-REM sleep could recall what they had learned after sleeping, while people deprived of REM sleep could not.
Since sleep and wakefulness are influenced by different neurotransmitter signals in the brain, foods and medicines that change the balance of these signals affect whether we feel alert or drowsy and how well we sleep.
Many people who suffer from insomnia try to solve the problem with alcohol - the so-called night cap. While alcohol does help people fall into light sleep, it also robs them of REM and the deeper, more restorative stages of sleep. Instead, it keeps them in the lighter stages of sleep, from which they can be awakened easily.
People lose some of the ability to regulate their body temperature during REM, so abnormally hot or cold temperatures in the environment can disrupt this stage of sleep.
If our REM sleep is disrupted one night, our bodies don't follow the normal sleep cycle progression the next time we doze off. Instead, we often slip directly into REM sleep and go through extended periods of REM until we "catch up" on this stage of sleep.
People who are under anesthesia or in a coma are often said to be asleep. However, people in these conditions cannot be awakened and do not produce the complex, active brain wave patterns seen in normal sleep. Instead, their brain waves are very slow and weak, sometimes all but undetectable.
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The nVidia drivers in the tree are released by nVidia and are built against the Linux kernel. They contain a binary blob that does the heavy lifting for talking to the card. The drivers consist of two parts, a kernel module, and an X11 driver. Both parts are included in a single package. Due to the way nVidia has been packaging their drivers, you will need to make some choices before you install the drivers.
Newer cards such as the GeForce 400, 300, 200, 100, 9, 8, 7, and 6 series should use the latest drivers.
Older cards such as the GeForce FX 5 series should use the 173.x drivers, such
Old cards such as the GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 series require the 96.x drivers.
For these cards, you should mask
The oldest NV2x-based cards (such as TNT, TNT2, GeForce, and GeForce 2) are no
longer supported by
You can check for driver compatibility for your card at to determine which
driver supports it by viewing the README at its appropriate x86 or x86-64
As mentioned above, the nVidia kernel driver installs and runs against your
current kernel. It builds as a module, so it makes sense that your kernel must
support the loading of kernel modules. If you used
Loadable module support ---> [*] Enable loadable module support
You also need to enable
Processor and Features ---> [*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support
Also, if you have an AGP graphics card, you can optionally enable
Device Drivers ---> Graphics Support ---> -*- /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) --->
Device Drivers ---> Graphics Support ---> <*> Support for frame buffer devices ---> < > nVidia Framebuffer Support < > nVidia Riva support
A framebuffer alternative is
Device Drivers ---> Graphics Support ---> <*> Support for frame buffer devices ---> <*> Userspace VESA VGA graphics support
Or you can try
Device Drivers ---> Graphics Support ---> <*> Support for frame buffer devices ---> [*] VESA VGA graphics support
For more information, you can look up the documentation for your chosen
framebuffer in
First, you'll need to choose the right kernel source using
# eselect kernel list Available kernel symlink targets: [1] linux-2.6.34-gentoo-r1 * [2] linux-2.6.33-gentoo-r2 [3] linux-126.96.36.199
(Verify that the right kernel is marked with an asterisk
In the above output, you'll notice that the
If the symlink is not pointing to the correct sources, you must update the link by selecting the number of your desired kernel sources, as in the example above.
