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A lawsuit filed today by House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) alleged Attorney General Eric Holder is standing on a "legally baseless" claim in refusing to provide internal Justice Department documents relating to the "Fast and Furious" gun walking investigation.
"No Court has ever held that 'Executive privilege' extends anywhere near as far as the Attorney General here contends that it does," the legal complaint, filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said. President Barack Obama on June 20 asserted executive privilege in backing Holder's refusal to turn over some documents subpoenaed by the committee.
Holder said in a June 19 letter to Obama that releasing the documents in question would have "significant, damaging consequences" because it would "inhibit the candor" of future internal deliberations at the DOJ. But the House moved forward anyway on June 28 and voted to find Holder in contempt of Congress.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the ranking member on the Oversight panel, dismissed the suit as a partisan stunt. "It seems clear that House Republican leaders do not want to resolve the contempt issue and prefer to generate unnecessary conflict with the administration as the election nears," Cummings said.
The case was assigned to Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee.
In Fast and Furious, agents for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowed assault guns to "walk," which meant ending surveillance on weapons suspected to be en route to Mexican drug cartels. The tactic, intended to allow agents to track criminal networks by finding the guns at crime scenes, was condemned after two guns that were part of the operation were found at the 2010 murder scene of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.
Issa's complaint contains a long, detailed history of his committee's attempts to secure the documents at issue. It does not contain a lengthy legal argument about the scope of Congress' oversight authorities.
The history includes informal requests, documents provided by whistleblowers, two subpoenas and eventually holding Holder in contempt of Congress.
Early in the investigation, DOJ officials broadly denied that the tactics in Fast and Furious had ever been used, saying in a Feb. 4, 2011, letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that any such allegations were "false."
Ten months later, the DOJ conceded the letter contained inaccuracies and rescinded it. Holder has said Fast and Furious was "fundamentally flawed."
Although the subpoenas demand a far wider range of documents, in the suit Issa is only focused on a specific category of internal communications that followed the DOJ's Feb. 4 denial letter. The lawsuit said the documents are crucial to understanding who in the department knew of and approved the use of gunwalking and whether efforts were made to keep Congress in the dark.
The initial denial "suggests, at best, a serious breakdown in communications and lines of authority within the Department's chain of command, a breakdown that may need to be addressed by legislation; at worst, it suggests a conscious effort on the part of senior Department officials to mislead the Committee and frustrate a legitimate oversight investigation," the complaint said.
Citing the potential need for legislation is legally pivotal because Congressional oversight authority is linked to a "legislative purpose."
Holder said in his June 19 letter that the documents are covered by executive privilege because they are "deliberative communications." Holder cites legal memos from several previous attorneys general arguing those types of documents are protected by the privilege, including Michael Mukasey, who served under President George W. Bush.
Issa's suit said Holder is relying "entirely on a common law privilege known as the 'deliberative process privilege'" because no communications with the president or his senior aides are claimed to have occurred.
In the most recent conflict between Congress and the president over a Congressional subpoena, Democrats' and Republicans' roles were reversed.
The Democratic-led House held two White House aides, Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten, in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas issued to the George W. Bush administration. Republicans, including Issa, defended the administration, while Democrats said it was unlawful.
After the House held Miers and Bolten in contempt, the Judiciary Committee sued the two aides in federal district court.
In August 2008, a federal judge ordered Miers to testify and Bolten to turn over documents, overruling the administration's claim of executive privilege. That ruling was appealed.
In March 2009, a year after the suit was filed, Miers and Karl Rove, who had also become ensnared in a separate contempt proceeding, agreed to testify behind closed doors to the House Judiciary Committee. The deal broke the stalemate.
A report by the Congressional Research Service on Congressional oversight of the DOJ offers a broad view of Congress' legal authority to demand internal documents.
The report says that from 1920 to 2007, Congress has "consistently sought and obtained" internal DOJ documents and successfully demanded information "from the Attorney General down to subordinate personnel," adding that court precedents have affirmed broad Congressional investigative authority in nearly every instance, regardless of whether the documents relate to ongoing criminal investigations.


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Alex Lloyd's task was daunting. After qualifying 22nd out of 25 racers for Sunday's Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, he wanted to move his No. 19 car from the back of the pack to a good finish.
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The drivers he left in the dust weren't the only ones who noticed the big jump. IndyCar Racing also took note and nominated him for its weekly "Firestone Tire-ific Move of the Race."
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We're focusing on healthful foods the second Wednesday of every month, here at Life with MS. So then let's get on with it; a few of you have been writing about curries. Ah, love 'em! However, they can be intimidating to some novice cooks so I'm going to write of a favorite veggie version that is fairly simple.
I use organic oil, vegetables and stock for this dish; I just think it tastes better. Feel free to change-up the veggies as you like them, but I recommend that you try the recipe as it stands the first go around.
8oz (225g) broccoli
8oz (225g) cauliflower
8oz (225g) snap peas in pods
8oz (225g) carrots
Wash, peal and chop all vegetables into bite-sized pieces.
Blanch each type separately in boiling, well-salted water for a few minutes and shock the vegetables in ice water to stop cooling (I save this cooking water for pasta or rice or use it as a base for a stock as it already has some nice flavors). Drain and set aside
1tsp whole cumin seed
Toast the seeds in a dry Dutch oven or oven top casserole over medium-high heat until fragrant (about a minute). Do be careful not to burn, and remove to a dish.
½ cup expeller pressed olive oil
Add oil to the heated Dutch oven and follow with:
1 Lg onion, sliced
Stir the onion so that it doesn't burn until it begins to soften. Then add toasted cumin seed and:
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp prepared curry powder
1 tsp ground turmeric
2 tsp Hungarian paprika (I like to use one sweet and one hot)
1 tsp ground coriander seeds
¼ - 1tsp cayenne red pepper (depending on your heat tolerance)
¼ tsp ground white pepper
½ tsp ground ginger powder
Stir these spices with the onion and oil to mix for a couple of minutes. They will become very fragrant and may stick to the pan a bit; no worries. Then stir in:
3oz (85g) low sodium tomato paste
Once you have mixed the whole mess together, stir in:
¾ - 1 cup stock (be it chicken or vegetable) or even the water used to cook the vegetables.
Scrape up any bits stuck to the bottom of the pot, bring to a boil and add the par-cooked vegetables. Bring back to a hard simmer and cook for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in:
1 ½ tsp dry oregano
¼ cup chopped parsley
1cup plain non-fat yogurt
This dish serves 8 and is an adaptation of an Indian recipe given to my family when I was a boy and I have loved it since. It has huge flavor and loads of fiber from the veggies thus fulfilling my two rules for diet food; tastes great & filling.
Now the fun part:
A serving of this dish contains only 179 calories, and 13.5g of fat. The slightly high, 510mg of sodium can be a little high for those on a restrictive diet, though it's not too bad for the rest of us. Also, 5g of fiber and 6g of protein bolster the fullness factor.
Team this dish up with brown rice and some great Indian bread or with a grilled bit of lean chicken and you have quite a nice meal that doesn't even give a hint that it may be diet food. Any leftovers can be turned into a spicy soup by simply adding stock to thin.
