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State Sen. James Holzapfel, a Republican and former prosecutor, introduced the bill allowing the warrantless search if officers have "reasonable grounds" to believe the law was broken.
"Think about it: The chances of the cop witnessing the accident are slim to none," Holzapfel told the Star-Ledger. "He's dispatched, and by the time he gets there — unless they're unconscious and the phone is in their hands, or some passenger says they were on the phone — then he's got to do what? Subpoena the service to see if the phone was actively used or not?"
The bill has drawn fire from the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, which has called it problematic and "susceptible to a constitutional challenge" as violating a driver's Fourth Amendment privacy rights.
Boston @ 6/11/2013 4:13 PM
What! You mean your not telling your children that the black box installed in all the cars by the auto maufacturers can pick up the signal from your cell phone and record date, time and type phone in use while the vehicle is moving. C'mon man!
NJmotorcop @ 6/12/2013 5:24 PM
Aside from the obvious Constitutional issues, how many cops will know enough about each of the hundreds of phones on the market to be able to do such a search? FYI - Talking isn't illegal here (yet), only texting is. If he really wants to solve the problem he should make the service providers disable texting on phones that are not stationary. This would require only a few changes to the service provider's computer program and would prevent the collision in the first place instead of assigning blame after the damage is already done. I don't care about the inconvenience to passengers in the car or on a bus, its a negligible price to pay.


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I loaned my PS3 to a friend just so he can rent and play the game. I highly recommended it to him.
Wow, good luck. I think they they have a guide out for Heavy Rain because of spoilers and they want people to discover for themselves the consequences and rewards for actions.
I really hope Quantic Dream will release another game like Heavy Rain.Not a sequel mind you. I think Heavy Rain is a decent game that should stand alone without any sequels.But another game, with the same mechanics, different characters, and different mystery would be great!
Shall I create a Heavy Rain *SPOILERS* thread so we can openly discuss the game?
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I am tying to change the default blue color on Incarnation's calendar template. After searching through the css files for the template and the config-events-calendar folders, I'm stuck.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I am trying to change background colors for the Event List & Calendar buttons, the column header backgrounds, and the day header background.
Thank you!
Hi cavanaughb,
You can use Chrome's inspect element tool to pick out the css selectors for the items you want to modify and add that css to the quick css or custom.css file. The same can be done with Firebug for Firefox ex: https://kriesi.at/support/topic/ (Purchase code hidden if logged out) -users
For example, Try adding the following CSS to your Quick CSS (located under the Styling Tab in the theme options) or the custom.css file in the css folder of your theme files:
#top .tribe-events-calendar th {
background-color: #F00;
border: 1px solid #F00;
color: #fff;
This will change the days of the week background color, border and text color.
The following will change the current day highlight color:
#top .tribe-events-calendar th {
background-color: #F00;
border: 1px solid #F00;
color: #fff;
and for the button:
#top .main_color .tribe-events-calendar-buttons a.tribe-events-button-on {
background: #F00;
color: #fff;
Hi Devin,
Is there a way to change the background color of the current day? I think the code examples above are the same for the days of the week, etc.
Thank you!
After some more testing, I believe I found the solution. If anyone else is interested, here is the code I used:
#top .tribe-events-calendar .tribe-events-present .tribe-events-event{
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When Liz moved in next door after her divorce I was immediately interested. Partly because I wondered if the old story about newly divorced women was true-that they became very selfish about sex and therefore would be really hot in bed....' Fuck ME! Do this ...do that'
Liz however wasn't that responsive to my flirty and at times suggestive overtures, we did get friendly though and would go to each others houses for coffee every day.
So, this particular day I had gone to her house and it was clear she was having a hectic morning. The place was far from tidy and Liz was embarrassed that she was out of milk. I offered my place but she said no, it was her turn. She said she would go to the store and be back in about 20 minutes.
So I mooches around. There was a pile of laundry on the kitchen floor. Did I look for panties? Hell yeah. Not that I had to look far. There was a sweet little pair of pale blue panties right on top, and inside, they were quite obviously freshly worn.
So, one grab at a piece of kitchen roll later, I was masturbating smelling the most intoxicating scent. It was fresh, sweet and it didn't take me long to cum.
I disposed of the kitchen roll and dropped the panties back on top of the pile.
Liz returned a few minutes later. She made the drinks then sat on a kitchen stool and surveyed the chaos in the room.
Almost immediately she glanced at the pile of laundry!
She blushed a deep red. But what she said next blew my mind.
'I'm sorry about the panties. I've told Karen time and time again not to just dump her underwear on the pile.'
Karen is Liz's 15 year old daughter!
We chatted on....I said something about kids do stuff for shock value.....Liz said Karen has been behaving in an overtly sexual way lately..... I said, well, we all need to get off from time to time....
The next thing I knew Liz was sitting on my lap with my hand travelling up between her legs!
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CASTLE ROCK –Revealing Politics blogger and former Observer contributor Devan Crean reports she was followed to her car by a visibly flustered DougCo school board candidate, Julie Keim, on Monday evening.
According to Crean, Keim was "not happy" about her recording the candidate's public appearances.
Ironically, the the AFL-CIO backed slate of candidates has expressed their distaste for the tracker who's been filming their public appearances – at a viewing of a documentary that intricately detailed the actions and lives of their opponents.
Then, Keim complained via Facebook that she "wanted the whole tape so that I could show if anything was used out of context."
That too is ironic, given that one of Keim's fellow candidates on the union-endorsed slate, Ronda Scholting, recently came under fire for selectively editing an interview between her opponent Meghann Silverthorn and 850 KOA radio host Mike Rosen to manufacture a fake sound byte she then attributed to Silverthorn.
To create the doctored chop-audio ad, Scholting deleted nearly two minutes of the interview, something she did not disclose when she released the campaign video last month.
Scholting later removed the video from her Facebook page under intense criticism.
At the candidate forum following a September 30 viewing of "The Reformers" – an agenda-driven film critical of changes implemented by the reform-minded school board over the past four years – Julie Keim and Bill Hodges stayed afterwards as part of an informal candidate forum.
After the Q&A session, Crean left the event to return to her car, only to find that Keim was "running after me" saying, "[y]ou do not have my or Bill's consent to film."
"You can and will provide a full copy and if you do not I will speak with an attorney…you've been doing this a lot lately, and I am not happy about it" Keim reportedly said.
Critics of the union-backed slate of candidates have accused Keim of trying to stifle basic first amendment freedoms.
According to Crean, the event was open to the public and no one stopped her from attending the viewing.