(Select the correct kernel)# eselect kernel set 1
Now it's time to install the drivers. You can do this by first following the
Once the installation has finished, run
# lsmod | grep nvidia && rmmod nvidia # modprobe nvidia
To prevent you having to manually load the module on every bootup, you probably
want to have this done automatically each time you boot your system, so edit
Once the appropriate drivers are installed you need to configure your X Server
to use the
Section "Device" Identifier "nVidia Inc. GeForce2" Driver "nvidia" VideoRam 65536 EndSection
Then go to the
Section "Module"
(...)# Load "dri" Load "glx" (...)EndSection
Next, in section
Section "Screen"
(...)DefaultDepth 16 Subsection "Display" (...)EndSection
# eselect opengl set nvidia
You have to add your user to the
# gpasswd -a youruser video
This might not be totally necessary if you aren't using
To test your nVidia card, fire up X and run
$ glxinfo | grep direct direct rendering: Yes
To monitor your FPS, run
Some tools, such as
There are also some applications that use the
Then, run
nVidia also provides you with a settings tool. This tool allows you to monitor
and change graphical settings without restarting the X server and is available
through Portage as
If you are having troubles with the nVidia 2D acceleration it is likely that
you are unable to set up a write-combining range with MTRR. To verify, check
the contents of
# cat /proc/mtrr
Every line should contain "write-back" or "write-combining". If you see a line with "uncachable" in it you will need to change a BIOS setting to fix this.
Reboot and enter the BIOS, then find the MTRR settings (probably under "CPU Settings"). Change the setting from "continuous" to "discrete" and boot back into Linux. You will now find out that there is no "uncachable" entry anymore and 2D acceleration now works without any glitches.
This usually occurs when you don't have a matching video card. Make sure that
you have an nVidia-powered graphical card (you can double-check this using
If you are confident that you have an nVidia card, check your BIOS and see if
the directive
The nVidia driver package also comes with comprehensive documentation. This is
installed into
$ less /usr/share/doc/nvidia-drivers-*/README.gz
(Edit /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf in your favourite editor)# nano -w /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf (Update module information)# update-modules (Unload the nvidia module...)# modprobe -r nvidia (...and load it once again)# modprobe nvidia
The GLX layer also has a plethora of options which can be configured. These control the configuration of TV out, dual displays, monitor frequency detection, etc. Again, all of the available options are detailed in the documentation.
If you wish to use any of these options, you need to list them in the relevant
Device section of your X config file (usually
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Robert J. Meyer, 89
Robert J. Meyer, 89 of 409 N. Main St., Botkins, passed away at 6:15 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2013 at his home.
He was born on April 27, 1924 in Minster, the son of the late Frank and Mary (Schmitmeyer) Meyer.
On Feb. 8, 1947, Bob married Florentine C. Eyink who survives in Botkins. He is also survived by his children, Ron and Diane Meyer, Botkins; Shirley and Nick Baldwin, Cleveland; Dan and Dawn Meyer, Botkins; Mary Lou and Lee Pitts, Botkins; Lucy Meyer, San Diego, Calif.; Pat and Anna Meyer, Botkins; Robert A. "Bobby" and Sharon Meyer, Botkins; 24 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren with two more on the way.
He is also survived by brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. He was preceded in death by sisters and brothers-in-law.
He served during World War II in the Merchant Marines.
Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Botkins with the Rev. Pat Sloneker celebrant.
Burial will be in Immaculate Conception Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, in Minster from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Memorial donations may be made to Shelby County Right to Life, Immaculate Conception Church Cemetery and the Botkins Young Farmers Scholarship Fund.
Condolences may be left at HogenkampFH.com.


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This class will show how to build relationships through networking, foster partnerships in business, and get "buy in" from business acquaintances. To preregister, visit jobmap.queenslibrary.org or for more information, call 718-990-8625. The class code is JR310.
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Free computer access is available at all the libraries.