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WASHINGTON — Republican congressional leaders have launched their first major challenge to President Obama's nominee to lead the government's embattled gun enforcement agency, the ATF.
GOP congressmen are raising questions about B. Todd Jones' oversight of an undercover investigation allegedly marred by missteps involving Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents in Milwaukee.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Judiciary Committee's ranking Republican, and California Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called on Jones, currently the ATF's acting director, to explain how thieves managed to breach the agency's undercover storefront operation in October, making off with $35,000 in property, and a separate September theft of a machine gun that remains missing.
"In light of these reports, we remain extremely concerned about your ability to manage the ATF,'' Grassley and Issa said in a Thursday letter to Jones. ATF needs strong leadership from its director and senior management. If these reports are accurate, your ability to provide this leadership is in serious doubt.''
The congressional leaders are the same officials who led a separate investigation into a flawed gun trafficking investigation headed by the ATF that allowed about 2,000 firearms to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartel enforcers and other criminals.
The disclosures in that case, known as Operation Fast and Furious, led to a dramatic shake-up in the ATF's ranks, including the 2011 appointment of Jones, the top federal prosecutor in Minnesota, to serve as the new acting director of the agency.
ATF spokeswoman Ginger Colburn said the agency had received the letter and was reviewing the ATF's activities in the Milwaukee inquiry, first reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Obama nominated Jones last month to serve as the permanent director of the ATF, which has been without a permanent chief for six years. The nomination was part of the administration's overall plan to address gun violence in the United States in wake of the December school massacre in Newtown, Conn.


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I've been trying to switch over to the new version of Blogger for the past couple months now, but every time I try I get this response:
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Then the "help article" says:
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While the new version of Blogger is no longer in beta, some users with certain types of blogs will not immediately be able to switch to it. We'll be adding support for these blogs as soon as possible, so everyone can join in the fun. But for now, if you have a very large blog (more than a couple thousand posts + comments), you'll need to hold off for a bit.
Some help that is. I don't have more than a couple thousand posts + comments (I only have 400 posts), so why am I stuck here in old blogger limbo??? *Grumble, grumble* *Whine, whine*
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Washington DC Nano News - Does the NNI need a bailout, too?
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC
With all the media attention devoted to bailouts and the Senate replacement scandal, the stalled process of NNI reauthorization tends to fall under the radar. On Dec.11, however, the National Academies released an executive summary reviewing the federal strategy of risk-assessment and management related to the environmental, health, and safety implications of nanotechnology. Does the NNI have a robust strategy in place to minimize risk to society from nanotech development? Not according to the review. It's easy to get all these working groups, subcommittees, and reports that deal with nano mixed up (at least for me), so here a quick history behind this current review. The Nanotechnology Environmental Health Implications (NEHI) Working Group is where the various NNI agencies coordinate activities related to understanding potential risks of nano to public health and the environment. The NEHI coordination efforts have produced a series of documents that identify environmental, health, and safety (EHS) research needs related to nanomaterials. The latest of these, Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research, (2008), was supposed to identify priority research areas and present a decision-making strategy to inform responsible development of nanotechnology in the US. The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, (NNCO) which oversees the day-to-day operations of the NNI, asked the National Research Council (NRC) for an independent review of this strategy. To do this, the NRC's Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology and National Materials Advisory Board appointed a Committee for Review of the Federal Strategy to Address Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials; this committee authored the current review. Members of the committee met in two workshops at the National Academies in March and May 2008. The participants and agendas of these meetings are available in Appendix C of the review. Biographical sketches of the individual committee members are in Appendix A. The committee was asked to conduct a scientific and technical review of the federal strategy. The results of this review are a set of harsh but carefully couched criticisms about science as a process at the federal agency level. I have been through this review summary a number of times and every time I have noted new phrases that make me uneasy. At the risk of taking things out of context, I'm going to quote some of these passages verbatim, followed by my paraphrase (in italics). But by no means should this be considered a substitute for reading the review yourself. "NNI does not have the essential elements of a research strategy—it does not present a vision, contain a clear set of goals, have a plan of action for how the goals are to be achieved, or describe mechanisms to review and evaluate funded research and assess whether progress has been achieved in the context of what we know about the potential EHS risks posed by nanotechnology." There is no coherent strategy to identify goals and assess if they have been reached. "The committee concludes that how the FY 2006 data were used in the analysis is probably the greatest deficiency in the 2008 document, inasmuch as it is the foundation of the document's evaluation of the strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in currently funded federal research. This is problematic because most of the listed FY 2006 research projects were focused on understanding fundamentals of nanoscience that are not explicitly associated with risk or the development of nanotechnology applications." Research focused on fundamentals of nanoscience is of little help when assessing risks associated with emerging nanotechnology applications. "The NNI strategy does not identify resources necessary to address questions concerning EHS research needs for nanomaterials." ... "For example, when developing their own research strategies, agencies tend to ask, What research can we do within our existing capabilities? rather than the more appropriate question, What research should we be doing?" The kind of fundamental research to bridge gaps in knowledge is not identified. "... the 2008 document substantially overestimates the general nanotechnology- related research activity in environmental, health, and safety research." Existing EHS research can't be directly applied to nanotechnology. "...targeted, effective research that identifies and eliminates potential environmental and health hazards of engineered nanoscale materials should have high priority for the nation. An effective national EHS strategic research plan is essential to the successful development of and public acceptance of nanotechnology-enabled products." NNI needs a plan to assess EHS risks of engineered nanoscale materials to ensure technological development and public acceptance. "... committee concludes that a truly national strategy cannot be developed within the limitations of the scope of research under the umbrella of the NNI." Scope of NNI is too limited to create a national research strategy. The bottom line is that the committee states that the NNI is not more than the sum of its parts – the NNI is a coordination program among federal agencies, not a research program. In addition, because the NNI is supposed to ensure U.S. competitiveness through the rapid development of a research and development program in nanotechnology while ensuring its safe and responsible development, there the potential for a conflict of interest. Why is this important to us - the NISE Network? I don't know about you, but I have often worried that informal science education dealing with emerging technologies could be perceived of as advocating those technologies. We walk a fine line in informing our publics about current technologies and accepting money from sponsors and funders to advocate for these new applications. Are we sure we inform, rather than advocate? Is that an issue for anyone else?


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Very nice work there Hoss. Would be interested in the drawings for your conversion. Any chance of sending them in dxf format please. PM me and I will send my email address.
Heres some pics of my Harbor Freight X2 that I finished cncing recently.
Had successful tests running Mach 2 and some engraving software.
Now on to some improvements to the table travel, gonna see what I can get
out of it because 3.5 x 7 isn't enough.(Wish I would have splurged for the X3
instead, but oh well.)
Plan on making a remote pendant from a usb thrustmaster joystick.
Just bought a Dewalt laminant trimmer. Have one more bracket to make to
mount it on the head for better engraving.
Does anyone know if the X2 spindle can be turned on/off from Mach 2 using
M3/M5 thru the controller?
more stuff to come, Have autocad drawings for all the mounting brackets
that I made to mount the steppers and such if anyone wants them.