In response to a request for comment, Keim said she "asked the individual for a copy of the video" and "respects everyone's first amendment right."
"It was my understanding that it was a private event and not a public forum," Keim noted in a lengthy Facebook response. "It is my right to tell you that I do not authorize you to use my image or audio. It is your right to ignore my request."
Political observers remain skeptical of what Keim is hiding at "private [events]."
Keim will face off against Judi Reynolds for the District D seat on November 5.


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Q. Please do a focus on natural remedy to cure Disease TB, infection in chest area, especially in Old-aged person. What could be eaten to boost immunity so as to ward off the infection?
As far as boosting the immune system.... I see all kinds of fruit.. oranges, grapefruit, limes.. and they are all citrus based. Then I see an image of a kid chewing on the rind, but spitting out the inner juicy part as if all the nutrition is in the peel and not the sweet part in the middle. (Is is possible to juice or grind the rind and eat it?).
The last image I get is someone putting something on the bottom on their feet (it is greasy and I want to say coconut oil) and wrapping their feet in saran wrap. I get the impression that the person is hot (at least their feet are) and in a sense sweating something out of their feet.
Q. Are radiation based devices like Cellphone,Microwave,Wi-fi,etc. a real threat to health? How can we avoid all those?
A. They are not generally good for anyone, however I see some people are very sensitive, and these waves can trigger certain autoimmune responses that are not desirable. It would be difficult to avoid the waves (unless you geographically remove yourself) but you can try to manage the effects.
I see two things happening. For sensitive people these waves interfere with the way your nervous system works. In effect short circuiting some the natural flow and creating issues that way. I see this image often (twice yesterday!), and I see it again now, but a form of oil (could be fish, omega 3 fatty acid, etc.. depending on your body and what feels right for you) can help to minimize these effects. I always see this the same way- healthy oils to a person is like oil in a car, lubricating and soothing to the system.
The second thing I see is that they waves can mutate cells or cause some kind of free radical in the system. In my mind I see a constant detoxifying process going on (especially in areas where these elements are high). to rid yourself of the free radicals or toxic buildup. I see your body tries to naturally purge the results of the waves, but potassium (I get the image of bananas) can really help with this. I also see people drinking huge amounts of clean (no fluoride, chlorine, etc) water to flush their systems out.
Q. What is the most effective thing you see that can either be ingested or applied to scalp to support regrowth or prevent further hair loss?
A. I see a few things with this. I see a fruit that is green on the inside, and the guts look mushy, has an oily residue with black seeds on the inside. It looks like a kiwi, but that word doesn't "feel" like the name. I see a map of South American, and feel like this fruit is grown in the northeastern part. I also want to say that it starts with the letter "G" or "Gu". I see people making smoothies and drinking them, and also applying the oily inside to the scalp as a lotion. I haven't researched what this fruit may be, but I am hopeful the person asking may know or someone can help to expand on what that may be.
Q. What is your take on ADHD? Is this for real or pharma invented to push ritalin on kids, or maybe a little genetic and exaggerated? Thanks
A. I first get that there is a time and a place for pharmaceuticals, however, most things can be treated by looking at the environment. I get that a lot of ADHD is food related. There are a lot of things added to food, and people have various sensitivities. To some, it isn't as evident, but others, especially growing children, it can make a big difference. Artificial sweeteners are one of the worst (is the message I am hearing), and food dyes (I see Easter egg coloring pellets) are also up there. For kids experiencing ADHD, it looks to me that if parents really monitored what food there were putting into their body they may realize that it is an allergy or sensitivity for a certain ingredient causing their behavior or attention issues.
This is a real problem, but can be managed (many times). I also get that there is no money to be made by telling parents to eliminate certain chemicals from a child's diet, and it is also requires a lot of effort to pinpoint what the sensitivity is to. It is much easier to provide a pill, and the pharmaceutical companies make a lot of money off of it.
Q. I have never believed the idea that AIDS came from Africans that had sex with monkeys. I'm suspicious that it was a man-made virus created to decrease certain populations. In the 80's AIDS hit the gay community extremely hard. If the powers-that-be did in fact infect homosexual men to decrease their numbers, why are the powers that-be-today doing everything possible to encourage homosexual activity?
A. I see AIDS as being created as the result of humans being tested for various immunizations. I get that during the various stages of developing a vaccine they tested the vaccine on Africans... which started the onset of AIDS. I do not see that Africans had sex with monkeys, but what I do see is that monkey DNA was a component of the immunization... which infected monkeys transferred their AIDS disease to humans. They didn't intentionally make AIDs, but it was a side effect of negligence.
I also get that when the Africans were infected, there was a time delay between the vaccine and the onset of symptoms, making people think that this vaccine was safe and ok for use. They made a premature judgement before using it on the US population. I also get that as people got the illness it took them a long time to specifically determine the exact modes of how it was transferred to another person.
This immunization was put into population dense areas.. and I sense a negativity about it as if it was intentionally (after realizing the results) released in geographic zones that had a high homosexual culture.. Both heterosexual and homosexuals contracted it, but the homosexual population was very much adversely effected. Then I get this feeling of fear and uncertainty, and actually see a gentleman walking and this target is following him as he keeps looking over his shoulder.
I then get a final message to be cautious of all these Shingles vaccines.. I get that some of these "batches" may be off and not tested as well as what they should be. (??)