The Central Library in Jamaica has:
The Central Library @ Queens Library contains nearly one million volumes of materials in comprehensive subject collections, and more than 800 titles of academic and professional journals and magazines, as well as professional indices and abstracts. For more information, see:
| Child Care / Preschools
Community Board
Community Organizations & Services
Fire Department
Local Hospitals
Local Newspapers
| Parks and Playgrounds
Police Department
Post Office
Private / Parochial Schools
Public Elementary Schools
Public High Schools
| Senior Centers
Elected Officials
Special Services
|Child Care / Preschools
A Special Place for Kids
89-14 163rd St
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 739-1601
Afro American Parents Day Care Center Incorporated
117-16 Sutphin Blvd
Jamaica NY , 11434
phone: (718) 322-2030
All My Children Day Care
175-44 Mayfield Rd
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 658-1563
All Our Children Family Daycare
148-07 111th Ave
Jamaica NY , 11435
phone: (718) 739-5930
Early Sunrise Daycare
187-08 Hillside Ave
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 736-9064
Head Start
161-06 89th Ave
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 523-1888
Kids Circle Daycare
164-04 Goethals Ave
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 380-1280
Queens Child Guidance Center
161-06 89th Ave
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 558-8657
Sensational Kids Incorporated
176-21 Wexford Terrace
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 883-0851
Allen Christian Pre-School
114-32 Merrick Blvd.
Jamaica NY , 11434
Gil-Blu Nursery - Kindergarten
120-02 Merrick Blvd
Jamaica NY , 11434
Kids Porta Bright Horizon Center
Bldg 350 JFK Airport
Jamaica NY , 11430
Little Flowers Early Childhood
23410 Merrick Blvd
Jamaica NY , 11422
Rochdale Village Nursery & Kindergarten
170-30 130th Ave
Jamaica NY , 11434
Treehouse Day Nursery
168-40 127 Ave
Jamaica NY , 11434
|Community Board
Community Board District #12
90-28 161st Street
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 658-3308
fax: (718) 739-6997
|Community Organizations & Services
Greater Jamaica Development Corporation
90-04 161st Street
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 291-0282
fax: (718) 658-1405
Jamaica Chamber of Commerce
90-25 161st Street, Suite 505
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 657-4800
Jamaica Business Development Center
90-33 160th Street
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 206-2255
fax: (718) 206-3693
Community Mediation Group
89-64 163rd Street
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 523-6868
BFFY Jamaica Family Youth Center
90-11 160th St
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 526-5151
Jamaica Center for the Arts and Learning
161-04 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 658-7400
York College Performing Arts Center
94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd.
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 262-3750
King Manor Museum
King Park, 153rd Street and Jamaica Ave.
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 206-0545
fax: (718) 206-0541
Afrikan Poetry Theatre
176-03 Jamaica Ave.
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 523-3312
Black Spectrum TheatreRoy Wilkens Park
177th St. & Baisley Blvd.
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 723-1800
Chung-Cheng Art Gallery St. John's University Visual Arts
Sun Yat Sen Hall
Jamaica NY , 11439
phone: (718) 990-6583
fax: (718) 990-1881
|Fire Department
Engine 275, Battalion 50:
111-36 Merrick Blvd.
Engine 298, Battalion 50:
153-11 Hillside Ave.
Engine 315, Battalion 50:
Engine 315, Battalion 50:
Engine 315, Ladder 125, Battalion 50:
159-06 Union Tpke.
Ladder 127, Battalion 50:
153-11 Hillside Ave.