The DRO is one I made from a ShumaTech kit. http://www.shumatech.com/products/dro-350/index.htm
later Hoss
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Very nice work there Hoss. Would be interested in the drawings for your conversion. Any chance of sending them in dxf format please. PM me and I will send my email address.
Perth, Western Australia
Nice work!, and to answer your question about the spindle, yes you can tun it off/on, you will need a bob to do it. I used a multifunction from cnc4pc, it is the only one I have expeience with but I love it!! no more standing waiting for the part to finish and then turning off the router, now I just load the gcode hit cycle start and walk away and do something else.
Here's an update. Got another 3/4 inches of travel on the Y with a modification
to the base. This gives me 4 7/8 x 8 1/4 travel for the X2.
Better. I'll live with it for now till I run across an old cross slide to adapt to it.
Maybe Little Machine Shop will get the X3 base for sale.Keep my eyes open.
Have Fun, Hoss
Hey Guys,
Thought I would upload the dxf drawings I made for the stepper motor
brackets and such. Hope they help you out.They are in inches.
I used ballscrews and nuts from http://www.homeshopcnc.com/page3.html
I got my thrust bearings and metal timing pulleys and belt from
I made the drawings with Autocad but turbocad can open them too.
Enjoy, Daniel (Hoss) Kemp
A little more info for ya.
The thrust bearings for xyz I bought at mscdirect.com http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm
03548591 3/8 X 11/16 X 9/32 SET THRUST BALL BEARING (2 sets)
and the belt and metal timing pulleys I bought at Stock Drive Products and Sterling Instrument https://sdp-si.com/eStore/
A 6A 3-16DF03708 .200 (XL) Pitch, 16 Teeth, Aluminum Alloy Timing Pulley
A 6A 3-32DF03712 .200 (XL) Pitch, 32 Teeth, Aluminum Alloy Timing Pulley
A 6B 3-060037 .200" (XL) Pitch, 60 Teeth, 3/8" Wide, Urethane Belt
Later Hoss
Hoss, this looks like an excellent conversion! Please provide us with more information on the electronics such as the steppers, controller board etc. Thanks for the excellent information you have already provided.
Hey nancygal,
Here's some more info for you.
I used a FET-3/Dynamo kit($329) from stepperworld.com
It has a 3 axis controller with 190 in/oz stepper motors and accessories.
I read on a post somewhere when I was researching it that these motors had enough torque to snap a 3/8 endmill so I figured that would do me just fine.
If I was starting now, I would upgrade to their 4 axis controller for $50 more.
Might come in handy for a rotary table or something but oh well.I'll post a couple pics of how I hooked them up. I used an old pc case to house it all. I hooked up the controller to the mill using pc DB9 serial cables(had to solder plugs to the motors and controller)so it's removable.I used S-Video cables to hook up the DRO to the scales. Get them at http://www.cablewholesale.com/
You only need 6 wires to hook the motors up(instructions are included) so you
could use MiniDin6 (PS/2) cables to hook them up for a tidier wire bundle on the mill.Again If I was doing it now,that would be easier to encase with a cable shroud to protect them. You can get the solderable DB9 connectors and cables at http://www.computercablestore.com/Se...CategoryID=212
I got the scales for the DRO on Ebay from 800watt's store http://cgi.ebay.com/0-12-Y-AXIS-VERT...QQcmdZViewItem
He has great prices but is pretty slow on shipping and bad at emailing you back. Might want to search Ebay for a different seller for the DIGIMATIC DIGITAL SCALE UNITS.
well, hope this helps.
Have Fun, Hoss
P.S. This all takes a little bit of work but that's the FUN part, and It only cost me about 1/3 the cost of a turnkey cnc X2 I've seen for sale.
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Great job! I'm interested in your zaxis conversion and the rotating ball nut. I've been searching for such a design for my lathemaster. Tired of wearing out balls trying to move that 250 +lbs of mass.
Unfortunately, I tried opening your dxf files with bobcad 21 but will little success. Can you email me at bsouthnow @ aol.com, copies of your zaxis drawings. I would really appreciate it!!!
Very Best
Helicopter def. = Bunch of spare parts flying in close formation! USAF 1974 ;>)
Never mind the email for the files. I found an old copy of Turbocad pro (pre bobcad) and re-installed it for the drawings. Thanks! Would it be possible to share some detail on how you constructed the z-axis with bearing numbers and so forth?
Thanks again.
Helicopter def. = Bunch of spare parts flying in close formation! USAF 1974 ;>)
Hey Bill,
The bearings for the Z axis are in the post#6 above that I got at mscdirect.com.
The location for the 2 big bearings can be seen in the cnc z axis mount.dfx above.You might need to use a shim (the same diameters as the lower thrust bearing)between the lower spacer and the thin thrust bearings to take up any backlash.The timing pulley is drilled and tapped to mount to the T shaped upper spacer that then slides down into the large thrust bearing.I'll work on a better expanded drawing for the parts used in cnc z axis mount.dxf.heres some pics of closeups of the Z axis from different angles.Hope it helps.
Later Hoss
P.S. here are jpgs of the drawings for anyone out there having trouble opening the dxfs.
Last edited by hoss2006; 01-16-2007 at 03:55 PM.
Thanks Hoss. I missed that dwg yesterday when I was playing around with Turbocad. It makes the whole setup a bit clearer. I'm still going to have to "study" on it awhile (like that say here in SC) and let everything soak in. Thanks for all the info!
Helicopter def. = Bunch of spare parts flying in close formation! USAF 1974 ;>)


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After uploading the tutorial on Puff Puff Humbert, it was suggested that I make another lesson on a member from the band Your Favorite Martian. He wears a blue suit and has blonde hair that is brushed to the side in a long side bang manner. Here is "how to draw Benetar", step by step. Benetar is the Guitarist and Keytar player. I don't know too much about his personality because I really don't follow the series on Youtube. I do know that he is one of the major band members and drawing Benetar is going to be easier than you think. I guess that does it for me at least for today. I will return tonight with another livestream session so make sure you are here at 8pm eastern time. Thanks guys and enjoy!
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Butterstone.TV is the video window into the music and performances of singer-songwriter and composer Dougie MacLean. You can view occasional live broadcasts, archived concerts, special guitar lessons and footage from past years of the Perthshire Amber Festival. Broadcasting in HD from the village of Butterstone in Perthshire, Scotland the website now has over 200 hours of "on demand" archived shows. Since 2012 Dougie has broadcast live from his studio in the old village school and has on occasion been joined by special guest musicians for music and chat, sometimes taking the broadcasts out into the Scottish countryside. Butterstone.TV is a global community with subscribers from across the world.
With life 'evolving' for all six of us who are on the filming team it is becoming really difficult to programme in the regular monthly Live Broadcast.
It's been a wonderful experience (during the last 6+ years) being able to share music and chat every single month with subscribers from all over the world (and it could be revived again in the future) but for now our regular monthly Live Broadcasts will be suspended. We will refund prepaid months to all active subscribers.