The following are links to readings I did concerning cancer. You may also find these interesting:
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Nina Shields 8/18/2006 8:07:49 AMJeremy, you have been missed; great to get to see your wonderful work again; I love the variety in your galley but don't have time to leave individual comments right now; beautiful color and lighting in this powerful image! #505662
Tammy M. Richards 8/18/2006 2:50:06 PMBeautiful work, Jeremy! :) #3182321
Ken Smith 8/19/2006 6:42:35 AMGreat silhouette against the beautiful sky. Outstanding!! #3184725
Dennis Flanagan 9/26/2006 6:01:12 PMWTG Jeremy. Well deserved. #3366796
KV Day 9/26/2006 9:13:33 PMWonderful shot, has a old age feel to it, nice job. Congrats! #3369085
Roger Bernabo 9/26/2006 9:17:03 PMA super silhouetted image Jeremy and Congratulations on your wonderful Finalist image!! #3369124
She-She Killough 9/26/2006 9:18:22 PMLove this....such warm vibrant color and the plane is compositionally perfect. GOod job! Congrats!! #3369138
Cathy Barrows 9/27/2006 3:33:04 AMflygirl gives you 2 thumbs up...stunning sunset with the perfect addition of the plane #3370753
Tammy Scott 9/27/2006 3:41:12 AMFantastic image and color. Congratulations on a wonderful finalist #3370794
Darren K. Fisher 9/27/2006 3:43:18 AMWOW congrats on a well deserved finalist. That c-130 really made this shot for you. Great placement and gorgeous colors. #3370805
Linda D. Lester 9/27/2006 4:45:30 AMWOW!! AWESOME...congratulations! #3371210
Shelly A. Van Camp 9/27/2006 6:09:28 AMWow, this is so beautiful! Great colors and love the C-130!! Having a husband in the military, I sure can appreciate this!! Great job and Congrats!!!! #3371702
Shelly A. Van Camp 9/27/2006 6:09:35 AMWow, this is so beautiful! Great colors and love the C-130!! Having a husband in the military, I sure can appreciate this!! Great job and Congrats!!!! #3371704
Jeremy Henderson 9/27/2006 6:44:33 AMThank you everyone for your kind comments. #3372035
Ken Smith 9/27/2006 2:09:17 PMJermy, way to go!! #3374799
Carla Metzler 9/27/2006 4:08:59 PMCongratulations on this wonderful finalist! Beautiful color and silhouette capture, Jeremy. #3375477
Crossroad Photography 9/27/2006 10:18:52 PMWOW! Amazing image! Congratulations on your beautiful finalist! #3377048
Bobbie Davis 9/30/2006 9:37:14 AMGREAT finalist Jeremy!!! #3390446
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Even though New England has been diagnosed with a widespread case of Stanley Cup Fever, there's still a little football to discuss, so let's get cracking with this week's Two-Minute Drill.
1. Some have speculated Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor would enter his name into the NFL's supplemental draft if it takes place this summer. To be blunt, I think that would be a terrible decision on Pryor's part.
2. First and foremost, I don't think Pryor will be a good NFL quarterback because of his accuracy and game management as a passer. He can outrun defenses in the Big Ten, but that won't fly in the pros.
3. Adding to that, I'm not even sure if Pryor will have an opportunity to play quarterback in the NFL. The 6-foot-6, 233-pounder would be better suited as a wide receiver or a tight end in the mold of Aaron Hernandez.
4. Aside from the uncertainty of Pryor's NFL position, teams will really want to know if he's mature enough to handle life in the pros. After all, it was reported that he has driven as many as eight cars during his three years at Ohio State. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
5. Therefore, NFL teams might prefer to see Pryor play out his suspension, come back and be more of a leader. It would show some accountability, and he wouldn't be running away from his problems.
6. Plus, Pryor would benefit from going through the entire pre-draft process from the Senior Bowl (if invited) to the combine and his pro day. It would give teams the chance to put him through a full string of workouts at each position, and it would seem impossible for them not to fall in love with his athleticism and physicality.
7. Add to that, it would give Pryor a chance to adapt to the team's program with a full offseason of workouts. With the supplemental draft and the lockout, Pryor would lose the chance to run through a regimented NFL offseason program. (Obviously, I'm assuming everything returns to normal in 2012.)
8. It would be easy for teams to pass on Pryor in the supplemental draft because there's so little hoopla. Pryor's stock might actually get elevated in the real draft due to the hype factor. Plus, it will be harder for a team to market the Pryor pick in the supplemental draft because that team will be sacrificing a pick in next April's draft.
9. I think it's pretty cool that Lions head coach Jim Schwartz is actively seeking a nickname for his new-look defensive line. Lions is giving away an autographed football to the fan with the best suggestion.
10. Rex Ryan wrote in his book, "Play Like You Mean It," that Bill Belichick called free agent Jason Taylor every day last offseason while trying to sign him before the Jets landed him. It was believed that Belichick was interested in Taylor, but I don't think anyone realized it went to that extent.
11. If you haven't read about this interview with former Eagles wide receiver Freddie Mitchell, it's time to get on that.
12. The premise of the conversation surrounded some advice Mitchell had for Philly quarterback Kevin Kolb, who wants to get traded so he can start somewhere. Apparently, Eagles head coach Andy Reid told Kolb he would look out for the player's best interests, and Mitchell scoffed at that notion.
13. Mitchell was probably right. Reid should — and probably will — look out for the Eagles' best interests first and Kolb's second. Reid's responsibility is to win, and if he doesn't, he'll be out of a job. Fair enough, everyone can agree on that.
14. But the best part came when Mitchell related his situation to Kolb's. Mitchell said Reid told him the same thing when he asked for a trade back in the day because Mitchell "can't eat off 12 catches a year." Mitchell said he had a personal problem with Donovan McNabb, who Mitchell alleged wouldn't throw him the ball. Then, when Mitchell requested a trade, he said Reid put too high of a price tag on him, which in turn ruined his trade value.
15. Mitchell probably ate just fine after he was drafted in the first round in 2001, but his trade value wasn't sabotaged by Reid and McNabb. It probably had more to do with his weird outfits, public trash-talking episodes and 90 catches in four NFL seasons.
16. Is it just me, or does McNabb find himself at the center of more stories that he has nothing to do with than anyone else? And if so, what does that mean?
17. This note is only getting in here because the lockout has sucked the life out of NFL storylines, but two of my friends thought they had a genius argument that I thought was pretty dumb. Their question: If your favorite team could have a punter who punted the ball 80 yards every single time, no matter the situation, would you want that player? Keep in mind. He's only a punter and can't do anything else. And there's no variation on the distance, either. It's 80 yards with a perfect trajectory that wouldn't allow a return, so you don't have to worry about kicking it past your coverage.
18. I think the player would be a waste because he's only valuable if you're inside your own 20, and you'd also need to carry a second punter for other situations. No head coach would really want to carry two punters, and I shot down their idea. Again, blame the lockout if you want the last 30 seconds of your life back.
19. If you want to see Tom Brady on an actual football field, you can sign up for tickets to see the Best Buddies Challenge on Friday at Harvard Stadium. Brady will play quarterback in a flag football game.
20. I'll be on Canucks duty during the Stanley Cup Final, so keep an eye out for that. And I do have a background in hockey — having covered Hockey East for six seasons — so I won't be a complete fish out of water. It should be a fun experience.
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Building a new castle with Xavier Van Honsebrouck
Author: Erik Verdonck / Published: 2015-03-16 08:31:47 +0100 / Last Updated: almost 3 years ago
INGELMUNSTER/IZEGEM There isn't much that remains hidden from the all-seeing eye of the webcam. The computer screen shows us a team of labourers busy installing the glass wall of a new brewing hall.