|Local Hospitals
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
8900 Van Wyck Expressway
Jamaica NY , 11418
phone: (718) 206-6000
Queens Hospital Center
82-70 One Hundred Sixty-Fourth Street
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 883-3000
|Local Newspapers
Jamaica Times
Queens Chronicle
Queens Tribune
|Parks and Playgrounds
Rufus King Park
Jamaica Avenue from 150th to 153rd Street
Major Mark Park
Hillside Avenue, from 173rd to 175th Street
Captain Tilly Memorial Park
Bordered by Highland Ave, Upland Pkwy, Gothic Pkwy
Harvard Playground
179th Place, north of Jamaica Ave
|Police Department
103rd Precinct
168-02 Police Officer Edward Byrne Avenue
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 657-8181
|Post Office
Jamaica Post Office
88-40 164th Street
Jamaica NY , 11432-9997
phone: (718) 990-1090
|Private / Parochial Schools
Allen Christian School
171-10 Linden Blvd
Jamaica NY , 11434
Archbisop Molloy High School
83-53 Manton Street
Jamaica NY , 11435
Bethel Mission Junior Academy
10615 154th St
Jamaica NY , 11433
Ideal Montessori School
87-41 165th St
Jamaica NY , 11432
Immaculate Conception School
179-14 Dalny Road
Jamaica NY , 11432
Jamaica Day School of St Demet
84 35 152nd St
Jamaica NY , 11432
Jamaica Montessori
90-01 Merrick Blvd
Jamaica NY , 11432
Jamaica Seventh-day Adventist Busy Bee Learning
88-28 163rd St
Jamaica NY , 11432
New Dawn Elementary School
90-34 161st Street
Jamaica NY , 11432
Nativity B V M School
92nd St & Rockaway Blvd
Jamaica NY , 11416
St Clement Pope School
120-27 141st Street
Jamaica NY , 11436
St Peter Claver School
149-18 Jamaica Ave
Jamaica NY , 11435
St Nicholas of Tolentine School
80-22 Parsons Blvd
Jamaica NY , 11432-1096
The Mary Louis Academy
176-21 Wexford Terrace
Jamaica NY , 11432
United Nations International School
173-53 Croydon Road
Jamaica NY , 11432
|Public Elementary Schools
PS 086 Queens (Q086)
87-41 Parsons Blvd
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 291-6264
fax: (718) 297-0298
PS 131 Abigail Adams (Q131)
170-45 84 Avenue
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 739-4229
fax: (718) 658-5690
PS 095 Eastwood (Q095)
179-01 90 Avenue
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 739-0007
fax: (718) 658-5271
|Public High Schools
Hillcrest High School (Q505)
160-05 Highland Avenue
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 658-5407
fax: (718) 739-5137
Jamaica High School (Q470)
167-01 Gothic Drive
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 739-5942
fax: (718) 739-4826
Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School (Q620)
165-65 84th Avenue
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 297-6580
fax: (718) 658-0365
Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School (Q680)
60-20 Goethals Avenue
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 969-3115
fax: (718) 969-3552
|Senior Centers
Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults, Inc.
162-04 Jamaica Ave.,
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 657-6500
fax: (718) 523-7746
Robert Couche Senior Center
137-57 Farmers Blvd
Jamaica NY , 11434
phone: (718) 978-8352
Senior Citizens Center
123-10 143rd St
Jamaica NY , 11436
phone: (718) 657-6500
Senior Citizens Center
166-01 Linden Blvd
Jamaica NY , 11434
phone: (718) 658-0980
|Elected Officials
|NYC Council
Hon. I. Daneek Miller
District Office 172-12 Linden Boulevard
St. Albans NY, 11434
phone: (718) 776-3700
fax: (718) 487-3580
Manhattan Office 250 Broadway, Suite 1810
New York NY , 10007
phone: (212) 788-7084
fax: (212) 788-7093
|NYS Assembly
Hon. Alicia Hyndman
District Office 232-06A Merrick Boulevard
Jamaica NY, 11413
phone: (718) 723-5412
fax: (718) 723-5465
Albany Office LOB, Room 820
Albany NY, 12248
phone: (518) 455-4451
fax: (518) 455-5522
|NYS Senate
Hon. Tony Avella
District Office 38-50 Bell Boulevard, Suite C
Bayside NY, 11361
phone: (718) 357-3094
fax: (718) 357-3491
Albany Office Room 902, Legislative Office Building
Albany NY, 12247
phone: (518) 455-2210
fax: (518) 426-6736
|US Congress
Hon. Gregory W. Meeks
District Office 153-01 Jamaica Ave., Suite 204
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 725-6000
fax: (718) 725-9868
Legislative Office 2234 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington DC, 20516
phone: (202) 225-3461
fax: (202) 226-4169
|Boro President
Hon. Melinda Katz
Hon. Bill de Blasio
Community History
Jamaica was a former town and capital of Queens County. The first European settlers were probably New Englanders from Hempstead. They were granted a patent by Peter Stuyvesant, governor of New Netherland, on March 21, 1656. The settlement was initially called Rusdorf. After the English conquest in 1664 the name was changed to Jameco, after the Indians who were the earliest inhabitants of the area. In 1680, the present name was adopted.