Butterstone.TV will remain with a much reduced subscription cost so that all can still enjoy the many hours of concert and broadcast footage on the site. Present subscribers will have to re-subscribe once you have been refunded (though your log-in details will remain the same). We will increase our focus on the parts of the site that have been a little neglected of late…the guitar lessons and tabs, Butterstone Radio and the archive footage. We will continue to share occasional Special Live Broadcasts …they will be announced on this site and on the Butterstone Broadcasting Facebook page.
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A Pompano Beach cell phone store cashier's sermon on Jesus saved her from an armed man intent on robbing the place, police said.
The incident happened last Friday morning at the MetroPCS store at 1543 South Cypress Road, as the cashier was alone in the store.
The unidentified gunman pretended to be interested in a purchase before branding a gun on employee Nayara Goncalves and demanding money from the cash register.
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Little did the gunman know that Goncalves, 20, was armed herself: with the word of the Lord.
"Let me tell you about my God," Goncalves told the man while she was at gunpoint. "Jesus has a plan for you."
Goncalves and the gunman spoke about Jesus for about five minutes until the remorseful thief left without hurting her and without taking a dime. They even found out they go to the same church.
The man tells the sermoning cashier that he needed $300 to pay his rent or he would be evicted.
"I'm so sorry to do this to you," the gunman said as he backed out the store. "God bless you. Good will be coming to you for what you did here today."
Then the man reveals that he didn't even have a real gun. He had a pellet gun.
"Goncalves...remained remarkably calm. She told the suspect she wasn't judging him and that 'Jesus [has] something way better for you,'" a news release from the Broward Sheriff's office says.
Police are still looking for the would-be robber, described as a white male with a mustache, about 5'9" tall and in his late 30's or mid-40's.
Anyone with information is asked to call Broward County CrimeStoppers at 954-493-TIPS.


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Menara Citibank might just be the perfect business address for your next venture! Located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur City Centre business district, it's a location that offers sophistication, elegance, technology and impeccable working spaces and amenities. It is positioned next to Intercontinental Hotel and Ampang Park LRT train station is just a few steps away. With its prominent name and list of reputable tenants throughout the years, Menara Citibank has itself become a landmark in the Kuala Lumpur City Centre area.
Breathtaking 360-degree views of Petronas Twin Towers from our location on the 36th floor ! It's not hard to see why Menara Citibank is the city where dreams are made.
28 minute train by KLIA Express from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to KL Sentral Terminal, transit to LRT 15 minutes to arrive at Ampang park LRT or 1 (One) hour drive from Kuala Lumpur International Airport
LRT: Take the Ampang Line train from KL Sentral Station to Ampang Park Station (10 minutes). 2 minutes walk from Ampang Park Station exit.
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Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) is a highly reputable area and established business hub in Kuala Lumpur. It is home to many headquartes of the largest domestic and foreign corporations in the world, such as Sumimoto, JP Morgan, Repsol, and Petronas. Due to its reputation, the area is a highly desired location for new businesses looking to start up in Malaysia, making Menara Citibank one of the most popular office locations in Kuala Lumpur. A wide variety of shopping districts, michelin-star restaurants, banking facilities, and 5-star luxury hotels are all located within the Menara Citibank area.
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In 2018, Central Florida was ranked first in the nation for job growth, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Additionally, Forbes magazine ranked the metro Orlando region No. 1 to invest in a home with an estimated 84,000 building permits issued in Orange County valued at $2.3 billion. Orange County also earned the highest AAA credit rating from Moody's Investors Service, recognizing its fiscal reliability and continued quality-of-life enhancements.
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Williams Sonoma Pie Crust Mix
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- Summary
A simple way to make tender, golden crusts for pies, quiches, tarts and more, our mix is premeasured and premixed for easy prep and great results. We've combined organic pastry flour with sugar and a hint of pink sea salt for subtle flavor; just add butter and water and cut together lightly—the key to a light and flaky texture. The mix yields a classic crust that pairs well with sweet or savory fillings, and browns beautifully.
- Makes two standard 9" bottom crusts, or one standard 9" double crust (13.2 oz.).
- Made in USA.
- A Williams Sonoma exclusive.
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- Organic pastry flour, cane sugar, pink sea salt. contains wheat/gluten.
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This recipe makes enough dough for one double-crust pie or two single-crust pies. If you are making one single-crust pie, cut the recipe in half. Some pie recipes call for fully or partially baking the crust before filling it, usually when using fillings that need limited or no further cooking or juicy fillings that could make an uncooked bottom crust soggy. Follow the instructions in your recipe.
- 2 packets Williams-Sonoma Piecrust Mix (included in 13.2-oz. box)
- 16 tbs. (2 sticks/250 g) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch (6-mm) pieces
- 4 to 6 tbs. (60 to 90ml) ice water
- pie filling of your choice
- 1 egg, lightly beaten with 1 tsp. Water (if baking a double-crust pie)
- Sugar for sprinkling
Put the piecrust mix in a food processor and pulse briefly. Add the cold butter pieces and pulse until the butter forms bean-size pieces and they are coated with the mix, about 10 pulses. Add 4 tbs. (60 ml) of the ice water and pulse until irregular pea-size pieces form, adding more water, 1 tsp. at a time, as needed to reach the desired consistency; the mixture will be crumbly.
Turn the dough out onto a piece of plastic wrap, divide in half and press each half into a disk. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 2 days. On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1 dough disk into an 11-inch (28-cm) round about 1/8 inch (3 mm) thick. Transfer the dough to a 9-inch (23-cm) pie dish and gently press into the dish. Trim the edges, leaving a 1/2 inch (12-mm) overhang. Transfer the pie filling to the shell. If making a double-crust pie, roll out the remaining dough disk as instructed above. Moisten the edges of the bottom crust with water and place the second dough round on top of the filled pie. Press the edges together to seal. Tuck the top crust under the edge of the bottom crust and press down to seal. Using a fork or your fingers, crimp or flute to form a decorative edge. Using a knife, cut 1 or more steam vents in the top of the dough.
Brush the top with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar. Position a rack in the lower third of an oven and preheat as directed in your pie recipe. Bake the pie as directed in your recipe, covering the edges of the crust with aluminum foil if they start to brown too quickly. Makes 1 double-crust pie or 2 single-crust pies.
Note: The piecrust is also excellent as a crust for quiches and tartlets and as a topping for pot pies.
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I just received this picture from Dome C showing the solstice on December 21st, 2009.
(Dome C – Temp=-30.6°C WindChill=-44°C RH=71% P=644.3hPa Wind=5.5m/s W)
I just received this picture from Dome C showing the solstice on December 21st, 2009.
(Dome C – Temp=-30.6°C WindChill=-44°C RH=71% P=644.3hPa Wind=5.5m/s W)
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All my picture about Antarctica (more than 1000) are "old" color slides and so I asked for some digital ones to a friend who was "in Ice" last year.
Here are the Ice Camels of Concordia Base (normaly called Dome C) located at an altitude of 3,233 m above sea level on the Antarctic Plateau ( 75°06′ S – 123°21'E). It is a base jointly operated bu Italy and France located inland 1,100 km inland from the French research station at Dumond D'Urville and 1,200 km inland from the Italian Zucchelli station at Baia Terranova. The Russian base Vostock is 560 km away while Casey Station (Australia) is 1100 km away.