Castle Brewery Van Honsebrouck's new brewery is taking shape in record time. Barely 2 kilometres from the existing brewery, a brand new complex is arising, spreading out over 7.5 hectares.
It won't be long, only a few months at the most, before the current site in the heart of Ingelmunster will be consigned to the past. All of the brewing activities will then move to the new site in nearby Izegem.
"But still located on Ingelmunsterstraat, the road to Ingelmunster," Xavier Van Honsebrouck, the brewery's owner, insists.
"We are not cutting the umbilical cord. We have remained close to our village as we really did not want to spread our wings too far."
This story started quite some time ago. "In 2005 the brewery's Board of Directors approved investments in buildings and machinery to the tune of €11 million," Xavier tells us. "At the time I had already proposed considering a different location as, even then, space was running out, but my suggestion was turned down politely."
A Long-term View
"In the meantime, we continued to grow year on year and space was at even more of a premium. We had to find external storage space here, there and everywhere."
"Our old site had its limitations: there was no room for a dedicated water purification facility, trucks driving on and off through the centre of the village were a bit of a nuisance, etc."
In 2008 Xavier became a member of the board with management responsibilities, and two years after that, he took over the company as CEO.
Straight away he took up from where he had left off with his relocation plans. "I take the long-term view," he continues.
"Where do we get the highest return from our investment? Should we go for a site with limited space? In that case, logistics could be concentrated in a different site."
"Another option was to move the entire brewing operation to one single location covering between 4.5 and 5 hectares. Sites like that, however, are very few and far between in this area."
Xavier asked his number-crunchers to work it all out. And once his plans had proved feasible, he jumped on the train. A quest taking many months led him to a site formerly occupied by a chair factory, covering 7.5 hectares and no more than a stone's throw from the old brewery. And the rest will soon be history.
Thinking Local / Going Global
"The new brewery took shape in my head after a visit to the Munich Brewing Fair in 2013," Xavier tells us. "It made me realise that I did not want to go for an industrial brewery. Rather, I wanted a family brewery but with the latest technology."
"There is a definite trend towards this type of local brewery. You can also see it with the large market players."
"They no longer swear by one central location in each country. When they take over smaller local breweries they tend to retain and strengthen them."
"This helps give people a sense that they are drinking a 'beer from here'. In addition, it has proved a more efficient formula than trying to supply an entire country from one central distribution point."
Head Brewer Hans Mehuys joins the discussion: "Soon we will be able to brew a better beer as we have more checkpoints along the way."
"Also, we will be able to work in a very flexible manner, producing batches of anything between 5,000 litres and 12,500 litres. This is why we haven't planned a separate microbrewery, we have incorporated that flexibility anyway."
"Another great innovation is that soon we will have completely separate circuits for, on the one hand, our top-fermented beers (Trignac, Kasteel, Brigand, Filou, Passchendaele) and, on the other hand, our spontaneous and mixed fermentation beers (St-Louis, Bacchus)."
Not Just a Brewery
From June the first test brews will be flowing from the kettles. Between June and November brewing will be shared between the two sites. By the end of November 2016 the entire production – eight brews a day – will be moved to Izegem and the doors of the current brewery will be closed forever.
"We will also make considerable savings on water and energy," Hans adds.
"For example, we will recoup the energy generated by heating the first brew to heat up the kettle for the next one."
If Xavier gets his way the new Castle Brewery will be far more than a beer production facility.
Brewery tours will be conducted and there will be a well-equipped visitors' centre with a brewery café in which to sample the beers. The new site will also be equipped to host corporate events.
So, it is not only the beers that are bubbling here. Plenty of projects are at the fermentation stage.
You can follow the construction of the new brewery on the Van Honsebrouck website.
Izegem will undoubtedly be far more than just a dot on the beer map. Van Honsebrouck is not just building castles in the air.
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- v. Present participle of frontload.
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It seems to me that your frontloading is a positive argument and things like Behe's edge and IC are negative arguments.
In order to decide whether the concept of frontloading is substantive, further research is needed. —
These arguments don't conflict in my view In fact I would venture to guess that Behe would agree that frontloading is a way to get around the problems he brings up.
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Vision Diseases, Disorders & Definitions
B Definitions
Behçet's Disease of the Eye:
Other Names
Behçet's disease is an autoimmune disease that results from damage to blood vessels throughout the body, particularly veins. In an autoimmune disease, the immune system attacks and harms the body's own tissues.What causes Behçet's disease?
The exact cause is unknown. It is believed that an autoimmune reaction may cause blood vessels to become inflamed, but it is not clear what triggers this reaction.What are the symptoms of Behçet's disease?
Behçet's disease affects each person differently. The four most common symptoms are mouth sores, genital sores, inflammation inside of the eye, and skin problems. Inflammation inside of the eye (uveitis, retinitis, and iritis) occurs in more than half of those with Behçet's disease and can cause blurred vision, pain, and redness.
Other symptoms may include arthritis, blood clots, and inflammation in the central nervous system and digestive organs.
Learn more about Behçet's Disease
Bietti's Crystalline Dystrophy:
Other names
Bietti's crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy
Bietti's crystalline dystrophy (BCD) is an inherited eye disease named for Dr. G. B. Bietti, an Italian ophthalmologist, who described three patients with similar symptoms in 1937. The symptoms of BCD include: crystals in the cornea (the clear covering of the eye); yellow, shiny deposits on the retina; and progressive atrophy of the retina, choriocapillaries and choroid (the back layers of the eye). This tends to lead to progressive night blindness and visual field constriction. BCD is a rare disease and appears to be more common in people with Asian ancestry.
People with BCD have crystals in some of their white blood cells (lymphocytes) that can be seen by using an electron microscope. Researchers have been unable to determine exactly what substance makes up these crystalline deposits. Their presence does not appear to harm the patient in any other way except to affect vision.What causes Bietti's Crystalline Dystrophy?
From family studies, we know that BCD is inherited primarily in an autosomal recessive fashion. This means that an affected person receives one nonworking gene from each of his or her parents. A person who inherits a nonworking gene from only one parent will be a carrier, but will not develop the disease. A person with BCD syndrome will pass on one gene to each of his or her children. However, unless the person has children with another carrier of BCD genes, the individual's children are not at risk for developing the disease.
In September 2000, NEI researchers reported that the BCD gene had been localized to chromosome #4. In this region of chromosome #4 there are hundreds of genes. Researchers are now looking for which of the genes in this region of chromosome #4 causes BCD. Finding the gene may shed light on the composition of the crystals found in the corneas of patients with BCD and on what causes the condition.