On May 17, 1686, New York governor Thomas Dongan issued a charter to the landowners of Jamaica. The Dongan Charter consolidated the various hamlets into the town of Jamaica and set its boundaries. (The Dongan Charter is on display in the Long Island Division of the Central Library.)
In 1702 Jamaica briefly served as the capital of the New York Colony during a Yellow Fever outbreak in Manhattan.
Important to the history of Jamaica is Prospect Cemetery. The cemetery, which is the oldest cemetery in Queens, dates back to 1668 and includes the graves of some of the earliest inhabitants of Jamaica.
Two of Jamaica's important landmarks are King Manor and Grace Episcopal Church. King Manor is named after Rufus King, a Massachusetts delegate to the Continental Congress, one of the two first New York Senators to Congress, a diplomat, and anti-slavery advocate. Grace Church was founded in 1702 and served as the official church of the British colonial government during the Revolutionary War. Rufus King is among those buried in the Church's graveyard.
In 1898 Queens became part of the City of New York of which Jamaica was the county seat.
Jamaica owes its strength as a major shopping area to transportation. Jamaica Avenue was once a toll road between the ferry in Brooklyn and Hempstead. The Long Island Rail Road in Jamaica developed into a major hub. King Kullen, the first self service supermarket in the U.S., opened on Jamaica Avenue in 1930. In the 1960s, interest in Jamaica as a major shopping district began to decline. However, in recent years there has been a coordinated effort, through the work of the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, to revitalize Jamaica.
Library History
The first Central Library was located on Parsons Boulevard. It opened in 1930 and was expanded with WPA funds in 1941. The current building on Merrick Boulevard was dedicated on April 11, 1966. The new building was the result of the unwavering efforts of Library Director Harold Tucker. It was designed by the architects York & Sawyer, Kiff, Colean, Voss and Souder. The new Central Library was the first major branch of an urban library to place all public services on one floor. The library cost $5,700,000 and contained 195,000 square feet of floor space. The library was renovated and expanded in 1989. Additional renovation and expansion has begun and is expected to be completed in the next few years, and will include the new Children's Library and Discovery Center.
The Queens Library's online catalog, InfoLinQ (Information online at Queens Library) was unveiled at the Central Library in October 1993. In January 1999 the Cyber Center opened at the Central Library. The Cyber Center has 48 computers for customer use, allowing access to the Internet and word processing. The Cyber Center, along with additional computers in the library, has helped to close the gap between the technology "haves" and "have-nots."
"Libraries" by Phyllis Dan in The Encyclopedia of New York City.
Lighting the Way: The Centennial History of the Queens Borough Public Library 1896-1996 by Jeffrey A. Kroessler.
Suggested Reading on Jamaica's History (available at the Central Library)
"Jamaica" by Vincent Seyfried in The Encyclopedia of New York City.
The Origin and History of Grace Church, Jamaica, New York by Horatio Oliver Ladd.
Recollections of Old Jamaica: 1655-1887.
Records of the Town of Jamaica Long Island: 1656-1751 edited by Josephine C. Frost.
Queens Poet Laureate 2007 – 2010
The Queens Borough President's Office has announced the Fourth Poet Laureate to serve from 2007 to 2010:
Julio Marzan
Queens Poet Laureate
An honorary position, the Queens Poet Laureate promotes an appreciation of poetry throughout the borough and writes poetry that is inspired by, or relate to, the borough of Queens.
To learn more about the Queens Poet Laureate, go to http://www.queensbp.org/content_web/cultural_affairs


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Editors' Picks — Autumn Pie
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