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Tagged antarctica, Antartide, Concordia Station, Dome C, Dumond D'Urville, Mario Zucchelli Base, Polo Sud, South Pole
A new picture from Ice…
I was on the roof of the main deck of the French Icebreaker L'Astrolabe routing South to Dumond D'Urville base.
I was about 10-12 meter above the sea level and icebergs (the emerging part) were much more higher than 30-50 meters!
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Tagged antarctica, Antartide, Dumond D'Urville, ice, iceberg, Icebreaker, L'Astrolabe, Polo Sud, Rompighiaccio, South Pole
December 14th, 1911
On December 14th, 1911 Roald Amundsen with Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting becomes the first to reach South Pole.
The expedition arrived at the eastern edge of Ross Ice Shelf at a large inlet called the Bay of Whales on January 14, 1911 where Amundsen located his base camp and named it Framheim.
Using a route along the previously unknown Axel Heinerg Glacier they arrived at the edge of the Polar Plateau on November 21 after a four-day climb. On December 14, 1911, the team of six, with 16 dogs, arrived at the Pole (90°00'S). They arrived 35 days before Scott's group. Amundsen named their South Pole camp Polheim (Home on the Pole). Amundsen renamed the Antactic Plateau as King Haakon VII's Plateau. They left a small tent and letter stating their accomplishment, in case they did not return safely to Framheim. The team returned to Framheim on January 25, 1912, with 11 dogs. Amundsen's success was publicly announced on March 7, 1912, when he arrived at Hobart, Australia.
Amundsen's expedition benefited from careful preparation, good equipment, appropriate clothing, a simple primary task (Amundsen did no surveying on his route south and is known to have taken only two photographs), an understanding of dogs and their handling, and the effective use of skis. In contrast to the misfortunes of Scott's team, the Amundsen's trek proved rather smooth and uneventful.
In Amundsen's own words:
"I may say that this is the greatest factor — the way in which the expedition is equipped — the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it. Victory awaits him who has everything in order — luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck."
–from The South Pole, by Roald Amundsen.
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Tagged Amundsen, antarctica, Antartide, ice, Polo Sud, South Pole
An evening in Dumont D'Urville looking at icebergs after a catabatic storm (wind blowing up to 100 km/h)
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Tagged antarctica, Antartide, Baia Terranova, Dumont D'Urville, ice, L'Astrolabe, LC130, Mario Zucchelli Base, Mc Murdo
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SKF offers new app for mounting bearings
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Gothenburg, Sweden, 9 February 2016: SKF today announced the introduction of a new app for its proven SKF Drive-up Method for mounting bearings. Developed for ease of use in the field, the app is offered in both iOS and Android formats and can be used on smartphones and tablets. Complementing SKF's recognized SKF Drive-up Method PC software, the app is available for download from the Apple app store and from Google Play.
Unique to SKF, the app enables the user to achieve accurate adjustment of spherical roller and CARB toroidal roller bearings mounted on tapered seatings. The correct fit is attained by controlling the axial drive-up of the bearing from a predetermined starting position. The method incorporates the use of an SKF hydraulic nut fitted with a dial indicator, as well as a highly accurate digital pressure gauge mounted on the selected pump.
When utilizing the app on either a smartphone or tablet, the user selects the bearing designation and seating arrangement, and the values required for optimal mounting are displayed. In addition, the app provides step-by-step working instructions. Both the required values and instructions can be saved in the convenient PDF format.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The Georgia College & State University women's soccer program and head coach Juan Pablo Favero have announced the most recent signees, 11 players set to don the Bobcat uniform in the 2010 season.
"The 2010 class adds a lot of talent and depth in critical areas for the program as we continue to build towards a championship season and aim for a return to the NCAA tournament," said Favero. "Every single student-athlete coming in has the potential to add value to the team in their first season, and while we have a solid core of experienced players coming back, it is always beneficial to add new talent to the mix. All of these girls have been well coached at the previous level and come from some of the top clubs in Georgia and the nation."
The 2010 incoming recruits, in order of their commitment date:
Snellville, Ga. native Tayler Graves is an experienced center-back whose "strength and ability to win balls out of the air makes her an asset" according to Favero. Coached by Sarah Crawford in high school, Graves played her club ball at for the GSA Phoenix Red under Campbell Chapman. A proven winner, her club won the state title five times, adding a regional championship in 2009 and winning multiple tournaments including Las Vegas, Disney, the Orange Classic and the AFC Lighting Cup.
Brittaney Borror (Evans, Ga.) is an extremely versatile player who can play anywhere on the field, as an attacking back, a center midfielder, or even a striker. "Considering the team's need for attacking and scoring goals, we project she will play in a more attacking role," said Favero. "She has great strength and powerful speed, she's dangerous going forward." A former All-County and All-Region Player of the Year at Greenbrier High under Alex Heider and Wes Kendrick, she played club ball for Tom Norton and Kevin Asmann at the Augusta Arsenal. Borror was a national 3v3 champion in 2006, also collecting a GSA Super Cup title in 2008.
Northgate High grad Katie Taylor (Newnan, Ga.) is a dynamic wing forward who can also play as an outside mid. Possessing "good speed, battles, and providing good service to other forwards" according to Favero, Taylor also has scoring ability. An all-region selection in her junior and sophomore seasons, she played club ball for both the AFC Lighting White and Concorde Fire, the latter under Brian Moore.
One of two out-of-state recruits, Carly Blair (Manassas, Va.) is a solid winger, who is "extremely quick, fast and although smaller physically, she is extremely tough". Playing for Osbourn Park High under head coach Rob Waters, she was a two-time All-Cedar Run District honoree. Playing club ball for the BRYC Azul under Jac Cicala, she was on five state championship teams, adding three USYS Region 1 semifinal trips. Blair was in the SYL ODP National Camp in 2005, a member of the Mid-Atlantic Divisional Team.
Hailing from Wading River, N.Y., Allie Schechner is the second two out-of-state recruits, and is already enrolled at GCSU, having graduated early. A center forward with great size and strength, she is "very technical, good around the box and a goal-scoring threat anywhere in the final third. She graduated early and is enrolled already taking part of the Spring season with all the current Bobcats.
Harrison High grad Sarah Hassett (Kennesaw, Ga.) is another excellent centerback who can also double as a defensive center-midfielder. With "great size, strength and knowledge of how to organize the team defensively" according to Favero, Hassett played high school ball under Steve Riccard. A two-time all-county selection, her high school squad was a state champion runner-up. Hassett also competed for the NASA 10 Elite club squad under head coach Jay Denslow.
Another attacking player who can play anywhere up top as well as an outside midfielder, Alex Knight (Loganville, Ga.) comes to the Bobcats from George Walton Academy, under Lori White. Knight is "a very skillful player who is dangerous near the goal and knows how to set up teammates for scoring chances." An All-State honoree in her junior year at George Walton, she played her club soccer in the GSA Phoenix Red under Campbell Chapman. Her club squad has taken five-straight state titles, won the Disney Soccer Showcase last year, and won Region 3 twice.