Learn more about Bietti's Crystalline Dystrophy
Eyeglass lenses that incorporate two different refractive powers in each lens, usually for near and distance corrections.
Binocular vision:
Blending, by the brain, of the separate images seen by each eye into one composite image. Also, explained as the simultaneous use of the two eyes.
Other Names
Granulated eyelids.
Blepharitis is a common condition that causes inflammation of the eyelids. The condition can be difficult to manage because it tends to recur.What causes blepharitis?
Blepharitis occurs in two forms:
Anterior blepharitis affects the outside front of the eyelid, where the eyelashes are attached. The two most common causes of anterior blepharitis are bacteria (Staphylococcus) and scalp dandruff.
Posterior blepharitis affects the inner eyelid (the moist part that makes contact with the eye) and is caused by problems with the oil (meibomian) glands in this part of the eyelid. Two skin disorders can cause this form of blepharitis: acne rosacea, which leads to red and inflamed skin, and scalp dandruff (seborrheic dermatitis).What are the symptoms of blepharitis?
Symptoms of either form of blepharitis include a foreign body or burning sensation, excessive tearing, itching, sensitivity to light (photophobia), red and swollen eyelids, redness of the eye, blurred vision, frothy tears, dry eye, or crusting of the eyelashes on awakening.What other conditions are associated with blepharitis?
Complications from blepharitis include:
- Stye: A red tender bump on the eyelid that is caused by an acute infection of the oil glands of the eyelid.
- Chalazion: This condition can follow the development of a stye. It is a usually painless firm lump caused by inflammation of the oil glands of the eyelid. Chalazion can be painful and red if there is also an infection.
Problems with the tear film: Abnormal or decreased oil secretions that are part of the tear film can result in excess tearing or dry eye. Because tears are necessary to keep the cornea healthy, tear film problems can make people more at risk for corneal infections.
Other Names
Benign essential blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm.
Blepharospasm is an abnormal, involuntary blinking or spasm of the eyelids.What causes Blepharospasm?
Blepharospasm is associated with an abnormal function of the basal ganglion from an unknown cause. The basal ganglion is the part of the brain responsible for controlling the muscles. In rare cases, heredity may play a role in the development of blepharospasm.What are the symptoms of Blepharospasm?
Most people develop blepharospasm without any warning symptoms. It may begin with a gradual increase in blinking or eye irritation. Some people may also experience fatigue, emotional tension, or sensitivity to bright light. As the condition progresses, the symptoms become more frequent, and facial spasms may develop. Blepharospasm may decrease or cease while a person is sleeping or concentrating on a specific task.
Learn more about Blepharospasm
Blind spot:
Sightless area within the visual field of a normal eye. Caused by absence of light-sensitive photoreceptors where the optic nerve enters the eye.
Portions of this page are excerpted from Dictionary of Eye Terminology, copyright 1990-2006 by Barbara Cassin and Triad Communications. Reprinted with permission.
Some of the information above is reprinted from the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, and is for educational purposes only. Superior Vision strongly recommends eye exams as the best way to diagnose eye conditions and learn more about potential vision problems.


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I'm participating in the "Write-A-Thon" to benefit the Clarion Science Fiction Writers Workshop this year. The workshop branch I'm supporting is what I refer to as "Clarion Regular," which is the workshop that was originally founded in Milford, PA by Robin Scott Wilson, and which then moved to Michigan State University, and is now located at the University of California, San Diego. I'm doing this as part of our BVC Clarion effort - and guess what? If you don't already know, Vonda N. McIntyre, who attended the mindblowing Clarion Class of 1970, founded Clarion West!!!
This is like a Walk-A-Thon, only it's a Write-A-Thon. You can pledge a certain amount per-word, or just make a donation in general. The overall goal is $10,000 to be raised for a six week period, which coincides with the current students who are now in their second week of the workshop.
There are 76 of us graduates and friends doing this for Clarion-UCSD - so each of us needs to raise at least $132 to reach the goal. So far everyone is ahead of the game, and I'm late getting started!
I am doing this because I attended the Clarion workshop at MSU in 1984. The story of how I then quit writing for eight years (not immediately afterward, and nothing to do with the workshop) is now pretty famous. As I sit here and type, I still remember those six, so long-ago weeks, as the best six week period of my whole life. I'll probably never be so happy as I was in E. Lansing, Michigan, living in the Soviet-style housing block dorm, eating ketchup-covered pizza, collecting cans to have food and beer money, and crying helplessly and homesick-edly for the brown hills of California. In my mind's eye, I can see the psychotic squirrel who woke me every morning.
I was amazed to discover that the storage boxes of our work that had been kept at MSU in the library dungeon are still in existence! I have two filing cabinets of what are sometimes referred to as "white papers" and in my case, I think I would call them "firestarters" or "recycling opportunities," and those contain some of my Clarion manuscripts, and others of that early 80's vintage. Back then, writers used different tools. Many people wrote longhand, and others used typewriters, and because I was so "rich," I took a $10 yard sale manual typewriter with me to Clarion. Every manuscript (they're indescribably horrible, too) that I wrote at Clarion, and I think I wrote TEN stories or "story-lets" or "story-like" objects, was written on that cheap, rickety, faint-ribbon typewriter. Most people are surprised at my rapid computer typing speed (120 to 140 words a minute), which is similar to speaking. I can do transcription of people who are just talking normally. It isn't that fast to type on a manual typewriter. Point of this being, those of you who play guitar - typing on those old manual typewriters isn't quite like playing guitar, but you do develop typing callouses and those manual typewriter keys start to hurt after a while!
Ah, pain for one's art . . .
Typewriter, squirrel, Harlan, the knit-and-purl critiques. Smoking unfiltered Pall Malls with Glenn Wright out on the step. Watergun fights, craziness, "Gorgo" (my husband Mike, dubbed "Gorgo" by Harlan due to his great height), and . . .
The Blue Bunny.