Anna Barrow (St. Simons Island, Ga.) is a defensive center-midfielder whose 5-foot-7 frame and athleticism will allow her to fit well in that role for the Bobcats. The "good ball winner and good distributor" played high school ball under Charlie Morgan at Frederica Academy and club under Brian Moore for the Concorde Fire. A three-time All-State selection, Barrow aided her high school team to two state titles. She played three club seasons in Jacksonville, Fla. helping the Clay County United to a pair of state championships.
Sarah Yoder (Woodstock, Ga.) played high school ball under Chris Meeks and Lloyd Brown at Woodstock High. A defensive player who can play anywhere in the back line due to her excellent speed and athleticism, she was also a member of the Alpharetta Ambush Elite club under Gavino Asteghene. She "reads the game well, and provides great cover to her teammates" according to Favero. Yoder was an all-county selection in 2009. Her club squad won the Atlanta Cup that year, and also competed in an International U-18 tournament in Italy in 2008.
Lawrenceville, Ga. native Emily Hughes transfers from North Georgia, adding more depth to the the Bobcats' talented back line. This will allow the 2010 Bobcat staff to encourage the outside backs to be more involved on the attack as they will be able to rotate players in this important role. Hughes has "good size and is good technically," and the junior brings two years of starting experience from conference foe North Georgia, including a PBC All-Tournament Team honor a year ago.
Taylor Yee (Johns Creek, Ga.) is a center-midfield player who can play as an attacking or creative midfielder, but "Taylor is a tough enough defender to also play in the holding role," said Favero. "She possesses great vision and is very good technically to add to her versatility." Yee played under Jennifer Barr at Northview High, and in the NASA 09 Elite RPL under Eric Ritter and Ray Tomlin. Her club squad took a State Championship in 2008, adding other finalist spots in 2007 and 2009. She also was in Georgia ODP since 2006, a member of the Regional Championship Team in 2007.
In addition to these 11 new players, the coaching staff is still working on wrapping up the recruiting details on two more attacking players, so it is clear to see the emphasis has been on the attacking side of the field, while adding talent in every other area of need.
"With another tough schedule in 2010 and the expectation on the program still running high thanks to three great seasons" said Favero. "This class is coming in at a critical juncture in the life of the program as the team needs to make that small but difficult jump into becoming a championship-level team."
The Bobcats had another great year in 2009, going 10-6-5 with a 5-1-4 mark in conference play, good enough for third. The Bobcats had a first this season, as junior goalkeeper Mary Rob Plunkett (Augusta, Ga.) earned the program's first All-American trophy.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Donald J. Trump is the very definition of the American success story, continually setting the standards of excellence while expanding his interests in real estate, sports and entertainment. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance. An accomplished author, Mr. Trump has authored over fifteen bestsellers, and his first book, The Art of the Deal, is considered a business classic and one of the most successful business books of all time.
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I have a Google Docs form that when I try to access while not logged in it asks me to log in. I'm trying to access the URL of the "live form". It's not working.
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Willie Nelson is one of contemporary music's rare genuine icons, the 65-year-old singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor remains a restlessly creative soul. In a career that now spans five decades recording more than 200 albums, writing many of this country's most enduring songs, acting in more than 30 movies and television shows, crisscrossing the country on his concert tours, and masterminding innumerable benefit concerts, Willie Nelson has continually renewed his artistic vision, remaining always what Kris Kristofferson calls "a profound, original songwriter in a class with Stephen Foster who continues to enrich our lives with greatness." In this decade alone, Nelson has recorded a string of critically acclaimed albums like Across the Borderline, Moonlight Becomes You (a collection of standards), and Just One Love (a prime example of Texas-style country music), along with two albums as a member of the Highwaymen. Nelson also has been the subject of an alternative rock tribute album, three boxed sets, and a star-studded 60th birthday television special. And he continues to tour, spending more than 200 nights a year on the traveling bus that is his home away from home. His voice is instantly recognizable: a plaintive, sweet sound that magically pierces the heart. His geniius is more: he creates music that is a soul-searching exploration of love and spirituality, often very sad, drawn from the deep well of this country's many voices--country, gospel, pop, jazz, and blues--but uniquely original. "If America only had one voice," says Emmylou Harris, "it would be Willie's."
Willie Nelson was born in the farmlands of central Texas, got his first guitar at age six, and was weaned on the music of such fellow Texans Bob Wills and Ernest Tubb, as well as the big bands of the day, their Tin Pan Alley pop songs, and the hits of Frank Sinatra. Willie knew early on that he would not be a farmer, but an entertainer. While still in his teens, Nelson started playing dances and honky-tonks, and by the time he graduated from high school, Nelson had his own regular radio show.
After a brief stint in the Air Force, Nelson landed in Houston, where he made his first commercial recordings. With a few of his songs, performed by others, hitting the charts, Nelson moved to Nashville to make his fortune as a singer. After only two years he had well established himself as the town's most sought-after writer with three monster hits: "Funny How Time Slips Away," "Night Life," and the landmark Patsy Cline single, "Crazy."
In 1970 Nelson moved back to Texas, performed at honky-tonks and rock concerts, and recorded two of his classic albums Shotgun Willie and Phases and Stages. His 1975 album, Red Headed Stranger, a country concept album, yielded a hit, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," and spearheaded a traditional country revival. The following year, a compilation album of previously issued Nelson material, Wanted.- The Outlaws, became the first million-selling country album, remains one of the best-selling country music album of all time, and sparked a musical revolution.
By 1978, Nelson changed course again with Stardust, a collection of pop standards that spent more than a decade on the country charts. Nelson also embarked on his acting career that came to include the films Thief, The Electric Horseman, Honeysuckle Rose, Barbarosa, Songwriter and, most recently, Wag the Dog. On television he has appeared as guest star on such shows as "Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman" and "Nash Bridges." His Fourth of July picnics, which began in 1973, have become the stuff of legend, while his Farm Aid shows have helped call attention to the plight of the American farmer. His popularity soared and his work became a national touchstone for American popular music. In 1980, he was invited to sing the National Anthem at the Democratic National Convention. Nelson also recorded duets with such diverse stars as Julio Iglesias, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Leon Russell, Dolly Parton, Neil Young, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, George Jones, and Merle Haggard.
Willle Nelson helped reinvent country music. Throughout his career he has not only entertained, but has given us part of our heritage. His music helps us to know what we are as Americans and where we came from. "Willie Nelson's impact on American music is indelible," says Carlos Santana. "He stands at the crossroads of all the sounds and colors of his country. What he reflects is true soul and sincerity." What he is-- is Americana.


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Juan Pablo Montoya keeps a detailed log of all his rides.
Not in the stock car, but on his mountain bike.
All of them, every daily 2-hour trek in sunny Miami where the stocky Colombian tries to pedal himself into shape. He's never too far from his favorite two-wheeled ride — at the track, like Talladega and Charlotte, or any locale when he can find some open space and just go.
There's been so much cycling to keep track of, too: More than 70 rides, and he is closing in on 1,000 miles this year and counting.
JPM, NASCAR driver, has morphed into JPM, fitness freak. His quest has even taken him to a pilates studio, where wife Connie convinced him to try a handful of classes.
About the only part of his workout routine he won't detail is exactly how much weight he's dropped. But it's clear by looking at his frame that he's in the best shape of his stock car career. Yes, he was tired of the flab, but not just because he was overweight, but because of what it represented.
He's doing it all with one goal in mind.
"I want to (expletive) succeed in this," he said. "I'm tired of sucking."
Montoya just might turn it around in Indianapolis, because he was back on top of the Brickyard on Friday.
Just like he was when he won the 2000 Indianapolis 500.
Just like he could have been at least two other times in the Brickyard 400.
Yes, it was only the top time in practice, but it's a sign that Montoya will be a contender again at Indy. He needs to be, for the sake of his sanity and perhaps his job. Montoya is in the final year of his contract with Chip Ganassi Racing, where he's won two races in the eight years since he abruptly left Formula One for NASCAR.
His only wins were on road courses, and he's not been to Victory Lane since 2010. Montoya heads into Sunday's race at Indy ranked 23rd in the Sprint Cup standings with three top-10 finishes on the year.
Ganassi won't be pinned down on Montoya's future as driver of the No. 42 Chevrolet.
"We're all trying to get results here. We're just working on results," he said. "Juan has a deep history with our team, and we want to give him every opportunity to do well. All of our drivers who have deep histories with our team, we go out of our way to make sure they are given every opportunity."
The opportunities have been few and far between for Montoya, who won the Indy 500 and the 1999 CART title driving for Ganassi but hasn't found the same success since reuniting with the car owner in NASCAR. Part of his struggles are linked to the rollercoaster performance of the Ganassi organization, which has failed to put together consistent seasons.
The team owner ordered a massive organizational overhaul after the 2011 season, and the results are only now showing.
Montoya, one of the highest regarded drivers in the world when he jumped to NASCAR, admits the struggles have been draining.
"It's hard to keep your head up when things are not going well, and you go to places where you know you can get a pole and run up front and get top-fives, and instead you are running 30th and are the slowest car on the track," Montoya said. "It's hard because I know it's not me."
There's been marked improvement this year, and Montoya contended for wins at both Richmond and Dover. He had the race at Richmond in the bag until a late caution snatched his first NASCAR win on an oval out from under him. He was the leader late at Dover until Tony Stewart ran him down and passed him for the victory.
His wife believes those near-misses have only pushed Montoya harder.
"Everyone was talking about how Michael Schumacher forgot how to drive. He didn't forget how to drive and Juan didn't forget how to drive," Connie Montoya said. "NASCAR is so difficult because all the teams are so close, but so apart, and Juan knew from the beginning that Ganassi wasn't the fastest team. He was ready for that challenge to build up that team, especially because it was Chip and he wants to be with Chip.
"But he's just so frustrated they haven't been able to get their first win on an oval," she added. "Not winning is just the worst part for him. He races because he wants to win, like every driver, and he's so committed. I really think he's much more into it now, that he is up to the challenge. He really, really wants to prove it to himself that he has it what it takes to win in NASCAR."
He demonstrated his commitment by shaking up his routine and Montoya settled on mountain biking as his hobby of choice and has become absolutely devoted to his rides.
His turnaround has wowed those closest to him.
"This is the hardest I've worked, even in Formula One or IndyCar," Montoya said. "Connie says "I can't tell you to do anything else because you can't do anything more."
All he needs to do now is win.
Montoya should have crossed the pesky oval thing off his list years ago, here at the Brickyard. He's had two great chances and both slipped away in the waning laps.
Montoya led 116 laps in 2009 until a speeding penalty on his final pit stop cost him the win. He was also leading in 2010 with 20 laps to go before a late caution sent him to pit road, where he got four tires while everyone else took two. Stuck deep in traffic with little time to make up the ground, Montoya crashed and finished 32nd.
He insisted neither race haunts him.
"I never felt I was speeding," he said. "I felt I did the same speed as all the other stops. Maybe they (NASCAR) looked the other way?"
Montoya goes into Sunday wanting that win on an oval, wanting a NASCAR win at Indy to go with his 500 victory, and wanting to prove this series is the right place for him. No matter what happens the rest of the year, or what the future holds with Ganassi, he wants to stay in a stock car.
"The whole NASCAR thing is fun. The racing is good. Even when you are having bad years, there are weeks you can make something out of nothing and that makes it good," he said. "In Formula One, you look at Williams, they struggle every week and they'll keep struggling until the end of the year. You are not going to fix the problem, they'd love to think they can, and they'll try to fix it, but when you start that far behind, unless you find something radical, you are not going to make up any ground.
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I've been re-visiting Fr. Romana Guardini's The Lord (copyright 1954, with an intro by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger).
I bought my copy around 1994, devoured it, and dipping in at random now my thought is: No wonder I converted.
Really, life has something impossible about it! It is forced to desire what it can never have. It is as though from the very start some fundamental mistake had been made, as evinced by everything we do. And then the dreadful transitoriness of it all. Is it possible that things exist only through self-destruction? Doesn't to live mean to pass over? The more intensively we live, the swifter the passing? Doesn't death begin already in life? With desperate truth a modern biologist has defined life as the movement towards death. Yet what a monstrosity to define life only as part of death! Is death then better ordered? Must we surrender our deepest instinct to Biology?[p. 272]
Mary's anointing of Christ's head with the precious spikenard is the perfect symbol of his readiness for sacrifice. The gesture is one of holy beauty, and he thanks her for it accordingly: "Amen, I say to you, wherever in the whole world this gospel is preached, this also that she has done shall be told in memory of her" (Matt. 26:10-13).
The words suggest melancholy, but in Jesus there is no such thing; only, a plumbless sense of destiny, unspeakable pain that it should come as it did, and with the pain, a love that is neither tired nor embittered, but remains purest devotion to the end. Perfect knowledge and perfect love in one, and a freedom of heart quick to sense the fleeting delicacy of the woman's act, and to transform it into a lasting symbol. As Jesus and his apostles seat themselves at the final pasch, this readiness for sacrifice assumes holy proportions: "And when the hour had come, he reclined at table, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said to them, 'I have greatly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;…'" (Luke 22:14-15). It shouldn't be necessary to point out that there is not a trace of Dionysian urge to self-obliteration in Christ, but unfortunately for us heirs of modernity who live among sullied words and blurred thoughts, it is imperative that we clarify our thinking and speaking again and again. The desire of which Jesus speaks is part of the same determination to obey the paternal will that runs through his entire life: love that is truth, knowledge and obedient devotion (that state of heart which finds its purest expression in the prayer of Gethsemane. [p. 266]
Does God know that it will end with the death of the Messiah? Certainly, from all eternity. And still it should not happen. Does he desire Jesus's death? Certainly, from all eternity. If the people close their hearts his love must take this road. Still, they should not close their hearts. It is obvious that with our human intelligence we shall never comprehend. God's eternal omniscience and our freedom of choice; that which should not be, but is; form which the act of salvation is supposed to take, and that which it actually does;—all this remains for us a hopelessly entangled mystery. What happens is simultaneously freedom and necessity: God's gift laid in human hands. To ponder these things makes sense only when we are able without disregarding truth to lift them to the plane of adoration. To be a Christian means to stand on that level. Indeed, one is Christian in the degree that that one is open to these mysteries, that one accepts them in faith through the word of God, thus 'understanding,' willing, living them.