I have to re-take a picture of the infamous crucified Blue Bunny T-Shirt. More recent Clarion classes don't know who he is. I haven't done a thorough survey, but the Blue Bunny was a ratty stuffed blue rabbit that we passed around and held when it was our turn on the critique "hot seat." From what I've heard, he arrived early on, but probably not as early as 1970 - and he was already in horrible shape by 1984. At Clarion, you spend every morning sitting in the critique room or "class area" in a circle on, what was, at least for us, musty, overstuffed, nasty couches. If you were like me, you were a wretched, character-free coward who clung to Glenn Wright's thin arm and shoulder as she also clutched the smelly, pilly, rough blue horror bunny to her chest. But Kathe Koja has a way better story than me and . . . ha ha!! Kathe did something so surprising and hilarious that I remember it as one of the great "perfect astonishments" ever. It has to do with "knit one, purl two, I could not give less than a crap about you . . ." (All I'll say is - if you're in a writing critique group, don't knit through other people's critique sessions. Just. Don't.)
For the Write-A-Thon, these are my three projects:
- To Kiss the Star, novelization (YA)
- Secret Project With Astonishingly Unusual Protagonist in High Concept Milieu (adult/older teens)
- Flogging my cousin Robert Sterling to write about William Wilson's Shadow Doppelganger for the Shadow Conspiracy II.
Look! Here's my BVC Booksheeellllffff! You can read numerous things for free and even buy Imago!
Just saying. That's because I never backlink and people actually go "Where's Amy on the periodic table of women writers . . . gee, I haven't read anything by her." Well for FREE you can injure your mind and expose yourself to "real . . . talent". That's a Kirkus pullquote. Seems to me the original said, "This book would have been better served by being pulped and the opportunity given to writers with real storytelling talent." (Just kidding. I made that up. You know they do that for real, don't you? For movies and books . . .).
Very few of the writers that attend the Clarion workshops are rich - and they aren't all 21 years old like I was on that long-ago Michigan summer. People come from all different walks of life - different ages, genders, professions, cultural backgrounds, and writing interests. What they are doing, is attending the sci-fi and fantasy field's version of toney MFA programs or super-expensive writers workshops and retreats.
I had NO MONEY to attend Clarion that summer. I was working 3 horrible part-time jobs and Mike and I could barely make the rent and pay our bills. I received $2,000 from my dad (this is the "Hi Dad, I want to be a science fiction writer" and "Oh, like AZEEEMOFFF?" conversation) and $500 from Andre Norton, who also provided money to a writer to attend Clarion West. Why Michigan and not Seattle (West?). Well, because I was inspired by beloved author and MacArthur Genius Grant winner, Octavia Butler. 1984: "Bloodchild," and this was what I wanted to do. Apocryphally, I was admitted to a prestigious fulltime MFA program as well; I chose Clarion, for reasons I have written about elsewhere. For the first time today, reading Octavia's Wikipedia, I realized that My Agnes, was a way better Agnes to this far-better writer than me. "Agnes, my bright star, ever pointing upward," (this is a quote from David Copperfield, the book, not the magician) - otherwise known as Harlan Ellison, who helped Octavia be in the WGA West Open Door Program, and then, the next year, Clarion (1970).
I had no money for myself at all, and one of the most soul-crushing moments of my life was when the liquor store guy in E. Lansing refused to accept my cans for redemption - because I'd crushed them to save space! I was expecting $20 - and I didn't get anything and therefore . . . well . . . ya know, it all worked out. I probably wrote at least 2 of those awful story things because I didn't have the money to keep up with the others partying.
My goal is at least $132. You only need to give a small amount. The money will be used for scholarships for these crazy dreamers.


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1:00 AM | December 15 2016
A Volvo Moment: A normal day at the most unusual of dealers
Marble floors, welcoming windows with lavish curtains, exotic pot plans and a big, elegant black car. The place is Brunkebergstorg 11 in central Stockholm and the year is 1933. Volvo dealer Automobilfirma Ernst Grauers has put on the show the finest Swedish car money can buy.
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A Volvo Moment: Project 358 with a shape that lived on
A secret car is parked in a secret room for a secret viewing. Actually, it is not a car but a full scale clay model. A heavy curtain, a few ferns and some cast iron garden furniture will create an environment and a context to see the car in. One senses that it is an exclusive car.
12:30 AM | September 9 2016
A Volvo Moment: another day in the office, sixties style
Everything is neat and tidy in Volvo's information department when the photographer comes to take pictures for an internal brochure about the new headquarters in Torslanda. Not a hair is out of place in the women's haircuts, maybe they had all visited the hairdresser in time for the photo shoot. On a desk is an ashtray, but it is of course completely empty.
12:30 AM | August 17 2016
Volvo's first million seller celebrates 50 years. Congratulations to the Volvo 140!
On 17 August 1966, the Volvo 144 was presented in the midst of an ongoing manhunt. With this new model series, Volvo could develop into a considerably larger car maker. In the space of eight years, no fewer than 1¼ million cars were produced – creating Volvo's first million seller.
12:30 AM | July 29 2016
1800 ES races in the Austrian alps
For the third year in a row, Volvo Cars Heritage, the company´s historic operations, participates in the exclusive historic rally Ennstal-Classic in Austria.
This year´s Volvo is a red 1973 1800 ES, chosen to connect to the company´s estate heritage and the new V90, which shares certain design elements with its older colleague from the seventies.
12:30 AM | July 15 2016
A Volvo Moment: A cordoned off road outside of Los Angeles
It is a sunny day in the spring of 1972 on a three-lane road next to the Pacific Coast Highway outside of Los Angeles, California. Behind the wheel of the VESC – Volvo Experimental Safety Car – is Volvo engineer Bo Wikås wearing a white polo shirt. He looks a little tense, while the actress hired to for the photo shoot seems a bit more relaxed. With assistance from the traffic police, a section of road has been cordoned off to traffic so that the VESC can be photographed.
Our unique heritage forms what Volvo does today and shapes the way we think of the future.


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the Wednesday Recommendation 02: Katamari damacytyped for your pleasure on 30 September 2004, at 7.58 pm
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WHAT D'YE CALL IT? Katamari damacy
IS IT ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, OR MINERAL? a game for the Sony PlayStation 2
WHY ARE YOU RECOMMENDING THIS TO ME, THE SUAVE AND DEBONAIR READER OF 'SHOUTING TO HEAR THE ECHOES'? It is, in the truest possible sense, a game that can be enjoyed by everyone. It's innovative, it's simple, it's highly addictive, and most importantly, it's a pantsful ov fun.
You control the Prince of All Cosmos, a 1cm fellow with a rather wide head. One night previously, the King of All Cosmos, a similarly wide-headed individual, had a night on the tiles, and ended up smashing every single star out ov the sky, so he's naturally delegated the responsibility ov cleaning up the mess to his son, just like a real dad. Heh.