We have often spoken of the 'must' which led the Lord to his death; however, something is still lacking. When Jesus says: "…and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the Scribes; and they will condemn him to death" he does not look as he speaks at mankind in general, but at me. Everyone who hears Jesus speak of the 'necessity' of the road to Jerusalem, should substitute himself for the Scribes and the Pharisees. That necessity is woven of the eternal Father, of Jesus and his mission, and of me–all that I am and do; not a distant nation a long, long time ago. It is I, with all my indifference, refusals and failings, who strap the cross of Calvary to Christ's shoulders.
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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- March 27, 2007 -- The trailer for Universal Pictures' event comedy Evan Almighty will debut on Thursday, March 29, during the marathon of NBC's The Office. NBC will premiere the trailer during its "Night at the Office" event, in which airings of multiple episodes of the hit sitcom will air over the course of that evening's prime time (8 pm - 11 pm Eastern/Pacific; 7 pm - 10 pm Central).
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Steve Carell, reprising his role as the polished, preening newscaster Evan Baxter of Bruce Almighty, is the next one anointed by God to accomplish a holy mission in the hilarious new comedy Evan Almighty. Blockbuster comedy director Tom Shadyac (The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty) returns behind the camera for this next episode of divine intervention. This time, however, his cast grows two-by-two.
Newly elected to Congress, Evan leaves Buffalo behind and shepherds his family to suburban northern Virginia. Once there, his life gets turned upside-down when God (Morgan Freeman) appears and mysteriously commands him to build an ark. But his befuddled family just can't decide whether Evan is having an extraordinary mid-life crisis or is truly onto something of Biblical proportions...
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Hurricane Sandy blew in just in time to give President Barack Obama the push he needed to win last week.
Not that he was using the deadly storm for political purposes, of course. That would have been wrong.
But there is no denying that tragedies and the way politicians react to them have political consequences. For Obama it was all positive. He got to appear as the president and put on hold a campaign that wasn't going all that well. Mitt Romney had to pull his punches for a couple of days. But along with the potential gains come great risks. The first is that voters can punish politicians who are seen to be exploiting tragedies for their own gain.
Second, things can go from bad to worse and fairly or not, whomever is in charge will be blamed, as happened with then president George Bush and Hurricane Katrina.
Premier Christy Clark was active in the fight against bullying long before she came back to lead the BC Liberal Party last year. As a talk-show host, she started Pink Shirt day and pushed hard to raise the profile of the issue.
So when she took centre stage after 15-year-old Amanda Todd committed suicide last month, there was no reason to doubt that her concern and her emotions surrounding that tragic event were real.
The premier's history in support of the victims of bullying also gave credence to the anti-bullying forum that she hosted this week. It allowed Clark to fairly claim that she was trying to use the publicity generated by Amanda's death and her gripping video to help other children.
So the positive publicity surrounding the event was fairly earned. But that was before the news that Amanda's mother, Carol Todd, had been told not to attend. While the event itself may have been useful for the participants, the decision to exclude Amanda's family has now added to the growing storyline that Clark is leading a gang that often can't shoot straight.
The explanation from Education Minister Don McRae for the bizarre decision didn't help. He told reporters invited to a teleconference Wednesday that experts advised him that young people attending the summit might be drawn down the same road as Amanda in a copycat response if her mother had attended, even as she had requested, as an observer.
The experts cited by McRae were the same ones who recommended that Amanda's video not be shown by teachers to their students. At least they are consistent in their concerns.
But it's hard to understand how the presence of Amanda's mother could pose a threat to students that a summit put together in Amanda's name would not and the lasting impression is of a government that put its own agenda ahead of the concerns of a grieving mother.
Clark earned her stripes in the campaign against bullying as a talk-show host. Now that she is premier, she has access to more direct levers to help children in distress and more responsibility when they get hurt.
On Thursday, B.C's Representative for Children and Youth, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, issued a review of 15 suicides and 74 children who engaged in self injury, all of whom had received services from the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
The report was not intended to assign blame, Turpel-Lafond said in a release. But that said, it includes a long list of missed opportunities to help children who really need it.
Fifty eight of the 89 youths whose files were reviewed were in the care of the ministry at the time of the self-injury or suicide. Collectively they had been moved 776 times. Five of the youths had been moved more than 30 times each.
Social workers did their best to help, but "the system falls short of meaningfully addressing the depth of vulnerability and trauma in lives of children and youth such as these," Turpel-Lafond concludes.
The government is a surrogate parent for children it takes into care. Clark is the head of the government. They are her kids. Our kids.
It's not just politics. In the increasingly political climate leading up the next election, what's promised and more importantly, what gets delivered, can change lives, for better or worse.


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Christmas is two days away. Have you finished your shopping yet? No? Well, what are you waiting for, man?! GET ON IT! Don't you know that Christmas will be ruined and the world will collapse upon itself if you don't run to the mall right now and fight off bloodthirsty tribes of suburbanites in order to procure a Suncoast Pictures gift card for your aunt? Don't even deny it won't happen, because it will.
The holiday had me thinking about the NFL, and what certain coaches and players might have on their respective wishlists. Now, it isn't easy to shop for NFL icons. They already have so much, including that platinum hot tub (three in Ocho's house alone). So what do you get the NFL's biggest names? I have a few ideas.
Rex Ryan – Framed photo of Bridget Fonda's feet signed by Quentin Tarantino
DeSean Jackson – NFL field reduced to 99 yards in length
Randy Moss – Gift certificate to Golden Corral
Michael Vick – New puppy (NOTE: Designated for Christmas 2011 by order of a Federal Court)
Donovan McNabb – 800-word Mike Wilbon column explaining how classy you are and very subtly hinting that race may have played a factor in your exit from Washington
Brett Favre – iPhone with disabled camera
Jenn Sterger – Nude photos of Jake Plummer
Josh McDaniels – Copy of "The Last Emperor" on DVD, small cricket trapped in a box
Tom Brady – Curling iron
Peyton Manning – Six-pack of healthy undrafted white wide receivers
Peter King – Land
Norv Turner – Matt Dodge
Roger Goodell – Fur handcuffs (he asks for these every darn year)
Ben Roethlisberger – Collective restraining order from all American women under the age of 26
Pete Carroll – Pom poms
Clay Matthews – Scrunchie
Gary Kubiak – Gold watch
Marvin Lewis – Brass watch (bought used by the Brown family)
Carson Palmer – Cushy job in the insurance business
Mike Singletary – Third awful QB named Smith, XXXL crucifix medallion
Jeff Fisher – Photo of Vince Young trapped at the bottom of a well
Mike Shanahan – Debronzer
Albert Haynesworth – Wii Fit
Bob Papa – Capable booth analysts
Bob Costas – Extra year supply of face varnish
Ray Lewis – Chef's knife
Andy Reid – Four extra red flags per game
The Bills – Greyhound bus fare to Canada
Jerry Jones – Reasonable expectations
Yours in the comments. Merry Christmas, gang.