So! The Prince has been sent down to Earth with a sticky ball called a katamari, and has to roll up as much stuff as possible to make enormous junk balls, so the King can turn said balls into stars. I am not making this up. You can pick up anything and everything in this game, and I literally mean 'anything and everything' — the only thing you can't pick up is water. One ov the more delirious stages is Make a Star 6. You start out on a table in a livingroom, rolling up dice and 9-volt batteries, and by the end, you're rolling up bulldozers and houses. And that's nothing compared to the final stage, where you have to rebuild the Moon. Fecking ace. 🙂
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR FAVOURITE BIT(S)? O, I dunno, probably the whole damn game. The soundtrack, the sound effects, the Kubrick-esque character design (that's the Japanese figures, not the film maestro, just so we're clear), the simplicity ov gameplay (you use both analogue sticks to manoeuvre the ball. That's it), the replay value, the King's lysergic/sarcastic quips ('We hope you can visit Portugal during the day's rolling. Like that's possible.'), all ov it's ace. Did I mention that this game, this slice ov joy burned onto a DVD-ROM, is only $20 USD?? You have absolutely no excuse to pick it up & give it a spin (please pardon bad pun)
WHERE IS THE LINKAGE LOVE? Right here. Here, I say!
NEXT WEEK: Another glowing but frothing review, with quite possibly more descriptive and somewhat unnecessary adjectives!
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They most likely didn't consider themselves Canadians. They no doubt thought of themselves as members of the global, supranational umma.
Canada's newest export: jihad mass murderers. What are Muslim leaders in Canada doing to make sure that no more "Canadian" Muslims misunderstand Islam in the way these two did? Why, nothing. Nothing at all.
"Two Al Qaeda gunmen found dead inside Algeria gas plant were 'Canadians,'" by Peter Allen and Nabila Ramdani in the Daily Mail, January 20 (thanks to Michael Coren):
Two dead Islamist militants found inside the Algerian gas plant were Canadians, an Algerian security source said today.
Algerian special forces discovered the bodies at the In Amenas facility, where the combined death toll of hostages and insurgents rose to 89 today.
The source said documents found on them had identified the two militants as Canadians as forces scoured the plant following Saturday's bloody end to the crisis.
An official Algerian source said previously that the group behind the attack had comprised Arabs, Africans and also people from outside the African continent.
A report in Norway's Aftenposten also said one of the attackers was tall and white with blue or green eyes, spoke English and read the Koran.
Much remains unclear about events after the jihadists staged the attack last Wednesday.
However, an Algerian newspaper said they had arrived in cars painted in the colours of state energy company Sonatrach, but registered in neighbouring Libya, a country awash with arms since Muammar Gaddafi's fall in 2011.
Meanwhile, the hostage death toll rose from 23 to 57 today after 25 bodies found yesterday were reportedly identified as captives….
Details of the dead militants emerged after it was claimed some of the terrorists involved in the siege in which three Britons have died had been working at the BP plant where the atrocity took place.
They had been given short-term contracts by the oil and gas giant, allowing them to plan their attack with lethal precision.
Six of the Al Qaeda operatives were "˜taken alive" by the Algerian army today, while some 32 were killed during four days of fierce fighting with special forces.
Now there are claims that some of the Islamist radicals had been hired over the past year at the vast facility in the Sahara desert, close to the town of In Amenas.
This raises the possibility that the 23 gas workers who died, as well as those who were wounded and escaped, might have known their attackers.
Witnesses have already described one of the terrorists speaking with a "˜perfect English accent", and appearing to have a good knowledge of the compounds around the gas field.
An Algerian security source said: "˜The suspicion is that some of the militants were placed inside the plant as drivers, cooks and even guards.
"˜This gave them detailed knowledge of the facility, and indeed its top level security measures.
"˜There were many hundreds of workers of all nationalities at the site, and applications for work would have been made to BP. There would have been some kind of background checks, of course."
BP would not comment on the claims, which have begun to appear in the Algerian media.
But the security source said that Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the Algerian terrorist said to have masterminded the operation, is thought to have coordinated the placing of his men inside the plant.
His Mulathameen Brigade today threatened to carry out more attacks unless Western powers ended what it called an assault on Muslims in neighbouring Mali, according to the SITE monitoring service.
In a statement on Monday, the al Qaeda linked group also said the hostage-takers had offered negotiations on freeing the captives seized at a gas plant deep in the Sahara but the Algerian authorities used military force, SITE reported….
His gang, the Signed in Blood Brigade, is a ruthless Islamist group which has been behind numerous crimes around Africa, including bomb attacks and kidnappings.
As with so many Al Qaeda operatives, many of its recruits would have considerable experience of infiltrating western targets….
Other Algerian officials insisted that the army launched its assault after the Islamist militants began killing foreign hostages they described as "˜Christians and infidels"….


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a good read: back issue #17/
If your Christmas vacation involves a lot of curling up with a good read, than may we suggest some back issues of UPPERCASE magazine?
In issue #17, we invited stationery and paper goods companies both big and (mostly) small to submit their work for inclusion in the UPPERCASE Stationery Guide. The guide includes 50 company profiles and Top Ten Tips from the industry leaders. (You can see a preview below.)
Other loose themes we explored in gathering content for this issue were interpretations of fragility, transparency and ephemerality. From the fleeting beauty of scent to the delicate mechanics of a butterfly wing to the wondrous properties of glass, we learn that things that might appear breakable or temporary are, in fact, powerfully enduring.


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When you think of automotive tuning hubs in North America, some areas immediately come to mind; Los Angeles, Toronto, South Florida, the Tri-State area and a few select markets. We don't hunt for features in Salt Lake City or Omaha for a reason, although we actually have bagged a couple from those areas. Another one of those under the radar areas appears to be Greater Buffalo, but every once in a while you do find some gems. Grand Island, NY resident Mark Abate's new Camaro RS is definitely one of them.
When the decoding of the direct injection system is complete, Abate estimates the power to be around 550whp on pump gas with 500lb-ft of torque.
That's right – it's an RS with a V6 under the hood. Abate wanted to circumvent the V8-powered SS route that every other builder was taking and go the road no one was driving. More importantly, Abate was dedicated to putting the legendary Camaro back into the limelight with a new twist. "I chose the 2010 Camaro because I wanted to be a part of history," says Abate. "The Camaro is one of the most known performance cars of all times. When they stopped making the Camaro in 2002, I felt like someone shot my dog. The domestic performance king was gone. Now that GM has come to their senses and brought back the Camaro, I knew the world would be watching to see how it performs in the market. Myself and SCAP went to great lengths to build our 2010 Camaro and called it 'heritage' as a tribute."
No Camaro is complete without some cajones under the hood and Abate was bent on making the 3.6L V6 a true performer. The formula came to light when Abate spec'ed out twin Turbonetics turbos sitting on SCAP custom tube headers. The headers have a pair of Turbonetics wastegates hanging off them before the exhaust heads into a Vibrant / SCAP system. On the chilled side, the intake is a custom SCAP setup with Vibrant air filters. The compressed air heads into a custom Spearco intercooler, where it is vented by twin Turbonetics blow-off valves before hitting the split SCAP intake manifold.
When the decoding of the direct injection system is complete, Abate estimates the power to be around 550whp on pump gas with 500lb-ft of torque. That kind of power is going to give the factory 6-speed box a real work out but Abate maintains it can handle it. The clutch however, had to be replaced with a Clutchmasters unit and a matching lightweight aluminum flywheel.
The high impact part of the build here is definitely the custom widebody. The car turned loads of heads at SEMA '09, causing a ruckus at the photography studio that emptied area offices as soon as it came off the trailer. The widebody is not some off the shelf kit, nor is it a huge fiberglass and bond experiment, but is instead an all-metal fabrication by Brandon Gorchek, Cody Carpenter and Steve Hodgins at SCAP. The track has been widened to 4-inches up front with 6-inches of more track in the backyard. The bumpers have been modified to match the widened fenders and provide a massive opening for the front mount intercooler. The team at SCAP added a Seibon carbon fiber hood and the entire project was covered with a custom BASF color by Brandon Gorchek at SCAP. Finally, Abate sourced out some new release 1969 Camaro tail lights and fitted them with LEDs for a modern touch.
Owner: Mark Abate
Location: Grand Island, NY
Vehicle: 2010 Camaro RS
Power: 550whp with 500lb-ft (est.)
Chevrolet 3.6L V6
Turbonetics custom turbos
Turbonetics wastegates
SCAP headers
Vibrant / SCAP exhaust
Vibrant air filters
Spearco intercooler
Turbonetics blow-off valves
SCAP intake manifold.
Clutchmasters clutch
Clutchmasters lightweight flywheel
iForged Avus wheels
F: 22x9.5-inch
R: 22x12.5-inch
Pirelli P Zero
AP Racing
Pedders full coilover system
SCAP metal widebpdy
SCAP bumpers
Seibon carbon fiber hood
1969 Camaro LED tails
BASF custom paint
SCAP black suede with red stitch interior
Yonaka seats
Sparco steering wheel with quick release
Sparco carbon fiber shift knob
Azentek headunit
Massive Audio NX4 4-channel amp
Massive Audio N3 mono amp (2)
Massive Audio DC10 subs (2)
Massive Audio CK6 III (2)
Stinger battery
Stinger fuse block
Stinger wiring
The new bodywork could accommodate some fierce wheels and tires. Abate decided on the iForged Avus in a 22x9.5-inch front and a healthy 22x12.5-inch in the rear. The Pirelli P Zero front tires measure 285/30R22 and the rear Pirellis are a supercar-esque 335/25R22. The correct stance was achieved using a Pedders full coilover system.The brakes are from elite UK manufacturer, AP Racing who supplied the project with a 6-piston/16-inch front and a 4-piston/15-inch for extreme stopping power.
The interior took many late nights to complete but the results speak for themselves. The team at SCAP installed a custom black suede and red stitch ensemble virtually everywhere including the Yonaka seats. The steering wheel was replaced with a Sparco carbon fiber unit and a quick release to match the Sparco shift knob sitting atop a Hurst Short Shifter.
From there the team did what they do best, audio and multimedia. At the heart of the innovative Azentek headunit pumping signals through Stinger interconnects. The mids and highs are pumped through Massive Audio NX4 into Massive Audio CK6 III speakers. The lows are powered by twin Massive Audio N3s driving their own Massive Audio DC10. The system is lit up by a trunk mounted Stinger battery, power wire and fuse block.
Abate brought his SCAP Camaro to SEMA with a load of competition and held his ground. It didn't win any awards, but definitely won the respect of Camaro fans and the satisfaction that his V6 twin turbo is the only one of its kind


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Public Law 99-517 99th Congress
100 STAT. 2967 mBi 'ilMifi
An Act
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands, withdrawn by the Bureau of Reclamation for townsite purposes, to the Huntley Project Irrigation District, Ballantine, Montana.
Oct. 22, 1986 [H.R. 3005]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN LANDS.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of April 16, 1906 (34 Stat. 116; 43 U.S.C. 566), and the preliminary injunction issued in National Wildlife Federation v. Burford, Civ. No. 85-2238 (D.D.C. 1985), the Secretary of the Interior shall convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands described in section 2 of this Act, to the Huntley Irrigation District, a recognized municipal corporation of the State of Montana, located in Ballantine, Montana; except that nothing in this Act is intended to affect the ownership of minerals located under the lands described in section 2 of this Act. Such conveyance shall be made without compensation from the Huntley Irrigation District, except for administrative costs not to exceed $750 associated with the preparation of title to, and legal description of, such land.
Minerals and mining.
The lands to be conveyed in section 1 are more completely defined Public lands. as those reserved public lands withdrawn for Bureau of Reclamation purposes and further withdrawn for townsite and public purposes and are described as follows: (1) Osborn Public Park comprised of lot 19 of section 16, Township 2 North, Range 28 East, town of Osborn, County of Yellowstone, State of Montana; (2) Ballantine Public Park in Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, and 14, Block 8, Southwest V* of Section 5, Township 2 North, Range 29 East, town of Ballantine, County of Yellowstone, State of Montana; (3) Riverside Park located in tract 123 Southeast Vi of the Southwest Vi of Section 24, Township 2 North, Range 27 East, town of Huntley, County of Yellowstone, State of Montana; (4) Worden Town Park Reserve in Blocks 46, 49, and 51 of the Townsite located in the Southwest Vi of the Southeast V4 of Section 31, Township 3 North, Range 29 East, town of Worden, County of Yellowstone, State of Montana; and (5) Pompeys Pillar Park consisting of all of blocks 17, 19, 26, and those portions of block 15 south of the main canal right-ofway and block 21 north of the main canal right-of-way as shown on the Pompeys Pillar Township plat, approved by the Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior on September 22, 1916, and located in the west half of the southeast quarter of section 23, Township 3 North, Range 30 East, town of Pompeys Pillar, County of Yellowstone, State of Montana.


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